>>8288

"No. I am myself. Mudy. Prince Mudy."

>>8288
Maybe we should just go ahead and explain where we're from, fully. I don't think we ever told anyone the whole "I woke up in a box" story.

>>8312
We told the prince.

..err princess....Well we told someone.

Reaver!mE1ODcDVTM 2009/07/18(Sat)16:33 No. 8316 ID: fb5d8e
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Mudy squints his eyes as he desperately tries to conjure up any kind of memory.
>"The thing is, I don't remember anything before waking up in this box with two lights, green and red... you hid Latral, right? How?"
, he asks.

Raital seems taken aback by the statement. She opens and closes her mouth to speak but chokes on her words each time.
>"I.. I hid Latral in one of the boxes in the arcana storage room..
, she finally says.
>"But.. I don't remember any details. Everything is a blank from that time.

Mudy ponders the possibilities.
>"Was the Skullking originally a boldling?"

Raital holds her breath.
>"Y.. Yes.. Mother used to be a boldling."

>"Y.. Yes.. Mother used to be a boldling."

Used to be?

>>8316
Shit just got deep.

Mudy's Head: Explode.

"This is too much, Raital. Is there some way we could find out for sure?"

>>8316
Raital, enough of this. Let's just go away.

Who cares who I am?

>>8316
'used to be' a Boldling?

Is she a lich now, or something entirely different?

"...and i'm still wearing your panties"

>>8316
"W-what was Latral?"

>>8316

"Do you remember what your brother used to look like?"

>>8316
Check and see if we still have that gem. If we do, ask her if it means anything to her.

Fun fact - looking at the Volume 2 poster (found here: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/src/124732497168.png ) shows that we've probably found all the Blutjaegers that matter for the moment. Still rather concerned about when three-sword psycho samurai dude is going to show up, though.

Reaver!mE1ODcDVTM 2009/07/18(Sat)16:51 No. 8335 ID: fb5d8e
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>"Wh-What was Latral?"
, Mudy stammers.
>"Do you remember what your brother used to look like?"

>"N-no.."
Raital squeezes Mudy tightly. He can feel her shaking.
>"I.. Here's there in my memory.. but it's all a blur. I.. I don't remember him."

Mudy clenches hit teeth.
>"This is too much, Raital. Is there some way we could find out if I'm Latral for sure?"

Raital loosens her grip on Mudy, but keeps him against her.
>"I don't know."
She pauses.
>"I heard about the Wells of Truth here in the Forest of Dread.. but.. somehow I feel that in the end it's up to you to."

>>8335
Do... do you want to know? I'm not sure I want to.

Can't we just pretend it doesn't matter? Can't we just be happy, Raital?

>>8335
NEW QUEST: SEEK OUT THE WELLS OF TRUTH.
Nothing can go wrong with that plan, nothing.

The well of truth sounds useful for more than just finding out who we are. Onward!

Oh i dont possibly see how this could go wrong.

>>8335

"...No. We already have enough to do. We can't afford to make detours. And besides...I don't think I want to know the truth."

>>8335
"...Lets just forget it for now.
I-It doesn't matter.
Nothing matters except that we're together."

>>8335
"We should seek the wells out then. We cannot continue our quest with so many questions looming."

>>8335
'For now, we should regroup with our comrades. Having three other Blutjaegers in this forest does not make this a good time to seek out such a well. But we will come back for it someday.'

Guess it's off to the wells then.

>>8335
"No one should hide from the truth. Hence the wells we shall seek!"

If we do pick this option, at least go with a resounding "the truth will never change how i feel about you" bit.

>>8335
"Let's go."

Even if we don't want to know.
Even if it doesn't really matter.
It's the sort of thing that will bug us, isn't it? Forever and ever, because we'll never really know.

"No matter what happens, I'll love you, Raital. I wouldn't mind being your brother. And if I'm not, I'll still love you as myself. Not because I'm you're brother, or a bard. But because you're you."

>>8336
>>8342
Of course this shit matters, we can't be on the receiving end of this shit for all times, we can't be a nobody forever WE HAVE TO DISCOVER OUR OWN SELF. So GET UP Mudy, you have a well to find.

>>8353
Now, let's go find out if we're platonic!

>>8335

"I can't go on without knowing what I am... too many have already been hurt because of me. I need to know if any of this matters or have I just been hurting people because it's my nature. I need to know that what I think I am matters."

>>8342
Yknow what never mind this.
Lets go do FIND US SOME WELLS.
We have to find out for sure or it'll drive me crazy.

I think we should find the rest of our party before venturing further. They are probably in danger.

>>8364
YOU MUST GATHER YOUR PARTY BEFORE VENTURING FORTH

Reaver!mE1ODcDVTM 2009/07/18(Sat)17:19 No. 8375 ID: fb5d8e
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Mudy swallows his fear.
>"Let's go."
He squeezes Raital's arm.
>"N... No matter what happens, I'll love you, Raital. I wouldn't mind being your brother. And if I'm not, I'll still love you as myself. Not because I'm you're brother, or a bard. But because you're you."

Raital leans into him. Mudy feels her warmth spread across his body.
>"Oh Mudy.. Mudy..
>Mudy..
>Mudy.."

Reaver!mE1ODcDVTM 2009/07/18(Sat)17:20 No. 8376 ID: fb5d8e
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>"Mudy.. Mudy.. Mudy.. Mudy Mudy Mudy Mudy--"

Reaver!mE1ODcDVTM 2009/07/18(Sat)17:20 No. 8378 ID: fb5d8e
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>"I FOUND HIM! HE'S RIGHT HERE!"


>End of chapter 17

>>8376
>Gunter Stare

Jesus, that's a bonerkill right there. I half expected him to watch silently.

"Come back in five minute after the rape.

>"Mudy.. Mudy.. Mudy.. Mudy Mudy Mudy Mudy--"
I feel… g… o… o… d…

Cut the tension with a joke.

"And I wouldn't mind getting turned into something a little less helpless, either..."

Well, this was a short chapter. Mayby we will discover ourselves next time.

HOW WAS MUDY FORMED
HOW SKULLKING GET PRAGNENT

>>8387
they need to do way instainKuhral> who kill thier Muddys. becuse these Muddy cant frigthback?

I'm probably the last to realize this (slowpoke.jpg, etc), but if we are Latral, then our story about being a prince trying to reclaim his lost land, is.. kinda true actually.

Neat.

>>8378
>"I FOUND HIM! HE'S RIGHT HERE!"

How could you tell with all the delicious halfbold in the way?

So lets see....
We got the collar removed/broken/damaged, Raitel is free of the sword and back with us, we escaped the Blutjaegers, and are in the process of hooking back up with our crew.

This makes our recent string of shit luck completely worth it.

>>8408
Just read over this. Our luck seems somewhat influenced by the author.

>>8408
WHO IS RAITEL DAMMIT

>>8419
....Of course our luck is influenced by Reaver. He is the one who actually chooses what the ramifications of our choices are, as well as choosing which suggestions to implement. So, you could argue that Reaver is the god of luck/fate for Mudy Quest, so far as our viewpoint as readers/sometime manipulators goes.

Still, I stand by my claim that things went much more in Mudy's favor today, as opposed to other recent chapters. Which I think is good, since Mudy's luck (however you want to interpret said luck) has been fairly bad recently.

tl;dr Hooray, things look reasonably better!

>>8422
Ok yes, I misspell Raital's name quite a bit. Somewhere along the way I got used to spelling it Raitel, and I spell it that way unless I consciously choose to spell it otherwise.