Suggestion 2011/03/24(Thu)13:17 No. 290530 ID: f5e4b4
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Most great stories are made by the combination of smaller ones, weaving into each other to form a large tapestry that can only be appreciated when observed from the mists of time itself.

So, with whose tale should we start? The pirate? The wizard? Or The monster?

>>290530
Monster!

pirate

WIZARDS

I wanna eat people.

LETS UNLEASH THE MONSTER!

Wizard!

Pirate or Wizard.

Monstar

The Monster!

>>290530
Pirate.

The wizaaaaAAaaaAaaaaard.

Let's start with a Wizard because then we can be like, ZAP MOTHAFUCKA!

Suggestion 2011/03/24(Thu)14:33 No. 290557 ID: 28e94e
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>>290530

the wizratester

Do what you want because a pirate is free
YOU ARE PIRATE!~

WIZIRATE

>>290673
I concur

A pirate-wizard. Using his magics to reap delicious booty.

PIRATE-WIZARD IS BEST WIZARD

THE MONSTER

SURE WHY NOT

wizard!

A monstrous wizard who works on a pirate ship.

Pirate

Suggestion 2011/03/25(Fri)16:00 No. 290777 ID: f5e4b4
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Pirates. In the land of Meigara, Pirates are usually army deserters, brigands, vagrants and thieves with enough organization and means to find themselves a ship and sail away, pillaging unsuspecting villages, plundering lonely ships, crossing the skies with a thunder of gunfire as they flee away from larger enemies.

Sky pirates are free spirits, enemies to every nation, unable to bound themselves to anything or anyone, always on the move, in the search of booty, adventure and a glorious, blazing death.

Suggestion 2011/03/25(Fri)16:01 No. 290778 ID: f5e4b4
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But being in jail sucked, as Kanela discovered.

Yeah, now I've done it. I guess next time I hear one of my crew yell "Time to go, now!" I won't try to get that one last gem at the bottom of the chest.

*Sigh* And now my ship and crew are out there in the middle of an open battle while I've been thrown into a cell in the Watch Tower, waiting to be hanged.

Suggestion 2011/03/25(Fri)16:01 No. 290779 ID: f5e4b4
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But of course that's not going to happen. Getting out of this cell shouldn't be too hard. Just gotta be careful, the guard is in the next room.

How much control do you have over your tail? Can you reach the nearest table leg and pull it over with your tail? Or maybe with your leg?

might it be possible for you to reach that knife with your tail
the guard will probably hear it clatter to the floor, but if you're quick enough you can drag it to you and hide it before they arrive
or if it's too far try picking that lock with your tail

>>290779
Climb the horizontal bars to your left, then the one over the door, then over the top and back down.

That table has a weak leg and stuff piled over it. It's nothing but one big noisemaker.

>>290786

Agreed with this fellow, granted that we can get a better look at the right side of said place.

>>290779
Climb over the bars, grab the knife, don't touch the leg of the table.

>>290779
...That is a ridiculously easy to climb jail door.

>>290835
(If you want ridiculously easy, she looks narrower than the near-side bar spacing to me.)

guessing the spacing is a perspective error. Use tail to get knife.

Break out of lock with knife, read note.

Suggestion 2011/03/26(Sat)00:35 No. 290894 ID: f5e4b4
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Us catfolk have long and flexible tails, with a sharp bone at the end that can be used as a sort of sting. But the tail isn't muscular enough to actually grab something.

I climb onto the bars and jump down the other side of the door cell. Hah, what is this, a cell for crippled old ladies? I recognize my surroundings, on the old table there's a rusty knife, a plate with a bone on it, and a note.
At the other side of the room there's only the door to the next chamber, where the guard is. I can probably peek out without being caught.

Now I need to find my equipment (they take it all away from me when they got me, but I know they keep it somewhere in the tower) and find a way to escape and get back to my ship.

become an architect because i think we can do a way better job

Hug- I mean READ Note, take knife as temporary weapon, and... that thing in the wall that's like a torch, is that some magic gimmick you can take with you for later, just in case?

>>290897
Hug note strap knife to stump to evolve to DOCTOR SWORDS FOR HANDS

So how'd you lose the hand anyways?

Suggestion 2011/03/26(Sat)08:13 No. 290925 ID: f5e4b4
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>>290901

Cut off in my very first day as a pirate, during a raid. Talk about starting with the wrong foot, eh? Or hand. But don't be fooled, my left arm isn't useless, as long as I get my equipment back.

>>290897

That's a lumis crystal. If you know the right word or have the triggering amulet with you, it'll shine brighter than a regular torch, and last almost forever. Useless to me right now.

I take the knife and the note. It orders whoever is watching the cells to keep an eye on me... blah blah blah... hanged at the sunset...yadda yadda... Ok, this is interesting. They're keeping my stuff two levels above this one, in the Second Armory. Also at the end there's a hurried note, someone scribbled "Don't lose the red one!" down there. I have no idea what's that supposed to mean.

well then, try to sneak the door open. your guard should be trying to get some sleep or playing cards.

Suggestion 2011/03/26(Sat)15:33 No. 290985 ID: f5e4b4
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I discreetly peer into the next room, there's a few barrels in front of the door, stairs going up and down... and then the stench of embalming fluid slaps me across the face. Yep, the cheap bastards have a zombie guarding the cells.

An undead ogre, about as smart as the barrels, but devoted to his tasks until the control gem on his forehead is removed or destroyed.
The undead monster doesn't have legs, but it doesn't seem to need them anyways, they've probably charged the gem with a levitation glyph. I need to get past this thing or get rid of it.

How much force would it take to dislodge the control gem?

On a related note how handy are you with that knife? Can you throw it accurately?

use the plate as a frisby to knock the gem off!

>>291026
this, unless you're REALLY good at throwing knifes

Suggestion 2011/03/27(Sun)09:00 No. 291236 ID: f5e4b4
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I'm not a professional knife thrower but I think I'm not a bad shot.

But anyways, I grab the plate and throw it at the head of the creature. It actually hits it, producing a loud hollow noise, although it doesn't damage the gem. But the ogre tilts his head, making the headband slip slightly out. It's almost about to fall.

The bad news is that the creature has detected me and is coming towards me!

finish it with a knife throw. knock it the rest of the way off.

>>291236
Run in a circle around it, getting it to spin.

Lure it towards the cell. Then get on up top of the bars and do some crazy acrobatic shit to either jump over and behind him before knocking off the gem, or knock off the gem in midair.

>>291236
Throw the light at it.

Suggestion 2011/03/27(Sun)16:08 No. 291321 ID: f5e4b4
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I step back into the room with the cell, and the undead ogre follows me unsuspecting. I wait for the exact moment when it's extending his arms to grab me. Then I do a back flip, jumping against the cell bars and BAM! I knock the gem off his face.

Suggestion 2011/03/27(Sun)16:09 No. 291322 ID: f5e4b4
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Without the power of the gem, the creature collapses, his mouth roaring silent screams of agony as it's consumed in a bright, yet unnervingly cold fire. In a matter of second all that is left of the zombie is a bunch of dust and bones. And the control gem.

Well, that takes care of that.

Take gem

>>291322
Lick the gem.

take gem. use or sell depends on what we got.

Suggestion 2011/03/27(Sun)16:46 No. 291336 ID: f5e4b4
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Licking gems that were attached to pestilent corpses just a moment ago doesn't sound too appetizing, so I simply pocket it. It could be useful, if I can find a wizard to tell me how to use it. If not, I can always sell it for a nice price in the black market.

Now I gotta decide where to go, up or down. According to the note, my stuff is two levels above this one, I could try to go up and find it. Or I could forget about it for now and go down, try to reach street level, escape now and return for my stuff later. I would hate to do that, but I guess it would be safer.

>>291336
I enjoy stuff. Let's go stuffwards.

What exactly is in the stuff they took from you? Anything particularly useful or valuable? If it's not something you'd miss terribly, we might as well just leave it

go up. but assume each floor has an armed guard on it and move as cautiously as that would warrant.

yeah what kind of stuff did you lose, and how important to you was it?

You should get used to going down.

If you follow.

Suggestion 2011/03/28(Mon)15:09 No. 291554 ID: f5e4b4
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They took all my money, for starters! Almost 10 gold pieces. They also have my coat and scarf, and I like those. But most important, they have my bag of tools for my left "hand" and my sword. Those are custom-made, they'd cost me a small fortune and months of waiting to replace them.

I sneak up the stairs and peek through the hole onto the next floor. It's mostly empty, just some garbage, a door with a sign I can't read from here and two guards. They're wearing light leather armor, and they're armed with knives and a blunderbuss each. They also look pretty bored. I overhear part of their conversation.

"...think I'm gonna fall asleep. This is the most boring place to guard ever." --Was saying the one sitting on the box.
"What, would you prefer to be dodging bullets and cannonballs out there?" --Asked the other one, with the same monotone voice as the first one.
"Nah, I guess not... But I hear less and less shots from here, the Duke must be getting tired already."
"Yeah, it's a matter of minutes before he retreats until next week or whatever. Soon the battle will be over and the boys will come and replace us."

I need to climb up that ladder to get to my stuff. So I have to either find a way to distract these guys and sneak past them, or somehow get rid of them.

hmmm... think you could throw the knife cut the cord holding the bucket?

>>291554
Ignore the bucket for now. Instead, take a closer look at the guards. What kind of weapons do they have? If it's just melee weapons we can rush them, if they have guns we'll have to come up with an alternate tactic (such as knocking the bucket over to get their powder all wet).

>>291563
...read more better.
>They're wearing light leather armor, and they're armed with knives and a blunderbuss each. They also look pretty bored. I overhear part of their conversation.

>>291554
What's that black thing on the ground?

>>291554
Blunderbusses are not fast-loading weapons. You have to pour powder and ammo in, tamp it down, then fire. You can't just walk around with them loaded.

SHOW THEM YOUR STABS

>>291591
Whoops, missed that. In that case yeah just run up and kill them until they're dead.

>>291595
this sounds like the best plan

Suggestion 2011/03/29(Tue)11:29 No. 291679 ID: f5e4b4
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I lunge before they have time to react, and bury the knife deep in the first guard's back. It's an old, rusty kitchen knife, but it stills does the work.

"GAAHKK!"

"Holy shit! The prisoner!" yells the other guard, startled, yet wise enough to pull his dagger out of the sheath. I better be careful.

shove the guard into the other one. while he is distracted by the body attack.

>>291679
Rip the knife out and reinsert it a few times. Then shove the first guard at the second and go for some cheap easy shots while he's distracted.

>>291679
Seconding shoving the guard at him.

>>291680
do this

pirate, i am disapoint. you didnt hit his lungs and he screamed.

stab his spine and use him as a body shield to fight the other guard.

Take the stabbed guard's knife and shove him into the second one. Then take advantage of the distraction.

Suggestion 2011/03/29(Tue)18:41 No. 291733 ID: f5e4b4
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I push the agonizing guard against the other one, and in the same movement I pull the knife out of his back. The other guard is caught by surprise, and stumbles down, trying to get the dead body of his partner off his chest,screaming on top of his lungs at the same time: " Help! Somebody help! The prisoner has escaped!"

Before the guard can get out from under the dead body or make any more noise, I leap on and silence him. Permanently.

Well, this has ended up going way messier than I intended, but at least now I have a moment to examine my surroundings. I leave the old knife and replace it with one of the quality daggers from one the corpses. They don't have much else on them, just the uniforms, the weapons, some powder, bullets and some cash.

I look around with more attention. The black thing on the ground seem to be a metal bar. It looks heavy. Also the sign on the door to my left says "Supplies" on it.

Gotta plan my next move, I don't know if anyone has heard the screams of the guard. Should I do something else with the bodies or just leave them here? Investigate the Supplies closet or keep going up?

>>291733
Check the supplies, why not? Maybe they'll have some delicious black powder.

Him yelling like that suggests that he knows that there's someone else that might hear his cry and come for help. So prepare yourself. But preferably you'll get your business done here and get out as soon as possible, and no longer have to murder poor guards who were just doing their jobs and wanted to get back to their loving family's so they could be there to see the birth of their first child, who will now grow up never knowing the love of a father all because a catfolk criminal decided to callously murder them.

>>291735
psshhh, PIRATE. dude. caring about guards and shit is stupid. anyway a quick peek into the supply room and then up the ladder. make sure you move slow when near the top.

Hmm. Open the supplies door, then hang out the window. When guards come rushing down that ladder and burst into the supplies room, grab the heavy metal bar and wedge it against the door, trapping them.

I'm gonna vote to keep going up

>>291733
Take and load one of the guns, then continue upward.

Suggestion 2011/03/30(Wed)10:15 No. 291857 ID: f5e4b4
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>>291735

Woah, woah, wait a moment. I'm not specially proud of what I just did (well, maybe just a bit). But I'm pretty sure this goes into a "it was them or me" situation. They would've killed me or worse if I'd given them the chance.

I listen for a moment, it doesn't sound like anybody is coming to help the fallen guards, no steps coming up the stairwell.

I open the supplies closet, which turns out to be mostly empty, what a disappointment. But there's something inside. A keg of black powder, and a large fireworks rocket. It seems to be in mint condition, with its fuse and all. These make a lot of light and noise when they bang.

I consider my options before taking the ladder up. Should I take anything from the closet? And should I take one of the guns? They're pretty heavy and not really suitable for close combat.

...oh. It's a closet. So much for my clever plan I guess.

Leave the guns. Grab the firecracker and black powder though. Do you have anything that can light that stuff? Might want to search the guards for matches.

>>291857
Take the fuse from the rocket and attach it to the black powder barrel. The blunderbusses will have their own supplies of black powder, bring those. Bring the rocket too, more the merrier. When we leave this building we're leaving through the wall.

>>291857
Carrying around a powder keg is no way to be stealthy. We can grab that later if we want to blow holes in walls since that will be lower.

Rocket sounds like a half-decent improvised flashbang, though. Nab it, take a gander up that ladder.

Take the Web items. If my RPG knowledge is correct, it should be a one-use item that causes a Slow effect one a single opponent.

Suggestion 2011/03/30(Wed)17:38 No. 291953 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I grab the rocket and the powder keg. It's pretty heavy and hinders my movements, and it's a pain to climb the ladder with it. But I guess I can just drop it if I need to. Unfortunately, I don't have anything to light it up, and none of the guards had any matches with them.

I climb up the ladder and peek through the trapdoor, just to see a pistol looking at me in the eyes. Seems like the screams of the guard alerted someone, after all. Behind the pistol I can see another Antay army uniform, but this guy doesn't seem to be a guard, but a captain, or something. He hasn't seen me yet, but he's noticed the trapdoor moving, he knows that I'm here.

"Who's there!?" --He yells. "Get up, keep your hands where I can see them and don't do anything stupid, or I'll blow your brains out!"

Ok, gotta do something. Should I comply and try something up there, or not? I'm still carrying the powder keg, in addition to the dagger, the rocket and the little gem.

roll the powder keg at him and duck down.

>>291953
Duck down. With any luck he'll fire and miss, at which point you can kill him at your leisure (as long as he doesn't close the distance and draw his sword).

Yes, lets place a powder keg between a gun and us. That is smart.

how good are you at faking voices?

try to copy a guard, say that we had a accident with a knife and we will have to get help.

IF he comes down, ambush him.

>>291953
Climb down. Can you make sparks by striking the knife against your stump?

Suggestion 2011/03/31(Thu)09:21 No. 292161 ID: f5e4b4
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>>291963

I doubt I can mimic a manly voice convincingly enough to fool anyone, even less in this situation.

>>291969

Maybe, but it would take me some time just trying, and I don't know if I have that time.

I duck down, just in time to hear the loud bang from the pistol. I feel the bullet whistling over my head, piercing a wide hole through the trapdoor. That was close! At least his pistol is unloaded, for now. "Damn!" I can hear him from here. Alright, this might be my chance, what do I do?

He looks fat and stupid, but has a sword... Go back up, but be careful. Oh, and drop the gunpowder for now.

>>292161
knifetrhowing on him, but watch out, if he isnt reloading he is ready to stab you.

>>292173
I imagine it'd be somewhat difficult to execute a knife throw whilst on a ladder and only having one hand. Still, it's about as good a plan as we've got. Can you hook your stumpy stump around a rung to keep yourself from falling off?

I don't think we should try a frontal assault on this one. He's got a big sword. Knife vs sword is not really a good idea.

Of course you could throw the powder barrel at his head to stun him and take him out like that.

yes. peek back in and throw a less lethal object to take him off his guard.

Fuck the pacifist nonsense. If you're going to attack, attack properly. Stab stab stab.

>>292161
You'd better not linger. there's a rope up there. It could be the pull to a warning bell.

>>292238
It's hard to show your stabs to a swordsman. The "throwing stuff" plan is for taking him off guard.

Can you puncture the barrel and then throw it at him? Try to get the powder in his eyes, then stab him.

Suggestion 2011/03/31(Thu)15:50 No. 292270 ID: f5e4b4
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I climb up again, this time hastily throwing the keg to the captain's head. But throwing a heavy barrel from a ladder and with just one hand is kind of awkward, and the man seems to have good reflexes, so he's able to catch the keg before it hits him.

"Ahahah! Is this your cunning plan, pirate scum!?" --He yells.

Ok, time to react, quickly.

He's wide open. Get in there inside his reach. Maybe kick him in the nads for starters.

>>292270
Fire the rocket at him. Duck down to avoid the explosion.

hop up and throw the rocket too. then charge and show him your stabs.

>>292270
Great, this means he's not ready with his sword.
Get up there and stab him in the everything.

Idiot doesn't even have his sword out. Show him your stabs.

Suggestion 2011/04/01(Fri)10:53 No. 292557 ID: f5e4b4
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>>292276

I can't fire the rocket, I have nothing to light it on with!

I jump out of the trapdoor and draw the dagger, lunging forward to stab him.

"It seems that now it's my turn! Catch!" --The captain of the guard roars.

-"OOOF!"

Damn... He threw the powder keg back at me, hitting me square in the stomach and sending me back across the room. At least I've managed not to fall on my back or drop the dagger. That's something, I think, trying to catch my breath again.

>>292557
Throw it back while he's drawing the sword :V

Get him to laugh and throw a fireball, then stab him and back off.

god dammit. i said throw the rocket first THEN stab! you are fucked now.

>>292564
she would need to put her sword away or drop it to throw. she has only one hand.

Fuck. Get onto the barrel then jump up onto the ladder to get a head start on him so you can run.

We can't fight this guy.

Suggestion 2011/04/01(Fri)15:41 No. 292683 ID: f5e4b4
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Even in my momentary stupor I realize that I don't have much tower left and that above must be the very roof of the tower. Also I'm convinced that my gear is behind that door in front of me. I don't want to run away now, I know there's a way I can get rid of this guy.

I recover myself quickly enough to notice that even when he's already drawn his sword, he isn't immediately coming after me, but has retreated to the opposite corner, and is yanking energetically the rope hanging from the ceiling. A loud bell can be heard all around the place, almost deafening.

"Bahahahah! Everybody knows you're up here now! The entire garrison will be here soon, your minutes are numbered pirate!"

He's distracted enough so I can put the knife away for a moment and throw the keg back at him again. It successfully impacts on his face, producing an avalanche of curses and groans of pain. Well, this is one sturdy barrel, you gotta give it that.

He's temporarily dazed. This is my chance, and I better make it count, I don't have much time before the guards arrive!

SHOW HIM YOUR STABS! GET INSIDE HIS GUARD QUICKQUICKQUICK! Then use his fat bulk to hold the trap door closed.

Slip around behind him and jump up on his shoulders then slit his throat.

After all this, you should go to the roof of the tower and see if there are some pigeons conveniently hanging around one particular area; they'd signify that it's a leap of faith point and that you could jump down into a pile of hay for no damage regardless of the height.

>>292683
Kill him quick before he recovers.

>>292698
Oh you!

Suggestion 2011/04/02(Sat)11:52 No. 293180 ID: f5e4b4
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I leap onto his back and with a swift wrist movement I slit his throat. He collapses almost silently, like a chopped off tree. Well, that was one lucky shot, but it did work.

I quickly search the corpse. He's carrying, besides the gun and the sword, some powder, bullets, a small pipe, a bag of cheap tobacco and some matches. I should decide what I want to grab.

Also I can hear a worrying noise down the hatch. Voices, and hurried footsteps coming upstairs. The reinforcements are on their way, after all.

Damn, I need to to think of a way to stop them, buy some time!

Either move corpse onto trapdoor or the barrel. Whatever weighs the most that you can move. I hope you can move that barrel. Once you have your stuff we'll go upstairs and cut the bell, crashing it through the trapdoor, killing all reinforcements.

Reload the gun, Then drop the powder barrel down the hatch and shoot it, hopefully setting it off.

Stop looking so pleased with yourself, you murderous criminal. WHEN WILL YOUR THIRST FOR BLOOD BE SATED?!

Move the corpse and/or barrel onto the trap door.

...heeyyyy. Matches. HEHEHEHEH

Put metal barrel over the hatch at the minimum this will buy you a few minutes at best it'll get you an hour.

>>293225
>>293226
Ayup.

And check that door for delicious inventory.

>>293180
Barrel and corpse on hatch. Stick the fuse from the fireworks in the gunpowder barrel, loot, then check out the roof. Once the gunpowder has a fuse we can light the fuse then retreat to the safety of the roof so that the reinforcement get a nice surprise. Plus, you need to get an eye on the general situation.

>>293180
Drag the body over the trapdoor.

Stop door with body, fuse and light the barrel on top of the body and gtfo of there.

Suggestion 2011/04/04(Mon)09:41 No. 293784 ID: f5e4b4
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I decide to move the barrel onto the trap door, it's way less messy than dragging the corpse around. And I don't know what's inside the barrel, but it's incredibly heavy.

There, this should keep them busy for some time. Next step: I detach the fuse from the rocket and use it with the powder keg, then I leave it on the trapdoor. I still need to recover my stuff, so I might not want to blow up this place yet. But I can light it up and chuck it down the hatch pretty quickly if I need to, so I'll leave it just here.

Suggestion 2011/04/04(Mon)09:42 No. 293786 ID: f5e4b4
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I open the door to the right: there's a small study here. Hey, there's my coat, and my stuff is probably in that bag. There's also a small bureau, some books and WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

There's some kind of strange artifact in the middle of the room and it looks like some kind of shiny disk, floating in mid-air. Like a mirror, but made of smoke and lights. And for some reason, the rest of the room, behind it, is in complete darkness.

throw rocket at light.

i see 2 red things on the room.

looooooot theeeeeeeem

Is that... is that a fucking ruby the size of your fist? STEAL IT. Also grab your stuff too I guess.

Read the book! Maybe it'll say what the hell this thing is.

First and foremost grab whats yours. Then grab everything shiny and give the book a quick skim over to try and figure out what the portal is.

Suggestion 2011/04/04(Mon)15:43 No. 293872 ID: f5e4b4
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I open the sack and retrieve what is mine, but the damn bastards took almost all my gold, only two mere pieces left!

At least they didn't take my special tools. I can attach these to my left "hand" (or lack of) so it's not completely useless. Papa Borso made these, a pretty basic set. Hook, sword and a lockpick (pretty useful). I'm sure I can convince him to make new, different ones once I get out of here.

My eyes scan the room and stop in place at the sight of a shiny jewel, the size of a chicken egg on the bureau. It might be a ruby but doesn't exactly look like one. It's perfectly polished, with a smooth surface. I take it with me, it's gotta cost a small fortune itself.

I also take a look at the open book on the desk, but it's written on a language I've never seen in my life.

Suggestion 2011/04/04(Mon)15:46 No. 293875 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, that's more like it. And now I can even fit all this crap I've been collecting around inside my coat, instead of having to carry them on my arms at all times.

>>293875
Read notes, steal book, throw something into the glowy shit.

>>293875
Check the papers on the ground and the discarded book. Don't really read them, just take a glance at the contents. We can't waste too much time.

Also search the desk.

inb4 it's a teleporter.

>>293876
There seems to be a bottle of wine in the previous room for throwing purposes.

(Take a swig first. Pirate, after all.)

if you haven't put a 'hand' on, switch to hook mode.

Suggestion 2011/04/05(Tue)10:24 No. 294082 ID: f5e4b4
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I retrieve the bottle in the previous room and take a swig at it. The flavor is easily recognizable, Orfenwoods redcurrant wine. Not bad, but kind of too sweet for my tastes.

I throw it into the shiny disc, and it goes through it, disappearing without a sound. After a minute, it doesn't look like it's coming back.

Suggestion 2011/04/05(Tue)10:25 No. 294083 ID: f5e4b4
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I take a look to the papers laying on the ground. They seem to be discarded letters, and most of them are pretty unreadable, ink spilled everywhere. Like someone tried to write a letter several times, getting really frustrated by it.

All I can see it's that all of them start with "Dear V." And sometimes the words "stone", "portal" and "shrine" are visible.

The other book... Is a cook book! "100 easy recipes by Victor Billieberd". Lame.

So I guess you ought to decide if you fancy trying to blast down and out through the guards and maybe dying or portaling to who-knows-where and maybe dying a thousand times in the dimension of unrelenting pain.

okay, check up the ladder. if nothing is there then ignite the keg then jump through the portal

>>294097
The ladder leads to the roof, and the guards are coming.

Enter the portal, they're probably going to kick the door down any second.

No you guys, you're thinking small.

If we want BIG ADVENTURE, set the powder keg in front of the portal and light it before you jump through, so it blows up and they can't follow us.

FREEDOM!

Suggestion 2011/04/05(Tue)16:50 No. 294191 ID: f5e4b4
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Escape through the portal? Hmm... Yeah, I suppose I could do it. But... I don't know, I'm not so sure about this.

I'm usually not the one to turn down a dare, but... there's something about this thing that makes me feel pretty uneasy.

>>294191
Well, stick your hook through and see if you can pull it back. If you can, stick your head through. Also, check out the roof.

okay yeah, if a badass pirate says it freaks them out then it is probably full of demons or something, go back out and see what is waiting you down stairs.

>>294192
why use the hook? use that glass beaker right over there.

>>294191
what's that red light?

>>294191
If you want to be *really* sure, stick the coatrack through it.

Also, what's that black rock on the table by the portal?

...The portal is moving to the left. And everything it passes goes dark. And there's an image in the portal forming. DON'T GO IN, GET OUT OF THERE.

>>294213
...hunh, so it is. Well spotted.

Ok, let's go with plan "blow up the guards and blow this joint".

yeah... and it looks like when the bottle went in it jumped forward some. so yeah ditch this place.

>>294217
No, it's been moving forward since the moment she entered the room.

>>294191
Oh god evil portal is going to try and eat you run away. Sacrifice the fat man to it.

>>294213
>>294220
>>294222
We should stick something in, see if it comes out all right. If it does, we stick our head through.

Suggestion 2011/04/06(Wed)09:33 No. 294370 ID: f5e4b4
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Uh... yeah, this thing seems to be closer to me than it was when I entered the room, and its colors are changing. It's actually giving me the creeps, I'm just going to get out of here.

...That's odd, I clearly remember leaving the door open.

Fuck, it's jammed! It doesn't even have a lock, it just doesn't budge when I push it.

use gun on door. piercing it should dispel the enchantment. or maybe try pulling the door

oh and knock the coat rack over into the path of the legs on the portal things to slow it down or something.

that's what you get for pissing it off by throwing a bottle at it

The desk appears to be unaffected/out of range, try crawling under it to get past the Horrible Doom Portal.

>>294370
Kick down that fucker. Run like hell.

>>294370
THE COBWEB IS ON FIRE WRONGBAD. USE COATRACK TO PUSH THE EVIL AWAY.

Try pushing the legs of the portal using the coatrack.

Adding to the coat rack plan: see if you could fit the rack between the door and the monster's legs.

Suggestion 2011/04/06(Wed)16:16 No. 294466 ID: f5e4b4
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Ok, I kick the coatrack and put the way of that portal thing and SHIT! How did it get so close? It's like it moves whenever I'm not looking. And where did those tentacle things come from? I'm out of here!

I shot off the door handle and kick the door, that seems to do the trick. I only have time to stumble out of the room, dazzled and almost deaf from the pistol detonation.

But I have no time to recover, the soldiers are knocking on the trapdoor! Gotta do something, or get out of here before they find a way to open it. And I'm really hoping that that... thing doesn't fit through the door.

LEAP OF FAITH
LEAP OF FAITH
LEAP OF FAITH

>>294466
Steal his sword, light the fuse, then climb!

look out the window, do you see any hay-bales or something down there? if so then light the fuse and jump out window.

>>294466
Light the powder, then get yer butt up that ladder. I think we should cut the rope off of the bell at the top of the tower, and use it to climb down the side.

>>294466
Take the powder keg. Climb the ladder. Wait for the guards to look in the side room. Let your two problems take care of themselves.

The approach of the portal appears to set things on fire. Just leave the powder keg as it is and climb the ladder, the approaching portal should blow itself up when it approaches the trapdoor.

Suggestion 2011/04/07(Thu)09:25 No. 294706 ID: f5e4b4
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Ok... it looks like that tentacle-portal thing isn't coming after me, in the end.

I look outside the window. I don't see any hay under the tower and I'm sure I would die falling from here, no matter how much hay I fall onto.

Hmm, it seems that the battle outside is dying out, only a bunch of ships skirmishing in the skies... Hey, talking about ships... There's mine, the green one! And it isn't too far away from the tower. If only I could draw the attention of my crew and make them know that I'm here...

Alright, they're starting to shoot the trapdoor, the soldiers are coming anytime now. What do I do? Take the keg and climb the ladder to the roof? Or light up the keg and leave it here? Or something else?

>>294706
Light keg, climb ladder, hammer the bell with whatever blunt object you have. Between that, the explosion, and waving about like a lunatic in a bright red coat, hopefully they'll spot you.

To get their attention you could launch the rocket instead of exploding the barrel. Note that the bell has already been rung.

>>294720
could also cut some fuse off so the barrel explodes quicker but also have some for the rocket.

>>294706
Climb up to the top of the tower, then do this:
>>294722
Do not detonate the keg just yet. We'll drop it on them once they've all climbed up.

Suggestion 2011/04/08(Fri)11:15 No. 295043 ID: f5e4b4
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I cut a bit of the fuse, now both the barrel and the rocket have shorter ones. I climb up carrying both and, shortly after, the soldiers break in. I can hear them barking orders and curses at the sight of their former captain. They're pointing at the ladder and coming this way. Ok, time for the powder keg or what?

>>295043
Yes, already.

yes, light it and drop it on top of the guy on the ladder's head.

>>295043
Yes, also light the rocket to alert your buddies.

>>295043
Light the fuse on the keg and throw it down. Get away from the ladder, and stick to the walls (they're less likely to collapse). Fire the rocket.

Suggestion 2011/04/08(Fri)14:45 No. 295086 ID: f5e4b4
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Ok, I light up the keg... I think the fuse is a bit shorter tha...


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

>>295086
Oh shit, are you alright? Do you still have your gear?

Suggestion 2011/04/08(Fri)15:10 No. 295090 ID: f5e4b4
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...Fffffffuck. That was some strong powder. But hey, that attracted the attention of my men. I mean, it possibly attracted the attention of the entire city and part of the next one.

Suggestion 2011/04/08(Fri)15:11 No. 295091 ID: f5e4b4
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B-but hey. All according to p-plan, isn't it?

Suggestion 2011/04/13(Wed)15:30 No. 296384 ID: f5e4b4
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Captain Kanela's ship pierced the skies while the city of New Foria, of the Antay Kindom became just a blurry mass behind the clouds at its back. After her successful but not really subtle escape from the Watch Tower, Kanela thought that she could forget this incident and go back to her usual pirate routine, but she was going to realize her mistake soon enough.

"What do you mean we have to go back?"

Suggestion 2011/04/13(Wed)15:31 No. 296385 ID: f5e4b4
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"I almost died, blew up half the Watch Tower and killed the gods know how many guards down there! Like, half the country must be looking for me right now to skin me alive, and you want to turn around and go back?"

"I acknowledge the gravity of the situation and the misfortunes the captain has been through to accomplice such withdrawal." --Answers Maestre, the Quartermaster. "But I wouldn't request such a dangerous course of action if the situation wasn't severe enough. Part of our crew has been captured."

"Captured? How many? What happened?"

"During your imprisonment, there was feeble attempt by part of the crew to assault the front doors of the tower, taking advantage of the regnant chaos of the siege." --He replies. " But the attack failed miserably, and now they're being held in the city prison, probably waiting to be hanged in the morning. Oh, and Mr. Borso, our carpenter and tinkerer, was among the captives."

"Papa Borso? Damn..." Borso is a talented man, and the one that made my left tools.

Suggestion 2011/04/13(Wed)15:32 No. 296386 ID: f5e4b4
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I groan, trying to digest the bad news. This is Maestre, by the way. He doesn't look like a pirate, does he? Well, to my knowledge, he wasn't until two months ago, when we were nothing but a band of brigands that assaulted his mansion in Emporia. When he confronted us, he wasn't upset, but glad that we were there to "save him from the monotony that was going end his existence". He even gave us his ship -THIS ship-,in exchange of letting him come aboard.
So we did it, and so our career as sky pirates started.

We wanted to ditch him in the first port we could find, but he proved to be useful beyond anyone's expectations. He knows almost every city in the globe, trade routes, and merchant ships. He's pretty good administrating our income and a great help planning raids. So I wasn't surprised when shortly after we picked him up, the crew started calling him the Quartermaster.

"Of course, captain, the decision is up to you. The mission would be extremely perilous, and we could always abandon them to their fate and hire some new blood in the next port. But that would have a negative impact in the morale of the crew, and their trust in their captain."

"Hrmm..."

"So, your decision, captain? Shall we start planning the rescue, or should we establish a new route away from New Foria and our mates?"

Yeah, sure. Plus, maybe the evil portalmonster is still around. If you can tame it a portal would be a useful thing.

We are going to do eiiit. Come on, this will be fun! Imagine the adrenaline rush! Plus, you know, the fact they got imprisoned trying to save you will weigh on your fucking mind.

There's got to be plenty of loot in the prison. All part of a day's work as a pirate.

hell yeah you are gonna rescue your dudes. but you can't just charge in. you got some maps?

Silly question. Whats their situation? Where are they being held? What can we work with?

Suggestion 2011/04/14(Thu)10:22 No. 296687 ID: f5e4b4
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"Yes. We'll get them out of there. So, what's their situation?"

"I knew you wouldn't leave them behind, captain. I was counting on that, so I prepared this brief visual representation of the prison and its vicinities." --Cheerily responds Maestre, extending a piece of paper with a poorly drawn map on it. Well, I guess cartography isn't his forte.

"I implore you to observe the large building here, in the middle, that's the prison. Our lads are being held in the second floor, in a common cell. They will be hanged by dawn, so we need to act tonight. A frontal attack would be suicidal as you understand, but we could easily fly over the place, pretending to be a merchant ship, while you and and some of our crew descend and sneak inside."

"Now, as you can see..." --He continues. "The north side of the prison is dominated by the tower, which is heavily guarded, I don't recommend trying to get inside through there. This here, on the west side, is the front door. Heavily guarded, as you can imagine. And here, to the east, the back door. This might be a better way, it shouldn't be as guarded as the front, but there still be opposition. That door is also used frequently to bring in and out the food, laundry and supplies for the prison."

"Now, on the roof, see, they have their own platform for ships to dock, but it would be stupid to try and land there, they would catch us in no time. But there must be an entrance there too, if you can sneak past the guards patrolling the roof."

"And finally, this one is kind of a long shot, but you never know. The locals tell the story of some bandits confined in prison that accidentally found a secret entrance to a net of catacombs under the building, and used it to escape. If the stories are true, the tunnels connect with the candle factory at the other side of the road, through where the convicts escaped."

"So, these are some ideas, but the responsibility rests on your shoulders, captain. What's our plan?"

>>296687
You know, for how often back doors get used, you'd think it'd eventually switch to guarding the back door the most and pretending to be mostly guarding the front.

I like catacombs, that sounds the most fun.

You're a cat, so the catacombs are for you

>>296687
Option 5: under cover of night, climb in through an unsecured window.

should look into the catacombs, but have backdoor enterance as a back up plan.

Suggestion 2011/04/14(Thu)18:03 No. 296774 ID: f5e4b4
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"Alright, we'll try to find the catacomb entrance in the candle factory. I guess I should get ready to - whoa!"

Just as I get up and about to exit the cabin, the door swings open and Mara almost bumps into me.

"Capt'n! I'm glad to see ya in one piece, and am even mor' glad t'hear that we're gonna go back to save those poor ol' bastards that got caught! An honor to be at yer orders, capt'n!

"Mara... drop the act, you know I hate it when you call me that."

"And why do ya think I'm doin' it, pussyface?"

Well... This is Mara. We grew together, been best friends since forever, and we've done everything together since I can remember, even become thieves and eventually pirates, hence the familiarity. She's also the Master Gunner of the ship, mostly because she likes to blow up stuff, and she actually has a good hand with cannons, artillery and powder.

"Are you going to rescue them now? Take me with you! Come on, do it!"

"Ahem..."---Interrupts Maestre. "Miss Mara brings up an important matter, who is going to accompany you in the mission? I'd recommend you to take no more than two crew members with you, otherwise the stealth factor would be hard to maintain. Now, you could specify what kind of party members would you want and I could choose among the crew the ones who fit such requirements. You already know Mara, she would be an appropriate choice if pyrotechnics and demolitions are part of your plan. Taking the Doctor with you might be wise if any of you results injured during the escape. Or you could also ask for a capable sword fighter, ranged specialist, sneaky thief, or any other skill you might have in mind, we could find a man like that in the crew.

"So what will it be?"

You're going to need someone to pick any locks you find in the way (you might be able to handle it if you know how to use that lockpick-attachment), someone to kill people and perhaps blow the place up afterwards (what kind of pirate DOESN'T blow the place up afterwards? Seems like a good spot for your girlfriend there), and perhaps the doctor just in case. We certainly don't need a ranged specialist in some catacombs. DO WE HAVE A WIZARD/

>>296774
I would say doc and swordfighter. Leave the canon-girl with the canons so she can blow stuff up during out escape if it all goes a bit pear-shaped. And we may need to the doc to get the captured guys mobile.

>>296897
hmmm, yeah. good idea. have all cannons ready and when we escape we shoot a bunch so they are too bust with the building to chase us.

Make sure whoever we bring can carry a sack full of swords & pistols. We're breaking a bunch of pirates out, no reason to to arm them too.

Question choice of words, "pussyface."

Suggestion 2011/04/15(Fri)10:53 No. 296966 ID: f5e4b4
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"Pussyface? Seriously?"

"Oh, shut up. I could give you worse names, and you know it." --She giggles.

"*Sigh* whatever. Anyways, I'm gonna ask you to stay here. And before you start pouting and making faces: I need you to stay here in case we need to cover our escape with the artillery."

"Aww... Alright, I can do that. Have fun!"

Now, Mr. Bartholomew would do well as swordmaster. He's not the sharpest pencil in the box, but he's the most skilled swordfighter I know, despise what you could think looking at him. He should also be able to carry a big bag of weapons without problems. He's not very sneaky, unfortunately.

Now, Doctor... We just call him Doctor, he's never given us his real name; but he can do his job and that's all we need. He won't be of much help in a fight, but at least he's pretty quiet and stealthy. He says that it's something you had to be if you wanted to survive in his old line of job. But he always replies that we don't want to know what job was that.

And no, we don't have a wizard, they're so fucking expensive... We have a Snikze, though, and he's a psychic. That is, when he's not completely drunk.

So, should I bring Mr. Bartholomew and Doctor with me? I could bring three or more people if I wanted, but the more people we are down there, the less chances we have of sneaking in unnoticed.

>>296966
Seems OK. I mean the other things to add/replace the swordfighter are:
>ranged specialist, sneaky thief, or any other skill you might have in mind
Kanela's faaairly sneaky theif herself, range doesn't seem so useful in catacombs, and I can't think of anything else.

Bring the psychic that sounds fun and impractical.

Don't bring the psychic along, just check in with him before leaving.

>>296966
What can the psychic do?

>>296966
Yeah, we really need to know exactly what the psychic can do.

Suggestion 2011/04/15(Fri)17:48 No. 297031 ID: f5e4b4
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Snikzes all have latent psychic powers, and some of them can be tremendously powerful. Pikzul is... not so powerful. Or maybe he is, but he's too busy being shitfaced all the time to do anything competent. He can throw predictions and he can also see visions of the future. And in very special occasions (when he's almost sober), he can hypnotize and even mind control people. Unfortunately, that's incredibly unlikely to happen, and most of the times he just describes vague visions and such.
I find him in the kitchen, kissing the bottle, as usual.

"H-heey Capt'n. How's it going'?"

Apparently, Snikzes can't show their face in public unless they've found their purpose in life first. Pikzul seems to be always looking for it in the bottom of a bottle of brandy.

"We have a dangerous task ahead of us. Can you see something interesting, Pik?"

"Etrgggh... lemme see...Uuuurh... my head. I see a... I see bones... and something' like ... something red? A red light... I don't know.

"Thank you Pikzul you've been of great help."

So yeah, should I bring him with me? Or leave him, and get this party started?

Take him if you can get him to put down the booze long enough to do the mission.

>>297032
Pay a wizard to enchant his throat so that it turns all alcohol into water.

>>297035
Oh my god this would be hilarious and awesome. Do it.

How does he drink through that mask?

Anyway if we're going to take the doctor I think we should pick a third party member who is more sneaky than the swordfighter but is still decent in a fight.

>>297035

Hey hey hey, we're pirates, don't we have a dagger specialist, who's sneaky and quick with a blade? Screw the swordsman, we need someone who can slip a knife right into some poor fool's carotid artery without making a sound. Do we have anyone like that?

>>297104
This is a good point, if the answer isn't "us".

>>297104

We certainly need a hand in that department.

Suggestion 2011/04/16(Sat)14:04 No. 297188 ID: f5e4b4
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Hey, I don't need anyone else to do the sneaky job, I'm a pretty skilled thief, modesty aside. I also know how to use the lockpick, locked doors aren't a problem for this girl. And I might not be the best skirmisher in the land, but I can defend myself decently with a dagger or a sword.

Alright, time to deal with the psychic drunkard.

"Ok, Pik, I need your help, could you just leave the bottle for a night and be useful?"

"Bhl... Can't I be useful and keep the bbothleee?"

"No. Damn it, I'll rip it off your broken fingers if I have to!"

He reacts like a sacredly mouse, jumping off the chair and holding the bottle of liquor like it were his child.

"Nnoooo...! I n-need mah medicine. I can't handle... it without it! Memories... they hurt so much!"

I sigh, this isn't gonna work out.

>>297035

This sounds deliciously tempting, I should find a wizard and ask him about that, and about the blue gem.

But for now, I should decide. If I want to bring Pikzul with me, I'm going to have to risk it and bring him as drunk as he is. Or I could just go with Doctor and the Swordmaster.

I still say you're good enough for all the sneaky bits and picking locks and whatnot, bring the doctor in case we need such skills, and someone to do our killing for us. So yeah, no need for this guy at all.

Have psychic bless every bullet or no happy juice.

Let's just take the doctor and swordsmaster.

Suggestion 2011/04/17(Sun)09:39 No. 297386 ID: f5e4b4
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I leave Pikzul with his ghosts and set sail back to the city. We wait for the night to slowly drift towards the port, successfully pretending to be a merchant ship. Some people might find a bit unusual that we're flying so low, but they'll think that we're low on fire stone.

The swordmaster, Doctor and I descend down the ladder once we're on top of the candle factory. The silence of the night is complete, nobody is noticing us.

Suggestion 2011/04/17(Sun)09:40 No. 297387 ID: f5e4b4
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Second floor of the factory, all the windows seem to be locked... except one, leading to a small study. A single candle is dimly illuminating the room, sign that there's at least one person in the factory. Maybe a lonely underpaid guard, maybe the paranoid owner. But this room in particular seems to be empty.

I could sneak through this open window, or I could try one of the dark ones, but I would have to break those.

Do you have a small mirror with which to peek round the corner?

Blow the candle out, Garret-style

You're standing near a lit window, in the light, meaning that anyone who happens to be looking your way can see you. And if you blow out the candle, well then whoever knows it's lit knows that something blew it out. Plus, looking at the thing, if you open that window enough to sneak in, you'll knock the candle off of the desk, creating noise and potentially fire. Go through another window. Use some cloth or something to muffle the break and then reach in to unlock it.

>>297431
This.

If you open the window much further the candle's going to get knocked off the table.

If you can reach around to grab the candle and blow it out, do so.

Show us your ability to blow.

just open it a little and slip through sideways. move candle and open rest of way for allies.

>>297431
That.

Suggestion 2011/04/18(Mon)15:27 No. 297616 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I'll use my coat to muffle the noise and try to break a hole open in the next one.

CRASH!

...Damnit it, lousy cheap windows, the entire thing fell apart with a single hit. Well, at least I'm inside now.

"Did ya mean to do that, boss?" --Sounds the voice of the swordmaster behind me.

"O-of course! Strategy, Mr. Bartholomew."

"Ah, ok. I guess that's why yer the boss."

"Sure, just come on in, presto!"

Alright, I can't hear a single sound here, other than my own breathing, and my crew's. It seems that my lousy entrance is still a secret. Now, if I want to find a secret entrance to the catacombs, my safest bet is to look in the basement. Just gotta find it without getting caught.

There's an open door behind me, dim candle light coming from inside. It leads to the small study I saw through the open window. I can also see more light downstairs ; it must be another open door in the lower floor. What to do now?

>>297616
Get the swordmaster to understand that he's only to speak if it's important, 'cause this is sneaking.

Then go downstairs. We're not here to loot a candle factory.

Toss Candle at the top of stairway to the ground, if it doesn't break, break it. Misplace candles near doors and stairways, either by breaking them, putting them someplace else, or in your pocket. Look around downstairs. Have someone investigate the door on the left while you look down the hallway.

I'd say that we first need to check out the rooms that have lights on them before we head on down. We don't want to risk being discovered, so if you can peek through cracks in the doors or keyholes to see if there's anyone around, let's do that.

If rumours of a secret entrance are common, there's a good chance it's not in the obvious place (the basement) or it would already have been sealed off.

>>297616
You may want to stick to the shadows here, just in case anyone comes to check out the window,assuming there is anyone here. Either way, stick to the shadows so you are less visible. Anyone patrolling is likely to be carrying a torch/lantern/other light source, so their eyes will only be acclimated to the light they have with them. This means that as long as you stay out of the light, it will be much harder for them to see you. Also, let your eyes acclimate to the dark so you can see around better.

Suggestion 2011/04/19(Tue)09:58 No. 297753 ID: f5e4b4
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"Alright, you two. From now on, only speak when strictly necessary. Now you check that open room, I'll go downstairs."

The swordmaster nods and, as silently as he's able to, (which isn't much)moves towards the door, while Doctor climbs through the window.

I take the candle next to the staircase and snap it in half, leaving in on the ground. I can hear Mr. Bartholomew whispering that the room is empty, just a few cabinets and a desk.

I stay in the shadows, as my eyes are well adapted to see in the dark, and carefully I walk down the stairs, just to freeze in place at the very end. Someone is coming.

He's going to check out the crash at the top. Stay at the bottom of the stairs and don't move until you think you can sneak up behind him, then grab his neck and squeeze tight for a while to knock him unconscious... I think. Then put his body in that empty room and find something to barricade it in because he won't be asleep for long. I don't want to kill him because he's just some dumb employee for a candle company, unlike the city guard who were going to fucking hang you tomorrow morning.

I don't really know if that will knock him unconscious thanks to knowing jackshit about anatomy, but I see it in the movies enough to safety assume it'll work here.

>>297765
Pirates are known for their cunning and stealth, but not so much for their compassion. The man has a point, though. Either knock him out with a swift bop on the top of the head with something heavy and metal, or slit his throat or stab his lungs. Don't let him make any noise, for the love of god.

Body hiding is a good idea.

Tell the doc to move, he's casting a shadow. Also tell the swordsman to get behind the door or something.

Suggestion 2011/04/20(Wed)12:06 No. 297938 ID: f5e4b4
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I have no time to warn my men, but I should be able to handle this by myself. I hide behind the staircase and peek around the corner. An old man, probably a worker here. I can hear him muttering to himself "I could've sworn I heard something."

He starts climbing up the stairs, but before he can get up to the next floor, I dash behind him and knock him in the head. He only lets out a soft "Augh!", falling unconscious and dropping his candle. This heavy metal ball sometimes comes in handy, eh?"

Now what to do with him?

The empty room upstairs. Try to find a box to try and block it. He won't be out for long or else that motherfucker went into a coma. Just blow out the candle or light in there.

>>297938
Bring him up to the lit room and stuff him in a cabinet then block the door. Um, assuming these are cabinets he'd fit in? You could try to tie him up if not.

Suggestion 2011/04/21(Thu)09:30 No. 298054 ID: f5e4b4
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I drag him all the way upstairs and into the lit room. Looks a place as good as any other to hide him.

"Wanna help with that, boss?"

"No, just keep an eye downstairs, I don't want any more surprises."

"Can I keep one of his fingers? Just one of the little ones."

"...No, Doctor."

The room itself looks pretty uninteresting, a desk and a cabinet seems to be all the furniture in here.

Holy shit that bug is pushing over the cookie jar. Catch that jar!

>>298054
There's a giant praying mantis over at the other end of the room trying to knock over the cookie jar.

Suggestion 2011/04/21(Thu)15:39 No. 298083 ID: f5e4b4
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Is that...? Yes it is, there's some kind of big bug pushing a cookie jar on the cabinet.

Before the jar can fall down and make a damn lot of noise, I catch it. The bug stares at me.
This is pretty weird. Bugs don't eat cookies, do they? I'm pretty sure I've never heard of a cookie-eating bug.

Gun down the bug out of spite; invalidate own attempts at stealth. Seriously though, you should capture and/or kill the bug because i don't trust it.

feed a cookie to the bug to befriend it and name it Tiak

>>298085
This.

>>298083
Bug is clearly trying to sabotage rescue attempt. Stab bug.

Give a cookie to bugfriend!

>>298085
This seems like a reasonable action.

Do not name it Tiak, but do everything else.

Name it Katy or Steve.

It's just trying to get your attention. Try holding up one arm, see if it mimics you.

Suggestion 2011/04/22(Fri)09:07 No. 298253 ID: f5e4b4
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Tiak? I don't know, sounds kinda silly, doesn't it? I like Katy more, but I have no idea if this is a boy bug or a lady bug.

I give the little fella a cookie and... look at it, nibbling on it. I guess I stand corrected, then, it eats cookies after all. It just stands there, looking happy and munching on it.

Well, I think I've wasted enough time with the local fauna, I should get going.

Maybe we can take the little guy with us when we leave. Put down the cookie jar so he can't break the thing, stuff the dude in the cabinet (block the door with something so he can't get out) and let's move down.

if you give a mantis a cookie it will want a glass of blood

Obviously you must use the power of COMPROMISE.

Katyiak.

Suggestion 2011/04/23(Sat)12:08 No. 298577 ID: f5e4b4
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I put the sleeping guy locked inside the cabinet, and leave the open jar of cookies on the floor for the bug. Maybe I can bring it on my way out, who knows? For the moment I continue downstairs. The open door connects with a short corridor that ends in a small room.

There isn't much in this room, except for a pair of candles, a weird painting on the wall, and a hatch on the floor that seems to connect with the working part of the factory.

remove painting, hug SECRETS.

One of these candles is not like the other...

>>298579
that too. the tan one seems to ether be VERY fresh or magic.

Suggestion 2011/04/23(Sat)15:50 No. 298635 ID: f5e4b4
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I remove the painting from the wall, revealing a hidden niche with a strange skull engraved on it. Just as I do it, I notice Doctor silently moving to my side. Mr. Bartholomew must be keeping an eye on the corridor.

"Ah, excellent craftsmanship, and I like the theme."

"Do you recognize it?" --I ask.

"No, but it looks considerably older than the rest of the room. Something that was here before the factory was built. And with much better taste in decoration, if I may say."

sounds like a place for a secret passage to me. try turning the post the weird candle is on.

>>298635
Now check out that candlestick.

You know, maybe we should be looking as to what's down the ladder there.

Suggestion 2011/04/23(Sat)16:57 No. 298676 ID: f5e4b4
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Yeah, the candlestick to the right looks different from the other one. It feels different to the touch, too, because in fact, it's not a real candlestick. I pull it to the side and with the loud sound of ancient gears and stone moving, the panel in the niche is lifted up, revealing a secret entrance to a dark tunnel.

The air smells rancid, and the ladder looks pretty old, yet sturdy. The dust and cobwebs down there seem to point out that nobody has used this entrance for many years. There's no doubt, this must be the entrance to the catacombs!

can you perhaps take the fake candle? the fact that it is burning still points to it being MAGIC. everburning candle sounds like a cool magic thing.

>>298676
Get Bartholomew and let's go down. Him first since he's our bruiser and I wouldn't expect any guards down there, only monsters.

Suggestion 2011/04/24(Sun)10:39 No. 298850 ID: f5e4b4
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The fake candlestick is impossible to budge out, it's attached to its support. And I don't think it's magic. It's actually made of metal, so I guess it's just filled up with oil.

"Ok, Mr. Bartholomew, you going in fir-..."

CLAMP

As soon as I release the candlestick, it returns to its original position, and the panel gets shut tight.

>>298850
You're in a factory. Got to be something you can either hang on the candlestick or jam the passage with.

Someone will inevitably dislodge this and trap you but at least all three people will get in. The alternative would be leaving swordguy to stand around and protect your escape route but have to crack the prison with just you and the doc.

>>298850
Have either the doc or Bartholomew stay behind to secure the factory.

Is the painting heavy enough to keep the candlestick in the open position? If not, find more stuff to hang from it.

Securing your escape is unnecessary. You're about to get a whole bunch of crew members back, and they'll be hard to sneak out silently. You'll probably have to escape the loud way. Fortunately, you'll have some pissed off pirates to help you.

>>299015
>painting
Yeah... Yeah! Jam the painting between the wall and the candle to hold the passage open. Also note that the candle tilted over leaving a space underneath it- putting something under that to jam it would work too.

Suggestion 2011/04/26(Tue)13:31 No. 299388 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I jam the painting between the candlestick and the wall, and it's heavy enough to stay there. The path is open.

Mr. Bartholomew is the first one to descend, and when he's sure that it's all safe, we follow him. After climbing down the ladder for a while, we find ourselves into a deep corridor carved in the stone, with a few niches on the walls. Pale bones rest on the niches, staring with empty eyes.

Other than that, the place isn't very interesting, and there's only one way to go: forward. Yet something is really making me uneasy. I can't point my finger, but something isn't right down here.

Uh... Shouldn't there, like, be complete bodies and stuff, not just random bones?

Why is there a dagger stuck in the wall? Tell Bartholemew to stop for a moment, and be very quiet. Try to listen and hear if there's any movement around.

Don't try to take the dagger. This is probably one of those cursed treasure things.

Suggestion 2011/04/27(Wed)11:58 No. 299638 ID: f5e4b4
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We remain in the most absolute silence while they continue further into the passage, ignoring the dagger in the wall. Our steps are the only sounds that can be heard down here.

As we keep going on we find another bunch of bones lying around, and a dusty lever on the ground. The corridor keeps going on after the lever. And I still feel like something is wrong down here.

>>299638
This thing >>293872 is glowing.

That's probably bad but I don't know what to do about it short of moving it away from any vital organs.

>>299638
Yeah pull out the red gem. Also... uh, that darkness doesn't look exactly natural. Shouldn't the lantern dimly light a little past the immediate area?

Is the prison you are trying to break into the same prison you were kept in earlier? I suspect that this tunnel contains the 'shrine' mentioned in the letters in the portal room. (We really should have taken the mysterious book that was in there when we had the chance...) The large circular red gem looks suspiciously like the large circular eye socket in the skull in the picture.

Also, even apart from the nasty things that almost certainly lurk down here, if this is the 'shrine', that is worrying because that means that the guards found it at some point (and presumably know about the entrance from the guardhouse).

>>299638
Stay alert and watch for movement in the dark. It's likely that this hidden passage that everybody knows of has stayed hidden due to security measures left in this crypt.
Security measures like zombie ghosts.

Suggestion 2011/04/27(Wed)15:08 No. 299689 ID: f5e4b4
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>>299661

No, they put me in the Watch Tower cell because they didn't have time to take me to prison with the battle going on. Now I'm trying to sneak into the real prison.

Uhmm... Bad news. Yes, the red jewel is actually glowing. But I just can't get rid of it. I can take it and put it back in my pockets, but as soon as I try to throw it off or drop it on the ground, it sticks to my hand and it's impossible to pull off.

It also feels pretty weird, warm and pulsating, kind of like a living being.

>>299689
Go back and stick it in the eye socket?