>>1021379
These ratbolds are basically no threat, and the dogbolds aren't on lookout anymore so we can move past them. Everyone just double move, we need to get to the dragonbold and/or enter another room.

Yiann: Charge through and bowl the ratbold group over, then move in front.
Sinthee: Move up and unload on the ratbolds.
Kayree: Double move.
Baetriss: Double move.

Yiann, has anyone told you you look awesome today? Juggernaut through these ratbolds, everyone else CQC to clean up behind him and forge ahead.

Guys, Juggernaut doesn't work like that. He can only push/throw objects as a free action, not enemies.
I'm not sure we're even allowed to push enemies around, even if they're tiny...

Yiann+Beatriss+Sinthee move+CQC the ratbolds. Preferably in a way that you'll be out of CQC range of the dogbold and out of LOS of the incoming cutebolds. Since the dogbold has only one move, it won't be able to move+CQC us.

Karee prioritize scouting the way ahead. If there's someone there, move+shoot them, otherwise double move.

>>1021150
Ooh, I like this one indeed.

"stretching my claves....kidding, I thought you were following me."

Sarcopholacooda 2022/01/26(Wed)17:44 No. 1021401 ID: 11f77a
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Grutter concocts an excuse for the officer, “Uhh... uhm... just stretching my calves. Getting ready to run.”

Curious of the frank response, Farah raises her brow. “Oh? And running away from whom in particular?”

The relic drops the briefcase within the bedroom--he had yet to heave it over the windowsill, so he believes the officer doesn’t suspect a mysterious cache. “Glad you asked! I--well--for the past few days I’ve been networking and this part of the district gives me the creeps. I thought someone was stalking me; this fucker was big and giving off real ‘does bad things in back alleys’ kinda vibes. I thought you may have been him. Don’t you usually announce yourselves before knocking on the door?”

“I guess I wasn’t loud enough.” The chupian places her hands against her hips, “I’m Officer Farah from the PEPD. Why don’t you come around the door and I can ask you a few questions. I believe it’s important and a friend of yours could be in trouble.”

Let’s make some dialogue for Grutter and Farah, Farah may ask up to three questions--and you can have Grutter respond to some questions made by previous posts.

Grutter: give Farah a bunch of information that might help her find your stalker, refuse to give any information that might incriminate yourself.

FARAH QUESTION 1: Confirm the identity of [Grutter's alias], whether he knows an icynth named Nix, their relationship, just all the preliminary stuff should count as one "question," I think.

GRUTTER: This is basic stuff; confirm your fake name, and yes, you know Nix; he's your roommate, not too close, you met on the shuttle when you both moved to Port Echo around [honest date of arrival] - he offered to go double dutch when you complained about rent prices. (Exactly as rehearsed, in the event of someone getting curious about your relationship.)

FARAH QUESTION 2: "I see. I'm sorry to say that your roommate has become a person of interest in an armed assault against the convenience store where he works. Do you know if anyone would want to hurt him?"

GRUTTER: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh this is not something you rehearsed. Telling the truth would be BAD, but at the same time, both your hides could be in danger if you don't get the cops on your side... Aha! You know he was the intended target, at least, and conveying that to her without revealing too much should be perfectly doable!
FARAH: "... Sir?"
GRUTTER: "Ah- s-sorry! I was thinking about it. I dunno anyone in particular, but... I always got the feeling that Nix was... wary of something. Like, he'd look over his shoulder a lot, more'n most people, I think. Come to think of it, it'd started getting worse recently - he nearly shot through the ceiling when I got home from one of my jobs early. Kinda makes me wonder if someone really is out to get him, considering what you've told me..."

FARAH QUESTION 3 - THE STING: "I see... You seem a bit quick to bolt, yourself, [alias]. This 'danger' Nix seemed to be in - those wouldn't happen to be related, would they?"

I got nothing for GRUTTER's answer on this last one

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Baron 2022/01/26(Wed)22:39 No. 1021430 ID: 7a1a17
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”Yeah one I actually got while here. In the uh. Space Between thing? I had to jump through some weird holes and strange rock-meat things and talked to bright yellow jerk that basically gave it to me. That was before the whole invasion. You know the one you had a part in?”

Baron 2022/01/26(Wed)22:39 No. 1021431 ID: 7a1a17
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“I dunno why you would think Nunnette is a…thrall. She’s a nice enough girl I guess, but I can’t really bring myself to just dominate her mind out of nowhere-“

Baron 2022/01/26(Wed)22:39 No. 1021432 ID: 7a1a17
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*hrk*
“Little shit, I need you to give a command to that Nunnette woman you were with?”
*kk*”B-but she's not a thrall”*k*
“DO IT SERGEI!”

>…give Nunnette a command

Sergei, I think the whole being a thrall and being subjected to your will... would be facilitated by us? Which means it's sort of our doing? I mean, the whole thrall thing just sounds like an extension of what we do with you when we give suggestions. Except I guess thralls can't disobey commands.
We should look into whether we can make Thralls in the past or future, do you think you might have accidentally made a thrall out of Venian Makag? I never felt like the whole "rezans are susceptible to magic" stuff really explained our ability to completely take over like that, so maybe he was a thrall.
Anyways... Best start with something Nunette wouldn't do normally that would easily be noticed.
Nunette: Slap yourself.

"Nunette, help me!"

You have to give it to the raiders, they were determined not to give in. Every inch of ground was paid for in blood. The Tovaru paid a heavy toll for clearing the camp, but as night falls, and the corpse pyres lit, the camp is cleared and the mine is yours

>Bandits cleared
>New territory: Iron vein claimed.

Baron 2022/01/16(Sun)16:20 No. 1020564 ID: fd2dfa
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>In a major push from the south, Tuk'drav has overwhelemed the opposing families of Vem Tus, claiming a majority hold of the province. All who still resist had been offered a single chance to leave unmolested. They took it.

Turn 38
Food(in tons):35
Industry:28
Kushel(money): 1480 (760)
Inertia: 905 (+95)
Influence:210 (+105)
Prosperity: 59% (+2)

Holdings :Tamos-[City] (10,3)
[Library]
[Trading Post]
[Metallurgist]
[Closed Sewage]

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Open communications with Niktorak. Secure the west

Baron 2022/01/26(Wed)21:47 No. 1021427 ID: 7a1a17
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As soon as you can, you have an envoy on their way to Niktorak
Niktorak is ruled by-oh. The old family has fallen

“Ah. Heyha Taruvik. I am Matriarch Tanze Harla Manavot of…”she looks behind her to see her family’s banner “Manavot. This very unorthodox, but understand the old family Vervas needed to go. They had been funding royalist raiders across the province, and had been using our tithes to pay for them. Whatever plans they had, I would not allow them to reach fulfillment. Now then. How shall I treat you? Friend or foe?”

We need allies, we can't do that with dead men.
...and we're certainly no friends to Royalists.

Welcome to the table.

Apologize profusely for intruding on their gnome sweet gnome. Maybe we should move our camp to a point just outside their territory? Is there a line they don't care about somewhere that we can cross?

They don't look like they're backed by the Church- they're far too silly. Maybe their hats are super-magical wards!

>>1021409
"We were planning to leave already, we're travelers! There was no need to attack us, you simply could have asked!"

Let Ginerva know you owe her one after things have calmed down.
>>1021413
Yeah, this smells like some bullshit. Do they really think attacking trespassers without warning and gunning straight for their cargo isn't going to raise some questions?

>>1021413

Agreed. Point out that they didn't try to chase them out, they tried to rob you.

Also, we should probably make sure all the adventurers are okay and accounted for before we go.

"We are just passing through. Release our comrades and we will leave the area immediately."

>>1021392
>fumes
Kinda late now, but that is bad. If there are fumes, that means it can get in your lungs(or lung analogs). You are probably going to end up corroding the insides of your lung( anlog)s the first burst you fire off, sending you into a coughing fit at best (obv, at worst, it would be much more colorful).

>>1021394
>treating you like a kid
No, I think she just realizes how fucking nasty that shit is. She probably would wear ppe before handling that shit and you aren't even wearing gloves.

>>1021395
Fun tidbit, regarding oxygen-breathers,generally red blood is red due to iron oxide. Another fun fact: blue blood is generally blue due to copper oxide (can't speak for yours though since it is all glowy).

--

Walk without rhythm, and you won't attract the worm.

>I know I'm tiny to her, but she doesn't have to treat me like a kid!
Shouldn't this size diference be normal to you? Maybe your insecurity is the result of consuming too much alien entertainment.

Should we run and use the liquid thrower only if needed or ambush some worms near the thumper? Maybe we could divide the work: Dowser protect the thumper while Clover run to the building.

>>1021395
>There are various rocks littered around but this isn’t a gun fight so those might not help.
You can get on top of them to throw off the worms. Stepping on the sand attracts them, but they probably can’t sense when you’re on the rocks.

>>1021426
Actually, I think the plan is that Dowser is supposed to run in the building while Clover stayed out here.

>>1021435
Wasn't the plan to clear away all the nearby worms, since we went and fetched an ichor thrower and all to take 'em out?

Between the rail gun and the thrower, we can just lure them to the thumper and (hopefully) get 'em all before they destroy it, making the trip there and back again safer.

If that's not the plan, Dowser should definitely zig-zag run over so Clover can better cover him without him getting in the line of fire.

Medical supplies! I knew we were forgoting something from the stash.

About the strange nail pattern, might be some grunt of the company searching for the ore. He might be following your track somehow. Can't you hide it somewhere other than under your new pal? (If you need more reason than decency, do it so you can scrap more vehicles together).

>help
You politely ask Eugene to move two steps to the left, and then turn your moped to run him over comically, it works every time!

> sabotage
You go to do that but he holds out his hand and, oh no! The bikes out of power, Eugene then reveals he timed it all perfectly! Knowing you would run out of power today and couldn’t give him another “tattoo” which he then lifts his shirt to reveal tire marks from the like 3 other times you’ve tricked him this way.

You then have to explain about your nemesis

Help Vote: Eugene immediately scarfs down the pizza bomb, fuse and all, preventing it from exploding. However, the toxic chemicals of the bomb seep through, causing him to vomit for hours and (temporarily) swear off pizza.

Sabotage Idea: Eugene immediately gives the pizza bomb to his starving little sister, who loses three teeth and an eighth of her jaw from the explosion. Eugene swears vengeance and Jerry's party suffers lowered overall affinity for accidentally mutilating a little girl.

>>1021273
I actually agree with this! I vote to help with a pizza bomb. If it fails and is sabotage, then the bomb fills him with explosive energy and he is CHEESED OFF.

Help: Run him over sounds hilarious! Flatten the rat.

Sabotage: Just run him over with your bike. It will be very easy to explain this to the police officer watching you as self defense.
if help: stale pizza.

C, best to split the loss evenly.

Additionally: Ponder how LEWD and SCANDALOUS core sharing probably is.

C

if we picked A would that be a time skip until we reform or would we just see things from Humphrey's prospective until we could revive the queen?

Oh yeah and either A or C

beeeee!

C.
>>1021386
Do this

>>1021238
Pawkaf attack Falune.

Chinzebeth 2022/01/26(Wed)19:19 No. 1021414 ID: 9b127b
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Pawkaf delivers a devastating blow slicing Falune in two

Chinzebeth 2022/01/26(Wed)19:20 No. 1021415 ID: 9b127b
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Player Turn

Chinzebeth can make declarations and give orders for free in addition to any character acting

Chinzebeth can't get back onto the throne until the battle ends

Select a single character to act and explain what they do

RQ-Queen Chinzebeth (already acted this turn)
R03-Snowpea DEFEATED
R05-Crispen
R06-Pawkaf (already acted this turn)
R07-Gerbera

Gerbera, attack Crisp- I mean Sawrog. Probably. Give that mace a nice, hefty swing.

Crispen: finish off saw so Gerbera can focus on getting to Pawkaf and double team against Falune.

>>1021026
Damn, we should ask Tok if he can wait a little more. Sizz is very important for the mission.

>>1021027
Oh, and congrats!

Well shit this complícate things, we should wait to be on full force to take on that beast. Maybe we should look at those guardians, not fight them but a recon mission. Also how do you feel being a father? Look at your pups.

Okay this is clearly going to be an issue later on. Your damage dealers are busy with tiny brats while a giant monster patrols the chamber between you and your destiny. You need to diversify skillsets, or these holdups are going to become crippling.

First and foremost, you've got two confirmed mothers among your slaves. Have them learn the basics of caring for your bluebrats.

Since you're going to rot your kids' potential and childhood for the good of the clan and its labor shortage, have Sizzala and Waya determine the children's propensity and teach them each one of the following classes:
Nanny
Farmer
Mage

Finally, ask Tok if he's dumb enough to get in the way of two women high on cuteness proximity.

Activate GUN

>>1020943
Very well…
*takes a seat opposite DerVan*
Something I believe in? I am not a religious man, never have been. Despite this however, I like principles of most religions. The idea that mankind is in a sense perfectible, and that a kind of ubermensch is at least probable if not entirely possible. Do I think I will see it in my life time? Not at all. Will someone like that come around? Yes, eventually. The irony being that great human will not know he is the one. No one who seeks to become such a being will ever truly achieve it. Hence why I believe more in force of law. God may write the scriptures and the tenants, but man is one who wrote law.

My turn. What psychological need does your pathological lying serve? You obviously get some enjoyment out it, but those who know you for one will never be able to fully trust you. It seems like you are either trying to keep everyone at a distance with it, and the whole motif of the devil.

Well, i think with that, is there anything you need to bring up before we get into our assignments first?

Absurdity DeVoid 2022/01/26(Wed)16:37 No. 1021391 ID: 8b82ee
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRUrlZFty3A&ab_channel=ProjectMoonOfficial

>>1021391
I know of the Mad Creator, however he is not "god," at least not in the way I would view him. He is a creator yes, and in a sense he did make our progenitors, but to imply he is our god is a gross falsehood. To imply he made you and I is a term I find objectively impossible. It means he literally sat down and planned out my soul and its personality from the get go. He doesn't strike me as the type to so meticulous in his planning that he could see our futures and know us before we even came into being. Such an action WOULD make him truly a god. But he doesn't do that. Rather he is only the creator. A god is one who is beyond this. Beyond the Eldritch Builders. Something that... Well is truly divine. A union of opposites.
You look at the Mad Creator like he is responsible for everything, our behavior, and mannerisms, and that is why you are liar, you are only as "god" made you. The issue is that frees you of any agency or responsibility. "You aren't guilty, you are only as your god made you." However, that strikes me as your excuse for it, and it's a bad one at that.
To fear going against your nature or your own ways feels... Cowardly, is too strong of a word. Defeatist is better. The idea that we are only meant to serve one purpose, it means we have no individuality, no true freedom beyond what we were meant to be.
I am not in this profession because I have no alternative or its all I know, I am in this because I want to be. And do you know what I believe? There is one thing that can bring about someone's individuality even when they think they have none. Every day normal curiosity.

*Threshold shrinks back a bit.*

Inner Thoughts: You knew this was coming, and judging from his tone this won't be good. You can feel the walls turning in on you, like your being observed on all side for any imperfection. And you know that you've made mistakes. It will go better if you accept that first.

*Threshold starts to turn his head towards remaining agent, but then looks back down.*

Inner Thoughts: DON'T reach out to Peregrine. He is not yours anymore. He is under the command of Maya Din, and you will not interfere. Do not make this worse on yourself.

"..."

Inner Thoughts: Part of you wants to be seen again- But it is not your place to decide that. Remain invisible.

*He straightens up, but keeps his head down, waiting for the others to leave.*

>>1021336
That sounds like a bad idea. I don’t think we should invite pirates onto our ship for a game of dodgeball.

It gives them a chance to look around our ship and they can see how little crew we have and how few defenses we’ve got. They’ll realize they’ve got an advantage over us when they decide to get back in their ship and just start attacking us when they don’t like how they lost the rigged game of dodgeball.

>>1021352
Then send whatever pirates you stunned to the brig, that's what it's there for. If you can take out at least half the crew, or better yet the captain, boarding actions go along much smoother. Especially if you get Ikekeki to sabotage their comms.

Maybe instead of hiding, she can run a double bluff if she claims this was her idea. That she "tricked" our crew into this, not that she wouldn't be into this kind of dodgeball anyway, and she'd "let them in on the con" for "a spot on their ship". Good cons are sold on confidence after all, both yours and theirs.

Also, it should be said we're not inviting them over today.

>>1021317
>Dodgeball
Would it be fair for the Raolme? Should we make a ball that they can hear coming?

>Fighting
Tell both of them to stop acting like children. You expect them to be better than that.

>>1021336
>>1021369
So the plan involves trusting them to not just immediately start shooting us as soon as they come onto the ship? Because that's what it sounds like.

It's really stupid to expect pirates to come on the ship and play dodgeball, since they're more likely to just kill us as soon as the door opens and not bother playing the game at all.

>Ikekeki
You're assuming that these pirates know who she is and would immediately trust her, when she already said that her group and this group of pirates don't like each other. If they do know who she is, just knowing she's on the ship would make them want to start shooting at us immediately instead of waiting until they got on our ship to start shooting us.

>>1021317
While its important to not take sides, and I understand that Tozlin is probably very attached to Doxy, its important to lay down the law with him that he can NOT leverage relationships like that, especially under the current situation where we need to produce crew like this, and how delicate everything is.

This is NOT the behavior expected of a lieutenant. Tozlin's position holds him to a higher standard than anyone he outranks, and he is SHAMING himself.

To be frank, this childishness starting over a game is extremely unbecoming of a doctor, Vex, and that you've also participating in conflict escalation is extremely concerning. He needs to understand how important maintaining good relationships with his patients is, and that includes Tozlin. This expectation will continue after we've achieved more relaxed conditions.

We should have been able to conduct this meeting civilly at the same, but now we're starting to regret not meeting each of you individually. How dare the both of you put your captain in this situation. What if we were forced to delegate this mediation to Doxy instead? Would the two of you embarrass yourselves the same way?

>>1021316
You know, all this dad calling from Iris puts a concern in my mind. It's nice for us, but I'm worried about a scenario where a parent is far more colder outside the vat then they were inside and takes affront to that. What if Tescia doesn't like being called a Mom from a complete stranger when vat Tescia did? I hope the vat simulation accounts for different personality profiles and can anticipate a detached parent, otherwise the c

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Oh I hope we can recover some corpses from the wreckage!

If anything, that means if you don't bring them the book or give them the cape back, you'll have a very pissed of fae on your heels, or worse, fae law enforcement.

>>1021320
Because if you break contract with some fey types, bad things will happen and not necessarily just to you depending on how that contract is phrased; there's a whole bunch of classics, like loss of family, misfortune being rained on communities, etc.

If a limitation was to not give any details you've already broken with that though.... hrm. May as well continue. What were the at-the-time-seemingly-unimportant caveats of this theft?

Also, not that you will succeed necessarily, but the continued attempting may be important to stave off immediate consequence. This may sound weird, but: don't give up on the theft yet.

Yes, we know you're a thief. You're also someone who got conned into a fey contract, so... you probably need help. Good thing for them, though, someone who's been getting WAY into deep fey lore is standing right here!

Hmmm. While in the over-arching circumstances, a fae being the benefactor is just if not more likely, I'd watch his body language and speech patterns or cracks and irregularities in the story in because he could also just be

L Y I N G

And he's covering for the real person he's doing this for and also himself in the eyes of them. The guardians have shown to be altruistic if anything, and criminals are very rarely forgiving.

oh, damn! Going in with the fey and not knowing the exact terms?

You are a braver person than I.

They can be real sticklers about this stuff, backed by magic.

If you have a copy of the contract, or can get yourself to remember at least some of the exact words, we might be able to figure some stuff out, and you might be able to keep yourself safe

For both your sake and ours, man.
We wanna keep the book, and you wanna keep your hide.
But you already have the cape....which means they already have power over you. Wow, this guy is NOT collected enough to be dealin with the fae. Just desperate enough, I guess.

tippler 2022/01/26(Wed)13:12 No. 1021366 ID: eedbeb
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“I’ll let you talk, but put it on speaker.” Flipper says.

Heart pounding, you tap the number into your phone and wait.

“Hello? Who is this?” says a soft female voice after two rings.

“I’m Lori, kitsune and member of the GIA, I killed Rancid and I need your help to take the blame.” you blurt out.

There’s a pause. “Have we met before?”

“Er, not personally no. I was on the team that brought Derek Skipper to Sorth Canica so I know of you and your vast power.”

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“You brought him here to kill me.” Theda says flatly.

“Technically yes, but he’s such a nice lad, I’m sure you two have had a chat and worked things out. The point is I’m willing to do a favor in exchange for you telling my bosses that you were behind Rancid’s death.”

Flipper interrupts, to your surprise. Maybe the dolphin thought you weren’t making a convincing argument. “If you don’t help Lori, I’ll send your number to all my friends and they’ll bother you constantly.”

Theda groans directly into the receiver. “Fuck, I really don’t want to get a new phone again. Alright. How many tails do you have?”

“Eh?”

“You said you were a kitsune, the most tails I ever saw on one was five, and with this monster business I want to see a full nine. I’ll make the call if you come and show me your tails.”

>>1021367
Gosh, you're gonna have to show off your butt to her too.

Full nine? Well hmm... while we do have a 9th one growing, it isn't full 9 yet. more like 8 and 1/4... maybe 2/4 by now?

Gotta tail check, and estimate when it'll fully grow to full size using the previous time Flipper checked us to measure timespan of growth so we can schedule our meeting with Theda parallel to when tail finishes coming in at full size. For now say you'll meet her and that later today, you'll text a time when you'll be available for a meeting for now.

That, or Figure out ways to make tail grow faster, but not become violent

Count your tails again.

C, followed by either B or D: Franklin. The former because new info is always good, even if it comes with pain, and the latter because we do need to figure out what Franklin's whole deal is. Heck, he could be the Key to Everything, for all you know! Slim chance, sure, but you never know.

C and D: Franklin, why franklin? Well its because you've never been to the morgue, and come ON, there has to be something juicy there for you to secret upon. Also Franklin has memory problems, and yes you find him annoying, but this could be your chance to [UNDERSTAND] him, why he's like this either familywise or like the situation he's in. It's hard to admit you're not [CURIOUS]

C, followed by B. Let's try and actually communicate. Communication can be painful sometimes.

>>1021209
Franklin gets my vote, something weirder than his personality is up with that kid and I can't help but think he'd be the most likely to have weirder diet options you can actually stomach at home.

C, D (the Frankster)

>>1021313
Foundry blueprints.

One last thing before you part ways with Nanoweaver- ask her why you haven't formed a Pseudosignia with her. Does it require a ritual or something?

>>1021313
>"Aw, Doc - I thought we were going to have a bit of a contest, see who left the deepest imprint on the seat after we got up."
>I take a glance behind me - Damn, she left the bigger one. Must've been that dress of hers weighing things down.
It's rude to imply that she's got a big butt and/or call her fat. Save insults like that for your stupid sister Jin.

>>1021314
Do this.

>A clone's Memory Trace
So you were made with the Memory Trace of a sickly now-perished clone, who used to be a friend of Nickel and Astrolysis. Sheesh, that puts some things in a different context. They may know. Or somehow see a little of her in you, and that'd be a strange feeling. Coming back from a headshot aside, it's not a usual thing for people get second chances, even as a foundational part of another's psyche.

That said, I agree with Nanoweaver that it's good that you're your own person. It seems some of the other clones are a bit haunted by their own flashbacks. I agree these other memory shenanigans are probably more Sykes-related than origin-related, given how relatively untroubled you've been with intruding memories until now. We're a buncha memory fragments, so probably the source of that.

>Jin-R's lack of spite
As was stated, screw your sister's wishes. Regardless of motivation, I find it likely she had other options and did not use them.

Figuring out those motivations, however, may give you an edge in the upcoming match. She had her reasons and while they aren't worth defending, they were there. If nothing else, getting her to freeze up and take it like she did in that hallway, even just for a moment, has some value to you. It wouldn't be fair, but then, neither was she to you.

>should get shot in the head more often
Now now. It was using that head which got you both devices, if you ask me. If you'd just fucked off after your win over Nickel or spent your time rubbing your victory in her face rather than ask for advice, I doubt she would have given you the H-ED DSTR.

And taking time to share your inner turmoil with Nanoweaver got you the gloves. Granted, because she's Nanoweaver she may have intende

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>Skill Traces don't exist
... Odd, I can think of a way to invent one.
Cross reference a bunch of memories from people of the same class. Find memories that reference the same skill in a specific context, like performing a dropkick. Lightly scramble the memory data so that the internal monologues are slightly garbled and become junk. Finally, superpose all memories and get the moving average. The personal memories become useless in the face of corruption but the actions taken are repaired by each other and normalized to a general success rate.

>Sucker Punch gauntlets
Hell yes. I've seen these in action, they're invaluable to shock troopers. You'll need to learn basic martial arts, but the effects allow you to quickly remove back-line glass-cannons while lowering the risks of suicidal charges.

>Innovation
First, rewire the gloves so they collect kinetic energy from your punches. Then connect them to your Barrier Generator so they can work more efficiently when modding each other. Finally, reprogram your D3 so it can store energy charges when combined with the gloves, or fire them as throwable shields.

>>1021348
>skill traces
Well, people don't really have "classes", but the overall idea does sound like a good idea.

>Innovation
Decent enough idea. We could really use that siphoning to recharge any of our gadgets.
Just keep in mind that no matter how efficient we make the gloves, they will weaken our punches when gathering energy (generating energy here is basically creating more resistance for you to overcome due to physics). We would also need to decide how much energy these gloves should collect. Making them collect 50% of the expended energy to charge would basically make it twice as hard to throw a normal punch. We would need to carefully balance the ratio so that they charge as much as possible per punch, while also letting us remain combat effective (and keep throwing punches).

I wonder if we could use them as an inertia negator. For instance, collecting the energy from a potentially debilitating fall in order to dampen the impact.

>>1020837
>Leave them be
I'm not going down as the man who started the first intergalactic war over some people I don't know peeing their pants over some 4th-rate nation getting their own island.

Leave them be. What they did may induce jealousy with other nations, causing a boom of colonization of other planets, especially if peace mostly guaranteed.

Doomsby 2022/01/25(Tue)14:40 No. 1021294 ID: e7c7d3
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>Leave them be
For now, the diplomatic pressure was to keep the peace. The small nation could colonize the dwarf planet as they please, though their neighbors did wince everytime they launched a rocket. Still, the nation seems true to their words and have caused no incidents so far. The regimented and frugal lifestyle of their people has adapted well to the challenges of a space colony, though it would be a stretch to say they’re thriving. While the rest of the countries continue to expand onto moons and worlds, the small nation has slowly turned into a veritable fortress of sorts. In many ways concerning, but it does offer a template for any such future projects.

>Active planet
A tempting prospect in our solar system are the active moons and planets. Mineral rich and practically spewing out it’s bounty to be simply gathered, many corporations and nations were salivating at the opportunities. Of course, harvesting these resources safely was the biggest stumbling block. Even an automated operation would require a city of operators and maintenance personnel on any scale to be worth it. The quickest work-around is, however, to just not care about your people’s safety at all, and thus enters Endura Inc.. A massive corporation with an absurd amount of wealth rivaling that of many nations and very little ethics to show for it. So they have decided to capitalize and colonize an active moon around the 2nd largest gas giant by migrating ‘volunteer’ employees. There several mining and harvesting operations have sprung up, sustained by a few cities of workers in brutalist and barely functional design. The population only being maintained by a constant influx of interns and a penal work program. For most people at home, the only thing to be noticed was cheaper goods but a movement has begun among the population to call the nations of the world to act against this suffering.

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>>1021294
Relinquish. Space stuff is expensive, don't just throw that infrastructure away!

Allow operations but under heavy regulation. Basically, no matter which entity controls these operations, they would all eventually succumb to the pressure of the shareholders to create more profit and thus do morally-objective things. So the solution is to create an international organization that manages human and worker rights for the space industry, with enough funding and power to punish violators and prevent their operation until the working conditions are improved. The larger the corporation, the higher the standards required.

>>1018746
I disagree that it is less dangerous, we had guns last time. That ofc leads to your other point.

We should really retreat tf out of here and get some guns and more armor (like helmets). Hell, is Keimi even wearing any trauma plates in or under that jacket? Honestly, we are sorely ill-equipped for adventuring even if there weren't monsters. I doubt the snacks we brought would be enough to last if we do get lost, or end up on the wrong side of a cave-in. We should probably reevaluate what to bring before we head back.

Alex 2022/01/26(Wed)04:37 No. 1021345 ID: ca2950
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"It's fine, Kei. We just need to get away from that thing for now and find another way out, which is sort of what we wanted to do anyway."

Keimi sighs and starts to look around, heading away from the passage with the wendigo.
"Alright, I guess. It's not like we have much of a choice now."

We move along until we're probably sort of safe and take a break.
"Do we know where we're going?" I ask.
Keimi reaches into her coat and takes out a folded piece of paper.
"Yeah, I made a copy of the ground scan," she says around a mouthful of energy bar. "There's a void here and a bunch of irregularities here that look like cave systems, so we can probably find a way around here."

"That looks like a bunch of wavy lines."
"It's a ground scan. You just need to know how to read it," she says, gesturing with the paper.
"Do you know how to read it? Do you know anything about cave science at all?"
"It's called geology, dummy."
"Yeah, well, how much to you know about geology then?"
"Tsk... L-Let's get moving."

That's a little concerning, but nothing is going too wrong just yet.

Let's keep moving through the caves then. Go find more of that trouble that we've been searching for.

Well, wavy lines or not, there's clearly a cave system here. Explore it!

... but do you have a way to mark your way so you can backtrack as needed?

>>1021345
Nope, fuck that. You need helmets in order to go spelunking.

Mark my words, one of you is going to get a concussion or worse if you dont leave asap and get some.

1/2 Buckwheat 2022/01/25(Tue)22:29 No. 1021331 ID: 15a025
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Ugh... damn hangover. I look around to try and see where I am.

Shit, how did I pass out in the freezer?

2/2 Buckwheat 2022/01/25(Tue)22:29 No. 1021332 ID: 15a025
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I get up and walk over to the door-

thunk, thunk

Oh, don't screw with me now...

thunk thunk

Did I really lock myself in the freezer?

Yes, yes you did.

Enjoy ice cream

Call someone on your phone to come let you out.
At least it isn't cold enough to freeze to death?

ONO

Hopefully your fuzzy enough to not freeze too quickly. How likely is someone to come help you soonish?

ArtisanBubblegum 2022/01/24(Mon)17:11 No. 1021204 ID: 7dab23
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Coral begins to cast a spell, but due the the close proximity, also gives the skeleton an Opening. Pulling his sword out, and slashing across her gut!

Coral: "Mahou No-" "- Kayumi!"
Despite the interruption, Coral manages to cast the spell.
[-2 Spell Points, 0 Remain]

Just as the Skeleton is overcome with the sensations of Itchyness, Coral hears a Loud Gasp then,
Baldy: "AAAHHhh!"
"Muscles, hurt.."
"Feel as fire."
Baldy glares at the Preoccupied Skeleton,
"You do this! You not do again to Blady!"
"Not again to anybody!"
[Single Combat Active: Skeleton Priest]

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>>1021204
Coral drink potion. Stick with Baldy for the buff but out of melee range of the skeleton. Support with crossbow.
Baldy bash that skullheaded fuck.

ArtisanBubblegum 2022/01/26(Wed)00:38 No. 1021340 ID: 7dab23
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Coral removes her backpack to retrieve a Potion of Minor Healing.

Baldy leaps forward to swinging at the Skeleton, the skeleton again intercepts the attack, but was unprepared for how surprisingly strong such a small Goblin can be.

His arm shatters,
Skeleton: "I had hoped to use the power of friendship in my experiments,"
The Skeleton shuffles with discomfort.
"But this is proving too Bothersome.."
The Longsword Glows Red, as it narrowly slashes down Baldy's Left Arm, releasing a fountain of blood.

At Last, coral retrieves the Potion and Drinks it.
All of her wounds gently close, as she is filled with a feeling of vitality.
Being careful to interpose Baldy between her and the Skeleton, Coral advances and loads a crossbow bolt.
[-1 Potion of Minor Healing, 1 Remains]

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oh uh.. did your wound do this when he stabbed you? Probably that red glow causes bleeding wounds. This would have been a good time for Arcane Diagnostics.

Could be the sort of thing a heal check and a bandage can stop, but keep that potion ready if the blood doesn't seem to be stopping.

>>1021340
Try dressing the wound. Baldy isn't particularly wounded aside from that one cut, so it'd suck to blow a potion on it. If Baldy starts feeling faint from blood loss then you'll probably just have to use a potion.