>>34795
((Trivia: Most of the time it's 4,444 since Four Is Death.))

There's also the matter that D might simply refuse me, in which case I'd be boned. Since I'm a sentient in this Castle, I can actually gain power by killing things, like the more recent visitors.

I'm getting a clear hostile intent from the next area (UNDERGROUND LABORATORY).

>>34801

(Oh yeh, my bad, I thought it was some digit repeated 4 times.)

Oh boy, Frankensteins? Lets see what we're up against!

>>34802
I throw open the door and roll in, seeing the doorway get cruched beneath a massive pair of stone hands. Golem. A stone Golem, my knives won't be a whole lot of use. I can also see slimes on the walls and ceiling.
Another blow, a hard, stiff kick, and I dodge it, as he puts a big crater in the wall.

>>34803

Hrmm, I dunno if it's worth trying to take him down considering pierce and cut won't do a lot against rock. Play cautiously and try to take him down with as few risks as possible, keep another eye out for slimes that might try and grab you.

>>34807
I know Golems have got one weakness, I just can't remember. Something about a holy word...

Fuck he's fast! Like a goddamn rock gorilla! Fecking belmonts and their fecking holy whips and water make this shit look easy!

Is this a boss golem or a regular one? If it's not a boss, jump over him and continue onwards.

>>34810

Well if you think you can reach inside his mouth fast enough then be my guest. But he seems too fast.

>>34813
>>34812
Yep, discretion is the better part of valor!

ABSCONDING
IF THE NUMBER OF THIS POST IS GREATER THAN 2, SUCCESS

>>34815
I'm gone! That was a boss room. He had ripped his way in. I don't know where the real boss is or even what it is.

Just keep running, Yorick, just keep running.

>>34810

Back of their heads. "The golem is a creation of the holy word, the script of life and instructions to act placed into their head. Generally believed to be created by Jewish people who were too cheap to pay for workers."

You need to find one of those hallways with infinite zombies and grind out a level or two.

>>34822
An excellent idea, when I get the chance.

But I can't waste time. I must find Galamoth. Then I'll put my plan into action.
The wall behind me explodes, and the Golem steps through. He leeks pissed, covered in cracks and deep pock marks.

What could have caused that? No matter. I dodge the opening blow and allow the fists to barely miss me, then I climb atop him, Onto his head. I can see the Words! Quickly, I pull out the old parchment and tear it in half.

The Golem turns to dust.

I'm very tired.

>>34831
Rub the dust on your bones to increase durability (become BLAZE MASTER.)

Find a Skeleton Flail and ask if you can borrow his weapon so you can switch between bashing and cutting whenever you need to.

>>34846
I rub the dust on my legs, and they bronze. Spurs grow on my knees and my boots get spikes. I gain a cape. I gain green gauntlets.

I am slightly sturdier. I am a little faster. My knives are longer. I become a SKELETON HERO.

Hm.

I am no longer tired.

Flails are in the SKELETON CAVE, but if I happen upon one I'll snag his weapon.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/08/25(Tue)20:46 No. 34886 ID: 6faa8c
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>>34853
I wonder. Is this what it feels like to be a Belmont?

>>34886

You need a whip, hair, and girlish face first.

>>34912
Ah, right.

Of course. I just... I feel so strong. Better get moving before the rest of the critters start acting up... God I hope I don't encounter the boss for this area.

>>34917

Also, organs. In the meantime... yeah, moving would be good. Also, where did this sentience derive from?

>>34979
Death gave it to me. He was bored. Did you know it takes 100 years for Master to awaken and new belmonts to show up? Can you imagine a lifestyle like that? Once every hundred years shit hits the fan, but the other 99, better break out the fecking cards? I don't envy him.

Do you smell ozone? I smell ozone.

>>34997

But... he's death. Surely he has to take care of souls, people dying, and so on and so forth. Heck, in the end, he must even get the Belmonts that "slayed" him.

They don't last forever.

Ozone? Ozone... what would cause that?

>>35007
Big D's 'traditional' role is really only a side job. In reality? He is a super-powerful entity who works for whoever holds a powerful artifact, known as the Crimson Orb. I think.

That may be Galamoth's target. After all, whoever holds it can never ever be reaped, and control of the dead is pretty much yours! Why do you think master is so powerful? Only part of that is from sucking blood and flipping off God, you know.

The scent grows closer.

FUCK. I can see him. The Creature. He's a little weaker because he's away from a source of electricity, but... He's stronger than the Golem by far. He hasn't noticed me yet...

>>35010

Uh... I thought he was powerful due to contrived plot devices. Ahem.

Ground him first, which requires a bit of metal-do you have a metal spike, or something similar? Just throw it through his foot...

Oh, a sword will do nicely.

<<All there in the lore XD>>
>>35011
>Throw
>Sword

It flies with incredible accuracy, stabbing through its foot and into the ground. There's a spark. I think I've rid him of all his non-essential electricity.

I run in to grab my blade and almost get a fist to the face. Luckily, I'm much faster than him, and I manage to take off his LEFT HAND. His right comes at me as I get away, and he pulverizes some of the ground into sand.

Wow. This guy is made of pretty prime stock!

>>35012

Yeah he is, tough bastard, unless you do some rather... cheap moves. There's also this bloody confined space...

It would be helpful if you could take that good stock. Not as if you can cut him open and replace his bone structure, eh?

Oh, right. Advice. His neck is too thick to look up easily, and his arms are clumsy. Bounce on his head.

>>35013

Naw, can't steal 'is bones. Most monsters in the castle self-destroy their remains. There's exceptions, and some of them drop their stuff...

>Bounce on head
I run straight at him and duck his backhanded swing, letting him take a portion out of the wall. Then I use this to leap up and over him, landing harshly on his head. I can hear things pop and crack, and for good measure I ram a blade between his disks.

I land behind him. Ha! He's not so to-

YORICK LOST FOUR RIBS TO: DONKEY KICK

son of a bitch. I swear he's getting faster.

>>35014

I meant remove his bones and instigate yourself as his skeleton. He would still be alive, but hapless to your actions!

Oh yeah I forgot about that. As he looses parts, he gets lighter. Since he doesn't suffer from pain or fatigue and is powered by electricity, he'll only speed up with the more damage you deal. Especially if you're using metal weapons-he's got metal bits inside of him, creates sparks dontchyaknow.

More importantly: Cut his tendons. Hard to move about without those.

>>35016
Not really worth it to do so. Besides, it ain't the skeleton that does the movin' and shakin' in a body.

But of course you know that.

Right, less severin' more slicin'! I have to keep an eye out for all his limbs now. Back of the hand, under the armpit, back of the leg, and the heel.

With some artful dodging, it's easy enough to slice these places. Wait.

If he doesn't need those bits and bobs, he can just redirect...

The lightning engulfs my body, arcing to the floor harmlessly. Well, that was mostly harmless. I'm a skeleton, after all, no heart to stop or brain to whisk.

And without charge, he just falls flat on his face, and then, for no reason I can discern, burns to ashes which blow away.

>>35017

Well... yes. It was just an idea. Sadly, one that does not work.

The major point of making organic constructs over metallic ones is the capacity for regeneration and the flexing capacity. You probably know that, though.

Also because it's cool.

Moving on, there should be some LOOT. There's always loot after bosses. Or mini-bosses. Which is he?

>>35018
A full Boss. I must be getting stronger. Let's see...

oooh!

A Roc Feather. Nice.


JUMPING ABILITY/AGILITY IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY!

>>35019

Now all you have to worry about is accidentally jumping so high you splinter yourself against the ceiling.

Remember to fly feet first!

>>35019

If you can do those "Super Jumps" that slam you against the ceiling just flip yourself upside down >>35020 feet first like this guy said.

Also, give your bones a chance to regrow, regenerate, whatever.

Suggestion 2009/08/26(Wed)14:08 No. 35112 ID: b61b02
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>>34912
>Girlish face
Nigga wat?

>>35112

He's probably the most worthless Belmont out the lot, he got his ass kicked by Dracula's successor and drained all his energy just breaking a seal.

I wake up. Fuck! I fell asleep! Looking around quickly, I notice not much different except... Well, okay, it's very different.

The tunnel is wider. Much, much much moreso. Tunneles out like a bigass worm the size of a house just plowed through. I can smell even more... ozone, like a storm went through here, and there's white formless bodies everywhere, none of them moving.

>>35137
not to mention he's friends with dracula's reincarnation.

>>35390

I think he's doin' it wrong.

>>35387

You are a skeleton, how do you require sleep???

Anyway, proceed with caution! And make that cape flap around behind you for DRAMATIC EFFECT.

>>35392
Part of the sentience, I think. Diurnal-ism.

Dramatic effect acheived. Man, there's a lot of bodies here... they all look... the same... oh god, it can't be, can it?

>>35394

Hold your short swords in a flashy style and run towards the source of the destruction, that's how a Belmont rolls.

>>35394
Legion?!
You were my favorite boss...
;~;

>>35395
I have to hurry! A boss may be in danger!
I run with all my might towards the source of the mess. I can feel the static in the air.

What I see before me is a clash of the titans. Galamoth, scepter held high, lightning blasting through the air.

Legion, his shell reduced to a third of its size, his lazer carving the stone as he nearly missed Galamoth. The white arcs blazed across the sheild of bodies, scattering them, leaving a hole.

"N-"

And like that, a lance of light impales Legion. The bodies melt like so much rot, and the core of Legion tumbles to earth like a firey wheel, bouncing past me.

Oh my god.

I'm going to die.

Suggestion 2009/08/27(Thu)17:05 No. 35403 ID: 43d730
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>>35400
Fine, too early.

Suggestion 2009/08/27(Thu)17:15 No. 35407 ID: 0d5afc
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>>35400

Galamoth looks down at me.

>"A fly. A tiny maggot, it squirms before me."

I can feel those tiny eyes, like embers from hell, upon me. Like a boulder balanced on my skull.

I take two steps back.
His wrist. His wrist is unarmored. The wrist holding his scepter is not armored.

A skeleton is defined by his holdings...

The plan bubbles back up.

I point a dagger at Galamoth and utter what may well be my very last words:

...

...

...

(A little help here?)

>>35417
"Galamoth, you've always been a fucking putz."

>>35417
'You have tried before, what makes you believe you shall succeed now?'

When he is then compelled to give you some self important speech (as all BBEG's must), cut that fucker's hand off.

>>35419
>>35418

'You have tried before, what makes you believe you shall succeed now?'

Galamoth roars,
>"Throughout the years, I have always..."
he trails off into some long dithering nonsense about the Crimson Orb and his 'ascension' and a bunch of fecking nonsense. He's so distracted, I'm able to run up the side of the wall, leap off, and come down on his wrist.

"Galamoth, you've always been a fucking putz."

The blade slices clean. It stays attached until it lands, and then blood sprays from the wound, the hand and the scepter falling with a loud clong to the earth.

He roars in agony and grips the bloody stump, as I run over and carve the dead hand from the huge weapon.

I take it in my hands.

>>35420
And will be at some point in the futu...
You know what? Fuck it.
You've had your ass beaten by time-buggered Alucard.
I don't care about your backstory, your destiny.
I don't give two shits about whatever this is about.
Legion, however, was a great guy.

This is for him.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/08/27(Thu)18:06 No. 35423 ID: 6faa8c
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>>35420
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>35423

I feel far stronger.
I feel much taller.
I feel invincible.
I feel strong.

Yorick has become SKELETON PARAGON!

"You know what? Fuck it.
You've had your ass beaten by time-buggered Alucard.
I don't care about your backstory, your destiny.
I don't give two shits about whatever this is about.
>Legion, however, was a great guy."

>>35424
I hold a Femur in my hands. It is bronzed, adorned with jems that scream with souls.

I am clad in armor of chain and steel. His hands cannot touch me.

My head his horned thrice with power, his words cannot touch me.

My eyes see clearly for the first time.

My mind thinks clearly for the first time. I will not hold this power long. Galamoth is not the true threat, like the line of powder to a keg.
Nay, the threat approaches now.
The monsters he animated targeted not Master's belongings.
They served to weaken the castle, set the bosses at one another.

Clear a path.
Attract attention.

Find a hunter.

>>35425
Blows rain upon the once-great creature's frame. His armor dents, his bones break, his organs rupture, and his muscles are ground into the rocky floor. Blue flames lick his body as his force leaves this world, and with it, my own power.

But the knowledge does not leave.
The monsters have been fighting each other. The bosses are at half strength. Master is asleep, and a Hunter will soon be coming. He will not need Vampire Killer this time!

As I return to my normal form of a SKELETON HERO, the scepter crumbles to dust.

FUUUUUUUUUCK. We are FUCKED.

>>35426
>I do not pass so easily, knuckle hoarder!

Ow.

SKULL HAS ENTERED MARBLE CORRIDOR

LOST LINK WITH BODY

It is dark. Like a night with no moon, I sit on the unlit halls. The candles have been destroyed. I was passed over, like so much refuse, kicked to the side.

>>35432

Do you need a hand?

Suggestion 2009/08/27(Thu)21:36 No. 35453 ID: 43d730
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>>35451
Wrong game.

>>35451
I can barely move. My jaw is gone.
I... I can see it, though. Next to the hole I made when the son of a dog smote me throught the roo-er, floor.

>>35457

Out the frying pan and into the fire huh...

>>35457
Roll with all your might!
Then we can hop.
We aren't beated yet!

>>35474
That is one way of putting it, noble voices.

>>35475
Yes! It shall take more than a mere boxing to put an end to the tale of Yorick Von Calcium!

Yorick has retrieved JAW!

>>35496

Try and borrow some bones off your fellow skeletons...If any remain alive.

>>35515
A fantastic idea, but you're right: None remain, and like most, we self-dispose on death. I might find some friends deeper in...

I am in the MARBLE CORRIDOR. Neighboring this zone is the ENTRANCE, the ENDLESS WALKWAY, and the ETERNAL STAIRWAY.

>>35518

Could we get to the clock tower in our current state? Before Death gets his bony behind handed to him?

>>35531
No. I am merely a skull. Most of the CLOCK TOWER is a munch of jumping puzzles and spike malarkey. I could head in that direction, however. And away!

(YOU HAVE ENTERED THE ENDLESS WALKWAY)

>>35544
Well I guess it's time for some endless walking...

>>35629
Hopping.

Suggestion 2009/09/10(Thu)11:29 No. 41201 ID: 6faa8c
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>>35629
Yes, a lot of hopping indeed. I certainly hope there's no combat awaiting me, I'm rather frail at the mo-

!!!

All the candles are gone! I can see the mounts, but there are no candles!

Suggestion 2009/09/12(Sat)15:05 No. 43205 ID: 6faa8c
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I can hear soft clicking, of metal on the stone floor. I sense the presence of an OPTIONAL BOSS.

"My, you look quite down on your luck, skeleton. May I interest you in some assistance?"

>>43205
Yeah, we could use a hand.

... and a body, evidently.

>>43218

"Clearly, I am lacking in anatomy. Would thou be kind enough to assist me?"

"Mayhaps, mayhaps. Everything has a price, you understand. Everything has a cost. I know you have not that worthless shining metal the humans covet oh so much, but perhaps, between the damned, we can strike a deal."

>>43228
Of couse, of course. What can we do for you?

>>43242
"Certainly. What sort of payment do you accept?"

"I take... favours. I cash them later, when it's conveinient for myself. For instance, I may ask you to retrieve an item of power, or obtain a certain form so I may catalouge it. There's a few limits to what I may ask you:
1: I cannot ask you to do something that would place you in immediate mortal danger, such as jumping off a tall cliff, or into an unpredictable hole in reality.
2: I cannot ask you to do things you clearly cannot do, such as perfom complex magical rituals.

Now that that is cleared up...
I currently have the following things that may help you.
Spine of a snake: 1 favour
Arms and hands: 2 favours
Legs, feet, and pelvis: 3 favours."

>>43248
Yorick's assesment: All of them may be useful. The legs will let me run, of course, but... not a whole lot of offensive options there.

The arms and hands will also let me run and jump, just with less precision. I'll have a few more offensive options, being able to hold weaponry.

The spine might have interesting results.

Let's take them all. We can do anything.

>>43395
Are you certain? That's a total of 6 favours.

We're sure. I mean, come on? Moving some furniture once or twice? what's a favor or two? We'e got work to do.

>>43248
One for spine.
We can find more stuff later.

>>43463
Did you miss the bit about searching for items of power?

These are binding agreements, not little tasks. I feel I should be cautious with this fellow, especially since he's an OPTIONAL BOSS.

>>43466
>One for spine

It's not like I can't find this guy again later, after all, and one favour won't keep me too occupied...

"The spine, please."
"Alright, here..."

YOU HAVE OBTAINED: SNAKE SPINE!

My canines grow longer!
My sight is more acute!
I can now slither on the ground and evade faster than before!
I feel my canines swell with venom!
I feel a little more durable.
I feel I have minor use of the basic elements of magic.

YORICK IS NOW A NAGA SKELETON,

"Now, just bite this..."
He proffers an apple and I bite into it. My first name is etched into the side of it along with the date, and it turns to stone instantly.
"Hm. Is that all?"

"I believe that concludes our business... but if I need to contact you again?"
"Say my name, Renon." he replies. "And I shall appear." he smiles, and in a puff of smoke, he's gone.

Well. Now that I have the ability to move faster and have some combat ability, I feel a little safer... Should I keep moving forward or head to the Clock Tower?

Forward! To Adventure!

>>43776
Yes! Onward and forward!

NEW AREA FOUND: Dancing Hall.

This area is beautiful.I can see myself in the floor! I almost feel bad for scraping it.

Again, no candles anywhere. Just wax everywhere, some wicks, and.... is that a copper piece?

>>43777
The Belmont has been through here very recently, one would presume.
Keep a close 'eye' on your surroundings. If you see the Belmont, do not engage. You'll just get destroyed like everything else, so be on the lookout for more things to jack parts from.

>>43781
Right, right. I have to get to the boss of this area before him!

Most of the enemies here are GHOSTS, of various breeds and sorts. It would be hard to kill them physically, you'd need magic.

Which I have, thank goodness. I can feel it roiling around in my skull, like... like... like a rope pulled tightly taut and ready to snap at any moment.

Do we know who the boss of this area is?

>>43783
I believe it's Puppet Master. Creepy fellow if I ever met one. Ah, now I'm running into skeletons again... only... Hm.

NEW FOE ENCOUNTERED: Skeletal Medusa Heads

>>43784
Puppet Master? If you have to fight him, he'll be easy.
...Hopefully, it won't come down to that.

Wait... how does that work? Wouldnt that be medusa skulls?

>>43787
Well, yes. But the snakes are skeletal too. It's passing strange, but hey, look at where I am.

>>43786
Here's hoping I don't. He scares me. Plus, I'm not exactly combat optimal.

No full skeletons here, though, which is surprising.

So um... how can we get our body back, exactly?

>>43790
Well, there's two ways: We find the bits and bobs scattered around the castle by that wormeaten bastard, or... we get a full body and work our way back up.

>>43791
I say work our way back up.
Confiscate a skeletal Medusa Head, or at least their snakes. Maybe that'll give you some sort of petrification eye-beam power, rather than petrification venom.

>>43792
Right!

I take one in my sights, curl up... lunge...

%%%%%%%
CRACK
%%%%%%%

Ouch. A POX ON YOU!
It seems contact with these sorts is immediate petrification. Hurm...

>>43793
New plan: Ranged attack.
We've got magic, right?

>>43855
Oh, right!
Let's see... I mentally grasp the high-tension wire in my mind, and pull. I feel my tail reflexively coil into a wide circle, and fire blasts from the center.

NEW TECHNIQUE LEARNED: SMALL FIREBALL!

The puff of fire knocks one ot of the air and onto the floor! I quickly slither up and grab Two of the snakes before she crumples to dust and fire...

They attach to my spine!

I feel more durable!
My spine grows longer and thicker!
There are now spikes along my spine!
The snakes grow in length, thickness, and strength, and two attack to my spine, under my skull!
I can now manipulate basic objects and hols weapons!

YORICK HAS BECOME: GREATER SKELETAL NAGA

Fuck yes!
Hmm... I wonder what happens if we eat our own tail...

>>43939
I'd... rather not, thank you.

Besides, it'd just get my jaw knotted up and cause all sorts of issues.

>>43942
At any rate...

Nearby me is the BOSS ROOM.
Above me is the path to the CLOCK TOWER.
Back the way I came is the ENDLESS WALKWAY.

Suggestions?

>>53366
Which boss is this?

>>53370
Can't recall, but I think it's the one known as PUPPET MASTER. Not really sure. Might be PUMPKINHEAD. Either wa-

What's that snapping sound?

>>53373
tuck and roll!