All that we need is matches go to the library and start a fire, the puppet master has been attacking us so let's return the favor. Let's hurt him this can create a huge distraction or a huge destruction. So it is a win-win scenario, we need for him to fear us and to know that we can fuck up his shit.

1/2 Nalthar 2025/01/14(Tue)17:27 No. 1102369 ID: 6c233e
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"I do like the sound of a grappling knife." you say "It should pair well with the long knife I already have."

The matches are giving you some troubling ideas, but they would be so useful. "Tell me, how loud are the-" before you can even finish the thought Kate claps her paws together just short of your nose. "That loud!" the shrews all snicker as you jerk back. "Hmmph, well give me one of those and a couple torches." you grumble, rubbing your snoot.

"Ya got it, boss!" Geoff offers a sloppy salute while his sisters eagerly bundle the supplies into the cart. "Come by in the morn-" CLANG "the morning ta" CLANG "TA PICK UP THE" CLANG "THE GOODS!"
A final clang and a wrenching snap ring out, accompanied by giggling. You look into the cart to see the scissors already unscrewed, and the first half cleft blade from handle in some torturous looking springed contraption. Kate draws the cart cover closed "Kee hee, no peeking silly."

2/2 Nalthar 2025/01/14(Tue)17:27 No. 1102370 ID: 6c233e
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Shoed away from the cart, you make your way over to the far wall, where the Surrep's family's tents are visible high up on a shelf. With no obvious way up you dig your claws into the rough shed wall and climb.

Reaching the shelf, you are met with a gangly young rat. He reaches down and helps you up, pointing towards the larger tent as he does. "They're waiting for you." he mutters, then turns back to watching the camp below. With no further conversation coming you slip into the tent.

A small lantern hangs from the tent pole, the fungo inside shedding its sullen glow into the gloom. The rats seated within look up at your arrival, and a figure you can just make out as Surrep gets to her feet. "Good, everyone's here then." Pulling a pinch of punk from her belt, she feeds it to the fungo, which chitters and brightens.

The light washes over the rough looking rats, including one big enough to loom, even while seated. He inclines his head to you, waving a hand to indicate you should be seated. "Well met, Tem'rty." he rasps "My name is Tempestuous, or Pestuous for short. On behalf of the Shale Ledge family I bid you welcome."

"As you're here, I presume Surrep has told you our story, and you are willing to help. Suffice to say, we will have vengeance on the monster of this house. Tell me, as an outside perspective, what would you say we most need to do this?"

Dealing with this puppetmaster feels like making one step forward and making two steps back, maybe we should change our approach. Instead of moving slowly from one room to the other, why don't we enter the room from the chimney opening? His monsters will never see us coming, he will probably not see us coming from that entrance. My question is has anybody else tried this approach?

This is our chance to influence things in Lisel's favor. What we need is intelligence and new approaches. We have the element of surprise, and shouldn't surrender it; but it's not enough. We need to know more about the Master, and how he runs the house, in order to know how to strike a killing blow to his control over it. Our current means are insufficient to accomplish shuch a coup, as well; we need weapons capable of standing up to the Master, of effecting whatever blow we determine is necessary.

Rule number one of the masquerade: Wear a second mask underneath your fancy one.
Rule number two of the masquerade: Wear a third mask underneath your backup mask.

So...are moon rocks like, really important and valuable to the fey? Might add an extra complication to the fact that we've just been casually using gates to get core samples out of the moon and have been dismissing the resultant piles of rubble as curiosities at best, scrap rock at worst

Ometra seems interested all of a sudden.

Given Ometra's sudden interest, should we go ahead and tell him that not only do we have a way to get real moon rocks from the source, and that the whole reason for this heist is so that we can actually travel there ourselves? Or should we keep that under wraps?

>>1102226
if you'll forgive the late dumb question: are airships a thing in this world? and if so, do you think some precursor group came up with one space-capable?

Silly Zealot 2025/01/13(Mon)17:42 No. 1102301 ID: 3e8516
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Definitely, the Helenic style is ever alluring.

Adding earings or, if feeling particularly daring, a half-mask, in gleaming gold would add a wondrous touch.

Silly Zealot 2025/01/13(Mon)17:43 No. 1102302 ID: 3e8516
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I think the request was for a "toga" outfit, but in case I misread...

>>1102302

What about a snowy tree, for taiga?

Nalthar 2025/01/13(Mon)19:10 No. 1102314 ID: 6c233e
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Something stately, matrician even, to show off her height. and a hunter's moon

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>I fused two animals together. It was so cute.
You need therapy, man.

Hmm, we should find out why exactly the elders don't want these two to be together. May not be as arbitrary a reason as we suspect.

But first:

>Spite is a powerful force
I'm an impotent soul living vicariously through the actions of others. I am FULL of spite. Probably not the only one, either.

Tap into our combined essences and wring, I say WWWWRRRRRING the power to undo the curse from the cosmos! Existence entire hath no fury like whatever-we-is scorned!

I think it would be easier to flex his biology so he doesn't shed after mating.

>>1102069
Oh, could also just... remove the mouth entirely and put a whole new one on. If your lips don't work, use someone else's!

>>1102052
He's eh... he's got a lot of leaves on him.

>>1102189
It leaves a lot to the imagination, heheh. We should definitely get a look at what we're working with.

I think Serah’s plan is the only effective answer here. It’s okay and perfectly normal to be afraid, cuz this plan does involve a lot of danger. That being said, the best play here is to put your faith into Serah, and trust she can handle herself (alongside Kayk.) Serah is strong. Serah is resilient. Serah is clever. You’ve seen her exhibit these traits before, looking back. You’ve already trusted her with all this information and that’s a HUGE step! It’s amazing! From here, the next step is to trust that Serah can help you, if you’ll let her. You’re doing great, Rae Rae!

We're missing one thing. So what are we doing for a cover story since the elves will make inquiries? Gotta make sure our stories line up.

I still think plan: sneak out the back tunnels is better.

1) She's drawn up something that could outwit your brother, that's the best you've got.

>>1102272
1

>>1101970
>slight video-feed disruption.
Most likely the video feeds are hacked and fed fake info while the attack happens.

>>1101975
Another option is to ask to guard you? Wait no, better wait until later. If we rely on him too much then the enemy looper will catch on that knows about the loop. He should be our trump card for the end.

Let's proceed with the plan. Get a gun-gift to exchange for escort duty.

If you're getting too sleepy, spend a cycle in your room, catching up on sleep. should understand it's both in the best interests of the crew, and necessary to be able to do your job.

Curt 2025/01/08(Wed)19:40 No. 1102113 ID: 85b1f2
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: Hey ! I'm on the corpse case, can I get some help?
: Sure. What's the need?
: Okay, so, you know how you said you'll back me up on that?
: Did I... Well, yeah, of course.



: He didn't say that this loop.
: "We keep a lot of who we are in other people."



: I'm gonna need protection and a guide in cargo maintenance to get to a key witness.
: Yeah... Mm. Can't leave my post for that though.
: Right! But if you can get me a gun...

"...I can jut pick someone who knows how to use it and go there well defended."

Baron 2025/01/10(Fri)23:27 No. 1102180 ID: 7a1a17
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Shokzali's got the body of a fighter. The Gormoamhi whores at home let their bodies go soft, spend all their time on pillows eating butter-fry meat and honeycakes. Shokzali's body is hard cut stone. I don't need to look down, I can feel her power. Passing my entire size into her folds is like being squeezed by silken lips, her hot insides are like silk wrapped gloves and a tongue of the perfect temperature merged into one, sucking and stroking, lavishing me with her attention in ways Loquui didn't even come close to matching!

"Consort...so good..."
Our pace is slow, I watch her breasts bounce in time with the rise and fall of her chest. Shokzali's breath hits me, hard and wet. I run my hands through her body. Underneath that fuzz are knots of scars from who knows where, and it makes her shiver as I trace circles around them all. As my pace climbs, so does her whimpers and moans. She moves beneath me even faster as well, erratic shaking as I feel the telltale sign of a Gormoamhi woman in climax. A sign for me to speed things up! She's tensing, and-

"Consort!"

I feel a nibble and-Loquui? Oh I guess it's a racial thing. When the girls back home joined in, I thought it was because they wanted to give me a special time so I'd come back. Maybe they just can't resist when there's a good time.

"Nyeh heh heh-Consort Yahn is so small like a whelpling" Shokzali sounds like she's drunk. I guess that was also a racial thing.

"So cute, but so good at laying, so much better than a man." And just like that the anger seems

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Study the behavior, you're going to be dealing with brasher Gormoamhi soon

Given that there are others in this group still. If you take the chance to study them you'll get more to help you when you seduce the rest down for your future harem.

Study their behavior, but only the sexual aspects thereof; can't afford to lose steam mid-act.

Study the behavior; you need the edge to stay in charge so they bow to you instead of crushing you.

Try tapping the screen, try hitting the arrow keys, try S and N, try hitting the spacebar and enter

give pizza

give me pizza

dispense pizza

open pizza

locate pizza

help

help search

search pizza direction

search pizza how to open

Write a tame location like:

Gym`); DROP TABLE ? NOCHECK CONSTRAINT all

It can be a fun trip ;)

>Find spiderman
>pizza time
> P
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>>1102150
Second

9/11 Nom Nom 2025/01/05(Sun)10:04 No. 1102004 ID: 3f89df
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Ooooh, you're so excited! And It'll be a way to get on the good side of the Dragon Speakers so you can work on Ino's Nest. And you'd learn so much from all the other experienced builders! It's almost an Fey Tale as your Soon to be Teacher opens the door, and the ammount of the exiciment in you feel is almost equivalent to nomming on pepole!

...........

10/11 Nom Nom 2025/01/05(Sun)10:04 No. 1102005 ID: 3f89df
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It's been three weeks since then and you are bored out of your mind, the building section has just been simple puzzles that the Teacher made and the students assemble, and learning how to nail and saw wood.
Yipeee.....
The maths are just as bad; In the three weeks that you've been here, they've not only not taught anything in trigonometry or even measurement conversion. Instead, the examples used either inches or feet. And have been incredibly simple. and the Class have only been taught simple multiplication, only by twos and fives.

11/11 Nom Nom 2025/01/05(Sun)10:04 No. 1102006 ID: 3f89df
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It's unbearable, what takes the Class all session you can get done in less then a minute, your teacher dosen't really say anything but your classmates call you an bumb, especially during recess. You Really want to Nom on them, but after what you did to Mister Essay Pumpkin, Your an bit scared of how your parents might react, You never saw them that upset before, It was the scariest thing you've ever seen in your entire life. You cried, Fiber kept saying I told you so, the entire time, It was proabbly the first time in your life where everything didn't feel so bubbly and cheerful.

Well... except maybe right now..........


"Can anyone tell me what 6 time 4 is?"
"31?"
"Sorry GreenScop, It's 18, You see...."
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH You want to be anywhere but here.
In your spare time, You've been working on some actual blueprints regarding the firebolt engine and while you can't decide what material you'll have to use or what is safe to use, as you've haven't dealt much with fireproof ore, especially magical fire.
Oh Wait! You just got an idea! Maybe you could ask Mom or Grandma about it! I mean your not really missing anything in this Class, are you?

The only thing to note is that in an couple mounths builder expo where builder students at any level showcase what they built to a whole bunch of judges, and an select few get to see the dragon speaker for future training and judgment, essentially your entire purpose of exisiting!!!
well..... besides nomming.

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Baron 2025/01/03(Fri)23:43 No. 1101946 ID: 7a1a17
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You know if this was anyone else, I'd call you crazy. But given that this is a Rezan, this may work. They are such sex-driven people aren't they? I'm surprised how little Sergei tried to get into my pants.

"Oh not a job. It's just my friend 'ere Anderz? He is just...shy and has been admiring you from afar."

"He has?"

"He was?"

"I am?"

"Hmhmmm, you see? Even now he is so coy! Why don't you 'ave a seat, I'm sure you will get along swimingly!"

Janeza reaches out and drags a chair over, sitting herself at our table. Anders and Bellany are giving me looks. I gesture back with my eyes and tell them to 'play along'.

"Well you're the first manbuilt I've seen that looks proper built. Got a name pretty boys?"

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Encourage the lovebirds.

>>1101961
This is bound to blow up in our faces, but that's a problem for future us.
Yeah, encourage them.

Encouraging them is best. Even if the Touched wander around right now they can easily look over and potentially see them as you distract them.

You want to ensure that optimally they can avoid the sightline of it.

...Doit.

(1/1) kpwlt 2025/01/09(Thu)19:20 No. 1102135 ID: 8ba6a7
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>Demand the release of the minister. Ask what terms his majesty would have you meet.
>Definitely specify you won’t be leaving without the minister. Also perhaps state that your goal is to remove yourself from the mole people’s territory as soon as possible once we’ve secured the minister’s safety. If this king simply wants us off his land so we’ll stop hurting mole people, there’s an easy and diplomatic way to go about it.
>This argument is good, plus begin by introducing yourself with a bow or other courtesy befitting nobility. At leaast it won't hurt.

You come into the light and bow. Mary remains just out of sight.

You explain your situation to the king, applying plenty of respectful language. Though he is still just a silhouette to you, you think you can make out some sort of long and pointy implement in his hand.

“Nice try,” exclaims the king, “but I can smell the surface on you! I know your objective is to annihilate my kingdom! As for this guy, he trespassed, and his punishment is to spend eternity bound in my chamber! And if you know what’s good for you, you’ll let me tie you up for eternity too! Otherwise, I will kill you.”

Ask the king how much room he has for prisoners, for if you fail to return the government will send more agents. But if he is open to negotiation, then his kingdom could be declared off limits to the surface.

Also, if you were here to annihilate, then you would be fighting now, not talking.

There's not just the prison size issue. Every time an agent is sent, they have to fight their way here, which means his people suffer. The path of least suffering is for him to let the prisoner go.

As for the "You're here to destroy my kingdom" part, what gives him that idea? You have avoided conflict thus far. If you wanted to destroy his kingdom you could have chosen to do a lot more damage, and in fact it would be very unwise for you to be here in this room if you wanted to do damage to his kingdom. After all, he's far stronger than you, isn't he? Coming here would be foolish unless your objective was in this room, and since you are weak then your objective cannot possibly be to kill him.

Ah! I have it! He thinks we’re here to eradicate his people, right? Well, perhaps an arrangement can be made that would allow for such an eradication to be completely off the table. Perhaps we can explain to the king that we cannot guarantee his people’s safety unless a temporary non-aggression pact is made. Whatever Spatiotemporal anomaly is down here is probably causing problems for the Mole People as well. If we have the means to possibly stabilize it, all parties involved will benefit. You get to get rid of the anomaly, and once that’s done, the ministry will have no more business down here and we can leave these Mole People alone. All that’s really needed is a temporary pass to locate this anomaly and do away with it. If your company is as efficient as it should be, the whole process shouldn’t take more than a few days, surely? Unless there are in world complications to this idea. I don’t think it’s wise to lie to this king just yet.

The best ambush is the one that comes fast and hits hard, so go with that approach.

Fly. Being followed would only draw them into your known turf for a better ambush.

Walk it out. Your best tool here is surprise.

Walk!

I'd say fly while staying as close to the ground as possible, or walk if she can't do this to try to keep the element of surprise when the ambush happens.

3/3 quietCrisis 2025/01/01(Wed)20:37 No. 1101852 ID: 89a43f
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Maybe if YOU moved closer?

>Move closer to LIGHT
>Feel around in DARK
>Leave ROOM

>>1101852
Looks like someone pressing the A key repeatedly. There's a light switch. Go ahead and flick it. If you don't like what you see, turn it back off then leave and close the door.

Yes, flick the lights, see if there's anything worth taking, and leave if not.

Ask the entity if they want something, then get out.

It's likely be best to feel in the dark and find a source of light. If this fellow is hostile, YOU are going to be in trouble.

I really hate subscription-based software. They make you spend hundreds of dollars even when you just want to keep your obsolete version for a fixed, if expensive, price. They jack the prices to the point that only large businesses can buy it rationally.

Anon44!9Ni.nfJm6s 2025/01/02(Thu)17:35 No. 1101872 ID: 71143c
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Lieutenant Eric Taylor's Backstory

The big bullet points for Lt. Taylor are:

-Grew up under single father
-Enlisted in the UTR Marines
-First saw action when a vital Dwarven mining colony was attacked by Vidder insurgents (yes, those Vidder, I had asked Brom for permission to use them). This would lead into how there are disputed worlds in the UTR that may have been formally and politically ceded, but the locals did not care for it and took action.
-Taylor would meet Jacobe as his unit would join a task force for rooting out the insurgency
-Taylor's CO was the son of a major military contractor who got his rank via nepotism, and was also very racist towards Vidder
-The overall mission was a success, until Taylor's CO demanded he clear a local residental area
-The area would be full of civilians that had no part in the conflict, but the CO would demand their execution anyways
-Taylor, having a strong moral center, would refuse orders
-The CO would get enraged and try to force Taylor at gunpoint to kill the civilians
-Taylor would end up shooting his CO in the head, but not before the CO would blow off Taylor's right arm
-Taylor was set to be summarily executed if Jacobe had not recorded the whole incident
-In the end, Taylor and Jacobe would be dishonorably discharged and the incident would be swept under the rug
-Taylor would go nearly broke getting the cheapest cybernetic prosthetic so he could join a PMC and resume his military career outside the Marines
-He would eventually join Jacobe in a mission to run security for a small Gregorian-class science vessel called the UTR June

The rest, they say, is history.

Up next: Lt. Cmdr. Jacobe!

Feel free to comment and discuss!

Disappointed, but grateful for the sendoff. Thanks for running!

>-In the end, Taylor and Jacobe would be dishonorably discharged and the incident would be swept under the rug
I feel like it would be easier to sweep the incident under the rug with a regular discharge (or even honorable as bribe to keep their mouths shut about it).
Dishonorably discharging them (especially Jacobe) sounds actually petty rather than practical. (not to mention highly dishonorable in itself)

>What does the name mean from where you’re from Winds?
I told you not to dwell on it. If you really want to know I can resume like this:
He's a god of love. The path of false masks, madness and death. A king that rule over desolation.

>that stupid rat is still somewhere in this room
Unless you have a wide area of effect attack there is not much to be done. Maybe remind Mina and Evel’yee of it's presence.

>Just ALWAYS getting yanked around constantly, aren’t I?
To Evel’yee:
Well, we can yank you around with the gentlest of touch. What do you say? Cards on the table and the general goal of reaching a happy ending. (Several, if we can help.) Up for more ocasional head nudging and cheering of your sharpshooter skills?

To Mina:
Don't sweat it kitty cat, I understand. This lost must weight heavily on you.
I believe your choice at the time was the best course of actions for the purpose of saving Roderick's live. Unfortunately it was too luck dependent and you were not lucky enough. I hope this help you feel better.
And I'm sorry for going over Tanna with the explanation but I will be brief: The strongest mental influence from the box comes from the king, and the king is above Cassilda. Even if it's undesirable for Bakoth that you touch the box it would certainly still be bad for you to do so.

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Suggestion 2025/01/01(Wed)14:18 No. 1101830 ID: a671e8
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>Distinguishing you all? I know you all are different individuals, it’s just kinda difficult to remember that sometimes. One of you called yourselves Fox earlier when Bakoth was in my head, but if you asked me to identify them now, I’d probably have a hard time. You definitely have mannerism that I can pick up on, but yeah…

Some adopt names, but for something more reliable that work for everyone I can give you a tip: Pay attention to our ponies.
They are assigned to us and change from time to time. One can have multiple ponies associated but the same pony won't be associated to different people.

>>1101805
Magic Bud.

>>1100417
Rainbow Mountain. For the wind called kome.

>>1101804
Cherry Bee. For the wind calling himself Fox.

>>1100445

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>>1101830
This is insanely cute, nice job! Will make for a fun response.

Nobody knows why an elder god would have a favorite color, or even pretend to have a favorite color. I've seen his handiwork, though. Street gangs in noble attire. Spare bodies in a drowning city. A willingness to destroy entire worlds even while he sips their tea and wears their fanciest clothes.

The Yellow King, and his minions, the 'little kings', will do anything to get what they want. But they're smart about it, and hold themselves back. For them, winning is just a matter of living long enough to see their plans come to fruition.

He puppets spare bodies, typically males. Shooting one in the head with a future-tech bow does nothing to him. And I'm sure that whatever you think is in that box, it's not their core. Destroying the box seems to be too great a risk - if it's reverse psychology, that's just a shade of the real god and releasing his energy would screw your world over. If there is a solution, we would need the assistance of another elder god, or something of equivalent power and influence, and we'd need to give them the box for study.

So that's the plan. Find a way to deliver this to a greater power who really wants the Yellow King dead, or find a place we can seal it away until civilization Makes Contact on amicable terms.

>>1101830
A pony, eh?
Hmm.
Makes sense.
I talk that much its no wonder im a little horse.
...
..
.
I... I'll just wait over here.
Sorry.

2/3 Silv 2024/12/30(Mon)08:04 No. 1101747 ID: 1effd3
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Frost:3
Dust:4
:Destination: Dusty Ancient Ruins:
“You guys want to check out the dusty place? Ok then, let me get everything ready to explore it.”

Silv grabs her bag and loads it with 4 runes, and some cooked shrooms. She walks over to Fern and hands them the Pick-Shovel.
“Fern, I want you to stay here and keep the place safe. Can you do that for me?”
Fern chirps and salutes with the pick-shovel

CHAPTER END Silv 2024/12/30(Mon)08:04 No. 1101748 ID: 1effd3
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Silv and Tetsi ready themselves to depart. A brisk wind blows by Silvs cheeks as she and Tetsi face their new destination. What shall they find? Who will they meet? Will they be forced to fight again?
Next time in From Nothing:
Ch2: From Frost and Dust

here's hoping there isn't sand worms, it's annoying to walk without rhythm.

Absolutely wonderful.
Thankyou for the journey.

You're a badass Silv, you got this

Wow, so this entire universe is one big Space Australia? And now Space Australia has become its own oppressive empire.

And now we have to wonder what became of the conquerors.

"So, that's it then. What the Phenocosm fears most is the empire which accidentally created it - because they would see us, and everyone in this universe, as one big mistake to be... corrected. Again. How can you guarantee that you won't accidentally give the universe-colonists enough intel to find out about their reborn universe and 'reclaim' it all for themselves?"

Hold out your hand.

"It would be hypocrisy for me to try and convince you to abandon this obsession just to be my big sister, when you helped build an entire universe on the hope that you might see your parents again. But that's exactly why our choice can't be cut-and-dry, why it has to be complicated and weird. You're as much my family as your parents are, this universe is as much a part of you as your home was, and you can't abandon us both without risking your conviction break apart."

Grasp.

"So we have to get freaky. Merge part of your soul with mine. Part of you has to be with me forever... and part of you has to leave forever. Find the rest of your family, tell them all that you accomplished and how they helped make what we did possible. You have to be two to be you; it's messed up, but so are post-universe colonists. And if I have to... part of me should go with you."

>>1101327

Considering everything she knows and what she's been through, I don't think we ever HAD a chance to fight her.

Let's submit. Better to have her on our side, an actual founder of the phenocosm, than fight what's starting to sound like a battle we were already set up to lose.

Hmmm... I'd like to confirm she's telling the truth by reading her full memories. Plus, let's face it, a super-powered combat scene has been a long time coming.

[musical note symbol] Fighting tiiiiime! [/musical note symbol]

Her crime of defecting from the phenocosm is nothing compared to the crimes she had to endure. Can you really fight and turn her in after seeing all of what's she been through? Give your sister a hug and team up.

Her—crimes? You still haven't identified any crimes. It may be completely sensible to execute any memory artificers who try to retire, but it's convenient to keep that secret, and thus extralegal, and thus Pillet has broken no laws.

If Pillet is this... incomprehensibly ancient being older than the phenocosm itself, who helped create all the stars in the sky then the phenocosm has a duty to serve her, so serving her is doing the phenocosm's duty, which is doing your duty. There's only one problem with this that doesn't quite add up.

You are her sister. How old are you? Her parents didn't get taken through the rift, so you have to be immeasurably old too, don't you? Are you really her sister?

Better living and Marital guidance through texas holdem?
No, julianne,
stop.
No more weird books.
Weve got insectoid horrors to evade.

LW 2024/10/26(Sat)14:32 No. 1099067 ID: 0d1c28
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Dalvari doesn't see any cloth around, she'd have to use part of her outfit if she wanted to muffle sound under the book case.

she glances at Lord Xielphiane book collection again
"Better living and Marital guidance through Setax holdem?"

she wonders how she ever came to work for such a strange man

Continue through the passage and read the book on magic if there’s enough light.

>>1099067
An apron can be sacrificed while protecting your dignity.
That is an apron shes wearing or is it a smaller pinny?
It might be enough...

Your masters eclectic collecting is a mystery for another time, unless theres a copy of "harroctar obedience academy: 30 tricks to teach your new nightmarish horror." Sitting on the shelf. Im not even sure you can get that anymore either.

Unless any of those books have any practical aplications right this moment, leave them. It's not them these creatures are after.

Follow down the tunnel and close the passage behind you. If anyone still alive knows about it they'll be able to open it.

>>1101302
...Are you still all angry about the time Hax said she'd fry our circuits if we picked up a book?

…Hmm. We could ask AHN what she meant by using our HAX for good. Like, hypnotherapy, consensual domming? …But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

>>1101302
It's hard to pick up tone through text, but I think she was just joking. She has been quite well behaved for a sentient being confined to another person's head. If that comment is still bothering Jack he should just talk to her about it before jumping to dangerous schemes.

>>1101302

Fair point however (breast thump)
1. She is installed on Jack. They don't want to fight since they can't get away from each other.
2. She's been open to negotiation, which she won't be if Jack keeps treating her like an enemy
3. She doesn't have to be an existential threat. She can choose not to, and so can Jack.
4. She hasn't hurt anyone, despite several opportunties to do so.

>>1101302
Hax is a brat but I don't think she actually holds any Ill intentions toward us.
At worst I think she wants to get herself off by "Corrupting" (In a moral way, not a software way.) one of the goody-two-shoes Jack Units.

3/5 Cross 2024/12/14(Sat)18:54 No. 1101250 ID: 24bc66
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“I’ll try the middle branch this time.”

Davey continues forward for a short amount of time, heading up the inclined path.

Then, he’s stopped short in front of a thick slab of metal.
“Oh… another rusted door. These tunnels musn’t have been used in quite some time.”
Like the walls of this place, it seems quite weathered.
“I don’t know if we can use the same strategy on this door or not… it seems different to the last one and the sides of it have been sealed fairly tightly by its mechanism.”

Davey leans in closer, the camera going askew briefly.
“There’s an indent for a key in here….”

He looks around nearby, but naturally, things aren’t that convenient. No keys to be found.
However…

“Oh, um. There’s something in the wall nearby too. It looks like one of those little dumbwaiter things, but it’s kinda small. I’d have to crouch to get in it. There’s a button on the side and a green light beside it.”

True enough, there’s a faint glow coming from the wall - you can’t tell the colour, but you’ll take Davey’s word for it.

“Well, there’s still the last branch for me to check out. I’ll head back.”

4/5 Cross 2024/12/14(Sat)18:54 No. 1101251 ID: 24bc66
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Pitter patter, pitter patter. In the gloom, all you can hear is Davey’s footsteps inside the tunnels.
After hours of spending time with Davey in front of the camera, it feels surreal seeing things from his perspective. It’s not long before Davey skids to a stop, jumping back a bit.

“Yeep!”
Davey gasps, the sound of crackling electricity audible through the camera’s microphone.
Still water - and the glowing edges of rotten electrical wire.
Even you can see the arcing of electricity above the water, where some of the wiring isn’t fully submerged.

“The floor’s electrified… I’m lucky that the ground near me’s insulated, but there’s been a leak… I can see water dripping from the ceiling near the panel.”

“What’s the panel look like?”
He turns the camera over toward it. It looks rough.
“It’s corroded… even if it still worked, I don’t think I can touch it without some kind of insulation. And there’s enough water that it would go up to my ankles, which is still enough to zap me.”

Davey stops for a moment, the camera on his shoulder swaying a little.

“Uh, maybe I could turn it off somehow? We did see that control room, but I wouldn’t know how to operate it… I could try looking for an instruction manual, but that’ll take time, and I can’t read if I’m in the dark. “

It does seem odd that these tunnels are so dark, despite being man-made. Perhaps the emergency lights are off?

“I’m going to head back to the intersection for now. But we’ve checked all the pathways.”

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Davey returns to the intersection, breathing out a sigh as he slumps against the wall.

“Phew… at least we’re making progress. This place is a little concerning, but I can still hear the machines in the distance. I guess they won’t be leaving for some time yet. This is really getting my heart pumping!”

The camera shifts, placed low to the ground as Davey faces you again, his whiskers glinting in the cone of light his torch provides.
“We’re so close… if we can get through to the other side in one of these places, I think we could get saved!”

He leans forward, fingers tracing lines through the dirt.
Soon, a crude map forms, scribbling quick symbols about what each of the rooms are, and the obstacles blocking specific areas.

“When you’re here too, Rory? I think we can figure out a way through this.”
He trusts you. Best not let him down.
“We’ve got time to think, I can just leave the flashlight off while we’re deciding a plan.”
The implicit thing is that he’d be sitting completely in the dark while you think of a plan.

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Bridging that gap is the most straightforward plan, and safer than messing with electricity.

It would be worth spending a flare to fully investigate the supplies in the small room. We want long planks, ropes, and maybe a hammer and nails. If you can't find any of those then some insulation to try and deal with the electricity. You might be able to just push the wires out of the water with a long pole, although padding his feet might be enough if we're desperate.

Yeah, light a flare in this room.

If you can find a second pole, preferably a hooked one, you could possibly pull the electric wire out of the water.