World of Monsters CYOA (Part II)

B. Beauty Queen and slave ring.

Well this is a flood of good choices. A seems the most "cannon", and I admit she would be a funny reoccuring underling. (Plus imagine how humiliating it would be to lose to her and her reaction to winning)

That said I'm a huge fan of C as that would be quite the scene. S chrisma vs E, or F will would be quite a fun show. Plus Celtica is sure to enjoy it, possible using it as a fantasy. Of course she might try to stop it, but a glance from Valeria would stop her in her tracks and make her even wetter.

But yeah, all good options, also glad to see Ayane with more personality than I thought.

DrgnmastrAlex wrote:D.  Use the orb to undo her corruption.  Even if Nepgear isn't much of a protagonist, she's good as a sidekick, and a very capable fighter.  She'd be good as an addition to Celtica's forces; she would just need to be conditioned further to resist the control of others, because she's comically impressionable.  XD

Think this sounds solid. She might make a good
additions for our innocent girls(Artoria/Asia) and
should be able to fight to some extend.
Also I think going with D we also can question her about
the slave ring and the beauty queen, since when she is under
our control, why should she forget everything right?
Can just ask her after that.
I suggest we should also ask her about the person
that manipulated her. Might be a eventual bad end,
I mean fight we have to win. :O

testuser wrote:That said I'm a huge fan of C as that would be quite the scene.  S chrisma vs E, or F will would be quite a fun show.

To be fair to Nepgear, she doesn't have the lowest Will of anyone I have planned.

Spoiler:

D or C

We can question her afterwards

Celtica takes out her trusty Whirlpool Orb and holds it out. "Ayane, close your eyes. I don't think this will take long." the knight said as the visored woman was confused. "What are you doing, what is that orb? You won't hold...me...here...I...will...es...es..." the girl said as she quickly drifted into a dazed trance. "That was quick." Lina remarked. "That's good though, because it means we don't have to fight her." Asia said.

The knight doesn't even need to stimulate the girl's body to get the evil brainwashing out of her system, though it was tempting to do it anyways, and removing her visor sitting there was now a very confused girl with Celtica motioning to Ayane to let her go. "What the goodness? What am I doing here? And in these clothes? And...oh dear, I must have caused some sort of trouble for you." she said, now sounding sweet and apologetic rather than over the top and haughty. "It's alright, you weren't really any trouble. But I do have some questions for you. Who are you, and how did you end up...well, like this?" Celtica asked.

"Right, I should start from the beginning. I am Nepgear, a novice adventurer. My sister got an invitation to come to a castle around here, but she was too lazy and told me to deal with it instead so she could play games." the purple haired girl said with a sigh. "So I came here and...well, things are kind of a blur after that." she added. "Did this invitation mention anything about a Beauty Queen? Or did you hear that name at all? Can you recall?" Celtica prodded. "Beauty Queen...Beauty Queen...oh! I think I do remember something! I was...somewhere...maybe the castle? And I heard a cute voice say that I 'Belonged to Beauty Queen'. And then...I can't remember."

"This is it! Maybe one of this queen's slavers are around here, or the queen herself! This might be a huge lead." Artoria exclaimed. Celtica nodded in agreement. "I do wonder why they didn't just make a slave out of you, I suppose they thought you would be of better use as a slaver." the tanned knight said. "Regardless, our current goal is the stop the slavery trade going on around here that seems to be the result of this Beauty Queen." Celtica explained. "Would you be willing to help us?" she asked.

"Of course I would! There is no way I could ever overlook something so horrible! You have my help!" Nepgear said with conviction as she put on the visor once more. "Should you really be wearing that? For all you know it could be corrupting you." Bullet said. "Well...I think it makes me look kind of cool..." Nepgear said softly with a slight blush. These comments caused Valeria to start inspecting the girl's outfit, part of which involved rubbing certain parts of the outfit which caused surprised yelps from Nepgear. "I'm not an expert on clothing, but it looks normal to me. I can't find anything particularly evil about it or any strange artifacts connected to it."

"Then welcome aboard Nepgear, and with a little luck we might be able to get some payback on whoever brainwashed you." Celtica said and they began walking, Nepgear chatting with some of the other girls. "I was really talking like some supervillain? Oh, how embarrassing..." Nepgear said. "Don't feel bad Nepgear, you aren't the only one whose been brainwashed before. It just happens to use sometimes." Asia said, trying to cheer her up. The party continued their trek, the path getting less clear but the position of the river making sure they knew where they were going. Still, with fatigue from a lack of proper time to sleep due to last nights antics and another day of nothing but travel, some of the party members were feeling it. It was only sunset though, maybe they could find a village before things actually got dark. The fact that they couldn't see a castle anywhere in the distance made Celtica worry that their current goal was still a ways out of reach.

A. Continue on, there has to be a village somewhere nearby.
B. Set up camp for the night early and spend time with someone. (Who?)
C. Write-In.

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And Nepgear has been added to the party sheet. We've really stepped up the recruiting process here.

B. Artoria. Duel (Spar) between lionhearted knights (Lion weapons)

Lets go with what Edge said.
A duel might be good to strebgthen their bond.
Maybe Elphelt will join too increasing her power over her cute little knights.

Echoing the above.

Very nice~ I wonder if Nepgear even realizes she has some sexy black lipstick on, and like I said, I really like the outfit design, the red pulsing reminds me of Shadows from P5.

I'll have to hope for better luck next time to turn Valeria down the domi path >=)

Also, that lowest will character gives me an idea, I'll try to send it later.

What D has is good.  Would it be too much if we had other characters mingle while the training is going on, like Asia acting a little innocent but assertive around Bullet, Nephenee and Lina hanging out, Nepgear finding Valeria breathtaking, Ayane watching us from a tree, or some stuff like that =)  If not or something different then that's fine too dood ^__^

Elph watching is a great idea too

Rainday wrote:
What D has is good.  Would it be too much if we had other characters mingle while the training is going on, like Asia acting a little innocent but assertive around Bullet, Nephenee and Lina hanging out, Nepgear finding Valeria breathtaking, Ayane watching us from a tree, or some stuff like that =)  If not or something different then that's fine too dood ^__^

Oh yeah, characters can definitely be doing stuff while Celtica is hanging out with someone else. If you want certain characters to be talking/interacting, then definitely say so. Downtime at camps is for characters to bond more with each other.

B training with Arthoria, but have her use Dainsleif

Also spend some time bonding with other girls we've been ignoring (Bullet, Neph, Asia) but one on one. Maybe a bit sexy talk

So then, while training which weapon should Artoria use?
A. Lion High Spear
B. Dainsleif

And is there anyone you want to see bond with each other outside of the group of Celtica, Artoria and Elphelt?
A. Write-In

Lion High Spear.

Lina and Valeria discussing the economics of treasure hunting.

B Dainslief

Asia and Nep

Bullet and Neph, discussing their dreams

Lina and Val discussing treasure hunting sounds good

tilltherewas1 wrote:B Dainslief

Asia and Nep

Bullet and Neph, discussing their dreams

Lina and Val discussing treasure hunting sounds good

I will also take the Lion Spear, think it is too early for a fun Saber Alter.

The ither things sound interesting, especially Bullet and Neohenee dreaming together of their dream mistress.b

tilltherewas1 wrote:

Asia and Nep

Bullet and Neph, discussing their dreams

Lina and Val discussing treasure hunting sounds good

I suppose this works, Lion Spear for me to, with the addition of Ayane peeping on the sparing secretly.

"Let's set up camp for the night before it gets dark. We can rest well and be up early tomorrow, the last thing we need is to find the Beauty Queen while we are exhausted." Celtica said, and everyone was in agreement. Soon enough a fire was made and a camp was set up with the party members swapping turns on guard duty.

"Artoria, would you like to train once more? I imagine you want more practice with that spear." Celtica asked, and the young knight nodded. "Sure, that would be great!". Elphelt overheard their talked and came over with a comment of her own. "Hey, how about a duel? The winner gets a kiss from me~" she said, winking at Artoria. The blonde haired girl was quite red-faced now, but inside she really wanted to win this duel. "That hardly seems fair, I'm still far more skilled." Celtica said. "Hold on. I'll show you how much better I've gotten!" the newly invigorated Artoria exclaimed.

As those three went off, and a certain purple haired ninja vanished into the trees to observe them from afar, Lina and Valeria were chatting. "Don't you ever get hot in that thing?" the shopkeeper asked. "Of course, that's the best part. It's so nice and warm, joining up with Celtica has been great for obtaining treasures like this and my sword." Lina said, grinning beneath her mask. "I must admit, I have already been surprised by her generosity. I had never expected a woman to ask for my services and set down a meteorite fragment as payment. And if we are going out to the islands, there will be even more treasures. They say many ships went out and were lost at sea." Valeria mentioned.

Lina picked up the hint. "Which means that any treasure they were carrying is either at the bottom of the ocean or washed up on one of the islands." she said, and Valeria nodded. "I hope to find rarities both exotic and otherwise out there, assuming we survive the trip." the merchant said. "Oh you shouldn't worry about that, we happen to be experts at getting out of impossible situations." Lina boasted. "Then I look forward to seeing that in action." Valeria said with a strong smile, it made even the willful Lina feel like she just had to meet Valeria's expectations.

Nepgear was sitting nearby the fire casually when Asia went to go see her. "Are you sure you are alright Nepgear? You seemed rather depressed when you realized what happened to yourself." Asia said as she sat down beside her. "Oh, it's alright. I just feel like I've become a burden for so easily being manipulated into doing bad things. This...isn't exactly the first time something like this has happened either. I guess I am easily impressionable." Nepgear said with a sigh. "Well you're ok now, and that's what is important! If you end up getting brainwashed again we will help you get back to normal." Asia said with a big smile. This made Nepgear smile as well.

"Oh Asia, you are so sweet!" Nepgear told her. "I can't believe I'm getting advice from a clown." she said as she hugged her. "Well, I'm actually a priestess! This look is just a disguise~" Asia said playfully, a cheerful grin on her face. As they talked, a thought did cross Asia's mind. Nephenee and Bullet's dream...Asia had been there, and whenever she entered it she would replace her dream self. But what would happen with someone who wasn't in the dream originally? How would it change things? It wouldn't be hard to convince Nepgear to help test that...but maybe another time, Asia thought.

She wasn't the only one thinking of those dreams as Nephenee and Bullet were walking while talking. "Hey, Bullet..." Nephenee said somewhat timidly. "Yeah, what is it?" the brawler asked. "Are you still having those dreams about that monster? And have they been getting more...intense?" she asked, a slight blush on her face. Bullet nodded. "I'll admit, it feels weird to say but I've actually been enjoying them. I always wake up feeling so good, never thought submitting to a monster would give me a good night's sleep."

"Yeah...I know exactly how you feel. But...is this alright?" Nephenee asked. "We killed that Undine already Neph, we could dream about serving her for the rest of our lives and it wouldn't even be possible for us to do it. Better thinking about a dead monster like that rather than a living one, I think." Bullet said. In truth, neither really wanted to admit it but they both liked serving the Undine while they were dreaming. After a long day of being tired and drifting to sleep, mindlessly doing the bidding of a beautiful maiden was exactly what they needed to relax.

Meanwhile, Celtica and Artoria had begun their duel. To handicap herself Celtica had decided against using her holy sword and instead chose to wield the sister weapon to Artoria's Lion High Spear. Artoria's reach combined with her speed was impressive and keeping Celtica on her toes. Another clash left them across from each other, their eyes blazing with determination. "Radiant..." Celtica shouted as she charged, Artoria doing the same. "...Lion!" they both yelled in unison, Elphelt having to look away as their lights clashed and exploded. Celtica was knocked to one knee but Artoria had fallen to the ground.

"That was pretty good, you really are coming along well." Celtica said as she got up and gave Artoria a hand to help her up too. "Yeah, but I lost..." the young knight said dejectedly. "Well, you tried so hard I think you deserve at least a consolation prize~" Elphelt said as she came over and kissed Celtica, then kissed Artoria on the cheek. The unprepared girl felt her heartbeat go a mile a minute as her face turned beat red. "Th-Thank you Lady Elphelt!" Artoria blurted out in a flustered tone. Inaudible to them was some grumbling by Ayane, who had watched it all and was rather jealous to see someone else kissing Celtica like that.

The training had gone on for a while and it was getting a bit dark, it would be best to sleep now and gather energy. The party set up their sleeping arrangements and took turns slumbering while someone watched guard. Late in the night was one of Celtica's shifts when she heard some rustling in some nearby trees.

A. Investigate it.
B. Let it be.
C. Wake someone else up to join you in investigating it. (Who?)
D. Write-In.

C. Ayane, since she's apparently still in full retention of her talents.

DoubleEdged wrote:C. Ayane, since she's apparently still in full retention of her talents.

Seconded.

I can third that, plus some alone time with us might be just what she needs it seems.

A and C (Ayane as advance scout; we back her up)

Also loving the darkside growing in Asia (still need to have a talk with her or go with the idea of introducing ourselves into the dream, replacing Undine in the minds of Asia, Bullet and Neph)

Lets go with every8ne else and take C Ayane.

"Ayane." Celtica said quietly and tapped the girl, who quickly awakened. "Is there danger?" she asked, responding without even needing a moment to compose herself. "There might be. Come with me." Within moments the two were prepared and head out towards the woods where Celtica heard the noise. They were moving silently and in the veil of night, better to be careful in case of a monster or another slaver.

Luckily, Ayane was quite adept at moving both quickly and quietly, and thus was staying a bit ahead of Celtica as they moved. She held her arm up to tell the knight to stop soon and hiding near a bush Celtica came over to see what it was. In her vision was four women, one an armored human woman on the ground, with a Dullahan standing above her with scythe in one hand and head in another. Her pale face had an annoyed expression on it, red hair surrounding it while her body was cloaked in dark armor. At her sides were too armored pale women, their eyes totally white and little expression on their own faces. Celtica could guess what they were from the Dullahan's presence: Husks, monsters formed from the bodies of women whose souls are removed and turned into monsters. Little more than mindless pawns to stronger spirits.

"I shall not ask you a third time, you shall tell me where my companion's bodies were taken or you shall become one of my husks yourself!" the angry Dullahan said, giving the knight enough time to answer. The armored lady seemed frightened and choking on her own words however. Celtica had to do something, though she also wondered what the Dullahan might be talking about.

A. Sneak attack on the Dullahan and her forces with Celtica and Ayane.
B. Head out and get between the knight and the Dullahan.
C. Wait for now, see how things play out.
D. Write-In.

Let's go with C.
Three against two sounds a little risky.