No More Eros

[Shadow Phoenix]

Ninja : abscond!

Witch : drop some allusions about the content of the folder. With heavy subtext

[Cresent]

Hey, it's count bleck! What are you doing here?

> Ninja: Utterly ignore this whackjob. Focus on catching Takeshi.

> Witch: Exposit on other games you have been part of.

[Daedalus]

Thief> Steal Takeshi right now, without moving.

[Zolen]

>Witch: Turn out to have amazing levels of advice in how he can hide his dirty secrets better, to the point that it sounds like she is hiding a nuke somewhere.

>Average Student: Tell the witch how you gained a tech girl to help you with your amazing plan to hack the game.

>Average Student: Have a amazing plan to hack the game.

[Hellis]

Thief "I would prove it by stealing your bra. But you are to flatchested to wear one"

[The One Guy]

Ninja: discover that the Thief has stolen your mask.

Thief: discover that the Ninja has stolen your mask.

Both: awkwardly blush.

[Razorhead]

This might be completely unrelated, but 'Mirai' means 'future' in Japanese.

[Grug]

> Someone: Do Something Interesting

[DairunCates]

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This might be completely unrelated, but 'Mirai' means 'future' in Japanese.

It's also a type of Watermelon. So, you know. It could just be a bad pun about her chest size or one of several other Mirai puns.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirai

>Ninja: Utterly ignore this whackjob. Focus on catching Takeshi.

Thief: You're not? Not even a little?
Ninja: I don't have time for silly little tricks. All you've done is distract me from my goal for a mere second. Get in my way again, and I'll destroy you. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll just take Takeshi and...

>Thief: Actually be quite smooth and effectual.


Ninja: ...go?

>Thief: Steal Takeshi right now, without moving.


Ninja: Oh. You're dead.
Thief: Still not impressed? Not a problem. I've dealt with colder audiences.

>Ninja: BUT WHAT IF YOU WERE...

Ninja: WHERE IS HE, YOU LITTLE-
Thief: Tsk tsk. That's not the question you should be asking.
Ninja: What SHOULD I be asking then?
Thief: You SHOULD be asking...




Thief: How I got this without you noticing.
Ninja: Why should I care?
Thief: Well, it IS yours, young lady.

>Ninja: discover that the Thief has stolen your mask?

Ninja: How did you steal my mask without me noticing?
Thief: Closer. But this isn't your mask. No. I am a thief of love. I only steal lovely things. Anything that hides YOUR face is lovelier where it is. This... How do I put it? This is a bit...


Thief: ...Lower.


Ninja: Oh...
Thief: That was admittedly harder than I expected, but really only because I expected a ninja with a low-cut top to be wearing something a little more action-friendly. Any reason you're wearing something so lacy while out on the job?
Ninja: I... But... You...
Thief: They don't call me a MASTER Thief for nothing. If you're still not impressed, I can show you the trick where I get a girl's shirt off without even touching her. That is, of course, after dinner and a movie first. Interested?

>Ninja: Abscond!



Thief: Aww... Too much, huh? And we had such a repartee going. Oh well. I had my fun. That should've been enough distraction to get that blonde guy home.

>Witch: Turn out to have amazing levels of advice in how he can hide his dirty secrets better, to the point that it sounds like she is hiding a nuke somewhere.


Witch: Look. If it bugs you that much, you could try using a file-sharing site as temporary storage, but you'd have to keep track of the links and make sure not to make them public. An external hard-drive might also be helpful, but you'd have to make sure never to lose it. Password-protecting that as well could go a long way though. If you want to still go the folder route, you could put a few legitimate and normal files in to mask the contents of the folder. You'll definitely want to turn thumbnail previews off. Of course, if you wanted to be REALLY secretive, you could...
Kiyoshi: Hey. Not to interrupt this disturbingly educational lecture, but can I ask you something? Like... Something that's been bothering me.
Witch: Is something wrong?

>Kiyoshi: Ponder why you've been able to make a robot maid feel. That seems more along the lines of Main Character territory.

Kiyoshi: Is it possible that I'm the MAIN CHARACTER?
Witch: Uhhh... What makes you say that?


Kiyoshi: I think I made out with a robot and gave her feelings.
Witch: What...?
Kiyoshi: It's a long story, but basically one of the love interests tried to get closer to Kiyoshi, and when I tried to stop her, she basically had her robot big sister attack me. I tried to intimidate her with some magic I was able to do after watching you do it, but she wasn't even remotely impressed. Makes sense really. It wouldn't have even scratched her paint. Anyway, I was really desperate. So, I tried appealing to her role like you said by making a mess and making her see holes in her overly logical side and well... In a moment of desperation, I kissed her.
Witch: Uh... huh...
Kiyoshi: Anyway, I think she's got feelings for me, and I tried explaining the situation to her and her sister and Mirai's a super smart tech girl and she's gonna try to hack the system and... Well, is that all POSSIBLE if I'm not the main character? I mean, I fit the profile for a lot of them, right? I had some suspicions near the beginning. Like the gypsy and you running into me first and everything else. I'm an average guy too, and aren't most protagonists described as pretty average guys? I just... I think it's a serious possibility here.
Witch: Is that it?
Kiyoshi: Uh... Yes?


Witch: Oh. THANK GOD.
Kiyoshi: What?
Witch: I thought you had something a bit more substantial.
Kiyoshi: Well, I thought...


Witch: "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth." Sherlock Holmes said that. Even if you have some major indications of one theory, you still have things that prove it impossible. Did you forget about the two things that PROVE you're not the MAIN CHARACTER? First, you seem incapable of dying. MAIN CHARACTERS can die. Second, you witness the mind-controlling effect Takeshi had on me. Have I done that when I'm alone with you? As long as those two things are true, I don't think it's possible for you to be a MAIN CHARACTER.
Kiyoshi: Oh. Good point. I didn't think about that. I just thought about what seemed more likely. I guess I should've thought a little more about it before asking...
Witch: No, Kiyoshi. It's fine. I don't want you to think I'm angry. I want you to trust me. Just promise me you'll tell me as soon as you can when you get ideas like this. There's no way we can beat this thing without working together on it. I may have more experience in all this, but I need you, Kiyoshi. I can't beat this alone. You can go places and witness thing that I cannot. Your extra perspective could be the difference between life, death, or worse here.
Kiyoshi: ...But... If I'm not the MAIN CHARACTER then...


Witch: Well, I have some new ideas. That's for sure.
Kiyoshi: You seem less broken up about this than I thought you would.
Witch: Why would I be? You did a great job getting more information. Let's see. You could be Takeshi's rival. In which case, your story objective is to try to take girls away from him and be his power equal. That could explain the robot getting feeling for you and the magical prowess you mentioned.
Kiyoshi: I'm not very good at it though.
Witch: Well, there's also the fact that even minor characters sometimes get love sideplots. If this Robot girl was your side interest, you might have a slightly more invested role than we thought. That could mean that magical powers are pretty common in this plot then. Maybe everyone will be manifesting them when the villain shows up in Act 2.
Kiyoshi: And here I was thinking I was special.
Witch: I'm still not willing to abandon my glitch theory though. There's still some things that feel off here. There's small things that don't fit you about each of those possibilities. You don't seem strong enough to be a rival, but you're still too connected to be a minor character. We still have time to look at all of that if Takeshi hasn't met all his love interests yet though. It's rare for a MAIN CHARACTER to die before meeting all the players in the game. Based on what you've told me, we've found 4. There should definitely be more than that if this is really a proper harem plot. So, now we need to focus on recon. Oh. We can't forget about you getting one of the love interests on our side. That could come in real handy if she wasn't lying to you. I mean, you should be careful, but that's definitely a start. Is there anything else you saw? Is there anything else you wanted to ask me? Maybe you have some more theories on what's going on with your role. Maybe if we put our heads together, we can figure this out and use it to our advantage.

[98714123340]

> Are you two going to kiss or what?


Edit:
> One way to find out if Kiyoshi is a minor character or not would be to kiss the Witch since if anything happens that would be clear evidence.

Edit edit:

Witch > Ask about the panda's

[Shadow Phoenix]

>Thief of love : nonchalantly exhibit panties and add a witty comment about how you said "lower" without telling there would be only one.

>Kiyoshi : So what should I do about my sub Romance? Even if I'm not the rival maybe should I try to approach other love interests?
>Kiyoshi : what about the chemist? She's acting rather destructive, is that a thing for a love interest?
>Kiyoshi : how come Takeshi is not getting really awayre of his potential love interest?
>Witch : Kiyoshi, could you stop a bit with the whole "love interest"?

>Kiyoshi : how long do you think this will take. It...It's not like I mind you living here or anything...

> One way to find out if Kiyoshi is a minor character or not would be to kiss the Witch since if anything happens that would be clear evidence.

>Don't tell her about it beforehand and you can always say it was an experiment.

[Shailsnic]

>Question if there's times where the rival character is the one swooned over while the main character isn't, but the main character still manages to get on the good side of girls, which eventually might lead to them hooking up.

[Zolen]

Thief: Turn out to be Kiyoshi's big brother.

[Bloddyredcommie]

Kiyoshi: you need to do some research. To Tvtropes!

[suomynonAyletamitlU]

Dai, if you would, could you either change Kiyoshi's color, or insert a blank space before his lines, or something else distinctive? It's hard to pick them out, because they look like the continuation of someone else's speech.

Thief of Love: Have stolen her phone number, and maybe ID or something. Imagine ridiculously contrived scenario involving your next meeting and how you turn it to your favor with impeccable luck and charm, which reality will probably not live up to.
Kiyoshi: Show interest in, but perhaps not much aptitude for, learning magic. Also show interest in learning ninja skills, mad science, robot engineering, etc.

[Grug]

> Drink a gallon of orange juice.

[Professor zobot]

Kiyoshi: you need to do some research. To Tvtropes!

>Kiyoshi: Get caught reading TVTropes, lose your night to it, have to be dragged away by little sister and/or Miss Witch.

Or alternately:

>Kiyoshi: Get kidnapped reading the TVTropes article about Candle Ja

[Grug]

> Drink another gallon of Orange Juice. It can only help.

[Shadow Phoenix]

Witch, Consider moving your legs a bit, it gonna hurts as hell when you'll want to stand up again!

[Galloglasses]

Sooner or later we're gonna have to introduce a monstergirl love interest. Its a Japanese ero game universe so you can't tell me it wouldn't fit in.

That aside the love thief is a sex offender

[Cresent]

Sooner or later we're gonna have to introduce a monstergirl love interest. Its a Japanese ero game universe so you can't tell me it wouldn't fit in.

That aside the love thief is a sex offender

Oh, you have done it now. When furries start appearing, I am blaming you.

[One With Nothing]

Sooner or later we're gonna have to introduce a monstergirl love interest. Its a Japanese ero game universe so you can't tell me it wouldn't fit in.

That aside the love thief is a sex offender

Sounds like somebody already forgot about Chemist-chan.

[Armok]

Yea, and those shadowy tendrils are bound to have, ah, usages outside of combat.

[Galloglasses]

Yea, and those shadowy tendrils are bound to have, ah, usages outside of combat.

....My mind... You... You have....RUINED IT

[Armok]

You're welcome.