“Something wrong, Suzu?” Miki chimes in as your impromptu alliance heads to class together.
“Hm?” She blinks a few times.
“You’re limping worse than usual.”
“…” The small girl looks ready you bang her head into a wall. “Miki, how can you be so observant about some things and so dense about others?”
You have… mixed feeling about how they can be so calm, given circumstances.
Yan [/_________] Dere
[] Can we please focus? What’d you find out about the Student Council?
[] Did you get in a fight or something during intel-gathering, Suzu?
>>47961141
>[x] Did you get in a fight or something during intel-gathering, Suzu?
>[X] Can we please focus? What’d you find out about the Student Council?
oh shit dudes
anyway
we gotta make sure our girls are a-ok and stand up for them
>[X] Did you get in a fight or something during intel-gathering, Suzu?
>>47961141
>[X] Did you get in a fight or something during intel-gathering, Suzu?
pretty sure she just fell asleep in the literal sense, but it doesn't hurt to care.
>>47961141
>[X] Did you get in a fight or something during intel-gathering, Suzu?
If she did, it would be good to know about.
>>47961141
>[X] Can we please focus? What’d you find out about the Student Council?
Being concerned about the wellbeing of our allies is all fine and dandy, but we're past the point of no return. they are expendable. Our interests are not.
>>47961141
>[X] Can we please focus? What’d you find out about the Student Council?
>[x] Did you get in a fight or something during intel-gathering, Suzu?
>>47961141
>[X] Did you get in a fight or something during intel-gathering, Suzu?
Archives, peruse to read up on the story thus far:
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To your marks - it's showtime.
> [x] Did you Fight?
We still need to be careful.
I'm kinda starting to worry that the whole thing is a trap.
>>47961207
We need at least some stability back, or else we may end up yelling incomprensible curses and incantations every second vote.
>>47961141
>[X] Did you get in a fight or something during intel-gathering, Suzu
>>47961259
If you haven't been paying attention Akira has been taking away our choices and our influence so we're being forced to be Yan, and besides that it's obviously the only way to win due to bad quest design
>[x] Did you get in a fight or something during intel-gathering, Suzu?
>>47961259
Stability was a thing like... years ago.
Now we're running on Yan and Dere.
>>47961141
>[x] Did you get in a fight or something during intel-gathering, Suzu?
We need to know our allies' statuses.
>>47961331
Shit, meant Dere. Seems I'm still yearning for the times long gone...
>>47961317
Shitmonkey, I thought you said you regretted wasting time here and that you were gonna leave forever to become a monk in Lumbini or something. Can you please make up your mind?
>>47961317
>>47961381
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>>47961381
Sounds like you need to do a better job of thinking, because I didn't say that
“Did you get in a fight or something?” You ask, wondering if you need to count Suzu out of your team’s combat potential. She sighs.
“Had an attack coming down the stairs earlier. Kinda messed up my knee.” She shrugs. “I probably can’t fight but… well, I wouldn’t be much help to you there anyways.”
… That’s… true, you suppose…
“Here.”
You reach the building – still damaged from the Riot of Rei and Asuka.
“So, what’d you find out ab-” DING. The bell rings. Only way to learn Suzu’s intel now is to skip... Or your could just go to class and monitor the StuCo the old fashioned way.
Yan [//________] Dere
[] Just ditch.
[] Go to class.
>>47961479
class is for nerds
>[X] Just ditch.
>>47961479
ha, called it~
>[X] Just ditch.
>>47961479
>ditch
>>47961479
>[X] Just ditch.
It's not like Shizune or Misha would give anything away in class.
>>47961479
>[X] Just ditch.
.[x] Just ditch.
Ditching will allow us to learn and plan.
>>47961479
>[X]Go to classWe must keep up appearances, shant we? Besides, the intel can be discussed later.
Hi Akira!
Is there any chance we'll have a retcon to resurrect Lilly, regaining our alliance with in-game Akira?
Or can you issue a poll asking us if we prefer going back to the choice that killed Lilly?
Sorry I ask again this after all last session turmoil, but we spent almost the whole quest to pursue an alliance with Lilly and Akira, choosing Lilly in every pivotal choice we had (like the "I wanna be more like Lilly", "I'm not alone anymore", choosing Lilly every time we could do it in the first half of the route, before getting the Hisao taken by Shizune), and we lost all in a single post.
Due to a choice that we don't even know which was (I figure which was but still not sure), in a way you didn't really clear (you said Lilly lost a fight, but looking at her body description and to at the tip about the poison action it was a full dere action, so no fight involved).
And that wasn't only a criticism by the butthurt, but also a lot of perplexity by other anons and Fluff, as in the only choice involving Lilly we didn't had a clear choice "stay with Lilly", as both will result in us and Lilly in two different places. And all other choices were about other people, no one involving Lilly.
I dunno, continuing on the path we have now after the way we played 'til a month ago, it seems being an inexplicable plot development.
We all know you played F/SN.
It's like playing the Unlimited Blade Works route, arrive at the first fight against Caster and Kuzuki, not fighting with Saber and Tohsaka but having Tohsaka beheaded by Kuzuki and no chance to regain Saber... but instead of getting the bad end 19 (if I remember correctly), continue to wander around hoping in a huge deus ex machina to win the game.
Please give us the chance to come back to the previous situation
>>47961479
>[x] Just ditch.
>>47961479
>[x] Just ditch.
We just lost a friend, it's expected, but I know Shizune will capitalize on our absence with Hisao.
>>47961455
>>47961477
Don't respond, he's proven repeatedly that he can't hold a conversation outside of writing up quest posts, and usually won't make sense when he tries to.
>>47961516
that is a terrible idea.
retcons are for the weak, we shall forge ahead.
>>47961479
>[x] Just ditch.
No doubt StuCo will try to take advantage of it, but they aren't long for this world anyway.
>>47961516
No, go away. Learn to live with your failings. It's enough that every KY so far has been a ridiculous feel good scenario where everyone always won.
>>47961516
see
>>47961532
OP is a little damaged right now, just stick to voting and we'll have a better time.
>>47961516
You do not understand. There can be only one Lilly. So to become like Lilly, the Lilly that was has to be no more.
[x] ditch
We're known for being absentees, and intel is important.
Besides, there's no way this whole thing is a trap banking on us being absentees like usual, isn't it? Haha....
>>47961516
It's okay, bro.
If we get a Bad End soon, maybe we can go back to before The Incident, but it's not likely we'll be able to retcon two threads.
We may have to accept what happened and struggle on.
>>47961479
[X] Go to class.
While splitting up right now is unwise, we can't exactly strike right away. So it's intel vs Hisao and maybe regaining some stability.
>>47961479
>[X] Just ditch.
Might as well.
>>47961479
Wait, really? We ask Suzu for info on the attack and she doesn't even bother to tell us who it was? Seems odd. Anyway:
>[X] Just ditch.
Might as well keep moving forward with the plan. We need to get the dirt on them so we can get this ball rolling.
>>47961610
She meant attack as in she had a narcolepsy attack.
>>47961516
The problem, I think, is that we threw away all the Dere we had been building up when we stupidly decided to murder Emi and Rin instead of using the one skill we had been working on the whole game. I'm still upset that people voted that way, but I know it's better to keep moving forward than to argue the point. Would be nice if Akira allows us a Hanako Route Gaiden where we can re-do at least some of it from that point, but we can save that for when this current quest is over.
>>47961566
Trying to play based on traps isn't any good, OP never gives any clues and even the ones that people find end up not meaning anything, so every potential trap ends up like that "inconcievable" scene in the princess bride, so it's no better than a coin flip.
>>47961627
Oh, duh. That makes sense.
>>47961644
to be fair, even when we first voted to give the stumpletons a chance to leave, Akiratrip posted to let us know that having Akira with us would give us a huge edge over them since Akira has the highest stats in the game. we chose to attack, yes, but Akiratrip did provide incentive for that choice.
>>47961644
Friendly reminder we were voting to avoid the fight, then the QM decided to relaunch the vote.
WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION~
DUNUNUNUNU NUNU DUNUNUNUNU NUNU~
WE DON’T NEED NO THOUGHT CONTROL~
You motion to Suzu and Miki. They don’t need to be told twice, they drift towards the sides of the hall while you simply activate your wallflower stealth and fade into the nothingness where a creature like you belongs.
No.
“‘They’ are the nothingness, Hanako…” The doll perched on your shoulder whispers into your ear. You giggle as Mutou staggers past you, Shizune and Misha in tow.
die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die
Miki’s footsteps snap you back into reality.
“So, what’s you find out?”
“Well, Shizune’s got herself covered on most technical points, so I spent a while looking for ways in which I could get them for negligence.”
“You… found something?” You murmur in a low but excited whisper.
“Yeah.” She points up. “The roof.”
“The roof?”
“Student Council in in charge of maintenance, but the safety rails on the roof are obviously dilapidated.” She pulls out a complaint form. “I just submit this to Mutou. He goes up and confirms, boom, StuCo is disbanded.”
“Or…” Miki rocks her head. “If he brings Shizune and Misha with him, we could just jump em then and there… if you don’t mind catching Mutou in the crossfire, that is.”
Oddly, Suzu, usually the moral center, makes no rebuttal to this plan.
As for you…
Yan [__________] Dere
[] How would that work, Miki?
[] And what then, Suzu?
>>47961702
>[X] And what then, Suzu?
>>47961702
>[X] And what then, Suzu?
we should know better than to try to engage Shizune in combat like that.
>>47961702
>Yan [__________] Dere
Well, there goes ourstability
>>47961702
>[X] And what then, Suzu?
Jumping them seems like a terrible idea...
>[x] How would that work, Miki?
We don't need Mutou, we only need our enemies to become corpses.
>>47961702
>[X] How would that work, Miki?
I've got no issue with killing Mutou.
>>47961702
>[X] And what then, Suzu?
Mutou doesn't deserve to die
>>47961702
>[x] And what then, Suzu?
Mutou's an unknown variable, I'd be reluctant enough to get into a head-on battle with StuCo without him in the equation.
>[x] what then, suzu?
We should hear what everyone has to say.
Also Mutou's lost a bunch of limbs, but our team also has a narcoleptic.
>>47961650
Dully noted.
>>47961702
>[X] And what then, Suzu?
Let's hear what she has to say.
>>47961644
I thought Gaiden meant side story.
we'd need much more than a side story to fix this mess
>>47961702
>[X] How would that work, Miki?
Mutou is not a threat. He's not standing between us and Hisao. After StuCo is disbanded, Shizune will be out of her element and an easy target for Akira. At that point, we simply need to sit back and wait for the problem to resolve itself.
>>47961702
[X] And what then, Suzu?
Gotta work with the schemer here. The extent of Miki's planning can be best described as "Bash em until they stop moving". Which is good too, but not exactly what we're looking for here.
>>47961828
We already have a size story - Suzu's struggle to get the stump overshadows even stories of antic poets.
>>47961838
D'OH
That was supposed to be a vote for Suzu's plan, not Miki's. Apologies, I'm a doofus.
>[X] And then what, Suzu?
You dismiss Miki’s plan. You’ve tried blitzkrieg attacks against Shizune before and it’s always ended horribly. Also you’d rather not have Mutou die if you can avoid it… You’ve lost too much in this duel for Hisao.
“What next, Suzu?”
She shrugs. “Well, she’ll be tasked with locking up Student Council assets while the group is suspended to await an administrative decision. That’ll take time.”
“How much time?”
“Well after school lets out for the day… The building’ll be dead by the time she leaves.”
“And we set an ambush.” Miki finishes the thought.
Suzu nods. “Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run. Just you and them. Whadya think, Hanako?”
You look at Miki, obviously psyched for battle, and to Suzu, as enigmatic as always.
Yan [/_________] Dere
[] Sounds good, let’s do it.
[] Too risky. Let’s find another way.
>>47961971
>[x] Sounds good, let’s do it.
>>47961971
>[X] Sounds good, let’s do it.
nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Shizune might suspect something if she sees Suzu file the disband doc but eh, we'd have superior numbers.
>>47961971
>[X] Sounds good, let’s do it.
>>47961971
>[x] Sounds good, let’s do it.
Worth a shot. And we're pretty Yan, so setting up an ambush is within our specialty.
>>47961971
>[X] Sounds good, let's do it.
>[x] Sounds good, let's do it.
Although the StuCo may realise what we are planning and be alert and prepared for an ambush.
>>47961971
This sounds very fishy, chances are Shizune left that lead for Suzu to find on purpose so that they could actually trap us. I mean THE student council being unaware of something with the roof railing? In fact, having Mutou involved would have turned the tide in our favor because he's a wild card.
[X] Too risky. Let’s find another way.
>>47962015
>we'd have superior numbers.
No we would not. Suzu is out as far as the combat potential goes. It's Miki & us vs StuCo.
But the part I'm worried about is that Akira shows up at wrong moment with agenda of her own.
>>47961971
>[X] Sounds good, let’s do it.
We're committed at this point. It's possible that Akira will show up, in which case we can probably just let her kill Shizune.
It's also possible that if we kill Deaf Bitch, Akira will come after us for denying her the chance to avenge her sister, though, which concerns me. I don't think we can afford to let such a fear get in the way of our own plans, though, otherwise we'll wind up doing nothing.
My only question, is how will Akira return? At the moment she is conducting her own investigation, and have no doubts that we will cross paths again.
>>47962061
Nah, the railing thing makes sense if you think about it. Who are the two students that spend the most time on the roof? And what's their relationship with Shizune? If anything, I imagine she'd intentionally leave them in disrepair in the hopes that one or both members of Team Limbless would fall off and die.
Hm. 2 on one... Shizune probably knows martial arts, and proxy pink guards her against sneak-ups.
Eh, fork it. We're full yan, >[x] Slaughter them
Guys, please don't forget about the Pink Drill.
There's no way we have a fight with Shizune without Misha backing her up.
>>47962102
But isn't the roof supposed to be locked at all times anyway?
You nod and pull out your knife – the knife Akira gave to you. With this knife you’re going to avenge her sister’s murder.
“Sounds good. Let’s do it.”
Miki clangs her nail-bat and Suzu her can of hair spray against your weapon to seal the deal.
“Alright. I’ll submit the report right now.” Suzu claps her fist into her open hand, eyes sleepy (obviously) but determined. “You two better pick your ambush site really carefully. Shizune knows this school inside and out.”
She slips away, leaving you and Miki together.
“So Hanners.” She laughs and mashes your head around a bit, just like Akira used to… “What do you wanna do to prepare?”
Yan [__________] Dere
[] Provisions – Hit up the cafeteria early and set up the trap before lunch.
[] Hedge bets – Go back to class with Shizune and Hisao. Set up the trap after lunch.
[] Additional intel – Go back to the girl’s dorms and check for anything you might have missed. Set up trap whenever.
>>47962239
[X] Provisions – Hit up the cafeteria early and set up the trap before lunch.
The early bird guts the worm.
>>47962239
>[x] Additional intel – Go back to the girl’s dorms and check for anything you might have missed. Set up trap whenever.
I'm still on edge about this; if there's anything else we need to know, we should find out now.
>>47962239
>[X] Hedge bets – Go back to class with Shizune and Hisao. Set up the trap after lunch.
I don't want Shizune to notice our absence as anything out of our normal schedule.
>>47962239
> you’re going to avenge her sister’s murder.
No chance to avenge the route how it was before last week?
>[x] Additional intel – Go back to the girl’s dorms and check for anything you might have missed. Set up trap whenever.
We need more intel to aid us, the trap should also be set as late as practical to prevent Shizune from finding out more precise details.
>>47962239
we will need to strike fast so Shizune can't enact any counterplans
waiting til after lunch or after investigations is like giving batman time to prep.
>[X] Provisions – Hit up the cafeteria early and set up the trap before lunch.
>>47962239
>[X] Additional Intel
Can never have too much intel. Maybe fucking Allied command would have revised Market Garden if they listened to the Dutch resistance prior to launching...
>>47962239
>[X] Additional intel – Go back to the girl’s dorms and check for anything you might have missed. Set up trap whenever.
>>47962275
But we're known for being absent. Wouldn't it be more abnormal for us being there?
>>47962239
>[X] Additional intel – Go back to the girl’s dorms and check for anything you might have missed. Set up trap whenever.
If we go to class, and Shizune acts familiar with Hisao.... we might blow the whole thing instantly.
>[x] Retrieve Intel
Shizune's gonna stay a while according to Suz, so there shouldn't be any reason to rush.
>>47962307
We're known for it, but Suzu/Miki will both be missing too, and if Shizune knows we're allied with them she might suspect something's up.
>>47961516
Here's the thing. When we said we wanted to be more like Lily, that started the Hard Mode path, that vote there.
Why? Lily is a dere character. She manipulates and gets other people to help her, because she can't really defend herself. Akira is her best defense as a super-yan character, a combat monster that can compensate for all of Lily's shortcomings.
By playing Dere, we needed to find or make our own combat beast to defend us - and we relied on Akira for that since she was often right there. But as good as she is, she can't be in two places at once, and that's how we lost Lily. What makes it HARD MODE is now we're yan like Akira, and desperately need a dere counterbalance...
...that's it. We have the chance for a betrayal play since we're at full Yan. That locks us into dere and lets us play the social game to the extreme.
This is how we win.
You all guys think really too much.
Act random will guarantee us an higher success percentage.
Why even bother on consequences when we have basically only slight variations to pick between?
>>47962416
This isn't a planefag quest, bro. Yelling and shooting our firearm into the ceiling isn't our best option all the time.
“You pick a spot, Miki, I’ll come back as soon as I can.” You tell her and head off.
You don’t know what you’re looking for. Maybe you just don’t wanna stay still until it’s time to start the killingkillingkillingkillingkillingkillingkillingkillingkillingkilling...
Giggling, you arrive at the now-vacant girl’s dorms…
Now what?
Yan [/_________] Dere
[] Investigate Rin’s room
[] Investigate Shizune’s room.
[] Investigate Emi’s room.
[] Investigate Lilly’s room.
[] Investigate Misha’s room.
>>47962455
>[x] Investigate Lilly’s room.
We need to remind ourselves of what she took from us.
She will not take Hisao.
>>47962455
>[X] Investigate Misha’s room.
We might be able to find something we could use to blackmail Misha
>>47962416
i think people were scared by losing lilly out of nowhere for no reason
and they think we can make the run good again, what a bunch of morons. the only goal here is to end it asap so we can get out of this shitpile and vote on a new route (voting to redo hanako's would be nice but akira is a little too butthurt to allow that)
>>47962376
That's really brilliant, my friend.
And it could be at least revive a little the sense of this route if we can reach this goal.
Too bad we probably won't have this kind of plot development.
>>47962455
>>47962476
I voted with my heart, not my head.
Changing my vote.
>[x] Investigate Misha’s room.
>>47962455
>Investigate Rin's room
Shizune would have trapped her own room, and probably Misha's. She may have trapped Lilly's because that's where we're most likely to go for comfort.
She wouldn't bother with Rin and Emi, because they're dead. And the LAST thing she'd expect is a swarm of Rin's robots ambushing her.
Wasn't there something that Hanako found odd about the window in lillys room?
Don't think we'd find something in Shizu's or Drilly's room; there's a chance that they're also trapped.
Not sure if there'd be anything remotely useful in Rin's room.
>>47962376
Paging Akira trip to consider this if he hadn't aready.
>>47962455
another tough choice.
I am drawn to Rin because of something said regarding her and saving allies, but Shizune or Misha would be good ideas too...
Not sure what we could hope to find in Misha's room, though.
>[X] Investigate Rin’s room
>>47962455
>[x] Investigate Rin’s room
Shizune's room will be trapped. Misha's is too dangerous. Emi's is useless. We already know what's in Lilly's room.
There's only one obvious answer, lads. This isn't hard.
>>47962455
>[X] Investigate Lilly's Room.
personally I think we should check StuCo's, but... All For Revenge, man.
>>47962472
All For Revenge.
>>47962477
> voting to redo hanako's
I'd vote against redoing all Hana route. And I don't want to close it in a hurry, it would be nonsense.
I'd vote for redoing it from session 13 tho, having occasions sometimes to pursue the Dere option we were told we could have (like the poisoning, pushing our enemies to commit suicide, and so on). And maybe with the manual Akira announced on the steam group, so we could be able to decide what to do knowing how exactly our choices have an impact on the story.
As you said, I fear we won't have that choice.
>>47962514
We noticed that the windows were able to be opened, which shouldn't be possible. That's all it was.
>>47962514
Think about how they attacked us. Emi stabbed us with screwdrivers, our knife is an upgrade to that already. Rin had her bot army, there's no real analog for that for us.
>[X] Investigate Rin's Room.
>>47962568
I see.
On second thought, checking that might've helped to figure out how Lilly was killed - but
that's not going to be very useful now though.
>[x] Rinroom
>[X] Investigate Misha's room.
Chances we'll find something secret there. Better than checking Shijewne's.
>>47962455
>[X] Investigate Rin’s room
Rin's killer robots are our chance. They may also be a bad end, but still.
>>47962455
>[X] Investigate Rin’s room
Maybe we can find some of those robots and use them against the deaf bitch.
>mfw a wheatley choice is about to win
I wrote this
>>47961516
more than one hour ago, so I suppose I won't get an Akira's answer.
I spent many hours asleep (european fag here) to play this quest. I won't continue knowing we essentialy can't really decide the plot (as last week development showed us, in my opinion), and we can't even discuss with the Quest Master if there's an issue as big as last session's one.
I'm going to bed now.It was the last time I followed this quest.
Imposing us to continue after a 9-8 vote (if I guessed correctly the choice, a thing we still don't know, and maybe we'll know at the end of the route, maybe not. And it won't be useful anymore) with no evidence that that vote led us to mess all the work we did for months. Without giving us a more fitting to the plot bad end, or at least a poll choice to going back.
And the Quest Master unable to listen to any criticism, and answering with "you should expect bad things 'cause the way you played" "I explained all, it's your fault you weren't able to understand my explanations" and so on.
We went from a master who put up obstacles in the route (a challenging story) to a master who decided how things have to go, and it's now only a hack&slash (not necessarily bad, but not my favourite ones).
Maybe you find funny, entertaining or fair punishing us on a single vote, seeing people voting going from 15-17 to 6-9 in a session, no debate at all, with at least two of them (dunno how many anons and Fluff) playing hoping they'll get a bad end to come back, and intimidating players with your statement "you'll have to follow my decisions, or we have to abort the whole route". With these premises, I can't anymore, sorry.
I never agreed with your policy to postpone all the questions to the end of the routes, but I understand in an online quest we'll avoid to quarrel about any single post. But you should have done an exception this time, and you should have questioned yourself about giving us a choice to go back.
cont.
>>47962675
also
>>47962659
>robots
Wait what?
>>47962455
[X] Investigate Rin’s room
This is really nuts, but since the setting is devoid of magic, we could pull a real good one over stuco by using the Rin's weapons against them, there has got to be a way to control them somehow. It'd be especially advantageous for us since they are best used in an ambush, even an armless madman could push determined combatants back with them. And that is something Shizune definitely would not expect and have no means on hand to defend against.
>>47962675
Wheatly wasn't even the first person to suggest it. Get over yourself.
>>47962619
Poison. We know Shizune went max dere and aggro-cuddled Hisao, and max dere gets the poison option if they can find out - but poison can only kill one person, because everyone else will get suspiscious afterwards.
She's fully on the dere path, meaning if we're yan we SHOULD have a leg up in combat - then again, willing to bet Misha is pretty full Yan to make it an even match,
You decide to investigate Rin’s old room. You don’t know why… but you feel as if something is calling you there.
The doorknob turns under your touch. It wasn’t even locked.
Inside you find a veritable psycho-shrine of paintings of Hisao plastering the walls and the ceiling… But there are other most disturbing images mixed in: Hisao riding a shoggoth, Hisao reading from a book bound in human skin and entails, promotional art for Half Life 3…
You quickly burn that last one for fear of losing your sanity.
If you were hoping for an armory of some sort, your expectations are somewhat amiss… though maybe she had something else buried?
Or maybe there’s a message in the pictures?
Yan [/_________] Dere
[] Rummage through the storage areas.
[] Study the paintings.
>>47962757
>[X] Study the paintings.
Yeah, this screams LOOK AT ME.
Route precedent demands it
>>47962757
>[x] Study the paintings
>>47962700
cont.
I'm also a master when I play RPGs with my friends, I can't exige my behaviour is the perfect one but if during a session I'll take a so drastic choice (as Lilly's death was), repudiating the direction of the whole campaign, seeing my players grumbling/quitting about this choice, ignoring their requests, and avoid explaining/discussing with them 'cause I'll explain only in the end of the campaign, they would eat me alive. And they will have a lot of good reasons to do it.
To all the players: I saw you continue to play. Probably I'm the one who's too stubborn and too strict. I wish you you'll continue to enjoy it, for me it was fun, as it lasted, playing with you guys.
To Akira: you deserve a big fuck you on how you managed last sessions. But I owe you a bigger thank you for the entertaing times, until two sessions ago, I won't deny it.
Just my 2 cents.
Ps: last thing. If this kind of thing will happen again to you, please avoid statements like "I thought I fucked up, but I didn't!" or "you are the one who decide the story, I'm only the one who writes it" or similar ones. It's only adding insult to injury, believe me.
>>47962757
>Rin's ARMory
come on now.
>[X] Study the paintings
>>47962757
This is Rin we're talking about, she communicates by painting. It's not that she's clever enough to conceal some sort of a code inside of them, things that are on her mind will simply slip out onto the canvas.
>[X] Study the paintings.
>>47962757
>[X] Study the paintings.
While rummaging is probably the correct choice, one of the paintings depicted a Shoggoth. I desire that Shoggoth.
>>47962757
[X] Rummage through the storage areas.
What the hell would the paintings do for us?
>>47962757
>rummage through storage areas
Pissing against the tide, I know, but staring at the paintings seems like it'd be something incredibly distracting - and the last thing we need is to be distracted.
>>47962757
>[x] Study the paintings.
Just FYI, the best way to make an artist's work valuable is to kill the artist. We should just grab these and sell them. We'll be rich!
Failing that, I am sure the paintings will provide incredibly useful knowledge to balance out our degraded mental state.
>>47962757
>[X] Study the paintings.
i don't want to point fingers at req and i'm sure he didn't intend for it to be like this, but maybe the art he drew was part of this route's decline
simply put, he drew that stuff for it to be seen, and akira would punish us for being dere, not getting in fights and therefore not seeing those drawings, and would reward us for being yan and getting in fights since we got to see the art
maybe even focusing on the art is being too narrow, maybe it was just a part of the problem, and akira was also punishing us for being dere since it meant we were ignoring his spreadsheet of combat stats (or whatever that was)
>>47962757
>If you were hoping for an armory of some sort, your expectations are somewhat amiss… though maybe she had something else buried?
>If you were hoping for an armory of some sort, your expectations are somewhat amiss
>If you were hoping for an armory of some sorT
>armory
>arm
>ARMORY
FUCK YOU AKIRA YOU FUCKING FUCK!
>>47962828THIS TIME YOU'VE PISSED INTO A TORNADO
>>47962747
I meant in a more tangible way, with possible evidence.
We're pretty Yan, so I'm sure looking at these paintings isn't good for us.
Than again, we're not guaranteed to find something lying around. Hm
>>47962845
The art would have been used during social combat either way.
>>47962882
The goal is to report, not respond.
>>47962882
social combat didn't exist
>>47962891
>false reports
Enjoy your vacation.
>[x] Plunder
>>47962891
This.
>"What if this is why things went downhill?"
>"REPORT THAT POST"
talk about damage control, trip back on
>>47962904
Shitposting is bannable. Check the rules.
>>47962934
I'm sure the mods will agree with your retarded definition of shitposting.
>>47962882
>one person tries to answer the question
>>47962914
>>47962891
>two blatant defensive shitposts
thanks /tg/
>>47962757
>[X] Rummage through the storage areas.
The only thing we're likely to find in those paintings is a message that reads "I love Hisao" and pure insanity. I doubt they'd provide anything useful even if we could decipher what goes on in her mind. She may have a physical item that's useful, however.
>>47962985
Wrong.
In previouse routes, Rin was able to use her paintings and tap into her Other Selves from different routes.
We may be able to tap into our Other Selves through them as well.
It's worth as shot. Better than rummaging through her refuse.
>>47962895
When tree falls in a forest and nobody is around, does it make a sound?
Rin was a painter before anything and everything else. Her paintings are essentially a window into her soul… and Jesus freaking Christ is that one messed up soul.
A piece of toast inscribed with all manner of evil glyphs.
A shoggoth burst out of her head in a most disturbing self-portrait.
Tons of portraits of Hisao, of course… You pocket one or two of the nicer ones for… um… ‘research’ purposes…
Then you freeze.
Hidden behind one of the Hisao-portraits is a strange trigram insignia… No, not insignias… pictographs: A red teapot. A green teacup. A blue saucer. They appear to be arranged in some sort of an array with one having precedence over the other…
And… more disturbingly, about each arrow is a painting of Hisao’s face… The exact same face. It’s odd because all of her other paintings depict Hisao in different poses and expressions…
But this… They're the same... And this evil tea set…
What… does it mean?
>>47963026
Yes, unless you've been playing VLR
Then it simultaneousy did and did not make a sound, and will remain in that state until someone listens to it.
>>47963033
>>47963026
If a bear shits on a fallen tree in the woods, how much wood would he chuck?
>>47962797
Hey dude, it seemed you cared a lot about this quest. A little too much, probably.
It's an online CYOA after all, you shouldn't be so bitter about it when things go wrong.
I also disliked a little Akira's behaviour, but he recognized the game choices weren't clear so he'll write a manual about the Yan/Dere meter for the next route.
I still hug you, hoping you'll sleep well and you will think again about leaving us.
![[terrified neighing].gif](https://i.imgur.com/yGqxbcE.gif "[terrified neighing].gif")
>>47963033
>>47963033
>But this… They're the same... And this evil tea set…
>What… does it mean?
OH BOY.
>>47963068
>responding to copypasta
>>47963033
>>47963033
“Um… Hanako?” A soft, raspy voice suddenly tears you from your intense study of this evil painting.
You whirl around to find Suzu standing in the doorframe. “I… thought you were gonna be setting up an ambush for Shizune?”
“I… wanted to check… something…” You murmur, still feeling a bit out of it.
“Are we robbing graves now?”
“The grave is where they’re buried. Their living space is fair game.”
She shoots a tired smile your way. “Find anything important?”
Yan [/_________] Dere
[] Do you understand this painting?
[] N-no…
>>47963033
>>47963106
>[X] Do you understand this painting?
>>47963106
>[X] Do you understand this painting?
>>47963106
>[x] Do you understand this painting?
Never let a thread go once you've pulled it.
>>47963106
>[X] Do you understand this painting?
>>47963106
[X] Do you understand this painting?
>>47963106
>[X] Do you understand this painting?
There's no going back now.
>>47963033
So this route became pretty low-tier only to get the teaset?
Seems legit
>>47963106
>[X] Do you understand this painting?
>>47963106
Didn't she have part of the teaset? She'd probably know something about it.
>[y] Do you understand this painting?
>>47963139
The route is a reflection of our choices.
BTW, does the Teaset still unlock the true Lilly route? I'm having a memory lapse.
>>47963175
> The route is a reflection of our choices.
>>47963216
That's what I recall, but Akira is seeming to imply that it now unlocks a route of anyone we choose, including YanAkira.
>>47963258
Will be able to replay partly this route?
>>47963258
Also the True Lilly Route.
I just don't know who to choose first- Lilli, Akira, or Illya.
“Do you… understand this painting?” You indicate the ancient glyph depiction of the Tea Set.
She looks it over, then shakes her head. “Nope. I… don’t really get art. At least… not that kind…”
She looks off to the side, cheeks a bit flushed.
Wait… you could have sworn that you saw…
DING.
The bell informs you that lunch is over. Miki is almost certainly in the process of setting up the ambush now… You have no time to waste… But… the Tea Set…
Do you press Suzu?
Yan [/_________] Dere
[] She’s lying. Press her.
[] Save it for now. Avenging Lilly comes first.
>>47963258
>it unlocks the true Hanako route
>>47963292
>[X] She’s lying. Press her.
WE. MUST. KNOW.
>>47963292
>[X] She’s lying. Press her.
c'mon Suzu stop putting the tea in tease and tell us what we want to know
>>47963292
Shit. The worst part is that we can't even tell whether she is actually lying or it's Hanako's yanparanoia acting up. Although avenging Lilly means jack shit anyway. She's dead and our goal is Hisao. In fact it works in our favor - one less competitor.
[X] She’s lying. Press her.
>>47963292
>Press
Press Press Press Press Press
>>47963292
>[X] She’s lying. Press her.
>Suzu
>a competitor.
Uh...
>>47963292
>[X] She’s lying. Press her.
I'm unable to make reasonable decisions whenever there's a Teaset (or a shoggoth plush) involved.
>>47963292
>Save it for now.
She wants the Miki Route. We can't blame her for it, and we might even be able to help her a bit. But pushing her right now does us no good.
>>47963292
>[X] Save it for now. Avenging Lilly comes first.
>>47963033
Red Teapot = Rin
Green Teacup = Emi
Blue Saucer = Shizune.
The paintings of Hisao are the Hisao's from each route.
>>47963292
>[X] She’s lying. Press her.
Threaten that if she doesn't tell us, we'll leave Miki to face Shizune alone.
>>47963366
> We can't blame her for it
At this point, the only "logical" path we have is to blame anyone for everything
>>47963395
Wasn't Rin in her route Green with a bit of Red for healing??
Goal is setting up ambush with Miki and killing Shizune and lesbo, getting distracted by tea set picture doesn't help that and is only gonna get Miki killed just like Lilly.
>Save it for now. Go shove knife up Shizune's fuckslit.
>>47963362
I'm blanking on what the shoggoth plush is actually supposed to do/unlock.
>>47963426
I was referring to each of the girl's theme color.
Hanako is purple and Lilly is yellow.
>>47963292
> Save it
No time to waste? Better start prepping up.
>>47963400
Suzu has been blueballed this entire fucking route. She also has absolutely 0 interest in Hisao and has been loyal to us pretty much without fail.
She deserves at least this much.
We're Yan at this point. Our allies are only useful if they serve our needs.
>>47963395
>>47963426
> inconsistencies inside a single route on weekly basis
> implying 2012-2013 routes matter something
A twinge goes through you. In an instant, you slam Suzu against the wall and have your knife to her throat. She doesn’t even make an effort to resist. Without Miki it’s like she has no violent instinct of her own.
“I’ll say it again: What do you know about that tea set?”
You can feel her pulse quicken as she find herself being held at knifepoint by an obviously deranged individual.
“I… I know a story! That’s all!” She wisely decides to continue not resisting.
“What’s the story?”
“It’s a fable I heard as a child: The First Tea Set was used in the first ever tea ceremony. It had the power to unlock girl’s routes which weren’t in the main game.”
You sigh. You know that part. “What else?!”
“You… you need two souls… Ah! Hanako! That hurts! Tha-! Ah! Ok… Ok… you need two souls in alliance to be able to see it. You need all three pieces to be able to make the wish, but the wish itself is made by drinking from the teacup!”
She whimpers. You…
Yan [__________] Dere
[] Back off and go join Miki.
[] Keep at it.
>>47963493
>[X] Back off and go join Miki.
That's enough intel for now. Time to meet up before Miki tries to take StuCo alone.
>>47963493
KEEP AT IT AND REVIVE LILLY WITH THAAT WISH
>>47963493
>[x] Back off and go join Miki.
I'm satisfied with what she gave us. I don't want to leave Miki hanging.
>>47963493
>[X] Back off and go join Miki.
We've learned something and we don't want to hurt someone we give a damn about.
We don't need to hurt or scare her.
>>47963493
WHOA WHOA WHOA. easy there
>[X] Back off and go join Miki.
>>47963493
>[X] Back off and go join Miki.
>>47963493
Full Yan... go go go !!!
> [X] Keep at it.
>>47963493
Pressing her for more would be pointless, and might cost us our last few allies anyway
>[x] Back off and go join Miki.
Where is Wheaty when you need him?
I could use some well-thought out advice.
>>47963493
Fuck Suzu, fuck Miki, fuck everyone else.
> [X] Keep at it.
>>47963493
It'd be best to actually kill her here and put the blame on stuco, this outburst will come to bite us in the ass if we let her live. But that's enough ruthless pragmatism for now, I guess.
>[X] Back off and go join Miki.
>>47963493
>back off and go join Miki
Way to fuck it up guys. Pressing her for more information is going to torpedo our alliance entirely, and we didn't get much useful intel here.
Rin and Emi were a pair for the teaset. Miki and Suzu are a pair for the teaset. Hell, evn Shizune and Misha are a pair for the teaset.
We don't have a partner, this is less than useless intel for us. Back off and let her do what she do.
>>47963493
No allies
No Hisao
Teaset only
FINAL DESTINATION
> [X] Keep at it
>>47963493
I still regret not stabbing Akira when we had the chance to do it, considering how things went after.
> [X] Keep at it.
>>47963493
> [X] Keep at it.
>>47963493
LeT'S GeT It sTaRtEd.
> [X] Keep at it.
>>47963493
[x] Back off
I doubt we're going to get much more out of her, and we're already undermining our cause pretty badly. Also we don't have the cup.
On a sidenote, what are you going to do if "same amounts of vote for each option" ever happens?
>>47963493
>[x] Back off and go join Miki.
Let's cool down before we alienate/murder our few remaining allies.
>>47963493
The hell, guys, we really can't follow a path?
We tried to get this teaset for almost half route. It's clearly our chance
>[X] Keep at it.
>>47963666
He does a roll-off. It happened in the "be like lilly/be like akira" vote, and his roll-off tied the first time.
>>47963493
I know backing off and joining Miki will win.
But you can't whine on the route if we continue to change our mind.
>[X] Keep at it.
>>47963582
Obviously she's hiding something. No one would willingly give up information as easily as that.
Keep at it!
>>47963685
That time weren't we waiting for a vote to break the tie?
Anyway,
>>47963493
>[X] Keep at it.
>>47963493
This was the perfect timing to see a full-yan choice, like last week, attracting votes.
I hope we'll have it later,
[X] Keep at it.
>>47963699
What are you talking about? She's our ally! Of course she'd give us all information she has, since she knows we care for her and will help her in her quest!
Back off and go join Miki!
>>47963711
No, it was completely even, even after about 20 minutes of extra votes.
>>47963493
Guys, you really learn nothing.
We tried full dere and we continued to take choices who made us short to staying full.
Now it's Yan time.
> [X] Keep at it.
>>47963735
Blue Hair cares only for Brown Skin, we are only secondary in her mind to Brown Skin and should always act as if she's lying to us in order to get Brown Skin.
Keep at it.
>>47963750
Ok sorry, I really thought someone tied the break.
What is going on, you fucking Jians?!
>>47963767
Blue Hair cares for friendship and love alike, and will try to keep on to both. She'll only see us as an opponent if we're willing to sacrifice her happiness for our own. As long as we make sure she's also happy she'll keep with out plans.
Back off and go join Miki.
You don’t let up and drag the flat of the blade just lightly across her throat. “AND?”
“And… and that’s it! That’s all I know! It’s a fairy tale about a magic tea set that grants wishes! That’s all I know!” She starts sobbing.
You rock your head back and forth.
“I…”
BOOM.
Suddenly you hear a crash from the direction of the school.
Shit. Miki must have botched it somehow.
Without a moment’s rest, you drop Suzu and tear out of the building like a bat out of hell. That bitch better not cost you your chance for Hisao… or for revenge.
>>47963699
Full Yan it is!
>>47963493
> [x] Keep at it.
>>47963788
My legs are ok
>>47963802
The hell, how many votes now? is it a tie?
>>47963493
>[X] Keep at it.
>>47963810
Called it.
>>47963810
OH GOOD. TIME WELL SPENT.
WE FUCKED UP SUZU AND MIKI'S NOW ALONE AGAINST MISHA AND SUZU.
brilliant choice there. just brilliant.
Whelp, I knew this would be a waste of a choice.
>>47963810
Well shit. Hopefully someone finds her there and finishes the job.
You guys are fucking morons.
ABANDON SAVE!
>>47963810
Oh. Looks like you were right, Wheatley.
>>47963834
>>47963836
It was still too late.
How many seconds we lost again with Suzu? we clearly had no time to go out
>>47963873
Indeed, Wheatley. Indeed.
>>47963810
It's the Rin route all over again...
>>47963876
That's not how this works.
That's not how any of this works.
>>47963873
>>47963888
SHUT UP, OTHER WHEATLEY!
You arrive to find the cafeteria ablaze, the echoing of steel and woosh of flames… It’s kind of nostalgic.
You giggle in spite of yourself.
It’s not too hard to guess the broad strokes of what happened: Miki must have gone down to get some kinda food, or maybe she was lured in by Shizune anticipating something like this... Whatever the case, she hit Shizune early. One spark from blade against blade is all it would have taken…
And judging from the clashing of steel, the duel is still going.
Yan [__________] Dere
[] Slip in stealthy for an ambush.
[] No time for stealth. Miki’s up against two.
>>47963898
Every core has its right to an opinion!
>>47963904
>[X] Slip in stealthy for an ambush.
Use our strengths. Miki is a tank, she can hold out.
>>47963904
>[X] No time for stealth. Miki’s up against two.
gotta save the delicious brown and undo some of the damage dawdling at Rin's place did
[x] No time for stealth. Miki’s up against two.
No time to ambush
>>47963904
>[X] Slip in stealthy for an ambush.
Option one probably results in Miki dying, but we take down Shizzle and Misha goes insane so that's a victory. Option two is the more straight up approach, but it puts our hides at risk and deprives us of the wallflower advantage.
>>47963898
No?
Sorry, but we didn't even know where we were headed.
We told:
>>47962455
> “You pick a spot, Miki, I’ll come back as soon as I can.”
Without even knowing where we had to go.
>>47963904
>[X] No time for stealth. Miki’s up against two.
SCHNELLER! SCHNEEEEELLEEEEEER!
>>47963876
That's how it works in real life, but akira doesn't give a shit
there's been huge disconnects between insignificant choices and their rather large consequences for the past 3 sessions that akira will never fix
>>47963904
>[X] Slip in stealthy for an ambush.
Stick to our strength. Miki should be able to hold on if Shizune's not desperate and uses Ea.
