Enemy 2014/07/05(Sat)19:41 No. 582992 ID: 186341
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Your name is Allison Nguyen and you live in Fort Smith, Montana.

You've taken the day off today because your youngest is home sick. He has a low temperature. He's 8. Kerry's a new mother herself so she understood.

You got him a big thing of ginger ale because he's sick and also because he loves it. There was a time he tried to pretend not even to get out of school. Just for the ginger ale.

When your phone starts screaming and you drop the bottle your first thought is, Oh, shit. It's going to get everywhere when I open that.

Then you think, Oh, my god. The warning system.

Enemy 2014/07/05(Sat)19:43 No. 582993 ID: 186341
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You look outside.

Oh, god.
Oh, no.

There's a hole opening up in the sky.

They're coming.

1]] Call your husband.
2]] Call your daughter. She's at school.
3]] Take your son and move, now. The bunker is under the school.
4]] Take your son, get in the car, and leave town. If you're fast enough you can get out of here.

>>582993
3, THEN 1 while you're driving (put it on speakerphone) and 2 when you get to the school so you can find her fast.

Who's coming?

3- any road out of town is going to turn into a parking lot, your daughter will be one of the first into the bunker if she's right on top of it, and you can call your husband on the road.

Enemy 2014/07/05(Sat)19:58 No. 583003 ID: 186341
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>>582999
The invaders.
A senator or someone called them Visitors once and the name stuck. It was a bad joke.

You go upstairs and get your son.
He asks what's going on and do you have the ginger ale.
You tell him Sweetie we have to go. Did you hear the alarm?
He says it woke him up.
You bite your lip to keep from starting to cry and say We have to go, sweetie. We're going to go over to school.
He says he's sick and you say no, no, we need to go in the bunker.
He says Oh and gets out of bed. He's very pale.

In the car he asks why are they here? Dad said they wouldn't go here.
You say you don't know, because you don't. There can't be more than 10,000 people here.
You look behind you and the street is suddenly very crowded. Some people aren't in cars. They're walking. A guy in a suit and a backpack is sprinting past everyone else. His mouth is set and there are two big sweat patches in his armpits.

Four blocks from school and you see the smoke rising up.
Jesus. Some sedan powered into the back of a truck and it skidded across the whole road.
The driver is standing outside it, screaming into the truck booth. His forehead is cut open and there's blood on his collar. You check in the back and your son hasn't seen it.

1]] Try to get the cars behind you to back up so you can back up and go another way.
2]] Drive on the sidewalks and lawns. There's no time to obey traffic laws.
3]] Get out and walk. It's not far and the police are going to be putting a zone around the bunker.

>>583003
3. You have no way of knowing if another road is clear and trying to argue with the cars behind you takes too long.

Just try to cover your son's eyes.

drive, your son is sick, walking could make it worse.

Four blocks isn't far to walk. 3.

>>583003
Carry your son up to an officer and ask for help.

If 2 is done orderly (with people just going around the blocked road) it's safe. If it's done recklessly, it's not.

I'd prefer not to abandon the car and block the road (just adding to the problem) but if we can't make progress otherwise, it's the only choice you have.

You're son is 8? Hmm. The last thread was 5 years after truce tying day, and Zack was 26. So if this is a flashback to his past that would mean the war lasted for at least 13 years. Course, we don't know that.

Hmm actually if there aren't people in the way we're likely to run over, 2 is the best option. Won't even have to go very fast to get around the truck, at which point we can drive at speed along the road.

2. You and your son's lives are in danger, this is much faster and safer than going by foot, but drive carefully over driving fast. In this situation the last thing you want to do is get in a car accident on the way there. If you have to, carry your son, he's 8 so he shouldn't weigh much. Look out for invaders.

Enemy 2014/07/06(Sun)17:09 No. 583137 ID: 186341
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You try going around but there's a line of cars here too and now you're sandwiched in the middle.

Out at the front Officer Levi is waving his arms at you all.
Don't, he's calling. Go round. Don't.

The guy in front is leaning on his horn. What the fuck, he's yelling. We have to go!

Your phone's ringing. It's your husband.

1]] Go into reverse and push up against the car behind you.
2]] Scream at Officer Levi to get out of the way.
3]] Get out of the car.
4]] Go even further around the car in front of you, knock over a fence, and drive right past Levi.
5]] Answer your husband's call.

>>583137
3+5, this is a clusterfuck and its better to keep moving than to be stop-and-go all the way there.

>>583137
5. I think you're stuck. Nothing you can do but take comfort and hope the Visitors ignore the pileup.

Officer Levi must have good reason to be blocking cars from going this way so heed his word and not go that way. And the roads are going to be jammed up so it'll very likely be faster just to walk the four blocks to the school.

Do 3 and 5 with a little bit of 4. Drive up on the nearest open lawn and park there so you don't block up the street. Answer the phone while getting your son out of the car and tell your husband the situation while walking as fast as you two can towards the school. Then switch your phone to speaker and have your son hold it while you hike him up on your back. Use that adrenaline coursing through your veins to run as far as you can before you have to drop him and walk again.

Enemy 2014/07/06(Sun)23:09 No. 583213 ID: 186341
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You pull over, pull your son out of the car and carry him out in front of the line, fumbling to open your cell phone.

You say honey I have him don't worry where are you?

He says Oh my God I was terrified.

You say honey it's okay. We're okay.

He says I just called Kell. Her class is OK. She's at school. I'm coming from work; Smith and, and Brantree.

You say I'm two blocks away. The road is f-
You look at your son.
The road is blocked off. I need to talk to someone. I, hold on.

You say Officer Levi!! And Officer Levi looks to you.

Ms. Nguyen, he says. I'm sorry I'm sorry but you can't drive here.

You say that's ok. We're going to walk the rest of the way. Is it ok that I've pulled over there and will it be ok that I won't get a ticket or,

and he says I'm sorry Mrs. Nguyen but you need to move your vehicle. It's ok we have it under, and then something bright and fuzzy hits him in the back and he says ummm.

You say, what?

He says, ummmmmmm.

Enemy 2014/07/06(Sun)23:10 No. 583214 ID: 186341
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His head peels open and out like a flower made out of brain and pieces of bone and spine.

You don't consciously recognize you screaming over the sound of everyone else also screaming but you must have because your husband is saying Allison? Allison! What's wrong Allison!

Enemy 2014/07/06(Sun)23:10 No. 583215 ID: 186341
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Look! someone says. Look!

There's a cyclops standing on top of a house staring down at you all.
Gulor garrak saropa, it says.
The horizon fills with monsters.

1]] Run for shelter.
2]] Grab Levi's gun.
3]] Get back in your car, drive over his body, just go.
4]] Run into or between the houses, not right for the bunker. Lose them.
5]] Beg for your life.

>>583215
>>583215
1 and 2, grab the gun and SCOOT. We use it only as a deterrant, we focus on moving as much ground between us and them as we can.

1

>>583217
Sounds right. Do you know how to hold a gun properly?

1 of course, 2 only if you can grab the weapon without trouble. Cop's gun belts are made so it's a pain for anyone but the cop to take there weapon so if it's to much trouble fuck it and run like hell.

1

Does this mean no more dating aliens?

>>583234
I think this is a dream- Zach's currently in the bed of a empathetic alien who may have fought in the war. Dreams could... leak, somehow.

1.

>>583235
Oh wait, weird...weird weird weird. Theory time! Also speculation about how this story ends.

She said that sometimes when she explodes a head she gets feedback, right? Maybe these are the last few hours of someone whose life she took in the war. ...That'd be a doozy of a double-edge.

But wait, is there a particular reason everyone isn't saying "drive drive drive"? 'Cause I'd go with 3 until there's an obvious reason not to.

(Like, try not to run over anybody still alive, but...)

1 and 2. But imagine if not only was this polythema's shared flashback, but this victim was Zach's MOTHER. Dun dun dun.....

Enemy 2014/07/08(Tue)18:21 No. 583453 ID: 186341
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Levi's gun has a clip or something on it. It's not coming off the belt. The four-armed alien is crawling down the house.

You run.

The flying ones start killing people and you find out what it sounds like, and so does your son, who you're carrying.

Cover your ears, you say.
He says OK.

There's a man lying in the road staring at his intestines like it's a piece of gum on the bottom of his shoe. You run past him and he doesn't look.

The little ones are sprinting down the road at people. They don't even have guns but they dogpile a lady with a pantsuit and bring her to the ground in a mess of blood, spears and dogfaces.
Your breath is coming out in little half-weep gasps of exertion but you're not crying.

You're fast but they are too and one of them is ten feet away from you but then a hole punches through its chest.

Enemy 2014/07/08(Tue)18:23 No. 583455 ID: 186341
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You made fun of your husband for buying the gun but now that you see both of them you realize how right he was.

Allison!

He waves at you desperately.

They're down the road too! We have to go around!

You look back. The little ones are keeping their distance after Andy shot one but there are more of them coming.
The floaters are still strafing the cars.
The big four-armed one is just standing, looking around. Its arms are crossed. It almost looks relaxed.
You don't know where the cyclops is.

1]] Go through an unlocked house.
2]] Go over a fence.
3]] Keep running down the road until you get a turn.
4]] Shoot at the dog ones.
5]] Shoot at the floaters.
6]] Shoot at the four-armed one.

>>583455
6. Headshot or nothing.
If you're not sure you can hit it in the head, then option 1.

1 But shoot anything in the way...And if you see a cyclops that isn't in the way, SHOOT IT, IT CAN EXPLODE HEADS FROM A DISTANCE

>>583463
A head is a small target, and many parts of the brain do not cause instant death when shot. You aim for the center of mass and double tap.

>>583470
the brain isn't the target, It's whatever it uses to explode heads, and hopefully with a damages eye, it can't aim it.

>>583470
While the head IS a small target the warrior is just standing there watching. You go for center-mass shots on moving targets because center-mass is large and moves predictably, but hitting the head of a stationary target isn't any harder here than on a shooting range.
Also, I am pretty sure that anything but a head shot will just make a Warrior mad.
If we injure a Warrior then the rest of them will leave us alone, since interfering with the Warrior's fight and/or vengeance would be terrible for their continued survival. That's the ideal.
Second best would be killing the warrior, since that would hurt their morale.
Worst case is getting the warrior's attention without disabling it.

>>583475
Warriors aren't the head-exploding ones.

>>583476
Valid point if and only if our protagonist can aim worth shit. A miss is more likely with the head.

If she can aim well enough, go for the head. If not, center of mass.

Guys, I think that'll just anger it. Running is our move.

Warriors shrug off bullets.
I'm gonna vote for 1.

>>583477
I wasn't talking about warriors, your silly voice

>>583485
I was, and I wasn't talking to you initially. I was responding to Seven's post. Push off.

I think the husband is the one waving the gun, though apparently we have control of them both. Either way, I think they probably know where the school is better than I do - which way they go depends on that. Going over a fence is likely problematic, as we'd probably be vulnerable while scrambling over. If going through a house gets us to the school faster, there we go.

As far as shooting anything, the only reason to do that at at the moment would be if they were either blocking your way or would otherwise attack you. If the husband is a good shot, it might change things a bit, but overall, your goal is not to reduce the enemy's numbers (unless that's the last thing you can do; take some of them with you), but rather to make it to safety.

How far away are the aliens from you, and how far are they from your husband? Signal for him to follow you and shoot any coming after you or him, otherwise don't shoot so you don't draw as much attention to yourselves. I think the warrior would take it upon himself to hunt you down as a challenge if you start killing them off, and I don't feel confidant in our ability to headshot him, keep running.

Enemy 2014/07/13(Sun)11:54 No. 584067 ID: 186341
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Andy raises his gun at the warrior but you push his hand down and say no! Run!

Side of the road through a house with the door ajar and in the kitchen past the open fridge. There's a carton of milk on the counter they didn't even bother to put back.

You're rushing down the hallway toward the backyard and a guy with a shotgun steps out from the bathroom yelling Freeze! Hands on your fucking head!

1]] Do as he says.
2]] They're killing people out there! We all need to get to shelter!
3]] Shoot him.
4]] We're just moving through. Put the gun down.
5]] Run back out of the house.
6]] _______

2.

2, and if he's like nah, then 3,

>>584067
1, then 2, then 4. If he doesn't let you pass, then 5 followed by 3.

2, And reason with the man since he has a shotgun already pointed at you. Say,"Please my son and I need help, please let us through, we need to get to shelter." If he's just some scumbag looting the house meaning to kill you, convincingly scream "Oh god lookout!" And point behind him. If he's stupid enough to turn around point our gun up and blow his head off.

2 then 3 if he doesn't cooperate.

Actually, if the hypothesis that this is a flashback from Polyphema killing someone is true, then we can't die until we reach the Oculot.

Forget what I said earlier. Strip naked, charge him, and take the shotgun from him. Club him to death with it.

Enemy 2014/07/13(Sun)23:43 No. 584139 ID: 186341
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They're killing people out there, you say. We need to go!

The man points his shotgun at your son's stomach.
Hands on your head, he says.

Is this your house? Andy asks. This isn't your house, is it?

They stare at each other.
You say O my God! Look! and he's distracted just long enough for your husband to push the kid out of the way and raise his gun.

They shoot each other.

The man goes down with a chunk of his head blown off and Andy slumps against the wall. He puts a hand to his stomach and it comes away slick with dark blood.

Fffuh, he says. Oh, shoot.

He starts to sink down the wall.
He leaves a trail of blood behind him.
He looks up at you.
How's it look?

You can't speak. You just go, ahahh.

Go, honey, he says.

1]] Take your son and run.
2]] Help him up and take him with you.
3]] Stay with him.

>>584139
This is the exact reason I said to flee before shooting. Oh, well.
2. He's not going to survive, but you're not going to be able to be able to abandon him. Just make sure to grab at least the handgun.

Actually, what have the Visitors been doing in terms of casualties? Are they leaving no survivors or capturing civilians, or have they been mostly ignoring civilians and killing police and armed forces?

2 We probably won't survive this, but we want to as moral as possible. Also give your husband the shotgun. If anything gets close he should have the strength to raise it and fire. Don't expect him to cover fire though, he is weak, this is just for somethibpng big that gets really close. It will be far better than the handgun. Also take his. Try and keep him positive and awake as you head for the bunker. Also make sure the shotgun is cocked and loaded real quick.

>>584139
3. The intruder outright said the invaders weren't coming into the house. We stay here, blockade the doors, and try to stop the bleeding.

You guys serious? Leave him. Say your goodbyes, take his gun, kiss him with all the passion you have for him, and go. Kid's life is more important. It's not even a hard choice for parents to make. Come on.

1] Go! Your husband's a goner no matter what you do! If you stay y'all will be killed by the aliens, and if you try to drag him along you'll be sitting ducks out there! Heed what he said, take the pistol and GO! All that matters is getting to the shelter with your son.

1, yes, your son is more important.

1.

Lets go with 3, in the form of bursting into tears and collapsing into a gibbering mess.

Enemy 2014/07/15(Tue)18:54 No. 584301 ID: 186341
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His kiss tastes like copper. His hand holds yours; it's shivering and the fingers are already cold.

Take the gun, he says.
Dad are you going to be ok, your son asks.

I don't think so, kid, Andy says. You are. Stay with your mother.
He swallows the blood welling into his mouth. I'm ready, he says. I love you, Allison. I love you both so much and everything is going to be ok.
There's a crash from outside.
Run, he says.

You run out through the backyard.
Don't cry, your son says.
I'm not, you say.
You are, he says. I can walk, mom.
You just clutch him tighter and speed up.

You make it another block before the small ones find you again, two of them.

1]] Try to outrun them.
2]] Try to lose them.
3]] Shoot them.
4]] Scream for help.

>>584301
SHOOT them.

3.4: Shoot them while screaming. You saw how these things can outrun people, and how horrible they are when they catch people. Let your fear loose, but shoot them!

Enemy 2014/07/15(Tue)20:06 No. 584306 ID: 186341
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You shoot one of them. The gun bucks crazily in your hand and it drops to the ground. You don't know if it's dead. The other one stops to check it.

You scream your head off for help.
You say you have a child. You say they're chasing you.

The thing is coming out of an alley 20 feet or so behind you. It smiles.

Jakara, saropa, it says.

1]] Just keep running.
2]] Make a stand and try to kill it.
3]] Distract it and lure it away from your son.

Run.

3/2
put your son down and tell him to get to the school.
distract the thing in combat.

How far is it to the school? It may be unreasonable to hope that the kid can make it there on his own. Keep running, but if it's about to catch you, drop the kid, and then simultaneously turn, shoot at it, and yell at your kid to run.

Run, default to 3 if you can't get away.

2, as a way of doing 3.

I noticed that the dad's name was Alan, if the kid is a Jr this could be Zack's friend or something. ...If it is, that guy is REMARKABLY cool with us dating alien babes.

The thing is too close to keep running. Its a warrior semi doubt outrunning it will work, and of it gets any closer we won't have a chance to kill it. Turn around and aim for the neck. It it goes low, it hits the armored chest piece (if it has the bronze armor on) but still might hit flesh, and if it stays true or goes high the neck shot would be a slow but certain death and the head would be almost certainly an instant kill.So put your son down and turn, aim, and fire.

>>584306
Grab the gun and run. If if chases you then tell your son to get to the school and shoot the four-armed Visitor in the face - it shouldn't be that hard to hit at this range, since 'bucks like crazy' suggests you used the shotgun.

Enemy 2014/07/17(Thu)17:52 No. 584530 ID: 186341
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You put you kid down.
OK, you say. Keep running.
Mom-
Go. Go go go go. Run. I'll stop him.

You'll die, he says. He can't let go of you.

What do you say?

"Honey, I love you so so so much. I need you to be strong. You're going to have a long and wonderful life. Now go."

"you know about mamma bears? well, when a bear s protecting her babies she is the most dangerous thing there is, you're my baby bear. as long as it's to keep you safe, i'll be strong enough

>>584530
"I'm probably going to die either way, baby. Forgive me, but please, you got to live, for your father. For me. It's the one job we have, to keep you safe. Maybe they won't hurt kids. I don't know. But please live. You'd want the same for your kids, right?"

"I'll meet you at the school if I can't catch up with you. Just go. There's no time."

Shoot it. Aim for the head.

Shoot yourself after telling him he has to. I doubt a warrior will find any sport in hunting a child.

Just tell him to be strong, and that you love him. Tell to get to the school and be safe.

Enemy 2014/07/18(Fri)23:59 No. 584653 ID: 337362
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You tell him you know.

You tell him to be strong, and that you love him, and that you need to do this and in return he needs to have a wonderful, happy life for you.
You swallow.
And that means even when everyone else wants to fight and hate things, you don't let yourself think like them. OK?

They're monsters, he says.

Don't let yourself hate anything, ever, you say. Hate is so strong. Love is fragile. Protect love. OK?

Mom-

There's no time. Run.

His fingers loosen. I can't--

You can.
Run, Zack.

You peel off from him and run the other way. He disappears round a corner.
That's the last you'll ever see of him, you think, and then you think don't be fatalistic, and then you think don't be stupid.

Your eyes are getting fuzzy and runny with tears.

Enemy 2014/07/18(Fri)23:59 No. 584654 ID: 337362
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It's thundering right behind you. It's too close.

You force yourself to focus, and spin around to face the four-armed thing with your hands full of shotgun.

It roars and screams when you shoot it, right in the face.
But that doesn't stop it.

Enemy 2014/07/18(Fri)23:59 No. 584655 ID: 337362
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It closes its fist along the length of the shotgun and clamps down on your forearm.

You feel a horrible suctiony shredding feeling and suddenly you feel like you're flowing away out of your arm.
You know it's not there anymore. You don't want to look.

It lifts you up and you feel yourself cracking and popping in a hundred delicate places. Hot, acrid blood forces its way up your throat.

Its ruin of a face howls at you as it wrings the life out of you.

Enemy 2014/07/19(Sat)00:00 No. 584656 ID: 337362
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Saklarma saropa nebbe!

Its head jerks forward as someone clubs it from behind.
It drops you on the ground like a broken doll.

The cyclops rears back and hits the four-armed thing again in the bloody face. Bahganrka garrakton bahgiris! Saropapa gikilaroli eska!

Gulor saropaton krinbiga, the four-armed one says.

Sha. The cyclops raises his hand again. Garrakba heshadnigka fealakton.

The four-armed one shrinks back and runs back down the road.

Enemy 2014/07/19(Sat)00:00 No. 584657 ID: 337362
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The cyclops kneels above you.

You can't move. Everything hurts so much.

Ihym the cyclops says. His voice is halting and guttural. Ihym zzory. Ihym zorry. Ihym zorry.

That's ok, you want to say.

Instead you cough and blood pours down your chin.

Enemy 2014/07/19(Sat)00:00 No. 584658 ID: 337362
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The cyclops' eye starts to glow and blur around the edges.

You can't look away.
The pain fizzes out, starting from your face and moving in a warm numbing tingle across your ruined body. You shake with relief.

Enemy 2014/07/19(Sat)00:00 No. 584659 ID: 337362
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Ihym zorry. Ihym zorry.

Enemy 2014/07/19(Sat)00:00 No. 584660 ID: 337362
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That's ok.

Enemy 2014/07/19(Sat)00:01 No. 584662 ID: 337362
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Fuck!

You wake up, slick with sweat and gasping for air.

You haven't had that dream in a decade. And that last part has never happened before.

Polyphema is still asleep next to you. For a second when you look at her your pulse quickens, but then you relax.
Something weird just undeniably happened but that definitely wasn't her in the dream.

1]] Wake her up.
2]] Snuggle back up and try to get back to sleep.
3]] Get out of bed as quiet as you can and go get something to drink or something in her apartment.
4]] Get out of bed and go for a walk to clear your head.

3, don't leave, letting her wake up and you aren't here would send the wrong message, but you do need a head clearer.

4

>>584662
I'm thinking 3.

3
Wash your face, take a drink of water,

>that hair
Penelope?

3. If she wakes up just tell her to go back to sleep. It's too cliche not to do.

2. I don't see why we need to get up yet. Lay down with polyphema for comfort.

Hmm...the most natural response, to me, seems like just staying where you are and maybe thinking. Unless you don't want to do that, in which case either go get a drink and then go to sleep, or just go to sleep.

I was sort of close, kind of. :U

3. You're not going to be able to go back to sleep after that.

3. Go drink some water, take a piss, then go back to bed. It'll give the adrenaline time to clear out.

3 if you need to piss. 2 otherwise.

>>584662
3
Something to ask Poly later. About the war. Maybe if there's weird cyclops psychic channels that humans can apparently access in the vicinity of another cyclops when sleeping.
Doubt a human's ever done this before, so it's probably really new and no one knows the effects of actually sleeping with a cyclops does.

We don't even know if sex is a health hazard. There's no inter-species sex-ed yet man!

Enemy 2014/07/19(Sat)21:12 No. 584790 ID: 337362
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You give Polyphema's thigh a farewell squeeze and slide out of bed. You find your discarded pants lying in a heap on the floor.

You hop clumsily into them as you enter Polyphema's front room.

1]] Raid the fridge.
2]] Just get a glass of water.
3]] There's a shelf of books. Find out what she's been reading.
4]] Nice sound system in the corner. What does an alien cyclops listen to these days?
5]] Polyphema's computer is open on the kitchenette counter. The cool blue glow of the desktop reflects off the linoleum.
6]] There's a pile of mail on the coffee table. Maybe you'll be able to solve this name mystery.
7]] Slip out the front door and take a walk.

>>584790
Wow most of these options are really rude.

2.

2 & 3
1 if you make some for Polyphema as well.

2, first
3, just look at the spines for titles.
6, just look at them, no touching.
then finally
1 and make breakfast for both of you.

584639 We are the enterprise of alien sex, we go where no cock has gone before. Intel says that they have the right equipment for a woman, but we are here to see how they function.(Also to see how they react socially and in a relationship, but cmon, This is some important stuff right here.)

>>584793
This sounds good.

I'm reluctant to peek at the mail or computer or anything else to try and get her name. I mean, we could, but that kind of spoils the game. It'll be more fun to play it out.

Yeah, 2 & 3
Glass of water and look at the titles to distract yourself.

Enemy 2014/07/20(Sun)13:21 No. 584911 ID: 337362
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>>584795
Doctor Faustus, Midnight's Children, Noticia de un secuestro, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Neuromancer, La Nieve del Almirante, Batman: The Long Halloween, a chubby volume of the Complete Works, three Harry Potters, L'Envers et l'endroit, and Blood Meridian catch your eye on the shelf.

Her letters are all addressed to different names. You catch H.T. Roy and Hera Pinter, neither of which strike you as likely true.

You grab a glass of water and check the time.
It's 5 AM.

1]] Go back to bed.
2]] Go for a walk.
3]] Read something or watch something or whatever.
4]] Start making breakfast, really slowly.
5]] Wake Polyphema up.
6]] Check your phone and messsages.
7]] ______________

>>584911
6. Don't reply to GG just yet, because I mean that'll wake her up and that's not great.

Maybe then we can do 2, but leave a note for Polyphema so that she doesn't think you ditched her.

4

6 of course and we can hold off on 4 for now but it wouldn't hurt to see what kind of food she has laying around so we can get an idea on what to make when we start to make breakfast.

Oh and if you have a smart phone maybe you could check the news and or weather to see what the day will be like if to do nothing more then to kill time.

>>584922
You don't even need a smartphone to do that, just a cellphone that can connect to the internet.

>Her letters are all addressed to different names
Pff. Smile to yourself. Sneaky. Looks like she's been around long enough to collect a whole mess of aliases.

6, I guess? Still too early for breakfast, maybe.

>>584925
to me a smart phone is any phone that can be more then just a phone

>>584934
Cool story bro.

Anyway, 6, don't reply to anything unless it's life-or-death important.

>>584911
1

Enemy 2014/07/21(Mon)12:23 No. 585135 ID: 337362
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You check your phone.

Looks like it's going to be a hot one tomorrow. Or today, whatever. New York in the summer can get pretty heinous.
On the news you see the UK just illegalized skut-on-skut assassinations, which has been a hot-button issue there for a long time.

Nothing new and personal except an email from your sister with a youtube video called "vaporwave goat.wav" and GG's messages from last night.

>>585135
Watch the video, kill some time.

>>585136
What if it's a loud video? Better check it out later.

breakfast time

Go back to bed.

>>585135
...Your sister wasn't a part of the dream last night.
Was she at college or something? Or did your Dad survive the bullet, find you, and managed to live on and get a new wife, and ended up having another child?
I just originally imagined you lived with your Grandparents or uncle/aunt from then on, or grew up in a children's home/foster home at the least.

Watch video. Also look up the venture bros. Mecha Shiva clip.
Hmm, date idea, venture bros. marathon.

Also if Poly wakes up tell her that her internet access is unrestricted with no password and that's bad. Anybody can use her connection to do anything and it might fall on her... or we have a data plan. I forget people have data plans despite how expensive they are.

>>585161
>...Your sister wasn't a part of the dream last night.
Actually, she was. She was already at the school, though, so she had a free ticket into the bunker.
>I forget people have data plans despite how expensive they are.
...You can access the internet pretty cheap, actually. At least, the phone I have allows me to.

Enemy 2014/07/24(Thu)14:48 No. 585647 ID: 186341
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You watch it on mute. A goat brays in your face.

You crawl back into bed and kill a few minutes on Facebook as your eyelids droop.
The phone light plays across Polyphema's ribs as she breathes slow and even.

Eventually you turn the screen off and shuffle back under the covers. Polyphema sighs in her sleep and turns over, smushing her butt into your lap.
Her soft skin and your own fatigue overcome your anxiety quickly, and you're asleep again.

Enemy 2014/07/24(Thu)14:48 No. 585648 ID: 186341
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You wake up in the lazy, fuzzy way people do the day after a lot of booze and good sex.

Polyphema is sitting up in bed. She twists to the left and her back makes a very audible crunching noise.
"Morning," you say.
"Morning, doll." Polyphema twists the other way, eliciting another pop, and smiles at you. "Sleep well?"
"That sounds like it hurts," you say.
"It feels lovely." She stretches her spine out. "Ooh. I was about to find a shirt and some breakfast. How do you like your eggs?"

1]] Scrambled.
2]] Sunnyside up.
3]] I'll make breakfast.
4]] Suggest a brief delay in breakfast-making and shirt-finding.

A]] I slept fine.
B]] I actually didn't sleep all that well.

>>585648
Hmm. Let's talk about the dream over breakfast.

1,B.

The choices are to either outright lie, or to exaggerate?
2, C]] Woke up half way through the night, but went back to sleep shortly after. Pretty good sleep, all things considered.

2, A

no need to bring up the past

>>585652
The dream being different isn't exactly the far-flung past.

>>585648
4. Followed by 3.
C: Honesty. A nightmare woke you up, but after you went back to sleep you slept fine.

There are online translators, right? Stick those words into one of 'em to see what it tells you.

Enemy 2014/07/24(Thu)15:42 No. 585660 ID: 186341
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"Sunnyside up, thanks," you say, appreciating Polyphema bend over to check her drawers for a shirt. "I had kind of a crappy dream," you say. "so I woke up in the middle of the night."
"Oh, no!"
"But I got back to bed soon."
"Poor Zack." Polyphema pulls her shirt on. "I shall drown your bad memories in tasty chicken ova. Sit tight, doll."

She swans off to the kitchenette and you pull out your phone.


You feel a little weird thinking about this in the bed of the woman you just had sex with, but it's your job. Pick your next date.

>>585660
GG. We need our arms.

GG! :D

You never left. Dates not over till you're home and alone.

>>585660
Before your next date, look up the words in your dream.
Because you don't know what the words mean (if anything) that will help you determine if it's JUST a dream, or a memory. If it's gibberish then it's just a dream. If they translate to something then it's a memory.

GG. Now put the phone away, you can schedule it when you're home. Naughty Zach!

>>585670
I support this, but I'm also going to suggest GG for today

Can't leave GG hanging too long, but deciding on that's all that's needed for now. Worry about calling her after you've had your breakfast.

GG. We don't want to be dating any of the other girls yet. Especially since she already asked us out again.

GG, obviously. Also look up if they were mangled versions of other human languages like "Iyhm zorry" was.

Hmm, I can't help but feel that there was a cutscene we didn't get during the night, where Zach tells Polyphema about his dream. Hmm. Oh, well.

Welllll, as far as those words go, an obvious option is we could ask Polyphema about them...but we may or may not be comfortable broaching that whole can of worms with her. However, as for an online translation, it might not be possible to transcribe them, if you just remember what they sound like. Of course, you could always just try and see.

All that's left is to take a shower, relax, and get ready for the next date. If we don't have even a little not of down time we won't perform as well on the next date. Also, where should we take GG? A movie sounds too common but any suggestion would work I guess.

Enemy 2014/07/25(Fri)19:00 No. 585821 ID: 186341
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>>585670
There is absolutely no way you remember a bunch of alien gobbledygook from a dream you had hours ago well enough to reproduce it. You're not convinced you want to know.

You put your phone in your pocket and make a mental note to text GG later as you walk into the kitchen.

Polyphema puts a plate of two eggs in front of you, with a little bacon smile. She pours herself a bowl of cereal.

"You want an egg?" you ask.

"I'm perfectly fine, doll," she says. "Look." She tilts her bowl at you. It's cocoa pebbles. "Little vices. Shhh."

Enemy 2014/07/25(Fri)19:00 No. 585822 ID: 186341
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"And besides," she says, leaning against the counter. "You need to recover from that scary dream."

"I'm ok," you say. "I've had them before."
"Awww. Darling." Polyphema takes a bite of cocoa pebbles. "Well if there's anything I can do to help. Do you want to talk about it? Or maybe just your shirt back? Coffee? Shower fellatio? Orange juice?"

1]] Don't worry about it. It was just a dream.
2]] Maybe I would like to talk about it.
3]] I'll need that shirt back eventually.
4]] Coffee would be good.
5]] Shower what now?

1,3,5

maybe 4 if you're still tired.

i'll need that shirt ba- shower what now?

i think we should tell her some of the dream. it was an invader attack when you were younger.

Dammit, we cannot and will not keep getting flustered!

Coffee'd be fine.

>>585829
It's part of our charm. We're being playful.

"I mean, not much to talk about. Memory of an attack on my family, not the most cheerful time. Anyway, yeah I will need that shirt--wait, shower what?"

>>585822
TWOOOOOOO By which I mean say it's just a recurring nightmare, but it was different tonight- ask if Oculots have some sort of dream sharing thing.

5, while grinning so she knows that we know. Nothing chases the bad dreams away better than beautiful woman.

>>585822
"I'd like to talk about it. Eventually, I mean. The first date you're supposed to at least pretend everything's beer and skittles; shocking reveals and tragic backstories are more of a third-date kind of thing."

Attempt to take her up on all the other offers at once. It will be entertaining and memorable, at least.

Hey, she doesn't get to know everything about you, either. Take her up on all five offers, with the possible exception of orange juice, and you know perfectly well what she said.

>>585838
I'll call this 2.1.
2.1, 3, 4, "5?"
Like, after 2.1, "I'll need the shirt back eventually, but for now, a cup of joe certainly would hit the spot. And are you serious about the shower?"
Maaaybe something along the lines of "You keep offering these things for me, you'll have to give me a chance to return the favor, you know." As in, offering cunnilingus.

Hmm, you could return the mysteriousness with something like, "Maybe I'll tell you about the dream someday."

>>585838
Ooh, I like it. Keeping tidbits from each other as rewards is fantastic chemistry, and it certainly goes towards repaying her for the all the effort she's put into being Miss Tyrious all yesterday, and certainly for the forseeable future. And let's be honest, there are parts of her past she will likely not tell us for some time. Dark parts. It could be important for her to know we're not only willing to share the cards we've been dealt some day, but that we know the game, and how it's played.

>>585872
I like this idea.

Also 135.

Dude, you never take back your shirt when the girl who you had *fun* with last night AND made you breakfast wants to wear it. Maybe shouldn't take it back at all.

1, 3, 5.

Enemy 2014/07/27(Sun)22:29 No. 586329 ID: 186341
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"Coffee would be wonderful. What was that one you mentioned after that?"
"Orange juice?"
"Maybe I'll tell you about the dream someday," you say.
"Maybe?" Polyphema cocks an eyebrow.
"Maybe."
"Are you sure there's no way I can get it out of you?"
"Hmmm." You scratch your neck. "Not today. Can I get that shirt off of you?"
Polyphema grins and shrugs it off her right shoulder. "I don't know," she says. "Can you?"

After a shower you have no idea what you did to deserve Polyphema gives you your shirt back, and kisses you at the door.
"Don't be a stranger, Zack," she says. "My door, schedule, and legs are always open to you."
You kiss her back. "You're a hell of a woman, Polyphema. I'm going to find out what I should actually call you."
"I don't give a damn what you care to call me," Polyphema says. "Just call me, doll."
She closes the door and your second date is officially over.

You recall that it's your turn to pick where you and GG go.

>>586329
Given that there are a large number of Visitor immigrants, I would expect they brought along their own traditional forms of entertainment - albeit altered to comply with local laws.
Check out when there's going to be a Warrior almost-bloodsport of some kind and ask if she'd be interested in going.

>>586329
Isn't this going to be a Warrior Date? We gotta take her somewhere WE enjoy.

...uh what does Zack enjoy though?

Bowling?

Take her out to the china smashing place. Where you pay to smash plates and not-so-fine china.

>>586329
>>586332
How about teaching GG a bit of parkour? Its active and she might like something that uses manurverability rather than strength.

Take her to this:

http://luchavavoom.com/videos/

>>586332
I think this is another moment where we fill in the blanks for Zack. Hm.

Any beaches nearby?

>>586348
This gets my vote, by virtue of being the Raddest Option.

>>586348
That does seem pretty cool.

>>586329
Some activity and a casual lunch

>>586348
This sounds like the best idea.

>>586348
Fucking perfect. something you can likely beat her in, too.

If we are going to do the parkour route we need think of am few things. Firstly, where are we going? Likely a park of some kind. Then what? A light lunch or have dinner? ....Then what? What activity will be next? Anything? Will we take it to the next level? Of course dialogue and curve balls are expected but we can handle those. Ideas everyone?

>>586391
>>586350
Parkour at the beach, with a cooler lunch? Unless the beach has a lesser reputation about things like that. If it'll get stolen then it's better to have plans to go elsewhere. Some lunch place nearby that doesn't mind the bit of sand from beachgoers. Maybe a beachside stand itself.

>Zack and GG jumping around like loons yelling "Parkour!"
The best plan.

GG bowling is a thing that I have to see.

If there's an old industrial park or some abandoned residential blocks just outside city limits, those'd be perfect to practice some le parkour, but what are the odds of that? A beach sounds better for beginner parkour stuff, but you'd need plenty of obstacles to use that also aren't people. Accidentally decking people is fun once in a while, but I can't see being floored by 8+ feet of flying warrior going over well with any beach-goers.
Note, we probably want to make sure whatever we're clambering all over is as strong as GG is.

Enemy 2014/07/29(Tue)22:45 No. 586817 ID: 186341
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Beach parkour sounds like a fantastic idea and you know just the spot. It's on Long Island and you'd have to take the rail but who cares.

You wonder if you should invite Alan and the usual gaggle of idiots along. Normally this would be an obvious no-no on a date but you get the feeling GG would like them and parkour-ing is bolstered by groups.

1]] Yeah. Call them. You haven't hung out enough lately anyway.
2]] No. This is a date, dingus.

>>586817
Does this gaggle of idiots like aliens? If no, just do 2. If yes, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah, sure, but only for the parkour. After the parkour stuff you and GG gotta do something as a couple.

>>586817
Call GG and ask if she would be down for it. We aren't forbidden from seeing her outside of formal dates, and this is something she might enjoy.
Besides that? Introducing her to your friends is a show of respect.

1, I think. You can always extend the date, do something else after, if you want 1 on 1 time.

>>586817
3)Ask GG first

Asking GG first would be letting her have control! This date is going to be more in tune with Warrior customs, remember?

On board with yes but ask GG first. Try to be all like hi how are you doin? Then ask if she would be okay wit- hey wait a sec guys. This is a WARRIOR date! Let's just TELL her that we are bringing them along. (Let's ask in conversation to confirm that this is indeed a warrior date and if so just say ''alright well I'm bring some friends along for a bit'')
Mind you that the idiots should only be around for the parkour, which will probably last for a couple hours having parkour and maybe drinks on the beach. Then we will get changed and do dinner is my vote.

>>586882
Yeah, this is good.

>ask her
Warrior date. Shouldn't we be taking control?

>>586817
1

>>586882
Yeah, tell her you're bringing some friends along for the parkour, but that they'll only be a part of the group for it.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Before you invite any friends on any date with a Warrior, You need to CALL all of them and MAKE SURE they aren't racist against Visitors. Considering what happened, it isn't an uncommon trait, and it would make the date super awkward!

1, assuming your friends aren't xenophobic. Definitely don't ask GG first.

1 if they are cool. Judging by Alan, most of them should be, and I doubt we would have considered it if not. Maybe we can also play in the water after parkour. Imagine all of us on each other's shoulders again GG playing chicken.

1. Sounds like it'll be a great time, you can stay on a bit afterwards and I think the bigger group will help if GG's having any trouble getting the hang of it.

Enemy 2014/08/17(Sun)17:37 No. 589916 ID: 186341
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You message Gary:
>Gary do you want to hardcore parkour?
i am always down to hardcore parkour.
>What if I bring my date along?
who's the date?
>A warrior lady
youre dating a warrior? wtf
>Its my job now, remember?
oh. word. is she cool?
>She's pretty cool.
cool that she's cool. where at?
>I was thinking we take the LIRR to long beach and like hit up that abandoned hotel thing.
abandoned what?
>Alan found it a while ago.
idk, the lirr? i'm poor & their prices are bullshit.
>You want me to pay? The USA will comp me.
omg. yes. i want to steal tax dollars. keep me posted.

You message Alan:
>Al. Alaman. Alamanalan.
Bra if you ask me to borrow the car again I'm going to deck you
>No I was wondering if you wanted 2parkour2nite
O! Sick
Yeah obviously. Its been 2long2handle. Hotel?
>Yea. Beach bonfire after maybe?
I like it. I'll call my peeps.
>BTW I'm bringing GG my date along.
GGs the warrior, right?
>Ye
Yooo I want to meet her. Warrior chicks are hot.
>You like warrior girls?
>Wow hidden depths Alan
Musclegirls are my fetish.
>Gross
bra wanna /ss/
>Gross Alan
Don't worry I won't seduce her.
>Tyvm
Tho it would be easy for me. Because I own a car.
>You need to stop basing your personality around that

You message Anika:
>Anika me and alan and gary are parkouring with my Warrior date tonight.
Are you inviting me?
>Ye
Yaaas!
Obviously I'm not doing any parkour but I want to meet your weird Kirky conquests.
And I love watching you guys fall on your faces.
>Youre doing parkour tonight. We're going to make you
Noooo
>Yes
Where?
>Long Beach.
Ew. Guidos.
>No its this like abandoned hotel place Alan found from the aughts. Theres like no one around because of how sketchy it looks.
Sketchy abandoned places? Yaaas you should have led in with that!
I'll bring my camera!

You message GG.
What do you write?

>>589916
"You know parkour? The french martial art of running away with style and grace? I got some friends together to do that at an abandoned hotel. You in?"

>Its my job now, remember?
Man that was an ironclad nda, huh.

Message her that alright, she convinced you to see her again, but that she's not going to get the full upper hand here. You're going for a parkour, first. As anybody who's been parkouring knows, it's no good to have just two people, so you're bringing a few friends along. Tell her you'd like to see how quick she picks it up, maybe she can start showing off and strongarm you into letting her take over a bit.

Long Beach? Guidos? Must be Long Beach, New York.

Enemy 2015/02/19(Thu)11:24 No. 625640 ID: 186341
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You text GG.

>hey hey gg
Z Z topppp
whats up dude??
>So you convinced me to hang out again
oh yea?
that was easy ;)
where 2, stud?
>Some friends and i were going to long beach to parkour. You want in?
parkour!!!! absolutely
i want 2 meet ur friends
>They want to meet you
r there any mormon priests on long beach?
>We can see when we get there.
count me in
>Meet at penn @ 7?
k def see u then ;*
i need to make sure i dont crush my windpipe ttyl
>L8r sk8r

Date arranged.
You wonder how you should dress for it/what you should bring.

1]] It's a date. Clean up.
2]] It's parkour and you need to impress her. Get ready to sweat.
3]] It's the beach. Bring a swimsuit and some flipflops and stuff.
4]] _________

A]] Bring your own sweet self.
B]] Bring some booze.
C]] Text your friends to bring some stuff for a bbq.
D]] Text your friends to bring some stuff for a bonfire.
E]] _________

2, but get your good boxers on because if the swimming's on you'll be swimming in them.

a bonfire sounds nice. booze sounds nice. bonfire+booze+parkour sounds like horrible life-changing crippling injury.

2
b & d
a hard invigorating date followed by drinking and a bon fire. Worse ways to spend a day. Just make sure you bring the booze so when everyone else gets ready for the bon fire your not the only one who cheeped out.

2. If you're not dressed to be able to parkour, that kind of defeats the purpose. And you can do beach stuff and swim in anything.

And d.

>>625640
E) bring some stuff for a bbq yourself put it on your sweet gov'm't monies

Definitely food, too. I get so hungry after physical activity, and she looks like she can put away the calories, to be honest.

Enemy 2015/02/19(Thu)22:15 No. 625728 ID: 186341
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You text your friends to bring stuff for a bonfire and then throw a few hot dogs and a bunch of brews into a beach bag.
Haute Cuisine at Taverna this is not, but GG is not Polyphema.

Your friends are waiting at Penn Station.
"Duder," Alan says.
"Duder," you say.
"Where's your date?" Anika asks.

"If I had to guess it would be the nine foot red woman," Gary says.

"Zaaaack!"
There's that familiar zh lilt on the first letter of your name.

You turn to see GG elbow her way (and she has a lot of elbow to throw) through the crowd that follows her most places. She's wearing a complicated sports bra and a tank top she's shredded to support her abundance of toned arms. "Hey, boy."

"You lucky fuckass," Alan whispers. "You're getting paid two hundred thousand bucks? You lucky fuckass."

"We'll see how lucky he is when he's putting ice on his trouser snake tomorrow morning," Gary says.

"Ready to get your ass kicked at Par-lor by a girl while your friends all watch?" GG asks.

1]] Tell her it is her who is going to get her ass kicked
2]] Affirm that you are ready to get your ass kicked
3]] Point out that it's "Parkour"
4]] Tell her you've missed her
5]] Pay for her train ticket and get out of there because it's in open Penn Station and everyone's staring again
6]] ____________

>>625728
1 and 3.

what's in the bag, steaks?

>>625728
6) "Gravity is a girl? It's going to kick all of our asses today. Gravity is always the winner in parkour. And youtube watchers when we upload all of our dumb failures at looking cool.

Parkour is about falling, and failing, with style."

>>625731
You know what, just use the upper parts in natural conversation when you inevitabley have to explain parkour to her.

You CAN respond that Parkour's about falling with style though. So you'll look good while getting your ass kicked by gravity, and that's what counts.

Unless, GG, you're prepared to kick Gravity's ASS!

>Par-lor
Give a chuckle, and tell her that you're sure she can beat you at Parlor, but that you'll kick her ass at Parkour in the mean time.

2, or possibly that 6 that Dirtbag came up with.

I mean come on, this woman is literally twice the athlete you are. There may be a learning curve to this sport, but it ain't THAT steep.

Enemy 2015/02/19(Thu)23:47 No. 625737 ID: 186341
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"Gravity is going to be the one kicking my ass," you say. "And all our asses. You don't have a camera in that thing, do you? Because documenting this shit is half the fun."

"I got one on my phone," GG says. She pats her bag. "This is some snacks, some clothes, a bikini, a lotta water... oh, and a first aid kit."
"Good thinking," you say.
"It has plenty of ointment," she says. "For when I kick your ass."
"At parlor or parkour?" you ask.
"Ooops," GG says. "Shut up."
"Just clarifying."

"How long have you been here, GG?" Annika asks, as you find seats on the LIRR.
"Since I was like 16," GG says. "My family was like the first wave. Pre-truce-tying."
"Not a lot of warriors then," Gary says. "Wasn't it mostly oculot exiles?"
"We take convincing to stop rippin' shit up," GG says. "My dad could see the writing on the wall, though. And he loved tanks. There's a big diagram of an Abrams on the wall of our kitchen. I think he thought maybe they'd give him one."
"Did they?" you ask.
"Nah. He'd never fit."

"Jakara."
A big Warrior man stops on the way to his seat and leans on GG's. "Jakara, saropa."
"Jakara," GG says.
They talk a little. GG seems a little terse. You make out your name.
"He says he didn't think humans had the guts to date warriors," GG says.
"Is that all he says?"
"I'm leaving out a lot of stuff about your arms," she says. "He thinks I'd be more comfortable with him. His necklace is real graggiik teeth."
"Meyebe you and me, vhe zhtep outsite," says the big Warrior. "Vhe Haltaka, yea?" He laughs a guttural laugh.
"What's Haltaka?" you ask.
"It's dumb," GG says. "It's a fight over mates. He's just teasing you."

1]] Ignore it. You can take teasing.
2]] Invite him to sit with you.
3]] Let's haltaka, big guy.
4]] Leave her alone.
5]] Leave her alone or I'm calling security.
6]] Mock him back.
7]] _____________

1. "Nah, you're the one going to get her ass kicked at Parkour."

>>625745
Well fuck, that's what I get for not refreshing first.

6. Ask him if he's so weak he has to get his dates beating up a human.

>>625747
OH SHIT ICE BURN
Maybe a bit less provocative would be "Challenging a human? Isn't that like taking candy from a baby?"

>>625749
Oh and tell him you're very flattered but you're not going to be his boyfriend just because he can beat you up. After all, warrior dating is about the winner taking the loser. It sounds like he was asking Zack out, hey?

Enemy 2015/02/20(Fri)00:48 No. 625753 ID: 186341
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"Ask him if he gets all his dates beating up something with a third his weight and half the arms," you say. "Isn't that kind of taking candy from a baby?"

"It is tekk candy from little ant baby."
Evidently he knows more English than he let on because he's immediately up in your face. "Mebbe I show you. Hah?"
The grin hasn't dropped off his face. He's enjoying this.

GG is looking at you both with undisguised fascination. So are your friends, although they're also kind of freaking out.

The conductor in the other car has stopped punching tickets and is starting to hustle your way.

1]] Stand up. Get right back in this guy's face.
2]] Try to calm him down. It was just a joke.
3]] Let the conductor break this up.
4]] ___________

hahaha oh wow, we are so boned

Tell him the only "Haltaka" you're going to do is Parkour. You can prove who's stronger against Gravity.

Challenge him to parkour if he's up to it. See what the conductor does.

1. He won't be able to do anything TOO violent on the train with everyone looking and it will get GG wet as fuck.

>>625760
He might be willing to risk it, and Zack might get in shit too if he escalates.

Warriors, remember? Tough it out.

1, sortof.

You know, while he is calling you weak, I'm not sure he's doing so in a hateful way.
"If I was an ant I would be red, have six limbs, and be able to lift up to 5000 times my own body weight. Then you'd be in trouble, buddy."

Enemy 2015/02/20(Fri)01:35 No. 625767 ID: 186341
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You stand up.
"If I was an ant," you say, "I would be red, have six limbs, and be able to lift 5000 times my body weight. And if I met a dude on the train and wanted to Haltaka him or whatever, I'd do it with something fair. You ever heard of parkour?"

He laughs.

Then he headbutts you in the face.

OW
You're not bleeding or anything but you see stars. It's more surprising than painful (although it is painful).

1]] Headbutt him back!
2]] Kick him in the nuts or something! Fight dirty!
3]] Fall over safely and cover your head!
4]] Get that conductor the fuck over here!
5]] GG/friends help me aaah

Oh, more surprise than pain? A love tap, then. Or he's just seeing how far he can go.

Headbutt him back, then.

>>625768
Fighting dirty is an option now? Might as well... Zack, does what you know about Warriors suggest they're big on honor and/or fairness or just winning?

Hmm. I'm thinking just standing our ground might be a good option, here. Depends. We don't want to get into an actual fight, because we'd clearly lose, "fun" or no. If you're confident in your parkour skills, you could challenge him to parkour...but that could mean he's hanging around all day, messin' up your date.

>>625768
I think you have the right of it. Not being unconscious means he doesn't actually want to seriously injure Zack.

>>625771
Probably best now that I think of it. Changing my vote to this.

>>625771
>challenge him to parkour
You know... I think he found something "fair" to challenge us to. Warriors are much stronger than humans, but it's mostly in their arms, right? Headbutting might be a fair contest. Or at least, not quite as stacked in his favor (Warriors still have really durable faces/heads, if Zack's dream is any indication)

Don't physically fight back, he's stronger (kicking him in the balls or anywhere else will probably hurt our foot more than his balls). If we want to 'win', we have to do it the way we did with GG, before. Tricksy, not strong.

Best response I can think of is to laugh at the absurdity of it all. We can't beat him up, but we can take the power out of his challenge slash act of dominance by not taking it seriously.

>>625767
I'm all for getting back up and saying how that didn't hurt very much, and just generally being defiant. Gotta show strength and not get in a fight.

"No no no, parkour is about running and jumping, not headbutting.

... Ah fuck it, you aren't getting it, huh."

Headbutt him back.

>>625771
Yeah, he's not actually fighting us. If he were, that headbutt would've caved our skull in. He's testing our nerve. Headbutt him back after saying something clever.

"I may have lost a few braincells but I think this might be a good idea."

Headbutt. But in a friendly manner.

"What's your name, friend?"

Never start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy.

Enemy 2015/02/20(Fri)12:25 No. 625824 ID: 186341
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You try to think of something funny to say but you can't off the top of your wounded head, so you headbutt him back.
It's like banging your head on a brick wall.

The warrior laughs even harder and steps back.
"Saropa brihganrka ekka!" he says.

"HEY," the conductor says, grabbing the warrior by the shoulder. "Hey excuse me. Don't make me throw you off the train." And then as if he hadn't just seen your counterattack, he says, "Is this guy bothering you, sir?"

1]] Yeah. Get him away from me.
2]] Where were you ten seconds ago?
3]] No. We're friends.
4]] Not anymore he isn't.
5]] It's a warrior thing. You wouldn't understand.
6]] You're acting like I didn't hit him back.
7]] _____________

>>625824
4 and 6.

3 and 6
Yes, I want to totally say we're friends with this warrior dude.

Man, come on, you know when you fight a warrior you get its respect. You got GG's when you won yesterday's date. This dude totally just became your bro. They're like Saiyan's man. From New Jersey.

"Nah, man, we're friends. The headbutts are a warrior thing. Wouldn't recommend it if you haven't hit your head against pavement a bunch of times, though."
All that parkour failing pays off here, thankfully. Hitting your head against a brick wall will still hurt, but not as much as without experience.

Nah man, just first bumping. Skull bumping. Whatever, it's cool.

>>625830
This sounds like a good plan of action.

1.

We have got to learn to stop starting shit.

>>625917
That's a funny joke

>>625917
voting negativo to one. This guy's the racism.
Also adding a vote to plan "NAAAAAH THIS GUY'S A BRO, LOVE THIS GUY DUDE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOOOOW"

5) You see obviously fist bumps aren't fair with a warrior and a human because they have four hands so you two were trying some alternatives.

Enemy 2015/02/21(Sat)14:35 No. 626017 ID: ab35a6
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"No no no," you say. "This guy's my
oof
my friend. Love this guy."
"He attacked you, sir."
"It's a warrior fistbump. Skullbump. Can you chill?"
GG and your friends are trying not to laugh.
"Vhe broze," says the Warrior.

The conductor glares at both of you, then punches everyone's tickets and moves on.

"You iz all right, saropa," laughs the Warrior. "Merheslka eska saropa!" He gives you a punch on the shoulder that makes your forearm numb.
"Thanks," you say. He laughs again and leaves.
"What's your name?" you call. He just raises a fist as he changes cars.

"That was fuckin' awesome, Z," GG says. "I was worried for a second. You handled that like a warrior."
"You got a shiner the size of an apple," Annika observes.
"Shiners are sexy," GG says.
"You fuckass," whispers Alan.

Enemy 2015/02/21(Sat)14:35 No. 626018 ID: ab35a6
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It's refreshingly brisk on the beach. The wind rolls in off the water and brings a fresh breeze with it. Before the War this place would probably be crowded as hell on a night like this.

Some of Alan's friends are already here, and there's a good bonfire going.
The hulk of the abandoned hotel is dark against the evening sky.

What first?
1]] Parkour!
2]] Drink by the bonfire!
3]] Eat by the bonfire!
4]] Walk on the beach!
5]] Swim!

>>626018
Hope you brought enough water. Parkour first!

1.

Parkour es numero uno!
1!

Parkour, provided you haven't thrown off your balance with the head injury and all. Start simple before trying something stupidly dangerous.

Enemy 2015/02/21(Sat)16:07 No. 626033 ID: ab35a6
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Any illusions you may have had about beating this four-armed warrior girl at parkour are quickly, brutally shattered.

She moves like poetry and when she jumps you can almost feel the takeoff as the foundations of the old place shake.
"You haven't done this before?" you call after her.
"Not with the foofy name." GG effortlessly vaults a railing. "This is awesome!"
"Have you fallen on your ass yet?" Annika calls. "I'm not recording!"
"Come on, Zack!" Gary yells. "Rep the Earth!"

GG scampers up a wall like a muscular spider. "Earth's a buncha chumps!

Enemy 2015/02/21(Sat)16:07 No. 626034 ID: ab35a6
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She vaults an impossible distance and ends up on the top of another section ahead of you.

She turns around and calls across the remarkably wide gap, "Jump for it!"

"That jump is massive," you say. You look down. The fall is like fifteen feet, although the landing is a slope soft enough that you might be OK.
You're not sure if you've ever jumped this far before.
Maybe it's doable?
You're not an expert. You kicked a priest.
"Rep the Earth! Rep the Earth!" Gary is chanting.
"You guys are going to break all your bones," Annika says.
"C'mon, biiiitch!" GG yells. "If you make it I give up!"
"Was this a competition?" you say.
"It is now!"

1]] Take a running start and GO FOR IT!
2]] Take a running start and brace for a fall.
3]] GG this is stupid. You know I can't make it.
4]] I give up. You win.

>>626034
The world record is 26 feet, 8 inches. If that picture is somehow to scale it's like... 20 feet. You would need a lifetime of training and lucky genetics to have a chance of making it.

Jump and brace for it. No way you can back down after headbutting a Warrior.

Tell her to get ready to catch you, jump for it.

>>626034
Jump down then walljump off the wall to give you more horizontal distance, it works in video games. (this won't actually work)

Jump but brace for failure. It's the smart thing to do.

Jump, and hope for the best, but prepare for a fall. GG has likely won, and you should accept that, but don't just give in like a wimp, either.

I honestly can't decide if we can make this or if we can't...I think what we should say is something like this:
"If I don't make it, you're going to have to help me GG."
then, number 1. We GO FOR IT! FULL STEAM AHEAD!!!

Enemy 2015/02/21(Sat)17:06 No. 626054 ID: ab35a6
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With an eye for rolling with the inevitable punch, you take a few steps back, and leap for it.
When it becomes apparent you're not going to make it you start to tuck in and brace yourself

when three big red arms catch you and pull you up.

"Gotcha," GG says. Her fingers dig into your chest a little. "I win."
"I didn't even know this was a contest," you say.
"That just made it easier." GG puts you down.
"What have you won?"
"You," she says. "And I am a hungry overlord. Toast me a weenie."

1]] Toast it yourself.
2]] Toast her some weenies.
3]] I challenge you to something else.
4]] Suggest a different means of repayment.

>2]] Toast her some weenies.
All hail the overlord. Weenies for the lord!

>3
...start plotting something to get back later in the night.

>4
We're around friends and they have a camera. Let's avoid grossing them out.

>>626054
Tell her you'll give her all the sausage she wants.

>>626056
See >>626055
Toast her the weenies. She's earned them. While you're doing it, ask her about names.

"So there's something I've been wondering about. Are humans the weird ones for telling everyone our names? I only know you as GG, that guy from earlier didn't tell me his name, and the other Visitors I've met haven't been forthcoming either. I'm fine with GG, you're great as GG, but I'm curious. Is GG your name, the closest translation, or just your public handle? Are we the weird ones for sharing our names to anyone who asks?"

Enemy 2015/02/21(Sat)18:02 No. 626061 ID: ab35a6
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"So I've been wondering," you say. "A bunch of visitors haven't been telling me their names. Is that a thing?"
"Mmm?" GG swallows her hot dog. "What do you mean?"
"That guy on the train earlier didn't tell me his name. Visitors haven't really been forthcoming about them."
"Well like names mean a lot to us," GG says. "You have your birth name, your Kariket name, and your free name."
"What's the difference?"
"Birth is the name your parents give you, then the Kariket gives you one when you go into servitude," GG says. "Then your free one is the one you choose."
"What's servitude?"
"Every kid owes a debt to the Kariket for being allowed birth," GG says.
"The Kariket. That's that king, right?"
"Yah." GG shifts. "It sounds really terrible but usually it's just, like, symbolic. Like a lot of places they say that your debt is your education, and when you get out of school you get your own name. But you have to earn it. And also your freedom. Then you get your name."
"Did you pick GG?"
"Not exactly." GG inches closer to the fire. "My family emigrated earlier. I never got my own naming ceremony and the Kariket obviously strips the name off anyone who flees. Which is fine. It's always just some Oculot sounding thing like Varikesh or something."
"Where does GG come from?"
"My birth name," she says. "It's, uh, Grightogot Grzgkahk."
"Grigtogot--"
"Gright. Like exhale before the T."
"Grightogot Grzgkahk?"
She giggles. "You sound like a chicken saying it."
"Is that why you went with GG?"
"Yeah," she said. "It makes me seem more... girly. I don't know. Sometimes I feel like I'm not girly enough. And since I don't have a free name, whatever. Free names are the ones people try to hold on to. It's not, like, taboo to tell them really but like it's kind of like showing someone your bellybutton. You know?"

1]] You seem girly enough to me.
2]] Do you regret not getting your free name?
3]] Tell me more about your family.
4]] Tell me more about emigration.
5]] Tell me more about the Kariket.
6]] Change the subject.
7]] Suggest a swim or a walk or something.
8]] Drink some beer.
9]] Offer some beer to GG.

I'm really curious about emigration, to be honest. Good to know for the job. Like, what it TOOK to get here and live peacefully.

1 and ask her to tell you what she wants you to know.

1. C'mon, you moved like a pretty little ballerina out there.

>>626067
I might pick an descriptive phrase more like "lithe" or "graceful".

I guess I also suggest
1) Are we talkin' warrior girlly or human girly here? I'm no expert at warrior girly, but you are definitely human girly. I mean, it's Xena brand girly, or a limited edition Proffesional Wrestler Barbie girly. Nice locks of hair, healthy, and you know what looks good on you. In this case, exercise clothes.

You know, GG, what would a Parkour Barbie look like anyway? Mattel really has to get working on a Parkour and Wrestler Barbie line. Empower the young girls to look up the athleticism and insane over-dramatic soap operas.

>>626061
WHIP OFF YOUR SHIRT AND SHOW EVERYONE YOUR BELLYBUTTON...Maybe leap into the water...or not, whatever.

"I think I mentioned this before, but you're already girly, in that half-amazonian way. How's about a new tradition, though? Earth names. I'm not saying you should just get your name, that wouldn't really be fair, but you could totally earn a name here, by earning some rep with a group or something. Hell, you're well on your way with us, already!"

>>626124
I think this might be phrased better as nicknames. Time to tell her about you and your friends' nicknames.

Moose for Gary after that one Anchorage parkour incident with the moose, The Holy Diver after you kicked that priest in the head, and whatever other nicknames your friends have.

Enemy 2015/02/22(Sun)21:42 No. 626219 ID: e30e12
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"You're girly enough," you say.
"Y'think?"
"I do."
"Thanks."
"What was Emigration like?" you ask.
"Nothing we couldn't handle," GG says. "Middle of the night we just packed up and left. There were these agents you guys had on the other side by then. Oculots, mostly. My dad got in touch with one through a friend at work and we met them out in a field somewhere. We couldn't breathe a word to the neighbors. The rough part was the crossing. Some refugees, their agents were actually Royalists in disguise, and they'd close them partway through and they'd all get ripped to shreds. My mom was gripping my shoulder so hard I've still got the bruises I think."
"Are you happier here?" you ask.
The fire reflects in amber on GG's eyes.
"I think so," she says. "The food is a lot fucking better if you can get enough of it. And it's nice to have some control over my life. Sometimes it's kind of hard. People understood us better back home. Sometimes I just want to like punch something in public, y'know? Without everyone looking at me."
"I thought you liked being intimidating," you say.
"I think I do. I don't know." She shrugs. "I'm starting to think I just liked being liked. People liked how scary I was. The eyes here are different. The places. So many tight spaces. So coiled up. I don't know how you guys get release."
Her hand is on your lower back. Her palm is even hotter than the warmth coming off the fire. "You really think I'm girly?" she says, in a voice softer than you've ever heard her use.
"Sure. It's like Xena warrior princess slash amazon girly."
"Like how?" She scoots closer.
"Like you have nice hair, and you were all graceful out at the hotel."
"Graceful." She says it a little like grazeful.
"Yeah," you say. "And you know what looks good on you."
"It looks pretty good off me too," she says, quiet enough that other people don't hear.

1]] Gently but firmly remove her hand.
2]] Reciprocate.
3]] Suggest you wouldn't mind seeing proof.
4]] Suggest you two swim.
5]] Suggest you two find somewhere secluded where you can get into swimwear.
6]] Suggest you two get out of there.
7]] Keep asking about her past.
8]] Keep making smalltalk/weenies at the fire.
9]] Drink some beer.

>>626219
2,4.... wouldn't 4 necessitate 5?

9 and 4, though after the "were swimming" fun wears off keep pressing her on her past and acclimation to being here. Also, you are gonna have to consider how you are gonna pleasure a massive amazon woman who's probably into rough sex.

I am into the idea of skinny dipping.

>>626220
How innocent.

Anyway, 9 and 4 are good. When you get a chance, say you usually get your release in private or places where society's rules don't apply the same, like screaming at concerts or something.

2, 4, 5.5. Maybe find somewhere secluded to skinny dip, as long as she doesn't mind sudden cold water.

Enemy 2015/02/23(Mon)00:27 No. 626258 ID: e30e12
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You let your hand wander across the sand to her lower back, around where the steel-hard muscle starts to have some softness to it.
"I'm not trying to start a competition again," you say. "But I like to think I've surprised people."
You grab a beer. She does the same.
"'I'm not trying to start a competition' isn't in the Warrior vocabulary," she says.
"How do you have a nudity competition?" you ask.
"Gimme a few more minutes and a few more brews and I'll find a way," GG says.

"Have you ever skinnydipped?" you ask.

"What's skinnydip mean?" She's already half-done with her beer before you've even popped the top.
"You don't have skinnydipping?"
"It sounds violent," she says.
"It's swimming sans swimsuit," you say.
"We just call that swimming naked," GG says. "Are you asking if I wanna skinnydip?"
"You were wondering how we get our release," you say. "This is a cultural exchange program."
"I like cultural exchange." GG gets up. "C'mon. Show me a good spot."

You lead her away from the bonfire and onto a dock a quarter of a mile or so out. The little grains of sand grit your feet against the old boards.
"Don't look," GG says.
"Absolutely not," you say.
You hear the quiet hiss of her athletic shorts sliding down her long legs.
"I brought my bikini all special for you and everything," she says. "Y'know how hard it is to find a bikini for someone with 4 arms?"
"What do you guys do instead?"
"This," says GG, and rockets past you. You get a blink of curved, bright red posterior before she crashes into the water. She leaves a pile of clothes behind. You're drunk enough you can't help but look; she was wearing lacy blue boyshorts.

"GodDAMN," she says, coming up from below the water. "This is cold as fuck." She looks up at the shore to you. "Your turn, dude."
"Don't look again," you say.
"I won the parkour," GG says. "I'mma look."

1]] Hey. Obey the rules of the skinnydip.
2]] Whatever. Strip and dive gracefully.
3]] Cannonball with an eye to splash the hell out of her.
4]] I'm actually good on shore.
5]] I have your clothes right here. The position of power has shifted the other way.
6]] ____________

>>626258
1. She got her roasted weiners. One competition one reward, right?

Maybe also 5. Hmm.

Either 3 or 5.