A commoner from another country that came as the maid of one of the people that had been called summoned (not that kind of summoning!) by the Pope. Blatant spy.
 
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[X] Actually, Cologne could probably help if you can get back to Nerima.
-[X] Mention this idea to Siesta. This is kinda your fault.
[X] Wait for Saito and Louise to get back. They might have some suggestions.
No. of votes: 4
Elder Haman, Blaster90, Cataquack, defenestrator

[X] Vulcan nerve pinch, then Dispel.
No. of votes: 1
Olivebirdy

[X] Actually, Cologne could probably help if you can get back to Nerima.
No. of votes: 1
Selias

[x] Try to convince her to let Louise help her.
-[x] How? Poorly.
No. of votes: 1
pressea

[X] Try to convince her to let Louise help her.
-[X] The Pope seems to trust her and think she was chosen by the void thingy. You do trust the Pope, right?
No. of votes: 1
Bakkasama

[X] Try to convince her to let Louise help her.
-[X] The Pope seems to trust her and think she was chosen by the void thingy. You do trust the Pope, right?
[X] Actually, Cologne could probably help if you can get back to Nerima.
-[X] Mention this idea to Siesta. This is kinda your fault.
[X] Wait for Saito and Louise to get back. They might have some suggestions.
No. of votes: 1
wingstrike96

As of now, you will be suggesting going to Cologne for help, but waiting for Louise and Saito to arrive before you actually do anything. Votes are not locked yet, but will be shortly.

Edit: And locked.
 
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Part 31
Siesta seems pretty dead set on not letting Louise do anything with magic involving her head. You decide to try to come up with a different solution. The answer hits you almost immediately. "Actually," you say, "I know someone who knows memory manipulation arts."

"Eh," says Tiffania. "You do?"

"Yeah. She doesn't use magic to do it, but she can both erase and restore memories." Or at least you're pretty sure she can. You've never actually seen Cologne manipulate people's memories, but Shampoo has, and Cologne trained her. And has over two hundred years of experience on her. And even if Cologne can't do it, which you highly doubt, Shampoo should be able to. 'Yeah, this can work.' "If we could get back to Japan, she could almost certainly restore Siesta's memories."

Siesta stares at you, a look of concentration on her face. One that abruptly drops into a look of exasperation as she turns to Tiffania. "Okay, I give up. What did he say?"

Now it's your turn to be surprised. "Wait, can't you speak Japanese?" Tiffania helpfully translates for you.
"Wait, can't you speak Japanese?"
"No," Siesta replies. "But some of the elders from my hometown speak it. I can recognize some of the words, but I don't understand it."

"I see," you say.

"What Ryouga was saying earlier was that he knows someone in Japan who can restore lost memories!" exclaims Tiffania, a wide smile on her face.

"You do?!" asks Siesta, a look of hope bubbling to the surface.

"Yes!" you reply. "It'll probably take about a month to get there, but if we can get her to take a look at you, she'll be able to put them back, right as rain!"

"Ryouga says yes, that it'll take a month to get there, and something about rain being right!" translates Tiffania. Apparently, turns of phrase don't always translate correctly. You take note of this and almost immediately forget it.

Siesta promptly stands up, retrieves a pack from the closet, and begins gathering her things. In ten minutes flat, the maid is packed and ready to go.

"Holy cow these rooms are well equipped," you state.
"Cows are sacred, these rooms are well stocked," says Tiffania
"Oh no," says Siesta. "This is what I always bring with me when I go traveling."

You briefly wonder if she's got experience with a lostness curse as well, but quickly shake off the notion as ridiculous.

"Alright, let's go," says Siesta, stepping out the door.

"Wait," you say as you grab her pack and drag her back inside. "Not yet."

"We should at least let Saito know what's going on before we leave," says Tiffania.

"Do we have to?" asks Siesta.

"Yes," you say, and she groans. The maid clearly isn't too fond of the idea of interacting with Saito. Which is odd considering that she doesn't remember ever meeting him.

"Besides," you add. "Even if you're ready to go, we still need to pack for Tiffania."
"I still need to pack for the trip."
Tiffania translates, and Siesta suddenly takes notice of the large pack you've been carrying around the whole time you've known her.

"Were you already planning on going somewhere?" the maid asks.

"...Let's just get back to me and Tiffania's room," you say, not feeling like explaining your curse.
"Ryouga says 'Let's just go to Tiffania's room.'"
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A few minutes of careful searching later, you stumble across the room. "Aha! I knew marking it was a good idea."

Siesta looks at the door with 'This one' carved into it, then at the door on the opposite side of the hallway. Which, coincidentally, was also the door to her room. "Um..."

"Yeah, yeah, we know," you say, and proceed to open the door and go in.

You and Tiffania take a moment to pack her clothes. Since Tiffania doesn't have a pack yet, you just add her stuff to your own pack. As the trip was intended to be short term, the half-elf girl doesn't have much with her. You'll probably have to find a place to buy clothes for her very shortly. As things are, however, you're about as ready to go as you're going to get, short of raiding the local stores for more gear. And since you don't even know what the local currency is, that's probably not a good idea. Not that you're foreign to the idea of bartering.

You still haven't seen Saito or Louise. They're... probably just not back yet.

How do you find them?

[] Go wait in Siesta's room. They'll come looking for her eventually.

[] Hang around Tiffania's room. They'll probably check there eventually.

[] Actually, camping out in the hallway seems like the most likely way to run into them.

[] Go look for Louise and Saito's room. (Will involve a die roll)
-[] Wait, you're being stupid. Ask the staff where Louise and Saito's room is.
[] Wander aimlessly calling for them really loudly. (Will involve a die roll)
[] Lemon-chan? What the hell is Lemon-chan?
[] Something else? {Write-in}

What do you do until you find them?

[] Talk
-[] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[] Talk about magic.
-[] Talk about nobles and commoners.
-[] Talk about martial arts.
-[] Talk about something else. {Write-in}

[] Train.

[] Something else? {Write-in}
 
Fair enough.

...It occurs to me that I should probably add the new goal to the post listing the goals.

Edit: Added.
 
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[X] Go look for Louise and Saito's room.
-[X] Wait, you're being stupid. Ask the staff where Louise and Saito's room is.

[X] Talk
-[X] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[X] Pass on simple wilderness survival info and skills just in case.
 
Regarding Hibiki's family curse: Logic say, that if the curse behaves like a contagious meme, only once all current carriers of it are cured simultaneously, the curse will be dispelled. Which is impossible, because you will need to get all cursed to one location with the cure.:):)

And Ryoga didn't met his parents for years ... :p:p

Voting:

[X] Go look for Louise and Saito's room.
-[X] Wait, you're being stupid. Ask the staff where Louise and Saito's room is.

[X] Talk
-[X] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[X] Pass on simple wilderness survival info and skills just in case.
 
[X] Go wait in Siesta's room. They'll come looking for her eventually.

[X] Talk
-[X] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[X] Talk about martial arts.
-[X] Try to teach Siesta how to speak Japanese, she already knows some words.
 
our defense, we didn't know that we'd pass on the curse even with just a familiar contract.
Yeah, I can't see Tiffania doing anything other than going ahead with the contract anyway even if we had informed her completely. Saving the world vs the possibility of a curse that passes via marriage getting transmitted by the ritual? That's not even a question, you take that chance.
 
I'm tempted to try some training as well...

Regarding Hibiki's family curse: Logic say, that if the curse behaves like a contagious meme, only once all current carriers of it are cured simultaneously, the curse will be dispelled. Which is impossible, because you will need to get all cursed to one location with the cure.:):)

And Ryoga didn't met his parents for years ... :p:p
Bah, this is Ranma!
Logic doesn't really fit in with the weird-ass shit that goes on.
 
Of course, this being Ranma, we will probably run into what originally gave the curse to our family soon after we get rid of it.
 
[X] Lemon-chan? What the hell is Lemon-chan?

Quickest way to find Saito and Louise, cock-block Saito, and make him even angrier at us.

[X] Talk
-[X] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[X] Talk about magic.
-[X] Talk about martial arts.
-[X] Try to teach Siesta how to speak Japanese, she already knows some words.
 
[X] Go look for Louise and Saito's room.
-[X] Wait, you're being stupid. Ask the staff where Louise and Saito's room is.

[X] Talk
-[X] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[X] Talk about magic.
-[X] Talk about nobles and commoners.
-[X] Talk about martial arts.
 
[X] Go look for Louise and Saito's room.
-[X] Wait, you're being stupid. Ask the staff where Louise and Saito's room is.

[X] Talk
-[X] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[X] Pass on simple wilderness survival info and skills just in case.
 
[X] Talk
-[X] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[X] Talk about magic.
-[X] Talk about martial arts.
-[X] Try to teach Siesta how to speak Japanese, she already knows some words.

Of course, this being Ranma, we will probably run into what originally gave the curse to our family soon after we get rid of it.

That just means epic martial arts battle over the fate of our lineage's sense of direction. If we win we might even be able to make our curse into something halfway useful.
 
Regarding Hibiki's family curse: Logic say, that if the curse behaves like a contagious meme, only once all current carriers of it are cured simultaneously, the curse will be dispelled. Which is impossible, because you will need to get all cursed to one location with the cure.:):)

And Ryoga didn't met his parents for years ... :p:p

Voting:

[X] Go look for Louise and Saito's room.
-[X] Wait, you're being stupid. Ask the staff where Louise and Saito's room is.

[X] Talk
-[X] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[X] Pass on simple wilderness survival info and skills just in case.
Fffuuuuuuuuuuu now I lost the Game thanks to you.
 
Fffuuuuuuuuuuu now I lost the Game thanks to you.
Goddammit!

Yeah, I can't see Tiffania doing anything other than going ahead with the contract anyway even if we had informed her completely. Saving the world vs the possibility of a curse that passes via marriage getting transmitted by the ritual? That's not even a question, you take that chance.
Indeed. Notice how she doesn't seem to be holding any sort of grudge over it. Of course, Ryouga doesn't know that, and either way she already made the choice while uninformed.
 
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[X] Talk
-[X] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[X] Talk about magic.
-[X] Talk about martial arts.
-[X] Try to teach Siesta how to speak Japanese, she already knows some words.
 
[X] Go look for Louise and Saito's room.
-[X] Wait, you're being stupid. Ask the staff where Louise and Saito's room is.

[X] Talk
-[X] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[X] Talk about magic.
-[X] Talk about nobles and commoners.
-[X] Talk about martial arts.
 
[X] Talk
-[X] Exchange stories with Tiffania and Siesta.
-[X] Talk about magic.
-[X] Talk about martial arts.
-[X] Try to teach Siesta how to speak Japanese, she already knows some words.
 
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