1/2 Nalthar 2026/07/21(Tue)00:08 No. 1129641 ID: ce8213
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Brother Juan tries to ease you forward, but you wave him off. Deliberately you take a step forward, then another. It feels like your legs are fighting you for control but you won't let them win.

The crowd is hushed as you make slow progress past them. Some whisper amongst themselves. A bat with glowing eyes and a ridiculously puffy dress leans to murmur to her neighbor, a glow-eyed rat in shiny armor. His body jolts with a scoff, his look at you one of soft derision.

A quiet jingling draws your ear. The puppets around you have hung motionless, save to turn their unblinking faces to track you. Now a stoat scantily dressed in gauzes and coins twiddles her fingers in your direction. When you turn your head her way she tilts her's, giving you a slow wink with all the emotion of lantern's hatch closing.

Her behavior unsettles you, and you quickly look away. But even with your eyes fixed ahead, her unnatural movements replay in your mind. The faintest sizzle, followed a breath later by her snapping into a new position. Her expression as stiff as a mask. It fills you with revulsion. Pushing those thoughts aside you press on.

2/2 Nalthar 2026/07/21(Tue)00:14 No. 1129643 ID: ce8213
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Reaching the space before the throne, you stop. Haltingly, agonizingly, you do your best attempt at a bow. Your legs finally give out, dumping you in a heap. Your back feels like its on fire as you push off the floor.

Gentle hands help you to sit up. Lisel is by your side. With her assistance you get upright enough to look the puppet king in its dead eyes. "I am Temerity, hunter of these woods!" Not sure what else should be said you lapse silent as your words echo.

A high chuckle that's not quite a giggle sounds out, once again from somewhere above and behind you. "So humble! Good man you are more than that. The barbarian general who's hordes very nearly reached sight of our walls. A feat not equaled in over two hundred years!" The fox puppet gesticulates in an exaggerated way. He flings a hand out, pointing behind you. "Come! Stand and let us see that spirit."

With Lisel to lean on you manage to rise back to your feet. A harsh squealing draws your glare up. Another gilded spy glass descends from the ceiling, stopping just a few inches above the fox puppet.

"Yes, we see the fire of defiance in your eyes." the king's voice comes from the brass trumpet, tinny and hollow. "Theodoric! Great general of the Visigoth! We will show you the fruit of civilization and then. Yesss, and then you will bring your people to the fold. House Cadvere has a place for all! What say you?"

>>1129643
Say you will do what you must to save your people.

Oh boy, being named after a historical figure the mouse likely has zero context of. And on top of that, being named general and expected to betray the rest of the survivors to 'join' the mad king's little play.

Humor the king for now to see his 'wonders' but make no promise you can sway the people as a single mouse. Maybe ask some probing questions about your 'role'. Stuff like 'what brands us as barbarians within this house?', or 'what do you know of our ways or culture?'.

Also possibly cast derision at his troops since you're seemingly allowed to do so. 'Your words may ring true here, but your troops act unspeakably in the dark corners of House Cadvere where few can witness their crimes. They maim and strike without warning, offer no surrender, kidnap us like mere beasts or slay when convenient.' and the like.

If this control freak wants to get his hands on your relatives might as well and try to get something out of this rotten deal. Ask if he can provide some food for your starving tribe.

A)

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/07/20(Mon)21:36 No. 1129637 ID: 2d82ce
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) Tell Abdel that you will keep quiet.

B) Tell Abdel that you won't keep quiet.

C) Make no promises.

D) Other suggestions.

A) I'm... not sure why you think we would? it seemed like heavy-handed propaganda.

B. Keeping secrets from each other is what is going to cause betrayal.

Huh. Well if these are the worms of that worm entity that was gonna end us had we not escaped, we should be cautious. Still, we're uninvolved for now. Despite the past we don't have to select a side. Let them fight without us. Or let them bid for our aid. Just make the starting bid VERY high. Oh and why keep this secret unless... we only speak of this if she speaks of the meeting? Simple trade. Still it's concerning if our team stops communicating openly and free. House divided cannot stand.

rolled 14, 3, 5, 9, 5, 20, 8, 2, 1, 8, 10, 20, 3, 1, 11, 7, 7, 7, 13, 19 = 173

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>"Ok, you lost me. What's that have to do with anything?"
(Before calming down via dance) "I thought I was being clever, but I made a deal with something ancient that doesn't think like we do. What if frozen copies are easier, hehe, or faster than working stone? I'm sure she didn't ask to be killed a thousand-countless times over and over," Natalina waves a hand at the outside, "but that's what ha-ha-happened! "

>"So uh...have you always been able to go invisible like that?"
The arkus gives her girlfriend a funny look. "That was metaphor. I know numenera can make things ambiguous at times, but you're looking right at me."

>"Nat, I'm not gonna let you go out there all alone. Is it really that urgent?"
"I think we may have accidentally triggered a crusade. We're a lot more likely to change minds if we step in before the violence starts."

The arkus checks her cyphers. If the problem is her heading off [i]alone[i/]... She can't normally take anyone else with her when she shreds the walls of world, but the things she carries or wears make it across just fine. Maybe she could carry a shrunken Paprika with her? Or... perhaps if they attached the hiding alarm nodule to the sensor tusk, Paprika could attack to force it insubstantial and they could both fall out? Although that might be a problem if the tusk is currently being used as a weight-bearing landing strut. Or Natalina could exit through the wall, and Paprika could go the long way, through the molten metal? (Though opening the door might damage the sensor tusk, and even if Paprika's heat-proof, shoving through all tha

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rolled 4, 2, 3 = 9

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Rolling for how many hostile boarders made it aboard before Cricket got the door closed.

>>1128897
Zalkezia, Last Princess of the Cloud Giants - four meters tall, starry-eyed, ebon-skinned, clad in what looks like a metallic silver figure-skating outfit with a bandolier of colorful glass bottles - bursts into the neural-interface throne room. Stops short upon seeing Reiko.
>rolled 14
The princess doesn't actually squeal, or outright say "you're adorable!" but Reiko can tell she's thinking it. Instead, after a quick half-bow, in stilted and archaic but intelligible Truth:

>"Honored Navigator, set a course to the Grinder of Infinities, for therein lies the key to reclaiming my father's castle. The sooner we put these vile Dramath behind us, the better."

>rolled 17
How much intellect effort are you willing to put into seeing whether Reiko has ever even heard of 'the Grinder of Infinities' before this moment?

rolled 3, 18, 7, 12, 2, 20, 12, 5, 10, 16, 11, 2, 9, 10, 7, 16, 13, 3, 9, 4 = 189

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Reiko keeps physical eye contact, trying to dilate her eyes to maintain the princess' susceptibility to cuteness proximity.

She's still trying to call Branu to demand to know what the fudge is going on.

Without missing a beat, the interface prints out a form.

[Intelligence Effort 4 Bluff]
"My allegiance is to House Youngmason. Please read and sign their terms of contract, and we'll be off. Ma'am." She even does a cute little pose while handing out the form.

See, the Youngmasons always have pre-planned drafts of statutory contracts lying around for every business deal they could possibly make. Reiko learned quickly that she could make money and prestige by copying the core drafts to her implant, and tailoring them to a client whenever all the official negotiators and diplomats were getting shitfaced or too busy being dead. She'd been working on this one in her spare time while flying, a sort of taxi-service agreement that she was going to give to anyone who used their reputation and status to commandeer the flying saucer without payment. Such as this brat.

This particular MOU has no outwardly predatory clauses nor immediate tributes... but it does bind the client to certain acts of honor in the future. Acts that give House Youngmason a subtle advantage in certain industries. Nothing outrageous. A lunch meeting with the Eastern Branch Board here, an agreement to conduct acts of charity in a specific set of countries there, and other simple acts of politeness and decorum, and the earliest scheduled meeting is years away. If she isn't really a princess, she could just ignore it. It would just mean that she and the government she represents are untrustworthy to the rest of the solar sphere's aristocracy. Nothing to sweat about, certainly.

Reiko a

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rolled 9, 16, 7, 19, 2, 2, 20, 15, 5, 16, 11, 2, 19, 18, 3, 3, 14, 3, 11, 5 = 200

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>>1128379
>>1129506
We have several potentially hostile forces who seem to be at odds. Seeing an old... relative is putting Cricket Moon back in the mindset of those bloody early days. Never strike without leverage. Never give away your hand. Part of her tugs at those mannerisms- is this how a hero acts?
But Cricket Moon does not know herself as a hero. And so she waits and observes. Are the two sides immediately drawing steel? Do the humans run? Are the boarders looking to destroy their surroundings, talk to each other? In the wake of being flooded into a cargo hold, with their (presumed) target/princess breaking away, what's everyone doing?

>>1129668
>rolled 9. 16
Smoke eels don't have any visible equipment apart from their own bodies. Not moving like pack-hunting predators; almost, but not quite. Closer to... well-drilled soldiers, in an unfamiliar hostile environment. Definitely capable of swallowing a human whole, but they're passing up opportunities to do so in favor of attempting to inflict disabling wounds. By the time Zalkezia's retinue makes it up the stairs, where the eels can't easily follow, guy with the cargo net is missing a big chunk of his right calf muscle. Several other less severe injuries; armored hunchback took at least three plate-crumpling hits in the course of defending that kid with the harpoon gun, but is still mobile and lucid.

Only two eels are hurt - one by said harpoon, another by some sort of energy beam Malia fired from her metal eye. None of the humans manage to land even a glancing hit hand-to-hand while still in the water. Injured eels move away, and are providing each other with some sort of medical care; a third is scouting out the side of the hangar bay which leads to the main gun, acting as rearguard, leaving six to pursue and encircle.

>>1129632
+1 to this

Okay, but what happens if the Void becomes too populated, to the point that it becomes a living galaxy?

>>1129638
probably the same thing that happens to every other world? it eventually falls and becomes what the void was before

Why is it that Silv or ourselves can’t recall how we ended up in the void or even where we came from despite everyone else we bump into clearly recalling where the came from and at least have an idea how they got here?

>>1129639
Maybe...
The whole thing is a cycle.
The voidlings break everything down into runes.they combine to create something new... and a critical mass of them births... a world.
Renewal.
And us?
Were the abberation.

>>1129666
<throws up devil horns>
Perfect question.
We are different, us and sylv
Knowing why will be useful.

oh right, the orb! that slime might know something... but they might also be responsible for setting that trap.

they haven't spotted you yet, so, before you reveal yourself, get a good look at the other side of the room. are there any other exits?

Grab food first, see if you can’t make a sandwich, then once you start eating then ask what the slime is doing.

"OH MY GOODNESS, YOU'RE NAKED!"

Befriend slime

>>1129647
Unless it had just eaten a healer moments before you walked through the door, thats an intelligent slime
So, unless theres a skeleton in it posed the same, your safe.

Your boobs arent tingling danger, just the low lever nice tingle so its safe.

Say hi, introduc self. acquire dinner, sneak a look at map

>>1129514
Pet/massage their adorable, adorable mousey ears.

Then ask politely who they are and what kind of assistance they need.

>>1129514
Ask her if she's acquainted with Debra. Everyone knows all mice know all other mice on a psionic, hivemind-like level.

She's small and adorable and looks like someone you could easily boss around by just being assertively yourself. She's perfect.

I do believe you just found yourself a sidekick, Riley.

She can be the Watson to your Holmes. The Robin to your Batman. The one little girl you forget her name to your Inspector Gadget.

Help doesn't come for free, or cheap! There's equipment costs, womanpower, crow taxes... Ask what she can compensate you with. We need wealth, favors, or other bribery.

>>1049275
New reader, here to offer a potential theory: What if the pickle jar contained a live venomous animal? One that was freed when the jar broke, and then stung, bit or slashed Riley while she was probing in the dark.

And the weird sensation afterwards could be attributed to venom (which could have hallucinogenic effect and be slow-acting) or a transmittable pathogen like Rabies. It could be something as mundane as Tetanus too.

If Riley continues to have weird symptoms or her physical/mental state worsens, she may need to check with a doc and get a blood test at the very least. The wound may have healed but something nasty might be in her bloodstream.

Well, Gabe can be safely described as the one who revealed this changeling.

There is a good chance Flashing Feathers is or will be dealing with the last, possibly with Casey

"This Guy" is a damn useful body double, man, imagine getting the best blow ever and then being told (what YOU consider to be) very good news.

Flashing Feathers encountering the 'Caysee' Changeling could be VERY bad - for the Changeling, that is. We're talking an ancient deity of colors (who likely can recognize a changeling due to their affinity for colors) being seduced by a clear fake of their lover, or seeing said fake try to seduce Cecil.

In other words, Casey might have to stop a literal god from smiting/devouring/snu-snu'ing the Changeling.

Also, these changelings provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the mice trio: Having kinky sex with their own-selves. Gabe-Gaybe, Kol-Cole, and Casey-Caysee.

>>1129575

I guess since Gabe's taken care of the Trouble, maybe Cole can do him a solid and get him off while Kol sells him on The Big Plan!

>>1129575
two down one "kasey" to go

Seems like Cole has convenient measuring notches on his bug-cock. Gabe took at least five notches worth!

Oh right, introductions are in order.

And ask about the body parts strewn around.

(1/1) kpwlt 2026/07/20(Mon)13:42 No. 1129614 ID: 127310
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>so I'm guessing Hella is the flaming figure after all?

Based on what Sam knows, it seems almost certain.

>Her ability to teleport in and out of the Well seems pretty handy. Wish we could do that, then we could go confront her.

Sam wonders how Hella is able to teleport. She knows of several tryptologers who were claimed to have the ability to “move without moving” but they tended to disappear along with their research. The most famous she knows of was a burglar who went by Garou Garou, who was able to enter and exit sealed rooms with no trace. One day, his corpse was found fused with a wall.

Sam is unsure if and to what extent Hella’s teleportation is comparable to Garou Garou’s wall-walking.

>Oh right, introductions are in order.

Sam is a little miffed that Uberto has decided to shirk his regular duty of introducing her.

SAM: “Well. I am Sam. This is Uberto. Those are the Jur- I mean, Justice McGregor and Simone.”

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>>1129614
Sounds like an opportunity. We want to deal with Hella, and she currently doesn't know where we are. If we go to the encampment and mess with their stuff, she might teleport down to fight us, at which point we can win and lift the curse.

To that end, we should try to prep for the fight as much as possible. Is there anything else nearby we can use?

might as well take a look at the camp

Silence 2026/07/17(Fri)15:01 No. 1129430 ID: 6d1406
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>>1129363
>>1129366
Let's meet in the cafeteria.

Of course J- 637. I'll see you there in a bit.

You go to the Cafeteria. You sit down, and wait, you wait... it takes a few hours, no doubt Hannibal had some work to get done once he landed. But you're fine with waiting, you're gonna get answers, because soon, this all ends.

You footsteps, and look over and see Hannibal enter, from your memories he was a bit thinner, seems time has made him a bit portlier.

Hello Fox, or should I be calling you something else?

Hello Mr. Silver.

Hm, seems you finally got them back, alright... where do you want to start?

Is that going to be a problem? You don't want to earn the ire of Kowalski-Wayne while you're still under contract with them.

Is there anything Hannibal needs you to know, that he couldn't tell because of the locked memories?

What's the plan here? You thought it was just pay off the debt and dip, but with how you and he were ...hired he might have something more ambitious in mind?

Is Ava a high ranking KW exec now, or a skilled mech pilot that we will have to fight as the final boss?

How has he been? Seems like working for the company instead of contracting heists for the ITA put a little meat on his bones.

>>1129430
Why were they lost? Why is he not listed as a handler?

Silence 2026/07/20(Mon)15:11 No. 1129615 ID: 6d1406
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>>1129435
You come out swinging, this needs to be answered.

Question 1
Will getting my memories back be a problem? Will this get our "employers" on us?

It won't. I can promise you that, your case was different than many others.

Question 2
Is there anything I need to know that you have? Anything you couldn't tell me because of the amnesia?

Only that I'm sorry I got us into this situation, it was meant to be a job, and yes you were a disposable asset but not like this. We're trapped together and I've been working overtime for the past 10 years.

10? I was told by Disco that it'd be 8 at most.

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>>1129615
He didn't answer why there's no Hannibal listed as a handler. Was the mechanic mistaken?

No one will question if you "borrow" Swiss for a while...

it's okay maya you're okay we're truly wonderfully okay, you're so safe maya, you're really such a good girl, you're really good and safe and warm and you don't have to be scared anymore , swiss is a good boy he's gonna keep you so safe, you can trust him you can LEAN on him you can *love* him because hes SAFE. you can show him how warm you are you can show him how good it feels to be warm,
maya you're bathed in endless warmth you're so safe, it's perfect, you're gonna be perfect maya forever and ever, bathed in warmth eternal perfect warmth forever and ever and ever AND EVER

hes so innocent, he doesn't know anything, you can teach him, he'll trust you and you trust him back, you have to show him you WANT TO show him your warmth,
show him maya you have to show him we have to show him SHOW HIM SHOW HIM SHOW HIM SHOW HIM

you need to eat and your tired and your injured so wouldnt it be so nice if swiss fed you by hand. ask swiss to feed you.

ask if swiss has a fav plushyyy

>>1129567
>>1129572
She asked if she could pet his ears earlier.

He said deal.

I say keep doing it maya.
That was helping you stay calm which helps him do his first aid and you to rest.
Maya, you can let your guard down a bit.
You already said nothing below the hoodie and he agreed.
Look at this precious cinnamon Bun (pun very intended)
He keeps his word.
You can trust him.

>>1129279
A , b

Primary: C
2ndary: B
Tertiary: [insert random non-English Latinic letter and/or letter/diacritic combo here] /j

Dangidgets! I forgot what the Homestar Runner refrance there

B E

D,E

>>1129423
>very nearly too late, because they are already here
Ah. I think I know what you were supposed to do, BEFORE people arrived. You were supposed to prevent them from getting access to the ship's tech, either because the tech itself is dangerous, or because it would turn the cold war hot and lead to nuclear annihilation. You could do this either by dying and scuttling the ship, or by traveling somewhere else... but I think the intent was the former. You put it off because you couldn't quite do it, due to self-preservation instinct or an aversion to damaging your friend's body.
Alternatively, you were meant to prevent them from getting to a specific part of the ship, to prevent them from seeing or doing something in particular, and you didn't need to destroy the entire thing or yourself. Like I guess preventing them from getting the time travel tech specifically. Maybe it doesn't matter if they get access to the rest of the tech.

Also you probably know the language because you were monitoring the civilization, and that's what kept you going for thousands of years. You had to see the outcome of your actions. To know it was worth it.

>>1129425
Tell him you would like to be an advisor of some sort. Your knowledge of potential futures and potential pasts means you know a lot of different mistakes that can be made, and some successes. Also, you would like to save as many lives as possible. You have a lot to make up for.

Hmm. If you could give a powerful *defensive* technology to both sides, so that nuclear weapons couldn't be used, would

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Its been so long, you could make a break from your past self. Maybe nothing you do now can make up for what you've done, but, you could try. See the world and its people.

Probably refocus on a new career.
Helping reverse-engieneer what remains of the ship would be a good use of my time, as well as further science counselling.

Or maybe something more valuable than knowledge.
Maybe sharing information about my timeline, the cause of this one forming, and how to avoid the same mistakes is the way to go.

Besides that, most likely making friends and forming a family. Bonds are as vital as anything else.

>>1129425
Well that's a hell of a question though honestly a good one to ask... I think something where we can build something, helping people, something that's the opposite of the destruction we may have caused.

You want to clean up this mess and as soon as all loose ends are tied up, blow this ship to smithereens so it can’t contaminate the timeline any further… but it’s best to tell them you’d like to go back to researching technologies and stuff instead. For the betterment of mankind, of course, like you always have.

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/07/19(Sun)18:15 No. 1129527 ID: 988c77
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Give an evaluation of all the heroes' performance.

>>1129527
Surface Crawler did good.

Gambler Knight did very good. However, since it relied on the construct and using it for luck, I'm not sure if promotion is the best thing. Maybe pass on to whichever of our fellows gets the gambler next to consider it...

Naughty Sheep did good.

Shadow Taker also did good.

Jester Knight too, did good.

Alchemy Knight should learn to be more careful. Definitely not gonna be able to go into more dangerous missions until recovery..

Village Champion is a chicken. Not sure what else to say.

Corpse Lover has straight up disappeared.

I don't know how promotions work, however...and how many you're supposed to give out at a time.

Surface Crawler: Ranked A. Really excellent work! Capturing that phantom must have been really risky. If she managed to trap all the other pieces and not just the main, it would have probably be a Ranked S, but that would be going above and beyond.

Gambler Knight: Ranked A. Being able to stop some very dangerous bomb toads without anyone getting hurt is quite a feat, even if lucky.

Naughty Sheep: Ranked B. The hero totally destroyed the hydra, and kept the construct safe while the construct kept him safe. However, he stole the construct and will need to return it. For doing something so unheroic, it can't be an A rank.

Shadow Taker: Ranked S (as much as I hate to admit) this was a powerful creature that previous heroes had trouble with. she managed to also finish another quest on the side.

Jester Knight: Ranked A. Capturing the necromancer's apprentice without killing or hurting her was excellent. Though that is to be expected since the two know each other well.

Alchemy Knight: Ranked B. Those fungi are quite dangerous, and the Alchemy knight risking himself to beat them is quite a difficult task. If he didn't breathe in those spores and got sick, it would have been an A. Get well soon, Alchemy Knight.

Village Champion: Ranked C. Hero became a delicious chicken, and could not bring the hand to its destination. But at least the quest is complete, and we know where the hand is at, and is secured in a chest...

Corpse Lover: Ranked D. the hero is MIA, and there is no proof of completion. The reason why it isn't an F is because The strange anomaly is gone at least. Hopefully it won't come back.

good jobs across the board, except those last two.

I hope village chicken can get some help getting, if not back to normal, than at least a more anthro shape. not good job

As for CT, we won't know if they did a good job until the anomaly comes back. If it doesn't come back then Good Job Corpse Lover, wherever you are.

As for promotions:

Surface Crawler: Probably not. I would have said yes to promoting her, but she refused to take one of the more harder jobs that was ranked as a high danger. Until she is more confident in her abilities, I'd say probably not yet. But let her know that she is stronger than she thinks she is.

Gambler Knight: That's a tricky one. The hero used luck manipulation to conquer that quest through a flip of a coin. I'd love to see how Gambler Knight does if the coin was flipped to unlucky and manages to succeed, or maybe even not flip a coin. But then again, the coin is a tool much like a sword.

Naughty Sheep: Sorry, no promotion. A hero that steals can't be ranked up. He should at least be thankful that we didn't suggest to demote him over this, cause he did an admirable job defeating the monster while protecting the construct in what he might see as an escort mission (that protects him too). Maybe as an incentive: if he returns the construct, he can rank up. But otherwise, no

Shadow Taker: Rank her up I guess. Her work was perfection there.

Jester Knight: At first, I was going to say no promotion because since the person she was up against was a friend who she knows how to deal with, but y'know, sometimes knowing your enemy and having connections is a tool for heroes. Plus, she is probably in beginner rank because people are too scared to rank her up and put her in more dangerous missions just because she is the king's jester.

Alchemy Knight: No rank promotion. But a really good effort I think. Just try to be more observant next time, We need our heroes to be more careful of their own health before they can rank up to more harder quests.

Village Champion: He's a chicken now that Fluffy secretly wants to eat, can't get any more demoted than that.

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Ask her if she wants to have a cock and balls again

>>1129350
We are trying to be subtle here...

Go on tour, continuing our tiny modifications as we go.

tell her the tour sounds lovely and ask her to lead the way.

Just remember to ask a lot of questions so she has to focus on you just as much as the tour and to keep your subtle manipulations going on her whenever she looks your way or talks to you. Once the manipulations start getting her noticeably aroused start acting like you're getting more comfortable around her and become a little more clingy. As in moments when you can't think what to talk about walk close enough for your shoulders to touch or even try and hold her hand if you think she wouldn't mind. If she tells a joke or a happy story give her a quick hug when expressing your own joy. And every time the two of you touch make the subtle pleasure rise slightly for when your touch last longer then a moment or in instances where the contact is brief give her a sharp and large amount of pleasure but make it so quick it could easily be dismissed as a trick of her mind.

Other than that go through the tour and show genuine interest in both what she's talking about and in her, be friendly and kind and show you're starting to open up to her yourself and trust her more, and never leave her side to keep the manipulations up even if she tries to distance herself from you to make it seem like she is getting hella worked up around you.

Oh and on a side note, if she ever makes any remarks or jokes about dating, hanging out, or just being around you give a small jolt of pleasure to her only slightly more noticeable then what you're doing to her normally to "encourage" these thoughts and a much sharper and stronger jolt if she ever mentions anything about sex or making out to you, while you yourself will always take such questions or remarks as her just being friendly and opening up to you to keep up the air of innocents you're trying to build up.

I’m liking what I’m hearing! Let’s also use our subtle rewards system for any time she interacts with her new flower. We’ve given her an object that she associates with us~ That object should quickly become her favorite thing, and if she gets pleasant tingles from looking at and/or touching it, that’ll certainly speed the progress along~ Gives us an extra hook to wiggle into her heart. “Ohhhh~ Why do I feel like this when I pay attention to the flower?? Do I feel the same way about… him??? *looks at us and the feeling intensifies* M-Maybe…” Every little detail counts~

I still say that, A SHRUBBERY [dramatic music] would be an excellent gift. It could have more of the same type of flower, and/or if you really wanna demonstrate your demiurge-like powers, make it somehow grow to chop down the mightiest tree in a forest, A HERRING [dramatic music]

Use C as a distraction for D.

C! Let's have some fun

>>1129403
this

C) + D) let's see if humans taste like chicken.

If you are planning to absorb the human (or any human for that matter), ensure that their immune systems are boosted and/or inoculated after restoring them. If there IS a 'second influenza', its likely you absorbed it at some point and/or might be a carrier and would have to ensure the outside world is safe for humans again (you are effectively a permanent cure/vaccine).

Another possibilty, if able to directly affect the brain of those you recreate, is to give the human a bit of your memories/knowledge (do you share memories when rejoining your splits?) or basic details of what is going on as a sort of flashback tutorial to being a slime and be less inclined to panic.

Hmm, now I'm worried that slime absorption might also make viruses, bacteria and microscopic lifeforms sentient (and we haven't noticed it yet), and would most certainly affect parasite lifeforms (fleas, ticks, tapeworms, etc). That might become a problem for most of the sentient animals harboring them.

Also, humans wear clothes you can't absorb and consider nudity indecent. That might send the wrong message to any witnesses.

[2/4] Stingpie 2026/07/18(Sat)21:54 No. 1129468 ID: c65cd0
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You then proceed to open all the cabinets.

[3/4] Stingpie 2026/07/18(Sat)21:54 No. 1129469 ID: c65cd0
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You grab a net bag, and put your amputated hand in it. Looks good enough.

[4/4] Stingpie 2026/07/18(Sat)21:55 No. 1129470 ID: c65cd0
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You then peek around the corner to see the other side of the wall. Two caraclasts are looking at a tulpa which has collapsed, leaving a trail of blood on the wall. It does not appear that Prescissa is doing too well.

well, if you aren't in any danger, might as well see how she's doing
she'll probably freak out, if she isn't unconcious

>>1129470
No blood trail from the kitchen. So that wound was not caused there, or it was a minor wound that they kept from bleeding much until now.
If you have any medical training this would be a good time to use it. If not, ask if there's a medic on board. Actually, one-handed medical care is pretty bad so you probably shouldn't try to help directly. Go find someone that can help.

1/2 Buckwheat 2026/07/18(Sat)13:56 No. 1129456 ID: ac2578
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>Mine cart. Maybe a wheel barrow.
Kaari: “Think we could hold her down with a mine cart?”

Pickford: “No. Take too long to run an grab one. Might crush’er even.”

>Leave something heavy on her legs, like that box of dynamite.
We’re using those boxes to hide Dente. We could flip the table over and put that on her though.

>I don't think Rosary's moving around like that. You have the pickaxe and the axe, too.
You know what, yeah screw it! I can chop her down again.
Kaari: “Okay, I’ll stand watch and you can radio in for more help then Pickford.”

Pickford: “Okay.”

He turns to the bear on his way out,
Pickford: “Mess with’em two anymore. Make you wish you bled out.”

> Lana, though, is she coming around?
I glance back over at Lana, she’s still on the ground. I can hear her groaning a bit.

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It gets tense waiting for him to come back. Stupid bear goes and breaks the silence.

Rosary: “Hope I gave your girlfriend a concussion.”

Kaari: “Hope you get life without parole for what you did.”

She groans out in pain,
Rosary: “I-I’ve…got cash and resources to bail and run, rabbit. Wh-what do you have?”

Kaari: “I have my loving girlfriend Lana, and she’s all I’ll ever need!”
Rosary: “Enough to-”

She starts breaking out into a coughing fit.
Rosary: “-protect you from what’s next? Word gets out you did this to me. It’s rabbit season.”

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Okay, what benefit does she get from telling us this? The fact that she is saying these things to you means she fears prison more than death for some reason and wants you to finish her off... if she's not the gang leader, could the actual leader be scary enough to punish her in prison and make her suffer a fate worse than death? I can't think of any other reason why she would want us to kill her other than not wanting to talk in trial.

In any case, I don't think this is a petty enough crime for her to simply help her bail out of prison. And if for some reason it is, there's always witness protection services, which would suck, but it is what it is. She is just trying to scare you into acting.

For now, just ask why in the world she would even be telling you this stuff, other than to scare you into murdering her? What does she have to gain? What's she scared about?

>>1129457
Shes trying to get you to finish her.
Dont buy it.

Everything she said reinforces a position that her surviving this is bad for you.
If she wanted to survive she wouldnt share any of this.
Therefore;
Shes either trying to get you close enough so she can try to overpower you.
Or
She actually fears the consequences of being taken alive.

its gotta be bait. She's important, she's got connections. yeah? Whys she down in a hole then? Nobody lower down the totem pole you could have sent to intimidate two nobodies? You bluff as well as you threaten.

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: Remember when we could fit inside vents?
: We were eight years old.
: And we still got stuck that one time.
: Being stuck in that was almost, but not exactly, what it's like to be eaten by a large snake.
: Never tell me the similarity between anything and being eaten by a snake.
: They should really make those bigger. It's a detecting hazard.
: They did. Maintenance hallways.

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>: That looked like a cult construct. What do we know about those?

: She's definitely back there...
: Saw something big moving.
: What was it?
: Red glow, bulky.
: Angular?
: Geometric, even. And multiple glowing spots. "Cult" construct.
: Brewed up dozens of the things back when they got a full head of steam.



: What do we know about that?
: Bloodletter constructs officially don't exist.
: Unofficially...

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I mean... you *could* ask about it. Is that a good idea, or is the Unofficial Company Protocol Guide just offering the safest option that would please the investors? You sure can't go in there without it tearing you to shreds.

...right?

Butt priestess wants the religion district to be less grimy and more synchronized or something. Maybe you could just move.

>>1129252
Well.
A lot of these prayers are old and moldy.
No wonder the new ones arent getting through.

He needs a good clean cock, not a big dirty dick.
That way every new prayer has a better chance of being seen...
And
People will have to donate more often rather than being a one pray and done

We all know where this is going.

We are going to make the priest of each shrine talk things out, solve their differences with sexy results, and form a syncretic religion.

This will, of course, eventually cause a schism between the dick-in-butt and the dickbutt shrines that will lead to a long and horrid war, but that won't be a problem for another 100 years!

...For you to solve, heroes are iconic, and thus eternal. Natch!

>>1129252
This makes me wonder if there is a forgotten Big belly womb and Pussy shrine that was lost and perhaps why the rat king is several rats a multitude born from one or several pussies that would be important for balance and creation.

Also funny that a dragon is of but and a Goblin of dick bit of a reversal.
Perhaps we need butt priestess covered in cum with a thong with filled condoms tied to it and let her get tailed with dicks asshoöe and oussy filled with cum so she can birth the big dick dragon and the butt Goblin in a time loop scenario of the Guardian spirits

As a dick priest, they likely know more abput male individuals than most. Ask if they know what the RAT KING looks like. Are they a single rat that's nefarious, or like, a bunch of rats that got stuck together somehow?

Also, what was the Magical Crystals purpose before it got destroyed?

Also worth asking if they got/know anything that can help with the Huge Dick Dragon part of your quest.

You could use a bath, I forgets the last time you got an opportunity. Hopefully the briefing doesn't need charts.

It's called parallel work and it's efficient. If she briefs you after you bath you're doing work in sequence and you're losing valuable time that you could be using to put plans in motion. Let her brief you while you bathe

>>1111277
They make a good point boss, it's efficient, and you demonstrate your trust in her.

(Caught up on DiveQuest at last! First time contributing to one of these, I hope I'm doing it right.)

A bigger deal to consider with being connected with a deity is that it is unfathomable in thinking and morality. And that there is a possibility it is influencing you without you realizing it (think marionette happily dancing its jig).

What if this being manipulates you, or worse, demands outright, that you commit a supernatural atrocity? Something that aligns with your goals but you as a person would vehemently oppose?

What if the deity decides that you need to be offed like Red Fang was?

We've seen firsthand that a deity is able to inflict punishments worse than death (arguably). What if your protector of the weak decides it smite 'the strong' on a scale of nations?

Let's not forget some truly outstanding coincidences that occurred around Muschio.

Such as him accidentally burning down an entire town via an unlikely domino effect of events.

Or how a person he buried alive is now one of his most trusted allies.

Divinity hanging over Muschio might be literally manifesting these coincidences.

It's also possible that most visions are the divinity doing the equivalent of 'Look what I did!' to Muschio.