Eliot 2017/03/11(Sat)20:25 No. 786758 ID: 6cbace
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The new girl sits by my desk. The old chair creaks softly as she rests her weight on it.
I lean forward to get a closer look at her face,
"Hey, I'm Eliot."
"Hello."

Not much of a talker is she.

She uses her mouth for other things.

Sit in the chair in the back of the room and nearest to the window. This will mark you as important and ensure good fortune and survival.

Or, at least an interesting time.

Bonus points if the floor you're on is two stories up or higher.

>>786758
Declare to the new girl that you are the ruler of this class and she should listen to everything you say.

>>786760
We're not playing as Emils right now.

Try and get her to open up.

ask what classes she has next, see if you share any of them.

>>786758
Tell her if she needs help with class you can study with her.

>>786758
Maybe she's not much a talker. The important question: is she cute?

make friends

>>786758
Lean back so only the back 2 legs of the chair are on the floor. All the cool kids do that and this will show the new girl that you are cool. And then hilariously fall backwards and hit the floor! XD

Ask her how much she weighs. Go ahead. Ask.

>>786758
Say she's pretty and that you want to be friends. Take the bold approach.

Them eyes. She looks ready to FUCKING LEARN SOME SHIT. She should lighten up. Tell her a joke.

Eliot 2017/03/11(Sat)21:45 No. 786792 ID: 6cbace
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>>786759
Yes, well, we all do.
>>786760
We're already sitting at the back of the class. The floor is flat though.

>>786761
"So, I'm kind of the leader of this class."
She gives me a sideways glance, narrowing her eyes.
Yeah that lie ain't gonna work.

>>786762
>>786769
"If you need any help in class, feel free to ask."
"Okay."

>>786770
Yeah, totally not a talker. Not much of a looker either. If not for her weird colors, she'd probably be the most uninteresting girl in the world.

>>786774
"So um. Got any hobbies?"
"Food."

>>786782
No, that's a horrible idea. Never ask a girl their weight, I learned that the hard way from my sister.

>>786792
soooo, she cooks then? She did say food was her hobby.

>>786792
What kinda food? Does she cook?

>>786792
> Not much of a looker either. If not for her weird colors, she'd probably be the most uninteresting girl in the world.
Wow, she's super cute though. Your taste is just bad. Make it your #1 goal to make her your girlfriend!

>>786792
Give her your lunch.

>>786795
Emils has 2 charisma

Think about explosions and breasts.
And that really sweet broadsword you saw one time.

DO NOT surrender your lunch.

>>786792
>No, that's a horrible idea. Never ask a girl their weight, I learned that the hard way from my sister.
She kicked you in the balls when you asked that, didn't she? XD

Give her your lunch money, nerd.

>>786797
She had 2 charisma when she could barely understand language and was unable to speak.

She's probably at 3 right now.

>>786792
I'm sure she'll open up eventually, let her be new and awkward for now, pay attention to class.

Try waving your dessert in front of her face. See if she grabs it with her mouth.

Eliot 2017/03/12(Sun)03:51 No. 786809 ID: 6cbace
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>>786793
>>786794
"So uh, Food huh. Any good at cooking?"
"What is cooking?"
"It's um, the making of food?"
"... I have never made food."

>>786796
>>786802
>>786808
Food here is prepared by the shrine people, we don't actually bring any food along with us. Except Strot. He has to catch his own food.

>>786800
N- no. I don't want to talk about it.

>>786804
Fine, but class is boring.

what's this class's subject anyways?

ask her if she want's to learn how to cook food?

>>786809

Explain to her that cooking and preparing food makes it more nutritious and taste better. You'd be happy to show her a couple of things, if she's interested. And if you don't feel confident, refer her to your sister.

just keep a light but steady interest and she'll open it in no time and you will get a cute girlfriend.

>>786809
Pay attention to your damn class you fool.

Wierd. She's weird. The mentioning of cooking seems to have peaked her interest though. She's glaring at you. Maybe show her cooking some time?
And maybe ask why she's looking at you that way.

>>786809
>Fine, but class is boring
Fair enough, but you don't want to get her told off the second she arrives because you were bored, school might suck but that isn't cool... even though it's boooring

You've never made food? You should try it!

...Not literally right now, of course. I would never imply that. What would she even make it out of?

Eliot 2017/03/12(Sun)06:14 No. 786823 ID: 6cbace
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>>786810
>>786815
>>786817
Today is maths. No one likes maths. Not even maths likes maths.
Instead, have a look at the class. Marie - Teacher Alice(F), Bea(F), Hoor(M) Charls(M), Forest(M), Strot(?) Emils(?), Eliot(M), Empty

>>786811
>>786812
My sister, much to my father's dismay, is a terrible cook.
"Making food is easy, according to my father. Well, it makes things taste better in the end."
"I see."
"If you want, my father likes to cook. I could show you how."

>>786814
She's not really cute. Kind of awkward to be around her, really.

How about Alice and Bea? Are they cute? What makes them cute? Asking for a friend.

>Alice, Bea, Hoor, Charles
How dare he interrupt the alphabet combo! Hoor must pay for his crimes.

why is strot a (?).

>>786826
I'll bet they're a genderless being in disguise, like a slime or something.

>>786825
Pretty sure his life will already be ruined by the first Irishman he runs into, ya hooer.

>>786823
who are your regular fiends and what do you normally do to pass math time?

>>786823
>Kind of awkward to be around her, really.
Well yeah. That face is almost totally devoid of expression. It's hard to be cute when you're all bunched up like that.

Makes you curious though doesn't it?
Like... What could be going on in her head right now for her to just be stuck like that? It's a mystery.

>Hoor
How much does he get made fun of for his name.

>Emils(?)
Geeze you've been calling her a girl but you can't even tell?

Who's this Strot person, and why are they the only other person you're unclear on the gender of? Also, cut Emils some slack. She probably stands out too much already with her strange coloring, so the awkwardness is probably a defense mechanism to avoid excess attention.

>>786920
>Who's this Strot person
Obviously, they're the person that Strots their stuff!
*ba dum tss*

>She's not really cute
shows what you know.

Eliot 2017/03/13(Mon)09:31 No. 787063 ID: 6cbace
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>>786824
Alice is a bit snippy. She's smart, but easily distracted. A bit bigheaded about how strong she is at magic, but her missing arm is a testament to how bad she is at controlling it.

Beatrice is kinda cute, but she's with Hoor. A ball of enthusiasm.

>>786825
>>786855
Hoor does what Hoor wants.

>>786827
>>786920
>>786936
Strot is a Nereya. I don't know anything about his people, or his actual gender. He acts like a guy with the boys, but acts like a girl with the girls.
He can't actually talk right, what with his head in that water bubble, so he communicates by writing with bubbles somehow. His skin isn't pleasant to touch at all.

Charls and Forrest are half brothers. Forrest being the smarter older one while Charls is more emotional.

Hmm. Hoor is big, but Alice's magic sounds tasty. Not sure who to eat first.

If you're bored, might as well do your homework now so you have free time later. Or you could pass a note "from" Emils to Charls saying she thinks he's cute.

What's the next class? Are you any good at magic? Ask Emils if she can use magic.

Ask her how long she's been in the town for.

Strot seems cool. Bizarre, but cool.
I wonder how he would act around this weirdo next to you.

Well if you're bored you could always use my old go to. Daydream about the cutest person in school.

Alice might want to befriend a classmate who can regenerate limbs.

>cute otions
Well there's bird, cute-but-taken, fish-thing-of-unknown-gender, and almost-the-most-uninteresting-girl.

Unless you're into birds, weird girl looks like your best option.

Or if you're into dudes there's the brothers to pick between.

so out of all those people how many are you friends with and is their anyone you just can't stand?

>>787063
Seems like a pretty neat class of people, even if the current subject isn't all that interesting.
Anything cool happen recently?

Eliot 2017/03/14(Tue)00:19 No. 787256 ID: 6cbace
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>>787097
He's a pretty swell guy. If only he could talk better.

>>787130
Everyone in class tolerates each other, as far as I can tell. Forrest is everyone's friend.

>>787135
Nothing except the whole missing guards a few days ago. Whole kingdom's on alert in case it's some kind of enemy attack.

>>787079
"So how long have you been here?"
"Three days."
"Really? Then I guess all this is new to you."
"Everything is new to me."
"Where did you live before?"
"Under a big rock."
I give a small snort at that joke.

>>787066
We tend to spend a subject a day. Tomorrow would be classes on the different local cultures around here.

"Say Emils, know any good magic?"
"I don't know. Do you know how to use magic?"
"Everyone in this room knows how to use it."
Oh, she seems to show some interest in that.
I start pointing out to the others.
"Alice there is supposedly a promising pyromancer. Unfortunately she had a bit of an accident and no longer uses fire magic.
Bea is really good at physical enhancements, once saw her kick a stone right though a tree.
Hoor is a great healer. Told me he got that big by training his body until it hurts, and then heals himself better before doing it all over again.
Charls is a cryomancer, and Forrest is good with detection magic.
For some ironic reason, Strot is stupid good with wind magic, and piss poor with water magic. That device around his neck allows him to breathe while out on land.
And lastly, me. I'm good with spacial magic. My specialty is adjusting the weight of stuff."
"That seems useful."
"Unfortunately it costs a lot to use. So what kind of magic can you use?"
"Temperature and Body magic."
"Huh... That's kind of vague..."

>>787256
to be fair, we were pretty vague ourselves.
"What kinda body magic?"

>>787256
Maybe Temperature is like pyromancy and cryomancy in one. Body might be physical enhancement and healing in one? It's probably information she got from an Appraisal and she hasn't tried it out yet, nor has it been explained to her. It'll require experimentation probably.

How did you figure out your magical talent?

I think she classifies her magic as entropy type - she can alter the composition of matter by simulating temporal augmentation with thermal energy - in other words, aging it with heat. Might be useful when it comes to cooking and fermenting

you

> Do you know how to use magic?
I would've expected her to require at least a few weeks before she would learn to talk and form questions.

Ask her what's her favourite food.
Ask her to show you her magic.

>"Where did you live before?"
>"Under a big rock."
>I give a small snort at that joke.
holly crap, their might be some hope for her yet if she can crack jokes.

Anyways since you're already tell her about the other kids might as well give her a brief explanation what they're like. She looks like a little bit antisocial so giving her some tips on what the others are like might help her connect a little easier.

>>787256

Sounds like she'd do well with Transmutation and Evocation schools. Her healing is probably specialized to personal, as is common for Transmutation specialist.

Eliot 2017/03/14(Tue)06:53 No. 787286 ID: 6cbace
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We get Appraised when we get our ID bracelets, typically when we reach 10. From there, we learn our major proficiency, and from trial and error, we learn our minor proficiencies and specializations.
"Body" magic could be any type of magic that affects the body, while "temperature" could be any range of spells from something that can heat your fingers, to conjuring ice out of thin air. It's really vague.

"Magic require image, focus and cost."
I grab the book i have under the desk and lean back, letting my sense of balance be my focus. I concentrate upon my hands whisper out my spell in draconian tongue.
"{Spacial:Gravity:[Negative]; Target:[Coordinates]; Scale:[3%]; Initate;}"
My fingers glow as [Mana] rushes towards them, causing the book to lift around my palms.
"I don't know exactly what kind of spell would work for you, and without the right training, things can backfire badly."
I let the book drop back onto my hands, putting it on the desk.
"That said, there are stories about greater mages who can skip casting entirely."

>>787286

Well, she mentioned that she knew some magic. Maybe ask her if she knows any spells. If not, she probably just got her assessment recently and could use a run down. A little tutoring would go a long way.

Is this something everyone your age does, or are there kids that can't do magic? What about elsewhere in the world?

I mean, you haven't seen Emils around this colony, so she might have been somewhere where she didn't learn, right?

Nothing to suggest at this point. Wait to see her response.

>"That said, there are stories about greater mages who can skip casting entirely."
So what, they can just force reality to bend to their will, without having to carefully specify the desired effect in the draconian tongue?

Also, good draw with spacial magic. You might be gimped in the early days since everything is so expensive, but that school has a lot of potential for being overpowered at higher levels.

>My specialty is adjusting the weight of stuff.
Does that mean you can figure out how much girls weigh without ever asking them?

>>787286
Is casting speed determined by how quickly you say the words or is it a combination of doing everything needed for the spell at once?

Also that looks like a handy power to have.

Eliot 2017/03/15(Wed)01:42 No. 787497 ID: 6cbace
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>>787287
"Were you taught any spells?"
She shakes her head.
"No. I've seen people use Ice and Fire magic before but I do not know how to cast magic."
"Ah. You'd have to ask either Alice or Charls if they could offer you their spells, since they might have something you could use, or Bea in regards to body magic. But that'll have to wait for after class."
"Do you have any spells you could teach me?"

>>787289
Magic is usually handed down from masters to apprentice, through books, or taught in the guilds.

"I can't teach you spells now, but I can teach you how to structure them. The first rune anyone should learn is {Abort;}, it allows a caster to stop their spell any time during a chant."
"I see."

I flip open to an empty page in the book, and write down a bunch of basic runes, the runes of the others, conditional runes, and end with my spell on the bottom right.

"Spells start with the magic classification, followed by conditional runes, and ends with the end rune {Initiate;}."
She nods at my explanation.

"For beginners, it's recommended that you do the full chant. It can be a bit hard to pronounce and remember. Once you've got a better sense of handling your spells own, some runes can be omitted from chants."

>>787322
Ah, no. Their abilities are still limited to individuality. Two pyromancers with the same spell may not have the same power.

And yes, I believe I'm good at estimating how much things weigh.

>>787335
"Casting speed is determined on how fast you can chant, so those greater mages could almost instantly cast their spells."

It is, but unfortunately the cost scales with weight. Plus, it's a constant drain, so its very limiting.

Now all we need are some logic gate runes to create programmable wards...

Let's try something. {Body:Replication:[Positive]; Target:[Breasts]; Scale:[50%]}

Emils just shapeshift and enhance knockers. Get him flustered and confused.

>>787498
need [body:change] instead

anyway, we aren't in emils we are with eliot right now.

pay attention to your teacher.

we can teach her more of the basics later. For now I suggest you start paying attention in class before you get in trouble by the teacher.

Show off something a little more advanced.

Eliot 2017/03/15(Wed)04:51 No. 787515 ID: 6cbace
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>>787498
As a notice, Eliot does not understand what the spells says, and thus, is unable to offer his input into this spell.

>>787500
>>787510
Erugh fine. Maths class it is.

Character Select Available. Next update will be at lunch break.

back to emils. let's see what they got for lunch.

Hoor! He's a big guy.

Let's be Strot next

let's try to be everyone at least once just to get a better idea on their personalities.

>>787518
Yeah, let's be Strot. I really want to see him Strot his stuff! XD

But seriously, let's see what it's like to be a Nereya instead of a Rabbold.

I vote for Emils. I find the side characters boring and thus they are making the quest boring too.

Strot or Emils

Emils, I wanna see what's going on in her head. She's taken in a lot of information in a short amount of time.

Hoo R you, Hoor. Or Emils, but the sentient slime impersonating a dying breed of magical kobolds is such a plebeian choice.

Emils, so we can help teach her social skills.

Well the current rabbold that is stuck with us in his head doesn't seem that attracted to Emils, maybe Hoor will be, or that bird girl with one arm if she's into rabbold girls... Emils must get into a cutesy school romance somehow damn it!

>>787515
I vote for Strot

>>787547
Hoor is already with Beatrice though

see >>787063

besides, it's only the first day. We're probably going to be here awhile so their's lots of time for someone to fall for someone else. No need to rush it.

The answer is x = 3 4/9.

Let's be Emils

>>787585
What? But...how did...? How can you even tell what each symbol means?!

>>787603
I spent my entire childhood preparing for this through judicious studying of Bionicle.

The number of each symbol corresponds to the number of lines radiating from the center up to four. Five is represented by a circle in the center, additional lines then represent six, seven, eight, and nine sequentially. Other than that they're just Arabic numerals.

Emils.

>>787607
I did it the slow way, through logic and patience. Check the disthread for workings.

Emils. We should make sure she stays safe.

>>787607
>Bionicle
Holy shit, that's something I haven't heard of in forever! XD .....now I feel old.

Emils 2017/03/16(Thu)01:00 No. 787771 ID: 6cbace
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Character votes: Emils: 9 Strot: 4 Hoor: 3 Alice: 1 The answer was 3 4/9

Maths looks weird. Would probably be better if I understood what these things are.

"Hey there, Emils, right? Would you like to join the rest of us for lunch?"

>>787771
OK

>>787771
who are we eating?

Hmm? The rabbolds become one to feed? A curious ritual. Observe.

By the way, any orders you have to not eat 'people' are rescinded. No need for such an unnecessary restriction on your diet. When you have learned what you can from them, all they're good for is feed.

Begin groping yourself as you dazedly moan "lunch" over and over.

>>787771

Mages are friend, not food. Try to learn as much magic from them as you can.

People eat together to talk and form communal bonds. You should accept!

Yes I would. Thanks Forest.

>When you have learned what you can from them, all they're good for is feed.
Not true; their presence also provides cover to supplement your disguise. Being surrounded by unsuspecting yet uneaten beings is much less suspicious than being surrounded by devastation or disappearances. So keep the order not to eat people for now unless your disguise is completely blown.

Besides, you especially don't want to raise suspicious before you learn the secrets of making food rather than just finding it. (I know he meant something different, but seriously agriculture is a vert good long-term supply of biomass.)

>>787775
+1

That way it will be less weird after you eat all the food in the kitchen.

>>787773
This seems about par for the course.

>>787771
lunch means food, that means he's going to lead you towards food. Let's go.

Emils 2017/03/16(Thu)06:52 No. 787806 ID: 6cbace
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I get off the noisy chair and follow blue eyes.

"So I hear you've just came to this city."
"That is correct."
"How have you been adjusting so far?"
"I've been watching and copying what other people are doing."
"Ah yes, that's a good way to adapt to a new place. What do you think of this place so far?"
"There is a lot of food."
"Ha ha, yeah, we do need to feed a lot of people, this is a city after all."

We enter a room full of smells and I follow him towards a table with two others from before.

"Hey new girl, how are you doing?"

"hungry, how are you doing?"

"Manually." These morsels ask such unclear questions.

There is so much to absorb. Yet I am bored.

'How am I doing what?' You spend all this time learning the rules to speaking and then these people don't even follow them. How is an outsider supposed to adapt to this?

She's asking how you are doing what you do, so she can emulate it later.

"Practice is helpful."

>>787806

Status is nominal.

"Good, thanks. And you?"
It's a common expression and we've already learned that such a reply redirects and arouses the least amount of attention.

Wait and see how the creatures procure food in this room and immitate their behaviour accordingly.

>>787806
Hungry, are you tasty?

Explain in detail how you walk despite your heavy mass.

>>787806
not sure, there's a lot to take in

>>787861
>Explain in detail how you walk despite your heavy mass.

By using the famous professor Einboldstein's equasion E=mc³, if we expend energy (E) to compress mass (m), we in term lessen the effect our mass has on the magicspace (c³), thus the dependance of realized fitness differences on intrinsic properties is best understood as a contrast that's keeping the forces in "ad absurdum".

>Hey new girl, how are you doing?
"fine... how are you doing?"

>>787858
This and throw a wink in there as well

>>787882
>Magic effects on spacetime causing the mass-to-energy coefficient to be directly linked to the speed of light to the THIRD power instead of the second power
I don't think the universe could survive that without extensive tinkering. Everything would be so energized that standard non-magic molecules would be quantum rarities due to the sheer instability of molecular bonds, if not atomic bonds, with that excess of energy in every single atom in existence.

If magic suddenly burst into being on earth and followed your mutant Alienstein's law, then we're talking about taking the regular energy of each atom affected and then literally multiplying its current energy with the SPEED OF LIGHT IN A VACUUM.

If there wasn't a counter-law that directly naturalized the instability of atoms affected by magic, that's one planet instantly atomized by the sheer atomic force of every atom going Superman.

>>787858
>>787935
pls no.

>>788045
>speed of light
No one's talking about speed of light (the c has different meaning) so you've misunderstood the equasion entirely :p. Anyway, such questions should go to discussion thread, not here.

Emils 2017/03/17(Fri)00:32 No. 788053 ID: 6cbace
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"I am adapting."
"That's good, that's good! Here," Green eyes shifts her seat to make room, "sit here!"
I take upon her offer.
"So my name's Beatrice, You can call me Beaa-aaA!"
"What's up Bea?" Red eyes asks.
"I- I don't know, I thought I felt myself drop for a second!"
"Maybe you're shrinking." smirks Blue eyes.
"And you're still a jerk!"
"Don't mind them, I'm Alice." Red eyes speaks up to me.
"Forrest." Blue eyes waves a hand as he takes a seat next to Alice.
"Emlis." I respond with my name.

"Well Emlis," Bea starts while adjusts her seating, "Would you like to tell us a bit about yourself?"

>>788053
There isn't much to tell. This is your first time living in a city; life just yesterday was simple survival in the wild, eating whatever you could get. You never knew your parents.

Talk about that cavorting transvestite who caught you loitering in the wilds and brought you here.

You got all kinds of adults here, but no one like that.

"My name is Emils. I'm Victor's niece. I came to the city a few days ago. I like food."

Not much to say.
I woke up in the cold a few days ago. I was picked up and brought to Vic. I don't remember anything before that.

"Shrinking? How do you do that?"

Start repeating your faked Appraisal back word for word.

"My little sister hasn't woken up since she was born."

I was born in a cave

Either this >>788057 or this >>788054 , the best lie contains the most truth in this case.

Also, if you're in a static position like that Emils, you may want to see if you can shift some density towards your feet or something. So you don't cause the table to move when you sit down. Just remember to revert back to normal density distribution before moving again since it'll mess with your centre of gravity.

I uh... what, what would you like to hear?

>>788066
Amendment to that, if you do that now, do it slow enough that they don't notice the table returning to it's normal position.

Emils 2017/03/17(Fri)03:53 No. 788073 ID: 6cbace
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I have already been adjusting my weight whenever I have to sit on these flimsy things.

"As far as I can remember, I was living outside the city, drinking blood and water and eating lizard, grass and other things off the floor."
"What?!" Bea asked in a surprised voice.
"A few days ago, I found a group of..." I rethink the word 'food', "people, who attacked me. I tried to defend myself but soon found myself lost."

The others are quiet and looking at me, so I continue.
"I was then picked up by a group of travelers, and brought to Victor, who is now taking care of me."

They're still silent.
"And now I'm here."

Forrest is the first to speak up. "That's officially a worse childhood than the rest of us."

Eliot and the other two arrives, holding trays. Kinda.
Noticing the atmosphere, he asks "Hey, why the long faces?"

>Hey, why the long faces?
I am unsure but it seems to be because of my past. Perhaps it's just better to forget about it and move on. what were you're childhoods like since we're asking?

your... OUR flattened ears and long snouts aid in wilderness survival and picking up subtle movements.

If we didn't have them we'd probably starve.

>>788073
Hmm.
>>783086
>I'll set her up as your niece. Probably easier to explain that way.
I though both Victoria and Emils were supposed to be pretending Emils is Victor's niece. Then that was just formality? And Emils can go around telling she's not really related?

>drinking blood
Furthermore, I find it strange that, considering Emils knows how to lie, that she would tell these guys (partial) truth. Especially this kind of truth that's really hard to believe. After all, the point of mimicking is to try to rouse the least amount of suspicion. Telling the truth goes against our goals.

>I was living outside the city
Now they will think that we're really good at living alone / in dangerous places / fighting, and may ask us more about it (questions which we can't provide logical answer to). This can complicate things extensively or break our cover.

Suggestion: Tell them that you were joking and that you actually don't remember anything before being brought into the city. Supposably you have an amnesia.

"Natural selection." *shrug*

>>788076
Agreed, there was a bit too much truth in that lie, makes it seem suspicious.

>>788073
"Beaa-aaA asked me a question and everyone didn't like my answer."

She said we could call her that! XD

Maybe ask about what sort of magic they can do? To move the conversation away from the gaff.

Put your hand on your snout.
"Because I can't push it in any further."

No need to panic yet. If you're pressed for more info, deal with it then. For now, shrug and ask what's for lunch. Acquire food and deflect any further questions to someone else. This is a good chance to observe how these kids interact.

Emils 2017/03/17(Fri)08:15 No. 788110 ID: 6cbace
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"Genetics." Forrest replies which causes Eliot to give a short laugh, "Emils was just telling us about herself."
"{Fluid:Freeze; Target:[Coordinate]; Scale:[2%]; Initiate;}" Charls mumbles as he hands out the cups.
Hoor slides the bowls from our side of the table, "Today's lunch is Porridge with some vegetables and meat."
It smells nice, but I wait for what the others do with it first.

"Since we're on the topic, Emils has quite the interest in magic, right?" Eliot says while nodding towards me. I copy his movements, returning a nod.
"She said she is has Body, and some kind of fire or ice magic, but doesn't know any spells. Maybe you could share some of yours."

"Oh?" Alice raises a brow, "I don't think I've heard of temperature before."
"I don't think my dad would like it very much if I shared his spells." Bea says sadly.
"I'm not all that good at my own spells, so I don't think I could teach her properly." Charls adds as he slides a cold cup towards me.
"I guess that leaves me." Alice sighs. "I got a few beginner spells you could try Emlis, any idea on what you would like to try?"

Alice offers you the following spells: [Glow] [Warmth] [Heat Absorb] [Fire Touch] [Sterilize]

>>788110
warmth makes food taste better

Ooh. Heat absorb and fire touch sound nifty. Glow could be usefull.

let's go with warmth,
sterilize is kinda pointless for you since you can eat anything, even pathogens. you can see in the dark somewhat, and the other two are more specialized versions of generate heat.

Warmth, it seems like a useful spell, but since you're a beginner also one that shouldn't go too wrong if you make a mistake with it.

Heat absorb

>[Glow]
Will cause everyone to go blind. Too risky if something goes wrong.
>[Warmth]
Seems safe.
>[Heat Absorb]
Will cause everyone to freeze. Also too risky if something goes wrong.
>[Fire Touch]
Will cause our fingers to melt. Too risky.
>[Sterilize]
Will cause everyone to become impotent. Too risky :P

So yeah, Warmth seems safe. I'm assming that the spell heats the target area to "at most" our body temperature. So if something goes wrong, it would simply be the whole city going warm. Yep.

Warmth! Warm food tastes better, and being able to warm other stuff has all kinds of great uses too!

[Heat Absorb]. It has absorb in the name, and you're good at that.

>>788110
"all of them, thank you"

[Warmth]. We have 45% heat resist but only 13% cold resist, and being frozen is a classic enemy of shapeshifters.

>>788110
Emils seems to like being warm, Warmth it is.

>>788110
Warmth. Cold is death.

Fire touch seems safe enough and could be used to create warmth AND a glow, its like three spells for the price of one!

1[Fire Touch]
2[Heat Absorb]
3[Warmth]
4[Sterilize]
5[Glow]

start of with something simple, warmth it is.

>>788110
Warmth sounds like a good first practice spell, without a lot of room for a dangerous backfire.

Warmth

Warmth. Use it to warm up the cup.

Emils 2017/03/17(Fri)18:21 No. 788270 ID: 6cbace
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Warmth - 12 Heat Absorb - 3 Fire Touch - 2 All - 2

"Alright," Alice says as she picks up the metal around her neck. "Imagine the feeling of the sun upon your body, the heat radiating from a fire, the sensation of being wrapped around a warm hug."
She closes her eyes and focuses herself. [Mana] perception allows me to see the path [Mana] takes inside of her body.
"Now listen closely, {Solid:Heat; Target:Self; Scale:}" she hesitates "{1%; Initiate;}"

You sense the air around her change, the [Mana] inside of her running. She's sweating.
I repeat her words, "{Solid:Heat; Target:Self; Scale:1% Initiate;}"

[Mana] Crafting - lv 1 has been triggered. [Mana] Core triggered

I feel my [Mana] shift inside of my form, copying the trails inside Alice.

Ability Gained: Thermoregulation (Heat) - You gain control over your body's temperature.

My body grows warm. I don't think I did that right.

>>788270
What do you mean? That's what the spell's supposed to do.

ask how you know if you did it right.

>>788270

You did good. You're supposed to feel warm. Any warmer, and you might start puddling though. So be careful.

Maybe the pause was necessary.

It looks like your core can interpret some spells to produce abilities. That's neat.

Oh, also sweat a little. About half as much as Alice.

>>788270
Wait, the results are not likely to be the same, remember you were told she apparently has high power but poor control so it's likely she has created an excess of effect.

That said, seems you unlocked a new ability, be sure to experiment later.

perfect.

wait, are you hearing the "ability gained" thing or are you thinking that? if you are hearing that from elsewhere then mention it.

Emils 2017/03/17(Fri)21:09 No. 788313 ID: 6cbace
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"I think I got it."
"That fast?!" Alice exclaimed
"I'm not too sure. How do I know if I have done it?"
Bea grabs my hand, pressing her palms against it, "Ohhh, you definitely got it, your hand feels like a stone left out in the sun!"

Alice slouches over the table and takes a deep drink from her cup. "That spell took me almost a week to learn, and a few months just to get it right..." She then takes a look towards me with a tense look in her face, "This is just a warning, you'll need to practice your spells to get a hang of how much mana to put into it and when too much mana is too much." She points to her empty sleeve, "Or you might end up like me."

"Alice, You're gonna scare the magic out of the girl." Hoor interrupts.
"I believe I'll survive." I add, which causes Alice to have an odd expression.
"Your fur is also so smooth!" Bea chimes in, stroking my hand. "How did you get it that way?"
"I don't know?"

"Magic lesson's over," Eliot announces, "you'd better finish lunch before it's too late."

I look down at the bowl and begin using my left hand to copy the way the others eat as Bea continues to stroke my right hand.

Keep practicing. They don't know what you really are. You can take on a few internal explosions, and the only reason you need to protect your head is so your sister doesn't get hurt.

so how does the food taste?

>>788313
When you learn new spells, pretend to fuck it up for a while so as to not arouse suspicion. Not that being a genius is a bad thing, but when you're pretending to be something you're not, excessive attention is bad.

>>788317
Furthermore, try and learn to do it the same way they do it. It could be better than the way you naturally do it, either way it's helpful to your disguise

Bea is finding a lot of things about you that are different. Maybe she is more investigative than the other, maybe she have instincts attune to details like this, either way this isn't good for your disguise.
For now just ask her to stop touching you. In the future when given a choice between siting next to her or someone else you should discreetly avoid be near her.

>>788313
Point to Bea's food and ask, "Are you going to eat that?"

That'll hopefully get her to let go of your hand and focus on her food instead.

But if she doesn't respond, then say, "If you want me to eat your food for you, then don't say anything and keep stroking my hand."

If she still doesn't respond, then reach over and try to take her food and see what happens.

>>788313
Does her fur feel different to you? You may need to refine your mimicry.

>>788317
I don't see the point of this. We are a fairly unique creature. No one will suspect our true nature without witnessing shape shifting first hand.

Worst case scenario from learning too fast is we are looked at as some sort of prodigy. Some might see us as a freak or become jealous but we are here to learn, not make all the friends.
Besides, Emils IS a prodigy. Even if her intelligence stems from the fact that her entire body is a giant brain, no one has any reason to suspect that so it doesn't matter.
I think we should have Emils flaunt her learning prowess. She will outgrow this little schoolhouse quickly, but if she attracts the attention of some passionate educator or mage, she may find herself in a much richer learning environment.

>>788313
"Alice why do you not just grow your arm back?"

>>788358
Don't say that. That's just insulting. Plus, she's probably tried already. Or magic doesn't work like that.

>>788328
Maybe the mimicry isn't the issue. If Dragon blood effects the mimicked body then perhaps other factors do too.
Emils absorbed somewhere around 20 people, yes?
People are made primarily of water, and water is extremely resistant to compression. Even with magic assisted compression, for Emils to maintain this size she would have had to expel a sizeable amount of water. This means that her mimicked Rabold body would be totally saturated with all the nutrients it could possibly need. Her smooth fur could just be the result of perfect nutrition.

Stroke Bea's head with your right hand.

Eat your food, and while you do it, try casting {Solid:Heat:Negative; Target:Coordinates; Scale:1% Initiate;} where the coordinates is our glass of drink. We already saw Eliot how he uses Coordinates and Negative.

I suspect that, our casting totally failed. Instead of casting a spell, we simply used the mana to heat our body without any casting process at all.

So, if this casting fails as well, then we're sure that this is the case.

>>788365
>water is extremely resistant to compression
You know nothing about magic/mana/physics in this universe, so such assumptions are simply wrong. And secondly, if you're unsure of something, ask in the discussion thread.

Emils 2017/03/18(Sat)01:44 No. 788374 ID: 6cbace
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I raise my right hand to pat Bea on the head.
"Bea eat your lunch, let the girl eat." Hoor says while finishing his own lunch.
"Okay..."

>>788372
I do not understand which part of the spells define what the spell does. Changing parts of the spell without knowing what they do feels like a bad idea.

Hoor turns to look at me, "Emils, if you want to learn magic safely, your best bet is to look for a teacher as the guilds. Bea's father runs a gym if you want to learn some body reinforcement magic, but it's not the kind of gym that would be easy or good for a young girl."

"You should ask your guardian in regards for magic tutoring." Forrest adds, "Learning won't come cheap, and most magic teachers in the guilds are only doing it because they're required to offer lessons to keep their licencing."
He adjusts his glasses, "Unless you can get an apprenticeship, they'll never teach you anything past basic spells." Charls reacts to that with a scowl.

"Well, it's not like I don't understand that." Eliot shrugs, "If they did teach their spells to just anyone, they'll soon be out of a job."

"In any case, Emils, you should check out what publicly released spells there are if you want to learn more. The guild should have a book you could get in regards to that." Alice informs.

>>788374
read the book of public spells and figure out correlation of word to effect. then you can just make shit up and it would work.

>>788375
this, mayb ask victor to help

ask for the book's name and thank them for their help.

>a gym
We already have Iron Coating, so it would be tricky testing out if our body is reinforced or not. This seems like a good idea after we learn to actually use magic. Assuming we can use magic at all.

>The guild
Ask them if they could take you to the guild after classes. Uhh.. but I don't think we know how to read, do we? Well, we should still be able to find a way to get someone to read books to us, and of course, demonstrate the spellcasting.

Note the suggestion for later.

Pick someone to stick to for the immediate future, so we can practice the whole socialization thing more. Seems like saying or doing the wrong thing carries a risk of being found out.

I vote Bea.

>>788385
Negative. She's too interested in getting a close look at us, and that puts our disguise at risk.
Although... she will be hanging out with that Hoor fellow. And the fur brushing was kind of nice. ...Okay, but just this once, alright?

I think the spell from earlier succeeded, and your body was able to understand and copy the effect it had on your body.

Would mana specifications of less than one percent work? How many significant figures does mana accept?

Does the spell take negative values?

Voting [/code]

Emils 2017/03/18(Sat)07:23 No. 788405 ID: 6cbace
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"I'll take your advice into consideration." I tell them as we get up.
With lunch done, Forrest and Alice takes the trays away and I follow the others.

"So what was the name of that book of spells?" I ask.
"Oh, huh? I think it was 'something someone's list of spells for everyday use' or something like that." Eliot answers, "It's a real old book, and mostly filled with simple spells."
"Just ask the guild receptionist for help." Charls adds.

"So is it safe to just add words or change values in a spell?"
"No no no, that's terribly dangerous!" Charls warns angrily. "What Alice said there was very serious and real."
"Spell crafting was mostly done by years of research, and even today most of our spells are from the old magician empire." Eliot continues. "Any tampering of spells is considered very very dangerous."
"There's probably a trove of spells yet to be discovered, but we're stuck studying under the stupid stuck up mages that just are content teaching us useless basic spells." Charls scowls.

In any case, I would need to understand the meaning of the spells before it would be safe to change anything about it. Learning the language these things speak is already making my core busy as it is.

Character Select Available. Next update will be after class

>>788405

Bea!!!

Sumin.

Has to be Hoor here.

What is Strot's deal? that one seems mysterious. Lets learn about that one for a bit.

Alice

Bea, why not.

>select dragon

;^)

I vote for:
>Side B - Dragon

Because learning magic is too much writing, so let's leave it to the plot hole ;)

dragon? sure. if we can't then let's check in on victor(ia)

>>788419
4th'd

>>788405
Fortunately, we can understand the language perfectly.
We are going to break so many things. Like society.

Bea.

>>788270
We could clone her a new arm in exchange for magic lessons! Only problem is that sort of blows our cover, or at least reveals access to resources we're not supposed to half.

And unlike some other forms of payment, you can't just drop an arm off anonymously.

>who
Bea

>>788432
That sounds like a rather disproportionate exchange, we should either gift it separately from the magic lessons or get something more in return, perhaps from her parents.

Bea, I want to know why she was so focused on how smooth Emils' fur was. In fact, I think I saw a blush when Hoor finally called her off.

Bag!

Emils

>>788405
victoria

Victoria.

>>788405
radial.

>>788410
Seconding

Definitely Bea.

>>788405
bee

>>788405

Dragons? Dragons.

dragon?

Okay I'll vote for dragon since that is a thing now and I'm really curious.

I'll change my vote from Hoor to Bea

Hoordor
or
Charls

Strot

because I would like to know where he disappeared to for lunch.

Strot

Dragon

Beatrice 2017/03/18(Sat)17:07 No. 788556 ID: 6cbace
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Character votes: Beatrice - 8 Dragon - 8 Strot - 3 Victoria - 2 Alice - 1 Bag - 1 Charls - 1 Emils - 1 Hoor - 2 Sumin - 1 Coin Flip: Beatrice

"H-hey, Emils?"
"Yes Bea?" she asks with her unchanging tone.
My fur would bristle from her voice, but I try to keep calm.
"Do you have some time? I'd like to ask you something..." I take a look around, "Somewhere private please."
She follows my gaze around the classroom. I gulp as I look at her red eyes. Something about them sending a fear down my spine. Almost reminds me of when my father set me up with his training.

"I do have some time." she says casually.
"Ah, that's good!" I smile at her, leading her towards the back of the shrine.

>>788556
If you're afraid of her, should you really be setting yourself up alone with her?

>>788556
NOW KISS

If you are that bothered by her, why are you trying to approach?

>>788556
I get the feeling you're expecting something specific to happen here. What is it?

You seem fascinated by her despite being completely terrified. Maybe you're afraid she'll turn into a monster and gobble you up? And you're secretly hoping for that anyway?

so what are you going to ask her?

>>788556
Be careful. You don't know what Emils is capable of. She's lived in the wilds all her life.

This fear you feel it isn't run away kind is it? Are you actually excited about this strange girl that scares you a little? This isn't the kind of private meeting Hoor should be concerned with, is it? Wouldn't want the big man trying to hurt her out of some sense of jealousy, misplaced or not.

>>788556
You're not attracted to Emils, are you? What would poor Hoor think if he found out you're cheating on him with someone you just met a few minutes ago?!

Are you worried about something, Bea?

Beatrice 2017/03/18(Sat)18:16 No. 788582 ID: 6cbace
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The grass crunches under our feet as I lead her against a secluded part of the shrine, away from listening ears.

"So."
"...So?"

I turn around to face her, adjusting my and raising my awareness.
"Is your story about you living in the wild true?"
She narrows her eyes. "I have not told you any false."

"That would be weird, because when I touched your hands, they were smooth."
She looks down at her hand, rubbing her fingers together to get a feel of them. "and so?"

"I've lived in the forrest before." I recall my father's training. "You don't live in nature and get fur as smooth as yours, or skin as smooth."
She stops her fingers and look up, looking at my eyes. "and so?"

I point at her, "You said you lived in the wild, but your body doesn't show it. You say you don't know any body spells, but I couldn't even hold your hand in place when you went and touched my head. It was effortless, as if you didn't even feel me trying to pull your hand away."
I take a few steps backwards, "So what are you?"

you fucked up!
RUUUUUUUUN!!!

... you know you probably should have had someone you trust hiding somewhere nearby to help you should things turn ugly you know.

>>788582

She is what she says she is, she simply has innate body control magic she doesn't quite understand. It's somewhat scary and causes people to freak out, so she doesn't tell other people.

But she has not told you anything wrong about herself. Tell her Emils.

>>788582
You better say you'll keep it a secret. If she thinks her identity will be revealed you will die before you have a chance to enhance your body and escape.

Heck, maybe you can offer to be secret friends. Someone as powerful as her would make a great ally.

>>788582
I know you're spooked, but you've seen no hostile action from her so far. Keep wary and a couple of paces back but otherwise don't do anything sudden, let her take her time.

So... you concluded she's a lot stronger than you, you lead her to a secluded area, and then you told her you'd figured out something she's trying to keep secret?

What are you going to do if she reacts badly to that?

What are you expecting to get out of this? What's the good outcome of this confrontation, in your eyes?

Remain calm, and watch her.

>>788588
Yeah, this. Secluded area, no back up, and confronting someone who is a anomaly. Not the best of plans. So backpedal verbally, and then literally if that doesn't work?

To Beatrice:
That wasn't a smart thing to ask alone. Be ready for the worst.

To Emils:
"I'm pure dragon blood. Naturally magical."

Whatever she is, you should try ingratiating yourself to your new overlord. Hug her!

Did she actually cast any body magic while at the table? I don't recall her speaking any incantations other than the body temperature one during lunch. I assume you have at least some kind of guess as to what she is if you're confronting her like this?

Emils 2017/03/18(Sat)18:44 No. 788599 ID: 6cbace
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"I am a slime."

A... A what?

>>788599

Good job, Emils.

>>788599
Consider what a bad idea it was to bring her out to somewhere private.

>>788599
What?

...care to repeat that?

"what do you mean?"

Tell her if that's a joke it isn't funny. If it isn't then...please don't eat you and you'll keep her secret and teach her the magic you know. Be friends? Friends don't eat friends.

So this is the part where Bea doesn't buy it, right?

If Emils: Add onto that that you're trying to learn and to please to keep it a secret.

If Bea: Don't panic.

Looks like we're Emils again right now.

"Any other questions?"

How can you be a slime? Slimes can't think or talk. Is this a joke?

Is that a joke, or is she seriously claiming to be a monster merely taking on the shape of a Rabbold? Is such a thing even possible?

Emils: Yeah, pretty much just a flat response in keeping with your overall behavior seems fine.

Bea: Confusion, probably?

>>788599
Emils: Ask her not to attack you, or to do anything that would cause other people to attack you.

Bea: Express disbelief. Even blood slimes don't mimic entire bodies! You've never heard of a slime doing this. Maybe ask more, are there others like her?

>activate gluttony

Beatrice 2017/03/18(Sat)19:14 No. 788619 ID: 6cbace
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"..."
"..."

"..."
"What?"

emils: prove it, become your true slime form.

>>788619
"A slime."

>>788620
That would burn like half her accumulated mass so far. Emils would be much better off turning it into Dragonblood to feed the seed so that it grows up to become dragonblooded and smart like her.

Does it feel a little unnerving to anyone else the way Emils seems so unphased by Bea's combat stance? She's either very confident no fight will occur or has no fear of an attack from her.

>>788619
Right to a fighting stance, huh. So Bea, your plan was to confront the new girl with her secrets, then fight her when she objected? Why?

What are you trying to get out of this encounter.

>"What?"
Nothing appears wrong with your ears.

Emils: you can't really fix your skin or your hands, but you can hide your strength so you don't tip off people in the future.

Oh yes. Punch the slime. Blunt force trauma will work *so* well.

This is no joking matter, if you wont tell me I'll see for myself.
>attempt to punch Emils

We're controlling bea, right?
If we were emils we'd just unhesitatingly eat her.

As bea, either get ready to attack or run.
"That can't be true, if it were you wouldn't have told me."

Emils:
"Are you going to try to kill me too?"

If she does attack you, just grab her (careful not to break her comparatively fragile body) and tell her to stop. You don't want to hurt anyone, you are here to learn and that is only possible if you can fit in.

Emils: Shedding the rabbold for would be expensive mass-wise, so how does your fluid production work? Show something that's impossible like producing Aleo Gel or Fruit Juice in the palm of your hand.

Bea: Seriously? I wouldn't actually try to fight Emils, but I guess keeping your guard up is ok. Ask why I guess?

>>788619
Bea: you've confirmed your suspicion. No need to stick around and see how dangerous it is. Run away.

Emils: I think it's time to find a new cover. Can you Mimic plants? At this point, the optimal choice for your survival is to consume Bea and pick a new, bigger rabbold form to reflect your greater mass.

>>788629
I mean, we did get Emils to commit to a goal of trying to learn from the rabbolds et al., so she might (hopefully) be a bit slower to jump to just eating people.

Also I'm not sure Bea is really registering as much of a threat to her.

>>788631
Emils: Do this.

Bea: Are you going to try to fight her...?

Get ready to run or become lunch Bea.

>>788619
Either that's a lie and you're covering up something... or you're telling the truth and that makes no sense. Please explain.

Are you seriously considering trying to punch someone you just said is impossibly strong? Either try to calm things down by assuring her you won't tell or get out of there.

Unless were dual controlling, Emils currently is not under orders to consume.

Bea needs to calm the fuck down before she disappears

Calm down and stop acting like you're going to kill the poor girl, if she IS a slime she'd just use your punch to suck you in and eat you, if she isn't you just punched an innocent girl for lying a bit.

Be relaxed, if she IS a slime she'd just eat you if you tried to run, yell, or fight, she MIGHT let you live if you just act like you're okay with it and say that you'd even be willing to try to help her blend in, then you'd be an asset to her and would have a good reason not to kill you

regardless she doesnt seem like some kind of rabbold eating horror maybe she is lying of maybe she us using a rabbold disguise to gain food.

Beatrice 2017/03/18(Sat)20:20 No. 788649 ID: 6cbace
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"You..."
She's calm... very very calm.
"You're joking aren't you?"
"I heard that jokes are good to erase tension."
That whole thing was a joke?
"Th-then what about your-"

Beatrice 2017/03/18(Sat)20:21 No. 788650 ID: 6cbace
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"I am Emils," she takes a nobles bow, "One of the last dragon blood Rabbolds, and Niece to Sir Victor, B ranked adventurer."

Wait, if she's the niece of Sir Victor then what was with all of that living out in the woods stuff?

>>788650
So she cast her body enhancement before even sitting at the table, and it lasted that long? How skilled at magic would she have to be to do that?

Anyway, I think it's time for a sigh of relief and also a promise to not reveal her hidden noble identity. She's undercover right? Hey you could be friends with a noble!

>>788650
Look at that, you uncovered a secret noble. No wonder she's weird!

>>788650
Oh, she's got that dragon blood thing, well they're weird by default. Also even when confronted about her strange nature she's not done anything hostile and even told a joke to try and make you less stressed.
Still, have you heard of Sir Victor being overly stronger than ye regular rabbold? might need to look up the effects of dragon blood to confirm or deny her story.

It's so obvious. She must have gotten that from spelling her name backwards.

That doesn't explain some weirdness, but ok, let's roll with it. Hidden noble, huh, guess that explains the awkwardness?

Emils, that was some masterful deception.

That... Was really creepy.
Wait... Isn't Emils "slime" backwards?

...
Fuck.

Well, there you have it, Bea.
Emils is a Chuunibyou

Run while there's still a chance of normalcy.

I think she's just messing with you at this point.

Beatrice 2017/03/18(Sat)21:34 No. 788671 ID: 6cbace
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"You..."
"Me."
"You're a noble?!"
"In technicality."
"And you're in hiding?!"
"If you keep being loud you're gonna attract attention."
"aaaaah! This is just like my books!"
"Books?"
"N-nothing! Never mind that! Why are you in hiding?"
"If people knew what I am, my life would be in danger."
"And and are you really Sir Victor's niece?!"
"That is confidential."
"C-c-confidentia- aaah!"
I don't think I can handle this!

>>788671
don't handle it. Faint.

>>788671

Just breathe tiny rabbit lady, and seriously, be quiet. Emils has enough problems without your freakout.