PGQ TIEM

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IT BEGINS

>>38144308
>mfw I have to read 260 threads
Fuck me.

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"LUCIANA!!" Elena shrieks at the top of her lungs. "Reinhold, you have to go save her!"

But her voice sounds like it;'s a million miles away. While she cries and wails, you the only thing going through your mind is how much you want to kill that man.

"Reinhold!"

You feel a pressure on your leg, but pay it no mind.

"No... no no no no no no no..." Elena sobs. "S... streaking through the sky, a trail of stardust-"

Your arm darts out and grabs Elena by the shoulder.

"No," you say, your eyes fixed in the direction that Leopold ran off while carrying Luciana. "Don't."
"Why not!?" Elena screams. "He took Luciana! Don't you love her!?"
"Elena," Reya takes her hand.
"It's too risky," you say in a near-whisper. "If what he said is true then we'll risk everyone in the carriages dying if you or I try to chase after him."
"...his heart beat steady," Inaba says to her. "Not lying."

Yes... while there's nothing in the entire world you'd love to do right now than chase after Leopold and rip out his entrails through his mouth, you can't risk the lives of Citrine or Marianne or the rest of your family or anyone else in order to do so.

So you stand there and wait.

Takamaru's on the ground clutching his bleeding torso and Valerie and Racquel are weeping for their father and you can hear Karel doing the same... but still, you wait until it's safe to move.


>the first order of business is...

>see to takamaru's wounds
>see about valerie and racquel
>see about karel
>see about elena
>get those spikes away from the carriages

>>38144432

>get those spikes away from the carriages

>>38144432
>>see to takamaru's wounds

Need to prevent someone from bleeding out.

>>38144432
>get those spikes away from the carriages

It'd be better to have Marianne fix up the gaping hole in Takamaru.

>>38144432
>get those spikes away from the carriages
While getting Mari and/or Elmo to
>see to takamaru's wounds

>>38144432
>see to takamaru's wounds

>>38144432
>get those spikes away from the carriages
Tell Mari to heal up Takamaru.

>>38144432
>>get those spikes away from the carriages
Once Marianne and Emilio are out they can help get Takamaru patched up and help do emotional triage before everyone loses it.

>>38144432
>see to takamaru's wounds

>>38144432
IT WAS ME BARRY, ME!

>>38144432
>get those spikes away from the carriages
Have someone good at healing help Taka

>>38144432
>Delegate

Clear the spikes, marianne see to healing taka, emilio calm down karel, have family calm down hysterical kids.

Then once the mile radius exclusion zone is cleared, doubleboost tailwind iron body after that fuck like a human bullet.

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>>38144308
Is this one of the few times Reinhold has hated the person he's killing?

>>38144588
When he chases him down and catches him. Yes.

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>At long last, you found out who was behind everything that's been going on for the past two months.
>You've never wanted so badly to kill someone before.

It's time. We go to war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSMY2CVjCZA

>>38144432
>get those spikes away from the carriages

Finally!
Fucking Zoom...

>>38144432
>get those spikes away from the carriages
I don't know how we intend to do that but if we can, we must.

LEOPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD

>>38144723
I'm waiting for another major DC hero to make a cameo in that show. Like Batman.

>>38144432
>get those spikes away from the carriages
I'm worried about all of Takamaru's death flags but Mari and Emilio are better at healing.

>>38144432
>get those spikes away from the carriages

>>38144432
>get those spikes away from the carriages

>>38144859
I'm just hoping we can get some kind of power up before heading of on a suicidal quest to save our girlfriend and burn a country to ash.

>>38144432
>see to takamaru's wounds
The spikes are there so we can visualize his threat. If he wanted to he could crush the carriages in an instant, spikes or no spikes

So who's going to be in the rescue party?
I doubt anyone could stop Greg from going and Adrien would probably volunteer.

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>yfw Leopold is just Spinelle spelled backwards

>>38144432
> See to Takamaru's wounds.

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>>38144950

>>38144918
Clearing out the spikes is less about trying to diminish the threat than it is about allowing the people who are currently stuck inside the carriages to help do what needs to be done so that we can get word back to the castle and then turn around and head after him.

>>38144356
10000000000000000
too bad there's a three-week break until the next episode

>>38144830
The next to appear will be The Atom, who's been built up over in Arrow. I'm pretty sure they don't have the rights to use Batman though on account of Gotham.


>writing

>>38144939
Errybody
SURPRISE: Post quest adventure is the journey to rescue Luci

>>38145161
Post quest adventure is To tend to her grave.

>>38145215
Considering that next time we see her she's going to be collared I wouldn't be too surprised if she gets put down...

>>38144308
>Story summary PDF:
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/36963700/images/1419507054481.pdf

Just FYI, the blog post on suptg says that he's going to be purging the archive soon, as well as all .pdfs.

>>38145161
The adventure is an eight year war against Ancellota and her allies that sees the continent scorched and shattered, and leaves the 'victors' on the verge of social and economic collapse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F2KdqqS4lA

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>>38145252
>Spend months trying to kidnap a princess
>broken into her home on multiple occasions and always tried to capture her, rather than kill her
>Finally set up an ambush where you are able to kidnap her and do it on foot, practically dragging her back to your stronghold with a knife to her neck
>put a collar on her that gives you more control over her
>Then you just kill her...

>>38145312
...well shit. I guess I'm going to have to find a place to host that.

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>>38145312
>the blog post on suptg says that he's going to be purging the archive soon, as well as all .pdfs.

STOP EVERYTHING

>>38145336
Add it to your Twitter bio?

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After taking a deep breath to calm your nerves (it doesn't work), you turn to Reya.

"Go check on Takamaru," you say to your fellow bodyguard. "I'm going to try and get the carriages free."
"Y- yeah," Reya nods nervously. "Got it."

Patting Elena on the had as he passes her, Reya hurries to the fallen swordsman's side. And as for you...

"Don't worry," you say to Elena. "I'll get Luciana back from that bastard once you're all safe."

Still sobbing, Elena nods weakly while Inaba tries her best to console her friend.


>[1/?]

>>38145507
Elena's gonna go all "I NEED TO BE STRONGER" training montage, isn't she?

>>38145584
She'll be killed by a collared Luciana.

>>38145584
If she'd won her duel I bet she'd already be a lot tougher now.

>>38145606

Wrong, you grow more after you lose then after a win.

>>38145606
By that logic, Guillame is the tough guy now.
Can Guillame take down the Mosquito Man?

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>>38145507

Though the driver of your carriage has done well to keep the behemoth that pulls it calm, the carriage itself is being held in place by an array of earthen spikes that pierce into it. Coldly, you stare them down as if they were capable of looking back at you...

...and then you draw back your sword.

Thee crumble before your rage, falling apart once you sever their connection to the ground itself. So that Marianne and Emilio can get out, you attack the ones by the door first, then move on to the others...

"Reinhold?" Marianne calls out from inside the carriage.
"That was me," you reply. "It's safe to come out."


>[2/?]

So, did they ever indicate there is a way to remove slave collars without killing the person inside?

Something, something, force the world back inside it?

I bet it involves Niklaus and crystals.

>>38145767
That's as simple as taking the collar off, be it by unlocking it or breaking it or whatever.

>>38145787
Huh, for some reason I also thought removing the collars killed the wearer.

>>38145755
>[3/3[

Just as you raise your sword-arm in the air to hack away at more of the spikes, the door to the carriage practically explodes from its hinges. Suspecting that Leopold might have come back, you rush to the entrance to the carriage, only to find Marianne holding the head of her halberd where the door used to be.


>what do you say to her?

>>38145831
>you rush to the entrance to the carriage, only to find Marianne holding the head of her halberd where the door used to be
Guess she does take after her father more than she will ever admit

>>38145831
"Takamaru's hurt. Badly. I need your help."
"Emilio calm down Karel."

>>38145831
"Hold on to that Princess and follow me quick, Takamaru needs your healing magic."

>>38145831

>Report situation, we will begin pursuit recon once she and the others are with safe company.

>>38145831
>>38145851

>>38145831
"Leopold was the traitor. He collared Vincent and kidnapped Luciana. Takamaru needs healing before it's too late."

>>38145831
I'm afraid there's some bad news

If Luciana does die.. what happens to Reinhold?

>>38145831
Supporting these
>>38145851
>>38145863

>>38145891
We cry. 5evr.

>>38145831
"You're going to be thankful I bought that, since we might be at war soon."

>>38145891
We abandon everyone but our sword daughteru.

>>38145891
We murder a country.

>>38145891
Reinhold because an emotional void. He still Guards the princess.. but he's more like a suit of armor than a man.

>>38145891
What can change the very nature of a man?

>>38145891
He kills every royal and noble in Ancellotta.
Every single one of them.

>>38145891
He'd probably go full Frank Castle, wandering around the continent as a muderhobo.

>>38145923
Torment.

>>38145831
"He took her."

>>38145935
More like just wipe Ancellotta off the face of the earth.

>writing

>>38145891
He becomes the spirit of vengeance.

>>38145943
Into the jungle we go.

So are we gonna go sword-rambo or team happy murder fun time?

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>>38145891
this

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>Gregory's face when he is told that his favorite niece has been kidnapped by Ancellotta

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>>38146047
"Since Ancelotta and Granache aren't connected at all, they would've had to pass through either Marconetti or Perricone to get through," Luciana says

>yfw this is true even on terrible crayon map

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>>38146073
I still find the whole Ancellotta thing way to convenient personally.
It's just too neat.

>>38146078
Since they aren't connected why is Luci's dad trying so desperately to unite the kingdoms?
There wont be any large economic gain by forming a union considering how close ties already are.

>>38146142
He's trying to unite Marconetti and Granache, not Ancelotta and Granache.

>>38145891

There are few things more dangerous than a man with nothing left to lose.

... which is why it's a good thing Reinhold still has family.

>Luciana get's kidnapped by BBEG
How bad are the shitstorms in alternate universe /tg/'s Takamaru Quest?

>>38146142
He wants to finally go adventuring with his old friend Therri again? Fuck if I know man, empires generally seem like an administrative nightmare that would do better by being governed at a regional level. But rulers like ruling bigger territories and having more subjects, so we have bloody (and occasionally bloodless) geographic mergers. And stuff.

>>38146142
Because Granache is vulnerable from Ancellotta through Marconetti, Lucianno's kingdom is not as well unified as Granache. Lucianno doesn't have awesome people running the country and knows he has traitors high up in his ranks.

He want to unify the kingdoms to put Granache's people in charge and unify the loyal subjects he has in Marconetti to be even closer with Granache to make it harder for traitors to infiltrate.

>>38146170
Right yes, I think this is an indication that I need to go to bed now.
Have a fun night guys.

>>38146180
Takamaru quest was hoping for a warriors death. Now they're still alive and calmly discussing a way in which they can have their heroic death while thinking of cherry blossoms and their family while Luciana screams his name.

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>>38145891
Despair

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>>38146197
>tfw Taka needs to cash in his deathflags for a heroic sacrifice or else he'll return home disgraced for allowing his charge to fall into the hands of evil

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Nodding in acknowledgement, Marianne gracefully jumps from the carriage onto the ground. Emilio follows after her, though he's much more cautious about it.

"He took her," you say through clenched teeth.
"So he-" Marianne reels back like she was just slapped in the face for a few seconds before turning back towards the carriage.
"...so I heard it right after all..." Emilio mumbles.

While Emilio tries to shield his crying face from view, you decide to leave him be and instead ask for Marianne's help.

"That BASTARD!"

In a normal situation, you'd have been surprised by Marianne's outburst as she swings her halberd as hard as she can onto the spikes that surround the carriage, but you'd honestly much rather join her instead. In between each profane outburst, she crashes the polearm into the ground, sending rubble flying into the air.


>[1/?]

>>38146290
Could she maybe swing that thing in the direction of the other carriage?
Pregnant sister, Gramma and possibly daughteru but not quite confirmed to be there yet still need saving.

>>38146290
>that picture is now reality
Thierri would be proud

>>38146323
Don't worry One of them is dead. Roll a d3

>>38146367
Now I think it's alright to give our brother in law that sketch we made of Mari in that armor and Halberd if we can find the time.

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>>38146290

"...Marianne," you place your hand in the Princess's shoulder before she can draw back for another swing. "Takamaru's hurt and I need your help."

Marianne looks back at you with eyes that are already red from crying for a splitsecond before clutching her face with her free hand and nodding to you.

"Yes... sorry," Marianne says. "I'll see to him right away."

Since the Princess's tantrum served to destroy the rest of the spikes around your carriage, you hurry off towards the one that the others rode in on to do the same for them. But before you do, you turn back to the still-stunned Emilio.

"Emilio," you call out. "Karel hasn't moved from the spot, could you check on her while I do this?"
"...yeah, okay," he nods.


>[2/?]

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Guys, I got it.

>>38146411
>[3/3]

You make quick work of the remaining spikes that surround Citrine's carriage, making sure that there aren't any more piercing it before you make your way to the door and open it.

"Citrine!" you call out as you stick your head through the door. "Are you alright?"

Your question is instantly answered when the scene that your eyes are seeing actually registers in your brain. Though they're all huddled in the middle seats of the carriage, all four of them are safe and unhurt. Narius has his pregnant wife in his arms while Carina tries to to the same for Agnes.

"Yes," Citrine replies. "What's going on outside, are we under attack?"


>tell her what happened
>just say that it's something bad

>>38146427
I have no idea what's happening but I also agree

>>38146498
>tell her what happened
She's lived through worse, she can take it.

>>38146498
>tell her what happened
we need big sis hugs

>>38146427
I really need to do a Malkavian play through.

>>38146498
>tell her what happened

>>38146511
Fucking malks.

>>38146498
>tell her what happened
>Narius

>>38146498
>>just say that it's something bad
We have things to do

>>38146498
>tell her what happened

>>38146498
>tell her what happened
And much ass kicking will ensue in the near future.

>>38146498
>tell her what happened

A live PGQ! Unfortunately I still need to read through about 200 archived threads. Hello to me 2 months from now!

>>38146578
We'll see you then!

>>38146498
>just say that it's something bad
No time to waste, patch up Takamaru and rush back to the castle

>>38146578
Good luck.

>>38146578
At this pace the quest will have ended by then.

>writing

>>38146578
Godspeed, my man.

>>38146578
Make haste.

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>>38146613
>At this pace the quest will have ended by then.

>>38146613
Nah, I say he's got till summer time when it ends.

>>38146656
Rein will be dead long before then.

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>>38146578
>2 months
>reading everything, including all the shitstorms
Mah man

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You've never hid anything from Citrine and there's no point in doing so now.

"Leopold," you begin, "a knight from Marconetti... we found him injured in the middle of the road."
"Leopold Massenet?" Agnes gasps. "Who in the world could have done that to him!?"
"Probably did it to himself," you growl. "He did... something to Sir Vincent to replace him with a straw dummy and then he ran off with Luciana."
"Wha-" Citrine gasps. "So that look in your eyes is..."
"Yeah," you nod solemnly.
"Well don't think that you need to keep watch over us, go and save her!" Citrine says, pointing out the door.


>no, I need to get you guys to safety first
>I'm going to do just that

>>38146677
>no, I need to get you guys to safety first

>>38146677
>I'm going to do just that

>>38146677
>I'm going to do just that
Make sure Mari gets to the castle safe though.

>>38146677
>I'm going to do just that

>>38146677
>no, I need to get you guys to safety first
Assemble Death Squad at the palace, then go murderin'

>>38146677
>I'm going to do just that

"But do me a favor. Get everyone to safety. Get to the castle."

>>38146677
>>no, I need to get you guys to safety first

>>38146677
>I have no idea how to handle a hostage situation with a guy with bullshit earth powers, someone go fetch Sir Gregory, the King or Arnaud

>>38146698
this

>>38146677
>no, I need to get you guys to safety first

Back up and a plan is needed to deal with a contractor that can sense you coming.

>>38146677
>no, I need to get you guys to safety first
>He's an Earth contractor, he'll feel me coming a mile away. I'll need Arnaud's wyvern to pursue.

>>38146671
>reading anything other than OP posts while archive diving
Not even once.

>>38146677
>>no, I need to get you guys to safety first

>crucial thread in PGQ
>I need to go
Maybe I should just quit my job...

>>38146677
>I'm going to do just that

>>38146677
>no, I need to get you guys to safety first

We are a princess guard. We guard Marri. Do not abandon her at the moment that would be incredibly stupid.

So it begins....
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/Archelon

>>38146685
>>38146686
>>38146696
>>38146698
>>38146713

He'll know we're coming. There's no point in pursuing him without flying.

>>38146677
>I'm going to do just that
Let's GO.

>>38146677

>no, I need to get you guys to safety first
>I'm going to need Arnaud's help for this

>>38146719
Why the shit would anybody want this?

>>38146725
>>38146713
>>38146698
>>38146696
>>38146686
>>38146685
If you come after me I kill everyone!

I KNOW GUYS LETS GO AFTER HIM RIGHT NOW XD!

>>38146677
>no, I need to get you guys to safety first

In any case he's got tremorsense in a huge range, so we need airpower before we go charging off.

>Going after the bad guys with no plan or backup
It was a fun quest while it lasted

>>38146719
Stop this immediately.

It doesn't make sense to give arch's work a tvtropes page.

Nobody but you wants this to happen.

>>38146736
I think they're just intentionally retarded.

>>38146752
Apparently.

>>38146723
Rana can fly, and take passengers.

Though we'll probably want backup for this. Arnaud, Ariane, and/or Gregory seem like good candidates.

>>38146677
>no, I need to get you guys to safety first

>>38146757
Rana isn't here.

>>38146677
>no, I need to get you guys to safety first

>>38146719
why


>writing

>>38146677
>no, I need to get you guys to safety first
Don't go full retard.

>>38146736
I literally just finished binge reading through the archive. If the first thing I see happening in a life thread is killing everyone we love, I will cry.

>>38146736
It fits his character to me.
>>38146801
Well I just looked over your ask.fm and someone said they were going to do it. I'm amazed that some anon is following though.

>>38146656
I'm guessing Arch will be able to do at least 4 threads a week, so in a two month period that'd be roughly another 34 threads. 34 threads ago we were starting the Karel lake-interlude so we've done a lot of stuff since then, even if it was at a snails pace. I think Arch could feasibly end the quest within a 60 day timeframe.

>>38146853
>>It fits his character to me.
If you honestly think risking ALL his friends' lives is in-character for Reinhold you should leave.

>>38146736
Did you even read the story posts? We stood there and didn't move, then spent time hacking away at earth spikes, and he's running the fuck away. There is zero chance he's still in range to explode everything here, or else he'd just do it anyway for the sake of killing us all.

>>38146876
That doesn't change the fact that he'll feel us approaching. Chasing him right this moment serves no purpose.

>>38146872
What risk?

The guy is long gone. Time has passed. Pay attention.

>>38146853
Are you one of the people who actively votes for Cecile to be retarded as well? Does that "fit" her character?

>>38146872
You, read this
>>38146876
HE'S ALREADY LONG GONE! It's in context anon.

>>38146886
That is true, but saying that chasing him now will result in horrible earth spike death for the people here is flat wrong, because it won't.

>>38146893
Not that other anon, but it does. Cecile a shit.

>>38146887
If he is to believe his tremorsense has a 1 mile radius, we don't know how fast he moves and not that many minutes have passed.

>>38146913
>believing a villain
Anon, you can't be this new.

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"...no," you shake your head. "I want to, but I need to get you guys to safety first."
"Oh yeah," Marius nods. "You do have Princess Marianne to worry about."
"And the rest of you," you reply.
"A bad man took Luciana?" Carina asks. "He didn't take Racquel and Valerie, did he?"

You glance back outside and see that the two girls are still crying...

"No," you say, "but he did take their daddy."
"But you said that their daddy was even stronger than you!" Carina says, clinging to Agnes. "If he took him then how are you gonna-"
"I'll be fine," you say with a weak smile. "Don't worry about me."

After taking a few moments to make sure that none of those spikes broke off inside the cabin, you head back outside.


>see how takamaru's doing
>see how karel and emilio are doing
>see how elena, inaba, valerie and racquel are doing

>>38146932
Ianab said he wasn't lying

>>38146913
If it wasn't safe to move around everyone wouldn't have started moving around. If we were still in his action radius he would have reacted when we crushed the earth spikes impaling the carriages, which if you recall were his "ima kill everyone" card.

>>38146936
>see how takamaru's doing

>>38146936
>see how takamaru's doing
>send Citrine to help the girls

>>38146936
>see how takamaru's doing

>>38146936
>>38146955
This

>>38146936
>see how takamaru's doing

>>38146936
>>see how takamaru's doing

Hmm, I wonder how this part will work out on other routes. Have to save Luciana still, regardless of waifu?

>>38146936
>see how takamaru's doing
See if he's going to live first. If stable, then
>see how karel and emilio are doing
also this
>>38146955

>>38146955
this

>>38146983
Probably so, But Rein I bet wouldn't be as pissed off as he likely is now.

>>38146983
Luciana, Elena, Marianne and Emilio were all potential targets of this bastardry.


>writing

You guys do realize that since Sir vincent has the slave collar on him right now, that probably means to save Luciania we are gonna have to fight through him right?

>>38147059
But he was teleported to asshole land.

>>38147059
>We may have to kill Sylvie's father
Shit, we'll really be the worst person ever in her eyes.

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>>38147062
Or was he?

>>38147059
I don't think that's how they work. Unless there is a mind control spell that only works on objects.

>>38147059
They don't work like that.

Slave collars don't automatically force the wearer to be obedient, they just block the use of magic and keep the wearer from escaping captivity.

>>38147047
>Karel Route.
>Emilio get's captured.
>ehh, let's cut our losses, nobody cares.

>>38147089
AH! That's right! Oh man! Vincent can just rip it off of himself and go to town on the bad guys with his bear hands! Leo just done fucked up.

>>38147047
>Marianne
We will burn the entire world to get her back.

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>>38147110
We are The Princess Guard

>>38147129
We kinda have to, without her we don't have a job.

Four little girls, all crying together... well Inaba looks more pissed than she does sad, but there are tears streaming down her face all the same. You can't imagine that it would be good for someone who just lost her father to try and console someone wo0h just lost her sister, but there is one person who was always able to make -you- feel better when you were crying.

"Citrine?" you peek back into the carriage.
"Hm?"
"Would you mind coming outside for a little bit and see about Valerie and Elena and the rest of them?" you ask. "They're all crying, and-"
"Umm, of course!" she says, nodding vigorously.

While Marius helps her down, you navigate around the rubble and make your way to the clearing where Marianne and Reya are trying to tend to Takamaru's wounds.


>[1/?]

>>38147193

Gather them all together, cast sanctuary and go chase the bastard down already.

>>38147231
Or get them to the castle so we can use Rana or Arnaud's drake.

>>38147231
Do we even know where he's going?
I think the best chance for success is at least make some sort of plan and get at least a few allies to go with us

>>38147240
I wonder how Rana will react when Reinhold bursts into the room and demands to ride her?

>>38147299
>I thought you'd never ask!

>>38147299
"About friggin' time!"

>>38147299
I hope that the second Takamura is conscious we can have him send a note to the castle, asking for all hands to join us ASAP.

Aint' no murder party like a Marconetti murder party riding a dragon.

>>38147299
"But this isn't my route!"

Regarding Dragon Cavalry and Reinhold: Do we know if Steel Body will actually protect us from a terminal velocity impact?

This could be extremely important when deciding on tactics.

So is there going to be a secret Leo/Spinelle route?

>>38147353
I think it does. At least it seemed to do in Cateno

>>38147353
I'm guessing no, it'd help but not enough.

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>>38147193

Takamaru is lying on the ground, his white robes stained with blood while Marianne crouches over his wound.

"Is he going to be alright?" you ask.
"For now, at least," Marianne replies. "I cast the strongest healing spell I know on him and closed up the wound, but I don't have enough medical training to be able to tell if I actually healed him a hundred percent properly."
"He should be until we get back to the castle, at least," Reya says.
"Anyways, I just finished here so if you could...?" she turns to the half-dragon.
"Got it."

With little effort, Reya lifts up the unconscious swordsman and carries him back to the carriage that they were riding.

"Reinhold..." Marianne grips your sleeve, but pulls her hand right back and sticks a finger in her mouth. "What in the...?"
"Shit," you say, rolling up your sleeve to reveal a piece of metal clinging tightly to your wrist, covered in undulating spikes.

This thing reacts to your mood so of course it would be going nuts at a time like this.

"...let's get going, okay?" Marianne says to you. "There's no time to waste."
"Yeah," you nod. "Let's hurry back so I can go find Luciana and kill that piece of shit that took her from me."


>[2/?]

>>38147397
>kill that piece of shit that took her from me.
Getting quite possesive there, Reinhold. I like it.

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>>38147412
Reinhold is becoming a male yandere

>>38147412
It's not the first time he has referred to her as "his"

>>38147397
Only undulating spikes? I'm surprised this thing has not morphed into a full on bracelet demon with all the rage we are generating right now.

Just saw the newest Flash episode. Dat Zoom. Dat Grodd. Can't contain this hype.

>>38147435
Which does seem kinda off considering he doesn't normally talk like that.

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>>38147397

"I'm so fucking stupid," Karel mutters under her breath. "All this time he was playing me like a fuckin' retard and I just..." she clenches both fists and raises them in the air.
"It..." Emilio reaches out to her with a trembling hand, "...it's not your fault, okay? There's no way for you to have known that he was like that."
"You don't know how happy I was to see him get back up, and then he-" she chokes back tears. "Takamaru and Armin and Andreas and those other guys too, he killed all of them and now he has your sister and I just stood there slack-jawed and let it happen!"


>[3/?]

>>38147512
"Ey-yo Karel. I'm off traitor hunting. You in gurl?"

>>38147581
On Karel route her dates consist of murder.

Best girl, Best route

>>38147512

"C'mon, Karel," Emilio says as he takes her hand. "You're supposed to be the tough one here, not me... that asshole just kidnapped the only big sister I have who I actually give a damn about and I'm -trying- to hold it together for Elena but if you fall apart then I don't know if I'll be able to."
"I'm sorry..." Karel chokes back tears. "I'm so sorry, I could've stopped it and I didn't-"
"Well, what if he comes back?" he asks.
"Huh?" Karel stares at him. "What if he..."
"What if he comes back and tries to take -me- this time?" Emilio asks, looking right into her eyes. "Would you stand there slack-jawed and let him take -me-?"
"O- of course not!" she shouts. "I'd stab him in his fuckin'-"
"Well do you think you'd be able to do that if you're busy crying about Luciana?"
"...no..."
"Then pull yourself together and protect -me-." he says, patting his chest. "Even though it's not your fault, I can't keep you from blaming yourself for Luciana getting kidnapped... but I -will- blame you if you let him come back and take me, got it?"

Emilio's resolve shows even through his tear-reddened eyes.


>[4/?]

>>38147659
Well, I'm inspired.

>>38147659
>BALLS HAVE DROPPED
>BALLS HAVE DROPPED
>BALLS HAVE DROPPED

>>38147659
>[5/5]

"Y... yeah..." Karel blinks a few times, then slaps her cheeks. "Yeah. Okay."
"Great," Emilio nods. "Reinhold and Marianne are on their way back over here so let's hurry back inside the carriage so we don't end up holding them up. We don't have any time to waste here."
"Got it," Karel replies, drying the tears from her eyes as she rushes back to the carriage just before you and Marianne do.


>ride outside with the driver
>ride inside with karel, emilio and marianne

>>38147701
>ride outside with the driver
High alert mode

>>38147701
>ride outside with the driver

No chances.

>>38147701
>>ride outside with the driver
EYES WIDE OPEN

>>38147701
>ride outside with the driver while asking our sword to be constantly alert.

>>38147701
>ride outside with the driver
Time to be on a lookout for sons-of-bitches.

>>38147701
>>ride inside with karel, emilio and marianne

Marie's taking it badly too

>>38147701
>>ride inside with karel, emilio and marianne

>>38147701
Ride inside. We're not going to be doing anything especially useful out there, the attack is already over; it's more productive to plan and recover.

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>>38144308
I want to impregnate Nicolette!

>>38147701
>ride inside with karel, emilio and marianne

I'm about to pass out so I'm going to have to end this thread early tonight. Sorry, guys.
But at least I was able to get past this bit of the story... next time we shall get to the castle.

I'll be running on Wednesday night next.


and now for questions if you had any

>>38147829
Oh thank god. I am about to pass out myself.
I think you might be taking over my life Arch.
Thanks for running, enjoyed it as usual.

>>38147829
How hard is Thierri going to flip out when He realises Marianne is so mad she's hitting shit with an axe?

>>38147829
So how will this all play out on the other routes, Mari will obviously get kidnapped on hers what about the others?

Who was the artist you had set up, are they any good?

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>>38147829
Would Operation Steel Rein actually work?

Steel Body has exhibited the capacity to tank impacts that by all rights should have pulped our internal organs regardless of the hard outer shell. Is there an upper limit to that beyond "don't impact anything harder than you are"?

>>38147829
Thanks for running, Arch. Can't wait to see the King's reaction.

>>38147829
Is this the sole Endgame you have planned out?

Would this sequence or bad guy change depending on what route we were on?

We need a plan.

We also need intel. The guy was quite powerful, we'll need to find what else we might be facing and be prepared accordingly.
We'll need disguise for ourselves and anyone who would come with us.
We'll need to go through Perricone, since anything coming from Marconetti will be suspect by default after the closed border thing.
We could use Millien's help, if we can find out with reasonable certainty that he's not in league with Them.
And we should probably make it a point to free Vincent first for firepower.

I wonder if The Boss in the whorehouse doesn't know someone who might help us in this quest...

>>38147829
How desperate is Ancelotta? Because hostage taking is one of the worst methods of pressure possible considering it makes your opponent despise you and if you actually do anything to the hostage they lose all reasons to restrain themselves. There's a reason it's generally only done either as a "fuck you" gesture from short-termist groups planning on killing anyway, or as an exchange token for cash or an escape route with the intention of disappearing to escape the other partie's wrath, which a country can't really do.

>>38147872
>Would this sequence or bad guy change depending on what route we were on?

I like to think we would have dealt with Millen on Mari route

Can't think of any bad guys for the other routes

>>38147876
Considering Sylvie could punch through that door with Vincent-like muscle power alone, and Vincent has considerably more Vincent-muscle, I'm half expecting him to have just pulled the collar apart at the hinge.

>>38147829
The thought occurs that Leo probably doesn't know about Luciana's magical ability considering he hasn't seen it/every enemy who has got turned to jam, and she's not wearing a collar.

>>38147851
>How hard is Thierri going to flip out when He realises Marianne is so mad she's hitting shit with an axe?
Under better circumstances, he would have found that to be a happy thing.

>>38147861
>So how will this all play out on the other routes, Mari will obviously get kidnapped on hers what about the others?
It should be obvious through the powers of deductive reasoning.

>Who was the artist you had set up, are they any good?
He was very good, but now I shall have to find another.

>>38147866
>Would Operation Steel Rein actually work?
No, jumping from stupidly high would either result in Reinhold dying on impact or getting embedded into the ground, just like any other large metal object that fell from such a height.

>>38147872
>Is this the sole Endgame you have planned out?
>Would this sequence or bad guy change depending on what route we were on?
Specifics would change, but this story's always been planned with Leopold as the main bastard.

>>38147892
>How desperate is Ancelotta? Because hostage taking is one of the worst methods of pressure possible considering it makes your opponent despise you and if you actually do anything to the hostage they lose all reasons to restrain themselves.
Things had been at a slow boil with Marconetti for a long time, so yes they're pretty desperate at this point.

>>38147934
>The thought occurs that Leo probably doesn't know about Luciana's magical ability considering he hasn't seen it/every enemy who has got turned to jam, and she's not wearing a collar.
While he doesn't know specifically how strong her magic is, it's a known fact that Celestino's children are all trained in at least the basics.
Shs's been gagged just in case.


And now I sleep. Thanks for playing!
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>>38147975
How on earth would you abduct Rana?

>>38148012
I would guess in roughly the same manner he abducted Sir Vincent.

>>38147975
>main bastard
I'm confused. Is Leopold the Masketta Man or not?

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>>38147975
>Shs's been gagged just in case.
It's like he draws the future...

>>38148657
If Reinhold sees her stripped like that when he goes after Leopold, I do believe the amount of sheer rage he's feeling might turn him into an elemental on the spot.

>>38148168
He's not I think. if so, the man works for him.

>>38148735
the "masked man" was an earthen construction made by Leopold in order to make it look like he wasn't controlling the strings on the conspiracy.
Notice how every time the masked man appeared, Leopold was there.

>>38148922
Good point. Which means double trouble fun in the fight.

>>38148922
Stands confirmed?

>>38149047
More like earth clones.

Did anyone consider tossing Luciana the bracelet, expecting the guy to catch it and gloat, and then having it burrow into his arm and crawl up to his brain through his flesh?

>>38149291
Bracelet doesn't have that kind of control and he'd have squashed someone if we tossed shit at him.

>>38149394
Reinhold needs to learn the secrets of quickcasting from Arariane.

>>38148922
>Notice how every time the masked man appeared, Leopold was there.
I like how you take this piece of info and assume it's an earthen construct rather than, y'know, just a different dude.

>>38151535
Hear hoofbeats, suspect Zebras.

>>38151535
Its obviously one of those doll things

>>38151602
Well, Arch does like his little dollies, so it's certainly possible.

>>38147975
>While he doesn't know specifically how strong her magic is, it's a known fact that Celestino's children are all trained in at least the basics.
>Shs's been gagged just in case.
She's got to be good enough to preform some spells without saying it outloud, doesn't she?

>>38151636
Doll waifu best girl.

>>38151672
>Doll waifu best girl.
>not carriage driver
There's a reason we're riding with him in our hour of greatest need

>>38151660
She has been hanging out with Arariane so maybe.

>>38151702
He is too pure for us anon.

>>38151741
Then we'll just have to get purer.

>>38151773
But we are tainted, how do we become pure?

>>38151837
Bleaching and lies.

>>38147047
>Luciana, Elena, Marianne and Emilio were all potential targets of this bastardry.
But Elena and Emilio aren't waifuable, plus Nico, Sylvie, Karel, Rana and Melanie are.

This is making me glad we ended up on Luci's route because she actually feels like the main grill during the climax of the quest.

>>38151975
Could also work for Mari route
And Karel route could be all about the two of them rescuing Emilio.
Hell Nico route could be about Luci since she always wanted to be Luci's knight

>>38152019
So Nico route ends up with us NTR'd by Luci? Can we at least watch?

I wonder how Sylvie would react to Luci's kidnapping on her route. Hell, I wonder how Sylvie will react on this route. Presumably, she'll be too upset about her Dad to make a move but still.

>>38152019
Who gets kidnapped would probably be informed by a number of the non split choices we wind up making as well as what route we're on by the time everything comes to a head.

I wonder, could it possible to play through the game without hitting route lock?

>>38152074
>I wonder how Sylvie would react to Luci's kidnapping on her route
Pretty bad since she would have no reason to hate her on her own route.

>Hell, I wonder how Sylvie will react on this route.
I doubt she would be happy about it, might feel a little Schadenfreude then feel bad because of that.

>>38152086
>I wonder, could it possible to play through the game without hitting route lock?
arch said there will be a single route.

>>38152074
>I wonder how Sylvie would react to Luci's kidnapping on her route.
Sylvie has a big heart, I'm sure she'd stand by us and be full of righteous anger. She was indifferent to Luciana prior to the Reinbowl.

>>38152086
>I wonder, could it possible to play through the game without hitting route lock?
You mean a celibate route? arch said it will be possible.

>>38152086
>Who gets kidnapped would probably be informed by a number of the non split choices we wind up making as well as what route we're on
I want to see the scenario in which Leopold, the Masked Man and co. are trying to convince themselves that the collapse of Marconetti's strength can be triggered by their kidnapping of a maid in a different country.

>>38152222
>manage to get maid kidnap scenario
>on Mari Route
...hilarity ensues.

>>38152222
nice quads

Melanie is the key to all of this, she's the real spymaster. Arnaud is just a front.

>>38152259
"The head butler is important, thusly I say he is a front for the head maid. Who would ever suspect her?"

>>38152222

That whole scenario would play like Keystone cops. A significantly less serious route for the quest.

The hidden comedy route.

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>>38152222
>"Just think how filthy their socks will be."

>"And none of their banisters will be properly polished... Those fools won't last a week!"

>>38152563
>Bad guys kidnap Melanie and demand ransom
>Nico's family pays the amoujt to get her free
>Bad guys don't want to release her because she's cleaned their stronghold spotless and it's never looked nicer

>>38147975
>>Is this the sole Endgame you have planned out?
>Specifics would change, but this story's always been planned with Leopold as the main bastard.
This feels like kind of a shame (not about Leo being the big bad guy no matter what, but rather having one designated end-game scenario Mad Libs with spaces filled in depending on the path you took to get there), since even though it's reasonable enough for the story as a whole, aside from Marianne/Luciana, I can't see the whole kidnap scenario feeling like a satisfying climax to any other given route. Feels a bit like a throw-away "Sorry, this was one of the plot-agnostic romances. Better luck next time!"

Amusingly, the only scenario that seems like it would be appreciably different off the top of my head would be the one with the defector Devil Child, and that's the one that's least likely to actually be a thing.

Not to mention I feel like Karel's would be better served without a kidnapping at all so as to put the main focus on the whole Leopold-is-evil, now-the-student-must-overcome-the-master thing.

>>38154171
Emilio kidnap works for Karel because Emilio's still her charge and best friend even if Rein is the love-interest in that scenario.
Would also be cool to see more of Raoul in that scenario, having her actual father helping her take down the guy who's presumably been something of a father figure throughout her life.

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>>38154171
>This feels like kind of a shame (not about Leo being the big bad guy no matter what, but rather having one designated end-game scenario Mad Libs with spaces filled in depending on the path you took to get there), since even though it's reasonable enough for the story as a whole, aside from Marianne/Luciana, I can't see the whole kidnap scenario feeling like a satisfying climax to any other given route. Feels a bit like a throw-away "Sorry, this was one of the plot-agnostic romances. Better luck next time!"

I said that Leopold would always be the Big Bad of sorts, not that this exact scenario would have played out as it did here.

Though I do understand that sentiment, which is why I set up False Dendrite in the way that I did.

>>38155221
Hey Arch on a scale from 1 to 10 1 being mook 10 being legendary hero of epicness, where does Reinhold fall atm?

>>38156535
That type of thing is a sliding scale, but I'd put Reinhold somewhere around the middle.

>>38156632
About what I expected to hear.

Is Vincent strong enough to break those collars without magic?

Just got caught up on the quest.

Archelon, I was planning on dropping by the next live one and thanking you for all the good times and cute imoutos doing cute things.

>>38157675
He's running tonight unless RL intervenes.

>>38149394
Reinhold can't control the bracelet like that, at least not without physical contact.

>>38157675
Should be tonight. Hope the archive binging was fun.

Remember to polite sage on dead threads.

>>38156697
I doubt anyone could break a slave collar with pure physical strength.

Shit. if Arch is going to start running soon, I might actually be able to cath the whole thread by staying up real late, instead of just going to bed right now.

>>38158031
If anyone could do it he could though.

>>38158071
Arch starts around 10-12 est.

>>38158210
>Arch starts around 10-12 est.
What's that in CET?

>>38158258
4-6 am so your better off sleeping and waking up to it mid thread.

>>38158258
4-6 in the morning I believe
I'm also in CET and just got through the archives, this could be my first live thread

>>38158383
Mandatory who is best girl?

>>38158379
>>38158383
Well, fuck. I'm not liable to wake before 10. I guess I can hope you guys don't go for the retarded options, but the last thread crushed all hopes of that.

>>38158383
Welcome. Hope you enjoy your stay.

>>38158383
i'm in pst and can only catch at most until midnight on most nights, 3am arch time

>>38158438
Archelon is my favourite girl
Every girl is best girl, but i like Luci the most

>>38158443
Thanks! I'll try my best not to be retarded

>>38158506
> but i like Luci the most
Fuck yeah! Been supporting her since right after she left Granache for the first time.

>>38158506
You have passed the test.

Carry on.

Doesn't our sword feed off of our magic? Could we use it as an antimagic user weapon. Or have it "eat" our opponent?

Reinhold of the Demon Sword when?

>>38158607
Thing is too much magic overloads it like our bracelet.

>>38158607
The weapon could technically eat magic from anyone touching it, so it could theoretically work like Sierra (from Hellborn Quest)'s claws.

>>38158607
It doesn't do that. It "eats" magic in that it piggybacks off our natural magic output to live, it doesn't devour it in a weaponizable way.

I hope we get a chance to pet our sword and admit our love some time soon. Before it's too late.

>>38158791
I wouldn't go so far, but we should at least ask it if it has a name it would prefer

>>38158914
But anon, we practically sleep with our sword every day, and it's the second oldest companion of our life.

>>38158955
Third. After Spinelle and Citrine.

>>38158982
Not sure I'd rate Spinelle as a companion, but point.

>>38158438
Another CET here.

Rana. Fite me, faggots.
However I believe Sylvie would be best match for Reinhold personalitywise. But rules of chinese cartoons dictate that first girl should win anyway.

>>38158714
A limit which I'm very certain is going to change, or perhaps already has, given that it has already developed sapience, which is clearly beyond the theoretical limits it has.

>>38159164
That's just Archelon teasing us before he takes our swordwaifu tragically away, just like he did with Luciana.

Tina must suffer great pain and exhaustion every time she communicates. She won't last much longer. Her last words will be... Behind you... danger...

>>38159113
>But rules of chinese cartoons dictate that first girl should win anyway.
First girl lost tho

>>38159242
Hell, the first several lost.

>>38159164
Doesn't that imply that the bracelet is reasonably close to ascending?

Inaba didn't think like a person until she got extremely close.

>>38159277
The order was something like:

1: Marianne
2: Nicolette
3. Sylvie
4. Melanie
5. Luciana
6. Rana
7. Karel

>>38159336
I believe Spinelle was first girl, I'm pretty glad she didn't win

>>38159307
IIRC archelon has stated that only organics can ascend, though I might be wrong.

I'm also still curious how the process for sparking Tina's conscience compares to that of marionettes, and how many similarities there may or may not be.

>>38159363
>I'm pretty glad she didn't win
Nice shit taste

>>38159242
>>38159277

In quest, yes. But in a story she would likely not.
Besides, Sylvie was liable to win if not for retarded anon-politics and intense anti-sylvie campaign.
Quest became much easier to read after the wars ended. Although still not as nice as it was before they started.

>>38159377
I think it's all up in the air regarding the bracelet, since we haven't been told about any precedent for it, and can only go on vague theories based on the lore we do have.

>>38159414
>Although still not as nice as it was before they started.
Part of that is probably the setting losing a lot of mystery and mystique as it went on. The beginning was very fish-out-of-water for the reinmaster, and since has become slice-of-life and follow-karel-around'ing.

>>38159425
It still breaks my heart that we'll never dissemble and rebuild a marionette with Niklaus, or discuss crystalline lifeforms with him, romances be damned.

>>38159492
*dissassemble