B. Now that we know that the druids shouldn't be attacked, Might be better for the gambling hero to take on this quest with her luck, especially if we want the arrow construct's luck to work with our favor. after hearing more details about this quest, this feels more like luck is going to be needed.
We'll need to request the quest writers to be more specific on the objectives on what is and isn't allowed.

Instead, offer The Screaming Phantom quest. No construct needed, she has a mask to protect her eyes. It's a less dangerous quest for her.

unless she wants to use the flying construct as a distraction for the screaming phantom to knife its eye instead of hers, but that might be better for the drowned spirit since its targeting a royal family, probably living in a castle, and the flying construct is said to be good for scouting in castle grounds

>>1125917
seconded

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/04/29(Wed)21:08 No. 1126064 ID: 16b713
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Pick the next heroes and quest to assign. Here are the votes from the previous suggestions, all of them have one vote each.

- Corpse Lover -> Strange Anomaly

- Shadow Taker -> The Drowned Spirit

You are free to give other suggestions or change your previous suggestions.

lets see if the gambling hero wants to try her luck with the bomb frogs with construct arrows

>>1126065
I give my vote for this suggestion.

2/4 Nalthar 2026/05/03(Sun)01:03 No. 1126141 ID: fd169b
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Someone's picking you up, dragging you. Oh it's Dis. And Lisel too. That's so brave of them.

Wait no. No they shouldn't be here. They have to run. You need to tell them to leave you.

Why can't you say anything?

3/4 Nalthar 2026/05/03(Sun)01:04 No. 1126142 ID: fd169b
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Why is it so loud again? Like someone's shouting in your ear. You're getting yanked around.

Who's holding you now? Oh fuck it's that rat bastard again. You hate that man. You should stab him, but your arms feel like iron. Try anyway. Where's your knife? Claw his eyes out.

Ah he's got your wrists. Why doesn't he just kill you? Why's he looking at you? Can't really tell what he's thinking. Those glowing eyes.

What's that sound? The window? Something broke in. Something big. The room's going all white.

4/4 Nalthar 2026/05/03(Sun)01:05 No. 1126143 ID: fd169b
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The cold wind. Feels nice.

End of the second day in House Cadvere

it will be alright..

What a way to end a chapter

Lila 2026/05/03(Sun)08:30 No. 1126170 ID: eb7cbf
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> you should probably head back to the room where you just fought and try the door that was in there and see where that leads.

Lila 2026/05/03(Sun)08:31 No. 1126171 ID: eb7cbf
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>________

Mel's ready to fight the Skeptik's leader, right? Right?!

>>1126146
NO, YOU FOOL! CANCEL COMMAND! CANCEL THE SCAN NOW, BEFORE IT HACKS US!

>>1126146
>>1126149
spoiler alert, you're too far away to scan it.

>>1126152
awwww

We are being watched.

Combine Darkness + Eldritch, see if we can create something like a Cloak or Hide Rune. Something to conceal our little island. Not just from whatever this is, but from the colossal voidlings out there.

No tenants currently renting out that belly apartment currently…buuuut there’s available space and you seem like a good fit~

>Should we take up smoking to be cool and/or get stat boost?
This isn't Disco Elysium, I don't think its going to boost our abilities. Lets not get ourselves addicted to drugs before we even get to our apartment.

We should do drugs.

Smoking is punk, you should do it. It won't noticeably shorten your life expectancy here anyway.

> This isn't Disco Elysium, I don't think its going to boost our abilities. Lets not get ourselves addicted to drugs before we even get to our apartment.

Electrochemistry: That's quitter talk right there! Bet we could get addicted to at least three different things and end up passed out in someone elses apartment!

Seriously though I agree, at least find out what drugs are available and their effects before smoking any random thing.

Pragmatism and preparation can only excuse so much. That your captors don't have more creative methods of subduing a non-human target after decades of duty shows exactly what your brother has been filling them up with: combat manuals and a directive to sacrifice themselves for their dear leader.

If they are cruel inside, then there is little left to do but nyx this plan and subdue your captors. But this reeks of a dictatorship. Your brother has seen the monsters that the worst of humanity devolved into... he has become one. He will likely embrace those monsters while murdering humans and elves alike.

You want revenge? Sever the head and watch the worms squirm underneath a rotting body. But keep your rage in check for now. The beings in front of you have been hollowed out. Hatred towards them only matters when they become people again.

She put her trust in you, so you have to see this through.

The guilt you're feeling is mislaid, it rightfully belongs to them who hurt your friends so callously. keep it inside, when the time is right you repay them for these sins.

But you have to stay strong until then. Ask to see the items he mentioned.

So your ex-boyfriend doesn't trust fey, that's not an excuse to torture them. Giving any prisoner to Fergal is a mark against his character. Ask him to- please... find a new jailer. Just give her to Pierre's jailer, not Serah's as she was her familiar. One powerless fairy is hardly more taxing to watch over than a human.

Been awhile, and I'm thinking about Landi's Djinn partners right now. Do they realize that Landi has Djinns on her side? Hopefully they didn't get that information out of her, but perhaps we made it here in time before they started questioning her and only disarmed her.

One thing I wanna do is ask the status on her standings with them and see if they can help in your upcoming battle with your brother, especially how her standing with salt is considering some issues she had.

But before we can ask Landi, there are two things we'll need to do.
First we will have to be alone with her even if you have to confirm she's been disarmed to do it like Ailín wants us to. It should be fine if we check as long as we have those Djinn kept a secret.

Once we are alone, second step is to try to give Landi from therapy to get her mental state better before she can help us.

Tell them you have a more foolproof solution. A contract. Landi can sign a contract stating she cannot attempt to leave until her prison door is opened and she is released (or something to that effect, which would allow her to escape if a prison break succeeds).

Or, maybe something that's easier to sneak by the guards... a contract stating she cannot use her wings at all while she is in camp. That way, they won't have to clip them, and it won't make a prison break any easier.

>>1125488
Sensor tusks are working, now. Passive scan yields a superb map of the night sky, and two-meter pixels across the earth's surface, while even at minimal power, active scans pick out sub-millimeter detail, along with esoteric resonances which can be interpreted as clues about molecular structure, from literal miles away. Even through some types of walls! Starting to dial up scan intensity further triggered an "are you sure?" prompt, warning how that type of 'missile lock' may be interpreted as a hostile act by twitchy military types - including, at full power, at least an order of magnitude further away than the Moon.
>rolled 5
Due to impatient idle tapping on an initially unresponsive button, the queued results of a dozen nested "zoom and enhance" commands have taught Reiko far more than she ever really wanted to learn about the inside of her own nose.
>rolled 16, 20, 15, 20
The ship's condition is... still far from ideal, but basically stable. Patched seals on the hangar bay door will burn through during re-entry, no question, but they'll retain air until then, proper aerodynamic orientation should be able to keep dangerous amounts of plasma from leaking in, Cricket or Paprika could provide a backup, and even if they fail, vital systems are rated to survive hangar bay interior being on fire for several more minutes than it should be physically possible for high-speed atmospheric compression to last. Well, at least, assuming you land in water or deep snow afterward. https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-10-08 How hard can that be? Dozens of miles around the intended destination are snowed-in to adequ

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rolled 20, 1, 1, 2, 7, 15, 12, 11, 5, 4, 20, 18, 13, 4, 16, 10, 11, 16, 13, 14 = 213

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Reiko spends some time querying the ship's logs, trying to find out how the repair crews used to work, and asks the ship to give her a runtime of all footage from its main camera. From her perspective, it starts out blurry, but Reiko talks to the ship to remove and edit frames to give a single continuous animation from a relatively stable standpoint. It's blurry and inaccurate, but the logs mooshed together give a general understanding of how life went before the Eighth blew up, and a few post-apocalypse movies after that.
Down on the ground the passengers and repair crews looked like ants, but Reiko manages to find the occasional large package being de-packaged in the hangar, with large plates then carried over to the ship.

Reiko rallies any teammates who aren't busy and explores the area that most of the crates of plating came from. With luck, she might be able to find a means of reinforcing the doors even further, or at least a repair manual.

A few scans for iotum along the way probably won't hurt. 2 effort each time to minimize the strain on her cyberware.

rolled 10, 20, 8, 16, 4, 4, 5, 8, 5, 1, 19, 7, 12, 9, 9, 2, 8, 13, 12, 6 = 178

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>>1125515
>Being carried off for post-combat aftercare and shower time with her girlfriend sound too nice for Natalina to even feel embarrassed out.
Cricket Moon definitely isn't writing stories about the heroic encounters they've just gone through, or any steamy aftermaths. That journal is strictly for studying strategy to work better with everyone.

Long slow re-entry, with the goal being to head towards the chemical pool? What do we roll to make it happen? Presumably it's an intellect task, so, spending max effort on that, probably in concert with Reiko. Seems like something we'd really like to avoid getting wrong.

rolled 15, 8, 4, 10, 2, 4, 18, 12, 18, 15, 2, 14, 3, 6, 4, 5, 4, 15, 6, 16 = 181

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>>1125515
>You found yourself again.
"I couldn't have done it without you, Nat."

>Being carried off for post-combat aftercare and shower time with her girlfriend sound too nice for Natalina to even feel embarrassed out.
Once Nat's fully pampered and tucked in somewhere comfy, and provided with hockey pucks and tastier snacks from the supplies we brought, Paprika gets dressed and reapplies her makeup. "I'm gonna go see if Reiko needs a hand. Take it easy, ok? I'll be back to check on you again soon."

>>1126029
>Reiko rallies any teammates who aren't busy and explores the area that most of the crates of plating came from.
Paprika will mostly act as an extra set of hands and eyes for Reiko, though she'd also like to do a little more exploring if Reiko and Cricket are up for it. Sweeping the crew quarters (lower maze) seems like a good idea:

>>1119790
>Sweeping the lower deck with certainty will take a lot longer, and probably at least three people.

I'm guessing I never found my way to cold storage?

rolled 20, 5, 11, 17, 13, 15, 9, 2, 14, 1, 17, 17, 9, 16, 10, 13, 10, 11, 16, 13 = 239

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After a lengthy and relaxing couple's shower, Natalina swaps her brilliance cloth outfit over to a comfortable set of pajamas and fluffy bathrobe.

>A gleaming emerald roughly the size and shape of a mango floats to the top, debris refusing to cling to it, flawless apart from a thumb-switch which you think will trigger some sort of intense but repeatable psychic data-dump.
>Scan For Iotum channeled through those sensors quickly spots some good loot within easy reach: ten units of Smart Tissue among Last Call's pulverized remains
"Would someone like to help me claim our hard-won spoils, before we rest for the night or head back down?"

Headed back out to salvage Last Call's remains (applying Learned for temporary training and Understanding for an asset), with whoever's around and willing to accompany her (she's hardly going to disembark alone after all that). Reiko or Cricket would probably be the most useful, if someone else is going to make a second salvaging attempt to exhaust it.

Dama is a good lad, he will answer the door and let his pregnant wife relax.

Yell for Dama to answer the door.

Dama can answer the door! Especially if he's in his fundoshi!

>>1125975
Momentarily wallow and hope theyll go away.
Briefly consider shouting for dama or yelling to tell them youre closed.
Feel the chill of realisation that shouting for either runs the risk of waking the children.
Realise that constant knocking may result in the same thing.
Then, with great reluctance and wearing nothing but an annoyed frown, answer the door.

DAMA ANSWER THE DOOR!

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/04/30(Thu)23:04 No. 1126080 ID: 16b713
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) Go and talk with the musicians.

B) Stay in the room, but don't leave your table.

C) Go and talk with the guild leader.

D) Other suggestions.

hmmm let's see what he has to say C)

Oh Abdle, you silly fruit, the reason why I know that she’s a friend of Maya’s is because Maya said her friend would be performing earlier >>1120848 . Don’t worry, it looks like Maya forgot she told us that too.

No need to be suspicious of me. If anything, This just shows that we are excellent guides for you two.

Oh no, this is tricky because you have to be rude to one of the two parties

D) oh wait we don't have to decide. Maya Din knows them, so they can decide if its too rude if we don't meet the musicians.

C) we are here for business.

(3/4) kpwlt 2026/04/29(Wed)03:57 No. 1126035 ID: 127310
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Uberto remarks about the catacombs as the group traverse through it.

UBERTO: “I never knew there were such huge caverns down here! Makes you wonder what else is just under the City, huh?”

(4/4) kpwlt 2026/04/29(Wed)03:57 No. 1126036 ID: 127310
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The well stands before the four. It looks ancient. It looks prehistoric.

Sam leans over the opening. On the inside, several handles have been drilled into the walls of the well, allowing safe passage up and down.

SIMONE: “Down there? Didn’t Hella say that was off-limits?”

UBERTO: “Hey Simone. We’ve explored everywhere else. If Mary’s anywhere in this place, she’ll be down there. I don’t think she’d be in the office.”

There is a small device blinking in the corner of the room. One of its two lights started flickering weakly ever since Sam drew near. She’s too far to get a good look at it.

>>1126034
>However, as Uberto, then Simone, then the Jurist quickly draw nearer to see what the fuss is about, the tapping dies down.
Try again, alone this time.

>>1126036
You could check the light, but imo that's a security device to sound an alarm when someone unauthorized approaches the well. Probably shouldn't approach either before finalizing our research on the box.

>>1126039
These assertions make sense. The boxed entity seems to want to meet you alone, which is worrying.

>>1126067
It MIGHT be sufficient for them to stand back a ways

[11/11] Stingpie 2026/05/02(Sat)03:06 No. 1126128 ID: 35d66b
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Ian P.: We'll always have the malt shop...

[12/11] Stingpie 2026/05/02(Sat)03:06 No. 1126129 ID: 35d66b
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THA END! :D

The ending I wrote yesterday was much darker. I changed my mind after Maddie misread something I wrote. Everyone say thank you to Maddie for stopping Mayo from dying!

Yay didn't die! that's what we call a success

Thank you Maddie

J fucking J

Go full J Jonah Jameson

JJJJJJJJJJJJJ

>>1125842
B. If we can't control what animals become sapient, then we can't ethically source food for carnivores at the scales needed to sustain everyone! ...I know what we have to do. We have to modify every carnivore that changes, so that they can digest plant-based foods. Then we have to make sure we don't infect the farms. Sapient vegetable matter is a big problem... if the entire ecosystem is sapient then there can be no cycle of life without suffering. Not unless we can pull some bullshit like a species that regenerates very quickly and can detach parts of itself painlessly to feed others, both a plant and an animal version... but that's got ethical concerns of its own even if it's not technically suffering. Like, that's practically a slave caste.

>>1125844
F

>>1125846
J.

Though I am curious to find out how they're getting materials... Just from warehouse stockpiles?

CFJ

D) This is a problem that is impossible to actually solve. Unless you make every animal photosynthesize and eat carrion, accommodating every animal's desire not to die is impossible. Ignore the problem and hope it goes away.

F) How exactly long ago was the evacuation? I can't imagine the AIs running the place can keep working forever.

K) How would explaining the faults of generative AI actually change anything? Are you expecting the foreman to suddenly turn into a human being? This is like debating the ethics of how smart a person should be. Obviously, smarter people could make the world a better place, but no one can choose to be smart or dumb. Also, I want to know who is making these orders.

D. if it becomes an issue where the ecosystem needs to be maintained by eating each other, just make some of them into vore. not as ethically terrible that way if they become slime sapient and have richer desires.

then FK.

(7/7) OMNI 2026/05/01(Fri)05:48 No. 1126103 ID: 9cd6c3
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The shattered window is only a few steps away.

Your cards are within reach. Your spells. The detonator for the marble mine...

The explosive must've rolled off somewhere in the safe room.

Options:
>A) Grab and Use Detonator
>B) Draw Spell Card (majority vote will decide what spell is drawn)
>C) Flail Around
>D) _____

[SPELLS KNOWN: FIREBALL, HYSTERIA, SHATTER, ANTI-GRAVITY, ??]
[STAMINA: 6/24]

D. Cast anti-gravity to buy some time and assess.the shock will equalize the playing field.

A) You came here to destroy the gang, sabotage the angels' resources, and your C4 is right where you need it. She's oathbound to protect the people stupid enough to sell their souls to her - so make her work for them.

Between someones legs, in fire and victory?
Im not sure if you believe in valhalla but thats the recipe to see if it believes in you.
Detonate!

Grab the detonator and activate it with your dick!

Curt 2026/04/27(Mon)03:47 No. 1125962 ID: a4a832
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>: Is it normal for military equipment to have the same warning?

: Now we know is metacommunicating. I've never heard of anything with that specific warning.
: They've got another one of those. Hooked their brain up to keep memories cross-loop.
: Right. They don't have whatever condition is letting me see you, which is what's letting me keep my memories over loops.
: But now we know, 's storing their memories on someone or something else.



: So, now we know at least one method of the crime.
: ...What does this get us?
: Method, that tells you a lot about the motive.
: Says they knew enough to set up something before the loop. Premeditated.
: They put gear together. Gear to do all this contraband work too.
: And they said I can't stop it, or, they wanted to make sure I can't

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Curt 2026/04/27(Mon)03:48 No. 1125963 ID: a4a832
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: And you said that's the guy who killed you...
: Do you think you might have been trying to stop the loop?
: Sure hope I was.
: Wouldn't want you to have to go through something like this, detective.
: I mean, I've died a bit, but it's a loop (you could argue I retroactively haven't gone through anything).
: Besides being stuck in place, no harm, no foul, right?
: Thinking how you... evened everything out there with the doc when you saw 's lights.
: Like the reverse of what you did with .
: Soldier pulling a trigger. Young lady's not supposed to have a talent like that.
: Says something bad about the world when she does.



: No, I used to do that all the time, back in the day.
: Lost the knack, but...

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Here's some thoughts, just recalling some information, maybe connecting them, seeing where this goes. There's missing parts, and of course there's a lot that's speculation. I can't guarantee any of this is correct.


's using metacommunication to keep their memories across loops. That's a fact we established. They seem to be using the same kind of technology as that psychoparadigm reader. In fact since the warning is so similar, it might be a repurposed one.
It's interesting to note they don't have it active at all time (the warning would give them away), if I had to guess they probably activate it when they're at risk of dying so as to make a "back up" of their memories up to that point.

You're keeping your memories too. I don't believe the condition that lets you see also just so happen to let your retain your memories.
What seems more likely, and simpler, is that you are using a form of metacommunication too. It allows you to keep your memories within someone else. Yours are apparently stored with .
For now we'll assume he's dead since that's the most likely outcome and fits with the rest of what we know. I have some suspicion about what's happening here, but that's not important for now.
In short, whatever makes you aware of allows you to metacommunicate with him, or I suspect it's more accurate to say it works through metacommunication.

Where things become interesting is the third person who keeps their memories.

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Curt 2026/04/29(Wed)14:42 No. 1126057 ID: a4a832
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>: POSTERPOSTERPOSTERPOSTERPOSTER

: Sounds like they packed you up and stocked you on shelves, kid.
: I don't think the merch from my series sold much. I feel like you're seeing more consumerism in edutainment than there really is.
: The books were mostly in school book fairs. The little games were mostly at "museums" and "learn-nasiums".
: I guess I had a tie-in replica WO-1948 once. For sport shooting, I guess?
: But it's not like franchise tie-in objects are really successful with adults.
: And not many nine-year-olds have a twenty-kilo slingshot draw.
: Why did you?
: Hitting stuff far away.
: Christ. Well, doesn't matter.
: Don't gotta move you off the shelf to get the Specta they want from putting you on it.
: You always talk about that. "Specta." What is it?

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s-shut up im real.

>>1126053
Well someone fucked up and brought us back to the Agency without a body.
Not much we can do in that case is there? I guess you can TRY to do something... Like talk, or move, or open your eyes.

Wow look, nothing

The Agency really needs to find something to offer agents between missions. I assume they're just hemorrhaging talent. Crunch is a terrible way to run a business. At least get a break room in here, some snacks, maybe a Foosball table

>>1126053

Hm.
I know that symbol.
The letter writer.

>>1126074
...you're right! That means it's the girl, right? Which means... she snuck into the Agency somehow? Maybe she's the one that sent the grenade, even.

We need to go after her.

>>1126053

There’s nothing you can taste, nothing you can see, nothing you can hear, nothing you can feel, and you do not even know who you are.

Casey's gotta find out if she can use her tendrils to grasp something she can't see.

Toxoglossa 2026/04/30(Thu)01:14 No. 1126070 ID: d10be1
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“I missed you too, big guy…” Kol replies quietly. The selkie takes his hand and lifts it, guiding the mouse into a pirouette. It ends with Kol’s back to his partner, feeling the warmth of his body radiating into him, and filling the narrow gap between them.

The mouse sighs and relaxes, bracing himself to be taken right away. Instead, Caleb takes his time, nuzzling underneath Kol’s dreadlocks and kissing the back of his neck.

“Ah~ mmmm!” Kol squeaks as more kisses trace their way down his neckline. He gasps and shivers under the intimate treatment. “Ah~ your whiskers- tickling me!”

“What’s the matter? Spent a month with the big, bad wolf but can’t handle a few kisses?” Caleb teases. The selkie’s thumb runs down the small of the mouse’s back and around the tight curve at the base of his tail. He aims his claw-tip at the wrinkled patch of bare skin tucked between Kol’s cheeks and tugs at it gently. “Alright, if you can’t handle a little kissing, how about you tell me what you want?”

>>1126070
>>1125834

A leisurely lap ride seems right up both our lovebird's alley's right now!
Keep poking at Kol while he rides and see if you can find anyplace else that'll make him squirm!

Suggestion 2026/04/30(Thu)16:55 No. 1126073 ID: 2f3dd4
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Gotta drain those brand new balls and test Kol's training. Last time we saw Caleb go 'full out', Gabe was turned into a cum fountain.

Which means Kol should be able to take as much, if not more (cartoonishly stomach-bulging?), unless that's reserved for Gabe to test his new 'endurance'.

That, and horny soul-play is on the table. Kol's spirit playing with Caleb's rear while his body gets railed. Or have Kol's body rail Kol's spirit.

>>1126073
Please don't post images in a quest thread if you're not the author and they haven't been called for, especially reposts of previous images by the author.

Okay so Mr Silver is Hannibal. So that means either Mr Silver infiltrated KW in order to snap you up once you became indebted to them (because you tried and failed to steal their shit) or they enslaved him too. ...also of interest is that ITA is working with KW now, despite ITA trying to steal KW's mech. It's possible that you failed so badly they couldn't trace the job back to ITA and the situation we're in in the present is a second attempt to steal from KW...

hmm. This memory recovery could give us leverage, depending on how much KW knows. If they weren't able to interrogate you before due to the memory loss, then you could use the info to ensure KW sets you free after the current mission, by threatening to spill the beans if they betray you.

>>1125969
First off, bamboozle them by having knowledge only an employee is supposed to have. Claim that you're not in the system yet because you haven't officially signed the contract, you wanted to make sure the mech actually *exists* before you agree to anything and if you're turned away here you'll not signing. Tell them you were burned by a company before this that hired you for a mech that they hadn't finished yet and you wound up having to sit on the bench for months before getting to do pilot it.

>>1125991

#NotEveryGorilla

Silence 2026/04/29(Wed)13:57 No. 1126055 ID: 6d1406
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>>1125971
>>1125991
The story will be that you're an experimental pilot, and just haven't signed the contract yet. Good enough.

You enter Hangar 15 and feel gravity leave you, it's a normal sensation the weightlessness. You see a technician ahead, she looks to you and says. "Hey, what are you doing here?"

"I'm an experimental pilot, here to check up on the new mech. Haven't signed yet."

"Oh, here to inspect it?" the mouse asks.

"Yep, been burned before. Just wanna make sure it exists."

The mouse nods and then says. "Well then, I suppose I can let you see it, you did get the daytime pass right?"

Shit, this is probably where Mr. Silver needs to fill in the rest, you need to distract her for a moment until he gets back to you. What do you do to buy time?

Freeze up, then rummage through your pack, swear a few times. Groan in disgust when you're done searching and are sure you don't have your pass in your backpack.

Get in an argument that that's too much hassle

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

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

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

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

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

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

TLDR: Become a warlock patron

tail...

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

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You sigh, and you leave the Captain to finish his business with the tent. You turn to join Iantha by the fire, only to find her distracted from her task. Instead, she's staring out at the treeline.

Yriel: "… Did you see something?"
Iantha: "I think the trees are moving."
Yriel: "What?"
Iantha: "Look."

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You squint, focusing on one of the trees along the treeline and oh, wow, yeah, there it is. The wind definitely isn't strong enough to be doing that.

You watch as a handful of smaller trees along the treeline rip their roots out of the ground, and begin to walk, encroaching on your camp.

You've never known a tree to be terribly threatening, but these ones don't look like they have your health and wellbeing in mind. They aren't moving quickly, though, and you think you have a few seconds before they reach you.

How will you prepare for what looks like an oncoming fight?

Yriel's Statblock: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vPWI3WsAE-pVKI5pVvlqgjYKeuqO05enz9ytAb42nSk/edit?usp=sharing

Unless Iantha has some monk moves that can bust through solid wood this is going to be a fight you aren't equipped for.
As such you'll have to keep on the move. The biggest danger is a tree falling on you, but that should take a second so you'll be able to dodge as long as you pay attention.
All you can do to prepare is gather anything you can use to chop their roots.

>>1125957
lol excellent. Yeah if we can't tell them beforehand we're launching food in, and they have no way to check it's safe, then the catapult plan won't work... oh well. Probably gonna have to sneak in.

>>1125959
Cast Bless on the party. I dunno if we're doing multiple rounds at once, but next should be Sanctuary on whoever's getting attacked, then heal when needed.

start off with casting BLESS this mess! Also use our advantage of having legs to avoid the lumbering opponents by weaving in and out. Following up we should patch up our associates.

Close thedoor she's SLEEPING

>>1125899
Try to calm her down, but close the door first so she can't stab you.

>>1125907
>>1125911
Ah yes, a sound compromise.

Seize control of the door, and thus the situation. Remember to keep your ankles out of slashing range.

>>1125899
This girl is trapped and afraid. She will not harm you if you do not attack. Step away from the doorway and speak to her, convince her that you are a protector, not a threat.

"Ah, good, you're awake? Do you need help? What happened here?"

This will show concern for her well-being and let her know that you are not with those who harmed her.

>>1125918
Agreed fully.
Slow movements.
Introduce yourself, but keep it brief and simple.

We dont need to worry too much because we are strong and can overpower her, byt getter to deescalate.