Stiff upper lip, Reefa. No need to make a scene in public. The tavern is a place for you to relax... responsibly, of course.

Okay, Reefa has just opened up to you about her many concerns. This is the most critical moment in this whole conversation, and you need to respond correctly.

It is very simple, but because you are bad at this I will spell it out clearly: Show her some actual sympathy.

Don't try to hit the root cause of her frustrations so that you can fix them, and don't tell her to calm down. She's stayed calm for some time now, and this was clearly boiling under the surface for a while. It is imperative that you do not make her feel like she cannot trust you with her feelings if you want this to go anywhere.

She's scared for her friend's potential fate, and she's upset that she can't do more to help with either this or the overarching kingdom's situation. These are valid concerns, and there is nothing you can reasonably say that will clear them away in a single conversation.

Loosen up slightly, place a hand on her shoulder, and tell her "I'm sorry. You've been going through a lot."

Maybe after that you can address specific points.

"I wish I could do more as well, even if I don't share the weight and expectations of nobility as you do."

"Our companions will come back, and you will be with your friend again. I have the upmost faith in this."

Let her feel the pain and fear that she does. Share it with her. Make it clear that it's alright to feel that way. When she is ready, she will accept it and continue to move forward. Fear and sadness are simply parts of life.

Gently rest a hand on her shoulder and work on calming her down as you head to the tavern. Suggest she get something strong to help dull the worries.

>>1045051
This. Place a hand on her shoulder, say you wish you could help but aren't as well-versed as she is, and let her know you're willing to listen to her again in the future as she works through her concerns.

Oh, this part's obvious, she's laying bare her soul here! Small barbs will feel like deep wounds, while small comforts will feel like... well, you get the idea, so comfort the girl!
Get that charisma going, assure her that her friend is well! Get her swooning! She gets addicted to that comforting presence, she'll be easy to reel in like a fish.

Do take note of Lanix's... unusual behavior though, should she have lied about the king approving, she has to be investigated. Worth keeping an eye on her to see if she slips up or pulls unusual stunts.

>>1043061
Marisa perks up. "Ha, really? Surprised you aren't already wrastlin'!"

"You hear about what me an the monk got up to yesterday, yet?" Getting Posu up to speed on the situation with the rescuing-of-mortals from the 'protection' of the local spirits.

rolled 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 5, 6, 3, 10, 5, 5, 10, 9, 10, 9, 6, 9, 10, 10, 7, 3, 2, 4, 7, 1, 9, 7, 5, 1, 8, 4, 10, 7, 6, 8, 1, 10, 5, 4, 3, 9, 2, 5, 4, 9, 4, 1, 7, 7, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 8, 6, 9, 1, 4 = 326

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I'm going to report in with what Marisa and I were up to, as well as the fact that Palirroia is missing. Rolling for Inevitable Pursuit to find the abbot's current location.

>>1044070
Trail goes dead cold at the port- looks like she left over open water long enough ago that you can't tell which ripples are hers and which are the oceans anymore. When questioned about whereabouts and well being, EST just returns last known data- in town, hale.

Part of the tracking process, however, is interviewing locals, since lots of people saw her go to speak with the stirges, or knew she was leaving. As Buonaparte and her cohort arrived, the head monk went to meet them. Stirges who were present report that she had a somewhat strained conversation with Buonaparte, but that they made it clear they weren't going to try and take the town forcefully. Buonaparte was going to submit a formal challenge for the Satraps seat to the people and leadership of Ironport. The immaculate insisted that wasn't possible, things couldn't be done that way, so Buonaparte arrived at a compromise with her. She would escort Palirroia to her home, leaving ironport untouched. Palirroia would have dinner with them and Buonaparte could prove to her that the family methods would improve town, convince her to back the Striges officially. Then... they're not sure what happened. They were on standby, potentially getting ready to leave, but the head monk left to go make preparations and never came back. Left a pile of stuff in a random corner of the dock, so Buonaparte went into town to speak with the satrap and make things official. When she returned she reported that the satrap was sick, and the townsfolk were planning to blow the place up, so we mobilized into defensive positions.

Any follow up, cover the "you never asked" bases sort of questions?

rolled 7, 8, 2, 10, 6, 6, 1, 1, 7, 4, 10, 4, 10, 1, 10, 6, 5, 5, 7, 7, 9, 4, 7, 5, 6, 4, 9, 3, 4, 2, 10, 8, 5, 5, 10, 4, 9, 6, 6, 5, 8, 1, 10, 3, 4, 10, 7, 8, 6, 1, 9, 4, 3, 5, 7, 5, 5, 1, 8, 10 = 353

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>>1043061
I'm going to roll Join Debate and make a Charisma + Investigation social attack to compel Illicium to brag about whatever he's actually been up to, particularly anything illegal. Backhanded complement involving humility, playing off how eager he was to confront Posu when we first met, so valor and maybe even conviction will be working against him.

rolled 3, 10, 7, 7, 3, 1, 6, 4, 7, 10, 1, 5, 9, 3, 7, 1, 6, 6, 2, 9, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 9, 6, 9, 6, 10, 3, 10, 7, 4, 8, 2, 7, 7, 6, 4, 2, 5, 9, 8, 4, 5, 9, 1, 10, 1, 6, 5, 2, 5, 7, 7, 1, 5 = 320

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>>1044957
Attempting to trick someone into an emotional outburst, revealing flaws they were trying to hide (as depicted here: https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2014-01-20) is Manipulation, rather than Charisma. Sneaky backhanded emotional prodding isn't exactly based on straightforward strength of personality.

Join debate is Wits + Awareness. Stunt two, although... he never confronted Posu, from what I remember, and my brief skim back through messages? Did you have a particular instance in mind you wanted to build off of?
>7, 8, 2, 10, 6, 6, 1,
Lobelia rolls four successes on Join Debate.
>7, 8, 2, 1, 10, 2
Posu four.
>6, 9, 5, 4, 8
Illicium two. Lobelia and Posu are up first.

Manipulation 1, Investigation 4, stunt 2,
>1, 7, 4, 10, 4, 10, 1, 10,
Thats six successes to try and goad him into admitting something he shouldn't; against dodge MDV 5, that's already enough to hit before virtue modifiers come into effect. As he stares bleakly at the floor, having just been given the news you're press-ganging him into a monster hunt he doesn't expect to come back from, you press for information on his family, what affairs he has to set in order- after all, allowances are made to those of particular importance to their community. He jumps on the chance and you wind him into giving examples of important deeds, perhaps a threat he&

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>>1044996
Do you even have to get out of sight to start with?

Could just enter the storm drain, wave the sandwich around, see if something hops out. Then drop it and pretend to leave if nothing does, but actually hang around near the exit and peek to see if anyone comes.

>>1044992
Guess it's time to hurry up and wait. Kick your lecks up and play some of that pokeyman game.

Find a rock or something and place the sandwich on top of it so that it sticks out.

Then tie a string around the sandwich and hide somewhere. Once the string is pulled, you've caught the ghost!

How does this lady claim to find these leads for you?

Shame you don't have chalk; you could try drawing a seance circle with a bunch of hobo code symbols in it - look it up, it's like an IRL thief's cant.

I guess just try calling it out. Don't act like you're calling a ghost, though - we don't know how they work; they might not realize they're dead. Did the rat pin a name to this ghost, or are we gonna settle for "I have food, come and get it?"

>>1044992
>apparently food is what makes the ghost show up.
Are you sure it’s a ghost and not a wild animal?

>>1044930
Down need too reach ground dont want to jump from the top

I mean, I guess down might be better? Unless you're underground. Or the blue light is Cherenkov radiation. At least it's the easiest way to go fast away.

Peek into other room, see if anyone else is trapped here with you

Through, blue light is not welcoming.

Down you go!

Dearly hoping it's not, in fact, cherenkov radiation.

Sam 2022/09/27(Tue)19:29 No. 1044906 ID: a7a180
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Something from down the hall makes a clattering noise. Jaina runs into the room first, brandishing her spear. There’s a hooded figure inside that’s startled at first but soon brandishes a weapon of her own and chitters angrily. I stay outside, looking to Anet to try and figure out what’s happening with Jaina.
“I recognize most of what she’s saying,” Anet whispers. “She said this whole building is her turf and she isn’t sharing. Jaina asked who she is and said we don’t want her stuff.”
Maybe I should say something too? That spear looks pointier than Jaina’s.

>>1044906
Tell them this is no time to fight. One of the mutants could have seen that flash, so we need to get away from here.

Shut up and stay quiet, let the responsible one handle this.

>>1044905
>I think I'm starting to get the hang of reading Formican
Good job! Maybe when you get back, you can demonstrate your ability to read Formican to your professor. I'm sure he'll have a bunch of ancient texts he'll want you to translate for him!

>>1044906
Is that the weapon from Dig Dug? Is she going to kill Jaina the same way enemies are killed in Dig Dug?

>>1044940
>dig dug weapon?
I’m pretty sure that just shoots out the spear. The rope is probably tied around it because it’s her only shot and she doesn’t want to lose it when it’s fired out.

>>1042823
No real good way to dig yourself out of this one.
Just apologize for the comment and see if their open to exchanging contact information instead.

Giving up remarkably quickly here, when just saying that's not what we meant is on the table. In fact, Anlo can honestly say they forgot the other sort of companionship existed.

Anlo 2022/09/28(Wed)00:32 No. 1044917 ID: f76ec1
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>>1042837
>Cute as in adorable.

"Err, I didn't mean it like that! Cute as in adorable!" "Oh." "Or, uh, not adorable, not like you're a pet, but—" "I um, don't—... Like, that's maybe my fault for—" "Yeah, no, I'm— I didn't even realize that was... Like, something people might ask you." "Usually when people say something like that, that's what they're attempting to, uh..."

>>1042929
>No real good way to dig yourself out of this one.
>Just apologize for the comment and see if their open to exchanging contact information instead.
Oh runes. It's fucked. It's so fucked. I have immediately torched this interaction.

>>1043873
>Giving up remarkably quickly here, when just saying that's not what we meant is on the table. In fact, Anlo can honestly say they forgot the other sort of companionship existed.
Alright, it's fine, I didn't actually ask him to sleep with me... Figuratively, anyway. He can't fault me for that, right?

"Ahem... Look man, I'm just trying to help. It's not the Ritz or anything, it's a place to stay. It's legitimate

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While we're at it, offer to sleep with Surrogate. In a friendly way, not a business way.

>>1044917
Seems most expedient for you to show him where your place is, then part ways so you can get some food (preferably by finding a netherbound) and he can go talk to folks.

Actually hang on, are Netherbound able to feed you without dying? They're people too, on this plane. I am aware most Immortals have trouble with that concept.
Hmm, I don't think we asked, what's Surrogate's likely reaction if he finds out you're an Immortal? I wonder if you could ask him where to find an ethical source of sustenance.

>>1044918
Probably not a good idea!

The Storyteller 2022/09/26(Mon)18:40 No. 1044861 ID: 629f2e
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Lillian: “So, what’d Temmie want to talk about anyways?”
Franklin: “Well... She let me ask for fortunes, and instead of paying with quarters she wanted me to promise something.”
Lillian: “What did she want?”
Franklin: “To not be Abandoned during the final act of my story.”
Lillian: “...The what?”
Franklin: “I dunno. Maybe the end of our investigation? Or right before I die? My story could be my whole life, like a biography.”
Lillian: “Let’s say investigation. I don’t wanna think about dying soon enough for that to come up.”
Franklin: “...Also, she mentioned that helping her might waste time at a critical juncture.”
Lillian: “I’ve got another “what” coming your way. What’s a juncture?”

I shrug, having never heard the word before in my entire life, I think. That’s an Albert question, somebody remind me to ask him later. Or tell me what the word means if you’ve heard it.

Lillian: “Temmie’s pretty freaky, but in a cool way. And her fortunes did help us out yesterday. It wouldn’t be right to abandon her, promise or not.”
Franklin: “I agree.”
Lillian: “So what about those fortunes then? What’d you ask?”

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Check out the graveyard and see how many tombstones there are for people who died IMMEDIATELY after graduating high school.

For the sake of convenience and a refresher, I will now recount the fortune in full. After all, you were concerned about misremembering something.

>'Should the Alien from another world wish to find what he’s lost, he will have to remember these words well.'
The 'another world part' aside, I believe this to mean that you are missing memories, but it's still possible to reclaim them.

>'In the opening act, only two had read the script. In act two, the plot was deduced, and the number who knew became three. Now in the third act, the number has dropped to two once more. It is up to you to raise this number any higher.'
I think Lillian's right about the topic being wrong- if it were simply remembering Judy, the starting number would probably be more than two. I also think she's right about Jhonen being a part of the count- and we can take this a step further by adding that it probably has to do with what he found out and confronted you about on Sunday.

To refresh your memory, an excerpt as retold by Bec;
>"I know the Truth! You need to see what I uncovered, it finally all makes sense! All the pieces fit!"
>An adult listened in, and this is speculated to be the reason for his graduation.
>"he claimed to know Franklin’s True Nature, and demanded his Immediate Arrest.”

In other words... your existence, things you don't want to talk about, the... scar, Judy, and your mom, and more that are hard to get into right now, are all probably relevant- and worse, Jhonen considered some part of it to be on th

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>>1044869
I like most of what is said here and think that if you talk about it with Lillian and then get her updated opinion on which of these three locations to go to, that that would be a good place to start for your investigation today.

Personally I lean towards Dad's laboratory because
A. Its your dad
B. We are here *with you* *right now*

And I think having us to help with hard truths specifically related to you, while we are here is kind of what we're meant to do. Since we've slowly helped the others take steps to improve themselves, why not take the same approach here?

Though my conjecture is that you're literally from another world, not as a literal alien, but as in you lived a whole other life and you're so forgetful, mixing things up because there was a whole other you that experienced events, maybe not with the same characters, but certainly still in cattenom. And now you're this Franklin, with a bunch of strange memories and thoughts, fogetful because too much is crammed in there or you're suffering from ptsd, though that's just a theory.

Also does a cat and a very tall tree ring any bells?

I forgot something...
>“I’ve got another “what” coming your way. What’s a juncture?”
A Juncture is typically, an important point that connects two different events in time, or places- for example, a bridge is a juncture, which can also be used as a metaphor.

The Critical Juncture, or Bridge in this case, will coincide with just before the end of our time with you during an important situation, likely brought about by either your investigation, or the other group's investigation of the Nuclear Power Plant.

It's possible that it won't be possible to handle the situation as best as possible while also keeping your promise, but this kind of has "Bad things will happen to Temmie" vibe if you leave her behind.
That said, it might not hurt to let other people know before you come across the bridge at the end of your journey.

...Not a literal bridge, though. I think.

Baron 2022/09/25(Sun)23:18 No. 1044792 ID: 0c5c34
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>Merchant class chosen
"Can ye stop starin' at me an' just tell me about this job?"

"Oh right! Yes! I was approached not too long ago by..."

>A guild member. He's pulling together a company of sellswords to help South Sauderland fight off a Jassanid invasion. Last I heard the two sides are stalemated in the Grundcass pass, and we're going to be part of a plan to break it wide open for the Sauderlanders.

>A Queydan Broker. They're helping a local lord pull together a caravan to resupply one of those colonies out in the wastes. Apparently it's been so long since they have sent anyone, the lord expects them to be undersiege, and the weapons and food his caravan is carrying is going to go for a huge markup. We're going to join an escort.

A Queydan Broker! There's nothing like selling an army's own supplies back to it for a huge profit!

Queydan Broker
One involves war mercenary work, the other involves standard adventuring and merchant work. You're geared up for the latter.

>>1044792
Broker
War profiteering HO!

Queydan Broker

Ahhh, gods bless the Military Industrial(sort-of) Complex(not really yet but close enough)

That ominous feeling? It's called 'survival instinct' or possibly 'intuition' or even 'smelling a trap'.

1.

3 because consequences are fun.

3 damn you.

Do 3! Where's the fun without a few risks

3. I know, painful agonizing failure, but also, the underwear of every witch in the room. Eh?

Baron 2022/09/25(Sun)23:17 No. 1044790 ID: 0c5c34
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Yeah. Yeah it's kind of odd how right after I 'bought' these things two of them try to kill me. That Balzhemund was pretty damn weird to start with...

"Uh...list weapons capabilities"

Power failure. Standby mode activated.

"Wellllllshi-"

BOOM

Suggestion 2022/09/25(Sun)23:18 No. 1044791 ID: 0c5c34
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"Oh sir Rezan. Oh mister First generation specimen. Are you here? Are you alive? I'd like to not blow too many holes in my new acquisition so please answer back~"

"'Allo? Master Sergei? You are still alive?"

Yeah...he's weird but I don't think he's responsible. But then again he is the one who built-er-rebuilt them. I dunno.

>Stay quiet, listen in
>Come out accusing Balzhemund
>Come out acting like nothing is wrong.

Wait for him to yap his secret intel to an open room.

>>1044791
ACCUSE!

Hide and let him monologue his dastardly scheme. Then jump out and make loud noises

Bait them into attacking a spot illuminated by the flashlight, and then when they're grouped up, fry them all at once, but do it when they're away from the tentril. Don't fry the tendril.

>>1044763
Do this

Kill them just a little bit so that they let you through.

Kill them or they will attack you in the back later.

Argh, new enemy. Be super careful, you don't know its capabilities. Seems like it'll be a tougher thing, maybe, so try to get the drop on it. If it's like almost every other type of critter encountered it could have some sort of disabling attack.

Ugh. This is an escalation thing, but you can't leave enemies creeping around and ambushing you as you wander back and forth.

Try to pop the small ones with ranged attacks, then retreat around the corner and ambush-slash the larger critter once it comes after you (if they come after you) - try to keep distance from its front and don't give it time to react. Then jog for the remaining unexplored corridor to see if you can hunt down a power thingy before too many new critters get spawned.

Be on the lookout for more waking enemies as you go, you could end up surrounded here if you're not careful. At some point soon you may just have to admit defeat and run back to take your chances with the wendigo.

>carry on forward through tentacle tunnel
Let's not wander down a meat hallway from which more enemies can spawn behind us if we can help it - at least one of those vein lumps seems... full. At least if we leave and come back, we might see if it's about to burst with more critters.

That didn't go too horribly. At the very least, it laid down the line...

To let Enid in or not...

A (Modified): "I don't want to explain about the candy again, so... ask Albert later. It's kind of a draining topic."
A gamble, might save some time, might not.

She's probably still going to ask why we don't take some, and... at this point, if Rodney isn't back, is it perhaps a fair point? I don't know.

Also, wouldn't like... ants and stuff get into some of it? (:I)

Keep trying on the telepathy, there’s a girl you should meet who’s pretty good at it. Too bad she’s kind of weird and has a helicopter dad.

Also, please make some kind of effort to acknowledge your peers’ discomfort around you. Saying nothing is sometimes taken as an acknowledgement that their fears about you are accurate. Even saying “I’m sorry you feel that way” is better than silence. Heck, even a cocky shrug of the shoulders is better than silence. It doesn’t involve words, and it doesn’t require any change in expression. Very easy.

As for Enid, let her in (A) and make up an excuse.

“I was setting up a piñata and got lazy.”

There!

>“I was setting up a piñata and got lazy.”

...I'm not sure she'd buy that, given not very long ago...
Clive: “...I don’t play much.”
Enid: “That’s... very sad.”
...And piñatas are generally associated with fun. It doesn't really... fit.

I can't think of a good additional excuse/macabre joke to layer onto the piñata one, since I think it'd just make Clive look worse(?)

Maybe it's possible to bribe Enid not to ask for a portion of it.

I think "don't want to explain again" will suffice. Enid doesn't seem the probing kind.

Great. You can resume walking once you feel your inner schizo has been sated.

>>1044630
It would seem you've picked up a f r i e n d. T h e y ' r e w a i t i n g f o r y o u b y t h e p o w e r l i n e :)

Wait for the motorcyclist to pass you.
Then run screaming towards them as you're chased by a slenderman.

either that, or there's something actually bad here and the light is what reveals that it's there to you.

>>1044630
Do you have anything to make a shiv out of?

>>1044325
"Be excellent to each other."

>>1044325
Think laterally and avoid public transit at all costs!

"We need more security in our public transports. Support your local make-better-police-stuff fund today."

>>1044496
*DROPKICK WITH A CHANCE OF RAINBOW+RAIN*

>>1044499
It's a make the police better fund, not a give them more bullets fund, calm down!

>>1044061
Slime hoarder
And ring on Hin

>>1044061
Slime Hoarder makes sense for getting everyone's abilities to work together.

Blast Gasp sounds great. Makes the bomb plants in his lair feel like they belong there, and an interesting fight for sure.

Flexibility is nice and all, but sometimes having a lot of options is less useful than having one option that works really well. Also, honestly getting tired of slime upgrades on every denizen.

>>1044061
Bulk Diet will help him start getting to a proper dragon size.

Also, you better not forget about doing Olan's request! He's not going to be happy if you don’t have anything to give him when he comes over.

While Blast Gasp might be more on theme- I cannot deny the allure of giant lizard so Bulk Diet all the way!

Does Sherb have a weapon? we should find one for him before going down.

Puri 2022/09/21(Wed)03:52 No. 1044354 ID: b1ffbb
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"Uhh... when Marshal and I were down there, there were a couple guards. He threw some junk to distract them and we ran past. I dunno if it'll work again, there might be more of them now."

"What about weapons? Do you have anything?" Cookie asks.

"I got a mop! It sorta works. I have this bleach spray too, and they really seem to hate the stuff."

"I got a pipe! If anything goes wrong, we can fight!"

Puri 2022/09/21(Wed)04:03 No. 1044355 ID: b1ffbb
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Cookie and Sherb head down to the cafeteria. The tile floor is smeared with years of grime, and the tables buzz with small clouds of flies. The scattered trays stacked with brittle chicken bones nearly decayed to dust. The bowls and cups contain a dark brackish substance best left as a mystery. As Sherb predicted, there are more monsters surrounding the entrance to the kitchen.

Use the environment to your advantage, funnel the monsters between the tables so they have to fight you one at a time. If they're not quite that stupid, take the high ground on the tables instead.

You could also use chairs as improvised weapons, they're good to throw, mostly.

Suggestion 2022/09/17(Sat)12:15 No. 1044015 ID: 9a2966
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>punishment for criminals used for royal succession ceremony
Probably don't want certain royal secrets getting out. Like, uh, how their succession ceremonies go. Guess that means getting her disqualified on a technicality - like not having the correct fur colour all of a sudden any longer - might not help much.

>pounce and gnaw the waiter
Look, the only one Sidah should pounce and gnaw here - later - is Xhochinetilli.

>mutterings, ask her to do something
Greetings Sidah! Would you mind adjusting Tilli's chest boobas up a bit? They look to have disappeared down her dress.

And please blink in disbelief if you can hear us - the supposed Urges, intelligent subconscious desires of the Dreamer, also known as random-ass voices outta nowhere.

Tilli, just for fun, browbeat the orchestra into changing their tunes and show this woman the wonders of Swinging, rather than all this trite waltzing. Hm, maybe we can even provide a better beat here ourselves. Can you hear this?

Snog that nonexistent rack and use dumb pickup lines like "Mind if I give you my heart for safekeeping?"

>Say anything whatsoever
Well
you're not real
and your dance partner is an ass-woman who may or may not have screwed with the fabric of reality so badly that she rewrote her backstory to be less obnoxiously embarrassing
Who is also not real

>>1043996
SHOW US YER TIDDIES!

Do something for science! I recommend popularising the practice of keeping both test subjects and testing staff ignorant as to the nature of the test.

>E(5)vil monolith
Would purifying E5 help?

>Homicide
Sheesh, this does not feel like it's over, not at all. Feels awfully convenient that suddenly we have obvious evidence. Especially evidence from two suspects. Plus, it's eyewitness testimony with no corroborating hard proof. Does it fit? Loosely, but we're still short of a few key details like motive. Questioning coworkers of the suspect may show if odd behavior was exhibited or if there was a motive.

>Foamblood
Well, explosives were a good call. Should have used additional explosives or explosives with extra power, though. Oh, also rigged 'em to go off if the glass broke. [expletive].

So. How to deal with this Kiter female. Quite bluntly, appeasement seems stupid. From a strategic perspective, we're looking for a thing feared by the Kiter, to be used to oppose the Kiter, so expecting one to help seems quite naive.
Plus, the first thing it did was to attempt to get comms to its superiors, so it still sees itself as part of the Kiter hierarchy rather than as a rogue. Of course, that's if these Criai are aware that Kiter do go rogue, otherwise it's pure metagaming.
However, because we're playing as ugh pacifists, attempting to find a peaceful solution via diplomacy is a thing. So, set up video chat - no need to be too stupid - with Pavono to see if a deal might save lives. Diplomacy may stave off its boredom, too. Secondary goal is to gather intel.
1) See if she knows where she is. Should she dislike the idea of a world feared by the Kiter, free passage offworld might work

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Leaning in favor of immediate (explosive-supported) attack. Waiting gives the Kiter a chance to prepare countermeasures.

If we're going to build this Kiter their special room, I would build explosives into every surface where they can be hidden. Problem is, "this strain of kiter is also able to anticipate and predict the actions of the enemy with startling precision." I'd also be tempted to feed the Kiter to the monolith, but there's a chance it would just make the Kiter stronger.

Not many good options here. Is there some way we could just ask the Kiter to leave, and let the death planet take care of the problem?

>>1043623
I agree with most of this.

I'm in favor of allowing the rogue Kiter a chance to help. If nothing else, it likes to prattle on. Which means it could let slip some important information about the Kiter that would be valuable back home - we can just claim we found it in an information cache or something.

However, this also adds another layer to not sending anyone back. They could leak this information.

recruit the bitch-in-chief, we need a new breeder anyway
talk to her and tell her that you'll make that bedroom she wanted
also that there's imminent danger, so if she can use her prediction powers or whatever other fucking skills she's got, now would be a good time
can't really tell if Sei is screaming because of Aze, or the monolith, or due to kiter, but we can't afford a bad fight here because if Iti dies, we can forget about doing business with Jade Claw again

so... what's the kiter room do? Is it at all useful if we manage to throw the new lady at something on this planet that's almost certainly worse than her?

She's only 5 power stronger than the tutorial beast, but unfortunately we kinda suck at the moment

>>1043757
Do a silly dance.

Go home, unpack your bags!

Explore around, get aquianted with the place and your neighbours. We can settle in our new house in the evening.

And make a mental note to learn Braille and other improved blind-reading systems. We will be spending a lot of time on the surface and that is a problem for a tobak.

Look at the storage container and see if there is one you can carry. Then deliver it to its owner to introduce yourself to your new neighbors.

>>1043777
Oh good idea. We've got a scooter so delivery is a job we can immediately start doing.

>>1043637
name: alecksi, despoiler of worlds and trodder upon graves
true name: grimble segsymanne
gender: male
colors:
purple glow, blue skin, unnervingly red hair.
silhouette: effete
personality: gloomy, upbeat, omenous, mischievous, bloodyminded

Nickname: Suck-This-Down
True Name: Parlina Glimwitter
Gender & Sex: Gender-Fluid, Intersex (Haz both, but boy parts are sterile)
Colors: Gray, Violet, Tan. List glow color, hair color, and skin color. Glow and skin are usually similar, but can be different.
Wings: Poodle Moth, Small, 6 Wings, tattered with dyed puzzle pieces.
Silhouette: Stacked.
Personality: Aggressive, Lustful, Playful, Intelligent, Foolish.

>>1043662
this sounds like a funny fairy

>>1043662
Ill support this too, it fits the bat wing shaped fairy wing idea I have. (Wings are still white, still a fairy after all. 4 of them, with eye patterns on them maybe)

>>1043638
Backing this.