>>38456615
THE GREATEST TIME OF NIGHT HAS FINALLY ARRIVED

IT BEGINS.

>>38456615
Reminder that you should savor these feels

since there will be no VN to experience them in later on.

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"Sorry about worrying you like that, buddy!" Sir Vincent laughs while slapping his friend on the back. "You need a hug?"
"Absolutely not," Sir Gregory growls.
"...I can't hug?" Inaba asks with a disappointed look on her face.

With a tired groan, Sir Gregory walks over to the bunnygirl, kneels down, and wraps his arms around her.

"Just like with Luciana and Elena, -you- are always allowed to hug me," he says.
"Ehehe..."
"And now that our greetings are done with," he says, lifting Inaba up into the air, "how about we tell the others that you've all made it back safely?"


>go straight to the King
>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them

>>38456635
I caught this thread 49 seconds after he posted the tweet and there's already three responses. How the shit do you people do it?

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>>38456658
>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them

>>38456645
IT ENDS.

>people not remembering that nico's our best friend
http://ask.fm/Maou_Zenigame/answer/121782208733

>>38456668
Lucky refresh times.

almost an hour late

>>38456658
>>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them

Awwww yis

time for the happenings to keep happening

>>38456658
>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them

Really we should report to her first

Luciana's her best friend, and Marianne and our other friends were probably far more worried than the king what with him knowing about the whole Vincent thing.

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>>38456662
Constantly hitting F5 on the catalog page.

Ah, a bottle of liqueur, a house to myself, and a new thread.
Gonna be a good night

>>38456662
I sit on the catalogue page hitting refresh, why do you ask?

>>38456658
>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them

>>38456658
>>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them

>>38456658
>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them

>>38456658
>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them

>>38456658
>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them
Absolutely this, Elena was about devastated when we left. We sent back her Andreas, but she needs her sister and bunny too.

>>38456759
oooh

>>38456658
>Ask if Andreas and Turkey made it back safely

>>38456658
>>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them

>>38456784
Oh, right, can't forget that.

>>38456658
>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them
Fuck yeah, I caught the thread fresh.

>>38456719
I wonder if us bringing Luciana back is enough for Human Rank?

>>38456658
>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them

>ask if marianne and the others are still where you left them

>>38456801
>can't forget that.
We totally would though.

I just can't wait to see how happy Elena is that neither her sister, her knight nor her bunny got too messed up.

>>38456658
Finally caught up in the archives
and it's pretty much over

god damnit

>>38456658
>ask if Marianne and the others are still where you left them

Aquaman was pretty chill about this whole ordeal but Marianne was upset. We should show her the jobs done so she doesn't turn into a bigger bundle of nerves than she currently is.

>>38456658
>"Can I have a hug?"

>>38456910
Just think about all those people who will, in the future, read the archives after the quest has already ended. They will envy you when they read this.

Also, who's best girl?

>>38456948
Nico obviously best girl

>>38456910
Better late to the party than miss the whole thing.

>>38456986
But it was one hell of a party.

>>38456982
I see you have good taste. I have good taste also.
Welcome to the quest.

>>38456982
Remember; sylviefags are your enemy.

>>38456872
I wanted to see Elena as Andreas made it to the castle.

But everyone voted to watch Celestino read a letter.

I liked the Nicolette one though.

Archelon, are the interludes in the VN? Are they fixed, or do we get a choice?

>>38457010
Indeed! I was here from the first quest too.

>>38457055
How could I forget

>>38456840
I hope so.

I'm not entirely sure how we could do better than buying a fairly thoughtful gift and then rescuing her closest friend from a traitor after gong on an outing to help orchestrate her long-lost cousin's integration into the family having been a major pillar of support for her in secret.

It has been a productive day, all things considered.

>>38457076
Peace, Anon, we are all friends now.

aside from the people who can't comprehend how friendship works from last thread

>>38457055
Sylviefags are fine.
At the moment, that one depraved Nicofag posting his forced meme is my enemy.

>>38457080
Better? We could have asked Vincent to shapeshift into a lama and rode him back into the castle.

>>38457080
we cud fug her :DDD

>>38457080
crying reunion hug when?

So I have to ask is there anybody else that has been here since thread one? I keep seeing new people archive binging to catch up and it makes me wonder how many other people survived the waifu wars.

>>38457124
When nobody's looking.

>>38457124
>Reinhold still has 1/4 gravity and Marianne launches herself at full speed.
>Marianne and Reinhold go flying across the room and land in compromising position.

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>>38457168
Why would Marianne be afraid of hugging a fellow human?

>>38457178
>"Princess, please, my other princess will be furious."

IIRC, on the ask.fm arch stated that there were "a few" ranks between Dire Wolf and Human for Marianne.

inb4 rank skip.

>>38457140
I got here early but not thread 1, maybe 15 or something like that that.

>>38457214
One can hope. I'd love to hit human before it ends.

>>38457214
Well, we already got Tiger without having seen her...

>>38457140
There are a few. Not me though, I turned up just after Elena and Guillame's play duel.
Threads were so dead back then.

>>38457214
I think we can still do it. All we gotta do is not be jerks.
Should be easy.

>writing

>>38457214
He said that if familiars existed in this setting Marianne's would be a Siberian Tiger. I'm guessing this is a rough equivalent to the penultimate rank to human.

>>38457214
We got tiger rank for taking out lesser dragons so often. "Tigers are only known creature to feed on lesser dragons." Clearly we get an automatic boost if we attack Rana.

>>38457214
There are no rank skips.

>>38457236
I remember archelon was getting depressed by 15-post threads so I started getting active in threads to start discussions

>>38457236
I was honestly worried it was going to die out back then. I'm amazed it has come back to life with such force.

>>38457066
>Archelon, are the interludes in the VN? Are they fixed, or do we get a choice?
Interludes will be in, though I haven't decided how exactly I'll do them.

Maybe the way they did them in Shukufuku no Campanella, I dunno.

>>38457282
I think the Return to Cateno arc really helped in that regard. There was a shitton more posters in those threads then there was in the past 70, give or take.

>>38457295
... and how is that?

>>38457246
>He said that if familiars existed in this setting Marianne's would be a Siberian Tiger.
That's because tigers are her favorite animal.

>>38457334
Wouldn't that imply that tiger is just below human on her rankings then?

>>38457295
Can someone translate for an anon that doesn't into VNs?

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>>38457334

>>38457347
>>38457334
i agree with this anon

>>38457334
Time to commission a painting of Marianne riding a tiger and wielding a halberd.

>>38457295
Arch I don't speak VN what does that mean?

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>>38457334
>That's because tigers are her favorite animal.
LLAMAS GETTIN' BTFO!

>>38457140
I've been here since the first thread. Watching the waifu wars unfold in real time was an interesting experience.

Also captcha just made me look at soup and cakes.

>>38457356
Without the halberd, maybe, and we've a good idea.

>>38457282
People mad about the waifu wars, either because they were trolling or because things were just getting too toxic, left a bit before that and people started to trickle back when things started happening again.

Now things are winding down and people are slowly drifting away again.

>>38457374
I think I started somewhere around the return to Granache. I had found PGQ at around thread 40, but I fell off of 4chan in general for several months.

We should have given her the tiger plushie.

>>38457374
I always get pizza, wine and bread

>>38457140
This will be my first post in nearly 100 threads. It's just for you, you special little anon you. And yeah, I've been here ever since we decided not to be a dick to the chucklefucks standing around at the gate on our first day.

>>38457406
sounds like the most recent day on the job

>>38457405
Llamas are cuter

>>38457374
If by interesting you mean horrifying then yea. It made the shitstorm over what element we were seem like nothing.

>>38457438
Really, actual readership of PGQ is probably very high. We have ~70 posters peak and big threads get +40 in the archives. That's not counting those who only lurk in live threads, and those who only read the archives but don't vote.

>>38457282
>worried it was going to die out back then
Same, so glad it bounced back a bit.

>>38457307
Yeah, there was about 70 threads (SEVENTY THREADS!) between getting home from Marconetti and the start of the Cateno/Lake Attack arc of down time.
Down time's fun and a good quest needs it to flesh out its characters but 70 threads might put some people off.
The fact that there was so much more activity as soon as shit started getting real at least shows that it turned a lot of people into inactive lurkers, who could jump straight back in, rather than turning them away from the quest completely.

>>38457466
Yeah you'd be surprised how big of a nonvocal following there is.
I think Moot once said that like 60% of site traffic doesn't even post or something crazy like that.

>>38457140
I've been here since thread one. As for however many survived, I'd number us less than 15.

>>38457458
I still don't remember what it was that really set the waifufags off though. It wasn't the rejecting Sylvie thing because they went nuclear long before that happened.

>>38457405
Well now you know which one to get her in New game+.

>>38457497
Hell, I think the reddit admins (just for comparison don't kill me) said that over half their traffic doesn't vote on anything. Lurking is huge.

>>38457539
This is my first quest that I've been posting in

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>>38457570
Welcome, Anon.

I had hangups about posting on 4chan for a while, and I think a lot of people do as well.

>>38457518
Luci declaring direct war on Sylvie didn't really help.

>>38457518
If I had to guess without going back into the archives to actually look it was Luci being very forward and the interludes with her stating her intentions to pursue us.

>>38457570
Congrats then!

>>38457140
It has been a long journey, but I have persevered.

>>38457602
Well we've got around ten years or so of /b/ making everybody think this site is full of trolls. Whereas here on /tg/ its just cynical douchebags.

>>38457610
But that was completely in character for her. Why did that set people off so much?

>>38457496
Makes sense. I'm not usually one to lose sleep over deciding who we're going to bug in the morning or our plans(however amusing they are) to ship our adopted little sister and our future brother-in-law. I'll read through it the next morning or during lunch(I started reading this quest back in Germany, so it started first thing in the morning and ran through lunch), but most of the time I just can't participate.

>>38457674
Sylviefags took it as a threat and starting shit posting against her, which started the war.

>>38457674
People figured "OMG AGRESSIVE FORWARD WOMAN = ONE TRUE ROUTE RAILROADING WTF"

>>38457667
The last time I went on /v/, I think I saw an actual Russian shill.

>>38457674
It made the Sylviefags go on the offensive to try and trash her reputation and which caused Lucifags to go on the attack and everything sorta spiraled outta control from there.

>>38457674
Because waifufags.

>>38457674
I think partly because of lot of people were in the "Rein should avoid relationships" camp and once multiple girls actually expressed an interest in him staying neutral wasn't exactly an option.

>>38457693
>>38457674
You're kind of forgetting the large crowd of shitposters who were just there to stir the pot.

Take that out and the waifuwar wouldn't really have been much of a waifuwar.

>>38457674
Because one waifu was declaring war on another waifu.
How can you not understand how that might have contributed to the waifu wars?

>>38457693
It's not about railroading or who was in character or whatever.Just because it was well written but that doesn't mean people can't through a shitstorm over it.

>>38457723
Eh, both were contributing factors.

>>38457723
I dunno man there were tons of people writing long paragraphs on why their waifu was the best or better then another persons waifu.

>>38457728
I never said it *was* railroading. Just that some people saw it as that.

"Yeah, I don't want them to worry about us any more than they already have been," you say. "Are Marianne and the others still in that waiting room?"
"I know that Agnes and your sister said that they were going to stick around there for as late as they could manage in hopes that you'd make it back today... I don't think that any of the others have left either."
"That's good," Luciana nods. "So we won't have to track everyone down."

With Sir Gregory leading the way, your merry little group makes their way into the castle.

"None of you guys were hurt during all that shit that went down in Ancellotta?" Nicolette asks.
"Nothing major, thankfully," you reply. "I think you'll be pleased to know that they came out of it a LOT worse for wear, though."
"Yes..." Luciana smirks. "Thanks to Sir Vincent in particular."
"Yeah, I guess..." the massive Knight shrugs. "If Reinhold hadn't went on into their capital to find me, I'd probably still be wrecking their city right now."


>[1/?]

I'm still surprised that we managed to avoid a heroic sacrifice ending.

>>38457767
>If Reinhold hadn't went on into their capital to find me, I'd probably still be wrecking their city right now.
Why is Reinhold such a shit?

>>38457797
There is still time.

>>38457797
If Takamaru is anything to go off of we haven't tripped a quarter of the death flag necessary for that to happen.

>>38457809
What are we gonna do?
Save Marianne from potentially hurting herself with that halberd by running ourselves through with it?

>>38457803
I think it was very nice of Reinhold to let give the other soliders a chance to play ransack the enemy capital. Vincent was hogging all the fun for himself.

>>38457809
Something's totes gonna crash the wedding
then Reinhold will of course save his lady-love and will be killed

>>38457803
Not being a shit, he was being a good friend to the others. Besides this way all of Granache can sack Ancellota together. Fun for everyone!

>>38457803
Don't forget a slut too
worst husbando

>>38457140
I rarely even vote any more but I am still here.

>>38457841
>this way all of Granache can sack Ancellota together
>This is the post quest adventure

>>38457841
We can bring Elena along so she can get her first taste of pillaging and looting.

>>38457767

"The hell did you even do?" Sir Gregory asks his friend. "You broke out before Reinhold and the others got to you?"
"Yeah," Sir Vincent laughs. "I found myself in a huge room filled with soldiers... I guess they were expecting Luciana to be transported there so they weren't all that happy to see me."
"I'd bet."
"So after some attempts on my part to fish out as much information as I could, they started talking a much of shit so I tore off that slave collar and started wrecking up the place."
"You just... tore it off?" Sir Gregory stares at him in disbelief. "Bare-handed?"
"Believe me when I say that I'm stronger than you even know," he says while flexing. "So after getting stabbed a few times, I got really pissed off and let loose... and that's when Reinhold and Niklaus and that other guy found me."

You feel just a little bit bad for Monique right now.


>[2/?]

>>38457841

Luci calls dibs on any and all Grimores.

Holy shit did everybody die?

>>38458010
>You feel just a little bit bad for Monique right now.
I don't

>>38458018
There's nothing to argue about at the moment.

>>38458010
Is he not going to tell Gregory now?

>>38457902
I think potentially losing three of the people she's closest to in one day might prove to be the resolve she needs to become Marconetti's greatest swordie.

>>38458010
>"Believe me when I say that I'm stronger than you even know," he says while flexing. "So after getting stabbed a few times, I got really pissed off and let loose... and that's when Reinhold and Niklaus and that other guy found me."

Vincent went full Muscle Wizard on them.

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>>38458091
Did somebody say... wizard?

>>38458068
I'll fix that! ur waifu a best

>>38458075
Probably Thierri's call, since even Greg wasn't told before now.

>>38458091
That's what he wants you to believe!

Can we ask about Anatole and Andreas?

>>38458010
"Her name is Setsuranka, vincent."

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>>38458104
No, somebody said MUSCLE WIZARD

>>38458118

That's what he wants Gregory to believe.

>>38458119
They've probably met with Marianne and the others by now.

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>>38458010
>[3/3]

"Other guy?" Sir Gregory asks. "You mean Takamaru?"
"He's referring to me," Monique says, lifting up his hand.
"...oh," he glares at him. "I guess I ought to thank you too."

You can feel the hatred in his voice.

Fortunately, the awkwardness doesn't last for long since that's right when you spot the door to the waiting room that you left the others in.


>take the lead
>let the others head inside first

>>38458187
>take the lead

All the better for Princess hugs and rank-ups.

>>38458187
>>take the lead
HERRO ERRYBODY REINBUTT HAS RETURNED

>>38458187
>>let the others head inside first

Get out of the way from Vincents kids.

Be run over otherwise.

>>38458187
>take the lead
Arm in arm with Luci.

>>38458187
>let the others head inside first
Give monique a pat on the back
We forgive him

>>38458187
>take the lead
I come bearing loved ones!

>>38458187
Hey should we... fake being badly injured? Or is that a horrible idea?

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>>38458187
>take the lead
Luci at one side, Vincent at other.

HEROES WELCOME COMMENCE!

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>>38458217
yo what the fuck

>>38458187
>take the lead
Is Rein Time!

>>38458217
Out of all the bad ideas I've ever heard suggested in these 273 threads I think that might be the worst one yet.

>>38458217
that is a terrible idea.

>>38458217
Magically creating a gun out of thin air and firing it into the ceiling would still be a far better course of action than what you just suggested.

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>>38458238
Did somebody say Reyn time?

>>38458217
That's a pretty bad idea there chief.

>>38458187
>take the lead

>>38458217
Spectacularly bad idea.


>>38458241
We could claim Vincent was already dead. That would be worse.

>>38458187
>Take the lead

>>38458207
I completely support this

>>38458217
Let's stab everybody around us and make it really believable.
Marianne likes the funny joeks.
It's an awful idea.

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>>38458217
What the fuck dude?

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>>38458217

>>38458187
>You guys go ahead, I need to go get a cake for Marianne just to be sure she won't beat me.

>>38458289
I think the worst possible idea would be to pretend we were an Ancellota sleeper agent.

>>38458318
but what if we are

>>38458318
Nah, it'd be to grope Luciana in front of Greg.

below the belt

>>38458318
I really want to monologue on about how everything was all our elaborate plan to Celestino.

>>38458317
We really should keep a stash of cupcakes for just such a thing.

>>38458318
Throw in a dead rabbit, of course, but yeah. I can't top that.

>>38458333
What about groping Greg?

The epilogue is celestino, sitting in a study, alone. He reads a declaration of war, and several promises of support from neighbouring countries. He looks straight into the camera, and smiles.

>>38458341
Reinhold needs to get Niklaus to set up a special cabinet that keeps food fresh inside. He will leave the cabinet to Marianne in his will for whenever he finally screws up too badly. Inside is a single cupcake.

>writing

>>38458318
Rein would pull out the mask and get pasted by Gregs before he's even halfway through the opening line of his villain monologue

>>38458341
Archelon, can there be a create cupcake spell?

>>38458464
Niklaus has a cake spell.

>>38458499
We must learn its moist secrets.

Doughnut spell would be nice too.
Or pie.

>>38458519
It's mantra.

>>38458499
Niklaus has an everything spell.

>>38458528
Goddamn copy protection.

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>>38458371
It all slides together
>Celestino knew Volker had an apprentice kicking around
>Bribed the prostiutes to make Rein's life a living hell so he wants to join the army
>Army agents make Rein best at swording
>Rigged the royal tourney so we'd win both by getting bad matchups and drugging Monique before the finals
>Made sure Nico and Sylvie were in positions of power so we'd meet them
>Using them we'd grow close to Marie
>Sends Luci over not to seduce Aquaman, but Rein
>ideaplanted.png
>One of his most loyal knights, Leo sacrifices himself to make a fake conspiracy.
>Luci kidnapped, Rein goes in and reacues her
>Hire merc army to stage a couple of skirmishes
>Celestino now has an extremely influential swordsman thats very close with almost all the ruling class as well as all of Granache ready to bring herself and her allies into a war
>Vincent destroying the capitol was a bonus

Just as planned

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>>38458555
Magicians have rights.

>>38458624
Celestino is a keikaku elemental.

How knighted would Nico be if we'd brought her to Cateno and to rescue Luci?

>>38457140
I am still here, been here since the beginning. I feel so old now.

>>38458624
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxfEg54cCKo

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>>38458264
Riki a shit

Kind of funny how actually writing out more of the stuff that I have mapped out in the first day's story map has already caused me to need to chance stuff up in subsequent days.

At least I actually enjoy making those things...

>>38458769
Details, little turtle, details.

>>38457140
Been here since thread 2

>>38458769
>chance stuff
Typo?
How much more fleshed out is the day compared to the quest?
Now take my money already

>>38458769
I bet you do.

>>38457140
Read the first 14 threads, interest dwindled, saw it hit 234 threads, caught up, now Im here.

>>38457140
Been here since the first thread

>>38457140
Thread 1 here. Meido best girl.

>>38458816
>Read the first 14 threads, interest dwindled
Gotta admit, I wasn't fully on board until Thread 35.
It was enjoyable enough but 35 was when it hit "this shit's worth staying up for."

>>38457140
I actually archive binged and arrived at the start of the waifu wars. It was cancerous and awful so I left. Didn't come back till the leviathan fight due to some comments made to arch on twitter about it.

Reminder that there is just a bit more than a week left.

>>38458769
>need to chance stuff up
Go on...

>>38458855
>Arch
>correctly estimating time
We'll still be here come September
R-right guys?:_:

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>>38458855

>>38458879
All good things must come to an end. Ben Croshaw said it pretty well:

"A good story is like a good bowel movement, you can only really appreciate it once its over."

>>38458879
Remember when he said it would be done last August?

Ahhh good times.

>>38458800
>Typo?
Yes. Change.

>How much more fleshed out is the day compared to the quest?
Still working my way there...

>>38458801
>I bet you do.
It meshes quite well with my obsessive nature.
ALL THAT BEAUTIFUL ORDER


>writing

>>38458855
I was kinda hoping it would last to its second anniversary.

>>38458933
That 24 hour run was something.

>>38458911
Yeah but the VN dev blog is up. Work is actually being done on the VN. That must mean we're approaching the end of Mr. Archelon's Wild Ride.

Besides, I think hes gotten sick of running quests. Especially since hes explicitly mentioned that there were several times over the course of PGQ he considered dropping it. Plus staying up until 6am nearly every day for a year and a half sounds nightmarish.

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"They ought to still be in there," Sir Gregory says while pointing to the door. "And since I'm not one of the people that everyone's waiting with bated breath to see again, you guys can head on in first."
"Thanks," you say, nodding to him as you walk past.

Though it's only been about a quarter of a day since you last saw everyone, it feels like a hell of a lot longer than that. Not wanting to waste another minute, you turn the doorknob and walk on in ahead of the others.

"Oh my god!" Citrine jumps up from her chair. "Reinhold!"

Citrine leaps from her seat and starts to run right towards you, but Marius catches onto her arm and pulls her back before she can get too far.

"I know how excited you are to see him alive and well, but you need to remember..."
"...shit, sorry," Citrine mumbles.

But although Citrine was prevented from hitting you with her usual tackle-hug, you still find that familiar sensation of a sudden weight pushing you back.

and despite your best efforts, you find yourself pivoting back on your heels

and then you're horizontal.

"Oww..."


>[1/?]

>>38458985
zat you, marie?

>>38458985
What a friendly ghost.

>>38458985
So, who tackle hugged us?
My bet is box loli.

>>38458985
"Princess, please, You'll make my other Princess jealous."

>>38458999
Best girl being best.

>>38459016
What about the other other Princess?

>>38458985
Multi princess tackle hug attack?

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>>38458985
>[2/2]

Clutching the throbbing back of your head, you look down and quickly realize just who it was that knocked you to the ground.

"Hey, Marianne..." you groan. "Nice to see you too."
"I WAS SO WORRIED!!!" Marianne sobs while clutching your entire ribcage in a hold so tight that it feels like EVERYTHING is about to break.


>what do you say to her?

>>38459068
Can't breath

>>38459068
Tight hug.

Best girl being best girl.

Luci will understand.

>>38459068
"We're fine."
Hug her back.

I'm sorry Marianne.. if the VN comes out.. I will follow your true route.

>>38459068
Hug the princess.
"I promise not to worry you like that again Marianne"

>>38459068
"Gotta earn that pay somehow, right?"

>>38459068
"I was pretty worried too but now Luciana is back."

>>38459068
Mission accomplished and then some.

>>38459068
Hug.

>>38459068
>>38459080
This

Mari best girl and true route

>>38459068
Give her a hug.

>>38459068
Hug her, pat her on the head, then comment on how she'll make our fiance jealous if she keeps up like this.

>>38459068
>Stroke her hair
>I promised to get back safe, didn't I?

>>38459068
"Oh, good. So does that mean it was okay that I took time off without asking? 'Cause I was kinda worried about that."

>>38459068
Don't worry about me. Protecting princesses is sort of what I do.

>>38459068
If Reinhold becomes a Knight and keep performing dangerous missions one day he won't come back.

>>38459118
>comment on how she'll make our fiance jealous if she keeps up like this
I think we're at as much risk of making Luci jealous. She was the one who was kidnapped and she's supposed to be Mari's best friend, but we get the tackle hug?
I think we've chipped through enough of Mari's tsun to get to her dere core, shame we aren't single enough to appreciate it fully

>>38459068
>Clutching the throbbing back of your head, you look down and quickly realize just who it was that knocked you to the ground.
And somehow, this is the worst injury we managed to sustain on this mission.

Marianne 2strong.

>>38459141
this.

>>38459207
imagine marie wielding reinhold.

She swings us around, we just hold on to our sword and pray.

>>38459141
>>38459068
seconded

>writing

>>38459068
First Nico, now Marianne.

Why did we get stuck with not best girl again?

not that I dislike Luciana or anything

>>38459289
It's particularly awkward for me because I think Luci is third best but Nico and Mari are first and second respectively...

>>38459289
Luci is best girl.

>>38459068
> Hug and a little pat.
> "Great to be back home."

>>38459304
At this point is there anyone left who think someone like Sylvie, Rana or Melanie is best girl?

>>38459319
>Melanie

Who?

>>38459319
Sylvie and Luci are tied for me.

>>38459319
Now you jinxed it

>>38459319

Prolly not

>>38459304
Luci is the best fit for Reinhold though,

But shaking it up with the Nico would be fantastic mostly because her family consists of Ko-Gil, one of Raquel's potential rape victims, Night of Wallachia, and eternal Ara~ Ara~. Honestly I like Nico's family more than I actually like Nico.

Mari on the other hand is olev.

>>38459319
A meidosupporter posted earlier.

>>38459141
YES! It has been WAY too long since we properly joked/snarked at the princess, despite that maid telling us it made her happier in the morning.

>>38459319
Melanie got some supporters

>>38459289
Because best girl never wins.

>>38459319
Mel is great but not the best. That will always be Nico.

>>38459319
Melon is still best and cutest.

>>38459344
>Luci is the best fit for Reinhold though,
Still think that's Mari, and I'm not a Marifag.

>>38459344
I still think Mari is a better fit.

>>38459330
Jesus, you must've been pulling your hair out during all the yelling circa Macaroni-Namek.

>>38459319
I am.

>>38459227
Granache's most feared weapon of war.

>>38459319
I liked Rana when she was introduced but she never got much screentime (that I remember at least), and I guess she isn't a great fit for Rein anyway. I don't think she ever had a chance really, I didn't get too attached.

>>38459319
Funnily enough. My interest in the Melanie route took a jump due to Arch confirming it would make Nico/Rana a thing and that is fucking hot.

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>>38459319
Meido is always the best!

>>38459330
How is that even possible?

Ara~ ara~ fox the best now and always.

Ya'll got shit taste.

>>38459369
Nope I won either way.

>>38459330
So you both won and lost the waifu wars?

>>38459319
Sylvie was my waifu. But over time it's actually become Marianne. inititually I thought she was a terrible person and wanted nothing to do with her. Now... I'm actually torn up by this scene and the fact that she and Reinhold will never be more than friends.

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>>38459375
she would be a horrid fit for Rein
too much dragon-based snu snu for a mentally traumatized teen breaks the Reinhold.

>>38459393
You don't even know her name.

>>38459405

There is always the VN,.....that will never come out.

>>38459405
She will never have anyone be more than a friend.

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Felt like posting this picture for old times sake since we are talking about waifus.

>>38459407
Actually since the Dragon form is less like his encounters with Spinelle wouldn't that be the best way to ease him into the more human encounters?

>>38459421
Arch already knows who she's marrying.

>>38459411
I don't need to. Hell, I was gunning for the ara ara fox even before I even know she actually existed.

>>38459421
I know. I typed that. It's right up here >>38459405

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>>38459393
but she was never a choice to begin with

>>38459380
>Nico/Rana

>Eventually DragonNico

MONEYMONEYMONEYMONEYMONEYMONEYMONEY

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>>38459319
>>38459381

Meidos are great.

But Luciana is best.

>>38459433
Reinhold Jr?

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>>38459422
We doing this?

>>38459441
Or maybe she was and we just didn't try hard enough.

>>38459433
Monique? That one guy we talked to who wasn't totally shit.. but is still kind of "RANDOM INSERT GUY! HI I DON'T SUCK I'M CAPABLE AND I'M A FALL BACK!"

>>38459319
I really like Melon even though we don't get to see her that much but Mari will always be best girl and true route of my heart.

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>>38459469
Sure why not?

>>38459481
He probably hasn't shown up in this quest.
The PGQworld in Arch's brain is far far bigger than what he's put in this quest.

fucking software errors...

>>38459481
Dude wants to fuck his sword and you know it.

Cheerful reminder that Ariane will attend pretty much all the main character's funerals, including her those of her own children and her smile will never recover.

>>38459511
Considering how the prototype version of Marianne was a giant bitch who could only be swept off her feet by a guy with a Buddha-like patience I wonder what kind of person our own Marianne will get. Probably not as "one of a kind" exceptional but still a great guy.

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>>38459540
Why did you have to bring that up?

>>38459540
>implying she will not bond with Vincent over the loss of their loved ones
>implying she will not forget about them in a couple of decades after

>>38459540
Assuming death has to be sad. I have had a handful of really close family and friends die and I wasn't sad at all. Death is part of life after all, why fear it?

>>38459540
Vincent will out live his children and grandchildren and great grandchildren.

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"Thank goodness..." you flash a weary smile. "...so you were okay with me taking time off without asking after all... I was getting kind of worried about th-AAGH!"

Your joke is cut short by Marianne's crushing grip.

"This isn't the time to be making stupid jokes, you jerk!" Marianne shouts. "I was worried that you and the others ha-"

Finally looking away from you, Marianne notices her best friend standing just over you... though you're not sure if the view that you're getting from down here is intentional or not.

"Luciana!" Marianne, Emilio and Elena all shout at once.


>[1/?]

>>38459559
>giant bitch who could only be swept off her feet by a guy with a Buddha-like patience
That's only how she presented herself to us because of her insecurities and most of the time, she really wasn't that bad.

Part of Thierri's motivation for hiring Rein was to have him bring Marianne out of her self-loathing shell and become more approachable. By the time Rein resign so that he can marry Luci, she'll probably be far more friendly than she was in Thread 1.
Though saying that, whoever succeeds Rein as the bodyguard will have a good shot at her.

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>>38459598
Sylvie might ascend.

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>>38459634
I still can't believe that anon actually came through and got the picture. I wonder if he stills follows the quest.

>>38459623
>"Safe and sound. Am I good? Or am I Good?"

>>38459571
That's horrible and you've made me incredibly sad.

>>38459634
>>38459671
Did sarah draw the map?

>>38459651
Racquel might ascend

>>38459319
I really liked Rana when she was first introduced but the whole Sylvie thing soured her a bit for me

>>38459623
>intentional or not.
It totally is.

>>38459623
"Luciana! you're back, and half naked
Reinhold what the hell did you do?

>>38459700
No the map is Arch's handiwork.

>>38459710
I felt really bad for Sylvie because of all that.

>>38459598
Do you think Vincent understands that his kids will grow old and die before he does. I'm sure he gets life and death on some level but he's probably never actually lost somebody besides Adrien and he didn't actually die.
Ariane trying to console him after Sylvie's passing will be heartbreak. He'll be confused and angry as much as he is upset

>>38459755
Along with the other members of the adult cast, he too experienced the death of Marianne's mother.

Vincent'd probably end up joining another immortal being and broing it up.

That or someone gets everyone immortal in the next couple of centuries.

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>>38459700
I hadn't noticed how similar they looked until now.

>>38459768
What was her name or will we have to wait for Mari best girl true route?

>>38459768
What about lil' Nico and lil' Sylvie?

>>38459700
>>38459730
>>38459806
arch's artistic level: little girl

>>38459700
Is Arch Sara?

>>38459819
pff, implying arch isn't a little girl

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>>38459623

Seconds after Marianne lets go of you, you find yourself pulled back to your feet by Nicolette.

"Damn, no wonder she was able to carry you like that..."Nicolette laughs.
"I guess Niklaus's spell is still in effect," you reply whole massaging our aching ribs.

Meanwhile, the immediate area around Luciana is all tears. Elena and Emilio and Marianne AND Luciana are all crying and hugging and it's really a touching moment... but you figure that you ought to maybe step back to give them some apace.

WHUMP

Suddenly, you find yourself being hugged once again. And fortunately, you're not knocked over this time around.

"You came back!" Carina chirps. "I told Elena that you'd come back and then you did!"
"Yup," you laugh. "And I take it that you kept Citrine and Marius and Grandma safe for me while I was gone?"
"Uh-huh!" she replies with a beaming smile.

Just as Carina lets go of you, Citrine swoops in and takes her place.

"I'm so glad that you're okay!" Citrine cries. "And you even brought Luciana back..."
"Volker would be so proud of you," Agnes says, smiling at you.
"Yeah... you actually saved a Princess," someone says from behind you.


>[2/?]

>>38459839
Is Luciana crying too?

>>38459860
Yes.

>>38459839
>"Yeah... you actually saved a Princess," someone says from behind you.
>We turn around.
>It's volker.
>You made me proud, reinhold. So Proud. But before you can truly be happy, I need you to do one thing for me.
>Wake up.
>"Hey there, sleepy head." Spinelle said, as you rubbed the sleep out of your eyes. "Have a good dream?"

>>38459839
>"Yeah... you actually saved a Princess," someone says from behind you.
Raoul?

>>38459873
That would give me the boner of my life.

>>38459839
DUN DUN DUUUUUUNNNNN

>>38459880
No Spinelle.

>>38459880
Thierri?

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>>38459873
despair, but also a boner

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>>38459839
>[3/3]

As Citrine releases her grip on you, you turn around and are met with Karel. Though her eyes are red from all the crying that she was presumably doing, the smile on her face right now is most definitely genuine.

"I'm sure you're sick of hugging and crying and all that by now so I don't so any of that," Karel says as she wipes her eyes.
"Well it's not like I'd stop you if you really wanted to," you reply.
"C'mon, man..." she groans. "I'm trying NOT to be all mushy and girly for once today."

Given the events of earlier today and the fact that she's still wearing a dress, you can definitely understand her sentiment.

"It's just..." she places a hand to her temples, "...I still feel shitty about Leopold and all of that stuff so I'm just gonna say thanks for taking care of that. I don't know that I would've been able to do the same."


>hug her
>respect her wishes and refrain from doing so

>>38459984
> supportive pat on the shoulder

>>38459984
>respect her wishes and refrain from doing so

>>38459984
"I'd have been devastated too if one of the guy I looked up to turned out to be a shitty person."

*glances at Raoul*

>>38459984
>>respect her wishes and refrain from doing so

HEADPATS

>>38459984

This
>>38459996

>>38459984
>>hug her

Screw that.

We're all alive and everything worked out.

Hugs.

>>38459984
Head pat.