You are a Magical Girl, and you appear to be contemplating suicide.
Not any kind that you've tried before, obviously. Not that beautiful lie of passing peacefully and painlessly into the dark, dreamless ether with a belly full of painkillers and whiskey - a lie you had to find out the gut-wrenching, acid-retching, vomit-coated truth about, as your own magically-enhanced physiology somehow seemed to catch wind of your intentions and forced your stomach to pump itself out, all over your apartment floor. Those blessed, ignorant days when you were too drunk to remember that you have to crush your soul gem into powder in order to put yourself out of your own stinking misery.
Not the kind with you having your own gun for dinner either, a death you've quietly found to be nose-scrunchingly distasteful despite having come close to doing it yourself more than a handful of times. Distasteful not because of the obvious mess it'll make, but how you've always considered it the most flagrant display of indignity one could ever do to one's own gun. To eat your own gun after years of forcing other people to choke on it - you might as well start using the thing as a fucking hammer for your soul gem instead. It'll be much less shameful than being found in the cold dead grip of someone who couldn't even off herself properly.
No, this kind of self-termination is the sort only Kharn would dream of: the blaze of glory suicide. To get your ticket violently punched while kicking the biggest, meanest beehive you could ever find, and this one is the fucking Empire State Building of beehives.
The fact that you're rescuing someone from said beehive certainly adds a layer of heroism to it, but it does little to change the fact that you are about to get royally skullfucked by zombie ninja bees from outer space, with nuclear-powered stingers the size of combat knives.
>>45108800
The First Officio. The most powerful group of Magical Girls in the world, where Warmasters plucked from their own Officios end up to undergo...further training. Training that apparently turned them from the stellar Magical Girls that they already are, being Warmasters and everything, and into something that could conceivably solo a Walpurgisnacht-level Witch on their own - that is, if they could be spared from their offworld assignment, where they fought Walpurgisnacht-level witches on a daily basis. Preventing these space-borne monsters from making planetfall en-masse as they spawn from the gigantic Grief Seed hiding behind the moon.
Or at least, that's the official story. You have your own suspicions about the First, just like everyone else. One of the most popular being that they're simply the First Incubator's nuclear option in case one of the Officios underneath him stepped out of line and needed purging, down to the last girl. Nothing like the clumsy, protracted murder that Kharn perpetrated on the Third - a purge by the First would be quick, clean, and merciless. There wouldn't be anything left of the unfortunate Officio to bury, much less remember its failures by.
...That's a thing, you find yourself mulling over as you make your way to your vault. Your guard detail thankfully absent, having been diverted somewhere else by your own Incubator.
Kyuubey did tell you about that being the Ninth Officio's eventual fate if you do try to spring Mami out of there, not that it needed to be said. It won't just be you being hunted down - the rest of the Ninth will suffer the sanction of the First, too, and you're not that stupid to not be able to imagine how that'll go.
[1/2]
>>45108800
I fail to see what exactly is "noir" about this.
>>45108830
This is thread 301. I guess you're just jumping in for the first time.
>>45108821
Christ. It's come down to this, then, hasn't it? Being made to decide on whether to let one of the few people you wholeheartedly and completely trust suffer execution - or to condemn your Officio, more than a thousand Magical Girls foolish enough to look to you for leadership - to a cleansing purge so thorough their families would probably be included in the ritual genocide.
There's a third choice, though, you remember as the vault doors clank open and then slide closed behind you. A third choice that Kyuubey himself seemed to hesitate in suggesting. One that would involve you taking on the role that you were unceremoniously shoved into a Silent Room to prevent yourself in taking it in the first place. The reason why Malal had embedded memory-eradicating failsafes in the liquor-pickled slush you call your brain, to stop you from remembering.
It's a valid option, of course. One that could possibly take all the heat away from the Ninth Officio, especially if you play your part hard enough. Hell, you play up things just enough and you'll get EVERYONE'S attention, with every single Officio combing the earth just to hunt you down. Which isn't all that bad of an exchange, considering the tradeoff.
Just that - you're not sure if you actually want to own the goddamn wings and the dress and everything else that much. You don't know if you want to be known by that kind of image, when you finally get your fifteen minutes of fame.
...
...This is fucked. You're not supposed to be the one deciding all this, you grumble to yourself as you look down on your collected Golden Weapons. Each one glistening in its custom foam inset, or glowing from its rack. The latest addition, a golden hequin staff still marked with Oriko's - or Ahriman's - blood - noisily crackling with pent-up energy, intermittently rattling against the metal loops holding it in place.
[2/3]
>>45108859
You shouldn't be the person whose decision has the life of more than a thousand magical girls hinging on it. And you're not even going to think about that whole world-destroying stuff that's been getting spat at your direction with increasing frequency.
Speaking of those decisions, though...what the fuck do you do with these things?
You can certainly bring them all along with you. Even if you change your mind about causing a ruckus up in the moon, having your collection within Inventory reach isn't something to sneeze at, especially when it comes down to the wire.
But then - and you hate to even consider the scenario - your own Officio will be left without these as a last-ditch defense option, in case the First does go full retard. It's just as suicidal as you rescuing the blonde from certain death, but at least someone - anyone - using them could hold the First off long enough for an evacuation. Hell, they may even take down a few with them.
...
[]Start clearing out your vault into your Inventory.
[]Take a choice few. No need to take them all.
[]Just take one along with you.
[]Leave them all. Save your goodbyes.
There is a fourth choice that we should consider:
Use the Dolls to lure one of the Walpurgisnacht-class Witches to strike at the Moon Base itself, then have them put Mami in the platypus suit and whisk her away in the confusion and sudden explosive decompression.
And then we can be all "Hey, it wasn't me. I was standing right next to you when the Witch attacked, remember?"
>>45108891
>[]Take a choice few. No need to take them all.
Gun and bangles. Gun because it's ours, bangles because we promised to take care of them. The Axes can be bribed with Slaughter and the sword gives a shit about the people. The staff is fuck ING trouble and we should hide it somewhere.
>>45108891
[x]OTHER: Talk with the souls inside each one first, to determine which will cooperate with with whichever Ninth Magical Girl that has to take them up in defense
>>45108891
[X]Start clearing out your vault into your Inventory.
Now is not the time to get choose-y
>>45108932
>The staff is fuck ING trouble and we should hide it somewhere.
The staff likely contains Yuma, who's probably trying to tell us something important. She might be able to help with this plan.
We STILL haven't checked that, since Ahriman self-destructed her soul and the next most likely candidate to inhabit the Staff is Yuma.
>>45108903
>>45108891
Seconding this. We should chat with the dolls for backup plans before our final roll out.
We could probably also talk the them about the whole golden weapons thing. I mean, Pinky/blessed lady DID want us to go after them but we can't handle simple fucking instructions.
>>45108891
>[X]Start clearing out your vault into your Inventory.
>>45108967
K. This>>45108940 then.
>>45108891
>>45108891
[x] check the staff first.
>>45108800
>only Kharn
If we do talk, make it quick. We don't have all year.
>>45108982
>>45108964
It's like you don't want to talk with Yuu and Yuma.
Or ask the Three Stooges how badly attacking the First in previous timelines went and if there's any information we can use.
>>45108891
>[]Start clearing out your vault into your Inventory.
>>45108891
>[x]Start clearing out your vault into your Inventory
Let´s be honest: The First posses Golden Weapons without a doubt. Also they are like 1000000000 times more powerful than our girls. If they want to fuck the 9th, they will do it without much trouble. We have better chances of achieving this if we go full Stan and have all of them with us
>>45109015
With the rate this is going we have several.
>>45109040
We can talk on the plane ride
>>45108891
>[x]Start clearing out your vault into your Inventory
>>45109067
By which point it'll be too late to actually do anything with that knowledge.
Assuming that we're even taking a rocket to the Moon Base instead of using the teleporter in the basement operated by the Culexus we have on loan.
Your assumption we'll get to talk is a pretty bad one, anon.
>>45108903
I doubt that will work. Decu stated in ask.fm that the WPN-class witches are not at full power when they emerge from the Grief Seed of Pinky, wich gives The First an important advantage. Also, most likely the witch won´t make it to The Moon because The First will intercept it before it can. So this plan has no options to be viable
>>45108891
This concludes the first voting period.
Thank you for your participation!
>>45109067
>Plane ride to the moon
That should be a band name.
>>45109108
We can ask if there's anything that can be done to cause more Witches to form than normal, forcing the First to react, either by unfreezing their reserves or forcing some of the ones attending the execution to be deployed.
So Chiaki doesn't suspect it, but its pretty obvious this whole "execution" of Mami is to lure Chiaki out of the 9th all the way to the moon. We're gonna be walking into a trap, and Mami's the bait.
>>45109165
Mmmmm... well, maybe. But, that probably would require the cooperation of Pinky to work (and we all know that she is an unstable ally, to say it in a soft tone). Even if she agrees, there is a very high probability that she will release a fuckton of WPN-class witches only to laugh at us, and let´s not forget that The First is neccesary for the protection of the world: without them, this ultra-powerful witches will have free tickets to arrive at the planet, and by pure power and numeric force they will destroy the world. So, as much as I would love to burn The First to ashes, we have to thing in long-scale terms
>>45108891
[x]Start clearing out your vault into your Inventory.
Even if we leave them here, we know there is no one who can handle them without going FLESH OF THE FALLEN ANGELS, so there is no reason to even leave them in the first place.
No, we take them all and finish this, we will just have to try to no fuck this up for our Officio.
>>45109209
>there is no one who can handle them without going FLESH OF THE FALLEN ANGELS
But Anon, that IS exactly the countermeasure that Chiaki was thinking againts The First
>>45109222
>I'm not trapped in here with you. You're trapped in here with me!
>>45109232
>there is no one who can handle them without going FLESH OF THE FALLEN ANGELS
But Anon, that IS exactly the countermeasure that Chiaki was thinking againts The First
>>45109232
>we know there is no one who can handle them without going FLESH OF THE FALLEN ANGELS
That is the exact scenario that Chiaki said she wanted.
A Magical Girl going full FLESH OF FALLEN ANGELS so that it would occupy and delay the First long enough for an evacuation to take place.
>>45109222
That is a possibility, yes. But there is no evidence that that is the truth. And besides, we are obliged to go to The Moon even if we don´t want to, so no options there. If this is a trap, we are walking right into it
>>45109222
Hey hey! The nutjob conspiracy guy is back!
>>45109222
Actually it's Murderface's surprise birthday party
>>45109272
>>45109258
>Meguca starts killing everyone including her own friends and allies
>This will somehow stop the First from Advancing
I have to ask: Are you guys genuinely retarded?
>>45109341
Meguca go crazy AFTER everyone has retired to the evacuation devices or at least when they are at a good distance from the Golden Weapon user. Meguca goes crazy WHEN The First arrives. Anon, if simple last-option plans are too much for you to handle, then pretty please, shut the fuck up
Can we get our hands on a nuke? We can store anything in the shield and by leaving it in the moonbase we could get rid of any pursuers.
If we can't escape we could at least suicide bomb and take the first with us.
>>45109341
You do remember that the Golden Weapons don't instantly make the wielder into a team-killing maniac, right?
That they can grab hold of it and use it while everyone else is evacuating and that she can go FLESH when she's engaged with the First, not necessarily when she's in the middle of her comrades.
I have to ask, are you genuinely retarded, if you can't figure out how a last-ditch delaying tactic is supposed to work.
>>45109341
What part of "deny the obvious uphold the inane" don't you understand?
>>45109386
>take the first with us.
The First is the only thing that stands between us and a fucking Walpurgisnacht every fucking day.
Getting rid of them, even making them a little distracted from their job to hunt us down, is a way for those Witches to get past the Moon and get to Earth.
>>45109386
We have a Davey Crocket.
>>45109440
Your lying to me aren't you?
>>45109520
No, Chiaki herself extracted a Davie Crocket from the shield, and had to hide it from Misaka in fear of what she would do with it. Sadly, I can´t remember in what thread that was
>>45109520
We also have three MIGs, a tank, and an Olympic swim team
>>45109574
>and an Olympic swim team
What, what, what? From where have you taken that?
>>45109574
>and an Olympic swim team
Kharn's sperm isn't allowed to compete in the Olympics, it just isn't fair to the other contestants.
>>45109606
>>45109386
>>45109440
I vote for more inventory use in general. Bring back the cleptomania!
>>45109568
Oh shit, I remember that. I just didn't know what one was at the time.
>>45109634
I vote for more time-stop shenanigans and dealing with the fall out later
>>45109634
The Shield Inventory that Pinky can turn on and off at will?
>>45109606
We got fucked by Kharn, remember?
>>45109646
Hat, you should know better.
We actually can't do that because Pinky sealed that power off.
We can turn the shield but it won't do anything.
Anyone think that if we go with sexy Kitty lingerie we can make a deal for the life of Mami?
>>45109672
No, meme outfit is overrated and nobody will even remember it in a few months.
>>45109686
>>45109667
No, Kharn didn´t fuck us (we must be one of the few girls in the world that she hasn´t). But seriously, I don´t get the Olympic team joke
>>45109670
Where there's a will, there's a way!
>>45109672
Midori version
>>45109647
I know she can control our timestop but when did she mess with our inventory?
>>45109686
Perfect. Then we do it and no one remembers.
>>45109739
When we felt the shield on our arm increase in weight as the magic was cut off from it?
I'm pretty sure it also disabled our Shield Inventory as well as our Timestop.
And even though Chiaki supposedly has the memories of her previous timelines now, she still acts like she doesn't know shit, and can't use any of the powers that the other Homura's and Chiaki's developed.
What use are all these memories if we can't use them?
>>45109698
It's a shitty fetish and you know it.
>>45109716
Also, I once again couldn't finish the Useless Meat Day drawing, but I think it's turning out rather well. Drawing on a Cintiq is fun.
>>45109796
Who cares? All fetishes are shitty. I certainly ain't on that bandwagon, but fuck you for pissing on what someone else momentarily enjoys.
>>45109771
I know we stored the GiantGoatGuys head in our shield during the Akashic realm arc so I think the inventory works.
>>45109815
>the inventory works.
For now.
That was after Pinky reactivated the Time Stop with three uses.
By the way, what vote have won?
>>45109872
Clearing out the vault
>>45108964 >>45108982 >>45109044 >>45109077
You glare at your collection of Golden Weapons - the volatile, weaponized fragments of a fallen Goddess' soul - before shaking your head in disbelief as you empty your vault into your Inventory. Summoning your Shield back onto your arm with a snap of air pressure and snarling gears, and then proceeding to manhandle each weapon into the pocket of static reality that the strange time-stopping device has always allowed you to access.
What the absolute FUCK were you thinking? You're going into the fucking belly of the beast here - no matter what you decide to do up there on the moon, you need to be prepared, and in that kind of space where the potential hostiles can probably bend reality over a barrel and rape it without breaking a sweat, you'll need every edge you can get.
But more than that - one of the reasons you started collecting these things was to make sure no one else fucks themselves over by wielding them. For you to even consider letting someone else use them, even in that kind of emergency...no. Just no. There are desperate measures, and then there are measures that go past desperate and into the realm of pure bloody-minded insanity.
So, all they go into your Inventory. Muramasa being the first, because it's the one you've always secretly despised, even if Kirika had been cooperative the last few times you used it.
Then the bangles, which warmed up in an almost affectionate kind of way the moment you touched them, reminding you of a cute white-haired girl, her tanned features hidden in the shadow of her voluminous hood.
After those, the chainaxes - the heavy, brutish, savagely-toothed things that your predecessor had wielded with a grace that you know you'll never be able to replicate.
[1/2]
>>45109978
Then the staff - the latest addition to your collection. Still sparking, still shaking in its rack. You give it the barest flicker of attention before tossing it into your Inventory. Even without touching it you know the spirit inside wants to talk - which you'll indulge, but not right now. Not when you have other things to worry about.
Then, finally, your gun. The Desert Eagle, the very first Golden Weapon you acquired. Where every other weapon had been taken from its previous user, this one was given to you, with the pink-haired demon grinning as she shot you in the head with it. All to wake you up from a Callidus illusion, of course, one that would have seen your client raped in front of the Internet had you been a moment slower.
...Hnh. Strange, you murmur to yourself as you hold the blocky, oversized handcannon in your hand. The weapon feeling cold and dead in your grip, as opposed to the usual warmth that blossomed from the handle outwards the moment you touched it. As if something vital inside the weapon had died - or, less morbidly, had stopped recognizing you as its owner.
...
What do you do?
[]See what's up with the stooges. This is disconcerting.
[]Finish up here and leave. You can investigate that later, you have other things to deal with.
>>45109985
>[]See what's up with the stooges. This is disconcerting.
fucking stooges
useless as shit
>>45109985
[]See what's up with the stooges. This is disconcerting.
>>45109985
>[X]See what's up with the stooges. This is disconcerting.
This probably merits some investigation.
>>45109985
>[x]See what's up with the stooges. This is disconcerting.
also
[x] speak with the staffs spirit
This is urgent
>>45109985
>[]See what's up with the stooges. This is disconcerting.
>>45109985
>[x]See what's up with the stooges. This is disconcerting.
Also, I suggest to give a moment of our attention to the Staff Spirit
>>45109985
>[]See what's up with the stooges. This is disconcerting.
>>45109985
>[]See what's up with the stooges. This is disconcerting.
Also
>know that Yuma wants to talk
>flings the Staff into Shield Inventory
Goddammit, this is why Chiaki doesn't get vital info until the last second: she ignores people when they want to tell her something important, then blames them for not telling her something important.
>>45109985
>[x]See what's up with the stooges. This is disconcerting.
Something's not right. And that's taking the Golden Weapon hoodoo as a baseline of normal.
>>45109985
[x] OTHER: Talk to the Staff, see if she knows what's going on with the Stooges
Could it be that Yuma knows what's going with the DEagle, and that's why she wants our attention?
>>45110058
Er, I don't think Chiaki knows Yuma wants to talk.
Hell, whether Yuma really is in the staff isn't confirmed either
>>45109985
>Other: talk to the staff
>>45109985
We should also do like Anon >>45110071 says. If Yuma's got something for us, we should listen
>>45109805
Cute! Meat!
>>45110082
>I don't think Chiaki knows Yuma wants to talk.
From >>45109985
>You give it the barest flicker of attention before tossing it into your Inventory. Even without touching it you know the spirit inside wants to talk
We know that the Staff wants to talk, that they usually help us when we actually listen to what they're saying, and then we casually throw her into stasis.
Of course people are pissed at Chiaki and don't want to tell her important shit.
She ignores them when they try to help and blames them when she inevitably fucks up because she didn't listen to what they were trying to tell her.
>>45109985
>[x] OTHER: Talk to the Staff, see if she knows what's going on with the Stooges
>>45109985
This anon >>45110125 is absolutely right
>TALK TO THE FUCKING STAFF, CHIAKI!!!
>>45109985
I'll also add on a vote for "Talk to the staff" or at least "try to sense intent from the staff" onto my vote here: >>45109998
Since we're already talking to a weapon, might as well see what's up with the staff.
>>45109985
>[x] OTHER: Talk to the Staff, see if she knows what's going on with the Stooges
Not smart to go on a mission with loose ends.
>>45110125
Damn I should reword that.
>I don't think Chiaki knows it's Yuma who wants to talk
>>45109985
This concludes our current voting period!
Thank you for participating!
>>45110215
Brown girl best girl
>>45110230
And we ignored her by throwing her straight into Inventory without even saying to her.
>>45110215
Did I count right and we are checking up on the staff and the stooges?
>>45110253
Our sins will be tallied in time, anon
>>45110273
uh.. I generally don't count the votes, just run the timer. Decu can count himself. From the quick mental tally I was keeping, I think stooges won like 9 to 4? Don't quote me on that.
>>45110307
We'll at least know to blame you if we don't get to talk to the Staff, since you're one of the ones who voted twice to ignore the Staff trying to talk with us.
>>45110307
I ended up on 9-9 but got a bit confused halfway, hopefully we will do both.
>>45110215
I missed Strength.
>>45110504
Too bad we're not going to talk with her and just threw her into the shield because people wanted to just grab all the weapons without any chitchat, right?
>>45110643
If we've got her in the shield, we can pull her out and talk to her at any time.
>>45110732
Do you honestly think we'll actually do that, instead of forgetting her in there because we vote to rush headlong into the next crisis without stopping to gather information or a plan?
>>45110643
It would have taken several sessions to talk to everyone.
>>45110773
I wanted to ask what info Yuu could possibly provide but then I remembered that she once fought a girl from the first and punched her so hard that she flew back to the moon.
>>45110010 >>45110013 >>45110021 >>45110030
This is...hnh. Normally you'd just pass off any erratic behavior involving Golden Weapons as...well, something that's just about them, being physics-breaking fucking things that they are. It's a great coping mechanism, and had allowed you to grab some shuteye whenever they started acting up.
But this is the Desert Eagle. YOUR Desert Eagle. Your gun. Golden Weapon or not, it's been a reliable, dependable weapon ever since you started using it, and it's never let you down since, even with the whole...being a vessel of the souls of your past incarnations or some shit like that. It's gaudy, it's oversized, it shoots and hits like a fucking battleship cannon - but it's yours. And up to now it's never behaved this way, and that's enough to worry you.
You close your eyes and try to contact the three spirits residing inside your Golden Eagle. Slowing your breathing and willing yourself calm to be able to allow yourself to get pulled into communion with your past selves.
You open your eyes a moment later, and see the truth. Your brow furrowing in confusion at what you see.
The mirrors are empty. All of them, not just the fourth. The mirrors where Dildoes, Braids and Murderface would be staring at you from, each one smirking, smiling and glowering in turn - all empty. Not even reflecting anything, even when you step closer to them.
"They're gone," A voice coming from your right pipes up, and you turn to see yourself in the fourth mirror. ...No, not quite yourself, but a younger, healthier-looking you. With the bobcut and everything, but also a Mitakihara Middle School uniform instead of your costume. "Gone, and probably not coming back until they feel like it. Which could be a very long time, so I wouldn't hold my breath."
[1/2]
>>45110852
>have a spirit-advisor who personally fought a girl from the First
>won that fight so hard she sent said First girl nearly into orbit
>don't bother to ask her for advice when we're still making plans, just stuff her in the shield
And when we do finally speak with her, it'll be too late to use her information.
Yep, just typical.
>>45110807
I hate the fact that we've basically got to play this quest on fast-forward if we want to have a chance at finishing it.
>>45110773
>do you honestly think we'll actually do that?
If we didn't have to worry about Decu dying of old age or pulling a Kentaro Miura on us, I'd love to.
>>45110904
>I hate the fact that we've basically got to play this quest on fast-forward if we want to have a chance at finishing it.
Welcome to quests.
>>45110904
>>45110916
Am I the only one that doesn´t mind for this quest to last for years without losing quality?
>>45110961
Deculture shouldn't have to spend a quarter of his life writing one quest and I'd very much like to see his next one.
I only just started reading today's thread, so I don't know exactly where we are or what we're doing at this point in time yet, but I want to suggest something now at the earliest point I can.
If Pinky has taken up residence in Midori, or is planning to, she might no longer be inhabiting our time stop, so that might be on the table as a tool for breaking Mami out.
>>45110986
Seeing how this one spiraled out of control in terms of workand how his other proposed quest has been known for like 12 months now without materializingI'm not sure Decu will find it in him to start another one.
>>45110995
Never thought about that. Very clever, anon
>>45111017
I hope he does, this one's been brilliant. Just needs a nice break first.
>>45110894
...What? But why? Despite your cold surprise at seeing yourself in the fourth mirror - a mirror that had always been empty ever since you started talking to the spirits inside your gun - the disturbing shock of not having the three stooges to talk to is enough to overpower that. Why now?
"Well, I'll give you exactly one guess." Your younger self grins, white perfect teeth on show. "Come on. Show me we haven't killed off all our brain cells with alcohol, Chiaki. Why would our previous selves abandon us when we need them the most?"
How do you react?
[]Because they're assholes.
[]Because they think I fucked them over.
[]Because you showed up and told them to fuck off.
>>45110995
We can't depend on Time Stop when the enemy we're facing has access to both Magical Girl and Witch powers.
We saw with Kirika that someone else who has Time powers can still operate within our Time Stop, so we need to know if any of the First have Time powers by looking them up in the Magical Girl Registry (mostly likely some of them do).
>>45111037
>[]Because you showed up and told them to fuck off.
>>45111037
>[x]Because they think I fucked them over.
Ok, so, how do we solve this?
>>45111037
>[X]Because they think I fucked them over.
>>45111037
>[]Because they think I fucked them over.
Guess we're not talking to the Staff or the Bangles at all, then.
>>45111037
>[]They must be on a secret mission to help me. As expected of me!
>>45111037
>[x]Because you showed up and told them to fuck off.
Being the sarcastic reply.
[x]Because they think I fucked them over.
Being the probable answer. They didn't expect us to Homu out.
>>45111037
>[x]Because they think I fucked them over.
What can we do to make them think otherwise?
>>45111037
>[]Because they think I fucked them over.
I'm not as sad about the three stooges leaving as I thought I'd be.
>>45110961
>without losing quality
That's the argument point, though.
You have some who feel that it's just as good as when it started. You have some who feel that the quality's still high, but the story's been dragged out for too long and/or started collapsing under its own weight. You have some who feel that the (number of) conspiracies, background activity, shadowruns, etc have made the story too difficult to follow. And so on and so on.
>>45110961
>without losing quality
>without losing quality
>without losing quality
Early on, it might have passed for noir if you squinted, and the freewheeling "let's throw everything in because fuck it" approach to blatantly ripping off characters and stuff was tons of fun.
But it's become big and unwieldy, with characters and writeups and worldbuilding encrusted onto it like barnacles on a whaling ship. I liked the concept of magical girl officios as magical guns-for-hire for, answering the world's call for wetwork. It was an interesting spin on the concept.
But now we're bogged down in some sort of big epic fantasy thing to save or destroy the world.
It's like I booted up Max Panye, and it turned into a Bioware RPG with a cynical narrator.
>>45111068
Maybe when we have finished here?
>>45111075
I'm so sorry but I have to vote for this.
>>45111037
>[]Because they're assholes.
AND
>[]Because they think I fucked them over.
>>45111037
>[x]Because you showed up and told them to fuck off.
>>45111037
>[]Because they're assholes.
Surely this is it!
>>45111098
Unlikely, given how most other players vote.
They've said they just want to rush through the rest of the story, so why would they do something sensible like gather information from people wanting to tell us stuff?
>>45111037
>[]Because you showed up and told them to fuck off.
I mean we did talk with Braids after we fucked up and followed her advice on how to deal with Sayaka. I mean I guess she could have changed her mind afterwards about us fucking up.
>>45111037
>[]Because they're assholes.
>>45111047
Even if Time Stop only actually freezes one member of the First, it would still be a huge help.
>>45111037
>[]Because they think I fucked them over?
>>45111094
>It's like I booted up Max Panye, and it turned into a Bioware RPG with a cynical narrator.
Apt description.
>>45111037
all of the above because we're an asshole in every incarnation.
>>45111037
>Because they think I fucked them over.
We know this answer. The stooges probably think we've gone full Homucifer on them. More importantly, who the fuck is this bitch who only decided to show up now?
>>45111037
>Dildoes is an asshole, Murderface probably thinks I fucked her over, and you must have told Braids to fuck off
>>45111047
>We saw with Kirika that someone else who has Time powers can still operate within our Time Stop
We didn't use timestop against Kirika, her power made her so fast that we didn't have the time to trigger it.
>>45111225
The Chiaki from the Silent Room.
>>45111239
I am with you: even if we are facing another time-stop user, I believe the one who uses it first win. It´s the logical conclusion
>>45111225
The one Midori met while she's in the barrier?
>>45111282
That one, yeah
>>45111274
I figured It would be like esper quest.
>>45111037
This concludes today's third voting period.
Thanks again for participating!
>>45111239
>>45111274
>>45111314
Checking the thread where we fought Kirika, we there was definite interference with our Time Stop.
>The shield on your arm - the device that stops time itself around you - is behaving strangely. It's clicking, as always, and you feel it grow warmer with each passing second - but there's something strange in the way it clicks. Like the gears are catching against something, unable to function.
She might have prevented us from cranking the Shield for Time Stop, but there's no way to know if it would have even engaged with the interference that it was experiencing.
>>45111037
>[]Because they think I fucked them over.
>>45111399
Most probably it was Pinky fucking with us, and not Kirika
>>45111419
When is it ever not Pinky fucking with us?
Oh my, the thread has died. Decu, come back to us!
>>45111094
>But now we're bogged down in some sort of big epic fantasy thing to save or destroy the world.
>
>It's like I booted up Max Panye, and it turned into a Bioware RPG with a cynical narrator.
That was pretty much unavoidable. With Chiaki being an Akemi Homura clone and Pinky being crazy Madoka, space-time ripping, universe altering shenanigans were to be expected eventually.
>>45112077
Reminder
>>45112198
MGNQ started well before Rebellion came out, so the Homucifer thing wasn't a factor then. But even then, MGNQ seemed to coincidentally have a backstory similar to Rebellion, so it wasn't too had to incorporate.
>>45112286
>implying Decu isn't Urobutcher
>>45112307
How many times have we scored bingo now?
>>45112307
>concept movie gets released
>it has Pinky in it and Officios
>>45112391
No early deaths yet. Other than that, we've filled every single space several times over.
>>45112410
Midoris best friend died relatively early.
>>45112391
Gunservice, probably Literary References, Severed Heads, Betrayal, Lesbians (big time), lolis, arguably eldritch abominations, I think we had suits once or twice, corruption, madness, alcohol, backstory episodes, dystopian, explosives, and Faustian Bargain.
>>45112213
Hello, traitorfag! Still not liking mumi, still hating coobie, I presume.
>>45112286
Even before Rebellion, pmmm was all about suffering for the sake of the universe, fucking with time for love and becoming a god for fun and profit.
>>45112307
>implying decu isn't a love child of Urobutcher and Hideo Kojima,living in Yanderedev's basement.
>>45112307
Please. We all know decu is kojima.
>>45112509
That's impossible. Not one of the characters is a copy of David Bowie.
Just in advance, how many of you want to risk killing everyone to save the Mami. Cause as much as I like her, she had a good reason to try to kill us, even though she now knows better, she's fucked. Even if we save her she'll spend the rest of the quest in hiding. Or she'll kill herself to prevent us from fucking everything up AGAIN.
>>45112539
Yeah, and his twitter wasn't a giant pit of mourning when Dave passed away. RIP.
>>45112571
What you say its true, but, IC, Chiaki owes a lot to Mami. To let her die without doing anything is out of the question for her. Besides, it´s still Mami: she has more connections than anyone. She can be very useful if we handle her correctly
>>45112571
TFW Mami tells us to get fucked
>>45112571
>...Or she'll kill herself to prevent us from fucking everything up AGAIN
I think she'll probably do this the moment she thinks we'll try breaking her out.
>>45112539
Pretty sure there's a MGNQ version of The Boss and Naked Snake in one of the Officios, the 8th I think.
>>45112571
Unfortunately, we decided to rescue her. Which, due to MY MUMI trains of thought, means going all the way. Despite Mami managing to pick a fight in the literally worst place in the world.
>>45112571
I want to save Mami so she can live with the consequences of her actions. So that she can suffer and be punished. So that we can make her our bitch in a grand, delicious irony.
Because after all, we're the devil. The devil loves ironic punishment.
>>45112623
We'll just fuck her instead!
>>45112571
We have no choice but to go to the moon. The first demands we attend the execution.
This is most likely a trap where they try to kill us/take our golden weapons.
Saving Mami is something we should do because it will allow us to garner support from the MGs in other offificios and therefore increase our chances to win the inevitable war.
If it turns out that it's not a trap we should let Mami die and avoid any possibility of Malals vision coming true.
>>45112627
That's because Urobuchi is a Kojima fan
>>45112664
>If it turns out that it's not a trap we should let Mami die and avoid any possibility of Malals vision coming true.
>and avoid any possibility of Malals vision coming true.
>coming true.
You know what is going to happen, anon. No sense in deniying the obvious
>>45112627
Decu confirmed in ask.fm that The Boss was an old meguca who gained a lot of fame. The Warmaster of the 6th, Leman Russ, has the feeling that she will never be as great as Ther Boss was, even if she was buried a long time ago.
About Naked Snake, the husband of Leman is Venom Snake
>>45111065 >>45111068 >>45111078
You spit out the blindingly obvious at the fourth mirror. Of course you know why they left - you just didn't think they'd actually do it. Even Braids - and you remember her as someone who stuck around even when the other two had begun acting up after your sudden transformation.
"Yes, it's always disappointing when people do that, don't they?" Your younger self shakes her head mournfully, soft unchapped lips curling into a frown. "She - by that I mean Braids - put up quite the fight, but the other two dragged her away. Said they didn't want to involve themselves with someone who clearly had other ideas - ideas different from what had already been agreed on. You know, the whole not-actually-turning-into-the-Devil kinda idea."
YOu didn't fucking turn! You snap at the mirror reflecting your unspoiled, unscarred self right back at you, a mockery of everything you've put yourself through and at the same time a melancholic reminder of who you once where. You're still...you're still yourself! Even with the fucking wings, and the goddamn dress, and everything else, nothing's changed--
"Really? Can you truly and honestly say that?" Your reflection cuts you off, in a voice unmarred by whiskey or cigarette smoke, with words said from a throat unscarred from too much coughing and retching acid. "Look at me. Look at yourself, Chiaki, and tell me nothing's changed with a straight face. Let's see if you can manage that at least."
You glare at her, and repeat yourself, word for word. Word fucking perfect. Forcing yourself not to brandish your gun or shoot the mirror for emphasis, because really, what good would that do for anyone?
It'd make you feel better, sure, but that's beside the point, isn't it?
[1/2]
>>45112740
"...Well. Alright, then." Your younger self grins nervously, seemingly caught off-guard for the first time. "Either you're woefully ignorant or just that deluded, but you seem convinced that nothing's changed. Hold on to that." She pauses for a moment, as if listening for something, but shakes her head and resumes speaking. "Still, as you can see, they're convinced that you've screwed the pooch somehow, and decided to stop helping us."
Yeah, you can see that. So what do you do, then, to get them back? How do you get your past selves to return and keep doing the three stooges thing?
Your reflection in the mirror shrugs. "Not really sure on that point. I mean, they're free to come and go whenever they want, this gun is kind of the receptacle of all your previous incarnations. Just that they were the most prominent, seeing as they each represent a significant point in time in the life of Akemi Homura - or in this case, Chiaki Matsuda." She points to herself. "I guess you're just stuck with me until they decide it's worth coming back."
...Great. Fantastic.
Your younger self frowns deeply. "Fuck you. You think this is fun for me? You think I asked for this? I'm not even supposed to be in here, fuckface! If you didn't hand off your goddamn soul gem to that blonde bitch, I'd still be--"
She stops in mid-sentence, her crash so abrupt that you look up at her in alarm - but all you see is your reflection letting out a sigh, her shoulders drooping as she presses her forehead against the mirror's surface.
"...Sorry. This...self-loathing thing's not easy to deal with." There's a thud as your reflection gives the glass seperating the both of you a kick. "How in the world do you deal with this? You hate yourself as much as we hate carrots, for fuck's sake. Maybe even more than that. What did we ever do to us? Do we piss on our cornflakes every morning? Do we do that?"
Heh. Cigarettes and whiskey, mostly, you tell her.
[2/3]
>>45112764
"Right. Well. That explains it. Somewhat." The raven-haired girl wearing your unscarred features smiles. "Anyway, alright, we're a bit short-staffed at the moment, so all you get is me. And normally we'd have to really get to know each other for us to help each other better, but seeing as these are special circumstances let's cut through that red tape." She grins. "Any time you think someone's full of shit - and it doesn't take a Culexus to see that you have lots of walking, talking sackfuls of the stuff in your near future - I'll tell you if they are."
What, like a truth detector?
"Exactly like a truth detector." She nods, proudly. "And I know my shit when it comes to that, so you can trust my analysis a hundred percent. Just don't have me use them on everything you hear - it's going to be very obvious to them that you think they're full of shit, and you don't want that to happen - but for the really important bits, where you want to make sure they're on the level? I can check that for you."
Yeah? That sounds...well, handy. Should be good to know if someone's deliberately jerking you around, or what.
How's she going to do that, though? Reading their minds or what?
"Oh, no, I can't do any of that. It's more of just analyzing what they're saying, body language, that kind of thing - AND then cross-referencing their statements with the patterns and consistencies I've discovered throughout other timelines." She taps her temple with a finger. "Remember all those migraines you keep having? That's your brain trying to keep up with ten thousand years' worth of hoarded information and memories. With me, I can cross-check what someone's saying with what I can dig up about them, and tell you if they're bullshitting you based on what I find."
Now that sounds REALLY handy.
[3/4]
>>45112784
"Yeah? Well, don't break out the champagne just yet. Remember I'm not omniscient, and what I dig up may not always apply to what's happening now." Your younger self smiles sheepishly. "This timeline's pretty janky in some spots and twisty in others, and that's gonna affect my analysis some, but the big picture's still the same, so you can trust me. Maybe...ninety-eight percent? Something like that."
...Alright. You'll take it. Better than nothing.
"Riiight." She bites her lip as she looks down at you, before nodding. "Just...in the interest of clarity, I suppose? Don't ask me to verify anything you might not want verified. Okay? There's a reason why some psychologists kill themselves, you know."
Right.
What do you do now?
[]Ask her about something you previously heard, have her verify if it was true. (Write-in)
[]Say goodbye and leave. You have other things to take care of.
>>45112801
>[]Ask her about something you previously heard, have her verify if it was true. (Write-in)
Did Mami betray us before she left?
>>45112812
This
>>45112801
Verify that she's useless regarding QB.
>>45112801
>If you didn't hand off your goddamn soul gem to that blonde bitch, I'd still be--"
[x]other
"You'd still be what?
>>45112638
Good luck with that. Last time we wanted to make someone feel bad for using us like a damn dildo, the mutant cat bastard actually made US feel bad. We couldn't even handle Neco.
>>45112695
We will change our fate. For worse. And Malal will show up again.
>I didn't even know you were able fuck this up so much, Murderface! I'm not even angry anymore, just surprised.
>>45112801
[]Ask her about something you previously heard, have her verify if it was true. (Write-in)
>>45112812
Did Mami betray us before she left?
and anything else thats important that I can't remember
>>45112801
>[x]Ask her about something you previously heard, have her verify if it was true.
>Did Mami really betray us (Chiaki doesn´t know this, she needs to verify)
>If you didn't hand off your goddamn soul gem to that blonde bitch, I'd still be--"
"You'd still be what?
>>45112801
>[]Ask her about something you previously heard, have her verify if it was true.
That the memory failsafes really were the best course of action.
>>45112801
>[X]Say goodbye and leave. You have other things to take care of.
Mostly because I can't think of a good question right now.
>>45112801
seconding >>45112858
>>45112922
>>45112940
To vote, you have to link to Decu´s post
>>45112858
>>45112801
I vote for this write in.
>>45112801
>>45112858
Yeah, sounds good.
>>45112801
>[X]Say goodbye and leave. You have other things to take care of.
glad i didnt lost the whole thread
>>45112812
>>45112818
>>45112853
>>45112858
Are you sure that Chiaki will be able to handle that information, or keep her cool when she next sees Mami?
Chiaki can't act for shit, and if she acts off when she arrives at the First, that'll fuck up any plans we might have had.
Well, except for the one about going Full Satan and dooming every girl that looked to us for guidance and authority.
>>45112801
this >>45112858
Damn, am I retarded, or what (don't answer that)?
>>45113038
For the good and the bad, we need the info. Knowing in advance can help us to deal with this potentially explosive situation
>>45112801
>[]Say goodbye and leave. You have other things to take care of.
>>45112801
The current voting period is closed!
Thanks for participating in MGNQ!
Maybe I should remake these old banners...
>>45113086
Just make new ones!
>>45113038
We know something, it's too much for us to bear.
We don't know something, it bites us in the ass.
It can't be helped, I guess.
Also, we got ourselves a living lie detector. But can we even trust her?
>>45113174
>Also, we got ourselves a living lie detector. But can we even trust her?
It's another Stooge. We could trust the other three and we can quite likely trust this one as well.
98% of the time, at least. Within the margin of error.
Not Six Sigma, but damn closer than taking everyone at face value.
>>45113174
Do we have a version of the "trust no-one - not even ourselves" picture with a golden deagle and Homura?
>>45113174
>Midori collects soulfragments from the three stooges
>Midori is taken over by Pinky
>The three stooges are gone
Is this a coincidence?
>>45113259
So Midori has stooges now?
>>45113291
Pinky might have eaten them and left the one that wants her to win.
>>45113291
Midori is in a threeway RIGHT NOW.
>>45113335
>Midori in threeway with stooges
>Pinky and Blessed Lady watching with popcorn
>>45113335
>Murderface is plowing Midori's womb with her monster cock
>Dildoes is pleasuring her anally with the stick she normally has up her ass
>Braids is administering headpats while Midori ahegaos
>>45113335
Isn't that a four-way? Plus Pinky? I think at that point it's just an internal orgy
>>45113228
>It's another Stooge
Wasn't one of Chiaki's fragments going psycho on others in first Midoriquest? And the homu trinity left us. We don't necesarily get along with ourselves.
>>45113259
Definitely something happened during mumi fight. Something that we (players) don't know.Mami shot us with the deagle, we're inside it now.
>>45113426
>Wasn't one of Chiaki's fragments going psycho on others in first Midoriquest?
A fragment called "RibbonHomu". PMMM Homura with the ribbon, and golden wings. Not the same as this one
>>45113426
>Spoiler
Yeah, her outburst made me consider the possibility thatwe really ARE Homucifer right now, just not aware of the fact that we're trying to emulate Chiaki.
>>45113426
>Wasn't one of Chiaki's fragments going psycho on others in first Midoriquest? And the homu trinity left us. We don't necesarily get along with ourselves.
Ribbon Homura. And the others left us because they fear that we became Homucifer. This is a Chiaki fragment, probably the one Midori was talking with earlier.
>>45113459
But was she was a homu fragment, right? That proves that different homus may have different agendas, and they may be trouble.
If you kill all the homus and then yourself, does it count as a murder-suicide, or just a suicide?
>>45113554
About RibbonHomu was confirmed that she was the fragment that wanted to kill herself (all the Homuras). So she is very dangerous. Neither this fragment or us are RibbonHomu
>>45113554
They're metaphysical archetypes of her past lives, anon. If an image appears in the mirror who's wearing a red ribbon, then you can let your paranoia run rampant.
>>45113243
Got you covered
>>45113590
I think RibbonHomu stopped being an issue around the time Chiaki went full Rebellion. At least, she better stay away if she knows what's healthy for her.
>>45113682
Beautiful
>>45113682
Fucking masterpiece
>>45113682
Yes, excellent
>>45113602
>needing a reason to be paranoid
Do you need a reason to draw ChiakixMidori?
I'm just saying that we need to watch our back, and our foes' backs, and our friends' backs and our us' backs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CT1z85GmlM
>>45113682
Never tired of Chiaki paranoia memes.
>>45113785
>Do you need a reason to draw ChiakixMidori?
Nah, but sometimes getting ideas from different sources is good!
>>45113937
I didn't mean it as an offense, by the way. I like all your drawings.
You should draw Midori and Chiaki trying to hold a banner together.
>>45113937Not that anon but I do wish you give the other characters some love every now and then
>>45113937
Pinky as Drosselmeyer
>>45112858
The cute schoolgirl wearing your face and trademark haircut smiles at you, a small, melancholic thing made rancid with pity. "I was hoping that wouldn't be the first thing you'd have me verify." She reaches up to adjust her glasses, the lenses briefly becoming opaque, hiding her glowing purple eyes from view. "Miss Valnikov Kharn said this to you, right? Earlier during the day?"
You nod to confirm this. A moment later, she lets out a sigh. "Do you really want to know? Because I can just discard this verification before it finishes if you change your mind--"
A glare is all it takes for her to shut up, and it's only after a few more moments that she nods. "Sorry. Had to backtrace everything, seeing as it was sometime before. But...well, I warned you." Your younger self shrugs, before taking off her glasses and folding them neatly in front of her.
"Miss Valnikov Kharn was telling the truth."
...Like a burning green crack through your brain. Searing through the lies, stabbing right into your soul.
So Mami...Mami really did--
Nnh.
"I'm sorry." Your younger self murmurs, hanging her head. "You asked. I told you. I'm sorry."
Silence. Then--
"Is there anything else you want me to check?"
How do you react?
[]That's enough for now. Thank you, Smartass.
[]Leave without responding. You can't...dwell on this for too long. Get back to getting ready.
>>45113937
>heart
Lewd.
>>45114036
[x]That's enough for now. Thank you, Smartass.
>>45114036
>[]That's enough for now. Thank you, Smartass.
>>45114036
>>[]That's enough for now. Thank you, Smartass.
I wonder if she can verify Kyuubey
>>45114036
Any estimate as to when you'll stop running tonight, Decu? Other QM's would like to run as well.
>>45114036
>[]That's enough for now. Thank you, Smartass.
>>45114036
>[]That's enough for now. Thank you, Smartass.
I mean, strictly speaking that just means that Kharn was absolutely convinced of what she told us.
[X] That's enough for now. Thank you, really.
Lets not be a bitch to someone willing to help us, yeah?
>>45114036
>[X]That's enough for now. Thank you, Smartass.
>>45114036
Just because Kharn was telling the truth doesn't mean it's a fact. It merely means she was giving her honest opinion, right?
>>45114036
[x] Why? Why did Mami betray us? Was it because of the wings? Because of The Transcendent One?
>>45114036
>[x]if we hadn't handed over our soulgem you would still be what ?
I want to know this
>>45114036
[x] if we hadn't handed over our soulgem you would still be what ?
[x] Why? Why did Mami betray us? Was it because of the wings? Because of The Transcendent One?
>>45114036
Seconding this >>45114115
>>45114036
>[]Leave without responding. You can't...dwell on this for too long. Get back to getting ready.
>>45114115
Unfortunately it seems everyone else forgot or doesn't care to find out.
As always happens.
Oh, and insulting a person who's helping us against the advice of everyone else, too.
>>45114036
>[]That's enough for now. Thank you, Smartass.
>>45114036
>[]That's enough for now. Thank you, Smartass.
At least we didn't shoot ourselves, that's a good start.
>>45114017
>Pinky
>not Malal
>Everything should go according to my story
>Everything should go according to my vision
Which one is Malal, which one is Drosselmeyer?
>>45114036
>[X]That's enough for now. Thank you, Smartass.
The least we can do is a thank you.
>>45114102
>>45114139
I don't think it's worth asking her. She could only really speculate.
We need to ask Mami.
>>45114036
>[X]That's enough for now. Thank you, Smartass.
I think Smartass is a good name for her.
Dildos, Braids, Murderface and Smartass.
>>45114217
Fuck that, if we got a shot at it we might as well.
>>45114144
I was voting for this, but maybe we don't need to know that which could have been. Let her handle the Homu Suffering Database for now.
>>45114234
She's the Otacon we always wanted!
>>45114234
Addendum: Also ask "You would still be what?"
I'm curious now.
>>45114200
>The least we can do is a thank you.
How about not insulting the last fragment still willing to help us?
>>45114234
Of course! And then Chiaki can be known as Fuckup! Because she always fucks things up in the worst ways possible, dragging everyone else down with her.
How many friends has she gotten killed by now?
At least three got a memorial; more than others have gotten, I bet.
She's still got Kyouko, Sayaka, Misaka, Enishi, Rea, and Charles to get killed.
