>>161798
Nah, there are plenty of chemicals that wipe a person's short-term memory. Combine that with hallucinogens and they won't have a clue what happened.

>>161799
Having Ram go the route of the blood mages of old is a pretty bad idea.

>>161739
She is slow enough to dodge.

>>161743
>>161744
>>161749
>>161760
I sidestep her stab and grab hold of the knife. I place my other hand on her neck. She struggles uselessly. I force her to relax.

"I will only say this once. I do not care what you are doing. I do not care why you are doing it."

I bring her limp arm up to hold the knife at her eye.

"Life is fragile. This cold steel could destroy so much. Skin, muscle, tendon, even bone would fail under its strike. But that wouldn't be nearly as satisfying."

I let the knife fall to the floor.

"So let me outright say it. If you do not tell me exactly what I want to hear, I will sever your limbs, wrench your back into impossible poses, and pull apart your ribcage with my hands."

I allow her some slight motor control. She nods furiously.

"You have something of mine in that circle. I want it back. Now."

She sputters out "break the circle".

>>161760
"Others?"

She whips her head back and forth.

>>161766
Erasing their memory might cause unintended effects. Hallucinogenic drugs would not be difficult.

>>161799
I do not know if they would survive that if I tried it, let alone if I tried to do it inconspicuously.

>>161839
Chemicals to wipe short term memory...

okay then, give her a dose of stuff that prevents memories from forming and a dose of LSD so any memories that do form will be twisted. then carefully break the circle, maybe use her hand to do it as magic backlash could result in breaking it.

>>162932
Alcohol poisoning works pretty damn well to give people short term amnesia, I hear.

Make sure she can't move or sound the alarm or anything. Then go break the circle and get Fizz out.

>>162932
Toss her to the side and break the circle, then check on your cutebold lover.

After that? You've got three cultists on hand. Hit them with chemicals to block transcribing short term memories to long term memory, then hop 'em up on hallucinogens give them a show where reality doesn't make sense.
After that? Have our morphic friend take Fizz home and wait for you, then call the cops and tell them you've found some of the cultists.

When the cops arrive, tell them the Captain escorted you here and sent you inside, then some kind of mage showed up, disabled the cultists, took Fizz, and told you to call the police.
Also, mention you're quite confused.

>>162932
Make her pass out. Wake up the volto and tell her to break the circle if she wants to live.

Kill the other two, quickly and as painlessly as possible, and then call the place in to the cops as an annonymous tip. Don't get close to the cops again until you have changed your apperance. But preferably not even then.

>>163151
No. No killing.
We hand these people over to the police so they can find out about the other cultists we don't know about.

>>163176
And then the cultists break those two out of jail. Use some magic to restore or read their memories and then we have cultists coming out our ass.

Not to mention that the cops are very unlikely to let us go despite our rather flimsy story. Killing them is the easiest way and the safest way.

>>163182
The point of tampering with their minds is to make it so that the memories don't exist in the first place. They can't read or restore something that simply does not exist.

Aside from that, the story isn't flimsy at all. A good chunk of the department can attest that you DID walk out of there with the captain, and expressing confusion over the whole thing would would be expected.

Ram before we do anything, ask the elf about Fizz's scar. If she really has a Vengeance Demon inside her then how are they going to be able to make a Core Demon or Golem from her?

>>163176
>>163182
>>163203
After.

>>163223
"What about the demon, what were you trying to turn her into?"

"Core golem..."

...That does not make sense.

"You put a vengeance demon in her as well?"

She shakes her head vigorously.

"No! We don't know how to summon one, let alone control it!"

>>162933
>>162938
>>162940
>>163151
I knock out the elf, wake the volto, and slide her into the circle.

No backlash.

I move over to Fizz and pick her up. She is as healthy as when I left her, and both of her scars are still present. She is waking up.

>>163227
Hey Ram, how are we talking to you anyway? I mean, you seem able to address us directly. We don't seem to just be voices in your head or anything. Are we some kind of magical construct you made to help think of things to do?

Wait, whose blood is on the knife if Fizz is healthy?

>>163229
Let her wake up and ask her if she is ok.

Ram 2010/04/12(Mon)17:59 No. 163440 ID: 9a1fa4
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>>163230
...I hate it when my thoughts turn meta-analytical.

>>163231
I am not sure... It was fresh, but there were no knife wounds on anyone I have touched, and I did not touch it.

>>163327
"Fizz?"

"Mmh."

She groggily opens her eyes and smiles--

"Fizz isn't here right now. Want me to take a message?"

>>163440
Okay, keep Fizz's body from moving, while allowing her to speak. "Who am I speaking to?"

>>163440
Ask who this is, then.

On second thought, if this is the Vengeance Demon then we shouldn't mess with Fizz's body. We don't want to offend it. It might be able to fuck us over.

agree, no freeze and say 'no, but can you tell me who you are and if/when Fizz will be back in?'

I'm pretty sure she's joking. Like when people say 'did anyone get the number of that truck?'

Just ask her if she's alright.

>>163500
Check out those eyes, man. And the filename.

>>163528
Aww, they just look like cute eyes. And I don't trust file names... >_>

>>163440
"No need for messages right now. So, who am I speaking too?"

Threaten to pop her head off and keep it alive in a box unless the thing cooperates.

>>163500
"...Are you alright?"

"Much better now, thank you. We heal fast."

>>163446
>>163477
>>163479
>>163569
"Who am I speaking to?"

"Me. I am a kavistaki, of course. I do not have a name."

"Where is Fizz?"

"All about Fizz, are you? 'Something of yours'... does she know that you refer to her as your property, blood mage?"

>>163591
"You know I can cause you unimaginable pain."

"But of course."

"When will fizz be back in?"

She tilts her head slightly and smiles wider.

"Well now... that entirely depends on you, doesn't it? What will you do with me, blood mage? It's possible that Fizz may still be in here somewhere..."

She pauses and looks at her hand.

>>163697
Is there something on her hand? Let her keep talking, then say something along these lines:

"When I said 'something of mine' I was merely trying to be intimidating. Please give me my friend back. What kind of demon is a kavistaki anyway?

>>163697
Ask Eiko what a kavistaki is.

It sounds like it's trying to extort you. Won't hurt to know what it's after though. So ask it what it wants.

>>163701
>>163713
Both good ideas.

>>163715
>>163701
>>163713
I believe she is just... examining her body.

"I had almost forgotten how to move... Spent so many years dormant..."

"...What do you want?"

She sits up.

"What I want? Let me tell you what I want. I have spent so long trapped inside this accursed kobold... but you... a blood mage. You are what I am truly interested in."

"When I said 'something of mine' I was merely trying to be intimidating. Please give me my friend back."

She tries to stand, but falls on her tail, wincing.

"Of course. I just came here, I'm not leaving this delightful body so soon, no matter how pitiful it is."

She smiles very widely at me.

"Now, you have a choice, blood mage. You could kill me right now. Snap my head off. Crush my heart. But if your little slave is still alive in here, you will be killing her too, and that would be such a waste. Or..."

She tilts her head further.

"You could take advantage of me. My knowledge is ancient, and incredibly extensive. Rituals, the demonic plane, blood magic..."

!?

"Still need convincing? How's this for an incentive..."

She slowly rises and takes a step towards me. She presses her body against me and whispers into my ear. I can feel her breath on my neck.

"You are killing yourself."

I am contacting her spine with my hand.

>>164172
The knowledge she can give us is valuable. Fizz is a friend. What would we gain by killing her?

Ask her what she means by 'killing yourself'.

>>164173
Get your hand away from her spine. I don't trust it being there for some reason.

>>164173
Offer her a proposal:
She teaches you about blood magic, and you use it to craft her an empty shell that is to her liking.
You get Fizz back and learn about magic, she gets a form she's happy with and some allies.

>>164177
Ram can activate his powers with the highest efficiency while touching the spine or head.

>>164182

Disable her movement in a way that isn't painful. If she can't move there's very little incentive to remain in Fizz.

I'm thinking you can say something along the lines of:

"My friend is not a bartering chip. I won't let you move a muscle while in her body. I -might- be nice and find you a new body if the opportunity arises and you're cooperative but I can guarantee you that it won't be mine."

PS: Check your anger. Do you really mean to imply that you're willing to kill Fizz because the demon got umad?

You've had pretty good self control up until now. What's the deal?

Say "Please. Give me a slaughterhouse's drain pipes and I could heal every wound in this city."

Everyone knows the best way to get people to explain stuff is to scoff at them.

>>164206
"Please. I could easily heal every wound in this city."

"Is that what you're after, then? Healing people?"

She slowly builds a laugh and falls on me, hysterical.

>>164177
I remove my hand. she acknowledges it with a raised brow.

>>164175
>>164178
"Fine. Tell me what you know."

She narrows her eyes and continues to smile.

"Gladly. But shouldn't we find a more suitable place to go?"

I look around. Eiko is watching me. The volto and elf are unconscious here.

>>164182
>>164204
...I question if I should. She is hugging her tail now, I believe locking her movement would be particularly cruel. It could incite her against me.

that's actually a good plan, once we get enough power we could turn a few cadavers into something nice.

>>164545
"Oh, you're awake now, Eiko. What do you think about this?"

Before we go, there is a technique called Electroconvulsive Therapy which is used to treat extreme cases of depression. It has a side effect of memory loss, and no permanent damage to the body or brain. Be sure to force the muscles to relax while doing this, to prevent dangerous convulsions. The technique is basically a forced seizure. It causes all the neurons in the brain to fire at once.

You can use this to wipe the memories of the cultists.

>>164545
You know she said she needed a body and there are two perfectly good live ones just lying around there. Ask her if you could transfer her to one of those and if they would make a suitable replacement.

Bring them both along and she can choose later at a less potentially dangerous place.

Just change them a bit before transfering it. It seems like it could cause quite a bit of damage with a strong body, so weaken whoever you transfer it too.

>>164630
The elf had the bloody knife which means she was the one conducting the ritual.
She becomes the new host.

Besides that? Yes, you should be healing people. Even better, I know exactly how to get all the practice you need in the process.
There are groups which visit the ill, old, or infirm to raise their spirits. If you join one of these groups you will have access to people in poor health which you can experiment on without raising suspicion.
Small changes over time would go undetected, and it's well documented that morale often plays a large role in a person's health.

To help with this, get a job at a butchery or slaughterhouse and start collecting the blood. You can carry about 4L of blood around in a backpack, and since you have a chef friend you can say it's for making blood sausage.
... or would blood sausage be close enough to blood for it to work the same way?

>>164548
Obtaining them could prove difficult, however.

>>164549
"Eiko. You're awake. Have you been watching?"

"Yeah Ram, you're holding a vengeance demon. What happened? I woke up feeling great, now I find unconscious people and you here."

"You removed a torch, causing us all to fall down a pit."

Eiko's ears fold on themselves.

"Oh. Sorry about that."

"What do you think of this?"

She tilts her head and looks at the kobold.

"Well, she's just came here, so she should be disoriented and weak. If you fought her she'd fight back, but right now she's a pushover. I don't think she can survive on her own for long without help, and she might be really hungry."

"Eiko, do you know what electroconvulsive therapy is?"

"It sounds nightmarish. What is it?"

"Nevermind."

>>164630
>>164641
"Demon, can you inhabit another body?"

"What did you have in mind?"

I nudge the volto because she is closest. The kobold shakes her head.

"I don't think so."

...I loathe backpacks. I will have to be at hospitals... fine. But I do not think small changes would give me very much practice. Animal blood is exponentially weaker than the blood of sentient creatures. I will look for local shops later.

>>165604
How does it feel about elves?
They're generally taller and live longer. Hell, you might as well start listing off the negatives of being a kobold. Not to mention one that has a roommate the demon currently knows nothing about, and a job the demon doesn't know how to do.

I'd think the elf would look like a good idea, from that perspective.

...Anyway, I have an idea for blood, but it's better said when we're not dealing with a demon possessing our friend's body.

>>165604
Ask her about the elf then, or that telepathic chick. If neither is good then ask about simply creating a new body for the demon out of those two.

The demon isn't exactly fond of Fizz body, so there must be something else keeping her there and something that makes sure she doesn't. Fizz might have some unknown powers or something.

>>165604
Ask the demon what other kinds of bodies it could inhabit. Also, how she wound up bound to Fizz in the first place. The cultists sure as shit didn't do it.

Ask Eiko if it's really possible to get Fizz back.

Also ask her how her amorphous body works... and why she prefers walking around as a goblin.

Tell the kavistaki that you think Fizz would prefer dying to living as a puppeted demon host, and that you are willing to bring this about, if removing it eventually proves impossible.

For emphasis, kill the cultist gruesomely.

Go find a quiet place to grill it with questions. What it wants. Why it wants that body. What it can offer you and what it wants in return. Why it thinks you're dying.

>>165653
No. No needless killing.
So far it hasn't been openly hostile, so threats aren't working to our advantage.

Offer it the Elf, and if she rejects it then ask what kind of body she would find suitable.

After that ECT the cultists.

So, why is the blood of cows and pigs so much less effective? They're sentient, sapient creatures after all.
Is the blood of a mentally deficient person less effective? Can you say which of the 'non-animal' races have the most effective blood? The least?

>>165611
"You are a kobold. You are small, weak, and ineffectual. Your skin is scarred. Your figure is abnormal. You are widely discriminated against. You do not know anything about yourself, and you also live with someone you know nothing about. Take the elf."

"Quite the racist, are you? I am unnoticible, underestimated. I can fall long distances easily. I can easily sense vibration, my sense of smell is excellent. Discrimination makes me sympathetic and abuse makes me a martyr, and I have a few tricks of my own. Oh yes..."

She stares at me unblinkingly.

"I haven't been unconscious all the time, you know. How do you think I knew you were a blood mage? I know more about Fizz-Tongue than you could learn in a year. Want to know what her innermost secrets are? Or maybe what she truly thinks of you?"

>>165618
"Can you inhabit another body? Why this kobold?"

"Body surfing isn't simple or easy in the slightest. I couldn't do it on my own. Even if I could, didn't you hear your goblin? She may look dull, but she's right. And as for why... I think I'll tell you later."

>>165624
I carry the kobold over to Eiko. I will try to remain in physical contact with her spine at all times.

"Eiko, is it possible to bring Fizz back?"

She lowers her head.

"...I can't say for sure... But I think there should be a way, if not more."

"Why do you prefer that form?"

"I kinda... made it. If you're really interested I'll tell you later, we're gonna need to wrap this up soon."

>>165653
"Fizz would rather die than become your puppet. If I cannot find a way to remove you, I will kill you."

"You need a hobby."

"What do you mean when you say I'm dying?"

She laughs again.

"Death threats and asking for information? Usually two different people try this routine. I think I'll tell you later, if you want to know, you'll need to keep me alive and conscious a while."

>>165668
I know that the complexity and intelligence of the animal has an effect on the value of its blood, but I am not sure of how.

Should I flood them with hallucinogenics and alcohol, or try ECT?

>>166050
What did I say about your hand being close to the spine?

Ram, can you try to examine Fizz's anatomy to see where the demon is? I mean, shouldn't there be something different?

Also no, you weren't being racist. You were just listing the disadvantages of being a kobold. You already knew the advantages, of course. No need to tell the demon that, though. Just reassure yourself.

Try the ECT on the Elf. After doing it, move the other cultists and yourself/the fizzdemon out of sight and have Eiko shapeshift into the Volto and ask what happened. That way you can reliably and safely discover if it worked.

>>166050
Just kill them both and then get out of there. I think Fizz/demon might need some food soon. I guess you could ask it if elf is ok. If not you could find some other place to eat at.

Bring the Volto with you though. You promised not to kill her and she might be useful in the future.

>>166063
I'm against killing anyone.

>>166063
How about not? How about leaving the cultists alive and disoriented with little to no memory of what happened here, thereby leaving the police with more work and less attention to devote to Ram, Eiko, and Possessed Fizz?

The less intently the police stares at Ram and the two demons with him, the better. If we come out of this and there's nothing but two bloody smears, the police will only send a cleanup crew and detain whoever came out.

>>166079
They won't know we came out, they don't know of this place and we won't call it in until we're far away from it. And they won't recognise Ram because he is going to change the way he looks to make sure they won't recognise him.

We have no idea if there is magic good enough to get at the memories even if we think we wiped them. Just as you can get information out of a hard drive in most cases even if the owner thinks it has been deleted. Cops might be able to see it, which wouldn't be good for Ram. And with the ease we broke out of prison I suspect the cultists may very well be freed as well, and then their friends read their memories and find out all that they knew.

Killing them is the best way to make sure that nobody else learns that Ram is a blood mage or that he runs around with two demons. Once they're dead we can call this place in as an anonymous tip or something.

>>166081
Magic to recover memories? Well, how about we ask.

Ram, is there any kind of mage that can restore memories?

>>166081
If you leave them behind they'll still remember enough about the cult to be useful for police, which means the police will keep focusing on the cult.
If you kill them, however, then they're going to bring in forensics specialists so they can both solve the murders of 'innocent people' and find a new lead.
Leaving them alive would keep the police focused on the cultists.

This is not that complicated a decision.

>>166149
If they remember enough about the cult then they might remember Ram. I say take no chances. Make it look like a demon killed them and then get out of there.

>>166184
Remember what about Ram, exactly? None of them know much of anything about him, and the ECT process is solid enough to keep his secret.

You need to remember that having cultists after us is acceptable, but having Police after us is not.
Cultists won't reveal Ram's nature to the world, but police will. Being exposed is more dangerous than anything.

>>166184
ECT generally makes you forget a few DAYS.

The most the cult will be able to say is that Ram was staying at Fizz's apartment, since they apparently went there and snooped around, putting Fizz into that brain-hemorrhage sleep trance. They had no idea he was a Blood Mage. THAT is all that matters.

>>166253
And to make sure he's not exposed he should kill them, dead cultists tell no tales. Ram can completly change his species. The cops won't be able to find him.

>>166255
Then he would need to abandon Fizz, as the police DO know he has been staying with her. Aside from that, I see no reason why he can't do a species change and leave them for police.

Just drug them and leave.

...still think you should just blow them up.

>>166259
>the police DO know he has been staying with her.

That's not true.

>>166279
Didn't he report her missing? And list her apartment as his contact address? And etc?

>>166356
Uhhh... no? We only just found out she got kidnapped. Eiko told us, then immediately broke us out of prison, and led us to the cultists.

>>166051
...I reluctantly remove my hand.

>>166059
From what I can feel, there is no difference... strange.

>>166063
"Are you hungry?"

"We've had a big lunch."

>>166094
I believe it exists, but is very difficult to use effectively.

>>166255
That definitely seems like a good idea at this point... What should I try to gather information on?

>>166259
>>166279
>>166356
>>166367
...Now that I think about it, I was never asked anything of the sort. That seems strange.

>words
...Aargh.

I set down the kobold and put my foot on the elf's solar plexus. I form alcohol and hallucinogens and spread them around her system, with particular regards to her head. I kneel down and place my hands on either side of her head. I relax her muscles and initiate a powerful bioelectrical seizure. The volto is still on the ground. I lift her up and reinforce her coma. Next I move on to the human mage. I restore the wounds I caused on her and repeat the same actions I performed on the elf. I feel quite anemic, but I am not yet useless.

I motion to Eiko. Is there anything left to do?

>>168357
Nope, let's get out of here.

>>168357
Nah, get out. Be prepared for future cultist attacks.

Eat some volto blood for more power. It's not like she's doing anything with it.

On that note, hey, test subject. Score. And she's part of a creepy demon cult so we don't even have to feel bad about it.

Ram 2010/04/25(Sun)23:54 No. 170307 ID: 0b2a05
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>>169514
I drain some of her blood. I feel good... monumentally good. Like stretching a stiff muscle, or opening a window, somehow. The volto is still alive, but an amount anemic.

The kobold looks at me, opens her mouth, raises her right hand, and drops it, quietly laughing.

>>168361
Eiko picks up the kobold, who smiles at her. She carries it up the long path back to the surface, while I carry the volto. We pass two doors to the right on either side of the area. We warily stayed away from the torches. I make sure to retrieve my clothing, but I do not put it on.

Traveling back to Fizz's apartment is uneventful. I see nothing out of the ordinary, and although Eiko appears somewhat apprehensive, she does not comment as we enter the door.

We shut the door. As far as I can tell, everything I have seen so far is exactly as it was before.

>>168469
Future attacks... and the police. I will make a list of things to do.

>>170294
Uh oh. I think you'd better avoid draining blood from people until you fully understand how your power works.

Now that we're here... ask the vengeance demon to talk.

>>170307
Now seems like a good time to talk with Kav (short handle for Fizz demon) about what she said earlier. Why are you dying? Well aside from the fact that all living things eventually die.

Alright, ask her to tell you what she meant by 'killing yourself'. Also, what she knows about how Blood magic works. Why did you feel so good when you drained some of the volto's blood?

Tell the Kav to be more clear and stop laughing at random shit. If it really wants to get on your good side, it'll stop jerking you around.

>>170307
Give Eiko a hug, ask her if she's ok, and tell her she can stay here.

After that, ask Kav how you should go about getting her a body of her own.

Oh we need to remember to phone in an anonymous tip to the police so they know where the cultist hideout is. You can modulate your voice, right Ram?

>>170310
I will keep it in mind. But I feel very much better than I did before.

>>170872
Telephones are expensive, I doubt that Fizz has one in her apartment... though I now see that she does. I can easily modulate my voice.

>>170871
I lead into the bedroom and lay the volto down on the bed, while Eiko puts the kobold beside her. I embrace Eiko. I can feel her tense up...

"Ram, what are you doing?"

"I'm giving you a hug. These past hours have been stressful, I'm wondering if you are okay."

"...Oh, yeah, I'm alright. Thanks for... asking?"

"Surely no one would mind if you spend the night here."

"Uh, thanks, and don't ca... never mind."

"..."

"It's okay, you can stop hugging me now."

"Sorry."

The demon laughs. Again.

>>170565
"Stop. Laughing."

She smirks.

"Very well."

>>170310
>>170361
>>170436
>>170565
>>170871
"Now talk."

"With another demon in the room, and an unconscious volto? Are you sure that's wise, blood mage?"

...

>>171404
"I trust Eiko. What's the problem with the volto anyway? She's unconscious."

>>171404
Move the Volto to another room, and shut the door.
"Eiko, you and I have saved each other several times so far. I trust you with my life, and I can think of nobody else more deserving of hearing this than you. I leave that decision to you."
Then turn to the possessed Fizz "You said I was killing myself. How?"

>>171413
"The volto is unconscious."

"A condition that did nothing to stop me from learning what you are."

>>171414
I pick up the volto and carry her out of the room, into the kitchen.

"Eiko, if you--"

"Wait. I think I'm going to look for something edible in the fridge, this sounds kinda personal."

Oh. Eiko exits the room. I close the door and sit on the bed, next to the kobold.

"Kav. Stop stalling. What did you mean when you said I was killing myself?"

She lies down on her side and stares off into space.

"You are a blood mage. But you are not efficient. You are imperfect."

"..."

"Inside you there is... noise."

I continue to be silent.

"This noise is a part of your own power, ripping you to shreds and fixing the damage constantly. At any given moment, you are destroying yourself, and healing it back at the same time. The constant use will have made you numb, unfeeling to its effects. In truth, you have never truly been either completely alive or dead."

She turns, propping her head up on her hands.

"And that is what I mean when I say that you are killing yourself, blood mage. Anything else you wish to know?"

>>171439
"How do I correct this? And why have all the blood mages before me turned into such monsters?"

"Why did it feel so... good when I drained the volto's blood? Where does my power come from?"

More questions:

1) Where does the extra mass go when I overeat?
2) When I use my power on other people, is there some kind of lingering effect?
3) Is it actually possible for me to use my power without touching someone? How could I do that more effectively if so?
4) What do you want of me?

>>171439
Hey that's interesting. Very interesting, so that's what we are. Doesn't really seem all that harmful. But getting more efficient would be good.

Ask her when this ripping yourself apart thing started?

Ask her when she got into Fizz?

Ask her if she could teach you to become more efficient?

>>171441
>>171443
>>171447
>>171450
"Do you know how to remove noise? When--"

"Stop."

She moves to a pillow and pulls up the blankets.

"I'm quite tired. I can't give you all the answers at once, can I? I'll tell you in the morning, assuming you don't figure it out by then. Now..."

She pats the mattress next to her and smiles.

"...Sleepy?"

...I could sleep now, or wait a few hours.

>>171480
We've got some things you need to do.

We need to find a phone in an unrelated location so they can't the anonymous tip back here. Also, when leaving the apartment complex, you should change your body so that you're in disguise. Change the color of your fur and your height and build.

>>171480
Focus inwards, and see if you can find this constant destruction and creation she mentioned.

Sigh, and say "This is needless. The only thing I have against you is that you are in Fizz's body, but I acknowledge you have a right to live. I wish to create a new body for you so that you can live without denying that right to another.
If you can see into Fizz's memories then you know that I am a man of my word, but even if you don't trust me then please consider that you know far more than I about blood magic, and helping me to create a new body for you would still leave much for you to teach me."

Demand she answer your questions now.

Also, tie her up real secure-like.

Hey Ram, can you tell if there's something special about your own blood? Like, the blood cells are a different shape or something?

>>171480
Just to be completly opposite. Tell Eiko to guard the Volto while you sleep, then lie down next to the somewhat creepy demon and go to sleep.

>>171487
I reach my hand over and disconnect her limbs. I do not know of any rope nearby, this should be much more effective.

She frowns.

>>171770
>>171481
I get up and go into the kitchen. Eiko is eating a fruit.

"Eiko."

"Hey, how are you?"

"Fine. Can you go out and find a phone, tip the police to what happened?"

"Sure, I could do something like that."

"And if you get back and I am asleep, could you guard the volto?"

"Will do."

She finishes eating the fruit and exits the kitchen. I return to the bedroom and sit back on the bed.

>>171757
As far as I can tell, my blood cells are completely normal.

>>171486
...

I can't...feel...any thing...

I can feel nothing. There is some kind of... nothing inside me, an almost tangible void. I... cannot feel it at all, but I can feel its absence, sometimes, as if it's rapidly moving. My blood too, I now can feel an... emptiness inside it.

My heart beats faster.

>>171818
Hmmm, now that is quite interesting. Wonder what it means specifically.

But unless you can find some old writings from a previous blood mage you're unlikely to be able to figure it out now. Take a nap with Kav instead and press her for more information when she wakes up later.

try to move the void to your hand then bring it to the surface. maybe we will be able to see it?

>>171818

>> There is some kind of... nothing inside me

That's probably it. She did say you would feel numb to it. If you have ever experienced third degree burns, they often don't hurt very much because the nerves that sense pain were burned away too. Now don't panic. Jostling something like that would only make it worse. You can repair the damage, and you can probably build something in your body to catch whatever in you is rapidly moving. You're not dead yet. A night's sleep would probably do you a world of good now.

If you ask Fizzdemon any questions, you should ask her what is so funny. Apparantly your efforts to understand your position as a blood mage are not only unusual, but futile for some reason. She knows that reason, and it makes her laugh. Alternatively she just thinks you're adorable.

>>171818
Do not attempt to fill the nothing. It may be the only thing keeping you from turning into a monster like the Blood Mages of old.

On the other hand, the Noise could be a gradual corrupting effect that will drive you mad some day. We need to find out more about it. Tomorrow, though. The demon surely won't tell you anything more today.

Does the void ever enter your brain?

Try to sleep.

>>171899

>> Does the void ever enter your brain?

>> Try to sleep.

Real comforting there, Holmes.

>>171819
If any blood mages recorded their exploits, I do not know of them.

>>171831
...Futile. Is that why she laughed when I mentioned healing? But no, I am not dead yet.

>>171899
The void is everywhere. It is inside my brain, on my skin, within my heart. Determining its impact could prove difficult.

>>171823
I cannot move the absence... wait...

I bring the feeling of emptiness into my hand. I feel fantastic; my hand seems... strange.

...I think I have more control over this than I had assumed. But I still do not know the full effects.

>>171968
...Erfh.

I feel more tired than I did before...

>>172084
Feeling fantastic isn't always good for you. I think you should hold off on experimenting with that stuff until we get more info from Kav.

So go to sleep next to the freaky demon kobold.

>>172091
I curl up next to her, avoiding physical contact.

...

>>172095
Sleep?