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"Cecile?" Irene calls out just as I bring my phone back to my ear.
"I'm back."
"For a minute there, I thought you hung up on me..." she sighs.
"Yeah, sorry about that," I mumble. "Charlotte just told me that she has that Faceless guy's scent."
"Wha!?"

From the other side of the line I can hear her phone hitting the ground.

"H..." she takes a couple of deep breaths. "...how in the world did..."
"Is she in or is she out?" Charlotte asks. "We don't have any time to waste on her."
"Umm..." I smile a nervous smile.
"Don't worry, I heard her all too clearly," Irene replies. "Just have her text me the information on where to meet up with you."

After Irene hangs up, I hand my phone to Charlotte and have leave the texting to her while I get dressed.


>the three of us should be enough
>call someone else up

Why you gotta run when I'm heading to bed?

>>44031552
>call someone else up
Theresa!

>>44031552
>call someone else up
Theresa

>>44031552
>call someone else up
Anyone we can get ahold of.

>>44031552
>>call someone else up
Might as well be Theresa

>>44031552
>>call someone else up
Theresa, she's the protagonist of the phantom thief story!

>>44031552
>call someone else up
Call in our crew for this Ops!

>>44031552
>call someone else up
Call Theresa as it's her show. And Mina as well as she didn't want her going off alone iirc. That and she IS still a friend.

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>>44031552
>Call Theresa up

Faceless is going to end up being this guy, isn't it?

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>>44032211
Only guy aside from Olivier to make it into every Kiseki game.


>writing

>>44032523
Brolivier's in cold steel? wait, of course he is, it's set in Erebonia.

And I gotta wait forever to play it, because of Space Brits 2: Now with 80% less Brits. Goddammit.

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Once I've checked the mirror to make sure that I'm presentable and not about to go outside with sex hair, I get my phone back from Charlotte and give Theresa a ring. After all, this kite stuff is HER show.

"Dammit..." I hit the "end" button and glare at my phone as if that could have any actual effect.
"Voicemail?" Charlotte asks.
"Yeah," I groan.

I then try three more times but get the same result.

"Just my luck," I sigh.

And from past experiences with this exact thing, Theresa not having her phone on her means that she's probably out doing kite stuff of her own.


>we shall go it without the theresa's assistance
>we shall go looking for the theresa
>we shall call off the night's hunt

>>44033242
>>we shall go it without the theresa's assistance
We might run into her while we're out.

>>44033242
>>we shall go it without the theresa's assistance
This is kinda the only real option :\
Looking for Theresa is pointless as 'That which does not exist' and calling off the hunt won't do very well as Charlotte is tracking a scent which probably won't last very long.

>>44033242
>we shall go it without the theresa's assistance

>>44033242
Fuck it, do it without her.

Tell Mina that we're about to gotta go fast and fightan doods. She doesn't have to come since honestly we're probably about to do the violence and the unlawful detainment and it's gonna be super trouble, but she'd probably like to know. Assuming she and noodles aren't having sexyfuntimes with their 「Stand」s

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>writing

>>44033577
>Assuming she and noodles aren't having sexyfuntimes with their 「Stand」s
Eh, at this point if she is over there it's doing hangover care.

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"So what now?" Charlotte asks. "You want to call it off since we can't get a hold of Theresa?"

I take a few seconds to think it over.

"No," I shake my head. "you have Faceless's scent right -now- and there's no guarantee that you'll be able to pick it up again so easily."
"Mmm," she nods her head. "I guess you have a point there."


>see if the mina can join us
>tonight's happenings will be as a trio

>>44034003
>>see if the mina can join us
We can at least inform her of what we're doing if she doesn't want to join/can't reach her.

>>44034003
>see if the mina can join us

>>44034003
>>see if the mina can join us

>>44034003
>see if the mina can join us

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>>44034003
join us

>>44034003
Eight bucks says that we fuck up hard because Mina has such an aura of Suffering that it can't help but keep us all down

>see if the mina can join us

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>writing

So we know our opponent is basically SCP-106 , and we are ShotsLaser, A druid, Tits that can eat anything, and Jojo's bizarre ebony lesbian.

>>44034249
It's OK, Cecile has an aura of incompetence that is larger, and the auras don't stack.

"We can get going once I feed Milla," Charlotte says as she leave the bedroom.
"Alright," I call out, "I'm just gonna try and see if I can get a hold of Mina."
"Okay~"

Bleh... I actually feel kind of bad about dragging Mina into this but it's probably the safest way to go about doing things. From what we know of Faceless's Branch, he shouldn't be able to hurt her armor at all and I'm pretty sure it can even deflect gunfire.

And there's also the fact that I'm -pretty- sure that Mina would chew me out if she found out that we did this thing without telling her about it first.


>[1/?]

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>>44034600


"Hey Cecile, what's up?" Mina asks in a particularly cheerful tone of voice.
"You sound like you're in a good mood," I remark.
"Playing videogames while a sexy girl's resting her head on my lap will do that," she laughs.
"Hm."

it brags about its exploits

no wonder the two of you get along so well

you are equally perverse

"Uh-" she stammers. "I didn't mean anything perverted by it if that's what you're thinking-"
"Nah, I know how shy you get when it comes to that stuff," I sigh.

She's lucky I'm not in the mood to tease the hell out of her.

"C- c'mon, Sun-Mi..." Mina blurts out in a decidedly nervous tone of voice.
"I didn't give her any ideas just now, did I?" I ask.
"NO YOU DID NOT NOW WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED!?" she practically shouts into the phone.


>[2/?]

>>44034835
>[3/3]


Oh yeah. Business.

"Remember that arsonist guy who we're after?" I ask.
"Yeah?" Mina replies.
"Well Charlotte's got his scent and we're about to go and try to catch him before he can burn anything else down," I say.
"Oh shit, really!?" she gasps.
"Yeah," I nod. "And I figured that I might as well ask if you wanted to-"
"Just tell me where I have to be!"

After promising to forward her the information that Charlotte sent Irene, I end our happy little phone call and join Charlotte in the kitchen. It looks like she's just gotten done placing out a huge slab of meat for Milla, and Loki's eating what looks like a bowl of cereal on the counter.

"Mina's coming?" Charlotte asks.
"Looks like it," I nod. "I guess they're both going to be meeting up with us where you listed."
"Okay," she replies. "You ready to go?"


>go go let's go
>there's something I wanted to do first

>>44035163
>go go let's go

>>44035163
>go go let's go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hooKVstzbz0

>>44035163
>go go let's go

>>44035163
>>go go let's go
but not quite like jenkins here.>>44035203

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>writing

>>44031552
>and have leave the texting to her
>have leave

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>>44034835
Reminds me of a certain couple.

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>>44035490
I can't believe I don't have any pictures of both of them at once that won't get me banned.

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>>44035512
It's probably the second-most common pairing from that series.

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>>44035554
Because Kyoko told Sayaka to force her husbando to be hers by going full yandere?

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With all of our business taken care of, we leave Charlotte's suite and ride the elevator down to the main floor of the hotel. From there, we head outside... and then down the sidewalk?

"We're not taking a taxi to wherever this is?" I ask.
"It's not practical in a situation like this," Charlotte replies. "And besides, the area where I picked up that scene isn't too far from the hotel."
"You're the boss here," I shrug.

So I guess we're going to be meeting up with Mina and Irene along the way... makes sense, I guess.


>[1/?]

>>44035884
Couldn't Charlotte just get a car?

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>>44035884
>[2/2]

"This kind of reminds me of when we went looking for that ice woman," Charlotte says with a nostalgia-filled smile. "Only this time it's an arsonist..."
"Please don't remind me of that," I mumble.

Knowing Charlotte, she's probably reminiscing about the first time that Irene died around us.

"Same group as back then, too," Charlotte says.
"...huh, so it is," I nod.
"Try not to lose yourself this time around though," she says, winking at me.
"Very funny," I grumble.

I have no idea why she's in such a good mood right now...


>c'mon, let's get serious
>let the charlotte do as the charlotte does

>>44036023
>let the charlotte do as the charlotte does

>>44036023
>>let the charlotte do as the charlotte does

>>44036023
>>let the charlotte do as the charlotte does
Also: ogle.

>>44036023
>Knowing Charlotte, she's probably reminiscing about the first time that Irene died around us.
3edgy5me

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>>44035982
>Couldn't Charlotte just get a car?
No license though.


>writing

>>44036148
>Why bother learning to drive when I can just pay someone to drive me everywhere?
Fucking richfags.

>>44036023
I told you she is a yandere.

>>44036148
I found that anal doujin, I can see why you waifued her.

>>44036276
Is that the one where all the idols are Futas and the Producer is their ass toy?

>>44036023
>let the charlotte do as the charlotte does

>>44036330
Nah its were Iori is the louse ass girl.

I never even saw that one that your talking about.

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We make our way further and further away from the hotel, but that smile on Charlotte's face doesn't vanish for even a second.

"You seem awfully excited about this," I say to her.
"Hm?" Charlotte glances at me. "I guess I am?" she shrugs. "This will be the first actual workout since leaving that cocoon... aside from what you've provided, anyways."

I feel my face grow hot as Charlotte takes my hand.

"So if our fooling around earlier was dinner," Charlotte says while swinging our arms back and forth, "this current little adventure would be dessert!"
"Eheh..."

All I can do is look down at the ground while a very strange feeling wells up within me. I'd known for a good long while now that Charlotte is prone to some violent tendencies but seeing her all cheery about a potential fight like she is right now I think I'm starting to find them said tendencies to be... hot.

Kind of really hot. What the hell is wrong with me.


>[1/?]

>>44036387
Charlotte seems like the kind of crazy that would eat her own babies.
Lord knows there are plenty of animals which already do that.

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>>44036387


"Eh?"

I get a Synapse just as my phone goes off.

"Hey Cecile," Mina calls out, "are you two on the way yet?"
"Umm, yeah?" I shrug. "Charlotte's the one who knows the way but we're en route right now."
"Cool," she replies. "I just ran into Irene and- never mind, I see you."

Standing by a street light about half a block away, I spot Mina and Irene waving at us.


>[2/?]

Fantasizing about gangbang-chan's death is not ok, ever if she was ok.

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>>44036554
>gangbang-chan

Best nickname.

>>44036528
Those eyes are fucking huge.

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>>44036528
>[3/3]

After joining up with them, we keep on going a few more blocks until reaching a residential-type area. All the houses around here look to be nicer than my own house is, though they're not quite at the level of the mansions that we were snooping around this afternoon.

"This's where you found that guy's scent?" Mina asks, motioning towards the houses.
"Somewhere in this general area, yes." Charlotte replies with a nod. "Sorry for not having more specific information," she sighs, "but I'm using rats to track and they're not exactly what you would call good when it comes to eyesight."

I think I heard something like that while watching Animal Planet or something.

"Since I have no visual cues to use to have, say, Rhaccy lead us to wherever this person is," Charlotte says, "I'm forced to rely on the same scent markers that the rats themselves are using in order to find them."
"Sounds like a pain," Irene says.
"...yes, it is," Charlotte cuts her a nasty look for a splitsecond before returning to serious-mode. "And it seems as if the path splits just ahead..." she sighs.

Charlotte points at the corner just ahead, which is a weird 45-degree wedge thing thanks to the weird way that these streets are set up.

"Straight ahead that way," she points down one side of the street, "and another one here," she says, now pointing at the other one. "I'm going to assume that the person we're looking for is along one of these two routes, though I can't say what the other is."
"So we have to split up?" Mina asks.
"That's probably the best way to go about it," she replies with a shrug.


>charlotte
>mina
>irene

>>44036641
It's called "moe".

>>44036737
>>charlotte

>>44036737
>charlotte
Crazy-fu be mad if we team either ourselves or her up with Tits.

>>44036737
>>charlotte
Can’t have Char and IRene in the same team. And Charlotte would be jealous if we went with IRene.

>>44036777
>>44036791
Although this may look like a 4x4 grid choice, there is actually no choice at all involved due to process of elimination. We can only choose Char because others will lead to undesirable consequences, and that leaves the other two to just pair up with each other.

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>>44036412
>Charlotte seems like the kind of crazy that would eat her own babies.
>Lord knows there are plenty of animals which already do that.
Nah, she'd never do that.
If Charlotte had babies, she'd shower them with love and affection and goof off with them and brutally murder the hell out of anyone who would dare to harm them.
see: the end of the previous chapter


>writing

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"I guess I'm with Charlotte again," I say.

Considering that Charlotte would probably be less than thrilled at the prospect of me going with Irene and I have no idea how she'd take having to be paired up with her instead.

"Kind of sucks that we have to split up right after joining up," Mina says, "but okay."
"Fine with me," Irene nods.
"It's a straight trail," Charlotte says, so just keep on going and call us if you find anything out of the ordinary."
"Gotcha," Mina nods.

And with that, we start down our respective sides of the fork. Me and Charlotte on one team, and Mina and Irene on the other... and just as they're out of sight, I realize that I just paired off Theresa's current and ex-girlfriends to do this together. I really hope things don't get too awkward for them...

...but then I realize that there's a decent chance that neither one even knows about the other's relationship with her. And somehow that makes me feel even MORE awkward about sticking them together.


>[1/?]

>>44037047
CC, look at it this way: she can give Irene tips on how to best get it on.

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>>44037047


"Don't worry about them," Charlotte says to me while looking straight ahead, "I have Rhaccy tailing them. If something happens, I'll know right away."
"Umm, okay," I nod.

That makes me feel a little bit better I guess.

"And assuming that -we're- the ones to find this 'Faceless' character," Charlotte takes my hand, "don't rush out and try to attack him yourself, okay? Your role in a fight is support and attacking from a distance."
"Yeah, I know..." I mumble.

C'mon, I'm not going to let the evil voice in my head take over this time.


>[2/?]

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>>44037112

Charlotte's sniffing at the air becomes more and more audible as we go, until she's craning her neck all over the place like one would expect from a dog... or I guess cat since this is Charlotte I'm talking about.

"Mina and your large-breasted houseguest are downwind," Charlotte says, "and I'm picking up a strong scent of whatever chemical that was coming from that same direction."
"Should we join up with them?" I ask, having no idea what else I can even do out here.
"No," she shakes her head, "That other trail is also getting stronger the further we go in this direction."

Just watch, we're going to end up walking in a huge circle and joining up with them anyways.


>[3/?]

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>>44037160
>[4/4]

"Aha..." a particularly evil grin spreads across Charlotte face. "...there we are..."
"You found something?" I ask.
"Oh yes," she says, smiling with her fangs in full view. "The larger source is still in that direction," she points over to where she said she others were, "but I'm getting a cl-"

The sky lights up like it was midday a splitsecond before a deafening roar practically knocks me over. With my hands over my ears, I drop to my knees just as we're both hit with a wave of heat that feels like it's going to cook us.

"The hell was that..."

With my ears still ringing, I pull myself back to my feet and crane my neck in the direction where that assault to my senses came from.

"Cecile!?" Charlotte shouts. "Cecile, are you okay!?"

I look to my side as a crouching Charlotte flails her hands all along the ground in search for me.

"Yeah," I say, kneeling down and placing a hand on her back. "My ears hurt like hell but that's about all."
"Th..." With her eyes tightly shut, Charlotte paws around until she reaches my hand. Clenching it tightly, she slowly rises to her feet. "Thank goodness..."


>my immediate concern is charlotte
>my immediate concern is mina and irene

>>44037242
>my immediate concern is mina and irene

>>44037242
>my immediate concern is mina and irene

>>44037242
>>my immediate concern is mina and irene
We can see Char is unhurt, but not the others.

>>44037242
>my immediate concern is mina and irene
Don't panic.
PANIC!

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>writing

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"Goddamned explosion..." Charlotte rubs her eyes. "Your eyes aren't hurt at all, Cecile?"
"No," I shake my head, "It was really bright but my eyes feel just-"

My entire body suddenly grows cold.

"Mina!" I gasp. "Oh shit, her and Irene were over by where that explosion was, weren't they!?"

I point in the direction of the newly-started inferno that resulted from that same explosion.

"Y..." Charlotte coughs, "yes, I think they were..."
"We need to go help them!" I shout.

My feet start moving before I consciously think to do so, and I find myself racing over to-

"Gwaah!?"

The sudden shock from Charlotte pulling me back nearly causes me to fall over.

"I had Rhaccy watching them, remember?" Charlotte asks. "He was high enough up not to get caught up in that explosion..." she pauses for a few seconds. "...and it looks like Irene's standing just outside the burning house."
"What about Mina!?"
"She's called up her armor and is... running INTO the fire!?"
"WHAT!?" I shriek.
"Irene's shouting at her to stop but she's just broken through the front door and is going inside..."


>I have to go and stop her!
>where the hell's the person who caused the explosion!?

>>44037391
>where the hell's the person who caused the explosion!?
>I have to go and stop her!

>>44037391
>>where the hell's the person who caused the explosion!?
The armor should protect Mina well enough. We have first-hand experience in leaving her to deal with stuff like that.

>>44037391
>I have to go and stop her!
Remember the last time we put something above Mina's safety?

>>44037391
>>where the hell's the person who caused the explosion!?
Mina's got armor but we're still squishy and easily burnable. Our priority should be to catch the arsonist instead.

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>writing

>>44037497
Post Suika more. I like Suika a lot more than I like Iori.

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I flash back to when I left Mina stuck in that block of ice. I lost my head and went killcrazy instead of trying to help my friend... but right now she's in a burning building and there's no way I can just run in there after her. I mean, she's got super strong armor covering her entire body while all I can do is lightshows...

"W..." I try to pull myself and think straight. "...we need to find the person that did this," I say, clenching my jaw so hard that my teeth start to hurt.

and kill him

"And kill him."


>[1/?]

>>44037513
I prefer Iori, though I'm not really a fan of either.

>>44037534
>and kill him
>"And kill him."
Two minds as one! United at last!

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>>44037534
REMOVE

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>>44037534
>[2/2]

Wait no. No killing. Mina isn't dead so I won't kill him. But if she -is- hurt then I'm just gonna let the evil voice in my head let loose wit all the horrible things it wants to do right now until I'm all out of juice.

But now I need to not lose my cool. Not yet.

"Charlotte," I say in a near-whisper, "do you still have the scent?"
"Eh!?" Charlotte flinches. "S- sorry, I'm just..." she turns away from the fire takes a deep breath. "The strong scent from before's been replaced with ash and smoke from the fire," she says, "but the other trail is-"

It's like her hair begins standing on end.

"I see you."


>have the charlotte go while I join up with the irene
>let us go together

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>>44037534
Fuck yes. REMOVE time.

Wait, is Over-chan leaking into our main personality?

Eh, I'm fine with that. New personality will be more fun anyway.

>>44037534
>and kill him
>"And kill him."
AND KILL HIM AGAIN!

>>44037572
>>let us go together

>>44037572
>let us go together
We gonna remove it like it's malware
We gonna remove it like it's kebab
We gonna remove it like it's /r/coontown
We gonna remove it like it's head lice
We gonna remove it like it's the opposite of catnip
Let's do this

>>44037572
>let us go together

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>writing

Wait, how can a turtle write things?

>>44037679
With a keyboard.

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>>44037679
When you're weeaboo enough, you no longer need dexterity to accomplish things, you can clumsily fail and reality rewrites itself to accomodate your intent.

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Without waiting for Charlotte to give any kind of signal, I break into a full sprint in the direction that she's staring at. Charlotte hurries right after me, catching up and then overtaking me in no time at all. At first it seems like we're just running towards nothing in particular...

...but then I see him.

A man, around Irene's height. He's wearing a baseball cap and a jacket and I can see the distinct outline of a large gut. As he sees the two of us charging towards him, his eyes grow wide as a deer that sees a predator barreling right at it. And when that initial shock of terror wears off, he tries to spin his fat ass around and run away.

But by that point, it too late. Charlotte's already airborne.


>[1/?]

>>44037703
Quickly, a vulcan neckpinch!

>>44037703

He lets out a piglike squeal as Charlotte's claws piece into his flabby back and send him falling facefirst into the ground.

"I've got you now," Charlotte growls, digging her knees into his back while holding him in place long enough for me to catch up with her.
"G- get off of me!" he shrieks. "This's assault!"

Charlotte ignores him entirely though, instead forcing both of the man's flabby arms behind his back before pulling him to his feet.

"I don't know what chemical it is," Charlotte says, "but you're hands are covered in it."
"I- I don't know what you're talking about!" he shrieks.
"You're not going to get out of this, Faceless," I say seconds before driving my fist into his stomach as hard as I can.

Sadly, he doesn't double over in pain like I was hoping. Stupid girl punches...

"What the hell is a 'Faceless!?'" the man cries out. "Let me go!"


>[2/?]

>>44037715
Nerd!

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>>44037772


Despite having been caught (figuratively) red-handed, this guy keeps on denying every single accusation that me and Charlotte throw at him. I even punch him a few more times (this time in the face where he doesn't have that protective layer of fat), but after a while physical abuse begins to lose its luster.

And just around the point where I'm considering switching to kicking him instead, my phone goes off.

"Cecile, are you two okay!?"

As Mina's voice echoes from the other side of the line, my legs turn to jelly and I fall to my knees.

"Oh thank God..." I choke out.
"I'm fine and Irene's fine and I was able to get into the house and get to the people who were sleeping before they all burned alive," Mina says. "What about you two?"
"We..." I try and pull myself together, "...we caught the guy who set the fire," I say. "Charlotte's holding him in place but all he's doing is crying."
"Fuckin' asshole..." Mina growls. "Tell me where you are and we'll be over to help ASAP."

Fortunately, there are some street signs nearby so I'm able to give her a definite location.


>[3/?]

>>44037843
CC really changed…

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>>44037843
>I even punch him a few more times (this time in the face where he doesn't have that protective layer of fat), but after a while physical abuse begins to lose its luster.

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>>44037242

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>>44037843
>Thinking that is actually him.

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Mina and Irene arrive a few minutes after I hang up, just around the time when it feels like my legs aren't quite about to fall off my body. The first thing Mina does upon rejoining us is give me a hug... and then she walks over to the guy who Charlotte's still got in a death grip and punches him in the face as hard as she can.

His feet actually lift up from off the ground for a second, too.

"You piece of shit," Mina growls as she holds him by the collar, "there were THREE in that house who would've died if I wasn't there to help!"

All he does is whimper in response.

"And THIS is the guy who you've been hunting for all day?" she says, glaring at him. "This fat fuck?"
"I'm also disappointed," Charlotte says, peeking her head from over his shoulder. "That the 'mysterious thief Faceless' would turn out to be... -this.-"
"Huh?"

Irene walks over to Charlotte and stares at our prisoner.

"What?" Charlotte snaps at her. "You don't need permission to hit him, I honestly don't care."
"Umm, that's not it," Irene replies.
"Then what do you want?" Charlotte asks.
"Well..." she takes a deep breath. "...I know this is the last thing you want to hear, but the man who you've caught there is -not- Faceless."


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Well I am going to go.

>>44037911
>"Well..." she takes a deep breath. "...I know this is the last thing you want to hear, but the man who you've caught there is -not- Faceless."
Don't worry, he is fat, it isn't like he doesn't deserve to be punched.

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>>44037911
Obvious revelation is obvious.

I’m not quite settled on whether I should be angry about how CC and the others acted. It was certainly an edge case for their personalities (and also stupid), but not quite out-of-character enough to really annoy me.

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>>44037940
Quick, get unreasonably offended and go off on a rant about something!

>>44037911


"Excuse me?" Charlotte says in a icy tone. "I can most definitely assure you that this is the man who set that fire."
"I'm not doubting you there," Irene sighs, "but he isn't Faceless. He isn't even a Branch holder."
"........."

With a grimace of absolute disgust on her face, Charlotte throws the man to the ground and brings out a handkerchief to wipe her hands off with.

"You mean that we went through all that trouble..." Charlotte clenches her fist.
"It wasn't for nothing if this is really the serial arsonist," Irene says. "I mean, three lives were saved just because you brought us out here."
"......he -did- do it, right?" Mina asks, probably filled with just as much guilt as I'm feeling right about now. "I really don't want to have assaulted an innocent man."
"Like I said," Charlotte heaves a heavy sigh. "the same chemical residue as what we found at that mansion fire is covering him like bad cologne."
"Just checking," Mina replies.


>[5/?]

>>44037391
>"Irene's shouting at her to stop but she's just broken through the front door and is going inside..."
>Gangbang-chan gets to be on the other side of people using their power to keep themselves safe in situations they normally wouldn't be and didn't bother to explain that she would be fine.

>>44037969
>like bad cologne
There’s your hint.

>>44037969
>"I really don't want to have assaulted an innocent man."
He i fat not innocent.

>>44037969
Huh, so he was fenced the stolen painting?
Or he's the guy who sold faceless the residue?

>>44037969

"........." Charlotte looks at the man who's huddled at her feet. "You," she taps him with her boot, causing him to whimper. "I have a few questions and then we're done. Understand?"
"Y... you're not gonna hit me any more?" he chokes out.
"Not if you cooperate."

Charlotte takes a deep breath and looks up at the sky.

"Are you Faceless?" she asks.
"No!" the man cries. "I don't even know who that is!"
"That covers my second question," Charlotte says, shaking her head. "I've got one left, understand?"
"Y... yes?"
"Did you start that fire over there?" she asks, pointing at the blaze.

Not that he can see it from his position on the ground in the fetal position.

"No, I didn't!" he squeals like a pig. "I was just minding my own business when you two nutjobs attacked me!"


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>>44038019
>he squeals like a pig
>like

>>44038052
Fun fact: When I haven't eaten in a while, my tummy rumblings make Oink sounds.
I find it cute.

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>>44038019
Hooray for the amazing human lie-detector!

>>44038059
I find it disgusting, you bean bag of a man.

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Whether he did it or not is irrelevant.
He's probably not gonna keep shtum about the team of elite psycho super dykes so lets just kill him and dump his fat corpse in a river.

>>44038059
Being a fatass is one of the seven super evil sins that gets you sent to hell.

>>44038074
Also my stomach tends to rumble when I eat onions, since they give me lots of gas. I find this amusing, and an added bonus, since I love the taste of onions.

Feel free to be disgusted. I am amused.

>>44038098
Fuck off to /d/.

>>44038095
I've hit Sloth, Pride, Wrath, Gluttony, and Lust. In that order.
I dunno how I'm gonna hit Envy tho. My life is fucking awesome and the thing I want most in life is to just continue living as I am now.

>>44038102
le epic board loyalty.

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>>44038019
>[7/7]


Looking even more exhausted than I am, Charlotte walks over to a nearby fence and leans against it.

"He's telling the truth about Faceless," she says.
"Told you," Irene replies.
"But he's lying about the arson."

I breathe a sign of relief over not having gone psycho on someone who didn't deserve it.

"Must've been a coincidence that he set fire to the same house that Faceless robbed..." Charlotte mutters under her breath.
"Apparently so," I nod.
"Er..." Irene flashes a pained smile. "I think I'll try and flag an officer over to take this guy in. Do you think you can keep him here until I get back?"
"Sure," Mina replies.


>I shall join you
>I'll stay here

>>44038128
>>I'll stay here

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>>44038128
>"But he's lying about the arson."
Sure he is.

>>44038128
Join Irene.
Ask her what Faceless looks like. Form a hologram of the image until we get something close.

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>>44038126
>Buttsex is worse than heresy.

>>44038152
The real punishment is that they shove you in the same region as the Jews.

>>44038128
>I shall join you

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>writing

"Mind if I come along?" I ask.
"Not at all," Irene shrugs.

Irene looks back at Charlotte, who simply rolls her eyes in turn.

"So it's just the two of us..."
"See you in a few," I say to Mina and Charlotte.
"See ya," Mina makes a lazy salute.

With that, we start towards the fire and the police sirens that are accompanying it.

Only to stop dead in our tracks as a Synapse blasts through our heads.

"The hell-"


>[1/?]

>>44038249
>Only to stop dead in our tracks as a Synapse blasts through our heads.
The only way it'd be simultaneous for us given our different ranges is if Theresa just existed right next to us.

>>44038249
>"The hell-"
Theresa?

>>44038272
Probably

>>44038249

All four of us freeze in place as we are met with a most bizarre sight. From the same fence that Charlotte was leaning against, a feathery tuft emerges... then a hat... and a head and everything that would logically follow such a thing. Once the figure fully emerges from the fence, it turns towards us and tips its hat at us.

"Bonsoir, mes belles," the figure says to us in a voice that is unmistakably male.

The first thing I notice about the figure once the initial shock of its arrival subsides is the bizarre mask that he's wearing. Extending down to his jaw, the white mask is devoid of anything of note... not even eyeholes. And underneath that mask is some sort of black fabric that looks to be covering the entirety of his head. As for the rest of him, he's wearing a gaudy white suit not unlike what Theresa wears as her "Oscar" getup, though his cape is of the more traditional type.

"I rushed here as soon as I could in hopes of clearing my good name," he says, "but it seems as if you've already caught this arsonist before I could. "Très bien!"


>[2/?]

>>44038368
>[3/3]


Charlotte lunges for him right away, but he slips back through the fence just before her hand would connect.

"Damn it..." Charlotte growls, while patting the fence as if that would help any.

And then we all get ANOTHER Synapse.

"Now now now," he says, reemerging from the fence well away from where Charlotte can reach, "I only came here to congratulate you on a good deed."


>hear him out
>it's crime fighting time

>>44038430
>>hear him out
And THEN strike.

>>44038430
>>Hear him out
But make it known why so many lesbians are all out and about.

>>44038430
>hear him out
Maybe he'll tell us something that leads to his capture

>>44038430
>hear him out
Yo, Feralwaifu, calm down pls

>>44038430
Fine… (Let’s hope Theresa mysteriously appears and stuns him)

>>44038430
>hear him out
FINE!

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>writing

"Let's hear him out for now," I say to Charlotte.
"Kh-" Charlotte grits her teeth. "Fine... for now."
"How kind of you mademoiselle!" he bows his head and laughs. "Now I'm regretting not having brought flowers with me..."

remove it

"Ah, I've yet to introduce myself!" he waves his finger as if he's chastising himself. "I am the legendary phantom thief, Faceless!" he says, flipping his came in a most dramatic fashion. "Because, you know..." he points to his mask.
"Yeah, I figured as much," I groan. "Now why'd you come here?"
"As I said before, I was here to try and capture that fool right there," he points at the ground, "who was so brazen as to start a fire in the home of one of my targets and thus cause -me- to become suspected of such a brazen act."

There goes any doubt that he's the one who Theresa saw the other day.

"But you seem to have gotten to him before me..." he glances at Charlotte and then at Mina. "Diable...?" he snaps his finger. "Ah, le coeur cuirasée! How unexpected!"


>[1/?]

>>44038619
>"Whatever you have said, you has the wrong idea!"

>>44038619
I'm assuming that we now know that the branches have different names in different languages since he pretty gave a rough translation of Mina's branch name to french (although it's something to the the effect of "The Devil whose heart is armored").

I don't think this helps us much.

>>44038619

"Le soleil as well..." he points at me, "Such a rare assortment of beauties, both in appearance and beauty!" he laughs. "No wonder you were able to capture this knave with such little trouble."
"That flattery isn't going to get you anywhere," Irene growls.
"Now now..." even underneath that mask, I can tell he's grinning from ear to ear. "One so beautiful oughtn't be so stern."

Finally, he turns to Irene.

"Perhaps you... eh?"

His mask betrays no emotion, but IRene looks absolutely horrified.

"Oh my God..." she growls while clenching her fist. "You're-"
"Hmph, today really -is- filled with surprises," Faceless chuckles to himself.
"What's wrong?" I ask, turning to her.
"You ate him, didn't you."

Huh? Ate?


>[2/3]

>>44038740
U wot?

>>44038776
Overgrowth?

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>[3/3]

"You needn't put it in such vulgar a way," Faceless replies, wagging his finger at Irene. "The original owner of this body would rather use his talents to peek on ladies as they bathed so I simply -stole- it from him," he shrugs.
"Wait," Mina begins to back away from him, "stole like how a ghost would steal a body?"
"No," Irene says while not moving her gaze away from the masked man, "'Ate' as in he devoured the soul of the original owner of that body and claimed it as his own."

so this is a vine that has supplanted its weed

unimpressive

"Now now," he throws his hands into the air, "let's not go around judging others, my fellow vine" he laughs. "After all, it's more than clear that my actions weren't any different from your own."

And that's where we'll leave off for this thread. Though I hit some bumpy parts here and there, I hope that it was enjoyable for you guys.

The next thread will likely be on Wednesday.


and now questions

>>44038814
Thanks for running arch

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>>44038801
>"Now now," he throws his hands into the air, "let's not go around judging others, my fellow vine" he laughs. "After all, it's more than clear that my actions weren't any different from your own."

>>44038801
Dun dun DUN!

>>44038814
So Irene is perhaps a vine who overcame the original, which explains why she could tell CC's branch on sight.

However we just saw that you hear the branch names in native tongue (Danish in Irene's case). Did she just learn the exact translations by memory or is something else going on there?

>>44038838
Which explains why her sister hates her guts!

>>44038814
Thanks for running man. That's one hell of a cliffhanger you leave us on.

>>44038801
The thick plottens!

>>44038814
Well so that's why Irene calls herself a monster. Right?

>>44038908
Because she literally is one.

>>44038814
I’ve been thinking about why hitting that rotund guy annoyed me despite it being in the realm of believable actions for these characters. In the future you may want to avoid some of these aspects (or not).

1) It was the first in-control violent action that was not direct retaliation.
2) It was an obvious twist.
3) It was obvious at the start of a particularly long update, which may lead to feelings of railroading.

>>44038838
>So Irene is perhaps a vine who overcame the original, which explains why she could tell CC's branch on sight.
>However we just saw that you hear the branch names in native tongue (Danish in Irene's case). Did she just learn the exact translations by memory or is something else going on there?
There's a bit of that concept of "speak a language long enough and oyu'll begin to think in it" when it comes to Irene.
but for Faceless, he's just being a jackass. His mother tongue is English.

>>44038857
>Which explains why her sister hates her guts!
Yup!

>>44038908
>Well so that's why Irene calls herself a monster. Right?
Not quite, Anon. Irene calls herself an ABOMINATION.
but yeah, her status as a former disembodied voice is what caused that.

>>44038972
>I’ve been thinking about why hitting that rotund guy annoyed me despite it being in the realm of believable actions for these characters. In the future you may want to avoid some of these aspects (or not).
Stuff to consider.


And now it is long past time for me to not be awake. Thanks for playing!

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https://studioarchelon.wordpress.com/

So Irene was truly worst girl all along.

Why did we pair her with Theresa, that's awful!

>>44039821
No bully Gangbang-chan.

>>44039889
But she bullied an innocent girl into depression, killed her and stole her body.

>>44039983
We don't know that, but it isn't unlikely.

Katrine did nothing wrong

>>44039983
>innocent
>depression
>killed her
>stole
Citation needed.

>>44042146
You know how Dendrite's work, Anon.

>>44044316
Maybe Irene 1.0 was a right cunt and Irene 2.0 totally did the world a favor, you don't know.

Or, now here's a thought, you know how Irene and her "sister" don't get along, and her they apparently look a LOT alike to the point that one villain who's name I can't remember continued mistaking Irene for her even when corrected? Maybe her "sister" is the original and Irene just used the fact that her power can create clones and took the power and all the clones and fucked off.

>>44044428
Either that, or they were identical twins

>>44044428
>Irene 1.0 was a right cunt and Irene 2.0 totally did the world a favor
1.0 would have to be really irredeemably terrible in order to justify that.

>Maybe her "sister" is the original
Don't they have different super powers? I could be wrong.

>>44044899
I'm pretty sure Arch shut me down when I suggested that Irene is just one of Katrine's clones many many threads ago.

I just noticed, Theresa wants to be a gentleman thief, while her inner voice is lewd and just wants to look at cute girls.

Faceless used to be a dude who just wanted to look at cute girls, but his inner voice wanted to be a gentleman thief.

>>44045720
We can ruminate on the duality of man after we REMOVE THIS FUCK FACE

>>44045741
He hasn't done anything to warrant death.

>>44046342
He's a thief that killed a kid for being a minor perve.

>>44044316
>Innocent.
As far as we know the original could really evil or not.
>depression
Meant to say bullied. You can get depressed without head voices.
>killed her
Someone else could have done the killing and Gangbang-chan just took the wheel after the original was gone.
>stole
Could have been given it. Fairly similar concept to why I am an organ donor but more fiction.

>>44046445
>He's a thief
This is forgivable though.

>>44045720
>Theresa wants to be a gentleman thief,
>his inner voice wanted to be a gentleman thief.

Not the same thing.