Chapter 2 part 7: The man with hands stalks the grounds. Beware the Devil, The Angel, And the Reaper for those who burn their mouths shut are not what they seem.
So, why is the update taking so long? Well...

It's laziness for the most part. The other part is I'm having some sort of struggle with if I should continue this quest or not for no reason. Mostly because I want to stab myself for writing that.

My god, is this what feelings are like?

...Nope, just chest pains. Ow ow ow. And of course the headaches come to.

It's like something is trying to stop me from- holy crap I just keep getting worse the longer I type this post.

Fucking hell. I'll do the interlude later.

***

"...So, Shamal...." You trail off, looking away for the question you were about to ask. "What's you're opinion on me trying to pursue Hayate?"
Your Shamal right?
Shamal freezes in place. Her arms slowly begin falling downwards until the finally fell onto her lap and her face becomes stone faced until she began to stare right at you.
That would be me, yes. Who am I speaking to?
You're not going to lie, it creeped you out.
Just a program doing his system check. I have a message, it'll be in the newspaper.
"Yuuno." She calls. Her voice heavy as you sit right up in your seat. "I would like to know what got you to this line of questioning. You wouldn't be thinking of doing such a thing would you?"
Anything else?
Ah crap.
Two things, prepare two act to the scenario and beware the man who speaks in hands.
You.... really don't have a clue why you asked her that. You were friends with Hayate but not in that way and you really didn't know much about this new Hayate.
Speaks in hands?
"W-Well, um, you know." You stutter out nervously. Trying not to piss her off. Vita looks between the two of you before falling asleep on the table. "Just wondering...."
You'll all know soon enough. Except for the Explorer, but that might change. NOW!
"I see." Shamal nods with her eyes closed before sighing dramatically to the side. "Geez, you're growing up so fast that your older sister can't keep up you know?"

What... did she just say?

"Um, Shamal. What are-" You begin only to be interrupted by Shamal as she treks onwards.

"In fact, I can still remember the days when you'd run up to me saying 'Sis! Sis! Marry me!" She reveals, bringing up her hand and putting it on her cheek. "And to think we even had a ceremony and everything...."

You begin a coughing fit as that mental image hits you. You have no idea why she's doing this but you will have revenge.

"Well well well, if it isn't ferret boy!" A very familiar voice cuts through. You watch as Chrono walks up to you before pulling out a slip of paper chuckling. "Here, this is what you need right?"

"I'm not even going to ask how you knew." You mumble out, only to earn a chuckle from Chrono.

"Smart kid." He remarks before turning to face Shamal. "And who is this lovely lady? Why with her around, I don't think you even need my help."

Oh no..

"Ne ne, I'm not that lovely." Shamal deflects, turning her head to the side. "I'm just his older sister. I heard what happened with a few of the girls he knows so I thought it was time for a...Check up."

Was that a pun?

"Well, he seems to be just fine. You however...." He begins to lean over the table and cups her cheek. "You need a little bit of l-"

"Chrono! What did I tell you about flirting with the costumers?!" The voice of Lindy Harlown reprises from the shop side of things. "If I get one more complaint about it I'm throwing away that new game of yours! What was it called? Doki Doki-"

"Don't you dare mom!" Chrono yells before stomping away.

The table is silent for minutes as you all stare at the other side of the building waiting for your server to come back. When it was clear he wasn't (You think it was after the fifth crash), Shamal got up and grumbled about getting a newspaper leaving you alone with a sleeping Loli.

[] Read the slip from Chrono.
[] Wake up Vita.
[] Search for the drinks.
 
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[] Search for some booze you'll need it to drown your sorrows. You feel guilty about everything and you doubt they'll be so understanding that you romanced their brainwashed selves when this is all over.
 
[X] Go watch over Vita as she sleeps and reveal that after continuous contact from Fate that you now Sparkle In The Sunlight
 
So, why is the update taking so long? Well...

It's laziness for the most part. The other part is I'm having some sort of struggle with if I should continue this quest or not for no reason. Mostly because I want to stab myself for writing that.

My god, is this what feelings are like?

...Nope, just chest pains. Ow ow ow. And of course the headaches come to.

It's like something is trying to stop me from- holy crap I just keep getting worse the longer I type this post.

Fucking hell. I'll do the interlude later.

***

"...So, Shamal...." You trail off, looking away for the question you were about to ask. "What's you're opinion on me trying to pursue Hayate?"
Your Shamal right?
Shamal freezes in place. Her arms slowly begin falling downwards until the finally fell onto her lap and her face becomes stone faced until she began to stare right at you.
That would be me, yes. Who am I speaking to?
You're not going to lie, it creeped you out.
Just a program doing his system check. I have a message, it'll be in the newspaper.
"Yuuno." She calls. Her voice heavy as you sit right up in your seat. "I would like to know what got you to this line of questioning. You wouldn't be thinking of doing such a thing would you?"
Anything else?
Ah crap.
Two things, prepare two act to the scenario and beware the man who speaks in hands.
You.... really don't have a clue why you asked her that. You were friends with Hayate but not in that way and you really didn't know much about this new Hayate.
Speaks in hands?
"W-Well, um, you know." You stutter out nervously. Trying not to piss her off. Vita looks between the two of you before falling asleep on the table. "Just wondering...."
You'll all know soon enough. Except for the Explorer, but that might change. NOW!
"I see." Shamal nods with her eyes closed before sighing dramatically to the side. "Geez, you're growing up so fast that your older sister can't keep up you know?"

What... did she just say?

"Um, Shamal. What are-" You begin only to be interrupted by Shamal as she treks onwards.

"In fact, I can still remember the days when you'd run up to me saying 'Sis! Sis! Marry me!" She reveals, bringing up her hand and putting it on her cheek. "And to think we even had a ceremony and everything...."

You begin a coughing fit as that mental image hits you. You have no idea why she's doing this but you will have revenge.

"Well well well, if it isn't ferret boy!" A very familiar voice cuts through. You watch as Chrono walks up to you before pulling out a slip of paper chuckling. "Here, this is what you need right?"

"I'm not even going to ask how you knew." You mumble out, only to earn a chuckle from Chrono.

"Smart kid." He remarks before turning to face Shamal. "And who is this lovely lady? Why with her around, I don't think you even need my help."

Oh no..

"Ne ne, I'm not that lovely." Shamal deflects, turning her head to the side. "I'm just his older sister. I heard what happened with a few of the girls he knows so I thought it was time for a...Check up."

Was that a pun?

"Well, he seems to be just fine. You however...." He begins to lean over the table and cups her cheek. "You need a little bit of l-"

"Chrono! What did I tell you about flirting with the costumers?!" The voice of Lindy Harlown reprises from the shop side of things. "If I get one more complaint about it I'm throwing away that new game of yours! What was it called? Doki Doki-"

"Don't you dare mom!" Chrono yells before stomping away.

The table is silent for minutes as you all stare at the other side of the building waiting for your server to come back. When it was clear he wasn't (You think it was after the fifth crash), Shamal got up and grumbled about getting a newspaper leaving you alone with a sleeping Loli.

[] Read the slip from Chrono.
[] Wake up Vita.
[] Search for the drinks.

Hora.
[x] Read the slip from Chrono.
 
[X] Read the slip from Chrono.

So I take it that the Hayate route has been vetoed?

You know what. We should just romance Shamal and get it over with. Both of us know it's a disgusting charade we are forced into, but both of us can agree we really would like to get out of this madness as soon as possible. At least she's aware of what's going on, and I get the feeling that if it's her or Hayate, she'd sacrifice herself before letting us romance a brainwashed Hayate.
 
[X] Read the slip from Chrono.

So I take it that the Hayate route has been vetoed?

You know what. We should just romance Shamal and get it over with. Both of us know it's a disgusting charade we are forced into, but both of us can agree we really would like to get out of this madness as soon as possible. At least she's aware of what's going on, and I get the feeling that if it's her or Hayate, she'd sacrifice herself before letting us romance a brainwashed Hayate.
Well, w didn't really get a chance to tell her our reason for asking, or get a chance to trigger a reaction that isn't forced into the mold of her ingame character.
 
[X] Read the slip from Chrono.

So I take it that the Hayate route has been vetoed?

You know what. We should just romance Shamal and get it over with. Both of us know it's a disgusting charade we are forced into, but both of us can agree we really would like to get out of this madness as soon as possible. At least she's aware of what's going on, and I get the feeling that if it's her or Hayate, she'd sacrifice herself before letting us romance a brainwashed Hayate.
This isn't about sacrifices, dude. It's about Love! True Love, because I doubt the Lost Logia will let us get away with a completely faked scenario. And tears & heartbreak are near certainly in our future no matter who we choose. I've played VNs before. Even the nicest and most upbeat like to stab a rusty shiv in your feels and I doubt this will be any different.

If we do choose the Shamal Route I suspect Yuuno will eventually fall in Love with her and he'll wonder if it's real love or just the Lost Logia messing with his brain like it messed with the others. And Shamal would also fall in love with Yuuno and she'll agonize over whether he actually loves her back or is just pretending so he can escape.

And of course, they'll dance around the issue, never revealing how they actually feel until a suitably dramatic moment where Yuuno screams he loves her, possibly while he tries to protect Shamal from some crazy danger the Lost Logia summoned.
 
Even the nicest and most upbeat like to stab a rusty shiv in your feels and I doubt this will be any different.
Accept this time the knife keeps getting lost.
And of course, they'll dance around the issue, never revealing how they actually feel until a suitably dramatic moment where Yuuno screams he loves her, possibly while he tries to protect Shamal from some crazy danger the Lost Logia summoned.

Nya ha ha....
 
Welp, looks like we can't rely on the others to talk about the real world anymore. Also, while being her friend (and thus raising her up a couple of points just by being there) is something we should try to do, actually courting her looks to be a bad idea. I kind of get it to, its still essentially brainwashing her into liking Yuuno from their PoV, especially since its not really her but will still (maybe) affect her when we get out.
 
[x] Search for the drinks.
-[x] Wake up Vita. You're sure she could use them as badly as you.
 
... Uh, can Vita drink? She's the little sister, so she'll probably only be able to drink juice at best which I don't think will make her feel better. Hmm... Maybe if we trick the system by making it a "prank".
 
[x] Search for the drinks.
-[x] Wake up Vita. You're sure she could use them as badly as you.
--[x] Slip Vita some booze while Shamal's not looking and immediately down Vita's drink.
---[x] Blame Chrono for fucking up the order if and when Shamal tries to call us out on it.
 
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