>>18916521
[x] Yes, they had it coming.
And explain how they were threatening Cass.

>>18916521
psychological warfare.

>>18916521
psyche warfare.

No wonder why I completely miss AC-Quest... it's fucking 1 in the morning here.

Anyways, polite bump, and g'night y'all.

>>18916521
Explain what you mean by 'necessary'

[ ] Yes, they had it coming.

rolled 6 = 6

>>18916521
>[ ] Yes, they had it coming.
[ ] Yes, they had it coming.

>>18916521
>[ ] Yes, they had it coming.
Yeah, alright.

>>18916521
Hey AC Guy, you planning on showing us some alternate routes when we have finally gotten to the Carry On My Wayward Son Ending thing? Or will we never know what would have happened if we were an antisocial selfish prick with tits?
Oh, and psychological warfare.

>>18916676
>antisocial selfish prick with tits
That would have been an entirely different scenario, though. He's already said that the Girl MC happens in a different part of the world, with a different story.

>>18916521
They had it coming.

"Yes." You respond. "They had it coming."

"What could they have possibly done to earn your ire?"

"Attempt to sexually assault an underage girl incapable of defending themselves the same day she watched someone she cared about get gunned down in front of her."

Her built up head of steam for a lecture dissipates so fast she looks slightly dizzy. "Wait, they what?"

"Didn't tell you how I met Cass did I? Or them either actually."

"Oh...." her eyes silently dart to Ari, who seems to have slow down her laughter to a slight chuckling. "Well...." She seems rather desperate to get away from the topic now. Elsie looks like she's thinking of a

[ ] Invite her to Dinner with the team, celebrate the victory.
[ ] Suggest going to see Zack, talk about how people feel about the Tourney thing.
[ ] Tell her you were planning to do a quick round in the sims, get some extra practice in.
[ ] Let her struggle. She came here to attack you.
[ ] Other.

rolled 51 = 51

Shut up mom, they had it coming. Stop talking.

>>18916725
Go see Zack

>>18916725
Dinner

Gotta be nice to mom

>>18916725
>Elsie looks like she's thinking of a
Did that get cut off?

rolled 7 = 7

>>18916725
[] other.

Attack mother.

>>18916749

>Yes. Supposed to be 'a way out.'

>Fuck this mac. At least now I have a proper mouse to play with.

>>18916725
>[ ] Suggest going to see Zack, talk about how people feel about the Tourney thing.

[ ] Invite her to Dinner with the team, celebrate the victory.

[x] Invite her to Dinner with the team, celebrate the victory.

Alex Raston needs food very badly.

>>18916725
[x]Go see Zack

We haven't won yet, so a victory dinner's a tad premature, especially when our most recent victory was against a bunch of mooks who literally beat themselves. Better to go talk to Zack, see how the other colonists feel about all this nonsense (especially given that as the de-facto civilian leader he's more or less our boss, we're just the secretary of defense).

And come on. Leave our own mom stewing in a puddle of awkwardness? That's not cool. We may be a troll, but I'd like to think we're not a total ass.

>>18916783
It's victory over a group of assholes, that's always worth celebrating.

>>18916725
>[X] Invite her to Dinner with the team, celebrate the victory.

>>18916791
Yeah, but I feel like a nice dinner out isn't really in the spirit of this particular victory.

Now, getting the pilots and some friends and family together for a few (or a few too many) beers and watching the replay of the Tunnel Snakes owning themselves while tossing insults and popcorn at the screen MST3K-style? That seems like a more appropriate celebration to me.

[ ] Suggest going to see Zack, talk about how people feel about the Tourney thing.

>Is this another tie vote?

>Hard to tell with the back-and-forth.

>>18916879
That's what my count just came to, 4 & 4. Flip a coin.

rolled 18 = 18

Zak

rolled 61 = 61

>>18916725
zach

>>18916879
1 zach
2. dinner

rolled 1 = 1

>>18916896
d2 KNOW NO LIMIT

1) EAT
2) ZACK

>>18916916
ZZACCKKK

>Looks like people want to go to Zack.

>BRB, two people have apparently decided to have a shouting match on my porch.

>Quite a ways from normal civilization, on private property, surrounded by trees.

>>18916981
Sounds like shotgun time to me.

Unless you know the people.

>>18916981
Clearly they are bears in disguise.

Do what must be done.

So, from the start of the last crunch thread, AC Guy's system notes, in a pastebin, with very slight editing:

http://pastebin.com/Uz0QxnxP

>>18916981
>Implying you won't get shot

>>18917000
WRASLIN

You know, AC-Guy being killed would be a terrible way for this quest to end...

>>18917096
he cant die
I have a 15 ton Nuclear bomb set to a dead man switch connected to his heart.

If ac guy dies.
I will fucking tell you.
Because I will fucking know.

>>18917130
What if the bears disarm it?

>>18917130

>You set a what to my what?

>>18917186
He gave you a preemptive pacemaker! Isn't that thoughtful of him?

>>18917186
I strapped a boom to your thump thump.

Its got a 15 secound timer to your heart.
SO you can die for a little bit.

Otherwise BOOM.
oh and i have a key for it.
incase you die of natural causes.

>>18917208
>preemptive pacemaker
lost it.

"You know, this makes me wonder something. We're basically the most visible representation of our community."

Your Mother seems a bit more relaxed with the change in topic. "So... what are you saying?"

"I'm saying we should talk to Zack. I mean, if we're going to be people's first impression of Hope, we should make sure the people are alright with how we conduct ourselves."

"....Huh." Elsie comments "I never even thought about that. But with the Arena being televised, and our contacts in both the Raven's Nest and the various corporations, we're approaching celebrity status. Maybe we should watch ourselves a bit more out there."

"Or," Dave comments, cutting in "We could leverage our status to get more money. Or help people. Or both."

"But first, we talk to Zack," you say "He'll have his ear to the ground for things like this."

>>18917302

Your team, sans Mooch, goes to Zack's office. He's apparently set up in what used to be a gas-station, turning the building into an Expanded office with lots of table space, and the holding tanks under-ground into storage cellars.

He seems vaguely surprised to see your team walk in. "Alex. Didn't expect to see you here, thought you'd be celebrating your Arena wins." He yawns deeply, and you notice the bags under his eyes. "So, what's up?"

[ ] Ask how he's feeling.
[ ] Talk about the colonies status.
[ ] Talk about PR.

>>18917363
[X] Ask how he's feeling.
Nice polite opener.

>>18917363
[X] Ask how he's feeling.

First we make sure this guy is alright, then we worry about how everyone sees us.

>>18917363
>[X] Ask how he's feeling.

>>18917363
PR

>>18917363
>[]Ask about PR.

>>18917363
feelings

>>18917363
[x] Ask how he's feeling.
Polite greeting, doesn't seem like he's gotten much sleep.

>>18917363
Ask about the colonists. That's why we're doing this, after all.

>Feeling wins. Gimmie a sec.

[1] Ask how he's feeling.
[2] Talk about the colonies status.
[3] Talk about PR.

>>18917424
You stop that. AC-Guy's said many times not to do that.

>>18917424
DONT KNOW YOU!

HATE YOU!

>>18917436

To be fair, AC Guy also tends to put up facepalmingly obvious conversation segues as separate options.

I mean, I get /why/ he does it, and I appreciate that he does it in order to avert the clusterfuck that is the usual tg quest thread, /and/ when he does so he typically has the obvious segue as one of the options, but it's still kind of hard to watch at points. This isn't one of them, though.

[x] Ask how he's feeling.

I mean, he's our homeboy, ain't he? Alex is a bro before he's a troll or a savior.

"Feeling alright there Zack?"

"Me? Yeah, I'll live. Just tired. Lotta work keeping this shit organized. Honestly, I'd rather be doing something else, but hey. Right now I'm the best suited for the job. I have connections, I have the skills, motivation, all that. It's just a lot of work. Your Mom helps a lot, and other people try and chip in when they can, but most of it comes on me."

"Sounds rough."

"Not as rough as getting into giant robot fights and getting jumped by ninjas."

"Point."

[ ] I can sympathize.
[ ] You're doing good work.
[ ] Other topic (PR or status).

>>18917612

[ ] You're doing good work.

>>18917612
[x] You're doing good work

The "I can sympathies" route is a trap, I can feel it.

>>18917623

>.... Explain your reasoning.

>>18917612
[ ] I can sympathize.
[ ] You're doing good work.
Redundant generic statements (not to mention, they're both identical).
>[ ] Other topic (PR or status).
Obvious choice, since we'll have to get to it eventually.

>>18917642

>Other topic is you PICKING one.

>>18917612
[x] You're doing good work.

>Good work wins it looks like.

>Gimme a sec, need to check something.

>NOT quest related, so you guys don't have to panic.

>>18917675
I'M GONNA PANIC ANYWAY!

OH GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING!?

>>18917675
But we are panicky idiots, we always assume a bear is going to eat you or that that dog will burn down your house.

>>18917631
Simply put, I don't think we can actually sympathize with his situation because we probably don't understand it, or at least he won't think we do. This guy has to try and stretch money as tight as it can go to try and make sure everyone has food, shelter, so on and so forth. He probably gets complaints day in and day out from people who don't have enough, who need more, stupid spats due to stress because of the current situation, making sure he doesn't fuck up and ruin everything going on, making sure other people don't take advantage of the situation to fuck them up, etc.

Simply stated, while we do indeed have the weight of community on our shoulders and the threat of a horrible death if we fuck up, possibly the death of the settlement if we mess up, this guy feels it more than us because he's actually down there in the trenches dealing with it day in and day out. How often do you think he's able to go for a drink, or watch a movie, or tell jokes, or make horrible plans for a cheesy anime in an ill-fated get rich quick scheme?

Dude deals with stressed out people every day trying to make sure that not only do they have enough to pay off the land they're on, but also that it gets fixed up, they have food, water, and possibly some comfort. He has to deal with people who would still be grieving, still angry at the hand fate dealt them, still in shock from the whole situation.

My take on the situation, at least.

>>18917612
>Your Mom helps a lot
Why do I have this feeling that we're gonna get to call Zach "Dad" at some point?

>>18917775
Wouldn't that make Laurie "Uncle"?

>>18917790
Ahahaha Only to Ari. For some reason.

>>18917753
What this anon said. We exist in a slight bubble; while we are in constant danger, we still have time to act human. He's probably been working his ass off day-in and day-out to keep the colony afloat.

"You're doing good work here. I hate to imagine what things would look like without you."

"I'd like to think some other poor soul would be trying to do this. Hell, I don't know. Thanks anyway." He seems slightly more resolved, if no less stressed. "But somehow I doubt that you came here to bullshit and talk about my frayed nerves."

[ ] PR.
[ ] Status.

>>18917810
PR

Again!

>>18917810
PR

>>18917810
[x] Status

I know the PR thing was our big reason for coming, but hey, long as we're here, it might be good to know how things are coming along.

>>18917824
Goddamnit, I keep forgetting to take that damn die off.

>>18917810
PR

>>18917810
>[X] Status.
we will get to PR next or that will win and we should do status next

>>18917810
status

>>18917828
this

>>18917810
Status

PR

"Actually, I had a thought earlier."

"Yeah?"

"With what our team is doing to go out and raise money, between the televised Arena matches and such and the work out of the Raven's nest.... we're slowly becoming something like local celebrities."

"And you came to.... brag?"

"Actually, I was wondering if you had an idea as to how we might leverage it."

"....Explain."

"Well for one thing, if we're going to be people's first impression of Hope, I'd like us to actually represent them. If they feel a certain way about a topic on the whole, it would be bad for me to start championing the other side. Also, we might be able to score some sort of sponsorships, do commercials, something."

"Huh. That's.... huh. I really should have thought of that. I must be more tired than I realized."

"You should get some sleep."

"Yeah... as for how the people feel, I'll try and figure that out later. Pass along what I can."

"Thanks, Zack."

[ ] PR.

>Right when I was halfway into typing it, status started to win out. So I'll do that one next.

>>18917775

>Your Mom is 36. She is a full 12 years older than him, and not in the market anyway.

>>18917904
Wait, she had us when she was 17?

>>18917904
Ah, I was mostly joking.

Mostly. I was probably just reading in to things too much. Far too much.

>>18917919

>Hasn't come up before, but yeah. She was young when it happened.

>Part of the reason she married your Dad immediately. It was one of those situations where they were in love, so it was going to happen EVENTUALLY but then a little 'surprise' made it happen a few years earlier than anticipated.

>>18917937
>>18917919

>It's also why she's so supportive and caring towards you and your sister. She gave up her chance to do... whatever with her life. She tries to be supportive since you guys are what she has to show for her life.

>>18917957
I assume it's also why she's strongly encouraging us to get to baby making already.

>>18917970
You would think that would be the opposite really. Typically that tends to play out in a "never have kids until your older, it will ruin your life" kind of thing if that happened to the parent.

>>18917987
Well, she seems to enjoy being a mother and how her kids have ended up. (Or at least she DID; she seems to be rethinking our career choice right now.) So it's not that farfetched.

>>18917987
Yeah, that is weird.

"Hey, how are the colonists doing?"

"Well... nobody's really too happy. Luckily there hasn't been any serious discontent partly because they're still in shock over what happened, and partly because you guys are a visible example of us trying to do something to help them. They know it takes money, and they see you earning it. Right now, we've got enough seeded in the community that nobody's suffering too bad. People are getting fed, people have cloths, a roof over their head in one form or another, they got the running water.... but not much more than the essentials. But we have those at least. With the kids coming out to play, people trying to set up something like a class, people going around in teams trying to clean up houses and do the minor repairs... it's starting to look like a community again. We still need money, a lot of it, if we want to make it stick. But right now? Our people can LIVE again. And it's thanks to you guys."

"And you. If things are that good you're clearly working miracles with what we're pulling in."

"Just doing my best, hoping that it's enough."

"Know that feeling."

After a couple of vague assurances that he's fine and you threatening to send your Mother to pester him into getting enough sleep and eating properly, you head home. As late as it is you just grab a quick dinner and make sure Ari's on her way home to keep an eye on your Mom before hitting the sack. Elsie crawls in next to you, and before long you fall asleep into each other.

>>18918044
>Cue the Ninjas

You come to slowly, the sound of your cockpit struggling to come back to life. Some part of you knows it's a lost cause, and you take a deep breath and try to re-orient yourself before you bail.

You take a moment to look at your reflection, to check for injuries.

You see a small bump on your head, and see that otherwise you're fine after brushing your bangs out of your face, and feel an odd sense of Deja Vu as you do so.

Your coms come to life suddenly. "Liz? Hey Liz, are you alright? Can you hear me?"

"Yeah Will, I can hear you." You groan. "Mind yelling a bit less? I have a BITCH of a headache right now."

"Sorry." He responds, much calmer but just as urgent. "Come on, get out of that thing. Rest of Eagle Squad's already chased off the bandits, so as soon as you get out of there we can haul it in for repairs. Mitch is coming over with a Rover to pick you up now.

You curse as you get out of the core. Partly because the harness got caught on your bra during the auto-retract and attempted to smother you with your own breasts, and partly because you have a ten minute long ride with Mitch back to the carrier.

>So now let's kick this off properly....

YOU ARE ELIZA MCALLISTAIR. So far, today has sucked.

>>18918112
Wait what?

>>18918112
Is... Is this Girl!MC route?

>>18918112
AC-Guy?

>>18918112
Say what?

>>18918112
Are you restarting the quest but everything is gender switched? I'm intrigued

>>18918112
Wait...
Why am I in a folding chair?

>>18918062
>>18918112
I don't think I could of been more off if I tried.

>>18918112
Alright. Time to be dicks with tits.

>>18918112

You can already see the dust-trail off to the East, as Mitch makes his way over to you. You ask yourself why him?

Why not Ryan? He's nice and sweet for such a big guy. Or even Will? Sure he always seems a little... frustrated around you, but he seems like a nice enough guy.

No, it HAS to be Mitch. The weaselly little man who always seems to be.... implying something. You aren't sure what it is, but seeing as how he's always smoking and cursing and gambling and smuggling things.

And here's the man of the hour, he pulls up to a skidding spot, and you have shield your face to keep the dust out of your eyes.

"Your chariot, my lady." He says as he pats the seat next to him.

[ ] Sit next to him.
[ ] Sit in the back.

>>18918187
>Sit in the back
Fuck you, we aren't that kind of girl.

>>18918187
Back

>>18918187
[ ] Sit in the back.
Im gone for the weekend come back totally new girl character, >__< god dam it guys

>>18918187
In the back. Mitch strikes me as the kind of guy who really wants to be Han Solo but lacks any of his redeeming qualities. Like a heart of gold, or a winning smile, or being played by Harrison Ford.

Also, Eliza seems a little lonely. Hell, I've been there, so I don't think badly of it, but maybe we can play matchmaker again...with someone who isn't Mitch.

>Fair warning, One of Liz's aspects is 'dense as a brick' and the other is 'the building is on fire, and it's not my fault'.

>She's intelligent, competent, and probably couldn't piece together what a vagina is for if she had a map and japan's entire porn collection.

>So basically, imagine the average Harem anime oblivious lead, as an action girl with horrible luck.

>In case you're wondering why she's less of a Blank slate than Alex was.... well, it's because she's been developing in your absence. Which is a sentence with more double meanings that I can even count.

>>18918187
[x] Sit in the back.
Also why are suddenly femc?

>>18918236

>Because I'm secretly M. Night Shyamalan.

>WHAT A TWEEEST!

>>18918187
>[X] Sit in the back.

>>18918232
Well, in that case, I'll switch to
[x]Sit up Front

>>18918232
So her story and alexes are happening at the same time? Does this mean Alex and liz will meet sometime further in the quest?

>>18918257
And then confused, senseless, awkward PC sex happens.

>>18918250
[spoiler]You shouldn't be hinting so much, OP. Try keeping your cards close to the chest[/spoiler]

>playing pso while i have this thread on f5 during downtimes

>refresh

>nearly spit the coffee i'm most certianly not drinking

WHOWHATWHEREWHYWHENTITTIES?

>>18918232
Wait, we're playing as pic related now?

>>18918279
You mean, Shirou who is the opposite of her?

>>18918292
I didn't want to risk my sanity by googling actual genderflipped Shirou images, so I used her instead of come back and go all "Heart of Darkness" about the things I saw in the darkest corners of the net.

>funny side note. In the original story i wrote about mooch he was a woman

>it got retconned because he was funnier with a wife

You hop into the back seat. Mitch looks disappointed for a second, and then the creepy smug look returns.

He never seems to look you in the eye for some reason. God knows why he wants to stare at your chest, not like he can read emotion or gain some deeper insight into humanity.

"Alright my lady," he says, switching to an irritatingly fake British accent. "Why shall we be going then?"

".... what do you mean? You came to take me back home." His eyebrows dance, what the hell. "Come on, let's get on back to base."

He seems disappointed. Then rallies quickly "TALLY HO!" and floors the pedal. Given the state of the terrain, you immediately buckle up so as not to be thrown violently from the vehicle.

On the way there, he keeps looking back in the rear-view mirror. You aren't sure why, you're sorta blocking the view. Luckily he dosen't try to make conversation, and before long you're back to base. You see a recovery chopper already out-bound to get your rig as you park the vehicle. Mitch thankfully excuses himself to his bunk, lazy sod, and you go and ask Will if it's time for your debriefing. The rest of the bridge crew begins to laugh uproariously, Will just quietly puts his face in his hands.

[ ] Laugh along, apparently you missed a good one.
[ ] Wait for it to die down, ask again.
[ ] Drag Will out of this. Professionalism will happen somewhere else if it won't happen here.

>>18918353
Arggg once again you'v brought up this book, i want more details man

>>18918306
Just for you.

>>18918379
[X] Wait for it to die down, ask again.

This is the most character fitting option I see.

>>18918381

>It's probably not what you think. Plus this isn't really the time or place.

>>18918379
Professionalism, HO!

>>18918381
Someday. I treid to make a thread about it like a month ago. My freinds trolled me and it kinda died. So yeah someday.

>>18918379
[x] Wait for it to die down, ask again.

>>18918379
Wait for it to die down.
>>18918353
Did this story have laughably bad sex scenes?
>>18918383
varying degrees of want...
fuck it DO WANT! (and why do you have that?)

>>18918379
[ ] Drag Will out of this. Professionalism will happen somewhere else if it won't happen here.

>>18918379
>[X] Drag Will out of this. Professionalism will happen somewhere else if it won't happen here.

>>18918379

>[ ] Laugh along, apparently you missed a good one.
It's not the choice I would make, but Eliza already has a personality and this seems like what she would do - laugh along with everyone, and then ask what she was laughing for.

>>18918401
I looked it up out of curiosity after seeing your post.

If we're going to be female Shirou I expect long ass breakfast scenes and to have anything that could be remotely sexual explained using sealife similes and metaphors.

>>18918379
[X] Wait for it to die down, ask again.

>>18918418

>Not a fully developed one, like Alex is getting. But a lot more of the framework is already there.

>>18918398
>>18918389
This bastard promised stories and book info back in crunch thread 2 when you told us to keep it alive, then he didn't and i stayed up all night >_<

>Looks like dragging Will out wins.

>>18918401
Actually no. Everyone wanted her and she knew it. She always toyed with them though just to get what she wanted. There was one almost scene. And then the guy got his face ripped off by a zombie and she had to fight her way through the vents naked because of the horde.

>>18918434

>He has, like he said, tried to make a thread or two that were either general story times and/or talking about some setting he made.

>They have failed, mostly due to a lack of interest.

>>18918434
RIGHT I REMEMBER THAT right before Fraide ran into my room screaming about something and punching me in the face and me blacking out.

You drag Will out, as it's getting awfully silly in there.

On the way out, one of the men calls back to let them know how the debriefing went, as the hooting and hollering renewed.

"Did you REALLY have to put it like that?"

"What do you mean? I used official terminology, in a direct professional way."

"Tell me, do you know what a 'double entendre' is?"

".... and Entendre but twice as hard?"

He give you that look again. You aren't sure if he looks exasperated, or angry. Or.... something else.

"ANYWAY," he says "Since apparently I'm giving you the debrief now.... Let's hear it Lt."

[ ] Give only the facts.
[ ] Give it some optimism.
[ ] Give the facts, speculate on other factors.

>>18918522
Facts with bonus speculation

>>18918522
[X] Give the facts, speculate on other factors.

Light reasoned speculation, and be sure to preface any speculation with the fact that it is speculation rather than assured fact.

>>18918522
Facts, and a little speculation on the side.

>>18918522
[X] Give the facts, speculate on other factors.

>>18918522
[x] Give the facts, speculate on other factors.
Make sure to differentiate between facts and what we're speculating.

>we don't know any of the facts at all
>ac guy gives an option to specualte on them
>HA HA, TIME FOR RED HERRINGS

>>18918522
Speculations! ...With facts too, I guess.

>>18918522
>[X] Give the facts, speculate on other factors.

Wait!

My mind just clicked, and the gears turned. The twins, they have something to do with the character swap, don't they? We control the other of which they aren't messing with with whatever they do. They referenced a man and a woman, I'm guessing they mean Alex and Liz. They did something to Liz, and now they're doing it to Alex. Whatever it is.

>>suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18891776/

>>18918678
Or maybe we're them, messing with Alex and Liz.

Sleep beckons! Good luck with being Liz, guys.

>>18918678
Add that with the oddity of how the others are treating us as Alex, at least Elsie that is, and this... What, are we actually playing as Alex, or are we body surfing here with the Twins? From what is implied in the previous threads, I'm guessing we're playing the "real" them while they do... Something with the bodies.

I doubt we're the twins, due to them currently now controlling Alex most likely. Else they would say they would be having to be the woman next, instead of the guy.

"Don't know how, but clearly the Ice Devils KNEW we were coming they also moved way to professionally to be the same standard grunts. Either they're training them better, or they had some outside help. We got to the village, it was already cleared out, and they had a couple AC's on the tundra hidden. By the time we saw them..."

"You were set in a perfect ambush position for them then?"

"More or less. they all had the same Blue/white paint-job as the rest of the Devils but... something was different about them."

"I'd say. they crippled your core and killed two of your squad mates."

"Yeah... anyway, the Village was empty when we got there. Given what we know now, it was probably a lure to damage the wolf pack's presence in the Area. Since it's been almost three hours, they're clearly long gone. And since our garrison is the smallest, they might be using this to try and start something bigger."

"Then they'll fail. Thank you Lieutenant, go get some food and some rest. I'll deal with the paper-work."

You nod, and don't notice the way his eyes seem to linger for a split second before he returns to the bridge amid cheers.

[ ] Food first.
[ ] Sleep first.
[ ] Shower first.

>>18918749
[X] Shower first.

We just had a long day, we need a good shower.

>>18918749
Food first.

>>18918749
Food

>>18918749

[x] Shower first.

can't let them pheromones fly everywhere can we?

>Rasafracking tied votes...

>>18918746
A million internet dollars it involves an AI. Every AC storyline except for 4/4A involved AIs fucking with us in some way. Oftentimes it was just ancient unmanned weapons, but the rest of them were all AIs who intended the best for humanity in some way, yet were somehow flawed.

>>18918749
Put me down for shower. I feel a bit dirty myself.

>>18918811

>Shower it is then. Gimme a sec.

>>18918749
>[X] Food first.

>>18918809
That's a tiebreaker, by the way. 3 shower, 2 food.

>>18918818
Oh, whups. Too slow.

>>18918819
...oh goddamnit.

just go with the shower

Shower time.

Is there a crunch tread up?

You move to the showers. On a cruiser this size, they're co-opted, but that's better than no shower at all. Thankfully nobody's there when you walk in, they tend to trip over themselves and cut your shower time short what with you having to rush them to the infirmary after they crack their head-open on the counter or something.

As you start to rinse off, you hear the door open, and peeking out, you see your friend Abby. "Hi Abby."

"Hey Liz. You feeling alright?"

"Fine, why?"

"Well it's just... you forgot to grab a spare change of cloths from the look of things."

"Damn. I don't ant to put those back on either, I saw combat in them so they're all musty and sweaty. Guess I'll have to walk back to my buck in a towel."

"Uh... I don't think that's the best idea."

"Why not?" you ask, walking out of the shower and grabbing a towel. Abby turns and locks the door, which you think was kinda mean. What if somebody else wanted to go for a quick shower?

"Just... some people aren't as.... open, as you are."

"Open?"

"Or maybe oblivious is a better term..." she mumbles to herself. "just, wait here, I'll get you something."

[ ] Nah, no worries. I got this.
[ ] Well that's nice of you.

>>18918916
No worries, we got this.
(you say she's clueless AC-Guy? Then clueless she shall be!)

>>18918916
>[X] Well that's nice of you.
I sadly expect this to lose and all hell to break out

>>18918916
[X] Well that's nice of you.

She must just think we're tired after our long day, how nice of her to get us a spare set of clothes instead of having to find them ourself. What a good friend.

[x] Well that's nice of you.

>>18918916

HA! she is hilariously dense! I'm loving it.

[X] how golly gosh darned kind of ya

>>18918916

well, we are clueless but how can we turn down such a kind offer?

>>18918927

>She's not out and out stupid it's just... some things simply never occur to her.

>>18918916
[X] Well that's nice of you.

What a nice person.

>>18918916

[x] Nah, no worries. I got this.

>>18918916
So is Liz here like the typical harem protagonist in that she's really average-looking or dorky-cute but everyone wants her anyway, or is she actually really cute? (AKA - what does she look like?)

Also, we appear to actually be on some sort of ship, a 'cruiser'. Is it a land battleship or an airship? (I'm assuming it's not on the ocean if we can drive to it.)

This thread is suddenly going in a weird direction. Anyway, I'm going to vote for "Well that's nice of you."

>>18918953

>She is a kind friend.

>>18918948
Like the fact that when someone says that they "want your babies" they're not talking about desiring custody of any infant children you may already be in possession of?

i don't understand what is happening anymore....

im scared... i want elsie's hug....

>>18918960

>You know how Alex's team has the troop-transport? Carries a half dozen suits at a time, has a briefing room, a coms station, etc?

>Basically, this is the same thing but bigger. While that one;s a single squad, this one's equipped to handle as much as four times as many, even though it's currently only at half capacity.

>Support crews and facilities are proportionally larger, with a small dedicated cafeteria and such.

>Basically, it's for longer excursions with more people.

>As for what she looks like.... I don't have my giant folder of generic clip-art anymore. I'll see if I can find a decent pic, and failing that I might draw something. For now though, POV character, bit vauge on the details.

>>18918984
Hey, for my part I'm trying to avoid making every decision into the Yuri Route. I'm kind of terrible that way.

>>18918991
>POV character

well if we look down do we see our feet or our tits

"Well that's nice of you."

"Yeah. Just... stay here I'll be back in a minute."

True to her word she comes back with some cloths quickly enough. She turns away and blushes heavily while you put them on. You make a quick detour to your room to drop your dirty cloths off and....

[ ] Promptly pass out on the bed.
[ ] Go get something to eat.

>Captcha: Railroad Obliterate

>That's right. FUCK railroads.

>>18919004
[X] Go get something to eat.

It never does well to try to sleep on an empty stomach. Get some grub first.

>>18919003

>Mostly breasts. They're slightly on the large side, but fall well short of 'lower back problems' territory.

[x] Go get something to eat.

>>18919004
>[X] Go get something to eat.

>>18918991
Pretty cool setup. It'd be nice if we knew who we were working for, though...

>>18919004
And in our top story, the mysterious terrorist sabotage of the Alaska Railroad continues!

But seriously. Let's get some food first. We got our core trashed, so we deserve some chow. And we need to meet the team, too.

>>18919004
Food.

>>18919004

om nom nom noms. girls gotta keep her strength up.

'what do you mean these clothes suit me? I thought they were a little tight around the bust and hips....'

>>18919004

nutrients!

>>18919030

>Hey Tarot, haven't seen you in a while.

>>18919014

>>18919014

so in terms of alex's sister's body, how would she fair if they are with ea other?

would someone comment like "Oh god...oh god.... kiss kiss KISSSSSSSSSSS HHEEEEERRRR"

>>18919040

yeah, exam season and coursework is kicking my ass. Those games won't make/analyse themselves!

been keeping up in the archives though, good to see asuka is behaving herself without me around to look after her.

love this quest so much. pitty you guys are on the xbox server of AC V it's sad that our teams will never meet.

>>18919065
...dude, I'm a massively unrepentant yuri fanboy and even I think that's fucking creepy. Besides, she's a person, with hopes and dreams and skills besides being a girl with tits. At least if I have anything to say about it.

Also, I'm fairly certain that the idea that girls might kiss other girls has never actually occurred to Liz.

As soft and inviting as that cot looks, you decide to grab some grub.

You're quietly thankful that the Diomedes has a dedicated caff. It's not exactly five star cuisine, but it's better than normal rations by a long shot.

Walking in, you see Ryan talking with John, the cook about something and laughing to themselves. Then they notice you walking up.

"Hey Sweet, what can I get ya?"

[ ] Score a tasty SANDWICH.
[ ] See if they have any SOUTHERN FOODS.
[ ] Sweet talk him into some PASTA.
[ ] Ask what they were talking about.

> they tend to trip over themselves and cut your shower time short what with you having to rush them to the infirmary after they crack their head-open on the counter or something.

Daaaaaaaamn.

>>18919065

>....

>>18919095

>To be completely fair, I'm not sure the idea of KISSING is something that Liz thinks about.

>She's had a relatively sheltered life.

>>18919116
[X] Ask what they were talking about.

We should be on good terms with our team.

>>18919116
>[X] Score a tasty SANDWICH.
If Liz has a pre-established favorite switch my vote to that

>>18919116
SOUTHERN FOODS sounds intriguing.
>>18919082
Good to see you too, Insellafn.
You missed some fights, which means we actually were able to bring the Core back mostly intact, rather than maimed and decapitated.

>>18919116
[X] Sweet talk him into some PASTA.

Because PASTA.

>>18919116
[X] Sweet talk him into some PASTA.

Pasta sounds good, if we accidentally make innuendo while doing so that we completely don't notice so much the better.

>>18919116

[x] Score a tasty SANDWICH.

>>18919125
I think she kind of knows about it in the abstract, like as something her parents (or other peoples') did, but not as something she would ever do, or anyone else, or for reasons other than a goodbye or whatever. Let alone girls kissing girls (not kissing you), boys kissing boys...

...man, old meme is old.

But yeah, ask what they're talking about. Or don't, I think I'm outvoted at this point.

>>18919116
I've already voted, and it seems we can't even come to a consensus about food. This is kinda funny.

>Walk away for five minutes to grab a pillow.

>Three way tie.

>WELP.

rolled 1 = 1

>>18919186
Will this help?

>>18919186
>>18919184

we are actually doing a good job, considering how little we know about real women and there overall personality.

>>18919197

>If you called numbers maybe.

rolled 2 = 2

>>18919201
1 is Pasta
2 is Sandwich
3 is Ask about what they're talking about

>>18919125

ok just ignore the joke....

i was actually serious on how liz would fare against ari

rolled 2 = 2

>>18919200
...what does knowing about women have to do with picking food? At all?

>>18919201
1 is Sandwich, 2 is Southern, 3 is Pasta, 4 is Talking.

southern damnit!

>>18919203

and.... its tie again.

wow all this fuss only for food...

wonder how we fair when selecting clothing....

>>18919203

>Apparently the dice-gods want a sandwich.

>>18919217

>When all you have are military style fatigues, it doesn't take long.

>>18919225

i think he was talking whenever if liz go out...

but i guess she would prefer the uniforms since it is more comfortable...

>>18919225

I'm sure we could stretch it to at least twelve posts simply arguing about camo

(digicamo mater race here)

You ask for a sandwich. He quickly whips up a Reuben and some hot fries for you, and grabs a can of soda off the wall. After eating it with Ryan keeping you company and making sure you aren't too badly hurt, you let out a mighty yawn.

When you get back to the bunk, you see that Abby is there waiting for you. "Hey Ab. What's up?"

"I... kinda wanted to talk to you about something. You have a minute?"

"Sure." You sit down on the bunk, and listen to her. She stutters and meanders through a couple of topics. Eventually she says something about the showers, but by that point you've already lost the battle with your eyelids, and were sinking slowly into the bunk beside her while she went on with something to do with feelings.

'This is important', you think to yourself, as you feel your body getting heavier by the second. 'she ants to talk about important things, and you need to listen and stay awazzzzzzzzzz'.....

>To be continued on AC Quest....

>>18919271
Is this what might have happened if we had chosen to be female in the first thread?

>Feel free to talk about whatever. I'll make a crunch/general thread later, and if I can't answer any questions/comments here before the thread dies, I'll pick them up there.

>>18919186
Samich

Well, can we get an age on our FemPoV? Since if we're older than 16 or so I feel like we're less oblivious and more "shaken baby syndrome"

>>18919271

guessing we have to play cupid for our friend

[totally in dense mode]

>>18919291

>Yes and no.

>This is a scenario that might have happened, and now IS happening.

>It's like, remember how you had control over Alex during the formative prologue moments? Liz had those without you guys, so now she's got her own thing.

>>18919310

>She's about the same age as Alex. It's actually a combination of her hormones going slightly less batshit than the average, her rather sheltered upbringing, and the fact that she's genuinely been too busy her entire life to put much thought into it.

>>18919271
Yuri senses...tingling...

Seriously though. What the hell? Suddenly we're in an entirely different scenario! We need ANSWERS.

is there a chance that both of the MC's will meet?

or only the consequences of their action will affect the other?

>>18919330
Cool that is what I was trying to ask. I just remember you saying something like there were 16 paths in the prologue and we lost out on 8 of them just being male.

>>18919351

>It's entirely possible.

>>18919330
Still feels kind of old for how utterly clueless you're writing her, even having known fairly sheltered people. It's like we're walking into a crappy harem shonen or something, and you've been writing consistently above that level for the quest so far. Just sharing my thoughts, don't want to sound like I'm telling you how to write.

Also, next episode, we going back to Alex or more Liz?

>>18919357

2 future ace pilots as allies?

that would be epic.

i am going to put more favor on liz , i don't think she hold's back in a fight unlike alex on the early rounds

>>18919363

>Oh I've known people like this.

>They aren't stupid, they're just focused on something other than romance SO HARD that it never occurs to them.

>Seriously, I've known like six. They're certainly the exception to the rule, but they're hilariously baffling.

>Honestly, it might be some low-grade mental disorder actually. They are far from stupid, but they just.... never brought it up unless someone else did first.

>>18919379
...you ARE aware that we met Liz when her core got fucked up and that we haven't seen her fly, right? We have no useful information to determine her skill as a pilot.

>>18919407

>Wolf Pack.

>>18919379

she is going to be like a pippen to jordan

trunks to a gohan

a batman to a superman

a left hand to a right hand.

>>18919407

oh SURE base her skills on how MESSED UP her core is after a fight, that seems a totally FAIR way to sum up someones skills.

>>18919414
Oh, right. Those guys. Guess that means Liz is at least B rank, probably higher.

That said, we don't know what kind of style she has. If I had to guess I'd say it's either really aggressive (melee and close-in guns like I like to fly), or a really focused sniper or support style.