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>>5680259

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>>5680259
>>Approach to defend the Nariko.

>>5680259
>>Give Nariko confidence to face them herself!

>>5680259
>Give Nariko confidence to face them herself!
Let her do it. She knows them better than we do.

>>5680259
>>Send the Yu.

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“Eh, we should encourage Nariko to deal with them herself.” You think they’re so insignificant as a threat that your OG hobo is more than capable of destroying them as she sees fit.

“You’re right, if I interfere I think these brats are going to need therapy.” Yu Yan agrees that these girls aren’t ready for the cold bullying streets of the real world.

“They probably attend therapy already.” You clear your throat after that. “Nariko, don’t let them weigh you down! Face them, I know you can do it!” You encourage!

“Yeah, show them who’s the boss!” Yu Yan cheers for her vice-president.

“Oh, I wasn’t sure if we wanted to waste our valuable time on these nuisances.” Nariko knows they’re not worth the trouble.

“How dare you speak of us like that, Edamura?” Ponytail is enraged by Nariko’s supposed callousness. “Learn your place!”

“Resorting to paltry insults to get a reaction, heh, the attention seeking ways run deep through your bloodline, Edamura.” Bangs is better at maintaining her composure. “You’re not welcomed here, heh, you’re the one true nuisance.”

“Oh? Is that the way your parents speak about you?” Nariko is fighting back and wipes away Bangs’ smile!

“E-Edamura, how dare you?! You know that’s a sensitive topic for her!” Ponytail tries to console her friend.

“Do I?” Nariko is genuinely confused.

“H-Heh, playing dumb won’t get you far, Edamura.” Bangs recovers and stands proud! “I commend you for your efforts, Edamura, you had to dig deep to find out about it, heh.”

“I couldn’t have done as you’re implying because I have no recollection of either of your names.” Nariko is not lying.

“W-We were classmates…!” Bangs receives it like a verbal slap!

“W-We’re also among the most well known figures inside this school! We run this campus, Edamura!” Ponytail is beside herself.

“Heh, don’t fall for it… She’s trying to provoke you. Edamura is good. But we’re naturally better.” Bangs won’t keep taking the supposed bait. “With you and Saionji gone, who do you think filled the mantle of honor students? Huh?! Us! We trailed behind before, but without you people hogging our rightful place, it’s our throne now!”

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>>5680370
“Hog? I wasn’t hogging anything. There can be multiple honor students.” Nariko is getting confused more and more.

“Yeah, she only hogs your food, Johnny.” Yu Yan whispers to you.

“You’re dead wrong, Edamura! Unless you have an immaculate record, the board won’t consider you after a certain amount of honor students!” Ponytail gets angry at Nariko. You thought being an honor student wasn’t an actual title, but a manner of speaking.

“Then you should’ve done better.” Nariko isn’t bothered in the slightest.

“Gah!” Ponytail acts like she has been shot!

“Double Gah!” Bangs acts like she has been shot!

“Triple Gah!” The duo clasp their hands together… You can see tears forming on their faces… The crocodile tears are on the horizon…

You think they have been dealt with, but…

What do you do?

>Ask Nariko to take you to the Principal’s office. You’ll find the keyboard.
>Ask these losers about that Saionji they mentioned. Is this person related to the nice gentleman from the past?
>Comfort the duo before they make a scene. You think if you don’t deal with them now, it’s going to be trouble for later.
>Congratulate Nariko for winning! You think she won! You mean, those girls basically defeated themselves…
>Write In.

>>5680372
>>Comfort the duo before they make a scene. You think if you don’t deal with them now, it’s going to be trouble for later.

>>5680372
>Comfort the duo before they make a scene. You think if you don’t deal with them now, it’s going to be trouble for later.

>>5680372
>>Ask these losers about that Saionji they mentioned. Is this person related to the nice gentleman from the past?

>>5680372
>>Comfort the duo before they make a scene. You think if you don’t deal with them now, it’s going to be trouble for later.
Wow. If this dumb bimbos are honor students of the most prestige school in a country, then I fear for this country’s future.
...but I digress, anyway, let’s destroy them completely by giving them false hope

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“Yu Yan, do you think it is a bad idea to leave them like this?” You’re worried they’ll become a problem much later if you do.

“Do I have to remind you of the last two rich girls you helped ending up living in your apartment?” Yu Yan smugly remarks.

“That doesn’t answer my question.” You point out.

“They’re gonna be a pain in the butt regardless of what we do.” Yu Yan thinks it’s more about when you want to deal with them than if you’ll deal with them at all.

“Right, I guess it’s better now…” You approach the suffering girls and Nariko. “No need to cry, girls. Everything is fine! We all said things we regret saying, so let’s move on!” You attempt to comfort them.

“C-Crying? You believe we’re dropping tears for something so insignificant, heh?” Bangs didn’t like what you’re implying. “Don’t make me laugh, heh.”

“W-We would never make such a scene, least of all in a public space. We’re proper people of the highest caliber. An example for every student in this country!” Ponytail feels more offended than comforted, but she’s not overwhelmed anymore. “You’re way out of line with your presumptions!”

“Edamura, tell your servant to back off!” Bangs demands you out of here.

“Servant? Dear Johnny isn’t my servant. He’s my friend.” Nariko blushes.

“Heh, this cannot be real. Edamura, look at his unkempt appearance, he’s practically a homeless man.” Bangs doesn’t believe Nariko one bit. Did she just call you a hobo…?

“Totally.” Ponytail agrees without question. “Edamura, if this is the kind of people you hang out with these days, you’ve fallen so much from the top of the pyramid, you’re so beneath us, that we can only take pity on you.”

“Anything else is not worth the effort, heh. You’re a lost cause, Edamura.” Bangs’s ego has surpassed levels beyond your imagination.

“Indeed, be swift on your visit, or else we’ll call the police for trespassing.” Ponytail’s mood has improved so much, she’s willing to never bother you again. “What are you waiting for? Time is ticking!”

…

What do you do?

>Leave. You’re here for the Keyboard and nothing else. Visit the Principal’s office.
>“Aw, you two are adorable, I forgive you for being mean!” Kill them with kindness.
>“Yu, come over here, tell us what you think of them.” Drop the Yu Yan Bomb on them. They’re asking for it.
>“You two are fucking stupid.” Shake your head in disappointment as you walk away.
>Write In.

>>5680411
>“Yu, come over here, tell us what you think of them.” Drop the Yu Yan Bomb on them. They’re asking for it.
>“You two are fucking stupid.” Shake your head in disappointment as you walk away.
Double destroy them with the Yu. Hardcore Johnny returns

>>5680411
>“Aw, you two are adorable, I forgive you for being mean!” Kill them with kindness.

>>5680411
>>“Aw, you two are adorable, I forgive you for being mean!” Kill them with kindness.

>>5680411
>“Aw, you two are adorable, I forgive you for being mean!” Kill them with kindness.

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“Aw, you two are adorable, I forgive you for being mean!” You condescendingly smile at them.

“W-What’s this loon saying…?” Ponytail is very confused.

“Heh, he’s calling us childish to incite our anger, don’t fall for it. Edamura’s lapdog is well trained, but we’re a class above them.” Bangs makes a surface level read of your actions. Is she supposed to be the smarter of the two?

“What a shame, I had higher expectations from a former honor student. It was all luck in the end.” Ponytail’s ego continues to level up.

“I mean it though.” You break their chit-chat. “I can tell you’re really trying hard to appear tough, it’s so endearing that it makes me want to pinch your cheeks.” You’re starting to think like Kata, that ain’t good… You didn’t know the kind of secondary effects that great kitchen partnership would awaken in you!

“W-What a terrible thought…” Nariko is afraid of getting her facecheeks pinched!

“Or maybe some headpats.” You steer the plane.

“That sounds sensible.” Nariko is liking it now.

“Or perhaps I should scratch their heads. Behind the ears probably!” You remember a couple of girls liking that… Or maybe it was Bradford Jr.? No, wait, it was Nina too! Hmm, what do those two have in common? You’ll think about it later.

“B-Behind the ears…?” Bangs shakes her head. Does she want that? “Heh, what a bunch of nonsense. You’re not tricking anyone. Adorable? You have ulterior motives.”

“We can tell you find us attractive, but you’re not on our level. We might as well be different species.” Ponytail won’t give you a second look. “He’s so starved for any type of attention, he might be worse than Edamura.”

“He is her lapdog after all, heh.” Bangs sneers. “Bark for us, that’d be really adorable.”

Somehow, you got all their attention, and they’re gonna get mad if you decide to leave now.

What do you do?

>“What I find the most adorable from you two is how hard you’re trying to fulfill the expectations your parents have for you, but deep down knowing that isn’t making you happy.” Try to overanalyze the situation with literally no clues.
>“I’m Nariko’s friend. I can be your friend too. I’m Johnny, nice to meet you.” Kill them. With. Kindness.
>“Yeah, you two aren’t adorable. Your ponytail is awful, your bangs don’t flow with the rest of your haircut, and all your makeup looks tacky.” Be superficially mean.
>“I bet your parents are really proud of you two.” Be judgmental.
>“Girls, do you have to be mean? Why can’t we be nice to each other? There’s no reason for this.” Try diplomacy.
>Write In.

>>5680462
>“What I find the most adorable from you two is how hard you’re trying to fulfill the expectations your parents have for you, but deep down knowing that isn’t making you happy.” Try to overanalyze the situation with literally no clues.

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>>5680462
(This is the last reply of the day, we continue tomorrow!)

>>5680462
>“What I find the most adorable from you two is how hard you’re trying to fulfill the expectations your parents have for you, but deep down knowing that isn’t making you happy.” Try to overanalyze the situation with literally no clues.

>>5680462
>“What I find the most adorable from you two is how hard you’re trying to fulfill the expectations your parents have for you, but deep down knowing that isn’t making you happy.” Try to overanalyze the situation with literally no clues.

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“What I find the most adorable about you two is how hard you’re trying to fulfill your parents’ expectations but deep down knowing that this isn’t making you happy.” You overanalyze the situation with absolutely no clues. If watching Nariko’s dramas have taught you anything it’s that rich people have like three different character plots, and this is the most common one.

The snobby pair remains silent for a bit.

“Pffft…!” Yu Yan starts laughing in the background.

“H-Heh, w-what type of processed food gets you to hallucinate like that, eh, lapdog…?” Bangs drops any ammunition she has left to make a comeback. “Edamura, you need to start feeding him organic treats…!”

“W-We’re at the apex of the p-pyramid at long last. W-We’re starting to reap the benefits…!” Ponytail isn’t as assured of herself as before.

“Which we know Edamura couldn’t get enough of, heh. Be honest.” Bangs is tricking herself into thinking things will get better.

“It was the most miserable time of my life.” Nariko doesn’t hesitate to put that out there. Imagine being worse than a hobo. “Once my dream became reality, nothing changed. What became available to me wasn’t anything that made my life fuller, I didn’t have a goal to strive for anymore, my life was on hold until I graduated, I became bitter… But what was worse is that deep down in me I thought reaching those heights would get my family’s approval. It wasn’t the top of the mountain for them, but another step to climb to heights that frightened me. At that moment, I knew I didn't want what was on the peak.”

“Yeah, we talked.” Yu Yan whispers to you as she takes out a pipe from out of nowhere pretending this is what a therapist would do. “…I also told her to go to therapy. A couple of sessions did wonders.”

You raise an eyebrow in response. You’re glad Yu Yan is helping Nariko though, she’s very thoughtful under that layer of smugness.

“T-That’s because you’re a sloth, Edamura! We have the mental fortitude!” Ponytail holds onto her beliefs.

“Heh, o-our work ethic is what differentiates us from the likes of you!” Bangs refuses to acknowledge Nariko’s deeper point.

“Still in denial. Still adorable.” You smirk.

“I have outdone you with ease. Your parents are already disappointed it took you two this long to become honor students. What hope do you two have to be anything more than a pair of stains on my boots?” Nariko is blunt just like her mother!

“…” Bangs is quiet.

“…” Ponytail is quiet too.

“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!” Now they burst into tears! It’s adorable, they’re both having an existential crisis! Yu Yan is taking pictures with her phone!

………Maybe you’re the bullies.

>>5680978

What do you do?

>Try to actually comfort them this time. Tell them they’re too young to be failures! They’re the ones who decide their own success and all that good stuff! Maybe buy them ice cream, that works with Scarlet…
>Tell Nariko that she went too far! She’s being really mean to the cruelest people you have met so far!
>Tell the girls it’s better if you leave now! You’re going to garner unwanted attention with this scene! Time to get to the Principal’s Office.
>Tell Yu Yan to calm them down. She’s an expert in making fun of people, naturally, she can do the opposite too!
>Write In.

>>5680979
>>Try to actually comfort them this time. Tell them they’re too young to be failures! They’re the ones who decide their own success and all that good stuff! Maybe buy them ice cream, that works with Scarlet…

>>5680979
>>Tell Yu Yan to calm them down. She’s an expert in making fun of people, naturally, she can do the opposite too!

>>5680979
>Tell Yu Yan to calm them down. She’s an expert in making fun of people, naturally, she can do the opposite too!

>>5680979
>"Did you two learn an important lesson in why bullying others is a terrible idea that nice people shouldn't do?"

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“This is the last time I channel my mother’s debating skills…” Nariko doesn’t like the result of her callousness.

“Yu Yan, help us out!” You call up the smug hobo to the rescue. You feel like they won’t open up to you anymore, so you need someone new on the scene. “We need you to calm them down!”

“Appease these huge babies, you say?” Yu Yan approaches the group properly instead of watching from afar. “Let me evaluate the situation…” The smug one begins inspecting the duo.

“Babies?! How dare you call us babies?! Don’t you understand how important this is?!!” Ponytail is really hurt. “It’s OUR lives!”

“W-We won’t be infantilized by you people…!” Bangs isn’t laughing anymore. “Our problems are serious. Beyond the comprehension of individuals who nobody expects anything out of them!”

“You CANNOT understand the pressure we feel…! We have to fight for everything we have!” Ponytail continues crying out.

“Our status, our place in the world, our parent’s love… We had nothing!” Bangs acts so hurt.

“And we still don’t have anything…” Ponytail stares at her empty hands.

“And we never will…” Everything looks bleak to Bangs.

“But you have one another, right?” You bring some wholesome thinking into this. They’re friends! That’s real!

“Phoebe wouldn’t think twice before stabbing me in the back, she’s too smart for sentimentalities…” Bangs throws her friend under the bus.

“Eloise is a calculating heartless genius, she’d do what’s best for her interests above all…” Ponytail manages to drive the bus back into her friend. At least they hold each other in some twisted high regard?

“And you two are fine with the other thinking that?” You don’t think this is healthy.

“Obviously, it shows how ambitious you are!” Ponytail Phoebe doesn’t see the problem.

“Heh, and how intelligent! I’d think less of Phoebe if she wasn’t planning on using me as another stepping stone on her path.” Bangs Eloise smirks amidst the tears. “But…” Eloise looks down.

“But…” Phoebe looks down as well.

“W-What’s the point!? We can’t do this!!!” They scream together! Now they’re wishing for their parents’ love as the tears go down.

“And with that I know how to deal with these crybabies!” Yu Yan stops taking notes. “That one has daddy abandonment issues, and the other one can't get her tiger mom’s approval. Add being alone on the holidays and what Nariko said to the mix, and it’s been a brutal week for their mental health.” Yu Yan reads from her phone. “Now first, have some of these…” Yu Yan hands some tissues to the girls.

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>>5681131

“Y-You know nothing about us…” Phoebe sounds broken as she takes a tissue.

“Heh… You’re just reaching…” Eloise is as empty as her colleague.

“It’s all fine, amigas. It’s all fine…” Yu Yan reassures both of the girls by patting their heads, and kissing them. The rich girls don’t know how to react, but start calming down in a way. Rich girl drama is run-of-the-mill.

But as things die down, a new presence comes to muddy the waters…

“Woah, woah, Wa-hoo! Who’s making our honor students cry, eh?!”A guy in a ponytail appears from within the school! He’s worried about the bullies. He’s stealing Ponytail’s one special trait and… uh, Phoebe took her ponytail off while you were thinking this… Good thing you know her name now. “Back off!”

“T-Tonu?!” The Honor students react in shock!

He stands in front of you as he has asserted that you seem to be the problem. You really didn’t want to notice, but he has a flame…

What do you do?

>“They made fun of us first.” Point out knowing very well that this isn’t going to change anything.
>“Who is Tonu?” Question the man whose name sounds like a fish.
>Tell the Honor students to let this guy know everything is fine. They’re getting Yu Yan sponsored therapy, and that’s good for them.
>YOU’RE NOT DEALING WITH THIS. YOU CAME HERE FOR A KEYBOARD AND NOTHING MORE. Move on to the Principal’s office and ignore Tuna or whatever his name is.
>Write In.

>>5681133
>>YOU’RE NOT DEALING WITH THIS. YOU CAME HERE FOR A KEYBOARD AND NOTHING MORE. Move on to the Principal’s office and ignore Tuna or whatever his name is.

>>5681133
>“They made fun of us first.” Point out knowing very well that this isn’t going to change anything.

>>5681133
>“They made fun of us first.” Point out knowing very well that this isn’t going to change anything.
crotch flame?

>>5681133
>“They made fun of us first.” Point out knowing very well that this isn’t going to change anything.

>>5681133
>“They made fun of us first.” Point out knowing very well that this isn’t going to change anything.

>>5681133
>“Who is Tonu?” Question the man whose name sounds like a fish.

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“They made fun of us first.” You’re not the baddie here. On contraire, you’ve been far too nice to them!

“But did you stop to think why they detained you here? Eh? The school. They are defending the school because you look like a bunch of sewer crooks.” Tonu the flame user isn’t as outwardly hostile as the other two, but he’s not welcoming either. “And if you don’t turn around, this will be the last time you croak. You’ve been warned.”

First they treat you like a hobo, now they act like you’re a frog. You hate these people!

“Look, we’re not looking for trouble. We’re here on a quick visit.” You continue your diplomatic ways.

“Then leave. Yeah?” Tonu couldn’t care less.

“What part of a ‘quick visit’ did you not understand?” You don’t want to be here but you have to!

“The part where it’s my problem?” Tonu faux leans over to hear you better to piss you off. He stands back once again. “Your presence puts everyone on edge, yeah? You see? We don’t want you here.”

“S-Stop provoking Tonu, Edamura’s servant! He’s as tough as they come!” Phoebe is scared for you!

“Heh, he’ll wipe the floor with you. He’s the criminal mastermind behind The Golden Sword’s resurgence to the top of the underworld.” Eloise warns you as well! “Run before it’s too late!”

If your memory serves you right, the Golden Sword is this school’s delinquent group, the equivalent to Henry’s Green Shield, Gwendolyne’s Purple Spikes, and Trent’s Blood Knuckles. Thing is, aren’t all those groups hurting for members these days?

“He’s so powerful he single handedly defended the Academy from the terrorist attacks from weeks ago!” Phoebe is still fangirling over this guy! “The Sword sworn to protect everyone in campus from low class ruffians like you!”

“He got the gist…” Eloise tells her ‘friend’ to calm down.

“Thank you for putting a stop to that. You’re the smarter of the two.” Yu Yan pets Eloise.

“H-Hey, you can’t play favorites!” Phoebe is mad.

“Heh, if you snooze, you lose.” Eloise wants all of Yu Yan’s attention.

“You heard them. Get out of my territory. I don’t have time to waste, I have to prepare for the Bear Claw’s invasion…” Tonu checks his phone for the time. “H-Hold on a moment, you mentioned Edamura…?”

“Yes? What now?” Nariko is really pissed off by the way you’ve been treated.

“E-Edamura, it’s been a while…” Tonu smiles.

You feel like Nariko is about to say something really mean and inconsiderate. But do you even care?

>>5681228

What do you do?

>“Nariko, let me handle this.” You’ll face Tonu in combat. He doesn’t seem like a big deal.
>“Nariko, consider this man’s feelings before you tear them down.” Ask Nariko to be gentle… She’s about to awaken her inner Chio and that might cause some harm.
>Keep watching as a neutral party.
>Overreact to everything they are saying. Throw coal into the fire with Yu Yan to piss this guy off.
>MOVE ON. GO TO THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE.
>Write In.

>>5681232
>>Keep watching as a neutral party.

>>5681232
>>>Keep watching as a neutral party.
>>But the second this man tries to attack, shield Nariko.

>>5681232
>Keep watching as a neutral party.
>But the second this man tries to attack, shield Nariko.
>Something about this Tonu guy gets on your nerves, but you can't quite put your finger on it...
As if Richard wasn't enough of an Akechi, this guy's face looks just like that pancake detective's. It would make sense Johnny's view is inexplicably negative towards Tonu; this is ignoring how all these interactions at this golden place have been at the expense of Johnny and his hobo girls.

>>5681232
>>MOVE ON. GO TO THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE.

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You decided to be a neutral party and watch, but if you sense that Nariko is in danger, you’ll jump to her defense. But now, you’ll stand next to Yu Yan and her new pets.

“Pardon?” Nariko has no idea what he’s talking about.

“It’s me, Edamura.” Tonu points at himself.

“I don’t have the faintest recollection of who you are.” Nariko drops a bombshell.

“You’re not at fault, I was quite forgettable back in the day…” Tonu feels foolish to ever think there was a chance for her to remember him. “Woah, woah, woah, I can’t wrap my head around it.” He psyches himself up. “At long last, today is the day that I can thank you for saving my life, Edamura! Do you know how much this means to me?” The honor students gasp at this revelation.

“No.” Nariko shakes her head.

“I know deep down you know what I’m talking about, yeah.” Tonu remains optimistic.

“…If I don’t remember who you are, what makes you think I can recall that?” Nariko is a confused bovine.

“You don’t remember when I was about to end it all by jumping from the school’s roof? When you grabbed me by my arm, this arm, and said that the winds might start flowing towards a different direction, you will regret it if you continue doing what you’re doing?” Tonu can’t help but get a little emotional. “You explicitly told me not to end it because times could change. And they did change. It was so deep.” The honor students find this story beautiful. You and Yu Yan are just confused.

“Are you sure my advice wasn’t literal?” Nariko asks. “Perhaps, I thought a strong breeze would push you off the edge?”

“Don’t sell yourself short, Edamura.” Tonu dismisses this reading outright. “It wasn’t the only time you were there for me. I’ll never forget when I was crying at the library, and you, yes, you Edamura – told me that you don’t want to see another tear drop from my face while you were with me.” Tonu relays to her this beautiful story. “Or at P.E. class, when I was resting by the gymnasium’s entrance, barely catching my breath, and you said to me with those fierce eyes of yours, that no man worth their salt should block someone’s way, and to get myself together.” Tonu remembers with a smile. Your OG Hobo’s expression is of pure bafflement.

“I don’t believe I was trying to encourage you in either situation.” Nariko’s anger is all but gone and only confusion remains.

“Yes, what you feel now and what you felt back then is different. You don’t recall those moments, but I remember them vividly. We have different readings, but that’s life.” Tonu is full of gratitude for Nariko regardless of if it makes sense or not. “I know deep down we have a special bond.”

“You might have a point, but I still doubt I had the intentions you claim I had. And no, we have no bond of any sort.” Nariko shakes her head.

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>>5681307

“Time has passed, we both have changed. I’m an entirely different person to the one I once was! And you, Edamura? You’ve gone softer, both mentally and physically. Yes, woah, I feel a new kindness within you. And your features have softened up! I like it!” The man gives Nariko a double thumbs up.

“W-What did you say about me…?!” Nariko is pissed. REALLY pissed! Only Yu Yan is allowed to make fun of her weight!

“Edamura, that doesn’t matter. You’re great as you are. And for everything you’ve done for me, I thank you.” Tonu nods to himself. “We'll always be friends.”

“I don’t consider you anything but a nuisance.” Nariko doesn’t like this guy at all.

“I didn’t want to remind you how deep our bond goes, but you leave me no choice...” The idiotic man takes out his phone to show a picture. “You wouldn’t have gifted this baby to anyone! Right?!”

T-That’s Nariko’s keyboard! Or a keyboard! But by Nariko’s reaction, it is indeed her keyboard!

“G-Give it back at once!” Nariko demands.

“Edamura, don’t be ridiculous… This is mine now. It’s my lucky charm!” Tonu shakes his head.

Oh fuck off, you didn’t want to deal with this twat, but now you have to…

What do you do?

>Call up a Flying Referee. You’re dueling for a Keyboard.
>Call up a Flying Referee for Nariko. She’s going to get what is rightfully hers.
>“We need that for our band. Please, give it back.” Be nice and try to bargain. You don’t want to exhaust yourself today.
>If this asshole lives in these dorms. Perhaps you could snatch it back? Operation Keymooard!
>Write In.

(Last Reply of the Day, we continue tomorrow!)

>>5681309
>>Call up a Flying Referee for Nariko. She’s going to get what is rightfully hers.

>>5681309
>Call up a Flying Referee for Nariko. She’s going to get what is rightfully hers.
Finally Nariko behaving like a real character for once, and not a dumb cowtits fanservice bitch that's only in the story to be the butt of jokes and say stupid things and mindlessly fawn over Johnny like the two dozen other two-bit whores in this quest

>>5681309
>>Call up a Flying Referee for Nariko. She’s going to get what is rightfully hers.
If we intervene, we might never see a cool side of her and destroy her arc completely like some sort of glasses Deus Ex Machina . Unless she loses. Which she probably will.

>>5681645
Daily reminder that Johnny taped Nina.

>>5681309
>>Call up a Flying Referee for Nariko. She’s going to get what is rightfully hers.

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It’s hard to believe that today you’ll have to use this tactic twice, but you must inform Nariko about the possible danger this guy poses! The secret code message must be deployed once again: The Danger Dance. There’s nowhere to hide, so you do it in the open for the girls to know that this kid has a flame!

“Again?” Nariko can’t believe it. “Don’t tell me, this guy…?” She points at Tonu. Without losing a step, you nod to confirm your hobos’ suspicions.

“Oh crap...” Yu Yan looks stressed and disappointed.

“Woah, what’s gotten into him?” Tonu finds your cool moves hilarious. “Are you trying to distract me to take it back, Edamura? This is just a photo! I have the real thing safe in my room! Pyohoho!”

“Forcing your servants to dance, the Edamuras are so tacky.” Phoebe finds your routine repulsive.

“His dancing moves are so mesmerizing…” On the other hand, Eloise seems to have fallen in love with them! Everyone else shares a puzzled look sans Nariko.

The message has been delivered! You stop! They were so distracted by your sick moves that they didn’t notice you calling up a Flying Referee! Oh no, it’s one of those Toucans… It lands on Nariko’s shoulder.

“Why did it land here…?” Nariko looks unsettled for a moment, and tries to find answers looking around, once you exchange glances, it all becomes clear to her! And with a nod and a smile, her confidence shoots up.

“Hold up and down!” Tonu is not as surprised as many people are when a challenge presents itself.

“Time to go, my crackbrained fledglings. Show your nests or something!” Yu Yan drags Phoebe and Eloise away to safety. “Gotta learn more about you if I’m gonna keep on helping!”

“You really care about me?” Phoebe is touched.

“Don’t hog her attention.” Eloise gets pissy.

“You’re taking them safely. You’re all in this together.” Tonu infers from everyone’s actions.

“Tonu, I challenge you to a duel for my keyboard.” Nariko doesn’t hesitate to make things official.

“Ye-wow! You really want my lucky charm!?” Tonu has conflicted emotions about facing Nariko. “This’ll be a good warm-up for later.”

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>>5682148

The Toucan asks the participants to find a less crowded place for the duel.

“I know the perfect place. You started it, Edamura, so it’s only natural that I get to choose.” Tonu starts walking away. “Follow me!”

You think you’re at the same roof where Nariko ‘saved’ Tonu’s life. You cannot help but to feel uneasy while at these heights around Nariko. But she has shown remarkable growth since before Judgment Day, so you gotta believe in her!

Tonu asked for you to leave the premises in order to get the duel going, but the Toucan let everyone know that other flame users are allowed to watch but will be penalized severely if they interfere. That was good enough for him.

“I never thought I would face you in physical combat, Edamura.” Tonu sounds a little regretful.

“It didn’t have to be this way, but you refused to give me back what’s rightfully mine.” Nariko has no regrets though.

The Toucan stops the duo from confronting each other, and drops some kind of roulette. He invites you to spin it to decide what the match is going to be about.

“Ah…?” Both contestants are puzzled.

“Okay, huh, here I go…?” You spin the roulette…

What’s the duel going to be about?

>Trivia Quiz Match.
>Special Target Shooting.
>Chess.
>Eating Contest.
>Write In.

>>5682151
>>Trivia Quiz Match.

>>5682151
>>Trivia Quiz Match.

>>5682151
>Trivia Quiz Match.

>>5682151
>>Write-in
>>Karaoke

>>5682151
>Trivia Quiz Match.

>>5682166
Whoops look like I voted twice.

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The wheel of the worst keeps on spinning and spinning until it lands on a thing nobody wanted: A Trivia Quiz Match! On the positive side, Nariko is really smart so this is basically in the bag. On the negative side, you’ll have to watch it. It’s not like you hate game shows, but this is the equivalent of your classmates pretending to be in one, and that sounds tiring.

The Referee thanks you for your cooperation, then magically makes the scenario for the game to go along. A podium with a button in the middle appears in front of each participant. The Host will ask questions from a myriad of topics, and the players who presses the button in front of them first will get to answer. If guessed correctly, they get one point! If they get it wrong, they can’t answer the next question! The first contestant to reach 5 points wins the duel!

You happen to notice that during this introduction that the Toucan Referees are wildly different from the Wyvern Knights (not just physically). What caught your attention the most is that the duel wasn’t previously agreed upon to go underway, and at no moment physical contact was barred between participants. If only you had a dance that could convey all this information to Nariko, but alas, you’ll have to believe in her capabilities to deal with this! You don’t want to give Tonu an edge because you don’t know what his ability is, and Nariko is already at an advantage as things stand.

Now a new host will be called to precede the duel! You know, because the Toucan sounds too weird to be the one asking questions. From the host’s stand… Constance’s entity Athelone shows up…!

“My sincerest apologies, contestants! It appears to be that the Judges of this jurisdiction is too engaged in other activities to oversee this duel at the moment. I’ll take charge. The name is Athelone, my darlings.” Athelone is so happy to be outside that cage! “No need for further introductions, I’m here to read...” Athelone glances at you and forces you to keep quiet.

“You both have seen her before, huh?” Tonu caught on that fast even if Athelone wanted it to go unnoticed.

“Already coming up with excuses, Tonu?” Nariko deflects by being smug. “We both know you had no chance to begin with.”

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>>5682248

“You got me there! Facing an honor student? From this Academy? I’m cooked!” Tonu doesn’t have hope to win.

“Regardless, I wish you luck.” Nariko extends her hand towards Tonu.

They both meet in the middle on a handshake. But Nariko doesn’t let go…

“I want to let you know I could throw you off from this building and win this match.” Nariko tenderly smiles. “I only need to answer 5 questions correctly.”

“Woah, that’s brutal, and you think I would let you do that after all the effort you made to keep me alive?” Tonu isn’t bothered by Nariko’s attitude.

“Well, you see…” Nariko lifts him up through the handshake. “I don’t throw threats lightly.” She puts him down, then walks away to reveal a chain tying them up together. “Don’t be concerned, this is a safety measure and nothing more. Stick to the questions and you’ll leave unscathed.”

“As competent as ever…” Tonu pets the chain coming out of his palm. “I didn’t want to break a sweat anyway.”

“Once this is done, I’ll be the first to remind the judge from this jurisdiction that he forgot to make the non-violent duels… Non-violent.” Athelone chuckles from her stand. “Shall we begin?”

“Go ahead.” Nariko stands with her arms crossed.

“Woah, wa-hoo! Let’s do this! Yeah!” Tonu hypes himself up.

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>>5682249

“First Question: It is said that heads of state of the four kingdoms that formed the Prancijan Union solved their deepest differences through sports competitions with their state champions battling it out. Which sport is the first one they used for this?” Athelone reads the first question.

“Sumo.” Nariko quickly presses the button.

“That’s correct.” Athelone smiles.

“I’m not cooked, I’m deep fried!” Tonu facepalms. “What I would give to have Phoebe and Eloise here!”

Damn… you can tell this is going to be a bloodbath…

A math question, a science one, and then biology one followed, all immediately answered by Nariko. Well, that’s not true, Tonu pressed the button mid question and got it wrong. Still, the score is 4 to 0 in favor of your OG hobo.

“Young gentleman, don’t despair, I’ll throw you a softball.” Athelone cackles. “Which one of the following events is not real: The Battle for the Bucket, T–”

“That one! The Battle for the Bucket!” Tonu presses the button immediately. That does sound made up but…

“Apologies, but you’re incorrect.” Athelone tricked him just because she thought it was funny! She’s a monster! “As I was saying, The Battle of the Bucket, The Massacre at the East Frontier, the Giant Monster Mayhem, and the Children of the Future’s revolts.”

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>>5682252

Tonu is yanking the chain to force Nariko to press the button, but she doesn’t move. She pulls chain herself, and catches him by the throat and answers:

“The Giant Monster Mayhem.” Nariko says without breaking a sweat. Then lets Tonu go…

“Congratulations, madam. You’ve won.” Athelone claps. “Well played you both, and until next time…” She disappears. You wave at her goodbye.

“Pyohoho… you didn’t appreciate that one, did you?” Tonu shrugs.

“Referee, I want my keyboard back.” Nariko is all business. The Toucan turns to Tonu, who asks for time.

“Can it wait a little? I have another meeting now! Another duel!” Tonu runs away. “I’ll be back with it in an hour, I promise!”

“Squawk.” The Toucan Referee will follow Tonu for a while until the deal is done.

Nariko can check how the reward thing is going through the Judge App, there’s a timer. Your OG hobo seems frustrated…

What do you do?

>Find Yu Yan! You need your full party now!
>Congratulate Nariko for a job well done!
>Ask Nariko what is upsetting her!
>Go and watch Tonu’s duel or whatever he’s doing.
>Write In.

(Last Reply of the Day! I don't know when we will continue, it could be tomorrow, maybe Thursday. If neither is the case, we'll return during the weekend.)

>>5682254
Thanks for running!
>Go and watch Tonu’s duel or whatever he’s doing
I don’t trust this Anti-Johnny/Proto-Berny/Howie/Osgood

>>5682254
>>Congratulate Nariko for a job well done!
>Ask Nariko what is upsetting her!

>>5682266
He didn't really set off any of those vibes at all

>>5682277
He’s a weasel, coward, cheat and a rich boy. No reasons to trust him at all.
Only thing that stops from caving his skill with a icepick is a presence of witnesses

>>5682254
>Congratulate Nariko for a job well done!
then
>Go and watch Tonu’s duel or whatever he’s doing

>>5682282
What has he done to show being any of those things other than rich? Like, at most him keeping the keyboard is kind weasely? But that could also just be him wanting to keep it. He never showed any cowardice or cheated at all really. Now we won and got the keyboard back and he's doing a dumb school fight. How is that like Anti-Johnny, Bernie, Howie, or Osgood? Why cave this kid's skull in?

>>5682326
Not him, but I just wanted to follow him to see what goes on here and because he's another flame user we've never met. And don't forget
>“Can it wait a little? I have another meeting now! Another duel!” Tonu runs away. “I’ll be back with it in an hour, I promise!”
Sure the toucan ref is tailing him to make sure he doesn't back out of the keyboard deal, and Nariko has a reward timer on her phone. But neither of those will tell us whatever is really going on offscreen if Tonu decides to back out, or becomes unable to follow through on his end. Plus Johnny has experience with delinquents.

>>5682249
>“I want to let you know I could throw you off from this building and win this match.” Nariko tenderly smiles. “I only need to answer 5 questions correctly.”
>“Well, you see…” Nariko lifts him up through the handshake. “I don’t throw threats lightly.” She puts him down, then walks away to reveal a chain tying them up together.
Now THIS is the Nariko I've been missing

>>5682326
He’s certainly trying to weasel out of paying for his loss, plus I just don’t like his stupid face. He has a “I love causing a problems” vibes.

Sure, he can’t truly hurt us nor sick a goons on us (directly) but he certainly can tattle on Edamura suddenly showing up one day to someone who wants her to be gone for good, tell security about “trespassers” or simply just run into a different district where Toucan might not follow him or otherwise make his trail cold and then punch with revenge.

>>5682391
He has to give us the keyboard, it's like, not his choice anymore. If you don't follow the rules of the game you lose your entity. This is how battles are fought now so if you can just bypass it or cheat your way out of it then the stakes are meaningless. It'd be weird for none of the characters to have a strong reaction to him leaving otherwise

>>5682403
Not liking his face is one thing but assuming he's gonna sacrifice his entity just to keep the keyboard is another. If this random kid can just not follow the rules set by the judges then there's no point on taking any of it seriously.

>>5682431
He still is a boss delinquent of the academy for a super rich and powerful, he isn’t just some rando. And if we learnt something along this journey is that rich and powerful are assholes and will try to weasel out of their deals, and usually they are getting away with everything.

Which bring us once more to “I wanna bash his skull until it caves in”, we have to make sure he will bring keyboard, INTACT AND IN WORKING CONDITIONS, since we didn’t specify it, he could easily break it and bring back it and say “wooops, it was le broken all time XD now git until I sick cops on my payroll”

>>5683187
But he isn't actually a super rich and powerful figure like the Pillars, he's a highschooler.

And I think it'd be pretty fucked for the QM to have someone just say that they'll delay the deal despite that not being preestablished and not have an option to tell him "No" if it's gonna fuck us up other than watching the whole duel even if we don't want to.

But let's ignore all that, if he's just allowed to break the keyboard that has REALLY big implications. If the deals are not taken in the spirit that they are meant and every single deal becomes a genie deal it'll make the system completely meaningless. Imagine if we tell Rooke to answer us honestly and he just chooses not to talk cause "the deal technically doesn't say I have to!" or like imagine if you bet a crystal piece and the loser just walks away, buys a crystal, breaks it, and then gives you a piece of it. Once again, it technically falls in line with the rules but it'd make this shit so annoying that nobody would ever want do anything but just take their entity away and be done with it.

>>5683223
>But he isn't actually a super rich and powerful figure like the Pillars, he's a highschooler.

Aliester from SPRQ was a highscooler too, yet he got away with SO MUCH SHIT, including destruction of several shops, sex slave trade and multiple cases of assault, maim and mutilation. If he’s in this academy, it means he can and will try to get away with being a weasel.

And as for second reasons, so far we’ve encountered mostly a good (in a loose sense of a word) and people who’s actually do follow through on their word after a duel. There is a tons of scumbags who will try to exploit it, and I just have to make sure he’s a man of his word and not a Bernie.

This is why we MUST follow him, like I said, I DONT trust him.

>>5683304
But Aleister was explained since his older brother was one of the currently active Pillars. And it's not like you can pay off the entities to not follow the rules.

And understand that if someone can cheat the rules everyone is going to cheat it. Like, they'd be retarded to just hand over the crystal if you can clearly get out of it. Do you really think that the quest is gonna devolve into a bunch of genie deals and specific wording? Cause that sounds really annoying

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“Nariko, you did amazing! Great work!” You cherish her immaculate skills!

“Thank you, dear Johnny!” Nariko looks way too proud of herself. “He stood no chance!”

“Yeah, you absolutely annihilated him!” You nod like a doofus.

“I’m disappointed he didn’t want to put up any resemblance of a fight. I’m certain that he knew the answer for that last one.” Nariko doesn’t look disappointed now.

“How do you know?” You’re curious.

“I recall him finding the fact amusing once. The Battle for the Bucket one.” Nariko puts a sole finger on her chin. “I suppose that remembering him was his victory.”

“Don’t think it was enough for him. He wasn’t happy after the battle.” You know when a person dislikes losing.

“Aside from your praise, I’m not either. I want my keyboard.” Nariko checks her phone to see the timer ticking.

“Then let’s catch his duel so he doesn’t weasel out from this one.” You propose.

“Follow me! I have the Referee’s coordinates.” Nariko shows her phone once again to show a map!

Unsurprisingly, you return to the Main Gate. If Tonu is going to have a duel with someone from outside this academy, you gotta meet at the entrance, right? The Keyboard thief reiterates that he will return the item once he spots you two here, but you let him know you’re here to watch and nothing more. He lets that pass, and insinuates he’ll use this opportunity to show off unlike with the duel! Nariko has low expectations. The Golden Sword doesn’t bring any other members but Tonu. How odd.

Oh boy! A delinquent duel! This reminds you of the time you fought Trent with his former school’s karate club watching. Strangely, you don’t remember the outcome…

The peaceful silence of the soulless city is shattered by the beating of a drum getting closer. No, this isn’t the solemn rhythm of a funeral march, but the incessant clashing of a party atmosphere! An ominous prelude of what is to come. Flaming from afar, you notice the sky color of the Blue Echinacea Flag in all its splendor moving rapidly!

“Mr. Tonu.” The solemn voice of a woman comes out from one of the nearest campus’ speakers. “You have 30 minutes to wipe these intruders out, or else we’ll be forced to call the NU Forces. I expect great success. You’ve been warned.”

“Woah, she’s always nagging me.” Tonu chuckles.

“Who’s that?” You ask Nariko since she studied here.

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>>5683469

“The principal.” Nariko clarifies.

“S-She’s letting this happen…?” And you thought that Mr. Conti was bad for the job… He is, but he could be worse!

“She’s the type of person who will overlook any illegal activity as long as it makes the school look good in whatever twisted way she appreciates.” Nariko is glad that you didn’t have to meet this woman. You’re starting to think all the schools are in the know about this delinquent shit. “And since for the first time these brutes have been raking up victories…”

“Wa-woah! Stop right there, Edamura! Don’t get it twisted!” Tonu is bothered by what your cute hobo is saying. “The Golden Sword has always been strong! Always slicing! The old boss was and still is a beast! And he personally gave me the mantle the moment he was expelled…” Tonu is trying to imply that he’s stronger for being the next in line.

“How? Aleister was violently escorted by the police while screaming obscenities...” Nariko remembers it like it was a terrorist attack.

“Why?” You raise an eyebrow out of curiosity.

“Well, because the word Police starts with a P…” Nariko sighs.

“What?” You feel like you’re missing one heck of a dumb story.

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>>5683470

But the rumblings of a fated encounter drown the conversation. Four Motor Scooters pulling a carriage together park in front of the main entrance. The sound of the drums echo through the campus. The Bear Claw has arrived!

Man, the entrance you pulled with Trent to face Henry was dog shit…

One of the grunts driving one of the scooters walks up to the carriage to open the door. A girl steps out with a megaphone in her hand. She stands in front of everything, and begins to call out people!

“Golden Sword! The time has arrived!” The delinquent girl demands the confrontation to begin!

“Ho-hey! I’m here! Wohoo!” Tonu waves his arms to catch their attention!

“Just you?” The delinquent girl pulls the megaphone away.

“Told the others to not bother.” Tonu shrugs.

“Who are you?” The delinquent girl sees nothing special in this guy.

“The bossity-boss.” Tonu smiles.

“Then where’s your damn flag?!” The delinquent girl uses the megaphone to bring some venom!

“Woah, no need, this’ll be short and sweet.” Tonu is acting cocky. “And not one more step, this campus is sacred, crooks.”

“You know the protocol or not?!” The delinquent girl puts away the megaphone again.

“Bring your ace out and let’s get this done. I have other things to do.” The Golden Sword boss simply does not care.

“If you don’t play by the rules, there’s no game.” The delinquent drives a hard bargain. The Toucan likes how she talks.

“Woah? You’re leaving then? That’s cool by me.” Tonu waves them goodbye.

“After we take that dude’s head…” The delinquent girl makes a slit throat motion to her colleagues, and points at Nigel Koroma’s statue. The ruffians come out of their scooters and cross the main gate.

“Pyohoho, you wanna fight-fight!” Tonu appears to have been gauging their actions, as soon as they step inside, a massive flag is displayed from one of the windows of the school’s building. “There! There!” He points at it.

The main delinquent girl doesn’t call her troops back though.

“These scoundrels…” Tonu sees himself surrounded.

“Gang fight rules, everyone. Take him out!” The main delinquent commands her forces to attack Tonu. They all ‘gang’ up on him…

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>>5683471

Tonu easily pushes them off with his entity’s help! You couldn’t see what exactly he did or what his entity looked like, but something came out from his waist and then went back! The tumbling back didn’t leave anyone injured. The Flying Referee reprimands Tonu for attacking civilians with his entity! He apologizes to the bird!

“Why are you apologizing to us?!” The main delinquent girl misunderstands why Tonu is doing that. “Enough disrespect! It’s time to show our claws! Everyone, come back!!!”

The Bear Claw regroups! The Main Delinquent goes back into the carriage.

“These people are always a treat.” Tonu is having fun with them.

“You want your one-on-one duel?! You got it! We’re deploying Mama Bear!” The delinquent girl opens the door to the carriages and…

Your stupid little sister Amelia struggles to come out of the carriage! It’s too tall for her! She’s the Bear Claw’s secret weapon?!

“Help me out, please...!” Amelia can’t jump off with the books she’s carrying. The other delinquents help her down. “Thank you.” The gang is so happy to help her out…

“A-Amelia…?” Nariko is as confused as you are.

“She looks familiar…” Tonu is a little perplexed by Amelia’s appearance.

“Huh?!” Amelia notices the flying referee! “Oh bother! This isn’t good!”
…

…

…

What do you do?

>Call Amelia’s attention! You never gave her permission to join a gang! You need to have a stern talk.
>Keep watching, all dumbfounded by this.
>Step in front of everyone and stop this madness! You’re here for a keyboard! Not to watch two dummies duke it out!
>Write In.

(Only reply of the day, we return on the weekend!)

>>5683473
>>Keep watching, all dumbfounded by this.
Kinda wanna see Ame kick his ass

>>5683473
>>Keep watching, all dumbfounded by this.

>>5683473
>>Keep watching, all dumbfounded by this.

>>5683473
>Keep watching, all dumbfounded by this.
You can only watch.

>>5683473
>>Keep watching, all dumbfounded by this.
This is stupid... yet mesmerizing

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You keep watching the dumbfounding action as it continues. Nariko offers you some popcorn and a place to sit to make this theater of the absurd palatable and comfortable. You take on your friendly hobo’s proposal…

“I don’t think this is a good place to study, everyone…” Amelia sadly lets everyone know about the bad news.

“With that jerkface over there, you’re right!” The main delinquent directs your sister’s attention towards Tonu. “He’s a delinquent of considerable size!”

“I see! Then we have to leave, guys!” Amelia likes this narrative and pushes everyone to run! “Let’s find another place or reschedule.” Amelia nods rapidly.

“But, Momma bear, it’d be faster if you get rid of this jerk!” The delinquent spokesperson pressures. “We gotta maximize our study time for the boys and girls. You know they do excellently with 4 hour sessions. And we gotta do the cultural exchange with the Academy!”

“That’s true, that’s true.” Amelia gets all pensive. “But I can sense that delinquent is super tough! We need to stay out of his way.” The Flying Referee is throwing your sister off.

“Do I look that intimidating…?” Tonu adjusts his pocket panda to be more noticeable. The Toucan lands on the top of his head.

“D-Don’t tell us you are afraid of him, Momma Bear?” One of the grunts exclaims, all dismayed.

“Nobody here will question Momma Bear’s strength, you hear me?!” The delinquent spokesperson gets annoyed as she hugs Amelia tightly.

“U-Ursula, p-personal space…!” Amelia can’t breathe. The spokesperson lets her go very apologetically. “Bwah…!” Amelia has some air.

“…Momma Bear, I didn’t want to tell you this ‘cause you’re tired of me bringing this up. But he’s the leader of one of the gangs that won’t leave us alone...” Ursula the Spokesperson reveals the truth to Amelia. “We’ll never be free to take our education seriously as long as these donkeys keep pulling us back… They can’t put their violence aside! But we can, you showed us the way. You know how much I want to become a doctor, Momma Bear! Please, you gotta deal with him!”

“Uhm, wasn’t the last one supposed to be the end of it?” Amelia isn’t buying her cub’s story anymore.

“Yeah, you’re right! But we totally glossed over the Golden Sword ‘cause they’ve always been so bad at this, hahaha!” Ursula has a hearty laugh. “This is the last one, I promise!”

“O.K.…” Amelia accepts her fate. “But you can’t watch! You will all stay inside the carriage. If I find one of you peeking, I’ll get very angry!” Your little sister raises her claws and shows her teeth like a wild teddy bear…

This somehow works, and all the grunts run inside the carriage for their lives!

“Y-You’re too kind, Momma Bear! Too damn kind!” Ursula has so much appreciation for Amelia like she’s a divine being.

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>>5685035

Ursula is the last one to get back into the carriage and shuts it tight.

Amelia puts the book inside her bear bag, and leaves it in the front seat of the carriage, helping obstruck the view from the window in front (there are curtains blocking as well). Then she asks her bag to take care of all the machinery left. Your sister makes a call before bothering with the delinquent fight…

“Hey! It’s me!” Amelia is a little nervous. “I’m dealing with, uhm, a Code Black. P-Please, don’t choke on your sweets! Oh. I-It was your coffee? I mean… O.K.! Ah? You want me to what? I can’t disengage now, I promised a lot of people that I wouldn’t. Oh… uhm… Backup? Sure! I am at the Golden Peak Academy. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. O.K.! I’ll take care! Bye-bye!” Amelia pockets her phone now.

Nariko lets you know that Nina sent her an urgent message about backing your sister up in case her duel goes wrong. She lets Nina know that she, you, and Yu Yan are here already. Nina is very confused but relieved. Amelia was following Motley Crew protocol unlike Nariko... You’ll let this pass because it’s not your business, and she did great before.

Amelia skips forward, crossing the main gate. Nariko lets you know that there’s no one at this part of the campus. The principal really planned this for a while.

“Mister, we don’t have to do this if you surrender.” Amelia wants peace.

“Woah! Didn’t expect that. Why don’t you surrender instead?” Tonu throws the ball back.

“They rely on me.” Amelia shakes her head.

“Hey, hey! You know that beast of a woman is manipulating you, right?” Tonu has no chill and wants Amelia to change sides! “She’s not your friend. She was the one who called me out here today.”

“I know! We’re acquaintances! Study buddies, if you will.” Amelia shakes her head.

“You’re ignoring the important bit, little lass…” Tonu crosses his arms. “You don’t want to sacrifice yourself for someone who doesn’t care about you.”

“But I care about her dream of becoming a doctor.” Amelia’s walk is pretty decisive.

“The doctor thing? That’s a duppity lie.” Tonu doesn’t mind talking to someone he believes to be an idiot.

“What do you know? I’ve seen her dedication.” Amelia doesn’t care about Tonu’s impressions.

“Ah. You’re like me. You cling onto your own truths.” Tonu smiles.

“We’re nothing alike.” Amelia shakes her head furiously. “My team is there, and you’re alone.”

“Pyohoho, you’re wrong! My boys and girls are hiding just like yours!” Tonu has a good laugh. “I’m not quitting either way.”

“O.K.” Amelia sighs. Happy with herself for trying. “Mr. Referee, we want a match!”

The Flying Referee on Tonu’s shoulder nods, then gets ready to start the duel. Once again, a wheel of misfortune appears…

>>5685036

What type of duel these two will engage in?

>Sumo/Pushing your opponent out of a circle Match!
>Capture the Flag Race!
>A Whack-a-Mole contest!
>Write In.

>>5685036
>>A Whack-a-Mole contest!

>>5685037
>>Capture the Flag Race!

>>5685037
>Capture the Flag Race!

>>5685037
>Capture the Flag Race!

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Now the real question on everyone’s mind is who is going to spin the wheel?! Will you have to do it again?! You supposed that since nobody else is offering themselves…

“Oh no! Where is everyone? Don’t tell me I’m waaaay too late!” The very huggable Aurora shows up ready for a study session… Your fellow Nameless member (not official yet) is here! She attends Blue Echinacea, so it isn’t totally out of the blue. Heh. What a pun you made.

“Aurora! You came!” Amelia is happy to have her around! Then realizes this isn’t the best time.

“Ame! Sorry, I’m this late! I had to take one of my sisters to her dance classes, and another to buy some clothes, and this school was hard to find, and everyone around here is kinda creepy and it gives me the heebie-jeebies!” Aurora sounds really apologetic.

“Woah-wazoo! The cause of said repulsion might be that you don’t fit our district’s vibes!” Tonu tries to explain. “You better tell your fake bestie to get into the carriage with the others.”

“Oh, they’re studying in there?” Aurora smiles. “Hold on, I’m not her fake bestie! She’s my friend! It hasn’t been long, like a couple of days, but it counts!”

“You need a better eye on who you befriend, little lass.” Tonu almost feels bad for Ame.

“Don’t underestimate the bond of two people who study together!” Amelia won’t be brought down.

Suddenly, the Toucan referee approaches the airhead (not your words, but Scarlet’s. (Who is also an Airhead. (Unlike you.))), and asks her to spin the wheel!

“Yeah, sure, little friend! I’ll spin your funny wheel!” Aurora scratches the bird’s head.

“You gotta be joking me up and down! Another Daemon user? It’s my fifth today. What rotten luck…” Tonu sounds exhausted. He tries to look around for you two, but quickly realizes you’re not standing where you were before!

“Oh, hold on! Like, Ame, you’re dueling this guy?” Aurora is in shock. “You gotta tell me how this stuff works later! Maybe I can teach the others, hehe.”

“Sure! After we’re done studying!” Amelia nods rapidly!

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>>5685175

“Super Awesome!” Rora is having a good time! “Let’s spiiiiiiin the wheel!” The Dewitt sibling is having as much as you did, err, having a lot of fun! “You’re capturing the flag! Hooray!”

“A race?” Amelia crosses her arms in deep thought, then nods with serious confidence.

“Can I decide where the flag should be?” Tonu asks the bird. The referee agrees without qualms. “Can it be on the roof of that building? Where we had the other duel…” He whispers the last bit to the bird and you somehow catch it. “Hey, hey, don’t stare at me like that, little lass! Your friend spun the wheel, I gotta have something!”

“Grrr… fine.” Amelia didn’t like that, but agrees anyway. “Hmm, Aurora, I asked the others not to watch. And I don’t want to play favorites, so could you go into the carriage with the others?”

“Yee! They’re hitting the books, right?” Aurora doesn’t mind as she came exclusively to improve her grades. Maybe, you should help her in your free time…

“Literally. Pyhohoho!” Tonu has no faith in Ame’s… study buddies?

“Cool! Kick this rude guy’s ass, Ame! I know you can do it!” Aurora gives a few words of praise before leaving.

“It’s a joke, girl.” Tonu feels like Aurora is sensitive.

“Not that. Guy, before you said, like, I don’t belong here. That’s super rude.” Aurora didn’t let that go.

“I’m pointing out the rules, not making them!” Tonu cleans his hands.

“Whatever…” Aurora gets inside the carriage! Everyone inside sounds super cheerful to have her in! They sound like a fun bunch despite the delinquency.

The Toucan draws the starting line with his superpowers, then lets both competitors know that once he drops his right wing down, the race will begin! Now he asks them if they’re ready!

“Yes!” Amelia is skipping in place.

“Ready, nelly.” Tonu claps.

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>>5685179

The Toucan drops his wings! The race has begun! Immediately, the Toucan teleports itself to the finish line! And as far as the competitors go, Tonu begins running like the devil, he’s not trying to go into the building, but in front of the nearest wall.

“Sorry, little lassie. But I’m not taking any more losses today!” Tonu smiles. He turns around, and…

A ladder sticks out from his waist, propelling him upwards towards the finish line! It looks like Tonu’s power is that he has a seemingly infinite ladder in his stomach. He doesn’t need the stairs in the building to go up…

And neither does Ame.

Electricity comes out of her body as she concentrates, she stomps on her foot and solely brings out the cloud Saraswati uses. Then rockets herself up at a faster pace than ever before! It’s lighting fast! Maybe that’s a stretch, but it’s fitting with her theme!

And, huh, Saraswati is out… and she looks disheveled… And is riding the cloud backwards. At the top is your sister, and hanging from the bottom is the bum of a teddy bear…

Anyway, it’s not a surprise at this point, but Amelia wins the race with ease. To be fair to him, it didn’t take Tonu that long to get there in comparison. If it was anyone but Ame, he would’ve won! At least, he would’ve beaten you. Unless you bit his ankles, he wouldn’t have been prepared for that. Nobody is. Not even you. But now you are. Or maybe you aren’t. What can a man do against that?! The answer is nothing! You have decided to add this clever maneuver to your arsenal.

“Dear Johnny, we can’t hear them from here.” Nariko has a point. You’re not even close to seeing the fallout.

There’s no popcorn left…

What do you do?

>Go up there and see the fallout, you idiot. You still need the keyboard!
>Meet up with Aurora inside the carriage.
>Find Yu Yan! Your party isn’t full without your Smug Hobo.
>Write In.

(Last Reply of the Day, we continue on Monday!)

>>5685180
>Find Yu Yan! Your party isn’t full without your Smug Hobo.
>Find more popcorn.

>>5685180
>>Meet up with Aurora inside the carriage.

>>5685180
>Meet up with Aurora inside the carriage.

>>5685180
>Meet up with Aurora inside the carriage.

>>5685180
>>Go up there and see the fallout, you idiot. You still need the keyboard!

>5685180
>Go up there and see the fallout, you idiot. You still need the keyboard!

>>5685180
Nevermind I am dumb
Changing from >>5685407 to
>Go up there and see the fallout, you idiot. You still need the keyboard!

>>5685180
>Meet up with Aurora inside the carriage.

>>5685180
>Meet up with Aurora inside the carriage.

>>5685180
Changing to:
>>Go up there and see the fallout, you idiot. You still need the keyboard!

>>5685180
>Meet up with Aurora inside the carriage.

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“I don’t think we would see the fallout even if we tried.” Yeah, ankle-biting aside, you’re not fast enough to get the full picture.

“What do you suggest we do?” Nariko ponders what’s next.

“I want to say hi to Rora, I haven’t seen her since I came back.” You create a sidemission within a sidemission within a sidemission, someone needs to stop you.

“Shouldn’t we try to find Yu Yan if we’re choosing to go on another path?” Nariko is concerned about Yu Yan’s safety.

“I’ll leave her a message.” You text the smug hobo through Chat-now! Yu Yan receives it and lets you know she’ll get there when she can as she’s dealing with heavy stuff. “She’ll come over when she feels like it.”

“Oh well.” A sentimental Nariko misses her homeless sister. “I’ve sent Amelia a message asking for future updates as well.”

“Good thinking there!” You praise.

“Let’s meet with this Rora.” Nariko will get to meet the eldest Dewitt! (Not counting Sina!)

You knock on the carriage’s door and a random grunt greets you two.

“Hello there! How can I help you?” This grunt is very polite, to the point you feel like you’re in a store. He’s holding a book in his hand, and he’s not the only one. They seem to have been studying… You wonder if it’s because of Rora’s pressure or if they were studying the whole time.

“Two things, one, the duel is done; and two, I wanna talk with Rora, please!” You try to match his energy.

Inside, the mob asks who won! They ignored the Dewitt bit.

“Amelia, of course.” Nariko is proud of Amelia’s accomplishments as she announces it.

The gang erupts into cheers! They are hugging each other like they sent a space shuttle to space! Acclaiming the name of their Momma Bear! Now they’re wondering where their heroine is.

“She’s discussing the terms of surrender at the top of that building.” Nariko directs the group toward an objective.

With that clue, all the members of the Bear Claw get off the carriage like this is a bad clown car joke. But the blonde you are waiting for isn’t among them. Instead of wondering what gives, you peek inside the carriage to find a flustered Aurora cornered, her eyes fixated on you.

“There you are, Rora!” You smile!

“OH MY GOD!!! I FORGOT how freaking CUTE you are!” Aurora is overwhelmed by your presence! She closes her eyes to withstand this visual assault. “Get ahold of yourself. Get ahold of yourself. Get ahold of yourself.” The overjoyed Dewitt keeps repeating to herself.

“Hey! Take your head out of there, Tree Trunk! Members only!” The Spokesperson of the Bear Claw grabs your shoulder.

>>5686596

What do you do?

>Throw Nariko inside the carriage and close it from within. You don’t need those kids bothering you.
>“Sorry, I’m saying hi to a friend.” Be extremely friendly and gentle.
>“Hey, I’m the brother of Mama Bear.” You’re Daddy Rat. Wait. That’s terrible and gives strange implications about everything. Scratch that. SCRATCH THAT!
>Ignore her and keep talking to Aurora!
>Write In.

>>5686597
>>“Hey, I’m the brother of Mama Bear.” You’re Daddy Rat. Wait. That’s terrible and gives strange implications about everything. Scratch that. SCRATCH THAT!yy4jhr

>>5686597
>“Hey, I’m the brother of Mama Bear.” You’re Daddy Rat. Wait. That’s terrible and gives strange implications about everything. Scratch that. SCRATCH THAT!
Squeak squeak, motherbear.
If they ask how, tell “Glasses are hereditary”

>>5686597
backing >>5686610

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“Hey, I’m the brother of Mama Bear.” You’re basically an honorary member: Daddy Rat! Wait, that’s absolutely terrible in every way imaginable… You’re going to ignore you ever had this thought, unlike biting ankles. That’s still a quality thought. And you know what’s also quality? Cheese. You’d like to eat some cheese.

“Mama Bear has a brother…?! That’s impossible!” The spokesperson is more than shocked by this.

“Is it that surprising?” Your entire life you've been told that you two look alike. Except for the notorious height discrepancy.

“Yes! Mama Bear has never told us anything about her personal life! She’s a solitary figure who nobody knows the origins of!” A grunt shouts without any hint of subtlety. “How are you even siblings anyway?!”

“Oh, well, the glasses are hereditary.” You adjust them as they’re basically part of your flesh…

“Oh no, the cute babies all have glasses now…!” Aurora’s defense mechanism is under attack by her imagination going wild. You wonder what she’s seeing exactly.

“I can assure you that Amelia and Johnny are related. They’re basically twins.” Nariko doesn’t understand why everyone is struggling with the concept, and finds Aurora a very odd person.

“Eh? Twins? Are you out of your mind? And by the way, Tree Trunk, the glasses prove nothing! It’s stupid!” Ursula the spokesperson doesn’t buy it! “You gotta do better than that!”

“You put my word into question?” Nariko feels offended.

“There’s no one here that believes any of this.” Ursula crosses her arms.

“I do!” The nice grunt smiles at everyone. “I can feel a brotherly love for Mama Bear coming from him.”

“…That’s even more immaterial than anything these two have said.” Ursula doesn’t know why he decided to speak up. “C’mon, where’s the proof?”

You gotta convince these guys so you can… huh… why do you want to convince these guys that you’re Amelia’s brother?

What do you do?

>Take your glasses off and show them the similarities between you and Amelia!
>Break Aurora’s trance and make her testify to your blood relations. They have to believe one of their own, right?
>Show them your ID Card that clearly shows your names are unrelated. That will show them.
>Ask Nariko to prove it for you! She has a clever mind!
>Write In.

>>5686636
>>Take your glasses off and show them the similarities between you and Amelia!

>>5686636
>>Call Amelia. Sure it’s not exactly a right time, but it’s most solid proof

As much as I would to make a fun option, this is safest and MOST BORING of all.

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>>5686636

Got sleepy. This is the Last Reply of the Day! We continue tomorrow!

>>5686646
its okay, have a nice day

>>5686636
>Call Amelia. Sure it’s not exactly a right time, but it’s most solid proof
"Ame, tell your head lackey to back off."

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“Let’s get it straight from the source. I’ll call her…” You take out your phone. Amelia is taking her time to answer, she might be busy with Tonu still.

“Y-You have Mama Bear’s phone number?!” Ursula is in utter shock.

“Evidently. How else would you contact her? Hmm?” Nariko is puzzled.

“No need. We agree on a time and a place at school.” Ursula says.

“And not through phone?” That answer didn’t satisfy Nariko.

“All we got from Mama Bear is her email.” Ursula kicks a nearby rock, looking dejected.

“Is Amelia that bad at communicating?” Nariko never realized it.

“No! We don’t want to bother Momma Bear during her free time!” A grunt explains.

“We aren’t worthy, that’s all! This ain’t on Momma Bear!” One random grunt looks down.

“I’m sure we are. The topic hasn’t come up in a while.” The guy who opened the carriage for you doesn’t think that’s the problem.

“You guys asked her for her number, right…?” Nariko wants to get to the bottom of the issue.

“Eeh…” Dejected Grunt doesn’t remember.

“Uhm…” Another dejected Grunt can’t recall either.

“I don’t think we have.” Door opener shakes his head.

“That’s beside the point. I’m the only one who communicates with Mama Bear directly.” The spokesperson brute forces her way back into the conversation.

“Is it Mama Bear or Momma Bear?” Nariko noticed an inconsistency.

“Mama Bear.” Half the grunts say.

“Momma Bear.” The other half replies.

…Both groups side-eye each other.

“Hey!!! It doesn’t matter! We’re all Bear Claws here!” Ursula demands her troop to stop being idiotic by pulling out her megaphone.

“Okay, all be quiet! Amelia answered!” You ask everyone to be respectful. They all got closer to listen to your conversation. You try to wave them off except Nariko, but they don’t give a shit. Except Aurora who is still indulging in her fantasies.

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>>5687352

“Hey, Johnny!” Amelia is happy to answer your call. “If Nina contacted you, don’t worry! I figured things out on my own!”

“That’s great!” You’re proud of your sister! “Anyway, Ame, can you tell your lackey to back off?”

“Lackey? What lackey?” Amelia sounds genuinely confused.

“You know, from the gang you joined…” You clarify.

“I have not joined any gangs!” Ame doesn’t like this accusation.

“What about the Bear Claw thing?” You continue clarifying. “You know the Mama Bear stuff.”

“Momma.” One of the grunts corrects you.

“S-Shut it.” You tell that to the intrusive guy. Someone slaps the back of his head.

“Oooooh!” Amelia knows what you’re talking about now! “Hmm… That’s not a gang.”

“You’re kidding me now?” You frown.

“Nope!” Amelia is probably shaking her head.

“What about your delinquent hoodies?” Everyone here is either wearing a jacket, a hoodie, or a shirt with the logo.

“Johnny! Please! My hoodie has cute bear ears! Delinquents don’t wear that.” Amelia is really acting like a dummy now. You’re grateful that you’re never this dense.

“It has the name of the gang on them.” You noticed the initials.

“No, the initials B.C. stand for Book Club!” Amelia denies all wrongdoings. “We’re reading the Way of the Flowers and Redemption! Ask them!”

The entire gang raises their books with said title.

…

“They have the books, yeah…” You don’t want to admit it because of how tremendously stupid this is.

“See? Lately, we’ve been doing study sessions together because our exams are coming up!” Amelia explains further.

“Ame, I know you fought someone else’s gang leader.” You didn’t want to go there.

“Ummm… That’s true. But you did the same! Kinda…” Amelia brings your past out.

“OOOOOOOOOOOH!” The Bear Claw throws gasoline into the fire.

“S-Shut up, please!” You ask for decorum from the brutes! You go back to talking to your sister. “I only did it once!”

“Me too!” Amelia defends herself.

“Nuh-uh, I know you did it more than once! Don’t lie to me!” You point out.

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>>5687357

“W-Who told you that?!” Amelia is in utter shock.

“YOU.” You heard her say it before the fight. “Mine was one and done, and I was never involved in that stuff again.” You’ll ignore the money Trent asked from you…

“You befriended that meanie Trent! You’re worse!” Amelia is being a bad sister bringing your hypocrisy out. “At least the people I helped wanted to escape from this!”

“Wait, you’re friends with Blood Knuckles’ Trent Figg?!” Ursula looks wary of you. The rest of the grunts shush her to be quiet.

"I-It wasn't only about helping Trent! But to stop Henry from doing the stupid masked vigilante stuff! He ended up joining us after I kicked his ass, remember?!" You remind your sister!

“Y-You beat El Hijo del Macho?!” One grunt turns pale.

“That’s amazing!” Door Opener feels adulation for you!

“Could you all be quiet for once?!” Nariko turns into a mini-Chio to shut them up.

“Amelia, it doesn’t matter. I’m not mad at you. Just tell your stupid gang that we’re siblings so they can stop bothering me.” You’re so done with this.

“O.K.” Amelia is probably nodding rapidly. “Hand the phone to Ursula, please!”

“Here you go…” You sigh as you hand it over.

“Y-Yes? Mama Bear?” Ursula maintains distance from everyone, trying to keep this conversation private… “Yes… Yes… uh-huh… Absolutely… It will be done! Yes! Bye-bye!” She hangs up the phone and hands it back.

“Hey.” You weren’t done talking to Ame.

“The Bear Cl— The Book Club is at your disposal.” Ursula sighs.

You supposed this is the end of their animosity…

What do you do?

>Ask the Book Club if they can help you with some stuff. They can be the manpower behind some stuff for the Idol group!
>Ask Ursula about her true intentions. Is she really into the Book Club or did she manipulate your sister to join Gang Fights? Is the Bear Claw really no more?
>Ask Ursula about her disdain for Trent. You can imagine why, but it’s better to hear people’s backstories!
>Wake Aurora up from her trance. Offer to study together if she needs help!
>Find Yu Yan and the two honor students. With everyone’s help, you can help these dummies with their studies!
>GET THE FUCKING KEYBOARD.
>Write In.

>>5687361
>>Ask Ursula about her true intentions. Is she really into the Book Club or did she manipulate your sister to join Gang Fights? Is the Bear Claw really no more?

>>5687361
>Ask Ursula about her true intentions. Is she really into the Book Club or did she manipulate your sister to join Gang Fights? Is the Bear Claw really no more?
Then
>GET THE FUCKING KEYBOARD.
Once keyboard is SECURED
>Find Yu Yan and the two honor students. With everyone’s help, you can help these dummies with their studies!
Throw the honor students at these dummies, then ditch this gaudy piss-yellow school.

>>5687361
>>GET THE FUCKING KEYBOARD.

>>5687370
I'll back this to break the tie

>>5687370
i agree. backing up

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You’re going to ask Ursula about her intentions, get the fucking keyboard, and then find Yu Yan and the other girls to form a massive study group so you can leave this adventure to piss town on a high note. Sounds easy, right? No side-mission within a side-mission within a side-mission bullshit, right?

Right…?

“I got a couple of questions if you don’t mind. Uhm, they’re not something I want to broadcast to the rest of the study group though.” You look at everyone around to give them a cue to move away.

“You heard Mama Bear’s brother. Scram! Keep on studying!” Ursula likes the privacy and indulges you.

You’re left with Ursula, Nariko, and the nice door opener guy. You have no idea why he’s sticking around, but you’re not going to question it. With everyone doing their own thing, it’s time for you to delve into the ugly questions you have.

“What are your true intentions, Ursula?” You, metaphorically, go for the jaw like she’s Henry.

“I-Intentions? What are you talking about?” Ursula didn’t expect this kind of question right off the bat.

“Are you really into the Book Club? Or did you manipulate my little sister into joining gang fights?” You’re a little pissed, you’re not going to lie, but you’re hiding it well. Is this how your sister feels about Neko?

“Book Club 100%! But it’s tricky.” Ursula crosses her arms. You got the feeling she’s going to be honest. “She knocked out our former leader so badly, he changed schools. One electrifying slap! Saw it with my own two peppers.”

“Why did Amelia do that?” Nariko wants answers.

“Self-defense. Our old boss did business himself and threatened the staff at the library for a special book. He read some conspiracy theories, and wanted his hands on it.” Ursula recalls. “He got really violent for a hot minute, and ended up spitting sparks.”

“What’s the book about?” You think you’re getting a long story.

“I’ll get to it, just wait a little bit.” Ursula is trying to build up intrigue. “I was forced to take leadership. Chain of command stuff. I relinquished the role, but nobody was up to taking it either, so we disbanded.” Ursula sighs. “I thought it’d be the end of it, but the leaders of the other gangs wanted blood. My blood. My GREAT teammates told those jerk faces to look for me as I was the leader.” Ursula glares at Door Opener guy.

“Hmm? I got my ass kicked trying to keep you safe. The others weren’t so nice.” He turns to you two now. “We all apologized for letting Ursula down.”

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>>5687526

“By that time, Mama Bear and I started studying together. I was like, so curious about her and stuff led to other stuff, and we started to buddy up. Then the assaults happened. They came to my home. They threatened my parents. Threatened my lil’ bro. I had enough, reformed the gang as best I could, but there’s no way we could win.” Ursula looks a little pissed. “I confined to Mama Bear what was happening; I didn’t want her help, just wanted to let her know I couldn’t stay being her study buddy. At the time of battle, she showed up, and you can fill in the gaps from this point onwards.”

“What about the book?! You haven’t told us about the book!” Nariko is as curious as you are.

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>>5687529


“That’s where things get a little dicey…” Ursula looks like guilt is consuming her. “The book itself ain’t important. It’s just, like, some delinquent drama? Fiction. It’s an old book. Way old. But it had a note about a treasure. Shortening the details, all the flags in every school in the city have a piece of the puzzle to find it. There were like 30-something. You beat a school, you get their piece, and move on. That’s the idea. The tradition is so old, everyone forgot. When I read it, all the major schools still had a piece.”

“And now you used Amelia to beat them all to get their clues for a petty treasure you aren’t sure exists.” Nariko doesn’t care for Ursula anymore. “By your insinuations from earlier, I assume you’re onto your last puzzle piece.”

“I’m just a little curious, okay? But that ain’t everything.” Ursula doesn’t like being judged.

“I feel a little duped.” Door Opener guy is upset.

“Stop that! We get the treasure and it’s over. There’s no reason for more fighting. No more dumb gang violence. We win.” Ursula points out. “Don’t look down, we’re at the end of it. Of course, the flag itself isn’t important, we need the flagpole. We gotta ask the Golden Boy where it is.”

“I suppose I’m curious about the results of this expedition…” Nariko is on board for the very bad reasons she looked down upon.

Is it better to have senseless gang violence or having dumb reasons for gang violence? Not the type of question you ever thought you’d ask yourself, but this is the life you live.

What do you do?

>Ignore this crazy bear lady, and stick to your plan. Move on.
>Fine. You’ll see the end of this stupid treasure quest that you knew nothing about until today. You’re somewhat responsible it got to this point anyway. So why not?
>Call Trent. Tell him about this stupid shit that he might care about.
>Call Gwendolyne. Tell her about this stupid shit that she might care about.
>Call Henry. Tell him about this dope thing!
>Write In.

(Last Reply of the Day, we continue tomorrow!)

>>5687530
>Fine. You’ll see the end of this stupid treasure quest that you knew nothing about until today. You’re somewhat responsible it got to this point anyway. So why not?
I mean, there is no way its gonna get wrong, right? A quick adventure, 20 minute tops, just go in and go out, right?
...RIGHT?!?

>>5687564
+1

>>5687530
>>Fine. You’ll see the end of this stupid treasure quest that you knew nothing about until today. You’re somewhat responsible it got to this point anyway. So why not?

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“Fine. Let’s discover the truth or whatever.” You came here for the keyboard, but since her owner is more preoccupied about learning the truth about some shitty trinket, who are you to stop this from happening?

“It’s about a treasure, dear Johnny.” Nariko clarifies like you’re watching a movie together and you didn’t pay attention.

“Yeah, that. Let’s do it quickly!” You feign enthusiasm. You don’t want another side-quest within a side-quest within a side-quest! It’s harder for you to keep track of things! You’re here to get the Keyboard for Debbie! Or for Nariko so you can get the band together for the first time.

“Gah! Yeah! Let’s get to it!” Ursula is so hyped up!

Door Opener guy remains silent, but vigilant. He’s part of the expedition.

With the decision made, you lead those who care about the Treasure side quest to the top of the building where the ‘golden boy’ and ‘Mama Bear’ await. After some short and frivolous introductions, the treasure hunting team has been assembled, sights on the flagpole with the last piece to finish this decades long struggle.

Amelia was certainly annoyed by the complex nature of Ursula’s decisions. But with the promise of actual gold (not piss paint) on the way, she doesn’t air her grievances to the full extent. Nariko will stay her best friend unchallenged as Ursula has been exposed to be just another acquaintance that took advantage of her. Which pains the Book Club spokesperson deeply.

It’s also revealed that Tonu is forced to help put a stop to the gang violence that has drowned Pokyo Lokyo for longer than any of you have been alive. That is Amelia’s wish. So in this quest for answers, he’s a reluctant ally. He leads the way to the last chamber where the flag pole resides.

At the oldest trophy room in the academy you, Nariko, Amelia, Ursula, Tonu, and Door Opener guy are here to unlock the truth. Behind a glass the actual school flag awaits. Mr. 0-2 hands over the artifact to Ursula.

“Woah! Be careful! It’s a treasure among treasures! Legends say the founder used this very flag as a napkin.” Tonu acts like this fact isn’t utterly disgusting.

“Ew!” Amelia doesn’t want to touch it!

“We’re here for what’s inside here.” Ursula taps the flagpole.

“Pyohoho, I’m kiddin’, little McTiny!” This is Tonu’s only victory of the day… “…It was for his dinner table.” By the sounds of it, all Koromas are weird.

“How’s that any better?” Nariko wonders.

“You… clean your mouth with your tablecloth?” Tonu is utterly confused.

“She hasn’t done it in a while!” You defend your OG Hobo! Based on everyone’s reaction, it didn’t work. Bunch of snobs, you think.

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“I-I popped it open.” Ursula forcefully moves on by taking the attention with her actions. “Here’s the baby!”

That’s a piece of poorly assembled paper all right. You don’t know what to expect. Ursula pulls out the old delinquent book she mentioned earlier to take out the remaining pieces and assembles the final map!

…Victory is short lived, however, as the clapping of five cloaked figures echoes through the obscenely gaudy room full of accomplishments.

“Congratulations, everyone.” It’s the crystal voice of the woman from the speaker. She takes her cloak off. “You’ve done marvelously well to get this far. The secret order approves.”

“Madam Gainsbourg…” Nariko gets on the defensive. That woman is this Academy’s principal!

“Klehehehe!!! Those are boys and girls! Taking the biggest W to our school!!!” Another cloaked figure unveils herself! She’s a pretty muscular woman!

“Principal McKenzie?!” Oh yeah, Door Opener guy is still here! This woman must be the principal of Blue Echinacea! Amelia’s school!

“Not even in my wildest equations did I think I’d see you here, Mr. Ando.” Oh no, it can’t be, the next cloaked figure is… “It’s equally a pleasure.”

“Dirty Rob…? Aw, man…” You don’t want to be here anymore. You don’t want to be around anymore…

“I-I’m Principal Conti, y-you little…!” Mr. Conti is furious with you!

“Don’t lose your spark, Conti! It took you too long to earn the privilege to be in this concert to have this shocking display.” Another man takes his cloak off.

“Indeed, be grateful you’ll watch the end of this journey, you swine.” Another woman reveals her identity as well.


…Nobody is saying anything. It’s like they’re expecting someone to recognize them.


“…Who are you people?” You could guess but you aren’t in the mood.

“Y-You don’t know who we are?!” They are both more dismayed than Conti.

“Nopetty Nope.” Tonu shakes his head. Everyone else is looking around to evade eye contact…

“Hmm, you are from the other schools, right?” Amelia tries to guess.

“I’m principal Zhi! From Purple Rose, baby!” The guy with sunglasses is still in utter… shock! He looks like he could be Billy’s friend (still kidnapped)! “Still under reconstruction…” He sighs…

“I’m the principal of Red Tulip, Lady Redbroon! Don’t you forget it, you little piggy!” The woman doesn’t take not being recognized well…

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“And what are you lot doing here?” Nariko doesn’t have any respect for these people.

“Lady Edamura, did you lose your manners while rummaging through the garbage?” The Evil Principal Gainsbourg mocks the former homeless girl.

“I found a spine. Now state the reason for your unpleasant visit.” Nariko crosses her arms.

“Yo! It’s a joyous occasion everyone! No need to get all tense.” Principal Zhi wants everyone to calm down a little.

“Heh, don’t tell us you found yourselves a map without connecting the dots behind it? The great rich history behind the many warriors who fought for it?” Mr. Conti smirks.

“Pretty much.” You shrug.

“Yeah.” Amelia shrugs.

“That’s the case, indeed.” Nariko nods.

“Woah, yeah, I have no idea what’s going on. Just rolling with it down and down.” Tonu didn’t pay much attention when everything was explained.

“It is what it is, haha.” Door Opener guy happily joins everyone's dismissal of importance.

“I-I care… a little… But I don’t know.” Ursula is almost ashamed to give a shit about this crap.

“One of mine cares. Another point for my school, klehehe.” Principal McKenzie has a belly laugh.

“Let me indulge you all with a wonderful history lesson…” Conti will begin a tale that will mathematically put you to sleep.

“You’re a math teacher.” You frown. He’s taking Nina’s job! Nobody steals your comfy girl’s job!

“M-Mr. Ando, the joys of learning history aren't reserved to the classroom only.” Mr. Conti is taken aback by your interruption.

“You’re right, that’s a place to sleep.” You miss being comfy.

“Could you be quiet?!” The principal from Red Tulip is done with you. You don’t even remember her name.

“Listen to me, lady, I thought this would take 20 minutes max. But look at us now! I don’t want to waste my Saturday on this!” You act annoyed. “No dumb lessons, or we’ll leave with the stupid map now.”

Each Principal takes the kids of their respective school to the side to talk to them directly. You’re with Conti. Amelia, Door guy, and Ursula are with their buff principal. Tonu is being nagged by the evil-looking principal. And finally, the other two are trying to convince Nariko to join them…

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“Hahaha, Mr. Ando! You don’t understand this generational tale has involved you and your friend’s families for generations. Your ignorance isn’t a bliss, but a sin! A numerical fallacy!” Mr. Conti smirks and talks solely to you. “The Contis, The Spices, The Rodenhalls, The Wilkinsons, The Dentons, The Harrises, The Andos, and many more defended the Green. Mr. Ando, this is the will of generations coming together for one objective.”

“You know I didn’t win this thing, right?” You raise an eyebrow.

“Heh, the game is never over, Mr. Ando. You have to take the map for us now. Don’t be the third Ando who screwed us up.” Mr. Conti trusts you. “Absolve your family of their sins…”

“No.” You don’t know what he’s talking about, and you don’t wanna know.

“N-No?!” Mr. Conti is dismayed. “W-What do you mean?!”

“What do I mean? I don’t know what you’re talking about!” You open your arms in confusion.

“You don’t want me to explain!” Conti has a point.

“Because I want you to leave me alone!” You get angry.

“D-Don’t tell me you all have put your differences aside to get at the bottom of this…?” Conti can’t believe that friendship leads to good things.

Simultaneously, all the educators are finding out that their students want nothing to do with them!

“Zap! These kids are… electrifying! Trusting each other will lead to the treasure?!” Mr. Zhi is overjoyed by this revelation.

“Klehehe… Unbelievable, so much blood for nothin’…” Ms. McKenzie looks longingly at the trophies with a smile on her face. “These kids… are something else. Friendship, eh?”

“N-No! W-We all fought wars like you! We deserve a say in this!” Ms. Redbroon is stomping the ground in a tantrum. “T-T-This isn’t fair!”

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The dejected educators are all so overwhelmed by the determination of your group (you all don’t care) that they decide to stand aside and let you do as you please. They all thought your indifference meant that you wanted to stick together or something.

“Johnny, I’m sorry for dragging into this.” Amelia apologizes for getting involved in something so stupid.

“Don’t worry, it happens to me all the time…” You aren’t as angry as you portray yourself to be, you’re doing it for comedic effect.

“Pyohoho, didn’t you guys want your keyboard?” Tonu almost forgot! Even the Toucan is tired now…

“Yes. And to leave this place once and for all.” Nariko doesn’t want to ever return to this place.

“We aren’t going to check for the treasure now?” Door Opener guy realizes that you guys don’t even care in the slightest!

“I feel bad for ever caring…” Not even Ursula wants this.

“Kids, you are free to leave. We won’t stand in your way.” Ms. McKenzie speaks for the whole group of terrible teachers and educators that should be ashamed of themselves.

“Regardless of your intentions, Gainsbourg must have a trap waiting for us.” Nariko reveals the bad news.

“Oh, please. I don’t have any childish tricks like those up my sleeve.” The Evil Woman Gainsbourg denies.

“Ya-wow, she totally does…” Tonu sounds exhausted. They know her better than anyone!


Wait, if you team up with Mr. 0-2, doesn’t that mean you’re destined to lose whatever challenge comes next…?!

What do you do?

>“Can we leave, please?” Be sincere and honest with some pinches of sadness.
>“Fine, let’s all go find this stupid treasure together...” You have no option but to give them room in your party.
>“Go and get laid or something and leave us alone, lady.” Be mean. Like, really mean.
>Turn invisible when nobody is looking and knock the Academy’s principal out. Violence is never the answer, but the solution to most life problems.
>Write In.

(Only reply of the day, we finish the thread tomorrow!)

>>5688330
>>“Fine, let’s all go find this stupid treasure together...” You have no option but to give them room in your party.

>>5688349
+1
I want to have Johnny call out this principal at the very end of this sidequest. She looks like some Legend of Zelda gerudo trying very hard to be some gyaru bitch and failing miserably. What sort of failed marroage or midlife crisis was she on to resort to doing this? She seriously needs to fuck off and get laid. In fact all of these principals are deluded. I still like seeing Johnny get triggered by dumb school-related garbage, to the point even his quest narration becomes irritated. That character trait doesn't come up often because most of this quest isn't even Persona 5 anymore despite the OP pic harkening back to that, and Johnny doesn't even spend his time in a school setting much anymore. Good for him.

>>5688330
>>5688330
>>“Fine, let’s all go find this stupid treasure together...” You have no option but to give them room in your party.
>>But bitch, groan and moan at every opportunity, just to annoy and fuck with these moronic adults. It is THEIR fault that you are ended up in this whole mess
>>In fact, act as insolent and rebelious as possible. Gotta went all that pent up frustration SOMEWHERE.

>>5688584
+1 this too

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“Fine, let’s all go find this stupid treasure together…” You have no idea who made you the leader, but it’s better to take the initiative before things evolve into something nastier and time consuming. With that in mind, you’re NOT going to pretend to have a good time during this.

The group of failed educators cheer as you make this one sided decision. Your group can tell where you are coming from and don’t resent you for it, but that doesn’t mean they’re happy with this compromise.

“Marvelous decision. I commend you for ignoring these children’s whining.” The seemingly hostile principal lowers her guard now that you’re including these losers.

“No, it’s because I took them into account that I made this decision. You’re not worth the trouble, lady.” You won’t let her diminish the importance of Nariko’s intuition.

“Hey!!! Don’t get ahead of yourselves!” Ursula raises her voice. “It’s not take and go! The map is a puzzle!”

“Don’t worry, kids. Leave this to us! It’s time for the old generation to show you what we are made of.” Mr. Conti and the group of principals act like this offer is a cool defining moment of this journey. They’re desperate to be a meaningful part of this…

“Don’t hand over the map!” Amelia, Nariko, Door Opener guy, and Tonu shout together! Ursula freezes from the surprise.

“Gimme that.” You snatch this worthless piece of paper from Ursula’s hands!

Thanks to your Level 5 Knowledge, it is easy for you to decipher this supposed puzzle by rearranging the pieces of the map!

“What’s your problem, eh?! You gotta be careful with it!” Ursula didn’t like that!

“At the peak of this foothill, dig in the middle point of the rose, the coneflower, and the tulip.” You say the results of the gathered clues. The words, the drawings, and the strange poem all lead to this excerpt. And by reordering it, the map is cohesive, and the location of the treasure is marked by a red circle that surrounds a big area. “There. That’s the stupid puzzle.”

“That’s correct, dear Johnny. There’s no other way to solve this.” Nariko agrees with your assertion. “A fairly mundane riddle if I say so myself.”

“…You sure you wanna be a doctor, huh, girl?” Tonu is unimpressed by Ursula’s cognitive abilities.

“S-Shut up…” The Book Club’s spokesperson is embarrassed. “You got that part, Mama Bear’s Brother! But where should we go? The map is old as hell, before the city’s reconstruction even, so half of these buildings don’t exist.”

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>>5688937

“Klehehe, this is where we come in. We’ll read it for ya. We know the ins and outs of this city after so many fierce battles across the land.” Ms. McKenzie and the group of principals believe it’s their moment again… Mr. Zhi is the only one who clarifies he’s too young to help though.

“Buzz off! We can compare it with a current map with our phones...” Tonu takes the thunder away from these losers. “See? No biggie wiggie!”

“Huh? It’s at this school?” Amelia is somewhat surprised.

“Our founder must have precisely handpicked this terrain to build the academy for this reason. The treasure will always be guarded by the sword...” The malignant principal deduces.

“What a shocking revelation! Don’t you guys think whoever prepared this knew what would happen all along?” Mr. Zhi is full of awe and wonder.

“Of all the schools Pokyo Lokyo had, whoever made this picked our five for the final clue, it can’t be a coincidence…” Ms. Redbroon takes this way too seriously.

“What a thought provoking conundrum. Can you feel the feverish excitement in the air, everyone?” Mr. Conti’s enthusiasm is through the roof. All the old potatoes agree fiercely.

“You guys need hobbies.” You glare. “Let’s get this done…”

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>>5688939

The expedition travels to the figurative X on the map. Along the way, the elders decided to reminisce about their delinquent past like it was truly meaningful, and moreover, special. In their words, these life defining experiences formed them into the people they are now, and on its own, it was the reward for their efforts; but now all the blood spilled, the head traumas, and violence are about to have a tangible reward, and their past isn’t enough to fulfill them.

There’s a reverence to these seemingly traumatic happenings that crosses the line to a quasi-religious fanaticism. A longing for a past of purposeless violence that, somehow, in their minds, created a twisted deeper bond than that of regular friendship now that the before rivals are working together to find the ultimate reward they always wanted with all their tears, sweat, and blood. This desire still drives them to this day as in a moment of honesty they revealed that they kept themselves in the school environment to see if someone would rise to the challenge and see it through in the same way they fought. They couldn’t tarnish it by stealing the clues themselves. If the map was forgotten, they wanted the kids to find the truth. If the challenge is harder for the younger generations, so be it. The battles are sacred. The game is everything.

You can’t help but to think that these losers truly peaked in high school… Except Mr. Zhi, he has come to the harrowing realization that he’s with a bunch of freaks. He’s far younger than them, and fought during a time where the treasure myth was forgotten. Without being particularly skillful, he enjoyed his time as a bonding method with his fellow classmates. During his time as principal, he learned about the legend and thought it was cool, and that he would like to see the treasure, nothing more.

One thing you want to make clear is that none of you are enjoying hearing the ramblings of these old coots. The passion they exhibit is too obsessive to connect to, too personal to share with strangers, and too contrived to make sense…

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>>5688940

Thank god you find the meeting point of the flowers! You can see from afar little gardens with said flowers. In the peak of this foothill, the treasure awaits.

“Uhm, how do we dig?” Amelia points out that there’s a flaw with this expedition.

“Here’s a shovel!” Conti takes one out of seemingly nowhere. “I always have one of these babies with me in case I have to profane a grave.” He said that too casually and not in a joking way.

“No, I think it’s time for the old farts to do something.” You furrow your brows.

“You wanted a chance to be part of history, it’s now or never, mister something!” Tonu won’t grab that damn shovel either.

“I-I’m too old for this!” Mr. Conti won’t do it!

“If only you thought like that 20 years ago…” You raise an eyebrow.

“…You win, Mr. Ando. I’m the only one man enough here to see this through.” Mr. Conti starts his excavation…

…

…

He is so slow, Ursula and Door Opener guy start helping him. Eventually, Ms. McKenzie replaced him halfway through it. It is the Blue’s treasure, so it’s only fitting they do the grunt work!

…

At long last, they find a wooden hatch. There’s a message on top in old Prancijanian. Ms. Redbroon, who specializes in linguistics, reads it:

“Prancijan’s Greatest Treasure for Prosperity.”

With that read out loud, Ms. Gainsbourg violently opens it to find a treasure chest and an old note. It reads ‘Put it back when you’re done and write your name on here to preserve your legend.’ There’s a list of names here but you can hardly pay attention as your eyes are fixated on the actual treasure… Only one name stands out in your quick glance, and he’s a phantom thief…

“Get away from it…!” Conti pushes Ms. Gainsbourg away! The evil looking woman breaks the fall with her face, but she’s fine aside from some ankle problems. “I told you, father, I told you I would get my hands on it…! IT’S MINE!”

“Little swine! Why did you do that to her?!” Ms. Redbroon starts choking Conti! Apparently, Ms. Gainsbourg is her friend…?

“H-Hey, leave the risky content for later!” Mr. Zhi attempts to separate them!

“You idiotic muppets...” Ms. McKenzie tries to help, but… “KAH!!!” She trips with the shovel and all four principals roll down the foothill…

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>>5688941

…

…


It’s only you, Amelia, Nariko, Tonu, Ursula, Door Opener guy, and the still recovering Ms. Gainsbourg in front of the treasure…

“Mama Bear… I mean, Amelia, do the honors.” Ursula relinquishes her right to see what’s inside.

“Here’s a crowbar, Ms. Amelia.” Door Opener guy always has the equipment to open any doors! (In your head canon anyway.)

“OK…” Amelia feels like if she doesn’t do it, nobody will.

The treasure chest is open…

It’s an Old Crown.

Sadly, this is all we have for this thread! Thanks for playing and see you next time!

>>5688942
Oh shit. Time to go into full operator mode with Amelia next thread. We CANNOT let this crown fall into anybody else's hands

>>5688942
Right, thanks for running too!

>>5688942
Thanks for running!

>>5689034
And yeah, 100% agree. If this is the Creator's crown then it's implications could be huge, we can't let the others have it