Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
Best thing to do is update so that we immediately forget this conversation and go back to conspiring against the Student Council or something. >:3
The Perfectly Normal High School: A Slice of Life Quest! (Defunct)
- Thread starter LuciDreamer
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Karnewarrior
Leastmost of the Hanged Man Arcana
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- Location
- St. Petersburg
Well, that, too, is an ending. But there is an after-credits scene.
The camera pans down to reveal the attendant tied up and gagged while Silas furiously hacks at the control panel with a crowbar, trying to keep the whole thing from coming back down until he books the next plane out of the country.
"Hey!" Someone calls out to him from behind. Silas freezes. He recognizes the voice.
"What'cha doing, Ya - mi - ga - wa - kun~?"
He knows his sins have caught up with him as he feels slender fingers grip his wrist. In his last remaining moments as a bachelor, he whispers the only prayer for salvation he knows.
"Failsafe override".
THE END.
The sequel takes place in the underground city of Miyao-3, where a massive conspiracy tries to take control over the world by pretending that the thermonuclear meltdown of Antarctica fifteen years ago was the harbinger for an alien invasion.
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[X] [REACT] Yumika lets Silas convince her to go home.
[X] [BONUS] Her Trust
... I mean as funny as it would be to see like week 12 when Silias realizes he's some kinda Harem Protagonist for Yanderes or something I mean I see several weeks down the line when he's invited to eat with Maeda again and vague consperious stuff Silias knowing that she's big about holding onto the peace just spills this huge problem he's having when she questions why there's like 5~ other parties watching their conversation happening.
"I found out I'm a Harem Protagonist..."
"... wow so the rumors were actually true?"
"A Yandere Harem Protagonist."
"Oh no."
"Ignoring uhm secret conspiracy stuff, is there any sort of plan for this? The guides online only go so far, and most of them aren't... helpful... or reasonable... or possible."
"... if I was part of some shadowy conspiracy, I'd be embarrassed to admit that we don't have plans for that outside of 'suddenly amnesia'. And considering some of the people involved... that doesn't seem like a good idea."
"Oh no."
"I guess... just avoid boats?"
"...you saw it too!? Oh man -"
*Otaku moments happen, Surprise Otaku reveal!*
I guess we'd also probably have a new meter *Yandere Alert Level* or something for how... dangerous they're getting.
*Defcon 1* - War has broken out, Silias in hiding as multiple shadow faction forces are used by members to fight over him. Oops?
*Defcon 2* - Skirmishing begins. Can peace be restored, or will the school... soon followed by the city at large brake out into war? And not over the matters they've been preparing for and dealing with, no the forces at large are not prepared for such a small matter to escalate out of control. Then again perhaps Big Sis was just too good at hiding things...?
Stuff like that I guess. Crap I'm giving good arguments to go for it. Oh no. Waaait no she doesn't want to be Yandere. Best argument against it.
[X] [BONUS] Her Trust
... I mean as funny as it would be to see like week 12 when Silias realizes he's some kinda Harem Protagonist for Yanderes or something I mean I see several weeks down the line when he's invited to eat with Maeda again and vague consperious stuff Silias knowing that she's big about holding onto the peace just spills this huge problem he's having when she questions why there's like 5~ other parties watching their conversation happening.
"I found out I'm a Harem Protagonist..."
"... wow so the rumors were actually true?"
"A Yandere Harem Protagonist."
"Oh no."
"Ignoring uhm secret conspiracy stuff, is there any sort of plan for this? The guides online only go so far, and most of them aren't... helpful... or reasonable... or possible."
"... if I was part of some shadowy conspiracy, I'd be embarrassed to admit that we don't have plans for that outside of 'suddenly amnesia'. And considering some of the people involved... that doesn't seem like a good idea."
"Oh no."
"I guess... just avoid boats?"
"...you saw it too!? Oh man -"
*Otaku moments happen, Surprise Otaku reveal!*
I guess we'd also probably have a new meter *Yandere Alert Level* or something for how... dangerous they're getting.
*Defcon 1* - War has broken out, Silias in hiding as multiple shadow faction forces are used by members to fight over him. Oops?
*Defcon 2* - Skirmishing begins. Can peace be restored, or will the school... soon followed by the city at large brake out into war? And not over the matters they've been preparing for and dealing with, no the forces at large are not prepared for such a small matter to escalate out of control. Then again perhaps Big Sis was just too good at hiding things...?
Stuff like that I guess. Crap I'm giving good arguments to go for it. Oh no. Waaait no she doesn't want to be Yandere. Best argument against it.
Karnewarrior
Leastmost of the Hanged Man Arcana
If we're talking about Yandere Alert Levels, why not use string?
RED STRING OF LOVE: The Yandere Harem has reached supercritical, and the slaughter can no longer be prevented. One of the harem Yandere's or multiple has begus actively seeking out murder as a solution
ORANGE STRING OF ADORATION: The Yandere Harem has reached critical levels, but wholesale slaughter can potentially be prevented. One or multiple yandere's have decided to utilize violence to achieve personal romantic goals.
YELLOW STRING OF AFFECTION: The Yandere Harem is sub-critical, and slaughter is unlikely. One or multiple Yandere's have embraced force as a means to achieve personal romantic goals, but no physical violence has yet occured.
GREEN STRING OF ATTRACTION: The Yandere Harem is cool and composed, slaughter is very unlikely. No known Yandere has targeted another Yandere for some time, and tensions are low. Force is at socially acceptable levels.
BLUE STRING OF ACCEPTANCE: The Yandere Harem is folding in on itself, slaughter is becoming impossible. One or multiple Yandere's have fallen in love with the other Yandere's in the harem, and the relationship matrix is growing increasingly complex and stable.
BLACK STRING OF CUTE DROME: The Yandere Harem has been replaced with Shinohara Hana. Shinohara Hana is the only girl we need. She is the strongest, and also the cutest. All Yandere's hail Shinohara Hana. All peoples support her goals. Hana is the best! Hana is the best! Hana is the best!
RED STRING OF LOVE: The Yandere Harem has reached supercritical, and the slaughter can no longer be prevented. One of the harem Yandere's or multiple has begus actively seeking out murder as a solution
ORANGE STRING OF ADORATION: The Yandere Harem has reached critical levels, but wholesale slaughter can potentially be prevented. One or multiple yandere's have decided to utilize violence to achieve personal romantic goals.
YELLOW STRING OF AFFECTION: The Yandere Harem is sub-critical, and slaughter is unlikely. One or multiple Yandere's have embraced force as a means to achieve personal romantic goals, but no physical violence has yet occured.
GREEN STRING OF ATTRACTION: The Yandere Harem is cool and composed, slaughter is very unlikely. No known Yandere has targeted another Yandere for some time, and tensions are low. Force is at socially acceptable levels.
BLUE STRING OF ACCEPTANCE: The Yandere Harem is folding in on itself, slaughter is becoming impossible. One or multiple Yandere's have fallen in love with the other Yandere's in the harem, and the relationship matrix is growing increasingly complex and stable.
BLACK STRING OF CUTE DROME: The Yandere Harem has been replaced with Shinohara Hana. Shinohara Hana is the only girl we need. She is the strongest, and also the cutest. All Yandere's hail Shinohara Hana. All peoples support her goals. Hana is the best! Hana is the best! Hana is the best!
AsuraKyoko
The Witch who was known as the Goddess of War
- Location
- Brockton Bay
[X] [REACT] Yumika is not convinced. She stays.
[X] [BONUS] Her Trust
[X] [BONUS] Her Trust
- Location
- Poland
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Let's also add a hypothetical
WHITE STRING OF PURITY: Only a single, stable Yandere is active at the time; relationship matrix reached an equilibrium, making violence a purely theoretical outcome.
Karnewarrior
Leastmost of the Hanged Man Arcana
BROWN STRING OF HIVEMIND: The Yandere's have merged their consciousness into one form, forming a Yandere hivemind with an obsession over Silas. They think together, forming an internal consensus in order to present one uninterrupted train of thought. The hivemind does not sleep, nor does it feel mercy. Only love for Silas, and hatred for those who would threaten their time with him.
- Location
- The state of Paranoia
Random Tale
The Story-Bound
[x] [REACT] Yumika lets Silas convince her to go home.
[X] [BONUS] Presidential Favor
[X] [BONUS] Presidential Favor
- Location
- Somewhere North of south
[X] [REACT] Yumika is not convinced. She stays.
[X] [BONUS] (Special) (Danger!) Her Protection (or whichever one was the yandere option I'm not sure which one that was)
[X] [BONUS] (Special) (Danger!) Her Protection (or whichever one was the yandere option I'm not sure which one that was)
All colors combined is Black no?
Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
If you're talking texture and paint, yes. All of the visible light spectrum would produce a white color, though.
Of course, if I tried dumping every color of paint onto the same place, it would probably be brown and gross, so perhaps that's a meta-commentary of the futility of man.
RiversOblivion
Silent Frost Wolf
- Location
- The Burning Iron Spiral
[X] [REACT] Yumika lets Silas convince her to go home
[x] [BONUS] (Special) Her Undivided Attention
[x] [BONUS] (Special) Her Undivided Attention
LuciDreamer
Maliciously Incompetent
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Hmm... I'm thinking, maybe... this Friday, ~8:00 EST.
(There's something I need to work on still, excuse me for me lateness :< )
(There's something I need to work on still, excuse me for me lateness :< )
Halowed02
Person who really needs to read things better
- Location
- Gensokyo
You fine Lucid, Do your thing.
- Location
- Canada
[x] [REACT] Yumika lets Silas convince her to go home
[x] [BONUS] (Special) Her Undivided Attention
[x] [BONUS] (Special) Her Undivided Attention
- Location
- St. Petersburg
Then why are you? Even Dorima wonders that. Is it just to distract yourself?
Doesn't look like a group assignment, judging from Silas and Hana working on it all on their own. Maybe she just took pity on our resident tsundere, but that brings up the question where Allen is. Abandoning your new
B-plus, eh? I figured Yumika was the type of student who had As all around. But that's probably Maeda, what with her being a Class Rep.
I wonder how the rest of Drama measure up. I know Rakuyama is bad at math (which probably makes Reizei no good at it either, since otherwise he'd tutor her), and Hana is struggling with Amberrish, but other than that, nothing.
What do our grades look like?
Also, gangster magical girls? Is that a reference to what I think it is a reference for? But then the "DNK* Project" bit makes me confused, because it doesn't ring a bell even assuming that the name got altered due to
Wait, when did the class miss anything? Is this because of the PE disaster with Toyotomi earlier this week? How long did the class take to get back to lessons?
Or was there something else that made them skip that particular lesson?
I wonder who keeps messenging her, and what about. Drama Club business? Family matters?
Just when you thought taking her perspective could help us learn more about her, she chooses to ignore it!
Hey, we need that shiny Subterfuge skill! Do you have any better candidates in mind?
Maybe Rakuyama, she seemed appreciative of the gesture even when we got caught. Might run into some problems with her overseer, though.
Heh, Sai-kun and Psy-kun, like Jekyll and Hyde. Not a bad name for our manipulative alter-ego, or whatever that was:
We'd make a great villain team with Evil!Yumika and Crazy!Hana.
What, 'dangerous'? That's just, like, your opinion, man!
Alright, fine! This may have been a good advice... for Sai-kun. But this is exactly the kind of situation Psy-kun thrives in!
I just hope we get to keep our wits about us when the time comes. And memories, too.
The way Yumika and Silas clicked is nigh inexplicable; even Maeda has commented on it. The Transfer Student magic alone does not account for this. But in our dreams, Yumika was the first person we met from Platoon 4-1. Could it be that this relationship has persisted since that time?
...what nonsense words? Is she talking about our communications with BigSis, or about something else? We did have some, ah, episodes lately.
It's probably the former.
Indeed. The only circumstances you truly can't apologize to someone is when they are dead. Which, if you turn it around, means that saying someone is lost is like saying 'they are dead to me', or 'it's futile anyway, so not worth making the effort'. That must have pissed Silas off something fierce.
Or, in other words, "you know nothing about me". Ouch.
It's true, though. Despite Yumika being highest on our REL list and therefore our closest friend, we still know relatively little.
Thankfully, both contenders for the current choice promise change.
Sooo... we have the Club meeting, then both our Afterschool actions are taken by studying with Hana, which means our next available actions will be on the Weekend? Might as well think about what we are doing then. I'd suggest coming up with some kind of solution for the forums, or at least a stop-gap measure.
By the way, Hana meant to take the phone from us after the event:
I don't know if she ever got to it, since we left very abruptly. In fact, we had it just this morning...
...but then Hana was last seen using it:
so I assume we returned it before heading to class and are now phoneless.
We may want to do something about it.
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- Location
- US
I'm not really a fan of Yumika as a love interest. Aside from the whole Yandere thing, the way Silas idolizes her and the way she helicopters everyone makes her feel to much like Big Sis 2.0. I really don't think it's a good relationship that will let Silas grow as an independent individual. Also, something about her just feels very like the default choice. I feel that she's the girl Silas is "expected" to go for, and that makes her much less appealing to me.
I seem to recall that after we met up during the outing, she told us we could continue borrowing her phone and she'd keep using her mom's phone. But yeah, we need to get our own phone as soon as we can.
I seem to recall that after we met up during the outing, she told us we could continue borrowing her phone and she'd keep using her mom's phone. But yeah, we need to get our own phone as soon as we can.
Karnewarrior
Leastmost of the Hanged Man Arcana
I've gotten similar impressions, but at the same time, Yumika's not exactly a bad waifu for Silas, and it'd make sense for him to naturally get along best with people who reflect Big Sis in some way, seeing how major she is in his life and how much he admires her.
I still prefer Hana-chan, and will be voting to turn Yumika down if she confesses, but the romantic tilt of the relationship should be interesting to read about and useful for maintaining the core of our little group as the SELF grows larger and becomes further under attack/scrutiny by the Foundation.
I still prefer Hana-chan, and will be voting to turn Yumika down if she confesses, but the romantic tilt of the relationship should be interesting to read about and useful for maintaining the core of our little group as the SELF grows larger and becomes further under attack/scrutiny by the Foundation.
Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
As someone who plays a fair amount of Visual Novels, they're all a very 'default' choice. Consider:
Tsundere - Dorima
(Sad) Childhood friend - Nanami
Genki Girl with Secret - Yumika
Dark Girl with Tragic Past - Shinohara
Aloof Class Rep - Maeda
We're very much in a high school anime, so the Tropes are fairly well known. Luci has done a really good job of making each of these characters distinct from each other and their archetypes, but still the archetypes remain. I personally lean towards the Childhood Friend archetypes, and if we had seen her more I'd bet Nanami would look even more like the 'default' choice. Although there'd be commensurate more investment in her, so maybe that balances out. *shrug*
I think Silas and Yumika will be good for each other; She helps him with socials and he helps her with her stress responses.
Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
I never considered Big Sis a romantic option, because i don't play those kinds of VNs normally.