>>1073428
The Goddess lives on inside all of us.

>>1073434
Prepare for a fight, and step outside.

>>1073434
BELIEVE IN THE YOU THAT BELIEVES IN YOURSELF! POINT TO THE HEAVENS AND SAY "I CAN DO IT!"
then get dressed and see what's happening, that felt too earthy to be just a thunderclap.

God isn't real, you can blearily peek out your window and curse the sky for being too loud this late at night and nobody can smite you for it!

An adorable maniac has decided to unleash the beast!

Hope you're good at weeding.

>>1073433
god why'd you have to make him so HOT!

Curt 2023/10/02(Mon)05:48 No. 1073822 ID: 0fbdcd
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: Fifth one now, right?
: Fourth.
: That one was awful.
: Sure was.

Ponder how you've done this three times before and you still got duped.

Well, that raises a lot of questions. (It's possible I'm missing context from the very first thread I didn't read.)
Sooo...
What do you remember about the end of the third incident?
What do you remember about the other two?
Are you dead or immortal or was that a training exercise or what?
Groundhog's Day, maybe?
What's up with , is he dead? A ghost? Reconstituted? He interacted with , so it seems he's not a figment of 's imagination. So why can't he shoot? Not allowed or what?

>>1073831

He was alive when the crew from the last thread checked into this station. He died after the intro scene, when he said the next case was going to kill him. It's probably not polite to bring up his not-really-thereness.

should pack more heat if she's going up against power suits. Which no doubt goes against company regulations. and they're certainly not willing to fund it. Or give her a power suit. Anyway, has she tried putting together some improvised explosives?

2. enter like all the other wrestlers do. while it may take time for you to get backsatge, and won't be as flashy as your previous entrance, I actually think the audience need to process what just happened in that match, and give Marv a moment in the spotlight for the audience to cheer him on for his health as he walks out/gets taken out by a stretcher. Give Marv his moment, don't take his spotlight.

1, the "High Risk" strategy has one big advantage, in that it's unexpected. They know that you're being told to avoid the WAN's tricks and traps, and that means they're probably banking on smaller payoffs that can still catch you on the safer route. You may give them an opportunity for interference by taking a risk, but it doesn't matter if they aren't in a position to capitalize on it.

2. Make your approach with the proper fanfare.

>>1073790
Also, maybe when we go backstage, we might have a chance to run into Marv before we head out and briefly speak to him where it's more private and quiet.

Just like know thy enemy and know thyself. -Some Chinese hippy general. You know you would jump, so they know you will jump. Since you know this, you know it's best to not jump.

What else to say except get to the bowling alley.

Naocat 2023/10/01(Sun)13:59 No. 1073740 ID: 3895d8
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>What else to say except get to the bowling alley.

A few minutes later and the two of you are well on your way to the Bowling Alley. It’s a beautiful spring day, if not a little dry. You’re shaken up by a few bumps in the road, shifting you a bit closer to your partner. You’d like to be unbothered from this morning, but all this friction is making it hard to think of much else other than gripping your partner’s rock-hard torso a little tighter. When you’re at a stop light, they pat your knee, sensing your tension. You sigh, resting your head against their back and scooching back a little, putting a bit of distance between your crotch and his waist. “I’m good.”

They give a thumbs up and start driving as soon as the light turns green. You try to distract yourself by recounting what few details you have on the case. This is a great opportunity to think of questions you want to ask Harvey.

Now then… Harvey Aggure the Bear and Bethany Agguire the Badger. Harvey worked in the navy, so there’s no doubt an underlying fear that Bethany slept around while Harvey was deployed. But if they’ve been together for all that time, there’s probably more trust than fear. Maybe that fear was festering over the years? Additionally, Harvey wrote something about Kink gear, namely a friend who had some sort of knowledge of kink gear. Randy. Is he a possible suspect? Likely not. Unless Randy is an idiot, he’d never hint at something he’s doing with a polar bear’s wife. Surely, any kind of interaction with someone ten times your size would be beyond nerve-wracking. Of course, I don’t know much about Randy, nor do I truly know how big Harvey is. I know that he’s at least small enough to fit in the bowling alley, but on top of looking huge, Harvey looks impossibly strong. Is he even allowed to bowl there? Maybe he’s weaker than he looks? But he wo

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Hmm... maybe we can try to steer the conversation toward kink, and see what we can find out while Harvey is talking about that? Maybe he'll let something slip.

Funny thing is, bowling isn't about strength, hardly at all. Being stronger just lets you lift a heavier ball, which stays slightly more on course because of the momentum if you aim correctly. He's not ten times her size anyway, not more than 3 or 4 times. No problem!

And bears are known to have tiny peen so she could totally take him.

Nobody prepares to get stealthily interrogated through kink talk, unless they're crazy paranoid. It could be a good avenue of information!

1/2 Buckwheat 2023/10/01(Sun)17:59 No. 1073777 ID: 15a025
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>Sure. Then shoot her in the leg.
Well, she didn’t say I couldn’t use my gun.

So I blast her in the leg!

Fox Captain: “Augh! You-you rotten farmer! What’d you do that for!”

2/2 Buckwheat 2023/10/01(Sun)18:00 No. 1073778 ID: 15a025
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I pick up the flag and declare my victory. Now comes the question of do I want them to scram or do I take over as their new captain, and use them to drive off those other pests?

We’ve solved on problem. Let’s use it to solve another.

Look at me. I’m the captain now.

>>1073778
Well, I still think we should get rid of the rabbits, but now that we're in charge we can do it in a way that doesn't add more bullet holes to the farm.

You can come back pretending to be victorious with whatever evidence would be most convincing, and thus lure the rabbits into a false sense of security. Eventually you can signal the soldiers to sneak in and take them out quiet-like. Or lure the rabbits away from your farm somehow but I'm not sure how.

Convert the defeated captain Shadow of Mordor style so she and her troops obey you unconditionally.
Just press Y on your gamepad.

He'd go well with barbecue sauce.

Just try not to make your staring too obvious.

Oh no he's hot.

Looking dapper, unlike that overdressed pampered prick. Gods, he looks hot… What? Right, prep the stall, no need to crowd him. With any luck, someone will notice the Cardinal’s crimson scales and buy it in memory of the Tree Walker. You don’t recognize those eyes, do you?

Just run your stall like you usually do. If you're lucky, he might come over to buy the fish.

If he does, then sell it to him at the price it's supposed to be, not the price everyone else forces you to sell it at. Don't give him any special treatment, but make sure you're polite and nice to him.

Kill the past and focus on the future.

The past.

Don't feel discouraged from trying to interpret what's going on. Feel free to post your thoughts.

Kill the past and the present the future is the only thing that matters.

Kill the future! We must not forget the past!

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.

This is tough. A spar is what you want, I think... regardless of what happens, this is a victory, because when it's done you'll have common ground with your foe, and mutual respect.

I think to win, you have to think like she is. She's spent all this time setting you up for ambushes, trying to give herself an advantage, lure you into traps, and you beat that by being incredibly aggressive out of the gates, then switching it up when she started accounting for that, only to go back on the aggression when she realized the tone had changed.

That's what's won you this advantage. Now you are in her territory without an idea what her capabilities here are. We can assume she's going to attempt something that would be a counter to whatever you do. Wherever your attention goes, the attack will come from whatever is the best angle of attack on your blindside. Just think about what you'd do if you could disappear and reappear. IF you could blink infinitely, you would disappear to somewhere where you can see your opponent, watch long enough to judge an opening, and then strike them on their blindside.

I'm not sure how subtle her ability is, if there are tell tale signs, rushes of wind, sound, a discharge of energy. Just remember, when that presence is felt, the attack will come from your blindside.

Oh, and clearly she doesn't really want to be here anymore. If when you get to know her a bit personally and you find you don't dislike her, you might wanna ask her to go with you, just because she kind of shares some of your own disdain for this place and life.

(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."

Let's pay attention to the poicewoman's conversation. They are already talking about our target!

>>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.

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.

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.

Arthur Seiles 2023/09/16(Sat)19:23 No. 1072486 ID: bffc02
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>>1071443
>>1071605
Whoo... a twofer? Can I even do that?

MAN 1: "I still don't see why they're not able to solve this necromancers-in-the-woods problem. They're still finding gutted bodies hanging from the trees, because the soldiers won't even exterminate properly!"
WOMAN: "Exactly what I'm saying. Can't they just put some automatic guns on some Sentinel robots and send them into the forests outside the walls? That'll clear out the cult."
MAN 2: "Problem is, every time the soldiers manage to slice the throats of a few necromancers, more appear. I... it scares me."
WOMAN: "We'll get this cult dismantled someday. We just need to find that lich that's suspected to be leading him, shove a sword through his damn head, and then the nightmare'll be over."
MAN 1: "Yet we've been searching for two months straight, and we haven't found that thing. Captured and seemingly brainwashed Tulvens, symbols of the afterlife all over the trees, and mummified bodies in ritual circles? They're after something. Something bad."
MAN 2: "A friend of mine is in the Aicet guard. Yesterday he came back with his squad after his weekly rounds in the forest. He says he encountered one of those necromancers, and that it took all the willpower he had to not run away screaming. Big cloak and metal spikes shoved in its back with marked fabric hanging from them. He shot the bastard to pieces. Says the blood was fuckin' black!"
WOMAN: "Yikes. Anyways, my lunch break's over. Gotta go back to ol' Clockwork Greenery

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So far, it's all about war and military stuff. What does the JOB BOARD say?

Arthur Seiles 2023/09/25(Mon)17:18 No. 1073232 ID: bffc02
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The necromancer talk certainly disturbs me, yet even worse is that... these people, this city, the country of Seftacra, they...
I think I'm going to be sick. My sight gets blurry with tears.
Grief.
You wouldn't understand, any of you, but...
Dragons *cannot* be harmed. It's fundamental in almost every culture, fundamental maybe even in the functions of this entire world, that dragons are one of the few species considered sacred and untouchable by ANY mortal affairs! After all the secrets they shared with us, after all the infrastructure they helped to build, after all the technological advancements they told us we could and helped us make, purely out of their own kindness, and this is how Seftacra and Aicet repaid them!?

Get back up. Damn you Arthur, focus!
And focus I do.

These necromancers also seem to be a problem. Anything occult is serious. Things like this can tear down any economy, no matter how strong it is. There's one job opportunity at least, and that would be helping the Aicet military in defending the city.
Back to the task at hand.

>>1072497
The... JOB BOARD is a physical object, something we'll have to find out here in the streets.
I say that we make things simple now. We find this JOB BOARD, gloss over the opportunities, and locate the Grander Brothers establishment. Then, the long day will be over at last.

>Dragons are sacred
I will not deny their part in building and maintaining your civilization, but has it ever occurred to you that idols who, supposedly out of good will, enforce the foundations of society may very well have their own selfish agenda? Just as they lifted you up, they could be holding you back, and you'd never know. Their untouchability means if any of them were corrupted by something, some twisted force beyond mortal comprehension or just decay from old age, they could make random citizens disappear and face no consequences.

As for the willingness to destroy society over paranoia, mortals are a stupid kind of people. Stupid powerful as well.

Necro's more important. It seems killing them is playing into their hands somehow. We need to scout out their operations, see if they're resurrecting after death.

C. The crazy bastard is lost. He already brought more trouble upon you and letting him out is asking for him to do more damage and increase the undead blight.

Go with A to play along. Post-cure you have no ties to Diavola so can defect without issue.

Erm, no. Actually going to Diavola won't work. She'll be able to tell you're going to betray her, and will brainwash you or something.

C.

C

>>1073334
B with a twist. Tell Kalez a lie but hint that you're following up on a lead. She can't fault us for taking some initiative since the alternative is to lay down and die.

>>1073012
Lots of nerve gas.

>I think you guys would.
That's because we are moralists. Don't mind us, ultimately, it's your decision. We can only influence you that much. We wouln't make you do it for free either.

>... Weird. I thought I caught a flash of something from Mags.
She's smitten by you. She really cares about your opinions and what you think of her. You have to be very careful how you behave towards her.
>Not even sure what to ask for, though. Maybe a mouth that can ignore poison or new nerves? What do you guys think?
Well thank her, you dolt!
As for what we might need... I'm not sure right now. Does she have something new in stock?

>>1073204
Eh. It's her life. I think she's capable of doing good at the risk of her life but there's nothing shameful about running from a suicide mission.

Magda has low Humanity, so I would suggest a upgraded heart. A strong heartbeat should hopefully be soothing, and better blood circulation would make her more energetic and improve her stim-mask.

Ask C.C. if she has a blood powered turbine for Magda. That would pair with the heart, and allow the power of galvanism to overclock her mechanical parts, zap things, and possibly zap herself out of necromantic mind control.

For Gungrave, add more meat to the coffin in the form of cheap spindly limbs. As a sniper she might need to quickly reposition and this can be expediently achieved by riding the coffin like a sort of spider-horse. Also you can nibble on the legs in an emergency to heal.

For yourself, a gunslinger needs to be fast on the draw! Nerve upgrades sound great. Can you get ones that are a little haunted to give yourself a touch of precognition or extrasensory feeling?

I think we'd be resistant to it but for insurance against necromantic mind control, I'd suggest a secondary brain. It can have some simple reflexes and autonomous behaviour in the event you freeze up or your main brain is disabled. You don't want to remove any more internal organs, so put it in your boobs.

Funny, I was just about to propose hot potatoeing it.

Now that I give it a second thought, I believe yes, let's hot potatoe it.
Do it to Nico, even, if you think he can figure you did it.

I see three options: flush it, hide it or cooperate with the police.
You can discard the pills slowly with a functional toilet, that way there will be no evidence of illegal contraband in your possession. This does not solve any possible record of the package destination, so the police or the drug dealers can still conclude you received it depending on factors outside your control.
Hiding it will be the ideal solution in case the drug dealers later demand their contraband back. If you fear organized crime more than the government this is the best you can do. I don't know why the rescue team would search your house extensively, but if that is a concern dig a hole and bury this box.
Cooperation with the police is only risky because of their level of corruption. I can't really judge this because I'm not familiar with the political circumstances, so I can only take your word that they would blame you to help the true culprit. If that wasn't a concern this would be the best option: not only you don't have to take risks maintaining a secret you wouldn't be a great target for revenge from the criminals because "you just did what you had to" and "don't know anything".

Are those plastic explosives? You could blast a way out of there!
Try it out. Make a controlled fire next to the cave-in.

Also, I just thought of something: Why not mail the dirt you're excavating until you've made an exit? Just mail it to the government for 'disposal'.

I think reporting it, preferably in a way that leaves a paper trail, remains Davey's best bet.

Dots? Are they bumpy dots or just written dots?

>>1068668
Also maybe you could try to convince Kellie to untie his hands by promising a novelty Armada shirt!

Suddenly remember Kelly's comment about neumonos "running away with the CA-" and put two and two together.

"Say, Kelly, I since we are about to leave and you are super busy anyway, you wouldn't mind me telling this fine folk here about your CAI, would you? They seem pretty willing to work with programmers from other companies, after all."

Get that vehicle here asap, hack the mainframe, and as a courtesy you might want to tell everybody to run.

find some programmer socks, they'll help you stay warm and focused. then do the magnet thing, quickly check for anything valuable and portable, and then think about warning the others.

also look for arm warmers and choker, gotta stay warm!

Ceridwen versus Strawberi and Warwick Pt. 2 Art By Silly Zealot 2023/09/22(Fri)20:35 No. 1072937 ID: fb8a42
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[Jekkesson Terrorscale, Faithful Father, 6 stars, Type: Lizard, 1300 ATK, 1600 DEF]

“Hello, little fellas, are you perchance children?” the lizardman politely turns toward Germ and Weasel.

“Um, we are 8, but we are grown ups.” Germ says.

“Kobolds age fast.” Weasel adds.

“Ah. Still, I believe that’s good enough.” Jekesson says, nodding. Immediately, a counter appears above the field, showing Jekesson’s defense points rising by 1500.
“Aw, what?” Strawberi leans over the table in surprise.

“Ah, yes. That’s the Faithful Father’s special effect,” Ceridwen explains, “For every underage character on his side of the field, Jekesson gains 500 points and will defend them from any attack or effect should they be targeted, at the expense of losing 1000 attack points whenever he is attacking an underage enemy character.”

“Preposterous. They are not underage!” Strawberi lifts herself up and motions at the kobold couple.

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Only use Invigorating Agent.

just think how happy trapinch would be to have a pretty dress

Save the Agent, use the outfit!

>>1072987

Use just the outfit. We need to see a Trapinch wearing it.

Reach for her hand.

"It's okay. I'm afraid too. But no matter what we have to go through, we'll do it together. I'm not leaving you."

"maybe... we don't have to go back.

...

Since we both don't want to go back... Want to quit this job and open the file together?"

That was a big blackout, wasn't it.

Tell her this was nice but you really have to get back to work. (did we have to say to eat the salad???) Take the bowl with you and actually eat it I guess???

>>1073049
I get that. A reason in particular or just...all of it?

Back... where? Back to work, right? Is there somewhere else you'd rather be?

>>1072933
That curse was making her say things she thinks are true. Doesn't mean they are true, but if you've been giving her that impression then you have been doing something *like* what she's accusing you of. I know you've had some conversations with Reisarf that didn't involve scolding the two of them, but... maybe you should talk to them more often?

Just how much do you hate the idea of dating Moriko? If you are asexual then you need to tell her that.

>>1072935
>How to extract clay?
Have Merud do it. Just cut some off you or something like that. It's not like you're going to reflexively attack him in retaliation, right?

Hmm. Do you know what's wrong with Centaur? Why you can't keep it under control?
I wonder if you can just keep feeding golems to it forever, or if there's a limit to how much it's going to eat. Does it cost more energy to keep active the more it eats, or does it just generally get stronger when it eats golems? Maybe you could use it as a boss monster in either case?

Oof, that baby option would probably work, it follows the principle of forms golemetry seems to like and would probably allow you to bypass the curse. Would certainly be a price to your dignity and who knows what kind of unholy abomination your homonculous golem offspring would be.

Seems like it's a mental block though, if you lowered your defenses a bit you could probably let centaur leech some of it out of you. Merud might be able to if you let him too, and that'd probably be a tad safer.

And you don't need to take Alkaline so seriously. Hin is fine now and wasn't worried then. The independence of Stargazer and Reisarf is a good thing, they can get along without needing to be managed or direct all the time which is great. And Moriko?

Moriko is a hot blooded warrior and frankly, any relationship with you isn't going to be something any humanoid would be accustomed to. I'm never sure if you actually feel anything for her like she clearly does for you, but if you really want to give her something more what you need to do is what left such an impression on her in the first place.

Find a good earth pulse locus, cast reinforcement magic, and engage in glorious battle. If you desire a stronger connection, connecting through the earth pulse is the only way to do it without the layer of conscious bullshit you engage in to keep your mannerisms acceptable to the humanoids.

Alkaline is going through those rough teenage years. As much as you can't have her impugning your authority or outright rebelling like this, her self confidence and aggressive hubris are necessary traits for any queen. I think she really just needs to learn her limitations by outright failing a few times, hopefully in a context that won't cause any permanent harm.

You are Reisarf's boss and telling him no is part of the job. That's not to downplay the times you've said yes, however. His research, his abilities, and Stargazer's too are valuable to you and you might just want to reaffirm that with a conversation for your ego's sake.

You're plenty fun, Deem. Why do you think we stick around?

But maybe not so fun for a child wanting to explore her boundaries. It can be no fun being the parent either, for sure. But it is necessary work, if underappreciated. Rest assured most of Alkaline's words were those of a youth throwing perceived flaws back in the face of the guardian irritating them. The curse just meant she thought there was truth to all of it.

And honest feedback is... well, let's make what use we think we can of it, no?

*You could check with Reisarf and Stargazer if you're being overly nosy or fussy-careful, and holding them back or something. And TRY to socialize a bit more with them, though that do be hard.

*You could ask Hin some time if she thinks you could've moved faster with her cough. I strongly doubt she holds a grudge, but it might be interesting to get her perspective. Is it so wrong to be careful?

*Alkaline's choice of friend... makes sense. She's only met so many people in her entire life - and she's innocent of grudges. Just think about it: around here her only contemporary in relative youth is Reisarf and Reisarf is Reisarf. It is a given that Alkaline would find another youth interesting while they were here. So, to broaden her horizens and let her have some of that 'fun', once her punishment is done you could consider allowing her the freedom of a trip to town. Out of your original batch of minions, she and Doyle are the only ones who have yet to go, no? Giving them access would probably require some finessing, but neither should come off as too threatening or wild to the townsfolk.

*Moriko has seemed a little taken with you. Whatever Alkeline has read into it it is not something that's come from thin air. While I disagree with the 'stringing her along' bit, you have arguably taken an interest in turn in a way you hav

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>>1072933
>"I want you all to stay safe." I say.
That's a perfectly understandable reason for doing the things you've been doing. You had a previous group of denizens before you got sealed away, so now that you have a new group of denizens, you want to make sure nothing happens to them!

>"Who cares!?!"
She's got a point. Who cares? Nobody will judge you if you did start to court Moriko.

>>1072935
Deem, listen to Merud. He's right about this, it can wait.

Honestly, you already have several projects running right now, you don't need to be adding another one onto the pile! You're only stressing yourself out from trying to do all of these projects at the same time!

Just relax for now and focus on your current projects first before you attempt to do whatever it is you're trying to do now.