ColdGoldLazarus
Contrary Quester, Spreadsheet Queen, Pink Flamingo
- Location
- Challenger Deep
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Once we get our pink (and yellow?) ring user, I want to write an omake where the full team plays just, the worst game of Amogus ever. If this update is anything to go by, they would be terrible at it, and I'm loving every second of this nonsense.
Also, even if they ultimately chose to flee rather than fight, our shapeshifters are still pretty intense. Do you know how strong a manhole cover is? If the two of them and who knows how many others have alternate forms on par with that giant acid centipede thing, this could get rough; we mainly had numbers on our side this time, but that could change now that they know we're onto them. Sure, this is our one-point story thread, but given what the others involve, I'm not eager to underestimate it.
Anyway, as far as voting goes:
@SpoopyGhost are write-ins allowed for this vote? Because if that is an option, I'd want to do a combination approach. Something like this?
[-] Talk to Nel, then Pallavi (Pop into the office just long enough to detransform and hand over the fruit thingy, then retransform and catch Pallavi as she passes through)
If not, then my vote will be for Pallavi for sure, but I wanted to see if this could work first.
EDIT: Alright, going for this one, then
[X] Help Pallavi (She looks rather upset right now, and she helped you out earlier, didn't she? Though you're not certain Midori would take well to that.)
Also, even if they ultimately chose to flee rather than fight, our shapeshifters are still pretty intense. Do you know how strong a manhole cover is? If the two of them and who knows how many others have alternate forms on par with that giant acid centipede thing, this could get rough; we mainly had numbers on our side this time, but that could change now that they know we're onto them. Sure, this is our one-point story thread, but given what the others involve, I'm not eager to underestimate it.
Anyway, as far as voting goes:
I think all roads ultimately lead back home, and by extension to our brother. (The difference in choices there probably mainly come down to how much time we'll get with him before he has to sleep, since he still has a daily life to keep up with.) So while the option to leave right away would be good for that, I think unless any unexpected curveballs come up, we're not at risk of missing out entirely on that side of things?
Then there's the matter of the evidence. Unless that weird alien(?) fruit thingy is at risk of going bad or something, we don't need to worry about that right away; sooner's better than later, but we'll doubtless have time to talk to Nel some more tomorrow, without risk of interruption like right now. (Since even if Shimizu-san clears out fast, the other three would still be passing through the office after us to get back to their homes via the Nel Taxi Service.) So I feel like just saving the debriefing for when we can do it all in one shot would make the most sense. And Nel already said they won't make us do any Public Speaking again, so they'd hopefully think to pick us up and get the full rundown before everyone else shows up. Hopefully. (Okay, admittedly given the established airheadedness, maybe there is still some risk there. Hmm...)
So that leaves the choice of whether to help Miho or Pallavi, which definitely seems like a chance to work on some (much needed) team bonding, who to raise the affection level with and whatnot. With the extra snarl though, that picking Pallavi might also put us on thinner ice with Midori, given how jealous she's been acting. But, here's where I have to play devil's advocate for the unpopular choice.
On one hand, helping Miho is an option I am interested in, since we know the least about her at the moment, and depending on how far she needs help, this could be a chance to get to know her a bit, same as how we followed Midori back home back on the first night. On the other hand, she seems fine enough for the most part, and Midori seems to be the one with some level of actual first-aid knowledge, so it might also just wind up being a case of Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen, where we're not actually contributing that much. And as with the debriefing, I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunity to better connect later down the line.
On the other hand, Pallavi has had more time to make an impression, but there's still overall a similar lack of knowledge, so we'd still be learning and connecting with her too, that IMO makes up for losing out on that for now with Miho. There is the issue of Midori, of course, but honestly the way I see it right now? She's been crushing on us pretty hard already, and she's already pretty pissy towards Pallavi, so going this route wouldn't lose us any serious ground with her in the long run, and wouldn't create any new problems between them that aren't there already. So, it's a drawback, sure, but a light one.
Meanwhile, as mentioned, Pallavi herself seems to be in a bit of a sensitive spot right now after the argument, and (aside from Shimizu-san, who probably needs the space to cool off anyway) is the odd one out right now. If we just left right now it would probably be fine, but pointedly leaving her alone to go with the other two, might sting a bit and put that particular connection on a bad footing early on. Finally, it seems pretty clear by now that Kikuko does way better in one-on-one interactions than a group, so having one person to contend with rather than two is probably going to be less draining as well, when again we still have another big conversation with our brother in the very near future.
Then there's the matter of the evidence. Unless that weird alien(?) fruit thingy is at risk of going bad or something, we don't need to worry about that right away; sooner's better than later, but we'll doubtless have time to talk to Nel some more tomorrow, without risk of interruption like right now. (Since even if Shimizu-san clears out fast, the other three would still be passing through the office after us to get back to their homes via the Nel Taxi Service.) So I feel like just saving the debriefing for when we can do it all in one shot would make the most sense. And Nel already said they won't make us do any Public Speaking again, so they'd hopefully think to pick us up and get the full rundown before everyone else shows up. Hopefully. (Okay, admittedly given the established airheadedness, maybe there is still some risk there. Hmm...)
So that leaves the choice of whether to help Miho or Pallavi, which definitely seems like a chance to work on some (much needed) team bonding, who to raise the affection level with and whatnot. With the extra snarl though, that picking Pallavi might also put us on thinner ice with Midori, given how jealous she's been acting. But, here's where I have to play devil's advocate for the unpopular choice.
On one hand, helping Miho is an option I am interested in, since we know the least about her at the moment, and depending on how far she needs help, this could be a chance to get to know her a bit, same as how we followed Midori back home back on the first night. On the other hand, she seems fine enough for the most part, and Midori seems to be the one with some level of actual first-aid knowledge, so it might also just wind up being a case of Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen, where we're not actually contributing that much. And as with the debriefing, I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunity to better connect later down the line.
On the other hand, Pallavi has had more time to make an impression, but there's still overall a similar lack of knowledge, so we'd still be learning and connecting with her too, that IMO makes up for losing out on that for now with Miho. There is the issue of Midori, of course, but honestly the way I see it right now? She's been crushing on us pretty hard already, and she's already pretty pissy towards Pallavi, so going this route wouldn't lose us any serious ground with her in the long run, and wouldn't create any new problems between them that aren't there already. So, it's a drawback, sure, but a light one.
Meanwhile, as mentioned, Pallavi herself seems to be in a bit of a sensitive spot right now after the argument, and (aside from Shimizu-san, who probably needs the space to cool off anyway) is the odd one out right now. If we just left right now it would probably be fine, but pointedly leaving her alone to go with the other two, might sting a bit and put that particular connection on a bad footing early on. Finally, it seems pretty clear by now that Kikuko does way better in one-on-one interactions than a group, so having one person to contend with rather than two is probably going to be less draining as well, when again we still have another big conversation with our brother in the very near future.
@SpoopyGhost are write-ins allowed for this vote? Because if that is an option, I'd want to do a combination approach. Something like this?
[-] Talk to Nel, then Pallavi (Pop into the office just long enough to detransform and hand over the fruit thingy, then retransform and catch Pallavi as she passes through)
If not, then my vote will be for Pallavi for sure, but I wanted to see if this could work first.
EDIT: Alright, going for this one, then
[X] Help Pallavi (She looks rather upset right now, and she helped you out earlier, didn't she? Though you're not certain Midori would take well to that.)
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