>>43774812

You haven't quite thought of the right way to say 'Louise, we're going to go fight off a dragon that has taken over your house.'
A part of you feels pity that a young girl like her has to be Gallete's hero. The one that their people look up to solve their problems.

Earlier she was running naked inside of a clothing store. Three hours after that, you're taking her with you to fight a dragon.

"L-let's focus on the road Louise. Keep an eye out for us!" Yuuki chirps from the feathery beast next to us that she's riding.
She hasn't thought of a way to tell her, either.

"Yeah, if a bad guy shows up, that's ya chance to jump off and hit him with yer axe"
Cody hasn't thought of a way to tell her either.

Plus, Charlotte, her summoner and the princess of Gallete. Decided to not break the news to Louise. In fact, she demanded that Louise not go and be taken to another country while her army dealt with the problem. You ignored her of course. Mostly because you don't agree with spiriting her away from danger constantly, and because it's her time to shine as the Hero.

How were you going to tell her, anyway?

>"There's a big mean thing at your castle, we're going to go beat it up."
>"Do ye remember the story of St. George?"
>"It's.. hard to explain."
>Wait for another moment to tell her about it.
>"'Ey Yuuki, why don't ye tell us where we're goin'?"
>Other?

>>43774825
>"There's a big mean thing at your castle, we're going to go beat it up."
>"Do ye remember the story of St. George?"
This sounds good, also I love just how clear it is that Jack hates Gallete so much.

>>43774825
>>43775058
Also welcome back Announcer! Glad to see another thread!

>>43774825
>>"There's a big mean thing at your castle, we're going to go beat it up."
>>"Do ye remember the story of St. George?"

Well she might not know the St, George story, pretty sure that's an english story

>>43774825
>>"Do ye remember the story of St. George?"

>>43774825
>Other?
"ey, what do you know about dragons, just wondering?"

>>"There's a big mean thing at your castle, we're going to go beat it up."
>"ey, what do you know about dragons, just wondering?"
>>"Do ye remember the story of St. George?"

Writing!

>>43774812
>You loathe Catland so much.
Don't we all.

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"Well Louise, errr."

You try to think of the right words. Try to ease her into the idea that she has to fight a powerful monster, of which you have no idea how it behaves or what you're going to encounter.

"Well, err. Gallete has a problem."
"It does!?"

"Aye. There's a big mean thing, at your castle, right now."

"What!?" She seems excited all of the sudden. "Well, We gotta hurry! Gotta go get my castle back! I can faster than-"
"No, no. Stay on the bird. Don't waste your energy."

"Why are we taking these slow-walking animals instead of your airship, then!?"

Because you don't want to ruin the perfectly good airship with a tornado of claws and teeth.

"..there's a good reason." Is all you say regarding that matter.

"What is it, anyway!? Like, a gryphon? Or maybe a big tiger! Or. Something like that?!"
Gryphon? you hadn't even thought of that one.

"Say, Louise. What do ye know of St. George?"

"Saint George.." The words seem to hang on her tongue. "I remember, he fought in the crusades."
"What else?"

"Um.. Oh! He fought something, some kind of mythical beast."
"What do ye know of that beast?"

Her arms start to tighten around you.
"Reptile thing, like a big lizard. A Dragon. Uh, Jack. Why are you asking me this?"

"Ever want to see a dragon in real life, Kid?"

Her arms are tightening still.

"...no."


>Did aye ever tell you about doing things you didn't want to do?
>Never mind, let's keep ridin'.
>It's probably not a BIG dragon.
>You know, St. George was just a man. If a man could do it, can't anyone?
>Yuuki, what do you know about dragons?
>Other?

>>43776688
>Did aye ever tell you about doing things you didn't want to do?
>It's probably not a BIG dragon.

>>43776688
>>You know, St. George was just a man. If a man could do it, can't anyone?
Never ask about Japanese dragons, fuckers are gods that control the oceans and the skies

>>43776688
>You know, St. George was just a man. If a man could do it, can't anyone?
>It's probably not a BIG dragon.

Do you think we can just ask the Dragon to leave, bet you that the cats haven't tried it, because I'll be honest, getting home for more than a week sounds great right about now

>>43776688
>Did aye ever tell you about doing things you didn't want to do?

>>43776797
>turns out the dragon is a bro-tier monster and the cats were just (barbed) dicks again
i wouldn't even be surprised

>>43776914
I think that we can all agree that the cats are dicks and wouldnt even ask the Dragon, who knows maybe he was just asking where everyone went all at once.

Fuck just noticed there was a thread today.

>>43776688
Whatever we do, remember to hug our sorta-daughter figure.

>>43776725
>Did aye ever tell you about doing things you didn't want to do?
>You know, St. George was just a man. If a man could do it, can't anyone?
>It's probably not a BIG dragon.

Writing!

>>43777084
Whoops, didn't mean to quote there.

He's totally right, though

Man, I'm glad I caught Announcer running, I usually miss these.

Now I wonder what dragon tails are like to touch....

>>43778367
Oh god what if its female? can we handle that much more scales?

>>43778437
We're handsome freakin' Jack. We can handle all the scales.

ALL OF THEM.

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"Louise." You use your free hand to gently clasp hers. "Did aye ever tell ye about doin' something that ye may never wanted to do?"

"I don't want to fight a dragon."

"Y'see, when ye have people lookin' up to you. Usually that means ye have to do things that ye may not want to do in order to keep them safe."

"I don't want to fight a dragon."

"Sometimes, those things are dangerous. What's important though, is that all of them are things that no one can do but yerself. Which is why people look up to you."

"I don't want to fight a dragon!"

"Ye know, St. George was just a man. He woke up every morning, put on his pants, went to trainin'. He didn't even have the benefit of bein' a hero. If St. George could do it, then why can't we?"

"Jack."
You feel the tiny arms constrict around your waist even tighter.
"I don't want to fight a dragon. They're scary, they have scales, and they can fly. I can't fly. I'm scared, Jack."

"Lass, It's probably not a BIG dragon."
"I still don't want to fight it!"

You're not through, yet.

"Louise, yer Gallete's hero. I know ye don't want to fight it, but if you don't, who will?"
"I don't know. You, I guess?"

Damn it, no. This is the wrong message.
"Louise, Aye'm doing this 'cause I want to help. If ye want, we can turn around right now and go back to Biscotti."
"Fine! Let's do that!"

She doesn't seem to understand, does she?
"Louise, if ye turn back now. Charlotte will have to deal with the dragon in her castle. Ye know what that means?"

She's silent.

"It means she has to put together and army to go take back her castle. An army made of people ye probably know. Like Odelle. Ye want Odelle to deal with the big scary dragon? She isn't even a fraction as strong as you are."

She's still silent.

>We'll get ice cream after this!
>It's good training.
>Dn't ye want to be known as the girl who beat a dragon before ye were 12?
>This is yer battle, but we're here for ye
>We'll be there with ye, don't give up now.
>Other?

>>43778579
BUT WHERE DO WE STOP ANON, WHERE IS LINE THAT SAYS ENOUGH TAILS OF ANY KIND IS ENOUGH, ARE WE MAN ENOUGH TO HANDLE THIS MUCH TAIL!

>>43778625
>We'll get ice cream after this!

>>43778625
>>We'll get ice cream after this!

>>43778625
>>We'll get ice cream after this!
>>It's good training.

>>43778625
>>We'll get ice cream after this!
>>Dn't ye want to be known as the girl who beat a dragon before ye were 12?

>>43778625
>Dn't ye want to be known as the girl who beat a dragon before ye were 12?

>>We'll get ice cream after this!
>>Dn't ye want to be known as the girl who beat a dragon before ye were 12?

Writing!

>>43774812
>Dog Days Quest
>its actually a quest inside Dog Days
oh come on /tg/

>>43779073
If it helps we haven't met any of the dog ones and the only thing about it related to the anime is the setting.

>>43779135
>we haven't met any of the dog ones
Are you saying we haven't meet any dog people? Because the kingdom we work for is dog people.

>>43779285
I thought they were foxes?

>>43779412
The only foxes are those at the shrine. Atsuko, her sister, Camelle, and Keiko. Keiko being our summoner/duaghteru

>>43779532
Holy shit, I've been wrong for so long, from the very beginning I've thought our kingdom was all foxes. I've never gotten anything this wrong before.

>>43779752
It's reassuring to know there's at least one guy out there who's more oblivious than me.
Thanks, Anon.

so I just got back from a power outage.

>writing continues.

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"'ey, if we do this. Aye'll get ye ice cream!"

There's a moment of silence. You also think that you just heard Yuuki slap her forehead.

"Just think, Louise, ye'll be the girl who killed a dragon before she was even twelve! None of yer friends get hurt and ye got yer kingdom all to yourself."

"I know, Jack." She sounds resigned, maybe even a little defeated.

You stop the bird.
"Louise, do you want to do this?" You sigh, patting her hands. "Do ye really want to do this? If yer not going to give this yer all, I'll just get off and ye can ride back to Biscotti. I'll handle this."

Silence.

"..Really?"
"Aye. I'm serious. Aye'll get off. Ye can go back alone."

"..Why?"
"Because." There's a certain edge to your voice, now. "Havin' a crew member along that doesn't have her heart in it is more destructive than any monster. If ye don't give it yer all, don't be on the ship. You'll just get in the way of the people who want to solve problems. If ye aren't going to be serious, just go home. We'll go deal with it and be back tomorrow."

..

"No."
"No?"

"Wait, No?" Cody's head snaps up. "You're serious?"

"I'm serious." Louise sits up straight. "I'm not going back now. I want to fix this. I want to help."

A smile creeps across your face. Which is good, because Cody and Yuuki were seriously looking worried there for a moment.

"Aye, that's the spirit. Let's go."

Yuuki breathes a very heavy sigh, so heavy that you can almost feel the weight lifted from her shoulders.
In a way, it lifts the weight from your shoulders as well. You really didn't want her running back to Charlotte. Not only would it make her look bad, it would probably mean that Catland would be that much grumpier for stealing their hero's glory.

Not that you care, screw Catland.

>Cont.

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Oh! Wait! speaking of which! There's the scouting patrol up ahead. They stand on a hillside overlooking Gallete.

You don't even have to wait to see what the big fuss is about. Something big, maybe the size of your old ship, flies once around the castle before settling down somewhere in the center, behind the barricades. The small scout detachment noticeably flinches, and then return to talking among themselves.

>Yikes.
>Ask the scout for battle plans
>Let's move out now before it suspects anything
>Nope, set up camp, wait until night
>Other?

>>43780853
>Ask the scout for battle plans

>>43780853
Ask about the Dragon's movements. How often does it make a patrol? Anything strange about what it's doing?

>>43780853
>Ask the scout for battle plans

>>43780853
>>Ask the scout for battle plans

>Ask about the Dragon's movements. How often does it make a patrol? Anything strange about what it's doing?
>Ask the scout for battle plans

Everyone, this will be the last post of the night. I didn't expect that power outage to put me back so long. My sincere apologies.

Writing last post of hte night.

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Slowly, you approach the waiting scouts. Each one of them seem to have a different expression of worry and fear.
Hey, you recognize some of these folks from the bar in Biscotti. You thought initially they were just freelancers from Gallete, maybe this is their next big job.

A part of you wonders if they were supposed to go clear out the castle, and then ran into.. that.

"Aye."

They nearly jump out of their pelts from your signal. Each of their tails have frizzed up into twice their normal size.

"Oh.. Oh.. Oh it's just you.. Oh. Thank god." The one in the dress tries to maintain her composure.

"Aye.. Thank god." The more heavily armored one tries to catch his breath.

"What's got you two all edgy." Cody dismounts his ride. "It's just a little lizard."

"a LITTLE lizard?!" The one in the dress puts her hands on her hips.
"SHH!" The smaller of the three grabs her mouth. "Not so loud!"

Your entire group stands, dead silent. The castle continues to remain motionless.
The three breathe a collective sigh.

"So. How'res everythin' goin'?"
"Not great." The girl sits down. "We didn't know what to do, so we sent one of the guards with us to get help." She grumbles to herself.

"How often is that dragon circling the castle?" Yuuki gets off her mount.

"About once every twenty minutes."
"Why?"

"I think it knows we're here." The girl curls her legs up to herself. "I just don't think it knows where we are."

That's frightening.

"So." The big one slaps his hands together. "When's the rest of the army getting here? I'm assuming you guys rode ahead of your armies, right?"

"Armies?" Yuuki tilts her head.

The big guy's eyes narrow.
"We ARE the army, fella." Cody smiles. "Pleasure to make your acquaintance."

The girl grabs her knees closer, the guy scratches the back of his head, and the short fellow feels downfounded.

"They didn't send an army with their own heroes?"
"Isn't that OUR hero?"

None of your group have a good answer for them.

>Thread End.

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Thanks to everyone who participated. Sorry that it wasn't more eventful.

Tuesday, I'm traveling home for thanksgiving. I'm not sure how this will impact the thread. We'll see!

Best of luck, and take care!

>>43782308
thanks for running

>>43782308
Night dude, thanks for the run.