So You've Become a Villainess: an (Otome) Isekai Raising Project
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Maybe we can bully Tanya later, as a treat.Voting time is now over /SaltyBet Announcer
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E: I wanted to bully Tanya some moreAlso I thought I said Autumn had black hair in a bob cut, did I forget to write that in her intro?
I would like to confirm that I would definitely vote yes to invite her to a tea party.Then gives give us an opportunity to drag her into a nobleladyunderground fight clubtea party, it will be FUN.
FourthWall
Love & Destroy
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The first rule of Young Mistress's Tea Parties: you don't talk about Young Mistress's Tea Parties.
MrRobot
In doubt there's always the Sun!
Camille's parents: Son why you keep going to these tea parties an why you keep getting stronger from it?The first rule of Young Mistress's Tea Parties: you don't talk about Young Mistress's Tea Parties.
FourthWall
Love & Destroy
- Location
- Chiraq
Camille: "I'm learning a lot about myself."
Weekend 4: Deja Vu All Over Again
FourthWall
Love & Destroy
- Location
- Chiraq
Who has two thumbs and has been watching Utena lately?
You're in a carriage ripped out of a fairy tale gawking like the commoner you are on the inside. Your golden hair wiggles with excitement, even tied up in the high bun and tiara braid as it is. You're second from the head of a 12 carriage procession, flanked by guards in blindingly burnished suits of armor, each one on a noble stallion.
Your inner horse girl you thought was dead and buried has clawed it's way out of the grave.
<Emo> "Please make it stop squeeing...it's unnerving..."
<Flashy> "This is exactly where we belong, dahling."
You see in your mind's eye a Harajuku fabulous version of you with a raspberry beret painting furiously. Flecks of paint fly off and make your mind more colorful.
"...You think I could capture the horses' spirits with a photograph?" you ask Bridgette. She's sitting across from you and looking bored put the window.
"Huh?" She looks over to you. "If you had a spirit camera, yeah."
You hang out the side of the carriage and pat the nearest horse, ruddy red with a golden mane. "I mean metaphorically and stuff."
"You can probably do whatever you set your mind to, Sis," Bridgette says. "But why would you wanna paint horses? Your hands are made to seize victory, why waste them on painting boring horses?"
<Sporty> "Nothing that can be used in sport is boring!"
<sober!Sensible> "And if we paint them instead of ride them, there's less chance we crack our skull open!"
<Sporty> "That sounded pretty emo, Sense."
<Sensible> "I am extremely hung over."
You plop onto your sinfully soft carriage seat. "A warrior must use their hands to create, not just destroy."
Bridgette clenches and unclenches her fist. "But what if there's something you can only grasp through destruction?"
You think back on any Bad Ends Bridgette might have been a part of and draw a blank. She wasn't really a character of note in either Fall From Grace or My Bloody Valentine. Heck, you think her name only shows up in the materials book for MBV.
Not knowing her as a character, but friendly to her as a person, you try to suss out what she means.
You can't get to the bottom of it, but you feel it's something punching alone won't solve. You also feel it won't lead you to a Bad End.
Probably.
[How do you respond?]
[ ] Whatever it is, you can break through it! Never give up!
[ ] You must grasp why you need to destroy something first, then see if there's a way to grasp what you seek without destruction
[ ] A tightened fist cannot grasp anything, or something.
"In any case," you say, "painting and writing and stuff helps sharpen your mind and enrich your soul. Like a balanced breakfast, a balanced life is the best!"
Bridgette gives you a dark look, before sighing and nodding. "...You're right, Sis. Probably." She lounges in her seat. "But maaaan, I just want power sometimes. Enough to beat Elder Brother, at least."
"The Prince fights?" you ask. The phantom pain of a sword through your throat makes you gag a bit.
Bridgette throws up her hands. "That's the problem! He doesn't and he still kicks my butt! So he got the stupid Ironblood Crest even though I worked so hard for it..."
Hey wait, you think. Didn't the Ironblood Crest determine who would be considered the heir to the Alteisen family? Didn't Prince Alteisen say in game it only went to men in their family?
"Hey Buri," you say to Bridgette, "you know you don't have to be a dude to be a prince, right?"
Bridgette harrumphs. "Did you hit your head again? Also, why are you calling me Buri?"
"I'm serious," you tell her. "And just because your brother has the title doesn't mean he's one either. Double and I think Buri's a cute nickname for Bridgette."
She stares at you in abject silence. For a while, the only movement comes from the bumps in the road and the beating of your hearts. Her sour face sweetens into something like admiration.
"...What makes a prince then, Sis?"
You rub your neck. "A prince is made by protecting what's precious, even if nobody else will."
Bridgette looks down, her fists clenched. She takes deep shuddering breaths and is clearly trying not to cry.
Instincts draw you to her to draw her into a hug. The two of you sit like that, Bridgette blinking away fat tears as you stroke her back, until a very familiar sound jolts you back to your reality.
"Someone jumped in front of Lady Claudius's procession!"
"It's an accursed Darkling wretch!"
"Hit her again! Her tainted soul still dances!"
You hear the thump of flesh on road and almost take leave of your senses.
<Sensible> "Stay with us! You're okay, you're okay."
<Sporty> "We gotta go help whoever we hit!"
You nod and crawl out of the carriage window. Bridgette opens it behind you.
The two of you see a porcelain doll in a dirty dress dashed to pieces. Her pale skin is glazed with blood and caked with dirt. Her raven hair flows about her like oil from a ruptured tanker. Her red, mesmerizing eyes, stare unfocused at the blue sky above.
You get a good look at her face and freeze.
It's Lily Valentine.
Your procession just ran over your ticket back home.
[What do you do?]
[ ] Panic
[ ] Get an adult
-[ ] Autumn
-[ ] Justine
[ ] Get her into your carriage
[ ] Use your clout to get some help (Medium Flashy check)
[ ] Try to use the magic you learned to heal her (Challenging Brainy or Artsy check)
***
You're in a carriage ripped out of a fairy tale gawking like the commoner you are on the inside. Your golden hair wiggles with excitement, even tied up in the high bun and tiara braid as it is. You're second from the head of a 12 carriage procession, flanked by guards in blindingly burnished suits of armor, each one on a noble stallion.
Your inner horse girl you thought was dead and buried has clawed it's way out of the grave.
<Emo> "Please make it stop squeeing...it's unnerving..."
<Flashy> "This is exactly where we belong, dahling."
You see in your mind's eye a Harajuku fabulous version of you with a raspberry beret painting furiously. Flecks of paint fly off and make your mind more colorful.
"...You think I could capture the horses' spirits with a photograph?" you ask Bridgette. She's sitting across from you and looking bored put the window.
"Huh?" She looks over to you. "If you had a spirit camera, yeah."
You hang out the side of the carriage and pat the nearest horse, ruddy red with a golden mane. "I mean metaphorically and stuff."
"You can probably do whatever you set your mind to, Sis," Bridgette says. "But why would you wanna paint horses? Your hands are made to seize victory, why waste them on painting boring horses?"
<Sporty> "Nothing that can be used in sport is boring!"
<sober!Sensible> "And if we paint them instead of ride them, there's less chance we crack our skull open!"
<Sporty> "That sounded pretty emo, Sense."
<Sensible> "I am extremely hung over."
You plop onto your sinfully soft carriage seat. "A warrior must use their hands to create, not just destroy."
Bridgette clenches and unclenches her fist. "But what if there's something you can only grasp through destruction?"
You think back on any Bad Ends Bridgette might have been a part of and draw a blank. She wasn't really a character of note in either Fall From Grace or My Bloody Valentine. Heck, you think her name only shows up in the materials book for MBV.
Not knowing her as a character, but friendly to her as a person, you try to suss out what she means.
***
What Did She Mean By This? Challenging Sensible check (DC 12) - 4, 2 +4
Check failure!
***
What Did She Mean By This? Challenging Sensible check (DC 12) - 4, 2 +4
Check failure!
***
You can't get to the bottom of it, but you feel it's something punching alone won't solve. You also feel it won't lead you to a Bad End.
Probably.
[How do you respond?]
[ ] Whatever it is, you can break through it! Never give up!
[ ] You must grasp why you need to destroy something first, then see if there's a way to grasp what you seek without destruction
[ ] A tightened fist cannot grasp anything, or something.
"In any case," you say, "painting and writing and stuff helps sharpen your mind and enrich your soul. Like a balanced breakfast, a balanced life is the best!"
Bridgette gives you a dark look, before sighing and nodding. "...You're right, Sis. Probably." She lounges in her seat. "But maaaan, I just want power sometimes. Enough to beat Elder Brother, at least."
"The Prince fights?" you ask. The phantom pain of a sword through your throat makes you gag a bit.
Bridgette throws up her hands. "That's the problem! He doesn't and he still kicks my butt! So he got the stupid Ironblood Crest even though I worked so hard for it..."
Hey wait, you think. Didn't the Ironblood Crest determine who would be considered the heir to the Alteisen family? Didn't Prince Alteisen say in game it only went to men in their family?
"Hey Buri," you say to Bridgette, "you know you don't have to be a dude to be a prince, right?"
Bridgette harrumphs. "Did you hit your head again? Also, why are you calling me Buri?"
"I'm serious," you tell her. "And just because your brother has the title doesn't mean he's one either. Double and I think Buri's a cute nickname for Bridgette."
She stares at you in abject silence. For a while, the only movement comes from the bumps in the road and the beating of your hearts. Her sour face sweetens into something like admiration.
"...What makes a prince then, Sis?"
You rub your neck. "A prince is made by protecting what's precious, even if nobody else will."
Bridgette looks down, her fists clenched. She takes deep shuddering breaths and is clearly trying not to cry.
Instincts draw you to her to draw her into a hug. The two of you sit like that, Bridgette blinking away fat tears as you stroke her back, until a very familiar sound jolts you back to your reality.
"Someone jumped in front of Lady Claudius's procession!"
"It's an accursed Darkling wretch!"
"Hit her again! Her tainted soul still dances!"
You hear the thump of flesh on road and almost take leave of your senses.
<Sensible> "Stay with us! You're okay, you're okay."
<Sporty> "We gotta go help whoever we hit!"
You nod and crawl out of the carriage window. Bridgette opens it behind you.
The two of you see a porcelain doll in a dirty dress dashed to pieces. Her pale skin is glazed with blood and caked with dirt. Her raven hair flows about her like oil from a ruptured tanker. Her red, mesmerizing eyes, stare unfocused at the blue sky above.
You get a good look at her face and freeze.
It's Lily Valentine.
Your procession just ran over your ticket back home.
***
[What do you do?]
[ ] Panic
[ ] Get an adult
-[ ] Autumn
-[ ] Justine
[ ] Get her into your carriage
[ ] Use your clout to get some help (Medium Flashy check)
[ ] Try to use the magic you learned to heal her (Challenging Brainy or Artsy check)
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Unless I'm badly misremembering, Flashy has always used "dahling", not "darling".
Either "horses'" should be "horse's", or "spirit" should be "spirits". Personally, I prefer the former, but the latter is probably the more fitting in this situation since I believe BakaGrace is talking about multiple horses.
*glances at Bridgette* Is she...?
"Buri"? Since when do we call Bridgette that and why?
This feels repetitive to me. I recommend removing the first "eyes".
[X] You must grasp why you need to destroy something first, then see if there's a way to grasp what you seek without destruction
This seems like the best advice we can give her if you ask me... unless write-ins are allowed, in which case I imagine someone can come up with something better.
[X] Use your clout to get some help (Normal Flashy check)
I'm assuming "Normal" means "Medium". Anyway, it has to be easier than Challenging, and our Flashy score is better than our Brainy and Artsy scores, so we have a better chance of pulling this off than trying to heal her with magic.
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- Location
- USA
[X] You must grasp why you need to destroy something first, then see if there's a way to grasp what you seek without destruction
[X] Use your clout to get some help (Normal Flashy check)
[X] Use your clout to get some help (Normal Flashy check)
Hmm I'm gonna need to come back when I'm not super tempted to make bad decisions on purpose.
FourthWall
Love & Destroy
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- Chiraq
Since now and becauae Grace felt like it. It's just as much of a WTF to Bridgette herself. It's a meta joke on where I got her name, given this chapter
I like dropping prepositions for rhythm's sake, but that makes more sense.
Write-ins are OK.
[X] Be the Silken Glove around an ironfist. Able to handle things with soft words or harsh actions as things require.
[X] Use your clout to get some help (Medium Flashy check)
[X] Use your clout to get some help (Medium Flashy check)
- Location
- St. Petersburg
A mix of "fabulous" and "the Fabian Society"? I always knew Grace was one of the masses.
I thought it'd be neighing.
Well, there are exchange students, so why wouldn't there be exchange isekais?
Why do we think Lily is our ticket anywhere? Can you refresh my memory on what the goal of the game is?
[x] Whatever it is, you can break through it! Never give up!
We will Buri them!
[x] Get her into your carriage
Packing your roadkills in the car trunk is a storied tradition.
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FourthWall
Love & Destroy
- Location
- Chiraq
You have to beat the game to go home and Chiaki told you to beat the game you have to win Lily's affection in true dating sim fashion. Kinda hard to do that when she's roadkill
- Location
- St. Petersburg
We can always bring her back. There are vampires in the setting, and you can't spell "necromantic" without "romantic".
Does Chiaki even intend to come back? Or is it all in our head and she's not even here?
*sigh* The problem I have is that the strongest motivation we've got is "to not die" to one of the bad endings, which is understandable. Grace has very little reason to want to go back. Her family isn't well established at all, there's no magic or title or a throne (hey, a girl can dream) waiting for her back home, and her only close friend is on this side.
Arguably, killing Lily off prevents tens of love triangles going wrong. She's a heroine, we are a villainess; it doesn't take a genius to conclude that associating with her is disastrous for us. This is why "capturing" her is the pinnacle of the game's difficulty.
Of course, this being the game world, there is always the possibility of someone closing the window and turning off the lights if the game doesn't entertain... But all we have to go on is a faceless script. Isekais are supposed to have a personal Goddess assigned to monitor their progress, so why aren't we?
[ ] Ask Lily to bring your complaint up with the management upstairs
Does Chiaki even intend to come back? Or is it all in our head and she's not even here?
*sigh* The problem I have is that the strongest motivation we've got is "to not die" to one of the bad endings, which is understandable. Grace has very little reason to want to go back. Her family isn't well established at all, there's no magic or title or a throne (hey, a girl can dream) waiting for her back home, and her only close friend is on this side.
Arguably, killing Lily off prevents tens of love triangles going wrong. She's a heroine, we are a villainess; it doesn't take a genius to conclude that associating with her is disastrous for us. This is why "capturing" her is the pinnacle of the game's difficulty.
Of course, this being the game world, there is always the possibility of someone closing the window and turning off the lights if the game doesn't entertain... But all we have to go on is a faceless script. Isekais are supposed to have a personal Goddess assigned to monitor their progress, so why aren't we?
[ ] Ask Lily to bring your complaint up with the management upstairs
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FourthWall
Love & Destroy
- Location
- Chiraq
Because the TenCo administrative goddess for Japan went missing. You'd have to take it up to her supervisor, who sent Chiaki over to this world for good behavior.
Eternal_0bserver
(Unverified Bookworm)
- Location
- Earth, Northern Europe
[X] You must grasp why you need to destroy something first, then see if there's a way to grasp what you seek without destruction
[X] Get her into your carriage
[X] Get her into your carriage
"Uhhh. You should talk to my maid Chiaki."
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] You must grasp why you need to destroy something first, then see if there's a way to grasp what you seek without destruction
[X] Panic
PANIC
[X] Panic
PANIC
Maybe discouraging violence is a good idea.
[X] You must grasp why you need to destroy something first, then see if there's a way to grasp what you seek without destruction
HELP CHIAKI WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS
[X] Get an adult
-[X] Autumn
[X] You must grasp why you need to destroy something first, then see if there's a way to grasp what you seek without destruction
HELP CHIAKI WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS
[X] Get an adult
-[X] Autumn
- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] You must grasp why you need to destroy something first, then see if there's a way to grasp what you seek without destruction
[X] Use your clout to get some help (Medium Flashy check)
[X] Use your clout to get some help (Medium Flashy check)
FourthWall
Love & Destroy
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- Chiraq
Voting time is now over /SaltyBet Announcer. Post within 48 hours.
Surprised more people didn't go "Help me, Autumn" honestly. Did y'all forget Chiaki's in-game name is Autumn?
Also shoutout to me not remembering my own mechanics so one of the vote options got split
Someone roll 2d6 in thread, I want to try out the in-house dicebot for pre-post checks.
Surprised more people didn't go "Help me, Autumn" honestly. Did y'all forget Chiaki's in-game name is Autumn?
Also shoutout to me not remembering my own mechanics so one of the vote options got split
Someone roll 2d6 in thread, I want to try out the in-house dicebot for pre-post checks.