>>217381
Say this:
"Nice hat. What is it, Item 84? Murder any innocent girls to get it?"

Gram 2010/08/12(Thu)00:22 No. 217561 ID: cf68aa
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>>217391
Su shakes her head and bites on Mr. Blue's leg. He yelps in pain and stomps on her head knocking her out

"SU!"

Gram glares at Mr. Blue. He points Item 7 at him

"KILL!"

Nothing happens.

Mr. Blue runs up to Gram and grabs his arm

>While it's powers may be limited I can negate any Item I want to. Your Items won't work on me golem."

Gram glares at him again then kicks him in the crotch. Mr. Blue yells out and with a yank breaks off Gram's arm. He tosses it aside and kicks him in the leg making it crumble beneath him. Gram falls to the ground and Mr. Blue tosses his arm aside.

"When i'm done ripping out your little girlfriends eyes you're next."

His third arm hovers over and he keeps an eye on Gram.

[Kill Mr. Blue]

[kill Mr. Blue]

>>217561
Hmm... any ONE item? Hit him with 10 and 7 at the same time.
Or maybe it only works on things direct at him? When you use item 10, aim at the ground around him.

Gram, you're made of rock. He's made of flesh. While he can negate your items, you don't need them to kill him!

Fire. Fire everywhere. FIRE EVERYWHERE.

Wait... What items do we have, if we don't have arms? Even if we win, seriously, what are we going to do? Crawl back to that catperson and say "About that favor..."

Gram 2010/08/12(Thu)12:01 No. 217714 ID: cf68aa
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>>217562>>217563

Item 7 uses it's last charge and strikes at Mr. Blue.
The gauntlet cuts all the way through his body severing both of his arms. Mr. Blue looks down in shock as blue blood pours out of his wounds.

>"G.... Gram.... How...?"

"And there's more where that came from punk."

Item 7's claw goes back to normal and stops glowing.

"Such p-power.... I underestimated you... I forgot you hold 2 of the Original 10 Items..."

Gram 2010/08/12(Thu)12:02 No. 217715 ID: cf68aa
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His third arm pulls out another Item. His body begins to blur

>"Once I'm healed you're dead Gram Elric... DEAD."

He vanishes. His two severed arms turn into dust.

@Gram: Crawl to town like an inchworm, carefully.

@Su: Carry us and follow him, also grab his leg if you can. Can you take the items from this guy's body?

@Both:

Gram 2010/08/12(Thu)12:04 No. 217718 ID: cf68aa
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A small crumpled piece of paper was in the mans hands. Gram looks at it.

That might be a vital clue. Shame I don't have ANY FUCKING ARMS LEFT.

He sighs.

Well... At least I'm alive.

He looks at Su

At least she's alive.

Yep. Looks like you're going to rely on her for a while until you get repaired.

[switch to Su]

Remember that favor? Well, maybe you spent it on info, but if you go back to that hospital and ask nicely, they might help you. You were a hero to them, after all.

>>217718
You can sit there and nudge the paper open with your nose and read it. Or you can wriggle over to Su and keep her company as she wakes up.

Gram 2010/08/12(Thu)12:33 No. 217732 ID: cf68aa
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>>217730
yeah, let's see what this says.

He manages to nudge open the note and reads it

What!?

>>217732
Is that an Item? what

>>217732
That's right.

Some Items can apparently bind to a person's body. Su's eyes are an Item.

We did just find out something interesting though. Items 1-10 were the original set. The others came later. I think maybe you only need to collect the first 10!

Gram 2010/08/12(Thu)12:39 No. 217736 ID: cf68aa
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>>217735>>217734

Su's eyes.... Are one of the Items...? One of the 207 Item's I've been trying to collect?

Wait..

That means I can take them from her.

>>217736
You can.

Do you want to?

Either you take them, or you keep them. The choice is yours, Gram, but know that if you take them we will hate you forever.

FOREVER.

>>217736
Yes... it is an item, the very last one it seems. Her vision restored for a moment and we didn't know why, it seems Mr Blue disabled it. The item must blind her in order to work.

Don't think for a moment you can take it from her. If you take her eyes don't think you can ever make use of us again. We won't just punish you, we will fucking kill you. Is item 207, a hazy magic detection that blinds you, worth giving us up?

We can tell you actually started to care. Don't throw that away now... besides this item is weird. Why the hell did he need to eat her eyes? I'm not sure you could even use the thing if you need to be alive for it, and it would blind you if you did.

Hey wait a sec, wouldn't it be a good thing to take her eyes, then, if it restores her vision?

I mean, we take the eyes and recieve the Item, and then heal her. Won't her normal eyes come back then?

Then again, when she regained her sight she couldn't really comprehend what was happening. It was 'strange colors and shapes'.

I'm not sure she would be happy about 'seeing'.

>>217750
She'll get used to it.

>>217754
infact, changing vote to take item.

>>217750
>>217754
Look, there's one way this could work... We get all patched up and healthy and we offer her the choice to see again, explain that her eyes are an item and are blinding her. We offer to take them out, restore her natural eyes, bring back her brother and let her go live happily. If she agrees to all that, fine.

Also I think that only one of her eyes is an Item, the other is just blinded along with it.

>>217758

>Also I think that only one of her eyes is an Item, the other is just blinded along with it.

I agree with the rest of the post, but this is likely not the case... after all, we are a pair, yes?

>>217759
Well, the note highlights the right eye, so that may indicate it as the only Item there.

Besides Gram is missing only that same eye. See how things work out?

Gram 2010/08/12(Thu)13:31 No. 217762 ID: cf68aa
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Dammit... I'm not sure if-

He hears Su groan. She holds her head and looks around

"Su! Hey over here!"

Su jumps and looks at where Gram is. She crawls over to him

>"Gram... You saved me.."

"Yeah yeah. He could you pick up my arm? It's over there. Just hold it against my stump, I should be able to fix it up myself."

>"Your arm came off!?"

"yeah the jerk broke it. My leg too."

>"....."

Tears form in Su's eyes.

"??? What're you doing..?"

She holds onto Gram and starts crying.

>"I'm sorry Gram. I shouldn't have left and now you're hurt..."

"Hey.."

>"I'm sorry."

She keeps crying.

"That's enough, stop crying you idiot. It was my own fault.."

She hugs him again and wipes away her tears.
She grabs Gram's arm and holds it in place against where it was cut off. The stone begins to stitch back together.

Healed somewhat. It'll be weaker now though. And I'm almost out of energy.

>>217762
Well, at least now you have your arm. Tell her your tired and need a nap.

Fall asleep in her lap.

@Su: He'll be fine. Gram literally can't feel pain in most cases. But, uh... how would you like to see again? We can make that happen.

>>217762
@Su
Remember, he's really REALLY bad with people and isn't used to caring for anyone. He is literally ignorant of everything about it... He did save you though, and he was upset even if he won't admit it, so he is learning a bit at a time. Try not to be upset with him when he's mean or stupid, and try to teach him how to be a good person.

Also, one or both of your eyes are a magic item, that's why the bad man wanted you. It's also why you could see normally for a moment, he shut it off. If you want to be free of that item, it can be done... we can remove it and heal the wound, regrow your natural eyes. If and when that happens is your decision though.

We have to go for a bit now, Gram needs to recharge. Just try and take care of each other. We're counting on you to guide him when we can't, got it?

>>217762
Stumble back to the inn and rest there.
Your next goal, before any others, is to see Master L about getting repaired.

i wouldn't take them yet though gram, you will lose your normal vision and without 57 you can't control them so you are stuck mostly blind, and walking off a cliff would just suck.

Gram 2010/08/13(Fri)10:30 No. 218027 ID: cf68aa
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Su
My eyes are an Item? ... One day Gram will need them. I don't want to see again though. If all those colors was sight then I'd rather stay in the Dark.
I don't believe he's bad. Gram is a good man.
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Su puts Gram's head on her lap. Gram tries to push her away but he's to weak to do anything.

"Dammit Su... I'm fine.."

>"Rest. Get your energy back."

"I said.. I'm..."

Gram leans against Su and begins to drift off into sleep

>>218027
@Su: We don't know when Blue will be back. We need to get Gram fully repaired and possibly reinforced before then. We can't allow him to become reliant on them.

One question, Su, do you understand he's a golem yet?

>>218028
Well she did just help him reattach his arm, and told him to recharge, so I'm thinking yes.

>>218027
@Su: If he can't use your eyes, then we won't let him take them. We might be able to make it so that you're mostly blind; just being able to see vague shapes and light and such.

[Switch to Mu]

Su 2010/08/13(Fri)14:07 No. 218119 ID: cf68aa
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I know he's a golem. I could feel his skin. It's cool and tough.
I don't want to see everything but... Being able to see night and day would be nice. Simple things.

She rubs Gram's head

He broke his body just to save me. No one else but brother would do that for me.

Tell us about your brother. You two always lived in Resad? What did he think of your ability to see magic?

>>218119
How about if you got normal eyes, but wore a blindfold? Then you could tell if it's day or night, but wouldn't have to deal with a bunch of funky colors and shapes.

>>218119


Strip Gram naked. Make sure everything was repaired properly. And is working properly. :3c

have a large number of options available. just tell us what you want and we will make it so. could simply pop those ones out and replace them with glass ones. would feel like you still have your eyes and they will still be blind.

Mu 2010/08/16(Mon)20:58 No. 218969 ID: cf68aa
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>>218121
We've lived in Resad out whole lives. I don't think he knew it was magic. He just assumed I saw a bit differently.

>>218122>>218230
Having a blindfold doesn't seem like that bad of a idea. It's just... If I get normal eyes I can't help Gram anymore. I want to repay his kindness to me.

>>218226
S-strip him..? Uhm...
I.. I'm gonna rest.
------------------------------------------
Mu
Oh, hello again. I was just out shopping for food and stuff.

Mu walks back to their inn. She hears a odd noise coming from her room.

??? That.. Sounds like moaning.

>>218969
Oh no! Your buddy might be sick and need that medicine. Better check on her.

yes, she could be aching badly. you need to heal her.

>>218969
Quietly look into the room to see what's going on. Offer to help.

Mu 2010/08/16(Mon)21:58 No. 218978 ID: cf68aa
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Mu steps into the room. She sees Teri laying on the bed moving around and moaning in discomfort. She's sweating and shivering heavily and next to her is their bag, around it are a few crumbs.

She doesn't even notice me standing here.

"Teri, are you okay?"

She goes up to her and touches her

She's shaking badly.

"Teri? Teri speak to me."

>"D-dew drop sticks..."

what the? do you know what she means? ask if you can help somehow.

>>218978
Oh, great, she's in withdrawal. I don't know the legal status of this drug, so I can't suggest going and buying some.
Unless you're less than an hour away from Cecil's place you'll need to take her to a hospital.

I don't mean 'soon', I mean now.

>>218978
She's calling for that drug, she may actually need it or be going through withdrawls, but before anything else try and use the Dark Elf Crystal on her. The dew drops must help her deal with the pain, after using the crystal get her some. Addicted or not she still needs it to function for now.

Mu 2010/08/16(Mon)22:31 No. 218987 ID: cf68aa
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"Teri.. Is there anything I can do? Do you want me to take you to a hospital?"

>"Y-you have money right? Buy me some.. I Shop.. Please."

"Teri, I really think you should see a doctor."

Teri springs up and grabs Mu by the collar

>"I said buy me some or by the gods I will take you apart."

[i]Her threat seems rather empty, after she finishes she drops back onto the bed and moans again[i]

I could probably just force her to the hospital... But I also have the money to buy her more.
>>218984
I'm not sure if that will work and I don't think I have time to experiment.

no, drugs are bad and just feeding it will back it worse. it may be bad now but the longer on something the more they will have in their system and the worse withdraw is.
her threat is just the drugs talking by the way.

Mu 2010/08/16(Mon)22:41 No. 218991 ID: cf68aa
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>>218989
You are right, this is for the best.

"Teri, I am taking you to the hospital."

SLASH

The top half of Mu's head falls off

Hmm... Seems her threats aren't empty.

>>218987
Pick her up and say "Tell you what. I'll buy you the drugs if you can stop me from taking you to the hospital. Sound fair?"

>>218991
Oh, ok. Go get her the drugs.
While you're at the IShop ask him if he has any amulets that prevent a person from feeling pain.

Mu 2010/08/16(Mon)22:49 No. 218996 ID: cf68aa
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>>218994
Hmm... He's gone.

her.well damn. look around for her

That sign says he's in Tersof. I guess we have to go back and give her the bad news.

So what's that thing in your head? Didn't look like paper.

>>218996
Go to the hospital and tell them your friend is going through dew drop withdrawal, is lashing out with magic, and the I Shop is elsewhere.

Mu 2010/08/17(Tue)10:02 No. 219110 ID: cf68aa
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>>219020
You are correct. It is not paper.

>>219101
-----------------------------------

Well, she's in a hospital now. It took a while to get her in here since she is still pretty good with Soul Magic. However the pain of her withdrawal prevented her from doing any serious damage.
I could not see what they did to her but right now she is in a semi padded room with people watching her around the clock.

tell the hospital people about her disease. medical history is important.

I'm guessing Dew Drop addiction is a pretty serious addiction if they have a proper procedure for that involves padded rooms.

Mu 2010/08/17(Tue)10:31 No. 219116 ID: cf68aa
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>>219111
I've already told them and gave them a vial of her medicine.

>>219113
It is normally a safe drug but a dew drop stick should be dipped in a hot drink for it's pain relief effects. She instead chews them whole which is more potent and more addicting.

Should I just stay here or go elsewhere? I don't know how long this will take.

.. is she denting the door and breaking the glass?

>>219116
Tell her "THE I SHOP ISN'T HERE RIGHT NOW! CALM DOWN, I AM GOING TO GO WAIT FOR HIM TO COME BACK!"
Then go wait for the I Shop to return.

Mu 2010/08/17(Tue)10:56 No. 219123 ID: cf68aa
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>>219117
That's the glass breaking off. It's supposed to be reinforced.

"THE I SHOP ISN'T HERE RIGHT NOW! CALM DOWN, I AM GOING TO GO WAIT FOR HIM TO COME BACK!"

>"I HATE YOU!"

And with that I depart.

Mu leaves the hospital and heads to where the I Shop was. The tent is there now, the owner looks at her and smile

>"What can I do for you today stranger?"

Hmm... I have 400G on me now.

Dew Drops for an addicted friend. and something to reinforce your paper, especially against cuts and fire.

>>219123
"Do you have an amulet or something that blocks the wearer from feeling pain? Including from Soul Decay?"

we are not getting any dew drops. feeding an addiction is never good.

the other idea has merit though, Resistance to cuts and fire would be nice.

Mu 2010/08/17(Tue)11:20 No. 219137 ID: cf68aa
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"Do you have an amulet or something that blocks the wearer from feeling pain? Including from Soul Decay? I also want to know the prices of Dew Drop Sticks and Magical Reinforced Paper."

>"Well.. Dew Drop Sticks are not exactly legal so they may cost a pretty penny for one. The rest of the stuff I have."

He brings out the Items and explains the prices.

Tell him specifically what the problem is concerning her conditions, and that you'll need dew drops and/or some other kind of solution.

looks like we are going to need to go job hunting. tell him that you are gonna get more money and be right back, so hold on to that amulet.

>>219137
Ok, look for a posting on the job board. You need to make at least G300, and anything on top of that can be used to improve your durability.

Paper is cheap, get enough to make you body from it then you can take on a job that has more risk but better pay.

If that paper exists, your Master should have made you from it in the first place. Also, ask for information of the legendary indestructible paper. It at first sounds like a joke but be prepared to be fucking surprised that such a legendary thing exists. Some simple sticks probably kick ass, especially thinks like diamond sticks. Joke items are the bees knees.

Mu 2010/08/18(Wed)00:14 No. 219379 ID: cf68aa
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"Thank you. Oh, do you have a Legendary Indestructible Paper?"

>"Why yes I do. G1,000,000 for a whole new body."

".... Thank you."

Mu leaves to go look at the job listing.

Getting a job will help pass the time while Teri is in the hospital. Let's see..

The jobs are
Babysitting- Take care of our children for a day.
Pest removal-There's been a swarm of Lua's trying to take our things. We need them taken care of.
Healing-We need a healing mage to help us out!


It seems that that's all there is.

>>219379
Babysitting seems right up your alley. So does pest control, if Luas aren't too tough to kill.

may be able to handle two if you go fast. take out the lua and then babysit.

Slay things and then try to do babysitting. Don't try to do them at the same time.

Hours Later Mu 2010/08/18(Wed)23:30 No. 219691 ID: cf68aa
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>>219380>>219383>>219407
.... My face may not be able to show emotion well but I can tell you I am very very tired.

Mu falls onto the bed and sheets of paper begin to peel off her body. She relaxes

I'm only about 20 gold off from what I need to buy that amulet. but that seems like all the jobs for the day and I'm exhausted.

okay. if you can't see anything later for the 20 gold then just have the I-shop put it on your tab. sleep well.

[switch to gram]

>>219691
Buy the amulet with the last G20 on credit, then go give it to her.
Spend the night with her so you'll siphon off a bit of energy.

20 Gold? Go back to the I shop, give him what you have, explain the situation and ask for credit on what you're short of. You'll be doing more business with him anyway, it it really is urgent!

>>219691
Why are you shedding? Should we be worried?

Gram 2010/08/19(Thu)00:13 No. 219712 ID: cf68aa
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>>219709
I'm just letting them drop. It takes less energy and is perfectly natural.

>>219693
Sleep sounds good.... I'm afraid I can not do much more..
-----------------------------------

Hmm... I really need to get more energy and repair...

>>219712
Holy fuck, Gram. You are in bad shape. I thought your arm was cleanly severed, not removed WITH A CHUNK OF YOUR TORSO. We need to find that alchemist pronto to fix those cracks, first off, and get some replacement parts for you too.

Also, we've noticed your eye's missing before... now's a good time to ask. What's up with that?

yeah, that is a lot of cracks. you endurance must be shot. ask that catfolk where to find one of those alchemists she mentioned.

>>219712
Man you look like shit. Yeah repairs is your top priority now, Items mean nothing if you're just an ambulatory pile of gravel.

Gram 2010/08/19(Thu)00:34 No. 219719 ID: cf68aa
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>>219716>>219715

Yeah I know. She mentioned two of them though. Some catfolk chick and some human dude. Which should I go with?

>>219714
Oh, that chunck's always been missing. As for the eye. Well a robber broke into my house hurt me when I was a little boy.

>>219719
You were a little boy once? Uh. I kinda doubt that. Where's Shu, anyway?

Oh yeah and also... uh, how far away are the two? Go with whichever one's closest.

>>219719
They both sound capable. Find out where they are and go see the closer one.

Tell us more about your origin, how you came to be the masters servant. I wasn't aware golems grew up, I thought she built you. Did you used to be human?

Gram 2010/08/19(Thu)00:47 No. 219728 ID: cf68aa
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>>219723
Su's right behind me. Don't worry she's sleeping. Not like she can see me naked anyway.

>>219722
They'll do. The closest one lives in a place called Fai's Mountain. It'll be quite a trip, wish there was something that could let me get there instantly. Not sure if my body can even handle the trip... Maybe if I drained some of Su's soul...

actually, the I-shop carries something that does just that. ask him for a teleport stone.

Gram 2010/08/19(Thu)01:00 No. 219732 ID: cf68aa
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>>219730
Hmm... Su's still asleep. I can probably sneak out.

Gram gets dressed and goes outside. The I Shop is there in it's usual spot. Gram goes up to the owner and asks him about the teleport stone.

>"Well well well, I just happen to have 2 left. They each have three charges in them so two for wherever you wanna go and one to get back. But one for G500 and I'll throw in the other one. I'm still testing this type out so, hehe, you'll be my test subject."

.... I don't like the sound of that.

ask what he thinks would happen if it messes up. if it's just "end up somewhere else" then it's fine. if it's "explode into nothing" then don't get it.

Gram 2010/08/19(Thu)01:04 No. 219735 ID: cf68aa
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>>219734
"Uhm.. if it messes up will I like explode or turn inside out?"

>"Heavens no. the worse that could happen is you don't go where you want to go."

well then, don't see any harm in getting it. pay the man, get su up, and teleport off.

Sounds like a deal. Also, don't actually wake Su up. It's still kinda early, right? She needs to have a good night's sleep or she'll be useless.

Gram and Mu's Tale, End of Book 1 Gram 2010/08/19(Thu)01:17 No. 219739 ID: cf68aa
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Gram pays him for the two Teleport Stones. He goes back into his room and waits for the sun to rise. He gently wakes up Su, she rubs her eyes and yawns

>"Gram? What time is it?"

"It's time for you to wake up, I got us some cool teleport stones. We're going to go see an alchemist who can fix me up. You ready?"

>"Yeah, just let me go to the ba-"

"Ready? Good."

He grabs her hand, concentrates on the location and teleports away.

you forgot to let her peee~

>>219739
[Switch to Mu]
HELLO!
Ready to go stop Teri's pain?