>>2964643

You’d prefer...
>Something traditional.
>Something animalistic.
>Something extra weird.
>Combine everything together.
>Defer to someone. (Who?)
>Write-in.

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Running on little sleep right now so we'll see how that goes

>>2964645
>Something extra weird.
See if we can pull non-Euclidean angles or maybe a color with no name.

occultic quest.....,,... more like homoerotic quest lol

>>2964645
>>Something extra weird.

>>2964700
>>2964762
this

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“We’re going for something new?” you say, “All we really need to do is something that wasn’t done in the past three years. We could probably make something extra weird with all this.”

Hinami says, “I remember one year, they all dressed up as the thieves from the gang, but as zombies instead.”

Suspicious, Nemuri balances what she has in her hands, “Maybe a... deer demon?”

Miku crosses her arms. “How weird can we really get? I brought bells and chimes since I thought maybe they’d be a little creepy to hear, but I don’t see it.”
Sighing, you say, “If only we could pull off a fourth dimension alien.”

“I don’t think that has anything to do with the demon in the mountain at all.”

Hinami, with an odd expression, says, “Alien... demon?” Nemuri only smirks.

Someone calls out, “I don’t think I’ve heard of that idea before.” Turning around, you spot the club advisor approaching. He has bags under his eyes, like always. “Just thought I’d check up on you all. How’s the planning?”

Nemuri replies, “Weren’t you supposed to be here earlier?”

“Haha,” he says, rubbing the back of his neck. “I got lost. Speaking of getting lost, no one goes without another person. It’s either pairs or everyone’s together, got it?”

Go with...
>Hinami.
>Miku.
>Nemuri.
>Everyone.

>>2964919
>>Nemuri.

>>2964919
>Miku
I feel like we've been spending most of our time with either Hinami or Nemuri so lets give her some time

>>2964919
>Miku
I wanted to vote for Hinami, but I don't want to subject you to a three-way tie.

>>2964971
nemuri

>>2964974
>>2964989
miku

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Turning to Miku, you ask, “Let’s go in pairs. We got this.”

“Not if you’re thinking of aliens!” she says, half laughing. “Guess I’ll have to go with you to make sure you don’t do anything stupid.”

Nemuri, turning to Hinami, says, “We’ll have to cover for them since they’ll probably joke around and get lost.”

Hinami replies, “I think they’ll be fine. We won’t lose, though!”

Scratching his head, the club advisor says, “When did this turn into a competition?”

You get to work, racking your head what to do. You and Miku find a spot farther away from the flags, while the other two choose somewhere closer. It’s dark here, though the path is straight. There’s plenty of places to hide, especially with a large boulder on the side that reaches your height and then some.

As you’re trying to finesse the duct tape into doing what you want it to do, Miku calls out from atop a tree, “Hey, guess what I thought of?”

“Get down from there! You’re going to hurt yourself.”

Miku ignores you, instead shining the flashlight you gave her into your eyes. You wince. She says, “I found some string back there, and if I tie the bells with them, I can basically have them ring wherever I want! It’s creepy, like I can fake where we are.”

“Yeah, well check out this weird plant monster thing I made,” you say raising up your disgusting mess. Odd branches are taped together and hidden with cloth, giving the illusion of gangling wooden arms. Half of it was already thanks to the ghillie suit from those who came before you, but it’s silhouette is completely different, changed to something much more jagged.

The club advisor passes by quickly to tell that people are going to start arriving. Meanwhile, Miku slides down the tree.

She says, “So you’re wearing that, right? Not me?”

You reply,
>”You’re probably a better actor. You do it.”
>”Yeah, I’ll wear it.”
>”Are you asking because you’re feeling lazy?”
>Write-in.

>>2965236
>”Yeah, I’ll wear it.”
All scarecrowed up.

>>2965236
>”Yeah, I’ll wear it.”

>>2965236
>”Yeah, I’ll wear it.”
Hell yeah, let's be druidic elder god.
Nemuri probably took the antlers, so she can also pull off that angle.

Maybe attach some of the bells to our suit, and have Miku string the rest up around the trees. Try to use the Ghillie suit as camoflauge, so no one gets a good look at us until we want them too. Then use the bells in trees to make people think we are anywhere and everywhere.
Only thing scarier than the unknown, is not knowing where the known is. The feeling of eyes everywhere and dread that the big scary thing isn't where you think they are.

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>>2965236
>”You’re probably a better actor. You do it.”
Return of the bush monster

>>2965253
>>2965261
>>2965271
DIY

>>2965309
you do it

writing
I don't know why but I'm getting these "click until there are none left" captchas that fade incredibly slowly

>>296Have you tried reopening the browser, or else switching to a different one?

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“Do you have some of the bells left?” you ask her.

“Yeah,” she says, nodding, “Why?”

“Just an idea,” you say.

- - -

“Wow, I’m already creeped out just by the night,” a student says, carefully following the trail. She holds a flashlight in her hands, and with it, she sweeps the path with light, trying to illuminate every hidden spot.

A second student walks by her side, her eyes darting around. “Is something going to happen? We’ve been walking for a while now.”

“I think it’s really far ahead. They said we’ll know when we see it, so...” the other replies.

Faintly, a ringing echo cuts through the air. They both freezes, trying to make out the sound.

“What was that?”

“Sounded like a bell,” she says. They’re left alone once more, and as soon as they gathered the courage to continue, another bell makes itself heard, this time even closer.

“L-let’s go! Come on!,” the student says, grabbing the other by the hand. They start running, and after a minute, third bell signals that they’ve past it. Panting, they stop to catch their breaths at a spot where the path widens. “Hahaha, what the heck was that? I didn’t even see anything.”

Laughing, the other says, “That kinda sucked—“

A bell rings by their side, and then if they were surrounded, the ringing appears all around them. Their breathing halts, and they turn to find the source of the noise. The rustling could barely be heard, but when one of them notices, the flashlight falls upon the figure as it steps onto the dirt path.

Two wicked horns curve into the sky, it’s hunched body draped with leaves and branches that seemingly fused with its flesh. With the poor light, it seems as if the earth has come alive. Cloth binds its body together, and as it lifts an arm, a groaning creak becomes deafening. It takes a step forward, brass rattling and driving the two into a frenzy. They scream and run, and the monster gives chase.

They don’t look back, but they know it’s getting closer from the chimes. One of them trips and falls, and the other stops in horror. They turn to see what’s chasing them, only to find nothing. Silence falls once more, and their flashlight letting them see nothing but shadows casted by tree trunks and foliage.

[1/2]

>>2965461

Pulling the mask off, you gasp for breath. “Holy hell, you can’t breathe with this thing on.” You say, “I’m dying in here. It’s so hot.” You tug on one of the strings that tie the bells around you. “But these are amazing.”

Miku laughs, “Why did you even run after them? Did you get a kick out of spooking them?”

“Hey, it’s fun,” you reply, sitting down for a rest.

“I gotta admit, you did a pretty good job. I’m pretty sure everyone heard those screams,” she says, doing a weak little imitation of them. “Oh, you better get up, next pair is coming.”

“Ugh, couldn’t they take their time?” you say. Squinting, you make out the two. “Hey, I know those two! It’s Daisuke and his girlfriend.”

“Oh, we can scare him easy!” Miku replies, “...Should we? I don’t want to make him look bad.”

You groan as you get up.
>Put on a show.
>Offer no mercy.
>Go easy on them.
>Write-in.

[Intervene] The forest lives.

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Be back in an hour. I think I'm typing too much with these huge posts

>>2965471
NO MERCY

>>2965471
>That intervention
Must... resist....
It all depends on how many more pairs we run into. I'd love to use it now, but if we get a chance to use it on Prez or Aya, I'd like to save it for them.

Still, NO MERCY. We can put on some extra theatrics for Daisuke's sake, but we have a job to do. And that's scaring faith in the occult into their souls.

>>2965471
>Offer no mercy.
Everyone shall know the true power of the Occult Club by the day's end. Mark my words.

>>2965498
>>2965533
>>2965589
No mercy

Writing

>>2965418
Huh, it looks like it did the trick. Thanks.

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“I don’t know,” you start to say. Then, a couple of screams makes you stop, and you realize they came from down the path.

Miku says, “It sounds like it was around Hinami and Nemuri, and they sound even more terrified than when we scared them! Ryuuta, we can’t lose this!”

Glancing at your mask, you nod. “I got it.” Looking around for a couple of strong branches, you fiddle around for a bit with your outfit. “No mercy.”

With a whole lot of duct tape, you manage to attach the mask top of the draping costume to the reinforced branches. You can barely see anything down here; only through the occasional gaps in the suit does light make it past. As the two start to approach, Miku runs her fingers along the strings she’s gathered. One by one, she plucks them, waiting and playing on their reactions.

She says, “I’m so glad I’m not them right now. Y’know how the scariest things are things you can’t see? Like, 99% of horror is implying it.”

You reply, “But you still need that 1% to finish it.” Raising the head into the air, yo say, “This is going to be one hell of a 1%.”

You watch as Daisuke and Izumi start to walk faster, waiting for them to reach where the path widens. Here, you can attack them where they can see you and where they have enough room to run past you. They step onto the perfect spot, and then you burst out of hiding. Thrusting the branches in the air, your silhouette looms over them, and freeing one hand, you reach out with a bundle of branches shaped like a hand.

It’s a cacophony as you see the terror in their eyes. Well, mostly Daisuke. They both run for it, zipping past you. You lumber toward them, as if giving chase, watching them get away.

And then Izumi trips on the exact same spot as the girl before. You notice that the ground there was uneven, and at night, you wouldn’t be able to see the bump that would catch someone’s foot.

She cries out as she falls, and Daisuke stops. He’s a few steps ahead, and when he turns around, he sees that you’re closer to Izumi than he is to her. Then his eyes go up to the mask held up by the branches, betraying the conflict inside. To choose to run, or to save Izumi, he ponders.

Your arms grow tired, wobbling as the branches begin to fall forward. To balance yourself, you take a sudden step forward, which was all that was needed to send Daisuke bolting away.

Izumi has a shocked expression mixed with a bit of fear. She picks herself up quickly and takes off, leaving you shambling vaguely in their direction. And then you lower the suit.

Miku runs up to you, laughing. “Oh my god, I can’t believe he just left her like that. Ryuuta, how could you do that to them?”

You watch as Izumi disappears down the trail.
>”That was all on him, not me.”
>”I’ll, uh, apologize to him later.”
>”That’s a weird way of saying ‘Good job’.”
>”Oops, I overdid it.”
>Write-in.

>>2965891
>”I’ll, uh, apologize to him later.”

>>2965891
>>”That’s a weird way of saying ‘Good job’.”

>>2965891
>”Oops, I overdid it.”

>>2965891
>”Oops, I overdid it.”

>>2965891
>”I’ll, uh, apologize to him later.”

>>2965904
>>2965967
Sorry

>>2965925
>>2965952
Oops

>>2965906
Did nothing wrong

writing

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“Oops, I overdid it,” you say. “This is completely your fault for encouraging me.”

“Whaaa?” Miku says, taken aback, “I said to win this, not ruin Diasuke’s image. You had him in the palm of your hand, and then you crushed him! What kind of a heartless beast are you? It’s like, one-thirds my fault, maybe.”

“Has anyone ever told you that you’re a terrible influence?” you say, “Well, I’ll, uh, apologize to them later,” you say, “I’ll write two-thirds of the apology and then you do the rest. Fair?”

“Fair,” she replies, “I’ll be right behind you giving you emotional support.”

“Or I can give the emotional support, and you act like the club president and take responsibility.”

Miku gives you an exaggerated look of shock. “I can’t believe you pulled out that card.” Then, she adds, “But it was still all on you, so I’ll delegate the apology to you.”

“You are the worst club president I’ve ever seen,” you reply, “I’m staging a coup.”

“Shh!” she suddenly says, “Another group is coming.”

You stand by her, peeking. “It’s Aya.”

“Oh, it is,” she says.

Terrible thoughts arise.
>”Whatever we just did to Diasuke, let’s do that again, but better.”
>”Let’s do this.”
>”Let’s switch places. I’m tired.”
>Write-in.

>>2966064
>>”Whatever we just did to Diasuke, let’s do that again, but better.”

>>2966064
>”Whatever we just did to Diasuke, let’s do that again, but better.”
It's the moment we've been waiting for

>>2966064
>”Whatever we just did to Diasuke, let’s do that again, but better.”
Yes, yes, YES.

>>2966064
>Do that again but better

Bummed there’s no Intervene option to really fuck with Aya

>>2966077
>>2966088
>>2966090
>>2966114
daisukex4

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”Whatever we just did to Diasuke, let’s do that again, but better.”

“Uhh, you sure?” Miku asks, “You don’t look too good. Maybe you should take a break.”

“One more,” you say, “Then I’ll switch.”

“More like you sit down and no one wears the suit while you rest,” she replies, “But okay, let’s start.”

Once more, Miku starts her theatrics, getting the hang of it. Though it looks like Aya’s with her classmate, it looks more like she’s her upperclassman with the way the other girl is standing behind her.

These two, however, cautious make their way to the spot where they plan to strike, walking on their toes as if they were sneaking nervously.

With the branches and the mask ready, you brace yourself, and then, timing it perfectly, you leap out with a running start, practically landing before them. They cry out in surprise as they quickly back away.

Aya says, “W-what the—?!”

Aya tries to step around you, but you counter by taking a wide step in that direction. The cloak sways in the wind, and the bells all shake. You’re at a standstill.

She reaches into her back pocket and the other girl grabs her arm and pleads, “No, you can’t use the pepper spray!”

“Damn it all!” Aya cries out.

You reach forward with a branchy arm, and they back off, shouting. The other girl whimpers, “Back off!”

Aya, glancing back at the girl, says, “Go left, I’ll go right! It can’t go both ways!”

The other girl, frozen in terror, takes a moment for she forces herself out of it, placing her trust completely into Aya. “Okay!”

Then they turn and start running.
>Chase Aya!
>Chase the other girl, Aya won’t leave her behind!
>Write-in.

[Intervene] Stop both.

>>2966184
>Chase Aya!

>>2966184
>Chase Aya!
Other girl seems less likely to take the initiative and try something clever on her own.

>>2966184
>Chase Aya!
>[Intervene] Stop both.
Fuck it

>>2966211
>>2966221
>>2966260
Aya

>>2966260
Intervene

Writing for no intervention

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The other girl’s less likely to try something, so you chase after Aya. Doing your best to run with your arms lifting the costume over your head, you run after her. Aya, trying to slip past you, fails as you side step at the last second and cut her off. She sees that behind you, the other girl’s already made it past.

Though she’s nervous, she tries to hide it, and in an awkward delinquent voice, she says, “Y-ya pickin’ a fight with me, ya bastard?”

A snort almost comes out, but you force it back down before you ruin the mood. Instead, you reply by jingling the bells. You try the same trick with the branch hand again, but this time you use your other arm. In response, she jumps back and raises her flashlight, tries to blind you with it. She, unfortunately, targets the mask which is lifted into the air with the branches. Needless to say, you’re still half blind with the ghillie suit in the way.

Taking your awkward shifting as flinching, she turns on her heel and runs to the side, trying to get around you. You’re too slow, and she slips past. But, you don’t leave it at that; you’re right behind her, and she cries out, “G-get away!” She glances down, and suddenly jumps for some odd reason.

That reason doesn’t come to you until you hit it with your foot and trip over it— you manage to miss the bump in the road that everyone else missed too.

You’re going to fall.
>Grab Aya!
>No, wait, tackle her.
>Fall gracefully.
>Write-in.

>>2966303
>Grab Aya!
Best girl

>>2966303
>Grab Aya!
The cutest delinquent! Maximum bully!

>>2966314
>>2966381
assault

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Out of panic, you reach out and grab Aya, who yelps as you drag her down with you. You hit the ground roughly, everything seemingly tangled around you. When you try to get up, you find it impossible as you’re pushing against the ghillie suit. Without any idea of which way is what, you start to turn and twist, trying to get out. Finally, you free yourself, gasping for a breath of fresh air.

You look at Aya, who is staring at you while patting off dirt. If looks could kill, you’d be thrice dead by now. You say, “My bad, I didn’t mean to do that.”

She raises her flashlight and shines it in your eyes, and though you move your head and try to block the way, she follows and does her best to blind you.

Miku runs out to the two of you. “Are you two okay?! Is anyone hurt?”

Aya flatly replies, “A couple of scrapes, that’s all. That I could’ve went without if he didn’t decide to take me down with him.”

“Sorry!” you repeat, “I almost suffocated there, so it’s not like I got out of it so easily.”

“I didn’t know you had the courage to attack me in public. I guess you really do learn something new every day.”

“Hey, I didn’t actually attack you!”

Miku, stepping in, helps pick Aya up. “Sorry about that, Aya. I’m glad you’re not hurt.”

“Relax,” she replies, her expression softening, “You didn’t do anything. And that was actually amazing. If it weren’t for a certain someone.”

“Haha,” Miku awkwardly laughs, “Wouldn’t be much without a demon.”

“Oh yeah, he’s definitely a demon alright.”

“Okay, that’s enough,” Miku says, “We need to prepare for the next pair. You’ll be fine, right?”

With a nod, Aya waves a farewell before leaving. When Miku turns around, she finds you dusting off the suit.

“I’m taking a break,” you say, “I’ll leave you to do bell duty.”

“Hey Ryuuta, is it me, or have you gotten bolder?” Miku asks.

“Oh, shut it.”

[1/2]

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>>2966505

You never really do anything stupid like afterwards, the most being taking few meandering steps before retreating into the shadows. While it was exciting at first, it ended up being more backbreaking than anything. You’ve also taken apart your mask-stick-lifting thing as you doubt you can keep your arms above your head forever. As for whether you and Miku or Hinami and Nemuri were scarier, you lost track of audible reactions after the first few times.

Taking another break, you rest against a tree, saying, “I don’t know how the student council did this every year. They must’ve had shifts or something.”

“Ah, this takes me back,” Miku says, “And to think just not too long ago you were afraid of the dark. You really have grown, haven’t you?” She wipes an invisible tear and fakes a sniffle.

“I was in elementary school then!” you reply, “What do you mean ‘not too long’?!”

She shrugs, “You know how time flies. One moment we’re in first grade, the next we’re the elderly.”

“That’s not how it works!”

“I can hear you two from an hour away,” someone calls out—Aya, and she’s approaching. “Have you two seen Kaede? She’s the one who was with me before.”

You reply, “I thought she went on ahead.”

“She wasn’t there. She wasn’t at the flags, and your club members didn’t see them. I think she got lost,” she explains, vexed.

“We’ll help you look,” Miku says quickly, “It was our fault anyways.”

“Thanks,” she replies, “I already told the teachers, but... it didn’t feel right just sitting there.”

You wonder what to do.
>”Let’s split up then. We can cover more ground.”
>”Where did you last see her? We can start from there.”
>”Maybe we shouldn’t do anything. What if we get lost?”
>Write-in.

>>2966598
>”Where did you last see her? We can start from there.”

>>2966598
>”Where did you last see her? We can start from there.”

>>2966598
>”Let’s split up then. We can cover more ground.”
Splitting-up at night? What could go wrong

>>2966617
>>2966618
detective ryuuta in the woods

>>2966625
let's split up gang

writing

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“Where did you last see her? We can start from there.”

She hesitates when you say that, but she says, “Over there, where the trail bends.”

Rustling leaves cause you to turn your head, and you find a blindingly bright flashlight turning away and the club advisor holding it. “Hey, the test of courage is over. Someone got lost—Aya? Don’t go wandering around okay?”

Miku looks as if she wants to say something, but you quickly reply, “Sure. We’ll just put everything back real quick.” He nods, and then gives everyone one last look before heading back. Turning to the other two, you say, “Alright, guess we need to hurry before they get suspicious.”

Aya nods, leading the way. “Come on, it’s this way.”

As you’re following, you tell her, “Hey, I just wanna say sorry again. This wouldn’t have happened if I didn’t...”

“I know,” she replies, “I should’ve known by now being anywhere around you means something terrible is going to happen. You’re like a magnet for bad luck, you know that?”

Miku, curious, asks, “What’s this about?”

You reply, “Just Aya blaming everything on me, the usual.”

“Uh... huh,” she says, choosing to leave it at that.

With all three of you having flashlights, the forest shadows part with ease, but as hard as you might look, you don’t see any footprints. You wouldn’t know what to look for in the first place. But off to the side, you spot a narrow length of earth where there’s no grass, and in the dark, you suppose that it could be mistaken as part of the path when you can barely see. You choose to follow it.

Aya shouts, “Kaede, where are you?”

You and Miku join her in calling her name, though after a few minutes, you find what little hope you had disappearing.

“How far could she have even go—“ You’re cut short as your foot comes down and touches only air. There’s a moment of horrifying weightlessness before you’re pulled backwards, Miku’s hands around your arm. You let out an uneasy breath. “Thanks,” you say, and Aya catches up and points her flashlight below.

“Kaede!” she calls out. Someone’s lying down there below, having taken a nasty fall. It’s about a two-storey drop, but it’s a steep one. “Kaede, do you hear me?”

Taking a look around, you point out, “I don’t think I see a way down.”

You can lower yourself down, you think.
>Head back and find someone.
>Try to climb down.
>You’ll stay here and keep watch while they get someone.
>Write-in.

>>2966725
>Try to climb down.

>>2966725
>You’ll stay here and keep watch while they get someone.
Steep two-story drop. Fuck that.

>>2966725
>Try to climb down.

>>2966753
We might be able to burn an intervention on this

>>2966742
>>2966770
Climb down

>>2966753
Stay

Can I get some 1d100 rolls?

>>2966771
They can be used to save terrible rolls, yeah.

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Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>2966778
here we go

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>2966778

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>2966778

>>2966781
>>2966785
>>2966786
93! Well, not 93 factorial, just 93. Writing.

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>2966778

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“I’m going down,” you say.

“Huh?” Miku exclaims, “It’s so far down!”

“It’s barely anything,” you reply, pulling off your suit and reaching inside.

Frowning, Aya asks, “I’m guessing you got an idea?”

“Obviously,” you reply, pulling out the half-used roll of duct tape. With it, you encircle a thick tree that’s firmly rooted into the ground. Handing Miku one end, you pull the tape far enough so that you can double back on it and still have it reach the ground below. Using your makeshift rope, you start to climb down.

“Be careful!” Miku tells you as you find footing.

With the duct tape bearing your weight, you slowly manage to make your way down, and once you’ve touched the ground, you see Aya preparing to do the same.

Seeing this, Miku tries to stop her. “You’re going down too?”

“Can you get someone?” Aya asks, and without hearing her answer, “Thanks, Miku.” Though a bit hesitant, she descends faster than you, dropping down quickly.

You crouch down by the unconscious girl, unnerved. “I think she just hit her head, but the bleeding’s stopped.”

With a sigh of relief, Aya says, “Thank god. She’ll be okay, right?”

You don’t know. “I hope so,” you reply. “I don’t think I’m going to try getting her back up.”

“It’s fine,” she says, “I just wanted to make sure she was okay.”

You sit down on a rock, somewhat glad that it didn’t end up worse than it is. Quiet, you ask, “Is she your classmate?”

“Just a friend,” Aya replies, matching your volume. As the night seem to grow even darker with every passing second, you point your flashlight away to the ground, content with waiting.

You say, “I shouldn’t have done that back then. I went too far.”

“...” Staring off into the distance, she tries to find the right words. “Stop apologizing.” She turns around. “How come I never hear you say sorry for what happened with...” Back then. Farther than minutes ago, past days, months, into years.

A moment elapses, and you answer, “Because I don’t have anything to be sorry for.”

She takes a deep breath. “Well you should be.”

“And I’m not,” you reply, “I thought you didn’t want to talk about this.”

“I don’t.” And like that, the conversation is shut down. A flash of light comes from above, and then you hear people coming.

You shut your flashlight. “I guess we can stay pissed off at each other forever.”

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>>2966864

It was a while ago.

“Ryuuta, look!”

Though the camera was too big for her, she chose to have it rest on her chest anyways, the weight offering a kind of reassurance to her. In her hands was a photograph she developed herself, and it showed a dolphin jumping into her arms.

Except it looked like it was shot in someone’s living room.

You asked, “What? How did you do this?”

“I caught a dolphin, obviously! It’s amazing, right?”

“Yeah, but,” you mumbled, scratching your head, “This isn’t real, is it?”

“Of course it’s real, look, it’s uh... analog! You can’t fake analog, right?”

You eyed her suspiciously. “If you say that, that actually means you can fake it.”

“Ahaha,” she said, blushing, “Maybe a little. My mom taught me how. Look at what I can make with it!” She took back the photograph from your hands, staring at it in fascination.

“Wow, you can make anything, huh?”

She gave you a wide grin. “It looks so real, doesn’t it? I bet you thought it was real. It took me forever to make it.”

“A little, but it was weird! I knew something was off.”

“I know, I’m not stupid. I bet you wouldn’t have noticed if I did something more subtle.”

“Huh?”

“What do you think? Can I fool someone like this?” she said, eager, “I bet I can get back at her with this. I have the perfect idea. She’ll know it’s me if I fake something about her, but I can get her parents! Since she trashed my last camera, this would be ironic, right?”

“Wait... what are you thinking?” you asked, suspicious.

“I don’t know,” she replied, shrugging. And then, genuinely asking you, “What’s the nastiest thing you can think of?”

[Chapter 6: “I’ll Do It All The Same.” - End]

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ED6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nu_8aQcJH0
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConfettoQM

Thanks for playing! We’re around the halfway point for this quest, if I’m looking at this right. New thread next week.

As always, comments, criticism, and questions are very welcome.

Anons seem to fail every interaction with Aya, every time.

>>2966971
Even though I had to sleep through most of this run, I hand fun reading it. Thanks for running!

>>2966971
This was really fun, QM.

Elder god of the forest was great. Wonder how the other two managed to do in their side of the forest.

Also, flaaash back~

>>2966979
I wouldn't call it failing. Just steadily breaking through the years of bad blood between the two.

>>2966971
thanks for running

>>2966991
Falling on your face in front of her and scraping her with branches is not breaking through any bad blood.

>>2967000
True, but it does open up further avenues of dialog and more information on their shared past. That last bit is pretty important to getting over whatever hang up is between Ryuuta and Aya.

>>2966971
Thanks for running, man.

>>2967000
She was probably bleeding a bit after she fell.

>>2966971
Ahhh truly best girl

Anyways thanks for running, great session today!

>>2966971
Thanks for running! Had fun reading as always.

OP, do you draw all the art for the quest?

>>2972731
He does.

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>>2972731
I do.

>>2974060
I love the style! You draw for any other quests or comics or something?

>>2975027
Ikr
You can look for Psion Academy Quest on suptg.
There are others, shorter ones, but I can't remember the precise names to search.
Which is a shame, because one of them even had animation.

I hope this is my trip code.

>>2975027
Thank you! I've run a couple of other quests. If you're interested, here's a list of them:
pastebin.com/G3fHEyYL
I did try drawing a webcomic a couple of times, but I could never gather the willpower to continue after the first few pages. I mostly just stick to illustrations, but I'll never my art blog here.

>>2975087
It's pinned on my twitter! It's right there!

>>2975185
All I can see pinned on your Twitter is poor Akyu.
How could you do this to her!

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>>2975185
Everything you draw is lovely, even your little doodle at the top!