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[LP CYOA] Spiral
- Thread starter treave
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Let's try the diplomatic option. What could go wrong? 
Nyarmith
Educated
Oh, maybe either c or d. Since I don't think we're capable of running and D will probably fail.
C
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Because Nevil I change to A.
C
EDIT:
Because Nevil I change to A.
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Nevill
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She is even less capable of running:
The charm may have cleared her head enough so that she does not feel the urge to
Then again, I am not surprised, since the 'Dex decided to PRAY and indulge in Sphere Diplomacy when the other choices on offer weren't good enough.
I am a firm believer that the charm have offered us an opportunity to get away, and we should not waste it.
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Elfberserker
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A
Look, I am all for trying to collect all waifus and fight evil, but there will be moments when running away is most sensible option...Like right now.
Even thought I have to admit that the kissing option would bring many lulz and it's hard to resist.
Look, I am all for trying to collect all waifus and fight evil, but there will be moments when running away is most sensible option...Like right now.
Even thought I have to admit that the kissing option would bring many lulz and it's hard to resist.
Nevill
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It would be interesting to try and guess who the woman is based on what we have learned.
To me it is evident that the man the ghost mistook us for is Shinohara Juuzo. The events happened 40 years ago, and if he is 60 now, he should have been 20 then. If we are his grandson and bear a familial resemblance to him, it would be an easy mistake to make, especially if the ghost still lives in the past (we have seen numerous signs that we are in the Kaimei Hospital).
Moreover, a man who did never had to pay for his lunch? A man who would murder so that his career is not compromised (and it paid off, if you could call it that, since he have become the director of the hospital in the end)? Yeah, sounds like someone from the Kaimei group.
It also seems likely that the girl is Uehara's grandmother, or at least a relative. The update mentions her long hair, and the vision we had of Uehara in a swimsuit was with the long hair, even though Uehara herself has a short haircut. Then there is a memory of shaking hands with her, and that strange sensation of deja vu we had when Uehara took the talisman from us:
It is pretty clear what the amulet did. It reached inside the ghost's heart - or maybe both of our hearts - and have produced a happy memory from the woman's life, a memory of their (our?) first meeting. It was enough to dispel the darkness for a second and to make her realize that we are not the man who had betrayed her.
Whatever it was, I am afraid the darkness only needs moments to return.
She is beyond appeasing with a single trinket, and I am not entirely convinced we are qualified for the task, since our character has no clue about the larger story.
It appears that in pursuing Uehara we have accidentally reenacted a romance from 40 years ago. Good job, Codex. This seems to be a thing with treave's LPs - Ean and the Devourer, Jing and Chi You, and now this. Though the last one is not all that flattering.
Alright, so the girl wasn't killed by the director, but was betrayed by someone she trusted and possibly loved, and the director only helped hide the corpse. No wonder her spirit has gone mad from rage and hatred.
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
I am absolutely sure that if we try to kiss her, we will put an end to her confusion by reassuring her that we are indeed her lover - and by extension, her killer. Three guesses what happens to us after that.
I am less sure of but find it very probable that if we speak to her, the effect of the talisman will wear off in the middle of the conversation - if we would be able to strike a conversation in the first place. It is possible that it may work and that we might be able to find out more, but I don't put much stock in it, not after ignoring Amanozaki's offer to teach us how to appease spirits. If she displayed more signs of being coherent and radiated less unprovoked malice, then perhaps, but with the way the woman is right now...
Much as I want to return to Amanozaki and Mitsuki, I do not know if we would be able to - we have run away with no time to memorize how to get back, and I am afraid we risk another 'touch of the dead', adding arm injury to match the one on our leg. There is also a concern that, even if we do find them, we might just bring the pursuit to them.
Besides, look at the time. 12 hours have passed since we started running. We have had another inexplicable timeskip. Amanozaki and Mitsuki are long gone from the locker room.
So to me the most logical path to follow is to get away while we still can, and organize a search once we are in the clear. We now have 3 groups of people roaming the building besides us, we are bound to find someone.
It is a shame that the lulz brigade here has a stronger following than the storyfag squad. I am very interested to learn more about the story before succumbing to the urge of acquiring ghost harems (especially when we have living ones to tend to). But, eh, the 'Dex gets what the 'Dex deserves.
A>B.
Still, B choice implies we place Amanozaki and Mitsuki as our foremost concern, and that we will be searching for them whenever they are. I would very much like that. I just don't know if we can do this. I may flop to reverse the vote order.
Edit: I just can't into English on Friday evenings.
Edit2: I wonder just how much Juuzo has in common with Ikari Gendou. Perhaps the death of Uehara's grandmother was merely a prelude to something bigger? Shizuka's and Maeda's presence here can't be a coinscidence, it looks like someone had carefully orchestrated our meeting. If only we could find out what he tries to achieve. Atonement? Forgiveness? Resurrection of all the dead? Reuniting the spirit world and the world of the living?
Damn, now I am intrigued.
To me it is evident that the man the ghost mistook us for is Shinohara Juuzo. The events happened 40 years ago, and if he is 60 now, he should have been 20 then. If we are his grandson and bear a familial resemblance to him, it would be an easy mistake to make, especially if the ghost still lives in the past (we have seen numerous signs that we are in the Kaimei Hospital).
Moreover, a man who did never had to pay for his lunch? A man who would murder so that his career is not compromised (and it paid off, if you could call it that, since he have become the director of the hospital in the end)? Yeah, sounds like someone from the Kaimei group.
It also seems likely that the girl is Uehara's grandmother, or at least a relative. The update mentions her long hair, and the vision we had of Uehara in a swimsuit was with the long hair, even though Uehara herself has a short haircut. Then there is a memory of shaking hands with her, and that strange sensation of deja vu we had when Uehara took the talisman from us:
It is her, I am certain of it.
It is pretty clear what the amulet did. It reached inside the ghost's heart - or maybe both of our hearts - and have produced a happy memory from the woman's life, a memory of their (our?) first meeting. It was enough to dispel the darkness for a second and to make her realize that we are not the man who had betrayed her.
Whatever it was, I am afraid the darkness only needs moments to return.
She is beyond appeasing with a single trinket, and I am not entirely convinced we are qualified for the task, since our character has no clue about the larger story.
It appears that in pursuing Uehara we have accidentally reenacted a romance from 40 years ago. Good job, Codex. This seems to be a thing with treave's LPs - Ean and the Devourer, Jing and Chi You, and now this. Though the last one is not all that flattering.
Alright, so the girl wasn't killed by the director, but was betrayed by someone she trusted and possibly loved, and the director only helped hide the corpse. No wonder her spirit has gone mad from rage and hatred.
You are making a mistake here. You think anyone voting D is forgetting anything.
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
I am absolutely sure that if we try to kiss her, we will put an end to her confusion by reassuring her that we are indeed her lover - and by extension, her killer. Three guesses what happens to us after that.
I am less sure of but find it very probable that if we speak to her, the effect of the talisman will wear off in the middle of the conversation - if we would be able to strike a conversation in the first place. It is possible that it may work and that we might be able to find out more, but I don't put much stock in it, not after ignoring Amanozaki's offer to teach us how to appease spirits. If she displayed more signs of being coherent and radiated less unprovoked malice, then perhaps, but with the way the woman is right now...
Much as I want to return to Amanozaki and Mitsuki, I do not know if we would be able to - we have run away with no time to memorize how to get back, and I am afraid we risk another 'touch of the dead', adding arm injury to match the one on our leg. There is also a concern that, even if we do find them, we might just bring the pursuit to them.
Besides, look at the time. 12 hours have passed since we started running. We have had another inexplicable timeskip. Amanozaki and Mitsuki are long gone from the locker room.
So to me the most logical path to follow is to get away while we still can, and organize a search once we are in the clear. We now have 3 groups of people roaming the building besides us, we are bound to find someone.
It is a shame that the lulz brigade here has a stronger following than the storyfag squad. I am very interested to learn more about the story before succumbing to the urge of acquiring ghost harems (especially when we have living ones to tend to). But, eh, the 'Dex gets what the 'Dex deserves.
A>B.
Still, B choice implies we place Amanozaki and Mitsuki as our foremost concern, and that we will be searching for them whenever they are. I would very much like that. I just don't know if we can do this. I may flop to reverse the vote order.
Edit: I just can't into English on Friday evenings.
Edit2: I wonder just how much Juuzo has in common with Ikari Gendou. Perhaps the death of Uehara's grandmother was merely a prelude to something bigger? Shizuka's and Maeda's presence here can't be a coinscidence, it looks like someone had carefully orchestrated our meeting. If only we could find out what he tries to achieve. Atonement? Forgiveness? Resurrection of all the dead? Reuniting the spirit world and the world of the living?
Damn, now I am intrigued.
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Jester
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I know that wet fat guy option had some hidden perks.Pity, you guys missed a chance to make the man in the interlude go WTF.
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