>>243256
Contact!
@Gram, Su, Tikka: Su, hold the hat, Gram and Tikka, pull as hard as you can.

@Mister Blue: Hello, Mister Blue. What do you hope to accomplish like this?

Gram 2010/10/13(Wed)21:46 No. 243285 ID: cf68aa
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Tikka grabs hold of the arm but before Gram can reach them it detaches off and shrinks causing the Ice on Tikka's arm to shatter.
The hat falls to the ground and rolls away.

>>243285
GRAB IT!

jump on it! keep the mouth facing away from you. find a rock big enough that it can't fit through the mouth of the hat. then set the hat down, mouth side up, and put the rock on top.

Gram 2010/10/13(Wed)21:59 No. 243297 ID: cf68aa
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>>243290
Gram does this.
The rock however seems to have no effect as the hat does not bend in any way.
It is sealed however.

>>243297
Great. Now we can leave it like that for a few days and he'll die of thirst. HAHAHAHA... oh actually that's a bit too slow. Hmm. How do we deal with this?

Well first off find another Light Elf and ask them if they want you to bring back the poor beheaded dude. Item 21 and a phoenix down should work.

good enough. while it would be great to have the hat we first need to think up a way to get him dead first. anyway, check that arm he dropped. having a third arm would be useful.

Ok what the hell. Hold onto the hat I guess, as dangerous as it may be to have around. Is it an Item you think?

It would probably be a good idea to heal the elf, use item 21 and a phoenix down... I know we shouldn't waste what we have left, but these are the light elves. They are few, near immortal, and killing them is a big fucking deal. It'll help show you aren't out to kill them at least.

Seal it again, magically this time, until you are ready to deal with him properly.

>>243307
why magic? a mundane chain would work nicely.

>>243297
Ok, now drop some 21 on the Light Elf and see if you can resurrect her.
The best part? Phoenix downs are only consumed when somebody is brought back successfully.

Gram 2010/10/13(Wed)22:24 No. 243316 ID: cf68aa
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>>243307
Tikka grabs her staff and casts a small sealing spell on the hat locking it up.
Gram grabs Item 21 and sprinkles some on the head. The entire body is regenerated. Once it's complete Gram sticks it with a Phoenix down. The Light Elf gasps and jumps back up

>"Wh-what happened....? Did I die...?"

"Yeah. I just brought you back."

>"What...? You brought me back to life?"

"Uh huh."

>"But... I died."

"Yeah..... That's kinda why I brought you back."

>"No Light Elf would ever bring back someone who has suffered the shame of dying."

"Yeah well I'm not a light elf now am I? I'm a golem and I think I have a little more mercy then that(heh)"

>>243317
That's three now.

Three women! Good lord, man!

@tikka: you know more about these elves then us, what exactly does that color eye mean?

>>243317
Use us to help her up. I think she'll be willing to help us now.
Also: "The collectors are a deadly lot; many can wipe-out cities with ease, that's one of the warnings I wanted to give. There's no shame for you here."

...Aaaaanyways, just promise to keep the fatal bit out of the story of what happened here. Mr Blue attacked us and almost her, we healed her wounds with Item 21. I really doubt they have more of the items 1-10 here, I could imagine them having the first but the Collector supposedly has that one. So all we really need is her Item V, but we should go in and see what more we can do. Talk to the king about the soulless thing and everything else, maybe there are more items to be had here aside from whatever they are freaked out about us taking.

tell her to stop blushing. you've got enough complications already, lets not add another.

Let's see the king for some strange time-bullshit

>>243317

Tell her that this isn't the time...but her eyes are beautiful.

More complicated, more fun. :3c

Gram 2010/10/14(Thu)09:43 No. 243465 ID: cf68aa
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>>243323
Tikka
>Uhm.... That eye color means.... Love!? What!? Oh hell no!
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Gram picks up the now shrunken third arm. It's locked with a Trial so he simply stuffs it into his pocket.

>"The collectors are a deadly lot; many can wipe-out cities with ease, that's one of the warnings I wanted to give. There's no shame for you here."

"So we were the ones being deceived.... I'm sorry I did not trust you sooner. It was a mistake."

>"Happens. Now, about meeting that king of yours..."

"Yes! Of course. Right this way."

She leads the group into the Light Elf Forest. After some walking they come to a hollowed out tree.

"Step within and you'll be taken to him. Only one person may go however."

>"Gotcha. You guys stay together."

Gram steps into the tree.

Gram 2010/10/14(Thu)09:43 No. 243466 ID: cf68aa
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Gram finds himself in a pure white room.
Everything is bare save for a large blue orb and a man peering into it

>"Excuse me."

the Light Elf looks up to him startled.

"Huh? Oh. Hello there."

>"Are you the Light Elf king?"

"Afraid I am. How may I help you?"

Gram I am gonig to ask you something before you go talking to the king. What I want know is what is your long term plans assuming you survive all the challanges you face. Another thing you will need to figure out is who are you going to fall in love with. Evanually these companions that you are with and gonig to try and develop a relationship with you and you need a game plan to deal with this.

------------------------

Now you are going to say this to the king:

Hello Sir ( give your hand to him ), my name is Gram and I am the person who rescued one of your subjects.

You will then talk about your mission and you will explian to him why you ned his help and ask if any tasks need completing in exchange for his help or information. If we wants to ask any normal question then answer him in a normal manner.

As one of the voices, the rest of the converasation will be left to you. However, a word of advice though, you are to remain in a humble demanour whilst keeping your head slightly bowed to him. This will show respect and give to the ability to get into the king's better graces. Gram do not mess up like you did earlier, that time there was an excuse but this time there won't be.

I really hope you sort this out or we are stuck in a rut.

Note that if we say he is playing around with time, we mean it.

Gram 2010/10/14(Thu)12:11 No. 243487 ID: cf68aa
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>>243468
After everything? After I collect the Items? After I 'save the world'?
I.... I don't know. It's been my only goal for so long... if I finish it... If I finish it..
I'll have nothing.
And I don't want a mate. I don't deserve one.

Gram gives a small bow to the king and very politely explains the situation. The King does nothing but give a few small nods. His expression is one of someone who's been alive for far too long and Gram can tell he must have seen something like this happen some time in his past. When Gram finishes the king stares into the orb again and speaks

"Mr. Elric, I'm aware of your problem but I'm afraid I can not directly help you."

>"Oh. I see."

>Stupid Light Elves...

"Mr. Elric, I can assure you it is not because I view you as a inferior species. Everyone is equal in the Time Room. I am telling you this because in every timeline in which I help you I die."

>"What?"

"I have a gift Mr. Elric. A very rare gift even among the Light Elves, one that came through a combination of many different bloods. I have the power to exist in any timeline I want to at any moment while keeping my physical body and memories.
Do you understand what this means Mr. Elric?"

>"That means.... that means you already know what happens. That means you know who wins this fight! What happens to me!"

"Yes. while I do not know everything I do know a lot. Some time in the future Mr. Elric you 'will' gain all 207 Items. You will combine their powers and you will use it to defeat all who dare threaten this world. However you will also die."

>"What!?"

"After defeating your enemy you will be killed. I've seen it happen again and again. Your life will be sacrificed for the world. It will be a painless death, you will be disintegrated instantly."

>"I'm going to die!? No matter what!?"

"I did not say that Mr. Elric. Nothing is certain, not even destiny. There is but one timeline in which you do not die."

>"Can you tell me about it? What did I do different?"

"If you wish to survive the oncoming battle you must see to it that your master is revived and mend the broken relationship with your sister."

>"She saves me?"

"In a way, yes."

>"Why are you telling me this? Isn't this messing with the timeline?"

"No. I'm telling you this because I'm supposed to tell you this in this timeline. In another one I would have simply ignored you or maybe I would not have even been here. maybe I'm already dead. It's very uncertain. And besides, I want to see you get a happy ending just this once."

>"I see, thank you sir"

"One more thing, under this tree there is a Item. It is one of the ten, the Earth Item. It is yours for the taking. Make sure Tikka takes the trial if you are going to do so. It is one trial you would not win."

>"thank you. Just in case... If I ever need your help again, would you tell me your name so I can find you?"

the King laughs.

"My father always said a great mage should never reveal there name. However you are not the cause of my death, I see no harm in it. My name is Cecil Von Central IV. Now go."

Gram bows again and leaves.

>>243487
Cecil von... What?
I don't think we should tell anyone about this, I mean he might be trying to fool us but if he isn't then his father is Cecil von Central III. Which would mean that he isn't born yet... damn time magic!
Wait, Cecil III is human how can he be a light elf? Does anyone think this makes sense?

>>243491
>Combination of many bloods

:V


Anyway, haul yer rocky posterior.

>Don't deserve a mate.

Hey now, hey. That's quitter talk.

>>243494
Throwing my two cents here: You know that it's very likely you're going to die, yet you are trying to save the world, with that knowledge in hand. Furthermore, you have been nothing but repentant in your actions, thoughts, and motivations, and lastly, two girls have fallen in love with you and one just plain wants your cock.

Gram, falling into the rut of "I don't deserve a mate abloobloobloo" only will serve to harm those who have falen for you and make things between you and everyone in the party tense. This will make it harder to work together, and may cost all of you your lives or your souls, which might make it impossible to save the world.

So for the sake of the goddamn planet buck up and fuck!

Oh boy, this is all kinds of fun. And we really need all 207 to do this? Damn it. The final battle will be some time coming, at any rate... and we should avoid mentioning this to Mu for now. I don't think it'll help.

Anyways that is Cecils... kid? Somehow? With timelines and time travel and... well let's just not worry about it. So we get the Item and that's about it here for now. Explain the situation to the others, we can likely get whatshername light elfs help somehow or another. We'll need that darkness item.

Fix your problems and make sure that you resurect your master. This is my advice. take it or leave it you must insure that you achieve these objectives otherwise it's the end of the line for you and maybe even us. ( We can't predict what happens if this world falls, we might not survive)

Also you can still find love, if these girls like you on the basis of your already existing charceter then there's hope for you yet. Now go and get them tiger.

OC: Ohh god I am sounding like Austin Powers " Yeah baby, Yeah"

i think we should start unlocking all these items. they are useless like this.

and i bet the reason you can't do the earth trial is because you ARE a rock, would react badly to you.

@Shaeres: "Hey, we know that Dart did a lot of sleeping around. Did he ever make a pass at you?
Also, why are there so few dragons left? Do you have any interest in continuing the species?

Gram 2010/10/14(Thu)19:51 No. 243657 ID: cf68aa
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>>243621
Sharaes
>Hmm? Oh. I remember that human. Tikka is using his soul right now. he was a very handsome man. We did mate on a few occasions, in my human form of course. It stopped once he was mind controlled though. Shame, he was pretty good... zzzzzzzzzzzz...............

>>243491
>Agreed, no telling anyone.

>>243494>>243495>>243504
>Look, I'm not interested in falling in love or having a relationship or any of that crap. They're just gonna have to fall in love with someone else. I'm certain they wouldn't love me if they knew what I did.

>Though I do agree, I need to make up with my sister. And not just because my life depended on it. I don't want her to constantly waste her time trying to kill a man who can burn her to ash in a second.

Gram goes outside and tells everyone how the meeting went, leaving out a few details. After that he has Su help him find the earth Item. He digs it up.

>Item 8.

>>243509

>Agreed. The Light Item would have been a great help in the past few fights. Trials are tough though. I could die. And there's no phoenix downing me!

>>243657
Alright, start doing the trials on these things.
First up: Light item!

hmmm, well then ask the elf for 5 and if it has a trial then you can ask her what it is. having darkness should help you do light. or maybe she can give it to you and keep it unlocked somehow? that would be nice.

>They're just gonna have to fall in love with someone else.

That isn't how it works~

>I'm certain they wouldn't love me if they knew what I did.

Then tell them what you did when your mind was broken.

God damnit Gram, you're only hurting Su the longer you do this. Sit her down and tell her everything.

Whelp, where are the items pointing at next? We should probably be directed at dark elf city still, how about the amulet?

>>243660
It might provide some insight at least. Ask her about Item V's trial and powers. She still has it correct? And ask her name, come to think of it.

Question is who should use it? I don't think you need to take every possible trial... Tikka can do well with another, even Su. But Su with the Light item... would either be the best or worst choice. And either can be raised though of course that isn't something we want to count on.

Gram 2010/10/15(Fri)16:12 No. 243901 ID: cf68aa
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>>243661
>Really? You really truly believe that?
>Fine.

Gram takes Su and walks with her away from the others. She fidgits a bit

"What's wrong Gram?"

>"I burned down Resad. I'm the one who caused that fire."

"What..?"

>"I said I burned down Resad. I'm the one who killed everyone you knew and loved. It was only by luck that you survived cause I can assure you I would have burned you to ash had I found you. My head was broken at the time but now that I think about it I honestly don't really care that they all died. I feel bad but truly and honestly I would do it again if it meant getting what I wanted."

"B-but.... I'm sure you didn't mean to..."

>"No, I did. The only murder I've EVER regretted was that of my master. I actually cared for her. In fact if I brought her back she would probably be the one I wanted to be with."

"........"

Su looks at the ground and messes around with the ends of her dress. She looks up at Gram with tears in her eyes

"I..."

>"Just be quiet. Stop caring about me so damn much and just leave. Go into that tree and stay with the Light Elf king or something. I don't want to see your face anymore."

"Gram...."

>"Go."

Su looks at him again then runs off sobbing. Gram simply watches as she disappears into the forest

>There. Done.
>Let's focus on getting the Items now.

I am now an independent voice, you gave me strength to take as my own. Now I speak as part of myself. You see I used to walk another path, well all of us. We have dealt with many before you were created but now I have been given a independent voice.

I call myself the Voice Of the Dark, you can call me Sirus. You see I am the voice that will be clear and cut and won't butter you because I see things for what they are. You will get to know that. I see great things in you Gram but still there are flaws in your attiuide and if those aren't fixed then you will fall and become usless.

Remember that hate you have against your enemies, that unbrilided rage well you are going to use that to drive you foward. Your going to use it to crush your enemies but with your allies you shall be kind and loving. Stick to the motto of having a fuel edge knife and you will defeat those around you.

Remember to mindful of your allies and when there is a chance you seize power over your rivals. You ensure they are crushed and weak and if they want to ally with you then dominate them so they know never to show rebellousness.

You are a Golem always remember that, you are build to stand against your enemies but you also have a heat and brain so you must be cunning. Be loving to your allies and they will never leave your side.

Become the legend Gram and we will be your mind, fail and we will not answer you. We are not weak, that is my warning to you. Be strong and break the souless.

NO Gram she is useful to you, you must fetch her and bring her back. You are trying to distance those you care for by driving them away, bring them back to you or you shall fall. If you have no allies then you have no weapon. If you have no weapon then you are useless.

Go to her and when she look at you repeat this

" You may hate me for what I did and what I did was wrong but if you are willing to look me again then help me find the items. Help me find a way to save this world. If we try then we can defeat the souless and finally save this world.
If you still want to kill me afterwards then you have the right to do so. Right now I want you to get up and help me find those items.

@SU: Gram is coming to you to ask for your forgiveness, for him to feel sorrow is so heard. He has only recently refound his emotions and his moral compass. This was found after he burnt your city. What he did was sick and yes he should deserve to perish but still he decided to help out.

He put his life on the line countless times so if that means something then forgive him, if not then still help him. You are part of this group and you have a job to save this world and before you say " I don't want to". You have to realise that if you don't support gram then he falls. You are his guide and his weapon. If those are not there then he is finished. Now get up and accept his apology and get on with finding those items.

we said tell the truth gram, you lied again. you may not love her but you do NOT hate her ether. it is now apparent that you FEAR love.

>>243901
>Get told to tell the truth
AdviceGram
>Lie through your teeth to evade emotional issues

God. Fucking. Damnit.

@Su: Su I know you are in a lot of pain right now but please oh god please don't go far, remember that you're in danger from nearly every Collector out there, and we need your help.

One further thing, Voice in the Dark: Larro's cool with you roleplaying and all. But not everyone here will be so kind. Lay off, at least in other topics. Just saying, friendly warning. Also, Discussion is in #shoujen on rizon, IRC, or the /disc/ thread. Enjoy your stay~

@Su: You ok?
Yes, he was the one who burned Resad. That's why we were so vicious to him before. It's also what we've been dropping hints about.
However, his mind isn't broken anymore. That's why he tried to make up for it by resurrecting people.
Right now he's trying to chase you off so you'll be safe, and feels like nobody is capable of loving him after the things he's done.

Gram 2010/10/15(Fri)17:54 No. 243959 ID: cf68aa
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god fucking dammit, all of you shut it!
I was okay with it for a while but I don't need you dictating what I should and shouldn't do!

I DON'T NEED ANOTHER FUCKING MASTER!

Gram smashes his arm against one of the elf trees. it crumbles and Item 7 drops to the ground

I CONTROL ME.

And I swear if you bring Su anywhere near me I will tear her head off. I don't care how many times you hurt me.
Just...
Just leave me alone.

Gram and Mu's Tale, End of Book 4 Gram 2010/10/15(Fri)17:55 No. 243960 ID: cf68aa
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I'll come back for you after I get the last few Items.
Bye.

GOD DAMMIT! YOU FUCKER!

>>243960
Well, that's kinda annoying.

[Flip over onto our palm and start scuttling our way over to Tikka]

Voice of the dark/Sirus/whoever the fuck you are, i blame you.

>>243970
It wasn't anyone's 'fault'.
It was simply a culmination of having destiny placed on top of him along with suddenly being forced to think about which girl will be his future lover.
As a free golem it's frustrating as hell to have more orders forced on him, especially when it's coming from a talking glove.