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.	>Yes yes, it's your master~	>Garmar, wait!
GARMR: Ehehehe! BECAUSE, GARMR, LOVES, MASTER!	GARMR: Yaaaaay! MASTER! GARMR'S MASTER!	GARMR: YESIR! MASTER! Garmr, wait! Garmr, will wait! Garmr briskly saluted like a solider, and his lower body sat like a dog.

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.	>The meeting point was here in the first place?	>Washawashawasha (sound of brushing Garmr's fur)
GARMR: Ehehe--- Garmr, good boy!	*GARMR (sad face)*: E,eh? Garmr, mistaken? Master, smart! Master, great!	*GARMR (howling face)*: UWAAAAAAII!! Garmr, that, like! LIKE!

Screen darkens and reappears as 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: Wefre 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!

GARMR: ...

After catching up with Garmr,
you see him and a Wolf intimidating each other.

Wolf: 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!

Wolf: 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-!

Wolf: ............

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.

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

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

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

Wolf: 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.

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

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

Wolf: 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?

Wolf: 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'r head.

2 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)

Wolf: 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, kneal.

GARMR: Gau!

Hearing those words, Garmr instinctively bends over.

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

1 option
>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 Garmr's back, Garmr leaps over the wall with a jump.

Wolf: 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---!

Wolf: 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. Cold 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.

1 option
>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 misshappen 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'r special riceball! It tasty?

1 option
>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 [player]'s' lap, Garmr drifts off to the world of dreams.

Night

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

GARMR: Master! Your next break, when1? 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 options (same response)
>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.