>>1095613
Just get her to the clothing store lol.

>>1095613
Can we modify the towels? There might not be enough fabric for two full dress-things, but there's probably enough for a pair of not-bikinis if you get a little creative with cutting and wrapping

B A
May as well attempt to go for saner options

Primary C, secondary B

C B

Wow that is some powerful fire, uhh A or C

D, B

A C.

Path of very close friendship! B, a
She needs a hug regardless though!

B, C. Hugs are the best! But if need be solidarity is better

Proclaim you have a plan that needs every towel gone to get Cekachii's. Afterwards, say you don't know what it is but it might be fine! Primary C, secondary A

Db
For database of dragon incidents you're helping build here.

A

C

But Poke Ceri, which won't definitely make her shoot out the fire at everybody, also reduces the guard's clothes to dust.

B primary. Its too cute not to.
A secondary. I'm changing my secondary vote to A because it's more fun if the characters lose their towel one by one than all together.

>>1095613

B.

e. Convince the other two to construct new clothing from thought balloons using the combined power of PSYCHIC and TELEKINESIS

Keireer, remember that even if C wins, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't also hug Ceri! In that case you can get Cekachii into the hug too!

A C

>>1095613
B, C

Ask for a hug so you can cover up her boobs with your hands

Keireer 2024/08/16(Fri)17:16 No. 1095917 ID: 6290ec
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>We haven't made it to hard mode yet.
>Yay! Or I mean, what a shame... time for more sacrifices to the goal!
>The lord demands towel sacrifice!
>Don't call it stripping, call it getting faster by losing weights.
>How about C to even the playing field? The field of... you three and the mallgoers...
>its only fair!
...Oh, my.

Well, who am I to argue that logic?

>Aw c'mon, let us commit to being Ceri!
Sorry! This must happen whenever Ceri breaks down too much to continue moving the plot forward!

Or something!

Keireer 2024/08/16(Fri)17:16 No. 1095918 ID: 6290ec
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"Hey, Cekachii. How about we remove our towels too so Ceri doesn't feel lonely?"

"W-what? Man, I'm struggling enough with having a towel that's too small."

"Exactly! If we remove our towels, we'll have an easier time moving around!

"I-I'm not gonna go any faster having to use just my hands to cover up!"

"Well, do you have any other ideas for helping our new friend out?"

"Not really, but that doesn't mean we should just toss away the little clothing we still have!"

"Hmm. How about this? Let's do a round of Rock Paper Scissors. If I win, we'll go with my plan. If you win, we'll think of something else. Deal?"

Keireer 2024/08/16(Fri)17:17 No. 1095919 ID: 6290ec
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"Oh, you are so going down."

Haha, that always gets her excited.

"Okay! One, two, three..."

Keireer 2024/08/16(Fri)17:17 No. 1095920 ID: 6290ec
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"Go!!"

"Mother-*chirping*-- Best of three!"

Oh boy, I really got her going. Oh well, maybe it'll be fun!

Keireer 2024/08/16(Fri)17:17 No. 1095921 ID: 6290ec
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"Yay!"

"BEST OF FIVE."

"Woo!"

"BEST OF SEVEN."

"This is fun!"

"THIS IS STATISTICALLY UNLIKELY."

"Guess I'm just lucky!"

"THIS GOES BEYOND THE REALM OF NORMAL LUCK. You're making suboptimal plays, even!"

"*Cheeheehee~!* It's all about going with your gut!"

"Complete nonsense. you're just lucky i'm not unleashing my full power..."

"Okay! Guess we're going with my plan, then~!"

"Hang on no wait I didn't--"

Keireer 2024/08/16(Fri)17:17 No. 1095922 ID: 6290ec
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"Hey Ceri look! Now we're all naked!"

"freaking 'going with my gut' more like having the luck of the gods i should have gone all out mumble grumble..."

"Oh! Also I should probably give you the narrative back. I think they miss you."

Ceri huffs. "The narrative is dumb and stupid and I don't want it."

"Aww, come on. You know I can't stay in charge. This isn't 'bird romance'."

"Citation-freaking-needed."


Well, um. Any ideas for getting Ceri to, uh... take you back?

A: Hug Ceri, transfer narrative via osmosis.
Is that how it works?

B: Promise to go at least five updates without voting for fire.
Can we even enforce that?

C: Promise to totally focus on getting new clothes without random distractions.
No promises on what happens after that, though.

D: Promise more dragons to romance.
Then the title will make sense!

E: Remind her of your importance.
Ceri needs you. Without you, this is just a comic. She'll give in eventually.

E, C
Tell Ceri this: "How many romance books have you read where you just wanted to scream at the main character to do something different? Forced to watch as uncontrollable outcomes play out in front of you...
Living the rest of your life as a comic means you're at uncontrollable whims of the author. The remainder of your adventures will keep you embarrassed forever constantly for all we know! You need us to have those interruptions to make a difference.

Also matters are currently pressing- without us right now, you don't have sharp plans of action on your own to take that gets you clothing unseen."

F. Fine we dont need Ceri anyway. We'll just follow Keireer, she's cooler

REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY

(actually B, E)

We're about to show off the other side to having us as a double-edged sword if you let us back in: despite many past incidents of accidentally nudifying yourself in public, you've been able to get away by the skin of your teeth most every time right? You need us if you don't want to break that streak now!
So C, A

F. We'll stick with Keireer and Cekachii then, get them all bundled up. Have fun Ceri being nude foreveeeerrrr...

C/a. We love making promises we can't keep!

>>1095926
This, and adding on: forever getting called cute and hot because of your nudity!!! We'll keep the birds company and in clothes. :3c

>>1095926
This or, E. Keireer and Cekachii get priority on clothes as their thoughts, we won't be able to control if Ceri will have any leftover clothes at the clothes store, oh nooooo.

>>1095922
E, C, mhmyes, we can definitelly totally do it

C,B We are aligned in wanting to get clothes quick (because you can't lose clothes you don't have.)
And who needs fire? That's easy mode, we can come up with way more convoluted ways to lose clothing.

A, C

>>1095922
If we're not in her head, then we can't make her think about cute boys.

D, A

DrAgon time (That's D and A): Dragons to romance! Ceri's big on romance, so that should help! And if the offer doesn't work, the actual physical contact of a hug should.

Primary C
Secondary E

Bc
I promise we can be normal. :]

B , E

B then A

Primary A, secondary E.
Naked hugs in the mall are very important, and Ceri needs to learn this.
She also needs to be learn that her state can't update while we're not in control, so if she doesn't take us back she's going to be naked forever and everyone will just start assuming she's into that.

E A. I guess Ceri wants to be naked potentially in front of a lot of people, we see how it is.

E

E for making Ceri Explode in reverse blushy psychology.

>>1095922
A, D

E with A

A, e

Keireer 2024/08/23(Fri)16:49 No. 1096366 ID: 6290ec
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>Fine we dont need Ceri anyway. We'll just follow Keireer, she's cooler
Oh! Maybe this is Bird Romance!

I mean, I'd be okay with that.

>REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY
O-oh! Right! Of course that's what you meant! I'm worried she'd just agree to that, though.

Keireer 2024/08/23(Fri)16:49 No. 1096367 ID: 6290ec
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>Tell Ceri this...
"Hey, think of it this way. How many romance books have you read where you wanted to scream at the main character to do something different? You're forced to watch as they continue making bad decisions that the author thinks is good storytelling! For all we know, without your neurons(?) guiding you, you'll be embarrassed forever!"

"Also you probably need their help to figure out what to do, right?"

Ceri grumpily blushus. "I-I don't need them to make decisions!"

"Oh? What should we do next, then?"

"I-I'll just... uh... hang on. No wait, that's a tie vote. Uh, let's try again. Okay, that was also a tie. And that one. And that one."

"See? Your neurons only sometimes have tie votes!"

"When they don't have tie votes they make me set myself on fire, though."

"That's the thing. Every time they get you into a pickle, they also help you get out of it!"

"That's not actually a good thing."

"Isn't it? Without them, you'd still be at home hiding away from the world, right? I mean, it's thanks to them that we're fast friends."

Keireer 2024/08/23(Fri)16:49 No. 1096368 ID: 6290ec
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This gives Ceri pause. "Ah... I guess that's true..."

"Also, if they're not in your head, they can't make you think about cute boys!"

"Y-yes, well, maybe I don't want to okay that's a lie it actually kinda sucks that I suddenly can't visualize it."

"See? You'll take them back, right?"

"...Okay. But only if they promise to be good."

>We love making promises we can't keep!
"Sounds like they promise!"

"Are you sure you're not taking their suggestions out of context?"

"Haha, you're silly."

Ceridwen 2024/08/23(Fri)16:49 No. 1096369 ID: 6290ec
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Yes okay hi what's up.

I guess I should probably work on not freaking out so hard people keep having to rescue me from the narrative.

...Hmm? I'm still using first-person narrative?

Right, sorry. and I was just getting used to it, too...

Now that things are back to normal, you ponder your next move to get Ceri to embarrass herself further.

Wha-- hey! I thought you promised to be good!

You can't help but laugh at Ceri's naiveté. Ah, it's good to be back.

Ceridwen 2024/08/23(Fri)16:49 No. 1096370 ID: 6290ec
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Okay, we were able to make it to another sign, and now the CLOTHING STORE is in sight!

Looks like there's already a distraction? That NEARVAN is playing music, garnering the attention of people nearby.

"Oh! There he is!" Keireer whispers. "He's one of the POTENTIAL NEW FRIENDS I told you about!"

Oh no, but you're completely naked! This would be a terrible time to go say hi!

That's fine. You'll take advantage of his distraction to go into the store, get clothed, then come back out and make a new friend.

"Hi~!" Keireer suddenly says, casually walking out of your hiding spot.

KEIREER NO.


Quick! What should you do??

A: Dart into the store!
He'll be focused on Keireer, now's your chance!

B: Pull Keireer back before she's noticed!
HANG ON GIRL HANG ON.

C: Continue hiding, motion to Keireer to not point you out yet!
She might be a better distraction once she's closer to him.

D: Light everything on fire.
What? You promised to be good!

No we didn't.
That's not even a voting option!!!

Okay fine. E: Casually walk out like you're normal-universe-Ceri and nudity doesn't bother you.
I dunno what I was expecting.

D, A. Nothing left to lose (aside from being seen) means everything to gain! Don't worry about everyone around the mall and the clothes store burning all of their clothes as collateral
There is absolutely no waaay you'll cause a feedback loop of embarrassment by accidentally nudifying everyone (including all of the cute, hot guys). :]

A, B

A/a, let Keireer make our friends for us while we get clothes, return to new friend fully dressed and ready to lose your outfit again!

D/b. Pyrotechnics are a classic part of any musical number, and hey if you set off the fire alarm there will be fewer observers in the mall.

D, C

OH NO THAT IS A GUY ALERT ALERT D KEIREER DOOOOON'T

Nevrean? C or D!

D, C. Welcome back Ceri!

C then A
Because she's already caught his attention and certainly not because you were too distracted staring at the cute musician playing his heart out and... don't think about the fact that you're going to have to talk to him at some point! Focus. He probably gets hounded by fangirls all the time, so he could probably use an actual friend. After you get some clothes.

B, A

C, A Nah, D. There's a strategic reason for fanning the glames here by embarrassing other people before your embarrassment catches up to you first! Thats how that works.

D - Keireer no!! Keireer takes the blame for this happening!!
C - Maybe you won't be spotted in the aftermath

C or E

>>1096370
A, C

A. Out of the frying pan and into the flames. Youre probably not sneaky doing this and ran into more people... or maybe end up in the wrong store in a rush

Secondary B her calling might get peoples attention and start looking for you all

C, D

A,b
This is your chance! The eyes will be off you for the moment. Do not let her sacrifice be in vain!

C D

Greatest chance to immediately interact with Birb

A,C She's taking one for the team, what a good friend. Better move quick though, because she'll probably immediately try to introduce you.

A, b. As much fun as birb romance sounds, let's try to not have Ceri try to murder us

A,c

fly you fools

C, D

Engage Bird Chaos.

D, C

>>1096370
C, then A
Veto D. we can't solve everything with fire. (on second thought... could fire be clothing? Imagine, clothes burn to ash? BOOM! Nun habit made of fire!)

D/No we didn't

You haven't turned into a dragon once this quest! Now you have to to prevent the mall from burning down! Ahhh HAHAHAHAHA-*Hack* *Cough*

C A

C into D because that wait will cause some anxious blushyness

D for Dexplode, love a good naked first meeting! It'll get all awkwardness out of the way by... letting each of you stare at each other be awkward. and naked.

Dddee

A, E.

He's attractive enough to forget any embarrassment but we can still get some clothes first--you know, for future interactions that aren't with somebody that makes you forget them.

>>1096370
A , b

Primary D
Secondary D

D, C

Hey, wait a minute, he's just wearing a coat, an open coat, and NOTHING ELSE! He's practically naked too! Without that guitar positioned to where his feathers are covering himself, he'd be showing himself, wouldn't he?

E, B

A

>>1096370
Primary A. Get in the store quickly!

Secondary C. Let Keireer be a distraction!

D
Wow, he's cute. Imagine you and him together, imagine both of you naked, oh wait, you're already naked, maybe you can both be naked Ceri ;3

Don't think about how he isn't wearing any pants, kinda a hot thought (D)

Don't imagine him naked Don't imagine him naked Don't imagine him naked

Injecting cute boy thoughts into Ceri's head
D, C

A and D! either order would certainly lighten things up :V.

D, A Brave of him to be hanging out without pants and a huge guitar. is he secretly packing serious penis behind it to cover up :3c

D! He's hot, fire is hot, it's like poetry!

D, C. Wow I bet that guy's singing is HOT stuff right? Maybe the rest of him is too underneath his pantslessness and guitar