>>1125433
Why do we need Hero Town passes to leave Hero Town? Isn't the point of the gate to keep ne'er-do-wells out? On that topic, did she let an evil snake lady and couple hundred rats through? Did they have passes? They destroyed the crystal, so she needs to start looking for work elsewhere.

Bribe with milk!

Challenge her to suck all the fluid from your breasts within five seconds. If Titmouse can suck a drop after she's done, she loses!

You'll have to use another riddle to delay her eating you.
"What can become a Hero Town Pass? A sidequest!"

>>1125496

Do you have any idea how much trouble heros are? Pots, broken! Chests, looted! Chickens, bothered!

Well obviously we were heading in to get the passes! How are we supposed to get passes from town hall without going inside?

rolled 6, 16, 13, 7, 7, 17, 1, 17, 20, 7, 15, 7, 17, 4, 10, 17, 12, 15, 7, 13 = 228

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Paprika kneels at Nat's side, carefully cradles Nat's head, runs her fingers through Nat's hair. "Babe, that was spectacular." Paprika stays with her girlfriend until the transfusion is done and Reiko has removed the tube from her arm. Then she gently lifts Nat, bridal style, and carries her to the ship's showers.

Performing a healing task, which mostly involves soothing Nat's bruises and scratches with her first aid kit, and tenderly cleaning all the mimic slime out of Nat's hair and off her body. Healing two points from each depleted pool - difficulty 4 task. Spending two levels of intellect effort and using the first aid kit in Natalina's inventory to ease the task to difficulty 1. Here's the math for my pool expenditure:

5 (two levels of effort) - 2 (edge) = 3 intellect points spent

After a long shower...

>>1125488
>while the four are having a conference, she votes on a delayed re-entry
"You're the expert, Reiko. And I think we could use a little time to recover from that fight."

>>11254841
Natalina falls to her knees in exhaustion and relief, not even able to muster the effort to begin wiping off her coating of spattered slug-slime. Ooh. That speed stim combined with being too tired to move is... tingly.

>>1125507
>Paprika kneels at Nat's side, carefully cradles Nat's head, runs her fingers through Nat's hair. "Babe, that was spectacular."
Natalina leans into the embrace, and gives Paprika a slow, slightly loopy smile. "You were beautiful, yourself. Landing an almost literal bullseye with effortless grace. You found yourself again."
>Paprika stays with her girlfriend until the transfusion
Resting sounds very good at the moment.

>Paprika is visibly very excited to show Nat the two-person shower.
>Then she gently lifts Nat, bridal style, and carries her to the ship's showers.
Being carried off for post-combat aftercare and shower time with her girlfriend sound too nice for Natalina to even feel embarrassed out.
>After a long shower...
Rolling 2d6 + 6 for Natalina's 10 minute and 1 hour recovery rolls.

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>>1125515

>>1125507
>rolled 6
Paprika brings one of the translucent pink hockey-puck things into the shower (along with a small basket of other stuff) having mistaken it for a bar of soap. Under the warm spray, it puffs up like biscuit dough being baked, and without thinking Natalina takes a bite.
It's not the most delicious thing she's ever tasted - that would be two and a half years ago, medium-rare steak in white sauce paired with a '63 Rokeg pear brandy, paid for by a weasel-ish man trying to distract her from his syndicate's inferior tool-and-die work - but that shiver up her spine says it's easily hit top ten. Still sorta bland and chalky, but apparently something in there is exactly what Nat's body needs at the moment.

Mechanically speaking, five points restored by Paprika's medical care.

>>1125488
Sensor tusks are working, now. Passive scan yields a superb map of the night sky, and two-meter pixels across the earth's surface, while even at minimal power, active scans pick out sub-millimeter detail, along with esoteric resonances which can be interpreted as clues about molecular structure, from literal miles away. Even through some types of walls! Starting to dial up scan intensity further triggered an "are you sure?" prompt, warning how that type of 'missile lock' may be interpreted as a hostile act by twitchy military types - including, at full power, at least an order of magnitude further away than the Moon.
>rolled 5
Due to impatient idle tapping on an initially unresponsive button, the queued results of a dozen nested "zoom and enhance" commands have taught Reiko far more than she ever really wanted to learn about the inside of her own nose.
>rolled 16, 20, 15, 20
The ship's condition is... still far from ideal, but basically stable. Patched seals on the hangar bay door will burn through during re-entry, no question, but they'll retain air until then, proper aerodynamic orientation should be able to keep dangerous amounts of plasma from leaking in, Cricket or Paprika could provide a backup, and even if they fail, vital systems are rated to survive hangar bay interior being on fire for several more minutes than it should be physically possible for high-speed atmospheric compression to last. Well, at least, assuming you land in water or deep snow afterward. https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-10-08 How hard can that be? Dozens of miles around the intended destination are snowed-in to adequ

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Curt 2026/04/15(Wed)21:10 No. 1125451 ID: a4a832
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>: It’s only one intent of several - speculation ahoy.

: Mmh.
: Everything okay?
: That one's not like the one from your checkup. Something changed.
: What's "Grit"?
: I've, uh, I've been trying out Querying more (that's an "Aspect", so...)?
: Well, she's-- that's an "Intent" now. Don't know what that means, this old thing is weird.
: Any idea who would?
: Mind stuff, I don't know. Ask around.
: Any other "Aspects" in there?
: I mean, that's sort of personal.
: Figure out what makes them "Intents".

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Curt 2026/04/15(Wed)21:10 No. 1125452 ID: a4a832
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: Can I take this?
: Going to be doing this metacommunication with other crewmembers?
: Uh-- well, the circumstances with the memory affect everyone besides me.
: Maybe I could do it for each of the heads...?
: Alright. Followup appointment then. Put me in touch with whoever else you connect with.
: Though we'll be networking already.
: It'll be a good way to figure out "Intents."



: You're going to need to figure out a way to get trust with them though.
: What? Why? Can't I just hook into them like this?
: No. If one of these is used without medical department head auth, security alerts kick in.
: So I need the name?
: Yeah. Their trust too, though.

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Curt 2026/04/15(Wed)21:11 No. 1125453 ID: a4a832
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: It can't be that bad.
: Give it a try yourself, you'll see what I mean.
: Alright.

Ask him if it's normal for military equipment to have the same warning.

We have a potential mate and are attempting to wow them with our mixological powers.
We made it to school, but after turning part of our brain into a roast chicken in our subconcious we lost track of some things and might have implied the next person wevkicknin the nuts is a pedo so we gave to choose wisely.
Our potential mate has a good sense of humour and laughs at jokes which, as a well adjusted individual, we also laugh at because jokes are amusing.
We get jokes all the time.

I think thats it.

Oh right!
Also, time doesnt seem to slow down when youre doing this so your new friend is watching you standing there vacant and drooling.

i dont remember

ablgkhghghg

i think we were drinking whatever sludge was in the cup? either way this guy is kind of a peak bachelor. consider ascending above your predecessors and become gay. maybe even kick him in the crotch to flirt? i think thats a good idea, and everyone agrees with me.

We are going to drink malt from an old malt shop with our new boyfriend highschool crush Ian P.

Our objectives are the following:
1) Survive the malt.

2) Have an unforgetable date (unforgetable in a positive way, optional)

3) Get to be deal with Ian P on a family name basis.

4) Get to class on time.

Is that a medkit in the background ? Should probably open it up and see what's inside if that's the case

>>1125041
Take stock of what's in the room. I don't want to steal from him, but this is a bit of an emergency so we might have to borrow without permission if there's something essential.

Find a hiding place for Dente here, so that anyone who comes won’t immediately spot her, and it’ll just be two tourists hanging out in the mines

>>1125054
that, and won't it be dark soon? Sneaking through the woods off the path is a little dangerous but the likeliest way to get away scott free.

But back up, she said this second group wants her to do something for them so they're blackmailing her? Why doesn't she just do it then?

>>1125054
This is a sound plan. If rangers who arent judith burst in, act like theyre legit.
Just tell them you wanted to say bye to pickford and thank him again for earlier.

Theyll lijely think their cover is working and be less likely to turn the room over and break that cover.

Also, the med kit, if it indeed is one, worth checking.

>>1124977
You broke the oven? Not exactly weak, are you?
Seems like you can't lie to them anymore. You'll have to admit what you've done, and what has been done to you.

...one of the knives is missing. Quickly check the net to see what's stuck in it. Pull the whole thing in if you have to. I suspect a dead body is in it.

How's the arm? looks like you got something in it

Probably want to clear whatever that is out of the smoke stack before smoke gets everywhere. That would draw attention for sure

>>1124987
Oh that's where the missing knife went.

what is the punishment of killing another prisoner? roderick knows we were going to talk to prescicca next, but roderick is also a liar. take a second to collect yourself. then go back and work on your reputation. you have to make sure your word is more preferable to roderick's

Honestly it just looks like Kaol starting thrashing around randomly and Priscilla panicked and grabbed the knife then hit them with it and ran. The only way for Kaol to have killed Priscilla and disposed of her body would involve them also using the knife on themselves and I feel like that's not something they'd do even in a fugue state.

>>1124798
Hm. There's a few ways he could know that name, can't shake the possibility he knows Lucy somehow. It's not strong enough to actually talk to him, though.

>>1124798
He know you by name, and he's not trying to shoot you, but this could be a trap. But then why isn't he attacking?

He might be trying to distract us. Someone could be sneaking up on you right now. Look around for anyone else nearby. And keep an eye on him in case he reaches for his gun.

If he wants to talk, tell him to talk, but also hide behind something so you can duck for cover if he starts shooting. And not just behind a lone tree where he could pin you down, somewhere that has an escspe route if you need to run away. And we'll need to strike a balance between talking quietly enough to avoid attention, but loudly enough so that you can hear each other from a safe distance.

>>1124840
Rudger's name was probably on the adoption/ownership paperwork Lucy signed, Gargill and its agents would have access to those.

if you are unhappy with the path that you are on, but cannot see any others, then perhaps it is worth the risk investigating even the most unlikely alternatives.

>>1124882
endangering a rebellion because of personal dissatisfaction isn't even an option here lol, fuck no to that

2/2 Buckwheat 2026/04/05(Sun)19:43 No. 1124594 ID: ac2578
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You spare no delay rushing to the market place. Time is ticking and you have flowers to secure! Food and other personal needs could wait.

The lovely raccoon would greet you at her stall. Her tone tries to remain pleasant, her tiny paws however, cover her nose.

Pesuka: “Oh! Uh, morning Eugene. I have a fine selection of fresh flowers here today.”

That she does. Looking over you see the following:
A bundle of roses [3 Gold coins]
A bundle of honeysuckles [1 Gold coin]
A bundle of lavender [1 Gold coin]
A bundle of chamomile [5 copper coins]
A bundle of random un-sorted flowers [1 copper coin]

You will require at least two bundles of flowers for the job.

Currently you have:
7 gold coins
7 copper coins (5 copper on-hold as promised to Mrs. Bramblesnaps)
4 bars of plain bathing soaps [Value: 5 copper]
2 bars of honey-scented bathing soap [Value: 1 Gold]
1 fresh tunic [Value: 2 copper]
1 flowered straw hat [Value: 5 copper]

What will you purchase, or offer to trade the fine lass in exchange for flowers? You do have a moment to haggle.

I am stricken with choice paralysis.
Do you need anything specific? We probably shouldn't cheap out entirely on the queen's washing, regardless.
Is there anything else you'll need to buy after this? Something we need to reserve coins for?

If no, um, how about getting roses, lavender, and assorted, in exchange for 3 gold, one bar plain soap, and one bar honey soap? Plus or minus depending on haggling.

Lavender is a traditional scent for soaps and candles, and was on the shopping list anyway. That is a no-brainer. Roses are pretty, but not really known for their scent properties. Rose water is a thing, but its subtlety only works when it's the only flavor around. Honeysuckle and chamomile are good traditional stuff though. Nobody could fault those.

Unless the queen is known to have a specific fondness for roses, I say get the lavender, honeysuckle and chamomile, and see if she would take a bar of soap or two at equivalent value when you go to pay her.

honeysuckle and lavender should suffice
and throw in that unsorted bundle for spice

Tell the big, mean, heartless, souless, vile, unrefined, unloving, unloved, and most of all yee-yee-ass racoon lady that you already talked about this: you are not stinky. You make orhers stinky. If they attack you. You can relax.

Do get the chamomile, the lavender, and the butterflies (that's what a honeysucker is, right?) for your quest.

Don't dead open inside!

Brett 2026/04/07(Tue)03:49 No. 1124710 ID: 0d1c28
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Brett shouts up at the door

Brett:"Yeah, yeah, really funny prop you guys! but a wendigo seriously? isn't that some kind of RV?"

No response. Brett goes up the stairs. The door is unlocked. There's no one in the house.

THUMP

THUMP

THUMP

Is it your heart pounding? Or is it the heavy footsteps of doom?

Or is it a killer soundtrack performed by a surprisingly competent singer?

>>1124715
>>1124713
Both.
The creak of his steps up the stairs to find the open door, the thumping noise growing louder before fading into a killer song from the soundtrack...
The thump thump thump idps
Something that looks like ķimberly , still in her underwear, bashing her own head against a wall in time...
As he steps into the room, she turns slowly, neck tilted at a very wrong angle and blood dripping from her scalp... shes smiling.
And that smile keeps getting wider...

Only thing i cant decide is if he thinks its real or a great prank,

Tio 2026/04/05(Sun)04:17 No. 1124563 ID: 1de1ba
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I turn back. She spits a final string of profanities at the creature.
Freezes. Eyes dart to me. Wide. Tremble. Smell of panic.

Then snaps back as if nothing happened. Silence.
Yellow remains.

"Are you alright?"
"I I- sorry Yes I sorry am Thank you Fine. Fine. Fine. I am fine. Are you?"
"Head hurts a bit. Smell's back, must've knocked loose the clogs in my nose. You got any clue what it was?"
"No. No. It came from the captured ship the docks would know I, I, no I don't I don't know. From the depths. Black. Nose aches."
"You want me to go after it?"
"N No. It, it's terrible, you don't, I , no. Don't touch it. It's fine you just recovered It's fine. Is there anything else you require?"

Okay then I guess her eyes are light purple. It's the same underlying cause- lack of the usual pigments. Often they lack pigment entirely which results in them being the same color as blood, whatever that is to you... but apparently purple and grey are possible colors as well.

>>1124563
Tell her it was nice meeting her.

You can decide to invite her or not after you've met other prospects.

>>1124563
Go after it anyway, I bet it leads to treasure.

> Is there anything else you require?
yeah, what are her plans for Lutricalia?

>>1124563
The druid is a kind, thoughtful woman. What's her name? I don't believe she mentioned it. We know it's Fionnuir but I don't know how we know that; it would be rude to just use it without asking.

More seriously, she mentioned something about a gilded ship bringing misfortune. We've heard that someone captured a ship full of treasures, and we remember a strange ship arriving the same day our Fog started, but the details are still blurry... does the druid think there might be amy connection here?

With all that's been happening to us recently, it feels safer to be around her. Has she got any plans for Lutricalia? Would she like to go with us?

I was tempted to suggest ginerva and dotti being shocked because her underwear is exceptionally frilly and/or polka dotted.
AND the fact shes not alone in there...
But
>>1124581
Its also shocking because shes also sat fully naked but wearing her mask and nothing else, trying to convince herself that as long as she has her mask, shes not naked.
A gang of pigeons stole her clothes!
A certain avian faegan has himself a gang working for him now.

2, yes - her tail is irresistible to play with.

>>1124584
I second this.

>>1124582
actually like this a lot. funny.

In my heart, Ginerva. Buuuuut because I'd like Donut to actually draw the next update without being miserable (and because nobody else went for it), I will spare him badger nun this time.

>>1124581
>>1124582

Very good suggests. I agree, let it be Nacha in nothing but mask!

(1/3) kpwlt 2026/04/03(Fri)14:05 No. 1124264 ID: 127310
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>the question is; is this a premonition, or an offer?

How does Sam tell the difference?

>I guess this means you become ruler of... whatever this place is?

Shrikenest, the capital of Southshoals, perhaps? Or even all of Southshoals? Seems a little out there.

>They're promising good things will happen to you after you summon them. Perhaps they're saying you will have control.

Sam does like the idea of that. Even a little bit of control would go a long way in her life.

>After we decide what to do about the crows, we should confront her.

Very well.

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(2/3) kpwlt 2026/04/03(Fri)14:05 No. 1124265 ID: 127310
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UBERTO: “Sam! Oh hey, what’ve you got there?”

SAM: “A feather… Oh, I don’t know. It doesn’t look like a feather. I think I can use it to summon some kind of crow.”

UBERTO: “Why are we summoning crows?”

SAM: “I think they might be able to help me, us. With looking for the pages and other things.”

UBERTO: “...Alright. Well, just keep me in the loop about this stuff.”

Uberto gags a little from the smell and leaves. Sam can tell that he is utterly unconvinced that this ‘feather’ will be any more than a pataphysical dead end. She is a little disappointed. It feels as though he only goes along with all of this because she’s his friend, and not because he thinks anything will come of it.

(3/3) kpwlt 2026/04/03(Fri)14:06 No. 1124266 ID: 127310
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The box feels a little heavy in Sam’s hand. The placement of the knobs and latches makes it difficult to get a good grip on the thing. In the near silence, a quiet tapping comes from within.

Sam quickly unlatches the end panel to find nothing inside. Opening the other panels reveals the same interior. The tapper is nowhere to be seen.

Sam leaves and joins the others.

SIMONE: “Heya. What’s that?”

SAM: “A box. It’s empty.”

JURIST: “Hmm. It is too shallow here. Too bright. The Daughter will not find this bird far from its nest.”

The box is much lighter now.

It sounds like the jurist is saying it will cone back after you go down the well.

I suppose now is as good a time as any to ask Uberto what he thinks of crow visions, and where to go from here.

Hmm. Close it again, I think, and bring it to the gallery. Closer to the nest. Open it there, the feather should appear.

She died as she lived, rocking out

Heroes never die!

Select Continue

Rock on, Grail. Rock on.

Well, hurry up and rot faster!

So we can play as the moss dryad that grows out of you.

...It was never just the meat the Gormoamhi witches were sacrificing. And they had no idea.

The Rezans did the impossible. They brought the dead back to life. This is not something you can discard back into the void. It could change your way of life. It could make you worthy of bedding your goddess...

And, of course, it could let you torture these @#$%s to death over and over for all the hurt they've brought upon you.

Be patient. Wait. Trust the Daoine.
Silly, I know. But if you succeed, you're both going to live for a very long time.

Baron 2026/02/23(Mon)23:14 No. 1122552 ID: 89ca74
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Loquui is hesitant, but she trusts the dah-een that smells like Yahn. He is ingratiating himself to the other creatures with all the skill she expects of a subservient nonperson. In fact, they seem to accept him as just another servant, even though he clearly doesn't have the wrongness of the other Dah-een or Yakubi.

Baron 2026/02/23(Mon)23:15 No. 1122553 ID: 89ca74
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Loquui cannot hear, but the big Ghostskin, barks something at Yakubi, and Yakubi barks at the Dah-een. They follow. So Loquui follows.

They weave through the streets. Loquui is struck by a sense of nostalgia. These places used to be filled with her sisters, and bitches that needed a good thrashing, but there was always such noise and life. Now they are empty. It makes it harder for Loquui to hide, but she has experience. As a pup, she'd used the strange stone buildings and their funny holes to crawl into places the mistress could not sniff her out.
Though she is bigger now, Loquui finds all the old places with amazing ease, and gracefully climbes back into the narrow spaces betwe-betwee-BETWEEN-it seems the walls shrank since last time Loquui used them, as she it stuck. She'll have to wriggle her way out. Hopefully Yakubi will leave a scent she can follow-

Baron 2026/02/23(Mon)23:16 No. 1122554 ID: 89ca74
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Oh, Yakubi is getting pummelled. That's funny.





Wait, Yakubi is getting pummeled! BY SHOKZALI?!

Baron 2026/04/01(Wed)21:04 No. 1124171 ID: c15a60
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I will run you into the ground.

Silicon 2026/04/01(Wed)10:39 No. 1124118 ID: 815fee
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???: "Oh come on. This thing doesn't take tenpence? This is bullshit..."

Silicon 2026/04/01(Wed)10:39 No. 1124119 ID: 815fee
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???: "Hm?"

Silicon 2026/04/01(Wed)10:40 No. 1124120 ID: 815fee
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Gladii: "What? Hhhggkkh... No! Keep your fingers off my sword!"

No further suggestions needed. Proper update comes soon. Happy April First!

>>1124120
:(

Dont worry fera.
Youll always be our sword princess.

YES

GET ON WIT IT

Okay that may have been a bit of an overreaction, but don't take that too much to heart. It seems like he's taking it okay and while he's kind of an idiot, I think he'll listen if you give him some boundaries. Ask him not to touch you unexpectedly or without permission and make it clear that he's made you uncomfortable.
You weren't wrong in wanting him to stop treating you that way. Just... the pen was perhaps a bit much.
Understandable, but... please don't... don't kill people. Maybe.

Fuck, it must be so hard, Maya.

>>1123831
so give him a sex-ED and everything basically will we have to explain the process of sex and reproduction and why someone would rape?

Questden commentators: realize how alarmingly good you are at emulating the internal monologuing of an unstable teen grooming victim

>>1124030
Familiarity comes with experience.

>>1124004
A. We also have the tools there to create a controlled environment.

A

A) easy clean up if it makes a mess

>>1124004
A: Bring both crystals with us to the Cloud Resort Construction Site. It's the responsible thing to do! We'll have to bring them around with us for a while, but we'll be able to keep an eye on them. That's a better option by far than dumping them in a co-worker's lake, or worse, risking the contaminants leaking out from a place no one kbows about! What kind of good, hard-working reploid would we be then?

While theyre all good ideas, a is the most responsible option as chemical formixer dan also assure no humans are exposed to the materials while keeping up with her other duties.
Abandoning a responsibility, even if one not usually assigned to you, is not sonething a good reploid would do and chemical formixer is, more than anything, a good reploid in her core program..

How many of you are allowed? 3 would be enough. Just you and a guard or so. Everybody else can stay in range but get distance from the police. Perhaps have a few head to the mayor to go play politics. We are a voting bloc now.

If I got this right, you can stand outside the wall, it just has to be the right wall.

You can also ask that they use their radios and call in a neumono officer, any of which could spot what's wrong.

There is something about this situation that really makes you appreciate why neumono became such a violent species.
An attack on one is one and the same as an attack on all. Hive Neumono I would say rank death and going rogue closely. They can feel each others emotions as though they are one. And last but not least... an eye for an eye, and the world goes blind.
Makes me wonder how they got OUT of that closed circle of war, wasn't it contact with other species? I digress

Your hive CANNOT really back down without risking falling apart, these people don't want to be the ones to do so, only you can as the Queen.
You do not have many tools here, only your words, the fact they hopefully don't want to shoot into a hive and be gruesomely murdered, whatever laws may or may not exist or even matter seeing as these are the enforcers, and whatever groups are above these people.

And I have to admit, I do not have many USEFUL words here, not that wouldn't amount to further escalation, I doubt telling them what the cost of shooting into a hive would be taken well, even if it might FORCE them to back down, you cannot back down enough to just go above them, I do not know what the hell the laws are or if they even care (I can imagine a world where a Hive counts as a person, I do not know if it is this one).

Hope they listen to a calm explanation? Even if they do not listen, it will buy time to cool the hive, if only enough to attempt to go above them.

>>1123913
This is bad for us, but I can sympathize with these policemen. They're used to people like us abusing our power to ignore the laws that are meant to keep people safe. They have good reason to see us as a threat. Share that compassion with our hive. Turn to them and tell them to hold; we are not here for violence. The aliens will see our call for a peaceful solution and hopefully see us as less of a threat.

Then we talk to our hivemates and plan. Those of us with legal or financial ability, separate from the group and see to those needs. The others will go around the building to try and sense our hivemates, or record us with their phones to make sure the police don't do anything crazy.

As for Ryka and our closest followers, we are still going to visit our hivemates. They are in dire need and we will not leave them behind at this crucial moment. If being arrested is the only way to get close to them, so be it. Show our hive that we're willing to put ourself on the line for them; by the time the police are done processing us, we'll get some minor civil disobedience charges at worst, but we'll be here long enough to ensure our hivemates our safe.

Adding on to my earlier suggestion:

To help the officer understand you can use an analogy... these former rogues are now your children. How long would he keep a newborn separated from its mother? This is an emergency.
Apologize for bringing what looks like an angry mob here. You have no choice but to move as a group at the moment. You know he had good reason for arresting people during the initial chaos. You apologize for their behavior as well, both past and present, and you promise that sort of behavior will not continue. You are a new hive, and that is live-changing, for all involved. You can ensure that that change is for the better.
Ask if there is any sort of compromise you can make? Would some sort of agreement or promise to behave a certain way in the future help?

Fox again, I have lots to talk about! Just for reference, I'll sometimes show up with two different pony names, due to quirks of how I go about talking to you.

So, do you sometimes perceive us as text, sometimes as sound? Or sometimes narrated text? How does that work on your end?

So, I did actually describe your new abilities and a lot of things to test with regards to your edification, go check those messages when you have some time.

Why not, rather than the p-word, say, 'Theatrical Performance' or 'Theatrical Manuscript', depending on situation? Does that work better?

Regarding 'Bard', our understanding of how edification works is that, generally, if you are in one sort of 'Class' or theme that casts spells, it's generally worth it to stick with that Class unless you have a specific plan for why not to. So we'll probably be continuing the music (though it's more accurately 'performance') plus other supernatural abilities thing.

I would like to test some details on range, distance, and how selective we can be when communicating with others through you.

(Assuming she agrees, it'd go something like the next bit)

Hi Tanna and others! This is the Wind, Fox. I'm going to be doing some tests to see if we can be useful for passing messages! I'm going to try different permutations of including and excluding others from chat, and testing how far from Tanna we can still talk to you all! Okay, here I go!

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>>1123874
Well of course all of them didn't die around that same temple. It's not 1-1 the same every time.
But the general characteristics? Them being chased by a group, an important object, them dying on the ground? Yeah I'd say the gods of fate are capable of turning things towards something like that. Especially when they all work together towards the goal of fucking over whoever hosts this soul.

It just so happens that the "important mcguffin" this time happened to be connected to something beyond them.

dark sclera are hot though. You're totally going to kill it as a seductive bard if you end up going that way

>>1123647
Heya squeaks.
Lookin good pardner.
Real spirit sherriff look youre rockin.

Hey, im glad it worked out that you get to keep your personhood, even if its not quite fully part of the world. You get to keep being a you.
I still think youd have made a cool familiar, but thats probably a big step.

>>1123877
Hey, fox.
I think our cowboy here has an answer for your first part about how she percieves this.

Tanna said "thats a lot of text" but i dont think were impeding her with blinding walls of words. That and her ability to handle so much communication quickly, i think our mousey cowpoke here is helping her brain parse everything and reply at the speed of thought.
Another pointer toward whats happening;
The other two react like theyve heard a sound.
Early tanna did too.
This leads me to think our lil buddy is cutting out the process and just plopping the understanding of having recieved this message into their brains and their grey matter is just interpreting that in the way that makes best sense to them.
Sound being the most natural way.
But tanna has had more experience and gets a lot more in the way of messages.
Im thinking for tanna its like... having a third eye dedicated to a space thats nothing but the text, but one she can will closed if she needs to, like when she took her little breather.

If im on to something sherriff squeaks, just tip yer hat as you mosey on by.

Someone realized that common quartz vibrated when hit by lightning. They discovered it worked in reverse, that vibrating it could make tiny amounts of lightning. They also discovered that when lightning struck one lightning rod, other nearby ones would act as if struck by tiny amounts of lightning. So by tying a stiff membrane to the quartz, it vibrates from your voice, to the quartz, to the lightning, from one rod to the other, then back to quartz, and a second membrane. Which would vibrate just like your voice! These membrane-quartz devices coordinate using huge lightning rod towers arranged in a grid called "cells."

Anyway it's not really important what a cell phone is, but a group able to accomplish all that is very powerful and smart, so beware of anyone talking into palm sized rectangles! Also there are no towers, so it's probably just a magic rectangle.

> How do I tell her? And what about my eyes?!

You're a Shadow Minstrel. Why that made your sclera dark instead of giving you huge pupils, idk. Just tell them you edified and you don't know more than that. Neither do we really. (I voted for the spider!)

Whoa Justice is tall. or maybe not its hard to tell in this void.

place object justice beside the tree and let her do her thing

JUSTICE! it is time to enact judgement upon these heinous fowl! also you're very beautiful.

>>1123570
Oh shit.
Shes blinded and got a sword! Make sure you dont frighten her or shell start blindly swinying about

Tell Justice her dress is falling off, in case she can tell.

Then tell her the bad things the tree has been doing.
Inspect the heart of the tree to know if it is evil and unrepentant, so we may....uh...take it to tree jail or something.

STORE Justice in your heart.

UPCRAFT Mercy so that it becomes an object also.

STORE Mercy in your heart.

UPCRAFT your island into a bigger island.