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>>2355983
You shake yourself out of it.
Alright, where were you?

Oh yeah, right, hot springs.

As it turns out, the hot springs you had assumed were in Portage actually ended up being in the NPC town along the barrier mountains, Range. Because of that, you and Saya are currently riding your moose northwards through the Alaskan wilderness. It’s a fairly long ride, but thankfully, due to your habit of losing yourself in thought every now and then, you are most of the way there already. You can tell because the snowy countryside is starting to show signs of population again. The trees are a bit more sparse around the road and there are people every now and then. As a side note, when you say( well, more like think...) people, you actually mean landers, not adventurers. While this area would usually probably have a few adventurers out and about in game mining Cold Iron or killing Ice Motes, you haven’t seen a single one since you left Portage. Looks like most folks still aren’t quite ready to leave the shelter of the city.

Anyways, you are a bit curious to see what Range is actually like in this world. You haven’t been to the village yet since you got trapped here, and apparently, much like Portage itself, the place has gotten a rather large upgrade from when everything was a game. For a specific example, there was never a hot spring there in the game, and now apparently there is one.

You don’t have to wait long before that is answered, as the town’s wall is just ahead. The town guards at the gate salute you as you ride towards them, just like they have in game ever since you completed “Range Rovers” where you saved the town from the possessed Ice Trolls. It’s pretty neat that that is still a thing. You salute back to them as you head through the open gate.

Just entering the town is enough to see how much the world has changed. The main road right in front of the gate is home to more than just the Bank, Weapon shop, and General Store now. It’s actually quite crowded, and not just with people, but buildings and stands too. It is much more like a flourishing town full of life than the three buildings and 10 NPCs that were along this road in the game would lead one to expect.

[ ] Check out the various stalls, they have a lot of food, and its all steaming hot and delicious looking. Then again, its probably tasteless anyways...
[ ] Look for some of the NPC’s from the game. You are kinda interested in meeting them.
[ ] You don’t really want to keep Saya waiting, just look for the hot spring. From what you know thanks to anime, it’s probably in the direction of all those clouds of steam billowing into the air.
[ ]Write in.

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Yay the quest lives!

>>2356009
>[ ] Look for some of the NPC’s from the game. You are kinda interested in meeting them.

Let's go see some old faces.

>>2356009
>[ ] Look for some of the NPC’s from the game. You are kinda interested in meeting them.

>>2356009
[ ] Look for some of the NPC’s from the game. You are kinda interested in meeting them.

>>2356031
>>2356050
>>2356075
[+1 detour]
[+2 NPC finding]

>>2356262
Seeing how different the town is from the game, you are starting to get curious about the NPCs as well.

“Hey, mind if we check something out first?” you ask Paradigm.

“That being?”

“The NPCs.”

“Which ones?”

“Uhh, how about the knights from Range Rovers?”

“Sir Tane and Sir Reus?”

“Yeh, those guys.”
During the quest, the two knights helped you fight off the trolls. They didn’t really do a lot, but they have some funny dialogue, so you are curious about their real personalities.

“Sure, why not.” she says with a slightly disappointed shrug.

“Sorry, it shouldn’t take long.”

“Alright, as long as we try to keep it short, that’s fine. Maybe we can actually figure out who counts as having done the quests while we are there.”

“Good idea.” you say wishing you had thought of it.

The two of you head north along the main street and turn off at the first large intersection as you would in the game and head to the barracks at the end of the road.

You walk in and see the two in question sitting at a table playing cards.

“Hey, long time no see.” you say.

“Oh! If it isn’t Will to Fight” says Sir Tane.

“And Miss Paradigm too!” says sir Reus.

“Hello.” she responds.
Looks like they know both of you.

“So what brings you guys here?”

>>2356779
“We just wanted to stop and say hi.” you say.

“And ask a couple questions.” Paradigm adds.

“Sure, we aren’t busy, and Wenia knows we always have time for heroes, especially if they happen to be old friends.” Sir Tane says with a smile.

“Cool, which one of us helped the town against the trolls?” Paradigm asks.

“Both of you did.” he answers. “Don’t you remember?”

“Just making sure. Some weird stuff has been going on with us and other adventurers lately.”

“Really? What sort of weird stuff?” Sir Tane asks.

“It’s hard to explain…” you say pausing to think. Seriously, you aren’t sure what you should say to explain it… ‘We came from another world where we controlled the actions of these bodies indirectly as a game?’ no way.
“But a few weeks ago something happened and all our memories are a bit jumbled up…”
Hopefully that’s good enough?

“Well, I guess that explains why nobody has been around recently.” says Sir Reus.

“Yeh, ever since whatever it was that happened, a lot of adventurers are just sitting around in Portage.” you confirm. “Anyways, back to what we were just talking about, how do you guys remember that fight with the Trolls?”

“Which one?” Sir Tane asks.

“There was more than one?” you ask.

“Oh yeh, they attack the town all the time. I feel like you adventurers are always saving my ass when they do too.”

Apparently Range Rovers is something that can happen more than once? This one is reasonable, but what about quests like the murder mystery one or the Big Apple conspiracy one? Or quests with specific villains that die? This just leaves more questions…

“Did we fight with any other adventurers when we helped you out?” you ask.

“Yeh, there were a couple others with you when you helped us, I can’t remember who exactly though, it’s been a few years.” Sir Reus says scratching his head.

>>2356783
“Are you certain?” Paradigm asks.

“No, I’m Sir Reus.”

“No, we know that, but she meant are you sure that there were multiple adventurers with me?” you say.

The knight nods in affirmation.

“I’m surprised you don’t remember. I doubt we could have fought off all those trolls with only us and you.”

That’s news to you. Range Rovers was a one person quest.

“Was it the same with me?” Paradigm asks.

“A few less people, but yes.” says Sir Tane. “Lucky there were less trolls than that time or we would have been overwhelmed.”

Seems like the number of enemies was scaled up to match the number of players doing it at any given time in their version of events?

“Seriously?” Paradigm says feigning incredulity. She is doing this on purpose… She has to be…

“No, I am Sir Tane.”

“She meant are you serious.”

“I’m Sir Tane.” he says visibly confused.

“Alright, that’s a bit weird.” You say. “From how we remember it, we were both definitely alone when we helped you guys.” you say trying to get back on topic.

“Man, this is crazy, right Will? So you guys are certain that we weren’t alone?”

“I’m Sir Reus, he is Sir Tane. But in all seriousness, yes, that’s definitely how we remember it. ”

Apparently they like doing this bit as much as Paradigm, but even they can tell its a rather serious matter.

“Alright, well, that’s good to know.” you say.

“Thanks for the help guys.”

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>>2356788
“Any time Miss Paradigm, is there anything else we can help you with?”

“Wel-”

“Nah, we are good for now.” she says cutting you off.

“Will and I were about to head over to the hot spring when he decided he wanted to drop in and say hi.”

“Oh are you two a couple?” Sir Tane asks.

“Yep.” Paradigm says hugging your arm.

“In that case, perhaps you should try the mixed bath? The weather is nice for it today, nice and clear. You two enjoy yourselves, maybe taking some time to relax will help get your memories back on track.”

“Thanks, we will!” Paradigm says as she drags you out of the building.
You think you realize why you wanted to go talk to those guys now…

You have seen enough anime to know what happens when you go to a Hot Springs with a girl.
Something inside you knew something was going to happen somehow.
Now that you have delayed her bath, she seems quite set on making it so.

Perhaps coming here was a bad idea…
[ ] Attempt to convince Paradigm to go in the normal baths. (Roll 1d100 best of 3)
[ ] Just go along with it. You doubt anything will happen…
[ ] Go along with it. Maybe you are ok with something happening…
[ ] Try and make some sort of other distraction or excuse… (write in and roll)

>>2356799
>[X] Go along with it. Maybe you are ok with something happening…

>>2356799
>[ ] Just go along with it. You doubt anything will happen…

I know will isn't a lolicon but...

>>2356799
>[x] Go along with it. Maybe you are ok with something happening…

Just maybe though

>>2356799
[ ] Go along with it. Maybe you are ok with something happening…

>>2356799
>[ ] Go along with it. Maybe you are ok with something happening…
As long as Paradigm is okay with anything happening.

>>2356819
>>2356838
>>2356852
>>2356866
[+1 willing acceptance]

>>2356922
That gives such a bad wibe.. :D

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>>2356922
How will you get yourself out of this one… Think Will, think! Plenty of ideas run through your head as you follow the small girl dragging your arm along.

Unfortunately, you are too busy panicking to come up with anything actually intelligent. Why are you so bad at dealing with this kind of thing?

After what feels like an hour of thinking, the best you can come up with is straight up running away, and you know that is probably about the worst thing you could do.

Shit. Maybe you will luck out and nothing will happen?

No, that’s probably impossible. You resign yourself to your fate. You will be going into a bath with a girl and you can’t stop it.

As you follow a daze, Paradigm drags you into the inn and pays, then pulls you down the hall towards the changing rooms for the mixed bath and shoves you through the Men’s door.

End of the line.

You slowly undress and go to the showers to rinse off. Apparently they are magic, and after fiddling around with the crystal sticking out of the wall for a bit, you are drenched in moderately warm water. You scrub yourself down with the soap that Paradigm had shoved into your hand and rinse yourself off. It has been a while since you have washed properly, so you are glad that they have showers here. Thinking about it, they must have some sort of baths in Portage, either that or everyone would just be filthy all the time… You will have to look into that later.

After you finish cleaning yourself off, you wrap yourself in a towel to preserve your modesty and walk to the curtain at the end of the room. Cold air flows in under it and chills your feet.

Behind this lies the land of every Man’s dreams. Perhaps you are starting to get excited...

You push the curtain aside and step out.

Taking a look around, the basin looks like it is made of rough natural stone and is roughly fifteen meters across. The water is just dark enough that you can’t see the bottom and warm steam wafts into the cool air lightly obscuring everything. A few lanterns are hung along a length of rope to provide some extra brightness to the ever present twilight. There are a few other people in the bath, another couple, a few elderly men, and a middle aged woman, but they all seem to be NPCs.

>>2357291
Paradigm isn’t out here yet, so you take the opportunity and step into the bath. The water is actually quite hot. You take your time to sink down into it, letting the pleasantly hot water come up to your chest. Despite the situation, you find yourself relaxing naturally. You lean back against the large comfortably shaped rock and wait.

After about a minute, Paradigm comes out of the Girl’s changing room. She too is wrapped in a towel, but at her size, it covers her almost entirely. You feel a bit relieved.

She slips into the bath next to you and lets out a happy sigh. The water comes up to her neck and she has to lean back to keep her head out of it.

“Ahhh~ It’s been way too long since I have had a bath~”

“It sure is nice.” you say “Are all hot springs like this?”

“No, most of them are separated by gender.~”

“Not what I meant.”

“Well, if you are asking if they are all this comfortable, I would generally say yes. At least for the good ones.” she says.

“Good to know.” you say. God this feels awkward…

Right next to you is your girlfriend, completely nude except for a towel.

You are starting to imagine things that you probably shouldn't be...

You aren’t sure what you should say or do...

[ ] Tease her. You have no other option in this situation. You must engage in shenanigans. It is the only way to preserve the proper order of the universe.
[ ] Relax and wait for something to happen. You know something will happen. You can feel it in your bones. You aren’t going to go out of your way to cause it, but you know it is coming...
[ ] Don't do anything stupid. Just relax. Surely even you can manage to do that. Worldly Desires Begone!
[ ] Say something in particular. (Write in)
[ ] Write in.

>>2357310
>[X] Tease her. You have no other option in this situation. You must engage in shenanigans. It is the only way to preserve the proper order of the universe.

>>2357310
>[X] Tease her. You have no other option in this situation. You must engage in shenanigans. It is the only way to preserve the proper order of the universe.
We must tease the cute dorf!

>>2357310
[ ] Write in: Wonnder if you can drink in the bath. Then give it a mental 'fuck it' abd pull some sake out of your inventory and poor you and Paradigm some.

>>2357310
>[ ] Tease her. You have no other option in this situation. You must engage in shenanigans. It is the only way to preserve the proper order of the universe.

>>2357310
>>2357362
Gonna support this. Time to be classy. But not a ton of sake, just enough to be atmospheric and not be shitfaced.

>>2357374
Of course. After all Kitsune + hot spring +sake is a must have combo. At least that's what it was like in the dating sims.

So far the votes are
>>2357336
>>2357352
>>2357365
Teasing
>>2357362
>>2357374
Sake

I will leave the vote up a bit longer since there is a write in with some support that came in late.

>>2357362
I'm backing this instead

>>2357398
Why not tease her while drinking sake? Not like one thing stops the other. Besides it gives Paradigm a excuse to say we are trying to make her drunk so we can abuse her later.~~

>>2357402
Alright, write in it is.
>>2357414
I will blend things a bit.

[-1 manners?]
[+1 drinking in a hot spring]

>[-1 manners?]
Landers are just jelly we get sake and they don't.

>>2357453
You aren't actually sure if its bad manners, which is why there is a ?

>>2357456
Doesn't matter got sake. Besides i bet we can float some free samples for the other landers.

SPREAD THE WORD OF OUR BOOZE!

Warning: Some Lewdness Incoming.
Avert your eyes or face the consequences.

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>>2358066
Man how the heck do Japanese people do this normally? As comfortable as the water is, you just can’t seem to get over the awkwardness.

Suddenly, in a flash of brilliant inspiration, you come up with a way to get rid of it. You don’t know how it took you so long considering it’s practically a staple of the genre.

You are a fox person. In an Onsen. All you need now is a thing of sake.

“Hey” you ask Paradigm, “Is drinking allowed in hot springs?” You don’t really want to be rude if its not.

“I’m pretty sure it varies.” she says. “And even if I knew in our world, I have no idea how things like that are here.”

“Fair point.” you say.

Screw it. If it’s rude, it’s rude.

“I’ll be right back.”

“Bring me something too.” she says.

“Anything in particular or is sake good?”

“Sake is fine, its thematic after all.” she says.

“Gotcha.” you say getting out of the water. The cold air feels way colder now that it is against your warm and wet skin. You head over to the changing room to get your magic bag and pull a bottle of Sake out. Unfortunately, you don’t have the classic fancy porcelain cups that you use at restaurants, so normal glasses will have to do.

You quickly return to the bath before the wet towel loses the last of its warmth. “Got it.” you say as you sink back into the warm water.

“Hurray~” Paradigm says raising her arms out of the water and above her head in a relaxed cheer.

You open the bottle and hand her a glass then pour some for each of you.

“Thank you.” she says taking the glass and sipping from it.

You sip from yours as well. Like most hard alcohol, it gives you a warm slightly burn-y feeling going down, which fells pretty nice with the warmth of the hot spring.

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>>2358066
Well then...go on.

>>2358086
The lander couple seems to be watching you curiously while the two of you sip from your glasses, but they don’t say anything. You offer them some as well, and the man takes you up on that. You get out and grab some more cups from your bag before returning and pouring them some as well.

“Woah, what is this?” he exclaims after taking a sip of it. “It feels like my throat is burning, is this what you adventurers always drink?!” he asks rather panickedly.

Woops. You forgot, these people aren’t used to taste. The burning sensation of hard liquor might be rather scary to them if they have been drinking what equates to tasteless water their whole lives.

“Uhhh, sort of.” you say. “Don’t worry, aside from how it tastes, it’s like normal sake.” you say to calm him down.

“Are you sure?”

“Positive, we drink this stuff all the time.” you say. He still looks a bit doubtful and ends up putting his glass down on the side of the bath for now.

To prove to him that it is fine, you pour some more and drink another cup of it. Paradigm, unwilling to be left behind follows suit.

After a while, the man seems to calm down and he finishes his cup. He and his girlfriend have some more, and so does the middle aged woman. The two elderly men get up and leave while you are all busy.

Maybe you will start a drunk onsen craze? Who knows.

Either way, you are really starting to feel it. Were you always this much of a lightweight?

No way.

As you are wondering what’s going on, you look at Paradigm. Her cheeks are quite flushed and she is staring at you.

“Do I have something on my face?” you ask her in an attempt to be witty.

Jesus, you must be really drunk, because that was just pathetic.

At least she doesn’t fire back at you like usual. She is just kinda staring at you. And blushing. A lot.

>>2358092
“Hey, you alright?”

Oh boy, that is quite the look she has in her eyes.

“Saya?”

She licks her lips.

A shiver runs down your back.

Out of instinct, you look back at the bottle of sake that was full 20 minutes ago. Its completely empty. That was a pretty big bottle too...

Before you realize what she is doing, she practically jumps on you, forcing you into a kiss.

This is escalating way too quickly! You definitely didn’t think you were anywhere near drunk enough for this! Since when does she do PDA at this level?

That’s definitely her tongue in your mouth. And her chest against your chest. And her ass out of the water…

The other couple and the middle aged woman watch in shock at the carnage that unfolds before them.

Sure you two may not have downed the entire thing yourself, but you definitely had the lion’s share… Even so, its way less than how much you usually drink! Wait… Is it? Could it be? The hot spring?!? Shit, do they do something to you with alcohol?

You can’t think about it anymore. That lovely butt has left your vision and descended beneath the surface of the pool.

She sits down, planting it solidly on your lap! She still hasn’t let go of your lips either, so you are slightly hunched forward leaning into her.

The weakening seal finally breaks and your Demon King awakens from his thousand year slumber.

Paradigm definitely notices as she wiggles around on top of you.

“Will…” she looks up at you with those eyes and holy shit...

You feel your self control ready to shatter into a million pieces.

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>You sip from yours as well. Like most hard alcohol, it gives you a warm slightly burn-y feeling going down, which fells pretty nice with the warmth of the hot spring.

Truly humanity best friend!

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>>2358113
Before things escalate any further, you pick her up out of your lap and place her on the side of the bath. You jump out after her leaving the mountain created on your towel by your Staff of Power in full view of the other bathers. You swear you heard an “Ara Ara” in the background as you quickly dash into the men’s changing room.

As you dry off and get dressed, you get a call from Paradigm on telepathy.

“Lets get a room~”

[ ] “WHY DID YOU THINK I RAN OUT OF THE BATH?”
[ ] You have passed the point of no return. Use a cleanse on yourself before you get there though...
[ ] “This is all going way too fast! We need to calm down for a minute...”
[ ] Pass out from lack of blood flow to your brain.

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>>2358122
>[ ] “WHY DID YOU THINK I RAN OUT OF THE BATH?”

>>2358122
>[X] “WHY DID YOU THINK I RAN OUT OF THE BATH?”

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>>2358122
[X] “WHY DID YOU THINK I RAN OUT OF THE BATH?”

>>2358142
>>2358200
>>2358214
[-1 virginity]
[+1 Fade to black]

>>2358252
>no [+1 happy dwarfu]

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>>2358252
“WHY DID YOU THINK I RAN OUT OF THE BATH?!” you think at the top of your lungs.

“Meet you at the front desk!” she think-shouts into your mind.

You quickly put your clothes on with the menu despite being a bit wet and run barefoot out to the front desk.

“Can I get a room? Uh, two people?” you blurt out.

The lady stares at you.

Well, to be exact, she stares at your lower half. She appears to be sightseeing at the slopes of your Mount McKinley as it rises majestically above the surrounding landscape.

After what feels like way too long for someone to spend staring at you junk, the young lady snaps out of it with a “Huh? Oh! Eeep! ExcusemeimsosorrywhatcanIhelpyouwithdearcustomer?” as she starts bowing repeatedly, you try to make sense of whatever she just said, but you don’t seem to be getting anywhere at all in your drunken stupor.

While she apologizes, Paradigm walks out of the girls bath and quickly approaches the front desk. She stands next to you, coming up to just the perfect height. Fuck somehow that is so hot to think about all of a sudden.

“Hello?” Paradigm asks her as you attempt to maintain your structural integrity.

“Sorry, sorry sorry sorry sorry, sorr-” Paradigm lightly pokes the woman with her staff and bubbles rush into her then fly out. She seems to snap out of it.

“Ah, valued customers.. I apologize for that…” She says blushing profusely as she narrowly stops her gaze from drifting below your belt again. “Wh- what can I do for you tonight?”

“Room for two please.” Paradigm says.

She looks at Paradigm. She looks back at your junk.

“There’s no way it will fit!” She cries as she slams a key down on the counter and runs through a curtained door behind the counter.

Paradigm pulls on your arm and looks like she wants to whisper something, so you lean down and nearly fall over in your drunkenness. Thankfully, your monk reflexes keep you somewhat upright.
“Only one way to find out~” she whispers to you.

You pick her up in one arm, grab the key, slam down several times what the room is worth in a fistful of gold on the counter, and sprint up the stairs as fast as you possibly can.
[ ] End Session.

>>2358387
That's it for tonight, thanks for playing and sorry it was a bit slow. Next session will be next Saturday at 2pm EST unless i manage to sleep through my alarms again, in which case it will be Saturday at some point after 2pm EST.

If you are enjoying the quest so far, make sure to Vote on Sup/tg/ so other anons can find us.

If you have any questions, comments, concerns, etc, I will be around for a little while, so feel free to ask and I will generally answer to the best of either my or Will's ability depending on the nature of the question.

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>>2358399
Thank you for the run. See you next time. Also i guess will is well endolwed for the staring.

>>2358399
Thanks for running, this session has been great.

>>2358474
I like the think that during character creation in ElderTale there was an unnamed slider bar that no one new what it did so Will just maxed it out because why not.

>>2358387
>“There’s no way it will fit!” She cries as she slams a key down on the counter and runs through a curtained door behind the counter.
Absolutely amazing. We've probably started some rumors.

>>2358498
10/10 made me kek

>>2358510
>>2358498
I wonder what kind of status ailment our dick caused to the lander girl.

>>2358530
Fear, probably.

>>2358530
<Charmed>

>>2358974
>>2359026
<Stun>

>>2358974
>>2359026
Both of these actually. She was too pure.

>>2359966
And she works at a onsen with that purity?