>>1122688
Stirring not sitting stir always when Heating so this should take in total 6 minutes

>>1122667
Dig deep.
There could be a booty themed prize.

Ensure you arrange the fridge magnets in the rudest phrase available. Butts seems like a low hanging fruit though.

Need to think about how to make those 17 bucks stretch to fill a fridge.
What?
Fifteen percent service charge is fair. And you aint spending your own hard earned cash, are you?

Cost effective foods:
Rice, beans, maybe milk (by volume per dollar), raw ingredients like sugar or flour, raw vegetables

>>1122695
Means we can make out own bread and pastry dough the two food groups also beans surprisingly Good on toast

I don't see baking turning out well. Better to get food that's simple to cook.

Rice and beans are cheap yeah, but don't forget store bought bread and pasta. Eggs tend to be affordable (even in this fucked up economy) and sometimes groceries have short-lived sales to get rid of food that's about to expire; you can take advantage of that. Might even be possible to find someone selling bruised or unattractive produce at a steep discount.

LW 2026/02/25(Wed)05:55 No. 1122605 ID: 0d1c28
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Iolantha stashes the books underneath the bridge, maybe to return for later.

LW 2026/02/25(Wed)05:56 No. 1122606 ID: 0d1c28
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They continue down the river.
Porala spots a cave along the river it might work but she'd have to check it out further.

"It's so cold in the river..." Iolantha complains.

This is as good a hiding place as we're likely to find, if it has enough space. We need to make sure we have a place where we can get out of the water, and enough space to rest while drying off. It's likely to be cold and uncomfortable; safety is our first priority, but we need to make sure we're not going to develop hypothermia.

If nothing else, we should be able to stop here and recover our strength.

>>1122628
Agreed.
The ladies who arent born to it need out of the water for a while. Hopefully a dry ledge at least in there to huddle together on and share body heat

stop and rest in the cave

>>1121302
This could either be very good or very bad.

If we're lucky, we made a new friend! Yay! And he's really nice and cute and understanding and likes talking to you and wants to share your interests and he's getting you medical attention which is pretty important too I guess but also he's super cute so don't be ashamed about having fantasies about him.

If we're not lucky, we just let a weird stranger take you away from your friend and drag you off to an unknown location. Even if he's not planning anything unwholesome, they might think you're taking the chance to get away from Jaden. It could make him look abusive, which he is not.

Okay, I'm pretty sure this is bad. Tell Swiss you changed your mind and Jaden should be here with you for whatever he's planning, because we trust Jaden and feel safe around him and Swiss seems nice but we just met and we want to be around someone we trust. I'm all for helping you gain emotional independence, but right now your and Jaden's safety is our highest priority.

>>1121325
Yeah we should have him around for our and his safety feels weird being without the guy who by action to care about us like none else he was ready to kill and die for us he has proven himself... It feels nice someone who would go to all this effort unprompted it gives just farmfuzzy feelings in the chest and Tingeling in the stomach.
Also really dont want Jaiden our J-Dawg Onmew-chan getting in trouble what if he gets arrested for what out teacher does

Think it's good to get some medical attention, after the whole car crash thing. Just stay calm.

Yeah. Calm. The chances that Swiss Cheese is dangerous are quite low.
Statistically speaking the greatest potential danger are family members, romantic partners and authority figures (such as teachers)

Relax. You can't be having your heckles up 24/7. That'll burn you out.

Open the door first to stablish domminance

i think it's time to leave, before they have a chance to "sniff you out". we need to tell the others what we've learned, and that our enemies may have a way to track us

...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?!

Fox here.

Dammit Kome, you've gone full conspiracy theorist. Yea, there is SOME evidence about the cult and past Tanna and all that, but Kome you're drawing wayyyyy too many conclusions and specifics and things that suggest particular courses of action when that exact scenario is NOT supported!

Also I think the lizard lady killed the people there as loose ends, not kidnapped them. She was about to release some sort of spell on them with an outstretched hand, and the angle we viewed, with the shadow and everything, was dramatically appropriate to, in visual storytelling, implying that someone was going to be executed but that the act wasn't to be shown.

As far as actionable information, the the reason I suggested the mechanical discussion was one of the things that sent Kome to do... his thing; there's technology present in your reality that is implausibly advanced, and also working implausibly well given the lack of necessary supporting infrastructure (a smart cellular telephone should require visible cellular towers which should require an electrical grid which should require an electrical power plant, and all of that needs to be maintained, etc. etc.), and we need more information and a baseline to figure out what to do about that. Preferably something beyond a basic, 'hey people are importing high tech stuff, go find whoever is inevitably importing insanely advanced firearms and take them, and then take them to someone for turning them into magic weapons'.

Anyway Tanna, the last part of the dream where you felt like you got shot? In the dream, the other you did actually get shot by a revolver that's one of the aforementioned insanely advanced firearms, which, though it wasn't real and was a dreamscape, the fact that it caused you pain (a headshot from a real one would have been painless, instant annihilation, by the way) and the concept of the item existing locally, even i

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>>1122542
Oh my... That's a lot.

>Ask your companions if they have heard of ‘firearms’, ‘guns’, or ‘muskets’ or ‘flintlocks’.
Evel’yee already mentioned 'flintlock' in response to Tanna attempt to describe the concept of 'future-tech bows' she got from kome.
Took a long time for cannons to make tall vertical stone walls forts obsolete and that was a limitation of material resistance. It's possible that there are magical solutions that counter firearms in some way or that increase the efficiency of static defense making the need for a radical change of paradigm not yet needed.

>if there is an ancient civilization that has ruins of lost and poorly understood magic, it probably used Primordial Magic, and it probably did magic as physical infrastructure – that is, non-Weave-based wondrous architecture – to bypass the limits of people only able to cast so many spells a day to do many powerful and useful things.'
Interesting theory but there is a problem: When Roderick died the Primordial darkness he casted was dispersed. It's not guaranteed that it always works like this, but it doesn't bode well for the idea of a civilization that uses this phenomenon if it needs to be replaced each time someone involved dies.

>we talked with your other self, the evil one
Maybe try to be less abrasive to hotter Tanna. She will remember this next time we meet and I am hoping that can develop more towards a steamy dream than whatever that was.
>presumably to make a new one
I wouldn't presume that at all. If anything I feel that her goal supports my old theory th

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>>1122547

Fox Again. In response to the guy that responded to me. Yea, it is a lot, I came up with a lot. Subjectively, it's been a VERY long time since Tanna and I chatted, from my point of view. I forgot Flintlocks were mentioned with the future-tech bows thing. I'd describe firearms as closer to future-tech crossbows or future-tech slingstaffs, though. Also the Fireball spell alone should change fortification design, since you can set it to explode above and behind the heads of people taking cover behind a wall's battlements/crenelations like a dialed in explosive shell.

As far as a steamy dream and Other Tanna remembering and Evil. Did you miss the part where she's talking about murdering lots of people? And that she exists in a world where, like it or not, Evil is an objective force. And that because of her, Tanna scans as Evil to Detect Evil? Now, whether or not there's some mitigating circumstance that her actions are less immoral (I'll use moral/immoral for the approve/disapprove terms in the 'I don't like objective morality physics' bit) than it seems, I'm all ears about, but she wasn't trying to present an argument that her point of view is ethically sound and cohesive. Maybe she'll give us an argument in favor of her worldview and actions at some point in the future, I would be keen to listen to what she has to say.

As far as steamy dreams, do you mean encouraging Other Tanna towards sensuality and eroticism, and the reality of the dream to that sort of dream? Ehhh... I'd want to get to know her first. Also, normal Tanna can explore that part of herself too, nothing stops her. I get we're often quite, ah, frustrated and that Tanna is very beautiful (you are!), and that the dream was a little surre

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>>1122548
I don't know what reason she had there. Not even going to speculate. If she want help she will need to give an explanation with or without a Yellow related censorship in effect. No benefit of the doubt for something that large scale.
But at the same time I'm going to hold personal judgement until more context is reveal.

She is hotter Tanna because she is a crazy edgy goth chick, that automatically make her hotter. No deeper reasoning needed.

To ruin the joke by explaining: The "steamy dream" comment is more meant to weird out Tanna when she eventually come across those messages than something I actually expect to happen. When it comes to narratives I prefer a "fade to black" approach but I find provocations funny.
Also I'm not considering hotter Tanna as her "older sister". They are the same person and current Tanna would experience such a dream even if she forget details about her world ending conspiracy plans after.

Maybe you would get more reliable answers about cautionary details like contraception from Mina. The rogue-y ones might lie about stuff like that to mess with us or Tanna.

>>1122549


Contraception was just one of the things I'm curious about to ground myself in this particular world and its logic. Like, we could ask Mina, I suppose which species of people are interfertile with which others and why and whether it was always that way IS something to ask Mina?

Also, are you entirely sure they are the same person? To a large extent, we are our memories and our beliefs and personality and the decisions we make. How sure are you that those things are the same? We don't know the particular metaphysics, we don't even know if that being has a separate body and is sending dreams remotely. Sure, it's possible it's just a dream, but in my experience, in worlds like this, in situations like this... dreams are often more than just dreams.

Brett 2026/02/22(Sun)00:44 No. 1121373 ID: 0d1c28
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As the journal hits the ground it opens revealing the final page written in blood

Brett:"huh? what's this? 'Run, Run! before the Wendigo gets you, I have to hide, it can smell me'"

It detects you through scent? Looks like the secret strat to throw it off its game is by throwing used clothes around so it never knows where you are! Brett must be impressed by the dedication to this prank in such a short account of time! So impressed he tells Kimberly and Dean they totally scared the pants off of him. And then he throws his pants at them, which he took off, what a guy! Chekhov's Dropped Pants to distract the monster later at the perfect time will maybe save the day, or at least one person in that moment.

Yeah yeah, real funny prop. cool that they made it land with the right page of its book open, but let's not give this any real weight. A real skeleton wouldn't still be holding its journal after dying. That sort of thing only happens in cartoons and cheap B-movies.

And this is real life, so it must be fake!

Don’t look at the prop too closely, it’ll be right behind you!

>>1121373
Brett shouts up at the door
"Hey guys? Aint a wendigo one of those cool RV things?"
Camera pans up with the book as brett picks it up, pulling back to see the horned shadow over his unaware shoulders.

1: Rank these individuals in order of who you would like to awaken, from MOST to LEAST

1 - Lillian, The Athlete (she's gonna need our help to deal with the misfortune she will be facing thanks to Clive)
2 - Enid The Homeschooler Miracle (might as well get the original 6 kids we started out with awakened, feels that makes the most sense)
3 -Louie The Class President (I am not going to be holding my breath that we will succeed, as the original 6 kids we are helping is my main concern. but since we made it this far...)
4 - ‘Bec, The Rebel ( Influencing her will be tricky, as she’s loath to follow anyone’s will but her own. I feel the best way to direct her will would be to make our suggestions as appealing to her as possible if we want her to do something, while also allowing her to do what she wants now and then to still give her that sense of freedom if we want her to listen to us).
5 - Lemmy The Class Clown (ED couldn't have said it better myself... minus the jokes part, I can tolerate them)
6 - Jojo The Bully (seeing she was fated to meet her end until Albert intervened, and nothing of benefit will come from helping her, unfortunately, she has to face hardship she was originally fated to face if we want to push forward to a brighter future for everyone)
7. (UNKNOWN BOON) (Maybe if one or more of the people we followed had died, I would have taken that boon, as tempting as that is. I feel that Boon is for if we are desperate after losing lives, and if we got nowhere with the power plant investigation)


2: How many characters would you like to awaken?

four please.

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1:
Enid, Lillian, 'Bec, Lemmy, ?Boon?, Louie, Jojo
It might be surprising to see Lemmy not in dead last, but we can't really vote for the Mystery Boon- who frankly I assume is Aiden, without him too.
2:
All Seven.
3:
'Bec, Albert.
If we're awakening Bec, which looking at the count, we are for sure, she's probably going to need the safegaurd to act as freely as possible.
Albert is made of tissue paper.
...And in an ideal world, Louie would be third, for some reason I expect him to be one of the others with the highest Fear right now. Just a hunch.

One person voted seriously for an all in strategy therefore I am changing my vote to that (but my ordering for characters remains the same)

The Ranked List:

1)THE UNKNOWN BOON (the mystery box beckons! the box! the box!)

2) The Athlete (we stole her spotlight for too long)

3) The Miracle (the bad guys are always defeated by God's smallest creations: the marketable 5-year-olds)

4) The Class President (We mostly know him from Secret Santa 2022, but we need him for the best ending, and also I drew him playing with my character in that Secret Santa and sniff that stuff sticks with you, man)

5) The Rebel (she is willing to stick her neck out for others when things are bad, she's extra capable and interesting...but she's rude, potty-mouthed, so she lost points for that)

6) The Class Clown (he has a hard time taking his surroundings seriously, he's unpredictable, and his jokes sometimes land, which makes feel inadequate)

7) The Bully (She is interesting, but after going through the trouble of saving her, I think she deserves her rest)

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Hmm actually, you know what if I'm able to shift my protect votes from albert to Temmie in the unlikely event that actually works I would be interested in that.

I agree with leaving Herocea in reserve, as this group has already faced her once before. They would only be more efficient at dealing with her a second time. Let them focus on Oragatt, and have Herocea strike when they least expect it. If Herocea can attack even once while their backs are turned, the results could be devastating. Don't underestimate the power of a giant.

Flank the group. The Inquisitor will take time to bring down, and if you take her head-on then you will be peppered with attacks by the rest of her group while you fight her. Take out as many of the small fries as you can before addressing her.

I suggest Mind Slaving one of them, whoever you think will be susceptible, and having them attack their comrades while you come in from the opposite side, where their attention isn't. Split their attention from the start.

If you can prep it alongside the Mind Slave spell, I would also suggest casting Power Strike for your first attack, to increase your odds of taking someone out of combat before it even begins (or at least leave them in a really bad position). I'd suggest one of the giraffes.

Oragatt 2026/02/20(Fri)04:06 No. 1121309 ID: 0d1c28
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Herocea can be reinforcement Oragatt will lead this ambush!
Oragatt bides her time waiting for the procession to reach the bridge, aiming to target the weaker rear soldiers, best to get them out of the way before the real fight begins!

Using [Power Strike] is unwarranted, she can easily crush the unarmored heads of these men... which poses a small problem, Kalez doesn't want her to kill, it feeds the undead war machine... Oragatt finds that a little silly given how many died of natural causes but it is an order to consider.
[Mind Slave] is good, it's not her fault if these people kill each other, and the men seem particularly weak minded-

The enemies are in place! it's time! The gargoyle leaps into action against two of the weaker soldiers.

Oragatt...
(a)Crushes the two men killing them.
(b)tries for some sort of non-lethal attack(Oragatt will need ideas on how to do that)
(c)Use [Mind Slave] or another spell

>>1121309
Mindslave whichever of the grunts looks the strongest. We want someone weak-willed but tough enough to require a lot of effort to knock down.

Mind slave. Turn their numbers against them.

Mind Slave the doggo!

>>1121080
this makes sense

>>1121080
Third'd

>>1121080
We might want to mention the plan first, so we don't come back and he already cleaned them or st

>>1121102
I posted that, and I apologize that it wasn't clear this was my intent. Yes, we should ensure Malcolm understands what we're wanting to do.

We could potentially try to negotiate something like nine gold up front and the rest on completion if we don't manage to clean the vials, but that feels like it might be tempting fate.

-Counter Offer: His reputation.

Impeding the queen's laundry is impeding the queen.

Impeding the queen is treason.

Treason is punishable by being named the new village stinkbutt.

Repeat this law with the tone and gaze of steel that abides to argument, and the detergents of royal quality shall be yours.

>>1120670
Ohhh wow that's a lot.
The TWO of swords. There's two of Gladii. Or, used to be? Left hand and right hand. What we saw on the card was their other "hand". Also that one voice in the Gallery listed out all the suits, with "Fera" as the last one... which is interesting since that voice was also using latin and Fera in Latin is Beast. So I think we can conclusively state that's what your name means. That word... can be interpreted in many ways. Why is its symbol a spiral though? Or maybe that's just your curly hair.
"Eripe nos ab existentia! A mundo!" translates to "Rescue us from existence! The world!". It seems even Gladii's Peanut Gallery wishes for death. Also apparently they had some sort of plan and Gladii screwed it up which resulted in their current state. Gladii tried to kill the universe, but the act somehow got them tied into the very nature of the universe itself...

...your hair color changed while you had the earpiece in. It was a lighter shade of pink, close to Gladii's skin color. ...I just realized, Gladii has a skin color, but everyone else we've seen appears to have white skin! Does that mean anything...?

>>1120676
Someone tried to sabotage your requisitions by putting what seems like a bomb on the list... that means there's a double agent in the Agency? Good thing whoever's in charge of authorization has some sense. Ask Gladii what the item was, since we can't know for sure.
>gun to heal Gladii
Uh, but Gladii can't die? What good is that? ...unle

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aw damn, we should have asked for a mask, probably a big fan too. Get out of the room before you pass out, fall down, and get an eyeful of bask.

Don't pester Gladii anymore, but just rest in the hall. If she wants to talk be ready to listen.

Huh.
Her peanut gallery are far less horny than yours fera.
I dont know what this means about you or her or your respective subconciouses but, bears thinking about.
>>1120679
Aw, dammit.
No raver goggles.
I guess the agency is having a secret party without you.

Hmn. That other paper and the gun.
I... i think it might be the agency solution to her injuries.
The document see...
Are they implying gladi cant die?
Or that she dies but it doesnt take?
And they use it as a reset button on her?
Thats what it seems like and i dont like at all.
Lets find reasons not to shoot our buddy, huh?
Oh hey, you missed a bit. Use more paint thinner. View the chemical inhalation as a perk ofmthe job.

>>1120676
Gladii's character sheet lists their physical stats as "construct" stats.
And they implied that the Ten of Swords card is really them, even though it looks totally different...
Does it mean that they look different whenever they manifest? Will you look different the next time you manifest?
I like your current look, but I'm sure the new you will be just as pretty!

But then, they have a "true" height and weight listed where all their other stats are "n/a". So Gladii has a real body that's smaller and much lighter than their human body, but has no skin, hair, eyes, or blood. Could it be that they really are a sword?

Oh, but don't ask this out loud. Gladii doesn't like us prying into their secrets and they're already having a bad time.

>>1120843
>Her peanut gallery are far less horny than yours fera.
Do you think that's part of why Gladii has such an unhappy outlook on life? Their operating buddies are always giving them grief, but we like to show our agents a good time.

Hey Fera, after this assignment is done, what would you like to do for fun? Have some nice food? Go for a joyride? Maybe figure out some things about your body?

hello hi i drew the 2nd panel

>>1120250
For one, don't worry about what 'pink' is
you wouldn't be able to see it owed to how your peoples' eyes work in seeing color.
Shake off your head aches, blow out the rest of the mucus in your nose,
and throw something at the creature that gave you the head aches to begin with!
Preferably a rock.

A vision perhaps? Wait another moment and see how things play out.

Just observe for now, let her (is it still the same person) handle the situation

Just observe for now, let her (is it still the same person) handle the situation

>>1120250
What was that!?
What did it do!?
Can we help!?

There's a monster about and she seems like she knows what she's doing. Trust her, and think fast.

Claudio 2026/01/31(Sat)20:53 No. 1120618 ID: 50cb5c
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>Did everybody get the same message?
“Well, yeah. Today everyone was to report back here at different times to be briefed on where they would be assigned to. Everyone was originally given different times to report.”

“Then why are so many of the graduates of our group here still?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” He said with a little laugh. “Many arrived late, and there are some that are still no-shows yet. So, Colonel has been working with us as we arrive… and there have been some delays…” He brings out his PAD again, and looks “I think part of the delay, had to do with a rescheduling of those times… On top of the whole briefing themselves, which probably take longer than anticipated with some.”

>>1120391
“Oh! Right. I don’t need to imagine. I got my assignment already.”

“You did?”

“Yep! As you know, the early bird gets the meal. I knew some of our comrades would be arriving late, so I just decided to show up early. Since people were arriving late, the Colonel decided to give me my assignment while waiting for others. Pretty neat huh?” He said with a proud smile.
“I see… So, what’s the assignment?”

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Claudio 2026/01/31(Sat)20:55 No. 1120619 ID: 50cb5c
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“Wait… Why are you still here then? Shouldn’t you have been transported out of system?”

“Of course! There was just a bit of an inconvenience. I was supposed to be joining the A.W.S. Commander Rakhaa, that was going to be making a stop there leaving some supplies. But it seems like it had some technical problems, so they are docked until they get those sorted out… Whatever it was must have been big, ships grounded for the day, until they get everything fixed.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah, luckily that gave me time to come here and see you. I’m kind of curious what kind of assignment would you get, Hot-shot”

“Well, I don’t know what to expect really… I might be sent to one of the patrols, to keep an eye on ground squads. Or maybe to some regiment to watch over some new recruits.”

“Hmmm… Well, if there is something I learnt of our friend Delma, is that you should always keep an eye, and ear, open- There have been a lot of interesting ships moving in system, even more than there usually are. Maybe one of them seems familiar?” He says, pointing at my pad pocket, under my overcoat. “Oh! And before I forget! If nothing else, you should look into your PAD, particularly your profile.”

“Why is that?”

“Heard some of the other graduates. Apparently, the system didn’t update their profile with their new rank, which was problematic when trying to get it to update with the new assignment. More of a minor annoyance really, but better get it out of the way now.”

Right… And since there is some time to kill, I guess I could try to just relax a bit now… maybe look for more info on my pad… or just talk Kadmian a bit more. Unknown how often I’ll get the chance, now that we’ll likely be going our own separate ways.

>…

Well, make sure your pad updated and if not. Try to start the update. While it's installing that, talk with Kadmian a bit. Ask if there's anything interesting over in the Aoemi Sector.

>>1120619
Maybe use your pad to look up what is happening on the outer colonies?
There's a non-zero chance that you could end up being sent out there after all.

Tinker with your pad while chatting. Its gonna be a long time till you see him again.
Ifvtheres anything you need to say, nows the time.
If there isnt.
Say you have something you gotta say while theres time,
really build it up,
then with absolute, heartfelt sincerity,
tell him something trivial or crude.
Anything from " i lost a sock, tell me if you find it too." All the way to "tell your mom ill miss her handjobs most of all."
Whichever you think fits best with his personality for getting a laugh.
Just to pull on his tailfeathers a bit.
A last joke with your friend.
After which you can tell him his friendship truly did mean a lot.

>>1120512
Okay, look, we agree you don't run that sort of dungeon, and you certainly should do all you can to avoid looking that way, but this guy radiates the aura of someone who might be into that sort of thing.

I'm not saying we should lean into it! Absolutely not. But we shouldn't, like, vehemently deny it or anything. If he makes an assumption that goes in our favor, that's all the better, right?

Do the responsible Fantasy Overlord thing and go send your minions to die!

Start birthing baby bombs! Let these fools enter cuteness proximity while you remote-detonate your giggling traps.

Okay but seriously do a quick recap of what works and form a quicker strategy. You don't need optimal performance, just enough to win by attrition. This is a raid, not a war.

>>1120512
Play hardball. Lock the front door. They are not here when they are meant to be. If they invade then they are subject to the rules of the Game. It will not be a tour. If you can manage to talk to them before they get in, you can tell them there has been an incident which will paint you in an unfavorable light. I don't know what our options are for boob reduction and hangover recovery. How long would it take? ...wait, you're currently shaped modestly. What if you used the Deemeggs to reshape those who are improperly shaped? If you can do that quickly enough, then maybe we don't need to delay them or anything, but we do need to verify exactly how this tour is supposed to go- are they both fighting? Are they both carrying resurrection charms?
Inspect your troops. Whoever is fit for duty after treatment, deploy them. Whoever is an embarrassment, sideline them. We just got some new monsters, we can pad out/strengthen encounters with those. Hin is definitely going to be fighting today. Hmm, could she make a good end boss? ...wait, Hin is the one who is known for drinking too many potions, how did SHE manage to resist temptation?
Also exactly how much of that dream happened? Did Moriko turn into an alien titty monster? If not, why did you dream that she did, hmmmmmm?

Scold Stargazer for not resisting the Winze. At least now you know what the Winze is likely to do when unmonitored... and tell the others that you expect them to represent the dungeon during invasions, so they should be fighting fit at all times, or at least in a condition that they can recover from quickly enough to be presentable.

Showing up on time is an amateur move.
Showing up late is a power play.
Showing up early? What a shrewd man, he *wants* to see you at your worst!

its not that sort of dungeon, no. But you could hint at it being so. The fecund earth's hidden mysteries etc. Dance of the seven veils and all that. If he finds such things sexual, well that's on him.

To that end, whoever is plumpened, get some costumes, tasteful ones, and get to the front door to distract while everyone else gets organized.

>>1120370
So the one that saw what happened conveniently malfunctioned. Could it be intentional sabotage?

>>1120377
Good catch on the luggage. It could be an attempt by those anti-tech guys to sabotage Eden's relationship with Avis by torching her luggage and causing an incident.

Not that Formixer has a way to know that in-character.

The sealed Eden containers are probably contaminated lab materials that need to be destroyed, but keep the Avis packages to deliver them to the lost and found.

Place the sealed containers inside the incinerator so they're out of access to anyone coming across them by mistake, and they are destroyed as requested once the power comes back on. After that it's out of your hands.

Well, if the Avis containers aren't supposed to be here, how do we know the Eden containers are supposed to be here?

I say ONLY burn the obvious trash. Contact someone who can verify if the other stuff should be burned or not.

>>1120371
Mant L is being a word that humans would use catagorised under the alphanumeric section B.
Capital B.

But thats notnimportant.
Cheer up formixer.
Youre working hard and have done everything you have been instructed to and some extra too.
Thats the kind of work a reploid is meant for and love to do.
That makes you a good reploid.
If mant L wants to miss out on the chance to beca good reploid, cooperate with you and just be a big grump, thats their loss.

Hmm.
Formixer may not know why all these things are but she should at least scan the surfaces of containers for hazardous symbols she recognizes.

If there are any markings she doesnt recognise then maybe record or remember them so she can ask someone with a different dataset or expertise.
Maybe stabitha would be able to identify them later.
The important thing is to put aside all objects with unidentified markings until identified later for safe disposal.

these nonstandard containers need conformation before being disposed of. When in doubt, get it checked out.

In order to get the fullest information on the situation, open all the containers for inspection.

As for the machinery, what is needed to start them up? Perhaps a volatile chemical could do the trick.

>>1120370
That fancy stuff looks familiar, like we should know the silhouette... isn't that Gilded Goose? That famous reploid our roommate has a crush on? Her items aren't supposed to be incinerated! If she's here, then destroying her luggage will make her upset, and that would make Stabitha upset! We can't let down our awesome roommate like that!

And something destroyed the mechaniloid on duty when this trash was delivered. That's even more suspicious.

>>1120371
Something's not right about this. We may just be a humble worker robot, but we're a reploid, so let's use our Light-given artificial intelligence to figure this out!

Normal trash can just burn.
Gilda's luggage should be delivered to wherever Gilda is. If she's a guest, she must be living somewhere, like... a hotel? Can we call and ask? Say we've found some lost items that we think are hers.
Sealed containers are the most suspicious. Store them behind the gate to keep them out of sight, but not in the actual incinerator. Examine them carefully before we decide what to do with them. Are there any markings on them that could tell us where they're from or what's in them? Cracking one open might go badly if they're safe to touch because they're sealed. But if there's a crate that isn't sealed properly, looking inside won't make things worse.

Also, can we get any info on what happened to the missing totem guard? I'm guessing his "malfunction" happened while he was on duty, but can we search for his re

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rolled 5, 7, 3, 1, 20, 4, 7, 17, 15, 3, 16, 17, 17, 3, 17, 2, 18, 10, 16, 1 = 199

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>>1120413
>I'm so sorry...I don't know what to do! Should we run?"
"I believe in you."

>Did I burn you?
Ah. That would have been hypocritical of her, wouldn't it? Thank goodness for fireproofed armoring cloth.

>what do
Going to take a recovery roll and proc Understanding while we let Last Call close to within Paprika's tether. When Paprika goes on the offense, Natalina's going to follow with Phase Sprint, and focus on drawing attacks.

rolled 6 + 3 = 9

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Recovery roll.

rolled 12, 19, 10, 20, 10, 5, 11, 9, 10, 18, 7, 18, 9, 4, 10, 7, 15, 1, 11, 3 = 209

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>"I believe in you."
Paprika's suddenly all steel and confidence again. She retreats back to the ship with Nat and Cricket, ready to lure Last Call into melee range.

Change of change of plans! For the sake of record keeping, after some discussion and in response to Nat's intervention, I'm going with Nanotech Defense after all.

Gonna cut this thing into room temperature chunks. No flame shroud, but effort applied in all the same places.

rolled 13, 20, 9, 20, 6, 6, 6, 15, 11, 5, 3, 9, 5, 18, 6, 1, 10, 2, 5, 14 = 184

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>>1120424
Not sure if there's an "aid" roll? Cricket just wants to help back up Paprika and Natalina. At the very least, Paprika can gain a +1 from working with her.

rolled 17, 11, 19, 19, 10, 14, 2, 15, 12, 9, 14, 7, 12, 10, 14, 13, 17, 6, 11, 16 = 248

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After a few rounds of trying to get something deadly on this ship working, Reiko taps into comms and blares things out.

"Bad news! I couldn't get the weapons systems online! Do you need me to come tank, or should I keep the engines warm?"

Just then, Reiko notices the pink goop. Roll to recall how to subvert it and relay sabotage orders that the girls can conduct. [Disable Device, 2 Effort]

Grimothy 2026/01/24(Sat)14:32 No. 1120397 ID: 0d1c28
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Grimothy tries to lay an ambush, but fails.
Grimothy and Rodrick trade blows

Looks like you're locked in a duel to the last thread. What an unsanitary place this would be to lose your pants!

well what the heck,
Immediately go for a peck!
You got a long enough neck,
his only choice would be to hit the deck.
Or get wrecked

Hold your ground. Don't let him get past you

I agree with the others. It seems like you're not going to be able to get away, so hold your ground and fight back.

Try to knock him down. If he goes prone, he'll be easier to finish off.

A book full of homemade recipes to satisfy pregnancy cravings.

>>1120323
A hatchet toy or real

A diaper 3D printer, to mass produce diapers.
And lots of johnson and johnson full-body shampoo.

Also, how did Barlou know about your kid crying about brittle chips? He's a spy! Kill him!

Someone decided to give ear protection or whatever version matches the local physiology as a gag gift.

Music CDs of various Chupian sing a longs.

Hmm, okay, so the auditors can't be allowed to see the file. So I think timing is important. Slow things down so that can we file it right before the restart, to give the auditors the least amount of possible time to see it.

The only thing I can think of to slow time is to start a bunch of things happening so the processing slows down.

so in lieu of that lets golf for the right to file or not file the file

Okay, we tried to tamper with the file's source code to delete the parts that say "Restart" and it didn't work.

At least, we probably did.... I don't remember the plot of this quest much.

Anyway, the point is: What if we tamper with the file like this?

If --> 30 minutes or less from Restart --> Have Panic Attack.

When --> Panic Attack --> Create Algorythm that figures out how to prevent Restart for us real quick.

Think smart, not hard, fellas.

Also, if Mr. Vamoose protests, just.. turn him into an emotional support kudzu, Mr. Good Vines, so he emotionally supports you instead.

>>1120203

Maybe if we start 7000 games of golf simultaneously

>>1120130
Time drags in an office the closer you get to quitting time but only if you have no tasks. If you have a deadline, then it seems to speed up.
Therefore:
If he quickly rescinds the order to file we will be taskless and we'll have more time to cone up with a permanent solution.

Oooh.
What if we MISfile it?
That way both parameters of instruction will be fulfilled and the auditors wont ge able to find it easily.

batian 2026/01/13(Tue)06:48 No. 1119962 ID: bdfee2
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Now you’re only missing hearing. Uh….. How do you hear mud? You guess it kinda made a rustling sound when you pushed it around...

Maybe if y-

Ball: dats ez!!! u can hear the subtle slobering of the gnomes as dey move negative energies down and positive energies up 2 balance da levity of da mud
Lienzo: AUGHH!!!!
Ball: why u scared Lienzo? ^w^ did u not hear me coming?
Lienzo: How am I supposed to hear you coming if you float.
Ball: i naturally emit a nice falofolafulifyle ahh hum
Lienzo: No you don’t.
Ball: ur right!!! {w{ it doesnt sound liek falofolafulifyle at all
Lienzo: Right…
Ball: soooooooooo
Ball: wat brings u here anyways?
Lienzo: I’m looking for a medium for my art, where can I find one?
Ball: hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Ball: well i just keep drop stuff around in random places and find it exactly when i need to
Ball: like dat zine C.A.F gave me and U!!!!
Ball: so we should just walk in watever direction u feel is right in ur <3
Lienzo: my what?
Ball: ur heart
Ball: ur really bad at recognizing sounds
Ball: anywayssss
Ball: u lead the way

batian 2026/01/13(Tue)06:49 No. 1119963 ID: bdfee2
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>then go left
>>1119890
>Go left.
>>1119891
>Ok.
>Go left.
>Left is right.

You’re not sure how left could be right as that seems a bit contradictory but your brain seems pretty bent on going left so left it is.

Lienzo: Let’s go left.
Ball: Very well.

batian 2026/01/13(Tue)06:49 No. 1119964 ID: bdfee2
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Ball: don’t u luv how colorful my swamp is?
Lienzo: I don’t see any color
Ball: rly?
Lienzo: How did you do that?!??
Ball: wat?
Ball: I did nuthin *w*

How will you proceed?

So you liked the malleability of the mud. You might look for some actual clay then, which can hold a shape and isn't so sticky.

What does Ball have to say about shapes and shaping shapes?

>>1119961
Mmmm.
Petrichoriffic.

>>1119964
Emit a scent of wonder and fulfilment as you focus upon the pulsing colours.

Taking pictures of that mess is probably a good idea. After that, find something to arm yourself with and show Sheriff Bugg what you might be dealing with.

ALIENS

they're not human remains, are they?

Take a photo of the mess so the sherif will believe. Arm yourself but maybe keep it under your hat — do you like in a place where owning weapons are common?

Okay yeah now you GOTTA call the cops (Also take a picture for proof) Do not leave the scene, do not touch anything disturbing a crime scene is no bueno.