Hubert's Perfectly Normal Day.

> Investigate the snacks.

Digital drawing of Hubert von Vestra and Ferdinand von Aegir from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. They are standing in the Enbarr Palace dining hall in front of a long table bearing a bunch of breakfasty-looking foods. Ferdinand is chipper as always; Hubert is more contemplative as he scans the spread. Set above and below the lads is a UI with various stats. At the top, there is: a green icon of a knife labeled “Contemplating Murder”; a knife and fork icon labeled “Ravenous”; and Hubert's silver pocketwatch, currently set to 8:15 and labeled “45 minutes.” Along the bottom there are three meters: one with a skull icon labeled “Stress Tolerance,” set to 90/100; one with a chat bubble icon labeled “Social Energy,” set to 85/100; and one with a knife and fork labeled “Hunger,” set to 15/100.

You cut a bloody path to the snack table.

To your relief, it appears that there is still a decent selection of viable snacks of which you may partake. The apples and other such fruits do not impress you and are thankfully limited in quantity, but you are pleased to find there are a few slices of bread left, as well as dairy products, eggs, and varieties of flesh such as bacon and sausages. The MEATHEAD SQUAD must have yet to arrive from their training or whatever horrid things they get up to each morning. In further pleasant news, and to your immense satisfaction, there is also plenty of COFFEE.

You make to advance upon the spread when FERDINAND emits that excited noise you have learned to dread as a portent of pointings and palavering to come: DOROTHEA, it seems, is also here. How auspicious.

Direct continuation from the previous panel. Zooming out, more of the breakfast table is shown. There is an Adrestian palace guard in armor holding a plate of snacks and another guard walking in the foreground. Ferdinand looks jubilant with stars in his eyes, gasping and pointing at someone at the far end of the table: Dorothea. She is standing around looking cute and minding her business. She has on the red cloak-dress-thing from her post-timeskip outfit, but is wearing Petra's skirt and tights. She has Brigidian braids in her hair and appears to have gotten a bit of sun. Hubert does not look nearly as enthusiastic as Ferdinand about having spotted her.

FERDINAND informs you that he intends to speak with her, and while he does not say so with his mouth, you are not yet so ravenous as to miss his implication that he would prefer for YOU to accompany him.

There is a fork in your path, and you would much prefer there was one in your hand. For FERDINAND (however undeserving he may be of your grace), you would consider making a brief—brief—brief—deviation from your road of choice.

What shall you do?

  1. Parley with DOROTHEA. Percentage of votes: 44%
  2. Ignore DOROTHEA. Proceed with snackery. Percentage of votes: 8%
  3. Urge FERDINAND to commence confabulating without you. Percentage of votes: 16%
  4. OTHER: Propose a mutually satisfactory bargain. Percentage of votes: 32%

September 12, 2024 | 50 votes