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You've never been up this high before. While you've been up on tall bridges and even the roof of the castle in Marconetti that one time, it's decidedly different when there's nothing solid under your feet. You're just sitting here in the harness on a Wyvern's back and it's honestly kind of intimidating.

...more like -extremely- intimidating.

"Are you doing alright, Reinhold?" Arnaud asks. "I don't think you've ever had reason to ride one of these things before."
"No I haven't, but I think I'll be okay," you reply. "Just need to get used to the height, is all," you say with a weak laugh. "...and the wind."
"Yes, this always does take a while for beginners to get used to," Arnaud nods. "The first time I rode a Wyvern, I threw up all over the place!"

You're REALLY glad that you're not doing that.

"Nicolas was -so- mad..." the old butler laughs. "...but I guess this ride isn't for fun, is it."
"Nope," you shake you head.

This is the closest thing you can get to revenge for Citrine's awful life prior to marrying Marius, so you're not about to let this opportunity go.

"...do you do this a lot?" you ask.
"What, Leviathan extermination?" Arnaud asks back. "Not particularly, I haven't been personally called out to do this since the King was around Elena's age. But I never pass up the opportunity to get these old bones moving, I really will get old if I don't keep myself active, after all."

You're not quite sure what he means by that.

"And when I saw the look in your eyes when I mentioned what was going on over in Cateno, I knew that I had to take you along," Arnaud says. "I know how it is to want to get revenge for a loved one..."


>yeah, I'm used to it
>you do?
>[OTHER]

>>36577036
>you do?

>>36577036
>yeah, I'm used to it

>>36577036
>you do?

>>36577036
>Other
Explain Citrine's backstory.

>>36577036
>you do?

>>36577036
>you do?
I sense a story.

>>36577036
>you do?

>>36577036
>you do?
Mentor time.

>>36577036
>yeah, I'm used to it
>wait, you do, too?

>>36577036
>you do?


>mediocre birthday
>see pgq live

And all is now well.

>>36577036
>you do?
Interlude! I choose you!

>>36577312
Happy birthday, Anon.

We'd have to tell Arnaud about the voices we hear at some point. Maybe he'll have a theory.

>>36577312
Happy birthday.

>>36577444
>Maybe he'll have a theory.
"You nuts, son."

>>36577312
Happy birthday/


>writing

>>36577481
>hmm, we'll need to do some testing
>rein locked up as a research experiment
>BAD END

>>36577509
>>36577394
>>36577444
T-thanks.

I love you guys

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>>36577537

Yay! PGQ is back.
I'm still catching up on False Dendrite, so I can't participate in those threads. Super glad where back to PGQ because without it distracting me for 6-8 hours a day, I start thinking about how empty and lonely my life is and that's no fun.

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>>36577611
Cheer up lad, we're getting a DEPRESSION interlude today.

>>36577628
How long have we been waiting for this?

>>36577707
I was under the impression we would never ever learn Arnaud's Tragic Backstory at this point.

Same for Marianne's mother name or Nicolette's element. Seems like the kind of things Reinhold would have no way of asking without appearing rude.

>>36577753
That's never stopped us before.

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>>36577707
Like 2 weeks.

Also, Archelon, next time somebody asks about lewds...

I don't think I copied this from pgq...

>>36577760
I was just thinking about this pic.

Posted it exactly once.

>>36577760
>2 weeks
No way. Arch has been promising the Citrine suffering for months and months.
There was a point that people didn't think it was going to even happen.

>>36577753
Nico's element is Love.

>>36577812
>Citrine suffering

No, it's Arnaud's turn this time. I think?

>>36577812
Oh wait, I was thinking about something else, I'm a dumbass.

It's been almost a year, yeah.

>>36577832
You mean Purity?

"...you do?" you ask.

Arnaud always seemed like a pretty happy person, so you're kind of usrporised to hear that he's ever felt, well... the strong urge to murder things that you get every once in a while.

"Oh yes," Arnaud nods. "Back when I was around Sir Gregory's age, I ran afoul of a particularly awful individual... I'd rather not get into too many specifics, but by the end of it I'd lost my entire family and he was a hair's breadth from killing Nicolas and Celestino as well."

A hair's breadth from killing CELESTINO? Luciana's father, Celestino? The super powerful wizard-king of Marconetti? And Nicolas would be Nicolette's grandfather... you don't even want to imagine what the hell could possibly be strong enough to be able to even -almost- fight evenly with both of them...


>[1/?]

>>36577840
Yeah, a year minus two weeks.

https://archive.moe/tg/thread/28953736/#28960158

>>36577874
>Back when I was around Sir Gregory's age

Shit, I assumed he lost his family not so long ago. That means the poor guy has spent more than a century without any family.

>>36577876
Still worth the wait.

>>36577911
Just how old IS he anyway?

>>36578032
arch said mid-hundreds.

>>36577874
rassum frassum fuggin dragons

So, do we have a game plan yet for if we get PTSD paralysis from Spinelle?

>>36578111
Freeze up like a fainting goat but with our pants off.

>>36578111
The crystals will save us.

Anon here. Question for the players.

I started reading this thing awhile ago, and stopped after the Monqiue/Sealed King Fiasco, and the supposed Luciana route-lock.

Does this get better at any point? Or does just more of the same stuff happen?

>>36578111
Break her nose, scream, run away, and cry.

>>36578111
I think "don't have sex with her" is our main priority.

>>36578119
Well, that's certainly a start

We might want to forewarn that there is a small risk of trauma before we get there though

>>36578147
>>36578153
not sure that is really viable if you freeze up

>>36578134
Define Better. With a route locked, rein get's slightly less retarded around girls, since it is a conscious shitfest of anons trying to screw each others waifu over. I've stuck around since our first spar with nicolette, and this is one of the highlights of my day. SO the answer is Maybe.

>>36578153
Can't make any promises anon. We'll see how she looks when we get there.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>36578134
There's usually 3 or 4 conversations a thread, and almost everyone is real mad at Rein for one thing or another.

But the last few with Karel were pretty good, stuff actually happened.

>>36577874
>[2/2]

"I was scared and desperate..." Arnaud says. "...while Celestino and Nicolas bought some time for me, I called in a favor from someone who we'd helped a few years prior and he lent me the strength I needed to kill that bastard with my own two hands."
"...whoa," you say, staring at him in awe.
"Killing him didn't bring my wife or daughter back, but I'd like to at least think that it helped their souls to pass on," he sighs. "So don't think I'm just humoring you when I say that I understand how you feel."

You'd put that beyond "knowing how you feel," if anything.


>how do you respond?

>>36578134
It's hard to say if it gets better when you don't explain what you want out of it, Anon.

But if you didn't like it before, I don't see why that would change. Though you can read the next day for the big battle.

>>36578134
It climaxes into a pretty bloody event that even sees Rein and Monique fight side by side then turns into endless slice of life. Whether that's "gets better" or not is up to you.

>>36578166
>our first spar with nicolette
Not princess carrying her was the worst decision ever made

>>36578210
There's always the vo.

>>36578191
"I hope I don't appear silly for going after animals but since it's for Citrine I don't care."

>>36578195
Anon, what are you doing?

>>36578231
VN. Whatever.

>>36578191
"Is that favor why you haven't aged as much as the others?"

I just want to know how he got his powers and what they even are.

>>36578187

>>36578166

>>36578198

>>36578204

Thanks for the responses.

I just wanted to know the general gist of what went on, and the last one summed it up well enough.

Have fun with the Quest.

>>36578191
I guess you'll understand if I ask what the quickest way to kill a Leviathan is then?

>>36578210
I die a little inside every time we see her with that maid.

>>36578191
How can we really respond? That was one major life story dump on Rein. maybe it would be better to turn the subject back to killing the Leviathans?

>>36578281
arch already explained that there are magical technique to age at a a delayed rate. See Ariane.

The supersense is still unexplained, however.

>>36578320
We could ask advice about the voices we hear now.

>>36578261
>VN. Never.

Fixed that for you.

>>36578335
That'd be a good idea, those voices are worrying.

>>36578335
>We could ask advice about the voices we hear now.

That's a tad bit off on a tangent from here.

>>36578191
You do understand, no strike that. I'm beginning to understand. My reasons are (citrine's backstory) and these are likely the monsters that made her suffer so. Not nearly as personal or dark. Sorry to make you remember that Arnaud, trust me when I say I understand some things are painful to remember.

>>36578341
I'm in a curious state where I still believe the chances of it being made are extraordinarily thin but arch has sort of convinced me with how stubborn he appears to be.

>>36578341
It'll happen even in it have to volunteer a ton of my time to code the damn thing.

>>36578373
He's a turtle, they'd have to kill him to stop him. Probably not even then his skeleton would continue.

>>36578191
Maybe just respond by telling him this isn't our first revenge rodeo and let that lead in to why we're chasing lesser dragons.

>>36578335
Oh in that case yeah asking about the voices/instincts might be a good idea.

>>36578379
But what if someone put him on his back?

>>36578172
well, given the time since the original message of the attack, the civilians should have either gotten away from the water or turned into kraken-chow, so if she turns up it can't really be until after the battle.

>>36578335
I'm assuming the supersenses are related to whatever ESP connection bullshit lets us control our sword also picking up other stuff in the vicinity like a mystical capacitive sensor

>>36578384
I think the first suggestion is better here. The voice could lead to some strange looks before a vital mission.

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>>36578341


>writing

>>36578394
He'd roll over, he's a limber turtle.

>>36578428
>>36578341
Anon, I think you just got the Archelon all fired up now. Good Job.

>>36578428

Come back when you evolve, Archie.

>>36578428
I believe in you Mr Turtle.
Plus you really could make a pretty penny selling it on steam after kickstarting it.
You'd just need to invest in some good art is all.

>>36578462
I shudder imagining the results.

>>36578191
Whatever we say, can we apologize for making Arnaud think about his dead family again?

>>36578462
At this rate, it won't be too much longer now.

>>36578479
It'd need to gain some steam to be even profitable.

At this point nobody outside of /tg/ heard of it so there's no way to know if they'd be real interest for the project.

>>36578369
>and that's the story of how my entire family died...
>So, like, yeah, whatever... I keep hearing creepy old voices in my head tellin' me where stuff is. What's up with that? It's like, so weird.

>>36578514
What if Arch is the Leviathans

>>36578580
>giant turtle made of Gyarados

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>>36578580

Also, what the hell, my catchpa gets deleted while I'm typing?

>>36578600
Happens to me all the freaking time.

>>36578600
>>36578623
Join the club.

>>36578600
I think Google said they're doing away with captcha. It's become such a mess that it's now a bigger hindrance to sites which us it than the actual spambots it's protecting against.

>>36578529
There's a fair bit of interest in VNs on steam, the only ones I know that hasn't made bank is dysfunction systems.
The only hard part is getting on steam and with /tg/ word of mouth it'll probably make it through Greenlight.

>>36578373
I know that feeling, I'm more than willing to help fund it but I just don't know if its gonna happen or not.

>>36578580
Considering the image in his last post you may be right...

>>36578600
It's moots way of continuing to insult his userbase.

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"Umm, is that 'favor' you mentioned the reason why you haven't aged as much as the others?" you ask.
"Well it's certainly part of it," Arnaud replies. "And it's also why I've been serving as a butler for the past..." he drifts off. "...in short, yes."

Doesn't look like he wants to keep talking about it.

"Well, umm..." you mumble, "I probably seem dumb for going after animals, I know it's nothing like what you went through."
"Like I said before, I'm not judging you at all," Arnaud replies. "Your reasons are your own."
"Yeah, I guess," you nod. "It's for Citrine so I don't really care how stupid it might seem to someone not involved... and besides, it's not like this is the first time I've done something like this."

>[1/?]

>>36578859
So they called in a favor from Theirri's (great?) grandpa/ma?
Basically, the Granachian monarch of the day.

>>36578859
Oh shit, Arnaud is a Contractor?

>>36578917
or an elemental

>>36578917
Honestly sounds more like an elemental, maybe the water one who ruled Granache and Marconetti?

>>36578859
>[2/2]

"You've fought Leviathans before?" Arnaud seems pretty surprised by your response.
"No," you shake our head. "They were humans."
"Ah," he nods. "Considering where the two of you grew up, I think I can figure out what you're referring to now."

It does seem kind of obvious in hindsight now, doesn't it.

"But I have to admit that I'm a little bit curious about what exactly happened with your sister that would cause the two of you to form a grudge against sea serpents, of all things... would you mind telling me about that?"


>maybe another time
>yeah, but first let's talk about ___
>yeah, no probrem

>>36579038
>yeah, no probrem

We'rr tark about it arright.

>>36579038
>yeah, no probrem
Shamfur dispray turtre

>>36579038
>yeah, no probrem

Yay, bonding over tales of bloody vengeance!

Isn't the flight supposed to take like 15 minutes?

Who's ready for Spinelle's dreamselfy?

>>36579038
>>yeah, no probremo

>>36579038
>>yeah, no probrem

>>36579038
>yeah, no probrem

>>36579038
Oh boy, probrem, we Chinese now.

>>36579038
But I don't wanna be sad.

>>36579038
>yeah, no probrem
HAPPENING!

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>>36579111
>Who's ready for Spinelle's dreamselfy?

I can't wait.

>>36579222
Don't worry anon it'll be ok.

>>36579111
But Dreamselfys have to have wear clothes.

Three hours should be enough tmie to get through thie entire thing, right?

...right?


>writing

>>36579267
Dunno, how's your record regarding keeping your schedule, mister "I hope to end PGQ in April"?

>>36579267
Probably not, it's like reverse dog years.
3 hours is but the blink of an eye to a turtle.

>>36579267
Just saying.
If you knew this interlude had been coming up for the best part of 12 months now, you might have wanted to write it ahead of time and just copypaste into this thread.
Just saying.

>>36579319
arch can only plan ahead if it's to make the players shit their pants.

>>36579319
Yes, and I'd been meaning to do that.
But procrastinastion.

So much procrstination.

>>36579267
We can do that Interstellar thing right?

Make it so we wait three hours and 23 years pass on earth.

The VN should be in beta by then.

>>36579352
It's not the steam account causing that is it?

Man. Life is gonna feel kinda empty without PGQ. It's been, what, a year and a half already?

>>36579367
>https://archive.moe/tg/thread/34898710/#34901829
>I would like to have it out in 2015...

topkek

"Yeah, no problem," you reply.
"You don't have to if you don't want, this is just an old man's curiosity..."
"No, it's fine," you shake your head. "You told me your story, it's only fair that I tell you mine."

If nothing else, it'll pass the remaining time you have until you get to Cateno.

"And it's not like this happened to -me- directly, anyways," you say. "I heard it secondhand from Citrine."

And so, you begin the long story...

>>36579352
Kinda pointless to run without it being written, seems like a waste of a thread.

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>>36579352
Just don't put us on a boat and we'll be cool.

>>36579422
Well, Citrine's parents were on a boat...

>>36579422
But what if it's really NICE boat?

>>36579422
Don't you realize the whole continent is a boat.

>>36579405
I wouldn't say pointless because I've enjoyed the interludes in the past but having it pre-written would be ideal.
I'm actually willing to sacrifice agency for the sake of most of this one thread simply because I've been waiting for this Citrine stuff for what feels like forever.
I hope that one Anon who kept asking for it is here.

>>36579392
The emptiness will be worth it once we get the VN.
If you live that long.

Someone asked me about it before, so I guess I'll put it up to as vote now. I use a diceless system in False Dendrite that was so kindly stolen offered from GARdian, and it's worked pretty well for the two actual fights that I've run in that quest thus far.

Now I could always switch Princes Guard's battles to it in order to exchew dice altogether, but if you guys want to keep the dice then that's fine too. I don't like to leave things solely upto RNG, but you're the players here.

>>36579466
The dice rolls happen so far and few between I don't mind keeping them.

>>36579466
Yes, dice a shit.

>>36579466
On the one hand, no more dice.

On the other hand, no more SWORD THROW ATTACK moments.

>>36579466
I'm in favor of it, it's a vast improvement over dicerolls though I'm a bit afraid the fights will get too easy if we just have to find clues in the text.

I think that with a smaller audience you can afford more experimentation so I say go for it.

>>36579466
I do like the FDQ system but no.
We've already changed the PGQ way once and I cannot in good faith forsake dice, because dice gave me peaches.

>>36579497
Would peaches constitute a Crash, a Guard, or a Strike?

>>36579466
Do it, straight dice are too swingy and temperamental.

Like, maybe dice for non-combat stuff that actually requires randomization or straight dumb luck, but that's it.

>>36579519
Definitely not a guard, that would imply Rein doing a good job,
Probably a crash. It was really more a stroke than a strike.

"Citrine!" my father calls out from down the pier. "Did you get all of your stuff packed?"
"Yeah, I did that last night"! I shout back. "I thought Mom put it all on the boat already!"
"...really?" he looks over at our boat. "Uh, I guess I'll go ahead and check to see if she actually did..." he says as he grabs a hanging rope and walks a few paces backwards.

I never get tired of watching him do this stuff, it's like he's some kind of pirate or something. Once he's built up enough distance between him and our boat, my father breaks into a sprint towards the water and jumps just before he'd fall off the pier. His strong hands pull the rope in his grip taut as it supports his entire body, swinging forwards just long enough... and then he lets go and flies through the air for a few seconds before landing on the deck of the boat.

"Haha, I still got it!" my father laughs to himself. "Hey Citrine, didja see your old man make that awesome jump!?" he waves at me.
"Yeah, I sure did!" I shout, waving back at him.

I wish I was cool enough to do that... the last time I tried, I ended up falling into the river and I had to swim all the way over to the beach in order to get out of the water.


>[1/?]

>>36579519
>WE PICK CRASH
>B-but how can ballroom dancing be a Crash? Why are we even using the combat system for this?
>DON'T CARE, PICKING CRASH
And then peaches.

>>36579566
I'm already gritting my teeth.

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>>36579566
>Citirne's Dad is cool
Guhhh... I don't think I'm ready for this.

>>36579583
We crashed. She accidentally struck. We burned.

>>36579533
That was the exact plan.

>>36579607
>accidentally
She meant what she did. She wouldn't if she knew about us or if she was thinking straight but it was still intentional.

>>36579267
Well, what is your WPM?
You already have an outline, right?
Right?

>>36579566

This is the morning that our family leaves Perricone forever. My father used to run a shipping company but the company went completely under for some reason that I don't understand and we've pretty much lost everything... he says that there's nothing but bad memories left here so he managed to convince my mother to abandon everything and sail down the river to Granache so we can start a new life.

Nobody asked me, of course... I'm completely happy here with my home and my friends and everything else. Plain old me even managed to get a boyfriend too, but we now I'm never going to see him again.

Just thinking about it's making me tear up.

But there's no sense in dwelling on stuff that I can't change, that's what my father always tells me. You can't change the past but the future is full of endless possibilities so you just gotta keep a positive outlook and greet tomorrow with a smile!

I really like that way of thinking, but that doesn't mean that it's easy to do at times like this.


>[2/?]

>>36579682
That only really helps if he knows how many words he's typing for the interlude.

>>36579697
Wait, how old is Citrine supposed to be there?

>>36579708
She's like 13-14.

>>36579466
I'm for changing the battle system to diceless system and having a dice roll for random non combat scenarios.

>>36579697
>Plain old me even managed to get a boyfriend too,
She's gonna have lots of boyfriends pretty soon.

>>36579712

so, ripe.

PERFECT.

Tentacle scene?

>>36579708
She's was around 14 the day she met Reinhold so probably 13-14

>>36579697
Don't worry lil Citrine. Things might look brighter tomorrow.

>>36579708
14 isn't she

>>36579712
Ah I'm gonna go 14 for my headcannon

>>36579727
Dude

>>36579697
>>36579727
I'm tearing up and you are making [spoilers]whore jokes[/spoilers], you are going to the special place for this Anon.

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>>36579727
Over the line.

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>>36579697

After making my final rounds around the neighborhood and saying goodbye to everyone for the last time, I walk up the plank onto our boat.

"You ready to go, honey?" my Mom asks as she emerges from the cabin. "You haven't left anything, have you?"
"I'm not ready at all but all my stuff is on this boat so I guess I don't really have a choice," I mumble.
"C'mon, don't be like that..."

My mother walks up to me and wraps her arms around me... and the whole façade that I'd been putting up ever since I was told that we'd be leaving breaks in an instant. Unable to control myself, I bury my head into her chest and start bawling my eyes out. It's like I'm five years old again.

"It's alright to be sad, I know how much you wanted to stay," she says, running her hand through my hair as I cry and cry. "Just let it all out."

And I do. While my father runs around the boat and takes care of the final preparations to ship out, I stand there and sob uncontrollably while everyone watches.

...that's a lie, nobody even bothers to show up to see us off.


>[3/?]

>>36579846
I hate you arch, I hate you for writing this, I hate you for giving Rein and Citrine shitty lives and I fucking hate you for making me feel.

I don't read False Dendrite. What is this diceless system? Is there a link or pastebin for it?

>>36579915
https://archive.moe/tg/thread/34544068/#34553488

>>36579846

>After making my final rounds around the neighborhood

So Citrine was always a whore?

>>36579935
Go sit in the corner.

>>36579935
Too far dude.

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>>36579846

Goodbye, Perricone.

Goodbye, Theodore.

Goodbye, home.

Unable to watch my entire life drift by me as we sail out of the harbor, I head inside the cabin and sit down on my bed. I kind of hate my father right now for making me leave everything behind...

"Yo, Citrine!" the cabin door swings open and my father comes strolling in.
"...hey," I mumble, not even raising my head to look at him.

And then I feel the mattress sink in next to me and a hand patting me on the head.

"I know things're looking rough right now, but the bad times never last," he says. "But just watch, tomorrow will be so great that our life in Perricone will look like total crap in comparison!" he says with an uneasy laugh.
"I really doubt that," I say as I brush his hand away. "I've never been to Granache, I don't KNOW anyone in Granache... it's an entirely different country, I don't know how you can be so calm about this!"


>[4/?]

>>36579995
It's a special kind of fucked up when you have a child worrying about not making new friends and what awaits them is river dragons killing their parents and years of sexual slavery.

I'm starting to think dragons are responsible for everything bad in this setting.

>>36580026

Rana is the deep spy/assassin

Her entire route is about turning her to our cause.

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>>36579995
>our life in Perricone will look like total crap in comparison

>>36579995

"Wanna know a secret?" my father puts his hand back onto the top of my head.
"...what?" I push it off again.
"I'm actually scared out of my mind!" he laughs.

Bullshit.

"You're just saying that to make me feel better," I grumble. "Cut it out, I'm not a little kid anymore."
"Hey, I'm being totally serious here," he sighs. "I screwed up and borrowed money from the wrong people and lost everything... all the bad shit we're going through is my fault, and now your mother's kind enough to go along with this big plan to start anew in Granache."

...I guess that would be something worth freaking about.

"And if things don't go right this time, she's sure to kick my stupid ass aside and find someone who -isn't- a moron to provide for the two of you..." he sighs. "I'm not so naive that I don't know that this is a huge gamble we're taking here."
"Then why did you make us leave home in the first place!?" I shout.

I want to punch him so hard right now! He screwed up and he KNOWS he screwed up and now we're the ones paying for it!

"There's nothing for us back there," he says, shaking his head. "I thought it over for a good long time and came to the conclusion that this is the best course of action for us."


>[5/?]

>>36580088
>Bullshit.
Hey arch I've been meaning to ask, why do people in pgq world say Bullshit. I thought Bulls didn't exist?

>>36580106
Translation. They probably don't speak English either.

>>36580106
Male llamas are also called bulls.

I do have to limit myself in other common sayings, though. Nicolette would say 'jackass" a lot but donkeys don't exist so yeah.

>>36579935
Rude

>>36580128
You could have people have people say "dumbass" is stead since it could have came from a literal progression of kids saying things like stupid-butt.

>>36580088

"All I can do is ask you to give me a chance here," my father says, patting me on the back. "But I don't blame you for being pissed at me so I'll leave you alone now..."

He then gets up and heads back out to the deck, but then he peeks his head back through the door.

"Me and your mother'll be on the deck if you need anything, okay?" he says.
"Yeah, whatever," I mumble.

And with a big goofy smile on his face, my father slides back out of sight.

Stupid jerk.

Leaving me in here to be all depressed by myself... and my mother's out there with him so I'll have to put up with his presence if I want to be around -her-...

Screw it, I'm not going to stay in here this entire time.


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>>36580199

I walk out onto the deck, making a point to stay on the opposite end from where my father is for the next few hours. And by next few hours, I mean that we left at maybe ten o'clock in the morning and now it's sunset.

Shut up, stomach...

"Citrine!" my father playfully slaps me on the back.
"What do you want?" I say, slapping him on the back in a very much NOT playful manner.
"I was called here by your angry stomach," he says, poking me right there. "It's demanding to be fed, and since I'm the provider for our family..."

UGH.

"We have some muffins left over from this morning," UI sigh. "I'll just gho into the cabin and get some of those."
"That's no good!" my mother says, popping up from behind me.

Great, now I'm surrounded.

"You can't just only eat muffins, Citrine!" she scolds me.
"Well Dad ate all the fish that we had left in the house this morning so it's not like I can do anything else," I grumble.
"Psh, I can take care of that," my father says, his eyes twinkling.

Oh no.

He's about to do something stupid again.


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>>36580280
>He's about to do something stupid again.

>>36580280
>He's about to do something stupid again.
Fish?

By the way, what type of vessel is it?

>>36580280

"Ta-DAH!" he says, spinning a long staff in his hand.
"...what is that," I ask, glaring at him.
"You brought that old thing with us?" my mother sighs.
"And why wouldn't I?" he laughs.

It's got a metal loop on one end, and a sharp pointy bit on the other side...

"Is that a harpoon?" I ask, dumbfounded. I don't even know why the hell he'd HAVE one of those.
"As a matter of fact, it is!" he boasts, holding it up in the air as if he's trying to stab the sky itself. "And I'm gonna show you that I'm not -completely- worthless!"

I can't wait to see this.

Shooing me aside, my father walks to the edge of the boat and look down into the rover, then heads to the mast and attaches a rope to the loop portion of his harpoon. Once he's sure that it's nice and tight, he returns to the edge and waits a few minutes before throwing the thing as hard as he possibly can into the water.


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>>36580346
So that's how he'll piss off the Leviathans

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>>36580346
>A harpoon
Well, shit. I feel bad for this guy.

>>36580362
>Dad Shot First

>>36580362
>Citrine, you got sold into a childhood of prostitution because your dad was a fucking dumbass.

>>36580346

Almost the second it hits the water, my father tugs on the rope and pulls the harpoon out... with a huge fish skewered on the tip.

"Master spear fisher, reporting for duty!" my father says, grinning proudly.
"You're just as amazing as ever!" my mother giggles.
"...yeah, I guess that was kind of cool," I mumble.

I don't know where the hell he learned how to do that.

After spearing another fish of the same size, my father hands them over to my mother so that she can cook them up.

"So Citrine, has you opinion of me raised at least a little bit?" he asks.
"Just a tiny amount," I reply. "Like the width of an eyelash."
"So I -have- made progress!" he laughs.

It doesn't take long for the fish to get finished cooking, and we enjoy a decent meal while we sail along.


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>>36580389
>Reinhold, you had to rescue yourself from continuous rape because your adoptive dad didn't have his priority straight
>Karel, you lived your entire life as a boy because your dad couldn't help spreading his seed into girls half his age even in the land of magic birth control

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>>36580420
man got shanked
it was his mom that dropped him off in the world's worst daycare where one of the caretakers was a rapist

>>36580420
>>36580430
Shit tier parenting all around

>>36580444
By contrast Thierri and Gregory are alright.

Which probably means that to be a good parent you need to be a rich as fuck killing machine but that didn't help Celestino.

>>36580415


Dinner was good and all, but now there's a really gross fish smell inside the cabin so I head out to the deck to get some fresh air. I spend the next halfhour or so just gazing off into the distance... the moon's full tonight so there's pretty decent lighting despite it being nighttime.

"You don't have to worry about river pirates, you know..."

I look behind me, and find my mother waving sheepishly at me. With a tired sigh, I motion that it's okay for her to join me in my moongazing.

"You feeling a little bit better, honey?" she asks.
"Not really," I reply. "I'm just trying to take my mind off how pissed I am right now instead."
"That's a decent enough idea, I guess," she says, kissing me on the cheek.
"Is that why you came out here too?" I ask.
"Mmm..." she turns to face the river. "Maybe. Mostly I wanted to admire the way the river looks at under the moonlight. Your father proposed to me on a night like this, you know..."

Ugh.


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>>36580459
Or be a mother. I think the only bad mother in this setting is arguably Karel's mom for putting Karel through all this shit.

>>36580478
She was young and romantic, though. Pretty shitty of here to keep it up as she grew older and suposedly wiser, but I suppose at the time having your own personal shota swordsman had its appeal.

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>>36580466

"C'mon," she tugs on my arm. "Take a look at the water, it's beautiful!"
"Yeah, yeah..." I groan as I turn around and look down at the river. "I guess it -is- kind of pretty... but what's that?" I say, pointing at a shadow that's moving underneath the boat."
"Eh?"

Mt mother peers down at the part that I'm pointing at... and immediately reels back and pulls me along with her.

"Mom!?" I shout. "What the-MGNGGM" she covers my mouth with her hand and raises a finger to her own lips.
"Citrine, I need you to be as silent as you can, okay?" she whispers.
"...why?" I ask. "There aren't pirates on this river, are there?"

She simply shakes her head.

"That shadow you saw was a sea serpent," she whispers.

A WHAT!?


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>>36580497
>A WHAT!?

"BUT WE'RE IN A RIVER! AND HOW CAN IT SURVIVES IN FRESH WATER OR SWIM IN SHALLOW WATERS?"

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>>36580497
here we go

>>36580497
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ

>>36580494
>she grew older and suposedly wiser
Really?

She still seems to be immature idiot, really most of the adults are.

>>36580497

I've heard stories about those things from the old guys who like to hang out by the docks... they wreck boats and eat grown men whole, and-

"Citrine," my mother shakes me. "I need you to go inside and -calmly- tell your father, okay?"
"O... okay," I nod."

With my heart feeling like it's about to break out of my chest, I tiptoe back to the cabin, where I find my father looking over what seems like a map.

"Hey Citrine, what's up?" he asks.
"S..." I gulp. "Sea serpent..."

His eyes grow wider than I've ever seen them.

"Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit" he mutters under his breath as he grabs the harpoon that he used to fish us up dinner, and then produces a SECOND one. "Citrine, where's your mother at?"
"Out on the deck," I reply. "I think she's keeping guard..."
"God damn it," he growls as he runs outside.


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>>36580540
>runs outside.

BAD MOVE, JIM.

>>36580564
>their vision is based on movement

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>>36580540

Stupidly, I follow after him... and then the boat rocks violently the second I step out onto the deck. I'm thrown up into the air and land back down on my shoulder, sending an absolutely awful pain shooting through my entire arm.

I think it's dislocated.

Tuning out the pain, I take a few deep breaths and right myself, only to fall over again thanks to the entire boat shaking all over the place. Along with the panicked screams of my parents, I hear a roaring that's almost like thunder...

"Daddy!" without thinking, I shout for him as I stumble around the center of the boat and search for my parents.

That's when I see it. A huge monster rising out of the water, the same deep blue color as the night sky. And its eyes are a dull yellow, standing out even more thanks to the moonlight reflecting off of them. Its low roars shake the boat itself as it opens its mouth and bares countless pearl-colored teeth as if showing them off to me...

...and then it snaps towards the deck.

Right where my mother's trying to regain her balance.


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>>36580625
Oh lawdie lawd. I can understand why Reinhold is off to murder these things now. Still stupid...but, plot justified stupid.

>>36580633
We gon' go full Ahab on their scaly asses

>>36580625
WARNING, WARNING, WE HAVE A CONFIRMED CHOMPING IN PROGRESS, CALLING ALL UNITS, CONFIRMED CHOMP IN PROGRESS

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>>36580625
>that pic

I hope they're not actually that big, otherwise Fragment Bladder isn't going to cut it.

>>36580646
We can always fall back to throwing our sword at them

>>36580646
GO-GO-GADGET EXTENDO-SWORD!

>>36580625

"NOO!" I shriek, desperately running towards my mother as if I could possibly do something to stop this monster from eating my mother whole...

And just before I'm able to reach her, the sea serpent reels back and lets out a horrible wail of pain. That's when I notice a harpoon gouged right in the thing's left eye socket.

"Get back, you two!" my father shouts as he readies his second harpoon.
"But that's your last one, you don't have any way to kill that thing!" my mother yells back.
"There's always a way!" he screams." Now get below deck before this thing decides that you're going to be its next meal!"

My mother just nods in agreement as she picks me up under her arm somehow and races towards the doorway to the cabin.

"But what about Daddy!" I scream. "You can't just leave him there!"
"He'll be fine," she says, covering her mouth with her free hand. "He always finds a way to make it out of problems safely..."

CRASH


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We better pull out an Ahab on the motherfucking sea serpent:

Oh, lonely death on lonely life! Oh, now I feel my topmost greatness lies in my topmost grief. Ho, ho! from all your furthest bounds, pour ye now in, ye bold billows of my whole foregone life, and top this one piled comber of my death! Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering serpent; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

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>>36580669

As my mother runs for the doorway, it... moves away from us.

"Wha...?" I look back and find a SECOND sea serpent slamming our boat with its tail. With every hit, more and more of the wooden planks that make up the deck are smashed up until the entire boat starts to split in two.
"Citrine, hold on!" my mother shouts as she tries desperately to keep me in her arms... but I only have one usable arm and we're falling towards the water and-

Everything goes black for a few seconds. When I come to, I find myself lying down on a small bit of the boat's deck that wasn't completely destroyed by the second sea serpent.

But wait-

"Mommy!" I scream. She was right by me, where did she go!?

That horrible wail shakes the deck that I'm floating on along with my bones themselves, and my vision is drawn towards its source.

That disgusting monster, its expressionless eyes are staring right at me. Slowly, it opens its bloodstained mouth and the wind catches a piece of cloth that's stuck on its teeth.

No.

No no no no no no no no no no no no no


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>>36580740
archelooooooon

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>>36580625
>>36580669
>>36580740
oh look, its raining

..Are we back?

>>36580781
WE BACK NIGGA

Darn what happened next? Seems like we had a blackout for 3 hours. Way to kill all the threads 4chan.

>>36580783
Woo!

..though it still feels a bit like an echo chamber.

>>36580787
And it was such a perfect time too. Now we can only hope that arch is still awake and ready to continue.

>>36580789
>>36580794
So any ideas what happened to kill everything for 3 hours?

>>36580800
I am not an sure nor an expert, but I think it was something on the servers or host of 4chan that caused it.

>>36580808
Yeah, probably. Just curious at this point.

Damn stupid 4chan next thread is gonna be more depressing than than this one.

>>36580808
some boards seemed to die harder than others, so I'm guessing server trouble. Hopefully Arch kept writing while the site was down so at least we'll get a big block of content up front for the next thread. Horrifying, tragic content.

>>36580824
Here's hoping. Maybe someone with a twitter should ping him?

>>36580827
>someone with a twitter
Sorry, can't help with that. There's also the possiblity that he has gone to sleep.

>>36580827
Won't he be in bed or something now? I can never remember his schedule.

>>36580824
Considering that it's been such a long time coming, I'd almost have expected Arch to have the whole story written already, and just posted it in chunks. Seems really inefficient otherwise.

>>36580836
Hmm, it is kinda funny. With the timing of the cut off the next thread could always start with Reinhold choking up at this point and then talk about how he met Citrine in his own words.

>>36580839
Or with the story suddenly being interrupted by the sight of Arnaud being chomped.

>>36580836
Yeah this thread was kinda weird should have just wrote it tonight and ran the thread tomorrow.

At least we would have got through all of it, I'm not really looking forward to next thread been all SUFFERING.

>>36580847
>Implying he wouldn't see it coming and dodge it with ease

>>36580853
>implying he isn't an old man

>>36580859
>Implying that matters, since he can still smoke Gregory.

>>36580847
how exactly are water-dwelling lesser dragons going to assault someone in the air?

>>36580870
By being really fucking big.

>>36580865
>implying that isn't a show so that Arnaud can still feel like a kid at times.

>>36580430
>used goods.gif
But used fluffy tail is still fluffy tail.

>>36580896
>Implying he is a glory hound and would be make me feel young crap like that.

>>36580913
>implying he isn't being tricked by the act as well.

>>36580928
He couldn't see some asshole almost rape Mari so clearly he perception skill isn't as good as he thinks.

>>36580896
We aren't even flying into the town itself to avoid the sight of them spooking our wyvern.

>>36580953
>implying that will help against land sharks

No way archelon would stay awake for three hours. He's usually asleep around 6 am EST.

So how are we going to kill big Leviathans with our tiny sword?

Everyone knows that Arnaud has this haxxor detection ability right?

What if he contracted with the Granache water elemental grand-daddy and detects people by the water in them?

He knows when you masturbate.

>>36580974
From the inside!

>>36580974
Stab them presumably

Could use that ranged sword spell if the Leviathans are to big to get close.

>>36580928
>Implying someone's good enough to do that with his Massive Since haxx.
>>36580942
Implying he didn't put it together after the fact but is staying silent because Marianne wants it to go away.
>>36580958
>Implying they could reach a wyvern high in the air. We ran into one before remember? Nico helped kill it.

>>36580988
I think you get the element of the spirit with when you contract, and Arnaud's element is Lightning.

lolwut speculated for a long time that he detected the bioelectricity so that's essentially the same logic, but still.

Also, since he doesn't know that Karel is a girl, his supersense obviously isn't precise enoguh to detect a dick (or its absence).

>>36580974
Iron body combo'ed with tailwind charge into their eyes.

>>36581027
Shape his sword into a harpoon.

>>36581035
Was thinking more like Reinhold does a koolaid man on their eyes all the way to their skull. OH YEAH!!!!

>>36580974
We can turbo-bodyslam through buildings with a shapeshifting indestructible sword since the timeskip, plus our sword skills in general have been receiving training from hell. We should really be able to handle these things.

>>36581021
We've never seen him interact with her, he may very well know but isn't telling. He is a spymaster after all. Knowledge is power.

Is there no ReinxLuci smutbin or is my google-fu just bad?

>>36580740
This whole story honestly justifies Reinholds actions. Well done Arch.

You have once again written a best dad.

>>36581042
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs7CW6xDbL8

Yeah Beowulf style, Aquaman would knight us instantly.

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>>36581027
Maybe we can use the crystals to turn ourself into a drill-shaped sword thingy.

>>36581052
arch said he doesn't know.

>People who know:
>Karel, Alicia, Reinhold, Karel's ded uncle, Gerhard, Niklaus, and as of recently Ariane and Gregory.
>People who suspects it:
>Giancarlo.

>>36581068
Oh, and Monique and Setsuranka know too.

>>36581062
Well, we do still need to make knighthood ahead of Nico

>>36581056
Speaking of best dads, hopefully we get an interlude to see how Greg and Karel are getting along soon

>>36581107
Poor Nico she loses the Reinbowl and now he's gonna get knighted before her

at least she has Melon.

>>36581107
>>36581164
Reinhold probably won't earn knighthood until a few years have passed.

Bodyguarding doesn't seem impressive enough.

>>36581197
But killing leviathans might do it.

>>36581210
The way Arnaud described it it doesn't seem dangerous enough.

Also Nicolette would kill us if we earned knighthood that way since we didn't invite her to come along.

>>36581222
At least it would be more deserved than Monique "I'm a knight just because the king wants my sword" Gibeult.

>>36581230
But we're not Monique, that's the point.

>>36581235
We could be if we just abandoned our post to train in a mountain for a month.

>>36581258
minor drawback that at the end of it we have to leave for a different country where not everyone thinks we're a massive prat to get work

>>36581352
>We could always go live in marconetti with our girlfriend+grandma+Not brothersister.

>>36581369
Fuck that means we would see more of Monique.

>>36581380
>Yet another bonus, it's been awhile since we saw the best character.

>>36581380
Not worth it

>>36581386
But we see Marianne and Karel all the time

>>36581380
I just had the horrible thought that if Setsuranka keeps Monique young long enough he could marry one of our descendants one day.

>>36581404
I will not allow this.

>>36581403
>Marianne.
>Not worst character.
Karel is decent enough, but not best by any margin.

>>36581413
Why would Marianne be worst? She's definitely in the Top Five.

>>36581413
>Marianne.
>Not worst character.
Marianne has all the best scenes and all the cutest moments in this entire quest. It's just been less of them since we went to Marconetti.

>>36581404
Our friendship circle includes powerful mages and a dragon, even if our own lifespan doesn't wind up getting somewhat extended we can depend on them to keep Monique the hell away.

>>36580988
>spoiler
So does Mari
Our bed is pressed up against her wall

>>36581021
>lolwut speculated
Where is lolwut?
He was far more rational and well-spoken than I've come to expect from tripfriends.

>>36581475
Good thing Reinhold is too traumatized to jerk off.

>>36581431
I wonder how her route would go since arch said it wouldn't really start until after Marconetti.

>>36581475
So does Rein know when she does?

>>36581498
He doesn't really visit that often anymore

sad.

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>>36580740

While I lie there paralyzed with pain and grief and fear, I hear another scream. But it's not the thunderous call of the sea serpent, it sounds like the ragged screams of a...

"D... Daddy?" I work up enough energy to turn my head and find my father leaping from piece to piece of our ruined boat. He's covered in blood and he's holding half of a shattered harpoon and the look on his face is filled with pure hate.
"Citrine, stay right there!" he shouts. "I'm coming for you!"

I hear the monster roar again, and everything goes black.


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>>36581498
He still posts very sporadically in PGQ. Dunno about the other quests he follow.

>>36581517
how

wat

uh

>>36581517
Arch! What the hell, you are still awake!?

>>36581517
holy fucking shit the turtle lives

>>36581517
THANK GOD

>>36581517
Damn Arch, I didn't know you could be up this late anymore.

>>36581517
Holy shit arch you random sneaky bastard.

...eh, there's still more so I'll post that too.

THE SHOW GOES ON
for a little while longer at least

>>36581517
The thread lives!
Shame Citrine's parents don't

>>36581515
>So does Rein know when she does?
>Implying Marianne isn't also too traumatized to mastrubate

"Hey, she's opening her eyes!" I hear a man call out.
"Ngh..." I groan, clutching my shoulder. "Wha...?"

I open my eyes, and see the sun shining on me.

...the SUN!?

"Daddy!" I shout, snapping upright. "Daddy, where are you!?"

That thing... it ATE Mommy and then he was running at it with that broken harpoon and- oh no.

"You're the only one who we fished out of the water, girly," an old man says, leaning over me.

Looking around, I see a bunch of shabby-looking buildings and a river and... I'm sitting on the docks? But this isn't home...

"Where am I?" I ask, looking around. "My father, we were attacked by sea serpents and one of them got my mother but he was-"
"Like I said, we only fished you up," the man says, shaking his head. "Nobody else."

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>4chan freezing means that PGQ continues after I get home from work
Looks like I am today's lucky winner!

>>36581509
Who would heal Reinhard the fastest? I'm inclined to say Melon, she seems to have the right balance of compassion and forwardness.

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>>36581576
What sacrifices does arch go through for us...

>>36581587
I mean, Nico already went and did the thing with the other thing

>>36581561

I place my hands over my eyes and curl up into a ball. Those things ate Mommy and they probably ate Daddy too... I don;'t even know how long I spend lying there crying my eyes out. I've lost EVERYTHING. We were supposed to go to Granache to start a new life but those fucking monsters ruined everything...

"Well you're alive at least," the old man says, shaking his head knowingly. "I dunno what happened to your folks, maybe they got ate up by a Leviathan or summat but you're still here."

That doesn't mean a Goddamned thing when I don't have anything worth living for.

"In any event, I've done my good deed for the day," he says, grunting as he stands up and cracks his elbows. "You've got my condolences, but I have my own shit to deal with now."
"Wha...?" I reach out to him. "You're leaving me here?"
"You're awake so you're not my problem anymore," he shrugs. "Welcome to Cateno, kid."

I try to beg him not to just ditch me here, but he isn't hearing any of it. And so, I find myself stranded here in... I don't even know what country this is.

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>>36581561
Based Arch

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>>36581561
Is this the Boss?
Please don't be the Boss

>>36581517

Just keep us all waiting for 4 hours why don't you bro.

>>36581615
Blame moot for breaking 4chan again

>>36581600
What a cunt

Seriously why are we saving these pricks?

>>36581587
She really does seem like the most adult of the girls so far.

>>36581600
Wow, fuck this place, seriously.

>>36581600
>And then Arnaud turned the Wyvern around, because "fuck that town, just fuck it to the ground"

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>>36581600

It's daytime but this place looks pretty dangerous so I don't really feel comfortable just staying out here on the docks. I mean, there's big burly men all over the place and it feels like they're eyeing me up or something. And while I might feel like jumping back into that stupid fucking river and ending it all right now, that's not what my parents would ever want me to do.

Good or bad, I'm still here. Alive.

Gathering myself up, I head into what passes for the town. As I get further and further away from the docks, I can't help but notice that this place looks every bit as awful as I'm feeling right now. But I can't just mope forever, I'm all alone and I don't have anyone and I'm going to have to find some way to take care of myself if I don't want to starve to death.

"Wha!?"

While I'm lost in my thoughts, I'm brought back to reality by something running right into me. Losing my balance, I fall backwards and land on the dirt road.

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>>36581631
>we solve the problem by feeding the people to the Leviathans until they die of indigestion

>>36581645
Here comes our hero.

>>36581587
Probably.

>>36581669
Spinelle?

>>36581645
Please be Reinhold, please be Reinhold

>>36581669
Too bad he couldn't save her.

>>36581669
>Here comes our hero.
Naw, she's about to get beat up by some arse, prolly raped too

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>>36581682
>Oh, you're lost as well?
>I just met this really cool guy called The Boss, come with me, he'll look after us!

>>36581713
Aside from the fact the lil Rein had been there since birth

>>36581646
We'd run out leviathans too quickly I think.

>>36581597
Nico for additional bro-tier support and acting as the lightning rod for any Morning Melon beyond our tolerance. Three-way confirmed for most healing. And Melanie would definitely be wearing the pants from what we've seen.

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>[4/4]

"Reinhold, what did I tell you about looking where you're going!?" a girl shouts in a motherly tone.
"Sorry..." a little boy says, standing over me and extending his hand to me.

I must really be out of it, I was knocked on my ass by a freaking baby.

"A... are you okay?" the little boy asks. "I didn't hurt you, did I? Can you stand back up?"
"Yeah, I think so," I mumble as I push myself back to my feet. There's no way that skinny kid could actually be able to help me up himself.

After making sure that I'm alright, the little brown-haired boy runs back over to the girl who he was with. She has long black hair, and she's wearing a really racy-looking outfit... lots of cleavage. I dunno why she'd be dressed like that while out on the town with her kid, but maybe that's just what people in this country dress like...

"Sorry about that," the lady says, extending a hand to me. "I keep telling him to watch where he's going, but you know how kids can be..."
"No, it's alright," I reply as I shake her hand. "No harm done."

At least they have manners here.

"My name is Spinelle," she says, placing a hand to her chest, "and this little guy here is Reinhold."
"...hi," he says, waving to me with a nervous smile on his face.
"Are you sure that he didn't run into you too hard?" she asks. "You look like you're about to cry."