>>38337543
>>Grab it
then
>>Just pull the cover off, no time for this.

>>38337543
>>Yank on it

No!

>>38337543
>Grab it

>>38337543
>Grab it
>Pet it.

>>38337543
>Molest it

it think our shrine maiden wants to come to.

>>38337543
>>Grab it

>Grab it
>Pet it
Of course.

Writing!

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Slowly, your hand makes your way toward the yellow tuft of fur, it continues to twitch and curl among the baskets and crates inside of the cart.
You wrap your hand around it and squeeze!

There's a lightly pitched yelp from under the covers, the hairs on the fluffy appendage spring outward and greatly increase the size of it. It twitches several more times before laying perfectly still. Your fingers run through the blonde fur, it feels as soft as mink-skin. It violently represses the urge to twitch as your fingernails gently scrape against the roots of the hair and the soft skin on the surface.

That's when it pulls away from you with the force of a whip, a blonde-haired fox sits at attention from inside the wagon and glares at you with embarrassment.

"Hay Atsuko." You say, a mischievous smile plastered on your face. "Somethin' wrong?"
"YES!" She replies, grabbing her tail and straightening the fuzz on it. "I thought Fritelli or someone was going to break you of that habit!"

AH HA
"That's a good one, Lass! So.."
You grab a rope and fasten wheat sacks to the side of the wagon.
"Yer wantin' to go with us, don't ye?"

"No! Well..."
She looks down at her lap, sheepishly.
"Yes.."

You laugh, this isn't unexpected behavior from her.
"Alright Lass, but remember, Madeleine is goin' with us, someone has to stay with Keiko at the shrine."
"I will!" A voice from seemingly nowhere rings out.

From seemingly nowhere, Akiko pops her head up from right in front of you. She somehow hid herself less than a foot away from your face.
"Hee" She smiles, noticing the look on your face, "Did I scare ya?"
"Err, no no. Are ye okay stayin' with the young Lass?"
"I'm fine! I'm fine!" She grins as she hops up.

..But just before she does, she leans in to Atsuko and whispers something into her ear.
Something that causes her to blush bright red.

"I'm rooting for ya!" Akiko says as she hops out of the wagon. Atsuko's fist barely missing her sister as she does so.

>Cont.

>>38339153
ohhhh snap

>>38339153
Pity. I rather the sister came instead

>>38339307
Okay let's vote.

Akiko comes, Atsuko Stays

>Yes
>No

>>38339388
>Yes
I think you mean Atsuko comes and Akiko stays right?

>>38339418
I listed it as the opposite of what is happening, but either is fine.

Just vote

>Akiko comes, Atsuko stays
>Atsuko stays, Akiko comes

>>38339450
>Akiko comes, Atsuko stays

ehh we can bother her older sister when we get back

>>38339450
>>Akiko comes, Atsuko stays

>>38339450
Uhh. Arn't both those the same?

>>38339450
wait a minute are you trying to ruse me?

>>38339450
fuck it just go with what you had planed.

>>38339450
>Akiko comes, Atsuko stays

>>38339505
Oh shit it is.
Wow! I am incredibly dense! This is what I get for being so tired while trying to run.

I mean to write
>Akiko comes Atsuko stays
>Akiko stays Atsuko comes

It looks like everyone wants Akiko to come anyway.

>>38339550
>Akiko stays Atsuko comes
fuck the police

>>38339550
>Akiko stays Atsuko comes
I'll change my vote to this, it was so confusing right there cause I was trying to figure out what was going on with the voting.

Alright, sorry everyone for that.

So final vote on Akiko/Atsuko

>Akiko 2
>Atsuko 3

Anyone want to change votes before I post this next storypost?

>>38339688
Is that the right count? It's hard to read

>>38339688
If it helps I was these posts
>>38339418
>>38339498
>>38339590
So I think maybe we are 2 for 2?

>>38339829
... Maybe we should have just brought all our shrine girls then.

Hey Keiko, wanna play sky pirate?

Rolled 1 (1d2)

Sorry guys, I fucked up that vote with my incompetence.
So I'll roll for it.
1. Akiko comes
2. Atsuko comes

>>38339910
It's okay Announcer you going to be okay running so tired tonight?

>>38339885
I offered last thread.

You know what, Hold on, I have a solution. Let me post next story post.

>>38339924
I wake up at 4 and work until 4 in the afternoon.
This is just my new norm now. It'll get better when I adjust to the sleep cycle.

>>38339928
>Suddenly, a green tail pops out of an adjacent crate
Calling it

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"GGRRHH." Atsuko growls as Akiko happily hops away.
"Hay Lass, sure ye want to leave her with Keiko?"
"..No." She says grumpily.

"Yer call, now calm yer tail and put on clothes that make ye look poor-"
You think about the state of the Shrine's donation box.
"-er than ye already be."

She grumbles and makes her way to the back of the wagon. You smile as you inspect the wagon directly behind it, the one with Madeline.
Who is putting on an impressive display of wares and peddling. You would mistake the entire wagon as an actual traveling store with the way she has it dolled up.

"Done this before?" You ask Madeleine, who is counting pitchers of green goo.
"Unfortunately." She sighs, "You're looking at how I spent most of my childhood."

Ha! Good to have an expert on board.

You walk back to the wagon right behind it. This one has Charlotte and Louise, as well as the three knights flanking it.
"Holdin' up well?"
Louise hugs Charlotte, she smiles.
"As well as I can. Good job getting this together before noon."
"It's a pleasure."

You accost the knights.
"Ye all ready?"
"Yep!"
"I think so."
Bennet doesn't say anything, instead he lightly smiles as he wrenches his halberd in-hand.

"Ey Bennet, you're not still mad about the 'inspection' are ye?"
Still nothing.
"Come on! That wasn't even a close inspection!"
He eyes you suspiciously, you suppress a laugh and leave him with that.

And then the last wagon, the sad wagon.
Yuuki still has the sick hero on her lap. Cody is putting a dampened cloth on her forehead while keeping a blanket wrapped around her.
Anna watches from the back of the wagon solemnly, Amaretti continues to help Cody prepare cloths for her.

"Ye comin' along?"
"Yeah.." Yuuki is still sullen in tone.
"We'll make it. I'm sure of it." Cody pats Yuuki's shoulder.

Too depressing. But that looks to be all of them!

>Anyone else you want to bring along?
>If you want to bring Keiko along, now is this time.

>>38340141
let's bring keiko, whatcouldgowrong.jpg

>>38340141
Lets bring Keiko as well, the shrine should be fine by itself for a while.

>>38340141
sure bring Keiko


watch she's better at steath then every one.

>Keiko comes along too!

Writing!

>>38340278
Nice. Keiko best fox

Internet trouble
Next post almost up.

I don't like that when I moved I went from a bad internet connection to a worse one.

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You go back to Atsuko's wagon, you have an idea.
"Ice Lass, I have an idea. If ye worried about where to leave Keiko, just take her with us."

Atsuko looks at you like you're insane.
"No way! Nuh uh! She doesn't get to go to somewhere dangerous, she's just a child!"

"I think it's a great idea!"
Akiko pops her head up from inside the wagon yet again. Atsuko turns to look at her in shock.
"I do too!"
And right next to her, Keiko pops her head up.

"W-W-WHEN DID YOU?"
"Great!" You clap your hands together, "It's settled!"
"It was gonna be a surprise!" Keiko happily chants.

You leave the three to their bickering as you see Cody approach. He has a confused look on his face.
"Err, Jack? How are we gonna get these wagons to Konditorei in under a day?"
"That's simple, Cody!"

You point to the airship.
"Ships can carry anythin'! Just balance it right and it'll be smooth sailin' all the way."

Cody takes off his hat and scratches his face.
"I don't think it works that way with these here airships."
You smile, "Trust me."

–

Up, up.
"And away!" You yell.

The massive craft now has the four wagons strategically placed on the deck. Each one sorted according to their weight to the ship's center of gravity.
Slowly, the massive behemoth shifts its weight as it ambles inch after inch off the ground. Soon enough, it's slowly picking up speed as it makes its way toward Konditorei.
You're currently flying this thing, and as long as the pilot or Amaretti don't find out, it'll stay that way. You estimate at the current speed, with this strong headwind, you can make it in six hours.
>Cont.

>>38340724
The poor pilot is going to have another panic attack isn't she?

>>38340724
awesome

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The sun is just setting beneath the horizon. Darkness and shadows seem to leap from every tree limb and conceal the creatures of the woods.

Most of them are fleeing at this moment, as their once peaceful clearing is now the site of a massive offloading operation. Wheeled carts, with their whispering passengers and noisy metallic trinkets have invaded the woods just outside the border to Konditorei.

"Oh god... That was so close."
The pilot heaves into a patch of brush as you pat her back.
"Lass, Aye've done this before. It was only a problem if any of 'em slid. And that's why I use chains."
"B-but.. it was so heavy.. and it was rocking, and- and-."
The poor pilot heaves into the brush again, you leave her to her illness and check up on how everyone is doing.

Tuile helps to secure the cargo and rebalance the wagons for traveling. For some reason, she seems very talented at these things that you would not have expected a princess to be skilled at.
Louise and Keiko play among the grassy field as everyone else fastens harnesses to birds and put on their best pauper disguises. Camille helps with that, disguises seem to be her thing.

"Where we goin first, Jack?" Cody has several bags of linens that he was planning on decorating the wagons with, apparently he's very talented at this as well.

>"Nearest town, make 'em think we're legitimate. We're gonna act like a proper caravan and hit up every rest area on the way."
>"Straight to the castle. We can get there by morn and we're fully rested."
>"Didn't ye say you used to run wagon trains or sumthin', you tell me."
>Other?

>>38341081
straight to the castle

>>38341081
>"Nearest town, make 'em think we're legitimate. We're gonna act like a proper caravan and hit up every rest area on the way."
We can also hit up the local rumor mill is spreading and get an idea on what is going on around here.

>>38341081
>>"Nearest town, make 'em think we're legitimate. We're gonna act like a proper caravan and hit up every rest area on the way."

might learn a good rumor

>>38341081
Head to the nearest town to see if we can learn anything from the citizens as we act like merchants. Since nobody has spy's here, let's see what the public might know or have been told in any event, what happened to the princess.

We only stay long enough to do all that then head towards the castle. The little hero needs to be returned asap after all

>>38341081
>"Straight to the castle. We can get there by morn and we're fully rested."

>Nearest town! Learn rumors!
>Then castle!

Good plan!

Writing last storypost of the night.

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"Cody, Cody, Cody."

You help him with one of those linen bundles he's carrying and walk towards one of the carts.

"First rule of anything: never go in without liquor."
You throw the linens over the cart, disguising the otherwise fine craftsmanship.
"Secondly, ye never go somewhere unfamiliar without askin' someone first."

You hop on top of the wagon, getting the attention of everyone.
"First place we're gonna stop: Nearest town. If we follow this road north, we'll find a small village I spotted from the air. We gonna stop there and ask around about this Princess before we do anythin' else. We leave in the hour!"

You hop down just as Bennet approaches you.
"It's good to have a plan, but are we really going to approach a village as a fully-armed caravan? Should we wait here or come along?"
"Just hide yer weapons, Lad. And while yer here, maybe it's time for another-"

He grabs his tail and quickly walks away before you can finish.

"-I was gonna say drink, but that's fine too."

>Thread End

>>38341573
JACK you magnificent troll you.

thanks for running.

>>38341573
haha

thanks for running

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Thanks everyone for the thread! I hope the length was better this time than the last.

Sorry for the mishap earlier. I didn't think about what I was typing before I posted. I'll work on it and try to fix my sleep cycle to where I can run longer.

Thanks to everyone who participated, let me know what you thought of today's thread.

>>38341701
Thanks for the run.

We should get Keiko something while we are here though. In secret. Bringing her was I think we have done anything with her (besides sleeping beside her for charging purposes)

Thanks for running Announcer!
Also, seconding this>>38341701