Character Quest:Garmr:VN:1

On a certain morning, and the sun has risen only for a few hours.

At this time of the day, [player] was standing alone in front of the busy streets of Ikebukuro.

MAAASSSTTTTERRR!!!

GARMR:
WAOOOOOOOOOH!
Master! MAAASSSSTEERR!

Without any hesitation, Garmr ran straight towards you using all four legs, bringing up the dust.

GARMR:
Master’s scent! Garmr know it! It special! So Garmr, straight to it!

GARMR:
Master! MASTER!! MAASSSTTTEERRRR!!!

With you as center, Garmr runs in circle like a dance.

3 options:
>Don’t call me over and over in the street like that.

GARMR:
Ehehehe!
BECAUSE, GARMR, LOVES, MASTER!

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>Yes yes, it’s your master.

GARMR:
Yaaaaay!
MASTER! GARMR’S MASTER!

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>Garmar, wait!

GARMR:
YESIR! MASTER!
Garmr, wait! Garmr, will wait!

Garmr briskly saluted like a solider, and his lower body sat like a dog.

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GARMR:
But master, why did you wait here?
Why not, in front of the station?

1 option:
>Oh, wrong waiting place……?

GARMR:
W-R-O-N-G---!
Meeting place, there! THERE!

GARMR:
BOOOO!
Master, clumsy!

GARMR:
Garmr, meeting place, arrived.
Master, not there.

GARMR (sad face):
Garmr, anxious. A bit scared……
Thought, was abandoned!

GARMR:
But, found quickly, master’s smell.
So, ran here!

GARMR:
If, master, lost!
Garmr, very, worry!

GARMR (howling face):
Good boy? Good boy?
Master, hopeless without, Garmr!

3 options:

>Sorry, Garmr.

GARMR:
Ehehe---
Garmr, good boy!

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>The meeting point was here in the first place?

GARMR (sad face):
E,eh? Garmr, mistaken?
Master, smart! Master, great!

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>Washawashawasha (sound of brushing Garmr’s fur)

GARMR (howling face):
UWAAAAAAII!!
Garmr, that, like! LIKE!

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Screen darkens and reappears at same spot.

GARMR (cheerful face):
Master, come for me, happy!
Garmr’s wish, happy master listened to!

GARMR:
Garmr, together, want to go a place!
So let’s, go! LET’S GO!

While skipping lightly and happily, Garmr’s eyes shine as he speaks.

GARMR:
We’re going to, nice place!
Garmr, master, want to go together!

GARMR:
So go go GO!
This way this way! Shortcut, I know!

1 option:
>Wait Garmr, you’re too fast!

Fire Wolf mob appears

GARMR:
…………

Afer catching up with Garmr,
you see him and a beastman intimidating each other.

Beastman:
Hey, you!
You bumped right into me!

GARMR (angry face):
Now, Garmr, very troubled!
Master and Garmr, want to walk this way!

GARMR (angry face):
But you, blocking!
Garmr’s way, don’t block!

GARMR (angry face):
Shoo! Garmr, important business, have!
That’s shortcut! Blocking, not good!

Beastman:
Who allows you to be like that!?
Walking in the middle of the road like there’s no one!

GARMR (angry face):
Others, Garmr, avoid!
You, didn’t avoid! BLOOOOOCKIIING!

1 option:
Stop fighting with passerbys!

GARMR (angry face):
Master, why stop me!?
Garmr, want to walk this way!

GARMR (angry face):
That way, I want to go!
If can't walk, can't go, where want to go!

GARMR (sad face):
Can't go, to where Garmr taking master...
Garmr, not want that! Not want!

1 option:
>All we need to do is walk on the side.

GARMR:
Walk, on side? Garmr, think that pain!
Why no walk in straight line?

GARMR:
Mua!? Master, very strong!
Garmr, being pulled! Noaaaaaaa-!

BEASTMAN:
............

-At alleyway-

GARMR:
Master! Here! Pass through, here!
This is best, shortcut!

There was no way ahead where Garmr was pointing.
It was a complete dead-end.

1 option:
>What to do.

GARMR:
Look, look! Do this!
Do this, and Garmr, pass through here!

GARMR:
TOOOOOOOOU!

While saying that, Garmr promptly leaps over a wall about 5 meters tall.

1 option:
.......What to do.

With no choice but to wait, Garmr jumps over the wall again, and returns.

GARMR:
Why master, not come?
It easy! Just jump like bunny! Like bunny!

GARMR:
Eh, you can't?
Master, same as Cusith?

GARMR:
Cusith can't jump either.
Hehe, when it comes to guard dogs, Garmr much better!

2 options (same response):
>Garmr, no!
>You shouldn't say that about your friends.

GARMR:
...!!

GARMR:
Master, say the same thing as everyone else!
Garmr, only say the truth!

GARMR:
But everyone, always go to Cusith.
To Garmr.....nobody, ever come.

GARMR: Master, like that too!?
I...don't want to be hated by master!

MALE:
He's here, in this alleyway!

Suddenly, voices are heard from behind, at the entrance to the alley.

BEASTMAN:
I finally found you!
You damn guard dog!

GARMR:
Guard dog? Yep, Garmr, guard dog!
Good job knowing! Good boy, good boy!

BEASTMAN:
Are you making fun of me, you bastard!
I finally remembered your ugly mug!

BEASTMAN:
You're the Ikebukuro's underground fighting club's pet dog!
It looks like you've been taking care of my underlings!

GARMR:
Kunkun.
This smell, Garmr knows!

GARMR:
Always trying to get in, then Garmr, get beat up by! The same smell as that!

GARMR:
But Garmr, is guard dog there!
Was told, don't let anybody weak in.

BEASTMAN:
....Yeah, that's right.
That's the reason. You're the stronger one.

BEASTMAN:
But you know, being beaten black and blue by you!
The butterflies in our stomach won't calm down!

BEASTMAN:
So sorry, but all of us are going to pay you back.
This time, we'll beat you to a pulp!

GARMR:
Hmmm. But Garmr, together with master.
Have important thing to do. Do later, okay?

BEASTMAN:
Of course it's not okay!!
Your partner there is as bad as you! We'll beat down both of you-

After saying that,
the troublemakers noticed the atmosphere suddenly changed.

GARMR:
You, attack master?
That, never, allow! Won't allow!!

GARMR:
Anyone who attack master, is enemy!
Everyone, everyone, I kill!

1 option:
>Garmr, stop.

GARMR;
Why master stop?
Does master....hate Garmr!?

GARMR:
No, it okay if hated!
But Garmr, want to protect master!

Wiping away the tears, (player) pets Garmr's head.

Two options: (same response)
>First, let's break through.
>Make sure not to injure them.

GARMR:
...Understood! Garmr, will hold back!
Will break through, together with master!

(Battle)

BEASTMAN:
Damn! You!
He won't stop moving.....!

GARMR:
Master, there no end!
Defeat boss, then it over.

GARMR:
But master, not let me.
What Garmr, supposed to do.....

1 option:
>Garmr, kneel.

GARMR:
Gau!

Hearing those words, Garmr instinctively bends over.

GARMR:
Master!? If do this, Garmr can't fight!
What Garmr supposed to do!?

1 choice:
>Weren't you going to take me somewhere?

With those words, Garmr understands what he needs to do.

GARMR:
....Ah, okay. Garmr, understands.
Garmr'r goal, right now, is not to defeat them.

GARMR:
Master, get on Garmr's back!
This way, Garmr, will carry you!

Once (player) is on Garm's back, Garmr leaps over the wall with a jump.

BEASTMAN:
Hey, wait a minute!
Are you running from me, you damned dog!

GARMR:
Garmr, has something important to do!
Will fight, some other time! See you later---!

BEASTMAN:
Don't let him ge-

Without hearing the rest of his sentence, while riding on Garmr's back, you take off flying.

GARMR:
Master, we arrive!
This Garmr's special place!

GARMR:
This is where wanted to take master!

GARMR:
Garmr, like this place.
Found, when come to Ikebukuro.

GARMR:
Wind feels good. Wide park. Cool water.
Nobody yell if roll around.

GARMR: But, we missed prettiest time.
It prettiest, when sky is blue.

GARMR:
Strange. Very, strange.
Came straight here...but sun, go down.

GARMR:
Took lots of time. People got in way.
But came straight here. Very, strange.

One choice:
>The shortest route isn't always the fastest.

GARMR:
.....Yes, Garmr, understand.
Straight, is not always the best way.

GARMR:
So, here, master!

GARMR:
This, chain.
The chain, that's on me.

GARMR:
When Garmr, try to do something wrong.
This chain, you pull on!

GARMR:
Then, Garmr, not do wrong.
Master, will tell what to do.

GARMR:
This way, I relax.
This way, master relax.

GARMR:
Master not get mad because hate.
Master got mad to help Garmr.

GARMR:
Sky, not at the prettiest.
But Garmr, want to play! Play with master!

GARMR:
What do, what do!?
Garmr, brought lots of things!

GARMR:
Frisbee, boomerang, jump-rope....
And, Garmr's favorite bone---!

In high spirits, Garmr takes out various things from his bag.

Guuuuu~

Garmr's stomach rumbles.

GARMR:
Eheheheh---.
Garmr, hungry!

GARMR:
Uh.....
Ah, here! Master!

Garmr takes out something wrapped in a leaf like a bag, and hands it to (player).

GARMR:
Garmr, made lunch!
Riceball! Taught how, by Moritaka!

Inside the bag, is a perfectly shaped riceball, and a giant but misshapen riceball, lined up together.

GARMR:
This round one, Moritaka made!
This big one, Garmr made!

GARMR:
Eat, eat--!
It definitely good! It good!

GARMR:
How? How is it?
Garmr's special riceball! It tasty?

2 choices: (same response)
>It's very delicious.
>It's very big.

GARMR:
Hehehehehehe.
Then, Garmr eat, too!

GARMR:
Let's dig in!

You eat lunch, and run around without a care.

Tired, Garmr and (player) stretch out on the open field and lie down together.

GARMR:
......Mas...ter....

Garmr, who both wanted to sleep and yet didn't want to,
was trying his best to keep his eyes open.

To forget his sleepiness,
Garmr starts talking.

GARMR:
When Garmr, finds a new master.
First, teach favorite place.

GARMR:
Garmr want master, to like favorite place. Because want to bring master too.

GARMR:
There, will become special memory, of Garmr and master.

GARMR:
---that, is what master Hel-sama told Garmr.
Garmr's, very first master.

GARMR:
When mad, very scary. But, always nice.
But still, mad when scary.

GARMR:
Come to this world, and all alone--
Then Garmr, together with many masters.

GARMR:
Memories of those times, on chain.
Dog tags? They're called.

GARMR:
This one, 6 ago, a master with glasses.
4 ago, a red woman. 2 ago, a weak old lady.

GARMR:
All of them, don't know why, but disappear before Garmr.
Very, very lonely.

GARMR:
But now, not lonely.
Right now, together with new master.

GARMR:
That's why....together.....

Garmr's words turn into snores, as his wagging tail comes to a stop.

On top of (players) lap, Garmr drifts off to the world of dreams.

-Night-

GARMR:
....Uuuugh.
Garmr, fell asleep. Want to play more....

GARMR:
Master! Your next break, when!?
Garmr, play again---!

GARMR:
Ah, but, Garmr have upcoming test.
Study, must.

GARMR:
If test bad, Snow gets annoying.
When done....will master play again?

3 choices: (same response for all 3)
>Of course.
>I'll be waiting.
>Do your best on the test.
GARMR:
Eheheheh.
Thank you, master!

GARMR:
Then, see you later!
Byebye! BYE-BYEEEE!

Waving wildly with both his hands,
Garmr, who wants you to stay, sees you off---
and (player) heads back home.

Garmr character quest chapter 1 -END-