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[11:15 AM, June 15, aboard the TSF carrier of the mercenary outfit Terre Sans Mur, on approach of Europe]
[Shigeko]

Bam!

The rude sound of the locker door resonate inside the mostly empty room as your frustration erupted enough to cause this little slip, you’d prefer to don your outfit anew and go back in that damn simulator after this recent poor display but your new duties prevent it and, as such, your reduced to unsuccessfully vent into that locker that didn’t ask anything.

‘’Shi, it’s alright today scenario was very mean and you’ve been distracted with our new comer, you don’t have to be that hard on yourself’’

Beside you, closing her own door with much more dignity, stand Berenice Salama who just got out of her fortified suit, sponging her head with her towel as she spoke to you gently, and try as you might you can’t keep your anger in front of such amazing self-control, beside you saved her life thrice when the two of you got surrounded…

If anything she should be mad at being unable to save your hide, although you’ve been on a few missions with the girl before and you know she’d easily take a laser for you, which in retrospect, is pretty worrying; you never know what emotions she’s truly feeling, she always to look collected and peaceful…

‘’Is something the matter?’’

The slightly shorter Eishi ask while tilting her head, to which you answer with a shrug as you open your locker to peek at your peerless, dull gray suit before finally closing the damn thing properly.

‘’Aah, there is something, isn’t there? Is it related to that incident yesterday?’’

‘’No, not that’’

You answer quickly as you glance at the clock, realizing that your simulation ended one hour before schedule, you found it pretty hard to get in the mood despite it all…

‘’Kat is giving you some problem right?’’

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’Kat is giving you some problem right?’’

Her prodding gentleness (or obnoxiousness, but to think of your friend like that is bad) isn’t relenting, her dark brown gaze is pretty hard to shoulder and you decide to focus on the nice brown skin of her body instead, you’ve never been good at looking people in the eyes when you aren’t dealing with the military.

‘’Actually it’s the opposite, after that little situation a few days ago she’s taken to it pretty well, yesterday didn’t seem to faze her too much.’’

Your friend nods soundlessly as you recall the mess that happened during lunch. During the operation aiming for Ekaterina ‘’extraction’’ the ground teams suffered two casualties in total after engagement, resulting in some jackass holding a grudge for your apprentice and trying to take out his frustration, which predictably, ended with a brawl when he accused the Russian of being a waste of space, which was overheard by the impulsive blond.

Mind you, you expected the girl to be a whimpering mess or at least having her self-confidence down the toilet but she simply took it in silence, never so much as talking or acknowledging that little episode which, in all honesty, is probably the smartest thing to do.

‘’I’ve been worried about something else but… eeeh…’’

You rub your forehead in frustration as you look back toward the last few days. Ekaterina took pretty well to training and you’ve quickly realized that the perfect method for having her push herself is to actually share some of the efforts along with keeping screams and insults non-existent, no way in hell would that girl survive boot camp but, her entire situation in of itself is very much outside the norms and protocols, she may not be enjoying herself but she also not holding a grudge against you anymore.

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With this good new, you’ve been faced with a serious problem; while your apprentice has grown a little backbone and enthusiasms for the gruelling process of training her body to be an Eishi but her sleep has been absolutely horrendous and her effectiveness quickly flatten around the afternoon, sometime even earlier depending on the days. Whether it is nightmares or insomnia, your little apprentice has a seriously hard time to find some shut eye at night despite her training.

She has yet talk to anyone about this but you’ve picked that up very quickly given your proximity with the girl, your rooms are literally side by side after all and you caught her sneaking out each time.

‘’Something personal?’’

Berenice finally ask after taking a healthy swing of water from her gourd. Her question leave you perplexed because… you honestly don’t know.

On one hand it’s something affecting her health and effectiveness, as her mentor however, you should try to find something that’d help in that department…

‘’You know, I like her quite a bit, I’d like to help if I can, she’s a quick learner’’

The Eishi sit on the bench as she talk her gestures always soft, controlled and calm while gracing you with a sisterly smile that remind you of your late siblings. Apparently the little esper was a very quick learner with firearm and has absorbed enough information to grow effective very quickly… All in about 7 to 10 hours tops.

She’s scary.

‘’Well, I huh…’’

You frown as you wonder what to do next… What would be the proper course of actions, Shigeko?

>Tell her about your apprentice dreams and insomnia keeping her awake.
>Be vague about it, just tell her Ekaterina has trouble sleeping.
>change the subject for the possible operations in Europe instead.
>Something else? [Combine some of the above options if you so wish]

>>25976957
>>Tell her about your apprentice dreams and insomnia keeping her awake.
Might as well tell her everything.

>>25976957

>Tell her about your apprentice dreams and insomnia keeping her awake.

Couldn't hurt. We can afford to trust and confide in our comrades that we'll be fighting and dying beside, can't we?

>>25976957

>Tell her about your apprentice dreams and insomnia keeping her awake.

Ask her how we should go about this, Kat can be quite fragile

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Slowly you let out a sigh as you remember the last few days, the girl has been climbing a hill and it’d be a damn shame to see it end because of her health instead of morale, it’s hard to relate in this department because the worse you ever had was probably a few cold here and there despite hanging out in the worst of weathers; you have the health of an ox and were never plagued by sleeping disorders…

‘’I don’t really know the details but, she’s having dreams and insomnia, I caught her sneaking out a few times and I know she’s not being hard headed about it given how hard I’ve been pushing her.’’

Berenice let out an absent minded ‘’is that so?’’ as she fall silent afterward, obviously thinking and you take the opportunity to swipe her gourd for some much needed water as you ponder keeping on the Fortified suit while walking in the ship, that thing is pretty comfortable… if a bit tight.
‘’I had some insomnia of my own in the past but once I started training and getting healthier, it passed pretty quickly…’’

Your comrade seem to be musing and you simply stay silent as you try to guess where she’s trying to go but, before her next answer, she steal back her gourd for another swing and lock you in the eyes seriously.

‘’Do you think it’s related to her… abilities?’’

That… might be true; do you go on this assumption, Shigeko?

>Yes, her ESP is the cause of this
>It’s probably a factor but not the entire reason
>Nah, if it was, Victor would have informed you of that by now
>Something else?

>>25977378

>It’s probably a factor but not the entire reason

A lot of shit has gone down in her life recently.
That would fuck anyone up.

>>25977378

>It’s probably a factor but not the entire reason

I'd rather not rule anything out here, but I don't get the feeling that her abilities are the primary cause.

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‘’I think the only person that could answer this with some inkling of knowledge is Victor, but…. I don’t think it’s the entire reason, she had it rough this month, and it’d make anyone nervous.’’

‘’Right right’’

Berenice scratch her shin thoughtfully and the two of you fall silent once more as the last few days play out in your head; the girl has been weakening given her unreliable sleep and it is your job as mentor to help her out, this is a weight very different form that of Storm Vanguard or, hell, being a soldier in general; soon enough you’ll be able to relate to actual trainers!

…Well probably not you just have a single apprentice who is essentially watched over and helped out by almost everyone on this ship.

‘’Given how serious this is I think there’s two way to go about it’’

You look toward your good friend who, despite the fact that she’s helping you out, look rather gloomy and serious; perhaps even uncomfortable for the movement that bring her towel to her face look rather stiff, compared to her usual relaxed state.

‘’Either sleeping pills or stimulant would do I’d say’’

You can’t help but look down at that, you’ve had bad, bad experience with getting stimmed in the middle of battle and it certainly wasn’t pretty, not only that but some Eishi actually grow addicted to the stuff and end up crashing pretty hard during down time…

‘’I doubt hypno therapy would work’’

You add, to which Berenice nod, that method is usually taken as a last ditch effort to stave off crippling PTSD but Ekaterina is an esper who can almost read mind and literally gain experience from her peers; you’d bet your pay that she’d break through the therapist hard efforts in seconds.

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‘’Did you try sleeping with her?’’

Now THAT make you immediately stiffen.

‘’Haha you did right? Maybe she’s the type that sleeps better with someone!’’

This sudden turn isn’t to your liking and you do your best to wave it off with grunts and excuses as Berenice simply stay silent, her gaze amused and shining as she look you over, and then she grab your shoulder as you were fleeing for the door in a concert of grumbling.

‘’I think you should ask her, she’s probably finishing her firearm training now so you’ll be able to catch her, will you keep the training?’’

As you take a step forward to break the physical contact, you ponder the current situation with the little Russian; she’s been doing good so far but it might be more advantageous to devote all your time to this crippling problem of hers… in the end, you can’t give your concerned comrade a half-assed answer accompanied by a shrug.

>Call it off for today; you have to learn a bit more about that girl.
>There are NO excuses to skip on sweating.
>Request a meeting with the commander instead?
>Something else?

>>25978024

>Call it off for today; you have to learn a bit more about that girl.

>>25978024
>There are NO excuses to skip on sweating.
because reasons.

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Rolled 1

>>25978116
>>25978110

Gotta pull out the trusty dices

As a DM you should post the link to the archive. Just saying.

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>>25978234

>Posted first
>Linked second
>Rolled 1

Oh god.

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>>25978264

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=Muvluv

If he keeps forgetting, I'll start doing it for him.

No big deal.

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Rolled 2

‘’I think I’ll go easy for today, she’d probably be more receptive to my prodding’’

Berenice nods at your words and, with a brief tap on your shoulder, start walking out of the changing room; throwing the towel into bin, and giving you a thumb up for further motivation.

‘’What will you be up to, anyway?’’

You ask to her back, making sure to accompany her as you put on your tags around your neck; it’s a bad idea to keep those in the cockpit.

‘’I’ve been wondering how the coast is looking, apparently our radar operators have been up for a few nights now, I’ll try to find Adam and shake what I can out of him.’’

That’s… potential trouble in the making, given that the ship may very well be around the coasts of France right about now a few stray BETA or hell, even a herd, isn’t an unlikely and the alarm could sound at any minutes…

No way in hell is your apprentice ready to handle that, but she’ll have to toughen it up.

--

[12:35 pm, on the decks of the mercenary carrier ‘’Big Mama’’]

Nothing but a big expanse of blue all around the steel titans along with the slightly salty taste of the ocean filling your nostrils, today the sun is mostly hidden by white cloud while a healthy breeze has shown itself from the East, making for a nice, comfortable day without suffering the whims of the sun too much and, right now, you’ve just finished eating to your heart content outside the mess even if you had to go get food for 3 people that resulted in getting 3 ‘’sandvich’’ as the cook put it.

‘’So you’re letting her off the hook for today? I never know the meaning of mercy wasn’t lost on you’’

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Rolled 2

Beside you, Alfonso Mariano prod you on the shoulder with his index as his mischievous gaze fly from your face to the smaller white haired esper who is busy suckling on orange juices (that is thankfully not the awful concentrated one). She hasn’t made any sort of comment or acknowledgement about this situation, you still feel a bit stunned about her firing exercises; while she may not have bull’s-eyed everything she still hit relatively close with a variety of gun and, the most important part, taking less than 3 seconds to aim.

Those gun sweeper know they’re stuff pretty well, in the thick of it you don’t have the time to line up your shot, there’s just too much BETA meaning that you have to seriously rely on twitch accuracy.

‘’Well, I didn’t do it out of the goodness of my heart, you know that I’m the most selfish girl on board’’

You finally answer your compatriot who, for some reason, laughs at your statement.

‘’Boy is THAT an understatement, I still remember how you manhandled Alexandrine after Saxony.’’

It’s hard to hide your grimace, Alfonso has a very… twisted sense of humor, and the blond was going through hell during that time and… he lost someone very dear to him that day, too.

Best not dwell on it, instead you put the head of your apprentice who you suspect must be reading your emotions, thus you decide to gawk over her cuteness as she look up to feel good about yourself.

‘’I’ve got something pretty important to ask you today but…’’

You half-glare toward your Italian friend, you know that Ekaterina wouldn’t exactly mind talking about it even if he’s here and he could provide some insight…

>Send him away; this is a precious bonding time between apprentice and mentor!
>Just ignore him.
>[Pursue with sword]
>Something else?

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Hell, I forgot to turn off my dice, disregard my rolls, they mean nothing.

>>25978651
>>Send him away; this is a precious bonding time between apprentice and mentor!

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>>25978651

>Send him away; this is a precious bonding time between apprentice and mentor!

And if he doesn't get going...

>[Pursue with sword]

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‘’Well…’’

You rub your hands together as you stop treating Ekaterina like a puppy; her hair is so soft you feel a little jealous…

‘’I’ve been wanting to get the whole squad together for proper training, since you won’t be supervising our cadet today, would you like to be in?’’

Alfonso suddenly take advantage of the silence to go and make this proposition, which momentarily falter your enthusiasm at running after him with your beloved katana but, with a downward glance to your silent, eager apprentice you offer him a polite no.

‘’I really need to take care of her today, sorry friend, I’d like to be alone too’’

Taking out your weapon to run after him would definitely have been funnier, but he’s not exactly immature and Alfonso relent without making a fuss, simply looking at you and the esper for a moment, then giving you a thumb up.

‘’Just don’t go pampering her too much alright?’’

With that, mister Mariano set out for the stairs leading into the bowels of the ship, his presence soon disappearing amidst the few, but active, engineering and personnel crew dancing around the TSF, the entire ship look… stiff, the fact that you are approaching BETA land, and Europe of all place after being away from a year following a costly disaster, is enough to put everyone on edge.

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‘’Now then’’

You jump up from the Typhoon foot, Kat simply staying silent as she looks around with great countenance, or maybe indifference it’ hard to deduce.

What she does however, is interrupt you.

‘’Say, you’ll be going into battle soon right?’’

Damn, now that’s an expert way to change the subject but, the young girl isn’t facing you, instead grabbing her pair of pants and looking down, her face that you thought was peaceful change into a grimace.

‘’Just…promise you’ll come back alive’’

She look convinced something WILL happen… is it her ESP?

>Change the subject for her sleep, that’s important!
>Ask her why she seems convinced about that.
>Explain that nothing is certain, especially now that France is within catapult range.
>Something else?

>>25979021

First,
>Explain that nothing is certain, especially now that France is within catapult range.

then,
>Change the subject for her sleep, that’s important!

>>25979021
>Explain that nothing is certain, especially now that France is within catapult range.

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‘’Ekaterina…’’

As much as you like shenanigans and keeping a silly profile during down time, the girl uneasiness is very honest and most likely mirrored by most of everyone on this ship, although… the fact that she’s quite attached to you is a weight reminiscent of your family, back then you fought tooth and nail to keep yourself alive; that’s the reason why you actually survive the aftermath of that artillery barrage back in Kyoto, you’ve lost some of that spirit and replaced it with angers afterward but… While Ekaterina will be a part of your squad, right now she’s grounded and forced to watch.
This is probably extremely agonising.

‘’France is well within range of our catapult, if need be we’ll jump on in our TSF and fly for a few minutes before hitting the ground, you know as well as I do that France is lost right?’’

She doesn’t answer your query, forcing you to pat her head once more.

‘’Pilots like us have no certainty once we hit the countries that lost their lands to the BETA, if need be we’ll respond in less than 5 minutes and as such, we must keep ourselves ready for every eventualities and fight when duty calls, as such I can’t make promise from today onward, you’ll have to get used to it, especially since you are aiming to be an Eishi as well.’’

Her frustration is clear all across her body, she’s biting her bottom lisps while keeping the grab on her pants, and it’s probably even harder for someone like her that can feel other people emotions…

‘’What I can promise you, is that I have to come back to my apprentice no matter what, not many of us here have that little extra drive’’

When she look upward, you give her a wink and a thumb up, then take your place beside her on the foot of the Typhoon, indulging your growing addiction to petting her head.

‘’…Thank’’

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She blurt out in a preciously small, quiet voice.

‘’I want to ask you about something, Kat, you’ve been having trouble sleeping right? I caught you yesterday sneaking out and… well it wasn’t the first time’’

The sudden turn of subject caught her unaware and the content cause an immediate sulk in the young girl who stay silent long enough for you to force yourself to talk once more.

‘’It’ll impact, hell it’s already impacting your training, I’m honestly worried about you Kat’’

You try to look at her, but the pale girl turn her head, abandoning her pants in exchange of a sigh and twirling her platinum hair around one of her index.

‘’It’s nothing special, really. I’ve always had trouble sleeping for as long as I can remember, I get bad dreams and just… wake up, not really feeling rested but unable to sleep either, I don’t think it’s a cause for concern’’

Her dismissal only increase your stubbornness, for a moment you say silent and gaze upward at the Typhoon, hoping that the steel titans would give you some hint as to what could be befalling your precious trainee…

>Ask her to describe her dreams in details.
>Ask if she ever took sleeping drugs or stimulant
>Train her instead
>Something else?

>>25979610
>>Ask her to describe her dreams in details.

>>25979594
>What I can promise you, is that I have to come back to my apprentice no matter what,
Death flag #1

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>>25979610
>Ask her to describe the dreams.

See the problem in most anime settings is that people don't ask these questions. She's likely immune to hypno-therapy so actual therapy will have to be the remedy. We need her to be free of this problem before the first CHOMPing or she'll go full PTSD, not good.

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>>25979671

I'm going to raise as many as I can and shatter your hopes by making her live

>>25979610

>Ask her to describe her dreams in details.

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>>25979671
Buddy, this is Muv-Luv Alternative verse. Your very existence raises it's own death flag. It's like everyone is Lancer!

Everyone, every. single. character. Is already flagged for a horrible horrible death. Please understand, anyone surviving all the way to the finale was balls lucky, and it's gonna take a miracle for anyone to survive Operation Ouka.

I'm telling ya this so you can be ready for it. In this setting, your character, he dies.

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‘’Say Kat.’’

You gently cup her cheek as you look at her, forcing her to gaze into your eyes and you take a moment to inspect those cerulean orb of hers, uncertainty, fear and nervousness fills her soul and it’s your job to quell as many of those bad emotions as you can.

‘’I’d like you to tell me what you dreams off in details, please’’

After your demand, you let go of her face and once more, the girl sulk as she hear something she doesn’t like, she fiddle with her empty juice box before discarding it by throwing it backward as she tug on her pretty hair.

‘’Well… it’s related to water’’

She stop as she glare at the unending expanse all around the carrier, her free hand knocking on the foot of the Typhoon as she’s… probably gathering her wits and courage.

‘’I don’t really have a fear of water per say but… well, every night tends to have small deviation to the dreams but I’m always underwater or on the surface, paddling as I try to keep myself afloat and then…’’

She wince, rubbing her forehead, keeping her eyes away from you as you simply gaze at her in silence.

‘’Either I can’t keep myself up and drown or… I get pulled underwater by my leg and… and my ribcage is crushed by the pressure or… something else but I always wake up in sweat, thirsty and coughing. I just don’t like sleeping’’

Hmm… The way she speak, it’s obviously a problem that followed her for a very, very long while, perhaps right down to infancy; to try and solve this now seem unlikely, you want the best for your cadet but you are no therapist…

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‘’Did you try to find a solution on your own?’’

You ask, to which she shrug before nodding, this time finally looking back at you with a serious, albeit slightly red, face.

‘’I can’t really swim but… I don’t mind standing in water too much, I tried mediation and… some pills but I don’t like em , coffee but I tend to crash, energy drinks tend to see me through most of my days I don’t… really know’’

So there you have it, her problem is quite serious and she’s obviously had serious difficulties with sleep before her time on the ship, the entire stress brought by her new situation most likely intensified this worrying trait.

Still, this one doesn’t like talking about herself much doesn’t she?


>Don’t make a big deal out of it; say it’ll past once she gets healthier.
>Ask if she had a few good nights recently, either before the ship or on it.
>Suggest she take stims or pills
>Something else?

>>25980102
>Ask if she had any good nights recently.

Yay for more character development!

>>25980102

>Ask if she had a few good nights recently, either before the ship or on it.

This is definitely something to be concerned about and I don't think stims and pills will help at all.

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‘’Then, did you had any good sleep recently? I know you had it hard for the past few days or so but I don’t think you looked too bad before… you looked pretty good the day when we went off the ship’’

As you ponder and remember the start of the week, you end up unable to conceal your amused smile as Ekaterina face grow very red, along with stopping playing with her hair as she put both of her hands in the pocket of her pants.

‘’Do I… really need to answer that?’’

She fiddle in her pocket, trying to hide her face with her white hair, you opt to staying silent and containing your smile at her cute, very cute, display of emotions.

‘’Well… yeah I did it was when…. Ugh’’

Then she shakes her head, jump from the foot and take out a piece of red string from her pocket and turn toward you, full of faux enthusiasm.

‘’Look I’m not good at cat cradle but I heard it’s popular, I want you to teach me!’’

She fiddles with it, trying to make… some kind of basic figures but end up with a spider web as she nervously try to dodge the issue.

‘’Strings are good, right? Great pastime, I’d like to know more!’’

…this girl…

>Press the issue!
>STRINGS
>Cut them with your sword.
>Something else?

>>25980355

Press the issue while tampering with the string.

>>25980355
>>Press the issue!

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>>25980355
Can't resist

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>>25980412

I tried to do something interesting with STRINGS after finishing the vn and didn't manage to do anything.

Damn

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>>25980355
Hot damn it's motherfucking string! String heals all!

Lightly press the issue while showing her the soul healing ways of the string. STRING!

>>25980355
>>Cut them with your sword.

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>>25980394
>>25980453

Yes yes yes YES YES.

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>>25980447

You're secretly a BETA, aren't you?

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‘’Come here’’

You lightly tap the metal beside you as you beckon for the runaway Russian whose fiddling with her string result in total failure; her spider web end up on one hand and unrecognizable from a simply messy string.

‘’I’m horrible with those, but I can show you something…’’

Just like a fearful little animal (now extinct), your apprentice walk back at your side with baby steps and hand you over the mighty red string and you immediately start fiddling with it, putting it around index and thumbs as you slowly start crafting…. Something.

It is the moral imperative of every Eishi to be somewhat skilled in the Way of the String, unfortunately for all your talents with the sword you’ve been seriously lacking in that department and more than once had to announce your total ineptitude with this… pass time, suffering untold humiliation in the process as strings are, without a doubt, linked to skilled people; there is no Eishi that is bad at cat cradle!

‘’Let’s see, middle finger, third finger….’’

You continue fiddling with it as Ekaterina look with false interest, trying her best to make it legit, that’s when you decide to strike.

‘’So you actually had a good night, right? Care to tell me?’’

The girl ‘’eep’’ and look away, then shake her head and you break the simple figure you were trying to do…. Even if you had no idea what you were trying to accomplish.

‘’I’ll… I’ll tell you if you can make something pretty!’’

Without looking, Ekaterina suddenly announce this very interesting demand which only work to fuel your competitive side.

Well well… Look like you have your first trial in the Way of the String…

>Roll 1d20

Rolled 4

>>25980695
This won't be a 1.

Rolled 7

>>25980695
Let's see here...

Rolled 9

>>25980695

No whammy.

>>25980726
>>25980711

Dices have a grudge with strings I see

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Rolled 18

>>25980711
>>25980726
>>25980773

Son of a bitch, all these low rolls.

>>25980785
Thank FUCK! Nobody else roll!

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>>25980785

Strings demand 20 or bust!

Damn you /tg/

Rolled 16

>>25980811
But I like rolling.

Rolled

>>25980832
What's the worst that could happen with strings?

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>>25980785
>>25980835

Crit success!

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>>25980832
Don't worry your evil little head Chomp. The dice will give you what you want when it matters most, combat.

>>25980872
Heh, that pic is hung up as a poster at my FLGS.

>>25980896
Verily because it speaks a timeless truth, especially when it comes to /tg/ dice.

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Thus you set to work on the lonely path of the String, filled with arduous one way trip from South to North, East and West as the red bridges travels in confusing, unintelligible way across distances akin to the stars themselves, you guide the carmine path fueled by astral convictions, the great string travel in your palms, guided by fingers of wonders and… in the end…

You made a very simple square.

‘’Well… I do believe I’ve nailed it!’’

You announced with pride as you make sure to keep the fragile geometry in your hand secure, you turn toward Ekaterina who, upon witnessing this miracle, look at you, then the string, then at you, and finally toward the Typhoon as she rudely break your great effort with an embarrassed slap on your palm.

‘’T-that doesn’t work!’’

She tries to wiggle out, but you catch her by the arm and gently shove her in your direction, her body lightly colliding with your chest as you secure her firmly with both of your hands on her belly, putting your chin on the top of her head, rubbing with great amusement.

‘’Oh it does, hold your end of the bargain now…’’

‘’Oh god… Typhoon helps me…’’

She reaches toward the inanimate giant, caressing its sleek foot with her hand for a few, precious seconds…

‘’I-I slept well when… I was beside you’’

That last part was said in a voice so small you almost didn’t catch it.

What do you say, Shigeko?

>>25981170

"Hmm? I didn't quite catch that. Speak up louder, my little kitten~"

Can't help myself.

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>>25981327

Dayum /tg/

>>25981170

"I'll tell you something about Eishi trainees. Did you know that their suits are clear, leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination? There's a reason for that, embarrassment and mistrust will get you killed. You must trust in your comrades absolutely.

We really do need you in top condition ASAP and your lack of sleep is retarding your progress. So if sleeping by my side gets rid of the nightmares we're simply going to have to do that from now on."

Gotta tell it like it is gentlemen.

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"Hmm? I didn't quite catch that’’

You can’t help yourself, right now the girl embarrassment is much too irresistible to ignore, you HAVE to tease her, and else your very reputation as a pilot, nay as a Royal Guard… even more, your very individualism may falter!
It’s not like you need a lot of motivation to tease your pupil, right? Thus you press her a bit more into you, hugging her gently while preventing her escape as the girl goes ‘’awawawawa’’ while shaking her head left and right

‘’Speak up louder, my little kitten~"

You resist adding a ‘’ow’’ when she stomp your foot, thankfully your boots are pretty sturdy and she isn’t very big and the following

‘’Hmph!’’ under you only broaden your smile.

‘’Now now, you’ll always be a cute Russian catgirl to me, Ekaterina’’

While speaking you spot the blond, Alexandrine Mirabelle, who look to be in a sour, brooding mood up on the deck, walking left and right while letting out several grunt and harsh French words that needs no translation, not that you understand a lick of that language.

‘’I-I’m not a cat…’’

The little esper try to free herself but you hold firm and, then, as you look at the unhappy French, an idea strike you.
In order to help cure Ekaterina Zhanna sleeping disorder you will…

>Make a slumber party; it’s against regulations but FUCK regulations [Invite Berenice and Alexandrine, or just one of the two]
>Sleep with Ekaterina, it sound highly improper but it actually is.
>Get her some pills
>Something else?

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>>25981509

Damn sorry for not taking that option, I would have if I didn't finish my text so soon.

>>25981577

>Make a slumber party; it’s against regulations but FUCK regulations

>[Invite Berenice and Alexandrine]

>>25976891
Hey OP, can I get your email?

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>>25981595
It's cool. Tis' but a game for me.

>>25981621
I do enjoy me the chance for silliness. Besides our little esper does need to bond more with her fellow Eishi So she'll feel it even more as they die horribly one by one in front of her eyes...

>>25981577
>Make a slumber party; it’s against regulations but FUCK regulations [Invite Berenice and Alexandrine, or just one of the two]

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>>25981668

[email protected]

>>25981669

No such thing as death and suffering on the horizon here sir, nope, none.

Just helping out a cute girl with her sleep.

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>>25981709
No. I know this setting, and I know you. There will be suffering and lots of it. This setting especially, it's butcher approved.

You think he wasn't referencing MLA with Mami's death scene? Because he totally was.

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>>25981709
>No such thing as death and suffering on the horizon here sir, nope, none.

You funny guy. I kill Last

>>25981709
>Insert
>Not planning despair and suffering
You should be a comedian.

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‘’Heeeey, Ekaterinaaaaa~’’

Your forced sultry voice make the girl stiffen hilariously, even going in another ‘’eep’’ fit as she tries to free herself from your grasp, which is of course an exercise in futility as you are stronger and bigger than this adorable, easily embarrassed and quite proud cat, you gesture toward Alexandrine and beckon her closer, the girl momentarily hesitate but, you know very well that she’s a big, big fans of the Royal Guard and you’ve been pretty cold to her these past weeks, beside it actually look like she’s dealing with something serious so she could use the distraction.

‘’S-Shigeko what…’’

Ekaterina immediately stop once your wingman is within earshot, the girl give you a stiff salute while her smile and amused expression betray any attempt at seriousness.

‘’You’ve caught yourself a nice prey, I must say. Care to share?’’

‘’Alex!’’

Her protest fall on deaf ears, you rub your chin on top of her head and silently lament the fact that she won’t be wearing those cat ears outside of the Eishi quarters anymore, but to do so would seriously wound her pride and you don’t want to alienate the girl, you’ll have to slowly make her accept her cosplay and make sure the entire personnel fall in adoration instead of snickering…

It’s a long term plan for sure, but at least you’ve got something to look forward too!

‘’You know, I’ve been thinking that we have the perfect number for a sacred, important dare I say, VITAL activity’’

You sudden strong tone momentarily stop Ekaterina protest while Alexandrine look at you, then the esper, with amused curiosity and a big smile on her face.

Good, that’s what you wanted to see.

‘’Slumber party!’’

‘’Slumber party?’’

‘’Slumber party…’’

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For a few seconds, the sounds of water and immense buzzing of the ship is the only thing betraying the silence as you stare at alexandrine, who is alternating between you and Ekaterina in a faux Mexican standoff.

‘’Sounds good to me!’’

‘’N-no absolutely not are you crazy!? Are all Japanese that shameless!? What about honor!?’’

‘’It’s with great pride that I announce myself as the ringleader of this plot, my dear, dear pupil’’

Then you clap your fingers together as you continue to hold your pupil one handed.

‘’I’ll invite Berenice too, we’ll sneak some mats in my room and enjoy ourselves fully’’

A heartbroken ‘’awawa’’ beneath you is not a cause for concern as Alexandrine laugh sounds like honey to your hear.

‘’Would you have pr-‘’

However, your speech is interrupted…

Inside the entirety of the carrier, a sudden, loud and incredibly dreadful sound start in its entirety, all at once.

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5JICa_ZxBk

You know very well what this mean, there’s barely a second to waste as the engineering corps start sprinting toward the TSF as an announcement, made in the grave and perfectly controlled voice of Victor Langley, obliterate the peace and your plot.

‘’Code 991, all hands to battle station, I repeat, Code 991, all hands to battle stations’’

All around you, there is nothing but water…

>Muvluv alternative – episode 08- end.
>As a last choice, you have to decide, right now, who to incarnate for next session.
>Shigeko; you will see actions in a BETA herd; you might actually die if you screw up…
>Ekaterina; you’ll have to handle to agony of waiting. Given that you won’t take an active part in the fight, the squad chance of casualties is low.

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>>25982126
>Shigeko; you will see actions in a BETA herd; you might actually die if you screw up…

We can take 'em

>>25982126
Ha! Ha! Time to die!

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>>25982126

>Shigeko; you will see actions in a BETA herd; you might actually die if you screw up…

Then we just have to not fail, then.

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>>25982126
I knew it. I knew this was coming no matter what we did.

I vote we be Ekaterina. Oh how she will break when her mentor doesn't come back from that BETA hell. PTSD GO! I usually go for happy end, but I know better than to drop REJOICE mode here.

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>>25982126
>Other, interlude as a poor bloody tank crew

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>>25982182
>>25982153

I'll try to leave the dices to a minimum, but it look like it's time for the Typhoon to see some actions huh?

>>25982198

I like to give SOME hope friend, this is... too much.

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>>25982220
I didn't say it didn't have to end horribly

>>25982198
I said it once and I'll say it again. The instant a tank has a tank class on top of it they ought detonate their ammo reserves all at once.

Make your death count, it is a commandment of the MLA verse. They didn't. Failures...

>>25982240
well they WERE slavs. or possibly Chechens

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>>25982240

>Make your death count, it is a commandment of the MLA verse.

Nah, it's just a commandment of the Valkyries.

Doesn't apply to lowly tank crews.

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>>25982235

Anything that isn't in a TSF dies horribly.

Well artillery is important too...

>>25982249

We'll be seeing Europeans next thread, hopefully CHIVALRY is a thing,

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>>25982190
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz-Q9P4wc-Y

Also, if she does die there, I got just the song and pic. She either breaks into PTSD mode or goes full on "Mind of Steel".

Kat will have to decide, is she a frail little girl, or is she something else...

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>>25982320

I'll still go by the rules of MGQ dices, so if you do roll a 1 it won't be an immediate YOU ARE FUUUUCKED.

I'll still try to not have too much rolls.

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>>25982320

>Also, if she does die there

We WON'T let that happen. Even if we have to fight tooth and nail to survive, we'll come back to our kitten.

>>25982375
What if we have naught but a combat knife and a glock, and a horde of angry beta?

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>>25982375

Shigeko actually managed to survive a direct artillery strike so you DO have something positive in that regard, she's a survivor.

We'll need a beach episode too...

>>25982398

Then you run

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>>25982398

We come back alive, I said.

>>25982353
Either way, I know *someone* isn't coming back from this. You said one of them would take a Laser-class's blast for Shikego after all. I do believe they will in the event of a nat 1. That will mean their death.

She may well survive this, but I know for damn sure one of our Eishi is about to join the innumerable ranks of the dead. Takeru believed they brought him back because Alternative V just wasn't good enough for them. They were right, and she will sadly be amongst their ranks...

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>>25982469

Now now, I wouldn't throw you against a hive during episode 8, were dealing with a herd. Europe is pretty used to those, as is TSM

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>>25982398
>Combat knife
>close enough to a sword
>We are Japanese
>WE ARE SAMURAI
>WE ARE TOP SWORD

WE KILL ALL FOR GLORY OF MAN, MAKE MUFFLER OF WARRIOR CLASS, MIRROR OF LASER CLASS, COUCH OF TANK CLASS

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>>25982506

If I can give you a piece of advice.

You have guns, use them.

>>25982552
Yes, but if we're talking the scenario >>25982398
described, where we are on foot with a glock and a combat knife

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>>25982565

In that case REJOICE

>>25982499
Hive infiltration attempts are a big deal. Nobody tries those unless it's a major offensive like Operation Ouka. It is a mere "herd" yes, but if humanity could handle herds like they were shit they wouldn't be on the brink of extinction. A kind of stasis would be possible if that were the case. It isn't. Herds claim more Eishi than can be handled by humanity's reproduction rate. That is why, before the Bratty Savior's intervention, we only had around 10 years left. After that, it was 30 years.

If humanity can into SCIENCE hard enough they may be able to synthesize G-Elements. Now THAT would give them a chance in more ways than one. For the BETA are only executing on programming. If a filthy "carbon" race started producing them on their own without intervention from the glorious master silicon race...

Well shit, maybe a carbon race can qualify as a "true" lifeform in their eyes. Still not likely, those bastards made sure to shackle their AI harvesters but good.

Hey can you guys drop a line in the QTG sometimes? I try to check the twitter but I usually forget because I hate that place. I missed today because of that.

>>25982691
If you mean "Quest Threads General" thing than it usually is if you look. The man is sadly underrepresented but people do post about his shit. I saw a guy yesterday posting his drawfaggotry on TSF's. Someone told him of this little quests existence but I'm not sure if he saw it...

>>25982763
There was TSF drawfaggotry? Was it good?

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>>25982644

You are right that the herds is the entire reason why humanity is losing, they just can'T keep with the attrition... but hey, our Eish iare the elite, not some rank and file!

Have hope!

>>25982691

Alright, I will, I don't tend to hang around that place, but I'll announce it from now on.

>>25982791
I don't. For good reason. An Eishi will die next session, I only pray it is not Shikego. She needs more time with Kat, I want her death to really, truly break her. Just as Marimo's death broke Takeru. This setting demands no less!

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>>25982889

In all honesty I'm not planning for death quite yet, I want to portray the intensity and how unrelenting the BETA are before really opening the can, and show how thick the squad is and how TSM reputation isn't jsut for show and... and... and... so many things!

>>25982970
It's not mubrub without death.

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>>25982990

I will bring TRIUMPH

>>25983137
Yeah. Sure. Right. I believe you (not). All leads to suffering. It's kind of why I like you. I want to be the wrench in your plans. I want to force you to cough up a "happy" end. But I know you will not. We'll only get that "good" ending upon our own sacrifice. I tell everyone, I respect all belief systems, but I'm still the man who will always adhere to the path where we nailed our "God" to a stick!

There are no truly happy endings, only the bittersweet...

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>>25983251

Look forward to the slaugther

>>25983366

Of BETA I hope. But I know you. Again, someone isn't coming back. Make their death counts at least. It is, after all, all a true Eishi could ever ask...

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>>25983444

Everyone will live if you don't fuck up, it's on you /tg/

>>25983562
What if I want everyone but one to die, so to create more traumatized characters?

>>25983562
Yeah fucking right. Like I said, all are already flagged for death. The "best" end is the one where only Ekaterina and Shikego live long enough to indulge in the yuri. And even then...

It'd be a miracle if only they survived. I hold out no hope for any others...

>>25983562

>it's on you /tg/

And the dice. Don't forget that.

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>>25983580

Why would you do this friend?

You already indulged yourself when you went too far with your powers!

>>25983637

So yuri is a thing, right?

>>25983729
No yuri.

>>25983729
No yuri.

>Why would you do this friend?
Suffering is my fetish.

>>25983729

Rather avoid yuri if we can.

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>>25983769
>>25983749
>>25983734

Stop being bipolar /tg/, last thread the Yuri was hailed and wanted and now...

>>25983962
Different thread, different anons. The glory of 4chan

>>25983962
I want /u/ to leave.

>>25983962

See: >>25983992

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>>25984010

Fair enough friend.

>>25984010

I was prepared and willing to make given that female protagonist being lesbians are more or less a tradition, but that's pretty far down the road (assuming Shigeko live that long).

It's pretty hard to escape romance in muvluv given that it's a story about people first, mecha come after.

>>25984109
EVERYONE HAS A PURE AND CHASTE RELATIONSHIP

NO EXCEPTIONS

>>25984244

Are you saying yuri isn't the purest relationship?

>>25984504
Questions of purity aside, it's certainly not chaste.

>>25984545

What's so unchaste about it?

>>25984633
It's Forbidden Love! Among other things. More to the point: /u/ pls go

>>25984657

Like what other things?

>>25984731
Bad acoustics

/u/ pls go

>>25984860

The acoustics actually seem quite lovely to me.

>>25984109
Sent a mail.

>>25984897

/u/

pls

/u/ pls

/u/ pls go

go pls

/u/

pls

>>25984968
the more you keep posting like that, the longer is stays and the worse it gets

so shut the fuck up already

>>25984968

I'm yanking your chain, for the most part.