>>1123077
Fuck. Yeah, could just go around them... or over them with a booby bounce

>>1123065
You can push Block B in, then push Block A out of the puzzle for fun.

have you guys considered... pulling the blocks?

While i think the boobie bounce is the way to go

>>1123068

This guy has a white board and a presentation set up and everything.
Hes got a pointy stick too!
That screams authority.
He even put on a suit

Push B in, then you can push A out.

Then you can climb the block for some additional height and, with precise timing, perform a Titmouse Treboobchet to hit the snake!

>>1123038
Yeah. We know the lay of the land too, including our hidden burrows, and we could maybe see Minnie while we're there.

Its a two step bait.

Be seen in the area to draw the bastard in.
Then a specific baited spot with a set up gun burrow.
For that, either the money or some obgious poo and tracks to bring him close

>>1123003
We've got to play this very carefully. They're hunting wild rabbits, and if he sees any of us there's a risk he'll shoot us on sight. Rudger might be safer if he's recognized as a lost pet, but they know he still has his thumbs. Do we want to take that risk? What can we use as bait without having to let the hunter see us?

tippler 2026/03/06(Fri)21:29 No. 1123102 ID: f1368b
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>Leave droppings around Lucy’s house
Gargill must still be checking Lucy’s neighborhood, so if I go there during a warm day like today I’m sure to see someone. It only takes some poop in conspicuous areas, like on the sidewalk, to get them coming back.

I follow Root’s scent to the edge of the town, then curve north around the outskirts until I’m quite visible by the time I’m coming through the neighborhood. My cloak is in shambles at this point, and I bury it under some shrubs in the existing leaf litter.

There are female lizards everywhere, basking in the sun on chairs, strolling down the sidewalk in dresses cinched at the waist, talking and laughing while their hatchlings play in the grass. I guess most of the men are working or fighting in the war.

My heart aches as I come to Lucy’s house. Without Root to distract me, I sink back into my bad mood as I wander around the property and periodically relieve myself.

Once I’m done, I sprawl in the cool mouth of my little burrow under the bushes and watch the street.

>Random encounter (3 possibilities): Chameleon
I hear a shift come over the neighborhood before I see anything unusual. Cheery voices become hushed and the squealing children go silent. The wave of absence approaches, and with it comes the tap of sturdy boots.

This is him, the chameleon! His beady black eyes swivel constantly, sometimes in opposite directions. He’s wearing a brown shirt and camouflage pants, and he bends down to examine some of the waste I left in front of Lucy’s house. I can see a handgun on his belt, similar to what the policeman had.

What should I do?

He’s looking for wild rabbits, you should hide your collar somewhere first to look wild. Bury it before you get his attention

>>1122987
Yeah, might as well ask.

Does he have a secret side hustle that can bring in a lot of cash?

Well, what's keeping us indentured? Just debt? I guess we'd have to find some way to get rich then. If it's some kind of prison sentence then we'd have to look for ways to get a pardon.

Silence 2026/03/06(Fri)14:47 No. 1123095 ID: 6d1406
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>>1123039
>>1123072
You ask if Paul has a secret cashflow or anything.

Nah, don't got that. Cases like yours are more about fulfilling a contract. I do know someone in the infirmary who is a wizard with implants, they owe me a favor.

>>1123078
You ask what could be keeping you indentured.

It's usually one of three things, prison, money, implants. All 3 apply here on this damned planet. If you're indentured via debt then the jobs here will pay that off. If you're indentured for a prison sentence then this is a high risk zone that'll clear that, either you go free or you die. If it's tech and implants, then you're under a contract to test some experimental BS and this is just the kind of high chaos zone needed for it.

Well that's pleasant.

My recommendation, visit my pal in the Infirmary, they'll get you tuned up and hopefully unlock some memories for you. By the way what company do you work for anyways? Different corps have their reasons so...

Do you tell him or just thank him and move on?

>>1123095
Can't imagine why the name of the corp is a secret, may as well tell him.

>>1123002
... Okay, so...
What if we made a canal?

On the, uh, left hand side there, the port is made by- look, the little stick-out bit of land. I don't know the term. However, the water *inside* the port and the water *outside* the port can move, yeah? Near the coast and outside the coast, respectively. If the water is of any appreciable depth on the outside, we can make a current of water flow out of a gate so powerful it slices right through there.

I think.

There might be people there? The canal doesn't have to be that deep inland, even. we just need to make the shore a little further away, make a hole around the calm field, so people can pass. It's destructive and terribly disruptive, but it's all I can think of.

>>1123076
Yeah, a water bridge, sort of deal. A torrent of high pressure water aimed at the shore at the correct angle will, in short order, mean less shore.

Here I am asking for caution when I more or less ask to water-laze a significant amount of real estate, haw. Still, a solution is a solution.

Is this going to turn into some kind of hijinks chaos scenario where the aristocracy complains and get their asses whooped due to Fae law, leaving a power vacuum?

If I had to hazard a guess, the delegation on the barge is here to demand we explain what we plan to do with the Aegis now that we have it. They want to know if we're going to be a threat. Assuming they're from one of the more reasonable high courts. If they're from the Reflected Sky, we could be in for trouble. If that was the case though, I would think they would've already pulled something rather than just sit there silently.

>>1123099
...well, the magic IS reflecting the sky.

>>1123100
It is, indeed, a big fuckin mirror.

Call the park rangers. They have enough manpower to help us immediately, and will not draw much extra attention with their movements. Tell them to bring something that can hide someone's appearance. Fur dye would work, and a chance of clothes. The plan is for the rangers to take her into custody and interview her to gather more evidence against the "poachers", escalating the situation to the local police if needed.

The rangers can obscure their actions by pretending to administer first aid to Dente for getting injured in the mines. We know it's dangerous in there.

I wouldn't involve more people than are already involved. Call the studio

(edited)
Also, I think we should ask how her paws got injured before we call anyone, especially the park rangers. the Donkey Pickford said it was sharp rocks from not wearing shoes, but if she says a different reason, Pickford, or Dente could be lying, potentially meaning some if not all the park rangers might not be trustworthy if its Pickford.

Also, don't mention what Pickford said until she answers. That might influence what she answers

>>1123049
Im not sure who to call.
Band would take time.
Rangers are closer but authorities of any kind are going to panic dente.
Theres a small chance, very slim, of rangers being connected to something bad and while i doubt that paranoid little impulse, i cant completely leave it unacknowledged.

One thing we have to remember is dente has already been in the caves and we dont know why.

The other is, this dumbass may panic and flee into the mines the second we make the call so put on you mental running shoes.

I now notice that Lana seems worried about something nearby. We should get moving fast, no time for more questions.

I already suggested the park rangers, but when we call them, we shouldn't say too much over the radio. Tell them that our girlfriend's leg is acting up and we'd like a ride back to their station. That won't give us away to anyone listening; we'll tell them more when we have time.

Claudio 2026/03/06(Fri)03:53 No. 1123053 ID: 50cb5c
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>look up what is happening on the outer colonies?
The Outer colonies Current situation

The colonies, that had been a point of pride of the Alliance, as the first cooperative project between all members of the Alliance, had been for the most part abandoned in the last decades, as the Alliance focused their resources less in exploration and expansion, and more on reconstruction after the war.

The colonies had been left mostly to fend off by themselves, with only token assistance as essential supplies were delivered, or through different patrols that ensure the safety of the colonies, at least against larger threats. The colonies themselves though, quickly saw themselves regressing to lower industrial and technological levels, many colonists abandoning their homes and moving to the edge worlds as refugees. The most affected of these were the few colonies that had just began growing at the start of the war, the ones who made first contact with the Baktre Hegemony, and as such found themselves in the middle of the war.

While the reconstruction took most of the Alliance resources, the Alliance itself never abandoned the colonies, though this didn’t help the feelings of abandonment and resentment many of the colonies had towards the alliance itself.

Claudio 2026/03/06(Fri)03:54 No. 1123054 ID: 50cb5c
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>Ask if there's anything interesting over in the Aoemi Sector.
Kadmian: “Ah, well, from what I gathered, before the war, the Aoemi sector, and the system of the same name, was an important hub connecting to several other sectors under colonization at the time. It became a meeting point for the colonists, and a supply warehouse to ensure the colonies would continue growing… It had to be evacuated and abandoned during the war as the Alliance was pushed back, but even then, the old warehouses soon became a sort of safe-house for the few that had to be left behind, both colonist and troops…

Now, those old warehouses were preserved, even once the rebuilding started. They are planning on making it a museum of sorts, about the war, and about the story of the survivors and refugees of that time. I’ll be working on some new warehouses and logistic depots that are being built in the same planet. Personally, I’m glad that’s the case, even if it would be more time and effort on my part… I’d feel weird stacking boxes in what used to be a home for people who lost theirs…”

Carlos: “… I think I’d like to visit that museum sometime. Whenever it opens.”

Kadmian: “Yeah, I imagined. Just let me know when you get some leave, and I’ll see if I can book you for a good tour. I feel the planet is going to be growing quite a bit in the coming years.”

>>1120845
That’s… a good idea… alright, I know Kadmian likes puns, they are quite popular among his culture… Maybe I can do something with that and socks…? Well, anyway I should start setting it up… Hopefully I can make something up as I go… or just keep it simple… he’d appreciate it either way, I think… And he has been a good friend through our d

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Claudio 2026/03/06(Fri)03:56 No. 1123056 ID: 50cb5c
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And just as I was about to continue, the sound of the door to the colonel’s office sliding open silenced everyone...

Col. Santios: “Alright! You got your assignment. Now Move it! We are behind schedule!”

The familiar yelling of our esteemed and clearly stressed colonel suddenly roars through the hallway, as one of my classmates rushes out of the office, I don’t even have time to tell who it was, as they ran through the hallway, presumably to do their final preparations before leaving the system.

Col. Santios: “Alright… how many more are there…?

He quickly takes a glance a each and every one of us. None of us speaks up.

Col. Santios: Good… Give me 5 minutes, I got a priority call. In the meantime, all of you stay here. Including you, Sub-lieutenant Kadmian, since it seems you have nothing better to do, you might as well hear the briefing since it will be concerning you as well.”

And without further explanation, he closes the door and a deafening silence fills the hallway.

Kadmian: “Heh… Well, this looks interesting. Delma doesn’t know what she’s missing.”

>…

Check the perfume to see if it's something you wouldn't mind smelling like. Dab some on yourself if it's ok.

send Delma a text letting her know she has five minutes to get here. Probably won't do anything but it would be kind of funny to think she'll rush her out of breath thinking she was missing something important.

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/03/05(Thu)01:38 No. 1122999 ID: 6ca3f9
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) I do not want to avoid the main event.

B) Sure.

C) No, I do not want that.

D) Other suggestions.

We're losing the plot on this. Let's just get to the dining hall. Plus isekai's silliness is getting stale.

Thanks, but there's really no time for this

B. Just so Bobbie can get it out of her system
At first I was gonna say A, but I have a feeling that there’s a reward if we pay the price of missing the main event to do this stupid thing, like, maybe the Bleeding Baroness will become a really powerful ally to our kingdom, we get a point of heart, and if we visit her dream, Abdle might could get a sick new blood power, or something equally cool!

As much as I would like for us to spend time with her, we came here to meet more other people in positions of power. So go with A), but tell her that you are interested in seeing her after the party.

It's got three legs. Cut one and it won't be able to stand. Also of note, it can only fire in one direction. So if someone provokes a shot and gets behind cover, the other two can advance.

So I think the fastest of us should pop out and get it to aim, then hide behind cover while the other two rush in to strike at one of its legs. Presumably Silv is not the fastest of us so she can try to get off her spell and disable it.

Use Tremor to block its second shot if it gets to fire one.

Silv, no matter how much i beg, do not become distracted and use us like an airguitar...

Ok! The quick drawing fire is good, but remember lasers are too fast to dodge, so we cant be too far back... but it still has to pivot to aim so theres a sweet spot where it cant stomp on you and youre too close and fast to bring firing apeture into alignment...

Whover takes the position is taking a risk, but thatll let the strikers get in close to hit.

If Silv can get close she can target the laser with breakpoint, then a faster team member can go for the battery.

Galena and Mel should break from cover and circle around the runeling in opposite directions. Move fast and give it multiple targets. When it's facing away Silv can run in close.

>>1123020
>If Silv can get close she can target the laser with breakpoint
Galena's pretty strong, think she can fastball-special Silv?

>>1122995
Can Galena hold and carry some rubble to help shield your approach? Keeping it at an angle should help the shield tank the blast. And if the power supply is unstable, it may be prone to failures or needing to recharge, which could create an opening to get in Breakpoint range.

>>1122751
Oh, i'm terribly sorry, did you want to be the one to do it? Use your head, for once.

We arrest him, then what? We put him in a cell and wait for trial that would have had the same result anyway? The evidence is all around us. We were put on this mission to find him and bring him to justice. This WAS as much justice as we could afford. My entire assumptions about him were correct, he had people on the inside of this organization. The longer he stayed alive, the more chances they had to break him out. The Silent Whispers needed him alive and to succeed. Now he's dead and we've thrown a monkey wrench in their plans. I guarantee had we kept him alive for any longer they would have used their powers to break him out and we would have been right back at square one. They are probably on their way now, or at least are beginning to go into hiding as we speak, some are probably watching us right now.

Now get your hands off me, or do what you need to do.

I seem to be fine. Frankly I'm surprised we didn't all die.

*whispers to SC*
Are you planning to make a break for it? This is probably your best shot. I don't know how many people left in this room are really on the tribunal's side, but they're mostly distracted by Corax.

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/03/04(Wed)19:20 No. 1122992 ID: 6ca3f9
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkEaeBrfQhE

>>1122992
> To Toothpick
For some clarification, no- your voices are NOT the Silent Whisperers. In fact your voices and the Silent Whisperers and your other selves seem to be at odds with each other. What I do know is that one of them is Darro Princely, another goes by "Worm Face." They wanted Happy to succeed for yet unknown reasons and will be our next targets. As for your real identity, I have already spoken with your voices previously, I am still negotiating a bargain plea deal for you and them to remain in a kind of witness protection. You will not be bothered by anyone on MY team, though I cannot vouch for others.

>To Contaminator
As for you, Contaminator, once I have function of my full fine motor skills in arms and fingers back and I can draft up a full document of pardon for you and your remaining team and get it notarized. If you and your people are willing to cooperate with us, I can maybe see about getting you to operate as free agents provided you assist in cleaning up any rogue spirit parasite activity. Having someone who can control them would be extremely useful.

If they have any sense they'll really want you after all your help here. I worry they won't because they haven't seemed very smart or competent so far.

but if you want to go for it then I support you.

>>1119776
no cold logic, hot logic. Simmering anger and restlessness are the only thing keeping us going right now. Keep that boiler stoked or we will pass out again.

Oken 2026/03/02(Mon)20:58 No. 1122857 ID: 0d1c28
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It's best to trust them for now, if they turn on me... well I guess I'll just have to deal with that.

Fuze is waiting for my approval, I give it. "good enough"

I turn to leave but I stop short and turn "Do you know what a boiler is?"

Fuze chuckles "I suppose you aren't talking about heating water..."I give him a silent stare for that one, he sigh and removes his glasses to clean them "Ahem well, there isn't any official classification it seems to lump in a number of symptoms and can occur under a plethora or stress induced situation, but to put it bluntly most doctors classify a 'Boiler' as someone undergoing a type of degenerative battle frenzy, it's considered very rare in actuality and the term is more commonly applied as a sort of slang insult between low class Astranians. does that help?"

>>1122857
Degenerative how?

What are the symptoms?

>>1122857
That... kinda makes sense.
However, i suspect its considered degenerative because of the rarity. Not enough victins to fully understand and no real will to find a way to treat it. Also seems like a catch all phrase.

I have my suspicions but theyre irrelevent to this, so, back on the short terms goals and step by step thinking.
Ace pilot oken needs to be in that control room.
Time to move out.

>>1122631
Male, 40s, northerner. Whitewall, maybe? Brown hair, pale blue streaks on the sides of his beard. Squints like he's nearsighted, marks on his nose from glasses he's not currently wearing. Scholarly, but, based on his callused hands, and overall muscle tone, also has some reasonably recent experience wrangling heavy machinery. Hasn't gotten much sleep in the past week but was eating well before that.

He's scooting the chair backward and trying to steer toward a pile of stuff on top of a cabinet in the corner. Pile looks like... overcoat, chainmail shirt, backpack, couple of books, gold necklace with a sunburst pendant, knife on a belt.

rolled 6, 9, 4, 9, 2, 7, 5, 1, 10, 3, 8, 8, 8, 5, 6, 9, 1, 10, 10, 2, 7, 2, 4, 6, 9, 5, 9, 7, 9, 6, 8, 1, 1, 7, 8, 1, 4, 4, 2, 10, 9, 1, 10, 4, 3, 5, 2, 2, 2, 9 = 280

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Malice circles around behind the prisoner and drops Hidden Predator Camouflage. She steps over to the cabinet and picks up the knife, pulls it out of its sheath, pockets the necklace, leafs through the books a bit. Then she turns around and speaks, trying every language she knows. "Hey! Why do they have you tied up down here? You're not going to hurt me if I set you free, right?"

Can I find the guy's glasses?

>mechanics
Mostly a Dex + Larceny roll (5 + 5) to steal the necklace without him noticing.

Character Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HRodWW0VRJ5_BLe3C_XpgGld3kaaywmEtmqGj4yjHgk/edit?usp=sharing

Proposed character. Would be looking for a place to build up a cult, craft some equipment or artifacts, otherwise solidify advantages. Could very easily have gotten stuck here somewhere, especially since I haven't yet fit Transcendent Desert Creature in here. Need an Urge, Kimberian or Cecelynian, and the Stone of Acrid Understanding could be changed to another background if more appropriate.

rolled 6, 10, 10, 1, 3, 7, 3, 2, 10, 9, 10, 5, 2, 4, 6, 5, 10, 10, 2, 7 = 122

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>>1122567
>Anyways, we need to take over, but stealthy like, right? Don't want to call the attention of any immaculate too early.
>>1122589
>When she gets on the ground, she immediately triggers Urban Hell Renovation to creates a column from which to stand above everyone, not that her height of over 7 feet really requires it.

Aaaaaaand great, okay, full mask off, no disguises, fantastic. That means anyone who's not down to rebel against the realm is going to automatically look for ways to subvert and resist. Lets see, could try to fake a confrontation, but that'd only go so far, and from what she can tell Xi-hun seems unlikely to play along with... well with much of anything, really. These people are fucked either way, no saving them from the realm now which means instead we need to find a way to disappear when the hammer comes down. A fleet of ships? Probably too hard to hide...

While contemplating just how exactly they're going to hide their base of operations from the watchful eye of sycophants and fools, Akemi brings the ship down. Of course, her dad never had her do exercises on demonic hellships before, but honestly there's a lot of overlap. Two miles outside of town, around a bend in the canyon walls so the ship isn't immediately visible through the tall grass. She has the crew make camp here, offloading goods and setting up tents. Using rod of verdant minerals to prep some trade goods- unsurprisingly, there was plenty of brass and copper

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rolled 9, 2, 2, 1, 7, 2, 3, 5, 2, 1, 9, 6 = 49

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>>1122607

"Good no question." Xi-hun bends down while looking at various people who seemed to have spoken in Old Realm. "Now it seems some of you might be aware of some prediction I may not be aware off right this moment. Would anyone of you be willing to correct this mishap? Also the usual landscape aren't present so if you would kindly point out a few, that would be extra useful."

>>1122976
This is it.
C, with both hands. Throw the gun to Vi if you have a general idea of where she is.

C) both hands, if you can shift it to the side just enough that he goes past your head and plunges it into the ground then he's finished.

>>1122978
Yeah! This!

As you hold the spear with both of your hands, use your tail to throw the gun at Vi. Or try to hold the spear with your teeth and throw the gun with your free hand.

They all have it.
C.
Gun to vi.
Both hands.
Hold the bastard in place.

Hopefully the pack will start shooting too because as much as you are held in place, so is he.

>>1122734
Boss.
As much as i hunger to see you at your most, well, ~you~ , the primal world isnt right. It behooves me to suggest the one you should take not the one i want.

So I say The Dungeon of Akamak the Oasis-Seeder.
Its a place that you can show your depths as well as strengths without relying on your full power unleashed which im sure your sweet angel already knows.

The idea of both of you using your abilities to overturn a techno distopia is too good an idea to use yourself. Its a perfect date as other souls have stated.

Pirates pirates pirates! Yarr!

the oasis seeder seems like the best one as far as who deserves to be taken down a peg. And who knows, prehaps you could find a way to influence him for the better along the way.

eat the rich

I vote The Dungeon of Akamak the Oasis-Seeder; Eat the Rich sounds like a good date time (sequel maybe?)

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/03/03(Tue)18:22 No. 1122938 ID: 6ca3f9
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A) Go and talk with Shrimpy about the judges.

B) Go to the shop.

C) End the day.

>>1122938
B) Let's just go to the shop.

A. Shopping can wait another day. Learning about the judges can help us make more money if we can manipulate things from what we learn. I’m sure she has slept with at least a few of them and knows their secrets

4/5 Nalthar 2026/03/03(Tue)00:27 No. 1122895 ID: fd169b
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"I'm sorry, I shouldn't argue with myself."

"No no, its... its understandable." Slime picked up Crow and started staggering off. "Oof. Let's take some time to get used to it. Good luck with the grove!"

"Good luck with... crows!" Slime walked over to get a better look at the nest.

"Hey Squirrel, hey guys. Can I help?" Slime asked. A chorus of bug voices answered. "Build us something!" "Yeah! like a stream!" "Or a place to keep seeds in." "Something like that!"

5/5 Nalthar 2026/03/03(Tue)00:29 No. 1122896 ID: fd169b
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Meanwhile Slime and Crow were winging their way to the orchard.

"So there's two of you now?" Crow asked, giving Slime the side eye.

"More or less." Slime dithered "I mean we're both still Slime, just in two places, if that makes sense."

"It doesn't really. That isn't going to happen to me is it?"

"I... don't think so."

" It better not. I'm pretty much the best crow, and I don't need competition. Speaking of..."

Up ahead were two trees near the orchard fence, each with a crowd of yelling crows. Crow had to shout to be heard. "Right, my crew is those pretty crows in the taller tree." Crow indicated a group that to Slime looked identical to the other one. "So if you'll just, you know, do your thing- ah caw! Here comes trouble."

From the orchard a V formation of drones was headed straight towards the corvid gathering. Crow glared "I hate those big bugs. They're always trying to blow their nasty poison clouds at us poor crows. Come one lets do something before they get here."

(you can suggest for both instances of Slime)

>>1122896
Taller tree. Uh. Right.

Instructions unclear, made all the crows smart so they have the sense of mind to negotiate with eachother.

Let nature take its course, it doesn't need our intervention.

Crow slime:
Continue the march to crow war! Go to the tree that crow #1 gestured towards, absorb the crows and then make them immune to pesticide. Then, modify their wings to be more dexterous and usable as hands. Finally, give them instructions on how to create primitive weaponry (spears, clubs, bows, etc.).

This is optional, but you may want to make them swear fealty to you, so they don't turn against you.

Fox slime:
Having hundreds of bugs yell instructions at you isn't going to work for very long. The bugs need to build a parliament, which then votes on what should be done next. In the meantime, conscript Squirrel to help you build a seed depot. You can't really make a stream without a source of water, and you certainly can't dig without uprooting a few grasses.

>>1122887
Y

>>1122888
A/c

Y
C/a

Z
C, A

X- A/c

ZA

Do a little more cleaning up and the rest of it may reveal itself.

then you should look through what you have in the kitchen, and decide on a meal to make. And while you're looking around you'll find the regulator.

>>1122815
So Martians are interstellar aliens that are native to Earth-like planets, and we agreed to share technology and terraform Mars so we could inhabit it together? Convenient!

Did you mean a "gamma ray burst" destroyed their homeworld?

>>1122817
Skunky? Oh, you mean like a skunk! That's a small, black and white mammal from Earth that evolved to generate noxious chemicals as a defense mechanism. They're infamous for the foul smell of their spray, but they're also really cute. Some people keep them as pets.

What's to the left of the sink? I see something that looks vaguely regulator-like, but it's obscured by the pile of stuff in the foreground.

So why are they terraforming the planet while people are LIVING ON IT? You don't move into a skyscraper while it's still being built!! That's a horrible idea, all the best and fast terraforming involves WMD-levels of energies, it would've been better to evacuate any early bases on Mars, before dropping several million 'bigger than the one that killed the dinosaurs' ice comets onto the planet to get it enough water for some proper oceans (or fewer than that, if you want just a green planet with a bunch of shallow lakes), giving it non-stop torrential rain even if you are fancy about it. And then there's shipping massive amounts of Nitrogen from Venus or Titan (and presumably the tanks of Nitrogen would just be SHOT at the planet to impact and explode, due to cost...), so mostly normal plants will grow outside. Oh, did your people place electromagnets and mirrors between Mars and the Sun, at the Lagrange point for a technological magnetosphere and a way to heat the planet enough? And those mirrors melted the poles first? What about all the soil generation that requires every INCH of soil on the planet be made and isolated from the native toxic regolith? The machines to do that should be hideously disruptive! Whether they're big crawlers, or if space based superlasers are used in part of the process!

Like NONE OF THIS should happen while there are people living on the surface, you know?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcXBuYwm3xk&list=PLIIOUpOge0Lsf-ZtVyzxNGcOMoHmltQO9&index=3 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpcTJW4ur54[/spoiler]

>>1122898
Welcome to third-world advanced civilization building. For all their power, the Marnari don't have any safer choices due to a combination of politics, receding opportunities, and lack of social infrastructure.

Nalthar 2026/02/22(Sun)03:29 No. 1121377 ID: fd169b
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The two pull their heads out of the hole, and not a moment later you hear, or rather, feel a screech pass by you that leaves your teeth on edge. Dis nods to herself "Mm, yes. Bat."

"I want out." Cedric says, fiddling the chain in his hand "Come on there's five of us, we can take em!"

You agree "But lets not take any chances. When they come by here we can rush them."

Lisel taps the side of her acid thrower's tank. "I've enough for one or two more sprays. How should we array ourselves? Perhaps someone should go in the vent to ensure their attention is drawn past here."

We could try to make this a pincer attack. Have Lisel go into the vent with Kh'khechil as a meat shield, and those two engage the patrol and force them to chase them past the hole. Then Lisel sprays them; and after they're hopefully blinded, the other three charge in behind for a sneak attack.

My thought process is that the bat knows we're here, but not how many of us; so if they encounter more than one person in the vent they likely won't be expecting anyone else. Having Lisel go first means that she can spray them without having to worry about hitting anyone else behind her targets. She does need some way to stay in the fight once her acid is exhausted, though. Are there any other weapons she could use?

>>1121377
Similar tactics to last time? You're in a choke point. You can surprise them as they come out. Maybe one person in the entrance to create the illusion of a single passer-by, who can bolt from the hole and draw the rest into an ambush, starting with Lisel's spray.

>>1121377
Five against four, and one of them is a bat. This is going to draw a lot of attention.

Send the beetle and Lisel out first, in opposite directions. The beetle approaches the enemies slowly and cautiously, blocking their view of Lisel with his large body. When the guards think they've found a lone beetle to attack, go into a fighting retreat until he reaches reach Lisel's position, giving her a perfect chance to hit the whole group with an acid spray and avoid friendly fire.

By this point, the enemy will have alreadu passed by the hole, letting the rest of our group ambush them from behind while they think they've already been ambushed by the beetle's single ally. If we've got backup weapons to share, I'd give the chain blade back to Tem'rty; he's injured and its added reach will let him attack from relative safety and without having to move too much.

How sure are we that "four pairs of feet" mean "four opponents"? I wouldn't put it past this house of horrors to pit us against a bizarre monster that defies conventional anatomy. Even if we've got the four of them surrounded, be wary of other enemies coming from behind us.

>>1121383
seconding this. we could give her the long knife. tem'rty is in no shape for close range fighting atm

Landi

Landi needs you most at the moment

Stay silent.
He's lived in a bog made of lies. An autocracy built on hollow nuances and twisted virtues.
If he doesn't wear many faces, he's the designated suicide bomber. You can't trust where he's going.

>>1122835
Àgreed.
This stinks of a lesson hes planning on teaching.

But we may not be allowed to stay silent so if that is the case... we should pick the one capable of withstanding any cruelty he may be planning.

never trust a pretty boy. him calling them soft does not scream good intentions... 2.

(1/3) kpwlt 2026/03/02(Mon)12:25 No. 1122841 ID: 127310
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>given the eye symbol's placement on the first map it would seem to indicate Sam's position

The symbol has moved with Sam and it’s the same as the one on her dress.

>red and green symbols

The green symbol generally indicates the Lower House or the Legislature as a whole. The red symbol is the logo of Hazard Association. It could be that Uberto and Simone’s weapons were either imbued with some power, or some power rubbed off on them, causing them to register.

>Does Sam know any birds?

Not personally. She has issues with Uberto’s cockatiel, though.

>Oh, she can't be the burning figure though, you saw what she was wearing and it didn't match what the figure was wearing, right?
Hella was wearing black and white, loose, sort of boxy clothing, and wore her long orange hair down. It was difficult to see what the burning figure was wearing because of its large and indistinguishable form.

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(2/3) kpwlt 2026/03/02(Mon)12:25 No. 1122842 ID: 127310
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Sam retrieves her documents on Kleidas and completes the ritual prescribed for a situation as close as conceivable to this one.

A ripple of darkness extends from Sam’s hand and corrodes a part of the wall. She steps back to allow the sliver of rock to peel away and crumble into nothingness. The room starts to smell quite strongly of the absence of black tea.

A feathered mass bulges in place of the star-shaped slice. It’s as though whatever was on the other side has pressed itself up to its own wall as best it can. A mound in the centre of the apparition cleaves itself in two to reveal a featureless eye.

(3/3) kpwlt 2026/03/02(Mon)12:25 No. 1122843 ID: 127310
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A pale membrane flicks across the viscous dark several times. With each pass, it embeds some greyish afterimage into Sam’s mind.

A lot going on here.
Looks like you working with the birds. wielding a feather, then summoning a bird, and it must have gone well because you have a crown in the third image.
Also of note is you are holding a halberd.

the question is; is this a premonition, or an offer?

The first image. You are standing in a room with thorned vines and bones. You are holding up a feather... there is someone in the doorway.
I think this means the feather can be found in the corpse room.

The second image. You have performed or are performing some sort of ritual, and a crow stands on a pentacle drawn on the floor.
Clearly you can use the feather to summon the crows.

The third image. You are wearing a crown, wielding a halberd, and there are symbols visible... those black symbols on the map that look like flies are attached to your hand by lines. There are buildings in the background.
Hmm. I guess this means you become ruler of... whatever this place is? They're promising good things will happen to you after you summon them. Perhaps they're saying you will have control.


Well, no harm in getting the feather at least. We can confer with our allies as to whether it's a good idea to summon the birds.

>>1122583
Ok now that we know what the symbols generally mean I think the black fly symbols are associated with Hella's group... assuming she's in her office. If Hella is in the pit room then the orange symbol is her, and there's someone else in the office.

>Hella is wearing black and white
>She peers through the makeshift door and spies a black and white clad figure hunched over a crate. The figure quickly ceases its rummaging and bursts into bright orange flame.
Yeah either Hella is the culprit, or someone that dresses like her, which would mean someone in her organization. After we decide what to do about the crows, we should confront her.