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Far off, nestled in an otherwise small Japanese town lies the Dark Gate Academy. An institution of tremendous size, the Academy holds a long kept secret. Unknown to the outside world, this unseemly town is home to a tear in our reality. A gate between our world and a bizarre dimension known as the Darkworld. The inhabitants of this hellish world breach this gate and attempt to flood into our reality and spread throughout the world on a regular basis. However, the Dark Gate Academy is home to students of truly extraordinary abilities. The ability to sense the presence of these evil Darkword creatures, and defeat them in combat, sending them back through the gate.

They cannot close the rift between our world and the Darkworld, but the students and staff of Dark Gate Academy have dedicated their lives to using their amazing powers to hold back the darkness that plagues our world, even if it costs them their lives. They have risen up to the challenge and in secret have become great heroic defenders of the world as we know it.

You... are not one of them. You are a transfer student. There was a bit of a mix-up.

>Previously on Dark Gate Academy...
Rini battled with her inability to trust others, and she and Kosuke were brought closer together.
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"What are you going to do, Ryoji?"

That's the question asked of you as you find yourself in a very familiar position. Training in the early morning with Rei has seen her kick the crap out of you in the name of improving your combat skills. And it always end the same way, with you flat on your back, Rei sitting on your chest, with your arms pinned to the ground. And every single time she has you in this position, she feels it's her need to taunt you.

"Don't worry Rei, this time I'm breaking out," you reply with a smirk.

"I don't know Ryoji..." Rei replies, clamping down her grip on your wrists, "It seems to me that you're starting to get lazy, de-motivated... dare I say it..."

"Say what?"

Rei smiles. "...Content. I'm thinking you're starting to enjoy me having you down like this."

What a ridiculous idea. You're not some kind of pervert... okay, you are, but you're actually taking this whole training thing seriously. It's not just some excuse to get closer to a cute girl. A cute girl who kissed you... and almost definitely thinks you're cute too. And sure, the position you're in right now may have her straddling you, her warm breath hitting your face, and sure, she may not be pinning your arms down anymore, instead interlocking her fingers with yours, and she may be leaning in her face closer and closer until...

"You know, Akira told me she'd be late to this session..." she mutters, her mouth inches away from yours.

Could she honestly be suggesting...

"So... What are you going to do, Ryoji?"

Holy crap, she is. Well, you aren't the kinda guy who lets this kind of opportunity go to waste. You shift your head, leaning just a little closer, until...

"Hi guys!"

A shocked Rei leaps off you and back onto her feet. Red in the face, you turn your head to see Saki approaching and waving in a pair of shorts, with Akira following close behind.

>Hey Saki... why are you here?
>We were a little busy, Sak...
>DAMMIT!
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>We were a little busy, Sak...
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>>128155
>>Hey Saki... why are you here?
Oh boy...it begins.
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>>128155
>>DAMMIT!
Based Saki and Akira finally teaming up!
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>>128155
>>DAMMIT!

"Fuckity- fuck, shit-fuck. Shit. Fuck."
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>DAMMIT!
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>>128155
>>Hey Saki... why are you here?
Slowly come to your senses and realise what you were going to do was very silly thanks to seeing Saki.

Don't fuck up something good again, man, Wrestlequest was bad enough, lets just stay on track this time.
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>>128155
>DAMMIT!
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>>128155
>>Hey Saki... why are you here?
And the waifufaggotry begins.
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>>128155
>>128231
Switching to
>Hey Saki... why are you here?
I misinterpreted that dammit
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>>128155
>>DAMMIT!
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>>128155
>>We were a little busy, Sak...
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>>128155
>Hey saki... why are you here?
Woke up just in time
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>Hey Saki... why are you here?

Why IS she here? She's never been interested in these training sessions before, why the sudden change? And why did she have to arrive now, of all times? Is Saki even real? Perhaps she's just a figment of your imagination, a spirit that only exists to ruin everything good in your life.

"I hope you guys don't mind me coming along for this training session," Saki smiles. "Akira said it was fine, so..."

"No, it's fine!" Rei nervously laughs, scratching the back of her head. "The more the merrier! Let's just... uhh... start running!"

Rei begins sprinting across the track, leaving the rest of you in their dust.

"She seems annoyed..." Saki mutters, "Did I interrupt something?"

You can't answer. You know if you opened your mouth to speak, all that would come out were screams of rage.

"O...k..." Saki nervously laughs before beginning to jog behind Rei.

As you watch Saki run off, Akira approaches you from behind. "I saw that earlier. Don't even think of doing it again."

>Is that why you brought Saki along?
>Why do you hate me, Akira?
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>>128331
>>Why do you hate me, Akira?
We need just one good thing in our life dammit
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>>128331
>Why do you hate me, Akira?
Fug
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>>128331
>>Is that why you brought Saki along?
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>>128331
>>Is that why you brought Saki along?
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>>128331
>Is that why you brought Saki along?
Woof Woof
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>>128331
>>Is that why you brought Saki along?

"Because as hot as Rei is, I'd rather it was Saki doing it."
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>>128331
>Is that why you brought Saki along?
Waifu wars have no breaks here!
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>>128331
>>Is that why you brought Saki along?
also appreciating thread because The Guardian
Mazinger/10
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Saki a shit!
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>>128360
DAMN STRAIGHT
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>Is that why you brought Saki along?
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>>128331
>Keep watching, sister.

And flick our fucking collar up, like the cool kid that we are.
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>>128380
Agreed bruh.
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>>128390

Seriously, do you see that pic anon? Yes. All of my yes.
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>>128404
>Implying we Yu Swagkami
Come on man.
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>>128433
Liek bro like you dont even know bro like forreal bro.
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Well, I'm a bit late, but it's done guys
http://pastebin.com/QKgnYhdS
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>Is that why you brought Saki along?

Akira stares you right in the eye, expressionless. "I have no idea what you mean. Saki wanted to come along."

You squint your eyes. She's not showing it, but you know Akira's reeking of smug. She pulls out a chocolate bar and starts munching on it, as Saki and Rei round the corner and finish their first lap. The two girls are running side-by-side, keeping at an even pace.

"You should get going," Akira mutters, looking at you. "You're going to fall behind."

"You're real sneaky, Akira. I'm not forgiving you for this anytime soon."

After a good session of being lapped several times by both Saki and Rei, the school bell can be heard ringing in the distance as both girls hit the finish line simultaneously.

"Time for class!" Saki exclaims with excitement. "But I have to say, this little running exercise was great! It doesn't require any physical contact with another person, and it's a whole bunch of fun! Way more fun than fraternising on school property!"

"You could be a little more subtle about it..." you mutter, placing your hands into your jacket pocket, as you begin to walk back to the school's main building.

"Subtle about what?" Saki replies, cheerfully smiling as she walks by your side. "I was just-"

"I know what you were doing," you fire back. "Just what is your problem with me and Rei, anyway?"

Saki laughs. "Ryoji, don't be so self-centered! This isn't about you, this is all a matter of obeying the school rules! Students shouldn't be making out and straddling each-other like animals on campus grounds!"

>And when have your rules ever stopped me, Saki?
>You didn't seem to have a problem when Kosuke and Rini were doing it.
>Honestly, it just sounds like you're jealous.
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>>128470
It was everything I dreamed of. Bless you American.

>>128484
>>You didn't seem to have a problem when Kosuke and Rini were doing it.
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>>128484
>You didn't seem to have a problem when Kosuke and Rini were doing it.
Just saying...
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>>128484
>>You didn't seem to have a problem when Kosuke and Rini were doing it.
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>>128484
>You didn't seem to have a problem when Kosuke and Rini were doing it.
Saki a shit!
A SHIT!
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>>128484
>You didn't seem to have a problem when Kosuke and Rini were doing it.
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>>128484
>You didn't seem to have a problem when Kosuke and Rini were doing it.
>Honestly, it just sounds like you're jealous.
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>>128484
>>You didn't seem to have a problem when Kosuke and Rini were doing it
Saki is a cute jealous girl and the best choice for Ryoji specifically, Waifufags need to get the heck out or stop mixing their shipping with their waifuing
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>>128498
I aim to please
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>>128525

Eh, I can see both Rei and Saki, though I'll admit Saki's probably a more 'obvious' match. What with being the inly girl who doesn't already have a pairing built-in for her. Hell, it's almost like Booker was trying to guide us to the Saki/Ryoji ship.
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>>128470
Good job senpai would fap again.
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>>128575
If he has been teasing us like this only to lock us with saki then i hope a lot of people die in the dark world
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>>128575
The way I see it, Saki is the 'easy' route. Just about every other girl is the hard mode.
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>>128575
Can't really say rei has a pair either, aside from rei x akira which will only exist in smut made by anons.
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>>128584

I doubt he'll "Lock" us with her, but, as

>>128589

Said, Saki really is 'Easy' mode, and while I'm not gonna fight the group, I feel like we could'a tried a bit harder to actually give the other girls a chance before we all got on the OTT train.
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>You didn't seem to have a problem when Kosuke and Rini were doing it.

"Well, I..." Saki blushes, hesitating to come up with an answer. "That was a different situation! They just had an experience in the Darkworld, it was special circumstances! In fact, I'll be issuing the two of them a written warning for their inappropriate behaviour in class!"

"Yeah, sure..." you roll your eyes.

"Besides..." Saki continues, "Those two were cute."

You laugh. "Me and Rei aren't cute, I take it?"

"Ryoji, nothing you do can be considered cute," Saki replies.

"Hey guys, what are you talking about?" Rei asks with a wide grin, catching up to the two of you. "I decided to go for another lap, because..." she stares right at Saki with a smirk, "I'm determined."

Oh boy. Why do you get the feeling you're now a part of something you really don't want to be a part of?

Next thing you know, Rei is taking your right hand and interlocking your fingers together. Saki spots this, turns red, and marches ahead of you, rushing towards the school.

Rei gives a small laugh. "Oh, this is fun. I don't get it though, what's her problem?"

>Saki's weird. I couldn't begin to understand her.
>She has some kind of vendetta against me, and she's determined to ruin everything in my life.
>I think she might have a crush on me. It's understandable, I am irresistible to women.
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>>128663
>>She has some kind of vendetta against me, and she's determined to ruin everything in my life.
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>>128663
>think she might have a crush on me. It's understandable, I am irresistible to women.
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>>128663
>Saki's weird. I couldn't begin to understand her.
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>>128663
>>She has some kind of vendetta against me, and she's determined to ruin everything in my life.

"Then again, you never know-

I think she might have a crush on me. It's understandable, I -am- irresistible to women, wouldn't you say?"
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>>128663
>I think she might have a crush on me. It's understandable, I am irresistible to women.

I'm guessing this is supposed to be a lighthearted joke.
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Just got here, and I am immediately salty that there wasn't any player choice on whether or not Ryoji was going to kiss Rei in the first post.

>>128663
>I think she might have a crush on me. It's understandable, I am irresistible to women.
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>mfw finally participating in a thread after missing the last three

On that note, let's play ignorant.

>She has some kind of vendetta against me, and she's determined to ruin everything in my life.
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>>128663
>>128663
>>I think she might have a crush on me. It's understandable, I am irresistible to women.
"Either way, I feel like I'm in a bad action harem anime."
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>>128663
>She has some kind of vendetta against me, and she's determined to ruin everything in my life.
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>>128696
Maybe he was going to headbutt her to break free again? The world is full of mystery.
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>>128663
>She has some kind of vendetta against me, and she's determined to ruin everything in my life.
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>>128575
>>128584
>>128589

Nothing has been locked in with this Quest. Player choice and character development leaned towards a Ryoji/Saki pairing, and the writing's reflecting that.

Fun fact: In the very early planning stages, the role of Ryoji's foil that would eventually be filled by Saki was a guy. His art and some character traits was re-used to make Ken.
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>>128663
>I think she might have a crush on me. It's understandable, I am irresistible to women.
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>>128721
Makes sense, we should probably stop hugging saki so much
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>>128663
>>I think she might have a crush on me. It's understandable, I am irresistible to women.
Definitely not flirting, I swear.
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>>128721

Good to know, 'pologies if I came off as insulting your writing Booker, it just felt like, as we met her before any other potential Waifu, people just followed the 'First Girl Wins' rule.
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>>128721
Oh I wasn't speaking like this is a route lock or anything. I'm just saying it's a noticeable thing about Saki when you look at other settings with multiple girls to go after.
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Running to the shops, so there'll be a bit of a delay on the next update.
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>>128721
It's not locked by you, it's the anons that have locked to that one. I mean I'm a Reifag but even I know that Rei is totally not winning and if we fool around with Rei it's all gonna tumble down into hurting both girls just like good ole rassle quest, the option at this point is either Saki or asshat.
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People mentioned yesterday that they wanted a saki and akira team up with the goal of stopping Ryoji and Rei from kissing, guess that's why ep 10 started like this, booker delivered.
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>>128793
Anon you have to believe in Rei
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>>128797
Reminder that if anything goes wrong, always blame anons, dice or both.
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>>128804
I believe in Rei, is the anons that I dont believe in. First waifu syndrome is stronk in them, we have the low ground and we shouldnt try this.

But even so, I can't help to try and jump, even if it's just a desperate attempt born of hatred because they stole her from me. I'm a man, made of flesh and bone, and I cannot resist the siren call, anon.
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>>128814

Pretty much, Ryoji and Rei honestly seem to just have better chemistry to me, but Anons don't seem to comprehend anything but "Saki! Love! Now!"
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>>128793
>it's all gonna tumble down into hurting both girls just like good ole rassle quest
I hope that doesn't happen. I was so enthusiastic when Wrestlequest started. But then reality hit me with an RKO outta nowhere.

When I saw the name Wrestlequest, I thought 'oh hey this'll be fun, wacky lighthearted wrestling adventure!' and then relationship drama happened and everybody was a shitty person.
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>>128821
I mean that's how things go in quests. I feel like the battered wife that keeps coming home hoping to find love only to receive a beating.

>>128826
It wont, probably. Unless Sakifags are haremshit tier and dumb enough to repeat the mistake. Although to be fair it happened because the waifu-team wasnt assembled and that's why butthurt felt like a right feeling.
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>>128826

If nothing else, once we worked past the relationship Drama in Wrestlequest, the single life of The Ace had an honestly great ending.
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>>128859
>I-it's okay, I can still m-minmax and have friendships ;_;
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>>128814
We'll take the jump together Anon ;_;
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>>128840
>I feel like the battered wife that keeps coming home hoping to find love only to receive a beating.
In what way are you like a battered wife, anon? Since my waifu is winning, does that make me the abusive husband? And if so, where the fuck are my pork chop sandwiches?
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>>128878
E-even if we fail we will die trying ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ
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>>128887
And you'll die like the dogs you are.
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>>128886
The fact that I try to excuse every shit decision you take. BUMROASTED

>>128897
I'm not a dog, I'm a person.
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I'm rooting Rei but I can't complain if we get Saki instead, either. Saki has kind of like a grade school style crush on the MC and its difficult not to find a little cute.
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>>128887
We may die Anon, but when they talk of us, they can never say we didn't try our damn best
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>>128814
>Implying the people who ship Ryoji and Saki are doing it because of waifuing

if you are seriously shipping the MC with your waifu you need to reconsider your life and come to the understanding that is pants-on-head retarded
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>I think she might have a crush on me. It's understandable, I am irresistible to women.

Rei laughs. "And you're so humble, too!"

She places her free hand on your right arm, and rests her head against your shoulder. "You know, we realy should pick up where we left off..."

Akira clears her throat behind the two of you. "Let's just get to class," she gumbles, as she edges her way between the two of you, breaking up the handholding.

As you arrive in class, Rei smiles at you. "Looks like there's more than one person who doesn't approve of us having some fun. Makes it all the more exciting. Still... Saki's a nice girl, kinda. I hope she doesn't have a crush on you, because I'm having a lot of fun rubbing this in her face, but I don't want to actually hurt her feelings."

Rei looks towards Saki, who is staring at the two of you. She smirks, gives you a kiss on the cheek, and moves to her chair.

You sit in the back of the classroom, where Kosuke smiles as he sees you. "What was that about? Are you and rei..."

>I guess, yeah.
>I don't even know.
>We're trying, but we're having some trouble.
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>>128919
>I don't even know.
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>>128919
>>I don't even know.

"It was nice, though. Maybe you shoukd try too? I'm not gonan say no to a pretty girl kissing my cheek, even if she is a bit rules-crazy."
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>>128919
>I don't even know
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>>128919
>>I don't even know.
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>>128919
>I don't even know.
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>>128919
>I don't even know.
>Maybe?...
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>>128919
>>I don't even know.
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>>128919
>I don't even know.
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>>128934
We're talking to Kosuke there, pal. Rini would probably react poorly to us flirting with him.
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>>128919
no 'no' option

That's some railroading right there, family

Still, next best thing
>I don't even know.
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>>128953

You mean we don't want Brosuke to kiss us?
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>>128919
>I don't even know.
"I mean, I think I know, but I actually don't know. Ya know?"
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>>129009

Switching mine to this, still think we should kiss Brosuke for maximum confusion though.
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>>128959
Write ins are a thing, they just don't come up very often since Book generally has pretty good choices.
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>I don't even know.

You enjoy hanging out with Rei. She's a nice, pretty girl... but damn if this isn't starting to get real complicated and real annoying. The fact that she seems to get a kick out of flirting with you at the worst times are enough, but when you add both Saki and Akira breathing down your necks at all times, it leads to one giant pain in your ass. And knowing your luck, it'll probably only manage to get messier as time goes on.

"If you ask me, I wouldn't bother jumping in to anything too quickly," Kosuke replies.

You laugh. "This is coming from the guy who waited how long before kissing the girl he knew since grade school?"

Kosuke shrugs. "We're together now, aren't we? And we couldn't be happier."

Kosuke and Rini smile at each-other and high-five one another over your head. "Yeah, well it's been a day," you fire back, "Don't start gloating just yet."

You glance over towards Rei, then to Saki, then back to Rei, then to Akira, then to Saki again. You also glance at Sayeka, but that's only because bent over to grab a pencil. You sigh. You remember a time when you would think your life was like a terrible harem anime, but then you could just shut it down as being a delusion brought on by your ego. Now those delusions are starting to feel uncomfortably real, and you don't like it nearly as much as you did in your fantasies.

You get so caught up in thought that you zone out through the class... not that you would have listened anyway. As first break begins, Rei approaches your desk. "So Ryoji, I thought the two of us could get another training in during break!"

Hearing this, Saki charges towards your desk and slams a pair of books on it, hard. "And I thought we could all take a trip to the library, see if we can find anything else on the Darkworld. Pretty important stuff, you know?"

"And training isn't important?" Rei snaps.

Dammit, this was not the situation you expected to be in when you woke up this morning.

>I'll go training.
>I'll go to the library.
>Screw this. Escape to the roof.
>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.
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>>129087
>>>I'll go training.
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>>129087
>>I'll go training.
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>>129087
>I'll go to the library
We need to read that book
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>>129087
>>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.
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>>129087
>>I'll go to the library.
Got to beat the darkworlder in her own game.
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>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.

Fishing with Justice Bro!

>Captcha is water
It's a sign!
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>>129087
>>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.
BROMEN RIDER
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>>129087
>I'll go to the library.
Interesting to see that Bro-men Rider and presumably Isamu(How do we not have a nickname for him) are options here. And as much as I wanna play matchmaker for Isamu and Akemi, Sak Time takes priority.

Well, Sak Time or Holes Reading Time. Both are about equal I think.
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>>129087
>>I'll go training.
Wait, I thought we had to go see the principle? well either way, if we skip out, Rei is just gonna make it worse on us later.
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>>129087
>>I'll go to the library.
Gotta get ready to save everybody's ass next time we go to the Darkworld. And making an attempt at picking Saki.
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>>129087
>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.
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>>129123
Everything has an even amount of votes right now, well damn.
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>>129087
>I'll go training.
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>>129087
>>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.
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>>129087
>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.
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>>129087
>>I'll go training.
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>>129087
>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.
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>>129087
>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.
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>>129087
>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.
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Wow, the Bromen Rider support is out in force today. I'm okay with Justice Fishing instead of Sak Time.

Speaking of Sak, we're meeting her gramps today, right? I wonder what he's like.
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>>129087
>>Screw this. Escape to the roof.

And produce the mystic pack of smokes we've managed to snag from somewhere, have a smoke, whichever girl follows gets one.
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>>129210
And all along ryoji did have a power: creating smokes whenever he pleased.
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>>129228

It was the only one he needed.
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>>129228
>>129231
Smoke powers would be cool though.
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>>129087
>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.

>>129210
Tempting to go with that just to see if true, he's had a couple of days after all.

capcha is boats, can't argue with that, although we need a bigger pond
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>Screw this. Escape to the pond by the dorms.

"If you two will excuse me for a second," you answer, rising from your chair, "I'm just going to step outside for a bit. I'll be right back."

As soon as you step out into the hall, you break into a sprint, running as far away as you possibly can. You aren't going to deal with this nonsense, not now. You run off back to the school dormitory, wondering if you can just go back to bed, have a nap until it comes time to fight the Darkworld tonight. Then, you remember the place behind the dorm, a place where you can relax all by yourself.

You make your way through a clearing of trees and find yourself by a small fishing pond. Oddly enough, you aren't alone.

"Oh, hey Ryoji," Ken says, lying on the grass with his head behind his hand. "What brings you here?"

You shake your head. "Rei... and then Saki... plus Akira..."

Ken laughs. "Girl problems, huh?"

"I don't know if it's girl problems, or girls having a problem with me," you reply, sitting down by the pond. Damn, you wish you had your smokes with you. You could really use them right now.

Ken sits up. "Well, I've got something that will take your mind off it," he replies, "The weekend is safe from the Darkworld, right? So I was planning on organising a little camping trip for tomorrow."

You raise an eyebrow. "Camping trip? I don't think we can stray too far from the school."

Ken shrugs. "Yeah, by camping trip, I do kinda mean camping out in a field in the town, but still..."

>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
>Do we even know if tomorrow will be a safe day, after what happened yesterday?
>What's the point in a camping trip, if there's no actual trip involved?
>Camping? No thanks.
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>>129267
>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
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>>129267
>>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
Yes. All of my yes!
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>>129267
>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
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>>129267
>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
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>>129267
>>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
And then Ken tries to put the moves on us.
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>>129267
>>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
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>>129267
>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
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>>129267
>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
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>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
BUT
>Do we even know if tomorrow will be a safe day, after what happened yesterday?
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>>129267
>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
>But do we even know if tomorrow will be a safe day, after what happened yesterday?
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>>129267
>>Sounds awesome, sign me up.

"Safe day or not, I need to get off campus premises before I go crazy."
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>>129267
>Sounds awesome, sign me up.
And hey, if we're off campus and near town we can go get smokes.
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>Sounds awesome, sign me up.

"Good to know," Ken replies, "I was worried you might not be the outdoors-y type. I mean, you only came here to avoid people."

"Hey, as long as it gets me off-campus for a while," you explain, "I really hate this school."

Ken laughs. "Oh come on, it's not all bad! I'm sure you've enjoyed ogling all the pretty girls!"

"Yeah, and that's starting to land me in a real mess..." you mutter.

"Don't worry about it, just focus on how awesome this camping trip will be. Now, I only have one tent. There's enough room for the two of us, but everyone else will have to share."

"Everyone else?" you asks. "How many other people are going?"

Ken pauses. "Well... I was planning on inviting everyone in class. I figured it would be a great stress reliever for everyone. The class have been a little on edge lately with the Darkworld acting so weird... well, weirder than usual. Arriving during the day, on day's its supposed to be safe, and it's started to look different. The Darkworld's been known to take some odd shapes, but never did it form itself to look just like the school, or the town."

"You think it might have something to do with Alice?" you ask.

"Maybe..." Ken places a finger to his chin. "If your theory is right, and she was a student at this school, do you think she's forming the Darkworld around her old memories?"

"You think she can do that?" you wonder. "The Darkworld was around before Alice went missing from the school. Why would she be able to control it? And why now, when she went missing six decades ago?"

Ken shakes his head. "I don't know, Ryoji. Another thing I've been wondering... when we do finally catch this Alice... what are we going to do with her?"

>We're going to capture her.
>We're going to study her.
>We're going to kill it.
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>>129376
>>We're going to capture her.
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>>129267
>Sounds awesome, sign me up
Sounds like a good way to end up in the dark world unexpectedly, but plot doesn't unfold itself
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>>129376
>>We're going to capture her.

There's a chance she's like us, a former human, we can't just kill that. Plus, she's White-Hair!Anon's Waifu.
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>>129376
>We're going to capture her.
>We're going to study her.
Seems like one leads to the other on this one. I mean, can anybody honestly see the nurse NOT wanting to study Alice once we've got her captured?
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>>129376
>I'm gonna try and bang it. I'm gonna bang the darkworlder. For science. No drama with monster girls.
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>We're going to capture her.

If she was human we need to find out how human she is now.
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>>129376
>We're going to study her.
Kill is out of the question, considering the chance of Alice's condition being related to Ryoji's condition is a sucker's bet. Capture likewise would also lead to bad things down the line. Study is the safest option.
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>>129376
>We're going to capture her.
>We're going to study her.
There are still so many questions left unanswered...
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>>129376
>We're going to capture her.
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>>129376
>>We're going to capture her.
>>We're going to study her.
She's bound to have info and shit on the darkworld. The first one will lead into the second one eventually.
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>>129376
>We're going to capture her.
>We're going to study her.
>We're going to sex her.
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>>129396

Shine on, you crazy diamond.
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>>129376
>we're going to study her
Killing her won't stop anything probably if the darkworld was still around before she vanished.
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>We're going to capture her.
>We're going to study her.

"And then what?" Ken asks. "After we learn what we can from her, what do we do? Are we supposed to just... let her go? Send her back to where she came from?"

You pause. "I guess... I guess that all depends on what we learn from her, doesn't it?"

"I just..." Ken mutters, "I can't help but think that she might not be the enemy."

"Ken, she's tried to kill us a few times now."

"Yeah," Ken replies, "But that was after we came towards her with a bunch of weapons. Alice seems a little loony, but I think she could suss out what our intentions were. What if she was just trying to defend herself? What if she's just scared and as confused as we are?"

Ken nervously pulls small strands of grass out of the ground, one by one. "I'm just worried we might be going after the wrong target, you know? We know so little about the Darkworld... I want to dispense justice, but to who? I want to know for sure before I make any big decisions..."

Ken turns to you. "I don't know, maybe I'm just being stupid. What do you think?"

>You're right, Ken. It is a possibility.
>She may not be the right target, but trust me Ken, Alice is evil.
>I just don't know.
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>>129474
>You're right, Ken. It is a possibility.
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>>129474
>You're right, Ken. It is a possibility.
Smart dude. Didn't expect a voice of reason in this school.
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>>129474
>You're right, Ken. It is a possibility.
>I just don't know.
And that's the truth. We just don't have any answers right now.
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>>129474
Bromen-Rider's sense of justice is tingling, Alice is potentially in need of justice, not to fall at its hands.
>>You're right, Ken. It is a possibility.
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>>129474
>>I just don't know.
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>>129474
>You're right, Ken. It is a possibility.
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>>129474
>>I just don't know.
"Morality and shit is something few have gone into and fewer have tried to pull off. It's possible she's defending herself, but like you said, we know nothing about the Darkworld and Alice a chance to know about it. So if it's a chance, we got to take it."
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>>129474
>You're right, Ken. It is a possibility.
She actually helped me survive with her crazy poem
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>>129474
>You're right, Ken. It is a possibility.
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>>129474
>>You're right, Ken. It is a possibility.
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We are slowly working our way towards Rei and Akira end. Akira is gunning for Rei and nobody is gunning for Saki. With us constantly out of the picture the odds of Rei and Akira getting together are pretty damn high. Among for the love of god do not go out with a whimper and just accept saki. Fight for the Rei butt, don't do that passive shit we do EVERY SINGLE QUEST whenever we see a character who likes a character. Rei for life
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>>129566
Preach it
Rei a cute
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>>129566
>waifufags
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>>129566
Anon, I don''t know how to tell you this but...

Rei a shit, Saki for life.
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>>129566
I have no idea what you just tried to say.
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>>129596
This nigga gets it

the thing is though, you can have your personal waifu, do whatever you want there
but consider who the actual waifu for RYOJI would be. It's obviously Saki.
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>>129594
Agreed. Every quest, all the damn time. Why can't we just focus on the world itself instead of fighting over girls?

Like Alice. How did she stay in the Darkworld for so long? Normally, people go in and come back to the real world, but she's stuck. It can't be because she's part darkworlder, cause we come back at when the world shifts.
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>>129594
Amen.
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>>129600
We are route locking ourselves by playing tiddilywinks with Rei. Someone likes Rei and will pursue her if we don't. No one likes Saki so chances are high we will end up with her if we do nothing. Catch my drift?
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>>129624
Stop acting as if you're everyone.

Saki and Nanami are the only choices!

And even then it makes more sense in terms of character for them to end up together, and for Nanami to end up with Justice Bro.
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>>129474
>You're right, Ken. It is a possibility.
>We just don't know.
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Clearly we must have some sort of war here to get things settled. Everyone assume your battle stations, this is gonna be one hell of a game of duck duck goose
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>people don't realize we're being set up with rei for her inevitable death and the drama that will bring
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>>129624
Ah, I think I get it now.

But frankly, I've got no interest in Rei and somehow even less interest in NTRing Akira. Sak for life, yo.
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>>129624
>>129633
Oh wait sorry I mis-read, I thought you were saying none of us liked Saki, sorry I was being an ass.
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>>129633
>Pirate ending up with Justice
I don't think that's how lawlessness goes.
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>>129652
So what you're saying is we should bro it up with Akira and set her up with Rei so we can have cool drama trying to keep her from destroying herself in the pursuit of revenge?
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>>129665
Ah, but Nanami is a pirate to bring happiness, An ideal that lines up with Justice!
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>>129624
>chances are high we will end up with her if we do nothing.
Chances are also there that we do fuck all and deal with sexual tension till graduation or death, which ever one comes first.

And I'm just waiting for the time when we have to choose to save either Rei or Saki. Fun times ahead.
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>>129675
I still can't see it man. I feel she'd just end off going her own way doing her own things.
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>>129662
I'm not insulting Saki in the slightest, IMHO I think this is how things will go down if we keep progressing down this road. Sorry for everything I just don't like the feeling of being locked through passivity.
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>>129701
What part of choosing to pursue Saki over Rei is passive?
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>>129653

Has Rei shown any interest in Akira, or any woman for that matter?

Akira, sure, but Rei has -not- reciprocated as far as I've seen.
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>>129701
I feel like choosing the girl who kissed ryoji right when they met is more passive
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>>129710
If that's your perogative then it isn't passive.
>>129716
They have a very good relationship this is just a prediction of the future, plus I can see Saki trying to push them together for reasons.
>>129718
Depends on how we go about it.
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>You're right, Ken. It is a possibility.

Ken nods. "Good to see you agree... I was a little worried it might have just been me thinking this. Still, I suppose we'll find out when we find out, won't we? And then we can go from there..."

Ken leans back in the grass and pauses for a minute before speaking again. "You know, the bell rang for class a while ago. We're pretty late."

"Yeah, but that's never bothered me before," you reply, leaning back in turn. "I think I'm going to chill out here for a while longer."

Ken smiles. "Well, it's always nice to have company."

The two of you chill out by the pond, chatting about this and that, until you finally hear another bell ring off in the distance. "Huh, looks like it's lunchtime," Ken states, "I suppose you should probably get going to detention."

You smirk as you pick yourself off the ground. "No detention for me today. In fact, I've been called in for a meeting with the Principal."

"You're going to meet Wei?" Ken asks, with a shocked look on his face. "Congrats. Very few students can say they've even seen the guy. He's a legend around campus, as you'd expect. He's the last surviving member of the original class. Nobody else even comes close to the years of killing Darkworlders he has under his belt. I can only imagine how intimidating he'll be in person."

"I'm not scared of some old geezer," you reply. "And I'm not the kind of guy who hero worships either. To me, Principal Wei's just another member of staff in this crappy school."

"Good luck saying that to his face," Ken jokes, as you make your way back to the main school building.
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>>129736

Eh, I won't argue that, I just feel like Anons are trying to force it on them when only one party has given any indication of actual interest.
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The door to Wei's office is on the far side of the school, far removed from anywhere else. Finding the damn thing was a journey in and of itself. You hesitate outside for a while, before finally knocking on the door. A booming voice rings out from the other side.

"Enter."

You slowly turn the handle on the door and push the door open. You peer your head out into the room, as your eyes get their first glimpse of the legendary, mysterious principal of the school.

First thing you notice about the man, and likely the first thing anyone would notice, is that Wei is gigantic. Even sitting at his desk, a very large and finely crafted desk, you might add, you can tell that he must stand at over seven feet in height. Coupled with his broad shoulders and bulky body, Principal Wei is a huge man.

Second thing you notice is his stare. You don't think you ever truly understood the expression of "Stone-faced" until this very moment. Is he judging you as you enter the room? Because it feels like he's glaring deep into your soul.

"Ryoji Shida."

"Yeah, that's me..." you say, shutting the door behind you.

"Take a seat."

As you sit down in the chair opposite him, you sink into the cushions, so that the principal towers over you. A pretty frightening sight.

"You're a transfer student, correct?"

"Yeah... is that what you called me in to ask?" you reply. "Because you probably could have gotten that from some kind of record..."

There is a long silence.

"So... can't say I've heard all that much about you," you say. "Not even from Saki."

"Who?" Wei asks, his face as stern as ever.

"Saki..." you repeat, but he still doesn't react. "You know... your Granddaughter?"

"Oh... yes, I forgot. My Granddaughter, excuse me."

He forgot about his own granddaughter? Seems the Principal isn't as amazing as Ken built him up to be. Kinda absent minded, you think.

"So... what did you call me in for?"

"I wish to know more about you... Ryoji Shida. From what I hear, you've become quite the oddity around school."

>I'm really nothing special, you know.
>Well, the school nurse believes I'm a pretty big deal. I'm inclined to believe her.
>You're damn right! I'm Ryoji Shida, master delinquent! The enemy to all authority!
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>>129755
>I'm really nothing special, you know.
>Well, the school nurse believes I'm a pretty big deal. and ahs stabbed me ans has way too many tests for me, but Tekina doesn't seem to be all there.
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>>129755
>You're damn right! I'm Ryoji Shida, master delinquent! The enemy to all authority!
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>>129755
>>You're damn right! I'm Ryoji Shida, master delinquent! The enemy to all authority!
I just want to see if we can make the fucker laugh.
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>You're damn right! I'm Ryoji Shida, master delinquent! The enemy to all authority!

We have a reputation to keep up!
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>>129755
>Well the school nurse thinks I'm a pretty deal.
But,
>I'm really nothing special, you know.
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>>129755
>You're damn right! I'm Ryoji Shida, master delinquent! The enemy to all authority!
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>>129755

"Man, I'm like, sixteen, I just want to sit around and smoke, the shit here goes so far over my head DRAX couldn't catch it."
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>>129755
>You're damn right! I'm Ryoji Shida, master delinquent! The enemy to all authority!

And will be dating your granddaughter soon, it seems you wont be having a problem with that.
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>>129755
>Well, the school nurse believes I'm a pretty big deal. I'm inclined to believe her.
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>>129755
>>Well, the school nurse believes I'm a pretty big deal. I'm inclined to believe her.
You don't fuck around with grizzled old men like this. He sounds super husbando tier though, I like him.
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>>129755
>You're damn right! I'm Ryoji Shida, master delinquent! The enemy to all authority!

I don't think this is really in character, but it seems fun.
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>>129755
>You're damn right! I'm Ryoji Shida, master delinquent! The enemy to all authority!
Also wow, if this guy can forget his own granddaughter's name he's either a dick or exceedingly senile.
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>>129755
>Well, the school nurse believes I'm a pretty big deal. I'm inclined to believe her.
Guys please. I really don't want to risk provoking the principal here.
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>>129755
>>You're damn right! I'm Ryoji Shida, master delinquent! The enemy to all authority!
Was there a hidden secretary anywhere? Was she hot?
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>>129755
>Well, the school nurse believes I'm a pretty big deal. I'm inclined to believe her.
"Then again she's a few cards short of a full house, so I dunno."
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>>129755
>Well, the school nurse believes I'm a pretty big deal. I'm inclined to believe her.
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>>129796

We're a Delinquent, Anon! Don't be a limp rag?
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>>129755
>You're damn right! I'm Ryoji Shida, master delinquent! The enemy to all authority!

Heck the rules
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>>129810
There's a time and place for delinquency! We're dealing with an unknown entity here.
Speaking of delinquency, are we ever going to pull off some pranks? How can we call ourselves a delinquent otherwise?
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>>129832
You have a fair point, all we've done so far is skip class and smoke.
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>>129832

You make a good point, and I apolohize for the insult, you are a Rosebud, not a Lemon.
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>>129848
It's quite alright, anon. I promise you that we'll live up to our reputation yet!
Maybe we could use the camping trip as an opportunity for some pranking?
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>>129832
>There's a time and place for delinquency!
I'm pretty sure no delinquent has ever said this.

I mean, I don't disagree with your intent, but come on man.
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>You're damn right! I'm Ryoji Shida, master delinquent! The enemy to all authority!

You don't know what you're doing, but you're staring right into the face of authority. The man who's in charge of this entire dump of a school. The man who hands down all the annoying orders and rules for Akihito to push on you. The man who is directly responsible for the existence of Saki Kobashi. Your status as a delinquent would be shattered if you didn't challenge him.

You burst out of your chair in excitement during your big announcement. Principal Wei is... less than impressed. He just continues to stare at you.

"I understand, you're some kind of comedian, I take it?" Wei remarks. "I've seen your kind before, in countless numbers. Every single year there's a student just like you. They usually never make it past the first week. You did, however."

"To be fair, I planned on running on my second day."

Wei lets out a low hum. "Tell me then, Ryoji. What do you think of this school?"

"It's a dump! The teachers are all either assholes or nutjobs, sometimes both, all the students are demotivated and screwed up in ways you can't even imagine... oh yeah, and we're sitting on a portal to hell, and we have to fight monsters and demons all the time! Don't even get me started on your granddaughter! Ever since I arrived at this school, I've had Saki Kobashi breathing down my neck at every opportunity, trying to undermine every single thing I do and establish some kind of law and order in my life!"

Wei slams his fist on the desk, almost breaking it. "Then it seems she isn't doing a very good job! Are you sure she's my granddaughter?Because no grandchild of mine would do such a piss-poor job of keeping order! You're still a loud-mouthed annoying good for nothing who has no respect and no place in an establishment as fine as this school!"

The booming of his voice alone is almost enough to take you off your feet. You stagger back as Wei glares right at you, before taking a deep breath. "And now I understand why... why she trusts you."

"Who?" you ask, confused.

"Alice," he answers, opening his desk and pulling out a file. "You believe to have found her in the Darkworld, correct? And she will only talk to you? I didn't know her very well when she came here, but she was just your sort. A brash troublemaker who would rather pull pranks than attend classes. Take this."

He hands you the brown file. You open it up, and you see it contains all of the records for an Alice Maddox, Class 1, who attended the school in its opening year. Her Date of birth, physical records, and a personal record of her home and family life are contained inside.

"If it helps you in you mission, I suggest you make use of it."

>I... uhh... thanks.
>You knew about her this whole time?
>You're trusting me with this top-secret information? Why?
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>>129936
>You knew about her this whole time?
>You're trusting me with this top-secret information? Why?
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>>129936
>>You knew about her this whole time?
>>You're trusting me with this top-secret information? Why?
See, being an ass works.
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>>129936
>>I... uhh... thanks.

"And, uh, don't think so bad of Saki, she's the only one who cares enough to try."
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>>129936
>You knew about her this whole time?
>You're trusting me with this top-secret information? Why?
Well, looks like you guys were right. No reason to treat this guy with respect.
I feel bad for Saki, though. He seems like a poor excuse for a grandfather.
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Yeee Delinquent powers!

>>You knew about her this whole time?
>>You're trusting me with this top-secret information? Why?
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>>129936
>You knew about her this whole time?
>You're trusting me with this top-secret information? Why?
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>>129936
>>You knew about her this whole time?
>>You're trusting me with this top-secret information? Why?
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>>129936
>>I... uhh... thanks.
>And sorry for... That outburst.

He's scary, big, and he's helping us. We should probably say something remotely nice to stay on his good side.

also, man, why does Ryoji suddenly have such a huge vendetta against Saki again? I swear, no offense Booker but every time an episode starts with Rei, Ryoji's characterisation seems all over the shop
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>You knew about her this whole time?
>You're trusting me with this top-secret information? Why?

"Alice Maddox's disappearance was a mystery to the entire school," Wei shakes his head. "I was just a student at the time. We were in the same class. She was the first to be lost to the Darkworld, and the school wanted to hide all traces of her death. Still... the rumours persisted. Nobody had seen her die, and some claimed that Alice wasn't killed, but instead was sucked into the Darkworld, cursed to live out the rest of her days there. Children can be quite morbid. Once I took up the mantle of school principal, I chose against returning Alice's records to the library, out of fear that those horrible stories would spring up once again. When your friend came asking about her, I chased him off... but then I found out about your encounter with a Darkworlder who looked just like her... and spoke to you. And only you."

Wei slowly shifts his chair and stands up, turning his back to you and staring out the window of his office. "If you are able to communicate with her... this creature... even if it isn't Alice, I would like for you to solve this mystery once and for all."

You nod. "Not a problem. I'll find out just who this Darkworlder is, don't you worry."

"You better. I don't tolerate failures." Wei points to the door. "You're free to go."

You step out of the office and take a deep breath as you carry on down the hallway. Damn, that's a scary dude... but you feel like he might have some respect for you. He at least trusts you enough to track down this Alice Maddox, and you aren't one to disappoint. You sigh, take a step forward... and the ground crumples beneath your feet.

Shit, not again.

Back in the Darkworld version of the academy once again. Well, this is just fantastic. The Darkworld apparently won't wait until night anymore before springing up on you. And you're on your own. Fantastic.

An even worse realisation soon pops into your head. It's lunch time, which means... the entire class is seperated. Crap, where the hell are you going to go?

>To Homeroom, Isamu and Akemi would be in detention right now!
>To the cafeteria, that's where most of the class would still be!
>To the running tracks, Rei and Akira would be training there!
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>>130088
>To the cafeteria, that's where most of the class would still be!
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>>130088
Whichever rally point is the closest.
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>To Homeroom, Isamu and Akemi would be in detention right now!

Detention buddies stay together, through thick and thin!
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>>130063
I think its because even if they have a good standing, what ryoji said is still true, she always breaths down his neck. Even if it's adorable because it's out of jealousy, she still does it and its probably annoying.
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>>130088
>To the cafeteria, that's where most of the class would still be!
Go in numbers, Rei and Akira are smart enough to go to the Cafeteria. Akemi and Isamu should be with Akihito to provide some help at least.
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>>130088
>>To Homeroom, Isamu and Akemi would be in detention right now!

Rei and Akira are tough, as are the rest of the class, Isamu and Akemi are pretty weak as I remember, and we'd have been with them otherwise, we need to make sure the weak'uns are safe.

But, I may be remembering wrong, if Rei and Akira are lower ranked, go for them.
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>>130088
>>To Homeroom, Isamu and Akemi would be in detention right now!
I'm wondering if Alice just pulled us in here through some kind of fuckery.
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>>130063
Actual Answer: I'm not the best writer on the planet, and completely fail at having subtle nuances, so personalities are constantly swinging between extremes.

My sace-face answer: The way I write it, Ryoji does have a soft spot for Saki, but he still finds her plenty annoying, and it makes sense for Ryoji, a textbook complainer, to complain about it. It doesn't help that Saki was particularly bugging him today.
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>>130111
But even then, its been at its worst back in episode 5 and here, whenever Rei is a major player, and I can't tell if its Booker pulling strings to open up more ships for waifufags, or if its just the waifufags themselves, but either way he always starts feeling OOC

Maybe that's just the downsides to quests or somethin', I don't know
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>>130088
>To the running tracks, Rei and Akira would be training there!
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>>130088
>To Homeroom, Isamu and Akemi would be in detention right now!
Not sure what we can do to help them, but hey, it's something.
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>>130088
>To Homeroom, Isamu and Akemi would be in detention right now!
Detention team go!
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>>130088
>To Homeroom, Isamu and Akemi would be in detention right now!
I'm worried about the two of them even if Akihito should be there.
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>>130088
>>To the running tracks, Rei and Akira would be training there!
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>To Homeroom, Isamu and Akemi would be in detention right now!

The rest of the class in a large enough group, so they should be fine. Rei and Akira are tough, they can handle themselves. Besides, you'd never make it to the running tracks fast enough. Isamu and Akemi, however... those two goofballs are separated from the rest of the class, and you don't know how well they can fend for themselves.

You sprint around the corner, bursting your way into the classroom... but you don't see anyone inside. Isamu and Akemi must have run the second they fell in here, and attempted to rejoin the others. You look around, making sure there isn't anything off about the room, when you hear a voice behind you.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The Jaws that bite, the claws that catch!"

Damn... you turn your head, to see Alice standing by the board, staring at you.

"Great, it's you..." you mutter, "You wouldn't have happened to see my friends, would you?"

Alice giggles. "They were very scared. The older man took the children and told them to run... and they did!"

Well, that answers that question.

Alice stares at you and takes a few step forward. "You want to take me away. You to put me away in a box, where they'll poke at me, and prod at me with stick and stones until I bleed. Then they'll drink my blood and learn the taste. Once they know it tastes of blackberry, they'll... chop off my head!"

You place your hand forward. "Okay, just calm down..."

Alice reaches into her pocket and pulls out a knife. "No! I won't let you chop of my head! I need it! It's where I keep my dreams! The Jabberwock with eyes of flame..."

She begins muttering to herself as a Darkworld best begins to materialise through the wall. It has no eyes, but it stares at you as it hangs over Alice, as if awaiting the command to attack you.

"Look, maybe we can talk this out-"

"No!" screams Alice, "My Vorpal Blade goes snicker-snack!"

She start stepping towards you, swinging the knife with full intention to slice.

>Your name is Alice Maddox! [ROLL D100]
>Go ahead, let her cut me. I'll be fine. [ROLL D100]
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Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>130280
>Your name is Alice Maddox! [ROLL D100]
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Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>130280
>Your name is Alice Maddox! [ROLL D100]
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Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>130280
>>Your name is Alice Maddox! [ROLL D100]
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Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>130280
>Your name is Alice Maddox!
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Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>130280
>>Your name is Alice Maddox! [ROLL D100]
I fear she's actually going to cut us with that knife.
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Good, Good rolls.
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Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>130280
>Your name is Alice Maddox! [ROLL D100]
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>>130287
>>130292
>>130297
I think the dice have it out for us tonight.

>>130310
WHY?
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Damn I really hope we're doing bo5 rolls today, else we're buggered. If anything can truly hurt us I expect it's Alice.
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inb4 she kidnaps us and we're trapped here
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>>130332
Maybe booker will have some mercy and do best out of 5
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>>130334
Sorry anon, it's Best of 3 tonight.

Writing now.
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>>130339
That could lead to an arc where we become a badass survival dude while were stuck alone in here. A one day outside a year inside kind of deal.
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>>130349
Wellp, guess it's a rescue mission coming our way. Either that or we pull a Paranorman and just keep trying to get through to her while she hurts us.
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>>130339
More likely Ryoji will get stabbed and stumble out into the hall to wait out the night. Then inevitably Saki and Rei will find him to bitch out ditching them only to be concerned about all the blood.

Probably. Could be wrong.
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>>130350
I actually want it to happen. Good way to get away from the waifus for a bit and learn more about the darkworld
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>>130362
Oh hey now...that could lead to something. Are we going to have our black blood revealed then?
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>>130349
Ripparoni
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>>130367
Honestly? I'm surprised we've kept it secret even this long.
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>>130385
Admittedly, so am I. But hey, that would certainly throw a wrench into the plot, now wouldn't it? I'd actually be thrilled to see the outcome. Some good drama would come out of it.
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>>130350
What, like the hydroponic lion tamer?
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>>130350
If we do, can we get a darkworld dog? Like a mid-sized Cerberus?
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Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>130280
>>Go ahead, let her cut me. I'll be fine. [ROLL D100]
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>>130418
Anon, why do you mock us now. Book was already writing.
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>>130418

I hadn't gotten that far. ^^;;
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>>130402
The hypersonic crying shamer?
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>>130418
Oi, you fuck, where were you?
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>>130385
Especially with our training with rei.
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>>130432

Playing xcom 2 and bitching about bugs.
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>>130431
The mesozoic crime rangers?
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>Rolled 33

Alice stops her charge as she hears her full name being called out. She looks up at you, as you breathe heavily in relief. "That's right, your name is Alice Maddox. You attended school here. You have a sister named Charlotte..."

Alice shakes her head, the stop in her movement just a temporary hesitation, as she charges forward and screams. "No! No! I'm not! That's not me!"

She readies her hand and drives the knife into your chest. It breaks through the skin and wedges itself in there... and good god do you feel it. Alice grips the handle and twists the knife inside your chest. You scream out in pain, which leads you to realising that you are bleeding from the mouth.

Alice, still in a manic state, pulls the knife from your chest and notices the blood. "Black... You... you're like me... why are you like me?! This shouldn't happen! Make it stop! End it!"

As you stumble, woozy and in pain, you see Alice cower into a ball as the beast takes her in it's arms, and the two disappear. You fall back, as you feel yourself being brought back to reality... but you black out before you finish the trip.

"Ryoji?! Oh my god, what happened?!"

"Why is there so much blood?!"

"And why is it black?!"

You awake in the nurse's infirmary, with more than a handful of your classmates staring at you. Saki, Rei, Kosuke, Rini, Akira, Ken, Nanami and Hiro are all gathered around your bed.

"You're finally up!" Saki yells in joy. "Don't scare us like that again!"

You blink your eyes. "What... what the hell just happened?"

"We all fell into the Darkworld... for about five minutes," Ken replies. "It was weird. And then, when we returned to the classroom, we found you bleeding out..."

"That would be thanks to our friend Alice," you explain, remembering at least that much. "She stabbed me. Apparently unlike other Darkworlder, when she stabs me, I don't have any special endurance. I just get stabbed."

You try to sit up in the bed, but end up wincing in pain.

"Take it slow Ryoji, you're in no rush," Hiro says, placing a comforting hand on your shoulder.

"The entire class is in an uproar, wondering why you were bleeding black, like a Darkworlder..." Saki adds. "So, Ryoji... you want to tell us why? We're a little curious ourselves."

>I was... what? What are you talking about?
>No point lying at this point. Time to come clean with it.
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>>130536
>>No point lying at this point. Time to come clean with it.
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>>130536
>No point lying at this point. Time to come clean with it.
Haha, time for truth. There goes our minor reputation.
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>>130536
>No point lying at this point. Time to come clean with it.

>no trapped in darkworld arc
lame
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>No point lying at this point. Time to come clean with it.

TIME FOR DRAMA BABY
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>>130536
>I was... what? What are you talking about?

time to peddle bullshit like we're jewish bankers
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>>130536
>No point lying at this point. Time to come clean with it.
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>>130536
>>No point lying at this point. Time to come clean with it.
LET IT BEGIN! LET IT BEGIN!
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>>130536
>>I was... what? What are you talking about?
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>>130536
>No point lying at this point. Time to come clean with it.
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>>130536
>No point lying at this point. Time to come clean with it.
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Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>130536
>>I was... what? What are you talking about?
It was just a prank, bro!
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>>130536
>No point lying at this point. Time to come clean with it.
Cat is out of the bag now, don't see anything to gain from lying about it.

>>130598
YOU, you take those dice and join >>130418 in paying more attention to this thread!
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Alright anon's time for a prediction. Who immediately leaves the room and who stays?

I'm on a toss up, the only one I think will immediately stay are Kouskue, Hiro and, strangely enough, Nanami...

Rei and Saki will leave last.
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>>130598
Boy I sure wish that roll worked.

Does it? I'll totally switch my vote if it does. It's too hilarious not to.
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>>130598
Sorry, but your high roll won't save you now. If only you rolled early, then we wouldn't have this problem.
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>>130613
Sorry dude I've been drifting in and out of thread. Currently helpin my friend move shit.
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Shit, I just realised...We're probably at the end of the episode aren't we?
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>>130733
If not the end then we're very close.
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>>130733
Booker makes it quite clear when a thread is done, we're at least going to be explaining things to those in the room. Facing everyone else might or might not be bumped to next time though.

Either way I'm out for the night, just realised it's 1am, thanks again for running Booker, look forward to catching up with the fallout tomorrow.
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>>130733
Probably, but this thread was more filling than the last at least
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>>130805
It was more the timing and the general mood. Our option is basically an episode ender. Or it feels as such.
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>No point lying at this point. Time to come clean with it.

You take a deep breath and address the group. "Okay... when I first arrived here Tekina decided to do a few experiments on me, work out why I couldn't hurt Darkworlders even though I could see them. She took a blood sample... against my will, I might add... and my blood was black. After running some tests, Tekina came back to me with the news that... on a physiological level, I might just be a Darkworlder."

There is a long silence, as all you have to deal with are the stunned face looking right at you. "Someone please say something."

"So... you're like that girl?" Rei asks. "You knew that this entire time, and you lied to us?"

"I didn't lie..." you explain, "I just didn't... you know, tell anyone."

"So when I was talking about my doubts by the pond... the whole time you knew that Alice was just like you? And you didn't tell me?" Ken mutters. "Why? Why'd you keep it a secret?"

"Because I'm as confused and as freaked out as you are!" yo shout back.

"And that gives you a right to lie to us? To keep this hidden from us?" Rini fires back.

"We're your friends, Ryoji..." Rei says, clenching her fist. "You're supposed to be able to trust us! And we should be able to trust you!"

"What? Like none of you are keeping secrets?" you ask.

Rei glares at you. Damn, you didn't mean that as an attack on her, or the illness she's keeping under wraps specifically, but she's definitely taken offence.

"If you had told us, we could have helped you..." Hiro states. "In any way we could."

"Yeah!" Nanami yells. "We're here for you as friends!"

You shake your head. "I get it!" you shout. "Don't you guys think I'm dealing with enough right now? I don't need all of you ganging up on me like this!"
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Rini shakes her head and crosses her arms. "I don't feel like I can trust you anymore, Ryoji. I'm sorry." Rini slowly steps away from your bed and walks out into the hall.

Kosuke looks at you. "I don't care either way, pal... but I have to check on Rini first. Sorry." Kosuke walks out to catch up with his girlfriend.

You look over to Ken, who is shaking and clenching his fist. "Buddy, look... I wanted to tell you, it's just-"

"I can't stand being lied to, Ryoji." Ken makes his way to the door, hesitates, looks back at you, before taking a deep breath and walking out.

Rei glares at you next. "When we were training... you kept hiding it?"

"I carried so many tissues around to wipe that stuff away before you could see it," you explain.

"Damn you, Ryoji..." she mutters, as she runs out of the room. Akira looks at you solemnly before joining her.

You lean your head back in the pillow. "Anyone else want to storm out dramatically?"

"Not me!" Nanami boasts, with a wide smile on her face. "A good captain always sticks with her crew, no matter what!"

"I had my suspicions from the beginning, remember?" Hiro states. "If I didn't rat you out then, I'm not going to walk out on you now."

Which leaves only one. A party who hasn't spoken up yet. "And you, Sak? You've been uncharacterically quiet through all this."

Saki sits silently on a stool by your bedside. "You're the worst, Ryoji Shida... the absolute worst..." She angrily clutches her skirt, "I can't believe you."

Slowly, she stands up, takes a long look at you, and makes her way to the door.
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Before she reaches it, however, it bursts open as Akio and Seishiro storm into the room, armed.

"Let me at him! That Darkworld bastard lied to us!" Akio yells, charging towards your bedside, spear in hand. "How can we trust him? He shows up in this school, out of the blue, Daisuke gets killed, he talks to other Darkworld freaks? We should have put the pieces together sooner. This dirtbag has it out for us! They've infiltrated our ranks..."

He brandishes the spear at you. "I like you Ryoji, so I'm going to give you one last chance to explain yourself."

Nanami takes a step forward, and Seishiro points his guns at her. "Don't move, pirate! This is important business!"

You take a deep breath, staring at the tip of Akio's spear, when from out the corner of your eye, a fist flies into the face of Akio, sending him careening to the floor. Seishiro turns his head in shock, only to be hit with the same punch with even more fury.

"Don't even think about it!" Saki screams, cracking her knuckles. "I'm not going to let you two knuckleheads take the law into your own hands. If you want Ryoji, you're going to have to go through me! Understand? Now get back to class, or I'll beat the two of you into a pulp!"

Akio and Seishiro retreat, as a very pissed-off Saki Kobashi returns to the stool beside your bed, crossing her legs and folding her arms with a loud huff.

>Damn... thanks, Saki.
>I don't think they were seriously going to do anything. They're just panicky idiots.
>Hey, aren't you the same Saki Kobashi who was ready to abandon me ten seconds ago?
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>>130933

"Fuck it, let 'em at me. I deserve it."
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>>130933
>Damn... thanks, Saki.
aw shit best girl coming through
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>Hey, aren't you the same Saki Kobashi who was ready to abandon me ten seconds ago?
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>>130933
>Hey, aren't you the same Saki Kobashi who was ready to abandon me ten seconds ago?
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>I don't think they were seriously going to do anything. They're just panicky idiots.

That went as well as I expected.
But hell better now than in a more dangerous situation.
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>>130933
>Hey, aren't you the same Saki Kobashi who was ready to abandon me ten seconds ago?
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>>130933
>...You know, I would have expected you to be the last person to half-ass something like this.
>When you abandon someone, you're supposed to abandon them, not defend them at the last second.

Well, snark is basically Ryoji's way of coping. May as well bring it out in full caustic force.
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>>130933
>Hey, aren't you the same Saki Kobashi who was ready to abandon me ten seconds ago?
"What gives?"
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>>130933

Also, everyone who wanted to sell Rei-Fans on Saki, or hell, even Nanami, Booker just did your job for you.
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>>131004
Whoops
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>>130986
This.

I have to say, this is better than I'd hoped but worse than I feared. We're pretty much back at the beginning friend-wise.
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>>130933
>Hey, aren't you the same Saki Kobashi who was ready to abandon me ten seconds ago?
>... thanks

Damn man, I was more or less right on the money with the predictions. I'm good at this.

Guess the camping trip is right out though...

The good news is, this is a Bookerman quest. You are usually given the chance to build it back up again.

For now though, I guess we have, what? Nanami, Hiro and Satomi on our side, most likely. A little too skeleton-crew for me.
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>>130986
Sure, I'll back this.
Best girls remain best.
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>>130986
Got my vote
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>>130986
Going with this too.
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>>131033
If Saki isn't going to stick with us somewhat, which she probably will if we're lucky, we need to go after Ken first, we have to see him nightly and he's one of the most reliable people we've known even if just to chat shit with for a while by a sorry excuse for a pond.

Bromen-Rider = Priority #1
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>>131027

Nah, Akio and Seishiro, I can kinda get, they weren't here, and they're tools, we didn't like 'em anyways. I don't know which one told them, probably Rini, but frankly, the ones who stayed, and Kosuke, are the only ones worth trusting.

"Lying" would make Ryoji a bit of a douche, but that wasn't lying, it was witholding information, which is still bad, but not on the same level. All the ones who walked out. Rini, Rei, Ken, etc, fuck those guys. Lying makes you dirt, but abandoning a guy who you called friend, who just got stabbed? Yeah, fuck all o' them.

Maybe it's just my own personal values, but I put a LOT of emphasis on loyalty, there is no 'easy' forgiveness.
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>>130986
I'll vote for it
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>>130933
> So I hide this because I don't know whats happening to me and I'm scared that if people find out it'll turn into a lynch mob, and you guys decide to ditch me when you find out? What great friends you are, don't let the door hit your asses on the way out. Feel free to fuck off with them Saki.
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>>131098

Pretty much, this is my brain.
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>>131098
Hey, fuck all the rest, but The Sak stayed. That should mean something.
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>>130933
>>131098
supporting
This pretty much sums it up.
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Hey there, best pirate stayed as well.
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>>131071
Well, yeah, I feel like that's the obvious way we have to go. Mainly because our living arrangements give us no other option. But yeah, I expect that we will not be going on the camping trip.

Something to note though as a positive. I kinda expect that Alice will actually give us our weekend. She's probably too shellshocked to want to start shit.

>>131076
Well, while that is true, I choose to also look at it on their perspective, they are dealing with a situation where they are in life or death. I suspect that it is a rather large betrayal to THEM as much as them leaving us is a betrayal to US. It's a two way street.
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>>131132

Yeah, if nothing else, today managed to kill my Rei-ship, and I already disliked Rini, but damn, Ken too? Fuck 'em. Nanami's been ignored, she and Hiro deserve more time, they're loyal.
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>>130933
>>I don't think they were seriously going to do anything. They're just panicky idiots.
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>>131098
this, but without the Saki bit
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>>131156

I doubt Booker will make it happen, but from here, a cool little 1-3 chapter bit would be Ryoji, seeing this, deciding to just full-on leave, either in the real world, or breaking off in the dark and trying to gtfo then, with him now being a known item of value to the school, having them actually moving to hunt him down, or even just have one or two trying to find him to bring him back, would generate immense character development with Saki, and others.
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well, I guess I can see how Alice might have gotten how she is, wanna bet some asshole abandoned her in the dark world after seeing her bleed black... at least we had some people stay with us.
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>>131192
That actually sounds plausible. Shitty and unfortunate for Alice, but plausible.
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>>131185
This is a cool idea
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>>131208

Giving me Guilty Crown / Evangelion vibe, and I love those shows.
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>>131147
I saw the saki bit coming but damn they deserted ryoji fast, good riddance no wonder Ryoji is a delinquent.
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>>131098
Did you skip the part where Saki stood up for us?
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>>131218

"It's what always happens. You all turn your back on me, so I leave. Peace." To a shocked Nanami, as he walks through the gates."For what it's worth, Hiro, you're the only one I could depend on from the moment you found out, thanks bud."
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>...You know, I would have expected you to be the last person to half-ass something like this.
>When you abandon someone, you're supposed to abandon them, not defend them at the last second.

Saki blushes, before shifting in the stool with her back facing you as she lets out a huff. "I didn't do it for you. I can't let those two go on a rampage of lawlessness. Besides... nobody's abandoning you, Ryoji. We're just... very mad."

You shift yourself in the hard bed, trying to sit up without tearing anything. "You have to understand why I never told anyone, Sak..."

"I understand," Saki explains, "But I'm still upset you never told me. What did you expect us to do? Crucify you? Damn it, Ryoji... you're my best friend, and I want to be able to trust you not to lie to me like some commone delinq-"

"What did you just say?" you ask, cutting her off.

Saki turns her head to face you, confused. "I said, I don't want you to lie like-"

"No, before that."

"What did you expect us to-"

"No, after that."

Saki raises an eyebrow. "Damn it, Ryoji?"

"You called him your best friend!" Nanami explodes, with a giant grin on her face. "That's adorable!"

Saki's eye widen in horror. "What?! No... No I didn't!"

"Yes you did!" Nanami beams, "and it's etched in my memory forever."

"We all heard it," Hiro casually mentions. "You definitely said it."

"Well... I didn't mean it!" she fires back, "A slip of the tongue, a spur of the moment mistake because I'm so angry!"

You roll your eyes. "Sure... whatever you say..."

"So, you had an encounter with the Darkworlder?" Hiro asks, changing the subject.

"Yeah, I think so..." you mutter, looking down at your stab wound.

"What happened?"

You sigh. "The lunatic came at me with a knife while screaming a bunch of nonsense. I called out her full name, which got her to stop for a while, but then that just made her angrier."

"Her full name?" Saki asks. "How do you know her full name?"

"Principal Wei told me."

Saki burst from the stool. "You were talking to my Grandfather? Why?"

You shrug. "He asked for a meeting with me."

"He... what?" Saki stares at you wide-eyed, with a slight pout. "He... asked for you? But, he never asks for anyone? He never... asks for me..."

>Hey Saki... your grandpa's a real jerk.
>Well, he thought I was the only one who could solve this Alice mystery.
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>>131241
>>Hey Saki... your grandpa's a real jerk.
"Guy didn't even remember your name."
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>Well, he thought I was the only one who could solve this Alice mystery.
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>>131241
>>Hey Saki... your grandpa's a real jerk.
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>>131241
>What did you expect us to do? Crucify you?

"Yeah, pretty much."

And, for my vote.>>131241

>>Hey Saki... your grandpa's a real jerk

"Seriously, a total, complete jerk-wad."
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>>131241
>Hey Saki... your grandpa's a real jerk.
>But, apparently he thought I was the only one who could solve this Alice mystery.
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>Hey Saki... your grandpa's a real jerk.
>Seriously like a real asshole.
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>>131241
>Hey Saki... your grandpa's a real jerk.
>He doesn't know what he's missing, anyways.

Say it teasingly, though, not too flirty, just fuck with her a bit for the kicks.
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>>131228
That's just her feeding her own ego, those idiots she hit just happened to be there for her to vent her brand of JUSTICE on.
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>>131241
>Hiro

>>131241
>changing the subject.

Total Hiro-bro-ne. Best Bro.
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>>131241
>Hey Saki... your grandpa's a real jerk.
>Dude didn't even remember your name.
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>>131241
Hey saki... your grandpa's a real jerk
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>>131228
People are incensed, and already you can see from the response above, the other side is too.

Cooler heads will prevail, but it's going to take time. This is just like wrestlequest, only in a different way. Slamming the door on everyone will just make the issue worse.
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>Damn it, Ryoji... you're my best friend, and I want to be able to trust you
No matter what dialogue option we pick here, I'm hoping we get to hug Sak.

>>131241
>Hey Saki... your grandpa's a real jerk.
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>>131248
This has my vote.
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>>131241
Know what else? He didn't even know you were his grandchild, when I mentioned you all he had to say was "Who?".
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>>131248
this
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>Hey Saki... your grandpa's a real jerk.

Saki puffs up her cheeks. "Don't you dare speak about him like that! I'll have you know that Wei Kobashi is a great man! I could only wish to be half the leader that he is!"

"Actually... he's a jerk," you repeat. "Seriously, I don't see why you feel to impress that load of hot air."

"I wouldn't expect a delinquent to understand!" She yells, "It's just the way things are in my family. We work to earn our elders respect-"

"He isn't worth respect," you fire back, "The old geezer couldn't even remember your name!"

"Well, that's just because... what? He... what?"

Saki falls back on the stool, devastated and places her head in her hands. Hiro and Nanami glance at eachother, both too nervous to say anything.

"Yeah..." you mumble, "I'm sorry Sak. But your Grandpa's a jerk. And hey... that piece of crap doesn't deserve a granddaughter as dedicated as you are."

Saki looks up at you. "That's a... really nice thing of you to say, Ryoji."

You shrug. "What can I say? I'm in a generous mood, you just beat up two guys who were threatening me with weapons. And I am your best friend after all, right?" you answer with a smirk.

Saki stares at you and gives a small smile. "Shut up."

The door bursts open as Ken rushes into the room, armed with his rod. He cautiously shuts the door behind him.

"Ken, back already?" you ask, still annoyed at him walking out on you before.

Ken shakes his head. "I'm still mad at you Ryoji, but things are getting crazy out there. You're still my friend, and I need to make sure you're safe."

"From Akio and Seishiro?" you ask. "Come on, what are those goofballs going to do?"

"No, those guys... and the rest of Class 2 were just confused and scared. They're just working out the shock like the rest of us. They don't want to hurt you, Ryoji..." Ken pauses, "But then Class 3 found out about you, and... well, the Academy might just have a civil war on it's hands... over you."

You laugh. "A civil war? Don't you think that's a little dramatic. So what, it's Class 2 against Class 3? We can take them anyday, right Sak?"

You then notice that Saki is shaking in fear, and clutching your wrist. "C-class 3..." she stutters, "Ryoji... we're in serious trouble."

END OF EPISODE 10

Thanks for Playing! Let me know what you think!
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>>131412
Well, shit. Fuckery is going bad to worst.
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>Ending Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zovv-4yn7L0

>Archive
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>Twitter
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>Player Question
Looks like I made a lot of players hate the supporting cast in this one... with that said, can you pinpoint an exact moment you started to like/hate a character?
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>>131431
>Looks like I made a lot of players hate the supporting cast in this one... with that said, can you pinpoint an exact moment you started to like/hate a character?

Hard to pinpoint the exact moment I stopped liking Rini, I think it was around the first time she really displayed that "Us vs. the World" Mentality to the point of not trusting the rest of the people in the Darkworld, where it's kind of a matter of life and death.
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>>131412
Oh shit, you really know how to write a story booker.
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>>131412
Hooo boy, this is excellent in the best/worst way!

Guess you get to introduce Class 3 sooner than you expected, right?

>>131431
Great thread, as always booker.

Player Question:
See, that's the funny thing. I don't actually hate any of your cast. They're doing exactly what I expected, and its totally understandable. That and you've done far worse things to attract player ire, and you've turned them around pretty easily. Seriously, Kevin Omega exists.

My question to you Booker: Did the reaction play out exactly as YOU expected?
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Forgot to mention in the previous post;

I'll be busy the next couple of days, so Dark Gate Academy Episode 11 will be up sometime Tuesday or Wednesday.

I'll still be active on Twitter until then, if you have any questions!
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>>131431
>Started to like/hate a character

Rei, I started hating somewhere between when the waifufags crawled out their basements and when she put the moves on Ryoji with that initial kiss, but those happened about the same time.

Akira, however, I started off hating cause she seemed like a stuck-up bitch and a cockblock and probably a prissy lesbian or some shit, but when we found out more about Rei and had a little interaction with Akira while Rei wasn't there, I suddenly started to like her.

Ken I started to love as soon as he mentioned 'justice' and the Kamen Rider comparison popped into my head, I eat that shit up.

Isamu I was wary of at first, but he turned out to be interesting comedy relief and something different yet familiar from the obvious anime tropes he plays off, and the dumb but fun interaction he has with Akemi is adorably funny.

Satomi I started to fall in love with as soon as she showed up, but her lack of white hair put me off for a while which I didn't understand at first, but after going on a small waifuing exploration I discovered my love for white hair but also the ability to surpass it, and she has since been cemented as my lovely science waifu. Sorry GLaDOS
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I started hating akira when it became obvious she was in lesbians with Rei.

Hakura cause we didn't even get a shot at her, not that it was going to get taken. The option would have been nice though.
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The only thing that threw me off this episode was the waifufagging. Because of the whole Rei and Saki conflict, we never went to the library for that book, I'm sure it would have been helpful in case more fight hints came up.
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>>131431
I don't hate the people who walked out on us. But I do think they deserve a verbal lashing later on. You don't walk out on your friends when they've learned that there's a chance they're some monster thing and they CLEARLY wouldn't like it. That aside, did ya like my lewd?
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I'm expecting Raiden to appear sometime soon and attempt to kill Ryoji.

From thread 2.
>Let's see... in the fourth row, you have myself, Akira, Rei and Raiden. All three of them are pretty serious... especially Raiden. He's obsessed with killing as many Darkworlders as he can every night. Not a surprise, he was pretty close with the kid who used to have your seat."
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>>131534
To be fair, we may still get that chance some day. Maybe we can get Saki to check out the book for us?

>>131560
Yeeeeeeeeeahhh.....that will be an issue.
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>>131534
I have always said that waifufags are the worst things about quests. I don't mind waifu's, it's just when people just think with their dicks instead of their heads and get pissed off when something happens that could've been avoided if they didn't think about damn waifus for two minutes.
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>>131560
Still banking on Raiden being literally made of trains
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>>131459
>Did the reaction play out exactly as YOU expected?

The latter half of this thread took a complete turn from what I expected after the Alice encounter. After the poor rolls, I realised that things were going to end a lot differently than I started the thread intending. You can tell, seeing as the A-plot up until then was "light-hearted filler ship-bait story where Saki and Akira cockblock Ryoji" with some Alice plot progression for the sake of the thread not being a complete waste of time, but after those bad rolls, there was a clear shift of "Nope, this is the plot now."

As for player reaction to the character's action, I expected a few player's to be pissed with the cast, but not as much as I've seen. Maybe I wasn't the best at conveying the casts' motivations, but I'll try to lay them out here, because I personally think their actions were justified. Bear in mind above all else that the group weren't abandoning Ryoji when he was in danger. They had no idea that people were going to be coming for his head at the time. The walk-out was less of a "Fuck you, our friendship is over" and more of a "Fucking hell, I can't stand to look at you right now."

Basically, Ryoji kept some very important information away from all of them, which they all kinda should have known about. That's not too bad in itself, but this is the same Ryoji who all of them have been openly sharing their secrets with all the time on account of his crippling Main Character syndrome, so finding out that he doesn't extend the same level of trust to them is a real slap in the face. It's enough to make any of them want to storm off for a while.

That said, there isn't a single one of them who won't defend Ryoji against Class 3 and he's going to need everyone he can get.
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>>131577
I keep a vehement policy about separating Waifuing and Shipping, even in quests and such where you control the main character. Keeps things clean and tidy, the MC gets their perfect match and I get my waifu. Sort of. I never really get my waifu, but damnit I can be left to think I did.
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>>131589
>crippling Main Character syndrome

The most dangerous disease known to man.
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>>131553
>That aside, did ya like my lewd?

Yes I did, anon. It was a fun read, and plenty smutty.

I now have one sweet and cute fanfiction and four lewd and smutty fanfictions written around this quest.

I don't know if I should feel proud, but fuck it, I do.
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>>131589
Honestly, Booker. Like I said, I totally got that. Especially because it was something that was bound to happen eventually. I totally get both sides of this argument too. But I expect everyone to shown their colours soon.

But I do hope that death doesn't rear its head...It likely will. But I can hope its just fisticuffs.
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>>131619

Eh, I haven't read it, but I intend to, and anything would be better than that Chihiro drivel.
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>>131619
Are the class 3 all seniors or are they just some kind of elite class who is just more powerful than class 2?

They would still lose due to lack of Power of Friendship tm.
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>>131589
>finding out that he doesn't extend the same level of trust to them is a real slap in the face
The difference between their secrets and ours is pretty clear: none of them have a secret that would result in people trying to KILL THEM if it got out.
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>>131619
That sweet and cute counter is going up, I'll probably just link it to ya over twitter once its done because of the couple-day hiatus. PriateRider a best. Probably to be set towards the end of the previous episode, after Nanami gets her shit pushed in facewards by Rini

also, dangit, I was getting used to the shorter episodes, I can't keep staying up until 3am doing this with my exams starting on wednesday. Yer killin' me, Booker
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>>131641
A bit of both. They're the ones who have managed to survive to their senior year, making them the best of the best.

>>131644
>I'll probably just link it to ya over twitter once its done

Please do! I'd love to read it!
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>>131643
And who knows? They'll probably realize it sooner rather than later.

Honestly I expect the hurt party forgiveness to go as follows.

>Ken
>Akira
>Akio
>Seishiro
>Rini
>Rei

this, of course, is excluding the other parties that are also hurt.

So which character will come out of nowhere to surprise us as an unlikely ally? I have money on Sayeka, Sora and Akemi

Secret money on Chihiro and I'm not the guy waifuing her
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>>131619
Thanks. Glad to see you liked it. It kinda makes me wish that if we got Rei, then we get Akira too
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>>131691

Eh, the guy Waifu'ing her would agree with you, but so do I, I honestly expect her to back us up.
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>>131697
Well I'm sure you can find even more creative ways for more additional threesomes with them.
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>>131691
True. Though I still think they deserve a bit of a lashing for it. They should have been able to grasp why we wouldn't readily tell them. Hell, even if w had, what the hell would could they have done to possibly 'help'
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>>131713
Oh I'm not necessarily against the telling off. Ryoji is just as hurt as the others are. Just trying to say we shouldn't just give out middle fingers like candy.
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>>131711
Look my brain and dick. Don't need this right now man. If I start thinking up sexy situations it won't be good for my heart and dick
>>131729
Oh totally. This is a situation where to probably put it best: "Both sides aren't right, but then they aren't necessarily both wrong either"
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>>131813
Perhaps you should take a break and write some fluff fluff.

And if and WHEN Ryoji gets to fraternize for real...see if Book will allow a canon colab?

Booker? Booker?
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>>131589
Honestly, I still think Ryoji is justified in keeping the whole darkworlder thing a secret. The main fear he had (at least in my mind) was that this getting out would start a witch hunt with him as the witch.

And that's exactly what fucking happened. Almost immediately from our point of view.

I mean, they can still be pissed, but Ryoji isn't completely unjustified here.
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>131830
>And if and WHEN Ryoji gets to fraternize for real...
>Ryoji gets to fraternize for real
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>>131866
Don't you hurt me like this Booker. He'll deserve it!
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>>131866
Just give him one good thing Booker. He has no smokes, his friends don't trust him, he's stressed out. He needs some relief.
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>>131961

In the shape of a round Sak-butt.
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>>131843
Yeah, we called this during like Thread 3. Ryoji was completely right this time and when things settle down his friends can't say he was being stupid.
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>>131961
I just want some FluffySmut. Is that so much to ask?
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>>132011
Yes, who do you think has to write that fluff?
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>>132027
I know, I know. I'm terrible.
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Wait, quick question. If nobody knew that Ryoji was a Darkworlder(with the exception of Satomi and possibly Hiro), who told the others? Either word spreads REALLY quickly, or they figured it out on their own.
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>>132052
Well, I expect that nobody explicitly told others. But the idea of him bleeding black, people could put 2+2 together.

I mean, sure it could be Chihiro, but I think this may be the one time she doesn't spill it all out.
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>>132052
We were bloodied in the classroom, with black blood.
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>>131830
I could write some fluff luff. But my dick is telling me otherwise
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Wait, so why are they starting a civil war again?

Ryoji is already working with the faculty, both as a sort of test subject and as an investigator under the direct orders of the principal. What does Class 3 want? To kill him? That would not only piss off the staff, including the apparently super respected principal, but it would also remove the only lead they have concerning the Darkworld. To imprison him? That would prevent the investigation from moving forward. To make sure he isn't a threat? He has like no offensive capabilities compared to other students.

I'm not sure what they're trying to accomplish here. Ryoji is the ONLY lead they have since... ever and they're just causing a mess.

For what purpose? Are they secretly darkworlders in disguise sent to cause dissent among the school?
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>>133575
>Are they secretly darkworlders in disguise sent to cause dissent among the school?

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>>133575
I guess it's entirely possible they don't know about the DJD or how the staff already knew his situation, and are just going off of information that "one of class 2 is actually a darkworlder" and having a kneejerk reaction. We've had zero contact or interaction with c3 and it's perfectly believable to me that the overall social interaction between the middle school and seniors is pretty minimal, since we never even meet them during darkworld excursions there seems little reason for the staff to have briefed them on our activities so they have no information to work from other than that. Us still being very much the newboy in school doesn't help either, and makes some nefarious infiltration concept even more believable to those outside our immediate circle of acquiantances.

I think we're going to have to rely on some good rolling we're doomed to explain shit whilst avoiding being lynched, and/or some deus ex machina in having staff intervene.
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>>133575
Those are good reasons. But as>>133684 pretty much said. NONE of them know that. In fact, none of Class 2 knew either. The teachers were actually pretty smart and kept it on a need to know basis, because they probably (Like Ryoji predicted early on) That if they DID tell people shit like this would happen. I mean just LOOK at what happened when people did find out. Akio and Seishiro busted into the room with the sole purpose of killing us.



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