>>36021051
>>Address 7. She's the most frightened, and if you can calm her down all three may open up

Running out the door so no write in, but here's my vote. Honest sincerity has always been our best trait.

>>36021051
Getting one of these three on your 'side' early on in the process will probably help you earn the others' trust much quicker, you realize. But choosing the wrong one may end up leaving the others defensive, and slow things down in the long run. Your choice of words will probably also be important...
>Address 12. She feels like she's a bit on edge, but the others seem to follow her to a degree (write in)
>Address 7. She's the most frightened, and if you can calm her down all three may open up (write in)
>Address 9. Her curiosity towards you and your team means she may be more willing to listen (write in)
>Other?

>>36021051
>>Address 7. She's the most frightened, and if you can calm her down all three may open up (write in)

>>36021176
>Address 12. She feels like she's a bit on edge, but the others seem to follow her to a degree (write in)

"Lets go get some food, and then we can talk properly."

Just come in from a mission after all.

>>36021176
>Other?
"So I'm just going to shoot the elephant in the room, here: You three are clones, right? Not even identical twins have as similar psychic signatures as you do, and there's the numbering scheme you've got. I'm having trouble thinking of an explanation that doesn't involve cloning."

So wait, if the clones are out and about now.. then that means Glemy and Panini aren't seeing eye-to-eye. Considering Mussolini is a bigger extremists than even Canon Haman was, this could turn into an even bigger shitstorm much, much sooner than in canon. Plus, considering Glemy is not much of a hardliner as the former mentioned two, he may be a reasonable fellow when we eventually run into him in-character.

Oh, also, another thing. The Purus were literally on a rustbucket of a vessel and were probably MEANT to die. I'd bet anything Panini specifically fucked over Glemy on that front.

>>36021112
>>36021176
"You must be hungry you three. Perhaps I can interest you in something tasty?"

Lead them down to the kitchens. Strike up a conversation and ask them mundane questions. How are they? What's life like? Are you sisters? Get the ball rolling. Keep it simple stupid until we have a better grasp of them.

>>36021176
>>Address 9. Her curiosity towards you and your team means she may be more willing to listen (write in)

I got nothing.

>>36021252
i think Glemy was Berninis protege and took over the Puru project after the formers death

>>36021341
That's the thing. We'll never know now as we pissed away the chance of screwing with the Jovians and Mars.

>>36021176
>>Address 12. She feels like she's a bit on edge, but the others seem to follow her to a degree
>"Something something food."

>>36021176
>Address 7. She's the most frightened, and if you can calm her down all three may open up (write in)
Introduce yourself, ask them their names and if they're hurt or hungry. Tell them everything will be alright, we won't hurt them, but they have to behave while in custody until we figure out whether they're a threat or not and what to do with them.

You know, our standard shtick. Just be nice and friendly, put them at ease.

>>36021176
>Address 12. She feels like she's a bit on edge, but the others seem to follow her to a degree (write in)
"So, let's go down to the mess hall. I don't know about you, but I'm hungry, and the cooks here are pretty good."

>>36021176
>Address 7. She's the most frightened, and if you can calm her down all three may open up (write in)
"Miss, there's no reason to be so worried. It would be a waste of time to bring you in just to ruin that trust by mistreating you, we're not sadists. You're safe here. Come on, let's take you and your sisters somewhere more comfortable, the middle of an active hangar is a terrible place to hold a conversation. It's a big ship, I'm sure we can find somewhere private and comfy to talk without everyone staring. I'm Dominic, by the way. What's your name?"

>>36021176
>>36021252
This ones good.

>>36021252
yeah, I like this

I can't wait until the enginseers tear into the new Psychommu Bernini cooked up. Figuring out if the Ple Clones have mental conditioning similar to Flanning...

So yeah, keep them away from anything too sensitive until Artesia has had time to run a psych eval on them.

>>36021176
"You must be hungry you three. Perhaps I can interest you in something tasty?"

Lead them down to the kitchens. Strike up a conversation and ask them mundane questions. How are they? What's life like? Are you sisters? Get the ball rolling. Keep it simple stupid until we have a better grasp of them.

>>36021583
Speaking of mental conditioning, what happened to that girl we recovered from the old psycommu machine?
The one that was drugged to insane levels?

>>36021176

Address 9.
It should give 7 a chance to see we are not scary while giving her a 'comfort zone'.
It should also give 12 a chance to see that we are on the level by our answers to 9's questions...

>>36021252
Offers of food sound good too.

>>36021611
She's getting better according to Hearts. Psychological scarring and nerve damage. And that was Flanning in the prototype Schwarz, actually. I can't think of her first name at the moment.

>>36021611
That was brought up last week, actually. She's doing much better. The psychological conditioning has been broken, and while she's unlikely to ever fully recover from the physical damage, she's no longer in need of constant care.

>>36021645
Rebecca Fanning. Canonically an Axis Zeon test pilot, in this timeline Bernini being a dick lead to a more unpleasant fate for her. But hey, she's doing better now.

>>36021611
Mobile Suit Gundam: Shadows of Zeon Quest #38
Rebecca Fanning
Rebecca is coping rather well. She can tie her own shoelaces now, and is pretty much capable of thinking and communicating on the same level she could before. But she still has some psychological scarring, and her fine motor control has seen better days.
- Hearts

>>36021701
>Fanning

I can't remember her last name either it would appear. The horror.

>>36021176
“Audrey, you mind joining Doc Ward and Emary for a bit? I'd like a preliminary report in like an hour or so,” you announce, gesturing subtly to your older copilot. The Lieutenant nods curtly, understanding quite clearly that you're asking her to oversee an examination of the three captured machines.

“Will do, sir,” she replies before drifting across the hangar to explain to the Doctor and Miss Ounce what exactly you'd like them to do while you're gone.

Then, you turn your attention to the three sisters... or whatever they are. You can't really decide who to try and win over, which is understandable given that you've only just now met them face to face. “9” looks at you with that same quizzical gaze, and “12” starts to frown, clearly wondering what you're going to do to them now that they're your captives.

“You hungry?” you finally ask.

“12” shakes her head resolutely, but her stomach seems to disagree as it looses an audible growl.

“Come on,” you tell them. “We'll take you down to the Officers' mess and get something to eat.”

“Why would I eat anything you gave us?” 12 asks warily.

At your side, Haman shrugs. “Why would we let you onboard then try to poison you?”

7 smiles nervously at 12. “There's no harm trusting them a little, Marida...”

“You just said my name!” Marida hisses loudly at 7. “What'd I tell you about that, Diana?”

“You just said her name,” Carya points out with a smirk.

Marida looks crestfallen at her mistake, then glances over at 9 for help.

“I am Cynthia,” 9 greets you with a small bow. “A pleasure to make your acquaintance.”

“You... why!?” Marida demands loudly.
(1/2)

>>36021776
Cythia replies softly in another language... Japanese, you realize. It's not a language you speak much of: high school classes only really focused on French, German, and Mandarin. But you picked up a little Japanese watching old cartoons with the anime club (really just a convenient way to say you were part of a club without having to do anything), so you catch a few fleeting phrases...

>d100 for recalling what the animes taught you about linguistics... don't expect much

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>36021822

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>36021776
>clearly wondering what you're going to do them now that they're your captives

We'll love them like our own damnit.

>>36021822
HELLO. I AM AMERICA-SAN.

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>36021822

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>36021822

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>36021822

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>36021822
Japan made Mobile Suit Gundam canonically after the OYW didn't they.

Oh God they're adorable.

>>36021858
1 grade level?
Good day. I am America-kun.
Do you speak English or german?

>>36021776
>>36021822

I thought they all went by Puru-<number> and that actual names came after Glemy got his shit boxed in with the Purus nowhere to go.

>>36022036
Canonically, only Marida has a name of her own. My guess is that these ones gave themselves their own names as a way to express some small bit of individuality. They're probably still referred to officially as "Puru #".

>>36022075
Not here they're not.

>>36022110
Well yes, but we're hardly Zeon officials, are we?

>>36022036
IIRC, they only went with that in ZZ because they've been alive for a really short time after being cloned.
Here they had over a year to adapt, get names, develop personalities, that stuff. At least that's what I think is going on.

>>36021858
>>36021822
Surprisingly, you catch enough to make you wonder if all those misspent lunch periods paid off after all. You can tell that Diana is making an argument to at least give you and yours a chance to prove that you're actually not that bad, to which Marida responds by declaring that you're Newtypes, and that you're not to be trusted.

Cynthia calmly replies that she and her sisters are all Newtypes as well: interestingly, she uses "wacchi" as a personal pronoun. They argue, with Cynthia calmly declaring that Marida is being obnoxious.

The whole exchange gives you a better sense of the dynamic between the three of them: Marida is the most outspoken of them, and uses "boyish" pronouns. She's the youngest of the three, but treats Cynthia as if she had equal standing and Diana as if she were a junior. Diana is the oldest, based on prefixes, but speaks to her sisters as if they were older. Cynthia, however, treats both fairly neutrally, but calmly and quietly talks down at Marida when she gets aggressive or assertive.

"So..." you eventually interrupt. "About that food?"

Marida eyes you with distaste. "Don't get the wrong idea. I don't trust ya yet, I'm just hungry."

You nod. "That's fine. The chow hall's up two decks."

As you crowd into a turbolift, then walk down the hallway towards the promise of food, your three guests seem surprised.

"No spinning?" Diana asks curiously, tapping her foot at the deck beneath her.

"Nope," Catrina replies. "Doesn't have to."

"Good," the little redhead replies. "I don't like spinning. Nothing's ever where you expect it to be, and people yell at you for getting lost."

"Well, this ship's pretty big," Haman tells her. "So you should stick near one of us if you don't want to get lost. Got it?"

Diana nods as you round the corner and step into the galley, but Cynthia seems less than thrilled.

"So we're prisoners?" she asks, locking eyes with you as Rossweisse quietly pulls out a chair for her.
>Reply?

>>36021176
>Address 7. She's the most frightened, and if you can calm her down all three may open up (write in)

"Don’t worry, none of them bite unless you specifically ask them to. Except Carya, but according to her I'm always asking for it. Anyway, my name's Dominic, and these are my Merry Men and Women. What's your name?"

See if we can acquire tactical Mineva use too, it couldn't hurt.

>>36022243
Will no, more like house guests.

>>36022243
>"Eh, more like house guest really."

>>36022243

Hell no. There are some very bad people in the titans and on earth who would kill to get their hands on you. After that last kidnapping attempt on my crew, i'm not going to report your 'capture'. You sisters would be more guest onboard this vessel.

>>36022387
>>36022377
>>36022302
all of these are good.

>>36022243
"Not prisoners, no. I have no plans on confining you. But you are uncertain elements, for the time being. Until we've developed a sense of trust, it's best to have someone watching you just in case. Similarly, any of you are free to request that your sisters accompany you if you don't feel safe alone with us. Hopefully we'll be able to move past this transition period quickly."

>>36022243
>>36022377
>>36022387
Seconded

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>36022243
"Captives, yes. This is still a military vessel no matter how opulent it may appear. You will be treated humanely, receive three square meals, and have an armed escort wherever you may go outside of your quarters. That is as much for your protection from the rest of the crew and to keep you away from anything sensitive."

"As it stands, I don't want to get on your bad sides. We need pilots, badly. The situation is deteriorating rapidly within the Earth Sphere and without. War is coming and a lot of innocents are going to die."

>>36022243
>>36022387
Backing

>>36022243

these are good
>>36022302
>>36022377

-----------

Here's a thought; What happens when Minerva runs into the mess? how will she react when she sees the Puru's? Will they know who she is? Do they know who Haman is?

>>36022243

Hell no. There are some very bad people in the titans and on earth who would kill to get their hands on you. After that last kidnapping attempt on my crew, i'm not going to report your 'capture'. You sisters would be more guest onboard this vessel.

>>36022591

dont think they do.

it'll be interesting once we introduce them to our ex zeon crew.

>>36022684
Did you forget where they docked? The Nagato is crewed by 1,500 Republic Zeon sailors. We just brought on board three Mars Zeon pilots hence the dirty looks and tension in the air.

>>36022243
"Well, I guess, in so far as that I can't let you off the ship without an escort. That’s as much because of the risk of unpleasant folks trying to kidnap Newtypes as it is because you came from Mars, though.

On board the ship? Just don't go into the military bits without asking first and you should be fine. You might want a tour guide though, because it's pretty big and even I still get lost sometimes. No, "tour guide" isn't a euphemism for "security personnel", the ship really is just that freaking big."

>>36022243
"More like guests," you tell her in response. "We'll have to keep an eye on you... make sure you use coasters on our nice furniture, that you don't raid our fridge too badly, and that you don't... you know, sabotage our ship at all."

"But yeah, we'll treat you as nicely as you allow us to."

"Some of our 'prisoners' end up joining our crew," Haman adds with a wink. "So you know it can't be too bad. Five-star hospitality, really."

"So..." Marida replies cautiously. "You're not going to interrogate us, or torture or rape us?"

You find yourself honestly taken aback. "What... no! Of course not! What made you think I would!?"

Your response seems to put all three of them a little more at ease as Marida explains. "We were told that was how you got Lady Haman to fight for you: you raped her so badly she forgot her loyalty to Zeon."

"What, did Enzo feed you that load of bull... crap?" Haman replies, struggling to self-censor.

Marida nods nervously. "Yeah... and he told us the Devil's Jester would do the same to us if we got caught."

"That's not even close to being true," Haman reassures the sisters. "Commander O'Hara was a gentleman, and took responsibility for my well-being at the request of my father before he passed."

"She nearly raped him, though," Rossweisse adds with a grin, forcing Haman to blush and mutter something incomprehensible.

Oh, boy. Time to change the subject...
>Ask them if they're clones
>Ask them who their superiors are
>Ask them what they're doing here
>Other

And yes, order will probably matter, but feel free to suggest other lines of questioning as well.

I'll give you a little extra time while I walk home to sort out what questions you want to ask and in what order you want to ask them.

>>36022780
>>Ask them who their superiors are
>And its The Red Wolf of Odessa, ok?

>>36022780
>Ask them what they're doing here

Clearly they're just sisters.

>>36022780
>>Ask them what they're doing here

>>36022780
>>Other
quirp at the start: "can't rape the willing."
>>Ask them what they're doing here

>>36022780
>Ask them if they're clones
>Other
What happened to the other sisters?

>>36022780
>Ask them what they're doing here

>>36022780
> Ask them what they're doing here
> Ask them who their superiors are
These two first. Also, why did they decide to turn on their former allies?

>>36022780
>Ask what they're doing here
>Ask what the story is with the numbers on their suits

>>36022780
>We were told that was how you got Lady Haman to fight for you: you raped her so badly she forgot her loyalty to Zeon.
Enzo is a fan of NTR, isn't he.
I lack a picture of enough absolute disgust on my phone to capture how I feel.

>>36022841
Insensitive. We should probably wait.

>>36022881
Also, I'm hoping we can get a scene where the Purus finally trust us enough to tell us that they're clones and Dominic responds that he had already figured that out a long time ago.

>>36022921
Better response might be... but.. you're all so different!?

>>36022780
"Ladies. Guests. No sexual talk at the dinner table. Unless they're curious about our love life which I doubt."

"Why would your CO.. XO.. Newtype handler waste such valuable resources on raiding Federation shipping convoys? Three improved Schwarz mobile suits plus three Newtype pilots seems like an awful lot of firepower for a simple piracy gig on unarmed freighters."

>>36022780
>Other

Ask them what things are like at Mars. What they've heard about the Earth Sphere and various people here. Whether they'd prefer cake or pie when we get to the mess hall.

>>36022780
>"S, since the three of you are 7, 9 and 12 does that mean there are 9 more of you around here I should be inviting to dinner?"

>>36022823
Nah I like devils jester better

>>36022936
That is easy to answer even without asking.

They were testing new stuff, and being useful at the same time.

>>36022946

speaking of mars zeon, i wonder if the saviour pods were successfully recovered yet. We've got alot of interrogating to do.... and i just realised we cant officially capture these guus either. Since it'll come up in interrogations, the presence of the 3 purus. We'll need to keep them on the Nagato too.

>>36022876
He probably faps to doujins about EFF-san and Titans-san spitroasting Zeon-chan while Gihren cries in the background.

>>36022780

Ask them how things are on Axis. Not nessicarilly their Military production and/or force composition, but things like availability of basic amenaties, sustanibility of the population, food supply, space availability ect. Get a feel of what life on Axis is like at the moment. Possibly offer information on Side 3, our side of the Delaz incident...

Eventually we should ask them if and/or how the issues with the Axis Psycommune were fixed as the test pilot we captured during the assault on Side 3 was, and still is to an extent, crippled by the initial 'solution'...

Also, we should get them to have a once over from our Medical Doctor. Axis is liable to have done SomeThing to them, if only some kind of failsafe. Based on their distrust/hatred of Newtypes, I wouldn't be surprised if they implanted some kind of 'Kill Switch' into the girls...

>>36022936
>Unless they're curious about our love life which I doubt."

I'm pretty sure they are since they since they are newtypes. They can probably feel the bonds between Dom and his girls.

>>36023001
Thank goodness these are the people who choose to surrender and not die.

>>36023023
He keep them under his bed.

>>36022780
>Ask them what they're doing here
>Other
"You all must have been really bored doing whatever it is you're doing, if seeing other people use funnels and immediately think playing Newtype tag is your idea of fun."

>>36023024
This. No digging for military info yet, it'll make them distrust us and they probably don't know anything useful.

>>36022780
Show them to one of the hot springs on the Nagato. That alone should make them defect.

Axis Zeon and Mars Zeon is there even a different now?

>>36022936

we are going to have to give them the Newtype version of 'the birds and the bees' aren't we....

"You see, when Boy and Girl Newtypes love each other Very Much, They both appear in a Magical Newtype Space of Understanding, where each of their emotions are shown to the other... In some Very Special cases, Lots of Girls join the Magical Newtype Space of Understanding...

>>36023100
At this point it only refers to locations, not factions.

>>36022780
>>36023024
This has my vote.

>>36023108
Judau may not survive the eventual Puru-pile.

>>36023108
>when Boy and Girl Newtypes
Or Girl and Girl newtypes
Or Boy and AI newtypes

But never Boy and Boy newtypes.
When that happens someone usually ends up in a coma or turned into a star.

>>36023108
Man, I just realized, if Mineva has already awakened, the various nightly activities has got to be incredibly confusing. Serena is a Newtype I think as well.

>>36023145
implying they will even bother with him when they have superior superior newtype dad

>>36023166
Yup!

>>36023164
poor Banagher and Riddhe wont have an idea what they are getting into

>>36023145

I thought Minerva was going to BEFRIEND All the Puru's and pile them on Banana in an imitation of Dom with his Crew...

>>36023159
What did you think the "Axis Shock" was actually referring to?

>>36023164

You now realise that we are about to usher in the TRUE AGE OF UNDERSTANDING.
DO NOT FIGHT ON THE BATTLEFIELD. FIGHT INSTEAD IN THE BED.

>>36023166
Eh. They don't read like the kind of person I would treat as a little sister. Honestly the read like they are rather mature.

>>36023229
Fighting in bed = painful A&E storys.

>>36023145
Banana you mean. Mineva is going to recruit them as her underlings.

>>36023246
thats the point they are not imoutos but our daughterus

>>36023268
They don't read like someone that needs a father that much ether. Rosse pinged my imouto and daughter instincts more then they have.

>>36023246
They are matured from the way they speak and interact it seems. What eight year old is going to go on about being raped? Probably around the same age as Haman (16/17) when we captured her.

>>36023317
Yup. They read like sixteen year olds.

>>36023335
The Char Route is locked, thankfully. Can't be a pedophile if they're not little girls. Although, I want to make Marida stutter. Tsundere route is a go.

>>36023317
Personally, they read to me like my younger cousins do. So I'm still going all familial protective with them, but not thinking of them as daughters.

>>36023415
If they would little kids I wouldn't vote to romance them.
>>36023441
They don't read like my younger cousins at all. Then again my younger cousins for the most part were around my age.

>>36023473
Sorry, got waylaid by the obligation to be... "sociable".

Catching up and writing.

>>36023317
They're eight chronologically. Hearts mentioned last thread that they have a sort of ambiguous look about them that could place them anywhere between thirteen and sixteen, physically. Mentally they seem to be around that age, too. Emotionally is anyone's guess.

>>36023317
I will Waifu.

>>36023415
Honestly I wouldn't have any issues romancing Marida and Cynthia. I have to see more of Diana before I make a decision on her. >>36023509
They read like they are pretty close to that area emotionally as well. They are probably very innocent however.

>>36023473
That's my point. Char is a Pedo Comet. You're telling me he didn't tap that Indian at all?

I want to make Marida tell us to take responsibility while she stutters and blushes as we hold her hand. She was raised in a sterile environment so she probably thinks hand holding will get her pregnant.

>>36023544
That's adorable.

>>36023539
I'm just about right there with you.

>>36023544
Of course he slept with Lalah. I'm pretty sure that's canon. But she was only 17 to his 20, so it's a stretch to call that pedophilia. It's barely even ephebophilia.

The old japanese anime cliche's get rather tiresome the more people use them.

>>36023586
Well, he did find her in a brothel when she was a young girl. So yeah, there is that implication. Which is amusing as every Gundam brothel seems to be populated by young, enslaved Newtype females.

>>36023503
Is that you KoH? I'm assuming it is.

>>36023655
What the connection to brothel and young, Newtype girls?

>>36023742
Mental Trauma

>>36023773
So like war huh.

>>36023742
Tomino has a thing for mentally scarred characters. Sticking a young girl in a brothel is a quick and dirty way for that.

So... What are we going to do after the War?
When Axis, Mars, Titans, Jupiter, Riah and any other challengers have been defeated and brought into a unified, Understanding Earth/Space Government?

>>36023824

Career military officer.

We out of this shit. Flag rank awaits.

>>36023824
We start traveling to other Gundam timelines to help them out. We'll be the opposite of that Gundam Wing quest, bringing peace and understanding (and polygamy) everywhere we go.

>>36023824
Quest would probably be over then. Unless KoH feels like dropping dom and friends into another setting or gundam timeline. Which probably won't happen simply do to the fact that every other cross in a gundam quest has been done terribly.

>>36023824
Be Admiral of the fleet,

>>36023824
We put ourselves on ice and wake up a thousand years later to pilot the Mustache Gundam.

>>36023824
Achieve the opposite of the Dark History timeline in Turn A.

>>36022780
"Alright, so I hate to admit it but we still have to ask you a few questions," you admit, drawing the triplets' attention away from the rapidly intensifying discussion of your sex life. "Carya? Want to ask the most obvious one?"

"Are there actually twelve of you sisters, or is that Enzo trying to be clever?" Carya asks, eying the number on Marida's shoulder.

"Can't say," Marida replies, "but there are lots of us."

That was an obvious bluff.

Carya maintains her composition, and laughs. "Oh, I don't think so. There probably aren't many more than a dozen of you: probably exactly twelve."

The red-headed girls seem surprised at the apparent deduction. "How?" Diana squeaks nervously.

"You told us just now," Catrina responds. Diana's face goes red in embarrassment.

You have to laugh softly at the situation. "Newtypes," you remind the trio gently. "And we've been at this for a while, so it's not a great idea to pull anything over on us."

"Or..." Marida replies.

You shrug. "Or you'll have to get used to losing. A lot. So who are your superiors?"

All three girls fall silent.

"Okay," you reply. "So there's a name you don't want to give us that's not Bernini himself. Got it, I won't push any further for now."

"What are you even doing here?" Haman asks pointedly.

You raise an eyebrow. "You ARE well outside Mars' logistical radius, and all you're doing is raiding commerce? With three upgraded Tusche Schwartz units, and an old rustbucket of a cruiser?"

Cynthia bites her lip. "Well... we wanted to..."

Marida glares at her, but Cythia shakes her head. "We wanted to show we were useful."

>Why would you need to prove that?
>Who would you need to prove that to?
>And how would you prove that?
>Other

These aren't mutually exclusive, but some are more likely to yield results.

>>36024004
>Why would you need to prove that?
Purpose in life question huh?

>>36024004
>>Who would you need to prove that to?

>>36024004
>>Why would you need to prove that?

>>36024004
>Why would you need to prove that?

>>36024004
>Why would you need to prove that?

>>36024004
"Panini isn't the trusting type when it comes to Newtypes. Question: Why are you out here in the middle of nowhere, on an obsolete vessel? The answer is pretty simple when you stop and think about it. He placed you three out here so you wouldn't get in the way. I'd bet your fellow Gelgoog pilots had orders to shoot-to-kill if you so much as even breathed wrong."

"I can say this with some confidence as we captured a Rebecca Fanning during the assault on Side 3. She was drugged, brainwashed, and generally in horrible condition."

>>36024004

>Why would you need to prove that?
>Who would you need to prove that to?

>>36024004
>Other

"That isn't something kids should have to prove.

...shit. Please tell me your sisters are also in the Earth Sphere, because I think rescuing them soon would be a really good idea."

>>36024004
>Why would you need to prove that?

>>36024004
"And why would you need to prove that?" you ask quietly.

None of the three really feel like answering, until Diana finally pipes up. "Because Mister Enzo thinks we're all traitors," she tells you.

Haman nods. "After Char and I left, Enzo probably took it out on Newtypes on Axis... probably figured he couldn't control us."

"Which explains Rebecca," Rosse adds. The triplets perk up at the mention of the name.

"Miss Rebecca? Is she okay?" Marida asks you.

You nod. "The drugs Enzo pumped into her did a number on her mind, but she's recovered well since then. She's on our ship."

"So," Carya presses, almost as if thinking out loud to herself.

"If Enzo doesn't trust Newtypes... no," she mutters, glancing at Rossweisse, "natural Newtypes... and twelve 'sisters'..."

All three focus on the sisters.

"... are you clones?" Carya asks.

It takes a moment for someone to respond. "Why are there two of you?" Cynthia replies pointedly.

>So... are you clones?
>No matter, you don't need to share.

Also,
>Take them to see Karen
>Take them to see Artesia
>Ask them why they blasted all those Zeon soldiers
>Other?

>>36024475
>>No matter, you don't need to share.
>Take them to see Artesia

>>36024475
>>No matter, you don't need to share.
>>Take them to see Artesia

>>36024475
>No matter, you don't need to share.
>Take them to see Artesia
>>Ask them why they blasted all those Zeon soldiers

>>36024475
>No matter, you don't need to share.
>Take them to see Artesia

>>36024475
>No matter, you don't need to share.
>Take them to see Artesia
>Ask them why they blasted all those Zeon soldiers

>>36024475
>Other?
"Mad science gone wrong. Which is why we suspect similar with your situation. But if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine."

>>36024475
>No matter, you don't need to share.
>Take them to see Artesia
And on the way there
>Ask them why they blasted all those Zeon soldiers

>>36024475
>No matter, you don't need to share.
>Take them to see Artesia

Sharing is done in their own time, at their own pace. It is also up to CC to explain their brand of Zeon Newtype Experimentation

>>36024475
>No matter, you don't need to share.
Don't ask something like that, jeez. It's probably tied in with the whole "we tried to prove ourselves" thing as well.

Also,
>Ask them why they blasted all those Zeon soldiers

>>36024475
>why are there two of you

"That's a long story best not discussed over dinner. We have a hot spring for those types of discussions."

"We'll get your quarters squared away. I'll have you know that things can get a little... hectic during the Ship's Night around here." Pass a knowing glance between everyone present.

>>36024475
"Because of a douchebag like the one who makes kids think they have to prove that they're useful and who drugs his test pilots until their minds break."

Then take them to see Artesia. After lunch, because we did make them a promise.

If we're taking them to see Artesia, they can also see Rebecca.

>>36024749
And get pointers on how to shut out the six-mind orgy on deck 402.

>>36024749
We have to be decent in front of the Pururs. I for one don't want Dom crossing into pedophilia.

>>36024915
We've already established Dom isn't Char. He only collects lolis.

>>36024915
Nice strawman. By your logic Dom would already be a pedophile since he started sleeping with Haman and Rosse when they were sixteen. Which is what the puru's probably are. They are not little kids.

>>36025024
To expand further on my point they don't even talk like or act like little kids. Do they act like someone who has been extremely sheltered? Sure. But that's about it.

>>36024915
I want to waifu them.
They don't act like kids.

>>36024475
“We wanted to prove ourselves too,” Carrina replies, surprising the triplets as her eyes shift to an amethyst tone. “Then the eggheads at the Flannagan institute crossed some wires somewhere, and our souls got crossed up with 'em. Not sure how, really.”

You shrug. “If you don't want to explain who you are, and where you're from, that's fine.”

“Thank you,” Diana smiles at you. “I'm sure we all appreciate it, Mister O'Hara.”

After finishing your quick meal, you rise to your feet. “We should probably get the three of you looked at,” you announce. “Routine health, that sort of thing. Make sure you're all as okay on the inside as you seem. Plus, I'm pretty sure Rebecca is down there with Artesia. You okay with that?”

“Artesia... as in, Deikun?” Cynthia asks.

Marida gives you an incredulous look. “Next you'll be telling us Lady Mineva's here too...”

You give her a cheeky grin.

“... she is, isn't she?”

A quick trip back out of Officers' country takes you towards the center of the ship, and your expansive medical facilities. Not only do you find Artesia, but Karen is waiting there for you as well.

“I see you fed our little guests first?” Karen observes. “I'm Captain Joshua, I'll be talking with the three of you while Artesia examines you.”

Seeing the girls' apprehension, Artesia smiles warmly. “It's okay, I just want to make sure you're all in good health. Now, I'll need you to put these on.”

As Artesia hands the identical redheads three gowns, she gives you a sly grin.

“Wait outside, please.”
(1/2)

>>36025088
There's Karen and Artesia first. We've gotta boink Karen into a Newtype, after all.

>>36025088
I don't want to waifu them, but only because Dom has enough waifus. Seriously, it's starting to worry me.

>>36025095
>“Artesia... as in, Deikun?” Cynthia asks.
>Marida gives you an incredulous look. “Next you'll be telling us Lady Mineva's here too...”
>You give her a cheeky grin.
>“... she is, isn't she?”

Not going to lie. The moment I saw this I started chuckling.

>>36025112
ALICE too.

>>36025095
>As Artesia hands the identical redheads three gowns, she gives you a sly grin.

“Wait outside, please.”

Hoho!

>>36025132
It really is approaching self-parody status. Next we'll be doing the ship too.

Dominic has hit Rance levels without even being a sociopath rapemachine.

>>36025088
I don't want to Waifu them because I'd like at least one universe where Marida doesn't get a dick stuck into her as a child.

>>36025095
>As Artesia hands the identical redheads three gowns, she gives you a sly grin.
>“Wait outside, please.”

Wow. Are people still giving Dom issues about having some many Women on his ship?

>>36025095
As you stand awkwardly around outside the medbay, your team milling around working on one report or mundane task or another, Reiko catches your eye. She must have come down here with Karen, and looks like she's got even less to do with herself than the rest of your team.

>Talk with Reiko about nothing in particular until the exam is done
>She really enjoys philosophy, ask her something deep
>Other?

>>36025194
The ship totes digs us.

>>36025212
What part of she isn't a child don't you quite get?

>>36025228
>>Talk with Reiko about nothing in particular until the exam is done

>>36025228
>>Talk with Reiko about nothing in particular until the exam is done

>>36025228
>>She really enjoys philosophy, ask her something deep
What can change the nature of a man?

>>36025234
Nonsense, Valkyrie-chan and Nagato-chan are both pure young maidens. Valkyrie-chan is just resting in Nagato-chan's docking clamps because it's comfortable, silly anon.

>>36025194
No, we need to build ourselves the perfect Gundam.
Then we waifu the Gundam at the expense of everything else.
Then we become the Gundam.

>>36025217
Nah, Artesia's just joking with us. She sees us as a brother figure, she's obligated to mess with us every so often. She didn't get to do it with Casval and his girlfriends, she's making up for the past seven years.

>>36025228
Turn your brain off and flirt with her while we wait. It seems to be Dominic's go-to when he's bored or around women.

"Come here often?"

>>36025228
>>Talk with Reiko about nothing in particular until the exam is done

>>36025228
>Talk with Reiko about nothing in particular until the exam is done
We haven't talked in a while. Ask her how life is, is her family okay, then

>She really enjoys philosophy, ask her something deep
So, what do you think about clones?

>>36025228
>Talk with Reiko about nothing in particular until the exam is done

Do people really not want to ask her one of the best things about planescape torment? I loved that game and that question. How someone answers it really tells you about them.

>>36025228
>Talk with Reiko about nothing in particular until the exam is done
No need to make it anything serious. Just hang out with a friend.

>>36025258
"The Transcendent One" is probably what they call our penis. To us, it is the Nameless One.

>>36025239
I know they totes accelerated this time around, but Marida is still younger than when she was child purustituted in Canon. I'm sorry, I am just uncomfortable with the idea.

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>>36025276
I'm still waiting for the day when the Doktor designs a robot body for ALICE.

>>36025228
>Talk with Reiko about nothing in particular until the exam is done
Ever asked yourself how Zeon seems to have really fabulous hair? Makes you wonder if they cornered the market for space hair care products.
Just look at Haman or Ilia. Or Garma Zabi even.

>>36025228
>Talk with Reiko about nothing in particular until the exam is done
>She really enjoys philosophy, ask her something deep

What is a man?

>>36025330
You do realize that that's only chronological right? mentally, emotionally, and phyiscally she is around where haman and rosse were when they hooked up with Dom.

>>36025228
>She really enjoys philosophy, ask her something deep

MI ethics and ALICE, are we taking advantage of Newtype girls with psychological issues, Is it possible for us to 'capture' a female Zeon pilot and NOT recruit them, Is it an issue that we have more claim to Zeon than any of it's current leaders.

>>36025328
I am glad someone knows the classics.

I imagine the first thing out of Reiko's mouth is "You're doing Clones now?"

>>36025429
You forgot a stutter and slur from drain brammag. Also the beaming about her new found ability to write all the letters.

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>>36025276

Get out of here Setsuna, get off space-/tg/ and go liberate a country or something.

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>>36025338
Me too, anon. Me too.

>>36025459
Wrong person.

>>36025459
You mixed up Bridge operator Reiko Hollinger and experimented Newtype Rebecca Fanning there I believe.

>>36025429
You what join too?
>>36025486
Beautiful!

>>36025503
So I have. Hoping at some point through newtype shenanigans we can help her put the building blocks back in place.

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>>36025486
We take ALICE out for a spin. She has the equivalent of pic related as we murderobo Zeke mobile suits together.

>>36025228
Reiko gives you a little smile as you sidle up to her against the wall and slide down to the deck, where she takes a seat next to you. It's been a while since the two of you just 'talked', despite seeing her nearly every day.

“Is it weird,” you ask, “that instead of wanting to talk about Newtypes, or the fact that we have four of the five legitimate heirs to Zeon on our ship, I'd really rather ask how you reckon the Zekes all have such fabulous hair?”

Laughing loudly, Reiko shakes her head. “That's the best part about working on this ship, sir. Nothing any of you do HAS to make sense, because it all seems to work out in the end anyhow.”

“So, how'd Garma get so fabulous?” you ask her.

“I'd bet he had a bunch of minions do it for him,” Reiko suggests. “If he did it himself he might chip a nail.”

Haman shrugs. “I heard a rumor that Char did it for him while they were still buddy-buddy.”

“Or butt-buddies,” Catrina smirks. “Depending on who you ask, of course.”

As Haman laughs, you round on her. “So, when we met... you realize your head looked like a bellend, right?”

“It was a phase,” she sighs. “But yes, I realize that now. Mashymre seemed to like it, though, which was half the reason I grew it back out.”

“Mashymre?” you ask.

“A creepy stalker sort of guy,” Haman recounts. “Back on Axis. Guy was obsessed with me, seemed to take everything I said to him as a compliment. Like he was in his own little world.”

“Well,” you finish, “I think your hair is lovely, dear.”

“Better,” she teases you back.

After a few moments of further casual discussion, Reiko turns to you.

“Dom, I've asked your team this, but never you... what exactly are you, anyway? What does being a Newtype mean to you?”

>Write-in

>>36025708
Just another person, just another human being.

>>36025708
I AM THE RED WOLF I AM THE JESTER! Or.. well I'm just.. Dom. I'm still trying to figure out the new type hocus pocus.

>>36025793
>Nicknames.
Tooth Fairy-
Young Master-
The Red Wolf of Odessa-Odessa
-Solomon
The Devil's Jester-A Baoa

>>36025708
"I am who I am. I'll always be Dominic, Reiko. Being a Space Wizard won't change that."

>>36025708
We're just another human being. We just have an ability that some people don't.

There are people capable of remembering entire phonebooks, or working advanced mathematical formulas in their head.
We're good at sensing things and establishing connections with others.

>>36025708
>Write-in
"I just take it as any person having an ability that they excel in, like with Blitzen and her memory for numbers. Or with you and how you seem to get around Federation procedures. It's something to be proud of, sure. But I don't think that should put me into a pedestal above humanity or some such. That's taking it into rather smug territory at best there."

>>36025892
kinda like this

>>36025790
>>36025943
>>36025953
We DOME now.

>>36025708
>What does being a Newtype mean

"The dental plan is nice. So is the freaky mindsex and connection shared. I guess it's not much different from being a normal human being with a bit of Understanding thrown on top."

>>36025708
"Some people say that Newtypes are the future of mankind, a more evolved and superior species. I don't buy that. I think we're A future, not THE future. Just one of many ways that humanity can adapt and change. For all that my powers have done for me, I'm still a person like any other."

>>36025708
"I intend to found a school in my old age to help young newtypes learn to harness and control their abilities while working towards coexistence with a humanity that hates and fears them. I shall become Professor D, and they will be my D-Men."

>>36025708
"It means that I can do some spooky shit, and that I can just instinctively connect with other people on a level I can't even describe. It also means that I end up separated from people who aren't Space Wizards, and that if I ever open up too much in combat I start to feel it when people die. Or if enough people die quickly enough; A Baoa Qu wasn't very pleasant, nor was the naval review.

I guess I'd say it has its ups and downs.

Doesn't make me better than other people, though, just different. What makes me better than other people are my stunning good looks and roguish charm."

The last sentence should be said jokingly, to cut the atmosphere.

>>36026118
Wouldn't we be Professor O? X for Charles Xavier, O for Dominic O'Hara. And it naturally leads to jokes about how we better be Professor O, to keep that many wives happy.

>>36026013
"I'm me," you reply simply. "Sure, I happen to have a rare skillset, but it's really no different than you with your talents, or Catharine's head for numbers. And I certainly don't think I'm any better for it than anyone else... down that way lie the Zabis. And Titans seems to be on their way to join 'em."

Carya nods in silent agreement at that last point. "And your powers?" she asks.

"I put 'em to the same use as any of my other skills."

You settle in against the wall. "Why do you ask, Reiko?"

"I was thinking about this whole setup," she replies. "You, Carya and Catrina, Haman, Rosse, and now Audrey. I was wondering about how Newtypes might be more... 'capable' of that sort of arrangement. It's an interesting question."

>And you came up with an answer?
>I don't need to know. It just is, and I'm fine with that.
>It's not mindrape. Please tell me it's not mindrape.
>Other

>>36026188
>And you came up with an answer?

>>36026188
>And you came up with an answer?

>>36026188
>And you came up with an answer?
>It's not mindrape. Please tell me it's not mindrape.

>>36026188
>And you came up with an answer?
>Please don't let it be mindrape.

>>36026188
>And you came up with an answer?
>It's not mindrape. Please tell me it's not mindrape.

>>36026188
>>And you came up with an answer?

>>36026188
>interesting question

"An even interesting question is how many drinks do you haft to down before I look pretty?"

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>>36026280
>Hey baby, let's head back to my quarters and stare at each other. I'm just that pretty.

>>36026188
"I'd like to think it is because of the power of UNDERSTANDING"
But it's probably mindrape. Please tell me it's not mindrape. I do not know what I would do if it was mindrape...

>>36026188
>Other
"You know, everyone assumes I'm unconsciously mind controlling people into joining the relationship. But even if that were true, how would we really know it's me? Maybe it just looks that way since I'm the only man in it. I'm just saying, Carya and Catrina are the ones who proposed the idea, this could easily be their work."

I honest hope Dom's power isn't to attract female newtypes to him.

>>36026352
It's nothing nearly that simple or limited.

>Captcha: haremNi really
FUCK OFF, IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE I SWEAR

>>36026352
As much as we might joke about it, we aren’t that ratfucker Papsmear.

>>36026352
He's a new type relay. He boosts the latent abilities in people he's close to. He just happens to be close to a looot of women.

>>36026188
"It almost seems as if you want to find out." Say it jokingly of course.

>>36026393
Thank goodness

>>36026419
I don't think it's that ether considering KoH just said it isn't something limited or simple. Which that would be.

>>36026424
That sounds good ha ha!

>>36026188
>And you came up with an answer?

I just realized, Karen already is a latent Newtype (maybe). We've just never triggered her awakening by using her reroll ability.

>>36026491
Actually, her reroll ability is something she gets that's similar to what Newtypes get, which I notate as an "Ace Skill". Usually these are only usable once per encounter, and I've been using Karen's ability in the background: since it's not only you who can get the reroll.

Plus, I figure it beats having an argument every time something goes slightly awry in combat. Hope that's okay.

>writing

>>36026585

thats perfect actually

>>36026188
Silently crossing your fingers in the hopes that she doesn't say “mindrape”, you nod. “Okay, so you think there's something more than my stunning good looks and my many natural talents?”

“Definitely not your modesty,” Audrey quips as she rounds the corner with a report in hand. “But please, Reiko, DO go on. You've piqued my interest.”

“Well,” Reiko begins. “Are you familiar at all with Sternberg's “Triangular theory” of love?”

You shake your head. “Can't say I am. Enlighten me.”

Your team perks up as Reiko explains her reasoning. “Well, in the late 1900's there was a model advanced for explaining different kinds of love: three aspects, which are intimacy, compassion, and commitment.”

Quickly catching on, Rosse nods. “Empathetic communication changes things.”

“Exactly,” Reiko agrees. “With the ability to sense one another's feelings, there's little or no ambiguity about the attachment and openness of intimacy, or the presence or absence of a desire to commit to a stable relationship.”

“And passion can be directly felt, or even shared,” Carya adds. “Interesting. So that makes it easier to form a relationship?”

Reiko shakes her head. “Not quite. The presence of all three factors is referred to as “consummate love”, and my thought was it's easier for two Newtypes to jump straight from courtship to that phase: which normally takes months or even years. Sometimes a couple never quite reaches that ideal.”
(1/2)

>>36026885
“And?” Audrey presses as you listen. “There's something else.”

Nodding, Reiko reaches her conclusion. “Later modifications posited that, in a real relationship rather than in theory, there were three sorts of triangles. The ideal balance of those three characteristics is one, the 'real' triangle represents how each individual views the status of the relationship, and the 'perceived' triangle is how each individual believes the other feels.”

“And the perceived triangle is the tipping point,” you conclude. “If the gap between perceived wants and needs and ideals or reality disappears, the relationship would be perfect... if such a thing were possible.”

Reiko sighs, and gives a noncommittal shrug. “So either your empathy smooths out the normal difficulties involved in trust and imperfect perception, making it possible to sustain much more satisfying relationships far more naturally, or it's mindrape. Either or.”

“Really, if it's the former I'm kinda jealous.”

>Ask something?
>Just kinda... dwell on that for a while.
>Other?

>>36026885
HahHAhaha oh god Dom is a love machine.

>>36026943
"So, how would it work with a non-Newtype then?"

"Do you wanna find out?"

>>36026943
So am just a love machine?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajsYPTaboKQ

>>36026943
>>Just kinda... dwell on that for a while.

>>36026943
>Just kind of dwell on it for a while.
>Then tell her we're sure she and Catherine will get there someday.

Got a question for you KoH. Have any Dom's girlfriends expressed attraction for one another? I know that haman blushed when Dom suggested that Catrina woud be happy to make Haman her girlfriend back when we first got the valkyre.

>>36026946
>>36026984
Hive mind?

>>36026979
This!

>>36026979
It wouldn't simple because it requires to newtypes to work.

>>36026943
>>Just kinda... dwell on that for a while.

>>36026943
>Just kinda... dwell on that for a while.
Alright, then. Well, it certainly seems to be that. We still need to communicate, but we do seem to understand and get along with each other much more readily than should normally happen.

>>36026943
"Interesting indeed. You're postulating that I have the capability to make love, not war. So why do I have the capacity to make most if not all women defect or want to work with us? It doesn't just effect Newtypes. Don't tell Karen this, but she was struggling with her emotions when I.. pushed things on the bridge that one time."

>>36026946
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aKyIgm4bFg
Hell yes he is.

>>36027006
Rossweisse and Haman have. Check out the first smut side-story. And Catrina's hit on Audrey, though in context that seemed more like a joke.

>>36027128
>Rossweisse and Haman have. And Catrina's hit on Audrey, though in context that seemed more like a joke.

I know that. I was wondering if there had been any beyond that.

>>36027128
>>36027006
Catrina is bi. It was explicitly mentioned when things first started getting hot and heavy that her last significant other was her 'girlfriend'.

>>36027167
I don't think so.

>>36027229
I know that. I was asking if any of the others had ended up sleeping with one another or going on a date when Dom is spending time with someone else. Like Haman and Rosse getting together when he with the twins and what not.

>>36027283
To expand on my thoughts further that would really explain why this relationship is working out so well and why they don't mind sharing.

>>36027402
Beyond being newtypes that are empaths

>>36026943
You spend a good, long time mulling that thought over in silence... a joke suggests itself about "making love, not war," but you consider yourself above such an easy setup.

"Well," you finally tell Reiko. "If you ever decide you'd rather not be jealous anymore, let me know an we'll see if whatever voodoo it is I do works with oldtypes as well as it does with Newtypes."

"With permission, of course," you add. "So. Audrey. Your report?"

Audrey's eyerbows cock at your sudden change of tack before she flips open a file. "Well, the psycommu systems our new young friends were using have been modernized and fine-tuned, which explains their condition."

You nod. "Anything else we should know?"

She purses her lips. "Recording devices... seem to be making careful note of how their control over remote weapons works. Probably for later duplication."

"We can't tell them that," Rosse sighs.

Catrina nods. "The only reason they're here is to show their worth, but Enzo's using their data feedback to make them obsolete."

"Then he'll use them up until the last one dies off," Haman adds. "Or worse, simply throw them away, like they're disposable."

"Shit," you mutter. "We can't let that happen."

Around you, you feel nothing aside from resolution: complete, unquestioning support for the goal of rescuing nine more girls from the same sort of fate that befell Rebecca Fanning.

"Alright," you tell Audrey. "Let Karen know what you've found, and we'll plan out our next move."

Audrey nods. "So, can I meet the kids?"
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>>36027504
>"Then he'll use them up until the last one dies off," Haman adds. "Or worse, simply throw them away, like they're disposable."
Or worse. Kuntala.

>>36027504
>"Recording devices... seem to be making careful note of how their control over remote weapons works. Probably for later duplication."

So a Newtype dummy plug?

>>36027504
Inside the medbay Marida, Cynthia, and Diana have dressed themselves in class-b uniforms that Karen apparently had brought for them instead of their pilot suits. Without the suits it'd difficult to tell them apart, were it not for the tattooed numbers on the skin of their shoulders.

More like how you'd treat livestock than people, you think to yourself in disgust.

"So," you announce, forcing a cheery tone. "This is Audrey. Audrey, these are Marida, Cynthia, and Diana. 12, 9 , and 7 respectively."

"Hi there," Audrey greets. "I have to admit, I was a little surprised you were so quick to help us back there."

Marida nods thoughtfully. "You felt like we did, so we panicked a little."

"You..." Carya mutters. "You've never really felt many Newtypes, have you?"

"You felt like our sisters," Diana tells you. "Not exactly like you, but when you played with us instead of shooting us, we figured you were nice at least."

"And then they shot at us," Cynthia explains.

You nod, understanding the situation. "And you fired on them, thinking they'd betrayed you, and their ship fired on you when they saw you fire on the gelgoogs... worked out well for us in the end."

Marida shrugs. "I guess so, yeah. Worked out badly for our side, though. But they were pretty mean to us, so it's hard to feel too bad."

Rebecca Fanning, who had apparently been out seeing to it that the bed linens were washed, eventually finds her way into the room. At first, she doesn't notice your guests.

"Artesia? The linens will be back here in an hour or... you!?" she asks in surprise, finally noticing the trio of girls.

"Miss Rebecca!" Diana shouts, throwing her arms around the former test pilot. "We missed you so much!"

"I'm so happy you're safe..." Marida adds, her own arms finding their way around the stunned woman. Cynthia joins in quietly, choosing to let her actions speak for her.
(2/3)

>>36027709
Rebecca looks down at them and smiles. "You've all grown so much since I saw you! To think, you've come all this way in just two years!"

Artesia shuts her eyes and sighs.

>Kindly expand upon your previous statement, Miss Fanning.
>Wait, what?

>>36027709
>>Kindly expand upon your previous statement, Miss Fanning.

>>36027750
Or, third option
>Try your damnedest not to pry.

>>36027750
>Try your damnedest not to pry.

>>36027772
>>Try your damnedest not to pry.

>>36027750
>Try your damnedest not to pry.
Let them have their moment.

>>36027750
>>Wait, what?

Do the shock routine.

>>36027750
"With all of the things we've seen and done, a two year old running around in a sixteen year old body just doesn't seem weird now. And this is after the freaky Carnival of Horrors freakshow where our worst fears were made manifest."

>>36027750
>Other

Call Ilia, tell her there appears to be some sort of reunion going on here and ask if she'd like to join.

>>36027750
>Try your damnedest not to pry.

>>36027813
Yup that's true.

>>36027750
>>36027772
Well if you put it that way...

>Try your damnedest not to pry.
>Fail at it.
"That's weird. I imagined the travel time wouldn't take two years, given that it took a couple of months or so to make the journey there and back the last time our crew did it."

"Oh, you're not talking about the travel time are you?"

>>36027750
>>36027772
>clones?
>clones.

And that's all that needs to be said on the subject. Dominic and company have experienced even stranger shit. Newtypes man.

>>36027813
They're not two, she just hasn't seen them in two years.

>>36027824
This sounds like fun.

I feel like we have done a good thing today. Does anyone else feel the same?
>>36027902
And even if they were that would be their chronological age and not their biological, emotional, or physical.

>>36027824
No, she was scared of Newtypes before.

>>36027902
At most, Fanning has not seen them since the Side 3 attack, which was barely four, five months ago, I believe. They're vat-grown remember. Accelerated aging and all that scientific magic.

>>36027953
That's assuming she saw them right before she left. Given that she had been drugged out of her mind, that's unlikely (also, you're forgetting the several month travel time). I'm thinking she was likely removed from contact with them two years ago as they were put into more intense training and forced maturation programs

>>36027709
"Why, I remember... I remember..." Rebecca's train of thought comes screeching to a halt as she realizes that the cloned sisters might not have wanted any suggestions advanced about their background.

"Let's give them some space, shall we?" you insist, before Cynthia shakes her head at you.

"We did not want to tell you. Not until we were sure we could trust you," she explains.

Marida shrugs. "Guess sometimes you gotta have faith... we're clones."

"I guessed as much," you admit. "Even for sisters, having an identical 'presence' would be bizarre."

Carya shrugs. "Yeah, it's not really a surprise."

"If you knew," Diana asks in confusion, "why didn't you say anything about it?"

"Because we've seen a nightmare carnival made out of fear and existential doubt, run by some sort of malevolent cosmic entity. One of us can see the future. And ALL of us can control machines with our brains."

"Clones and advanced aging isn't that out there," you conclude. "And just like being Newtypes doesn't make us any better than other people, the fact that you're clones doesn't make you any less... 'least not in my eyes."

Very suddenly, you find arms around your stomach as the hugpile changes targets. You can feel something... a sense of sadness, but also of renewed hope. Like the feeling of seeing one's faith rewarded in some small way after years of disappointment.

"Thanks," Marida whispers into your shirt. "Really, thank you."

>Get your guests comfortably situated (how?)
>Go back to work (what?)

>>36028173
>>Get your guests comfortably situated (how?)

Find a large room, big enough for beds for all of them. They'll want to stay together for now. Also, bring Minerva. More friends to play.

>>36028173
>"I guessed as much," you admit. "Even for sisters, having an identical 'presence' would be bizarre."
Also, considering that they are 12 identical siblings, and the world record for successful simultaneous birth is 8, clones were a good bet.

>>36028173
>Get your guests comfortably situated (how?)
Daww...Okay, let's get them set up with a room. Would they like to room together, or has personal privacy been rare enough in their lives that they'd like separate berths? And should their quarters be near Rebecca's?

>>36028173
>>Get your guests comfortably situated (how?)
Show them to their room, they tired right.

>>36028173
>thank you

"Did I mention I'm also looking to rescue your other nine sisters?"

>hugging intensifies

"If you'll let me breath I'll show you around the ship. You're going to love what we've done to the place."

Hot spring. Then get their quarters squared away. Introduce them to the Sister's booze stash.

>>36028173
>Get your guests comfortably situated (how?)
Get them some rooms, and sift through some MP's to find ones we can trust both as guides on a ship this big, and to make sure that nothing happens to them until the crew acclimate to them.
See if rooms near Fanning's are available.

>>36028246
>>36028246
>>36028233
either is good

>>36028173
>Get your guests comfortably situated (how?)
Get them some rooms, and sift through some MP's to find ones we can trust both as guides on a ship this big, and to make sure that nothing happens to them until the crew acclimate to them.
See if rooms near Fanning's are available.

>>36028233
>large room, big enough for beds for all of them

Our room?

>>36028173
>Get guests comfortably situated

Slumber party with Mineva until we can get a three-person room set up for the trio.

Also, see if we can't identify them by whatever differences they have in their Newtype auras; they should have some, given that they don't have the same personalities.

>>36028296
Yes.

>>36028246
>>36028173
seconding

>>36028311
We're gonna need a bigger bed.

>>36028342
Always.

>>36028354
I don't even want Dom to have coitus with them. Just sleep with him while he strokes their hair telling them everything is going to be okay.

>>36028296

No. Do you want the kids to see what happens with Dom and the Girl-....

Oh shit. They're Newtypes, they're gonna sense that...

>>36028430
Don't call this a grave, it's the bed you made for yourself.
>writing

>>36028410
>coitus
That word!
That good too.

>>36028410

For the last time they aren't kids in any way that matters. They don't act like little kids, they don't think like little kids, the aren't emotionally like little kids, physically they aren't little kids ether.

>>36028442
Don't do it mang

>>36028430
>>36028442
They're going to barge in on us aren't they.

>>36028463
>For the last time

But they're just so adorable. How can you not want to protect that smile before engaging them in consensual sex in the missionary position for the sole purpose of procreation?

>>36028463
You're assuming that his lack of desire to sleep with them is predicated on them being children. Maybe he just doesn't want Dom to fuck everything lacking a Y chromosome. He's got enough girlfriends, you know? Leave some for the other protagonists to romance. And now it occurs to me that the accelerated growth they've experienced in this timeline means that One and Two will be old enough to compete with Roux for Judah's affections. Well, that's going to be interesting.

>>36028503
>they're just so adorable. How can you not want to protect that smile before engaging them in consensual sex in the missionary position for the sole purpose of procreation?

Let's do it!

>>36028430
To be fair, Newtypes can probably sense our bedroom extravaganza from anywhere in the Earth Sphere by this point.

>>36028442
More like the bed we made for them...

Damn you horny motherfuckers...

Well, how old, or the equivalent of, are the girls mentally and physically?


And you guys do know even Paptimus Syrup is gonna think we're some sexual predator of women. Least he only kept it to a 3 or so, but us? We're seriously gonna reach 10 soon.

>>36028503

People calling them little kids and insisting that they act or are younger emotionally, mentally, and physically then the appear is starting to annoy me to the point where I'm tempted to vote for Dom to waifu them simply out of spite.

>>36028542
Dom has game.

>>36028560
By this point it's more like Dom has professional leagues, merchandising deals and an international tournament.

>>36028532
Every so often, for no reason that they can tell, every Newtype in the Solar System simultaneously becomes aroused. The Murasame Institute has made note of this, and made certain to keep their subjects isolated at all times when not testing. We have indirectly made the treatment of Cyber-Newtypes even more inhumane.

>>36028527

I could have sworn he wrote something else. I think I'm going to bead soon. Lack of sleep is making me read things that aren't there or misread things.

>>36028542
>mentally
Age 2 in carnal knowledge and building meaningful relationships that don't end in them being manipulated like a puppet.

This is why I refuse. Besides, what are we going to tell Glemy?

>>36028614
What's a GLemy?

>>36028614
Let me marry your "daughters"!

>>36028542
They'll need a whiteboard and calendar too. Make that chart for sharing Dominic between them.

>>36028601
And his Pleasure Stadium. Funded by Titans™ and Vist.

>>36028614

This is not accurate at all. They have been around longer than two years. Also that makes them innocent which you don't see other series or stories making a big deal out of majorly sheltered characters.

>>36028614
He's a Hollywood-style clone of Space Hitler. He deserves no consideration.

>>36028625
The clone creator.

Wait. Glemy should be around 11-16 right now, he couldn't have created the clones... could he?

>>36028625
Their creator. He started and funded the cloning project that made them.

>>36028655
He's a clone of Space Hitler, so with accelerated aging I don't see why he couldnt

>>36028655
The Jovian Man Anon. He's also a pretty good contender for creating the clones. Which means Elpeo Ple is in his harem.

>>36028173
"I suppose we should also try our best to find your nine other sisters, too. We kind of take in Newtypes in positions like yours on instinct, so it's hardly any troub..."

You can't quite finish the sentence before the hugs tighten joyously, the three girls surrounding you cheering and jumping up and down with you between them.

"Okay! Okay!" you insist. "So it's a plan, jeez. No need to strangle me."

Finally, one by one, the trio release you. Marida and Cynthia try to go back to their 'poised' appearances, but fail. Diana doesn't even bother, she's practically bouncing on her toes.

"I'll get some quarters set up," Karen tells you. "One room, three beds, near Dominic's and Rebecca's?"

"Yes'm," Diana replies cheerfully.

Karen laughs. "Right, happy to do it!"

She really seems to love kids, you realize. Maybe the same maternal instincts that cause her to worry about the rest of your team, even.

"Well," Audrey interrupts your thought process. "Have any of you ever seen an onsen?"

All three shake their heads silently.

"Well, we have one on the ship..."

Half an hour later you're up to your pectorals in mineral-laden water, a heavy blanket of steam caressing your exposed face and shoulders. Bathing suits were mandatory this time, since you have no real idea exactly how old the cloned siblings are. Their petite forms disappeared under the water in a series of contented purring sounds, like a "purupurupuru", or something.

"Baths are the best," Marida declares.

"Definitely," Diana agrees.

Cynthia merely curls up next to Carya and makes that weird purring noise again.
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>>36028651
>They have been around longer than two years.
Mental age =/= physical age.

I'd rather they gets friends and other interests/hobbies before even pursuing them.

>>36028690
>Cynthia merely curls up next to Carya and makes that weird purring noise again.
hrng.

>>36028695

Their mental age is not as young as you make it out to be. Honestly Fiction has had enough sheltered people that are as naive and innocent as they are and act. I have never seen people complain when they hook up with the main character of a work.

>>36028695
This is a fair point. Rosseweisse was in a similar situation, but we still took things slow with her, let her acclimate to being around people. If we are going to waifu them, don't start now. Though personally I don't want to, not because of age but just because I want Dom to have non-romantic relationships. He needs more of those.

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>>36028690
>Their petite forms disappeared under the water in a series of contented purring sounds, like a "purupurupuru", or something.
>purring sounds, like a "purupurupuru", or something

PURUPURUPURUPURUPURU PURUPURUPURUPURUPURU PURUPURUPURUPURUPURU

About damn time KoH

>>36028767
Also because we want to recruit Camille and Judau eventually.