>>37633285

It's here, then, that you feel a hand on your shoulder - and you turn to see Wendy at your side. Her mouth making the same shapes over and over, repeating a single word. Her eyes wide with...what? Shock? Fear? Concern? You can't tell, much less hear what she's trying to say.

She pushes something towards you with her other hand. Something dark and palm-sized, with a frayed length of yellow ribbon tied hastily around it.

Your Soul Gem. It's your Soul Gem.

But different. It's not exactly how you remember.

You know because your Soul Gem isn't supposed to look like a fucking crown.

You make to say so here, to point this particular discrepancy out - when the floor shakes underneath you once more, nearly making you topple onto your back, onto your wings, had not it been for Wendy holding you up. Another oddly-muted blast, another strangely-silent explosion that once more throws everything into stark relief - and you see Mami summoning another phalanx of rifles to manifestation in front of her as Ahriman seems to manifest out of nowhere, Golden Staff in hand, Oriko's features twisted into a horrific expression of rage and pain and hate.

She points the staff at you, and it's with a strange detached sense of awareness that you realise that she's about to kill you. A blast of crimson-tipped black lightning surging from the hequin-topped staff's tip.

Wendy tugs at you harder, screaming at you to get up, to move. Her voice lost in the screams of the damned filling your ears. Cursing you and at the same time begging for your help.

What do you do?

[]Avoid Ahriman's attack.
[]Deny Ahriman's attack.
[]Kill Ahriman.

>>37633285
That's a fancy new OP image, Decu.

And by fancy, I mean PANIC PANIC PANIC

>>37633302
>[x]Deny Ahriman's attack.
DENY THE OBVIOUS
UPHOLD THE INANE

>>37633302
>[]Deny Ahriman's attack.

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>>37633302
>[X]Kill Ahriman.

We Homucifer now!

>>37633302
>[X]Deny Ahriman's attack.

We still have a shot at separating Oriko from Ahriman.

>>37633302
>[]Deny Ahriman's attack.
Sounds good to me!

>>37633302
>[x] Insert Kirika into Ahriman

>>37633302
>[x]Avoid Ahriman's attack.
Mami is already on the offensive. We should probably just avoid death for now, who knows what attacking ourself would do. Worst thing would be killing everything. Or nothing at all and we get hit i guess.

>>37633302
>[]Deny Ahriman's attack.

>>37633302
>[X]Deny Ahriman's attack.

DENIED

>>37633302
>[X] Kill Ahriman

We tried diplomacy, we violence now. Use the DEagle for old times sake.

On that note, I wonder if the three stooges will even talk to us any more?

>>37633302
Dodge.

I'm not willing to accept the level of power it would take to Deny, and im not ready to outright kill either

Denial is Her power. And we always gotta do things the hard way

>>37633302
[]Deny Ahriman's attack.
Honestly, she acted like she wasn't lied to either and had every piece of the puzzle. There's consequence to that sort of arrogance, Ahriman.

>>37633302
>>[X]Deny Ahriman's attack.

>>37633285
[X] Kill Ahriman

Blood for the blood god, muthafuckas.

>>37633302
>[X]Deny Ahriman's attack.
interesting.

>>37633302
[]Deny Ahriman's attack.

>>37633384
For reasons beyond understanding Malal made us a kind of mortal again. I'm not ready to discard that gift for the likes of Ahriman.

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>>37633302
oh gosh i don't even have vote banners appropriate for this

>>37633302
[]Avoid Ahriman's attack.

>>37633379
Braids might be a little hurt by it, and it's a mystery how murderface will react, but dildoes will hopefully stick around.

>>37633437
Homuficer / TTO banners soon?

>>37633473
Probably wouldn't count on it right now, though it's not off the table.

DESOLATION

DEVESTATION

>>37633302
>[X]Deny Ahriman's attack.

Oh gosh first thread I've been able to get to in months and I don't know what the FUCK is going on.

>>37633523
Sanguis bibimos!
Corpus edimus!
Ave! Ave versus Mado!

Threadly reminder that the eBook can be found at http://pastebin.com/kbGzcbDb
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>>37633529

haha, disregard me, that's what I get for re-reading repeatedly and not reloading before voting.

>>>37633285
>Who the actual FUCK are you?
Why, The Betrayer, darling. The real one, I mean. Not that knockoff, Kharn.

Oh man, I was waiting for Murderface haircut to comeback!
FUCK YES

>>37633572
Fuck you! Now we can't do hair flips anymore.

>>37633579
Hair flips are for people who's entire repertoire of social graces don't involve murdering people in the face.

>>37633490
I'm just hoping Midori's okay with this development. Which could actually lead into something endearing depending on how it goes.
"Who the fuck am I"
"Exactly the same person you've always been"
Or some sappy bullshit like that.

But hey, everything is surprisingly unfucked. For now.

>>37633579
Yes, but if we keep our sanity good and proper we can have midori clean the small sensitive spot at the base of our wings.

>>37633590
I feel like becoming a dark yandere god will only make the 'Shempai~!'s come harder.

Among other things.

>>37633589
We're not going back to Murderface, we are Chiaki Matsuda. We have more social tact than that.

>>37633590
Also there's been a couple of hints to this lately, like the shadows in the room.

Remember, Anons, we are who we choose to be.

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>>37633590
oh shit

Things could get real weird with Midori. We left her behind after the Kharnblocking, teleported in with our ex, and will come back out as Homucifer.

>>37633618
>>37633579
We can do wing flips instead.

>>37633615
And I think it says something when I see nothing wrong with being a dark yandere god.

Which means that if all this is thanks to Ahrimans doing

That Ahriman did NOTHING WRONG

>>37633639
Well, not YET anyway.

Though, she did unwisely piss off Kharn once. So I guess that's something.

>>37633654
That's not wrong, just stupid

>>37633285
[x] deny

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>>37633639
Ahriman is a good girl

>Pic related
>it's all the wrong things Ahriman has done

>>37633830
>it's crossed off

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So I guess Ahriman turned out to to be Ravel to Chiakis Second Incarnation/Nameless one.

>>37633869

Exactly.

>>37633921
Any drawfags care to make a MGNQ version of this?

>>37633921
If so, we did well by letting her do her thing.

Ravel doesn't even tell you that TNO is a thing though, she only gets rekt by him after you leave.

also there is a different character in the setting with direct ravel undertones

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W-we can still change our fate, right guys? Th-that's what this quest is about! R-right?

>>37634020
We'll suck all the grief and despair out of her gem if we have to.

>>37634035
Lewd! Too lewd!

>>37634064
We'll plug her full of hope until it pours out of her.

>>37633302
>Ahriman survived a point-blank Tiro Finale

Fucking hax

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Daily reminder that there is nothing that can change the nature of a man.

>>37634105
She survived skulltaker too.

>>37634133
I'm not sure if this half-existence in a golden weapon technically counts as "survival".

So, like, can we fly now? Either through wing-ish flight or levitation?

>>37633322 >>37633327 >>37633332 >>37633333

"No."

You whisper the denial as you raise a gloved hand. Slowly, almost leisurely. As if you had all the time in the world.

Something in the distance clicks, then snaps, then screeches - and the world slams into an absolute stop a moment before the storm of lightning and brimstone hits. The jagged tendrils of blackly-charged death glittering like frost-covered tree branches as they freeze in midair, locked in the inescapable grip of Time forced to heed your will.

And as you close your outstretched hand - curling your fingers into a loose fist - time resumes again, but with the lightning removed completely from existence. Not dispelled, not blocked, not even absorbed - simply erased. Simply murdered by the brief cessation and then immediate resumption of the world's inexorable turning.

Ahriman's eyes go wide at this - her green eyes shrinking into points, before finally drowning in sharklike black - and it's here that she tries again. And again, and again, and again, throwing killing magic and energy and hate at you, each blast enough to kill an entire Officio ten times over. And again and again and again, you negate every one, even going so far as to step forward with every nullification. Leaving a stunned Wendy behind in your trail of black feathers as you continued to do the impossible.

And it's with every step towards Ahriman that you start remembering who you truly are. Memories that had long since been locked away, now rushing back in a flood.

You were never Chiaki Matsuda. You were never Murderface, or Girl A.

Akemi Homura. That's who you've always been. Yes.

Yes. That's your name.

That's--

[1/2]

>>37634210

+ NO. NO, IT ISN'T. FOR FUCK'S SAKE, NAMELESS ONE. NO. +

Something screams inside your mind, freezing you in your tracks. Stopping your progress towards the now-backpedaling Prophet.

+ SNAP OUT OF IT. THIS IS NOT YOU. IT'S THE AKASHIC REALM. TRY TO REMEMBER. +

It sounded like a random pulse stabbing into your brain, coming out of nowhere. Someone spouting insane babble. Try as you might, you can't make sense of it.

But as you make to step forward again - you're hit with an overwhelming sense of deja vu. The speaker's voice sounding oddly and painfully familiar.

"My name is Akemi Homura," You murmur to yourself, shaking your head, your wings bristling in the same movement. You turn back to Ahriman - only to realize that she'd taken advantage of your hesitation, the Prophet taking flight upon wings of her own. In contrast to yours, hers are fully white, fully-fleshed ones, more akin to an angel's rather than that of your vulture's.

"BETRAYER! FALSE GODDESS!" Ahriman spits, her face twisted into an ugly snarl. She draws something from her sleeve - two Tarot cards, each one glowing golden, and tosses them onto the floor below her. "DEATH! DEATH TO THE FALSE GODDESS! DEATH TO THE NINTH AND ALL THE HERETICS WHO MARCH UNDER ITS BANNER!" She points a clawed finger at you. "JUST LAY DOWN AND DIE, AKEMI HOMURA!"

The cards explode into flashes of golden light the moment they slam into the floor - and when the light finally dissipates, you see that Ahriman is nowhere to be found, the only sign of her passing being the large burning hole in the ceiling. Instead, she'd left two creatures in her wake, most likely summoned by the cards themselves.

[2/3]

>>37634220

"I am Strength," The first intones in growls and snarls. "Once I lived in the pursuit of martial excellence, to develop my art in the hopes of becoming someone I'm not. But I fell, and now I destroy."

"I am the Devil," The second giggles in cackles and sneers. "Once I lived simply to be, to experience, to enjoy what life has to offer and more. But I fell, and now I devour."

...Shades. Just shades. Not even worthy of your time.

You glance back at the other two in the same floor with you - the ones named Cooldown and Tomoe.

They are still shouting your false name. Warning you to be careful.

Hnh. As if these wretches could hurt you. Certainly, they'd be too much for these Untouched ones, but you don't care about that at all. ...Right?

+ NO OF COURSE YOU FUCKING DO! SNAP OUT OF IT! YOU'LL LEAVE THEM TO DIE IF YOU PURSUE AHRIMAN NOW!+

What do you do?

[]Leave the shades to the Untouched ones, and pursue Ahriman. You still have a score to settle.
[]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

>>37634239
>[]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

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>>37634210

>>37634239
>[X]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

PANIC

>>37634239
>[X]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

Who dares to impersonate little sister Yuu. Dumb shade.

>>37634239
>[]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

>>37634239
>[X]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

These Shades. These Shades. TheseshadesTheseshadesTheseshadesTHESESHADESTHESESHADESTHESESHADESTHESESHADESTHESESHADESTHESESHADESTHESESHADESTHESESHADESTHESESHADES

>>37634239
[x]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.
We'll do nothing wrong.

>>37634239
Never leave a living enemy behind you.

It's just good tactics.

>>37634239
>[X]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

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>>37634239
>[]Leave the shades to the Untouched ones, and pursue Ahriman. You still have a score to settle.

DO NOT DESTROY THE SHADES

>[x]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.
Only thing scarier than waking the ultimate evil, is the one that makes a slow inexorable march towards you.

>>37634239
>[X]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

Bleep bloop I am a robot.

>>37634239
[x]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

>hand over our Soul Gem to a Golden Weapon saying that all Golden Weapons can't be trusted, but the Golden Staff can be trusted, trust me
>Get our body remade into one that resembles the final endpoint of many Homura's
>Think this is what we are, instead of the Akashic Realm and the TTO simply trying to get another pawn
>Getting so caught up in it that Ahriman escapes, and Sayaka and Kyouko are still in danger
Not seeing how this was a good idea.

>>37634239
>[X]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.
Nobody is dying on this mission damn it.

>>37634239
[x]Destroy the shades
[x]Address your doubts
Come, try to remember... what form did you have?

>>37634260
Welp we are going to kill everything.

>>37634265
>Who dares to impersonate little sister Yuu. Dumb shade.
Implying we give a fuck anymore about any of our previous attachments.

>>37634239
>[]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.
"Are you finished with your tantrum yet, Ahriman?"

>>37634239
>[x]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.
wiht our power, this should be easy enough. Ahriman may run away, but we will find her eventually. Better than loosing allies.

>>37634239
>[]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

[x]Leave the shades to the Untouched ones, and pursue Ahriman. You still have a score to settle.
This is what Ahriman wants, but killing Risa and Yuu may have really bad consequences.

Also
>golden cards
welp

>>37634239
>[]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore

>>37634239
>>[X]Destroy the shades

Leaving an enemy behind just gives it a chance to attack your back.

>>37634284
So you think that the Shades are the spirits of the Golden Weapons we kept outside of the Akashic Realm?

Sounds pretty far-fetched.

>>37634311
>shades.
Not the real thing.

>>37634276
[x]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

"Ahriman, You know how this must end. Discard Oriko and come to me."

>>37634239

>[x]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

>>37634322
or is it

>>37634239
>[X]Leave the shades to the Untouched ones, and pursue Ahriman. You still have a score to settle.

>>37634239
>[]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.
AND WE STILL CARE!

>>37634239
>[x]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

You know, powerful as we are, we could just as well bind the shades to our will. If we can nullify attacks just by thinking about it, I'm sure we can do this as well.

>>37634239
>[]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

>>37634383
>wasting our energy and our time.
We already have many servants, we ARE still a warmaster no?

>>37634288

Did you sincerely expect anon to ignore a big red button in front of them, even when given multiple chances to back out of the situation?

>>37634288
Its a shiny button. Considering how things went down with GET FUCKED in the forced barrier after having to deal with dickbutt are you at ALL surprised?

>>37634239
[]Leave the shades to the Untouched ones, and pursue Ahriman. You still have a score to settle.

>>37634239
>[x]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

>>37634406
Everything's gone better than expected so far. We'll kick the shit out of Ahriman, get Oriko back, squeeze Wendy's butt, take Ahriman's skull to decorate the warmaster's office, and then sit in our comfy chair and have Midori rub our back right between the wings.

>>37634406
>>37634433
There are anons who still argue that this was a good idea.
I just want to call them out on it.

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>>37634239

>>37634462
This anon gets it.

>>37634462
Ahriman has no skull to take, just Oriko's

>>37634462
If squeezing wendy's butt is what snaps us back to reality, bring on the asses.

>>37634239
[]Leave the shades to the Untouched ones, and pursue Ahriman. You still have a score to settle.

I'd like to remind you that in series Yui is names strength.

>>37634462
And leave Kyouko and Sayaka behind?
Because we haven't heard from them that Kyouko's been extracted safely, or that Sayaka is on her way.

>>37634496
What makes you think that these are the actual souls from the other Golden Weapons, and not mere copies meant to slow us down?

Or that Wendy and Mami will survive, after it was stated explicitly that if we leave Wendy and Mami to deal with the shades, they will both die?

>>37634239
>[X]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

>Akemi not wanting a pet Mami
Worst girl confirmed

>>37634478
>>37634522
Update button, why do you not work you godless piece of shit

>>37634522
>pet Mami
>not being a pet for Mami
Seems like you don't know the score, Anon

>>37634519
Imma guess these are shades from the dead universes, and the Akashic Realm is the howling void between times and places.

In this time and place, Strength has chosen Yui as it's avatar, but it may not always have done so.

>>37634552
If we keep ANY of this power and if us being displayed to mami this way isnt the event that causes her to betray us, i think the scored is FAR in our favor.

>>37634564
>Yui
excuse me while I laugh myself to death

>>37634239
>[X]Destroy these shades first. Their existence is an eyesore.

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>>37634519
>Trusting a golden weapon.

>>37634564
As I'm aside, I'm quietly confident that our friends could destroy these shades if need be, but I think it's important that we indicate that we are still hearing the thoughts of Chiaki Matsuda.

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>>37634593
You have some kinda objection?

>>37634603
It wasn't Dildoes from the Golden Weapon telling us that, it was our own evaluation.

>>37634239
>As if these wretches could hurt you. Certainly, they'd be too much for these Untouched ones

>>37634628
Not at all. Fun things are fun.

>>37634636
Easy to tell. Too many swear words for Dildoes.

>>37634636
Ah so that thing we need to ignore.

>>37634607
>I'm quietly confident that our friends could destroy these shades if need be
Based on what, when our own in-character evaluation of the situation says they're going to die, as well as Dildoes saying the same thing?

>>37634652
>+ NO OF COURSE YOU FUCKING DO! SNAP OUT OF IT! YOU'LL LEAVE THEM TO DIE IF YOU PURSUE AHRIMAN NOW!+
Also too many for Braids.

And too many WORDS for Murderface.

>>37634664
FYI you won, you don't have to keep arguing.

Just caught up and she Homucifer now!
Ahriman got us good, all that chiaki!=homura work down the drain. Anon can never resist the shiny.

>>37634681
Taking the power is fine: Being able to give it up again when it matters? That's the trick, and one which Homura has never quite mastered so far as we're aware of.

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>yfw the voice is TNO trying to convince Chiaki to be herself because she doesn't want to be Chiaki or have her powers stoken from her

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>>37634719
>Giving up power.

>>37634681
>>37634719
QUIET PLEBS WE'RE A GOD NOW!

>>37634754
>TNO
>not TTO
Are you really saying that it's TNO, and not TTO?
Are you really saying that?

>>37634754

You keep getting your acronyms screwed up, anon.

TNO = The Nameless One, which is the title given to Chiaki by the Three Stooges.

TTO = The Transcendent One, who is Homucifer.

Do you even update my journal?

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>>37634719
Why give it up? That seems like an extremely poor choice.

TTO in this quest is TTO in Torment. Only Homu is her own Ravel because she's just that hardcore.

>>37634766
>>37634782
>>37634824
Having been quite a few gods in my time, I can tell you that being a God is overrated.

>>37634855
I want pleb gods to leave.

>>37634239
>"I am Strength," The first intones in growls and snarls. "Once I lived in the pursuit of martial excellence, to develop my art in the hopes of becoming someone I'm not. But I fell, and now I destroy."
>"I am the Devil," The second giggles in cackles and sneers. "Once I lived simply to be, to experience, to enjoy what life has to offer and more. But I fell, and now I devour."
>Lives to train
>Lives to have fun and eat
Guys, please don't kill Sayaka and Kyouko guys.

>>37634867
Pleb Gods would be a pretty decent band name

>>37634876

Too late. Still hoping they're just illusions. bwahhahaha

>>37634876
We're the devil or something, we can bring them back easy peasy.

>>37634876
Those references could be made to fit Yuu and Kirika, also it's already too late beacuase the voting period is alredy over.

>>37634876

If we kill Sayaka and Kyouko Homu's gonna go insane.

>>37634945
She went insane a loooong time ago.

>>37634945
If we leave Wendy and Mami to die, she'll also go insane.

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>>37634922

>>37634876
IF ANY of our team is already THAT far along it doesnt fucking matter they are too corrupt to save or cleanse. ESPECIALLY when we are falling ourselves anon.

>>37634824

We should set up shop in the Warp for a while. Do the whole Mad God thing in a proper manner.

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Really, what we should do is find Pinky and initiate Pink End.

Whether she likes it or not.

>>37635030
While i dont think it would be a good end, honestly i think this is how thing are probably gonna go down.

Why in the fuck is that CAT the one making these predictions.

>>37635030
God rape is a good idea.

>>37635030

Because that has worked well so far.

>>37633285
Where did the ponytail go?

>>37635110
Dude did you miss the entire last thread?

>>37635110
Discarded in favor of a better hair style. If you're gonna be a god, your hair should be god tier.

>>37635053
Because the CAT is making predictions for the most stupid and idiotic choices.
The choice that are most likely to win because of player stupidity.

>>37635030
I want a Pinky end too, but not like that. Pinky needs tender, loving care, not unwanted groping that turns into something you'd see out of a doujin.

>>37635126
I can't remember where our ponytail went.
Did it just fall off when we became homuficer?

>>37635143
>Implying you get a fucking choice.

>>37635137
I think you mean the best choices that win because they're the best.

>>37635143
We could take the middle ground and brutally rape the shit out of her.

>>37635146
Shit hair needs not apply to awesome gods anon.

>>37635160
How about no. No raping my waifu.

>>37635183
I'll rape your waifu so hard she kills herself.

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>>37635143
This.

Pinky needs salvation, not rape.

Wonder what's happening on earth.

Maybe we ascended in the warp and Earth got a big ol warp storm. All hellmouths opening and daemons going forth.

>>37635110
>>37635146

We haven't actually lost it just yet. When I asked for details to do >>37634260, he didn't say short hair. (though he did say it was going to happen)

We'll get to it later I guess.

>>37635193
None of the hentai rape shit either.
It will be a proper fucking rape.

>>37635197
Salvation through rape.

>>37635220
Which drawfag are you?

>>37635240
Salvrapetion.

I HAVE THE BEST IDEA

Take out the phone and call Madoka.

>>37635197

Salvation in the form of a good old murder suicide. This law of cycles thing fucked up everybody.

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>>37634210
>>37634220
>>37634239
>Akemi Homura. That's who you've always been. Yes.

POST YFW IT HAS BEGUN

>>37635254
We just used timestop like a dozen times, so who knows what the fuck is going on anymore

>>37635254
Only if we can lick Wendy's soul gem while on the phone with Madoka.

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>>37635240
All this rape stuff is weird, I just wanted us to tenderly capture her and imprison her forever, possibly with love rope.

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>>37635265

Honestly, at this point I think we're more likely to GET raped than be the rapist.

and that blendermouth... squicky.

>>37635287
>tenderly capture her and imprison her forever, possibly with love rope.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No

>>37635287
PROMOTIONS

>>37635248

grasblade/hayate

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>>37635265

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>>37635265

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Was I the only person here to like Murderface? What is going on?

>>37635136
>hating on ponytails
Pls go and stay go.

>>37635240
Through dick, unity.

>>37635370
I'm just excited no matter the outcome.

>>37635370

Murderface is great.

>>37635386
Same here, fucking plot is finally happening after like what 100 threads?

>>37634254 >>37634261 >>37634265 >>37634270

You let Ahriman live for a few moments longer as you turn your attention to these shades. These eyesores.

These perversions. Unworthy to even lick the dirt off your heels.

A flourish of your right hand manifests your Shield onto your arm - the beaten metal disc still sporting its scars and dents and scratches, but somehow more grander, more polished than it ever was. You reach behind it, delving into the space revealed within - and with your vision briefly sparking violet, you grasp and pull out a sword by its handle. A sword whose brilliant golden blade flashes in the trashing light of the warp as you reveal it fully. A beam of golden moonlight, frozen and forged into a weapon that can kill even darkness itself.

Muramasa.

You spin on your heel, your feathery dress swirling around your form, a flurry of black feathers spinning in your wake - and your blade crashes against the chewing edges of both Gorefather and Gorechild, the twin chainaxes wielded by a grinning maniac hungry for your skull.

"Return to me what I have lost," The shade cackles right into your face, through the grinding, sparking union of your weapons. "I am sick to the back teeth with regret and suffering. My mind is gone, burned away in my isolation and self-imposed exile. Return to me what I have lost. Return my Jager. PLEASE."

"You deserve nothing, wretch." You hear yourself say, and the shade's smile grows wider despite its efforts to break the stalemate, leaning its entire weight on its weapons, trying to force you back. You're aware of the monstrous force being exerted here, but you barely feel it as you hold the cackling thing back with just one hand on Muramasa's grip. "You devoured her, like you did all the others. You thought it would make you whole. It did not. You thought it would make you complete. It did not. Suffer for your gluttony. Suffer forever."

[1/2]

>>37635418


This time you move - stepping forward, now leaning your weight upon your blade. There's a creak, followed a snap of wet kindling as something in the grinning shade's wrists give way - and the axes fall from nerveless fingers, their roaring motors falling silent. All resistance gone, you step forward again, and cut once.

The shade's head is still grinning as it lands on the floor, rolling to rest against your foot. The body crumples to the ground a moment later, black blood still geysering from its stump of a neck.

You turn to the remaining shade - somewhat surprised that it didn't take the opportunity to attack in unison with the first - and see it stand up from what looks like a meditative pose on the floor.

"Return to me what I have lost," The shade intones as it clenches all four fists in a cacophony of grinding servos and screeching metal. "I am sick to my heart with regret and suffering. I dearly miss the heat of combat, the rise of my blood as victory is measured in reflexes and stamina." She steps forward, fists raised in a pugilist's stance, one food forward, knees bent, back curved. A boxer's stance. "Return to me what I have lost. Return my purpose. Please."

"You deserve nothing, worm." You hear yourself snarl, and the shade's glare grows hotter as it launches itself at you - its giant, brutal fists hurtling forward into bone-shattering, body-breaking jabs and straights. You bat away most of them with the flat of Muramasa, ducking and shifting away from those you cannot. "You abandoned all your years of hard work and practice for a false hope. You yearned recognition more than simple excellence, and you wanted it immediately. You thought it would make you whole. It did not. You thought it would make you complete. It did not. Suffer for your folly."

[2/3]

>>37635434

Two cuts. Two quick, gunshot-quick cuts, and all four gauntlets fall to the ground, severed neatly at the joint. Each one twitching on the floor, flexing and unflexing closed. The shade looks up at you with wide black eyes, right before you split it down the middle, from scalp to groin.

"Suffer forever." You say finally, turning your back on the shade to sheathe your sword back into your Shield - ignoring the wet smacking thumps of her bisected corpse falling to the floor.

Not even worth your time. Just like you said.

You shake your head, before glancing up towards the hole in the ceiling where Ahriman had left.

It's time. Time to catch a fallen angel--

"KONG!"

"CHIAKI!"

You stop in your tracks, but it's not the strange names being spat at your direction stopping you.

It's the...it's the ribbon around your ankle. A yellow ribbon, tied neatly into a bow, securing you to the floor.

...What? A ribbon...?

You look up to see the two Untouched Ones from earlier, running towards you. The blonde one, and the brown-haired one. Something in your chest beats harder at the sight of them, but you ignore this. Something left from your past, most likely.

Hm? They want you to take them with you?

They'll only slow you down. You can leave them here. This is no longer a game where mortals are concerned.

You turn to take flight again, when--

CRACK.

Your eyes go wide as all the breath is forced out of your lungs, out of your body - and you look down to see the brown-haired one's fist embedded deep in your midsection. In your gut.

And all at once, as if someone behind the scenes had suddenly turned the volume up, you begin to hear just what exactly she'd been trying to say.

"--Are you fucking serious? This what you came here to do? Just...lose it? Sprout some wings and go apeshit?"

W-what? What is she talking about...?

[3/4]

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>people voted to kill best sister (besides Misaka)

>>37635456

She hits you again, a solid fist cracking against your jaw - and you stumble back a step at this. Stars briefly exploding behind your eyes. "Jesus fucking Christ, Kong! Do you just goddamn lose it without Green around!? Is this all the...the stupid dildo Warmaster shit means to you? THIS is what you changed for?"

B-but there is no Warmaster. Not anymore. There is only you, the Transcendent--

"No, FUCK you." Her fist drives into your midsection again, making you double over. "Not after everything we've been through. None of that god shit, you stupid, shit-binging motherfucker. Remember who the fuck you are first, then save the bitch you dragged us all the way here to save. Or kill her, I don't care. Just...not this." She glares at you with tears in her eyes and acid in her heart. "No more crazy god complex, or I'll cut your fucking wings off myself."

What do you do?

[]Allow...allow yourself to remember.
[]No. This is who you are, now. There is nothing else. Just you.

>>37635477
>[]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

>>37635477
>[X]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

>>37635477
[X]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

>>37635477
>[x]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

let's not rollback all progress

>>37635477
>[X]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

Please.

>>37635477
>[]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

>>37635477
>[]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

But I like the wings.

>>37635477
>[x]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

>>37635477
>[x]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

>>37635477
>[X]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

>>37635501
We'd better not lose our wings over this or I'll regret this vote.

>>37635477
>[X]Allow...allow yourself to remember.
I think we spent enough time being a god for several threads. Also, you should just start writing now Decu.

>>37635477
>[X]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

Now normally I'd be all for I AM A GOD BOW BEFORE ME, but I want to see Chiaki's adventures, not Homusatan bad end. I got on this ride to see if she can earn a happy end or if she'll dig her own grave, not to see a sloppy obvious bad end.

Mind you, if the bad end was anything like Soul Nomad's Demon Path then I'd want to quest the hell out of that.

>>37635477
>[]No. This is who you are, now. There is nothing else. Just you.

Preaching a lost cause at this point but yknow what o-fucking-kay.

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>>37635477
>[]Allow...allow yourself to remember.
haha after this mission is over we're going to be in such shit with everyone

>>37635477
>[]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

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>>37635477
>[]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

The Warmaster of Fortune smiles on this course of action.

>>37635517

Why would we lose our wings? We're only remembering that we're not only TTO.

>>37635517

It'll make tailoring really awkward, though. And car rides. And sitting in chairs! Modern life was not designed for people with wings.

>>37635550
Remembering we are not TTO means we lose all of the powers. Thats how this is going to work and you know it.

>>37635559
We are Warmaster now, we can afford to have things tailored to suit our needs.

>>37635477
>[x]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

>>37635477
When a mind does not know itself, it is flawed. When a mind is flawed, the man is flawed. When a man is flawed, that which he touches is flawed. It is said that what a flawed man sees, his hands make broken.
[X] *Know* yourself. In knowing, become strong.

>>37635477
>[x]Allow...allow yourself to remember.
I am sooo tempted to stay God mode, but this doesn't feel like the real Transcendent One. Way too serious.

>>37635477
>[x]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

Let's believe in what we preach.

>"You abandoned all your years of hard work and practice for a false hope. You yearned recognition more than simple excellence, and you wanted it immediately. You thought it would make you whole. It did not. You thought it would make you complete. It did not. Suffer for your folly."

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>[]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

>>37635548

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>>37635548

Warmaster of Fortune, you said that we'd get pancakes and victory if we did what you asked! What is the meaning of this deception?

>>37635477
[X]Allow...allow yourself to remember.
Come, try to remember, what form did you have?

>>37635477
>>[X]Allow yourself to remember

>>37635477
[x]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

>>37635477
How many times have we forgotten everything now? How many people have we been? Is Chiaki Matsuda more deserving than the rest of them simply because she has accomplished the most? Do we, as we are now, deserve any more or less than she does, than all of them do?
>[]Allow...allow yourself to remember.
>[]Remember. EVERYTHING.

>>37635517
I'd rather Chiaki tear them out herself, tbh.

>>37635657
You dont fucking get both idiot.

[X] Ask for a smoke.

>>37635477
>[x]Allow...allow yourself to remember.

>>37635616
I'm beginning to wonder whether or not Chiaki was created solely to in order to judge Justice.

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>>37635633
It means she is not satisfied with our offering. Clearly we need more blondes and more lewds.

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>>37635594
there cannot be two skies tho

>>37635477
>[x]Allow...allow yourself to remember.
I want to get off Mr. Decu's wild ride.

>>37635456
>even as a god Homu is a noodly wimp that gets gut punched by hamburgers
Isn't it sad, Chiaki?

>>37635616

Yuu never learned her master's signature move before she bit the dust either.

Although I guess firing energy waves in addition to giant autocannon shells would be a bit over the top.

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>>37635548
>>37635641

Let's touch Wendy's butt to help us remember.

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>>37635548

>>37635710

yes there can zerthi

stop being such a pussy-ass bitch and help me shank these squids

>>37635686

she's "special" because she's very much aware of her situation and still functional. become tto and keep looping or break it all to pieces.

>>37635712
>I want to get off Mr. Decu's wild ride.

Then why did anon vote to get on it with full force in the first place?

>>37635729
THIS.

BUTTS ARE MAGIC.

>>37635742
You can't get off a wild ride unless you get on it first.

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>>37635729

We must make sure that she's really Wendy and not another shade, and Mami too! There's only one way to be sure.

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>>37635477

>>37635769
This man is right.

>>37635758
Please let this be an ordinary field trip.

>>37635741
The point is, Homura is playing the role of justice: She judged the shades.

But, what happens when time comes to judge justice?

This, apparently.

>>37635758
We haven't even been on the ride for a full thread. And you idiots are ALREADY bitching about your decision to get on it.

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>>37635780
No Strauss, confirmed for ordinary field trip.

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>>37635781
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

You do, of course, you do.

>>37635797
People are so upset about /tg/ quest threads goddamn.

>>37635797
>implying anon doesn't instantly start bitching about the ride before their seatbelts are even buckled

>>37635742
I personally didn't. I wasn't even here for last thread, I caught up in the archives and was like "what the actual fuck, guys?"

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>LET'S SEE YOU CLENCH THOSE TEETH

>>37635817
to be fair, it was basically a tied vote so of course there was going to be bitching

>>37635781

Either way, this is all Madokami's elaborate plot to break Homucifer's resolve. ;d

>>37635817
>my seat is cold
>my seatbelt is frayed
>the buckle is too shiny
>the driver is too hueg for the car
>I want to go home

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>>37635842
One would think there was an easier way to break her resolve.

>>37635810
>People vote three times for the stupidest decision possible.
>Even when the QM give anon the option to back and all but BLATANTLY states that its a bad idea.
>When the decision is made, "suddenly" shit actually starts going down.
>Things get interesting.
>"This will interfere with MAH WAIFUS BAWWWW QM WHY YOU SOOO MEAN AND SHIT!!!!!!!!! I mean its not like i made this decision myself or any-fucking-thing!"
>QM relents instantly.

So, again, my question is, why did you people decide to get on the ride in the first place?

>>37635879
They lured me in with their butts and abs and hair flicks and mahou shoujo. I was a fool, and now I am trapped.

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>>37635879
Quest decision making process in painstaking detail.jpg

>>37635879

Shiny button is shiny.

Plot moved forward anyway. Even if we completely lose the homucifer stuff people are going to react to the little reveal.

>>37635879
>reaching this hard

It was only a few persistent shitposters that were BAWWWWW, and we were actually tied on the >give soolgim >take staff vote. To not expect all the staff voters to vote to get off the ride is stupidity.

>>37635923
>I was a fool, and now I am trapped.
No your not. He just let you off the ride instantly.

>>37635926
>YOU ENDED UP IN THE AKASHIC REALM ON YOUR WAY TO CHARLES' BAR?
>I am not a clever Warmaster.

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>>37635879
Ah yes, the "The QM MUST be pandering to people complaining!" complaint.
Because it's inconceivable that you're just complaining that a decision has an outcome you don't like, but hope instead of despair.

>>37635945
Well I've got my request for Decu's next drawthread.

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>>37635945

And Decu still refuses to have any consequences in his dark and NOIR quest.
Fuck you too.

>>37635980
This quest hasn't been noir since thread 3.

>>37635980

Cry some more

>>37635951
Nah im just pissed that something interesting was suddenly happening and anon instantly kills it. No muss, no fuss, no consequences. And everything will go on as normal.

No even bitching at Decu, its his quest he can run it how he wants it. Im pissed at anon, whom yet AGAIN got my hopes up only to show me how much of a fool i am. I mean there were soooo many people voting to do this last thread.
WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY NOW? WHY DO THEY NOT DEFEND THEIR CHOICE!?!?!?!?

>>37636018
>implying that we chose the 'best' choice

You never know, this could fuck things up even more.

>>37635980
We just demonstrated a significant lack of judgement in front of two of our close allies, got a bunch of new memories in our head and grew a pair of fucking wings out of our back, and you think there will not be consequences? I think this is just us mitigating the damage.

>>37636036
The last three times this possibility came up, anon bitched Decu down and MADE no consequences happen. Im not exactly confident.

>>37636018
>No muss, no fuss, no consequences. And everything will go on as normal.
Are you a prophet? Because last I checked Decu hasn't posted the next part yet and you're just complaining about your own prediction.

>>37636018
Because we're doing a very good job of RPing chronic retrograde amnesia and don't remember anything more than a few threads old very well.

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>>37636037
To be fair, wings growing out may actually get us bonus Pinky points.

>>37636037
HAHAHAHA
Don't lie to yourself there will be no consequences there never are.

>>37636018
Eh, toying with divine power and seeing what Ahriman wanted to do with us was all fun and good, but I'm ready to get back to Chiaki's Excellent Adventures rather than Homucifer's Excellent Adventures.

>>37636062
Did they now? Or are you just saying that because you're salty? I'm not privy to his inner circle or any irc channels of course

>>37636075
Consequences don't always have to be bad, you know.

For instance: as a consequence of not shooting Midori's Soul Gem way back, Chiaki finally got some.

>>37635980
Malal died early because of the way anon played his cards
Mirai could not be saved
the entire Mordred thing
Kharn is a shell of her former self
Kyouko's sister could not be saved
Oriko being saved is very unlikely at this point

>>37636110
Do you remember GET FUCKED? Do you remember when anon decided to teleport QB into our shield to meet Pinky?

If that doesn't say everything i need to well then i cannot convince you.

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>>37636122
Was just my way of lightening the mood.

Now if this keeps up, I may have to post the lewd pink.

>>37636137
>Do you remember when anon decided to teleport QB into our shield to meet Pinky?

You mean when Decu miscounted the vote and then retconned the mistake? I'll grant you GET FUCKED, but retconning the QB scene had nothing to do with consequences.

>>37636126
All of those are either unimportant side characters, already dead in the first place or actually got a good end.

>>37636192
>Malal
>Kharn
>unimportant side characters

lookatthisfaggot.jpg

>>37636075
>you will never be raped by lustdoka wearing your coat

>>37636200
Malal was already dead, there was no way for us to save her.

Kharn has a good end, are you stupid?

>>37636200
>already dead in the first place or actually got a good end.
Where the fuck did you learn to read?

>>37636200
Wait, shit. Brain can't into reading letters.

Now I'm the faggot.

>>37636164
I joined after the fact and read through the archives and I see the QB scene get mentioned a lot, but never explained. What exactly happened then which made it so memorable before "Whoops vote miscount"?

>>>37618807

The theory that we are The Trascendent One was posted here. It seems taht at least we have the potential to become TTO. But I don´t want to lose our waifus...

>>37636221
The QB scene was a misvote that WOULD have literally ended the quest. Anon had to decide between lying to QB and teleport him the meet Pinky inside her shield.

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>>37636151
Imagine this was happening in a tabletop campaign, what would the players be saying out-of-character right around now?
>So that's what Ahriman says. Bob, you want to roll me a Sense Motive or something?
>...I got a 1.
>Goddamn it Bob, why can't you ever roll fucking Wisdom skills for shit?

>>37636227
I just don't wanna be crazy devil homu, waifus or not

>>37636221
QB was asking about something involving the Blessed Lady. There was a vote in which one of the options was to take QB in to a time stop and personally introduce him to Pinky. It "won" and the consequences were... not good.

Then it turned out that the votes had been miscounted and that option had been narrowly defeated. Since the consequences were so bad, Decu decided to retcon it. Apparently some people now see fixing a mistake as "bowing to anons".

>>37636221
I wasn't there either, but here's what happened.

Decu posted the scene with QB in the time stop. AFTERWARDS, Anons demanded a recount, found out that the vote count was backwards (NOT taking QB into timestop won actually). So at the start of the next thread, Decu rewound time a bit (HA) and went from there.

That could actually turn into a plot point.

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>>37636204
>you will never be tied up gently by lustdoka

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>>37636250
>no fun allowed

>>37636273
>Mami will never take you for a walk through the park with a ribbon snug around your neck

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>>37636297
>lustdoka will never try to forcefully take you in the infirmary

Yuri-ism what are you doing

>>37636261
>Nobody questions the count UNTIL anon sees that OH SHIT WE GONNA DIE HORRIBLY!!
>Then, and only then, the vote turns out to be a mistake, the ONLY one in the entire quest.

Sure.

>>37636342
Why are you even here if you hate everything about this

>>37636342
>Then, and only then, the vote turns out to be a mistake, the ONLY one in the entire quest.

What the fuck does that even mean? The vote was a mistake the whole time. It didn't suddenly magically become a mistake when anon didn't like it.

>>37636354
Only reason im still here is because ive been following since like thread 10. I want closure. I dont give a fuck about any of the waifus or hell most of the shit that anon goes retarded about.

>>37636213
Malal was only noted to have died in walpurgisnacht -after- Kharn's flashback. During it, anons were wondering whether Malal was still around.

The entire Walpurgisnacht situation is the result of allowing Third to keep a grudge and taking the axes all leads up in Walpurgisnacht being complicated like that. If Kharn even just attempted to reason with Ahriman, like actually try to get the information what's so special about Mami, everything could have gone very differently. Note seeing Erebus's purity seal is also what drove Ahriman over the edge.

At the same time, if she didn't take the axes, Malal may have also died right then and there.

The next time we visit Pinky, its going to be sooooooooooooo funny.
We: "Hey, Pinky, do you like our new look?"
Pinky: "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!"

>>37636354

Shh, don't try and understand the troll, anon. Just step back and laugh.

Laugh! And grow fat!

>>37636392
>Laugh! And grow HUGE!
ftfy

>>37636392

>Laugh! And grow fat!
>grow fat!
>fat!

>not HUGE!

>>37636401
>>37636410
>hugemind
Currently all we've grown are wings. Is that good enough?

wait how huge are our wings

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>>37636382
>implying Pinky won't just lewd her up anyways

>>37636425
Even our wings are noodly.

>>37636425
Well, they're mostly skeleton, so not very.

>>37636425
>wings are actually a collection of flexing arms

This is the future we chose.

>>37636425
according to >>37634260
HUGE

>>37636445
>we were never homu
>we were never the transcendent one
>we were ball of arms meguca

>>37636445
Now the important questions are:
1) Do we have independent control over each of the arms at the edges of each wings so they can grab things and lewd waifus?
2) Are they big enough so we can slam dunk without even trying?

>>37636456

They're very large. Not so sure about HUGE.

>>37636530
wings are usually huge by definition.

Of course, these are magic wings. so maybe not.

>>37636526
Yes and yes. We can also make them flex really fast to achieve supersonic flight.

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But if we pick up Midori, will our wings get us off the ground?

>>37636530

Taking Rebellion as a reference, the wings are huge. Like each wing is more than twice Homura's height? Also that scene where Akuhomu became a damn giantess. I wonder if we can do that too.

>>37635485 >>37635486 >>37635488 >>37635491

"How can you want her back?" You ask the brown-haired one incredulously, your eyes wide. "She has broken every promise she made you. She spurned your feelings, forgetting you even existed, before finding solace in the heart of another." You turn towards the blonde. "She has been nothing but a burden to you, unreliable, unpredictable, unworthy of your attention. I ask you again, how can you want her back?"

"Because she's our unreliable, unpredictable, unworthy burden." The blonde one says gently, stepping forward, placing a hand on the brown-haired one's shoulder in an attempt for placation. "She has been working hard, very hard, to change for the better. Yes, we know she grumbles and complains and growls about it a lot, but she desperately wants to become the person she wants to be, rather than be someone else that Fate has decided for her"

"And who does she wish to be?" You ask, still confused.

The blonde answers with a smile. "Chiaki Matsuda, of course."

You shake your head here, before sighing in resignation. Closing your eyes, you begin to make their foolish request possible.

"I will never understand your kind." You murmur.

"Yeah, yeah. Just give her the fuck back already." The brown-haired one snarls.

And so you allow yourself to remember. Gently closing the opened gates in your mind once more with a touch of your psychic sense, and reopening others that have been barred shut by the flood.

Restoring yourself to what you once were. Not completely, of course. Just enough.

[1/2]

>>37636213
Souji got a good end. Kharn had a death wish.

Sentencing Kharn to live with her shame wasn't a joke option, even if it was executed in joking manner. It was punishment.

>>37636602

+ It is done, + You pulse to the girl squatting in the corner, two cigarettes stuck to her mouth, a full ashtray on the ground beside her feet. + You are yourself for a while longer. +

+ About fucking time, + You hear her swear, standing up. She moves to walk briskly past you, before stopping in her tracks. + Wait. Wait a fucking second. Do the wings stay, or-- +

+ They are a part of us, + You murmur. + Of course. They cannot be removed. +

+ What?+ The girl's expression turns sour. + WINGS? What the fuck am I, a fucking platypus? +

You frown here. + ...I'm quite sure Platypi can't fly, + You point out. The girl merely grumbles something foul underneath her breath, before running away. You let out another sigh, before opening your eyes for the last time, and--

. . .

. .

.

--see Wendy and Mami standing in front of you, concerned, tense, wary. As if uncertain of just what you've become. As if unsure wether to hug you or to continue beating the crap out of you.

Which, by the way, still fucking hurt.

"...Kong?" Wendy steps forward, her usually-hooded eyes wide. "Kong, are you--"

"It's me," You manage finally, wincing at how dry your throat is. Mangling your already ruined voice even more. You shake your head at this, before glancing down on your costume. The draft of it making you shiver. "Jesus Christ. This'll get...this'll get a lot of getting used to." You shake your head again, just wondering what the fuck had to happen for you to get stuck like this.

Oh, wait, you remember. Bad decisions. Yep.

"Let's go finish this shit before I die of hypothermia or something," You growl finally, pulling Muramasa from your Shield once more - and surprisingly, instead of the bullish hunger that had always assaulted you whenever you held it, the sword seems...tame for some reason. Sated. Still dangerous, but definitely more cooperative.

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