C, A

D , c

Primary C, secondary B.

Idea: if C is chosen, don’t wear any underwear underneath~

D/c

Silence 2026/07/10(Fri)14:24 No. 1129179 ID: 6d1406
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>>1129118
>>1129123
You decide to buckle down and just move forward, you're still under contract... and supposedly this is your chance out. This job should free you... at least what that's what Hannibal said.

>>1129125
You ask Nora what could have caused the memory loss, since it wasn't related to your head injuries. You watch as she crosses her arms in consideration.

Well see, you didn't lose the memories, they were just locked away. Could have been emotional suppression, you deliberately sealed them off yourself and the implants just reacted to that. Or it could have been intentional by the company during your augmentation, maybe as some control method to keep you focused, they weren't hard to unlock so I don't know if it was intended to be permanent, but the Corps are kinda assholes all around.

If it bothers you, do you have anyone you could ask? Anyone you trust?

>>1129179
...guess we could ask Hannibal. From what we saw from our memories, he's just as much of a victim as we were. At the very least we can ask to check the contract to see if they put in that provision. On the other hand, why is Hannibal not listed as a handler?

Ask if there's any chance these memories are fake.

Those memories didn't seem that traumatic that we would block them. And I'm not sure why the company would want to make you forget that you owe them so much.

Could we have seen something we weren't supposed to see?

>>1129201
If we saw something secret and the memories were blocked for that reason, wouldn't it have been harder to unlock them?
I think either it was accidental, it was self-inflicted, or there's some false information in there and we were meant to unlock them.

Strange, the only thing that they might have wanted to cover up is:

1. The identity of Disco. (Is he in trouble too? He's just a suit!)
2. The identity of Hannibal. (but you didn't have any dirt on him that hadn't already been leaked)
3. You stole a mech (so you won't run off with the latest company mech?)
4. Ava had your memories erased so you wouldn't remember she betrayed you. (AVAAAAAAA)

Maybe you could ask him to walk through what he's doing, like the first aid stuff, might ease your mind if you ask him to explain it while he's doing it, instead of assuming the worst and running with it until you have a panic attack.

Tehehe, you should kiss himmmmm

I mean he's being so nice and kind, and it's a good way to show thanks to a nice boy! Im sure he'd appreciate his efforts being appreciated even if your words don't work so good right now, it's a good compromise especially after breaking his bathroom mirror <3

YOU SHOULD KISS HIM

It's a good way to start this new friendship! First impressions matter the most y'know and he's still being so nice even after you tried to stab him! Im sure you can still make it even better with a big kiss! He's so cute too tehehe! He's so dumb he'll basically do whatever you want at this point without even questioning it tehehe!!

KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM

>>1128987
He may not be as hot and brave as Jayden but he is soft and smells good and disarmingly naive and decivable could have him do anything innocently, but he can also overpower us completely and hold us down pressing against us with a clueless smile

>>1128987
>>1129070

Maya.
I think the intrusive thoughts are back.
Well.
The other ones.
Not the mostly benign ones.
I guess im an intrusive thought too.
Wow.
Heavy.
Anyway, while im having non-existential crisis here, or whatever its called when your imagination starts doubting its reality, you focus on one little set of things.

Dont hump the bunny.
Dont kiss the bunny.
Let him help you.
Thank him.
Make a new, slightly naive friend who was kind enough to want to help you without getting something from you.
Be at peace for a moment.
Heal.

>>1129205
I am not the thought of humping. i am the thought of passively sniffing the air, observation and objectively true statements with rose tinted glasses or terrible scary truths, i am also the thought of snacking between meals like a small tortia chip with salsa and cheese in a microwave so it has that perfect crunch and elasticity that you can eat in 4 minutes 2 of those is letting it cool.

Its less scary to think about then the fact this little boy can completely and utterly overpower us with no effort at all without a clue, and he is cool but not as cool as Jayden who is as shown by actions and words ready to kill for our well being, and tolerates our weirdness which is pretty amazing like he dropped everything for us. Forgiven us for causing a crash more concerned about our well being.

>>1129026
Aw shit.
This is like the fox, chicken grain and boat puzzle.
But its fox rabbit, clothes and nudity.
...
..
Ok, its not really like that but you can still think logically.
Put rabbit out.
Or dotti out.

The important part is the door between them.
Then tell dotti to focus.
Get the illusions back.

Push dotti out. Dotti can be responsible for the laundry

Man, I missed that silly Lucha Liebre so much.

Push yourself out, shove Ginerva in. That way she can, um, mediate the fight. Yeah.

Spontaneous desire to wrestle the rabbit!

>>1129064
Noooo.
Serah is a sensible girl
Shed never do that...
Resist the temptation!

But have a really good, detailed think about it.
With diagrams.

And hope she doesnt pick up on your surging FIGHTING SPIRIT.
Because if she did?
Why, she might just start wrestling you right there.
And that would be awful
~Ooohhhh noooohhhhh~~♡

Yamelle 2026/07/10(Fri)21:59 No. 1129190 ID: 330254
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Yamelle: And then what happened?

Stranger: Exactly that. I went home.

Stranger: I’m sorry it couldn’t be wrapped in a bow, but I saw what I saw.

Stranger: I don’t think I was allowed out until the next day. The mender had since ‘cured’ the village and went on to the next one. I never saw the splinter again either--he probably took the credit as I feared he would.

Stranger: When I was able, I visited the pond. Still no trace of what I experienced. Did it open a hole and drain all the water? Have I saved and cured the village? Or did I unleash something terrible into this world?

Stranger: The other children have made fun of me for it. Perhaps I saw only what a child’s eyes could think up.

Stranger: Still, I kept the tradition going. But I don’t ask for lodging or anything. I typically keep silent about it.

Yamelle: Well that was a... fascinating story!

Yamelle: I think the kids will like that one! When they’re old enough to listen anyhow...

Yamelle: I’m sure you were probably right. It doesn’t sound like it kept you from trying all your life.

Yamelle 2026/07/10(Fri)22:00 No. 1129191 ID: 330254
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The stranger is silent, and stares out into space as the poolwater is undisturbed. Ma is getting sleepy, indicated by her stretch and light yawn.

Stranger: ...

Stranger: I think... I’m ready to move on.

Stranger: Thanks for keeping me company--I haven’t shared a story like that in a long while.

Stranger: I was... having a look around the village; it’s quite healthy. Healthiest I’ve seen in my years. I still did a bit of mending here and there.

Stranger: ...little things. Precautions.

Stranger: ...

Stranger: There’s something maybe you ought to have.

Stranger: In my basket is something like an ivory awl.

Stranger: At any point when you find a cyst in the ground, bury the awl somewhere nearby. Point facing down like a spike. But careful not to break it. Don’t worry, it aint another splinter--more like acupuncture. Just make sure it’s done before the cyst is lanced.

>>1129191
Alright. Well, might as well bring up the weird disk now.

Does a spooky figure that has been watching people from the rooftops all foreboding-like and giving an old man a scare count as a cyst?

Anyway, let's invite her to sleep in the house!

Invite her to the house!

Invite her to the house!

You won't take no for an answer!

>>1129198
Agreed.
Invite her to stay.
Whether we fully believe it or not.

She never asked for lodging like the other guy.
He was a walking splinter.
And this isnt her asking.
Its being offered, in gratitude for a tale told.
And, let her feel your belly.
Especially if the little kickboxer is waking up.

Toxoglossa 2026/07/11(Sat)02:12 No. 1129195 ID: d10be1
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Gabe leans back against the wall and shakes the last few drops of water from his thermos before sighing. He opens a gate to tuck it away in his storage dimension. His body aches from just over an hour of work, having already spent most of his mana reserves trying to alleviate the backed up shipping traffic. Even with his boosted spellcasting ability, opening ship-sized gates one after the other quickly drained him.

Toxoglossa 2026/07/11(Sat)02:12 No. 1129196 ID: d10be1
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He looks over to Nixxy and Fennel, who thankfully arrived to take over the operation. The pair mentioned something about “the other Kol and Casey” and warned him about “Dowpelwgawngewrs” before eagerly tackling the logistics nightmare.

Gabe stews over their warnings, watching as a hand made of water lifts a fishing trawler, barnacles and all, out of the harbor. The crew hangs on, their nets and fishing traps rattling around the deck, while Nixxy carefully maneuvers the craft through the shallows and into navigable waters.

Wow, Fennel is powerful

May have been severely underestimating Fennel.

Damn, those two together might even make one of those super-old fire elementals pause before being a menace.

Who's currently in possession of the Aegis? Gabe, or? Is it in the form of the belt-brooch, or?

If its on Gabe, he has to keep it safe from theft (mundane or magical, e.g. fey agents). This is also a chance to relax a bit in his pocket plane, perhaps.

Said pocket plane is also a convenient holding cell for the doppelgangers (assuming you keep its residents from starving, dehydrating or running out of air) if you can trick them into going inside (or tossing them inside) and then just leaving and stranding them.

In fact, for future baddies, making a pocket plane that is explicitly just a holding cell could be useful.

C) who knows? that weirdo probably isn't any worse than anyone else here

A. It's the best outcome we can get all things considered. The Hog Hammerer is doing his job we gave him in the name of justice. While we couldn't solve this mystery ourselves due to our limitations as a monster as going against our boss would be trouble, at least giving this quest to Hammerer would help make light of the conspiracy going on at the heroes guild. and Dizelu showed he's weak enough for a mere monster like you to blackmail if you so choose

Just give a nod of approval, and walk on.

>>1129181
okay maybe not blackmail, pale knight wouldn’t like that

Well since in the future we know that Dizelu is afraid of this hero it is fair to assume that we made a positive impact to the guild.

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/07/10(Fri)21:42 No. 1129186 ID: 7b186f
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The end of Quest Delegator...for now.

4/4 Nalthar 2026/07/10(Fri)00:44 No. 1129160 ID: ce8213
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You stop just inside the hall, still leaning heavily on Brother Juan. The sides of the space are crowded with folk in gaudy costumes, all lace and ruffles. Mice, rats, shrews, even some weasels. Almost all of them are puppets, but not the decrepit kind you saw downstairs. These have neatly groomed fur and all their limbs. Aside from the wires, its their glassy dead eyes that give them away. In a distressingly synchronized move they all turn to look at you.

Its the ones that don't turn as quickly you notice more. Here and there you spot some you seem to still be living. A mouse maid cringing behind the line, clutching a broom. An ermine in a ridiculous floppy hat, tugging at his too tight ruff collar. A rat lady hiding behind her fan. You even get a glimpse of bright butterfly wings, away down near the end.

Also near the end you spot Lisel. She's standing next to the throne, still dressed in her familiar coat. As she sees you her face brightens, though not by much as she looks back at the throne's occupant.

Seated at the end of the hall is what must be the smallest fox you've ever seen. As it shifts haltingly on its wires to regard you, you realize with revulsion that its a kit. The body is draped in a rich red cloak lined with fur, a brocaded tunic, and topped with a jeweled crown. Light glints off its glass eyes as it leans forward. Its movements are stiff, with a slight shudder after each one as though its limbs are constantly locking into place. It gestures you forward with suprising articulation, and its jaw flaps but the voice you hear is tinny and comes from above you.

"Ah, the man who has given my troops such difficulty, brought to heel at last. Come, approach the throne and introduce yourself to the court good sir."

Overcome your complete and totally unjustified revulsion and bow before him!

>>1129160
Hmm, definitely a madman. Won't even show his true face to his captives. Likely the deer is the only one who's seen it...

Bow and introduce yourself, and state that in defeat you are obligated to serve. What does your new master wish of you?

We have to get the fuck ou out of this fucked up rat utopia! Play along but stay alert all the time. Never forget where your allies are and look for any openings or flaws in the security.

So we are part of a puppet show, let's perform our roles to the best of our ability. Do what is asked of you, and if you can come closer to your friend, talk with them, and find out what they learned about this cage.

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/07/08(Wed)04:37 No. 1129100 ID: 1a4dbf
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Thank you all for answering my questions. I have enough data to see what you liked in the current chapter and what you want for the new one.

* Your answer to the first question is that you all want everyone to have porn weapons, but I will add one additional request to it, that it is random who has porn or normal weapons.

* Your answers to the second question show that the majority of you want to see the defeated enforcers make an appearance. But I also see your wish to see new faces, and don't worry, there will be new opponents to fight in the second half.

* Your answers to the third question, putting all the numbers into a count, this is what your answers are.
Lady Buttania has 4 points.
Pound Cake has 12 points.
Rope Bunny has 13 points.
Burrow Buster has 11 points.
Whipsalot has 10 points.
And Wax Pornetic has 14 points.
I counted their placements as the point numbers, so the top three are Pound Cake, Rope Bunny, and Wax Pornetic. This was an interesting thing to see what you liked and what you didn't.

* Your answers to the fourth question, Wax Pornetic, left an impression on you. So did Whipsalot. In the lesser aspect, Rope Bunny, Kunoichi Bunny, Skull Bunny, Bunny Breaker, and Burrow Buster. I will take that into account.

* Your answers to the fifth you think that I didn't go too far. Well, that is reasuring to hear.

* Your answers to the final question are more blood, more weird scenarios, and more enemies. I will try to fulfill that to the best of my ability.

With all the answers, let's end this part of the story by giving me a suggestion of what you want me to draw for this quest, and it can be anything. So give me your final suggestions.

I saw what you made in the discussion thread, the whole crossover scenario. So this is my quest and this is if Miasma gives their permission. I would like to see the alternative ending to the fight between the bunny and the bird but this time bird being the defeated one.

draw lady and wax having a tea party

the inner circle having an argument

>>1129112
Requesting this too if possible, if not then Wax getting punished after Mint received her review from Hanako.

Yep, cute. Or gnarly, if you'd prefer. Perhaps even tubular.

So... what do Marnari keep as pets?
I'm also wondering if they contacted other aliens but rewrote the history books on that.

>>1129129
Oh hells yeah.
She a cutie.

Sorry youve got all this heavy stuff orbiting you baron.

yeah, she's pretty cute, in a different way than bro is cute. makes for a nice contrast

should probably get your coffee or whatever you came in here for and try not to dwell on the seething undercurrent of antihuman hatred that's seemingly simmering just under the surface of society and threatening to boil over, the barista and your bro don't hate you, and that's what really matters

Well shits happening, nothing really new there. Something is always going done somewhere you just happen to been caught in the crossfire this time. Grab your coffe, thank the cute one for said coffee, and I guess get to that thing you’re late for.

>>1128959
That feller is spooky and scary.
Hey.
I recognise him
Is he the guy who loaned you the harmonica?
Slinky.
He wants it back.

Ok, ok.
Putting my whimsy away.
Its possible theyre one of the original denizens remains.
Definitely a heavy set creature in life by the wide feet, long balancing tail and spread of the foot talons when it jumps.
Its caught in a loop of trying something that isnt working.
Suggests a command given and it having minimal autonomy.

All the same, we have info for the team
Get to the foot of the rope and we'll carry a message to come down quietly as theres one hostile skelamajig.

>>1128924
An unnecessary but interesting foray into the lore of our world: History has led us to broadly reject the idea of magic, but that has not stopped magical thinking. While we had once thought the world was magical, we were able to create detailed theories describing nearly every single mechanism and predict how systems would develop further and further forward. Anything that can be theorized about and predicted, we call science. We call everything else magic. The ways of science have become so advanced, in fact, that it is widely believed that everything can be explained by it in one way or another, though we may not know it yet.

Thus, the existence of magic is more of a philosophical question than a physical one. This leads to a big complication when it comes to the idea of a "soul", though. The word "consciousness" has come to replace the word "soul" in scientific discussions, but it hasn't replaced the idea. Fundamentally, the issue is that consciousness is pretty much impossible for us to define. We can describe aspects of our own conscious experience, but we can't actually observe consciousness in other people. A crucial step in the scientific method (The set of rules we follow to 'make' science) is observation, and since we can't make observations, we can't really apply science to consciousness. (There is debate about this, but the fact that there is debate at all is an indication of the issue)

The belief in an afterlife comes from a time before modern science, but it nonetheless stays relevant because of the questions science can't currently answer.

Also, it should be noted that the information you receive about our world comes from a tiny self-selected slice of the population, so you aren&#

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>>1129060

Fox here. This one isn't urgent. So... Souls. In some parts of existence, as far as the locals are concerned, there is no empirically observable gods, no empirically observable souls, no empirically observable magic, no empirically observable afterlife, no observable aspects of reality with an inherent moral agenda at all. In those places, sometimes the word 'soul' even gets used to describe the body parts made of matter! In that part of things, there is a deterministic, matter-based reality, based on reductionist principles with bottom-up causation processes causing emergent phenomena. And this can actually make, over sufficiently large timescales, based on the concrete, unchangeable mathematical laws of physics, the following things: life, life with a basic level of awareness, and life with full intelligence and self awareness and the capacity to grow.

>>1129060
I feel like a gave a pretty generalist overview of things. Death is an unknown and people have various ideas about it.
I also share the whole "mind and soul are the same thing" perspective.
It's mostly why I was so horrified by Mina's explanation of your afterlife. A ton of uncomfortable implications with the ways the gods are mucking about with people there.

>>1129060
Unlike Magic, Science is not a search for quintessential truth. Science is about determining what is impossible and calculating the improbability of what is improbable.

Truth to one person may mean something entirely different to another, thereby preventing the transmission of understanding from one school of magical thought to another. But with science? We find what is impossible for everyone, and then it is up to them to decide what they wish to do with the remainder; what may be possible for anyone.

The results speak for themselves. With a sandbox of unexplored possibility combined with a set of fundamental constraints restricting us from the contradictory, tools designed from such scientific inquiry are engineered to be usable by anyone.

But these days, we find ourselves adrift in ignorance. Starved of magic, we fall into delusions and tribes. And the worlds are getting... stupider. When one cannot scientifically disprove that a tool of science is bereft of any magic whatsoever... well. It's not looking good.

(2/2) kpwlt 2026/07/08(Wed)15:30 No. 1129120 ID: 127310
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A black-clad figure zips out of a nearby tree. The same one as before.

MARY: “It’s them.”

???: “Apologies. Just a precaution.”

The masked person grabs Sam by the face and looks deeply into her eyes. She kicks them off of her, and they promptly do the same to Uberto and the rest.

UBERTO: ”Hey! At least tell us who you are if you’re going to come in here and start examining us.”

They step back and seem to consider for a moment.

MILLER: “I work for the Ministry of Memetic Philosophy. Please, call me Miller. Some well doubles of you came here earlier, hence the inspection.”

SIMONE: “Mary’s mentioned you before. It’s nice to finally meet you.”

MILLER: “A shame we couldn’t meet in kinder times. Your mentor has been cursed, and the only person I know of who can undo it is the person who cursed her.”

Miller looks at Sam again, as if expecting her to say or do something. Or, perhaps they feel compelled to look at her for some subconscious reason.

>>1129120
"That woland lady"... so I'm guessing Hella is the flaming figure after all? Her ability to teleport in and out of the Well seems pretty handy. Wish we could do that, then we could go confront her.

Ask Miller what's with the mask. (so that's what was behind the censor bar)

Could we do something to lure the perpetrator to us, rather than attempt to track down someone so ellusivea? What was Mary doing when she was accosted?

Oh right, introductions are in order.

And ask about the body parts strewn around.

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/07/07(Tue)20:38 No. 1129069 ID: 988c77
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) Tell the guards to look up.

B) As the guards are aware of the defences of the room of their leader.

C) Try to distract the guards away from the unknown person.

D) Other suggestions.

retrieve rat. get ready for mystery figure to drop on guards, but don't warn them.

someone couldn't leave well enough alone... Is that chef seriously petty enough to interfere with us? If so, he's not smart enough to know I'm in a pretty good position to ruin his plans a little if he ruins ours.
I played nice and left his affairs alone, but if he's going to do this and think he's gonna get away scott free without consequences as he, an outside force, tries to interfere with this world, then we'll just have to play a bit dirty and interfere with his affairs too. Feels like he's breaking some rules here meddling with things, so alls fair if I breaks some rules too to make him regret this, right? That said...

psst, Maya, you can hear me, right? I didn't want to have to do this, but depending on how things go here, may you send a message to Triumphant, and/or Dervan for me later please? I'll let you know what the message is later if it comes to it, but hopefully won't have to come to it...

Since we already can't trust that chef, and he's interfering with our psychic link, it seems like he's trying to manipulate things in his favor that will hurt us here. We are going to have to find a way to contact bobbie, and find out what is going on in here, or impede this meeting in some way... that shadowy figure is our best bet.

C. Just simply talking to them is fine enough distraction I think. But then again, maybe spy rat can help by "accidentally" slipping out of Maya's hand, and running towards the guard to startle him or something? It will keep the guard's eyes down on the rat, and not up on the ceiling, y'know?

> that is why I believed it would have been better if you had followed her inside instead of staying out with me.

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B) Ask them if the room of their fucking master is being protected by fucking ghosts or fucking interdimensional beings! Fuck! This is getting fucking ridiculous!

Why would Bobbie specifically leave the rat outside...? Was she banking on the telepathic stuff? Well if she was coerced the rat should be able to say so. So rat why did she leave you out here? Other option is she did so by choice perhaps unaware of the tele-defenses. Or she knew but what needs such secrecy that she'd deny us all intel? Just too many unknowns. Worst case he's an assassin here to kill Abdle or Bobbie or Stein or even Maya for all we know. For extra spice perhaps Stein is sacrificing guards so he can plausibly deny it all. Or to test us, see if we'd "save" him from enemies. Less bad would be a spy after secrets. Just too many unknowns. With what little we have the safest path is to alert the guards. Whatever's supposed to happen stops dead.

4-{0.85} Stingpie 2026/07/07(Tue)02:55 No. 1129056 ID: 35d66b
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HRK wanders into the radio station.

4-{1} Stingpie 2026/07/07(Tue)02:55 No. 1129057 ID: 35d66b
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Woman: "hello and welcome to the city public radio station... what can i do for you."

What can she do for you?

You need to get in the studio. Tell her you're the guest for the next show and you're running late.

Tell her you're here for the audition.
And be suave
I mean ssssssuave

>>1129061
Yesssss
Sssplendid

B 2026/07/02(Thu)21:11 No. 1128877 ID: 35d66b
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Entering in, you find the place deserted. The aisles of chairs are empty, and the screen shows nothing but-

B 2026/07/02(Thu)21:13 No. 1128879 ID: 35d66b
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"Hellooooo!"
A male voice spills out from the projection booth.
"I have proof now! Betty is a FUCKING LIAR! Right here!"
How should you respond to that?

Let's see it then

Roll it!

How do I know you're not Betty?

1 good for business

1 yes but itll cost you twice next time. today was a promotional special

Yessssssss more nighty special!

>>1129008
Mmmnh.
Its such a good promotion.
And! Its only important the nightie is on when the delivery is made.
Some easily sheddable outer clothes and you could pull that off with minimal risk.

Also, cute cute nighty.
Very daring.

Wait! This is a nun who pretends to be in favour of censorship, but is secretly sus.

If people like that can thrive in this church, it will become more and more nonesensical and harmful over time.
In 50 years it will be full of angry nuns lashing out at anything lewd other than themselves, young priests chocking themselves with their censor wands for fun, and gay fuschia bandit goats!

2) I'm sorry, but true happiness comes from things money can't buy: summoning a goddess just to tattletale on a naughty nun.

Got a window or peephole to see who it is?

>>1128916
I keep forgetting about the hand and remembering only band practice and donuts and stale cereal

There are house rules?

Anyway

inspect those photos on the mirror

>>1128916
Careful
Dont wanna give yourself raccoon eyes.

Answer tha door.
Orrrr
Climb outta the window and oeak at who it is first.

Tio 2026/07/05(Sun)04:18 No. 1128970 ID: 1de1ba
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Smell Brandubh near the entrance, seems he waited.
"There's the young courtier! Tell me, Edrachin - has she yet fallen to her knees, aghast, struck dumb by your roguish charms?"
"I- I was there to thank her!"
"Ah, 'course - that's what you smell like. Gratuity."
"Wait what?" Sniff at myself.
He keels over chittering.
"Oh, piss off!"
"Wrong liqui-"
"Whisht it, you bockety cod!"
"Yeah I'm cod, aaaaall the lasses wanna swallow some a' me!"
"Don't men eat cod too?"
Nearly falls laughing.

"Anyways, git, can we head to the docks?"
"Pfhaha - sure, sure, though it's the right opposite direction. Gonna take a bit."
Leave the shrineforest, start walking along the river.

"Why the docks?"
"The druid, she seemed a bit startled. Kept mentioning a 'gilded ship', something about it being bad luck."
"Well, wouldn't worry too much, she smells easy to spook. Probably just the ship granda and all the others caught, been the talk since they came in."
"What?"
"How d- oh, right, Fog had you under right after that, didn't it? He can tell it himself, if he's awake."

Through the town, smells start getting a bit overwhelming, so many people, feelings, things.

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Scents change passing from the town center into the iascull orchards. Wet, heavy, lush, organic.
We walk along the dikes, large, sturdy trees holding together the banks on the rushing river. Past each side grow dense rows of still firm, yet rather sagging-branched trees wrapped in waxy vines, surrounded by ferns, themselves encircled in canals packed with cattails and algae, bridged by narrow wooden rails, fish darting between reeds and insects buzzing about. Surely farmers go about its maintenance, but through such dense foliage they are barely seen.

In the distance, faint rumbling. Slowly approach the sound, crashing water, suddenly -

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...
It is... vast. Blue. Beautiful. The breeze, the scent:

Home.

"Beauty, isn't it? Never get tired of this."

...


"...how do we get down?"
"The stairs." _Smirk._ "Pulleys're off, broke yesterday."

Out of my fascination, I see some others bustling about a building on the cliff's edge. Repairing, complaining.

"Oh that reminds me, I have to repair the roof for mom good luck with that Tio bye say hi to granda for me!"
"Wh- AGAIN?" And he's off.

Closer look at the edge.
Long way down.
Seaside cliffs to the left and right, a small few skerries and islets scattered along.
Ships docked at the wharf below, at its end a strange one of black material, segments shining deep brown and yellow.

...seems I'll have a while to think. Anything before/while/instead of heading down? Try to recall something?

>>1128969
The problem isn't that she's above your challenge rating, it's that she's a racist nutjob. Ah, well.

>>1128972
You might want to consider building some guard-rails. Nothing fancy, just stick some rusted weapons in the ground and tie a few ropes across each pommel.

Recall if the stairs are safe, or if it's better to wait for the pullies to be repaired.

Go left. Looks like a symbol for comms.

Go center

hmmm left

Right. I think it leads to the armory, and if they freak out, you want to keep the away from guns. (For their own safety, of course!)

Go left.

>>1128824
>I would like to close the doors and avoid more boarders joining the current mess.
>rolled 6, 6, 16
Two more rounds for boarders to swim through, then Cricket can get that hatch sealed on the third - IF you're willing to spend 2xp to lock in training on "Nightcraft Hangar Bay Ops & Maintenance" (or something roughly equivalent).

rolled 16, 17, 8, 11, 19, 20, 4, 3, 7, 1, 4, 17, 9, 9, 12, 9, 19, 18, 11, 12 = 226

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>>1128410
>Paprika, that was almost us when we landed in the castle!
"You mean after we got tossed up into the sky together? The innkeeper said it was kind of a long shot that we survived..."

>And, hehe, I agreed to be paid in statues back in the City of Needles!
"Ok, you lost me. What's that have to do with anything?"

>...I could just disappear in here.
>Would you dance with me under this sea of pseudo-stars?
Despite being caught more than a little off-guard by the request and everything else that's happening, Paprika manages to come back with a dreamy "Oh Nat...I thought you'd never ask." Dancing in such an awkward space with an invisible partner presents an interesting challenge, but Paprika is a consummate professional. She carefully lifts and guides Nat around any obstacles and ends with a mostly-graceful tumble that leaves the two lying on the floor together. "So uh...have you always been able to go invisible like that?"

>>1128645
>Oh dear.
>>1128649

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rolled 14, 17, 1, 19, 20, 4, 8, 1, 2, 17, 17, 7, 2, 8, 4, 20, 2, 4, 8, 10 = 185

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Reiko groans off-comms. "Whyyy..."

So: Either the 'immigrants' can't hear her or they don't speak Trade, their challenge rating is higher than anything the team can take, Branu might get angry if Reiko throws them out into space, or might get angrier if she doesn't...
Cricket has gone missing, while Natalina (who ironically hasn't gone missing because she's invisible) and Paprika are too busy doing the hanky panky and turning their psychological issues around.

And now all her favorite snacks are soggy.
Wonderful.

Reiko (still linked) directs the ship AI to 'jiggle' the iced-up doors with a combination of pseudo-physics designed to crush multi-form polymorphic crystalline structures, especially since the surrounding 'liquid water' is highly oxygenated somehow. If she can get control back to the doors, maybe she could try out a Binary code by having the door open-and-shut at specific intervals to communicate at a distance. Or just lock the doors, blast off, and call this expedition a bust.

>>1128856
Definitely accepting this proposal, hopefully with reikos help they can get the doors closed off.

rolled 14, 3, 5, 9, 5, 20, 8, 2, 1, 8, 10, 20, 3, 1, 11, 7, 7, 7, 13, 19 = 173

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>"Ok, you lost me. What's that have to do with anything?"
(Before calming down via dance) "I thought I was being clever, but I made a deal with something ancient that doesn't think like we do. What if frozen copies are easier, hehe, or faster than working stone? I'm sure she didn't ask to be killed a thousand-countless times over and over," Natalina waves a hand at the outside, "but that's what ha-ha-happened! "

>"So uh...have you always been able to go invisible like that?"
The arkus gives her girlfriend a funny look. "That was metaphor. I know numenera can make things ambiguous at times, but you're looking right at me."

>"Nat, I'm not gonna let you go out there all alone. Is it really that urgent?"
"I think we may have accidentally triggered a crusade. We're a lot more likely to change minds if we step in before the violence starts."

The arkus checks her cyphers. If the problem is her heading off [i]alone[i/]... She can't normally take anyone else with her when she shreds the walls of world, but the things she carries or wears make it across just fine. Maybe she could carry a shrunken Paprika with her? Or... perhaps if they attached the hiding alarm nodule to the sensor tusk, Paprika could attack to force it insubstantial and they could both fall out? Although that might be a problem if the tusk is currently being used as a weight-bearing landing strut. Or Natalina could exit through the wall, and Paprika could go the long way, through the molten metal? (Though opening the door might damage the sensor tusk, and even if Paprika's heat-proof, shoving through all tha

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