Keep in mind Stocke has been impaled, too. He is running around through all of this with a huge stab wound.
Queen is kind of an apocalyptic douchenozzle, though. A pretty apocalyptic douchenozzle, but a douchenozzle.
HOLY SHIT Okay so now I have no idea what to do. Which way leads to friend dying ????? (no one tell me) I'll sleep on it. Night all!
Yes. Yes I am. I think Tanaka's got me beat by wordcount, though- she's got multiple longfics. Mine are mostly one-shots.
Spoiler: My recommendation, if you want it You end up doing both either way, but I'd start with joining Rosch. The enemies in that timeline are easier, so I think that's what the devs were guessing people would do. (Also, keep Rosch in the active party as much as possible. Because of the way the game handles exp, he's, like, always underleveled.)