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    Quote Originally Posted by The Rose Dragon View Post
    So, how much did Susan tell Nanase about Jerry? Specifically, about what he looks like? Because when I'm telling someone about someone else I know or met, the last thing I'm thinking of is their looks.
    Jerry actively pushed the "looks like Santa Claus" angle; that might warrant a mention.

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    Okay, asking some native native here, is "busybody" a real word? Because it sounds ludicrous.

    If so, what does it mean exactly?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Weimann View Post
    Okay, asking some native native here, is "busybody" a real word? Because it sounds ludicrous.

    If so, what does it mean exactly?
    It is a real word. It means someone who frequently gets involved in other people's business, even without prompting.
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    Huh. Thanks. It still sounds really weird to me.
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    So I guess this confirms some things.

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    ...yup, okay.

    I've heard if yellow fever but this is ridiculous.

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    And so a comic sacrifices weird but cute to weird&surreal&somethingelse. This can be well played.
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    I don't think its sacrificing that, too early to jump to that conclusion. way too early.

    how this is a strange occurrence.
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    Idea: Nanase's leaking magic all over without even realizing it. Her subconscious magic-leaking spiked the punch with her clone spell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mando Knight View Post
    Idea: Nanase's leaking magic all over without even realizing it. Her subconscious magic-leaking spiked the punch with her clone spell.
    ...and Jerry is there to help her manage it. His promise to Susan extends to her circle of friends as well.

    Or Diane looks enough like Susan he's gotten confused.
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    Quote Originally Posted by VeliciaL View Post
    ...and Jerry is there to help her manage it. His promise to Susan extends to her circle of friends as well.

    Or Diane looks enough like Susan he's gotten confused.
    The debt Jerry says immortals owe is to the group of both Susan and Nanase, because what the immortals did wrong was done to both of them. Jerry would know this from Sarah's recap, even though he didn't actually meet Nanase, and he's had plenty of time to track her down.

    He knows quite well that Diane is not Susan - he told her that he owes her sister a debt, not that he owes her a debt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by douglas View Post
    The debt Jerry says immortals owe is to the group of both Susan and Nanase, because what the immortals did wrong was done to both of them. Jerry would know this from Sarah's recap, even though he didn't actually meet Nanase, and he's had plenty of time to track her down.

    He knows quite well that Diane is not Susan - he told her that he owes her sister a debt, not that he owes her a debt.
    ...so he did... huh...

    And yeah, you're right, now that I recall that storyline...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mando Knight View Post
    Idea: Nanase's leaking magic all over without even realizing it. Her subconscious magic-leaking spiked the punch with her clone spell.
    Interesting theory, but it doesn't explain the mindless obedience and "My Lord" part of it.

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    "I just wanted Nanase to like meeeeee!"

    Man, Diane, you need to be more like your possible sister, and only reveal things like emotions and backstories slowly and grudgingly.
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    I really doubt her statement about her impression of Nanase was intentional. I think she blurted it out because she's freaked out and talking faster than she's thinking. It also explains why Nanase's experience with Elliot was a factor in her initial interest in him.

    Honestly, Diane's taking her first taste of the Shive lifestyle fairly well. She went to get help at the first sign of oddity, has kept her head despite getting (justifiably) panicked. She also hasn't tried to pull her usual Alpha Girl play, opting instead to leave the experienced members of the group in charge. And yet she's also asking good questions and challenging questionable decisions.

    This is good, because Rhoda is already a pawn in Pandora's game. Diane would not have been able to avoid the Shive lifestyle indefinitely, and with Jerry in play this is probably an almost ideal introduction to it. Much better than Susan's, definitely.
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    Huh... so there is a thread on this here. Hi!
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    Huh... so there is a thread on this here. Hi!
    So there is! Hi!
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Rose Dragon View Post
    "I just wanted Nanase to like meeeeee!"

    Man, Diane, you need to be more like your possible sister, and only reveal things like emotions and backstories slowly and grudgingly.
    no this is refreshing.

    we have too many people doing that stories because the story says so, people don't withhold things like that and such, they tell it when it comes into their mind, if you really need to save backstory and such for a different point, use something different than "the character doesn't want to talk about it right now"
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    Crazy Theory Time. Diane is doing this unconsciously. Pandora gave her a mark. Check the small of her back. Jerry is on to Pandora and is trying to help but he has to do it within the "Rules." Maybe his oath of debt to Susan is letting him do a bit more than he normally could but even then he still has to be subtle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mando Knight View Post
    Idea: Nanase's leaking magic all over without even realizing it. Her subconscious magic-leaking spiked the punch with her clone spell.
    Quote Originally Posted by Spamotron View Post
    Crazy Theory Time. Diane is doing this unconsciously. Pandora gave her a mark. Check the small of her back. Jerry is on to Pandora and is trying to help but he has to do it within the "Rules." Maybe his oath of debt to Susan is letting him do a bit more than he normally could but even then he still has to be subtle.
    If anybody's doing this accidentally, my money's on Ellen. She'd find more Nanase appealing, has transformation magics, and her multi-gendered history makes "my lord" almost plausible.

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    Whoever it is, the giant winged thing in the background is probably theirs.
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    I don't think snow angels have halos...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Landis963 View Post
    I don't think snow angels have halos...

    EDIT: Also, AHHHHHHHHH!!!!
    Snow angels also usually have footprints leading up to and away from them.

    I second your AHHHHHHHHH!!!!

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    Snow angels also usually have footprints leading up to and away from them.

    I second your AHHHHHHHHH!!!!
    Unless they were formed by people with supernatural balance that can walk on the surface of snow without breaking it, like Middle Earth elves.
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    A NEW CHALLENGER ARRIVES!

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    I have a couple crazy theories for the partygoers apparently turning into Nanase:

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    It's not Nanase they resemble, but Tedd in his female form. Could be something Lord Tedd is trying to pull, as he is also the only character I can think of that anyone's called a Lord. He could be using the excess magic to push himself through in some complicated manner that a crazy amount of exposition would have to explain.


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    It's not Nanase, it's Terra that they resemble - The mage Magus was fighting before he transferred over to the EGS world where he's incorporeal and trying to get Ellen to V5 Elliot. He claims to be Ellen's father, which would tie into the name of this particular plot arc. This could be a side-effect of Magus trying another way to revive himself.


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    I will be so upset if Ellen doesn't use her copy beam on that thing and we get a giant monster fight.

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    That dude looks like stompalope's meaner cousin.
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