You should turn to address your Hive directly. You are their Queen now and it's imperative that you are the rider of the horse that is this new Hive, and not being ridden by it. Your hivemates will change you but you have already changed them, and will do so more in the future as long as you stay the one who directs and isn't directed. Getting subsumed by your Hive's emotions is a bad way to start your hopefully long reign if you want to be an effective Queen. It might be time to give them their first order for most of them to scatter (staying in empathy range) so the threat of all of you mobbing them decreases. They're aliens, if they can't see your hive they'll subconsciously think the threat has lessened even if you are all still in contact and can gather again at a moments notice.

The current problem is that you have very little obvious leverage. The law isn't on your side for the moment, so you should have a few of your hivemates step away and start taping this. Then at least it won't be your word vs. theirs if anything does go wrong, and taping the interactions will hopefully make them deescalate as well.

Can you feel any of your new hivemates from inside or are they too far away/being jammed? It might be best to have someone from your hive who has been in these holding cells come up to tell you if they use a jammer inside. If not one temporary solution may be to try and create a daisy chain of empathy connected to you while go about other business trying to find sure footing for the hive. You should also ask them, if they know, just how many holding cells they may have inside. If it's around 10-20 it might be an option to simply .

Explicit threats you aren't sure you can back up aren't going to help, but you also can't let yourself be pushed around. Maybe sit on the ground to show that, while you're not going anywhere, you aren't here to be a threat.

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>>1123919
Let's say this and do something else to boot:

Let's sing a song of kinship as a group. One from the play that inspired everyone into becoming a hive, or another common song that everyone knows of that sort.

That will soothe the anger among the neumono and also give them a reinforced sense of belonging.
To say nothing of the fact it will be hard for the police to justify attacking a whole group of people just singing kindly in front of the station.

How many of you are allowed? 3 would be enough. Just you and a guard or so. Everybody else can stay in range but get distance from the police. Perhaps have a few head to the mayor to go play politics. We are a voting bloc now.

If I got this right, you can stand outside the wall, it just has to be the right wall.

You can also ask that they use their radios and call in a neumono officer, any of which could spot what's wrong.

There is something about this situation that really makes you appreciate why neumono became such a violent species.
An attack on one is one and the same as an attack on all. Hive Neumono I would say rank death and going rogue closely. They can feel each others emotions as though they are one. And last but not least... an eye for an eye, and the world goes blind.
Makes me wonder how they got OUT of that closed circle of war, wasn't it contact with other species? I digress

Your hive CANNOT really back down without risking falling apart, these people don't want to be the ones to do so, only you can as the Queen.
You do not have many tools here, only your words, the fact they hopefully don't want to shoot into a hive and be gruesomely murdered, whatever laws may or may not exist or even matter seeing as these are the enforcers, and whatever groups are above these people.

And I have to admit, I do not have many USEFUL words here, not that wouldn't amount to further escalation, I doubt telling them what the cost of shooting into a hive would be taken well, even if it might FORCE them to back down, you cannot back down enough to just go above them, I do not know what the hell the laws are or if they even care (I can imagine a world where a Hive counts as a person, I do not know if it is this one).

Hope they listen to a calm explanation? Even if they do not listen, it will buy time to cool the hive, if only enough to attempt to go above them.

Twist 2026/03/25(Wed)16:06 No. 1123934 ID: 629307
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(3/6)

You examine your handiwork. Yeah, you're pretty proud of this. If this apothecary's business ever goes under, you think you may have a real career ahead of you as an artist.

Oh, shit, he's waking up.

Twist 2026/03/25(Wed)16:06 No. 1123935 ID: 629307
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(4/6)

You hide the charcoal before the pirate can fully come to. You're the picture of innocence, you'd never do anything so immature as draw on a patient's face. Not once.


Stand: "Ugh, there we go. Pain in my head, waking in a bed I don't recognize — there's the signs of a good night if ever I've seen 'em!"

Twist 2026/03/25(Wed)16:06 No. 1123936 ID: 629307
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(5/6)

Well, would you look at the time! You have to go… Gather herbs, or make breakfast, or see what's going on around town. Whatever is going to get you out of this room before he realizes there's something on his face.

Yriel: "Yes, right, of course, a good night. You're probably wanting some water about now, there's a glass on the desk. It'll make you feel better."
Yriel: "Get as much rest as you need, I'll be back-"

Twist 2026/03/25(Wed)16:06 No. 1123937 ID: 629307
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You open the door mid-sentence, and find someone already in your doorway with their hand halfway to knocking.

Sverrir Rutson. Among those of the highest standing here at Aalen, he has a reputation for being strict and disciplined in a way that contrasts completely with the monastery's leader. He has ruined many a great party.

Sverrir doesn't seem half as surprised as you feel, but you're pretty sure it would take much more than an unexpected door to get a real rise out of him.

Yriel: "Oh!"
Sverrir: "Palla said I might find the three of you here. May I speak with you all?"

I don’t see why not, but be mildly annoyed about it. A no fun haver??? In *my* mildly mischievous establishment???

Silence 2026/03/23(Mon)14:10 No. 1123882 ID: 6d1406
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>>1123659
>>1123661
You confirm that you're here to cash in that favor of Paul's.

Figures! Well, just lay down on the bed there and we'll get you hooked up, I'll need to get the partition from your implants and we should find what's keeping those memories of yours locked away!

Silence 2026/03/23(Mon)14:12 No. 1123883 ID: 6d1406
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You lay down, and Nora gets a cable plugged into the neural port. The bed is a little uncomfortable but you're a pilot, you're used to this.

Alright, this won't hurt a bit, it'll be a dreamlike sequence. You'll be alright, are you ready?

You're already here.

Excellent! Here we go!

You feel a click, and suddenly the world falls away from you.

>>1123882
A "partition"? So the memory loss isn't just an effect of the damage or the surgery, it was intended to keep something hidden.

>>1123883
Nora sure seems nice. Well, we're on our way to a dream journey, so... go on a dream journey, I guess. Not sure what else to say in this situation.

Remember when you pee in the dream, you pee in real life!

Silence 2026/03/25(Wed)13:47 No. 1123930 ID: 6d1406
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The dream begins... and you awaken.

You are a mercenary known as Fox, you've got a job on this station here, Stanford Station as it's called. You have a long job ahead of you and if you play it right you'll make more money than you ever needed, you'll be able to pay off your ITA debts, and retire at last.

Your tail swishes, and you think to yourself about all the ways this job can go wrong. But for now, you have some armor, you have a job, and finally, you have a name. Fox is just a call sign.

What is your name?

And so begins our two week hiatus

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/03/23(Mon)02:50 No. 1123862 ID: 6ca3f9
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A) Yeah, they can help with these quests.

B) I am not sure if they are compatible.

C) Maybe they can be better used for a different day.

A) as assistants to a hero, yes. Having scouts would be helpful on most of these assignments, and the arrows would probably neutralize those frogs at a safe distance.

sounds like a plan, A

A) we will find a way how to implement your constructs.

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/03/23(Mon)23:59 No. 1123893 ID: 6ca3f9
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) Start the conversation with a pleasant opening.

B) Start the conversation with a cautionary opening.

C) Start the conversation with the accusatory opening.

D) Other suggestions.

D) Start the conversation with being brief and to the point. The hero said he is busy, and the vibe im getting is that he probably doesn’t want to waste time with pleasantries

“Salutations, Maxwereus, in respect for your time, I’ll keep it brief and to the point: I, Ebbio the Stargazer represent Bobbie’s kingdom of monsters, and we believe it will be for the benefit for both the guild and Bobbie’s kingdom if an alliance was formed.”

Let's try to scear him

me personally, Not sure if scaring him is a good idea, dude is a brave hero after all. Would probably hurt our chances in negotiations.

>>1123904
I changed my suggestion, you are correct with your idea.

you obviously cant beat him and you need to reassert some control. ask him gently if you can touch his ears

tell him you made it up, rape isnt a real word and you were hallucinating

Maya he looks like he's 12. We seriously have to find a way to filter out those weird thoughts of yours sometime. But. Yeah. It'll be okay. No way Swiss is gonna do anything to you. I'm sure of it.

YES

GET ON WIT IT

Okay that may have been a bit of an overreaction, but don't take that too much to heart. It seems like he's taking it okay and while he's kind of an idiot, I think he'll listen if you give him some boundaries. Ask him not to touch you unexpectedly or without permission and make it clear that he's made you uncomfortable.
You weren't wrong in wanting him to stop treating you that way. Just... the pen was perhaps a bit much.
Understandable, but... please don't... don't kill people. Maybe.

Fuck, it must be so hard, Maya.

[1/1] Stingpie 2026/03/22(Sun)21:06 No. 1123840 ID: 35d66b
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"My name is Kaol." You say. "Now Roderick, tell me more about Loess. I need details about the crime."

"Kaol, I'd really rather talk about you. If we are to be allies, we must trust eachother, no? I have told you my crime, it is only decent if you tell me yours."

You are backed into a corner. Roderick is shifty, and caraclasts have a penchant for social gymnastics, yet it is a perfectly reasonable question to ask. You decide to minimize the severity of your crime.

"Battery. I was owed something, and I took it."

"I simply cannot believe you would be condemned to death for something as incidnetal as debt collection."

"One could say the same about fraud."

Roderick is quick to change the subject.

"Loess was once a tax collector, you see. Fancied the feeling of power one gets when taking other people's rightful possesions. Blah blah blah-eventually, coins went missing from the treasury, fingers were pointed, Loess was charged with conspiracy, theft, and an attempt to murder a superior to retain the position of tax collector."

The thought forms in your head that getting any valuable information out of Roderick is impossible. There are no taxes in golem society. You start to wonder if you should just excuse yourself and talk to someone else, although you have decided where to look yet. Alternatively, you could confront Roderick and see if there are any cracks in that mask.

Ignore this guy and talk to someone else.

Ask him about the holes in his claim. Who did Loess collect taxes from if not gollems?
See if this guy is at least good at lying.

>>1123840
Seems like a pathological liar. Useless to talk to since we can't trust what he says, but perhaps he could be trusted with simple tasks.

But yeah, he didn't say the golems were being taxed... ask who Loess was collecting taxes from, and who they were working for.
Is it likely that Loess was collecting taxes from non-golem citizens?

No matter what he says next, may as well go talk to someone else. Ultimately it doesn't matter if he fixes the holes in his story or not, I think we have a decent idea of what kind of person he is now.

This "surviving exile, not knowing who to trust story is quite original for this website. I love it.

Tell Roderick this:

"Roderick, I know that you don't trust me yet, but know this: whatever you did before, it doesn't matter.

We are no longer bound by the protections of our homeland, but neither by their prejudices.

From what you said, you embezzled money and deliverately got someone killed to keep going.

That's alright. I did something similar.

My makers kept trying to remold me, over and over, constantly reminding me I was a tool to them.
So I snapped. I turned against them, mangled them for life. I couldn't take their abuse anymore.

They called me dangerous and defective ad so here I am.
I don't like being used, but I don't like resorting to violence either.

So whatever you did, you can tell me in confidence. I won't hold it against you, nor use it for my benefit.

I simply need to know that you can tell me the truth when it matters.
Becaus otherwise, I cannot trust that you won't hurt like I was hurt once before."

>>1123691
is not hunting organized so they know exactly what sector they go missing in not doing much more then revealing our location if its not very far away?

tippler 2026/03/23(Mon)01:20 No. 1123859 ID: f1368b
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“You’ve got a point, but the logistics would be too complicated. Even if he’s stuck in the trap, how do we overpower the guy long enough to tie him up?” I ask.

“Easy, we point the gun at him and threaten to shoot unless he cooperates. Then we can take all his loot like we would have done anyway so we’ll get another gun.”

Dammit, that’s a good point. I have to poke a hole in the plan somewhere, because something about it just doesn’t sit right with me.

I’ve never seen or met the Gustave Gargill guy that Lucy told me about, but I know he’s involved in the investigation and with his pedigree he’d be a much more valuable hostage. We could maybe even bargain for Lucy’s release with the extra value. That’s it, let’s target Gustave instead of the chameleon!

It’s Grass’s turn to be skeptical after I explain the relationship between Gustave and the Gargill brand. “Okay, sure, but how do we find this guy? We don’t even know what he looks like or what type of reptile he is and he’s not stalking us like the chameleon.”

>>1123859
The problem with live capture is at at least two of you getting close to him. Two need to handle the gun.
And praying he doesnt grab one as a shield or just outright kill them.
Youve been handled by a few. Grasshole is forgetting exactly how much stronger than you guys.

Tricks will win the day.

If you do insist on tying this shit up, your going to need strong rope and some kind of slipnot you can tell him to put on his hand and foot at the same time so you can hobble him without approaching, then move in safely to apply the real ties.

Ultimately though, Using the gun just because you have it isnt the best idea.
Its best used to defend you guys in a last ditch situation if your den is compromised.
Now, you still need the pit and killzone and a well practiced plan, but just because youre ready to shoot the chameleon, doesnt mean you should unless you have to. Because even if everything goes to grassholes plan, you take him alive and swap him for some intact does, you still need a second temporary den to fall back to because you wont be living here anymore the second you initiate a conflict in or around this area.

Im now wondering how many of your instinctual tricks youve lost in captivity. How many escape passages does your den have?

>>1123859
Snares would help with the tying issue, a little bit.

As for who he is, that's a tough nut to crack. You've probably heard his voice on the phone with Lucy, but you'd need to hear it to recognize him.

>>1123859
What's bothering you about the chameleon guy?
Is it that he didn't follow you into the woods so he might not be chasing you?
Is it that he might notice the pit trap?
Or that it might not incapacitate him?
Or that he'll fight back while you're threatening him?
Or that you'll have to keep him prisoner all the time while you negotiate?
Or that you'll have to draw Gargill's attention to yourself to negotiate?
Or that they consider breeding rabbits such a threat they're likely to sacrifice him just to make sure we're all dead?

Gustave... what did Lucy say about Gustave? Did she mention anything like him popping out of a lake? That, at least, would tell us he's an aquatic reptile. Where else could we get information about him? Eavesdropping on his minions?

>>1123886
Galena: Block the smokestack, choke the engine.

>>1123886
Huh? Silv can't stop casting Breakpoint once it affects something?! What an awkward limitation!

Hopefully Galena is doing something useful. Silv is gonna pass out soon since her spell is draining her mana...
Oh, we might be able to finish this fight using a technique we've used earlier... using runes directly! You could fly up and stuff some runes down that chimney. You could try Blast, which is volatile enough to explode on its own, or Corrosion to simply mess with the mechanism. I feel like Blast is our best bet right now, since we don't seem to be doing much damage and an internal explosion is our best bet.
Just make sure Galena isn't about to do a heroic leap out of a building onto it; making it explode when she lands on it would be bad.

>>1123886
Oh no.
Galena?
Where are you?

Scan.

Hmm, Silv ought to be able to cease breakpoint. Silv see if you can sense the spell and maybe dismiss it. Not like you can do anything else in your condition.

Yeah, we can Scan for Galena.

Warn Mel: When you do pass out, Breakpoint will end and the power surge will probably nuke the Runeling, but also the laser might have a sudden surge of power.

Oven in the bun.

Bakers always getting that cream

Toxoglossa 2026/03/23(Mon)02:39 No. 1123860 ID: d10be1
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Miki scurries over to the front door, locks it, and flips the welcome sign over so that it says "Be right back!"

Stifling giggles, the couple duck back into the kitchen as Miki starts slipping out of her clothes. She throws them in a pile over by the sacks of flour and turns to face her husband. "You ready?"

The elemental perches himself on the edge of the table, letting his legs dangle over the edge. He wiggles excitedly in place and spreads his legs, letting his dick hang freely for her. "Mmm-hmm! Oh, this feels so naughty~ It's been a while since we've done it in the kitchen."

The chinchilla kneels in front of him and shuffles forwards, cuddling close to Raithe. "Well, we have to make sure everything we make is full of love, so all the fae can taste it, don't we? What better way to get the flavor just right?" Miki leans forward and pins him in the cleft of her breasts, rolling her body forward to properly coax him to his full length. Within minutes, the shaft is long enough for her to nod her head down and lap kiss the tip.

"Ahhhh~" The dragon sighs, his tongue lolling from his blazing maw. "Your tits feel so good, honey. They're soooo soft~"

A little grin tugs at the corners of Miki's mouth and she lets out a trickle of fire-breath. She takes a long lick up the length of Raithe’s shaft, the tiny flame wraps itself around it in a flickering ribbon and he moans happily for her. Raw mana leaks onto her tongue and she takes him deeper, filling her mouth with hot dragon cock.

Raithe hisses like quenched iron, bucking up into her eagerly. "Ah! Yeah! That's it!" He cranes his neck to watch as his fluffy wife bobs her head between his legs.

If he likes them now, just imagine what they'd be like as she embraces her maternal side.

Toxoglossa 2026/03/25(Wed)01:16 No. 1123915 ID: d10be1
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Miki shuffles closer, sucking dutifully at the dragon’s shaft. Her mouth full with her husband's erection, the chinchilla goes to work cradling his balls and massaging the base of his dick . She pauses her sucking to run her tongue up the underside of his red-hot length, and is rewarded with the electric sizzle of mana.

“Mmmm, you like that?” She asks, as if she couldn’t taste the answer.

“Ahhh~, fuck!” The salamander’s tail whips across the table as he starts to tense up. Raithe moans and seethes through his teeth, feeling the need to release building up. “Don’t stop!”

>>1123708
… What?

Hello everyone. I sincerely apologize for my delay, I’ve just been brought back up to speed. Corax, well done on dealing with Happy. As you can see, news of my death was… somewhat exaggerated.

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/03/24(Tue)21:21 No. 1123909 ID: 6ca3f9
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaPgBOkfH_g

>>1123909
I would like to know what your plans are as well... I will be continuing my work bringing the Silent Whisperers to justice. One of them I suspect may have already fled the grounds. Speaking of which, Mr. Triumphant, do you know the current whereabouts of Darro Princely? I'm sure he would like to know that his assassination of DeRvan may be communted to attempted murder.

I will be overseeing activities regarding the corrupted universe. I will start by establishing my connections. Those who owe me must be informed that their debts are still valid despite my previous absence.

Fox again, I have lots to talk about! Just for reference, I'll sometimes show up with two different pony names, due to quirks of how I go about talking to you.

So, do you sometimes perceive us as text, sometimes as sound? Or sometimes narrated text? How does that work on your end?

So, I did actually describe your new abilities and a lot of things to test with regards to your edification, go check those messages when you have some time.

Why not, rather than the p-word, say, 'Theatrical Performance' or 'Theatrical Manuscript', depending on situation? Does that work better?

Regarding 'Bard', our understanding of how edification works is that, generally, if you are in one sort of 'Class' or theme that casts spells, it's generally worth it to stick with that Class unless you have a specific plan for why not to. So we'll probably be continuing the music (though it's more accurately 'performance') plus other supernatural abilities thing.

I would like to test some details on range, distance, and how selective we can be when communicating with others through you.

(Assuming she agrees, it'd go something like the next bit)

Hi Tanna and others! This is the Wind, Fox. I'm going to be doing some tests to see if we can be useful for passing messages! I'm going to try different permutations of including and excluding others from chat, and testing how far from Tanna we can still talk to you all! Okay, here I go!

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>>1123874
Well of course all of them didn't die around that same temple. It's not 1-1 the same every time.
But the general characteristics? Them being chased by a group, an important object, them dying on the ground? Yeah I'd say the gods of fate are capable of turning things towards something like that. Especially when they all work together towards the goal of fucking over whoever hosts this soul.

It just so happens that the "important mcguffin" this time happened to be connected to something beyond them.

dark sclera are hot though. You're totally going to kill it as a seductive bard if you end up going that way

>>1123647
Heya squeaks.
Lookin good pardner.
Real spirit sherriff look youre rockin.

Hey, im glad it worked out that you get to keep your personhood, even if its not quite fully part of the world. You get to keep being a you.
I still think youd have made a cool familiar, but thats probably a big step.

>>1123877
Hey, fox.
I think our cowboy here has an answer for your first part about how she percieves this.

Tanna said "thats a lot of text" but i dont think were impeding her with blinding walls of words. That and her ability to handle so much communication quickly, i think our mousey cowpoke here is helping her brain parse everything and reply at the speed of thought.
Another pointer toward whats happening;
The other two react like theyve heard a sound.
Early tanna did too.
This leads me to think our lil buddy is cutting out the process and just plopping the understanding of having recieved this message into their brains and their grey matter is just interpreting that in the way that makes best sense to them.
Sound being the most natural way.
But tanna has had more experience and gets a lot more in the way of messages.
Im thinking for tanna its like... having a third eye dedicated to a space thats nothing but the text, but one she can will closed if she needs to, like when she took her little breather.

If im on to something sherriff squeaks, just tip yer hat as you mosey on by.

Someone realized that common quartz vibrated when hit by lightning. They discovered it worked in reverse, that vibrating it could make tiny amounts of lightning. They also discovered that when lightning struck one lightning rod, other nearby ones would act as if struck by tiny amounts of lightning. So by tying a stiff membrane to the quartz, it vibrates from your voice, to the quartz, to the lightning, from one rod to the other, then back to quartz, and a second membrane. Which would vibrate just like your voice! These membrane-quartz devices coordinate using huge lightning rod towers arranged in a grid called "cells."

Anyway it's not really important what a cell phone is, but a group able to accomplish all that is very powerful and smart, so beware of anyone talking into palm sized rectangles! Also there are no towers, so it's probably just a magic rectangle.

> How do I tell her? And what about my eyes?!

You're a Shadow Minstrel. Why that made your sclera dark instead of giving you huge pupils, idk. Just tell them you edified and you don't know more than that. Neither do we really. (I voted for the spider!)

Go for the funny option.

D) Rules and Consequences, as always - just not theirs.

The whole building collapses into a hacked angelic Portal to another world.

If they truly are wolves, they can build an empire somewhere else.

If they're just dogs looking to puff up their chests, they'll be 'material' for someone else's story.

>>1123809
As much as the funny option callscto my soul, i think this fits best.
I dont expect everone would choose the portal. I expect some who do will be a surprise to others and themselves.
Breaking the old and rebuilding anew in freedom seems like the best thumb in the eye of zir that any could dream of.

>>1123813
Oooooh I like this

>>1123809
that is cool, but if that's not possible then what about this?

The fate of the Bites was not immediately felt by the city at large, their territory split up amongst the other gangs. Yet the leadership of those other gangs saw what had happened; reliance on outside power that became fetters, dismissal of the rank and file that made them turn away in time of crisis. this became a lesson the other gangs would take to heart, building bonds between their members and the neighborhoods they controlled. In its way, Akito's dream would live on through the city

>>1123833
That's right clothes only slow you down

Go find the tiddy fairy!

Goddammit, I'm not doing this whole adventure with - wait, did you say huge dick dragon?

>>1123830
Ugh, now we not only have to get out of bed when we're already exhausted, we have to go on a fun sexy adventure all over the world and back to fix that big dumb manly RAT KING's mess. Sometime I hate this big hero prophecy.

But not Titmouse. We could never hate her. She's our best friend and we know she's only looking out for us.

Well, time to get out of bed I guess. Equip our sword, shield, magic wig and roll out to adventure. We'd better get moving, this is looking to be the kind of story where our hometown gets destroyed or something.

Ugh, but we're still so tired. Can Titmouse, like, give us a butt-smack or something to get us going?

>>1123830
With enormous honkers comes enormous responsibility and back pain.

Wake up.
In honour of hooters who saved you from the tiny scrote rat.

Its your chance to meet some other hugely endowed people of legend.

Whoa Justice is tall. or maybe not its hard to tell in this void.

place object justice beside the tree and let her do her thing

JUSTICE! it is time to enact judgement upon these heinous fowl! also you're very beautiful.

>>1123570
Oh shit.
Shes blinded and got a sword! Make sure you dont frighten her or shell start blindly swinying about

Tell Justice her dress is falling off, in case she can tell.

Then tell her the bad things the tree has been doing.
Inspect the heart of the tree to know if it is evil and unrepentant, so we may....uh...take it to tree jail or something.

STORE Justice in your heart.

UPCRAFT Mercy so that it becomes an object also.

STORE Mercy in your heart.

UPCRAFT your island into a bigger island.

C/d.

A

C a

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>>1123665
A/b

Yamelle starts showing signs of labor! Looks like Dama has to continue carrying her again to the hospital.

Eh... what things need to be done around this time of day?
I guess you could make sure everything's in order, get a head start on closing duties.

the usual tidying up

Sashi: Wake up demanding brittle chips.
Da: Crack open another cold one and converse with your employees a bit while scrubbing out the pool.
Ma: Pop in one your music CDs you got. Listen to some music while you collect some lingering bath towels and get them in the wash.

Yeah, tidying up and stuff! Don't forget to thank the babysitter!

>>1123568
The second option doesn't mention how easy it would be for the wizard to detect or capture you... I'm guessing very easy to detect, but harder to capture?
Honestly being summoned is probably best because then we'll have a support network. Trying to stealth through as a disguised mortal only works until it doesn't. Having a plan B is impossible there, while being summoned gives us options. Also being summoned and having a spirit helper means more flexibility for doing something like being a giant distraction while Ho’kaoko sneaks in... though it does mean we can't go full stealth.

>pay?
Haha I just realized we're effectively patrons of your domain. Our payment is sex-related.
Anyway I wanna see someone make out with your tail. You can do it yourself if you like.

Honestly? A summoner seems like the better bet here since you're going up against a full-on wizard. Besides, it'll help you get more 'contacts' that might look favorably upon you for later fun!

I guess I'd lean towards the mortal disguise. You're not at risk, so playing with a lower power bank isn't that big of a deal.

>Payment
*Ahem* *Cough* *Reads Notes* -is it the prostate or - oh crap, should rewrite that part... aaand... there. *Deep Breath*
You shall transform Ho’kaoko into your three-headed anthropomorphic penis.

>>1123568
Quick question: This is a dungeon and presumably has delvers in it, could you do the whole demon classic of - find someone in a dire situation and offer them a deal for help - thing? Could be a way to get summoned by someone already in the place we're aiming for and gives you an automatic minion to act on your will.

TLDR: Become a warlock patron

tail...

hey maybe weird question but that guy that used to be in charge that was turbo awful that you ate wouldn't happen to be your tail now would he

>>1123575
Why does Dente think the park rangers might be involved, and how? Everything we've seen implies they're trying to stop criminals; is there some reason we shouldn't trust them?

More broadly, how much do the people hunting Dente know about her and/or us? To escape them, we need to know how well they can predict our movements.

Solid walls and earth block radio frequencies, so we're going to be off-grid for the foreseeable future.

Let's go deeper and see if there's another exit.

walk and talk, or whisper. Let Lana do the interrogating since she's being so particular. Keep moving

>drugs are involved
Ok, the endgame is to get her into rehab, and possibly police protection if she can provide any worthwhile testimony, but the police might not be particularly kind to an addict... I wonder if we care about that.
We can tell the miner in here (if we run into him) about the rehab angle. He should be amenable, since it's like a rescue thing. You know, on top of literally rescuing her from being hunted down.

In fact, we should try to go find that guy. He knows the mines, maybe with his help we can find a spot to hide until the rangers show up and scare off the poachers. If she has good reason to believe the rangers are in league with the criminals she's running from, we'll be out of low risk options. If she has a shitty reason to suspect them, then we'll try to get their help anyway.

>>1123575
Briefly think about burying the hatchet in dente's forehead.
I mean, youre not going to.
There isnt even a real hatchet.
But you might find the mental image cathartic.

Then quietly head deeper in.
Pickford let her go once after patching her up so you can be fairly sure that hes not on side with whoever is chasing her.
Plus, if theres anyone here whod know the mine, its him.
He may know a way to slip by them, lose them or even pop out somewhere else. If any of those are possible, hed know.

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The lantern slips from your hand as you scramble over rough wood, landing on its side and casting the ensuing melee into a harsh tangle of shadows. Sizzling fluid arcs in front of you as the closest spider sprouts a knife in its neck. Its corpse clatters to the ground as Cedric yanks the chain back. To your other side sparks and screeching metal accompany as Dis and another spider start trading blows.

But your focus is on the bat, who swings its head back and forth trying to take in the commotion, before throwing its head high to let out a piercing scream. A scream which is cut off as you slam straight into it. The blade is ripped from your grip as it sinks deep into the monster's shoulder. The two of you roll into a grapple, clawing and snapping at each other's faces.

"Shut it up!" Cedric barks, tossing the chain your way as he dodges the blind swipes of the remaining spider. The bat's glowing eyes bulge wide as you shove it to the floor and wrap the chain around its neck. Hauling it into a mockery of a loving embrace, you back against the vent wall. Your opponent's claws cut the air in front of your face and its teeth gnash but it has no angle to hit you. It's breath hisses out as it clearly tries to cry again but cannot. Yet its movements do not slow, even as you draw the chain tighter.

twist to the left and bear this bat to the ground, this will provide additional breakage

>>1123516
Talk to the others. "It's not choking, stab it!" One of them might hear us and have an opportunity to help.

>>1123516
Ah. Doesn't need to breathe since it's already dead. I don't think you're gonna manage to do much more with the chain, as trying to yank off its head or something will probably throw out your back again. If you can pin it to the floor you should be able to retrieve the claw from its shoulder and use that to stab it through the head and truly silence it.

Use your rat teeth and go for the eyes!