Absurdity DeVoid 2026/06/30(Tue)04:05 No. 1128749 ID: c544c9
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This made Wax Pornetic lose her concentration, and Hanako managed to break the wax bindings.

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/06/30(Tue)04:09 No. 1128750 ID: c544c9
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Wax Pornetic: "Honestly, I am glad that you still have the fighting spirit. My victory will taste all the sweeter once I beat you. Now, let's continue."



Since Hanako is naked, choose which tool she should go for and how she should use it.

>>1128750
Which tool? There are our daggers, ropes, beads, arrows... and that's about it. I don't think we got anything from Pound Cake, and she burned Whipsalot's whip.

Wax will expect us to go for the bow first, since it was effective before. So instead, get Rope Bunny's rope and instead of launching it at her like she'd expect, use it to grab the bow. Then shoot an arrow right between her legs.

>>1128751
I think we got the gauntlet from Pound Cake but that can't help us right now. So I agree with your idea.

>>1128751
This is a good plan, avoiding direct contact with her in general is a good idea at this point.

(3/3) zpwlt 2026/06/21(Sun)15:17 No. 1128342 ID: 127310
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UBERTO: ”And here are the boots.”

Indeed, there are the boots, right at the far edge of the clearing. A perfect pair. They look a lot like Sam’s boots, actually. Sam picks them up but quickly tosses them aside.

SAM: “Uberto… these boots still have someone’s feet in them!”

Uberto returns a hushed ”what?!” and retrieves the boots. They contain flesh and bone, like someone’s foot had been severed just at the lower shin, but with no separation of the boot and the flesh. Uberto drops them almost as soon as he realises.

SAM: “Look, Uberto, look!”

Sam struggles to form words and point at the same time. There is a trail of little bits leading off into the darkness of the forest. The largest visible is an entire arm, just lying there. None of the skin is visible. The arm wears a similar sleeve and glove to Sam’s.

Come to think of it, all of the little bits look sort of familiar. Sam feels a twinge in her stomach as she recognises a chunk of Uberto’s side, another one of her arms, thoroughly bisected this time, and so on. All melded with their clothes and staining the leaf litter with anemic blood. You could almost make another two of them from the bits.

The hideous trail leads to a confusing collection of fluorescent red strips in the distance, rising and falling subtly but steadily. And something almost imperceptible but certainly there.

>>1128341
>clones showing up
Ok, from now on, we move as a group. Everyone stays in sight of eachother at all times. Also we can't trust anyone we meet down here, they could be clones.
>McGregor and Simone linger behind
Not allowed!

>>1128342
...I guess the Well made clones of you already, and they were killed. Or this is an aborted cloning attempt? Wait, the bodyparts are *melded* with their clothes? Clones would have separate clothes, so... this does sound more like an aborted cloning attempt than a killing. I'm guessing clones are made all in one piece then the clothes separate from the body.

There is something in the dark. A symbol? Focus on it before you get any closer. This seems dangerous.

So something killed your clones? But were they protecting you, or targeting you?

either way better not go that way.

They are wearing your same clothes?

Um..ask Simone and Uberto if they know whether the identity theft victims are people who entered the well. It might be the clones come into existence when someone arrives in this world.

It definitely feels like going that way is a bad idea. Let's investigate from a safe distance and leave if it looks like we angered something.

(1/1) kpwlt 2026/06/30(Tue)15:34 No. 1128760 ID: 127310
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>So something killed your clones? But were they protecting you, or targeting you?

Is it possible to say?

>Ok, from now on, we move as a group. Everyone stays in sight of eachother at all times. Also we can't trust anyone we meet down here, they could be clones.

Sam creeps back to the stragglers and seizes their wrists.

SAM: “Oh, okay, there have been some developments that mean we all need to stay together. We can’t let each other out of our sights, and we can only trust ourselves. Got it?”

Sam is met with murmured agreement.

>...I guess the Well made clones of you already, and they were killed. Or this is an aborted cloning attempt?

The Well made clones? So like the other Minister, there was an other Sam and an other Uberto?

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Toxoglossa 2026/06/29(Mon)23:36 No. 1128737 ID: d10be1
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Kol sloshes over and asks, “You’re not seriously considering going through with this? We just got home! We can’t get spirited away for another year!”

“Yeah, no shit.” She replies, “We’re going to send the changelings instead.”

“Oh, I honestly forgot about them with everything else going on… will that work?”

“It should, as long as they’re disguised. It will be what the dream seers 'saw': three mice crossing the stilled water, right?”

Kol hesitates, “Ahhhh, how are we going to convince them to do it?”

“We just unmask them, then they’ll have to follow our orders.” She grins to herself and chuckles. “Besides, three thieves given a year as guests of the one of the most rich and powerful courts in the feywild? I can’t imagine the kind of mayhem they’ll cause. It'll be a great opportunity for them.”

Caleb’s head pokes out from behind the curtain of the waterfall and asks, “Uh, are they gone? Even if this a ‘bath’, I didn’t want to risk getting accused of being in the ocean. Those court agents can be… aggressive when it comes to fey law. Ya know?”

>>1128737
Yep, you're safe.
I'm guessing there's no way to keep Angels out of a building is there? No kinds of wards or anything?

Hang on... Fennel is worried about Fey Rules and the ocean? Was this mentioned before? Is Fennel, a Water Elemental, banned from being in any ocean? That's incredibly cruel / bullshit and something that needs rectifying if true. It also makes the plan of bypassing the still waters with her help harder.

On the other hand, if the prophecy is fulfilled, the barge won't be an issue anymore. The Fey Court might try to loophole Caseys message to harass the town and mice in other ways though, but thats a problem for another chapter.

Main focus now should be getting Gaybe in on this plan and finding their two partners in crime (ideally before someone else unmasks and/or enslaves them, especially if they're in the form of the most fey-famous guardians in town). As well as finding Gabe himself whos currently on his own.

The plan also has to be a secret from any spying agents, otherwise they and the court will make sure the prophecy is fulfilled as they actually want it to by intervening or sabotaging the plan.

It also brings about a dangerous precedent - if the prophecy must/will be fulfilled, that means the court can justify extreme measures (kidnapping, injury) to get the mice to 'cross the stilled waters' (hell, by that exact wording, the mice might be carried across against their will/power, and any stilled water might count). The trio must be careful. Or be ready to yeet the doppelgangers across thr stilled waters if an issue arises.

Last order of business should be angel-proofing their house, since them just barging into their bathroom and complaining about perversion is very rude.

Edit: I mixed up Caleb with Fennel. Whoops.

>>1128737
Is the water here fresh? Kind of hard to argue it's an ocean if there's no salt.

If they weren't the priest they are now the priest offer them a smooch if they help you clean the shrine (and then whisper they can spray paint it again later)

>>1128705
Oh, cool!
Theres already bags and bags of white paint to use!
Little and big bags!

>>1128717
This is true, but it's also a literal translation of the message.

One has tto take into account the phallus-themed insults that actually Romans used, which are...

Ummm.....

You know what? Let's just use the phrase you proposed and have the little troll repeat it so many times, it gives the shrine a new coat of paint.
He'll pay for the extra spray cans, of course.

>>1128717

> It's nonsense to tell a roman to relocate to penus

Maybe he's inviting Romans to the shrine

Tell the goblin that it's so nice that he's offering to paint the shrine in scripture - and so insufferable that he misspells his Latin. Which is why you're going to force him to do it another 100 times, in different sizes, and be sure to paint across every inch of the wall.

>>1128162
Yeah, we'd better save the exciting leather outfit for a special occasion. Like a nice day with your boyfriend or girlfriend or whomever else you'd prefer.

>>1128163
Well, at least we know this problem isn't all in your head. I'm not sure if that's good news or bad news. Is there any obvious pattern in the thefts? Like the kind of items being stolen, or the victims' locations, or when they started?

Let's not dwell on it too much. We should be thinking about something positive, like a nice place we can go after we're done with the mayor. How would you like a day at an arcade?

That conversation with your mother was actually sweet. You know, from the previous conversation, I get a sense that your mother also has a little bit of anxiety as well, and can be a bit intense for you when she gets anxious.
I think as long as we keep things chill with her like we did today, things will be fine going forward. That being said, good job, gurl.

Y'know, I was thinking, since you gotta see your aunt today, perhaps we should get yourself mentally prepared for it first. When does the city hall close? I'm thinking we should go at the last hour before closing time, that way, whatever she wants to say, it'll be a little shorter since I'm sure she would like to close the building at that hour. Also, most people would be out, or heading out by then, and less visitors too.

gives you plenty of time to have a little bit of fun beforehand, and make preparations for the meeting. You should probably consider taking a water bottle with you for example, maybe chewing gum, basic stuff to help you through the meeting.

I don't want to dwell too much on the burglar, nor do I want to confront him. If you want, we can at most see if there was a pattern with these robberies (closet theory) but really, I just want to check out the bird house and not look into the burglaries.

Miasma 2026/06/30(Tue)03:43 No. 1128744 ID: a4ec7f
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>Birdhouse
Actually, maybe I should try building one? It might be nice to do something besides doomscrolling and sitting around all day.

>The birds are in on it!
Then I'll build the house and catch them in the act! That'll show them!

>Robberies
Going off these posts, they've been happening around the suburbs, which is around where my apartment building is. Let's see some of the details...

"The money box in my closet is gone!"
"Someone got into the safe we hid in the cupboard. Only we knew the combination, fml."
"Someone took some expensive clothes from our antique wardrobe and didn't even take the shoes to go with them! At least try to coordinate your outftis if you're snatching them you jackass!"

...anyone else notice a pattern here?

>When does City Hall close?
Late unfortunately, if I spent that long wasting time before visiting her she might actually consider murdering me...no pun intended.

>Wear dress for date???
I-I'm not dating anyone! B-Boy or girl! Uhhhh you guys wanted to see videos right???

Yes we want to see videos but more importantly why aren't you dating anyone? You look like a beautiful bird and anyone would be lucky to have you as their significant other. Is it that you have problems with forming relationships with others? Are you intimidated with being intimate with others? Or where there other factors that prevent you from going on a date with someone else?

Only patten I’m seeing is it looks like whoever this is, is just taking the thing the person they’re robbing cares for most. I mean maybe taking the most valuable thing in there home but unless you paid a crazy amount for your toy that got stolen to the point where it’s more expensive than your phone I’m leaning towards thing they care about most.

Also what videos?

>>1128609
Seems like a reasonable explanation. That, or they stole the plans for it, and are going to make their own version of the mech first, in a way that they can take credit for the design before KW can copyright it.

Wait, who's Ouroboros? This is the first we've heard of them.

Silence 2026/06/29(Mon)14:41 No. 1128719 ID: 6d1406
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>>1128609
>>1128620
"More than likely, Ouroboros has always had a major rivalry with Kowalski Wayne," Hannibal noted.

So you got screwed over because another company wanted to make some more money... wait what about the deal to try and sneak the mech to the ITA?

"They've covered themselves, they've disavowed the group we were working with to get the new mech. We're on our own, and Kowalski Wayne isn't looking to be merciful," Hannibal explained. "We got screwed over and we're likely going to be indentured at best."

Ouroboros likely had a mole in KW too, that either fired without orders, or gave/forged the order to fire.
Because with the force deployed and mission control captured, forcing a surrender should have been child's play.

Indentured is better than dead. Gives you time to plan your friendly reunion with Ava to educate her on the consequences of stabbing your associates in the back.

C)

B

D) up ur ass
Okay, but seriously. B.
Splinters are usually the result of sapient error. Someone bumped into something that seemed harmless but caused an infection via a critical hit of an object that barely tickles when it normally conflicts against something. Start with that rowboat. On its own, it does little. In an area once unspoiled it can do so damn much by sheer accident; an invasive species, a dammed up river, etc.

B. Hop in the small raft and scout about. Perhaps there's litter or some trash floating about causing issues. Something upsetting the aquatic life?

The raft is super tempting and adventurous, but since we are offered other stuff besides the obvious amazing freaking raft, I'm choosing:

A)

Also, what's a lacooda like?

Her friends are no doubt watching the entrance. Going out doesn't seem like a good idea.

and while we're at it maybe Pickford could explain why he told us to "stay safe" and not "the forest is infested with vermin. You need to leave."

Buckwheat 2026/06/28(Sun)16:37 No. 1128682 ID: ac2578
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>maybe Pickford could explain why he told us to "stay safe" and not "the forest is infested with vermin. You need to leave."
Kaari: “Why didn’t you warn us it’d be a good idea to leave instead of just, stay safe."

Pickford: “Didn’t know things were this bad ‘round here. Bum rangers…

>Right now we need to stop the bleeding. Get that medkit.
>Her friends are no doubt watching the entrance. Going out doesn't seem like a good idea.
Kaari: “Ugh, moving her probably isn’t a good idea. She’s probably got others watching the entrance to the mine. Anything useful in the medkit hanging up there? Should try to wrap her up and get her stable.”

He rushes over and pulls a roll of gauze out from the kit.
Pickford: “Don’t make me regret showing ya some mercy now.”

She snarls out in pain, but allows him to dress up the wound.

>Tell him that Judith is already on her way with a wheelchair, but it seems we might need a second one...

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>>1128682
I don't think Rosary's moving around like that. You have the pickaxe and the axe, too. I guess if needed you could tie her up a bit.
Lana, though, is she coming around?

Leave something heavy on her legs, like that box of dynamite. It won't exacerbate her injuries since her legs are fine, and if she tries to move it, Kaari can stab her before she has time to get loose.

>Pickford: “Course, that leaves you alone with her… Shoot.”
We can probably use a minecart to wheel her out of here with him. Is there one nearby? Meanwhile you'll stay with Lana and wait for the wheelchair, you'd rather not have to sit with that scary bear after what she put you through.

This will give us time to get that jinx of a fox out of the crates without the donkey knowing.

>>1128380
What bone? I don't see one. All I see are the things on the table which iirc we inspected already, the various rubble around...
And something on the floor next to Tanna. Is that a switch?

>>1128393
Right next to Tanna. On her left by the door.

>>1128383
Wait I'm a dumbass. The chick had a skullmask. She's a necromancer. you ARE dealing with undead.

...Might still be worth scouting ahead. If she decided to do the deed to Jax and Jacob... And reanimated them...

Fox here. That bone might have a spell I heard of in the PF1 Encyclopedia (well, a third party add-on to it, so who knows if it actually exists) called Bone Trap, that could discharge negative energy in a ten foot or three meter radius from the bone itself.

First things first. Uses your non-visual. Listen and take a few sniffs. Hear or smell anything out of place?

>>1128349
Take a deep hiss
And just hiss a moment.
You need to hiss about this carefully
Theres got to hiss a rational hissplanation
That explains whats hissing on.
Exam ssssssstresssssss

Tell him where school is. It's in a government building.

Well, HRK is clearly overflowing with energy, so..

Let's make run a few laps around the park to tire him out.
Then, let's get him an ice-cream! That's always relaxing.

Finally, since he wants to do that exam he keeps talking about, let's give him a sheet of paper and a number 2 pencil and make him do the exam right here!

I think that should about cover it.

Make him experience a female orgasm?

The college exam center has been relocated to be taken at the nearest radio broadcast station.

rolled 2, 15, 12, 18, 8, 3, 15, 3, 5, 9, 7, 14, 4, 15, 15, 6, 16, 13, 15, 19 = 214

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>"...do you want to talk about it?"
"...this person we're here to rescue. She died, and has been dying, over and over and over, longer than there's been a ninth world. Because she keeps jumping out of Branu's bubble into the void and freezing and breaking into a million pieces and something keeps bringing her back. Paprika, that was almost us when we landed in the castle! And, hehe, I agreed to be paid in statues back in the City of Needles! What deal did she strike for the same destiny?"

>you know I'm the best person in the Ninth World to get stuck in a burning warehouse with. We'll be alright!"
"I just feel the urge to run, but there's no good way out of this Amontillado-cask right now. I could phase through the door, but I'm a lot less fireproof than you. You could force the door to escape yourself, but no-door between myself and molten metal is the same problem again (and could harm our living ship, besides). I could escape through the wall, but, hahaha- we know how that goes!" As Natalina's rapid-paced rambling rubs out of steam, she slows, hugs her girlfriend tighter and buries her face. "...I could just disappear in here." Spending 4xp to unlock the Invisible Phasing verb power.

>the sensor array rotates around to face the jungle-ocean of Branu's Kiss. Oddly, with the current display settings, it still resembles stars. Flickering and shifting around a lot more, though.
>specialized in all tasks involving physical performing arts

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>>1128410
>dance
>rolled 2
Many mysteries of prior worlds are lost, but you can say with confidence that this hallway was not originally designed to serve as a dance floor. Won't be winning any awards, but you manage to avoid serious injury, and the various smaller, clearly recoverable, mishaps have a moderate calming effect.
>seeing what those starry lights have to say
>rolled 15
They were counting the stars above, inefficiently. Accompanying chants suggest it's a deliberately pointless https://anathem.fandom.com/wiki/Book and functionally interminable task, as 'proportionate' penance for some holy mission which ended in unrecoverable failure long ago.
Your ship's arrival - or, more specifically, so much of the visible sky suddenly being blotted out by bright molten metal which soon cools to a mirrored surface - is being interpreted as an omen of impossible, apocalyptic mercy. Vast swaths of yet-uncounted stars vanishing, replaced by gentler lights under local control, imply an opportunity to end the count early, set right what once went wrong.

The central matter to be "set right" is not spelled out (since they all already know), but Natalina is fairly sure it will involve committing violence.

rolled 2, 8, 19, 15, 5, 11, 8, 5, 14, 10, 1, 9, 7, 15, 9, 8, 2, 3, 8, 5 = 164

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Reiko does a double check on the effects of metal-saturated steam on the ship's hull, then carefully attempts to rig the ship's systems to make a few quality parts out of the material by quarantining the superheated metal and quenching it in partitioned containers of the seawater. Look busy, look productive, and the adventurers might be fooled into thinking this is a mobile engineering base.

She also calls up Branu and tells him that he's not getting the water in the ship or its contents back, but mainly because it's about to become a vector for heavy metal poisoning and should be kept far away from the biosphere.

>>1128411
Reiko gets on the comms. (Intellect, Effort 2)
"Alright, kids, listen up! This ain't a charity, and it ain't an aquarium neither! Now, we're not heartless out here. Really; you need a ride, you don't need to pay up front. It's just that the fee is somewhere between 'sobbing uncontrollably' and 'driven stark raving nuts'. So: I'mma get Branu on the comm, and he's gonna tell me exactly how much he'll pay to deliver y'all to a specific location. Pray that his requested location isn't 'out the airlock' or your fee gets doubled... unless any of ya'd like to speak up, now?"

If they don't respond for ten seconds, she'll call Branu again, ask about the adventuring party that just stepped into the ship like they owned the place and how much their transport is worth, and finally they'll ask to clarify what Reiko and company need to do to save that person or something Branu was talking about, because Reiko's still kind of uncertain who it

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rolled 13, 6, 18, 19, 7, 6, 19, 14, 8, 6, 10, 17, 17, 5, 3, 20, 12, 1, 6, 18 = 225

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>being interpreted as an omen of impossible, apocalyptic mercy.
>Natalina is fairly sure it will involve committing violence.
"Oh dear."

Does the ship have any non-gravity spotlights, running lights, a way she could signal back at the blinking dancers (without resorting to weapons fire)? And, importantly, can such lights be controlled from their current berth in the sensor tusk? If the ship isn't fluent in dancing starlight itself, there won't be any automated protocols, and she'll need manual fine control to get a message across. If there's no controls for signal lights from here, she and Paprika might need to jury rig something instead.

Something along the lines of "Hello, can you hear see me? I'm terribly sorry, but your world isn't ending, it's just gained a thin metal shell." Might do for an opening message. Might be worth triggering Demeanor of Command, assuming whoever or whatever is behind the lights has a leader.

>>1128645
Main comm system - through which Branu initially called - seems to be primarily telepathic, and controls are back on the bridge.
Possibly the nightcraft's skin has chromatophores which are currently nonfunctional due to malnutrition.

As for what you can do from here... these polyspectral active scanners aren't meant for communication, but could certainly be used for such. Might even be able to project holograms. But, for tightly focusing visible light on something less than thirty meters away, using just one of the sensor tusks, you'd basically need to do brain surgery on parts of the phased-array control circuitry.
>inability in crafting numenera, salvaging numenera, and understanding numenera
Even with Reiko's help, don't bet on finishing such a refit in less than an hour.

As for more expedient options... could phase through at the contact point. Five glowglobes (two each from your and Paprika's go-bags, plus the fancy permanent one) should include enough different colors to work out an intelligible pidgin semaphore. If locals already think you're a divine messenger bearing extraordinarily good news, hopefully they'll listen to whatever else you have to say, and put up with some inconvenience in the formatting.

If they're implacably hostile, could simply turn around and come back, or maybe outflank some force that's trying to board through the front door.

B 2026/06/26(Fri)23:34 No. 1128614 ID: 35d66b
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You raise an energetic gesture.
"Tell me! Was she in trouble?"
"No, no. She's always been... well, I won't say 'good', but she's not bad. Betty's everbody's darling. That's a good way of putting it. She got me this whiskey, actually."
"Was she the one who put olives in the whiskey?"
"What? No?"
He looks down at his glass.

B 2026/06/26(Fri)23:34 No. 1128615 ID: 35d66b
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"The hell are these?"
He reaches down to pull out a strange transparent ball, but is collapses into mush when he applies any force to it.
You take a look at the bottle. Empty. You don't know whether that's good or bad.
You try to push away the thought.
"Nevermind. What can you tell me about her?"

B 2026/06/26(Fri)23:34 No. 1128616 ID: 35d66b
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He thinks for a moment. Probably trying to sift though what he's allowed to say.
"Betty was hanging around the museum a whole lot. I never really took her for much of a history buff. I don't know who saw her last, but the last time I saw her she was going to get someone to tune a piano or something."
"Okay. Could you tell me anything about Kerry's whereabouts?"
"Well, Betty told me that Teddy waz gonna put Kerry uptown cuz he was defaming her. You see, she had some orders from the boss--real secretive ones--And he couldn't have Kerry blabbin about it. Course, it's over now, so I can talk to you, but he was in trouble."
"Trouble?"
"With the boss, not with Johnny Law."
"Do you know where he is right now?"
"No. Maybe hovering around the theater. Loves movies, I'll tell ya."
That's a lot of options...

Let's go to the movie BEEater!

Maybe they're showing Fritzzz Langzzz' new movie; B

hang on, paino. Was she talking about piano wire? Ain't that what they strangle people with?

>>1128485
Hey, maya.
You're gonna be ok.
Hes got a pure heart this guy.


You can let go of the tension youve been carrying, even if its just for a short time.
Compartmentalise everything.
The before and the worries about what may be, push them aside.
If you let those things crowd your mind, you'll have no room to absorb this respite you need.
Be present in this moment.
Take it all in.
Live in it.

>>1128487
>>1128488

This looks like a puzzle.
The second image seems right to fit in the bottom corner of the first.
Looking at it reminds me of one of those things you sometimes see in a captcha.
Move a group of seperate image components across the others until the message or image resolves.

Maybe im imagining things...

I don't know if I can unpack all that but, you're alright Maya.

and this guy seems alright too

But for the love of gods get the glass picked out of your hand!

>>1128485
...You got through it. I'm glad that you're feeling better, Maya. And you said you were getting better at handling it; that's a good sign! Not for our sake, I'll never blame you for your problems, but if it's getting easier to deal with, that means you'll get a handle on it sooner or later. And we'll always be here to help if you need us.

While the cute bunny is treating your injuries, would you like to... talk about things? Anything you want to get off your chest? Something we can do to help you feel better? Whatever it is, don't be afraid to ask.

It's going to be okay, Maya. Take things one step at a time. It's okay if you ask for boundaries from Swiss or anyone if you need them!! He seems to genuinely want to help you, but if you get scared or worried about stuff it's okay to say you're scared, too. I think he'll understand that at least.

Probably let him know about your hand first also... That one might be the most important wound to attend to at the moment.

Time to make the world a better place with your leadership, and maybe for an orphanage. To save the new genaration form going down the wrong path in their life.

Tell him it talks to the gods and they say he's a dick.

but in all seriousness you both did good

Tell him it made you a few friends.

Awwwwww mannnnnnn we’re gonna save the universsssssssse!!!

The ring isn’t for using, or talking about, lightly. I’m kind of afraid of going into detail. Let’s just say it gave us all hope.

I’m gonna miss you all! Try not to tear up!

>>1128572
It's opened up a whole lot of new possibilities.

We (and I in particular) will be waiting for you to do some very interesting things.

Use a preocuppied but understanding tone: "You... think armed conflict can't be avoided?"

If she means something else, something aimed at you, well... get angry. You are just a young little preceptor trying to help and she blames you instead. Play that up.

And uh... did you cast an Eye on Gazeti at some point? Casting a distracting illussion on our present company may be warranted soon, I feel.

Does she know you were dreading having to manage her insipid scheme? That's about the only thing related to Silver which you totally didn't act on, while some random monster conveniently removed your loose end's entire hand.

Does she know it's you who uh... totally didn't do any of that stuff?

Otherwise you've been nothing but genuine to her. Does she not believe your Martinets have been fused to the wall? That's what you wanted her help with, right? Does she think you're hiding the fact that the toilers are revolting, due to overzealous labor extraction on part of the mongers? Because I think she can see that from all the collapsed mines. She doesn't know you have an eye on her, does she?

Xerin 2026/06/23(Tue)01:39 No. 1128486 ID: 60438e
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> Does she know you were dreading having to manage her insipid scheme? That's about the only thing related to Silver which you totally didn't act on, while some random monster conveniently removed your loose end's entire hand.
I can’t imagine she does.
…
It’s ridiculous to even consider. How would she even know?
………
Unless… could she already have spies among the mercenaries? No, that’s silly. I only just learned of their location how would she have embedded a spy? Regardless, it’s not even been an hour since I switched my eye from the toiler to the valkin. Even if Silver had managed to infiltrate their ranks to learn what happened to her patsy and assuming the spy would be aware of why she would matter at all there hasn’t been enough time for her to receive that information. It’s conceivable through magic but again I can only conclude ‘no’. I certainly don’t watch through her eye very often but I’ve never seen even a hint that she’s dabbled in such heresy with her own hands or through an intermediary. It would be too big a weakness if Steel learned of it and wanted to depose her. Maybe-

>Otherwise you've been nothing but genuine to her. Does she not believe your Martinets have been fused to the wall?
Genuine is a bit strong of a word but-

>That's what you wanted her help with, right? Does she think you're hiding the fact that the toilers are revolting, due to overzealous labor extraction on part of the mongers?
No, I-

>Because I think she can see that from all the collapsed mines. She doesn't know you have an eye on her, does she?
Quiet!

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>>1128486
Im torn over you.
I admire your abandoned goal to tear this place down, i even admire just aiming to gain your own freedom.
But, im not happy about poor asher.
That said, theres more than you to blame for how it went.

There is something ive noticed were significantly better than you at.
Maybe its because were not trying to keep so many plates spinning, but we havent missed any words like you do when lip reading through your eyes.

Oh, and your faith in numbers over technology is, unfortunately, as naive as your dream of tearing down the mountain.
Weapons are called force multipliers for a reason.
And it gives asymettrical warfare a distinct advantage.
The tip of their spear will be small enough to slip into places larger forces would falter and be murderously sharp, so to speak.
I dont say this to cause you undue distress. Well.
Maybe a little, because im still grumpy about asher, but not much.

In the same way your dream of tearing down the mountain was tempered by experience into something more acheivable...
Right now, you are as inexperienced in facing weapons like these as younger self was the realities of life in your mountain.
And, its worth remembering, technology develops with the pace of a rockslide, especially under the motivation of war.
Little bits at first, a percievable quicker slide of larger things... then before you can react a rumble and youre crushed.
Well, worth considering, eh?

>>1128536
No dice. Been trying to convince this fella to change his mind about his deeds and self all morning.
So far, he is deciding whether his stance should be "I don't care" and "Maybe I should start hating that Asher girl since you won't shut up about her."

C'est la mort, or whatever it is they say.

So!
I suppose we should discuss strategy with Silver on what to do while we wait for the Preceptors to gather.
Also, probably check back on what Steel and Haddik are doing right now, if we have the time.

>my mo- mentor.
D'awww! You almost said it.
Let's hope she feels the same way.
Who knows, she may even arrange for your exile instead of your execution if you get caught!

A raincoat, if you have one. The one available is whatever color you'd find most embarrassing, though.
Maybe jeans. Boots. Maybe an umbrella, though that takes a hand.

Uh... are your boobs smaller?

Swipe some clothes from Grant’s dresser. It’s about time you wear something not so itchy and smelly, and avoid another day of doing laundry. Be sure to get clothes from the bottom of the pile too, so he doesn’t notice it missing right away.

>>1128532
Yep yep.
Its the considerate thing to do cause he would put his least favorite at the bottom.

Check hand bite.
Need to make sure its not infected.

a cheap plastic poncho, picked up at a yard sale. it had the logo for some log flume ride at some park you've never heard of, but mostly that wore off years ago.

Nalthar 2026/06/19(Fri)01:55 No. 1128255 ID: ce8213
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The mouse follows your gaze "Ah your companion? She's not- well, she's not injured. S-surren she just needs rest." He gives you a pat on the shoulder, faltering as you turn your sullen glare to him. "And just who is this... lord?" you growl, shoving the skin back in his hands.

The mouse's face breaks into a smile that doesn't reach his eyes. "Why the lord God of course! I should introduce myself; I am the humble Brother Juan, friar of the Franciscan order. Allow me to bless you." The mouse lays a hand over your head and leans to whisper in your ear "Play along and you'll survive."

"Now" Brother Juan steps back "If you are asking after who's house you find yourself in, that would be King Pendle Cadvere of the principality of Malevento. He is eager to meet you, and formalize your surrender. If you feel up to it I could help you there." the friar (whatever that is) offers his hand.

>>1128255
Nothing to do but cooperate until you see a chance to do something. Especially with your wounded back. You need rest.

Ask him if the king can understand your language.

Prolong things as much as you can. Say you will need to rest and pray for the others that are not with you before making any decisions of surrender.

Nod in agreement, good thing that this cage priest didn't lose it completely.

I say the most reasonable thing to do would be for the shapeshifter to infiltrate the base as a siberian husky. Gain their trust before revealing yourself!

>>1128314
Little bit of all of those. Try to get a man on the inside to find out what's going on there and if there's anything to worry about.
Then we can try saying hello over the radio, and if they get uppity then we can perform a show of force.

>>1128316
this

We are the invading slime empire and we have arrived to assimilate and eat. No need for taking or buying them dinner before fucking them. Let's just skip all of that go with what will inevitably happen. You eating all of them and assuming direct control of this colony. Time to show who is top dog!

A normal communication would be the best approach. No sneaky shit, just talk with them, see what they think about you, and try to form some friendship.

It's probably not that you're out of the loop and more that you were never in it. Hard to tell your human friend about the mounting anti-human sentiment that's starting to become popular.
Oh wait, that means none of your friends wanted to be the one to break it to you, which means they don't actually care about you that much. That's rough, buddy.

The real problem is that you got spotted by an anti-human student, and thus can't even ask them to keep quiet about it. Which means if you don't want this to cause trouble for you then you're gonna need to rely on those friends.

> Most of the time she'd be studying though. Point being, she never had opinions like that. Or if she did, she never got so angry like that.
yeah see, like I said personal problem projection. At a guess, she's putting in the effort at school, but not seeing the success she feels she should be. And when she sees you, not putting in as much effort but still doing okay, she gets mad.

And if other people looking for scapegoats to blame their problems on are grumbling about humans then no wonder she would pick up on that.

But hey, Soro'i seems like she gets it. Ask her for more details, she'll give it to you straight.

Sounds like someone is going for a power play. As in someone is trying to stir shit up to create a problem and then offer a “solution” to get people to join them. In this case start up anti-human movement so they can present themselves as a strong so and so who will stand up to human oppression. You know the humans, the ones who helped them found a new planet to live on after be lost in space for who knows how long and helped them build up said new planet. You know the humans, who have been forcing their way of life on these people despite the fact that they’re basically nonexistent on the planet and outside of some franchises trying to set up shop to get money I can’t really see having any real impact on the local culture as not enough humans live here to have any real impact.

Basically what I’m saying is someone is starting shit since not enough time has passed for any real bad blood to form between the apes and the birds so this is either a phase that has popped up like goths or greasers or some jackass causing problems to gain attention or power if they’re involved with politics.

Sounds like something your dad should know about...

>>1128357
Theres a lot to consider man, an a ton of important stuff, but piorities.

Thank her.
Tell her shes got a cool look and she is rocking that choker.
Shes cute!

>>1127339
And ifcwe have new axe.
Then have old axe.
changing one item into another?
Magic!
Grem transmogrificate!

Kakroon 2026/06/18(Thu)18:59 No. 1128245 ID: 681cb5
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>Wait!!! Kobblav said he wanted an axe that was old and well used!
OH NO! Grem axe is too good! But how will Grem make new axe into old axe? Grem rather not wait for it to be old like elder kobold.
>We use axe on wood. Wear axe down. Then get old looking axe and wood for trading!
But axe is heavy and Grem is tiny. Grem not made to cut wood, Grem made to eat moss and be mighty wizard. Also, making new axe into old axe take long time, Grem not have long time.

>We have one more easy step in our trading chain. We need to find someone with a worn down axe, and give them a free upgrade!
Yay! Trade axe for axe! Easy! Now Grem just need to find someone with old axe to trade…
>Changing one item into another? Magic! Grem transmogrificate!
Gremogrification! Grem already named Wizard Grems greatest magic. Now Grem just need to learn magic.

If Grem will trade then Grem need stall, and lucky for Grem Grem already has Grem stall called Grems’s Grem stall for Grem. Yay! Grem will now trade new axe for old axe, as well as friend rocks and moss for shiny. Kobolds love friend rocks and moss.


>While waiting can pick flowers and make a hair garland. Girls like those right?
But flowers not like getting put in water. Makes them sad. Merman do not want to give sad flowers to Mergal. Grem have to find other thing Mergal want. Thing that likes going in water. Or at least indifferent to water.

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Hmm. Maybe we can find an old axe rather than waiting for one to come to us. Maybe go to the woods and look for someone to trade with?

OH! wait important step for being a magic guy, disguise! Grem needs a disguise like some kind of mossy forest spirit so they can go to where the humans are using axes to trade new for old. Cause humans that use axes are the ones who most need new axe. And they know not to make forest spirits angry so they can't say no.

Time for the stocks of Grem to rise. With this brilliant business plan soon Grem will rule the world!