Bet the farm? The thing your very own deer self has toiled and moaned and spent years and years keeping tip top and running and productive against all kindsa varmints and invadements?! The sunk costs alone could sink her army!

Sure, why not.

You can always sign up as a soldier if you're so bested. Seeing as you seem to have some kinda weird talent in that direction and you hear successful soldiers tend to be awarded with a piece of land.

What are the rules? When do we start?

1/3 Buckwheat 2023/09/30(Sat)22:13 No. 1073689 ID: 15a025
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>What are the rules? When do we start?
Fox Captain: “I suppose I should have clarified it better. Seeing as you’re some lone farmer with no team to help protect your flag…”

Fox Captain: “You just simply have to take it from me.”

“That almost sounds too simple? If I just have to take the flag from you, what’s the condition of my defeat?”

Fox Captain: “Oh I don’t plan on going down without a fight. If you’re unable to get back up or lose consciousness, I win.”

2/3 Buckwheat 2023/09/30(Sat)22:13 No. 1073690 ID: 15a025
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Fox Captain: “Also, surrenders will be ignored.”

3/3 Buckwheat 2023/09/30(Sat)22:13 No. 1073691 ID: 15a025
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She proceeds to place a small flag on a stick in her mouth.

Fox Captain: “Think you can take it deery?”

She proceeds to bite down on it and takes a stance.

Do you accept the terms of the duel?

>One of the few mainstream examples of Pokemon standing up for their rights.

Didn't he tried to manipulate an environmental disaster to replace the human and pokemon populations with genetically modified pokemon clones?

Truly, Sailor Moon is the Moby Dick of anime. Or was that Madoka?
A.

tippler 2023/09/30(Sat)18:30 No. 1073663 ID: 9ea24b
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>Didn't Mewtwo try to manipulate an environmental disaster to replace the human and pokemon populations with Pokemon clones?
As stated in the previous update, the Pokemon anime is not canon.

>A, search for Latios using Absol
>Latios encounter check: Success
You advise Absol to avoid a feeling of doom related to sudden loss of money, and whether through luck or Absol’s discerning senses, you find yourself above Mossdeep, face to face with a familiar blue fellow.

After Latios awkwardly tries to shake you off and fails, you explain your encounter with Latias and how she threatened you and hurt poor, innocent Stetson.

Look I hate to say it, but Latias is her own mon. A broken arm sucks but your trainer will recover and I doubt she’ll do it again. Too bad about your money, but you’re a Pokemon, so you shouldn’t need it anyway.

In general it’s good for humans to get the message that Legendary Pokemon are off limits. I mean, she could have done a lot worse than shove him.

What do you say to Latios?

>>1073663
Tell him that it was your suggestion that led Stetson to find Deoxys, because you were being selfish about a wish Jirachi wanted you to grant. You regret what happened with Deoxys, and you want to make it right. Ask him to help mediate with his alliance.
As a start, pledge to donate the entirety of your remaining money to the cause of Pokemon rights and protections you've been working towards. No more for personal purchases. Tell him you're willing to give up your human comforts, but this movement stands to benefit them too and it needs money to fund it.

If she wants to send a message to the humans, fine. She hurt your friend, but you appreciate her restraint, even if you disagree that Pokemon and humans can't get along.

It'd be nice to bury the hatchet with his sis so you can date that stupid, sexy Latias not worry 'bout Legendaries on your ass. If there's a way, he's your first lead.

>>1073664
Yeah, that seems like a better way to spend all your funds.

1/2 Serah 2023/09/30(Sat)21:01 No. 1073683 ID: fb8a42
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“Dotti, please wait a moment. This is quite novel,” I say, my instincts kicking in as well as my curiosity. “From a scientific perspective, I haven’t the faintest idea of how that binding might affect a fox spirit, even one as comfortable and well-grounded in the physical realm as you. As much as a great show of trust that would be, Dotti, I think we all would benefit from a quick explanation.”

“I warned you, Pastor,” the mayor says, his smile broadening to impossible levels, and at this point, I get the feeling he’s not speaking for my benefit- he’s enjoying the chance to talk back to the Church. “Lady Kensington has earned her reputation as quite the alchemist. As if the dragon wasn’t enough to convince you.”

“Hmf.” Pastor Pryce shoots Mayor Dumas a sharp glance. He stands up and hefts the holy symbol. “Very well. This has been blessed by the Church to ensure that its wearer shall neither draw upon spiritual energies from the beyond, nor shall its wearer expel or manipulate the same in this realm. It would have no effect on mages, dragons, or fae that do not cast divine spells or otherwise utilize spiritual energies. I doubt any of you are among the faithful, but it would take exceptional devotion to overcome its seal if you were.”

“That sounds pretty friggin’ bad to a fox spirit, Pastor,” Landi says. She flits over to him and examines the holy symbol closely, and the Pastor does not object. She flies over to me and grumbles. “Thing gives off an aura like a wad of boa constrictors. Not comfy. Doesn’t feel like it’s meant to control, but it’s a tight wad of binding. I’d feel suffocated wearing that thing even if I wasn’t Dotti.”

I know very little about what would happen if Dotti were to be cut off from the spiritual realm. It can’t be anything good.

“Dotti is a spirit,” I say. “If you cut her off from her source of power, it is easy to imagi

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2/2 Serah 2023/09/30(Sat)21:02 No. 1073684 ID: fb8a42
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LANDI

DOTTI

RAELYNN

TARANIS

KAYK

I choose Taranis. Since hes in charge of spirits, lets help him.

Landi.

Taranis can't influence the conversation, Rae is sick, and Dotti's very being is enough of a deterrent to meeting with Petra, so having us following her won't improve things.

The choice then is really between Kayk and Landi. I love Kayk, but I think Landi is the much more obvious choice between them right now.

Call her out on her BS of "Nothing but ourselves" before immediately taking advantage of her parasignia's powers for stealth, and see if she agrees wnough to step out into the open for a more honest fight. She probably won't, but it's worth trying at least.

As for how to cover every angle, try moving around and incorporating spins into your movements. Something like Baguazhang if you're familiar with that form of martial arts. This won't prevent her from being able to land an attack, but it raises your odds of her attacking from an easier to block angle.

As for the flowers, maybe those are all she can see while vanished as she currently is, and can judge loosely where you are based on which flowers are disturbed? Try tossing some clothing or equipment (nothing that she can use against you though) nearby, and see if that throws off her reading of your location.

>"This is the first time someone has pushed me to this extent since I gained this power."
Hm. She won't have trained this on live people before, at least.

>How am I going to cover every angle of attack?
If her control remains partially subconscious... look or feel for tells. Maybe swaying flowers from otherwise invisible air currents to indicate she's about to close in through whatever illusory effect - or a portal's opened. You could pretend not to see or sense this and counter or grab her the moment she strikes. Options are headshots, the exposed chest, wounded arm or calf, or her jetpack if you can fuck that one up. Keep in mind she might still be flying - no guarantee she'll attack you from angles a ground-based sparring opponent might.

If there are no tells, try to become a hard target in general until her methods of attack is revealed. Apply the principles of your Blood Circle training as if you were fighting a phantom foe, but toss in random directional changes, circling, backtracking to lessen her invisibility/portaling/home field advantage.

Note that she may attack your side, as your wound probably provides a handy weak point. If she can come from nowhere to stun you with pain, or worsen the damage, that'd seem like her go-to play. If that's true - well, you know where a part of her will be.

Spar rules are 'till yield or KO, yes?

>As for the flowers, maybe those are all she can see while vanished as she currently is, and can judge loosely where you are based on which flowers are disturbed? Try tossing some clothing or equipment (nothing that she can use against you though) nearby, and see if that throws off her reading of your location.
Hm. She did use a petal to 'bookmark' her gunpile earlier. That said, she did n

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She went invisible? Either she portaled out using her parasignia or she has Nickel's pseudosignia. Hmm, yeah, I could see the two of them as friends.
Well, if your 'signias are fair play in this fight, you still have that freezing pseudosignia.

To cover all angles you can plan to duck and sweep. It's a wide attack that can be adjusted to hit any direction.

>>1073179
she can control wind, which means she may be able to control sound if she focuses. be cautious of trusting your ears, focus on what you can see.

Keep focused to your surroundings, but don't panic about not seeing her. Pay attention to the direction of the wind, or any feelings of it blowing around.

2/2 Naocat 2023/09/23(Sat)15:52 No. 1072997 ID: 82f3cb
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You go over to the landline and put the phone to your head, then punch in the phone number. The line drones for a moment.

klick!

“Hello?” A gruff voice answers the call, so deep that it’s hard to make out. Any thought of Bethany being tiny is replaced by the thought of Harvey being massive. ”Hello?!” they boom, losing patience.

You’re startled for a moment, then you respond. “Yes! Hello! Good afternoon. Am I.. Is this the Agguire Residence?” It’s not like you to be intimidated, but you’re more flustered than anything.

The deep voice on the other line clears its throat, then speaks in a much softer voice. “Yes, terribly sorry if I spooked you. You’ve got the right line. I take it this is Detective Groundfull?”

“That must make you Harvey. I’ve decided to take your case.” You say. You’re relieved to hear a more welcoming tone, you’re not sure if Cooper could take this guy in a fight.

“Oh, well thank you. You’re calling about the meeting, right? I’m available for the next few hours, I took a sick day. How about you meet me at my home?” His composure teeters on breaking with every word. There’s a lot of confusion and a lot of fear. This must be a very delicate situation for Harvey and he should be treated accordingly.

“Sir with all due respect, That’s a horrible idea.” You state. Your tactfulness is unmatched.

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A bowling alley!
We can play a game of bowling, billiards, or arcades to calm his nerves, or have a drink or smoke as we discuss this case.

Plus, the little bowling animations they have there are absurd enough

>>1072998

Who doesn't love rolling some balls down lanes?

Naocat 2023/09/30(Sat)14:00 No. 1073639 ID: 3895d8
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As you’re on the phone with the client, Cooper leaves the room for a moment. They return with two motorcycle helmets, wearing one and holding the other. You look to them for an idea of where to go. They think for a second, then pretend to bowl with your helmet. “We’ll meet at the bowling alley on Eastbourne, get there as soon as you can.”

“Oh I know that one! I used to go there with Beth every now and then. Good times.” He pauses, as if stung by the memory. “Say, if you don’t mind me asking, why there?” he asks.

“I’ll tell you when I meet you there. When you arrive, go to the front desk and ask for the Frisking Finch, they’ll know who I am. Bring the mask.” Without explaining any further, you hang up the phone. If he does things right, there won’t be any problems.


“Here, Catch.” Cooper says, tossing your helmet to you. You grab it out of the air and put it on, holding your sunhat in your hand.

“So why do you want to go to the bowling alley this time?” You ask Cooper.

“I have a hunch, but you’re gonna have to trust me on this. Something feels familiar about Harvey.” You look at them, a little puzzled. They point to the calendar with an ecstatic wag. “...also, it’s Tuesday. Half off charcuterie day!”

What else to say except get to the bowling alley.

Kaktus 2023/09/28(Thu)11:45 No. 1073453 ID: 681cb5
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>Write a review on Vapor.
Sadly, Vapor will note be released until 2003, 5 years from now.
>Quit, play the actionized sequel
Scion of the new blood: Bövels revenge will not be out in stores for the next few years.
>Check out other games by the developer.
Hmm, there’s a fantasy dungeon crawler, a civilization game, an arena shooter and finally a space sim. Not to mention a romantic graphic novel in the works. None of them catch your interest, though.
>Go to GAMEFAQS and look up CHEAT CODES or a GUIDE.
Your mother is on the phone, so you can’t log in on the internet right now.

>Undo.
You undo your last action…

The words start to crawl. Their movement making you dizzy as they twist and turn into spirals upon spirals. Your eyes following the bluish ink, hearing the smell that purple taste of, and you can feel your mind giving in, cracking open, getting ready to hatch so that the worms can turn into beautiful butterflies. You can’t look away. You can’t close it. You can’t let go. The burning pain of the Amulet grows weaker and weaker… and with it, the grasp of your mind.

It has noticed you… and you can’t look away.

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Kaktus 2023/09/28(Thu)11:45 No. 1073454 ID: 681cb5
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An inhumane scream echoes through the room, as the book become a pyre of green flame. The dry, brittle pages make great kindling for the fire, spreading it quickly over the forbidden text. As the flame hungrily consumes the tome, you swear you can see a shape in the dancing, sickly green flames. One that looks directly at you, with pure spite and madness in its eyes. You will suffer for this, Fox. And as quickly as the flame appeared, it’s gone… leaving only ash where that blasphemous work of malice once laid.

Kaktus 2023/09/28(Thu)11:45 No. 1073455 ID: 681cb5
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As you stand up on trembling legs, keeping yourself steady with one hand and holding your glasses with the other, it feels like… the world is suddenly a bit brighter? Looking around, you can’t see any difference… but you can feel that something has changed. A smothering presence is gone. One of pure malice that’s been hanging over this house since you arrived. Once again, its heart has stopped… and it’s nothing more than a carcass of evil, rotting on the hill.

>Dragomir wasn't... Dragomir. He was Bövel. They all were Bövel! He's been dying at the birth of his grandson in order to possess their bodies, generation after generation!
The father dies so that the son can take his place… a cycle of death and rebirth. Bövel still lives, even after 300 years… and he’s coming for Chris! You have to stop him! But how? He will return for his blood… he always does.

There’s only a day and a half left.

[Current objectives:]
Find Chris and give him the Amulet.
Open the puzzle box. (Josephine might be able to break it open. Was bought from Bernard.)
What’s up with the strange flute? Music is important for the rituals?
Get access to the crypt. (Trade amulet to Sophia for the key?)
Repair the telescope… and learn the true name of the red star.
Find the tower of light.
Figure out what 13b650 means.

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>>1073455

To do ...any of those objectives you'll need to get out of the observatory. If you managed to uh... "stun" the house, you should be able to get down the stairs from here. Go down the stairs, and prepare to face the mist.

Finding Chris, you just need the right music. Do you recall the melody that catfish was playing?

Josephine might be able to break open the puzzle box, but Bernard told Edward that no mortal means could open it, so you're banking on the hope that he was lying. A better goal would be to get Josephine into the library, let her know about the open window and hatch a plan to get in there tonight.

Don't trade the amulet to Sophia just yet. You have your ring, you can find Chris and be there for him.

Repairing the telescope means leaving the house to find Josephine at the very least, or Bernard himself to ask him the secrets to opening it. The lens is inside the puzzle box.

A house of flesh and gore, that would be the Crowmoor slaughterhouse, easy enough to get to. Finding Chris is more important right now. It's the only way you know to deal with Bövel.

The tower of light should be pretty obvious to find, a big lighthouse standing out of place. Since you cannot find it, there must be some influence keeping it hidden. Nothing to do there but look for some clue as to its making. 13b650 seems to relate to the lens, or some aspect of the tower itself, so you need to find the tower before you can find that out.

Stop the blessed event... you'd have to stop him from returning for his blood. Bövel, or... something along those lines.

Don't worry about the flute for now.

First we should head downstairs

Break out the metal detector!

Or you know, just go looking for something that dropped down from above out of someone's pocket or something. Fancy pen? Fidget spinner? Gold (colored) amusement park tokens? Pocketknife?

Wait is that Len's wallet lying over there?

Kiss her, you fool

A big washer that fell off the bleachers. A little worrying but it works as a ring for like a few seconds before it gets annoying.

>>1073550

No, for real. Get a thin one if you can, and loop it on some string to make a cool amulet-style necklace. It'll be meaningful because hey, you made it, right?

A washer necklace sounds kinda cute. Go for that!

If you're a spy, you're a very good one. Glad to have someone so talented aboard.
If he's possessed by a serial killer, maybe there's someone who's been following the trail of murders a lot longer than we have. They might know more.

>>1073657
dark magic... radiating off of Pendle? Can you describe anything else? Knowing what kind of magic is in Pendle right now would be very nice, even if exorcisms isn't your specialty.

Look, you helped us out, okay? You've got pretty strong magic, and frankly, we're still in the "acquire allies" part if the questline.
I don't want to downplay our decision, but you made a good first impression, and we'd rather make friends than enemies. So we're trusting you for now, alright? Deal with it!

Now that you mention it, though... a couch would be nice.
Heck yeah! Quest Acquired: Find a kickass couch!

>>1073657
Is this dark magic anything like the green magic we see on you?

>>1073657
>"Well that's kinda simplifying it isn't it? Like, what if he had other motives than just killing you? Maybe he's playing a long game!"
If he is he's got a really weird way of doing that since he was really keen of killing Muschio right then and there. I doubt he's that good of an actor considering the only thing he wants is that weird amulet and he's had no problem sending that masked goon to raid us for it before.

Speaking of that masked guy and his magic, can you tell us anything about the magic he's using?
It was super funky that he could just shrug off your blast like he was anti-magic, but then toss around spells like his anti-magic didn't apply to him.

Also, back to the topic of that weird amulet the Czar wants, could you take a look at it and tell us if you see anything special about it? Like anything that would make the Czar want to kill people to get it.

hot, absolutely, but i would love to have more information about what that entails

We've definitely landed on a cold planet. The equator is arctic and it only gets worse from there.

Cold for sure.

cold !

Too hot to trot!

>>1072751
... Yeah, she should rest. Can I speak to her as the first Ana before she goes though?

Absurdity DeVoid 2023/09/24(Sun)15:11 No. 1073110 ID: dc13c4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUtiO50IQ8&ab_channel=TotalDeadCenter-Topic

>>1073110
*with her one good arm she reaches up and pushes her hair out of her face to look into her eyes*
It’s alright. I don’t hold that against you, sister.

Absurdity DeVoid 2023/09/29(Fri)23:20 No. 1073602 ID: dc13c4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAL4WMpBNs0&ab_channel=TeamSalvato

>>1073602
It was a long fight, I couldn’t do it on my own. But in the end we won. I’m sorry for everything that you’ve been through. I can only imagine the pain that you’ve been feeling. If you want, you can rest now.

Wish for world peace.

If that fails, focus on Morris and wish him to be well.

Point at some strands of grass and think of good health.

kpwlt 2023/09/30(Sat)00:49 No. 1073605 ID: 127310
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>Wish for world peace.

You think of world peace and sincerely hope for it. The device's lights burn brighter, but nothing else happens.

>If that fails, focus on Morris and wish him to be well.

You reconstruct Morris in your mind and focus on his wellbeing. The device flashes, but nothing more happens.

>Point at some strands of grass and think of good health.

You hover your hand over some grass and wish for good health.
A few strands grow larger and turn orange. They waver slightly and seem to whisper to you. Something about not waking a dragon at the bottom of a well?

You're pretty sure dragons aren't real, anyway.

Aphrodite remarks, "Hmm, interesting." and doesn't seem to hear the voice of the grass.

>>1073605
Well we're not exactly trying to disrupt anything yet.

Aim at a different patch of grass and will it to wilt.

Yes, and maybe also for another patch to grow, to see if the same result happens again.

Find a way to set fire to the goth topic. Needs to be done to keep the vampires away.

Well you do have that date with the administrator coming up so getting some nice clothes for that wouldn’t be a bad idea.

As for the party idea, if you can get yourself a grill and a good stereo you could have it in the form of a cookout, he’ll find a projector and you could us the side of your house as a tv for some movies or video games if you can grab a gaming console as well… and probably some folding chairs and a table as well.

Your house is small, but your garden is gigantic (enormous sinkhole aside).

Garden Party

>Goth Topic
Plunder store for Sick Drip, bring out your Inner Evil.

>Find a way to set fire to the goth topic.
...perhaps.

>Goth Topic.
Guffaw!

Maybe we should aproach the Sect. She seems sociable and fashion-oriented, might have a good idea on where to get furniture nd decorations for our house. Give a friendly wave to Latch as you pass by him.

Just received info from Edmango in discord that the room will still be bright even if we turn off the flashlight because of the prism.

With that in mind, I'll think up a different plan

OH! I think I just had an idea!

Can we take the camera/footage we got of this cave out of the Kaiju-camo drone, and then leave the camo drone behind while we take the footage with us through one of the smol hailey-sized holes mentioned in option A? or is the camera installed in the drone too big to fit in the hole? if it's small enough, then I choose C: take the footage we got out of the camo drone, and leave the drone behind as we escape through the hole with the camera. I think we gathered some really good info to make the government happy, so we can probably sacrifice the camo-drone after we leave with the footage through the small hole.

After all, we still got the camera drone outside, and two other drones in case we see anything else that's interesting on this island that needs filming. They'll just be easier to spot unfortunately if we deploy them for filming. But with the footage of the cave, we should be pretty good regardless I think.

I only ask if we can take the film out of the kaiju camo drone because I remember that footage can still have 30% of survival if destroyed, so I'm assuming the camera can be taken out of the drone.

This is of course assuming the footage/camera in the drone is small enough sized to fit in the hole like Hailey is too. I'm thinking it might be that size tho, assuming that square thing in the front of the drone is the camera, which looks roughly the same size as Hailey in that pic >>1073296

>>1073600

This is a pretty good idea, so I'll toss some support towards it.

I'll also point out that we could try to send nanobots out through the other holes to determine where they lead.

>>1073600
Speaking of which, maybe we could blow up the camera at the volcano opening to distract the monster and give us a better shot at leaving? There's a chance they might not hear it tho.
In all honesty, I'd rather we steal a shard of any crystals that fell off.

>>1073608
If you're talking about the camera filming the kaiju at the skeletal reef, that's an interesting idea, but personally, I'd like to get whatever footage is in that camera outside and not blow it up, and I think just removing the footage from the kajiu camo drone and escaping with the footage in the hole while the kaiju camo-drone distracts the monster should be easy enough to do with considering how close we are to the holes.

Tho if other people support blowing up the camera outside while we escape with the kaiju camo drone camera through the hole, that's fine by me. I think the cave footage is more important and there is a chance that the footage from the camera outside could survive with a 30%. But I don't think it's necessary to blow it up personally. Just gotta also consider that the kaiju outside might notice the explosion too and lure them to our location.

LW 2023/09/19(Tue)11:24 No. 1072704 ID: 9b127b
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Iolantha looks into the kitchen, she doesn't see anything in there she whispers to Eranil ' keep a look out at the water basin, I think somethings hiding inside, I'm going to gather supplies' Eranil nods

Iolantha grabs a bag and quickly fills it with herbs, bread, firewood, and knives.

a splash is heard again, Iolantha turns, there's a Siren in the basin

Eranil recognises her as the exotic singer, and one of the guests for Lord Xielphiane's party. Eranil finds it remarkable that she still lives, without legs it must have been a struggle reaching the kitchen pools,

the siren speaks broken elven 'Please help! Please help!', Iolantha understands why the creature needs help, she is much too large to fit through the drains out to the river. there's no escape that way.

Keep your voice down! We could use all the hands we can get, even if they don't have legs.
How far can she get via the water, or do you have a tool which could force entry to the drain?

Tell her to stay quiet and that youll will find something to move her out of here.

On that note, have the Maid Ialantha look for a cart or such around the room, and have Poetess Eranil explore a bit further down the corridor.

Can we remove the drains? Is there a way to do so for cleaning?

You can't help this poor doomed creature. There's no way to drag her from this place until you can find water outside. There's no escape from that pool.

Let the poor creatures cries alert the enemy and flee as they are distracted eviscerating her. There is no choice here, she can die or you can all die.

(1/5) kpwlt 2023/09/30(Sat)05:34 No. 1073615 ID: 127310
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>Once you've found your target, tell him you inherited an old house with an old-style trophy room, but the trophy collection has a croc-shaped hole in it. Everyone who boasted one such collection had a crocodile trophy, making its lack very conspicuous in your inheritance.

This approach sounds good and will ensure that Inpu doesn't suspect whatever nefarious shenanigans Tony wants with the head. You'll keep it in mind.

Crocodiles are often hunted by rich lunatics for sport, so this excuse will go far.

>Cats are his favorite? That has potential. If you can avoid actually becoming a dehydrated head, that is. If he thinks he can get your head, he might drop his guard in his eagerness to acquire it. You could consider implying something about having an unpopular uncle who no one would miss, as long as he doesn't actually check whether you have one.

Now you're thinking with your head! Appealing to his weird collecting habits will definitely give you an edge. You will make sure to remember this.

>Take the free seat at the bar, between the UIDF officer and the casually-dressed man, and order a drink.

You plonk yourself down at the free seat. You take a glance at the menu imprinted on the bar.

Your perusing is interrupted by the UIDF officer.
“Hey,” she says, “my husband was sitting there.”
Upon seeing your flusterment, she assures you.
“It’s okay, he’s gone to the bathroom and he won’t be back for a while, I don’t think he’s feeling very well.”

(2/5) kpwlt 2023/09/30(Sat)05:34 No. 1073616 ID: 127310
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> Try to make some conversation with both folks next to you - inquiring about the pub itself and the people running it would be a good idea.

Since the UIDF officer engaged with you first, you’ll talk to her first.
You should probably start by constructing a bit of a rapport before launching into all-out interrogation.
“Hi, my name’s Abel. What brings you and your husband here?”
“Nice to meet you Abel, I’m Siobhan. We’re actually here investigating a missing persons case. Do you watch the news often?”
You don’t, so you shake your head.
“Right, well, there’ve been a few people vanishing around this area. We can’t seem to find a common thread among them though.”

Suddenly, Tony’s voice crackles into your ears,
”Sounds like they’re on the trail of our Inpu. You can’t let them interfere with our mission.”

Siobhan pulls a grey folder out of her matching uniform’s folds. You manage to glimpse some of the victims before she pulls out a postcard sized photograph.
It is of a low quality and taken from a strange angle, but it nonetheless shows a silhouetted figure gazing into the camera with green eyes.
“Have you seen this man?”
You haven’t, so you reply, “No, but I’ll keep my eyes open for him.”
You then ask Siobhan about the pub itself.
"Do you know much about this place?"

"Admittedly not," she replies, "but this is the last thread we've got. If this turns out to be a dead end, it'd be as good as saying all those missing people were swallowed up by the earth itself.

(3/5) kpwlt 2023/09/30(Sat)05:34 No. 1073617 ID: 127310
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The casually dressed man unexpectedly pipes up.
"You'd best start digging. Inpu is an upstanding guy, and I'm confident you won't find any dirt on him. I know him well and I promise you he's the most generous and humble person I know. He funds pretty much everything in this town, out of his own goodwill."
Siobhan shifts uncomfortably.

(4/5) kpwlt 2023/09/30(Sat)05:34 No. 1073618 ID: 127310
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>Either the dock worker or the policeman could be good conversation. They know the general lay of things around here.
You decide to leave Siobhan and the man alone for the minute and go speak to the dock worker.
>Sit beside one and after a few greetings call the bartender like "I want a beer, I want a beer right meeeeeow!"
But not before you have a drink.
You call to the bartender (who conveniently made his appearance during your previous conversation), who quickly gets a pint into your hand.

Having accomplished this, you tap the dock worker on the shoulder.
"Hi, I'm Abel and-"
"Don't talk to me, please, I'm hiding."
Oh.

(5/5) kpwlt 2023/09/30(Sat)05:34 No. 1073619 ID: 127310
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Antonius' voice crackles into your ears once more.
"Leave it, I reckon. Not a good idea to antagonise anyone at the bar, I don't think. Anyway, if you can find a moment alone, I'd appreciate it if you could describe the man that Siobhan showed you. You might be able to get some privacy in the toilet. Otherwise, just keep snooping around for leads. Might wanna chat with the bartender a bit, or anyone else at the bar who's willing to talk."

Well, normally I'd say Janet but given her current condition best have Bright Eyes take front with Pent right behind with the zappy stick.

>>1072843
Bright Eyes must have been pretty nomadic so probably knows how to deal with traps.

Sam 2023/09/28(Thu)14:59 No. 1073467 ID: a7a180
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>Need someone sneakier and/or with a good eye for traps on point.
No one’s better than Pent at traps!
>Pent second, Bright Eyes first
…Okay!
I nod at Bright Eyes and signal her to go down first. “<Good luck.>” She climbs down the side and disappears. We can hear sounds of combat as Pent leads the rest of us in.
The interior is quite unlike anything I’ve seen at this scale. The outer shell creates a dome high above our heads, sheltering a cross between a circuit board and a graffiti-strewn slum. The ground is bright blue interlaid with geometric patterns in gleaming silver. Scattered across it are big blocky chips with silicon prongs, barrel-like transistors, and improvised shelters. Some building-like chunks rise above the rest that must be subprocessors and heatsinks.
Through the gas, we spot our vanguard engaged in a slugfest with a Marked One. Bright Eyes throws punches, bites, and kicks at her opponent while she wrestles for control of his cotton-tipped spear. Every part of her body is a weapon. Her furious onslaught drives him back covered with cuts and bruises. Finally, she lands a punch that staggers him, and he stumbles over a raised circuit. It makes a barely perceptible noise and he twitches, falling over and hitting his head. He doesn’t get back up. Our first victory!
“What do we do with him now?” I wonder.
<Just roll him out,> Pent suggests.
“Woah, wait a moment. That is a not-insignificant fall to the ground. He might get hurt!”
<So?>
“Maybe we… tie him to a rope first?” Says Anet.
“No, that would clue them in that something’s up,” Jaina points out.
“I would like to remind you all time is of the essence,” interrupts JNET. Her voice reverberates

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Sam 2023/09/28(Thu)15:00 No. 1073468 ID: a7a180
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The computer environment gains a mechanical element as we move toward the hips and musculoskeletal systems become involved in the infrastructure. The circuit board narrows, linking to articulated segments via a cable network that leads into a narrow tunnel under the base of JNET’s spine. We climb through the junction into another slightly more open space, JNET’s, ahem, pelvic region, or thorax I suppose. This area is warmer than the last, thanks to all the stuffing wedged into the joints. The trunks of her legs are like two pits, with a series of disc-like struts dividing them into segmented compartments. You could take a nasty fall down into one if you’re not careful. Beyond the initial drop it becomes a narrow set of vertically separated landings.
Two more Marked Ones just climbed up from the legs and are surprised to see us. They draw together for defense, but we have them outnumbered.

>Choose a strategy:
>Drive them down into one of the legs
>Flank them to cut off their escape
>Split them up to deal with separately (who do you team with?)
>Pin one down to prevent them running and fight in the open
>Use an item: slippery lube/sticky slime/other (see inventory)

Rush in with the lube Q-Tips, aim for the legs and try to get them to trip and slip and fall off the ledge they're standing by.

>>1073560
Do this!

Silence 2023/09/29(Fri)07:17 No. 1073512 ID: ed041d
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Stopping for a moment you find large structures in the tunnel, you're getting close.

Also off in the distance are a few Box Walkers.

How do you want to handle this? Sneak past? Take them out? What other options could there be?

Sneaking past is ideal. Otherwise you’ll have to aim carefully to pick them off from a distance.

The one with the bazooka is a priority.

>>1073512
Recon means staying quiet. If you get into combat, the recon has gone to shit since the moment they know you are there, the moment they know to start moving and changing shit making the recon worthless.

Wait a ways off, take pics and vids of the guards and at least one guard rotation, then backtrack and take the other route.

Try sneaking. We're investigating something so if we make a ruckus before we lay eyes on it, we might get bad intel.

Cucumber Skewer

Kaktus 2023/09/29(Fri)11:31 No. 1073525 ID: 681cb5
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You drop the Cardinal in the basin with the other fishes you’ve caught today, watching as it’s slowly try to swim around before putting the lid back on. Even if you don’t sell anything today, you’ll at least have food for the week. Grabbing the oars, you start the slow journey home.

Back when you were just a wee lad your Pop called you little Bill, and as you grew you became Big Bill, even if very few actually call you that. Most just call you Croc or the crocodile, at least those that don’t call you fat Bill. You’re not sure if it’s an insult or if they never even bothered learning your name in the first place, though. Heck, might be possible they actually think it is your name… they aren’t very bright, after all. Of course, you’re not very bright either, are you?

Kaktus 2023/09/29(Fri)11:31 No. 1073526 ID: 681cb5
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Rounding the bend, you finally spot your old, rundown shack, and much to your dismay it seems the kids has been here again. This time they’ve focused on your smell it seems. Ugh, you really don’t have the time or the energy to clean that off today… you still have to sell this fish at the market before dinner time.

Maybe you should clean up a bit before heading to market today? After all, there’s supposed to be some kind of gathering to welcome the Tree Walker. Not that you care what that highbrow braggart think of you. Probably won’t matter how you look, they’ll look down at you either way. Still, not wearing your old overalls might net you a sold fish or two. Don’t you have Pop’s old fly somewhere?

…or maybe you should just stay home. The fish will live to tomorrow… or you can just cook that green finned Cardinal for yourself. It is tempting…

If you need the money you should probably clean up just a tad, if a few minutes of cleanup will get you at least 2 sales, it's worth it

DO you need the money?

A quick clean up and find your good clothes. Gotta start with your best foot forward, for your sake if not theirs: celebration means good spirit and coin. And while bored kids can be cruel, they're honest in what they think, or at least what they've been told to.
Might not be smarter than the folks around here, but your heart is bigger, surely? Not that it takes much, by the sound of it.

Quick, fall down a staircase

Masturbate yourself awake.

Start falling, down is clearly at 90 degrees right now

do that fake falling thing

Look at yourself in the mirror and then spend 3 1/2 hours on the face editor only to wear a space helmet for the entire rest of the quest.

Something just occurred to me, from what I recall we can't hurt anybody when we stab somebody with a weapon it goes through the body. But our opponent doesn't know that and we can use that to our advantage. We can make him think he is fatally wounded without hurting him.

Another idea, probably not as good as the others, but this takes advantage of both the ritual we mentioned we'd do with the spider carcass, and our sword.

we tell him that the ritual your goblins did after you sacrificed the spider made you and anyone you want to resurrect themself at any time, and he just wasted his time talking to you to stop it. As proof, you can use your sword on yourself, pretend to play dead, but then stand back up after awhile, and/or bring back the spider you "killed"

Absurdity DeVoid 2023/09/28(Thu)11:16 No. 1073452 ID: dc13c4
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) Go with the arrow attack tactic.

B) Go with the stab Ramming Rage tactic.

C) Go with the stab-yourself tactic.

To make your suggestion more appealing go more into detail about your strategy.

Perhaps we can de-escalate this... though just to play it safe begin with this. "Gram if he fails to listen you know what has to be done. Our first move is to save you time by committing suicide." Stab yourself. Pause for a second. Pull out the sword. Show off that you are unwounded. "Or at least we would if we could be harmed." Feel free to keep stabbing to emphasize. "We lowered our shield to the archer because of this. Our previous opponents fled because of this. Still credit where it's due, studying us was wise even if you did not get all the details. We had believed you devoid of wisdom but clearly we underestimated yourself." Stop stabbing if you were. "So our of respect we will perform a rare act for us. We hope you appreciate the gravity of this. We officially apologize for the harshness of our words and ask forgiveness." Should he bite offer to buy his supplies and speak well of them so he is less unwelcome at the township. Zero deaths. Perhaps buy a fine drink in honor of a positive deal. Privately suggest he executes the archer because he did openly defy his orders.

I still stand with my original tactic of stabbing him. I do have to admit that my plan has some pitfalls but they can be hammered out. He is sombody who always wears armor he probably had a dramatic past of getting hurt or has a fear of getting wounded. We can exploit that if he believes that we can get to him through all his armor.