>>36843191
>>"Quick, describe what he looked like in three words and I'll leave ye alone."
And if she takes any longer than that
>Bash the door open and take her

>>36843191
>>Bash the door open and take her
Yar har har.

I actually do like Anna as a character: she's interesting and her overprotectiveness of Yuuki is a fun obstacle and she's good as a sort of minor antagonist.

>>36843191
this works>>36843277

>>36843191
>Bash the door open and take her

>"Quick describe what he looked like in three words and I'll leave ye alone."
>Bash the door open and take her if she hesitates, you don't have time for this.

Writing!

>>36843611
She better be dressed, because there's no anchors on the Jack ship!

>>36843611

Ooh, Hero-napping, that sounds fun!

We go to the graveyard to hide.

>>36843772
We ain't hiding, we're hunting thieves!

>>36843191
First I ace my final, now this?
Oh Announcer, you spoil me.

>>36843948
Congratulations!

>Next post almost done

>>36844034
Aww, thanks!

>>36843948
Lucky you, I have papers due tomorrow and a final I'm dreading tomorrow.

>>36844124
Good luck.
What're you majoring in?

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"Maybe a sketch then?"
"No."
"A look at the crime scene?"
"No."

"Or may be just a brief recount of events?"
"Go away, Jack!"

You really don't have time for this kind of conversation.
"Tell you what, Lass. If ye tell me what this guy looks like in three words, I'll leave you alone."

"Eh, Really? So, um."
There's some silence behind the door, along with some mumbling.
"So.. I guess he was about a few inches shorter than me, skinny build, and.. he wore a cloak or something?"

You smile, "Sorry Lass, I didn't quite get that, could you speak up?"

There's an annoyed grumble behind the door, "So, shorter than me, skinny and-"

"Speak up Lass! You're as quiet as a mouse I swear!"

There's another irritated grumble, before you hear some shuffling in the background accompanied by a set of drawers opening and closing. A single set of footsteps approach the door from the other side as the bolt that holds it firmly shut is twisted and unlatched.
The oak door opens just a crack, and Yuuki's eye can be seen through the tiny crevice.

She's outright yelling at you, now. "I SAID HE WAS A FEW INCH-"

That's when you push the door open and grab her by the shoulder.
"That's more than three words, Lass!"
"W-Wait! Jack! Stop!"

It's too late, you've already pulled her into the hallway and flung her over your shoulder, carrying her toward the scene of the crime.

>Cont.

Crashed.

Great.

Great.

Re-writing.

>>36844518
>There's another irritated grumble, before you hear some shuffling in the background accompanied by a set of drawers opening and closing.
At least she's (maybe) clothed.

>>36844171
Community Development. Lots of social justice papers to write, and not a lot of time to do it since I'm lazy.

>>36845218
Can't say I'm familiar with that.

Terrible night for technical problems

Still writing.

>>36845302
Save early, save often.

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>>36844518
"Hey Lass, are ye still mad about that?"

Yuuki doesn't say anything. She continues to retrace her footsteps and pretend that you don't exist.
Beside her, Fritelli continues to listen intently as Yuuki recounts the night to her.

"-I decided to look around, since the guards don't usually fall over fast asleep. Then that's when I saw him, walking away from the library."

Fritelli paces along the hallway, peeking around the corner and paying close attention to the floor.
"Then what happened?"
"He.. saw me, and I told him to stop. But then he made a break for the doorway. He was really fast, he easily outran me."

"How was he able to outrun you? Was he already running by the time you found him?"
"No, he just. Ran."

Fritelli dusts off a section of the floor. "Do you know why he was faster than you?"
Yuuki shakes her head. Fritelli seems rather discouraged by her response.

"What about that other guy? When did you see him?"
Yuuki shuffles uncomfortably when she notices you staring at her, "I only saw him at the gate, he said he ran into the guy but didn't know who he was or what he wanted."

Fritelli stands to her feet, "Well, that's it for me. Jack, do you have any other questions?"

Yuuki still doesn't seem to be very happy, she tries to distract herself by admiring the fine brickwork of the walls.

>"You said he was coming 'from' the library? He wasn't going to it?"
>"Are you the only witness? Did you see anyone else?"
>"You say this 'other guy', can you describe him?"
>"How fast are we talking about here? Because I know you move pretty fast."
>"Ah ferget it, I'll have a look around later."
>Other?

>>36845738
>"You say this 'other guy', can you describe him?"

>Other
did you look to see what he wanted out of the library

>>36845738
>"You said he was coming 'from' the library? He wasn't going to it?"

>>36845738
>>"You said he was coming 'from' the library? He wasn't going to it?"
>>"You say this 'other guy', can you describe him?"

>>36845738
>"You said he was coming 'from' the library? He wasn't going to it?"

>>36845845
>You say this 'other guy', can you describe him?
>You said he was coming 'from' the library, he wasn't going to it?
>Do you know what he wanted there?

Writing! hopefully won't take an hour this time.

>>36845738
>>"You said he was coming 'from' the library? He wasn't going to it?"
>"How fast are we talking about here? Because I know you move pretty fast."

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>>36845738

"Did I hear something right, Lass? You say he was coming FROM the library?"
She shoots you a look, one that says 'What, now you're not going to believe what I say?'. Instead of complaining about it, she instead responds very weakly to your question.
"Yes, he was coming from the library. I didn't see him walk in."

Wait, something doesn't add up here, why would the guy be coming from the library?

"Do ye know what he wanted? Did ye see him swipe anything?"
"N-no, I can't say I did."

That's bad, if he's coming from the library, he may have found what he wanted. You'll have to ask Aligot later if anything appears to be missing.

"You say there was another 'guy', whar is he? What did he see?"
Fritelli interrupts, "That other guy is the only other witness, I interviewed him this morning. He-"
You wave her off. "Hold up Fritelli, I want to see what the Lass saw, not his account."

Yuuki looks nervous, suddenly being put on the spot. "Um, I don't really know what he saw, but he got knocked down by the burglar on the way out. I told him what was happening and he said he would search the town."
"And he came back later?"

Fritelli interrupts again, "He did, but Yuuki wasn't allowed to see him. He gave his account and told us of the few places that he checked."
"And he came back? He didn't try anythin' while he was here?"
Fritelli thinks for a moment, "He gave his description, someone who was shorter than he was but was wearing a cloak, then asked for someone he was looking for and left."

>Cont.

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>>36846797
"He was lookin' for someone? Who?"
"Ah I dunno, someone at the castle. He wanted to talk to Yuuki, but he left when he heard she was grounded."

You turn back to Yuuki "Can ye describe this mystery stranger?"
"Uh, Tall. I don't remember much about him because it was late, but I remember that he had a really silly looking hat."
Fritelli claps her hands together, "Yeah! He did have a silly hat, didn't he?"

Jack, appraise the situation and think of how you would like to proceed:

>"I should find this guy, his story doesn't really hold up for me."
>"Isn't it obvious? He's the thief. He threw himself on the floor and then ran to town to hide his stolen goods when you caught up with 'em."
>"I need to ask Aligot if anything was taken from the library."
>"Any way to un-ground yourself Yuuki? Because I need you to help me investigate."
>"Can I see a list of where this guy checked? I want to cross-check it with the guards."
>"I take it you have people searching for this thief already, can I meet them?"
>"I'll just go drinking and hope it works itself out."
>Other?

>>36846823
I say we get drunk and set fire to things.

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>36846823
>"I should find this guy, his story doesn't really hold up for me."
>"I need to ask Aligot if anything was taken from the library."
>"Can I see a list of where this guy checked? I want to cross-check it with the guards."

>>36846823
>>"I need to ask Aligot if anything was taken from the library."
>>"By the way, you're ungrounded, Yuuki: you're being impressed into helping me find this scalawag."

>>36846823
>"I need to ask Aligot if anything was taken from the library."
>"I should find this guy, his story doesn't really hold up for me."
>"Any way to un-ground yourself Yuuki? Because I need you to help me investigate."

>>36846823
>>"I should find this guy, his story doesn't really hold up for me."
>"I need to ask Aligot if anything was taken from the library."
>"Any way to un-ground yourself Yuuki? Because I need you to help me investigate."

>>"I need to ask Aligot if anything was taken from the library."
>>"I should find this guy, his story doesn't really hold up for me."
>>"You're ungrounded Yuuki, you're going to help me investigate."

Writing!
Also, I'm falling asleep quick. I'm going to pick up the pace in hopes of getting a few more story posts.

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"I should find this guy, some parts of his story don't really hold up for me."
Fritelli eyes you suspiciously, "What parts?"
"Fer one, why wasn't he affected by this so-called sleep thing the thief used on the castle?"

Fritelli and Yuuki think about that for a moment, but neither of them seem to come up with an answer.
"So you think he was helping the thief? He didn't seem like that kind of guy." Yuuki says as she nervously plays with her sleeve.

"Thieves and crooks rarely do, if they did then thar wouldn't be a need for guards."
You should know, not that you're any of those things.

"So, what are you going to do, then?"
"First thing's first, Yuuki. You're going to un-ground yourself."

Yuuki looks at you with confusion.
"Can I do that? That seems to defeat the point of grounding.."
"Okay, I un-ground you. We need to seriously investigate, so I am going to need your help."
"W-.. You can't un-ground me! Only Anna can do that!"

"Yuuki, listen. The castle has been broken into and Anna is staying at the castle. You want to guard your princess more? Here is your chance."

Yuuki very visibly pouts, crossing her arms before sighing audibly.
"Fine. But I'm not staying out all night this time. I want to be back here in an hour, tops!"
"Aye, can do Lass. Come on. "
"Where are we going now?"
"Library, I want to see if Aligot is missing anything."

>Cont.

>>36847954

Awoo~

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>>36847954
The library is a chaotic mess.
Even saying that it's a chaotic mess would be an insult to chaotic messes everywhere.

Books are torn from shelves, scholars of all ages rifle through indexes and catalogs. They audibly count every book by hand to themselves. Occasionally calling out to the other gathered scholars the title and names of a specific object.

In the corner, Aligot and his sister rifle through stacks of objects, papers, memoirs, and books.

"Oy! Aligot!"
He lifts his head and slams a book shut as he does so.

"I heard about the break-in, ye missin' anything?"
He sighs, "Don't know yet. I wish it were as easy as just casting a spell to check the room. I found several magic circles in my searching that could do just that."

"Hey, that's great. Have ye seen Camille?"
"Oh? Not today. Is she missing?"
"A friend of hers is in town, but she's not in the bar and she's not here. I wonder whar she went?"
"A friend of hers? Who?"
"Akiko, Atsuko's sister."

His face freezes up for a minute, before he puts on a huge smile and starts laughing.
"That's great! Oh man, I wonder if they're going to cancel the battle we have scheduled against Gallete in a few days?"
"Why would they do that?" Yuuki says absentmindedly.
"You kidding? Anyone who faces Akiko on the battlefield is asking for it. So much so, that a neighboring country hired her to go hunting just so she wouldn't fight in wars anymore."

You briefly wonder if you couldn't get a deal like that.

"Anyway, if you're looking for Camille, then I can help."
"Nah, it's more important to find out what the scallywag stole. We're gonna go ask someone in town about it."

Alicot walks over, holding a stack of books. Aligot quickly stands up to help her as his sister takes a sudden interest in the conversation.
"Oh, you're looking for the leather guy?"
"The 'leather guy'?" Yuuki says, seemingly disturbed.

"Yeah! He was clad head to toe in leather. It looked really silly."
>cont.

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Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>36848781
WAIT A FUCKING MOMENT!

Aligot has *ears*! What gives?

>>36848815
IMPOSTOR
HANG HIM

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>>36848781
"So then what happened?"

"He said he was looking for someone. Then he said that he was also looking for a priestess who hangs around that certain someone. So I said he should check town and then the Shrine!"
"Wait a sec, Lass. You told someone that you didn't know to check out the shrine without telling me?"

Alicot looks at you, confused. "Is that a problem? Atsuko said one time that she would LOVE more people to visit the shrine and donate money."

"Yar, but we just had a serious break in! And he's a suspect!"
"Oh relax, if anything happens, Akiko and Atsuko can handle it. The shrine will be just fine. Where are they, anyway?"

"They went to town to search for Camille. The only ones at the shrine right now is Keiko and a guest of mine."
The realization dawns on Alicot's face. "Oh. Um. I'm sorry, uh. I didn't-"

She quickly busies herself with the books and papers on the desk.

Great.
"Just great." You say to yourself. Fortunately, the gravity of the situation hasn't completely hit you just yet. You merely feel a light "Oh shit" feeling deep in your stomach.
Fortunately, with several swigs from the flask in your pocket, it never will.

>Thread End.

>>36848916
I swear to all the gods if he touches their tails or keiko's ears

>>36848930
But what if he's another cool dude who's also a connoisseur of fine Fluffy Tails?

>Captcha: Julia cynLis
Interesting name for the fella, captcha.

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Sorry for ending it early here. I have a long drive ahead of me in the morning and I want to make the most of my sleep as I can.

Thank you everyone for the thread, sorry for missing Tuesday's thread. Let me know what you thought of it.

Also I really hate the new captcha, I can barely post anything with how quickly it expires.

>>36848959
He has his own kingdom, he can get his kicks their. No one touches our fluffies, especially not good girl best girl and scale tail

>>36849002
thanks for running

>>36849028
>Implying we didn't get a lot of our kicks while we were in Galette
>Implying we aren't going to get more kicks in other kingdoms

>>36849002
Write in Word or Notepad so captcha doesn't eat your posts.

>>36849148
But of course! We're a pirate. Doesn't mean we should like when it happens to us

>>36849148
We're a pirate, plundering others' tails is what we do.

>>36849148
>Write in Word or Notepad so captcha doesn't eat your posts.

Oh I do. I've long since learned to do that.

I wish it would submit my captcha FIRST and THEN upload my image so I wouldn't have to gamble on if I could get an image uploaded in time.

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>>36849028
>their
>their
>their

>>36849234
Nigga its late, and I'm tired.