What the fuck just happened? You were complaining like a little bitch and then had a flashback and now your arms are fucked up.

Did someone whammy you and roast your arms to... disarm you? Did you just lose because you lost track of the battlefield? Did you win while we weren't looking?

Or is this another, different memory?

>>997552
This but recognize it was your haphazard personality that got you this far and burned all the other bridges in the process. It's your anger and impulsiveness that prevents you from finding simple (yet sometimes hard) solutions to social problems, just as easily as it prevents you from dying on the battlefield.
You are a function of everything you shall have done. Process it and move on.

Did you just have that dream we saw?

Does using your fire power like that start to burn up your arms later? You look pretty toasted there.

Her arms always been like that. In fact, we saw that a couple nights ago. https://questden.org/kusaba/questarch/res/970260.html#982309

Yes, the scars on her arms were revealed to us when she took her jacket off to sleep in the last thread.
My money is on her getting those scars on her duel with her sister some time ago.


Now, why does this survelliance recording decide to play back now?
>She leaves having heard too much and too little.
And since when does the surveillance equipment got the capacity to monitor people's feelings and weave a narrative?

Yeah, let's go talk to Diagram and refuse to leave until we get answers.

>>996391
She didn't pull the trigger, though.

"Wait... what happened after I pointed the gun at you?"

... Does Rocker still have both his thumbs?

"Is it... normal for rogues to blank out and lose time?"

You may have just gotten one giant messed-up hint for why you went rogue.

>>996388
Also supporting this. Still think Mac should break down in wailing tears as well. She really needs some catharsis badly.

>>996387
“She’s been mentally screaming it at you the whole time! You know what? I’m out, I came to remind Luvi about the town hall and to make sure she was okay and I’ve done that. I don’t actually need to be here anymore. Luvi please show me the way out now.”
Try not to think about how this ranks on the worst days of your life.

>>996707
Fuck no, telepathically channel that at both of them.
Rocker for just making bad worse just because he can, and luvi for not keeping him on a shorter leash since she apparently can.
Just because everything is shit isn't a good excuse to be purposely shit to other people without a good reason to target them specifically.

Luvi, job my memory here. What just happened?

Wrenchie hasn't attacked this round. Sertis can prepare for them to close the distance with a leaping attack.

>>997499
Sertis get ready for Wrenchie's attack.

>>997499
Sertis get ready for Wrenchie's attack.

You never know, Goggles might just be biding his time for an action surge.

Veisar- Get ready to dodge a stab by box cutter.

I say it’s time to do something stupid. Vardek can’t see our future attacks if she can’t see at all. Cast a scry ward around her to temporarily take away her sight of the room. (It works like that right?) Then before Vadico can react cast a point blank crystal barrage on him.

SHE wants the princess. Finally her true motivation is revealed. Vardek wants the princess so she can sacrifice her herself.

This is leverage. Use it. Make a deal. One that leaves enough wiggle room for you to use it to your own advantage. Or one that you can simply break.

You are both acting like spoiled brats fighting over each others' toys. Leave her to her misery. Find the Hydra yourself.

>>997565

There's no way we're giving her that, and her ability to see the future means we can't even bluff it. Seems that we'll be doing something very stupid then.

Go for the Hydra. That's your goal. Have your guards go after the enemy guards around you. Battle is imminent.

wink at her

Ask her what department of CompuGlobal Hyper-MegaNet she works for, complain about traffic, play it as cool as possible

Ask what floor she's going to.

>>983776
Zip it.

Try to claim that you were simply practicing magic tricks? You might score cool points with her if you play your cards right

Asher 2021/04/13(Tue)14:58 No. 996043 ID: 470289
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The monster is watching.

The smell of wet dirt hits me and I see droplets of something black and greasy fly by me when it moves it’s hand. My eye itch gets worse. I feel it twitch, but I couldn’t move to rub it if I wanted. It keeps saying something but I don’t catch it with how loud my heart is in my ears. It growls at the stickler back before it’s wire-thin voice cuts off suddenly.

The damp smell disappears with the voice, almost as if it sucked it away with it. Only a faint bit of rotten air stays with me that I almost convince myself is my imagination. But I can’t because a second later I swear I can almost see… ripples in the earth. Barely visible, but flowing towards the stickler.

Yell at the stickler to look at the ground before the creature makes short work of her.

Yelling won't do much - they won't see whatever this danger is coming - or understand it if they do!

... but you can probably see what happens to them and that's probably news someone would love to hear? Maybe the thing is just spying, too. Like you are.

You could get in trouble with the Stickler before it does, actually, if they see you following.

You're not fighting the Burrower, whatever it is. Not unless you have, like, Junkyard on your side AND the drop on it. Wait... was it hurt? Who hurt it? Did Mash...?

Quick, before both draw away - what were those droplets? Smear some on a piece of cloth, anything. It is further PROOF of something strange. Maybe.

That cloth around its hand. That has to have been Mash's.

This... 'whatever it is' has witnessed you both to varying degrees. It currently has physical evidence on its person. Mash seems to have proven it can bleed.

For this reason, we should follow the pair and aid the stickler in whatever happens next. Don't get too close. If the ripples ever close in on the stickler, warn him. If they maintain distance, do nothing but follow. Tell anyone you encounter to spread the word that Bethel is canceled.

We could grab that stickler and easily push her aside from danger. We might not be a match for the creature, but we can still save a life, right?

>>995624
I would say it is probably dead.

The author deleted all of their posts, probably because the quest seemed like it was about to get kind of rape-y and they probably were not comfortable with it.

>>995998
Author here. Sorry I should have come back and made a proper post about this but the reason I didn't get around to it is the same reason I abandoned the quest. I got so sick I almost died, and that led me to rethink some of my choices in what I write and what I spend my time doing, especially since spending so much time online is what made me sick. Nothing rapey was going to happen in this, I'm just not going to continue it. Sorry guys. I deleted my posts as a spur of the moment thing. I might come back someday and write something better.

>>996678
I'm wishing you the best. please take all the time you need for your health.

Oh, I thought it was an April Fool's prank!

>>996690
Thanks very much! I will, and I've improved enormously so far. I'm not in any financial difficulties or any more danger and my family and friends have been very supportive, so don't worry about me!

>>996691
I don't remember when I deleted them but it's very ironic if it was April first. Either way I'm going to stop posting here now so I don't keep bumping a dead quest.

Thanks for playing guys!

"Well, the good news is that the water level isn't rising fast enough that I can see it.
... Our captive was doing magic while The Huntress barged through our hull and crushed half the crew. I have no idea if she was trying to save the ship or summon the monster queen. We need to put her execution or acquittal to a vote. If we get enough people to justify a vote."

>>996956
Yeah, though you just took a little hardtack and water. Also the prisoner's unchained but unconscious.

Ask more about the prisoner; is she dangerous? What's with the light? Maybe you should restrain her again?

Ohhh, yeah, the cargo is almos intact, for what i could see. Pretty sure most of the crew got kill by the Tittie monster or fall to the sea. The prisoner was conjuring something, but i am not sure if it was summoning the beast or trying to get rid of it. She is now asleep and unchained. Haven't seen the cappintan nor Booksy since the storm. And there is a huge hole in the ship, but we are not sinking, is the upper part of the ship.

Should i keep looking for survivors?

"Yes."

>Been here to make sure the supplies are safe
That doesn't make much sense. If he hasn't seen anyone else, then how does he know he's not alone on this ship? What's the point of protecting the kitchen if you're the only one around?

Anyway, the most important thing to ask of him first would be... how much time has passed since you- since the monster attacked? And what else can he tell you about the event?

I guess he's been hiding in this room the whole time "protecting the supplies". But for now, there's no need to call him out on his cowardice. Instead, you can tell him that it should be safe outside now if he wants to help you look for others and to pump the water out of the hold.

Gun it up

Can you take the aether sheath off the gun? Would it still be illegal? If so do that.

If not still take the gun. And the flashlight.

Assuming you don't have the tools to take off the sheath, and the fact that it's still early in the morning, you might be able to get away without taking either. You can just be back home before things get dangerous. And you don't want to start an argument with your friend either for carrying.

The flashlight could be carried inside your coat or something like that.

How through are the officers when they check your stuff? You could disassemble the gun and hide it in the flashlight if you know you're about to run into an officer. Of course, that only works if you know when/where you'll run into an officer, have the time to (dis)assemble your gun, and works off the assumption that police won't open the flashlight to search it.

A flashlight with batteries works as a good club though. You're not carrying much, so it wouldn't hurt to carry it, right?

>>996472
Take the Gun AND the flashlight. No reason not to be prepared for every possible scenario. Also this load-out means if you can't get to the blood bank you can wait until the evening and turn to armed robbery instead.

ROCKS: you gotta keep going! DORA might be hurt or something :c

BLU: Finish the windmill I guess :ccccccc

ROCKS: Continue the search but AVOID fights.
If things get hairy RUN.

But first... ZAP YOURSELF with the twig wand.

BLU: Make ROPES

ROCKS: If you can, EXPLORE to find something you can use as a SHIELD, STICK, or LURE before you keep searching for DORA. Perhaps you can make something with your HANDY HANDS. If you can't, then I hope BLU hasn't noticed you took a BRICK or VINE off the pile before you left.
BLU: Keep BUILDING stuff for your WINDMILL. You can make a BIGGER EGG to make a BIGGER YOLKY when ROCKS comes back.

ROCKS: rest today, wait for more yolkies.
BLU: LAY EGGS.

Tomorrow we send the yolkies to ROCKS. Or can they carry BLU around? Another REPTEKA helping wit the rescue mission increases our chances of success.

>>996308
ROCKS: Explore to find a HIGH PLACE, maybe you will be able to see further from it?

>>994091
Yeah let's not open that door. Can you see any flickering in the blackness?

Check out the door on the right.

Of Orange and Blue Kanalau 2021/04/13(Tue)21:01 No. 996110 ID: 636170
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Someone died there.

I could see only tiny flecks of light, far far away. They were static.

...

I try not to think about it. My time might be limited. I don't want the fate of whoever was in that room.

>Check out the door on the right.

I pull myself over to the right side door and press my snout to the glass.

The new sight doesn't really help put me at ease. The door on the other side of this one is open too, but not just to plain blackness. A sort of bridge protrudes from it, seemingly clamped around the outer door. It twists off into the darkness, deformed and broken. Like it had been ripped away.

Left of the outer door is cabinet, similar to the other one, though this one is open. A sort of suit is hung within it, with pieces for every part of one's body, head, tail, arms. A long tube dangles free from the helmet piece.

Sorry about that update time guys, life served me up a nice dish of fuck you. Art quality may be down for a little bit, but I'll be fully back in the game soon.

Do reccomed not opening any doors open to the blackness.

You 'might' be able to open the door long enough to try and snag that suit using the tube... If the suit isn't damaged. And you'd vent this room... No not a good idea at all. 8d continue looking around.

>>996110
Damn, I wish we could get to that suit.
Take a look through the last door on this floor.

quietCrisis 2021/04/13(Tue)13:15 No. 996014 ID: 9cded7
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Your name is Maya Watanabe, and you are the caretaker and bartender of the Mutual Ale Tavern. You've had the place for a few years now, and you've lived in the Haven Autonomous Zone since you were a teenager. It's a difficult life, living apart from the Principality, but the people of Haven take care of their own, and you've never gone hungry.

Since you've gotten established, the Mutual Ale has become something of a community gathering place, albeit certainly not the only one in the town. Haven, of course, lacks any kind of formal leadership or government, but people will always look to someone to resolve their petty disputes and ward off trouble, and to your chagrin, you've become one of those people. Your goal is to keep your community happy and safe, keep the peace, and avoid trouble.

quietCrisis 2021/04/13(Tue)13:16 No. 996016 ID: 9cded7
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Speaking of which, here comes trouble, in the form of Emily Swift.

You don't DISLIKE Emily. But she's a bit of an abrasive personality, and she's gotten into two disturbances at your bar in the last month, so seeing her walk through the door already has you bracing for trouble. Yikes. She doesn't look in a good mood, either.

What will you do?

>>996016

>Play it cool. Be ready to prep her usual and make small talk. Also, what'd she do last time?

>Be nice to her, ask her how her days been. See if you can get her vent and if you can get her to maybe feel better! Ask her how her wife and kids are!

>>996016
Take her order. If nobody else comes in, invite her to talk about what's upsetting her.

That bunny on the left looks awfully familiar...

C, have a friendly chat with the duck girl. At first, pretend like you don't have the keys, but then interrupt her, "Wait, hold still, what is this thing that you have here?" and do a magic trick, similar to pulling a coin out of the person's ear. Except it's the keys.

>>995693
B, and see if she needs anything else.

>>995710

I'm a fan of C myself.

B

>>995693
>>995710
The mouse and his date look familiar too.
B

We can probably get out if we are fine with losing our outer layer of clothing. Seems like the goop sticks to surfaces but doesn't soak in.

Stand still, stay silent.

Wave.

play dead

Got any fight left in ya?

Not just any jewels, but FAMILY JEWELS! The most abundant yet most personally valuable kind of jewels... And only the most evil kind of thief would specifically steal things for their personal value. Take her book away.

Tear out a page from the book.

>>995045
Borrow the book to learn FACTS.

I propose a trade: a book for a hat.

Use magnified glass on inside of book.

Vergundy 2021/04/06(Tue)19:29 No. 995113 ID: 9a5438
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Luce doesn’t seem inclined to talk about anything other than the research itself. Maybe a different topic needs introducing?


Just then, Adrian notices a folding table to the left of Luce’s desk. It seems to be a temporary workstation of sorts. On the table is a clipboard and what looks like some electrical engineering equipment. To the left of the table on the ground is a large spherical object mounted on stilts. It looks like one of the drones.

[Which object should Adrian investigate?]

Doubtful those drones have much in terms of security measures, even with the capability to pierce 10 meters of solid rock. Maybe you could take a closer look at that one?

Clipboards should hold some fun info

Check out that fox booty. More seriously, maybe find another subject to keep him preoccupied, such as himself; how he became head of research (since it's something he should be proud of), his education, and maybe his hobbies.
When checking out the items, you'll need to be quick and avoid touching anything. The clipboard will probably have the most comprehensible information, so check that out.

See if you can't sneak a quick peek at that clipboard. It can't be anything too important though if they've got lying out in the open, can it?

"We got a peeper down here. But I mean... no alarm means no danger, right?"

>>994938
this

>>994993

Wouldn't want to keep the information from her though. That'd be rude. I mean, just because there's no possible reasonable expectation of privacy in this scenario once you found those hidden cameras, that's different than actually noticing something's eyes watching you. Might as well lean into the exhibitionism.

AGGRESIVE MAKE OUT MANEUVERS!

Hopefully that ghost is looking for a romance show, and not a horror one.

The plan that I would go with would be to have the three fish be a CQC team until we get more weapons, therefore...

Teevin
- Arm: Skin
- Wep: Fists, Knives, whatever works best for him in CQC
- Itm: Trauma Kit
Viiveean
- Arm: Improved Plate Carrier
- Wep: Energy Katana 1h + CFG 1h
- Itm: Ballistic Shield
Rockit:
- Arm: Agility Frame
- Wep: CFG 1h + Flechette Rifle (I'd assume that the 2h weapon can at least be carried until CFG is dropped. If not, then Knife)
- Itm: Breaching Charge
Kayree

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>>994802
That was clarified on discord, we don't "have" the armor, it's going to be loaned to us once we decide who's getting it. Improved armor for a Monstrous Form unit is a different type of armor anyway.

Also items can't be carried in the weapon slot.

>>994790
We're taking Teevin, Rockit, Viiveean, Kayree, with Eilie in reserve.
Teevin gets the energy katana and a medkit.
Rockit gets the flechette, and the ballistic shield.
Viiveean gets a CFG though it's probably going to be replaced immediately and handed off to Teevin since he can use it on offhand, and a medkit for Kayree to use. She's still rank 0, she should stay back a bit anyway.
Kayree can take the stinger rifle, and a rebreather ofc.
Eilie carries no weapon (because we're NOT giving anyone the lightning gun here). I hope we can give the reserve unit a spare weapon once we salvage an extra one.

Teevin gets the advanced armor. He's going to be rushing in, he needs the extra protection even with bonus HP from monstrous form.
Kayree gets the agility frame, to compensate for lower swim speed.

Zarah interrogate the corp cultist.
Fucc interrogate a cult of the end prisoner.
Noot interrogate the other cult of the end prisoner.

Vivi: Frag, Stinger
Rockit: Zombi, capture foam
Teevin: Medkit, katana, Heavy armor. After we 'procure' some weapons from the first room the foam gun might go to Teevin.
Eilie: Flechette gun, rebreather, agility frame.
No reserve unit.

Other activities:
Zarah: Magic interrogation.
Kayree: Pee bandit.
Fucc: Cybernetics interrogation
Noot: Assist Lurleen

>>994805
Ah, wait, I want to change this.
Noot should assist Lurleen instead of interrogating a cult of the end prisoner.

Free equipment is definitely better than unlocking cybernetics research we don't have the Req to spend on!

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Salf 2021/04/03(Sat)20:24 No. 994735 ID: 04d001
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Geoffrey sort of bows to let me up on his back. He doesn't want to tread on me and it'll be much faster if he leads. It’s kind of amazing being up this high. This must be like in those books where they ride on elephants!

>>992427
>>992622
So the plan is basically for me to distract the Trolls while Geoffrey waits hidden nearby. I’ll try to lead them out one at a time and he’ll pounce on them and beat them up. Or maybe he’ll literally just pounce on them, that’d be pretty hard to recover from on its own, considering.

I go over this and he’s enthusiastic. We’ll try and stick to this overall plan as much as possible but something’s bound to come up.

>>992431
>Hey Geoffrey, you haven't smelt any patches of really horrible smelling plants around the forest, have you? Like really horrible smelling.
>NOT THAT I RECALL. SOUTH THERE ARE SEVERAL PATCHES OF LARGER BLOOMS THAT HAVE AN OVERWHELMING SENT. BUT THE SENT IS SWEET AND PLEASANT - NOT HORRIBLE. THEY SMELL LIKE THE HOUSES BEES MAKE.
No luck on secret undiscovered Troll Bane. Still worth checking though.

>>992431
Jomens was the boy you thought had a crush on me in Literacy class. He just wanted to be friends with the dragon girl and you made it awkward because you alw

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>>994735
Hmm, dragon girl? Is that your best guess for what species you are? You told us you didn't know. Aren't there some qualities of dragons you're missing? You know, wings, massive claws, armored scales, fire breath, urge to hoard valuable items? Well, you do have an affinity for gems so maybe that last one's covered.

To properly plan we need to see what their hideout looks like.
I wonder if we could set up some tripwires or snares, then lead them into it? Or pit traps? That could be enough to split up the group if you can't lure just one away.

Geoffrey, take to the trees. Ring, you're going to have to tiptoe around.

>Or just want everyone to date.

Yeah, that sounds like something we'd do. Sorry about that.

First priority is going to be finding a spot where we can hide Geoffrey for appropriate ambushing tactics.

We also need to know if they're all sitting around in a clump jerking off or if they're spread out to see how reasonable it will be to lure them off one at a time.

Don't forget, you still have that bread, which is certain to come in handy.