You are Charlotte McGallagher, and you are having a bad day.
That’s no small feat, considering other things you’ve gone through to earn the rank of Gilded among the Templar Order. You’ve slaughtered Draugr with arcane lightning, fried entire mobs of zombies to cinders, and literally stormed the gates of the Hell dimensions - and that was all before you earned the middling title of Honored.
What you’re trying to say is that you’ve seen some shit.
It’s a shame that none of the assorted monstrosities you’ve encountered before have prepared you for the dripping, Filth-spreading abomination looming across the battlefield, the thing the Bees call ‘The Bird of the Zero-Point Pathogen’.
Or, as you and most other Secret Worlders know it, ‘Flappy.”
You are currently standing on a huge branch of a Yggdrasil, massive tree-like supercomputers that populate Agartha, the divine space within the Earth from which all life flows. In the distance you can see other enormous branches belonging to the same tree. Most of them are being choked by inky tendrils wrapping around them.
Flappy spreads its four membranous wings wide, and opens what passes for a maw, releasing a keening wail that grates against your skull like wendigo nails across a chalkboard. You clamp your hands over your ears and grit your teeth against the inherent wrongness of the sound, and through the edge of your vision you can see your allies doing the same.
The Filth’s getting bolder. The tar-like corruption had always festered and flared up across the world throughout history, but never before had it spread into the subterranean expanse of Agartha.
Into the heart of the world.
Flappy’s mere presence is testament to how deep-rooted the corruption has set in this region. You don’t even want to imagine what manner of monstrosity will show up if you allow the infection to grow. At its essence, Filth is more of an idea than a substance, and boy oh boy do you know that it can spread like one.
You are, of course, immune to its corruptive effects courtesy of the biomechanical Bee nestled along the underside of your brain. You know from experience that prolonged exposure to Filth will still kill your body, but thankfully that sort of thing doesn’t stick for the Chosen of Gaia.
As a matter of fact, you’ve already died twice in this battle, once as you were shredded into ribbons of flesh by its claws and once as you were bisected by a swooping charge. You imagine that quite a few fellow Chosen have died more than twice during the battle, and even now you can see a few as they run across the massive branches to rejoin the fight in fresh bodies. You hope to yourself that none of your colleagues have noticed; you have a reputation to keep, after all.
A voice calls to you, cutting through the roar of battle as more of a thought than a noise.
“Charlotte, it’s almost dead! Pin it down so we can finish it off!”
Its owner is Junko Mori, part of the front line against the beast and a terrifying close-combat fighter. A fellow Chosen and just about the only person in the entire Secret World that you trust to keep heavy-hitters off your back long enough for you to thoroughly carbonize them.
“Way ahead of you.” You ping back, and you flex both your hands as your will pushes Anima through your body, engulfing one in fire and arcing electricity between the fingers of the other. Meanwhile, you’re smiling as if it’s the most natural thing in the world to face reality-consuming aberrations with elemental death at your fingertips. You can’t help it. You love the part that comes next.
No. 182675
Your attacks join a prismatic barrage of fire, ice, lightning, and bullets from the other Chosen on the branch, crashing into Flappy’s sides with enough collective power to send it reeling. Once again, you feel rather than hear Junko shouting with her fellow brawlers as they charge Flappy’s recovering form and viciously tear into it with swords and sledgehammers and did someone really bring a chainsaw-? |
No. 182676
For the briefest of moments, everyone stands stock-still, staring in disbelief at the shifting, groaning abomination. Junko’s face turns as white as the ash leaking from her dropped cigarette. Caleb is the one who breaks the silence, unslinging his rifle firing a grenade directly at one of Flappy’s limbs. |
No. 182680
Something to consider: Having no line breaks between paragraphs makes the story really hard to read. That being said. |
No. 182681
>>182680 |
No. 182683
TRANSMIT - The Ex-Taito Syntax - HALF-BLESSING - circa 1885 - RECEIVE - The Wonderland Frequency - CAUTION - abandon sense all ye who enter here - WITNESS - Gensokyo |
No. 182684
[X] A vast expanse of green and yellow. |
No. 182685
[ ] FLIGHT. You’re in no condition to fight Flappy, however weakened it may be. |
No. 182686
[ ] Stick together with Cirno and Daiyousei. You’re not leaving anyone behind. Nobody deserves Filth |
No. 182687
[X] FIGHT. Filth is a threat to everything right in the world, and Templars don’t run and hide from corruption. |
No. 182690
[X] Ask Cirno and Daiyousei to find help. At the very least, you can buy them time to escape.. |
No. 182698
[x] FIGHT. Filth is a threat to everything right in the world, and Templars don’t run and hide from corruption. |
No. 182699
[X] Stick together with Cirno and Daiyousei. You’re not leaving anyone behind. Nobody deserves Filth |
No. 182703
[X] FIGHT. Filth is a threat to everything right in the world, and Templars don’t run and hide from corruption. |
No. 182723
Calling vote in favor of: |
No. 182776
[X] FIGHT. Filth is a threat to everything right in the world, and Templars don’t run and hide from corruption. |
No. 182778
“What’s your name?” Daiyousei pipes up after a bit. |
No. 182779
[X] Calm down and stay with the fairies. You’re not going to accomplish anything with a wild goose hunt, and you have a very urgent matter to take care of. |
No. 182780
[X] Calm down and stay with the fairies. You’re not going to accomplish anything with a wild goose hunt, and you have a very urgent matter to take care of. |
No. 182781
[X] Calm down and stay with the fairies. You’re not going to accomplish anything with a wild goose hunt, and you have a very urgent matter to take care of. |
No. 182784
[X] Calm down and stay with the fairies. You’re not going to accomplish anything with a wild goose hunt, and you have a very urgent matter to take care of. |
No. 182789
[X] Calm down and stay with the fairies. You’re not going to accomplish anything with a wild goose hunt, and you have a very urgent matter to take care of. |
No. 182856
Calling vote in favor of: |
No. 182870
[X] Calm down and stay with the fairies. You’re not going to accomplish anything with a wild goose hunt, and you have a very urgent matter to take care of. |
No. 182871
The world is reduced to the impossible, abstract landscape of your soul. |
No. 182872
Cirno and Dai don’t seem to be too worried or suspicious right now, though, since both fairies are enthusiastically finishing off a pair of chocolate bars you produced to demonstrate your inventory. |
No. 182874
You know, not to be picky, but you know you can probably fit all three of those posts in one post, right? THP's post size limit is rarely reached. |
No. 182879
Your face breaks into a grin as you catch sight of your favorite combat medic and you rush towards him. |
No. 182880
“Um, what’s this secret stuff that you guys keep talking about?” Cirno butts in. “And why do you always say the ‘secret’ part differently?” |
No. 182881
[x] Byakuren |
No. 182882
[x] Satori |
No. 182883
[X] Satori |
No. 182885
[x] Suwako |
No. 182886
[x] Suwako |
No. 182889
Unlike the others on that list, Cirno is currently confirmed to be within the same room as us. Thus; her losing this vote would turn her character into some sort of haughty bitch who feels she needs a liaison to traverse the five feet between her and everyone else. |
No. 182891
>>182889 |
No. 182892
I'm interested in hearing any feedback you guys have to give me. I worry in particular about the story making no sense and the writing itself being bothersome to read. |
No. 182893
[X] Cirno |
No. 182894
[x] Remilia |
No. 182897
>>182892 |
No. 182904
Current Tally: |
No. 182905
[x] Satori |
No. 182912
>>182892 |
No. 182931
I'm going to be calling the vote at around 8PM EST, which is around 3.5 hours from now. |
No. 182933
Top five are: |
No. 182934
[x] Satori |
No. 182935
[x] Satori |
No. 182936
And that last double was my mistake. Womp womp. |
No. 182937
Calling vote in favor of the following characters arriving in person: |
No. 182952
>>182937 |
No. 182954
>>182952 |
No. 182960
Calling vote in favor of the following characters arriving in person: |
No. 182961
- [X] Do your best to explain conventionally. Quite a few of the other groups represented here have encountered it. |
No. 182962
[x] As tempting as the idea is, there’s no telling what sort of trauma you might cause Sarah if you cram everyone into her head. |
No. 182963
[X] As tempting as the idea is, there’s no telling what sort of trauma you might cause Sarah if you cram everyone into her head. |
No. 182964
[X] As tempting as the idea is, there’s no telling what sort of trauma you might cause Sarah if you cram everyone into her head. |
No. 182970
>>182961 |
No. 182971
>>182962 |
No. 182972
>>182964 |
No. 182973
[X] As tempting as the idea is, there’s no telling what sort of trauma you might cause Sarah if you cram everyone into her head. |
No. 182976
The Child of Miare clearly has understanding of what is going on here given her reaction, if the two factions are unwilling to listen to her I would be incredibly surprised - she is the closest thing to reincarnating pure human that Gensokyo has, her input should be above reproach. |
No. 182977
I'm a bit confused, can't we just take Futo and Ichirin into Sarah's mind and leave the rest? Why do we have to take the entire group? |
No. 182978
>>182977 |
No. 182979
Then the smart thing to do would be to think that at Satori and she if she still disapproves before falling back on conventional arguments. |
No. 182981
>>182971 |
No. 182984
I'd like to posit that viewing the dream may also be risky in Gensokyo -- what is normal outside of the barrier is definitely not while inside of it. |
No. 182986
>>182981 |
No. 182987
I'm not familiar with the source material (though I've heard good things about the puzzle design and this story has pushed me to check it out), but couldn't we show them our memories of watching this other person's memories? |
No. 182990
>>182987 |
No. 182991
[x] Satori probably knows these people better. If she still doesn't like the different ideas, stick to conventional explanations. |
No. 182992
What I want to know is, who the fuck is this Sarah person? |
No. 182993
>>182992 |
No. 182995
>>182987 |
No. 182999
>>182995 |
No. 183000
>>182999 |
No. 183006
>>183000 |
No. 183010
I'm going to be calling the vote approximately 16 hours from now. To clarify: |
No. 183011
>>183000 |
No. 183013
>>182999 |
No. 183015
Why don't the Templar just video tape a filth attack? Seems like it would save this Sarah chick a lot of trouble. |
No. 183018
>>183015 |
No. 183020
How can you say MC is overpowered when there are apperantly several touhous here immune to filth infection without having a Bee? Also, if filth spreads so easily, why would we risk including the Touhous who don't already know? How can we be sure their resistance to filth is such that they won't become an immediate liability? |
No. 183021
>>183020 |
No. 183022
>>183021 |
No. 183023
>>183022 |
No. 183024
>>183020 |
No. 183025
Calling vote in favor of conventionally explaining the threat. |
No. 183026
Annoyance flashes through your mind. |
No. 183031
[X] Aggressively: Now more than ever, you need to be equipped for what’s coming ahead. Casual murder isn’t your style, but she doesn’t need to know that. After all, you can’t guarantee that the next shot will be nonlethal if Kirisame doesn’t cooperate and explain herself. |
No. 183034
[x] Aggressively: Now more than ever, you need to be equipped for what’s coming ahead. Casual murder isn’t your style, but she doesn’t need to know that. After all, you can’t guarantee that the next shot will be nonlethal if Kirisame doesn’t cooperate and explain herself. |
No. 183036
[x] Aggressively: Now more than ever, you need to be equipped for what’s coming ahead. Casual murder isn’t your style, but she doesn’t need to know that. After all, you can’t guarantee that the next shot will be nonlethal if Kirisame doesn’t cooperate and explain herself. |
No. 183038
x] Aggressively: Now more than ever, you need to be equipped for what’s coming ahead. Casual murder isn’t your style, but she doesn’t need to know that. After all, you can’t guarantee that the next shot will be nonlethal if Kirisame doesn’t cooperate and explain herself. |
No. 183039
[x] Aggressively: Now more than ever, you need to be equipped for what’s coming ahead. Casual murder isn’t your style, but she doesn’t need to know that. After all, you can’t guarantee that the next shot will be nonlethal if Kirisame doesn’t cooperate and explain herself. |
No. 183075
Calling the vote in favor of: |
No. 183085
[x] Aggressively: Now more than ever, you need to be equipped for what’s coming ahead. Casual murder isn’t your style, but she doesn’t need to know that. After all, you can’t guarantee that the next shot will be nonlethal if Kirisame doesn’t cooperate and explain herself. |
No. 183086
Please let me know if something isn't making sense to you. I'm getting the feeling that I might be biting off more than I can chew by going in this direction, but at least it's better than sitting through TSW: 101 - Introduction to Filth for another update. |
No. 183087
Since there's only going to be physical manifestations of Filth in Gensokyo, if Daiyousei dies, that means she got tentacle stabbed/raped. We probably don't want her resurrecting after that. which means her main selling point is less than useless. |
No. 183088
>>183087 |
No. 183089
[x] Yuuka: Huge destructive power and durability but sluggish and has little regard for collateral damage, which may be troublesome considering the location of the fight. |
No. 183091
[x] Yuuka |
No. 183092
So we'll need to keep to a strict schedule of rotation, as having anybody go from contaminated to infected is bad fucking news. |
No. 183093
>>183092 |
No. 183094
>>183093 |
No. 183098
[x] Yuuka: Huge destructive power and durability but sluggish and has little regard for collateral damage, which may be troublesome considering the location of the fight. |
No. 183105
Calling the vote approximately 12 hours from now. |
No. 183120
I find you guys' lack of faith in Satori disturbing. for all we know, she could be more powerful than the dreamers. |
No. 183121
Calling vote in favor of: |
No. 183151
A cursory headcount of the group in Akyuu’s courtyard turns up a total of twelve people, which is far less than what you’d prefer. That’s not even considering the natives’ combat ability or lack of immunity. |
No. 183153
[x] Keep Flappy in the air: This lets the Secret Worlders lock down the Filth on the ground, and keeps Flappy from the gate but leaves most of the work against Flappy to the locals. |
No. 183154
[X] Keep Flappy in the air: This lets the Secret Worlders lock down the Filth on the ground, and keeps Flappy from the gate but leaves most of the work against Flappy to the locals. |
No. 183167
Bro, stop F5'ing your story; it's rude to use your phone at the table. |
No. 183169
[x] Force Flappy to the ground: This lets the Secret Worlders get in Flappy’s face, but requires you to deal with both the bird and its minions at the same time. |
No. 183238
I'm going to call the vote in around 15 hours from now. |
No. 183241
>>183238 |
No. 183242
[x] Force Flappy to the ground: This lets the Secret Worlders get in Flappy’s face, but requires you to deal with both the bird and its minions at the same time. |
No. 183256
Calling on next vote that breaks tie between: |
No. 183262
[x] Keep Flappy in the air: This lets the Secret Worlders lock down the Filth on the ground, and keeps Flappy from the gate but leaves most of the work against Flappy to the locals. |
No. 183270
Calling vote in favor of: |
No. 183323
>>183242 |
No. 183354
>>183323 |
No. 183430
>>183354 |
No. 183468
[ ] Keep Flappy in the air: This lets the Secret Worlders lock down the Filth on the ground and keeps Flappy from the gate but leaves most of the work against Flappy to the locals. |
No. 183469
Ground Team: Charlotte, Junko |
No. 183471
1--- |
No. 183473
You awaken to the sound of sobs. |
No. 183474
[X] Heart. You’re going to try to cleanse Sunny. You’re fighting a losing battle against the rising tide of Filth, but you’ll be damned if you’ll let a little sludge make you give up on the innocent. You’ll tap into the Anima well and try to scour Sunny’s soul clean for the greatest ‘fuck-you’ you’ve ever given the Dreamers. |
No. 183475
[x] Heart. You’re going to try to cleanse Sunny. You’re fighting a losing battle against the rising tide of Filth, but you’ll be damned if you’ll let a little sludge make you give up on the innocent. You’ll tap into the Anima well and try to scour Sunny’s soul clean for the greatest ‘fuck-you’ you’ve ever given the Dreamers. |
No. 183480
[X] Heart. You’re going to try to cleanse Sunny. You’re fighting a losing battle against the rising tide of Filth, but you’ll be damned if you’ll let a little sludge make you give up on the innocent. You’ll tap into the Anima well and try to scour Sunny’s soul clean for the greatest ‘fuck-you’ you’ve ever given the Dreamers. |
No. 183484
[X] Heart. You’re going to try to cleanse Sunny. You’re fighting a losing battle against the rising tide of Filth, but you’ll be damned if you’ll let a little sludge make you give up on the innocent. You’ll tap into the Anima well and try to scour Sunny’s soul clean for the greatest ‘fuck-you’ you’ve ever given the Dreamers. |
No. 183486
[X] Heart. You’re going to try to cleanse Sunny. You’re fighting a losing battle against the rising tide of Filth, but you’ll be damned if you’ll let a little sludge make you give up on the innocent. You’ll tap into the Anima well and try to scour Sunny’s soul clean for the greatest ‘fuck-you’ you’ve ever given the Dreamers. |
No. 183487
[X] Heart. You’re going to try to cleanse Sunny. You’re fighting a losing battle against the rising tide of Filth, but you’ll be damned if you’ll let a little sludge make you give up on the innocent. You’ll tap into the Anima well and try to scour Sunny’s soul clean for the greatest ‘fuck-you’ you’ve ever given the Dreamers. |
No. 183491
[x] Heart. You’re going to try to cleanse Sunny. You’re fighting a losing battle against the rising tide of Filth, but you’ll be damned if you’ll let a little sludge make you give up on the innocent. You’ll tap into the Anima well and try to scour Sunny’s soul clean for the greatest ‘fuck-you’ you’ve ever given the Dreamers. |
No. 183498
[X] Throat. You’re going to destroy Sunny’s soul while it still belongs to her. This is the grim reality of what you fight - sometimes the single remaining mercy you can give to the innocent is to let them die as themselves and not a tentacled, slobbering mockery of who they were. |
No. 183502
[X] Heart, godamit all. |
No. 183503
By the way, are you planning any romance here? |
No. 183504
>>183502 |
No. 183505
>you realize that you’ve been stroking Sunny’s forehead without noticing, and she’s latched onto it with both trembling hand for comfort. |
No. 183506
Calling vote in favor of: |
No. 183507
this is the first time i'm bashing my f5 button for a story. |
No. 183508
>>183507 |
No. 183509
[x] Heart. You’re going to try to cleanse Sunny. You’re fighting a losing battle against the rising tide of Filth, but you’ll be damned if you’ll let a little sludge make you give up on the innocent. You’ll tap into the Anima well and try to scour Sunny’s soul clean for the greatest ‘fuck-you’ you’ve ever given the Dreamers. |
No. 183510
--- |
No. 183511
You wake up only a few feet away from where your previous body gave out. Everyone’s staring at you. |
No. 183512
--- |
No. 183513
Wow. You weren’t expecting a field promotion. |
No. 183514
[X] Eientei: Lunarian enclave, high security, can talk to wounded characters, bunnies everywhere |
No. 183515
[x] Eientei |
No. 183516
>>183515 |
No. 183517
[x] The Garden of the Sun |
No. 183518
It's not like The Foundation doesn't have access to Hell, y'know. so there must be a reason they haven't tried that. |
No. 183525
>>183518 |
No. 183534
[X] Eientei: Lunarian enclave, high security, can talk to wounded characters, bunnies everywhere |
No. 183544
[x] Bunnies |
No. 183548
Calling the vote in favor of: |
No. 183549
Nice. Just fyi, the flow of votes almost always decline later on. This is normal. |
No. 183621
Finals are done, writing will resume shortly. |
No. 183627
JOY |
No. 183697
>“Both of us are healthy and uninfected.” Ran declares. “However, Lady Yukari is not able to appear in person at this time, and as such I have taken over her duties for the time being. Beyond that much, I cannot say.” |
No. 183713
[X] Eientei |
No. 183714
-and the four of you are no longer in Mayohiga. You hear the soft rustling of the wind as you look at the towering screens of bamboo. In front of you is the gate of another classical Japanese-styled estate that makes Akyuu’s look like a modest hut in comparison. Looking inside, you can spot rabbits and humanoid rabbit Youkai scampering away from your group’s sudden appearance. |
No. 183717
1--- |
No. 183718
You blink your eyes open and stagger away from your comrades. You can see them doing the same as you fight against the waves of head-whirling dizziness that always accompany receiving the Buzzing while alive. You’re pretty sure the knowledge does its best to be of little help as possible and not just because it’s written in riddles. You’d swear that the Buzzing... hides from you in some shadowed fold of your subconscious. At least until you get all the parts of the broadcast, but you’re not sure when that’ll be. Until then, the information is going to be hard to retrieve, like trying to scoop up water in a paper bag. |
No. 183720
[x] Shrine |
No. 183721
[X] Shrine |
No. 183724
[X] Shrine |
No. 183727
[x] Shrine |
No. 183732
[X] Shrine |
No. 183733
[x]Village |
No. 183742
[x] Shrine |
No. 183743
[X] Shrine |
No. 183744
Calling vote at 12pm EST, approximately 6 hours from now. |
No. 183748
Calling on next vote that breaks tie between Lunar and Myouren: |
No. 183749
[x] Shrine |
No. 183750
Calling vote in favor of: |
No. 183751
Feel free to speculate about the lore entries, by the way. |
No. 183752
>>183751 |
No. 183753
That's not speculation. |
No. 183758
>>183751 |
No. 183802
[X] Shrine |
No. 183803
You decide follow Junko’s advice by heading over to the steps where Marisa, Alice, and Kasen are sitting together and laughing. The witch deserves your thanks for salvaging your attempt to rescue Yuuka, and you’ve got a good feeling about the liquor that Kasen keeps sneaking from a drinking box when she thinks nobody is looking. |
No. 183804
You head over to Remilia’s entourage, sitting near a cluster of bamboo stalks away from the other revelers. You don’t want to go see Keine and Daiyousei so soon after the episode with Kasen’s sake. |
No. 183805
You shift your focus back onto Koa, who seems to have just realized that she’s been left alone with a veteran Templar. |
No. 183806
You decide to pay Byakuren’s group a visit next. The head nun is sitting with Ichirin and Unzan. You note with a smile that while the former two aren’t drinking, Unzan is surrounded by a growing pile of drained sake jars. |
No. 183808
[x] Snowmobile: That time when you and Junko blew up an entire Orochi convoy in the Carpathians using a snowmobile equipped with enough military hardware to make a Terminator blush. |
No. 183809
[X] Snowmobile: That time when you and Junko blew up an entire Orochi convoy in the Carpathians using a snowmobile equipped with enough military hardware to make a Terminator blush. |
No. 183811
[X] Teufel ist Tot: That time when you joined a battalion of Chosen to defeat a fallen Titan in Hell in order to prevent a demonic invasion and allow Wicker to lead the demons, |
No. 183814
[X] Snowmobile: That time when you and Junko blew up an entire Orochi convoy in the Carpathians using a snowmobile equipped with enough military hardware to make a Terminator blush. |
No. 183816
[X] Teufel ist Tot: That time when you joined a battalion of Chosen to defeat a fallen Titan in Hell in order to prevent a demonic invasion and allow Wicker to lead the demons, |
No. 183819
[x] Teufel ist Tot: That time when you joined a battalion of Chosen to defeat a fallen Titan in Hell in order to prevent a demonic invasion and allow Wicker to lead the demons, |
No. 183820
[X] Snowmobile |
No. 183821
[x] Teufel ist Tot: That time when you joined a battalion of Chosen to defeat a fallen Titan in Hell in order to prevent a demonic invasion and allow Wicker to lead the demons |
No. 183822
[X] Teufel ist Tot: That time when you joined a battalion of Chosen to defeat a fallen Titan in Hell in order to prevent a demonic invasion and allow Wicker to lead the demons |
No. 183823
Calling the vote at 12pm EST tomorrow, approximately 17 hours from now. |
No. 183824
Cool. Happy new year, btw. |
No. 183825
>>183824 |
No. 183826
[X] Teufel ist Tot: That time when you joined a battalion of Chosen to defeat a fallen Titan in Hell in order to prevent a demonic invasion and allow Wicker to lead the demons. |
No. 183827
>>183512 |
No. 183830
Calling vote in favor of the Hell Story. |
No. 183831
>>183826 |
No. 183866
Hey mate, I really didn't want to use the thread to contact you (it seems rude), but I'm basically stranded in the middle of nowhere, with net that is slower and more unreliable than Demetrious, which means our usual methods of communication are unavailable to me at the moment (can't call or text outside of the States). |
No. 183879
[X] Teufel ist Tot |
No. 183880
There’s a few seconds of silence after you conclude You hope that you didn’t put anyone to sleep with your story. |
No. 183884
You’re in a dream right now, you’re certain, You’ve seen it before. It’s not your dream, but that of the Dreamers: The creators, the masters of the Filth. What you’re looking at right now is just their ideal vision of a world subverted and bound to their will. |
No. 183886
“No.” you answer. “Whatever it is, no. I already made a promise with your familiar.” |
No. 183887
18--- |
No. 183890
You open your eyes, this time in the real world. You’re still in Eientei, still in the bedroom you went to sleep in. Judging by the pale blue filtering in through the window, it must be early morning, no more than a couple hours at most since sunrise. |
No. 183891
Before I read this update, I want to ask. Why this and almanac always update at the same time? |
No. 183892
>>183891 |
No. 183893
[X] FLIGHT: Tactical withdrawal seems prudent. Today is not a good day to contemplate existential questions such as life after death. |
No. 183898
[ ] Aggressively: You can apologize to Eirin and Kaguya about collateral damage later, when you aren’t busy being ventilated by an undetectable murderer. |
No. 183902
[X] FLIGHT: Tactical withdrawal seems prudent. Today is not a good day to contemplate existential questions such as life after death. |
No. 183908
[X] FLIGHT: Tactical withdrawal seems prudent. Today is not a good day to contemplate existential questions such as life after death. |
No. 183911
[x] FLIGHT: Tactical withdrawal seems prudent. Today is not a good day to contemplate existential questions such as life after death. |
No. 183912
But guys! If we can't see, hear, or feel the enemy, and the enemy is really fast, isn't blasting a good chunk of the map then run like hell actually provide better chance of survival? |
No. 183913
[ ] Conservatively, but also angrily |
No. 183914
>>183912 |
No. 183915
>>183914 |
No. 183918
[x ] FIGHT: Whoever they are, it takes a lot more than underhanded tricks to put you down. You’re going to make them regret waking you up. |
No. 183921
Calling the vote at 12pm EST 1/9, approximately 11 hours from now. |
No. 183923
Calling the vote in favor of: |
No. 183924
Thatll certainly help the new readers. |
No. 183925
A single fast-moving thread doesn't really need a recap. I don't pay attention to anything and even I can remember what's happened so far. |
No. 183926
I'd say recaps are a good idea, but I'm not sure that we need one just yet. Author's call, though, of course. |
No. 183928
I don't think it needs a recap just yet as well. Maybe a small recap at the start of the next thread, but not a full on recap. |
No. 183929
I'll just proceed with update 16 then. |
No. 183950
[X] FLIGHT |
No. 183956
You open your eyes to find yourself on a cot in an infirmary. A brief self-examination reveals that you’ve been changed out of your shredded pajamas and into a spotless patient’s gown. Your wounds have been healed, but the tender edges indicate a rush job. Your focus sits on a small table next to you within comfortable grabbing distance. Through a window on the opposite wall, you can see endless screens of bamboo lit up by the morning sun. |
No. 183958
Satori ignores everyone else in favor of beelining for the tank as soon as she enters. She raps her knuckles against the glass with a stony expression. |
No. 183959
[X] Pardon. Do not ask Satori to restrict Koishi’s movement. Both sisters will be pleased by this, but Koishi will remain a wild card. The less reason you give them to dislike you, the better. |
No. 183962
[x] Compromise. Tell Satori to take her back underground and punish her as best she can without causing long term problems, maybe with just enough confinement to tell her this was a bad idea (once bitten twice shy works on a subconscious level, right?). Then, once this mess is over and Reimu gets back she will be told and dole out whatever punishments are normal around here when she finds Koishi again. |
No. 183964
[x] Curfew. Keep her home at night and away from our dreams. |
No. 183966
[X] Pardon. Do not ask Satori to restrict Koishi’s movement. Both sisters will be pleased by this, but Koishi will remain a wild card. The less reason you give them to dislike you, the better. |
No. 183967
[X] Pardon. Do not ask Satori to restrict Koishi’s movement. Both sisters will be pleased by this, but Koishi will remain a wild card. The less reason you give them to dislike you, the better. |
No. 183968
I'm curious that we think it was Yukari that caused Koishi's problem here instead of the fact that Charlotte had a /filth filled dream/ and dreaming is typically linked to the subconscious mind. |
No. 183969
Same anon is prior here, I think it would be prudent here to cover the topic of the Filth in some manner with Koishi now -- lest she end up trying to assassinate someone that ends up getting infected or getting infected herself. If she b-lined to Char during this moment, it's possible she would've done the same with Flappy if she was only around earlier. |
No. 183971
[x] Curfew. Keep her home at night and away from our dreams. |
No. 183973
[x] Curfew for a week. Keep her home at night and away from our dreams. |
No. 183976
[X] Pardon. Do not ask Satori to restrict Koishi’s movement. Both sisters will be pleased by this, but Koishi will remain a wild card. The less reason you give them to dislike you, the better. |
No. 183977
[x] Curfew. Keep her home at night and away from our dreams. |
No. 183989
[X] Curfew. Keep her home at night and away from our dreams. |
No. 184005
[X] Pardon. Do not ask Satori to restrict Koishi’s movement. Both sisters will be pleased by this, but Koishi will remain a wild card. The less reason you give them to dislike you, the better. |
No. 184146
[X] Compromise |
No. 184148
The village is somewhat busier now than it was when you first arrived, but your group manages to navigate the crowds on the main roads without slowing down much. Without the threat of Flappy looming over your heads, you slow down and pay more attention to your surroundings. |
No. 184149
[x] Search for your pistols at the lake shore. |
No. 184150
[X] Search for your pistols at the lake shore. |
No. 184151
[x] Search for your pistols at the lake shore. |
No. 184152
[x] Search for your pistols at the lake shore. |
No. 184153
[X] Search for your pistols at the lake shore. |
No. 184154
[X] Search for your pistols at the lake shore. |
No. 184156
[X] Search for your pistols at the lake shore. |
No. 184162
>>184156 |
No. 184166
Calling vote in favor of: |
No. 184179
Hey, author here. I'm still working on the update, but if any of you have feedback or questions for me, I'd like to hear them. |
No. 184180
>>184179 |
No. 184182
>>184179 |
No. 184183
I was really confused for a while since I had no idea what this was a crossover with, but it's pretty neat now. |
No. 184185
>>184179 |
No. 184187
[ ] Search for your pistols at the lake shore. |
No. 184234
[X] Search for your pistols at the lake shore. |
No. 184235
[X] Sweep the vicinity with your drone. |
No. 184236
[X] Sweep the vicinity with your drone. |
No. 184237
[x] Sweep the vicinity with your drone. |
No. 184240
[x] Focus on the lake. |
No. 184241
[x] Sweep the vicinity with your drone. |
No. 184289
[X] Sweep the vicinity with your drone. |
No. 184318
Thread 2: >>184316 |