>>2653217
>[] Stay

>>2653217
>[] Go back to the mansion.

>>2653217
[] Stay. Kokoro flag

>>2653223
>>2653264
Stay
>>2653239
Mansion

Vote for or against Stay. This is a 556 flag
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>>2653282
>[X] Against

>>2653282
Trip code messed up sorry

>>2653282
>For

>>2653282
>[] Against

>>2653282
>For

>>2653282
[] For

>>2653282
>[] Against

>[X] Against

she will always leave for Mitsuru, so don't bother

>>2653282
>[x] For

MUH DRUMA!

>>2653282
>[x] For

>>2653282
[] Against

>>2653282
Against

>>2653282
>[] Against

>[x] For
HAREM FAGS UNITE

>>2653282
Against

>>2653290
>>2653302
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>>2653533
>>2653557
>>2653589
8 Against

>>2653295
>>2653303
>>2653304
>>2653368
>>2653382
>>2653570
6 For.

Stay fails. Revote

[] Go back to the mansion.
[] Go to where Hiro usually hangs about.

>>2653643
[x] Go back to the mansion.
C'mon Zoro, let us be your Sensei too!

>>2653643
>[x] Go back to the mansion.
can we have a talk with hachi and nana

>>2653643
>[] Go back to the mansion.

>>2653643
>[X] Go back to the mansion

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>>2653657
>>2653664
>>2653755
>>2653815

You go back to the mansion, walking away from any possible encounter with people you might feel ambivalent about.

You come across a rather fat-looking cat around the bushes.

Come to think of it, was it actually fat in the same way as you were? The proportions were all wrong - it was bulging near its lower stomach. It yawns, as if its being fat made it tired.

It catches sight of you. The cat leaps back into the bushes. You manage to catch sight of its underside - six bulging nipples.

"Woman-befriender" - as the censors at APE would put it - that you were, even then, you were only used to seeing two at the same time.

You shrug it off and head to lunch.

---

You have lunch. Kokoro arrives tardier than usual.

You notice her looking in at the boys' table's direction. Hopefully, it wasn't you, but given your hunch in the woods, you weren't too sure.

Ikuno looks more riled up than usual. Ichigo seems cheery.

The boys, well, were being boys. Speaking of the boys, you've grown somewhat distant - then again, were you ever close to them? You find a spirit of contempt growing for them within yourself - strange, how it had been resentment only a couple of years ago.

You finish your lunch.

[] Head to the library.

[] Lounge around.
[] Try and find that cat from earlier.

>>2653859
>[] Head to the library.

>>2653859
> Head to the library.

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>>2653859
[] Head to the library, kill self.

>>2653859
>[X] Lounge around.

>>2653859
>[x]start planning a diet and excercise routine.
If we cant get /fit/ can we at LEAST lose some weight? No muscles, just weight loss.

>[] Head to the library.

>>2653859
>[X] Head to the library.

>>2653859
[] Try and find that cat from earlier.

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>>2653872
>>2653875
>>2653963
>>2653984
Library

>>2653889
Lounge

>>2653906
Routine

>>2654092
Cat

---

You decide to head to the library.

---

You enter the library. You notice that Ikuno is searching around. She's no doubt is looking for that diary/notebook of hers.

You retrieve it from the corner. You approach her even as she is carrying on her search for it.

No need to mess around. You simply state:
"Safekeeping. You left it behind on the table. I did not read it."

Ikuno receives her notebook from you:
"Thank you, Futoshi." She promptly carries on as if nothing had happened, minding her own business, leaving you to mind your own.

She would've made a good 21st Century librarian.

That was how the peace had always been kept in the library - good fences made good neighbours and by simply ignoring each other, the library truly was a place of peace. 'Let Sappho stay on Lesbos and do what she does with her verse - you were no Alceus to disturb her. Herodotus, being of a later era, could not have possibly met her.'

Awful metaphor. The point remained - you monopolised the nonfiction and she the fiction. Thus there was little competition. Exceptions were few and hence were truly exceptional - her reading Clausewitz and you reading Tanaka was truly a sign of the oddity of the times.

[] "That's how it was and always ought to be." Continue reading LoGH.

[] Charm, Luck:"It wouldn't hurt to try writing poetry once in a while..." Ikuno flag
[] Charm, Luck: "Maybe even have her read it." Double Ikuno flag.

>>2654921
>[] Charm, Luck: "Maybe even have her read it."

>>2654921
[] Charm, Luck: "Maybe even have her read it." Double Ikuno flag.

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>>2654960
>>2654987
'Maybe even have her read it.' Double Ikuno flag

Vote to reject or confirm.

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>>2655071
[] For

>>2655071
>[] For

>>2655071
>[x] For

So, has this shit quest survived the aliens?

>>2655071
[X] For

WE SHALL WRITE POETRY ON THE GLORIES OF THE BOOZE MASTER!

>>2655071
[X] FOR

>>2655071
Against

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>[X] Against

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>>2655630
For

>>2656535
>>2656597
Against

First Futoshi luck against Second roll of Ikuno skill. Effect will be written in next post.

---

It's an outrageous idea, writing poetry and having Ikuno read - so random and out of the blue, you don't know how she'll react to it. Nonetheless, you are determined to try your hand at writing some.

Now, what to write about:

[] The library.

[] The library 'that you both share'. + 1 flag
[] The library and her. +1 flag, more options

[] Never mind.

>>2656758
>The library and her.

>>2656758
[] The library and her. +1 flag, more options

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>>2656778
>>2656812

The library and her +1 flag and more options

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>>2656816
[] For

>>2656816
>For

>>2656816
>[X] Against

>>2656816
[] For

>>2656816
>>[X] Against

>>2656816
>[x] For
Time to burn

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>>2657007
For

>>2656828
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>>2657046

Against

>>2657007
Burn what?
---

...Yeah.

Maybe it's just you and your body and mind changing, but you've been far more direct with girl ever since leaving the Garden. Whether this was a bad thing, you didn't know for certain - only that it had become a part of you and that you may as well embrace it. Might as well go all out...although you weren't too sure if Ikuno would be alright with you viewing her as a target.

You are going to start the poem:

[] "Within a Forest Made of Books she Stands," +2 Kokoro flags
[] "Their Names both Start with I and I enjoy," + 2 Ichigo flags
[] "Her Freckles Light up, Childlike Marks of Life" + 2 Miku flags
[] "Fair Sappho, Shares an Isle with Alcaeus." + 1 Ikuno flag

>>2657111
>Their Names both Start with I and I enjoy

>>2657111
[] "Their Names both Start with I and I enjoy," + 2 Ichigo flags

>>2657111
Burn as firewood ontop of this supposed harem we're acquiring by pure "accident"

>>2657111
[x] "Fair Sappho, Shares an Isle with Alcaeus."

ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE.TITTIES ARE GREAT AND SO ARE YOU.[/spoiler

>>2657111
[] "Fair Sappho, Shares an Isle with Alcaeus." + 1 Ikuno flag

Wish there was a Naomi poem, but I can’t write poems for shit else I would have write-in it.

>>2657111
[] "Fair Sappho, Shares an Isle with Alcaeus."

>>2657111
Why can’t we write a poem for Naomi? Give her something we don’t give any other girl? I don’t like the whole harem thing, you anons are a bunch non-god fearing degenerates. There is still time to turn back from your sinful ways.

>>2657314
You can do a write in for Naomi if you want. +1 Naomi flag But since others already decided to write about Ikuno, somehow relate a theme about Naomi while writing about Ikuno.

Else, write in "never mind. "

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>>2657314
>I don’t like the whole harem thing, you anons are a bunch non-god fearing degenerates.
I'll take being accidental Harem Protagonist over being Molesty Mcgee.
And to be honest I'm hoping we can boost our Naomi flag up high enough in other ways so she can be our partner when the show really does start.
That and the only reason why I'm voting for not skipping is because I really do want to train one of the boys in the ways of being a Tactical Genius because we need all the skilled pilots we can get for our Squad.
If we're not allowed to do so, then I guess just ignore literally everyone and boost up Naomi's flags and then skip to the show proper because all the flags are just going to be a pain in our ass to juggle.

>>2657111
>[] "Fair Sappho, Shares an Isle with Alcaeus."

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>>2657353
I agree, it would be highly beneficial to develop a deeper friendship with one of the boys in order to have an extra tactical genius on the team.

Hiro is already within our orbit, but you have to weigh it against attracting Ichigo's suspicion.
Goro is arguably a highly ideal candidate given he can maintain his calm - against, weigh it against his opinion of you.
Mitsuru is a wild card. Given our current relationship with Hiro, opening up to Mitsuru might prove difficult. IIRC in the beach episode he was a slight Papafag.
Zorome is a raging Papafag, as we have seen in the series, thus it would be questionable to teach him our tactical gifts. However, in this in-game night after mentoring Naomi, if you pay closer attention to Zorome, you will be pleasantly surprised. We almost reached that point earlier, except we got distracted.

Think not only about the boys, but about the pistils - pistils are tied to their units to which they will be paired. Whoever is paired with Miku, we want to be good at reconaissance, as Argentea is built to a light recon unit. He who goes with Kokoro, goes with the artillery unit. Ikuno means Chlorophytum, a medium assault unit. Going with Naomi means a standard mass production Franxx. I'm sure we're up to the challenge should we choose to accept it.

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>>2657421
To add, Delphinium is a heavy melee and command unit.

If we befriend another boy i think it should be Goro or a Zorome who idolizes us.
Goro would be good since he is a low number making him important to have on our side.I think he would probably be easy to sway because of his personality and the help of Hiro.
While Zorome is a higher number and would be harder to convince .If we are able to change his idol from Papa to us he would be fiercely loyal.

>>2657469
I think we'll honestly have a easier time with Zorome than Goro simply due us having a more positive response to Zoro than Goro when they came up to us/challenging us. Goro on the other hand keeps everything under the surface so if we're trying to get Goro in our orbit then we're going to have get both us and Goro in the same damn room and willing to interact with eachother outside of the bare minimum.

>>2657477
Well i think Goro would be pretty likely to talk with us if we approach him and if hes not we can have Hiro pressure him into talking with us and if we do i think he would be easy enough to convince especially if we have Hiro backing us up.

>>2657485
Fucking damn it Goro, why are you so chill and understanding and relaxed. Why can't you be someone we can comprehend like Zoro or Ikuno?

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>>2657490
I think Rudyard Kipling's poem "If--" is highly relevant with regards to Goro. Speaking of which, I put two verses in one of the cover images picturing Futoshi.

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>>2657356
>>2657287
>>2657162
>>2657145
Fair Sappho shares an Isle with Alcaeus

>>2657144
>>2657135
"Their Names both Start with I and I enjoy,"

'Fair Sappho' succeeds. Vote for or against for confirmation.

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>>2657503
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>>2657497
My biggest problem is that I have never watched the anime, I don't even know where the fuck Goro spends most of his time. So I can't specifically vote for going to Goro's lurkplace outside of the ever helpful "Hunt Goro's chill ass down"

>>2657503
[x] For

Have you ever looked at the man in the glass Futoshi? He may have wisdom for you to know and know alone.

>>2657503
>[] For

>>2657507
Well Goro is heavily underused in the anime so the only place we have really seen him is in the manor and maybe the yard next to the manor.

>>2657512
Sounds like we're voting for Hunt Goro's Chill Ass Down then.

>>2657503
>[] For
Getting closer to Hiro and Goro should be important, Mitsuru will lose his edge by himself. We probably need to get some favors to get a custom franxx if we go and pilot with Naomi seeing as one of those mass produced ones won't last us very long. I'm also assuming that nobody will be sent to the pruningroom if we pilot succesfully with Naomi (the one with whom Hiro ends up piloting will fail to connect.)

>>2657421
I don't believe that the doc did not prepare the fifth unique Franxx for P13. I think you could get some design and we can vote one for Naomi.

>>2657617
He intended Hiro and Zero-Two to meet again, meaning Naomi was basically there to get scrapped.

>>2657619
The reason Naomi got send back because the connect with Hiro did not work, and now they do not form a paring yet. And after all this is like our fic we could write anything

>>2657630
The thing is Dr Franxx knew Hiro was useless after he ingested Zero-Two's blood. They just needed a pistil to keep up the act and then keep giving him permission to stay till Dr Franxx suddenly stop to visit with Zero-Two.

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>>2657508
>>2657507
>>2657505

Spirit: 105/110

---

Yeah.

You're going to write a poem. You're going to write it about Ikuno and how you've spent the last couple of years in the same place as her, how positive her presence has been for you and how good neighbours ought not only to have good fences, but a good respect for one another. You were going to write it allegorically.

Was that what you wanted from her? Respect? Acknowledgement? Did you even have anything worthy of them?

Ot did you seek something else? What did this wilful body want?

You put your troubled thoughts aside.

You begin your poem...


'Fair Sappho shares an Isle with Alcaeus.
She tends to verse and he to arts of state,
At times she has young Cleïs to read this.
Between them there's no rancor, life is great.

But Alcaeus seeks to free Mytilene.
He wonders, 'Sappho, do you seek the same,
To make Myrsilus fall, your verse a mean;
We share a land, but do we share that aim?'

'Our island suffers under tyranny,
Force'd to war like slaves, with no loot nor spoils.
Will you stand by, o Sappho and leave me
Just staying by your verse while our home toils?'

Should history repeat itself as thus?
Can't there be strength, pen and sword, both of us?


---

You approach Ikuno, while she is reading no less. Of course, given the unwritten rule that you minded your own business and she minded hers, this was a bit exceptional. Nonetheless, you muster the confidence to break convention.

"Excuse me, Ikuno. Would you mind looking at my poem for me?"

She furrowed her eyebrows at your question.

"Poetry? Not what I'd expect from you. Alright, I suppose." - Honest when she needed to be honest - discreet when she needed to be discreet - such was Ikuno's demeanor.

---

"Well, I suppose the topic isn't too fitting for a sonnet. I can't see where the passion is. It's too densely packed with history, I'm not sure I'll get the allusions without extra reading. But your form is alright I guess. Mind if I copied it down for reference?"

You shake your head, having no qualms about it. Ikuno manually copied it into her notebook.

She hands it back to you, having swiftly calligraphed your poem into her diary.

"Thank you." You give your gratitude to her for her literary criticism.

"You're welcome. I actually don't mind reviewing your poetry, if that is the usual standard you write to." She stated.

You grunt, acknowledging her what-amounted-to-praise and headed for dinner.

She didn't get the message. Surely, she should've known at least the historical context in which those poets wrote?

Maybe you should've included how Sappho herself had 'violet hair'.

---

You finish dinner. You head to your corner and wonder on what to discuss with Naomi and Miku.

[] The fall of Byzantium {Heavy Cunning Focus}
[] The Hundred Years War {Cunning and Affection/Loyalty focus}

[] Columbus' discovery of the Americas {Luck and will focus}

>>2657635
>[] The fall of Byzantium

>>2657635
>[] The fall of Byzantium

>>2657632
Even so, I am pretty sure with their tech, doc can made more than 4 unique Franxx, and there is no reason he can made 1 more for p13. Remind you once again, we can do anything here because it our fic, we already made Futoshi become more than food joke

>>2657635
>[] Columbus' discovery of the Americas

>>2657635
>[X] The Hundred Years War {Cunning and Affection/Loyalty focus}

>>2657635
>>[] The fall of Byzantium

>>2657635
>[x] The fall of Byzantium {Heavy Cunning Focus}
Time to give the devils their earthly due.

>>2657635
The fall of Byzantium

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>>2657637
>>2657639
>>2657734
>>2657955
>>2657985
Fall of Byzantium

>>2657672
Columbus

>>2657711
Hundred Years War

---

You decide to cover Byzantium - the fall of an empire that had long suffered due to infighting, bad diplomacy, greed, corruption, war and treachery - the final inglorious breathes of a Rome which was not so much fated to die as it rather chose to kill itself.

---

Average Girl Naomi

Athletics - 2
Affection - 4
Skill - 15
Cunning - 4
Luck - 2
Will - 2

Spirit 20
---

Cheerful Lass Miku

Athletics - 3
Affection - 3
Skill - 5
Cunning - 3
Luck - 4
Will - 3

Spirit 15

---

Budding Strategist Code 'Futoshi' 214

1) Athletics - 2
2) Loyalty - 6
3) Skill - 21
4) Cunning - 11
5) Luck - 6
6) Will - 11

Spirit: (120)/110
Favour: 4

---

The history of Byzantium - or the Eastern Roman Empire, which was more fitting given how the emperor and his subjects continued to view themselves as Romans, begins with the division of the Roman Empire into two separate courts, one at Rome and the other at Constantinople. At that time, there was a compelling reason for the division - namely, that it simply too hard to govern both West and East at the same time with one Emperor. {+1 Cunning, Miku and Naomi}

That was the beginning of the Byzantine Empire and was relevant in that in would make clear the dynamics of its fall.

You saw that Miku was holding her head in interest. You feel flattered. {+10 bonus temporary Spirit}

"So, what happened next?" Miku chirped in curiosity.

"Bad times, Miku. Bad times." You replied.

---

Over the next couple of centuries, Byzantium would stand, but it would never reclaim the glory of Rome. Emperor Justinian tried to reclaim the Western half of the Roman Empire from the Ostrogoths, with his superbly competent general Belisarius at the head of his forces. After hard warfare, Byzantium triumphed over the Ostrogoths. Tragically, some accounts held that Belisarius was blinded on the orders of Justinian himself, for Justinian feared that Belisarius would use his newfound honour and glory from the reconquest of Italy to usurp the throne.

You rubbed your eyes - what a truly gruesome fate. {+2 Cunning for Futoshi, +1 Cunning for Miku and Naomi}

It would mark the beginning of Byzantium's infamous politics of constant infighting and treachery.

---

For the next century or so, Byzantium found itself at war with the Sassanid Empire. They would foolishly exhaust themselves of blood and treasure while the Arabs grew in population.

Thus, the Rashidun Caliphate began its ascent. It and succeeding Muslim powers would conquer all of Persia, Mesopotamia and then the provinces of Syria, Egypt, even besieging the City of the World's Desire itself. However, Byzantium stood against the Arabs, pushing them back with Greek Fire and faith. However, it was much weakened and a new threat would rise against it...

1/?

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>>2658677
Byzantium would continue to suffer because of itself. Impressed by Rashidun victories over their own armies, Iconoclasm became a powerful force within Byzantine religion and politics. Eastern Orthodox icons, tools of worship were denounced by this movement. A sort of schism developed within the heavily religious politics of Constantinople. It escalated to the point where Bishop Euthymius of Sardis was tortured and killed on the orders of Emperor Michael II. Needless to say, Byzantine internal politics was a disgrace in this period - when was it not?

"So with all this infighting, how did the Byzzies - Byzantines", Naomi corrected herself "stand a chance against the 'new threat' that you talked about earlier?"

"Strong, principled, exceptional leadership. But before that, it really couldn't." {+1 Futoshi,+1 Miku, +1 Naomi cunning}

---

Amidst all this infighting, this fratricidal backstabbing treachery, the Byzantines weren't really in a strong position to look beyond their borders. Thus the Muslims, now under the Abbasid Caliphate, had become a permanent force in the politics of Asia. That was not a problem in itself, because the Byzantines had previously resisted them. However, the arrival of the Seljuks, a Persianised Turkic dynasty from Central Asia, changed the balance of power in the Levant for the worse.

1071, Manzikert. A battle between the upstart Seljuks and the bumbling Byzantines ensued. Naturally, the Byzantines were defeated. Their Emperor Romanos IV was captured and humiliated by the the Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan and soon after Anatolia, the Empire's first line of defense against Asiatic threats collapsed.

But this was not a death blow from which Byzantium could not recover. For Alexios I Komnenos sized the Byzantine throne. Under his determined, almost legendary leadership, Byzantium would stand against the Sicilian Normans, the various steppe tribes and the Seljuks. There would be breathing space ofr Byzantium for at least another century or so. However, great men were exceptions rather than the rule.

---

Roughly a century later, Andronikos Komnenos, grandson of Alexios, seeking to seize his birthright, mobilised the Constantinopolitan mob against Catholic expatriates who dwelled in the city in a bid for power. The Massacre of the Latins, in which Catholics were murdered by mobs and outright sold to Turks as slaves, aroused the indignation of the West. In 1204, a Crusader force, those ardent warriors which Alexios I had so cordially invited to take back the holy land, strayed off, bitterness in their hearts for the slaughter of their co-religionists. Under Doge Enrico Dandolo's leadership, Constantinople was sacked. outrages were committed, from which the Byzantines never truly recovered.

This was the true beginning of Byzantium's fall. Hopefully, humanity was not past a similar point in the present. {+2 Cunning, Miku, Naomi, +1 Cunning, Futoshi}

2/?

>>2658764

Average Girl Naomi

Athletics - 2
Affection - 4
Skill - 15
Cunning - 10
Luck - 2
Will - 2

Spirit 20
---

Cheerful Lass Miku

Athletics - 3
Affection - 3
Skill - 5
Cunning - 8
Luck - 4
Will - 3

Spirit 15

---

Budding Strategist Code 'Futoshi' 214

1) Athletics - 2
2) Loyalty - 6
3) Skill - 21
4) Cunning - 16
5) Luck - 6
6) Will - 11

Spirit: (120)/110
Favour: 4

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>>2658856

From thenceforth, Constantinople languished under the false Latin Empire - yet another bumbling roleplay of fools, beyond the one in the West, that so-called empire which was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire (Just as fools in the present dared to lay claim to sovereignty over all humanity).

Perhaps as a sad, sick joke by the universe, three rump states, shards of the old Empire survived, limping on - Trebizond, Nicaea and Epirus. As part of that sad and sick joke, the Mongols rushed forth from the East, bringing death and destruction to all those who stood in the way, the Turks included. Indeed, in 1258, Baghdad was utterly destroyed, razed to the ground. Using this breathing space, Nicaea attempted to consolidate the Empire, taking piece by piece back together. However, what it had collected was but a ghost by its former self.

The Ottomans rose from the ashes of the old Sultanate of Rum, itself a successor to the Seljuqs. Ascendant in Asia Minor, they would war against the Byzantine ghost, taking the Greek and Balkan countryside. False hope came when Tamerlane smashed the Ottomans. Apocryphal accounts, censored by APE, have it that Timur committed highly lurid outrages against of Bayezid's clan, reportedly having Timur's 'partner' (so the Papa-worshipper mongrels incompletely censored it) 'serve' Timur and all his generals, whatever it meant. Evidently it was enough to drive Bayezid to bang his head against the bars of his cage.

That anecdote shocked Miku: "Eww..."

Naomi merely displayed an interested look at you. Well, now she had more ideas than simply just bathing with you.{+1 Miku cunning, +2 Naomi cunning, + 1 Futoshi cunning.}

That perverted anecdote aside, Timur of course, carked it and his empire began crumbling soon after. The Timurids were no longer a threat to the Ottomans. Byzantium's stay of execution had ran out.

And just like that, not with a bang, but with a whimper, Mehmed the Conqueror practically walked into Constantinople, shattering the ancient Theodosian walls with cannon. Poor Constantine XI Palaiologos died like a common soldier, his body buried in some common mass grave.

Such was the fall of Byzantium - a disgrace of backstabbing oneself to death a lesson that Naomi summed up simply as:

"United we stand, divided we fall." {+1 Naomi cunning.}

---

The lesson draws to an end. Naomi approaches you, probably to drag you to the bath. Miku notices this.

"What is it that you two were planning to do after I leave?"

Naomi tugged on you - the baths were something between you two alone.

---

[] "Nothing." {Miku cunning against Futoshi cunning}

[] "Something with Naomi I will only do with her." +1 Naomi flag
[] Charm, Cunning: "Bathing together. Wanna join?" -3 Naomi flags, +1 Miku flag

>>2658867
[] Charm, Cunning: "Bathing together. Wanna join?" -3 Naomi flags, +1 Miku flag

>>2658867
>[X] "Something with Naomi I will only do with her."

>>2658867
>[X] "Nothing." {Miku cunning against Futoshi cunning}
If we can't excercise we'll burn those calories through sexual intercourse but we can't let Miku run her mouth and thus invite APE to kick in our door and shoot our proverbial dog.

>>2658912
Futoshi is not having sexual intercourse. Futoshi does not know what sexual intercourse is. He has no idea of it.

>>2658933
What the fuck are they doing then.

>>2658867
>[x] Charm, Cunning: "Bathing together. Wanna join?"

HAREM FAGS UNITE ALL GIRLS IN THE BATH WITH FATOSHI!!!!

>>2658936
Bathing and 'playing doctor' with one another.

>>2658867
>[] "Nothing." {Miku cunning against Futoshi cunning}

>>2658867
Switching to
>[X] "Nothing." {Miku cunning against Futoshi cunning}
Can't let haremfags win.

>>2658867
>[X] "Something with Naomi I will only do with her."

>[X] "Something with Naomi I will only do with her."

>>2658867
>[X] "Nothing." {Miku cunning against Futoshi cunning}

Vote change

>>2658867 #
>[X] "Something with Naomi I will only do with her."

>>2658933
well then just let futoshi hit the gym ya flaming homo

>>2658867
>[x] "Nothing." {Miku cunning against Futoshi cunning}
Keep it on the downlow niggas.

>>2658867
[] "Something with Naomi I will only do with her." +1 Naomi flag

>>2658937
You do realize this is a "dump Naomi", not harem option?

>>2658867
>[X] "Something with Naomi I will only do with her." +1 Naomi flag

>>2658933
Can Futoshi get some /fit/ at least?

>>2658867

>[x] “Nothing." {Miku cunning against Futoshi cunning}

>>2659162
That would imply he can into reading the entire choice Anon, not just the parts he personally likes.

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Rolled 5, 5 = 10 (2d6)

>>2658883
>>2658937
Wanna join?

>>2658978
>>2658992
>>2659139
>>2659167
4 for Something with Naomi

>>2658912
>>2658963
>>2658971
>>2659103
>>2659253
5 for Nothing

'Nothing' succeeds. 1st roll is Miku, second is Futoshi

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>>2659315
16*5 Futoshi cunning against 8*5 Miku cunning. Futoshi succeeds. Miku takes 16*5/8 stress damage. Miku has 5/15 spirit remaining.

---

"Nothing, really." You state simply.

"Oh? 'Nothing?' You know, Kokoro said that Naomi's pillow cover was damp earlier today, like she went and had a soak in the bathroom. Kokoro said that she heard heavy footsteps-"

Of course. The three shared the same bedroom.

Your heart hardens and you feel your veins bulging in annoyance. You cast a harsh glare in Miku's direction.

'if you want to talk about this, it's the libray so you're going to talk about it on my terms' was the message you tried to convey with your gaze.

It came off slightly harsher, more like 'i will fucking kill and eat you if you talk about this again in your face'

Miku was evidently frozen in fear.

[] Smile simply. Miku got the message.
[] "It's late Miku. Maybe you should go to bed and get some sleep." Suggest passive-aggressively.

[] "Don't mention that name in front of me..." Strictly warn Miku against mentioning Kokoro ever again. +1 Coercive Kokoro flag
[] Charm, Futoshi Cunning against Miku Affection: "...You best cut yourself from her as well if you want me to keep mentoring you." +2 coercive Kokoro flags, +1 coercive Miku flag

>>2659408
>[x] Smile simply. Miku got the message.

No need to make it more than it is.

>>2659408
[] Charm, Futoshi Cunning against Miku Affection: "...You best cut yourself from her as well if you want me to keep mentoring you." +2 coercive Kokoro flags, +1 coercive Miku flag

>>2659408
[X] Smile simply. Miku got the message.

>>2659408
>[X] Smile simply. Miku got the message.

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>>2659439
>>2659454
>>2659467
Got the message

>>2659449
"...You best cut"

---

You give her a very simple, a very courteous-looking sort of smile.

...

...Yeah. Miku promptly leaves for her dorm.

Naomi hugs you, rubbing her face against your chest. This was something between the two of you and the two of you alone and nobody would get in the way, not unless they wanted a bad time from you.

NSFW, Fade-to-Black
[] "Let's go bathe." This time meant for you and Naomi.
[] Charm, Cunning against Affection: "You'd look really good lying down in my Corner..." Drag her to the corner and pin her down and fondle her +1 Naomi flag
[] Charm, Cunning against Affection: "...I wouldn't mind having you there until morning." Fondle her and have her sleep alongside you in the corner + 2 Naomi flags

SFW
[] "Eh, I feel tired today."
[] "The others are going to notice..." Tell her you'll bath with her weekly instead +1 Naomi flag
[] "...but I still very much want to spend time together with you." You really wish you could... +2 Naomi flag

>>2659408
[x] Smile simply. Miku got the message.

>>2659539
[] Charm, Cunning against Affection: "...I wouldn't mind having you there until morning." Fondle her and have her sleep alongside you in the corner + 2 Naomi flags

>>2659539
>[x] "...but I still very much want to spend time together with you." You really wish you could...
Wholesome loving in my annie mays? You cad!

>>2659539
>[x] "...but I still very much want to spend time together with you." You really wish you could.

We need to develop even more of an emotional connection for to murder her and get sharingan the franxx

>>2659539
[] "...but I still very much want to spend time together with you." You really wish you could...

>>2659539
[] "...but I still very much want to spend time together with you." You really wish you could...

>>2659539
>[X] "...but I still very much want to spend time together with you." You really wish you could...

>>2659596
>>2659589
>>2659584
>>2659565
>>2659555
'"...but I still very much want to spend time together with you." You really wish you could...'

>>2659551
Corner

Vote for or against '"...but I still very much want to spend time together with you." You really wish you could...'. This is a double Naomi flag

[] For
[] Against

>>2659651
>[X] For

>>2659651
>[x] For

>>2659651
[] For

>>2659651
>[X] For

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZZEhL_Zp98

ALL
NIGHT
LONG

>>2659651
Op what’s the next threshold for the flags? At this point we are above 3 right? Is there a next level, can we go beyond? Plus...Ultra?

>>2659677
They're more a writing reference than event triggers.

>>2659677
The next level will have us holding hands. It's gonna get too lewd even for APE to handle.

>>2659693
Really afraid we’ll fuck up and get mind wiped.

>>2659709
I think we were already risking that when we started teaching the girls and acting like a spitfire.

>>2659709
>>2659713
Here's a joke: what makes you think we haven't been mindwiped multiple times in our sleep already and that we aren't simply immune to that?
Just a joke.

>>2659693
The OP image, under 'Rise of Cerasus' has a part called 'Ferdinand and Isabella'. It's a clue where we can head if we play our cards right.

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>>2659716
>just a joke. OP is such a joker guy. Hah hah hah

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>>2659716
>>2659742
>The plot twist is that the good doctor hooked Futoshi's brain up to an unknown dark energy wave just to see what would happen and our actions controlling Futo is the end result
>mfw we're actually the ghosts of humanity's past possessing Futoshi in a autistic obsession to beat the badguys, get the girl and rule the world

>>2659651
>[] For

Rolled 5, 3, 6, 4 = 18 (4d6)

>>2659873
>>2659669
>>2659660
>>2659657
>>2659656

For wins. Rolling 4d6 for extra spirit from Naomi;'s words.

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Budding Strategist Code 'Futoshi' 214

1) Athletics - 2
2) Loyalty - 6
3) Skill - 21
4) Cunning - 16
5) Luck - 6
6) Will - 11

Spirit: (138)/110
Favour: 4

>>2659897
"The others are going to notice... but I still very much want to spend time together with you. You alone, Naomi." To your declaration, she leans closer against you. You can feel her heart beating. You're going to make sure that it's going to keep beating. "We're attracting too much attention. So we have no choice but to go together less often or until they respect the thing between us."

Naomi grunts softly in agreement. "And we will make them respect it, if that is what it comes to." She delicately rubs the top of her head against your cheek, which grows warmer as the scent of shampoo emanates from her curly hair, intoxicating your sinus. You take a deep sniff of it, finding yourself salivating at its pleasant smell.

Naomi takes the initiative and whispers truly sweet words to your ear.

"Our bodies and our minds almost seem like they were made for one another. With them, we'll plot together, pilot together, scheme together, triumph together. You will protect me and I will serve you."

Ah - the ideal of vassalage - the oath that defined feudalism.

She continues: "And that is what matters. I've never felt safer than when I am with you, my great Futoshi. So Futoshi..." interlocking your fingers with hers - stubby, fleshy ones against soft, cool digits - she raises them, joining your hands together as if in mutual prayer "...no matter what, let's stay true to each other!"

She passionately rubs her nose against yours, grasping onto your shoulders, tiptoeing for height. You lose yourself in that caress, gently rubbing hers' in return. Your warm cheeks graze each other and your heart softens, feeling like it could almost melt. And with how good it felt, you almost wanted it to melt.

"Right, Naomi."

She who had been but a pawn, but now sought to be a queen - there was more than simple favor for you from her.

Then again, you promised to protect her life.

---

You return from the library to your dorm. Frustration filled you, as did anger at the other girls who shared Naomi's room due to their nosiness.

Just as your were about to retire to bed, you hear something most perplexing:

"-toshi. Fu...toshi." Zorome sleeptalked out your name.

[] "He really wants me to guide him, doesn't he?" Consider sparring with him in the afternoon again.
[] "Seriously, dreaming about me? I'm not becoming some kind of second Hiro am I?"

>>2659903
>[] "He really wants me to guide him, doesn't he?" Consider sparring with him in the afternoon again.

>>2659903
[Х] "He really wants me to guide him, doesn't he?" Consider sparring with him in the afternoon again.

>>2659903
[] "Seriously, dreaming about me? I'm not becoming some kind of second Hiro am I?"

>>2659903
>[x] "He really wants me to guide him, doesn't he?" Consider sparring with him in the afternoon again.
I SENSE A NEW APPRENTICE TO TEACH!

>>2659903
>[X] "He really wants me to guide him, doesn't he?" Consider sparring with him in the afternoon again.

I suppose adding dudes to the group dynamic could reduce Naomi's yan tendencies.

>>2659957
Dunno, but removing harem bullshit most certainly could

>>2659651
>>2659651
Papa told us not the be ashamed of our dicks

>>2659903
>[x] "He really wants me to guide him, doesn't he?" Consider sparring with him in the afternoon again.

>>2659903
>>[] "He really wants me to guide him, doesn't he?" Consider sparring with him in the afternoon again.

>>2659903
>[x] "Seriously, dreaming about me? I'm not becoming some kind of second Hiro am I?"
Time to turn zorome into our cute trap bf

>>2659903
[] "Seriously, dreaming about me? I'm not becoming some kind of second Hiro am I?"

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>>2659905
>>2659909
>>2659915
>>2659957
>>2660041
>>2660042
Consider sparring

>>2660559
>>2660048
>>2659911
Second Hiro

---

Zorome was a truly youthful boy. From a certain point of view, it hadn't been decided what kind of person he'd turn out to be yet. Whereas your last chance to change the type of person you'd have grown up into for you was when you were eight years old - you briefly wonder what kind of person you would've become if you hadn't picked the library as your go to place - there seemed to still be this pliable quality to Zorome.

"-pa. Futo-... Papa". Apparently, the idealised Papa he believed in was conceptually close to the idealised Futoshi he saw. Defeating him in front of the girls really had left a deep impression.

The youth held onto the belief that he would one day become an Adult. Such silliness. Caste is fixed and that cannot be changed, not until Papa is still farting about. The problem was that outside of your little night book club, no-one else viewed the relationships between Adults and Children as one of caste.

You remind yourself to challenge Zorome tomorrow. Maybe even with a handicap...

---

You wake up just in time for breakfast. It's simple affair. Pretend to pray to Papa. Eat. Finish.

You're going to ask Zorome to spar in the afternoon at lunch. For now...

[] Take a brisk walk in the woods.
[] Continue reading LoGH in the library.

[] Laze and lounge about in the common room.

>>2662052
>[X] Take a brisk walk in the woods.

>>2662052
>[X] Take a brisk walk in the woods.

>>2662052
>[X] Take a brisk walk in the woods.
Gotta get that heartrate up

>>2662052
>[х] Continue reading LoGH in the library.

>>2662052
>[] Take a brisk walk in the woods.

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>>2662067
>>2662078
>>2662085
>>2662337
Brisk walk

>>2662095
LoGH

---

You decide to take a brisk walk in the woods.

Naturally, this means that sooner or later you are going to go by the greenhouse. That of course, meant risking having to try and hold a conversation with someone that you simply could not see yourself meaningfully interacting with, not in this universe nor any other - they were neither a servant, nor a good neighbour, nor an apprentice nor a means to power.

[] No good can come with associating with Kokoro. Suppress future Kokoro flag options, unless written-in or this is reversed
-[] "I best find an different path to Hiro's little hideaway"
-[] "I'll use this path as I please."

[] Avoiding people simply because you see nothing in them is never an option.
[] "It might be nice to get some flowers from her again." +1 Kokoro flag
[] "What's my problem with Kokoro anyways? It's not like she ever hurt me before."Double Kokoro flag

>>2662338
>[] Avoiding people simply because you see nothing in them is never an option.
Lets try talking with her so we at least don't have a negative relationship with her.

>>2662338
>[] Avoiding people simply because you see nothing in them is never an option.

>>2662338
>[X] Avoiding people simply because you see nothing in them is never an option.

>>2662338
>[] No good can come with associating with Kokoro.

>>2662338
>[x] Avoiding people simply because you see nothing in them is never an option.
[Social Links Intensifies]

Rolling for interactions between NPCs at Lunch

1st is Earthworm, attribute of 10 2nd is Bookworm, attribute of 4

Rolled 2, 4 = 6 (2d6)

>>2662402

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>>2662343
>>2662375
>>2662378
>>2662385
Never an option

>>2662382
Nothing good

---

It would be pleasant to simply avoid Kokoro. The Futoshi that associated with Kokoro was a soft weakling. Indeed, one of the fears was that associating with her would sap you of the resolve necessary to end Papa.

That didn't mean that she didn't have a skill set that might become relevant some time in the future, the distant future even.

You turn your eyes to the greenhouse.

If you gave her enough time, inevitably she would become relevant.

Your belly rumbles in hunger. It was a pretty bad clock, but this was the first time it growled since the morning. Roughly two more growls and it would be lunch.

You take your time and walk around.

---

20 Earthworm against 16 of Bookworm. 20/4, Bookworm takes 5 stress damage. 10/15 spirit
---
It's lunch.

You hear an interesting commotion at the girls table. You don't know who started it, but it eventually engulfs it, yet at the same time quickly subsides.

How frivolous.

Gourmand you are, you finish first. You are going to challenge Zorome to a friendly match in training units. The only question is whether or not to vary the specifics of it...

SELECT ANY COMBINATION OF SUBOPTIONS OR IGNORE THEM ALTOGETHER

[] "Oi Zorome, wanna training unit spar?"
-[] "I'll take you on and Hiro at the same time."
-[] "...While blindfolded..."
--[] "...With only Naomi giving me directions" + 1 Naomi flag
--[] "...With only Miku giving me directions" +2 Miku Flag

[] "Oi Zorome, wanna training unit spar?"
-[] Spread subversive thoughts to him while sparring.
-[] Don't go all out {Half all stats, remove some options}

---
*Blindfolding you will half your attributes in battle, Training Unit itself not included.
*Having a girl give directions while blindfolded to you will involve them giving half of their attributes in your for the match.
*Naomi will Idolize you and therefore effectively restore you to your normal states
*Having Miku give you directions will impress her.

>>2662411
>[x] "Oi Zorome, wanna training unit spar?"
>--[x] "...With only Miku giving me directions" +2 Miku Flag

>>2662411
>[] "Oi Zorome, wanna training unit spar?"
>-[] "...While blindfolded..."
>--[] "...With only Naomi giving me directions"

>>2662411
[x] "Oi Zorome, wanna training unit spar?"
-[x] "...While blindfolded..."

I think we should keep it a bit simple for us to handle because Hiro alone would fucking murder us like a tin can in a trash compactor.
We also should leave the girls out of it mostly because we need to show Zoro that our skill is truly superior even without aid. Because if he's almost comparing us to Papa then the aid is going to widen the gap between us and Papa, and not in a good way.

But if the idea I have isn't allowed then I guess this
[] "Oi Zorome, wanna training unit spar?"
-[] "I'll take you on and Hiro at the same time."
-[] "...While blindfolded..."
--[] "...With only Naomi giving me directions"

Will be my decision mostly because doing it 1v1 with an extra pair of eyes in our court would be a blatant advantage against Zoro and he'd notice that right away.

>>2662411
>>2662414
>>2662415
>>2662421
Or better yet, we both get blind folded and directed by a girl of our choice. It'll make Zoro realize how critical the bond between both Pistil and Stamen is beyond simple synchronization and allow us to bond with our girl even better.

[] "Oi Zorome, wanna training unit spar?"
-[] "I'll take you on and Hiro at the same time."
-[] "...While blindfolded..."
--[] "...With only Naomi giving me directions" + 1 Naomi flag

>>2662411
>>2662427
>>2662414
>>2662415
Just in case I did not convey my idea well.
Both Zoro and Us wear blindfolds and directed by a partner

>>2662430
I'm down for that idea.

>>2662430
I vote for that one

>>2662430
This sounds neat

>>2662430
Voting for this idea.

>>2662430
Supporting.

>>2662415
Supporting

>>2662414
Spar, Miku directions
>>2662415
Spar, blindfolded Naomi directions
>>2662421
Spar blindfolded
>>2662429
Spar, against Hiro, blindfolded, Naomi directions

>>2662430
>>2662437
>>2662458
>>2662516
>>2662738
>>2662773
>>2662988
Both Zorome and Futoshi blindfolded directed by a Partner.

---

You think of challenging Zorome to a training unit duel, the both of you blindfolded while one of the girls direct you each.

You're specifically thinking of having as a partner, in this duel:

[] Naomi +1 Naomi flag
[] Miku -2 Naomi flags, +1 Miku flag
[] Charm, Loyalty against Ikuno: Ikuno -2 Naomi flags, + 1 Ikuno flag
[] Charm, Loyalty against Ichigo: Ichigo -2 Naomi flags, -1 Ikuno flag, + 1 Ichigo flag
[] Charm, Loyalty against Kokoro: Kokoro -2 Naomi flags, + 1 Kokoro flag

>>2663259
>[X] Naomi

>>2663259
[X] Naomi

>>2663259
[] Miku -2 Naomi flags, +1 Miku flag

>>2663259
>[x]Naomi

>>2663259
>[X] Naomi

>>2663279
>>2663283
>>2663494
>>2663537
Naomi

>>2663307
Miku

Naomi succeeds. +1 Naomi flag
Confirm vote for or against.

[] For
[] Against

>>2663538
>[X] For

>>2663538
>[X] For

>>2663538
>[x] For

>>2663538
For

>>2663538
>[x]For

The things we do for love and asskickings...

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>>2663562
>>2663565
>>2663585
>>2663616
>>2663925

One of Mind Futoshi and Naomi+Training unit

1) Athletics - 2
2) Loyalty - 6
3) Skill - 21
4) Cunning - 16
5) Luck - 6
6) Will - 11

Spirit: (138)/110 + 10

---

Morning Star Zorome + Training Unit

1) Athletics - 4
2) Loyalty - 4
3) Skill - 4
4) Cunning - 4
5) Luck - 6 (10)
6) Will - 4

Spirit 15

Cheerful Lass Miku

Athletics - 3
Affection - 3
Skill - 5
Cunning - 8
Luck - 4
Will - 3

Spirit 15

Youthful Pair Zorome and Miku + Training Unit

1) Athletics - 3
2) Loyalty - 3
3) Skill - 4
4) Cunning - 6
5) Luck - 5 (7)
6) Will - 3

Spirit 15+10
---

"Oi Zorome, wanna training unit spar? I got a special idea in mind. The both of us get blindfolded. We'll get girls and have them give directions. The Franxx are piloted by stamen-pistil pairs. I reckon that'd we good training for when we actually fight." You challenged Zorome.

"Where did you get that idea? It's great! I'm going with Miku!" The boy chimed in agreement.

---

You tightened your blindfolds, cockpits open to let Naomi and Miku verify it. As they confirmed it, you had the cockpit close.

---

"Man, where's the training paddle?" You hear Zorome complaining on the comms. It was understandable. You fumbled for a while before you managed to pick yours up. The uncertainty was tingling your fingers.

"Well, let's get on with it. Futoshi, en garde!"

"Get in a defensive stance, Futoshi." Naomi instructed.

3 paces to the ramp remaining

[] Skill: Get in a defensive stance. {+ 50% AP when defending, -50% stress damage if failure} + 1 Naomi flag
[] "Could we try moving to superior terrain instead, Naomi?" {Take one pace to the ramp}
[] Dkill: "We need to gain the initiative, Naomi." {+75 AP in counterattack, +25% stress damage if failure.} +1 coercive Naomi flag

>>2663980
Nope scratch that. We're trusting waifu here.

[x] Skill: Get in a defensive stance. {+ 50% AP when defending, -50% stress damage if failure}

>>2663980
>[X] Skill: Get in a defensive stance. {+ 50% AP when defending, -50% stress damage if failure} + 1 Naomi flag

>>2663980
>[X] Skill: Get in a defensive stance

>>2663980
[X] Skill: Get in a defensive stance

>>2664029
>>2664205
>>2664470
>>2664489
Skill: Get in a defensive stance. {+ 50% AP when defending, -50% stress damage if failure}
+1 Naomi flag

Confirm for or against:
[] For
[] Against.

>>2664549
[] for

>>2664549
>[x]For
We can be a bit more disobedient if we see a real advantage to take.

>>2664549
>[X] For

Rolled 1, 5 = 6 (2d6)

>>2664577
>>2664580
>>2664581

1st roll is Zorome Luck against 2nd roll of Futoshi Skill

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1*10 against 5*21*1.5. 157 AP of Futoshi against 7 Luck of Zorome = 22 stress damage

Spirit: 2/15+1/10

>>2664590
Given your recent mentoring of her, Naomi and you probably share very similar thought processes now. The only thing left to consider if whether or not she is acting as a reliable pair of eyes given your handicap.

However, given how much you have influenced her - and how she now practically shares all your goals - you supposed that relying on someone else while in the dark was what trust in the Stamen-Pistil relationship meant.

"Got you!" You declared to Naomi over the private comms.

You hear the steps of Zorome's training unit rushing forth towards you.

You adopt a defensive stance, relying only on Naomi's advice.

"Zorome has left an opening. Wrestle his unitand send it flying!"

You wait for Zorome to come within range - parrying the clumsy initial strike, you grapple his training unit and send it flying back to where he came from.

You send it tumbling into the wall. All the while, you hear Zorome yelling in panic over the comms in panic.

Naomi calmly announced: "Zorome's training unit has ran out of hit points. Futoshi is the winner."

You take off your blindhold and exit your training unit. Zorome's unit is a bit of a crumpled mess, to say the least.

You make your way over to the unit. It opens slowly.

"Holy shit." Zorome was rather shaken by your one-hit KO, but otherwise was safe and sound. You pull him out of the training unit - physical repairs would be needed. "How the hell did you hit so hard?" He complained.

"I guess I couldn't see how I could restrain myself."

"Yeah, I'm not doing it blindfolded again. Too hectic." He dusted himself off.

---

You head to dinner together, having worked up a hard appetite together. While you didn't have a chance you spread your little ideas to him because of how short the bout was, you wonder if you can drag him along for the first half of your night meeting before midnight.

[] This once only. Two apprentices are already quite enough.
[] Better to have a one-on-one with him tomorrow afternoon

[] One more apprentice can't be that harmful... -1 Miku, Naomi flag

>>2664635
>[x] Better to have a one-on-one with him tomorrow afternoon before we attempt an offer to teach him
Let's do this before we take him on as an extra apprentice. Mostly because we just need more time to spend with him and it will let us do one more night with Naomi and Miku. Maybe we can teach Miku some tips on how to better bond with her Stamen.

>>2664635
>[×] Better to have a one-on-one with him tomorrow afternoon

>>2664635
>[X] Better to have a one-on-one with him tomorrow afternoon

>>2664635
[] Better to have a one-on-one with him tomorrow afternoon

Control the females, control the men. Its simple.

>>2664635
>[x] Better to have a one-on-one with him tomorrow afternoon
>>2664673
Agreed, but it doesn’t have to be a female.

Influence over Miku is influence over Zorome.
Influence over Hiro is influence over Ichigo, which in turn is influence over Goro and Ikuno.

>>2664656
>>2664665
>>2664670
>>2664673

One on one.

---

It'd be a bit too much to drag him to your nighttime meetings with Miku and Naomi.

You finish your dinner and head to the library, readying yourself for the night meeting.

You wonder on what to talk about:

[] 20th century science-fiction {Heavy Loyalty/Affection focus}
[] WWII: Eastern Front {Skill/Will focus, Makes discussion of combined arms land warfare more probable in the future}
[] WWII: The Pacific {Skill/Cunning focus, makes discussion of naval/space/Plantation-based warfare more probable in future}

>>2664698
>[x] WWII: The Pacific {Skill/Cunning focus

No love for the North Africa Theater, RIP Rommel

>>2664710
Do it as a write-in if you want. WWII: North Africa {Skill/ Luck, focus. Makes discussion of some combined arms land warfare and some plantation warfare more probable in the future}

>>2664698
>[x] WWII: Eastern Front {Skill/Will focus}

>>2664712
Danke

>>2664698
WWII: North Africa {Skill/Luck focus, Makes discussion of some combined arms land warfare and some plantation warfare more probable in the future}

>>2664698
>[X] WWII: Eastern Front

>>2664698
>[X] WWII: Eastern Front {Skill/Will focus, Makes discussion of combined arms land warfare more probable in the future}

The grimdarkest of them all

>>2664723
Based Rommelposter
Supporting this.

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>>2664742
>>2664729
Much like the Afrika Korps. Fate conspires against us...

>>2664743
Thank You Anon. It is good to find a fellow comrade in the forgotten wastes of the desert.

>>2664723
Supporting

We need to learn how2logistics. If we ever escape it’ll be literal wastelands as far as the eye can see.

>>2664723
Supporting

>>2664717
>>2664729
>>2664742
Eastern front

>>2664723
>>2664743
>>2664762
>>2664764
North Africa

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You decide to focus on the North Africa campaign of WWII. Naturally, this meant also discussing a figure that was practically central to it - the 'Desert Fox' Erwin Rommel as he came to be known.

You relate the importance of the North African Campaign based on how it was necessary for the Axis to take the Suez Canal in Egypt. For the Axis, to capture the Suez Canal meant to take a vital supply route from the Allies. For the Kingdom of Italy, capturing Egypt and Sudan meant an opportunity to connect its newest possession, Ethiopia, furthering the ambition of achieving a new Roman Empire. {+1 Skill, Futoshi, Miku, Naomi}

The Suez Canal was used as a shortcut by the United Kingdom in order to transport vital supplies to its possessions in India via sea - you remind Naomi and Miku of how in the past, humanity transported a large amount of its cargo via maritime means. Without the Suez Canal, any maritime supplies to or from India would have to be made over the Cape of Good Hope, lengthening the distance over which goods had to be transport and exposing them to submarine attacks off the coast of West Africa - supply lines was at the core of the North African struggle, in more ways than this maritime manner. For victory on land on North Africa would also be a matter of supply lines. And as one of the greatest setbacks of even a legend would show - supply lines were of prime importance. {+ 1 Luck, Futoshi, Naomi, Miku}

Thus Erwin Rommel became relevant. Previously noted to be a capable general in WWI - having pioneered infantry infiltration tactics, which relied on deception and concealment rather than whole large infantry assaults over no-mans land, Rommel had written a book on precisely that topic, titled "Infantry Attacks." {+2 Futoshi Luck}. Where the hell was it in the library?

You dryly discuss the series of battles that the North African Campaign was made of. You caught Miku almost falling asleep, loudly articulating a point about the battles to get her attention. Tobruk, Gazala, 1st and 2nd Alamein. In particular, Gazala was one of Rommel's most spectacular victory, almost putting him in a position to capture Malta, a British base in the middle of the Mediterranean - which would highlight that no matter how good you were at seizing territory, if you ran out of fuel to maintain it, you would run into trouble.

You close off with Operation Torch, which effectively started the encirclement Axis forces in North Africa. Kasserine was a recoverable blunder {+2 Futoshi, Naomi, Miku Luck}. Rommel was transferred back after Medenine. With Operation Retribution, Axis forces could not escape via sea and remaining Axis forces surrended through Italian marshal Giovanni Messe.

The night draws to an end and you go to bed.

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Your sleep is spoiled for some reason and you find yourself waking early.

[] Go back to sleep.
[] Go to the library.

>>2664824
>[] Go to the library.

>>2664824
>[x] Go to the library.

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>>2664764
>>2664762
>>2664743
Thank You comrades for this wonderful gift. It truly shows that no man can give up before the end is out.

>>2664824
[x] Go to the library.

>>2664824
>[] Go to the library.

>>2664824
>[X] Go to the library.

>>2664824
>[Х] Go to the library.

>>2664825
>>2664828
>>2664833
>>2664834
>>2664837
>>2664839

You might as well start the day early.

You rub your eyes in tiredness. You drag yourself to the library.

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You enter the library. Ikuno is inside and as usual, the two of you ignore each other. You seat yourself in the Corner.

[] Continue with LotGH

[] Write another poem for Ikuno to critique.

[] Take a nap in the library.

>>2664845
>[] Continue with LotGH

>>2664845
>[x] Write another poem for Ikuno to critique.

>>2664845
>[] Continue with LotGH

>>2664845
>[X] Continue with LotGH

>>2664845
>[x] Continue with LotGH

Time to learn about more politics in the far future.

>>2664845
>[X] Continue with LotGH

>>2664845
Take a nap in the library

>>2664845
>[x] Continue with LotGH
BOOZE
Also fuck haremfags tbqhwyfampaitachi

>>2664846
>>2664849
>>2664851
>>2664853
>>2664861
>>2665164
LotGH

>>2664847
Critique

Now is a good time to finally start reading about the capture of Iserlohn

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Phezzan apparently took an interest in Yang. In other words, sneaky underhanded bastards were always going to take an interest in someone whose career was on the ascent. If things go your way, maybe you will be no exception. {+1 Cunning}

For the outrageous task of capturing a veritable space fortress that had bested six Alliance fleets in the task, Yang chose Fischer, Murai and Patrichev as his senior staff - in other words, having skilled and relevant subordinates was key to success. {+1 Loyalty}

The way Yang accepted the possibility that if von Schönkopf betrayed him, he would have no choice by to run seemed somewhat morally inspiring - Yang was trusting to the core. The equally blase Yang talked about retreat was aso remarkable. {+1 Luck, +1 Will}

Yang dismissed the possibility of lasting peace, but nonetheless looked forward to it - for peace was the only set of circumstances in which the human race could begin to flourish again. {+1 Will}

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After much Imperial bicker, Walter managed to infiltrate the fortress through a ruse of war. Taking important officers hostage, the fortress was taken from within and thus Yang captured Iserlohn fortress with zero Alliance casualties. {+2 Cunning}

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Evidently, it is breakfast, the only other person in the room having left for it.

You soon head for breakfast as well. The usual happens.

It is now noon. You intend on talking Zorome in the afternoon, so for now you have some time to yourself.

[] Take a stroll in the woods.

[] Lounge around in the commons.
[] Read in the library.

>>2665832
>[X] Lounge around in the commons.
What time is left until a timeskip?

>>2665858
If you timeskip, we move to the events of the series proper, minus a couple of days to prepare for the Franxx Start-up Ceremony.