>>35299452

You voice your decision, and Yuma nods, taking Lucius' Soul Gem from a pocket somewhere in her hardsuit and offers it to you. If she was disappointed with your choice, she doesn't seem to show it - not that you could see her face through her visor, anyway.

"Understood, Warmaster." She says to you in a vox-corrupted murmur. "I'll be right here if you need me."

You nod in return, and just as you take Lucius' Soul Gem from her gloved hand - it's quickly replaced by a rather cute-looking character lunchbox, shaped after a pudgy green cat mascot.

"Your lunch." Sayaka withdraws her own gloved hand, her eyes still cold and narrowed at the stunned Culexus. "Kyoko made it for you. Again, not like you care." It's here that your Equerry turns to you and nods. "Come on, Murderface. Let's get this show on the road."

"...I do care," Yuma says again, her voice so low that even the vox speakers on her helmet is unable to rob it of emotion or warmth.

"Tell it to someone who gives a shit what you care about anymore, Culexus," Sayaka's reply could've been issued from an Anima Speculum for how cruel it sounded. "Now do your job, which you're lucky to have because everyone else who can is dead."

The Silent Room's door slams shut behind you as Sayaka ushers you across the treshold, removing any chance for the Culexus to reply. In front of you, at the end of a very short corridor, is another door - similar to the one you just passed by, but thicker. Obviously built to keep a more dangerous prisoner in.

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>>35299459

"Silent Rooms for Eversors are basically two rooms in one," Your Equerry says, seeing your confusion. "Just in case the first one fails for some reason. This one in particular," she emphasizes by tapping her booted heel on the floor, "...is the back-up."

...Huh. Well, that's handy. But shouldn't the first door be just as reinforced as the second one, in that sense?

"Not necessarily. Any Eversor can easily rip this thing off its hinges, sure," Sayaka points towards the door the both of you just entered through. "But the Silent Engine here is on a different setting than the one keeping Lucius nice and frosty in there." She gestures towards the inner door.

How different?

"Well, for one, the moment the room detects that the prisoner's made it to this particular room without proper authorization, it activates at full, focused intensity." Your Equerry offers you a dark grin. "Enough that the prisoner's soul gem melts in its casing."

...

"Overkill, I know, but that's how it's always been. And no one's been able to break out of one ever since we had these constructed." Sayaka steps past you, towards what looks like a touchpad set into the corridor wall. She holds up her own Soul Gem to it, the bauble in her hand a startlingly-clear and blindingly-bright blue. The touchpad glows in unison, before beeping.

"Focus the Silent Room's effects on the prisoner only, please. The Warmaster and I are coming in for interrogation." Sayaka says aloud, as if speaking to the device in front of her.

"Compliance," a speaker set beside the touchpad responds in a mechanical voice.

[2/3]

>>35299481

"Well, here we are, then." Sayaka says as her Soul Gem manifests once more on her midriff. ...That always looked stupid to you, but you never thought of pointing it out. It's probably a sore point for your Equerry already. "Ready?"

How do you react?

[]Nod, and follow Sayaka inside. Time to get this interrogation started.
[]Are you naturally this much of a bitch, or did you have to work on it? Because you're starting to treat Yuma as if she answers to Murderface and has a drinking problem.
[]Ask Sayaka what she thinks about Lucius' trap, see if she has a plan of her own. It's important that the both of you know what to do before interrogating someone like Lucius, after all.

>>35299493
>[x]Nod, and follow Sayaka inside. Time to get this interrogation started.

>>35299493
[x]Ask Sayaka whats up with her and Yuma? (Lets not piss of Sayaka at this point by being a bitch ourself, but ask whats up with Yuma anyway).

[x]Ask Sayaka what she thinks about Lucius' trap, see if she has a plan of her own. It's important that the both of you know what to do before interrogating someone like Lucius, after all.

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>>35299493
>[X]Ask Sayaka what she thinks about Lucius' trap, see if she has a plan of her own. It's important that the both of you know what to do before interrogating someone like Lucius, after all.

>>35299493

Best_time_of_day.webm!

>>35299459
Hahaha, holy shit Sayaka's bitch meter is dialed beyond MAXIMUM.

>>35299493
>[x]Ask Sayaka what she thinks about Lucius' trap, see if she has a plan of her own. It's important that the both of you know what to do before interrogating someone like Lucius, after all.

No time for curiosity, only operations from now on.

>>35299493
>[]Nod, and follow Sayaka inside. Time to get this interrogation started

>>35299493
>[]Ask Sayaka what she thinks about Lucius' trap, see if she has a plan of her own. It's important that the both of you know what to do before interrogating someone like Lucius, after all.

>>35299548
yuma deserved it, if i were sayaka i would banter the fuck out of her too

>be yuma
>did everything wrong

>>35299493
>[]Are you naturally this much of a bitch, or did you have to work on it? Because you're starting to treat Yuma as if she answers to Murderface and has a drinking problem.
>[]Ask Sayaka what she thinks about Lucius' trap, see if she has a plan of her own. It's important that the both of you know what to do before interrogating someone like Lucius, after all.

>>35299582
>ever

[x]Ask Sayaka whats up with her and Yuma?

I actually wonder how other character would react if they learned of Yumas mindrape of Chiaki/"Braids". Especially if they also learned that it might have been partially responsible of all the shit that happened with Kharn and WN.

Would Sayaka be concerned that if Yuma can do it to one, she could do it to others. Actually at this point she might even care enough about Chiaki that the fact Chiaki was mindraped would upset her. Well, upset her a little bit atleast.

Will Kyoko be upset considering Chiaki is her friend too.

What would QB think about the fact that Yuma failed her duty and goes around mindraping people.

Would Wendy or Midori go berserk and try to kill Yuma.

Mami would probably belong to the group that says "Yuma did nothing wrong".

>>35299493
>[x]Nod, and follow Sayaka inside. Time to get this interrogation started.

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>>35299493
[X]...what's going on between you and Yuma?
[X]Ask Sayaka what she thinks about Lucius' trap, see if she has a plan of her own. It's important that the both of you know what to do before interrogating someone like Lucius, after all.

>>35299493
>[x]Nod, and follow Sayaka inside. Time to get this interrogation started.

>>35299493
[X]Ask Sayaka what she thinks about Lucius' trap, see if she has a plan of her own. It's important that the both of you know what to do before interrogating someone like Lucius, after all.
[X]"Why are you giving Yuma such a hard time?"

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>>35299493

This concludes our first voting period of the day!

Thank you for your participation!

>Dealing with Oriko
>They settle it in smash

>>35299582
Yeah, but her speech implies Sayaka might have a clue about the degree to which Yuma did most certainly nothing wrong.

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>tfw recompense for Yuma's sins

>>35299725
I figured it was because Yuma kept giving Kyouko the cold shoulder, which made Kyouko sad and therefore Sayaka mad

>>35299725
I bet everyone knows about the mindrape, but Mami convinced everyone to be quiet. For our own good ofcourse.

>>35299582
But I wouldn't think Sayaka would know to what extent she did do everything wrong.

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>>35299493
[x]Ask about Yuma without trying to provoke Sayaka for once.

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>>35299805

Speaking of, here's my current progress on the Halloween picture

>>35299845
Looking good!

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daily reminder that attarou is a shit and a best

>>35299892
>Midori
heh

>>35299892
Healthy indeed.

>>35299892
>DIDNEY WORRRLL
my favorite

>>35299892
>Can't see shit, shempai!
Every time

>>35299892
The image is messed up for me, only loads partially.
Damn it.

>>35299892
>Just as Pankeikaku
Hahahaha oh wow I did not see this one before

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>>35299892
I still maintain that this is TwiceBorn's fault.

>>35299892
I just noticed that the checkers on Checkers' thigh highs are googly'd

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>>35300059
TwiceBorn did nothing wrong

>>35299892
>godoka holding giant googly eye

wat

>>35300103
It was originally the worrrll

it's amazing how much better googly eyes make everything

>>35299511 >>35299531

You nod. You're ready, but there's something you want to ask first. Namely, what does she think of Lucius calling you out like this, offering her help all of a sudden? You know it's a trap, but what does Sayaka think about it? ...And does she have a plan of her own going into this?

Sayaka blinks here, looking at you in silence for a moment before shrugging. "Personally? I think Lucius wants one last chance to see her mission through, Murderface. She's seen the endgame, and it's her rotting in her until we decide her execution date. She won't be looking to escape - for someone like her, someone without an actual Officio, she knows she'll be hunted wherever she goes the moment she sets foot outside our Headquarters. And it won't be just us, either, that'll be doing the hunting." It's here that your Eversor makes a face. "A lot of the other Incubators owe Kyuubey favors. Favors they'll jump at the chance to repay."

...So the other Officios will get involved?

"Likely as not. Kyuubey's gonna want to save those favors for something much more important, knowing him." Sayaka shrugs again. "But if he wants to, I don't see why not. And Lucius will have worse things than our own girls hunting her down."

Like what? You ask, unable to help yourself.

"The wolves, for one. Sixth Officio. Other crazies like her." Your Equerry taps her temple. "Batshit insane kinda people."

Huh. Well. That's something to know.

"And as far as a plan goes..." Sayaka shakes her head. "I'm following your lead this time, Murderface. Whatever you say goes, as much as that really sucks to say." She offers you a grin. "Warmaster rules and all that crap. But if I can just break my own rules and suggest something to a ratified, superior-ranking officer?"

Yeah? What's that?

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>>35299892
>>35300076
Pinky is pleased.

>>35300152

Yeah? What's that?

"Carry out her execution here and now," Sayaka's grin fades, her expression growing serious. "Use your gun or have me do it, I don't care. Whatever she says, whatever intel she offers in exchange for whatever she wants you to do, give her the death she deserves, Murderface. Quick and clean. We can just wait for Mami's lead to solidify."

...That seems a bit extreme.

"You'd be doing her a favor, Murderface. Trust me on this." Sayaka reaches out to tap a finger on the touchpad - and the inner door begins its slow, grinding way up into the ceiling. Heavy gears and machinery clicking and creaking somewhere in the room at the effort. "Eversors are trained for direct assault and personnel destruction. We hate using deception and dirty tricks - we leave that to the other ranks. I'm sure Lucius hates herself for what she did back at the stadium, and she definitely despises herself for what she's doing now."

Still--

"You asked for my take on things, Murderface. That's it. You're free to take it or leave it, I don't care either way." With a brief flash of light, a sheathed blade appears at her waist - not the brutish, mass-produced brutality of Blueberry Cheesecake Brownie, but the weapon that came with her costume - an elegant sword with an ornate hand guard. "Whoever wears the hat wears the authority. And the responsibility."

...Not like that isn't true, you remark. But why does it sound bad when she says it?

"I have no fucking idea what you're talking about, Murderface." Sayaka replies, smiling as the doorway to Lucius' Silent Room is finally revealed. "No idea at all."

You shake your head, and follow her through. Into the Silent Room of the Eversor that had whored the lives of her squadmates and friends on a holy quest to kill you.

[2/3]

>>35300173

Your first impression upon entering Lucius' Silent Room - at least, its inner chamber - is that there IS indeed a very striking difference to a Silent Room meant for Eversors, and those meant for other ranks. Instead of the thinly-cushioned gurney-bed that Midori had lain in, her limbs lashed down with leather straps, Lucius is instead chained to the farthest wall, thick links of solid black steel clamping down on her wrists and ankles.

Where the floor to Midori's Silent Room was tiled with ceramic and was clean enough for you to sit down, this one in particular is cold, gray steel, with grills cut into the floor edges - probably to drain water whenever the occupant is hosed down, or made to bleed.

Midori's Silent Room was a holding facility meant for inconvenient guests. Lucius' Silent Room, in contrast, is a prison.

The only similarity here that you can see is that Lucius is also wearing the same featureless white gown that you've seen Midori wear. The same gown that Haruka had also worn, during the seeing you asked her to do.

Well, no. That's not the only similarity.

Like Midori, Lucius too is unconscious. Hanging slack from her chains, her head bowed. Unmoving.

"Good, they hosed her down before we got here." Sayaka nods with satisfaction as the heavy metal door slams shut behind the both of you. "Could've at least gotten us some chairs or something, though."

...Yeah. Chairs would've been nice.

"Nothing for it, let's get this done." The Equerry nods towards the prisoner. "Go and wake Sleeping Beauty up, Warmaster. Or do you want me to do it for you?" She says, meaningfully cracking her knuckles.

You know how to do it, of course. All you need to do is to briefly touch your Soul Gem to Lucius' own, a brief transference of energy to jolt her awake.

[]Wake Lucius up yourself.
[]Have Sayaka do it.

>>35300186
>[]Have Sayaka do it
it's a trap

>>35300186
>[]Wake Lucius up yourself.
We've done this shit before. No biggie.

>>35300186
>[x] Wake Lucius up yourself

>>35300186
[X]Wake Lucius up yourself.

You wanted to talk, so talk.

>>35300186
>Have sayaka do it.
"Please do."

We dont want to spring the trap quite yet.

>>35300186
>[X]Have Sayaka do it.

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>>35300186
>Wake her up by licking her soul gem

DO IT DO IT DO IT

>>35300186
>[x]Have Sayaka do it.
Nothing good can come from transferring a single thing from our 2spooky soul gem to hers.

>>35300186
>[x]Wake Lucius up yourself.

>>35300186
>Wake Lucius up yourself
>Blow out her kneecaps the moment she's awake, the moment she can feel it.

I'm with Sayaka, she's gonna go for the throat. The kneecaps helps keep that from happening.

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>>35300186
[x]Dip Lucius Soulgem in a glass of Whiskey

>>35300231
>We dont want to spring the trap quite yet.
Course we do.

Why would we have come down here at all if we weren't all about sticking our head in the noose, flipping fate off and telling it to kiss our ass?

>>35300173
>[x]Wake Lucius up yourself.
It's a trap, but lets not have Sayaka caught in it.

>>35300186
>[x]Have Sayaka do it.

>>35300186
>[x]Have Sayaka do it.

>>35300186
>[]Wake Lucius up yourself.

>>35300248

>Blow out her kneecaps, shoulders and elbows
>Then wake her up

>>35300186
>[X]Have Sayaka do it.

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>>35300186
>[X]Wake Lucius up yourself.
>>35300248
...Yeah, sure. Might as well shoot the kneecaps too.

>>35300279
that's not how torture works

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>>35300186
>[x]Have sayaka lick the soul gem

>>35300300

Not about the torture, more about completely immobilizing her.

We can torture her separately if needed.

>>35300186
[x] have sayaka do it

She's the tank, let her get aggro first.

They are joking decu. Joking.

[]Have Sayaka do it.

>>35300186
[X]Have Sayaka do it.

>>35300186
>[x]Wake Lucius up yourself.

>>35300186
>[x]Wake Lucius up yourself.

>>35300186
>wake him yourself

>>35300328
if it's a question of bringing consequences on Sayaka or on Murderface, I say let the Murderface Express roll!

>>35300186
>[]Wake Lucius up yourself.


of course

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>>35300186

This concludes our current voting period!

Thanks for participating!

>tfw MGNQ but I must code for dealines are near
>despair but also despair.jpg
Love ya, Decu, but I must go, my paycheck needs me.

>>35300484
The archive patiently awaits your return fellow anon!

>>35300484
Don't worry. We'll choose wrong no matter what

Not much on the shadowruns front since Decu's break.

>>35300723
I'm eager to see what Lucius's last resort will be.

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>>35300735
what else would it be

>>35300767
>>35300735
Last resort is googly eyes.[/spoiler

>>35300781
First resort is also using spoilers correctly

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>>35300781
>>35299892
Big version just for you.

>>35300945
Someone post the original please? Trying to figure something out.

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>>35300982
This one?

>>35300945
>>35301000
Huh, Malals helmet kinda sorta looks like a googly eye already in the original?

>>35301000
Homucifer, Godoka, Kharn, Souji, the 3 Stooges, MMxMM, Malal, Sayaka, Kyoko, Iori, Tiny Pete, Misaka, Kirika, Ruri, Yuu, Midori, Chiaki, Pinky, Mami, Mary, Wendy, Yuma, Annie(?), Odette, Kumatora, QB, NECO, Enishi, and a few others I don't recognize. All plot relevant, to a point at least.

And then Heather at the bottom. I still don't get everyones love for her.

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>>35301114
>doesn't like Heather

>>35301114
Eleanor pls go

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>>35301114
Because CHOO CHOOO!!!

>>35301140
>>35301128
>>35301114

literally who

>>35300204 >>35300207 >>35300229

You decide to wake Lucius up yourself. You've done this before, so it's not exactly like you're going at it blind.

Sayaka merely shakes her head at this. "Like I keep saying, Midori doesn't count. What a Callidus does after being forcibly taken out of Silent sleep is completely different from what an Eversor does in the same circumstances. Just because Midori woke up all giggly like a drunk prom date doesn't mean Lucius will."

Yeah? Well, what would an Eversor do, then, if Sayaka's this hell-bent on giving you a fucking primer on how Eversors are so fucking awesome and cool? You can't help but snipe at her here. You know your Equerry means well, but she's beginning to get on your nerves, what with them already being raw from Murderface's tantrums.

"..." Sayaka glances at the unconscious Lucius, then at you, before stepping forward and placing herself between you and the chained Eversor. "On the count of three, wake Lucius up. Watch carefully."

What? Can't she just tell you--

"Some things are better off being shown rather than being told," Sayaka says lightly as she turns to face Lucius, her caped back towards you. "Now, do as I say, Warmaster. Please."

...Fine. Whatever. Sure.

You sigh and hold your Soul Gem a few millimeters from Lucius' scarlet own. Careful to avoid the sharp spikes dotting the casing of the dark crystallization of your soul. You call out to your Equerry that you're ready.

"Alright." Sayaka nods, and you see her unsheathe her own sword. The glow of the harsh fluorescent lighting glinting on the impossibly-shiny blade. "Three. Two. One--"

The moment you carefully touch your Soul Gem to Lucius' - forcing a gasp from your lips as a chill slithers down your spine at the brief sensation of electricity - is when all hell breaks loose.

[1/2]

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>>35301114
>tfw kirika dead

>>35301178

From placid, umoving unconsciousness, the chained Eversor explodes into a frothing berserker rage - one that has her springing forward in a killing lunge, fingers curled into claws, teeth bared in a snarling, roaring rictus. The movement is so sudden, so violent, that the momentum of it carrying not only a body that should be sluggish and uncooperative from soulless sleep but also the impossibly-heavy chains clamped around its wrists, its ankles, its neck.

Before she can complete her killing charge, however - and before you could draw a bead on her forehead, the Desert Eagle finding its way into your hand - what little slack that the chains restraining Lucius has quickly runs out, stopping the murder before it could even happen with a terrific crash of metal. This does not stop the enraged Magical Girl, however - and she roars a wordless cry as she strains to reach forward, the chains creaking and straining as they prevent Lucius from tearing Sayaka apart with her bare hands.

Your Equerry, despite being mere inches from the berserk Magical Girl, simply frowns - before turning to look at you.

"Training." Sayaka gestures to the snarling Lucius. "In some Officios, Eversors are trained to explode into a killing rage the moment they're forcibly woken up from Silent sleep."

...But what good does that do? You find yourself asking. Sure, an Eversor in this kind of state could kill her interrogators, but she'd still be in the headquarters of a rival Officio, and would probably be hunted down on the spot. So what's the use...?

The blue-haired Eversor smiles at you. "Well, that tells me you're not that fucked up yet, Murderface." She shakes her head. "Think about it for a moment. If you have an operative captured by a rival Officio, and they're waking her up in a Silent Room for interrogation - what is the last thing you want to happen?"

...

[2/3]

>>35301191

"Right." Sayaka nods, taking your silence as realization. "She kills a few girls, but the main aim is to remove her as a liability. To remove the risk of her revealing your Officio's secrets." She turns back to the rabid Lucius, the chained Magical Girl still snarling wordless curses and oaths. "Funny thing is, Lucius probably didn't know about it. This kind of thing, you need a Culexus for. Subconscious training and all that."

So...this isn't the trap Lucius has planned for you?

"I'm guessing no, but we can always ask." Sayaka flashes you a momentary smile, before hauling forward - and then smashing the guard of her sword against Lucius' jaw. The impact loud enough to echo inside the otherwise echoproofed room.

Lucius falls slack on her chains again, momentarily knocked out, but to trauma rather than to a Silent Engine's anti-magic effects. She stirs a few moments later, spitting out what looks like a tooth and a mouthful of blood. The rage gone from her eyes, replaced by what looks like anger. A dull kind, weakened by weariness and resignation.

"Is this how the famous Ninth treats its esteemed guests?" Lucius says, her voice as calm and as refined as you heard it back then, during the stadium. Over the cheer of the rabid crowd. "I'll have to speak to your manager about this, Miki Sayaka."

"You're in luck." Your Equerry sheathes her sword, the blood still fresh on its dented hand guard. "She's here, just like you asked." And it's here that Sayaka steps aside to reveal you - and you see the anger in the prisoner's eyes flash briefly into hatred.

"Matsuda." Lucius says after a long period of silence, of the both of you simply staring at each other. "Or should I say, Warmaster Matsuda. Formally ratified as of last night, I believe?" She smiles, her teeth pinked with blood. "Congratulations. I'd curtsey, but I'm a bit tied up at the moment."

[3/4]

>>35301202

How do you respond?

[]Be blunt, don't fuck around. Ask her where you can find Oriko.
[]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.
[]Try Sayaka's suggestion. Have her executed right here and now.

>>35301212
>[X]Be blunt, don't fuck around. Ask her where you can find Oriko.

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>>35301212
Why not both?

[x]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.

and suggest

[x]Try Sayaka's suggestion. Have her executed right here and now.

>>35301212
>[]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.

>>35301202
[X]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.

What do you want?

>>35301212
>[X]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you

>>35301212
>[X]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.

If this is some kind of trap to fuck us up, Yuma, I swear...

>>35301212
>[x]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.
We can always spill her guts once she spilled her guts.

>>35301212
>[x]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.

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>>35301254
yuma did nothing wrong anon

>>35301212
[X]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.

>>35301212
>[x]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.

>>35301212
[X]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.

I wonder why Yuma can't just mindrape Lucius to get the info we need? I mean Yuma has lots of experience with that.

>>35301212
>[x]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.
info first, murder when need be

I'm half awake so I can't remember if this was discussed in the last thread, but what are the odds that Yuma could hear the Murderface fragment screaming at her?

>>35301269
haruka pls go

>>35301212
>[x]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.

>>35301300
Not high, she ain't Malal.

>>35301212
>[x]Try Yuma's suggestion. Ask her what she wants from you.
There's nothing wrong in doing so

>>35301300

High. Yuma can hear loud surface thoughts without trying. And golden weapon spiritz have been described as talking into your own stream of consicousness.

Of course, she would probably interpret it as Chiaki herself having this reaction to her.

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>>35301212
>[x]be blunt

be cia

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>>35301212

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>>35301114

>>35301354
Well to be fair most people are big for Yuu

Oh god I'm so sorry

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>>35301477
that was extremely painful

>>35301453
Why is Risa so goddamn cute?

>>35301481
For you.

We got a letter from the 17th with Odette as Warmaster, does that mean the Canada-writeups take place later than our current point in time, or did we get a spoiler for future writeups?

>>35301513
Because she is best girl

>>35301573
Get out of here Azurenyan

>>35301589
Not until my demands are met

>>35301649
Ha! You've given yourself away! The true AzureEarth would never respond to such a name!

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>>35301354
>>35301477

She has big hands. For Yuu.

So what we gonna do when we try to leave and the outter silent room thinks the prisoner has escaped?

That might have been Lucius's plan all along. Get us trapped inside while some other people murderize everyone we care about.

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>>35301668
>>35301649
>>35301589
>>35301573

AzureNyan is in the thread!?

>>35301556
The latter, though it's barely a spoiler anymore.

By the way, most writeup series (all of them?) take place more or less in the past, and you can reasonably expect the Oficio/group status to be slightly different in the present time(though the changes would logically stem from what's written in the writeups).

>>35301668
Unless that is what I wanted you to think! The classic blunder! Second only to never getting involved in a land war in Asia.

>>35301703
FYI: The Fourth's writeups take place concurrently with the main thread.

>>35301686
We would get a new Midori arc?

>>35301453
I didn't even know Oriko was in the picture.

>>35301732
Zounds! That certainly IS the sort of thing that he would say. Unlike nyaa~

>>35301732
I thought the first blunder was invading Russia in the winter?

>>35302033
Falls under Land War in Asia thing.

>>35301556
Just to add to what >>35301703 said, the Prose Magica writeups take place 2-3 months before MGNQ started.

>>35301703
>>35302071
Thank you.

>>35302043
I never really got how that was a blunder. I mean, it worked for Genghis Khan.

>>35302112
The Mongols didn't have the sort of supply issues that most other armies had, what with having lots of horses (access to reliable transportation for the whole army), and living off said horses (no need for big, long, vulnerable supply lines)

>>35302112
Genghis Khan was the exception. He was also very impressive so it is okay.

>>35302112
It is a myth that land wars in asia are a bad idea. The chinese did it all the time back in the warring states period.

Hint: That's also why they're very good at it.

>>35302138
And most of us are related to him

>>35302112
Pretty much these. Supply issues, complicated by equipment issues, complicated by having to transport a large amount of troops long distances in hostile territory.
>>35302131
>>35302138

>>35302161
Brother!

>>35302161
Like 5 percent of Asia mainly. Charlemagne is just as hilarious given something like 1/3 or more of Europe is related to him.

>>35302180
We're all a little Asian.

>>35302205
all Asians are little

>>35301231 >>35301240 >>35301242 >>35301254

You decide to try Yuma's suggestion. Holstering your Desert Eagle - ignoring how Lucius' eyes flashed at the sight of the golden handcannon - it's here that you pose the question that your own Culexus Rank Leader gave you to use.

"What do you want?"

And just like how Yuma predicted - this visibly catches the Eversor off guard, her eyes widening underneath her matted mop of stringy blonde hair. The self-assured smirk on her lips momentarily slackening into an 'o' of surprise, before quickly resuming its former shape.

"...I admit, I wasn't expecting that," Lucius shakes her head, her chains clinking together at the movement. "I was expecting something much less...considerate. Much less civil." She nods down at her own knees, bent underneath her as she slumps forward - letting the tension of her chains keep her upright. "I wasn't expecting to wake up to see my own kneecaps still unshot, at that."

"Keep blabbing like that, then you can look forward to being chained to a wheelchair." Sayaka spits. "Now answer the fucking question."

"There it is. The famous Ninth Officio temper." Lucius' smirk turns into a smile, as warm and as friendly as the crescent of a well-oiled blade. "And I was hoping that the culling of both the Betrayer and the Slayer from your ranks would have at least improved it some. Apparently, this isn't the case."

The Slayer? You blink at the title, turning to Sayaka. Your Equerry shakes her head in dismissal. "Kirika's title, or at least that's what the other Officios called her. She didn't like it, she thought it was...inelegant."

"An inelegant title for an inelegant murderer," The blonde Eversor replies. "But yes, I understand your impatience. Let me just gather my thoughts, please. Silent sleep isn't something I've been able to bounce back from right away."

A moment later, and Lucius looks up. The smile on her lips widening.

"A duel, Warmaster Matsuda. I challenge you to a duel."

[1/2]

>>35302301

Now it's Sayaka who explodes, barging in from her corner of the room to snarl directly at Lucius' face. "STOP. FUCKING. AROUND, LUCIUS. You are challenging a fucking Warmaster to an honor duel. MY Warmaster." To her credit, the blonde Eversor doesn't flinch at all - simply meeting Sayaka glare for glare, as if the heavy metal links chaining her to the wall and floor of a Silent Room simply didn't exist. "Choose your words carefully before I fuck your head off."

"May I finish, please? I offer no insult. I know where I am." Lucius turns to you, and it's a moment before you gesture for Sayaka to allow her to continue. Your Equerry acquiesces, but only begrudgingly, growling underneath her breath.

"My thanks, Warmaster Matsuda." Lucius smiles gratefully. "As I was saying - I challenge you to a duel. With blades, not with those brutish things that you thwarted my efforts with. Whatever arena, I cannot care less - I just ask that it take place in the full view of your own Officio. You win, I lead you to the Prophet personally, with my life in your hands, to do with whatever you wish."

"And if you win?" Sayaka asks for you, her arms crossed under her breasts, a sure sign that she's trying to reign in the impulse to be murderously violent. "What happens then?"

"Then I die, but with my mission completed." Lucius nods to your Equerry. "You of all people should understand where I'm coming from, Miki Sayaka. We finish the job we're given or we don't come back at all. I'm simply allowing your Warmaster a chance to get what she needs instead of simply having me executed."

[2/3]

>>35302301
>a duel
YUUUUGIII

>>35302322
Kirika time!

>>35302322
IT'S TIME FOR KIRIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>35302322

Another smile, and you can't help but feel that this one seems more sincere than the rest she'd been flashing. "If it makes you feel any better, this is far from my being altruistic for some reason or other. I also wish to carve some honor out of this - to fight one last swordfight before finally leaving this mortal coil. Execution is the worst fate for an Eversor, after all. Dying without a weapon in her hands..." She clicks her tongue in slow disapproval. "A shameful end. A lamentable death."

Sayaka scoffs here. "Then you'd better start with the prayers, because there's no way in hell she's going to fall for that." Your Equerry turns to you. "Right, Murderface? ...Murderface?"

How do you react?

[]Accept. If it's a duel she wants, she's got it.
[]Refuse. She's planning something, and you're not going to fall for it. Threaten her with execution instead.
[]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?
[]Other.

>>35302353
[x] Refuse.

ahahahahahaha
no

>>35302353
>>35302322
"Ha. HA. HAHAHAHA!!! No. Here's what's going to happen. I'm going to have my Equerry execute you right here and now. I'm going to find Oriko, and I'm going to leave a trail of blood and suffering so far and so wide the world will mistake it for the second coming of Walpurgisnacht. I'm done with your games, and your pretentious attitude."

>>35302353
>[]Accept. If it's a duel she wants, she's got it.

>>35302353
>[x]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?

>>35302353
>[X]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?

>>35302353
>[X]Refuse. She's planning something, and you're not going to fall for it. Threaten her with execution instead.
Ha fuck off.

>>35302353
[x]Other.

It sounds like you want a personal meeting with the Slayer. I'll ask her if she thinks worth meeting.

>>35302353
>[]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?

>>35302353
[X]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?

>>35302353
Ha ha ha, oh my no. She is in no position to negotiate.

>>35302353
>[x]Refuse. She's planning something, and you're not going to fall for it. Threaten her with execution instead.

As much as I'd love to go full Kirika on her, its a bad deal. I trust Yuu, The Fragments, and even Risa to back down when told, Kirika has to many issues right now.

>>35302353
[x]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?
"Jesus christ, how much of a drunk do you think I am?"

>>35302353
>[x]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?

>There are people who would actually accept.

>>35302353
[x]Refuse

This is stupid. She doesn't even know where Oriko is because of the threat of being captured and then having someone like Yuma finding out.

>>35302375

I'll add that I feel this option is better than outright refusing because we keep her talking and make her desperate. Simply accepting is the most foolish thing we could do. However, simply refusing is also bad because we don't get to hear anymore from her.

I'd rather see if she lets something slip while we keep her talking and keep our cards to ourselves a little longer.

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>>35302353
>[]Accept. If it's a duel she wants, she's got it.
Tell Sayaka to lick her soul gem in the middle of the duel.

>>35302369
This sounds like a fantastically hilarious idea.

>>35302353
>[X]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?

>>35302353
[x]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?
[X]Mentally ask if any of the 3 stooges are highly skilled in sword-combat.

>>35302353
>[X]Other: "Let's say I do accept this...request. What prevents you from simply running away the moment the duel starts? And don't say, "My honor would never let me do that", you took a stadium full of innocents hostage."

>>35302353
>[]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?
>Are you an idiot or something? You can't challenge someone to a duel only once you've lost the position of power.

>>35302353
>[]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?
Also mention that you can execute here right here and now (maybe a little torture for emphasis, nothing too serious), so why would we give her the chance to duel?

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>>35302180
LIQUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID

>>35302353
>[x]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?
Let's not answer before we have the full picture

>>35302353
>[x]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?
And then
>[x]Refuse

Challenging a Vindicare Warmaster to a sword fight?

Ahahahahaha... No.

>>35302353
>[x]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?
we already beat her once, why would we want to give it another go? So she can pull some cheap trick or something? She has no honor.

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>>35302180
Jin!

>>35302426
I don't think the duel option is a good one (even if it has it's merits like giving Risa some screen time), but if get's selected i want something like this to happen.

>>35302426
That's dirty.
I like it.

[]Accept. If it's a duel she wants, she's got it.

Time to get them Kirika points. And get some fucking use out of our katana.
And tip our warmaster cap at M'dori

In truth, I suspect she does not even know where Oriko is.Or if she did, Oriko has moved after she was captured just in case.

The duel is not worth it even if we could win.

>>35302478
If we had the Katana under decent control it wouldn't be so bad due to Kirika being able to easily beat the hell out of her. Just we have no real faith in her to start with.

Man. it's almost like you guys don't want licked soul gems
>>35302494

YES! TELL BRING KIRIKA AND STAB HER INTO LUCIUS WHEN SAYAKA IS LICKING THE SOUL GEM. THIS IS PERFECT

>>35302513
Which is again why I say no.

I'm not disagreeing with you anon.

>>35302353
[x]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?

>>35302353
>[x]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?

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>>35302353
>[x]I have other leads. What makes you think I'll accept?

You interrupted my drink... FOR THIS?

>>35302513
I'm tempted to bring along just a non-Golden Weapon blade for this duel should it happen. Risky, to be sure, and colossally stupid, but beating an Eversor with our noodly Vindicare self would be hilarious.

>>35302494
It honestly wouldn't be too hard to just take her soul gem and place it somewhere out of the arena. If she breaks any of the rules then Sayaka crushes it with her teeth. I wouldn't suggest accepting at all but if it happens.

>>35302538

Even worse. She interrupted our Midoritime for this.

[x] Just shoot the stupid bitch.

For maximum sayaka points.

>There's a chance for a bloody and violent duel with lots of cutting and stabbing and backstabbing and noir
>No one wants to take it
>Everyone wants to take the boring, safe, watch wearing dildo option

I CAME HERE FOR NOIR. NOT FOR FUWA FUWA TIME.
Goddamn this quest has changed since the earlier threads (1-80~)

>>35302353
>[]Refuse. She's planning something, and you're not going to fall for it. Threaten her with execution instead.

>>35302561
This.

[x] Shoot her in the kneecap. "How stupid do you think I am?"

>>35302353
>[X]Refuse. She's planning something, and you're not going to fall for it. Threaten her with execution instead.

>>35302575
We kind of already had all that with her though. It's just being a poor loser to ask for it again.

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>>35302494
We'll get our Kirika points during Eversor training.

And give Midori more than that

>>35302547
And while waiting with the soulgem in her mouth Blueberry should lick it now and then

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>>35302575
I know right? It's been almost 10 threads since there's been bodily harm, and the last person to get kneecapped was that bitch from the Heartcatch squad.

Where is the blood, sex and noir!?

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>>35302353

Voting period is closed!

Thank you for voting!

>>35302599
I keep hoping we will get to that soon. I want to see the katana smashing a blueberry.

>>35302611
>Where is the blood, sex and noir!?
Just happened two threads ago.

>>35302611
It left like 200 threads ago.

>>35302575
Taking the stupid animu duel with the person who's already been proven completely untrustworthy is... are you sure you haven't gotten confused on the difference between shonen anime and noir?

Violence is inbound. We should follow Best Bitch's advice and execute the traitor before we leave.

>>35302611
The noir is gone for now. The blood is mostly not here yet. The sex happens more often but offscreen.

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>>35302611
>Where is the blood, sex and noir!?
Always watching.

>>35302575
I was hoping for some actually plot progression but it seems like that's dead in the water.

>>35302575

I agree with >>35302636 here.

That isn't even taking a "noir" option, that's just being silly.

>>35302644
That's a waste of time though. Since we could get info out of her.

>>35302618
Patience.
Even if it does take 3 months min. for plot to progress.

Oh Shit!

We gotta keep her alive! The worst fate for an Eversor, life imprisonment.

>>35302679
Pity we haven't had any major profession since the new fucking antagonist got introduced in the concert ark. There has been almost zero progression towards actually doing something.

>>35302697
That would be amazing. Just pull the golden eagle out and shoot both her legs off and tell her Chaki doesn't follow the Eversor sense of honor.

>>35302699
You act like this is unusual. Deculture is a master of decompression.

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>Challenged to an honor duel
>Scoffing and shooting them in the head is not noir

>>35302743
I honestly say while it's slow decu can write really well. It just takes a while to get all the way though an arc generally. Even if once it's done it's pretty good.

>>35302746
Honestly I would recommend something really mean like just taking random shots though her body then leaving her to rot forever in the dungeon. If she proves useless.

>>35302770
Reminder that it's been 100 parts since we learned about Oriko and we're still nowhere near actually dealing with her.

>anons don't want to undergo a Kirika/Sayaka TRAINING MONTAGE
>anons don't want to make Murderface's fangirls squee
MGNQ is far sadder than I thought.
Also, why not suggest she duel someone competent- like, I dunno, Sayaka- and have a legitimately-honourable duel?

>>35302785
Nah. Deny her even the satisfaction of pain. We give her nothing but being nearly forgotton.
Have someone we trust absolutly check up on her meatbody every other day.

>>35302770
I agree. I have no problem with the way decu write slowly, it gives me time to digest the story

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>>35302655
Why is Pinky so perfect?

>>35302746
>not accepting their duel
>then playing dirty
>then crushing the spirit as they realize no matter what they do, you have a trick for them
>Not posing during the fight
>Not replying to their taunt's with "Your next words will be x" and watching them react, "nani!?"
>Not wanting to the Jonathon

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>>35302832

A fine question sir

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>>35302832
Because she's best girl.

>>35302832
corruption moe

>>35302832
Because Midori is a moeblob, Wendy is in love with the shadow of our past, Kharn's already taken, Odette hasn't shown up, Kyouko is too bro, going for blueberry means ntr'ing KyouBro and who the fuck is lori?

Only one left, and best waifu who loves us for who we are is Pinky,

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>>35302835

See? That's Jojo. Jojo's shounen. Don't complain about people taken a reasonable option and then complaining about not playing up to shounen stereotypes.

I mean, I love Jojo, but this is this and that is that.

>>35302831
It's less Decu's slow-writing and more the fact that there's just a boat-load of anons in here- or so I like to think, at least.

>>35302881
No it's the fact that Decu writes like an artist and wouldn't know what pacing is if it raped him in the face.

>>35302906
Throwing lots of shiny buttons in front of us doesn't speed things up, either.

>>35302954
Making some actually progression towards are goal for what is getting close to half of this quest does though.

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>>35302906
'sup

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>>35302973
How's it hanging.

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>>35302973
Except decu can actually write

>>35302835
Posing during a fight is dumb anyway.

>>35302973
>>35303012
>We're halfway though guys promise.

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>>35303021
It's like you have no style.

>>35302973
Now all we need are the twists.
And some more CUHRAYZEE

>>35302973
Kubo is the Herman Melville of our generation.

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>>35303040
Worst girl pls go

>>35303061
He writes whaling encyclopedias?

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>>35303089
goddammit eleanor, we told you to fuck off already

no one likes you

you've never helped anyone

and you never will

>>35303040
You just proved my point.

>>35303112
I like her. sort of. despite being a retard. and making things horrible. why do I like her again?

>>35303028
Hey, remember that time the Red Culexus turned into some random Callidus after we shot her in the face just to make sure the plot continued to go nowhere? That was great.

>>35303112
>>35303089
I like Eleanor and Heather. Why don't the two of you go and stay go?

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>>35303112
Attarou pls go as well

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>>35303134
Probably her charisma.

>>35303137
I remember, anon.

Do you remember the time we did paperwork?

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>>35303127
>>35303112
>>35303089
Wow someone people dislike more than the Cat.

Where is Wendy today anyways?

>Attarou hate
Fuck dammit, I shouldn't be laughing

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>>35303158
That wasn't me though it makes me very happy.

>>35303164
Yeah I remember that.
How about that time something almost happened but it was a dream?

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The only character worse than Cat is probably Wendy.

>>35303173
Ha ha, to be fair, anon, I don't actually hate Eleanor. Attarou does an excellent job shooting you dead-on in the feels in Eleanor's first story arc.

I was primarily trolling the anon posting stuff about Heather.

>>35303225
Did you forget what website we're on?

>>35303209
You're not wrong

>>35303203
I... well, you should probably be more specific, but, yeah, I remember.
Do you remember that time we talked about threesomes?

>>35303252
How about how more major character have come back to life then have died during the story.
That shit with the clara dolls.

>>35303269
I don't blame decu for not killing major characters off. Could you imagine the sort of shitstorm that would happen if one of the main cast got killed off? Like Wendy?

>>35303283
That's true but it ruins any chance of a real threat being presented.
Also how has Oriko been the antagonist for like half of this quest so far she only has one golden weapon. How mad will you be when some random shows up to give us like 7 of the things?

>>35303283

Wendy dying? Please. When does this happen? Soon?

>>35303283
I would pay decu 150 dollars to kill off Misaka. The shitstorm would be amazing.

>>35303283
>Not Midori

Hahaha the outrage when she dies is going to be amazing

>>35303329
Don't worry she'd come back to life 10 threads later because reasons.

>>35303329
Misaka is a stupid character anyway. She should have been killed off in the fire.

>>35303283
... I don't remember when Wendy became one of the main cast.
I remember a crazy bitch stabbing us in our dreams, then us fondling her ass for reasons I don't remember and probably weren't there in the first place and then us saying we'd try to do better, I think.
Which, apparently, was interpreted as 'RABU'.

Ah, memories.

>>35303312
>Odette finally shows up in the quest
>hands over half the golden weapons
>rides moose into the sunset after one thread

>>35303329
>>35303346
But then who would take the role of imouto? Yuu?

>>35303337
Do you really thing Decu will ever have the balls to kill a main character? He can't even let us kill of a minor antagonists red pet.

>>35303209
>Cat
>Bad
>Wendy
>Worse
The only bad character in this quest is Chiaki, and that's because of you faggots

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>>35303337

>>35303312
>some random
It won't be some random. At the very least it will be the Warmaster of the First.

Was she ever named?

>>35303358
It happened when she became Decu's waifu.

>>35303361
Yes, I will.

Question: How is Rob Zombie's Dragula not the theme song for the entire Officio?

>>35303337
Everyone complains about the pacing being slow, not much plot-per-post.

It's all deliberate. The Noir is building up and will soon hit us like a tonne of bricks.

Or the Crunch Train. Whichever you prefer.

>>35303368
Can't argue with that.

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>>35303368
The MGNQ wiki is the best.

>>35303361
Yuu already is the imouto. Misaka is just dead weight.

>>35303387
I'm really starting to doubt that. Considering how many times decu has tried to force us into dumb shoen duels for contrived reasons this quest is now full pulp.

>>35303376
Hazuki Amane.

Sister of Haruka and has the mother of all sticks up her arse according to Vintage.

>>35303376
It's still a complete cop-out.

>>35303421
>how many times decu has tried to force us into dumb shoen duels for contrived reasons

yeah this has been happening a lot right?

>>35303397
The wiki also says that it is possible to have an unhealthy attraction towards Mami, and that's bullshit

>>35303387
Where the fuck does this come from? There has never been a single major consequence during the entire quest. Decu has gotten this reputation without ever actually doing anything.

>>35303450
It has never not happened it started ith Kirika and has never stopped. Every time there's a serious threat some contived bullshit happens to force us into a dumb shoen duel.

>>35302373 >>35302375 >>35302395 >>35302400

You narrow your eyes at the smiling Eversor, finding yourself wanting to cross your own arms over your chest, in unconscious imitation of Sayaka's frustrated body language. You immediately light a cigarette instead, your first breath upon ignition burning the stick halfway down to its filter. You blow the smoke away from Lucius, but immediately wish that you'd blown it into her face the moment you see her nose crinkle.

"Smoking. A filthy habit." Lucius shakes her head. "Well, Warmaster Matsuda? What do you say?"

You glare at her for a moment longer, before shaking your head. You have other leads, you tell her. What makes her so sure that you'd accept her challenge?

Her answer is a laugh - a pretty laugh, one that you should be hearing from a dignified woman of class in a beautiful dress, instead of a defeated young woman shackled in chains, with only a dingy white medical gown protecting her modesty. "I must respectfully disagree, Warmaster Matsuda - you have no leads. Not a single one."

She shakes her head. "If I'm guessing correctly, you mean my colleagues, yes? My squadmates, the ones you've stopped from carrying out their appointed tasks? Kana, even?" Another laugh, this one much shorter, much harsher than the first. "They know nothing, Warmaster. Interrogate them, torture them, seduce them to your side, rip out the truth from their minds - whatever you find will not lead you to the Prophet."

And she does? You step forward, wanting more than ever to put your cigarette out on one of her eyes, just to stop her from smirking.

"I brought the staff to Oriko." Lucius's smile is terrible now. "For a time, I was Ahriman's will made manifest, until we found her true successor. I alone know how to find the Prophet, I alone know the path back to her fastness."

[1/2]

>>35303397
didn't see that change happen, odd. I usually try to keep things neutral.

>>35303486

Another moment, and the Eversor's smile turns kindly. "Let's not spend time posturing or trying to outwit one another, Warmaster Matsuda. I have little in the way of wiles. I am no trickster or manipulator - I am a warrior, first and foremost. I deal with reality with a blade in my hand. I am the only lead you have that will lead you to Oriko. Kill me now, and the killings and the burnings will continue. Give me what I want, and you have a chance to end the madness before the Prophet decides to burn this city along with you."

You glare down at Lucius, before shaking your head. What she's saying...you don't want to even acknowledge it, but she makes sense. In a twisted way, she does.

"You're not actually considering it, are you?" Sayaka asks you incredulously, her eyes wide. "Murderface, this is a trap. She wants to kill you. I--"

"I don't think I've ever said anything to the contrary, Miki Sayaka." Lucius calls out to your Equerry. "Yes, I want your Warmaster dead. I want to see her corpse cooling by my feet, with her Soul Gem ground to powder underneath my boot's heel--"

"..." Sayaka wordlessly but violently gesticulates with both hands towards the chained Eversor's direction, as if trying to make her point even further.

"--but the difference is, I wish to do it with my own two hands. With my own sword. In mortal combat, in an audience of my peers." Lucius nods towards you. "Without guile, without the cloak concealing my blade. Without deception. I wish to fight you, Warmaster, and kill you before dying myself. I want the last chapter of my life to be spent fighting a fight that actually matters."

...You shake your head again. Something doesn't fit, here. Supposing if you accept - what's stopping her from escaping?

[2/3]

>>35303421
To be fair, though, Chiaki has proven herself to be... not-so-bright... time and time again.

Remember the time we actually had a vote about who would be the one to burn/destroy that massively unimportant letter?
Instead of, say, whipping out a lighter and burning it on the spot?
Or just giving it back to Yuma, as would make sense?

>>35303358
Fondling fine healthy butts is its own reward, you don't need any other reasons.

>>35303513
Who told her about the burnings?

>>35303519
Remember that time almost every conversation
last 2+ threads?

>>35303513
No but have a dumb shoen duel though it's the only noir way.

>>35303513

"Where would I run to?" Lucius looks surprised, shocked even. "Back to Oriko? With her knowing that I've failed catastrophically in my own duties? Or that I've spent much too long already as a prisoner in the Officio she so despises?" She shakes her head. "I would be hunted every day, every hour, every waking moment of my life, Warmaster Matsuda. And that is no way to live."

She laughs again. "And how would I escape, with your entire Officio watching us? Even if I win by slaying you, my death is assured, if not by Miki Sayaka here then the many others under your command. I am sure they would be just as eager to punish my cowardice as much as they would your murder by my hand, Warmaster Matsuda."

...

"I realize it's a difficult decision to make." Lucius suddenly says, breaking the awkward silence between you. No smile graces her lips this time - instead, she looks almost apologetic. "But those are my terms, Warmaster, and I have to stand by them. If you truly cannot find it in yourself to accept, then have me executed instead. That should be a much easier and much cleaner way of solving things, yes?" She rattles her chains here. "I wish you luck with the Prophet then. Perhaps, when she's killed enough and burned enough, she may let you find her."

How do you respond?

[]Accept.
[]Refuse.
[]Give me a day to decide.

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>>35303490
I don't know. Seems pretty objective to me.

>>35303481
>>35303513

Yay another one

>>35303486
......we have a job for Yuma now.

She gets to literally rip someone's mind apart for info.

>>35303551
With the some one we've already had a dumb duel with for contrived bullshit reasons.

AND THE PLOT STILL HAS NOT GONE ANYWHERE FUCK.

>>35303546
>[x]Refuse.
Bring Yuma in.

[Mindrape Intensifies]

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>>35303546
>[x] Refuse

>>35303546
>>35303554
Do this. I'm tired of dumb duels, but there is possibly some useful information.

>>35303546
Do you want to do a dumb shoen duel so much that you need us to vote twice Decu?

>>35303546
>[x]Refuse.
Bring in the Mind sculptor.

>>35303546
>[x]Refuse.

leave her to rot in the silent room as a failure.

>>35303546
>[x]Accept

The dark goddess Pinky will have blood; your or theirs.

Taking a break from studying but help I have no idea what to draw for MGNQ Halloween.

Can't we just have Yuma mindrape her?

>>35303546
[] Other:

"Oh. so you have the information i want in your head. Sayaka, remove her limbs, and keep her alive. Get Yuma in here. We have a job for her."

>>35303546
[X]Give me a day to decide.
[X] Prepare you mindrape squad.

>>35303546
[x]Refuse.

>>35303598
No we need to have another duel but for serious this time.

>>35303397
>>35303550

I guess I'll have to start paying attention to the wiki again, and cleaning things up.

>>35303546

[X]Refuse.

>>35303575
>>35303580
>>35303590

What happens if Yuma refuses? What happens if Lucius is strong-willed enough to not have her mind read?