Quigley

Marquis!

Denzil.

Fwiffo

Ferdinand

WARRIOR.

Jennifer

Quigley 2012/09/07(Fri)18:03 No. 452511 ID: a450e0
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Your name is Quigley and you are very scared right now. You keep asking this man to release you, but he is ignoring everything you say!

He looks you up and down and then chuckles, mumbling something about a bet.

Quigley 2012/09/07(Fri)18:03 No. 452512 ID: a450e0
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Despite your pleas, he turns and leaves the room, taking the ring of keys with him.

Quigley 2012/09/07(Fri)18:04 No. 452513 ID: a450e0
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Oh gosh somebody help, I don't want to fight people! Or kill them! Or GET killed by them! This is bad...

Pick the lock with your horns!

Bend the bars with your BEEFY MUSCLES.

Well, try to escape then. A cell built for humans won't necessarily hold a minotaur. See if you can kick out the lock with one of those big hard hooves of yours. Or alternatively, knock a hole through the wooden wall.

>>452513
Can you reach that fishing pole?

Huh. You're fairly thin. Those bars seem oddly widely spaced.

... can you turn sideways and squeeze through?

Quigley 2012/09/07(Fri)21:38 No. 452582 ID: a450e0
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I take a quick survey of the room. Oh gosh is that a skeleton??? That is definitely a skeleton. It- it looks human though.

> Bend the bars with your BEEFY MUSCLES
But I don't -
> BEEFY
HEY.

Quigley 2012/09/07(Fri)21:39 No. 452584 ID: a450e0
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>>452522
>>452526
>>452538

I try all these things and I fail and now my neck hurts. However, the divide between the two cells is weak and one of the bars bends when I kick it! I can now move between the two cells.


>>452535
The fishing pole is juuust out of range! If only I had something to extend my reach by a few centimeters…

>>452582
It looks like you can cross over to the cell next to you. Check that one's door.

Or you could grab a bone off the skeleton, use it to reach the fishing pole, then use the fishing pole to snag the key.

Grab a femur from that skeleton.

Maybe your cellmate can lend a hand

Quigley 2012/09/07(Fri)22:27 No. 452594 ID: a450e0
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Ahh I'm touching a dead man's hand and the bones are all sticky and gross ewww…

But it works! I now have a fishing pole.

It takes a lot of tries - and I mean a LOT of tries - but I manage to snare the key and reel it back.

Quigley 2012/09/07(Fri)22:28 No. 452596 ID: a450e0
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The key doesn't fit my door, but it opens the skeleton's cell! I'm free!

But, uhh, this food on the desk makes me think the guard is coming back.

>>452596
You could close the cell again, then when he comes back, throw open the door to ambush him when his guard is down.

Be sure to put everything back exactly where you found it.

>>452596
Just do the classic stand next to the door and knock the guard out when he enters trick.

If the door opens outwards you could stick that rope about ankle height and watch him trip then bash him in the head. Use a couple chairs and the bars as anchors.

Quigley 2012/09/08(Sat)16:02 No. 452826 ID: 4c7bc9
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This should work. I just hope I finish before he gets back...

Hmm?

next 2 panels animated

Quigley 2012/09/08(Sat)16:02 No. 452827 ID: 4c7bc9
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OH GOSH

Quigley 2012/09/08(Sat)16:03 No. 452829 ID: 4c7bc9
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Uuummmmm.......

Well okay he is definitely dead

Excellent. Loot his hotdog, then escape.

>>452827
Oh god, shake him off your horn before all the blood gets on you.

Then steal his keys, and open the locked drawer to see what's in it.

Welp, loot the office and his corpse. We need to get you a weapon or I suppose you can just gore everyone. Take the rope of course.

Yes eat his beef hot dog WAIT WHAT

Consume his heart to increase your power level.

Quigley 2012/09/08(Sat)17:09 No. 452840 ID: 4c7bc9
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>>452836
>>452830
But I am a vegetarian!

>>452831
In the drawer there is a lighter, some, um, porn, and a bottle labeled INSTANT STEROIDS.

I put on the jacket that was on the back of the chair because it's got pockets and also I want to have clothes again.

Quigley 2012/09/08(Sat)17:10 No. 452841 ID: 4c7bc9
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In the rest of the room there are:
Some papers, a knife by the fish, two barrels FULL of oranges, and a funny little window with a nice view of the - OH GOSH I'M ON A SHIP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEan but oh I guess that's what happens when you get kidnapped by sea monsters. Ummm, this might make escaping more difficult.

I now have these things:
BONING KNIFE
TINDERBOX
INSTANT STEROIDS
ROPE
FISHING LINE + HOOK

I can't carry anything else unless I get creative.

I take a look outside the door.

>Vegetarian, onna bote
Take an orange and eat it then. Keep your energy up, avoid scurvy.

Get All. We can save the INSTANT STEROIDS for an emergency, cause they'll probably shrink your junk or something. Things like that tend to have unpleasant side-effects. Eat some oranges to regain your strength before you go, you look scrawny.
>I am a vegetarian
That explains the scrawny part.

Can you use the porn book to make a shiv? I don't expect you to be able to, but may as well ask.

Oranges go bad on the sea. You want to find yourself some succulents to suck on, like aloe or cactus.

disregard everything and run headfirst into the kitchen throwing oranges at whatever you find in there

you need beans and rice. soy beans if you can. that combo gives you almost everything meat can.

Quigley 2012/09/11(Tue)00:38 No. 453544 ID: 69f736
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> PORN BOOK SHIV
This… is a really bad shiv. I don't think anybody is going to be afraid of this. At least I have the little fish knife, I guess.

> Eat oranges
Ok, I grab a couple. These are pretty good!

> Kitchen
"Vhat is cow doing out of cage?!"

Quigley 2012/09/11(Tue)00:39 No. 453545 ID: 69f736
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> Throw oranges at everything
ACK


"...Ruin stew with orange?? You in trouble now, cow! I coming to kill you!"

Flee!

run back and reset trip trap.

>>453545
Tell him that if he takes it out immediately it won't affect the flavor.

While running away. Consider downing the instant steroids so you can fight this guy.

Running from your problems only works so long.
Charge the cook like linebacker and knock him on his ass.

you mess with the bull you get the horns

Quigley 2012/09/16(Sun)21:35 No. 455480 ID: c9428a
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>>453590
Yeah! I gotta stand up for myself and kick his butt! CHAAAARGE!!

*thunk*

"Now put HOLE in cleanest shirt? You making Chef have very bad day. GRRRAAGH!"
PLAN B! PLAN B!

Quigley 2012/09/16(Sun)21:35 No. 455481 ID: c9428a
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> Consider downing the instant steroids
I've got the bottle ready- but it seems that I can run a lot faster than him.

>>453556
But- not fast enough to reset the trap in time! I keep going.

Quigley 2012/09/16(Sun)21:36 No. 455482 ID: c9428a
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"In here, boy." calls a voice as I pass the door marked 'SILENT JIM'.

Sounds legit.

Well it's either that or continue running blindly around.

Go inside, just be sure to roll as you enter the room so that you can't be knocked out by someone standing next to the door.

Quigley 2012/09/21(Fri)16:22 No. 456544 ID: e5c62e
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"You're just ruining everything, aren't you, boy." The man sighs. "Can't be helped now, I suppose. They call me Silent Jim 'round here."

"I'm -er, Quigley."

"Well come here Quigley, I've got something to show you." Silent Jim closes the door after the chef lumbers past. He turns and reveals a big hairy monkey tail before quickly hiding it back in his pants. He's a Simian??

Silent Jim tells me he's been disguised as a human ever since escaping from captivity. He intended to leave the ship forever once they stopped at the Taurean Isles, but there was some idiot - well, I guess that's me - just playing on the beach, they so grabbed me and left before he could escape.

Quigley 2012/09/21(Fri)16:22 No. 456545 ID: e5c62e
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"But that's alright, now I have bigger plans." Silent Jim glances around then leans toward me. "Mutiny." he whispers. "It requires you NOT to escape, though. See, there are some other beastfolk fighting in the arena. If you can befriend them and all escape, we'd actually have enough heads to man this ship without the humans. Any questions, Quigley?"

"But- I might die! I just want to go back home!" I say.

Silent Jim scowls. "How? Are you going to swim back? We've almost reached the Human continent. I suppose if you're feeling suicidal I can show you the life boats. But you really should consider my plan."

Alright, but won't they have a lot of security at the arena to prevent exactly this thing?

Agree to his plan but since it never hurts to have a backup plan ask him to show us the life boats so if things get hairy we know the fastest way to them.

>>456544
Ask if he knows anything about those instant steroids you picked up, while you're at it.

Lumen 2012/10/25(Thu)15:23 No. 466177 ID: a35122
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It feels like a long time has passed since I let myself get captured again…

Jim's plan still sounds suicidal to me, but something in the back of my head is convincing me to go through with it. At least if I succeed I'll save everyone else trapped in the arena!

I look at the hastily scribbled note Jim gave me, which lists the days that The Queen Rose will be in port, aka my chances to escape across the ocean. The first window of opportunity… is in two weeks. I look at the paper and gulp. The next one after that isn't for three months! I've got to be ready.


At least they didn't try to take away the jacket so I still have all the things I found. To be honest, I think… they're actually afraid of me!

Despite all the jostling as they pull my cage around, I find myself drifting off to sleep.

Lumen 2012/10/25(Thu)15:24 No. 466181 ID: a35122
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Female avian: Wake up, you silly!

Quigley: Whuzgoinon?

Female avian: Wow, they must have drugged you good. Gotta shake that fuzz out ya brain! Your TRIAL MATCH is starting! My name is Paulie, and I get to help you not die! *giggle*

Consume her body to regain your strength.

slap your face a little

Hit the snooze button and sleep a while longer

Quigley 2012/11/02(Fri)20:07 No. 468217 ID: 313665
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> slap your face a little

Paulie: Oh! Let me help!

Quigley: He-OW

Paulie: There we go, all wakey-waked up.

The darkness around us disappears as a black curtain drops, revealing... something.

Paulie: Ah it's an obstacle course today! And that fellow over there must be your competition. OH and there's usually a weapon at the end so you'd better get there first!

Before I have a chance to think the man bolts past the huge axe blade as it swings away. Crud! Should I try to dash through after him or wait for the blade to pass again - losing a few seconds?

Man, this sucks. Didn't give you much prep time. Alright, wait for the axe to swing back, then go. You can catch up to him later, but only if you're in one piece.

Waiting is the smart thing to do since we can see how he dodges the traps in front of us. And i don't think we need a weapon that bad since we have already killed a man without one.

Quigley 2012/11/05(Mon)21:39 No. 469033 ID: c9428a
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Ok, so I'm just going to worry about getting there in one piece rather than getting there first.

Paulie: Gotta stay in the safe zones so the arrows don't fire!

The floor in front of me's got some weird panels with circles that get farther apart as it goes on. The walls have some scary-looking holes in them! My competitor is hopping between circles and he's about in the middle. I could either start jumping after him, or I could try something tricky...

What's your inventory? Throw something heavy onto the non-circlebound ground near your competitor, if you have anything. And then hop to it!

>>469068
Even if you do manage to hit him with arrows, you're gonna wanna keep moving forward.

Lets not try something tricky. We might get hit by an arrow ourselves and it would make it clear to our competitor that we are trying to kill him.
This way if he gets to the end first we can act like we don't want to hurt him and that is why we didn't try to kill him with the traps. And then when his guard is down we give him a taste of our DEATH HORNS!

Quigley 2012/11/30(Fri)12:46 No. 475689 ID: 00f5eb
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Ok, I don't try anything tricky so maybe the other guy will trust me later. By now he's so far ahead of me I can't see him any more.

I have reached THE TUNNELS OF FIRE.

Let's see. Circle... triangle... circle... square... OH GOSH.

many updates promised this weekend to make up for extended periods of not being here

Take your time and learn the pattern of the fire tunnels. If it stays the same:

Circle... triangle... circle... square..

and repeats, then triangle would be the right route?

Quigley 2012/11/30(Fri)17:49 No. 475785 ID: 00f5eb
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Ah, it is a pattern! Two are always on fire at once, and the safe ones go:

CTCSTSTCSCSTCT_

Hmm. Well, it doesn't go 2 in a row, so the next is either circle or square...


Paulie: *yelling, indistinguishable over roar of flames*

>>475785
CT
CS
TS
TC
SC
ST
CT
_
Circle. This thing alternates between two sequences. It's going to go CS next.

Quigley 2012/11/30(Fri)21:52 No. 475843 ID: 00f5eb
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-Circle
Ooh I hope you're right!

Paulie's still yelling something. 'She's baiting at the end of the funnel?' That can't be right. But I should be able to hear her better once I get to the end of the - wait.


Hah! He left a trap made from parts of this dangerous-looking HALL OF SPIKES. Good thing I was paying too much attention to run into them!

jump to your right.

>>475843
He is also about to cut you with a sword. Endeavor not to be cut, then snatch up one of those spikes to use as a weapon.

>She's baiting at the end of the funnel?
He's waiting at end of the tunnel.

Parse the correct warning, and react before he can slice you.

While avoiding being cut to pieces try screaming talking calmly to him. Tell him that we didn't kill him with the traps because we know a way for us both to get out of this unharmed (lie).
Lets hope he stops to hear us out.

Quigley 2012/12/02(Sun)15:08 No. 476141 ID: dcf346
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>>475848
He- OH. I jump to my right and barely avoid a sword to the face!

Quigley: Whycantwejustgetalong- hey, stop! Stop a second,

He swings again.

Quigley: Ack! Hey! I- I COULD have killed you by setting off the arrows earlier, but I didn't because I know a way out!

He hesitates, but he's holding the sword in preparation to swing again. I've got to say something that can really convince him!

lost my tablet pen. and by lost i mean it's in this apartment somewhere. so here's a touchpad rehash of the last pic :(

Ok he stopped that's good, but i can't think of any lie convincing enough for him to believe.
I guess we could tell him about the mutiny? Though can others hear us talking?

Let's try buying time, ask him his name and what the hell is he doing in the arena since he seems to be a human. I though only beasfolk were send here to fight.