>>22061099

The best time of the week is here! I needed this after finals.

>Head toward the smoke and ask someone what's going on

>>22061099
Run into the guild hall, start getting everyone out of there ASAP. Have them organize together outside so you can count heads and make sure everyone's out.

Oh, by the way, what's the magic number for this session?

Crash in through the window

>>22061182
Ah, right. Forgot about that.

Tonight's magic number is 8. For those who don't know, this means that when I ask for a roll, the 8th post rolling 1d20 is the one that counts.

Rescue anyone inside.

>>22061179
What this nigga said.

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Head toward the smoke, ask someone what's going on, jump trough the window, rescue everyone ASAP, and organize them together outside.

>>22061320
You can skip the part about jumping through the window. That's just retarded.

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>>22061099
There's no time to waste -- your new guildmates are in danger!

You push through the growing crowd of onlookers and dash through the door, only to collide with a pair of lithe figures headed in the opposite direction. Your momentum knocks them both prone with a synchronized yelp, and you barely manage to stop yourself stepping on them. Through the smoke, you think you can make out a pair of cockeyed ponytails between the two on the ground in front of you.

"Ami, Mami, is that you?"

"A-ah, Nii-chan? Yeah, it's us."

"How is it in there? Is anyone hurt?"

"Um, n-no, I don't think so."

"Good. You two wait for me outside, we'll need to get a headcount."

"R-right!"

The twins scramble to their feet and duck past you out the door. You cautiously make your way a bit further into the guildhall. Between the density of the smoke and its acrid sting causing your eyes to water, you can barely see your hand in front of your face, but oddly enough you notice that it seems fairly cool inside the guildhall.

"Hey, everybody! It's me, I'm by the door! Follow my voice! If you need help, call out and I'll come get you!"

You hear movement deeper within, and a few voices of acknowledgement. Nobody voices a need for help, which is good, but after a few seconds you hear a loud crash.

You call into the guildhall, "Who was that? Are you alright?"

"*cough*cough* That was *cough* me", you hear Haruka say. "I'm fine *cough*cough*."

Her subsequent cry of pain tells a different story.

Harurun was cooking.

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>>22061508
"Haruka! What happened?!"

"I *cough* think I sprained my *cough*cough* ankle...Don't *cough* worry, I'll heal it *cough*cough*, just give me *cought* a minute."

Tense seconds pass as gray sillhouettes filter past you toward the door; you count five in total. Assuming Ritsuko's still out with her group, that leaves one unaccounted for besides Haruka.
All you hear from Haruka's direction during this time is a staccato volley of hacking and wheezing.

"It's no use *cough*, I keep *cough*cough* choking on the smoke and *cought* can't *cough* focus enough!"

"Hang on, Haruka, I'm coming!"

Wrapping a handkerchief over your mouth and nose, you head into the guildhall.

>Give me a roll, if you could.

Rolled 8

>>22061609
Dice for the dice god.

Rolled 11

>>22061609

Since we need 8 rolls, I'll do the honor of starting.

Rolled 6

>>22061609
Come on, low roll.

Rolled 17

>>22061609
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afegfSrPjqY

Today, we're an angel with a burning heart.

Rolled 3

Brain problems, lead my dice


How many rolls we need?

Rolled 3

>>22061609
Oh god, someone's gonna die...

For anyone forgetting, it's dice+1d20 in the email field.

Rolled 1

>>22061627
Come on.

>>22061652
3 more.

Rolled 8

>>22061609
Here we go.

>>22061609
Stay focused. Stay alive.

>>22061671
Well, 8 might be good enough...

>>22061671
OK, that's not bad.

>>22061669
Nevermind, >>22061671 is it.

Please wait...

Rolled 8

>>22061663
So close...

Rolled 16

Baby baby

Rolled 16

>>22061609
Its all the roll of the dice

>>22061671

That's... low enough I hope.

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>>22061609
>>22061671
You cautiously make your way into the guildhall, hands outstretched to make your way through by feel. You don't have a particularly clear mental image of the guildhall yet, having only gotten here yesterday, but you're pretty sure the area Haruka's in is the lounge space. You imagine she probably tripped over the coffee table...

You manage to eventually make your way to where Haruka is, sitting on the floor cradling her ankle. You stoop down to help her up.

"Just what happened in here?"

"I don't *cough* know, it just got *cough*cough* really smoky all of a sudden!"

Odd...

With most of the girls out, it's gotten oddly quiet in the guildhall...but you do notice a sound coming from close by: labored breathing, wheezing, and weak coughing. It sounds like it's coming from one of the couches.

"Haruka, do you hear that? Is there someone on that couch over there?"

"I hear it! *cough*cough* I think *cough* Miki was napping on that couch *cough*cough* but I thought she woke up *cough*"

Could it really be that she's actually managing to sleep through this? Well, you've yet to see her awake the handful of times you've been in the guildhall, so you suppose it's not impossible...

>Come back for her after you help Haruka get out.
>It's not good to let her sleep in this smoke, wake her up before you start heading out with Haruka.
>Not even a lazy bum like her could possibly sleep through this! She must have passed out from the smoke! We need to help her, fast!

Rolled 18

>>22061824
Carry them both? or hell drag one.

>>22061824
>>It's not good to let her sleep in this smoke, wake her up before you start heading out with Haruka.

Just yell, "who wants an onigiri?!" That'll do it.

>>22061824
>Not even a lazy bum like her could possibly sleep through this! She must have passed out from the smoke! We need to help her, fast!

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>>22061824
>Not even a lazy bum like her could possibly sleep through this! She must have passed out from the smoke! We need to help her, fast!

Miki pls. ;_;

>>22061824
Prove your strength. Get them both at the same time.

>>22061824
>>Not even a lazy bum like her could possibly sleep through this! She must have passed out from the smoke! We need to help her, fast!

We're a big strong guy, sling Haruka over one shoulder and then get Miki.

We do this right we get to look like a badass striding out of a burning building with two ladies slung over his shoulders.

Rolled 15

>>22061824
Get her. Tell Haruka to crawl if she needs to.

Rolled 9

>>22061824
>It's not good to let her sleep in this smoke, wake her up before you start heading out with Haruka.
We would probably have better luck dragging Miki Miki out than attempting to wake her up.

Rolled 10

>>22061824
Come on

>>22061824
>Not even a lazy bum like her could possibly sleep through this! She must have passed out from the smoke! We need to help her, fast!
Im pretty sure she can but the other two options dont sit well with me

>Not even a lazy bum like her could possibly sleep through this! She must have passed out from the smoke! We need to help her, fast!

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No, there's no way even a lazy bum like Miki could sleep through an emergency like this!

"Haruka, she must've passed out from the smoke! Give me a minute, I'll be right back!"

You feel your way over to the couch, following the sound of Miki's breathing. As you reach out to get your bearings, your hand encounters something warm and soft.

"Mmmrm...mmrmrm, you pervert...*wheeze*..."

You snatch your hand back as though it were a hot stove rather than a girl in front of you. You cautiously reach back out to slip your arm under Miki's shoulders, and looping your other under her legs you sling her over your shoulder.

"Alright, Haruka, I've got her. Can you crawl over to me? I'll help you up and you can lean on me as we walk out."

You suddenly hear coughing just behind you as the warm mass on your shoulder spasms violently. "Aw, Producer, aren't you a big hero nano~"

"Ah! Miki! You're awake! Can you walk?"

"Oh, don't *cough* mind me, I'm just fine right *cough* here nano~"

>She sounds fine, put her down. Haruka needs your help more than her.
>Fuck it, let's get out of here.

Rolled 18

>>22062040
"Great. Head for the door. I'll help Haruka."

Rolled 3

>>22062040
>She sounds fine, put her down. Haruka needs your help more than her.
help haruka

>>22062040
>She sounds fine, put her down. Haruka needs your help more than her.

I would like to continue pai-toucing later though.

Rolled 5

>>22062040
Odin damn you! Grab them both.

>>22062040
Okay, let's keep Miki on our shoulder, pick up Haruka and head on out like the big damn hero we are. Then we head out.

>>22062040
>Fuck it, let's get out of here.

>>22062040
Be a damn Hero and carry them both out.

>>22062040
Both of em',

>>22062040
>>She sounds fine, put her down. Haruka needs your help more than her

Haruka's clumsy. She requires supervision.

>>22062134
Miki's lazy, she also requires supervision.
>>22062040
Grab both.

>>22062040
Both

>>22062194
None

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>>22062040
She sounds fine...but fuck it, she'll probably be easier to deal with this way, and besides, with how much smoke she breathed, it's possible she may not have the strength to make it out on her own after all.

You hear shuffling as Haruka gets closer. Snapping your fingers, you call out to her. "My hand's here, grab hold and I'll pull you up."

You feel Haruka grab your forearm with both hands, and you pull her upright. She stumbles a bit, but you catch her. "Put your arm around my neck -- watch out for Miki, she's on my other shoulder -- and lean on me as we walk out, ok?"

Haruka's only verbal response is another coughing fit, but you feel her arms form a tight loop stretched diagonally across your torso. Grabbing hold of her firmly by the waist, you set off toward the door.

"What's with all the smoke?" Miki asks blearily. "It's *cough*cough* annoying, nano~"

You feel her shift a bit, and suddenly a strong wind whips through the guildhall blowing away the smoke in your immediate vicinity.

"Miki, was that you?"

"Yep, nano~"

"Uh...thanks."

"No *cough* problem, nano~"

With the smoke cleared, finding your way back to the door is easy. You emerge out onto the street (where the smoke, though thin, is still lingering) to see Ritsuko emerging from the crowd, Yayoi, Chihaya, and Takane in tow.

"What on earth is going on here?!"

>"I don't know, I just got here myself, really."
>[Cocky grin] "Just me being the best damn Producer ever, that's all."

>>22062345
>"I don't know, I just got here myself, really."

Fires and jokes tend not to mix. Unless they involve marshmallows.

>>22062345
>"I don't know, I just got here myself, really."

No jokes homes.

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>>22062345
>[Cocky grin] "Just me being the best damn Producer ever, that's all."

Rescue bitches and obtain currency.

We play it smooth.

>>22062345
>>"I don't know, I just got here myself, really."
Psan, last time I let you tell a joke, it ended up being some elf story. So no more jokes for you.

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>>22062345
>"I don't know, I just got here myself, really."

>>22062345
>"I don't know, I just got here myself, really."
He is allowed to thing he's hot shit though, just not say it.

>>22062345
Oh yeah, why don't we organize a bucket brigade or something.

>>22062345
>"I don't know, I just got here myself, really."
HUMBLE AS FUCK

>>22062345
>>"I don't know, I just got here myself, really."

"Not sure, I'm guessing that fire was involved."

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>>22062439
>[Cocky Grin] "Not sure, I'm guessing that fire was involved."

>>22062458
This is excellent

>>22062458
I'd approve of that. Producer needs to have cooler lines if he's gonna be cocky.

>>22062458

Can I cancel my vote and vote for this line?

>>22062458
>THIS

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>>22062345
"I don't know, I just got here myself, really."

You are fully aware of the irony of this statement, standing as you are with a girl on either arm, just emerging from a smoking building. Ritsuko is also clearly aware, given the skeptical eyebrow she cocks your way.

"I'm guessing that fire was involved," you add helpfully as you adjust Miki's weight on your shoulder. "Must've been a really small one, though, because it felt quite cool in there."

"Really..." Ritsuko turns to the group of girls gathered in the street -- you notice Ami and Mami are not among them. "Do any of you have anything to add?"

Iori looks like she's about to say something, then apparently thinks better of it and looks away with a worried look on her face. Ritsuko seems about to pursue this, then Yukiho raises a hand tentatively.

"Um...I'm not too sure what exactly it was, but, um, I think I saw Ami and Mami playing with something right before it got all smoky. And I think the smoke came from where they were playing at, b-but I'm not too sure. The room filled up really fast..."

Ritsuko looks around. "And where are those two anyway?"

>Tell her that you saw them leaving the building
>Keep mum

>>22062592
>>Tell her that you saw them leaving the building
I want angry Ritsuko

>>22062592
>Tell her that you saw them leaving the building

WHAT DID THEY DOOOOOOOOOOOO.

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>>22062592
>Tell her that you saw them leaving the building

Knew it.

>>22062592
>Keep mum

We may be many things, but we're not a snitch. We don't rat them out, that's just not right.

"Don't look at me, I just got back. Knowing them they ran off somewhere and are just fine. They'll come back when they're hungry, just like cats."

>>22062592
>Keep mum

We'll have tokachis owe us a big favor

>>22062592
>>Tell her that you saw them leaving the building
Might as well get it over with.

>>22062592
>Keep mum
I like mum. Let's keep her.

>>22062592
>Keep mum
Win the twins affection so we can use it was leverage later.

>>22062592
"Maybe we should, y'know, do something about the building? The one with all the smoke?"

>>22062592
>Keep mum

We can get the full story out of the twins later, but for now we don't turn them in.

>>22062592
>Tell her that you saw them leaving the building, point in the opposite direction of where they went.

>>22062592

>Keep mum

We need to build some danketsu with twins.

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>>22062592
You could tell Ritsuko that you saw the twins leaving...but on the other hand, you could keep that detail a secret, let the twins owe you a favor. You make a mental note to grill them on the incident later.

"I wouldn't worry about them, Ritsuko, I'm sure they'll turn up eventually. For now, shouldn't we worry more about the building? Y'know, the one with all the smoke?"

At this point the smoke coming from the windows is pretty thin and wispy, wafting lazily out rather than the dense billows you saw when you first arrived.

Ritsuko thinks for a moment. "Iori?"

"Yes?!" Iori seems to jump at her name, and is suddenly standing bolt upright.

"Do you have any spells that could help find the source of the smoke? By the sound of it, it's probably a very small, localized fire, and I don't want to soak the entire guildhall if we can help it."

"I-I prepared detect elements this morning, but I d-dropped my components pouch on the way out, and I'll need a, a bit of charcoal or something like that with a connection to fire to find a fire source."

Ritsuko fishes around in her pack and brings out an alchemical match, which she tosses to Iori. "Will that work?"

"Y-yeah..."

>>22062912
Iori clears her throat and pulls the wand from her sash. Holding the match in the palm of her hand, she waves the wand over it, muttering some incomprehensible incantation. After a few seconds, the match disappears in a burst of pink sparkles, which drift gently down around Iori for a moment as her eyes flash briefly with pink and orange light.

She peers at the building intently. "I don't really see any strong fire presence...just the stove in the kitchen area...I think I might need to go inside, the walls might be interfering with the aetheric resonance."

Ritsuko sighs. "Well, let's go then."

She walks up to you, still standing in the doorway with Haruka on your arm and Miki slung over the shoulder. "Excuse me, Mister Hero, could I get through?"

"Ah, of course." You set Miki down and step aside to clear the way.

>Let Ritsuko and Iori do their thing.
>Follow them in -- they might need help dealing with the source of the smoke, after all!

>>22062993
>>Follow them in -- they might need help dealing with the source of the smoke, after all!

>>22062993
>>Follow them in -- they might need help dealing with the source of the smoke, after all!

Somebody probably just left something in the oven for way too long.

>>22062993
>>Let Ritsuko and Iori do their thing.
That's enough heroin' for now.

>>22062993
>Let Ritsuko and Iori do their thing.

We'd just get in the way

>>22062993
>Let Ritsuko and Iori do their thing.
I trust them.

I TRUST THEM

>>22062993
>Follow them in -- they might need help dealing with the source of the smoke, after all!
Sure, I trust them.

But it'll probably be more fun to watch first hand.

>>22062993
Also, let's pay everyone.

>>22062993

>Let Ritsuko and Iori do their thing.

I've had enough smoke for one night. Let's go find the twins or some shit for a better explanation.

>>22062993
Let Ritsuko and Iori go inside, we stay out with Miki and Harurun

>>22062993
>Let Ritsuko and Iori do their thing.
Doesn't seem like a good idea to get in her way, better steer clear. Plus we can take time to talk to Takane about what they did for their job.

>>22062993
>Let Ritsuko and Iori do their thing.

They don't need two producers to do that kind of trivial stuff.

Check if everyone else is okay.

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>>22062993
You consider accompanying them, but on second thought there's probably not too much need for it, and you've already spent more than enough time in that smoke already.

It strikes you that everyone who went with you to clear out the goblin camp yesterday is here right now, so you take this opportunity to distribute the payment you picked up from the duke's palace this morning. You also check to see how everyone's doing; apart from Haruka's ankle (which she fixes up herself after you set her down), the worst is just some irritation from the smoke, which Azusa volunteers to cure. You protest when she comes to you, telling her to save her mana for more important things, but she insists.

After a few minutes, Ritsuko and Iori emerge from the building. Ritsuko seems to be holding a walnut-sized orb made of tin.

"Looks like it was some kind of alchemical smoke bomb, that's all. The guildhall will smell funny for awhile, but there shouldn't be any serious damage."

With a little wheedling, Ritsuko convinces Miki to blow away the rest of the smoke in the guildhall, and everyone heads back inside. Iori apparently can't stand the smell, and goes around waving her wand, trying to get rid of it with some kind of basic magic. The smoky odor in the guildhall is periodically covered by bursts of floral fragrance, but it doesn't appear to have any lasting effect.

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>>22063280
>It's now early afternoon, and you've already had two rather adventurous encounters without even taking on a quest yet. Wat do?
>Track down the twins
>See how Ritsuko's quest went this morning with the basement monsters
>See Kotori to get a new quest of your own.

>>22063290
>Track down the twins

>>22063290
>Track down the twins

They're loose on the town, we should find them before more chaos erupts.

>>22063290
See how well Ritsuko fared AND get a new quest.

>>22063290
See how Ritsuko fared on her quest, then track down those two trouble making scamps.

>>22063290
>Track down the twins

We had little real interaction with them yet

>>22063290
See how Ritsuko did and then twins after

>>22063290
>Track down the twins
And then may tease them about how much damage they did.

>>22063290
Track down the little bastards

>>22063290
Guess it's time for twin damage control.

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>>22063290
After loitering about the guildhall for awhile, you decide you'd rather get out for some fresh air. Maybe you can track down the Futami twins and see what other mischief they might be getting up to.

Heading out into the street, you slowly start tracing their path, asking shopkeepers and the like if they saw the twins and which way they went. After a few hours, you manage to track them to a small square, some distance from the guildhall. There you see Ami standing atop a wooden crate, taking bows to a smattering of applause from the small crowd gathered around her.

"Thankee, thankee! Now, for my next trick, the amazing Ami will..." She trails off as she spies you leaning casually against a building at the edge of the square.

>Wat do?
>Give her a relaxed wave. "Go on, go on"
>Give her the "I'm watching you" sign

>>22063579
>Give her a relaxed wave. "Go on, go on"

We'll confront her later.

>>22063579
>>Give her a relaxed wave. "Go on, go on"
Might as well. Let's see what she's capable of plus we don't want to have her disappear now that we've found her.

>>22063579
"Play Free Bird"

>>22063579
>Give her a relaxed wave. "Go on, go on"
Wouldn't want to interrupt the show now would we.

/a/ pls go

>>22063579
Don't pay attention to Ami right now, she's the distraction, Mami is the one who's up to something.

Smile knowingly at Ami, give her a relaxed wave and let her do her thing, and scan the area for Mami, I wouldn't be surprised if she was up to some mischief in the crowd.

>>22063626
What this guy said. Mami can't be far away.

>>22063693
She could be in the crate and they're doing a magic show of sorts. But don't assume that.

It's not the twin you see that you should worry about, it's the twin you don't see.

>>22063579
lets see what the Ami will do

>>22063579
>Give her a relaxed wave. "Go on, go on"
Where is the other one?

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>>22063579
You smile at Ami and wave her on to continue with her performance. You're more interested in what Mami's up to while Ami's up on her little stage, and scan the square for her.

"The amazing Ami...willl...need an audience volunteer! Let's see...how about...You! The handsome Nii-chan in the back there! Why don't you come on up? Come on, don't be shy, don't be shy!"

She's pointing right at you. With a sigh, you make your way through the crowd to Ami's makeshift stage.

"Now, Nii-chan, here's what you need to do, ok? You're going to have to crouch down like this, ok? And then the amazing Ami will cover you with this cloak! And then..."

As Ami sets up the trick, you continue to scan the area for Mami, and finally you spy her, slinking around the back of the crowd. You catch a few flashes of sunlight on metal -- is she cutting purses?

You also spot another flash of metal further off -- a city guard approaching down one of the streets leading to the square. Ami seems too preoccupied with you to notice.

>Surreptitiously warn Ami & help cover for them
>Keep Ami distracted -- these troublemakers could use a lesson

>>22063816
>Surreptitiously warn Ami & help cover for them
Even though they probably don't deserve it, you're still their Broducer.

>>22063816
>>Surreptitiously warn Ami & help cover for them

She's one of our girls and we keep our girls safe and out of jail. We'll give them one hell of a talking to afterwards, but we're their Broducer, they need to know that they can always rely on us.

>>22063816
>Surreptitiously warn Ami & help cover for them

Getting caught will give the company a bad reputation.

>>22063816
>Surreptitiously warn Ami & help cover for them
TWO FAVOURS AHAHAH

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>>22063816
>Surreptitiously warn Ami & help cover for them

Eh. Let's get some extra scratch. Also snitching lowers danketsu,

>>22063816
>Surreptitiously warn Ami & help cover for them
lets rack up their debt to us

>>22063816
>Surreptitiously warn Ami & help cover for them
THEY SHALL BE OUR SLAVES, SLAVES I SAY!

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>>22063879
Ahahaha.

>Surreptitiously warn Ami & help cover for them

Definitely. It' easier to control them if we're friends with them.

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>>22063816
"...And then, once the amazing Ami is done saying the magic words and pulls off the cloak, this handsome Nii-chan here will have turned into a cute little bunny rabbit!"

"A bunny rabbit?" You look pointedly in the direction of the approaching guard. "I don't think I'd want to be a bunny rabbit...they tend to get caught and eaten by things..."

Ami seems to catch your hint. "Ah, well that's a shame Nii-chan, because I think the crowd really wants to see a cute little bunny rabbit..."

Somehow she must have signaled to Mami, because the older twin slips deeper into the crowd, moving more quickly than before. You lose sight of her.

Ami snaps her fingers, apparently struck by inspiration. "Tell ya what, Nii-chan, instead of a bunny rabbit, how about a horse? A big white horse! And since the show's about over, the amazing Ami will ride you off into the sunset! How about that?"

"I guess I'd be ok with that," you say.

"Ok Nii-chan, now crouch down right here on the stage!" She steps off the crate, inviting you to take her place. You do as she says, and she covers you with a cloak.

From outside the cloak, you hear Ami chanting nonsense words (not the same sort of foreign-sounding gibberish Iori used in her incantation earlier today, but rather stuff like "Hocus pocus...abrakadabra..."). However, in your ear, you can hear her whispering: "When I pull off the cloak, run for the street on the right side of the square. Don't worry, nobody will notice."

>Dice, please.

Rolled 7

>>22064031
This is no time to horse around.

Rolled 1

Someone's gotta roll first.

Rolled 20

>>22064031
Time for some sneakery.

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>>22064050

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Rolled 19

>>22064031
>Ami will ride you off

tokachi pls

Rolled 16

>>22064031
We gotta get out of this place.

Rolled 15

>>22064031
This looks bad.

Rolled 19

>>22064031
She owes us one bigtime now.

>>22064057
>OP confirmed for liking Chihaya-tier bad puns.

Oh, a cutpurse actually cuts purses. I never knew that.

Rolled 3

>>22064031
GO GO

Rolled 5

>>22064031
We're fucked now.

Rolled 17

>>22064031
Man I love Ami

>>22064085
Or maybe not... That was close.

>>22064085
Good roll. We're safe.

>>22064081
Yeah. People used to wear their purses attached to their belts, so with a sharp knife you could just cut it off.

Nowadays people keep wallets in their pocket so it's pickpocket.

>>22064117
The purse or the belt?

Rolled 10

>>22064117
How was everyone suppose to know how well endowed you were if they can't see your bulging bag?

>>22064131
Yes.

>>22064131
They cut the strings that attached the purse to the belt.

>>22064142
Makes sense.

>>22064134
Seems like a good trade off. I wouldn't want to risk someone grabbing my sack every time I went out.

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>>22064031
>>22064085
As Ami pulls the cloak away, you jump off and sprint off to the right, as instructed. Ami and Mami are running right alongside you but the crowd's attention seems to be drawn in the opposite direction. Glancing back, you see a translucent image of Ami riding a white stallion off down the street on the other side of the square, waving back at the crowd and shouting, "Thankee, thankee! You've been a wonderful audience!"

After a couple minutes of running through winding streets and alleys, the three of you stop to catch your breath.

"So, girls. This is the second time today I've bailed you out of the consequences for your mischief..."

"Eh? Second time?"

"Oh yes. I know about your fun with the smoke bomb back at the guildhall. But I care about my dear rookies, so I let you run along your merry way. And I didn't tell Ritsuko that you did either."

The twins look a little hopeful at this. "So...Ritsuko doesn't know we did it?"

"Well...she doesn't *know*. Not for sure. But Yukiho said she spotted you messing with something right before the smoke started, so I think Ritsuko can put two and two together."

Ami tears at her hair -- "Gah, Yukipyon, you traitor!" -- but Mami just looks at you skeptically. "So basically what you're saying, Nii-chan, is that you didn't really bail us out of that one at all..."

"So you're saying you wouldn't mind if I verified Ritsuko's suspicions?"

"Well..."

>>22064298
oh shit did they still pull one over us?

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>>22064298
"And as for what I saw just now...pursecutting? Shame on you."

"B-but Nii-chan, you helped us get away!"

"Only because you two getting in trouble would be bad for the guild's reputation, and I'd hate to see young girls like you tossed in the dungeon. But it doesn't mean I approve of what you did. You might have avoided punishment at the hands of the city guard, but you're not getting off scot free here..."

>I'm going to have to confiscate your ill-gotten gains.
>You're going to invest the money you got into the guild.
>You're going to donate the money you got to charity.
>Other [specify]

>>22064374
...well.

Gonna go middle of the road here.
>You're going to invest the money you got into the guild.

>>22064374
>You're going to invest the money you got into the horse races.

>>22064374
>>You're going to donate the money you got to charity.
Using stolen money for personal gain or for the guild's is asking for trouble.

>>22064374
>You're going to donate the money you got to charity.
>>22064379
That would look bad for the guild if we got found out.

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>>22064374
>Other [specify]

You're gonna have to use that dosh to by everyone at the Guild Hall gorgeous celeb pudding.

>>22064374
hmm wouldnt investing stolen money into the guild be a bad thing too?

I say charity route

>>22064392
>>22064397
Shit, you're right. I'm changing my choice to that one then.

>>22064374
>You're going to donate the money you got to charity then provide me with sexual favors

>>22064390
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6djgavbp7c

>>22064374
>Other [specify]
They can keep the money but they must become our SLAVES!

Rolled 10

>>22064374
Give to charity.

but let them keep quarter of the money
if they can train us in sneak or pickpocketing.

Hopefully their trickery will come into play later on down the road.

>>22064404
Azusa would just eat it all and get fat.

>>22064374

How much money did they nab? I wouldn't mind splitting it between pudding for everyone and charity.

>>22064374
First thing to do, gently bop them both on the head.

"Look, it's bad enough that you're doing these things, but you even let yourself get caught. Shame on you two. I expected better from you.

Look, let's make a deal. If I notice, suspect, or otherwise find out about any money you make through underhanded methods it goes straight to a charity of my choosing. But if you do a really good job, don't get caught, and it's completely untraceable you get to keep half, 40% goes to the guild, and I take 10% as a looking the other way fee.

And if you ever take from those who aren't well off and can't afford to lose anything I will find out and I will be extremely annoyed with you two. Got it?"

This gets the guild more money and makes them work on improving their skills while keeping them from being too malevolent.

Rolled 18

>>22064424
Kakka pls calm down

>>22064392
>>22064412
Oh! Oh! What if they're actually orphans and the reason they're stealing is to support where they grew up but don't want the rest of the guild to know so they play these pranks so no one digs deeper?

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>>22064424
>>22064459
Just as planned.

>>22064472

I'd rather have Ami and Mami's parents be high leveled clerics to mirror their normal doctor parents.

>>22064472
Then all the more reason we need to teach them they can't go about robbing people.

We quest and earn our bread through (mostly) honest work.

>>22064496
I thought it was only their father who was the doctor

>>22064472
their mom and dad are doctors though

>>22064419
oh shit its been a while since i heard this

>>22064509

Either way it would be delicious irony to have clergymen being the parent of mischievous thieves.

>>22064532
>>22064496
In medieval times it wasn't uncommon for orphans and foundlings to come under the care of a church or religious community. So it's possible that both are true.

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>>22064374
"You're going to give all the money you made cutting purses to charity."

They seem oddly relieved at that. "Oh, ok, we can do that!"

"ALL the money. Not just from today. All of it. Don't think you can fool me, you've clearly done that routine before, and I'm sure you've got some stashed away from previous runs."

Their faces fall.

"B-but...Nii-chan!"

"No buts. We're an adventurers' guild, not a thieves' guild. You're going to earn your coin by honest work. You've clearly got some good illusion magic and sleight of hand skills, and I know from sparring with you yesterday that you're decent in a fight. That crowd wasn't rich fatcats, they were average folk who probably need that coin as much or more than you do. There's no excuse for you to be stealing from such people when you could be questing instead."

"But...765Pro hardly ever gets quests..."

>"And you never will if you keep fooling about with silly pranks and criminal activity rather than doing good work to get the guild's name out there!"
>"Nonsense, I know of a couple quests you could do right now..."

>>22064588
>"Nonsense, I know of a couple quests you could do right now..."

>>22064588
>>"Nonsense, I know of a couple quests you could do right now..."
Tunnel exploration. Let's check in with Kotori.

>>22064588
>>"Nonsense, I know of a couple quests you could do right now..."

Time for adventure!

>>22064588
>"Nonsense, I know of a couple quests you could do right now..."
Let's not be TOO harsh on the twins.

Those loveable rogues, those.

>>22064588
>"And you never will if you keep fooling about with silly pranks and criminal activity rather than doing good work to get the guild's name out there!"
HARD WORK AND GUTS

>>22064588
>"Nonsense, I know of a couple quests you could do right now..."

AAAAADVENTURE TIME!

>>22064588
>"Nonsense, I know of a couple quests you could do right now..."
Adventure time with the twins. Make them rely more and more on us and then...

>>22064588
>"Nonsense, I know of a couple quests you could do right now..."

"Look, I don't mind if you steal from those who won't miss it, but those people need it for their families, it's wrong to take from them."

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Rolled 14

>>22064588
>I know of a couple quests you could do right now

>"And you never will if you keep fooling about with silly pranks and criminal activity rather than doing good work to get the guild's name out there!"
do we even have quests?

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>>22064634
>Make them rely more and more on us and then...
And then what, nii-chan? What could you possibly be thinking of? With a couple of mere children?

>>22064658
If we don't have any quests then we get to do something even better. We get to plan a heist.

>>22064664
Oh god, a heist quest would be awesome.

>>22064658

Have we explored the rest of that tunnel yet?

>>22064659
Children can still BECOME OUR SLAVES!

>>22064659
Make sure they grow up into fine young adventurers and go on quests and shit.

>>22064696
Harukakka, please.

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>>22064696
There's no age of consent laws in this world, right?

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>>22064588
"Nonsense, I know of a couple quests you could do right now..."

"Really?! Like what?"

"Well, for one, there's this tunnel..."

--------------------------------------------------

After explaining about the tunnel and the untold riches it might lead to (what? It could!), the twins were positively bubbling over with enthusiasm.

"Let's go, Nii-chan, let's go! Which way is it to the tunnel?"

"Woah, woah, hold up -- we'll need to check in with Kotori before we head out. And we'll probably need another person or two. For now let's go back to the guildhall, ok?"

You make your way back to the guildhall and talk to Kotori.

"Oh, you brought Ami and Mami back! Where were they?"

"Just off playing in the streets. I made the mistake of mentioning that tunnel we found yesterday, and now they won't stop bugging me about exploring it."

"Did you ask at the duke's palace this morning about payment?"

"Yeah, they said they'd send you the paperwork to get payment through some public safety fund or whatever. Think we're clear to go?"

"Well...I guess so, but it could be a pretty long expedition. You'd probably want to stock up on food and supplies first. I don't know how much money you have, but I know our girls probably wouldn't be able to afford what they'd need. You might want to do something smaller first and use your payment from that to prepare. We still have that request from old wizard Findlay, and he tends to pay pretty generously."

>Small quest first
>Tunnel!

Rolled 3

>>22064767
>Slaves
>consent

>>22064840
Fuck that, it's adventure time!

Though I suppose an inventory check would be in order.

>>22064840
>Small quest first
SENILE WIZARD SHENANIGANS ARE GO

>>22064840
Small quest. Let's do it. AmiMami and someone else?

>>22064840
>small quest

Make some dosh. I just hope it's quick and painless.

>>22064840
>>Small quest first

Let's do this.

Rolled 17

>>22064840
Small quest.

old wizards are fun.

>>22064840
Small Quest

also should we bring a 4th person?

>>22064840
Checking the time, I guess save the tunnel for next time.

small quest

>>22064887
Iori, I think. She would know about ingredients, good to have.

>>22064767
Realistically speaking, given a medieval-esque setting, there really wouldn't be all that much out of place with a younger 20-something guy courting any of the iM@S cast.

But practically speaking, the people playing this quest are from modern societies where such a thing would be very much out of place, and I don't want this to turn into pedo quest.

TL;DR -- technically no, effectively yes. As a meta consideration to avoid things getting creepy, the younger girls are all imouto-zoned.

>>22064931
Appreciated OP, I approve of the choice. If people want lewd, there's always /a/.

>>22064931

Shoulda just kept it vague man. Making lewd twin jokes is half the fun of these threads.

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>>22064931

>>22064840
>Small quest first
As long as the wizard doesn't pay us in trinkets it should go fine

>>22064931
Oh, but it's just jesting.
It's fun to jest with the twins.

>>22064767
>>22064931
They're what? 12? 13? While there weren't any laws as such it was... frowned upon. It might happen in cases of necessity, but it was far from the norm and while there was no official retaliation, the loss of goodwill from the community could be devastating.

>>22064931
So there is no harem end option?

>>22064974
To be fair, they are teenagers and "adulthood" was onset at a much younger age in medieval times.

Oh well. It's fine though, even if it's a disappointment.

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LESS LEWD TALKING MORE ADVENTURE

>>22064974
Maybe my understanding of history is just flawed, but I was under the impression that girls would be put up for marriage basically as soon as puberty hit, but it would not be uncommon for guys to stay bachelors until their early 20s. Maybe 20-year-olds wooing 13-year-olds wouldn't have been the most common scenario, but I don't believe it was particularly frowned upon.

For instance, IIRC, in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet was only 14 or so, whereas Romeo was in his 20s. And the forbidden part of their romance was all about the feuding families, not the age gap.

>>22065067

For once I agree with kai. Less lewd discussion and more adventure pls.

>>22065087
It's not lewd talk, it's history.

But true, it's time to continue the quest.

>>22065087
I blame the twins they are like lewd magnets, brings all the lewdness taht is normally suppressed to the surface.

>>22064953
No, it's better he clarified it now because not everyone gets how much is joking or not.

>>22065124

You really think we were legitimately gonna bork 13 year olds? I'm pretty sure everyone understands this wasn't an H-Quest.

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>>22064840
Kotori makes a good point about the benefits of a little extra preparation. And by the sound of it, this Findlay guy's request sounds like it'd be pretty easy money.

"You say you've gotten petitions from this guy before, right? How long do they usually take? It is getting pretty late in the afternoon."

"Well, they're usually pretty quick. You should probably be able to get it done before too long after sundown. But from what I hear, you've already had a pretty eventful day. Are you sure you wouldn't rather wait until tomorrow?"

>Adventure waits for no man! We go today!
>Meh, it can wait.

>Also, while we're at it, select your final party member. Ami & Mami are of course the first two. As a quick refresher, your options are:
>>Haruka: Clumsy, but decent fighter & healer
>>Chihaya: Srsbsns fencer with crazy music-magic
>>Miki: Lazy but supposedly good at just about everything
>>Yayoi: Spunky fighter who never gives up
>>Makoto: Asskicking tomboy
>>Iori: Rich girl wizard
>>Yukiho: Timid shovel-wielding earth mage
>>Azusa: Kindhearted healer
>>Takane: Mystery mage
>>Hibiki: Wilderness-savvy summoner

>>22065144
No, of course not. But /tg/ is not /@/ and I'm not sure how much pedo-joking is OK here. Why ask for trouble if we can avoid it.

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>>22065170
>Adventure waits for no man! We go today!

Also I pick

>Miki

Why?
-Works well with twins
-Can maybe seduce the senile wizard
-Might as well get to know her better after groping her earlier

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>>22065170
>Adventure waits for no man! We go today!
>>Yukiho: Timid shovel-wielding earth mage
It's shovelling time.

>>22065170
I say go with Takane, just to offset the support role. And also so that we can see her in action.

>>22065170
>Adventure waits for no man! We go today!

Also
>>Takane: Mystery mage

We need a caster and someone mature enough to help us handle these two.

>>22065210
Oh, and adventure, obviously.

>>22065067
>Maybe my understanding of history is just flawed, but I was under the impression that girls would be put up for marriage basically as soon as puberty hit
This did indeed happen, but was often driven by dynastic concerns, such as sealing a peace pact or securing the allegiance of one's nobles. Laws varied from place to place, some allowing a marriage to be arranged as young as 7. However, where such marriages were arranged they were not consummated until much later. Maybe about 16. Among the lower classes it was roughly similar, with menarche signaling the -viability- of marriage, but not necessarily the -necessity-. Region to region was different, seeming to fall within age 16 to 18.

I guess the important point here, and one I should have made from the start, is that the barrier was much more fluid that it is today and often there was a substantial gap between the betrothal or ceremony and consummation.

>Adwenture's not waiting

And Miki, too see if she's really that good as they say.

>>22065220
So in short, we cannot fuck the twins. Or anyone else for that matter. Because this isn't that kind of story.

>>22065170
>Adventure waits for no man! We go today!
As for party members, I would love to take Takane, though it might be a bit of a risk considering she's a mystery, but she is a mage so she should be able to help if the wizards quest is magic related and its probably safer to test her in a minor quest prior to anything major.
So lets go with Takane

>>22065203
She might be better for the tunnel thing later on.

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>>22065203

>>22065237
Yeah, pretty much. Sorry that you're disappointed.

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>>22065212
>mature enough to help us handle these two.

Ohime-chin provokes the twins more than she helps most of the time.

>>22065237
Sorry, got sidetracked there. I'll keep the history spam under control, promise.

>>22065250
Huh? no one is disappointed.

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>>22065170
Twins and Taka sound like a good combo

>>22065170
>Adventure waits for no man! We go today!

>>Miki: Lazy but supposedly good at just about everything

Let's bring the Jack along as we don't know exactly what we'll need.

>>22065291
Hope you have onigiri on a stick to get her out the door.

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>>22065265
I am.

>>22065311
No you're not.

>>22065287
>>22065170

Oh and I say it can wait

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>>22065320
Yes I am. I'm not going to try and convince you any further of this.

Sorry everyone for the disruption.

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oh wait I change to Azusa, their dynamic is just as good as Takanes

>>22065243
Yeah, I say keeping her for that. An earth mage with wicked shovel skills is made for a tunnel quest.

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>>22065170
"Hahaha, it'll take more than a mugging and a little smoke to wear me out. I think I can manage one more quick errand before I call it a day."

You decide to bring Takane along for this one. Since it's a wizard you'll be dealing with, you figure it'll be useful to have someone who's familiar with magic along (even if her particular brand of magic is a bit of an enigma), and you'd like to try to get a feel for her capabilities. After getting directions from Kotori, you set off for the old wizard's manor.

It's a fairly large house in a nicer section of town, but not obscenely extravagant. You walk up to the front door and pound on the large brass knocker. After a few moments, the knocker and the wood around it begin to twist and distort. The knocker melts into the wood and is replaced by a large mouth and a bulging cyclopean eye, about as big across as two hands' widths.

The eye swivels to look at you, and the mouth speaks. "Whozzat? Whatever you're selling I'm not interested, thank you very much. Unless it's peppermint sticks -- are you selling peppermint sticks?"

"Um, no, we're not selling peppermint sticks, we're --"

"Sorry, not interested then." The eye closes and begins to reced into the door.

"Wait! We're from 765Pro, we're here because you petitioned us for a quest!"

The eye reopens. "Well then, why didn't you say so? Come in, come in." You hear a click as the bolt slides open and the door swings inward...

>>22065433
Fuckin' wizards.

>>22065433
Oh Dear. This does not bode well.

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Next time on iM@S Fantasy Quest: Old Man Findlay's Missing Item, and probably some other stuff.

Unfortunately, the next installment will most likely not be until after Christmas. I'll be going home to my parents' house soon for the holidays, and for some reason the internet connection there does not like 4chan. Not sure exactly why, but it just does not work, even though other sites work just fine.

As usual, I'll hang around for a bit for questions and constructive criticism and such. I also have the writeup about setting details (magic and whatnot) just about finished, I'm going to put the final touches on here and get it uploaded soon for everyone to look at.

>>22065433
Looks like bringing Takane along was a good idea. That's pretty senile.

Of course, Azusa probably could've worked in this as well.

>>22065468
>I'll be going home to my parents' house soon for the holidays, and for some reason the internet connection there does not like 4chan.

Maybe it's their IP. You could try fiddling with it.

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>>22065468
aww cliffhanger?

ah well fun session

>>22065468
Their tubes are clogged. Run draino.exe.

>>22065486

We had enough Azusa last time. Gotta make are way around with everyone.

>>22065468

Where did that drawfag go anyways?

>>22065511
True enough, I mean Takane is like the only one who hasnt really shown up yet

>>22065468
Oh. Okay.
>Chihaya so manly *swoon*

>>22065511
Agreed. I'd like to see a balance of idols being represented, as long as they can both pretty suitably do the job.

>>22065519

Studying for finals I'm sure.

>>22065519
I think he decided to work on something else instead.