>>39669827
>Let Cody and Tuile Handle it
Lets think about the horrible things we are going to do to the people who thought that using alcohol for their evil was a good thing. And not scare the poor girl.

Also, Welcome back Announcer!

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>>39669827
>>Ask her anything?!
did they say or do anything before everyone started disappearing ?

>>39669827
>Let Cody and Tuile Handle it
Let's go check the town ourself. She can't be the only one left. Cats wouldn't give kids wine at least... Right?

>>39669827
>>Let Cody and Tuile Handle it
Diplomatic, we are not.

>>39669827
>>Ask her anything?!
"Did they drink the wine to?" and if not "where did they go?", "How did they go?" and "did you see what direction they went?"

>>Let Cody and Tuile Handle it
writing!

>>39670180
I'll add this in, too

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"Lass, did they drink it?"
"They did, after everyone else. They disappeared too."
"Disappeared where? Did they fly? if so, which direction? How did it happen?"
"No, no. It was more like they flashed, and were gone.."

Well damn, then you're out of ideas. You decide to leave it to Tuile and Cody.
Cody sits down next to her.
"So, this wine, not everyone drank it, right? Surely there were some people who didn't drink it."
"A-almost everyone. I don't think you know how enticing free wine is to Gallete."
"Yeah, but even the kids? There had to be someone who didn't drink it."
"No, the kids too. Everyone who didn't disappear started running because they thought the kingdom was under attack. The only one who stayed was me."

She sniffles again,
"I stayed because IT'S ALL MY FAULT!"
And then, crying.

Tuile pats her on the head and tries to calm her down.
"Odelle, did they say anything before they left?"
"No.. They acted perfectly normal the whole time. We even had some of the knights staying with them and they didn't say anything was wrong."

Huh, that's weird. Maybe they didn't know, either?

>Now what?
>Keep asking questions
>No, she needs to take a break. Get with everyone and tell them what you know.
>Enough waiting around! You're going right back to Konditorei and kicking their ass so hard that they tell you exactly where Gallete went!
>Other?

Everyone, I am driving home. Thread resumes in a couple hours.

See you then.

>>39670568
>>Enough waiting around! You're going right back to Konditorei and kicking their ass so hard that they tell you exactly where Gallete went!

>>39670568
>No, she needs to take a break. Get with everyone and tell them what you know.

As much fun as kicking those dastardly bears arses sounds we should probably tell the others.

>>39670568
>No, she needs to take a break. Get with everyone and tell them what you know.
I do wonder if any of those who didn't drink saw anything before fleeing though

>>39670568
>Keep asking questions
does she have an idea of where these winemakers are now?
can she describe them? what kind of fluffy ears did they have?

>>39671926
>What kind of fluffy ears

Sir I believe you mean what kind of fluffy tails

>>39671926
>does she have an idea of where these winemakers are now?
The wine makers drank the wine and disappeared too. She said it in the post.

>can she describe them? what kind of fluffy ears did they have?
Seeing as they were from Konditorei, that most certainly leads to Bears.

I'm back.

>No, she needs to take a break. Get with everyone and tell them what you know.

Writing!

Can we get a description of what they look like?
Beyond just ears, what else did they have that could mark them out?
Because I want to find them - and then see what we need to break to get them to start talking.

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You reach over and shoo off all the hands that have put themselves on her shoulder and head. She continues to cry even harder.

"Aye think we just need to give the poor girl a break. We can talk 'bout all this after we meet up with everyone."

They both nod. Gently, Cody picks up Odelle as you all head back toward the airship.

- -

You didn't think about it before, but you know who took the news the hardest?
Charlotte.

She's doing her best not to show it, but you can see tiny cracks forming in the cold-and-cool mask she tries to wear.
Right now, she stares off into infinity while cradling Odelle. The blonde knight sobs into Charlotte's dress as their hands wrap around each other.

"I'm sorry.." Is all Odelle manages to repeat, over and over again.
Charlotte is silent. Almost eerily so.

Louise seems to not really know what this is all about. Yuuki pulls her aside to explain all of it.
Even then, she doesn't really seem to get how something could just "disappear". In a way, you're not sure how you've accepted it as something that can happen, either.

Damn.
"So, what do you reckon we do now, Capt'n?" Cody sits next to you. He stares at the empty castle in thought.

"We go get the cats back, Lad."
"How?"

>Konditorei invasion
>"We find which winery those guys came from, I'm pretty good at tracking booze."
>"This'll sound crazy, but we go to those wine barrels they brought in and take a drink." *
>"Wait fer everything to calm down, we can paint a complete picture if we compare her information with what everyone else knows."
>"Look for escapees and survivors."
>Other?

>>39673759
>>"This'll sound crazy, but we go to those wine barrels they brought in and take a drink." *
That spoiler star intrigues me.

>>39673759
>"This'll sound crazy, but we go to those wine barrels they brought in and take a drink." *
yaaaaaaaaaaay

>>39673759
>"This'll sound crazy, but we go to those wine barrels they brought in and take a drink." *
whatever they were ready for, i really doubt they were ready for us

>>39673759
>>"This'll sound crazy, but we go to those wine barrels they brought in and take a drink."
"Lets get dangerous."

>MAXIMUM DANGEROUS OPTION

Wow, okay!

writing, by the way, anyone you want to take with you on your crazy experiment? just the three heroes or do you think anyone else should go along?

>>39674255
Aligot. if we're jumping into magic we need our mage.

>>39674255
Let's bring someone cool!
I don't remember who's with us, though!

...Wait maximum danger?
Not sure I like this.

>>39674255
...Would've been good to know this was what that star meant before 4 people voted for it but alright.
Bring in all heroes - and I mean all of them.
Then bring in anyone else who can kick ass, for backup.
We might also want to bring along the summoners in case we get brought far away (or, if we think it'd work better, we just threaten to do horrible, horrible things to whoever is doing this, but I'd prefer someone who can do magic to check they wouldn't then try and screw us).

>>39674255
cody and aligot

Announcer, we will be asking for a proper description of whoever brought the wine so we can specifically break their knees, right?
You don't fuck with proper drinks.

>>39674602
Why Aligot?

>>39674454
>>39674552
You mean you guys couldn't tell this was dangerous just by reading the options? If a >Kill Self option shows up, would you be surprised when it means Jack commits suicide?

>>39674637
because we'll probrably need someone who knows a lot about magic at some point

>>39674641
I didn't vote for it.

>>39674681
I didn't say you did.

Jesus fucking CHRIST do I hate this new "I'm not a robot" testing.

>>39674678
Why not Tuile as well then?

>>39674714
THATS EXACTLY WHAT A ROBOT WOULD SAY!

Also we can't take the princess on every life threatening we do, just most of them.

>>39674761
Cody kinda need his princess, to make sure he's at full power.
As does most of the heroes here.

And Tuile seems good at magic so she'd be good to have for this.

for some reason i feel that we are gonna end up at the underworld

How many heroes do we have?
Like, 5?

Crashed, I'm back.

Sorry, I thought the little box indicated that this was at least a very DIFFERENT option than the others.

You currently have 5 heroes on your side. You can take anyone you want, currently I have all the heroes listed as going plus Tuile and Aligot because Aligot knows magic business and Tuile is good in a fight.

Sound good?

>>39675064
Eh, I think one or two heroes should remain back for now, just in case. No preference on who, though.

>>39675064
Works for me.
...Are any of the princesses that summoned good in a fight?
Because I fear we might be in trouble if we can't get back pretty soon in that case.

>>39675097
Well, we've got that sick hero who should be getting better now.
She should be able to hold the line while we go and wreck some shit.

>>39675108
Okay, so

Cody, Yuuki, Louise, Tuile, Aligot, and you go.

Kayda stays back

>>39675138
Only Tuile, because she's been practicing.

If you want, we could leave Tuile behind.

>>39675188
Nah, best to bring her along.
I was more worried that if we're somewhere far away from the princesses after this, the heroes would be too weak to go anywhere, so I was hoping we could get at least one summoner with us so one hero can be at 100%

>>39675188
I would prefer to leave her, but everyone else seems keen on bringing her, so sure, why not.

>>39675241
... Uh... Tuile isn't a summoner.

Final team: Cody, Yuuki, Louise, Tuile, Aligot, and you.

Writing!
Think of it as an adventure! Have fun!

This is a good core of asskickers and Aligot, should work pretty well.

>>39675268
Alright, obviously I'm not being very clear.
I wanted one of the other princesses to come along, so that at least one hero would always be going at 100%, no matter where we are.

>>39675296
Maybe Aligot will find his bravery on this adventure.

Or maybe he'll find out he looks better in a skirt and tube top.

>>39675361
>Maybe Aligot will find his bravery on this adventure.
You're funny.

Is there some sort of buffing spell available, that could be cast on the heroes?
Because that seems like an excellent way for Tuile to be one hell of a force multiplier.

>>39675327
But we ARE bringing a princess along. That's why we have Aligot, remember?

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"Yar. Yar I do think aye have a plan."
Cody eyes you suspiciously, before lighting a cigarette.

You look around the camp to see what everyone is doing. With any luck, you think you can pull this off rather quickly.
"Gather up everyone! Yer captain here has a plan!"

- -

"THAT IS THE MOST RECKLESS PLAN YOU MAY HAVE EVER HAD!"

You're not sure who said it, but several others quickly echo the sentiments.
"Seriously Jack." Cody holds the bridge of his nose. "You're going to drink the same wine that caused everyone to disappear and just hope you can fight our way out at the other end."

"Naw, better than that! I KNOW we can fight our way out, because we're heroes and they won't expect that!"
"Jack, that's-"
"I'm going with you!"

You look back at your crew, to see Tuile front and center with her fist clenched.
"Gallete isn't my kingdom, but it did have many of my friends! If you're going to go do something dangerous to get it back, then I insist you take me along!"
Har, Tuile. You're getting the hang of this.

"SO AM I!"
You hear the crowd part as a giant axe seems to float through the crowd. It stops next to Tuile as the tiny person holding it slams it next to her foot with a whump.

Charlotte seems to snap out of her stupor as she tries to move to the front of the crowd.
"Louise, Wait."
"Those jerks took my home and they made Charlotte sad, I'm going! That's final! Even if I have to go alone!"

You look over to Cody and Yuuki. Yuuki has already gotten her spear out, and has hopped off the wagon.
"Oh I was just assuming I was going." She says, taking the cover off her spear.
"Jack, you sure know how to put a man in an awkward position." Cody flicks his cigarette out.

>Cont.
>Speaking of which, does this crew have a cool name?

>>39675756
Something like freedom bringers would probably be fitting.

>>39675756
Jack's Jesters. We're such a motley group, the unknowing won't take us seriously.

>>39675808
Thinking about it some more, freedom fighters could be pretty funny.

>>39675887
...OK I kinda like that one.
It's got alliteration, and could potentially make people underestimate us.
Only way it could be better is if if played off of the whole piracy thing.

>>39675887
Jack's Jackanapes?

Any of these working for you announcer?

>>39675756

The Homoerotic Adventurers of Hercules!

Just to fuck with their heads.

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"Argh, there is one other person who's goin'."
You look over to Camille and point slightly next to her.
"You! Aligot!"
"W- Me? Seriously!? I can't fight!"
"Naw, but you know about this magic shenanigans. "
"How is that going to help! Knowing the magic doesn't make me any more immune to it!"

"No Lad, is there a spell that acts like a signal or a compass?"

"A com-"
He thinks for a second, his face goes sour.
"Yes. Yes there is. You cast it somewhere and someone else can find that point if they have the same spell."
"Great! Yer goin'. Tell the pilot to track us down once we disappear."

Camille laughs as she pats him on the back. He looks like he could just crumble into dust.

"Whar the wine at?" You jester toward Odelle.
Her little blonde ears perk up.

"Wait!" Odelle shouts, darting to her feet.
"Ergh?"
"I want to go too! This is all my fault, and I want to be there to fix it!"

You think about it for a minute, until you realize a few problems.
"Lass, yer not a hero."
"I don't care!"
"Lass, ye don't even like wine."
"I can take it! It just really hurts!"

You grumble.
"Nothing I say is gonna keep ye from goin' eh?"
"No, it's not!"

Welp, that settles it, then.
"Just show us where the wine is, Aligot. Set up that compass.

- -

You don't blame the cat people for drinking this stuff without questioning it. You can tell from the smell that it's extremely fine wine.

"So, this is it, then." Aligot nervously holds his cup.
"Yep." Cody seems kind of bored.
"Err, who's gonna drink it first?" Yuuki asks.

You didn't even think about it. You've already drank your cup.
..And put a little bit in an empty flask for safekeeping. Old habits die hard.

"Seriously, Jack?" Cody notices your empty cup. Then notices you trying to pour yourself another.
"Good stuff, guys! Speakin' of which. What should we call ourselves? Jack's Jesters? Freedom Bringers? How about Jack's-"

You don't get to finish. There's a flash of pink, and then darkness.

>Cont.

I... what? What's this thread doing here today?

>>39676244
It's thursday?

>>39676244
Must be tuesday.

No, wait, I meant thursday.

>>39676166
So ok, if we need to march anywhere, the axe-loli will be the hero to handle most things if it takes a lot of time.

>>39676404
>Explore the bars!
Well, I wasn't expecting this to be honest.

>>39676404
>>Explore the town

>>39676404
I'm leaning towards causing trouble.

Announcer, is there any spell to identify who has been drinking wine or been near wine or anything like that?
Then we could find the kidnapped people - and ALSO find whoever did this and do horrible, horrible things to them.

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Your eyes open.
The sun is still shining, the scenery is still green.
Except it's much, much more chilly now. It feels colder here than it did in Konditorei where there were light patches of frost.

You take this moment to get a good look at your surroundings.
What you see is really surprising, actually.

You're standing on a large stone slab as the mist of pink light slowly starts to fade away. Around you seems to be a town.
Scratch that, around you seems to be a HUGE town. One that already has quite a few buildings. You can tell that it's one of the largest towns you've set foot in ever since coming to this world!
The roads are paved with bricks that appear to be almost ancient. Moss-covered structure accompany wood and lumber structures that stretch all around you. The sound of murmuring and chatter fills the air of the mid-day bazaar.

Then there's a snap as you feel someone else next to you. There's a snort, and then a spit.
"Huh, not the dungeon or jail that I expected it to be." Cody checks his pistols, just in case.
"Nar, nar it's not."

"Hey Jack, look at that."
There's a small group of young girls walking through the street, they're playing and laughing as they hop and skip.
Each one of them has a different set of ears on top of their head. One has cat ears, one has bunny ears, that one has droopy dog ears.

"Huh."
"Aye."

Cody looks around, and then nudges you.
"The girls are takin' their sweet time."
"They'll be along, it's probably just takin' a minute."

Sure enough, next one along is Yuuki, and then Tuile, and then Louise, and then Odelle.
Still no Aligot.
"Oh come on, Lad." You slap your palm to your face.

There's a surprised gasp as another person arrives about a minute later.

You walk over and slap Aligot on the shoulder.
"Get te' work on that compass, we're gonna-"

>Explore the town
>Explore the bars!
>Cause trouble.
>Other?

>>39676404
>Explore the bars!
The best places to gather information!

>>39676463
>Explore the bars!
>Cause trouble.
these are exclusive?

>>39676463
>>Explore the town

Wait, what?
What happened?
Why'd you delete it, Announcer?

>>39676436
>>39676454
>>39676458
Sorry, I fixed a typo and I used the wrong image last post. These still count as votes.

>>39676463
>>39676473
>Explore the bars!

>>39676482
Ah, ok.
Anyway, about my magic question - is there anyway that something can be found?
We could really do with something here.

Oh, or maybe some interrogation magic (in which case we just need to kidnap someone who looks soldier-y and start interrogating).

>>39676463
>Explore the town

>>39676517
Good questions. You should ask Aligot that when you get the chance!

>>39676463
>>Explore the bars!
As if we'd pick anything else.

>>39676565
...
Right.

[x]Ask the magic users if there's any magic that can get you info here - any spell that can find people who've just been drinking wine, or been around wine, or anything like that?
-[x] If not, just drag some soldier-y type away and do some interrogation.

>>39676463
>Make sure Odelle isn't going to die because of that alcohol allergy or whatever
>Cause trouble!

>>39676463

Explore the bars!

Everyone knows you can learn all sorts of shit from rumors in a bar! And it's totally not because we want to get buzzed.

>>39676573
>>39676544
>>39676495
>>39676476
>>39676475
>>39676454
>>39676436
Can I convince any of you to ask if there's magic that can help here?
We can take drinks from whoever is in charge here (and also knock out some teeth), and exploring the town would probably be easier to know more about the situation.

>>39676672
sure, let's do this

>>39676666
Listen, if we want to get drunk, why not just take the drinks from whoever is in charge here?
They must have the best drinks saved for themselves, and if we save all these cat people, well, then no one we care about will complain if we also take all their booze.

>>39676672
i am not against such an idea

>Explore the bars!
>Cause trouble
>Ask Aligot if there's any kind of way to tell who drank what wine or if there's an interrogation spell.

Writing!
This might be the last post of the night, apologies guys.

>>39676779
When do you usually make these threads?
Because I'm usually hours late, if I manage to be here at all.

>>39676779
Can we at least make sure the cat won't die? She DID say she was allergic.

>>39676834
I was making them at 5PM EST for the longest time. Then I got a full-time job and had to start going to bed really early every night.

Now I try to make them around 2PM EST. That's my target date.

Be sure to follow me on twitter, https://twitter.com/announcer_QM
I always post my updates and start times

>>39676853
Sure, I'll add in

>Check on Odelle

>>39676853
Yes, this.

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"Argh, first I want to ask Aligo-"
COUGH, COUGH.

…
"As I was sayin', first I want to ask Aligot-"
COUGH, wheeze.

Your group turns to the source of the death rattles.
It's Odelle, her face seems to be reddened.
"Lass, ye okay?"
"I-I'm fine. It's just.. Not really good with alcohol. It makes my face hurt, is all."

She stands up straight, shaking her head.
"I'm okay. We need to get going."
"Actually Odelle, Aye'm glad ye came along."

You lean over and whisper in her ear.
"Stay here with Aligot, I don't think it's good for him to be alone."

She nods as you walk over to said Aligot.
"'Ey Lad, What're my magic options, here?"
"What do you mean? I'm going to set up the compass and the pilot is going to come find us."
"No no, Lad. I mean. Can we use the wine to track who was kidnapped 'round here?"

He thinks to himself.
"...I don't think that's necessary, Jack."
"Why?"

"Hey.." Tuile seems to hop around as she surveys the landscape. "I've seen this place!"

"Yeah.. same here." Aligot's mood seems to brighten. "But I don't see how we could be. The barrier seems to be a little weak, but still active."

"What're ye talkin' about?"

"This place.." Tuile points off in the distance, toward some mountains. "Those are the mountains to the north!"
"We're really far north right now. Outside of the barrier's edge, even." Aligot seems to be confident again.


You stare at them blankly.
"Say that again."

"What I mean is-" Aligot looks at the glowing ball once more. "We're not in Flonyard proper anymore, we're way far north. The place we're standing now is on top of the ruins of the old kingdom."

"Eh?" You think you've heard someone else mention an 'old kingdom' before. "The old kingdom?"
"Before Biscotti existed, there was an older kingdom whose name was lost to time. All we ever knew about it was from its ruins" Aligot kicks a moss-laden brick. "These are those ruins! I've been here before!"

Wait, what was that about being outside the barrier?

>Thread End

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Thanks for the thread everyone!

Sorry about not explaining the mystery box option better. Other than that, I really enjoyed it!

Let me know what you thought.

>>39677237
>Wait, what was that about being outside the barrier?

Jack Albatross jumps in feet first with out looking and does not give a fuck about the consequences.

>>39677270
thanks for running.

i enjoyed it.

>>39677270
thanks for running

that was... interesting

>>39677237
...Why does he not think this is necessary?
These jackasses are kidnapping people, and I for one want to apply some violence to their faces.

>>39677237
>being outside the barrier
Does this affect that barrier magic stuff that's Tuile's only means of self defense?

>>39677613
Nope, because barrier magic generates her own barrier.

Lyn said that she could even extend it to protect your group. How great it is you brought her along!

>>39677657
How quickly little Tuile went from teenage alcoholic to useful crew member. Now she just needs to get better at the princessing ting.

>>39677712
Or as a queen - and every queen needs a king.

>>39678044
Yes, eventually we'll have to find her a good lad to marry. Hopefully someone who'll let Jack arrange the bachelor party and maybe even be the best man.

>>39678106
Oh I've got just the dashing rogue in mind for Tuile.
Don't think Jack can be the best man for that marriage, though.

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>>39678239
I dont see why not.

Theyre such great FRIENDS after all

>>39678490
Woah there champ, way below the belt.