Have 'em tell you about their greatest achievements and worst failures. What was the largest contributing factor to the victory and what could have been done to avert the loss?

Try not to entertain the notion of having them make out with you or each other and awarding the job to the one who can go the longest without coming up for air.

>>953364
this

>>953364
Maybe prompt them to also respond regarding fighting, but the question is good even if that part is a wash.

The skillsets of a ranger and a rogue have some overlap but not a lot. Let's just hire them both and keep the sexual tension sizzlin'.

Ask if they are willing to return your stuff.

Petrani Pilania!5tTWT1eydY 2020/01/13(Mon)05:31 No. 953329 ID: 430f08
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>Do you have anything in your pockets?

A mechanical rat, a box of sanguine wicks, a lighter with low charge, an antique fountain pen, and a notepad. Oh, and my pet snake, Charles. He’s snoozing in my breast pocket.

>are the noises unusual or just are they just being noted because it has suddenly become dark

The whining is somewhat familiar. Can’t say the same about the shuffling.

>Office Has Windows

My office has windows, I just usually keep them shuttered. I peek out through the shutters. The neighborhood seems lit up outside. Probably a bad sign for me.

>find a flashlight or something.

I don’t own one. I didn’t think I’d ever have need for one. Guess I was wrong on that bit. Shit.

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Petrani Pilania!5tTWT1eydY 2020/01/13(Mon)05:32 No. 953330 ID: 430f08
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>Remember the layout of your office
>Can u give us a mental map of ur office and where u think the noise is coming from?

Sure, here you go.

The sound’s getting louder and closer, by the way.

You have a gun. This is what it is for. Go get it.
Throw the chair on your way, followed by a duck.

Shuffling Noise
> Closer Than Before
> Currently At the Door
> Unlocked for Clients
> Assailant Must Be Quick After Opening
> Gunfire Imminent
Tell Vollie to kill the light, then get down to the ground behind your desk and make your way to your gun. Once you've found it, throw your joint towards the front door where the shuffling is. The intent here is that it helps your aim instead of theirs this way.

>>953330
Hmm, okay, you want to get your gun and put your light source by the door so you can see whoever it is without them seeing you. Then wait for them to come in, and hopefully it's just the maintenance tech or something so you won't have to shoot them.

rolled 5, 5, 3 = 13

---

Azure instructs the group to take some kitchenware as a present for Rhea, grabbing any tools that look delicate and relatively sanitary. She takes a closer look at the fireplace - or rather, instructs Maria to take a closer look for her.

Hore considers picking up the knife and adding it to her belt, but it looks cursed and nasty. She's looted bloody corpses that were less disgusting. Hore takes a few pots and pans with the least rust, and suggests they throw the kitchenware at the monsters in the next few rooms.

rolled 5, 1, 2 = 8

---

>>947923
>>948205
Maru is baffled at the turn of events- Vos, Hore, Azure, and the angelall get involved in some mess that she doesn't really understand, but the end results in Hore ceasing her weird rants against Vos, so it's probably a good thing? Just glad the glowy tart didn't seem to take issue with her heritage like everyone else seems to.

If there's more exploring to be done, this room seems safe enough as a potential point of retreat, but we should clear out known threats so in the event that we have to run we don't get sandwhiched between a rat and a Minotaur, or whatever else seems fit to assault them in this place.

Lets gather up Vos, Hore, Azure, and whoever else is crammed into this room and go do some pest control.

Rolling to gather party and remove the mentioned giant rat as a threat.

>>948205
>>948686
You successfully plunder the kitchen and regroup. Rhea can ritually purify any inanimate objects that might carry biohazards, provided they're reasonably fire resistant - iron cookware certainly qualifies.

Who's in front when you enter the giant rat's lair?

rolled 3, 1, 3 = 7

---

>>948753
Vos is notably more of a tank than Maru, but I'm not going to volunteer someone else's character, so I think the skald is currently in front, unless someone chimes in saying otherwise.

rolled 5, 6, 1 = 12

---

Hore follows directly behind Maru, with Azure perched on her back.

Azure is still wondering what the final boss will be like and what the correct answer to Jalkaren's riddle is. Hore is distracted by her own imagination, thinking about how an ineffective horde of shambling corpses can overrun an entire country, and conversely, how a small team of specialists can thwart them before they can do any real damage.

Their ears are tuned to listening for rats, though. Perception roll to listen-specific.

I think maybe the Mola, make a little fast/long range courier for special cargo or a single passenger.

For the essentials:
Tiny Engine (S1)
Medium Long Thruster (S2)
Attitude Control Matrix (S1)
Small cockpit (S1)
Emulsion fuel unit (S2)
Standard life-support closet (S1)

Non-essential Modules:
Cabin (S1)
Cabin (S1)
Secure storage (S1)
Cold storage (S1)

Will have to redirect power a bit based on need since the engine can only power 10 squares at once but should work pretty well I think.

Suggestion 2020/01/12(Sun)01:07 No. 953249 ID: b1b4f3
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Get the not-freighter. This being your first ship, it's not a good idea to hunt pirates or whatever, which means you want extra space for transport missions. Ferrying passengers and small cargo is safer overall I think. Also we're required to buy 9-10 modules so being limited to twelve squares means we can't use very many two-tile modules, which are generally better. If you want to take on combat missions you can do that with your next upgrade.

Small Engine: because we kindof have to use two tiles on the engines, may as well do it in one module.
Medium Long Thruster: SPEED
Medium Long Thruster: MORE SPEED (also better maneuverability!) Time is money, so the quicker we do missions the better.
Standard cockpit -- orientation: multipurpose, unfortunately the only food prep area in this layout but that should be fine
Large fuel tank: fuel for SPEED. We don't need the fancy tank I think; the description implies the fuel for that one is more expensive per unit of distance as the drawback for higher max distance.
Standard life-support closet

Bunk room: so we have a bed, and extras for ferrying passengers. Also, some storage space for travel items. Directly adjacent to the cockpit for convenience.
Secure storage: for valuable belongings and cargo.
Cold storage: for perishable cargo, and also food!
Washroom: because if we're taking multiple passengers we're gonna need more than one toilet.

There's no weapon, but the weapons available are kindof shit anyway and any serious threats will have scanners to pick out valuable targets, which we are not(if we took the big storage area then we might get hassled). We have the fastest possible thruster setup so we should be able to just outrun any small time criminals. Plus this is 10 modules already and the ship's full.

>>953235
>TH1CCTA1LOV3
So are we the person with the thicc tail that needs love or do we love other people with thicc tails?

>>953249
I vote for this!

Thk!/xKUHNS4Nk!!OxZGAvMQMx 2020/01/12(Sun)18:29 No. 953306 ID: 3ce8ff
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>Mola-C3
seems rough to put modules in, in addition to having fewer slots
>07-Tasker
seems like the better choice, more slots easier spacing.

i'm thinking:
2 -Tiny engine -S1- so one shot cant take out all our power to easily. also could have one normally just off to save fuel.
1 -Medium thruster( | orientation) -S2- to make go with fair maneuverability
-Large fuel tank -S2- OR -Emulsion fuel unit -S2- whichever provides more go per money in fuel cost
-Standard cockpit ( -- orientation) -S2- gets living space, control, and basic cooking for the price of one module
-Standard life-support closet -S1- breathing is good I hear

-Paint gun (Alternator) -S1- it seems none of the other weapons will really do much damage anyway, feel like this will provide the biggest threat potential for against those who intend ill. the law presumably has bigger guns than most want to deal with. (placed there to avoid incoming damage can be moved to next to cockpit if the ship is currently obstructing firing angle)
-Mess room -S1- for basic recreation
-Kitchen -S1- includes a freezer for basic low volume frozen and refrigerated storage needs probably food but could be other things
-Stateroom -S1- for either companions or passengers (or ourselves if our cockpit bed is not as good)

leaving two squares for basic storage (sadly secure and cold storage are specializations we can not afford right now)

>>953249
This sounds dangerous.

I like it.

Hmm. Well at least put a shield around the kid (and yourself) and fastforward a bit to see what happens.

You don't need to go back in time to fix this. Teleport her forward in in time right before she would have gotten hit by the explosion.

This way, you will avoid a paradox because after the explosion you realized she was missing. She actually vanished because she was moved forward in time by your future self.

If all else fails, ctrl+z exactly six times. You will be exactly where you left the bomb. Now grab the girl and leave, once you are safe ctrl+s. It's just a couple Windows shortcuts, and it even works on Mac.

Disclaimer: this will not work with Unix based Operating Systems, Unix does not have an undo feature.

Suggestion 2020/01/12(Sun)19:42 No. 953308 ID: 470289
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>Tell her to run. Live her life! You'll hold them off.
90% sure that ain't alive.

I'll fast-forward though, sure.



Yeah these dudes are still fake. I think I probably just made like, a pocket dimension or some shit. Can't actually time travel.

That sucks.

Alright time to exit the pocket dimension somehow and see if you can reconstruct her from the bits.

>>953255
There's not a whole lot to say I suppose.
I don't remember a lot about my past.
Life was all kill or be killed back then.
Mana and the flow of it was life. To seek and consume it survival.
Mana was the first thing I saw. The first thing I understood.
Everything else. All this... Came later.
I've come to find that this makes my understanding of magic... different.
I don't know how it would be judged.

Your only family were your little sister and a nest of giant lizards that took you two in for some reason. But your sister never woke up from her lifelong coma, and you don't know where the lizards are.

Then time blurred until you got caught in some skirmish between knights. You fought back in self defense, and somehow all the knights had fallen by your hand or killed each other. You took what interested you and learned what you could from their magic gear.

Then some weird guy in a frilly dress took you to Victoria.

>>953255
Give her the same story you gave others. The web of half-truth must be consistent.
Ask where you can get tested, maybe you can do that soon.

I lived in caves eating grass and lizards, there were a lot of lizards.

>>953273

This, just a straight up description of your early life, leaving out the specifics of not being a rabbold at that point and time and maybe leaving out the eating a bunch of people.

Orders are orders. A

There's no winning this fight. But who cares. B.

>>953076
Rest and recuperate
You are running on fumes and the journey is still long. You must prepare for the rescue itself.

>>953076
A.

You have been given an order from someone directly in your chain of command. They have access to information you do not have.

Rest.

You are doomed, the only question left is whether you die when you lay down and close your eyes or you die when you die trying to murder a superior who is fucking things up for you.

I say don't lie down until your legs won't work anymore.

SIT NEXT TO HER!!
"What? Why??" thats
oh no D:
DD:

Sit next to her. It's not too late. It's a sad moment, you both could use it. Ask if Rack talked about it, but remember that a military isn't for everyone. And that what matters most is what she wants, even though she definitely cares about you all. "Making the choices you want" and all.

Still sucks, though.

what about leaving too and staying with Rack

"Well, it makes sense. Rack made it clear she chose to turn so she could be the everywoman; every profession, high and low. She can't be any of those if she swears to an eternal oath of Gallowglass. You don't put 'do no harm' and 'tenderize it' in the same sentence.

I just hope she didn't add 'serial killer' to her list. I don't want us to be the ones to hunt her down, but we're likely the most effective candidates for the job."

seconding this sounding like a pretty natural choice for rack. she seems very buoyant and self-sufficient when it comes to her future plans and disposition. maybe it's hard to tell, but has she ever shown introspective moments to the contrary?

might be a nice time to think on those Behavioral Issues that got strip held back. i guess we don't know too much about the other squadrons, so we'd have to ask directly about the others in the 65th and whether strip's decision (if she had one) has changed since? has she ever seemed antsy about getting on with things, or has graduation not really been a topic of regular conversation for the 70th?

and yes, it's not too late to sit! we should do that.

ask if she's ok

if she ask you why you're asking tell her, "have you ever had a dream so real that when you wake up you're not sure if it was actually just a dream or not? I just had a dream where the whole school was attacked and I just wanted to make sure it was just a dream."

give more details if asked for them

>>952883
>>952884
Both of these.

>>952879
She looks like a mess, like something eat her and not in the lewd way. Ask her is she is okey.

>>952879
Explain what happened.

>>952945
That’s because she just woke up and crawled out of her cocoon. Since Arthocobs sleep in cocoons, it’s only natural that they’d look a little wet when they climb out of bed.

...what if the knife is laced with a drug that causes hallucinations or vivid dreams? That would explain the original owner's odd behavior as well; maybe he was given it by someone else.

Sabrina 2020/01/06(Mon)13:17 No. 952864 ID: 5a5548
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"hey I got an idea." Vance says, "let's just all of us fuck?"

"what? like a threesome?" Savriina rubs her chin, "yeah, that makes sense! love triangles are bullshit."

and before long the three of them were twisted together like a handful of horny pretzels! the wild rutting produces a shockwave of horny energy that radiates throughout the Thru'nakk'ki civilization and and- a...

Sabrina 2020/01/06(Mon)13:21 No. 952868 ID: 5a5548
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th-thank youuu guysss!

this was the best uhm... story... I've ever done! I'm gonna submit this one to the forums tomorrow, tonight I need uh... I need to lay down...

The pleasure was all ours~

We’re so good at writing plot.

>>951989
I'm your conscience... oooh

Looks like you have messages though.

Tindo 2019/12/29(Sun)01:57 No. 952306 ID: c540e0
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>>951984
>>951988
Yeah, your profile is blank, that might explain things.
You need a bio and profile photos

>>952097
Looks like it, we'll check them once we've sorted this profile mess

Could be worth reviewing what went wrong here, any feedback?

Draw a pentagram in desecrated angel's blood, place the egg in the center, and perform a satanic ritual to imbue it with unholy power.

The sacrifice shall be goats. Many goats.

Tie a bow around the pile of ash and add a note saying "From Santa".

>>952389
Wrap it up in a warm blanket.

It is clear what we must do, Lick D'egg

>>952596 Wouldn't that risk sucking eggs?

No haggling. 4 or bust. If they can't go that far, then fine, the kid can play with the coins instead. Maybe teach them to tip coins across the backs of their knuckles one-handed. Or roll them so that they come back to her. Or flip and catch them for impressive coin tosses. Marbles would be great, but there are alternatives and you ain't going a cent above what you are comfortable with.

Do you fear that man like beast or do you bask in the destruction of the world you know? Is his execution a relief or a lament for what could be?

Haggle.

Leave it. But see if you might find some other toy for her during your errands today.

Leave it alone. You don't know the market price of marbles and you don't need them. Paying exorbitant amounts of money for trinkets just lures in arbitrage seekers.

Leave it, but make sure you tell the First Miss like it is: "We have less coin on-hand than that price, and we have yet to finish our errands besides. Perhaps another time, {INSERT GIRL'S NAME}." She may still resent the decision, but we will not let her think we're unreasonable.

>>952446
Tell your Peshgiene friend that Neumono are actually foreign to the Kiter and you were more or less made as a prototype demonstrator of Kiter-Super-Neumono-Hybrids.

Tell Ekasarra that you're angry because you just realized something stupid and it's frustrating.

Ask what she means by 'flagrant violation of thermodynamics'. Has Kitsiksu noticed the machines in this place have been running without fail for multiple galactic rotations yet?

I'll share something that occured to me: Ignorance is bliss, not because ignorance causes happiness, but because reality is sad and frustrating, and the knowledge and realisation of that is depressing.
Probably not pleasant, but, hopefully insightful. After all, knowledge is still power... *sad sigh*
There is no going back after the bliss of ignorance is lost.

Well she looks concerned, also Holy shit that pregnancy is progressing rapidly.
But that's not for now.

Tell her she's not Kiter, and that she's someone you trust.
Ask Ekasarra to stay with her and maybe contact Sissiri or Tirzi about her, privately.

Ask how she gained so much weight. Has she been eating to try and fill the emotional void left behind by basically everything? Because that probably won't work.

>>952524
Don’t say this. There’s no need to be rude like that.

Jimmy Jerimaih Jones. Joe to your friends.

>>944431
seconding this

Your name is Djoruk Mana-galam, a name your are proud of!

Your royal title as prince is the Earl of Wiggelsly, but your real name is Lysander of the House of Vincento. You’re just “Sand” to your friends though.

>>944430
Donk Gonkins, bastard heir to the Gonkins fortune

alyssa 2019/12/17(Tue)09:29 No. 951786 ID: c1eaac
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dear glas please make him look like captain marvel amen

>>951786
amen

Suggestion 2019/12/22(Sun)03:00 No. 952010 ID: 712b57
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mods help and forgive me, my computer is out of commission and all i have is my phone and my passionate desire for Arty's midriff to show
so sorry about the uh. file size
anyway, what better way to make ppl think he was your date then to match?
thats why the midriff, cool gloves are bc, well, flashing a lil shoulder is fun and flirty, the coat matches your cape somewhat, and then the boots are practical because arty is a practical man. big ole stompers! the pendant is just to add some pop to the otherwise not super fancy outfit, but its optional. i went with plain ish pants that have that lil. fold crease thing in the front bc thats also very pretty--i mean flows with the outfit and his coat and stuff. it's a fun outfit!

>>952010
oh, i am loving the the bottom hem of that coat

cmdonovann 2019/12/29(Sun)16:19 No. 952322 ID: b787ea
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alright here. not QUITE a tiddy window but close enough ;p

Wood, but I get the feeling it's for a different reason than the rest of you.

>>952286
Ah yes, Element D

Wood.

Wood. >:]

Fur

Yep just flop over there (or however this creature moves) and dip your tail into the water. If the kid grabs on but doesn't climb, pull your tail out with the kid on it. If the kid doesn't try to touch you at all, maybe just let the tail dangle down there for a while... unless the kid gets too tired to stay above water, then try to grab him.
If he bites you, then... well, just deal with it I guess.

Is it considered okay to turn back into your normal form after the deed is done to let them know they've been saved by a Mezz?

observe the other one for a moment and see how it moves. gotta get this right.

It's possible we could try to draw attention to ourselves and therefore also the well, try making noises.

Why does the Mezzanine save people, anyway?

Would it be possible for you to give him a subconscious suggestion to climb the tail? I'm not sure if you can do that while also assuming the shape of something.

Interrogate him. Does he have more Dum Dums

Enquire what a handsome fellow such as they might find in the trash, and pursue the thought that you might engage in some youthful rifling together, whist waggling eyebrows enthusiastically.

Lean your head over his shoulder.

>>946529
Join this individual in their trash spelunking.

Talk to trash guy.

Oh lawd we might have a situation. Try one more time in trying to hail someone and if that don’t work move in for a scan.

Try a longer-ranged passive-scan. Just get a read on the atmosphere. Well, at first, if everything checks out, then close in for a comprehensive technology search or whatever. Just... if something is seriously wrong, no need to draw attention to yourself right away.

Gthar 2019/12/17(Tue)10:32 No. 951788 ID: 074ba6
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>>951770
Me. "Something is not right. Scan the surface! Around our colony!"

Moluch replies "The colony doesn't give off any active or passive signal. The flight control is as if it never existed."

Me. "Does it look like the colony is still there?" I rush to the window when the Sheltered Crater appears in the optronic visuals.

Moluch replies "Looks like it's still there."

>>951778

Me. "Can you scan for passive signals, just turn down any background noise and the ship instruments if they distract. See if anything is around the planet with us? Keep signals down! We don't want to draw any attention to us!"

Moluch. "Yes, We'll go dark now."

the Soldier inquires "Will I then: Float past the colony 1000 bleaks above and not disturb the local gravitonics: Flying engines dead? We b in a semi-stable orbit." (One bleak is approximately 2 miles)

No engines will be a touch risky but go for it, keep the stealth approach going.

Gthar 2019/12/22(Sun)15:57 No. 952060 ID: 074ba6
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>>951797

We manage to capture this glimpse speeding past the colony.