First, we need to talk about parallel universes.

Time.
In their desperation for companionship from beings long dead, from ages past and alien civilizations wiped clean, they found ways to create near-exact clones of beings found in various states of time-space.
This did not end well, but at least humans weren't lonely for a few millennia.

>>1106161
Seems about right.

The local multiverse!

>>1106158
Litterally making new friends?

B) today went well. don't spoil it

A: turn on the radio and sing along to whatever is playing!

B

Let a hand do the talking instead. A road handy while driving might be a little much, But a good ear scritch might be in order.

>>1106214
>>1106227
No see
that was what started the argument that led to the crash

Say this was fun and you hope to do more like this in the future. Otherwise turn up the music.

Heroes can fall, villains can be redeemed. Despite this, what's a hero without a villain as a foil? Shall we be a defender of the status quo or rebel? Do we know if the status quo is justice? What hero fights for injustice? What villain fights injustice? Shall we play to the dynamic or fight it off? Either way it'll be a tale. Vote's for villain because they get the best songs.

villain time

Absurdity DeVoid 2025/04/13(Sun)23:36 No. 1106243 ID: 4875d9
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You made yourself heard, the villain perspective it is. I do agree with all your statements, this villain is a wizard bard and she fights by summoning constructs with her instrument. Well, time to give this evildoer a name and personality.

Absurdity DeVoid 2025/04/13(Sun)23:37 No. 1106244 ID: 4875d9
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The same goes for the hero who will oppose her. He is a dragon knight who has a lot of fire attacks.

villain is named Nancy. Her personality is that she is very hammy.

Hero is named Gary. He's the kind of hero that will gladly save lives, no matter who, but is mainly doing it to be cool in front of everyone.

How does the slime the lizard rescued feel about its savior? She can live on a diet of slime milk, right? And likewise, do the fairies need blood? Can they leech from homunculi? (Will they try anyway?)

You should favor mana transfer over horticulture. I just think plant-based abilities don't suit Stargazer very well. Let the kindly mushrooms do what they can and then let your experienced embrace help shoulder the burden. This does not negate her win, perhaps you can repay the favor later.

Spilling into the Reisarf simulacrum? Absolutely, that was a powerful form of Reisarf. You already have two Reisarfs, what's the matter with a third?

Cultivating more hostile varieties of monster from the corruption seems almost cruel to the monsters, almost, but to give it animate form and substance also makes it easier to attack.

Finally, let forbidden knowledge stay forbidden knowledge. She's in punishment too for reckless self-endangerment, don't forget. Keep the winze out of crisis mode until it's too late for it to resist.

Hostile plants sound useful and fits the dungeon theme.

What happens if you eat a Deemegg? Will your homunculus body form a deeper link with your core?

Also Deem you really should get hugs from someone. Soon.

>>1106234
>More reisarfs

I... think we should ask them before cloning them any further. With the exception of an object lesson on 'doing unpredictable things' we should be sure they'd be okay with yet another one of them running around and needing hugs.

>>1106225
i think the dumping ground is a valid idea. we can throw bad shit there to make even worse shit later!

also someone is probably interested in buying nuclear magic crystals

>>1106198
Just ignore everything this guy says from now on. Nobody else feels constantly under threat from a gremlin woman that only exists in their head.

AHN support is presumably contingent on us not intending to coast indefinitely. Well, preparing our skills for a new job could take a while, buuut we should certainly spend some of that time and money we've been generously gifted on our benefactor. We should schedule a job fair visit, but more importantly, a dinner date. Or the robot equivalent of such.

Agree on we should ignore the paranoid asshole thoughts.

It can be easy to get into a slump when out of work for a long time. Let's take it easy and get our bearings for a bit before we go job hunting, but try not to fall into ennui.

Is there any general adult education class we could go to to re-acclimate to the gaps in our working memory and jostle up anything under the surface?

>>1106199
>It's clear at this point that nothing she says is going to be good enough for you
Actually, what's clear is the exact opposite of that.

Hax threatend Jack's life as a joke.
I asked if she really meant it.
She admitted she didn't mean it, which as I previously stated, is in fact enough to make up for threatening us in the first place. It took her a while to say it, but it's the only thing she needed to say.

Hax retracted her threat, so the conflict is resolved. And we learned something important about her in the process.

I'm also asking a follow-up question, because her mention of "subconscious consent" warrants a follow-up question. It's fair to ask if she's done anything to Jack that we might not have noticed. If she did, then it'll tell us more about her capabilities. If she didn't, then we'll know not to worry about it. Either way, it's a reasonable question.

>>1106192
Unrelated to the conflict that's currently over, let's talk about what's going on.

Hax says that she'd have a hard time fooling Jack 5 because he's in two bodies. What about messing with his senses? His other body isn't here, so if he sees or hears something that isn't really here, he wouldn't know it, right?

I also seem to remember that you were planning to talk to Ahn in private soon. You still feel up for that? I expect it'll be a pretty good time.

Hax is fine, she's probably just antsy over having little to do cooped up in Jack's head.

How can we leverage her abilities into Jack's new job? The applications for a therapist are clear, but is that what the new Jack wants to do? Should spend some time getting to know your new self. Try activities, go on dates with new and new-old friends. Figure out who you should become.

well, he's the boss I guess. If we want to get Grace's pic back on the employee of the whatever, she gotta do what he says.

What's important is you have your cake first. Break is sacrosanct!

Hang on, whats the confirmation code? There's been a lot of skullduggery today and the phones are likely compromised.

>>1106222
>put the folder in archive
Okay, hold on. That would mean filing it. Let's go talk to him in person to verify this is what we're doing now. Could be that our comms were hacked.

After lunch break is over.

>>1106222
Were just impressed with her oral capavity.

Hey.
That sounds suspiciously like filing.
Remember the motto of house grace, "we do not file"

Ultimately, just comply, but I still would like to hear why she needs it first, but we'll have a spy rat keep an eye on her and see what she does with the hair, especially if she doesn't tell us why. It's just hair

If she can make a clone out of our hair, hey! we have a body double!

Absurdity DeVoid 2025/04/13(Sun)10:25 No. 1106205 ID: 4875d9
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) Give her the lock of your hair.

B) Call the guards.

C) Take the knife and then call the guards.

D) Other suggestions.

Should be fine since we are cutting some ourself. Like I said, it’s just hair, just give her some to appease her, but tell her to drop the knife on the floor first before you grab it, and let her know we are going to expect something big in return in the future, like a favor for example, no questions asked and without refusing, can’t do this for free after all, otherwise you’ll get walked all over.

C) people just don't seem to get it. You are a queen. If you let random strangers take liberties with you then no one will respect you.
I suppose you need not imprison this fool just yet, but get her out of here.

Eh, abstaining. Either way has risks and benefits.

Don't wear out the mouse, just give 'im a sweet kiss and cuddle on the rocks for a bit, good aftercare is good

Toxoglossa 2025/04/11(Fri)19:14 No. 1106134 ID: 1260e9
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Caleb takes hold of Kol’s dreads and pulls him into a kiss. The pair savor the taste of salt and sea breeze for a moment as the sound of Nemo moaning gets louder and more urgent.

When Kol opens his eyes, he spots the selkie’s shaft, already at full mast again.

“Well, since I can’t go back to the sea, how about you give me a hand and get my cock wet for me?” Caleb says with a grin.

The mouse nods and lets himself be pushed face down into the sailor’s lap, trailing kisses as he travels. He gets to work lapping at his fiancé’s dick, starting from the base and tracing up to the tip.

Kol opens his mouth and takes him in, bobbing up and down on the huge dick. He pushes his hair out of his eyes to look up at his partner, who gives him an encouraging nod.

>>1106134
Give those balls some extra attention. He grew them just for you.

Nemo probably won't last long, with Gabe on one end and Casey's mana tentacle wriggling around inside the other end~

Remember to let Clio in on the fun as well!

>>1106131
>"He Who Gestures"
>Many hands tore the demon apart when it attacked his mind as he slept.
Bro is absolutely not beating the godhead allegations.

I'm beginning to like him.
Not just because he chose to offer kindness and respect to finesse.
I mean, that did help a lot but, i'm starting to just want to hear him talk.
Guy could make narrating a shopping list fun.

>>1106124
>>1106140
In the battle against the demon.
Hands were the weapon that slew him.

>>1106129
Those are eyes that have seen stuff

>>1106129
Muschio, you didn't happen to bank that toy off is forehead on the way to the fire, did you?

You're not really lying by saying yes, he is.

Might be best to converse with Pillet a bit here and see what she's thinking though. Shuzenza's on her trail and seems like a matter of time before the truth has to come out.

If she could imitate someone so cleanly, so undetectably, then surely she could have infiltrated the fleet at any time. Why start suspecting people now?
And if you where such a copy, would you even know? Or couldn't you perfectly lie?

Is there any answer to that question that could truly satisfy? It's getting a bit close to philosophy. How can you truly know anything?

But really, if he hasn't seen anything to make him think this is Pillet, then he shouldn't be chasing ghosts.

If Pillet is as dangerous and talented as he says then would you even know if you were compromised?

Another thing to consider: if Pillet never died, learned multiple skills, and we never found out until now, then whatever she's doing it doesn't seem to be very disruptive to the phenocosm.

...I don't konw what the correct course is, but there is a possibility that it is to be truthful, tell him to count the number of souls in this body, because it's not one, and see of you can't get him to send the two of you back down into the (sub-)sub-dimension to finish the job

Because at this point lying will be exponentially harder, now that he's going to be on the lookout for everything, since Pillet was using this blindness to hide and do... anything

2/3 Nalthar 2025/04/09(Wed)18:08 No. 1106042 ID: 6c233e
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The other rats are milling about, forming their teams. You are about to go ask Surrep if she would also join you, when that creepy moth intercepts you.

"I have seen you, Temerity of Gravel PIt. Darkness below you and light above, but you will find the way, chi chi." She sweeps a hand behind her to indicate one of the hulking beetles "Kh'khechil will ward your path." Without waiting for a reply she sweeps off to accost some other poor soul.

Left with the silent beetle, you consider him. Though his blank-eyed stare unnerves you, you cannot deny it would be good to have some muscle on this expedition. "So you don't speak?" you ask. Kh'khechil nods. "But you won't get in the way? You'll follow our lead?" Another nod. "Well alright then."

3/3 Nalthar 2025/04/09(Wed)18:09 No. 1106043 ID: 6c233e
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Pestuous has everyone gather around, and sets a sketch of the house on the floor. "Now we have much ground to cover, so you'll each investigate different areas."

"The obvious ways down, the stairs in the servant's quarters and the kitchen dumbwaiter, are guarded and exposed. If you look there be sure you avoid notice."

"There might be some holes under the dining room, as that room seems to be abandoned and infested with fungal beasts."

"Lastly, I have heard from one of the mice that there is a large hole somewhere under the entrance hall. Unfortunately they cannot say where exactly, as their friend fell into it, and let out such terrified screams that they fled in blind panic. Said friend was never seen again, so exercise caution."

"As for the rest of the rooms, there could be holes beneath them, we don't know. That is what we will find out. Call out where you intend to search, so that there is no overlap."

>>1106043
Our bat helper can use sonar, right? What about flying? She might be able to get an idea of what's down there without exposing herself to much risk, which will then allow us to plan a full scouting run down there, if it's not suicidal. ...we need some way of getting out again, at the least. Presumably Sorrel can't carry a passenger, so we'll need a rope and some way of anchoring it.

I think this is a good plan. We can look in the grand lobby with Sorrel for the known hole. Maybe we'll be able to identify how to make it useful for raiders in the future.

Maybe we should try the kitchen now that we have a bat who can see in the dark and use sonar.

Decline the offer! You'll be sure to dance the pants off any shady characters.

I think Anita already knows who you are, just take her help.

What are the odds she'd be going to the same city you are? Plus with you dressed the way you are, it'd certainly attract shady people in the alley. It'd probably be worse if shady people found out you were Serah than Anita does.

Not that you're not strong enough to defeat any bad people who approaches you, but being in a fight would distract Dotti's illusion

Safety in numbers. And surely the laundry she's headed for won't be on the exact same route that Dotti is taking you, thus making you unable to politely part ways and instead bringing her along.

>>1106163
Would nikki accept this offer?
Thats the real question...
A barmaid must be able to handle shady customers but would also be savvy enough to spot a bad idea and avoid it.

Id say if nikki is that confident barmaid type say no.
If she isnt, nervously and gratefully accept.
With luck dotti can handle the extra magical burden

Well being a leader does mean dealing with team drama… so grab your flocklet in a hug, sit down in a comfortable position and hope to god whatever revelations she gives you are less heavy than that of a shapeless lord.

Some perspective from the mistakes of individuals with less responsibilities might help frame what you learned.

>>1102635
Admittedly, she seems to still be trapped. I think Vi.al sent her away because he couldn't prove that she didn't have directives with her lord still alive. Either he's learned from this or it tells you more about the kind of lord he is to other Shapeless than his own with what he said.

As for Li.ni.si, ask her to go slow with it, don't see why breaking down over it would be a bad thing right now, this is the time to rest. But also that doesn't mean she will get answers. I think you are going to want to grab her and put her somewhere first, however.

>>1102615
"i keep getting substrate, substrate adjacent, or substrate parallel creatures joining my dream scape randomly sometimes and as this is a space where mindes come in contact stuff can get trippy..... they seem to be impressed with my sand if anything"

Go for it.

HQ!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2025/04/12(Sat)06:38 No. 1106143 ID: 12b116
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Windscale grabs Danovan and starts scaling the wall. Danovan has to hold on and can take no other action.

"TEE HEE HEE WE'LL GET THE DROP ON THEM," Windscale declaims loudly.

"Hey! Ow! Watch the claws!" says Danovan.

Kayree moves up and hugs the wall. She burst fires at the gunner and misses. The turret gunner's Aim is reduced.

"I'll get him next time," Kayree says.

Qay moves up. She's using a sniper rifle that takes 2 actions to fire, so she goes on the lookout toward the closest enemy.

Qay pats Kayree on the head.

ENEMY TURN! HQ!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2025/04/12(Sat)06:39 No. 1106144 ID: 12b116
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The closest fox moves toward cover. Qay is on the lookout and fires! She hits! The enemy explodes in a spray of gore.

Your C.Orgs hear quiet sussurations coming from nowhere in particular, like the tail end of words they can almost make sense of ...

A deep, droning and wordless song vibrates through the chests of your C.Orgs ...

The coyote advances slowly, continuing the droning song.

The coyote plays a [b]power chord![/b[] A nearby civilian explodes in a literal fountain of gore as if squeezed by a giant invisible fist!

Kayree is unbothered.
Qay is moist, in her own lane. Kayree's presence prevents her from being shaken.
Windscale couldn't possibly care less in any possible world.
Danovan is too distracted to notice.

The new closest fox runs to the corner of the warehouse and goes on the lookout.

The turret gunner fires! She misses Qay and Kayree! Qay and Kayree take a penalty to Aim from the burst fire!

The fox behind the hood of the APC goes on the lookout.

Three foxes deploy from the APC. Two hunker down and one goes on the lookout toward the roof of the warehouse.

They mutter and mumble to one another in their bizarre fox language.

Kayree, keep up the burst fire on the turret gunner, volume of fire is the priority. Qay, prepare to snipe the coyote if Windscale doesn’t kill him, we’ll try to take him out before Danovan turns the rocket launcher on the APC. This might sting, sorry.
Windscale, scale the building with catlike tread and rad-breath the coyote. This might sting.
Danovan, clean up the clown car once the coyote is down. If you need to steady yourself first, just hunker down.

>Windscale loudly declares his actions
We need to discuss that later.

I don't like how the Coyote seems to be charging up something throughout his songs. We should stop him before he induces instant death. Even if the backlash injures our C.Org, fighting the APC, the support fire, and the coyote head-on would risk far more.

Windscale, finish climbing, take the brunt of the damage. If you can, hit the coyote and his kin with a nuclear blast. If not, drop Donovan off and continue moving until you drop down and land on those two foxes in the alley.
Danovin, fire a rocket launcher at the APC. Use your remaining action to retreat from the ledge so nobody can hit you.
Qay and Kayree, if Windscale manages to kill the enemies behind the alley, double-time it there.
Otherwise,
Qay, sniper shot at the APC or coyote if they're still alive, lookout if they're dead.
Kayree, hunker down and lookout.

Ah I guess we can't move everyone onto the roof at once.

Kayree: Hunker Down. Then Lookout towards the south reinforcements.
Windscale, finish climbing, put Danovin down at the edge of the roof.
Danovan: Aim and fire on the APC.
Qay: reload and Lookout towards the south where reinforcements are coming.

5/6 Cross 2025/04/10(Thu)16:24 No. 1106083 ID: 24bc66
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He scurries around to another plate, shining the flashlight on it.

“Another says ‘I…R…L…L”,

6/6 Cross 2025/04/10(Thu)16:25 No. 1106084 ID: 24bc66
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Once again, he moves to the last door in sight.

“And the last one that’s in this place says ‘O, N, O.”


“The other parts of it have all been rusted away.”


“What should we do? We could also explore deeper, but I don’t know how long the flashlight is going to hold out.”



Exploring these specific rooms sound promising, but Davey will have to put more time into opening them up due to the rust.
He’ll probably be able to find his way back home fine if he runs out if we stick to this area, but it may be prudent to focus on which of these options seem the most promising.


There are three flares left. Davey will likely have enough time to investigate the inside of the rooms after using one of the flares and opening the doors.

>_ON__O_
Sounds like CONTROL. This might be a control room... or it could be the control group of an experiment. Should be safe to explore.

First two could be DRAINAGE and STAIRWELL. The latter sounds promising.

assuming that says Control, that room would be the most likely to have something useful.

LW 2025/04/08(Tue)19:02 No. 1106015 ID: 0d1c28
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The elves gather at the bottom of the ramp
Before them extends the Cave of Memory
Voices can be heard in the distance, no elf would be so loud.

>>1106015
No elf, but maybe...
Harroctar so far havent been particularly chatty.
Handlers, or other survivors then.
Approach but be light of foot.
Spy them before they see you.

Send the mermaid to scout ahead. Stealthily!

Yes, let the siren investigate from the water.

Maybe, someone let the harroctar enter the city. Scout before getting near annd try to get info about theseee not-elves

>>1105967
I wonder....check if the unit has a flightmode or flight boosters, order it to fly.

>>1105970
If doing so causes another error feedback, then it should be the last thing you test today.

This is seeming more and more like a machine that would be best in the hands of an untrained pilot. Someone to give orders but not try to guide it like a body.

Silence 2025/04/09(Wed)06:52 No. 1106021 ID: 6d1406
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You decide against attempting to fly at the moment, but you still have to deal with the Training Mechs shooting at you.

Even if the rounds they are using are dummy training rounds, the Machine still hasn't even dented. Heavy Armor Mechs for certain would take those rounds no problem but this? This is unusual.

>>1106021
Parry the bullets! PUNCH THEM!

Round out the session by ordering the mech to take out the remaining bots. lets see how it handles a task with multiple steps

>>1105385
Sounds like bullshit, desu

>>1105388
Yeah what this person said.

Absurdity DeVoid 2025/04/05(Sat)15:58 No. 1105901 ID: 756c41
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A) Attack her.

B) Wait for her to attack first.

B) gotta be smart about this, wait to see what she does and weather you should dodge or block.

During the whole fight she has been beating us.
We should try to use her own tactics.

It made Rocio really mad, too. You don't Ellie really mad at you too, do you? Not after she shared those huge... secrets with you?
Still, she shouldn't feel like she has to rely on a foxy potion to feel confident. You can feel that way without fur, too! She just needs some time to let that sink in before showing it off to Landi.

>>1105939
Dont stare.
Dontstaredontstaredontstare.

Definitely dont grasp the air with both of your hands while making honking noises.

With that out of the way...
A secret shared is to be guarded as fiercely as any ward you are charged to protect.
This is what seperates a wing knight from a flying thug.
Honour.
Protect her secret.
In a bout You cannot close full distance in a single step, just the same you cannot reach confidence in a single act.
Lunging too far too soon will leave her open to a riposte that skewers her with doubt.
Foot(and wing)work wins bouts.

Vivi 2025/04/07(Mon)20:54 No. 1105991 ID: 802951
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You do your absolute breast to not stare at Ellie and- aw, damnit.

She covers up and you both are pretty flustered.

“Ahem,” you clear your throat. “Exercise is good for you, Ellie. That’s a fact.”

“Yes, but-”

“And you hung out with me all night last night and DIDN’T spill your, uh, secrets, because I was looking out for you. That’s also a fact.”

“Uh-huh…”

“So, as the smartest fairy in our sorority, you can make an educated guess that you’ll also be safe hanging out with me when you exercise. Especially if you wear a loose tank top.”

“I mean… I guess.” Ellie brightens up a bit. Perfect! Everything is going according to plan. “Thanks, Vivi! I knew I could trust you. You’re so kind for looking out for me… thank you!”

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Vivi 2025/04/07(Mon)20:54 No. 1105992 ID: 802951
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FAIRY COLLEGE: END

Thank you for reading!

>>1105992
You did good vivi!
You did real good!
Aw, dammit.
Shes gone.

Thanks for the journey.
It was a fun one.

>>1105947
It's got your symbol on it. I think it must be related to your special ability- every agent has one I guess. Try taking it?
Also reassure him. This isn't something he should've messed with. He did the right thing by waiting for the professionals.

Put your hands on his shoulders. He needs a little human contact.
Tell him that he did good, he did his best, and that this isn't his fault.
Tell him to lock up and to go home, even if today's shift isn't over he needs rest. He deserves it.
The professionals are here, and we'll take care of it.

Yeah, I think we give the guy some reassurance, and then use the physical contact to retrieve this card. It seems connected to you specifically, I think the reason it doesn’t fall out on its own is it *needs* you to take it from him. Oh! You might not know how we know that symbol is “yours!” Our interface for hearing your thoughts is more of a visual one. When you speak out loud, your dialogue is accompanied by a little blue swirl like the one on the card. Similarly Gladii’s dialogue has a little sword next to it. This seems to just be an agent thing, since David has no symbols. But the swirl is yours and it’s on the card, so! Card get time!

>>1105950
Agreed.
Poor guy...
Just dont think about what it looks like when you put one hand on his shoulder then start touching his chest with the other.
Looks kinda... flirty.
Mumble about ash from his cig or something.

Anyone taking bets on feras special ability?
Is this chest thing a psionic iconograph representing some inner truth shes extracting feom dave or is it the tag that keeps his heart beating?

OK so anomaly in the bunker. Everything was normal (according to this guy) outside of it, but while inside, something strange happened. Is the bunker itself the anomaly? You're not equipped to destroy a bunker! Those are specifically designed to be destroy resistant!

Still, how to find out about whatever's in the bunker, without getting... forcefully made unable to destroy it?