That looks more like 691 than 169.

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)12:52 No. 126396 ID: f35d0a
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I'm not that stupid to fall for the same trap again. I go through the moving stones easily, climbing through the small space on the third one.

Which side should I go now?

>>126396
Give us a look in each direction, would you?

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)13:00 No. 126399 ID: f35d0a
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>>126397

The left path leads to a very deep hallway... Looks like a very long walk from here.

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)13:01 No. 126400 ID: f35d0a
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The right path is a shorter one, and leads to two rooms.

To the right, first door on the right... Maybe there's something you can use or arm yourself with. But make sure your stabbin' knife is ready.

>>126400
Check out those rooms!

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)13:17 No. 126412 ID: f35d0a
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>>126403

I enter the room to the right.

Makes you wonder how you can go to sleep properly knowing there are traps just outside the room.

Or inside the room. Try pushing the drawers from the side.

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)13:30 No. 126416 ID: f35d0a
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>>126415

I try to push the drawers, but they're too heavy for my weakened body. The furniture only budges a bit.

Look under the bed, then grab the sheet and wave it.

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)13:34 No. 126420 ID: f35d0a
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>>126417

I look under the bed. There doesn't seem to be a space below it. The bed seems to have multiple layers that reach the floor.

An awful stench surrounds whatever's behind this white sheet. Smells like... dead people.

Grab sheets, shake sheets.

Open the dresser and check for clean linens. You need to find something to make bandages from so you can remove those nails without bleeding to death.

>>126420
Cute some bandages from the sheets. They might not exactly be clean but hey you have possibly rusty and dirty nails still embeded in your arms so I don't think infections are a primary concern right now.

Also twist some of the sheet into a rope with a knot in the middle. Use it as an improvised garrote. One can never have to many weapons, atleast not when you're trapped in a dungeon owned by a sadist who likes to gouge out the eyes of little kids.

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)13:58 No. 126446 ID: f35d0a
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>>126437

I cut part of the white sheet and make a knot in the middle. The sheet itself looks like it'll be easily ripped, but I can probably get a kill before it's rendered useless.

Janus obtained GARROTE!

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)13:58 No. 126448 ID: f35d0a
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>>126434

I can only check one drawer at a time. Which should I open first?

Stand to the side and slowly pull out the bottom drawer.

>>126448
Top first.

>>126448
Start at the bottom and work your way up. And get a bandage for your bleeding eyesocket. It could also double as a bitching headband/eyepatch.

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)14:11 No. 126465 ID: f35d0a
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I start at the bottom.

There's a roll of bandage inside. Probably enough to cover the wounds on my hands and my eye socket.

Janus obtained ROLL OF BANDAGE!

Don't worry. I'll be fixing myself up before I open the next one.

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)14:16 No. 126466 ID: f35d0a
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I pull out the nails from my hands and cover them with the bandage. I also cover my left eye socket with the remaining length.

Janus used up ROLL OF BANDAGE!

Janus obtained two NAILS!
Janus obtained two PIECES OF ROPE!

I try to open the middle drawer, but it's locked. It's not obvious, but there is a keyhole on the handle.

>>126466
Top!

>>126466
Hmmm check the last drawer then. If you're lucky you might be able to remove it entirely and get to the next drawer without having to unlock it.

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)14:21 No. 126471 ID: f35d0a
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I open the top drawer.

Something gaseous comes out.

>>126471
Don't breath it!

>>126471
Get out of the room, fast.

>>126471
Hmmm looks like it was trapped. Get out of the room and wait for the smoke gas to dissipate. Trapped stuff is usually important stuff.

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)14:28 No. 126480 ID: f35d0a
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My breathing suddenly became heavier!

I cover my nose out and run for the door.

Janus 2010/02/06(Sat)14:29 No. 126482 ID: f35d0a
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Gah! I close the door in hopes of containing the gas in. This won't hold for a long time. If we're checking the other room, we can only do so much before the gas leaks out of the room and into the other.

Should we go ahead, anyway?

>>126482
Yeah.

Check for traps. Examine books without moving them. Poke books. Pick up books. Read books. Break a leg off the table to use as a club.

>>130218
Check out that picture.

>>130218
Well since we can't stay here for long... Look at the picture then just grab everything and retreat to a safe place to read the books.

Also check out all the walls.

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)18:21 No. 130226 ID: f35d0a
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> Break off one of the legs of the table

I'm still in pain. I can't risk exerting any moderate force without hurting myself.

> Check for traps

... And how do you suppose I should do that?

> Grab everything

I can only grab two more items. I'm already holding a lot of stuff.

Gather everything in a big pile on the floor and set it out so we can see it all (it's called an inventory screen). Do a quick scan of each of the books to get the general idea of what they contain.

Is there anything of significance to the left or right, or are they just blank walls?

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)18:45 No. 130253 ID: f35d0a
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>>130237

I check the walls around me. Nothing seems to be of importance.

>>130231

I lay the items down. What I have are two NAILS, two pieces of ROPE, an improvised GARROTE, a KNIFE and a SCROLL.

I don't have time to inspect the picture frame, but I can see two guys in it. Their faces are ripped off the picture.

One of the books is in poor condition. Looks like someone's been scratching the cover. The other says "Spells" by a certain "Gezzono". The last one is untitled, but has blood on some of its pages.

>>I don't have time to inspect the picture frame
Time? What is rushing you? Examine spellbook. Can you use it? Hold the three books under one are and the knife in the other hand. Leave all else. Get somewhere safe to examine the books in detail.

Do you still have your eyeball? ............If you can stomach it, eat it. You've got plenty of other stuff to toss around. No other use for it and it's not much but it's edible. Logic can be cruel.

>>130253
Ditch the garrote (we have a knife as a weapon), take all 3 books. Then get ye back to a safer area to read the books.

use spellbook to reattach eye

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)19:13 No. 130270 ID: f35d0a
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I leave the GARROTE and the PICTURE FRAME behind. That should be enough for me to take the three books.

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)19:14 No. 130271 ID: f35d0a
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>>130263

I can't read it yet!

I run out of the room just before the poisonous gas from the other room starts to fill the hallway. Seems we'll have to ditch this place, and fast.

>>130271
Start moving down the long hallway.

shit shit shit maybe we should have closed the drawer that was spewing gas. Can we hold our breath and make a run in to shut it and run out again? If you can't go that far in, shut the door to the room and book it.

>>130261
see
>>126482

And as >>130262 said: Ditch the garrote, take the books and get the hell outta here!

>>130276
woops, to late

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)19:18 No. 130278 ID: f35d0a
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>>130273

Yeah. No use standing around here.

I can probably read a book while we're walking... though that means I'll be a bit distracted. An alternative would be just us talking to each other. Wouldn't probably get any good information, but at least I'm alert.

Should I read a book or just talk with you while I walk?

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)19:20 No. 130283 ID: f35d0a
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>>130275

I'm not going back there just to close the drawer!

>>130283
Don't read. Talk.

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)19:25 No. 130288 ID: f35d0a
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>>130284

Mhm. Suit yourself.

... I just realized that I'm still feeling every pain I got. Back from that room when I tried to break myself free... Then that small accident by the moving stone traps... Then the poisonous gas.

You guys have any theory why I'm feeling something like this, or maybe something that might easen my pain?

>>130288
You could try sitting down and taking a rest for a bit?

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)19:31 No. 130294 ID: f35d0a
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>>130289

I already tried that when we were in that room with the drawer. Didn't do any good. It's like my body system's messed up.

... So uhh, what are you, anyway?

>>130288
You're fucking cursed man. Some sick shit is doing this to you for his own enjoyment. You've been tortured and staved for 2 weeks prior to this scenario. If you somehow manage to get out of this place your "prize" will be a knife in the gut.

>>130294
Well, on the other hand you could try focusing on the pain and willing it to go away.

As for us... uh... Perhaps your torturer put something in your eye socket, and we're speaking from it. That, or you're going crazy.

>>130294

WE ARE VOICES WHO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. YOU ARE AN EMPTY SHELL WITHOUT US.

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)19:40 No. 130301 ID: f35d0a
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>>130299

"Empty shell"? Are you referring to me not remembering anything? ... Well, it's not that I exactly DON'T remember anything... But the images are more of a blur. Can't make out anything out of them.

... There's a weak light just after this turn.

It seems you're in some sort of tonberry dungeon, I'd presume. And if I had to further conjecture, I'd say you've been used in some sort of ritual. What the purpose of the ritual was and what kind of effects it had on you I cannot say.

Ready knife. Take a peek.

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)19:49 No. 130316 ID: f35d0a
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>>130307

I pull out my knife and take a peek. The light's coming from near the ground, so I crouch down.

... It seems to be some sort of illumination device installed to the wall. I wonder what it's for.

I'm guessing a trap. What kind I'm not sure. Be cautious.

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)19:58 No. 130326 ID: f35d0a
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>>130319

How can something shiny be a trap? Mhm.

I take a step back to look at where I'm going. Most notable is that hole by the ceiling.

>>130326
Well, we've gotten away from the gas so let's check out the books before avoiding/disabling this trap.

Check the spellbook first.

Toss a nail at the shining light... and if possible under the hole. It's possible for something to be both illumination and motion-sensitive.

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)20:11 No. 130338 ID: f35d0a
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>>130334

I can throw a nail through the light and under the hole, no problem. Two birds in one stone!

... Nothing's happening.

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)20:12 No. 130340 ID: f35d0a
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>>130329

I open the spellbook. It doesn't have any table of contents or anything. It goes straight to the spells.

What are we looking for, exactly?

Point your finger down the hallway you came from and yell "APOY".

Janus 2010/02/12(Fri)20:20 No. 130349 ID: f35d0a
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>>130346

... Iunno if I'm really someone that can use spells, but...

I guess it's worth a try?

"APOY!"

HOLYSHITFLAMES

>>130349
Looks like you've got some talent there.

What's the next page?

Look around for healing spells.

Are we talking fireball or cigarette lighter flame? Healing spells. Now.

>>130358

and failing that...

>>130288

Look for some item that seems to help a lot more than it should, and is entirely consumed in doing so, even if it wouldn't make sense to consume it. These "level-up" items are probably the best, or the only way to lessen your pain, at least until we beat this game and get you healing normally again.

>>130253

Holy crap I recognize that purple anywhere. One of the people in that picture is Gezzono.

All Tonberries wear that purple.

Janus 2010/02/13(Sat)00:15 No. 130446 ID: f35d0a
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(Sorry, immediate emergency happened.)

Janus 2010/02/13(Sat)11:24 No. 130525 ID: f35d0a
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>>130353

I flip through the book for healing spells, though I got disinterested after five pages or so. Didn't find anything that could heal me.

Here are the spells that I found out, though:

Fire: Lvl 1 - No Req - Verbal - "APOY!"
Water: Lvl 1 - No Req - Verbal - "TUBIG!"
Earth: Lvl 1 - Target must be underneath mud or stone - Visual - Wave left hand, scooping motion from floor to target.
Air: Lvl 1 - Can only be used when around air - Visual - Wave left hand, swinging motion from left to right
Stone Wall: Lvl 2 - No Req - Verbal - "PADER NA BATO!"

>>130358

It's just a very small flame, probably the size of my hand. I don't know why it's that weak, but my condition must be related to it.

>>130379

You sound like a geek to me, but you do raise a point. Maybe there's something that might help lessen my pain. Probably any drugs or something.

So uhh, what are we supposed to do now?

>>130525
That light is probably a trap. Do you think you can tumble over it at the thinnest point?

Check worn book and blood book. Cover light emitter with least useful book to see what happens.

Can only be used when around air? That's just silly. You're always around air, unless you're underwater. Anyway, I suppose it's time to get moving. Examine or poke at the light source, but if there's nothing interesting about it CAREFULLY see if you can see anything up the hole in the ceiling.

Janus 2010/02/13(Sat)11:44 No. 130546 ID: f35d0a
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>>130530

I pull out the book with the scratches and cover the thing's light with it, being careful not to make contact with it accidentally.

Janus 2010/02/13(Sat)11:44 No. 130548 ID: f35d0a
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The light weakens, and the scratches on the books are gone.

Take the book away and wait to see if the light strengthens.

They're gone... permanently? WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?

>>130548
Put your damaged wrist in front of the light.

Janus 2010/02/13(Sat)11:48 No. 130560 ID: f35d0a
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>>130556

Hey, I'm just a Sergal. Don't ask me!

>>130555

The light does not return.

Okay well examine the book. Scratches are gone, has anything materialized inside?

>>130560
Ok, now go and check out that hole in the ceiling.

:|

===>
Onward. Dash past that giant hole.

>>130525

Yeah, well don't come crying to me when your computer won't boot.

>>130560

Shit, there's your level-up item right there. Find shinies. Feel better!

Janus 2010/02/13(Sat)12:35 No. 130597 ID: f35d0a
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>>130564

I check the hole. It seems to be leading to a room above.

I could probably reach it if I find a ladder or something.

>>130597
What's around the corner?

Whew, not trapped.

===>

All right, so what's down the other path?

>>130525
>though I got disinterested after five pages or so.
Your eye's been gouged out and you have nails through your wrists, but you don't want to be thorough in looking for magical healing because you got bored?

>>130672
Keep in mind that this is the same guy who refused to eat a rat despite the fact hes starving to death just because it's "not alive and resisting!"
>>125232

Yes, Janus isn't the brightest of bulbs.