(3/4) Apples 2023/05/29(Mon)07:06 No. 1064736 ID: a3c1ba
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Whelp. Time to make a profile on DRAGNR, the Dragon dating app.

Get a good high-angle profile pic...

(4/4) Apples 2023/05/29(Mon)07:07 No. 1064737 ID: a3c1ba
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Fill in some deets...

Audience participation Apples 2023/05/29(Mon)07:08 No. 1064738 ID: a3c1ba
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And wait for the matches to roll in...

This is the part where you draw a dragon for Puffball to date

Don't take it personal if Puffball swipes left

tippler 2023/05/29(Mon)07:51 No. 1064739 ID: 9ea24b
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Gregor the He-Dragon loves to fish and watch anime.

Suggestion 2023/05/29(Mon)09:10 No. 1064742 ID: afb9e9
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Name: Ramshnack
I am a: ??? dragon?
Seeking: Tall babe
For: Friends, maybe more???
About Me: I guard the cauldron. I work hard (vigilant) I play hard (energetic) 35" long
Likes: indoor/outdoor, long hot baths, cozy fireplace, neat rocks
Dislikes: soup theifs, high shelves, salad

"Well I'm finishing this donut!"

>>1064609
Yeah.

after you eat his doughnut, go ask the staff to get you a bandage.

"Why do you care?!"

>>1064600
you got work and i get to eat up your dognut

Wait
Did you forget the condom?

>>1064676

She might have an implant, at her age. That'd make sense.

Yeah, take it! Seriously though, that's pretty much all you can do unless you change positions.

That's the beauty of sex. The more you do it, the more you want it, and the less you need to do anything else. Your body's needs aren't complicated right now, so just give into your urges and do what you need to do.

>>1064678
can also pull out as he pulls out and slam back as he slams in get a pace going that makes your backfat jiggle

3. Your new wizard powers will come in handy for defeating Tsuki

Nacha 2023/05/28(Sun)21:26 No. 1064709 ID: b7e973
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”¡Por Dios!” yo grito. Estoy atterrada, y no puedo dejar de balbucear. “¿Qué he hecho?
¿Cómo puede pasarme esto? ¡He estallado el sol! ¡¡Qué rabiaaaaaaa!!”

“Nacha! It’s okay!” Felipe says. “It’s just a power outage. Nothing to be concerned about.”

“¡Es mi culpa! ¡Mi culpa, mi culpa! ¡Lo siento, Felipe!”

“Can you calm her down? I don’t know what she’s saying.”

“I can try,” Chestnut says. “Um… we can still play, Nacha. Everything’s gonna be fine, okay?”

No, it won’t be fine. I’ve suddenly developed supernatural powers and blown up the sun, plunging the world into total darkness. I should never have tried to read suspicious books in Old English out loud. What was I thinking?

An icy chill grasps my heart.

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3. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

Begone, foul demon! No shirtlessness in the library!
Grab him by the horns.

3 No, you silly billy, you don't have to kill anyone. Just hurt the geisha bunny's leg and egg her house. I will give you lamb legs and eggs for it.

I was in the war. Assuming he still comes around here then I might like to meet him and share a drink over a story or two if he’d be interested, though I’d argue the war was more of an educational experience than in inspiring one.

>>1045428
Are we really emotionally prepared to go through with something like this?

1/2 BAN 2023/05/28(Sun)22:29 No. 1064712 ID: df6307
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Your heart skips a beat. You shrug awkwardly. "Who doesn't have relatives who fought in the war?" You try to change the subject as quickly as possible.... You glance at your guide's leg. "Even you've got some war wounds, it seems."

>PIT seems amused. "What, this? There was just a little accident during a testing block a couple weeks ago. I've never been within 300 miles of a battlefield, and hopefully never will."

"I see... let's get back to the tour."

>"Of course. Come along, I'll take you to the core offices upstairs."

PIT weaves back through the exhibit, eventually leading you to a door that takes you further into the facility. Soon, you're loading into a small elevator.

>"Each major department has their own network of office spaces on the second floor," PIT explains as she starts typing a passcode into a keypad on the wall. "On the third floor are the department heads' offices, and ADAM's office, of course. We'll get to those in due time."

You watch as the engineer continues pressing keys. The passcode for this elevator is very, very long... "I know we haven't seen everything yet, but something's bothering me about your security," you remark.

>"Really?" PIT sounds genuinely curious. A green light flashes, and she presses the button for the second floor.

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2/2 BAN 2023/05/28(Sun)22:38 No. 1064713 ID: df6307
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PIT leads the two of you through a door into a large office space. Researchers and interns are weaving through a vast sprawl of cubicles, desks and strange-looking computers. A door on the far wall seems to lead into another space with a similar layout.

>"These are the offices for the RF department," PIT says proudly. "I have several research teams that are using this space currently. I'd explain what they're working on, but then you wouldn't be allowed to leave."

She sounds like she's joking, but the image of an automated turret network is still fresh in your mind.... You decide not to press her on that.

>A young man in a lab coat looks up as you walk by his cubicle. "Ma'am, the ordnance department will be starting their scheduled testing block on 5B in twenty minutes," he says, ducking his head in a half-bow toward PIT. "They asked if you'd be attending, again... Should I still just send the interns?"

>PIT crosses her arms. "Of course! I'm not gracing those shitheels with my presence until NISHI shows up at my doorstep, gets on his hands and knees, and begs for forgiveness. Send those kids from the engineering college again."

>"Got it, ma'am."

>PIT turns back to you as her subordinate re-absorbs himself in his work. "Company politics," she sighs exasperatedly.

I know the feeling, you think to yourself...

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>>1064713
one overworked department head to another, yes, it's relevant.

this gets us some goodwill, but also gives us an easy in on seeing what the company is up to AND gives us access to a new leadership person to talk with. I don't think our new friend here has much to do with this on a gut level, so meeting another high-up would be useful.

Doors 2023/05/28(Sun)22:46 No. 1064720 ID: fce62b
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>[R]ead the [lexicon]'s current passage, and [A]sk the [Labcoat] how the department's understanding of it is progressing.<
As I approach the main stage the [Labcoat] on the platform changes their (tone?), letting me hear what they were saying.

As you can see here, [leviathan] forces not only combat external forces but also their own.
These ‘T-Grade’ units are specialized in cross-examining and eliminating malfunctioning or subversive [leviathan].
If one were to compare them to our own security department, then the [Hitman]-type unit would be the closest analog.
Fortunately for us, one of their main tactics of elimination rely on structural perforation of a [leviathan]’s form using refined toxins. Harmless to us, but deadly to them.
Truly a wondrous discovery if our goal was to eliminate them.
No, for we need to blend in, and to do that we must understand their security protocols.
While it has been posited that we could construct modified [Flagship]s and [Loader]s templates that could perhaps mimic [Leviathan] in appearance, it would be logistically cumbersome and by no means foolproof.

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Doors 2023/05/28(Sun)22:46 No. 1064721 ID: fce62b
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>Other than that, why not give the [lexicon] a brief perusal.
I look up at the image displayed and get struck with the strangest sense of deja-vu…
Wait… haven’t I?
Perhaps letting [A555ex] read the [lexicon] isn’t the best idea. The fact that this doesn’t seem real to them is the primary reason why the [mask] hasn’t been engaged.

I’ll have to alter this.

Doors 2023/05/28(Sun)22:46 No. 1064722 ID: fce62b
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>To [A555ex]:
The system's response to the [Lieutenant]'s realization is worryingly interesting. Especially because I can't really tell WHAT [rule] break it was responding to specifically.
It felt like the [Lieutenant] was about to come to some sort of conclusion or comparison, and the [rule-keeping] system reacted before it could be fully imagined.
What was so dangerous that it needed to… punish the [Lieutenant] like that?

Makes me wonder if there's more to one of the [rules] in regards to how [leviathans] and [nation] interact aside from keeping sensitive information away from them.
I guess it would depend on what is defined as ‘sensitive information’ in that case.
At least it's more evidence that we are not entirely beholden to the [nations] [rules] if we needed any.
Thank goodness. But I definitely think we should keep THAT aspect of your all hidden.
Also just pointing out that the [Lieutenant] was acting a lot like [Assistant] was after we did what we did. Makes me wonder if we ar

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Might as well [R]ead the passage. And maybe prepare the next passage as well if possible, just in case it switches over before we leave. Don't want to risk another close call like that.

To [Labcoat]:
What do you mean by selectively disabling the T-Grade units? If you mean making it specifically ignore [nation] units that's fine, but if you mean disabling specifically T-Grade units then that might be dangerous for the [planet].
Getting rid of the [planet]'s defense system like that would mean either risking severe harm to the [planet] if [invaders] show up or adding defending the [planet] to the [nation]'s already large workload.

To [A555ex] and my fellow [Talkinghead]s:
I think maybe we should give [Assistant] a break after we're done here. They deserve it, especially with the stress that being here is causing them. We just need to be careful how we word things, so we don't sound like we're dismissing them out of disappointment or something.
And it might be better to visit the HoA alone.

>>1064722
>What was so dangerous that it needed to… punish the [Lieutenant] like that?
It was beginning to think of negotiating with the Planet. This is, of course, not allowed. The Nation's purpose is to conquer the Planet, so even the barest whisper of peace must be quelled. It's... very sad what just happened to the Lieutenant. I wish we could've prevented it. They might have been a useful ally, if we had the tools to shield them from that kind of Rules backlash. Though, depending on how Nation brains work, maybe the Lieutenant will have similar thought processes again, when we're in a position to help.
...wait. Bugs are their brain surgeons? If we can free one or more Bugs from the Rules, then they can pass it along to whoever they work on. Too bad we can't do that yet.

[S]tare at the Bug. Comment that this is the first time you've seen one.

We shouldn't join in with the debate. Too much risk of saying the wrong thing and getting someone's mind melted or arousing suspicion.

To the north is the Slant Milieu, where gravity itself bears the scars of an ancient war, and winds blow so fiercely the locals go about on hands and knees, building no structures more than a meter tall. Trees hug the ground like rivers, while watercourses often abandon their beds to stretch upward, waving like glassy flags on knotted looping arcs before touching down again. The apex predator around those parts is supposedly a type of moth.

To the west, through Cerdyn's Pass, is the allied trade-town of Hallux, and beyond it the great nations of the Steadfast. Aid may surely be found there, but not cheaply, and rumor has it they face their own problems of late. Previous thread: https://questden.org/kusaba/quest/res/1034928.html

To the south, Curtaris, a peaceful and prosperous city-state from which few have ever escaped alive. Further south and east, primeval vastness of the Ba-Adenu Forest continues for hundreds of miles, out to the edge of the known world, beyond which some say the clouds become stone, while turbulence like a second sky gapes open below.

Northeast, the Plains of Kataru, home to huge grass-eating beasts, nomadic tribes, and trade caravans. Mythic birthplace of Jack the First, and countless lesser heroes. Most likely the direction in which your kith and kin will end up fleeing if worse comes to worst.

rolled 11, 8, 16, 15, 12, 17, 17, 7, 15, 6, 17, 16, 12, 15, 5, 10, 17, 7, 9, 3 = 235

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Saharnya: Graceful Delve who Rides the Lightning
Stats:
Might09 Edge-1
Speed13 Edge +1
Intellect14 Edge +2
Effort01

Skills:
Perception
Find The Way
Familiarize
Shock1 IntCast to deal 3 points of electric damage with a melee touch attack, or enchant a weapon for ten minutes to deal one additional point of electric damage.
Charge1+IntCharge an item to be used once. Cost is [Device Level]+1 Intelligence Points. This skill cannot be used on a cypher.

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rolled 69, 56, 3, 33 = 161

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rolling for 3 cyphers and 1 oddity

>>1064726
Reality spike, level 9. Once activated, the spike does not move—ever—even if activated in midair. A Might action will dislodge the spike, but then it is ruined. If it could be reverse-engineered and enough duplicates constructed, could simply rebuild the town at slightly higher altitude and ignore further seismic problems.

Acidic Resonator, level 4. Bulky handheld device. Metallic blades within 15 meters at time of activation drip acid for the next hour, dealing increased damage without being corroded themselves. Does not distinguish friend from foe - exercise caution around carpentry held together by nails.

Phase Glove, level 6. Six-fingered gauntlet of glazed ceramic and fungal material. Can slowly reach through solid objects up to wearer's elbow, unless blocked by force field, or allow a one-handed weapon to strike transdimensional targets. Lasts up to 28 hours, but may burn out sooner if too dry.

Oddity: ivory-like synth device roughly the size and shape of a mango, studded with lights which occasionally blink.

rolled 80, 6, 55 = 141

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Rolling for 2 Cyphers, 1 Oddity.

C.

B. Let's get another view on the topic.

A

D. Draw Drew as a dickbutt.

But no, actually B.

A, this kid doesnt give a crap about ethics

before I vote, question: Is it possible to do both C and B since we have Enid?

like, Clive can rest and look at the papers he got while Enid can keep a close ear for something?
Enid would want to be listening for footsteps or voices. If it's coming from North, it's most likely Albert, Roger, and The Farmer
if it's coming from the east, most likely Bec.

who knows, we might have picked up a map even.

if we cannot split the work, then I'll choose B, look and listen. I think enough time has passed to be more cautious.

Look and listen for any sounds from both the east and north exits. If it’s a rhythmic tapping, it’s Albrt. Adults are going to be louder, so if we hear footsteps, it’s Psycho McShooty.

There are two of you, so one of you can cover each exit. If there’s danger at one exit, flee south, and the other person can take that as a sign to also flee, so you don’t split up.

>>1064702

Yes, but both parties will do so less efficiently.

I'll pick just B then.

>>1064705
This. Wherever we go, we DON'T want an adult to be there.

Well regardless of other details, add a paperclip rollcage.

Any access to Balsa Wood? Rubber Bands? Any of the other materials to make this more badass?

>>1064624
That's the plan! We're going to throw it on top for the real deal.
>>1064653
If it can be found in a high level classroom, it can probably be justified!

>>1064654

Something like one of these?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Sig_01_450.jpg

https://kelvin.com/KELVIN%C2%AE-Rubber-Band-Plane-Kit_p_1508.html

https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Two-Minute-Airplane/77DFF1701C0E467C

Any of these types would work, but make sure that the group has some harness they can hook onto the leading wings! And the thing has flaps they can manipulate!

Alternatively, rather than a rollcage, you could have an actual cabin, like this:

https://volareproducts.com/blog/?product=sky-box-indoor-embryo-laser-cut-short-kit

Though that said... you might not want a cabin hanging below it! You could have it have an enclosed fuselage, like this:

https://jhaerospace.com/product/babyshark-manhattan-cabin-short-kit/

And stretch tissue paper or plastic wrap around a balsa frame, include some more sturdy reinforcements where you expect it to impact.

Anet 2023/05/28(Sun)20:08 No. 1064707 ID: a7a180
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>>1064619
Here's a sample paper airplane as a baseline design. Covered in doodles, with scotch tape seats slung behind the halves of the hull, it's enough to do the job, probably! The roll cage doesn't have to be drawn as it'll get thrown on top later.

>>1064682
Do we still have the original untainted? If so goodm
Culling is always a option or starting a religion

Interact, try to come up with better motivation. Make up medals for them to win, they look good and can be turned in for new toys. You're not taking the cake from the tobak man, you're trying to win a game, and the tobak doesn't want the medals as much as you do, because he can't turn them in to get toys. He can get his cake and toys elsewhere.

Alright if we can't train all of them, just train two.

Yes! No. Yes.

Ask him.

You don't have to take the cake from him; you only have to get it first, to show you are the fastest. You can give it to him after that and make him happy, or eat it in front of him and drink his tears to wash it down. Wait no don't say that last part.

Unstructured playtime is important for intelligence. What do you want them to do, even? Only one can race the tobak, and your father has not hinted at what further challenges await. Ask for their help to escape your father's elaborate prison complex.

If all else fails, an excellent incentive would be to allow them all to watch while the latest version gets ripped in half by a tobak bound and determined to get that cake. That might reduce your standing in the eyes of your father, but it would allow you to train the next ones more effectively.

>>1064682
Oh god, is dad training you for fatherhood? Is this his twisted version of 'the talk'?

Oh, and FIND THAT SPACESHIP!

>>1064645
Oh no, the psychic neumono is trying to get at your thoughts and feelings directly!
Don't panic. It seems to both have a sound motif and huge ears, inform them of your resort's privacy policy by yelling over it over the speakers with max volume. That should break their concentration.

> fire is bullshit
see this is why I suggested that adaptive regen thing, but that's besides the point now. is the vending machine goop also flammable or could you maybe coat a few minions in slime to buy them some time against firemech?

As for some new trick, they're only thinking of the knotvines as a trap in/around valuables, but we know they are able to help the vertically challenged. Have them and some carried bedheads hang from the ceiling in one of the taller rooms. Nobody ever looks up, and that walker doesn't seem to have a canopy.

clones.

THat means you need to capture them if you want to take their ship.

So get to eating only limbs.

If they hate closed spaces with knotvines, force them into closed spaces with knotvines so they have no choice.

(Will say, I'm curious if this is just an alternate timeline situation or actual continuation of the Bloom Quest because oh god I just want things to be better for Alice)

Can bedheads be detected psionically? Could you rig up a psychic-jammer with them by treating them as radios in a radio-jammer, except psychic instead?
how certain are we that Alice would wake up again if she went to sleep? I am pretty sure that the bioweapon will still be active even with nobody at the helm, so it probably isn't doing as much as a human body would to keep Alice's mind active.

kpwlt 2023/05/19(Fri)20:50 No. 1064173 ID: 127310
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You look across. The wall you're standing on is vast. It could take an entire day of just walking to get all the way around it.

Probably will be the same regardless of where you are. Might as well head down to go up right here

Well that's not a good sign. Presumably this guy knows how to avoid being turned into one of those dead bodies, otherwise he wouldn't be here.

"How do we avoid becoming two cadaverous dudes?"

Would a body part make a good gift? Probably not...

Oh you could ask your new buddy and pal if he wants to try searching for a way around while you get some L U M B E R from the nearby forest, mayhaps a long log of sorts to use to help climb the second wall whilst one of you braces it?

It is perfectly clear people do not want us sneaking in. Maybe the first wall was easy to climb to lure sneakers into a false of security and get killed?

Ask this man if he has any ideas on how to cross undetected, or if not, whether he has a two-people plan to convince the gatekeepers to let you enter.

Everyone fall back! Get back up the stairs, fight there!

The rogue needs to disappear! Joanir, chaaarge!

Baron 2023/05/27(Sat)00:54 No. 1064656 ID: 7a1a17
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Unfortunately you can't leave. The ruckus you make however will no doubt get everyone else's attention so...maybe they'll arrive before you're in real danger?

Oh who are you kidding, if you don't move you're gonna die! Viyasda has the right idea and drops a smoke bomb! Your party disappears into the murk!

Baron 2023/05/27(Sat)00:54 No. 1064657 ID: 7a1a17
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The smokescreen provides cover to escape the wild swings of the lead huntress. Her entourage enter the light as they attempt to spot you in amdist the smoke, revealing themselves!

>You face 3 Gormoamhi Huntresses
Health - 5
Action points - 3
Combat - 5
Tactical - 8
Esoteric - 2

>Actions?

Balboran and Jiang Qi: Throw rocks and run away. Lure the enemy party out of formation, use the smoke as cover, and remember to dart randomly.
Joanir: If the rocks manage to deal damage, execute a single foe.
Viyasda: And all this chaos gives you enough time to stab one and slink back into the shadows.

C: Ground Erupting Tunnel Crab!

C. A giant sand whale emerges from the sand with a geyser for a spout. It swims in the sand but is slow to attack, but makes up for its high defense and hp... and its special move

Move: Kaiju forms a rainy mist from it's geyser spout in the area (probably 50-100 feet radius) which lasts for several updates, causing objects and fabric to slowly melt away. When fighting in this mist, clothing slowly gets destroyed each update until player is completely naked.

It'd be a race against the clock to defeat the kaiju! And with high defense it has, that will be the challenge.

>>1064621
C. One Giant Enemy Crab, along with around a dozen Larger Than Usual Neutral Crabs, and one Short Passive-Aggressive Crabkin named Matthew.

B. tiny Enemy Crab!

…Okay okay I’ll provide one of my own…Okay.
A jellyfish, about the size of one of those hippo monsters from before, but this one, among other things has the power of levitation, and tentacles that sting with the trademark acid of the Kaiju.

>>1064621
C. A land shark that swims through the ground!

Note: the land shark's gills are only good for breathing while it's in the dirt and is not meant for breathing in the water! It will start drowning in the water, even though it can still swim pretty good while in the water.

Now that you have your stuff back (shake the pickpocket to make sure there isn't more he took), you can leave and never interact with these people again!

>>1064497
Probably was a disapointment to his own mother if not the fact all 3 are not dragons or that she could not change there ways "you ended up just like your father">>1064508 he is probably just doing it for attention and pleasure not to feel sad

It's true, that poor kid is clearly trying to get response out of his neglectful father.

I vote to band together and convince Cyrus to give his son a hug.
Yes,right here.
No, you can get a shower after.

The cycle must stop now. We have to be a positive role model to these children. Or, alternatively, use Lesser Gift to give the Lesser Gift of Good Parenting to a Summoned Goose and make it be a good role model and get those creeps as out of your hair and your tits as much as possible.

>>1064555
"Are you a little disapintment for Mommy" but sensually tits literally blocking the light along with a ass so wide and thighs so fat he is thrown into total darkness free to pick any of the 3
 "I can see down your shirt, hee hee hee!"
Funny thing is.... anyone can at any angle due to there sheer size not sure it can be called a shirt

smooth.

Tell her the reason you need someone that can fight back is because you want to test how effective the arm is if you were to try and disarm someone. That and you want to see how hard it is for someone to escape a grab from and how strong it is so if she's willing maybe see if she'd be willing to arm wrestle it and than after winning or losing try to see how easily she can escape it's grip.

She's a girl of science... kind of, tell her you want to figure these things out for science!

>>1064471
Youre literally incapable of finishing the job and need us to step in, can you really say that youre good with girls?

>>1064471
Fuck man I got nothing, usually by the time you're whipping tentacles out you either get an enthusiastic yes or you get shot.

>I'M GOOD WITH GIRLS FUCK YOU.
You are good with "chicks", not with "woman".

"Do you need help with the 'processing'? I could give you a hand with that. Thanks to you a have a good one that would do the trick."

>machine spirit
Is she referring to AI or machines that have developed souls?
Actually, not important right now, I can see you’re preoccupied but make sure to find out for us later!

>>1064562
retrieve(standard superculture military PROVISIONS)
accept message(Sheri)
send message(Sheri): where did you come from? You weren't in this pocket before. Were you changing the time and using the Fretrieve command?

Well, security blew up the Overseer. 3% corruption in our sector. Retrieval errors, link errors, scene asset server missing. 96% corruption in sector 1 south, probably nothing left but a gaping hole there. sector 2 north has 2% corruption even though their security hasn't gone batty. Three completely unresponsive sectors two to the north and one to the south. So you could say we've been better, but our memory has also been completely wiped, so as far as we know, this is the best day ever!

How about you, Sheri?

Fretrieve(superculture standard mil provisions)

>>1064577
We are not supposed to use Fretrieve! The long string of alphanumeric characters afterwards might be needed for it to be safe. Or maybe that was the fingerprint of whoever used it?

>>1064578

I tried using retrieve, there wasn't even a response! The jolly campfire fun is getting ruined because we deleted the provisions! This is an emergency!

Reluctant to try the alphanumeric characters afterwards; they might be some sort of buffer overrun exploit.

...wait how come scanning Sheri didn't give any information?
scan(Sheri)

>>1063066
The old woman has one of the missing keys. My bet is the S. House. I guess it's *possible* she's staying in the crypt though... We need to investigate both locations eventually to see which one she's in, so that we can break/pick the lock to the one she's NOT in.
...ugh, the keys are all the same, aside from their teeth. We need to label them so they don't get mixed up! Do you have some markers somewhere? Or colored tape?

>>1063067
>will not allow him to do to Edward what he wanted to do to Björn
"He" being the thing that possesses people, I gather. Sounds like an alternate personality takes over the heirs. Literally a possession. Which means, yeah, it's one at a time, and Chris is probably fine for now, aside from the ambient corruption in the area, which you felt in your very head.

Sounds like Edward planned to kill himself to prevent a full possession? Then Björn got possessed because Edward didn't even know about him due to his alternate personality, I bet. It's very likely Björn killed the rest of his family, though... it's also possible Edward didn't kill himself in time and instead the demon did it during his death throes.

>names
Hmm. Might have to do with the names of the male heirs? If we can find a list of the heirs, then arrange the bottles on the left side of the rack matching the first letter of each name, and in order, that might work?
Might have to get into the crypt to collect the names, and also take into account Björn is the current hei

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Evil space ghost got someone pregnant and is using that connection to try to reach and presumably destroy the world. It's not a "what happened" so much as a what to do about it. For sure, getting the amulet to Chris is top priority. That is... assuming something isn't terribly wrong, and _you_ are somehow the descendent who is prey to the red star, not Chris.

Seems Edward was onto something, a different option other than sacrificing the red one's kin to keep him from returning, but he couldn't figure out certain things, and ran out of time and sanity.

There is apparently already some sort of supernatural influence over everyone, not just the prey, if they were influenced into thinking Edward committed heinous crimes. The amulet might protect against that, letting its bearer find things, where everyone else's perceptions were twisted to lead them to a blank wall instead.

Why did Edward give up his amulet to the gay fish dude? Something seriously wrong with that. Even if the red star is pure hogwash, and Edward simply an ordinary madman, he needed the amulet so desperately he would never have just... given it away. Why did the gay fish dude give it back? Guilt? Hm...

The wine bottles are clearly involved with Edward's "secret entrance in the cellar" but for the life of me, I can't figure out how they'd be used to open it. They can't be rearranged into a different order, they're built into in each slot. Do some of them sink in when pressed, like some sort of switch? No clue what the "pestilential procession of names" may be.

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>The old woman has one of the missing keys. My bet is the S. House. I guess it's *possible* she's staying in the crypt though...
That’s where you’ve seen one of these keys before! That old crow had one! Of course! But which key it is you have no idea… if only you knew what they meant with M.River S.House. Either way, you need to find her tomorrow and get it back.

>The wine bottles are clearly involved with Edward's "secret entrance in the cellar" but for the life of me, I can't figure out how they'd be used to open it.
You try to push them, pull them and even twist them but no matter what you do they refuse to budge. These bottles seem to be built into the shelf itself! Then there’s thing Edward wrote down, the “pestilential procession of names"… what does that even mean? Maybe it’s the names of the male heirs? It’s possible… though you probably need to get into the crypt if you want to find all the heirs names.
>Also take into account Björn is the current heir.
This thing was clearly built sometime in the late 1800s, long before Björn was born. His name will probably not be part of this puzzle.

Leaving the basement enigma for later, you return to the serene light of the kitchen, where your cute little hubby is waiting for you with newly cooked dinner. As the two of you eat you get lost in thought, barely following the small talk Chris is partaking in.

>"He" being the thing that possesses people, I gather. Sounds like an alternate personality takes over the heirs. Literally a possession.
There’s definitely something that is driving the Kråkholme’s mad, but what exactly is it? Is it just a disease of the mind that plagues the family… or is there something far more sinister behind this? Is

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> what is this about sacrifices?
> He was found in the wine cellar, smashing bottle while holding the axe that killed his family, covered in their blood ranting about how he set them free from the blood or some such.

That is what's about sacrifices. Edward sacrificed his family, thinking he was saving them from the red star. Or was framed for doing so. You weren't thinking about any sacrifice other than simply that. Perhaps the witch burning. That did hurt an awful lot...

> the Kråkholme family line returned, with Dragomir as the new heir

It's reasonable to assume that Dragomir was, or was descended from the rabbit depicted in the painting being spared from the witch burning. No telling whether the painting was accurate or dramatized though, or perhaps even altered to add the fleeing matron and child.

>>It's very likely Björn killed the rest of his family, though.
> Is it?

On the contrary, Björn has shown no inclination towards violence so far. Your brief possible experience with him was... rambunctious at best. And his one remaining eye as blue as the sky matched with the photograph of him as a child. It was in no way rimmed in red like the mad eyes you've seen before. Whatever drug, or... effect is turning people toward irrational violence, he is probably not yet touched by it.

Oh right, concrete plans. Yes. Do recall the old map of the house that had the phrase "Where is the dome?!!" inscribed on it. You've been in the attic, and the observatory dome is clearly on top of the house. Can you see the peaked attic roof from outside the house, and where the dome is in relation to that? Might give you some idea where the entrance to the dome might be. If the blueprints did not have the observatory in them, it may have been constructed after the building was finished. An outside entrance, perhaps?

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“Davey, is there a toolbox around? The valve’s broken off, but a wrench should get it handled properly.”
You watch as his little legs slosh through the water, his head swivelling back and forth as he searches for the toolbox. He leans over, grunting as he strains to pull the box out, lifting it above the water and placing it to the side, near the pipe.
As he opens the lid, water gushes out and Davey gives it a gentle push, draining the container before grabbing a soggy wrench.

He’s holding the damn thing with both hands. For a gardener, he really doesn’t have much for upper body strength, does he? Maybe he’s just built that way.
The wrench slips back and forth before finally, he’s able to align the nut with the wrench - and starts to tighten the valve.
With each laboured pull, the trickling stream grows thinner and thinner until finally, the sound of water can no longer be heard from the television.

Then there’s the issue with the clog.
“You can see a plunger, right?”
Davey gives a weak nod, trudging offscreen before returning, plunger in hand.
Sooner than later, there’s the sound of gurgling water, disappearing off into the depths of whatever elaborate plumbing system that his city had concocted.

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With his plants safe, you can feel the tension dissipate from Davey, before he slumps down on the plunger he was just using.

“Dang… I haven’t gotten a workout like this in ages…”
Davey absolutely looks winded, drenched in both sweat and water. While a few puddles surround him, neither him or his plants are in danger of being flooded.

“Are you okay?”, you ask, a twinge of concern bubbling up inside of you.

He groans, giving a thumbs up.
“I think the plants will recover fine, I made them to be resilient… I’ll make adjustments later. Hahh… remind me again, was there something else I should be checking on? ”

Well, there were the other two options; his kitchen and the pneumatic pipeline.
Still plenty of time left in the evening to resolve these problems, and you don’t have other plans. But maybe you should say something to him, while he’s recovering from the ordeal?

What kind of problems a broken pneumatic pipeline can cause? I don't know a lot about this but I'm assume it can't suffocate Davey. Maybe it can, is his house hermetically sealed duo to the cave in?
If those are just paranoid thoughts of an ignorant, let's focus on the kitchen.
Unless he is extraordinarily unlucky a flooding shouldn't cause as much damage to the food as it did to the plants, but I'm concern with gas . ...Assuming they burn gas underground, they could rely exclusively on electrical heating for safety. It usually takes hours to fill a room with enough gas from a pipe to suffocate, so it should be relatively safe breathing for now, but sparks and open fires are very dangerous.

Check his kitchen next. He should be able to salvage anything that spilled.

Tell Davey what he did was impressive. You're there for him, and as long as you work together, everything is gonna be okay. It might be exhausting, but he stopped the leak. He saved his plants. He can do this.