Absurdity DeVoid 2026/07/02(Thu)18:22 No. 1128867 ID: e272fc
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Zaibatsu Mint: "I like her performance, not to mention that her last opponent also used the body of one of us as well, and that wasn't allowed. So bring down the stairs."

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The stairs lowered, and Hanako climbed them.

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/07/02(Thu)18:24 No. 1128869 ID: e272fc
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Zaibatsu Mint: "And here she is, the woman who wanted to accomplish the impossible, and finally she did it. Look around and see all that you managed to do, and feel proud of doing it."

Hanako: "Thank you for all the compliments, it is all that I ever wanted."

Zaibatsu Mint: "Don't lie to me, you did this because you wanted to advance your position, and that is exactly what you are going to get, in my private chambers."

Hanako: "You are correct, I know that I am great, I want others to see that as well, and for me to get rewarded for that."

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/07/02(Thu)18:26 No. 1128870 ID: e272fc
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Zaibatsu Mint: "Speaking of rewards, playing with these unconscious bodies is so much fun. Go ahead and partake in your victory lap. Even if they are unconscious, their body still reacts to your touch."

Hanako: "Thank you for the offer, but I do not need that."

Zaibatsu Mint: "As you wish, the offer is still there if you want."

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/07/02(Thu)18:27 No. 1128871 ID: e272fc
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Zaibatsu Mint: "But there is something that I want to ask you. Since you got beaten, all enforcers, what is your opinion on them? What do you think they need? What are they good at? Do they need punishment? Or encouragement."



A) Answer the questions honestly about how you feel.

B) Answer the questions as you think Mints wants to hear.

C) Touch the bodies of the defeated bunnies.

Toxoglossa 2026/07/01(Wed)22:25 No. 1128836 ID: d10be1
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“Yeah, they’re gone. I don’t suppose there’s any way to keep angels from just dropping in, is there?” Kol tells him.

Caleb steps out of the waterfall and shakes his head. “Nah, they can travel anywhere, it’s part of their nature. And because they’re messengers, they’re exempt from any fey laws of invitation.” He shakes his shoulders, letting a trickle of pearl-sized dewdrops trace their way down his waterproof skin. “They aren’t allowed to convey anything more than messages: courts aren’t supposed to use them to spy or steal stuff. Apparently that didn’t used to always be the case and… that’s kinda why there aren’t many angels left these days. Well, one of the reasons, I guess.”

Kol gives his fiancé a hug and asks, “Would they really brand you, just for taking a bath?”

The sailor shrugs and sighs. “Hard to tell. The courts have a *lot* of power. You both know how many loopholes fey law has: well it’s a double edged sword. It can work for you or against you.” He waves a big, meaty hand and explains, “Even if you don’t get branded, you still have to defend yourself in court, which can take years if they decide to drag it out.”

“Mmm, we’ll have to be careful with these guys then. Thank you for the wonderful bathroom, Caleb. Definitely looking forward to more, er, ‘bath-time’ later.”

The selkie pulls him into a kiss and grabs his ass affectionately. “You betcha. Tell you what, next time we’ll get yer other partners involved while we’re at it? Have a big mousey pile, and get you three all squeaky?”

“Hehe, sounds fun~ but we gotta sort out this prophecy bullshit first.”

Caleb nods and gives him one last smooch. “Go on then~ Give’m litchfire, honey. I’ll hold down the fort here and make sure we don’t have any thieves creeping in while no one’s looking.”

Toxoglossa 2026/07/01(Wed)22:25 No. 1128837 ID: d10be1
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“Ohw yeawh, why did yowu wawnt to see me, Caswey?” Fennel asks.

“Oh, sorry! We meant to ask earlier: the senders needed some help getting ships in and out of port. Would you be able to help out down by the harbor? We figured you might be able to help lift the through the shallows.” She offers the elemental a hand and they wade out of the surf onto shore. Oddly, despite being soaking wet, Casey finds that none of the sand sticks to her feet: most likely because of some enchantment included by the builder.

“I fhink so. The watewr comiwng fwom the wrivwewr is pwetty bwrackish, so I showuld be okawy for a whiwle. Too muwch sawlt watewr makes me feewl ickwy, but wifting a boawt is no pwobwem!” The undine blinks her murky eyespots and considers the task. “I pwobawbly am gonnaw neewd Niwxxy to helwp me see too.”

Right. We'll go get her on that, and retrieve the first doppleganger from her tender affections.

to Nixy, and to inform the changeling of this wonderful opportunity they're being volunteered for

Get some healing magic for Gaybe, in case he's... Drained and sore from Nixxy's affection. He'll need to be in tip top shape for the morning.

Another fun/lucrative idea could be using the changelings as personal spies within the Court. Send coded letters or other info of what happens on the barge and such, or if they're planning something sinister and big that could affect the mice trio - so long as they don't break hospitality rules doing so.

What pronouns do changelings / insectoid shapeshifters utilize exactly?

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.

rolled 6, 6, 16, 4, 16, 7, 15, 3, 6, 6, 7, 8, 19, 7, 19, 15, 20, 12, 7, 15 = 214

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>>1128379
>Hard to get an exact count, but there's at least three of them already aboard, and more arriving soon. Possibly an indefinite stream of reinforcements so long as the door is left open.

Door is crusted over with ice, right? Ideally I would like to close the doors and avoid more boarders joining the current mess. Is that something that seems feasible to do by herself and/or with the assistance of the giant and co? Next thought is to try and free paprika and get her to help clear the doors.
If it seems plausible to clear the door, she'd be willing to break cover and signal herself as an ally to the giants group, but ideally she'd maintain as much of the element of stealth as she could.

>>1128824
>I would like to close the doors and avoid more boarders joining the current mess.
>rolled 6, 6, 16
Two more rounds for boarders to swim through, then Cricket can get that hatch sealed on the third - IF you're willing to spend 2xp to lock in training on "Nightcraft Hangar Bay Ops & Maintenance" (or something roughly equivalent).

>>1128785
Whatever's easier for you!

>>1128786
yeah no preference

more smaller updates so I don't forget what is happening between them!

>>1128785
Happy however it comes.

>>1128793
Reasonable. It lets us chatter at the crew while they work too, which might make writing dialogue during the updates easier.

3/3 Nalthar 2026/07/01(Wed)17:32 No. 1128813 ID: ce8213
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With that taken care of Slime was easily able to slip through a vent and down into the complex.

Left, right, or center?

Go left. Looks like a symbol for comms.

Go center

hmmm left

Right. I think it leads to the armory, and if they freak out, you want to keep the away from guns. (For their own safety, of course!)

Silence 2026/07/01(Wed)15:01 No. 1128805 ID: 6d1406
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>>1128720
You bring up the idea of a mole in the employee of Kowalski Wayne.

"Another possibility," Hannibal notes. "There's a bunch of corporate espionage these days, some people will do anything to pull one over."

>>1128743
You express your desire to meet with Ava one day and get revenge on her.

"I understand your anger there, I don't think it'd be worth the effort, KW probably won't let us get our chance. If we're gonna end up in their Indentured, we'll probably be under close watch."

"That depends," another voice says, stepping through the doorway is an older man, a dog person of sorts, a tired expression on his face. "We can make a deal."

You stare at him, and he adjusts his tie before saying. "My name is Disco, yes I'm aware it's not a normal name. That's all you need to know, I represent KW and I think there may be a mutually beneficial agreement for all of us, while you work off your debt."

It sounds too good to be true.

You owe them more money than you'll ever see in a thousand lifetimes. There's no working that off, there's only a legal whip allowing them to force you to work for them for free until you die.

>>1128805
"...I deserve this. Just don't fucking enslave my unborn children."

>>1128805
>too good to be true
You haven't even heard the deal yet.

>>1128805

Disco very trustworthy

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.

>>1128735
Mine cart. Maybe a wheel barrow.

Stranger 2026/07/01(Wed)02:29 No. 1128789 ID: 330254
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>Start with that rowboat
>Hop in the small raft and scout about
I thought I could have some fun with the boat at least. There was a paddle inside, so I got in the raft and scooted on out into the pond. I didn’t know what to expect--but I enjoyed watching the amphibious life swim around in the shadow of the boat.

>What’s a lacooda like?
Oh they got snapping beaks and long loach bodies. Ma told me a swarm could pick a child clean. Nasty critters. One of the boys at the schoolhouse got bit by one, a chunk of his thigh right off.

>Perhaps there's litter or some trash floating about causing issues
I won’t bore you with the calm details. It took ten/twenty minutes of searching for anything that seemed unnatural. I found a lost fishing rod or a slipper--perhaps an old doll that had swampweed growing out of it like ramspuds. But nothing I’d consider a splinter, for these belonged to the village. I had to find something that didn’t belong.

Yet something had caught my eye.

In the deeper end of the pond glinted something like a coin or medallion. It was half-buried in the sediment and the water rippled too much to identify. But it may be retrievable. I had to be careful.

Stranger 2026/07/01(Wed)02:31 No. 1128790 ID: 330254
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Yasee I wasn’t much of a swimmer. At all. So I remained solely in the raft trying to reach it. I strained closer to the edge. The cold of the water hugged around my arm, as if it could grab and yank me right in. The raft rocked some more but the shiny artifact was at my fingertips.

My cheek was against the water, my snout nearly dunked past the surface. My small fingers finally curled around some threads--I think it was the cord--and I tugged! But the rope was caught on something deeper in the sediment!

Dang thing!! I could risk falling in and drown! Of course... I’m alive here talking to you. But the most unexpected thing happened as I tried to yank it free!

>Uh... gimmie a moment to remember exactly what that was...

>you can play along as villagers or have Yamelle banter

Are any villagers following the Mender around?

Yamelle: "Ooh I know this one! And when you pulled it free it was attached to... A Severed Hand!"

You were blown back as something burst out of the water, almost as if you'd pulled the world apart by yourself.

>>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.

>>1128707
Wait, I just realized something. The Butt Priestess didn't exactly specify what she hates about the Dick Shrine or what she wants us to fix about it. We just kind of assumed she wants the graffiti cleaned off, but maybe she hates the shrine itself and wants it covered or something. Might want to clear that up before we commit to a plan.

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?

Pattern's pretty obvious, they're taking things in container rooms like closets and cupboards. Other than that, it seems like a classic smash-and-grab.

But what if the neighbors are lying about what was stolen, and lost things similar to yours? I dunno.

> I-I'm not dating anyone! B-Boy or girl!

not to pry buuuuut do you want to? do we have a new side quest to distract from going to city hall like you should be doing now?

Maybe you can visit your aunt on her lunch break then, you can both have a meal (comfort food to lower anxiety!), and these personal issues won’t involve her business as a mayor. You can say you were being considerate to discuss this issue during lunch so you don’t cut into her work time.

Also, this will insure that this won’t take more than an hour! Keep work and family stuff separate.

Videos! Let’s watch vtuber clips! Or diy vid on how to build a birdhouse

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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Slowly approach as a group. You're going to grab Mary and retreat to the lit camp.

Really? That's not the outfit I thought she'd be wearing after all these months.

Still, going to grab her would be a bad idea in the middle of that strange darkness.

Maybe the Jurist cloack can do it? If not, asking Simone and Uberto, and yes, even our spectral bird friend, if there is any way to retrieve without moving deeper in would help!

>>1128760
Huh, the thing was creating an illusion? Do the clone-bits look the same as before?
Let's go retrieve Mary.

>>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.

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.

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!