Get back on your feet and draw your sword.

Wait a sec.... How many people are in this scene? There,s you, Ms Tanuki, this black haired ninja with the red scarf, and now this pot-headed-man?

That Guy 2011/05/06(Fri)20:28 No. 302046 ID: 10c20a
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"Queer though. I had only been informed of two intruders, nay three. No matter, tis but an additional swing of mine blade."

You are now THAT GUY. You have just come to the lady's aid in the nick of time. The masked man is talking smack, you feel as though a witty one liner is in order, but are currently drawing a blank. Please enter a command.

>>302046
"Why don't you ditch the mask and face me like a MAN?"

>Mentally review abilities, powers, items, skills, feats, traits, and hobbies to buy time

>>302047
That is not a man, it is a robot.

>>302046

"Big talk from a toaster on steroids."

>>302046
"Your arrogance is most unbecoming of you."

>>302046
"Less talking more swinging."

Suggestion 2011/05/06(Fri)21:05 No. 302083 ID: 07416a
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>>302046
"*MODEM NOISE*."

That Guy 2011/05/06(Fri)21:11 No. 302086 ID: 10c20a
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>>302048
>Mentally review abilities, powers, items, skills, feats, traits, and hobbies to buy time

For the sake of tooting my own horn, I think it'd be a shorter list to say what I can't do.

>>302057
"Big talk from a toaster on steroids."

"I assure thee, I doth nay speak that which I am incapable of backing up. Shall we have at it then?"

A'ight, so this tin man wants to throw down apparently. Guess I'm gonna have to show off my skills to the lady friend. What sweet ass move should I bust out first?

Use TAUNT to goad him into making a horizontal slash at you, at which point you use ELECTRIC SLIDE to sweep under the blade and close to your foe, at which point you finish with a DRAGON UPPERCUT from beneath him, possibly into his crotch area

>>302086

Try an Extinction Straight Slash, followed by performing a Blade of the Empty Air technique.

>>302086
Do the splits and punch him in the junk.

Jump on his fucking sword and cut his helmet in half.

>>302094

Jump on his shoulders and twist his helmet around so the grates aren't in front of his eyes.

Then pee in the grate.

>>302126
Twisting the helmet would be awesome. Also, slam a blade into an arm joint.

Do the ELECTRIC SLIDE.

By which I mean slide over and shock the fuck out of him.

just keep him occupied while the girl draws her own sword. We don't know what he's capable of, let's not take any unnecessary risks.

Well, he seems to be wearing, or IS a huge walking armor. Can you... I dunno, maybe "rust" his pieces to paralyze him somehow? Or maybe obstruct his joints?
Stop him from moving! It's ass-kicking time!!

That Guy 2011/05/07(Sat)07:21 No. 302215 ID: 10c20a
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>>302094
>>302126
>>302167
>dick with his helmet

"Haha! Whaddya say Bucket Head?"

Wow, he swung that thing fast...

That Guy 2011/05/07(Sat)07:24 No. 302216 ID: 10c20a
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"Little man, thou dost nay seem to be taking this duel very seriously. Should I try mine luck at receiving a proper combat with the Tanuki? Or art thou capable of more than the simple japery and antics of a clown?"

Wait... did his entire head turn around with the helmet?

god damn robots with their swivel heads. get serious

time to get serious. unleash the DARKNESS all over him

>>302216
Yup it's a robot.

>>302167
>Also, slam a blade into an arm joint.

Yeah, do this. Maybe paralyzing his weapon would be a wise thing to do.

>>302216
"Mine own apologies, this time. I didn't realize you were as humorless as you were unscrupulous."

Blade into the joint of his sword arm, and PALM THRUST into his face. Watch out in case he happens to be ambidextrous.

That Guy 2011/05/07(Sat)10:54 No. 302246 ID: 10c20a
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>>302219
>>302233
"'Mine' own apologies, this time. I didn't realize you were as humorless as you were unscrupulous."

I lunge and try to dig my WAKIZASHI into his elbow joint while his back is "turned."

GWAH! Damnit, his whole damn body just spun to match his head!

"There tis no humor to be found in a duel. Furthermore, tis but a matter of view that determines what tis, and tisn't 'unscrupulous.'"

Okay man land on your legs like a badass Ninja, recover with a goddamn uppercut slash.

I forgot to link to the previous threads, derp.

Chapter 1: http://quest.lv/kusaba/questarch/res/239260.html
Chapter 2: http://quest.lv/kusaba/questarch/res/271876.html

Jump off the air and counter with a METAL-CUTTING BLADE. Aim wherever.

Okay, time to do some serious ninja-ing. Hopefully, of course, this guy's senses can be confounded, robot or not. Activate SMOKE SCREEN and DOPPLE ILLUSION

>>302246
Precision attack. hit the light through those slits in its helmet. Heck, if you have enough shuriken/kunai launch one into every slot.

I'm pretty sure he's a GHOST ROBOT so you'd have better luck smashing the jar-helmet. What's it made of, clay? You can crush clay pretty easily. If he's a hardcore robot that does not have a clay head though...

Introduce yourself to the Tanuki chick. You might get to score with her later, after all, best to get names out of the way so she knows what to moan later. Oh, yeah, the robot. Uh, try slashing that very vulnerable looking spine thing on his back.

That Guy 2011/05/07(Sat)14:55 No. 302316 ID: 10c20a
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>>302271
*FOOSH*
"SHADOW CLONE-JUTSU!"

"The shell game? Feh, more parlor tricks."

Ryu Hayabusa 2011/05/07(Sat)15:04 No. 302320 ID: 10c20a
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"Sup babe? They should keep him busy for a little bit. Nice to meet face to face finally, stead of on the phone."

"Wh-who are you?"

"You can call me... Ryu. Ryu... Hayabusa, yeah."

Uh... no you're not?

Smug bastard.

The question now is whether or not the doubles are illusions or if they're actually tangible and can affect things... In either case, smashing the frontal grate of the (possibly clay) helmet may further damage his ability to fight you. Remember, we're a ninja, not a stand-and-fight type of guy. Dirty tricks and fighting unfairly is pretty much what we do. First off, be careful, as his pose suggests he might be going for a quick-draw-slice, perhaps trying to slash through two or all of the illusions at once. Also, if I may suggest a weakpoint... When you were 'behind' him, there was a cylindrical section that slightly resembled a spine. It seemed less than adequately protected, and perhaps severing it might further cripple your opponent.

>>302320
Smoooooth. Let's slip away before he figures us out. Also, take off that damn scarf, that thing can be seen from space.

>>302327
>take off the scarf
HERESY

Can you turn invisible and backstab the tough bastard? Or frontstab him through the helmet grate...

>>302320
... Is he joking?

>>302325
Tengai were generally made of reeds. (See http://communication.ucsd.edu/shaku/Shakumail.2003/1062.html for more information). Since his is pretty obviously not made of reeds, I'd assume it's made of robutt materials, IE steel, so on.
The spine thing's a good idea though.

Abscond, now.

>>302320
Ryu Hayab- please, is this guy for real??

>>302325
Yeah, I don't think so, considering his whole body seems to be fully metallic I suppose his helmet is too. You can give it a shot though, it wouldn't be a bad idea to consider all kinds of possibilities when fighting.

>>302334
>The spine thing's a good idea though.
Agreed. Go for it.

new goal: seduce cute tanuki girl.

Do you have anything that can cleave through metal? any explosives?
How about stabbing the yellow eye visible through the helmet?

>>302458

>any explosives?

Well, on that regard he HAS shown the ability to produce fire with his ninja tricks. Maybe that could be utilized?

Or is /quest/ just completely uninterested in subduing this guy because he doesn't have robotits?

>>302472
Robots here have that overheating problem, if the fire could be used to exploit that...

>>302472
Obviously lack of tits means you get killed instead of taken down mercifully.

Joking aside, he is a lot more lethal then robogirl from before, and she was also identified as being a reprogrammed ally who happens to be a legend to the character in question; so he had many motivations to try to save "her", robotits not one of them.

>>302538

>and she was also identified as being a reprogrammed ally who happens to be a legend to the character in question;

And this guy is her partner. Robotits are basically the whole reason.

>>302609
what makes you think he is her partner?

>>302677

Because she was 'Musashi' and used an Oar. Manewis specified that there were two prototypes sent to Onigashima. To wit -- ' I refer to the legend of Musashi and Kojiro, the legendary S.A.M.U.R.A.I. prototypes on which the N.O.B.I. model androids were based. As the legend goes, both were deployed to Onigashima centuries ago. ' He was clearly familiar with Musashi. He uses a large no-dachi style sword. Odds are pretty goddamn high that he's the other S.A.M.U.R.A.I., Kojiro.

>>303667
I was not familiar with said legend...

That being said, last time it was a gen 3 android vs a gen1 of same model; so capture was feasible, and he almost succeeded in capturing her.

Now its a squishy human vs an android that he has no way of knowing to be a programmed good guy AI. Said android cuts through walls, looks like a demon knight (rather then a robot) and the guy fighting him has no means of reprogramming / debegugging. Oh. and he doesn't know him...

I would like to capture and reprogram both, very much so... I don't think its robotits, I think its a matter of meta.
If we metagame lots, then he should run now... and try to capture.
If little, then he should stab it in the eye first in hope of that killing the armored demon. (that eye doesn't look like a robot camera, it looks organic).. speaking of, you are more versed in Japanese lore then me (which is meta knowledge btw)... but it still doesn't look like an android.. since when do androids wear helmets? and have a single yellow organic looking eye? looks like a demon wearing armor to me... but I could be wrong

>>303672
wat

The legend in question is something Manewis told us last chapter. No knowledge of ancient folklore required, though it MAY not be a legend the other characters are familiar with.

If robots were the final solution in combat tactics, they wouldn't bother training organic warriors any more. He certainly has weaknesses, limited battery life and overheating danger if nothing else. The longer he keeps fighting against illusions, the better position we will be in.

Of course, while he is distracted and busy, I might offer the alternative solution of making an escape and getting on with the mission.

Androinds would possibly wear helmets to keep ninjas from stabbing them in the lenses.
Now that I think about advantages living warriors might have over mechanical ones, do we (as scarf guy) have a limited amount of mana with which to summon shadow clones and stuff?
I second the motion to have the illusions dodge away from him at this point, as he seems to be getting ready for a draw-slice to try and take them all out.

Ryu Hayabusa 2011/05/12(Thu)18:39 No. 303754 ID: 10c20a
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>>302324
>>302334
>>302422
Pfft, like I'm really going to tell my actual name to a tanuki. That I met on Onigashima. That sound like the best plan.

>>302334
>Tengai were generally made of reeds...

The helmet's made of metal, seems like it's part of him or something.

>>302458
My blade's just a normal WAKIZASHI. I kinda doubt its effectiveness against a robot actually...

>Discussion about Robot's identity

The dude's name is Kojiro. I've seen him wandering around the island before. Think he's from the mainland below or something. He's a full on robot, used to hang out with his robo-girlfriend or something, I dunno. He's after us now apparently, that much I know for certain.

>>302327
>>302361
>>303680
I will not ditch my bitchin scarf! The strength of a ninja is measured by the length of his scarf! The longer it is, clearly the more powerful a ninja he is!

"Hey, you know what'd be hilarious? If we totally ditched this guy and got outta here while he was dicking around with those copies. If we could see the look on his face, I bet it'd be priceless."

>>303754

He's right over there, you idiot.

I hope the sum of your worth is more than these cheap tricks.

>>303754
Look to your left bro.

Ryu Hayabusa 2011/05/12(Thu)19:03 No. 303763 ID: 10c20a
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>>303755
>>303756
"Oh what the hell!? This is horse shit!"

"Thou continues to vex me with thine parlor tricks. If thou refuses to take this duel seriously, I may be forced to slay thee dishonorably, which I truly wish nay to have to do. Mayhaps thou wouldst prefer to reschedule this duel?"

be all "come on man, I'm trying to introduce myself to the lady here. You are very distracting"

" i was trying to do a quick rescue not a long duel. tell you what, meet me on the roof in an hour"

go for the reschedule.

You butt in with no real purpose for your duel and now you're getting vexed that I'm not fighting in the style you want me too. It's like you're TRYING to be hard to please, or have some natural skill. At least let a man know what's going on, like who are you an why are you attacking us.

Ryu Hayabusa 2011/05/12(Thu)19:40 No. 303774 ID: 10c20a
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>>303767
"Look, man. I wasn't even showing up here for no duel. I was just showin' up here to try and help the lady and you came swingin' in. Ain't you supposed to make challenges for duels anyway? I didn't get no challenge!"

"Tis true. I suppose mine duties and mine honor occasionally shall clash. Mine apologies."

"This mean you're gonna go all seppuku on us or somethin'?"

"Nay, I am an android, self mutilation tis against mine programing. I shall simply issue the challenge to thee now, in person."

"Yeah, fine, just meet me on the roof or somethin' in an hour."

[i] "Very well. I shall see thee once more in an hour's time."

He steps behind a pipe, disappearing from view.

"Wait... that worked?

>You now have control of both characters. The character's name is requested to be placed before any suggestion for them such as "Kensuyata: Do a thing".

Um... Did we turn around at some point, or did he actually switch to the other side of the hallway without us seeing him move? Because if he moved all the way across the room without us seeing him that suggests he can teleport, he can move extremely quickly and quietly, or we fail at being observant. None of those possibilities are good.

well now that hes gone. kensu: ask ryu what hes doing in onigashima.

Kensuyata: Ask Ryu what he's doing here.

Ryu: Answer truthfully.

>>303754
but she is a hottie! you need to seduce her!

Kensuyata 2011/05/12(Thu)20:22 No. 303791 ID: 10c20a
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>>303781
>>303785
"So, now that he's apparently gone, why are you here, on Onigashima?"

"Truth be told, I'm just lookin' for a way off. It's a lot harder gettin' away from this island than ya'd think. You're out to destroy this place, right?"

"That's right."

"You got yer work cut out for ya. I can give ya hand with that if ya want, ya know, tag along, play ya some second fiddle? Oh yeah! Weren't you lookin' for a PDA or somethin'?"

>>303791

Kensuyata: Yes I was. Have you seen one?

This guy rubs me the wrong way. He acts like an american teenager who just woke up in the body of a ninja superhero. Kensuyata: Tell him to go NINJA VANISH; you can do this on your own.

If we're partnering up where the hell is the Official Ninja Fist BUNP of partnership!?

Ken: Ask him if he has a good idea on how to destroy this island, be it a self-destruct device or taking out whatever makes the island float.
Then message Manwis about a Ninja Robot guy with a mask, weaknesses and shit

Ryu: Pop your collar/scarf like it's hot. Show INV

>>303849
...Yes, that's exactly it.

What why would we refuse any help? Do not tell him to go away.
Both: Compare notes about what areas you have explored and where stuff is.

>>303849
I am more then a little curious about your definitions for "american" and "teenager"... but regardless, she can ill afford to turn away assistance. She is here to blow the place up and has so far just 1 ally.

>>303791
Hold on a tic. How does he know we're looking for a PDA??

>>303914

See

>They should keep him busy for a little bit. Nice to meet face to face finally, stead of on the phone."

Kensuyata 2011/05/16(Mon)18:50 No. 304653 ID: 10c20a
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>>303849
He does kind of seem... "off" to me... not sure what it is, but otherwise he doesn't seem that bad to me.

>>303914
"Wait, how did you know I was looking for a PDA?"

"If you hadn't caught on yet, I'm the guy you've been textin' with on that outdated little flippy phone of yours."

>>303807
"Well, yes I was looking for one. Do you know where I could get one?"

"Well, not a PDA, per-say. But I do have an extra smart phone, that'd probably do the job."

>>303852
>where the hell is the Official Ninja Fist BUNP of partnership!?
He's got his hands full giving me a phone I think. I'll get on that as soon as possible.

"Do you have any idea how to bring the island down?"

"Oh yeah, you just gotta destroy the HEART."

"The 'HEART'?"

"Yeah, you just gotta find that and bust it up. You gotta get through the CATACOMBS to get there, but to get to the CATACOMBS, you gotta go through the CASTLE DISTRICT first."

I send Manewis a text about that robot.

Kensuyata 2011/05/16(Mon)18:57 No. 304654 ID: 10c20a
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"Was the robot built with a feminine design?"

"No it wz a dud"

"If it was a S.A.M.U.R.A.I model, it must have been Kojiro then."

"So wuts da deel"

"The S.A.M.U.R.A.I. models possess a weakness to overheating. If you encounter the robot again, attempt to raise his body temperature and induce an overheat."

"kthx"

>>304654
Tell our ninja buddy that he should try to overheat the robot during his duel. Does he have fire jutsu?

>>304653
take his extra phone and see if manewis can send you a map of the place.

or just cheat and use a container of oil or alcohol and a lamp. ether way works.

Goddamn your typing is horrible. Work on that.

>>304665
Normally I'd be all for it, but she's infiltrating, so excused.

Kensuyata 2011/05/16(Mon)20:07 No. 304693 ID: 10c20a
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>>304656
I take Ryu's extra SMART PHONE.

"Thank you, for the phone and all of the heads ups you've been giving me."

"Hey, don't mention it."

Oh hey! This thing's got a typing ap, brings up a little thumb keyboard and everything!

"Manewis, I got a better phone, can you send me that map?"

"Who is this? How did you receive this number?"

"It's me you stupid robot, Kensuyata."

"Who?"

"... The tanuki."

"Oh, well, is your newly acquired phone capable of receiving a map ap?"

"I think so."

"Very well, file incoming."

The transfer has begun. I should have Manewis' map in a little while.

>>304655
"Ryu, when you go to the roof for your duel, I suggest trying to hit it with fire, or something to make it overheat. Do you have anything you can do for that?"

"Pfft, like I'm going anywhere near a roof. Though one might say fire is my speciality actually."

>>304693
BUNP fists
Let's move forward I can't think of any more questions. Perfect excuse if Kojiro shows up again just say we have no idea how to get to the roof and that he just kind of rushed off without telling us how to get there and that now if we want to formally duel, it's got to be in the HEART's room and has to take us there because the HEART room is probably an arena-esqe Final Boss room perfect for a duel, if I got my tropes right. Then it's "get the fuck outta here" time.

>>304693
Be sure to keep original flip-phone for classical ringing-phone distraction/trap later.

Kojiro's gonna be maaaad....

>>304769
haha! yea he will be

Kensuyata: ask this singularly irritating Ryu individual what he was doing on the island in the first place and how long he's been here

Kensuyata 2011/05/20(Fri)14:39 No. 305534 ID: 10c20a
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>>304699
>BUNP fists

"Sorry, just a little protocol I've got going to establish alliances."

"Word."

>>304742
I stow the DAY MANAGER'S FLIP PHONE and pocket the new SMARTPHONE. Never know when an old noisy phone could come in handy.

>>304791
"Say, Ryu. What are you doing on Onigashima anyway?"

"Well, you know, why does anyone come here? Originally I wanted to get more powerful, and this place seemed a like a pretty fun place to kick around and do that, but then... then it got boring and awful, and frankly, now I just wanna get outta here."

"How long have you been here?"

"Uh... a while I guess? I kinda lost track of the time since I came here. So then, shall we be off? I'll let you lead the way."

So where should I head to from here?

ask ryu if he can lead the way to the catacombs since he seems to know his way around.

>>305542
This seems like a pretty reasonable idea.

>>305534
To the catacombs then, however, since he's been her for a while, ask what he knows about how this place is run. (Apparently not very well given the ninja that seem to be popping out of every nook and cranny.) We particularly want to know about how it's kept flying, how, or who steers it?

>>305571

Well since mister Fancypants can stand on water, ask him to give you a boost to the cliff.

Kensuyata 2011/05/20(Fri)17:51 No. 305573 ID: 10c20a
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>>305570
"Do you know anything about how this island is flying?"

"I always assumed magic?"

"Well, who steers it?"

"I dunno, some guy? I've never seen a helmsman or what ever."

"Well, do you know anything about how this place is run?"

"Poorly, the people that run this place are dicks, I'll tell ya that."

>>305542
>>305565
"You seem to know your way around here, don't you? Could you lead the way to the Catacombs?"

"Well, sure I guess. But the entrance from the WATER WORKS to the CASTLE GROUNDS SEWERS is sealed up. The gate control for it is up in the GARDEN. So I guess we'd need to head that way first. Which would be up that'a way."

Ryu's led me back to the partially flooded room with the cliff. Apparently we're gonna need to figure out some way to get up there...

>>305573

Well since mister Fancypants can stand on water, ask him to give you a boost to the cliff.

Is it me or is he just walking on water or something?

>>305574
what he said.

ask if he could teach you how to do that. you tried before and it didn't work.

Kensuyata 2011/05/20(Fri)18:07 No. 305578 ID: 10c20a
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>>305575
Yes... yes he is... *grumble*

>>305574
"I've got an idea to get up there."

I hop on Ryu's back and he piggy backs me over the surface of the water. He then gives me a boost up, and I'm able to jump from his hands and grab hold of the ledge, and pull myself up.

"Great, so how ya gonna get me up there too?"

have him throw up his crazy long scarf and use it as a rope.

>>305578
He could toss his scarf think up to us, and we can pull him up.

>>305578
Say "I'm not, bye!" then walk away for a moment, turn back and say "Just kidding, I'll find some rope or something. Hold on a bit."

>>305578
tell him to toss his long scarf up. pull him up.

>>305578

If he wants to keep his neck attached to his scarf while we pull him up, that's his prerogative.

>>305578
Contemplate stalactites.

For future reference, do your leaf transformations only work on yourself, or can you cast it on other people that you place the leaf on?

Kensuyata 2011/06/18(Sat)14:38 No. 314651 ID: 049dfa
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>>305643
Those sure are some stalactites.

>>305695
My MAGIC LEAF transformations only work on me. It's a tanuki thing.

>>305579
>>305580
>>305584
I instruct Ryu to toss up the end of his scarf and I brace myself to allow him to try and climb up. He's actually a lot lighter than I thought he'd be!

Well yeah, he walks on water. Of course he'd be light. The heavier he is, the more GODS DAMNED NINJA MAGIC he'd need to keep himself afloat. Or whatever. Anyway, what's next?

>>314651
Continue rightsward!

ask him about his lightness

>>314651
Don't yank him too hard and propel him into the stalactites.

>>314651
Pull him up and head onto the next screen?

Kensuyata 2011/06/18(Sat)15:34 No. 314700 ID: 049dfa
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>>314665
"How are you so light?"

"Well, it's a ninja trick, of course. I mean, you can do it too right?"

"Oh, yeah, sure. Of course I can!"

*grumble grumble*

>>314659
>>314660
>>314676
We head down the tunnel. There's a bit of a dip, like a channel going through the center of the floor which eventually widens and takes up the entire walkway. There seems to be a lot more moisture in the air and the walls feel damp to the touch. Looks like we've reached some kind of door though. There's a thick black cloud looming up near the ceiling.

Is that ink, or smoke, or what?

It doesn't look like you can open that door from down here. Can you get up on that platform easily? Are there controls up there? You should avoid the black smoke, obviously.

have your friend shoot a fireball at the smoke.

It looks like there's an opening up there past the smoke. Can you blow it away or something to see up?

>>314700
Oh for gods sake, just ask him how he does those things! He could teach you something cool! You're not doing yourself any favours by pretending you can do things you can't.

Kensuyata 2011/06/18(Sat)16:20 No. 314733 ID: 049dfa
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>>314703
It looks like smoke from down here.

>>314704
There are some insulated wires running up the wall, but they disappear inside the black cloud. I don't think I'd be able to get up to that ledge from down here even with Ryu's help.

>>314706
"Hey Ryu, can you, like, shoot a fireball or something at that cloud? Maybe blow it away... with fire? Or whatever?"

"Hells yeah I can! Check this shit out! HADOUKEN!"

He launches a ball of blue flame from his hands and the cloud swirls around the fireball as it passes through.

>"WHAT THE HELL YOU DOIN BOAUGH!?"

Was someone's voice?

be ready for combat and yell "trying to clear the smoke"

Kensuyata 2011/06/18(Sat)16:55 No. 314747 ID: 049dfa
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>>314743
"Uh, trying to clear out the smoke?"

"WHAT'RE YA TRYING TO DO DAT FER!? DIS IS MAH HOUSE! WHY YOU TRYIN' TA' CLEAR ME OUT!? AN' BE CAREFUL WIT' DAT DANG FIREBALLIN'! YA WANNA DING UP DA FLOOD GATES!?"

Ask him to open the floodgates for us? This can't possibly be a terrible idea.

ask to open the floodgate then. and we will leave him alone.

...Floodgates probably have water behind them. Keep this in mind.

Guys. Floor. Puddles. Lack of anything to get up on out of the gushing water if those open.

We're looking for a route to the garden, aren't we? Isn't there another exit?

>>314763
We could ask for directions.

Kensuyata 2011/06/18(Sat)19:03 No. 314837 ID: 049dfa
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>>314753
>>314757
"Uh, could you open the FLOOD GATES for us or something?"

"WHAT'RE YA, A DANG'D IDJIT? DA FLOOD GATE'S GOTS ALL DA WATAH BEHIND 'EM! 'SIDES, WHAT'S A TANUKI GONNA DO WIT ALL DAT WATAH? WASH 'ER FOOD INNIT? HA!"

>>314769
"Um, well, we're trying to get up to the GARDEN and, well, got a little lost. Could you, maybe, point us in the right direction?"

"WHAT'RE YA TRYIN' TA TAKE DAT DERE MEAT BAG TA THA GARDEN FER? IS IT FEEDIN' TIME AWREADY? WELL, DA QUICKEST WAY FERM HERE WOULD BE TA TAKE DA UNDERGROUND RIVAH! BUT YA'D HAVE TA GO AGIN' DA CURRENT, AND GET PAST MAH FLOOD GATES, BUT I AIN'T GOT NO REASON TA OPEN DEM FER DA LIKES O'YA! WHAT WIT' ALL YA TANUKINESS N'ALL! MAYBE IF'N Y'ALL DOES ME A FAVER, MEBEH I MIGHT RECONSIDA!"

Wait, does that count as racism?

>>314837
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN TANUKINESS!? HOW DARE YOU! GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU GODDAMMED BASTARD SPAWN OF A ZEPHYR AND A SMOG BANK! I'M GOING DOWN TO HR RIGHT NOW AND, BELIEVE ME, BY EVER HELL IN EXISTENCE, I WILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE BLACKLISTED BY EVERY EMPLOYER IN ALL OF REALITY! WHEN I'M DONE WITH YOU, YOU'LL BE GIVING FIVE YEN BLOWJOBS TO IMPS, YOU DESPICABLE CRETIN!"

And then you REALLY start on him.

And if he doesn't open the gate, kill him. And take his soul energy.

We should tell him that we'll totally bring him delicious somethings from the garden. So he should let us through to get to the garden so we can get that for him right quick.

Ask what you can do for him.

This thing isn't trying to attack you on sight - that suggests it isn't allied with the island

>>314837
You may as well find out what the favour is before anything more rash.

Ask him to use his inside voice.

Failing that, kill they ass.

Kensuyata 2011/09/19(Mon)19:06 No. 350519 ID: 049dfa
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>>314840
"What the hell do you mean 'Tanukiness!?' Just what the hell are you trying to imply?"

"I'M IMPLYIN' THIT'CHER A BUNCHA SCROTUM FLASHIN, POT BELLIED DRUNKARDS, THAT'S WHAT YOU IS! IN' YA TANUKI'S AIN'T GOT DA PROPPA DEE-MO-NIK CLEE-RANCE TO GO USIN' MAH UNDA GROUN' RIVA WINEVVA YA'LL BE WANTIN'!"

>>314897
>>315028
"Not that I feel in anyway obligated to help the likes of you after that little quip, I feel like having a good laugh. What, exactly, is a bumpkin like yourself in need of, favor wise?"

"I DUN THUNK IT'D BE FUNNEH IF'N I HAD YA'LL GIT ME SUMFIN FROM DA GARDEN, WOULDN'T THAT BE FUKKIN' HEE-LARIOUS!? HAW! BARRIN' THET, I'M ALWAYS IN DA MOOD FER SUM GOOD 'OL BOOZE!"

Tell Ryu to watch his scarf, he doesn't want to go dragging it through the water and get smacked in the face by a scarf drenched in smelly water full of who knows what later.

Plus stained scarfs are way not cool.

>>350519
Might as well give that a shot.

I mean, killing this guy would probably be a hassle and getting his demon-goo out of your fur would make this day far less pleasant.

Since Ryu claims to be able to do pretty much anything, why don't you have him do one of a thousand different techniques that would destroy the demonic fog, irrevocably incapacitate the demon, and/or open the floodgates directly?

Ask him where we can go get some booze

Demand Ryu magic up some booze. Don't take no for an answer.

Kensuyata 2011/09/19(Mon)19:54 No. 350551 ID: 049dfa
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>>350530
"Ok, booze, fine. Where can we get some booze then?"

"YER THE BALL FLASHIN' DRUNKARD, YOU SHUD KNOW!"

"UGH! But I'm not from... Fecking FINE! GOD!"

>>350529
"Ryu, you're full of all sorts of awesome ninja tricks. I'm getting a little tired of dealing with this jack ass, and since he's being as unhelpful as possible with the whole bribery thing, you got anything you might be able to do to deal with this?"

"Actually, I kinda do. But, if I'm gonna do it, I can't do it with you watchin' you'd have to go stand over there, up on that ledge or something."

>>350551
He is absolutely untrustworthy, but if he fixes this bullshit then good.

1. Agree to Ryu's terms
2. Make sure to watch. Employ Secret Tanuki-Ninja Watching Technique if necessary.

Agree to go stand 'over there'. Walk until he stops watching you, stand there for a moment, then use your NINJA STEALTH to sneak back and watch him.
(In other words, exploiting vague terms of a deal for fun and profit.)

Kensuyata 2011/09/19(Mon)21:11 No. 350581 ID: 049dfa
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>>350552
Hmm... I do still get that weird feeling around him, and I did only just recently meet the guy, but untrustworthy? He did help me out with those text messages earlier, that even saved my hide dealing with Kintaro. But it certainly wouldn't hurt to stay on my toes around him, yeah...

>>350557
>>350561
Ok, I'll walk a ways away and hopefully make him think I'm gonna comply, then turn around when I think he's going to do his thing. I mean, why can't he do it when I'm watch-

Kensuyata 2011/09/19(Mon)21:12 No. 350582 ID: 049dfa
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*FOOSH*

>>350581
-ing?

>>350582
QUICK! TURN AROUND!

Kensuyata 2011/09/19(Mon)21:32 No. 350594 ID: 049dfa
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>>350587
There's a second bright flash of blue fire as I turn around, blinding me briefly. I hurry back along the ledge. Oh what the hell!? That was it, did I miss it already!?

"Now you're gonna open that FLOOD GATE now, aren't ya!?

"Y-YESSUH, I'S DOIN JUS A'SOON AS YOU GIT UP ONNA LEDGE, SUH!"

What the hell!?

>>350594
Jump down, nudge him and ask him how he did it. Also get his damn scarf out of the smelly water.

ether he is a pro at hiding his true power or he knows the thing's weakness.

Looks like it was either
A) A display of his amazing power level
B) An illusion bluff
C) His TRUE FORM

>>350600
I'm really betting on option C there...

>>350600
I actually have a very, very strong hunch it was B. These are japanese demons we're talking about here. She had to turn around so that she wouldn't get bewitched too.

Kensuyata 2011/09/19(Mon)22:45 No. 350619 ID: 049dfa
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>>350596
Looks like I don't actually have to hop down, he's coming up here to avoid the rising water.

"Ok, so clearly you didn't blast the thing, which is what I was hoping for. So, what did you do to it back there?"

"You wanna know the secret? C'mere."

Kensuyata 2011/09/19(Mon)22:46 No. 350620 ID: 049dfa
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"C'mere."

Kensuyata 2011/09/19(Mon)22:47 No. 350621 ID: 049dfa
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"You's a busta."

Kensuyata 2011/09/19(Mon)22:48 No. 350622 ID: 049dfa
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"Nah! I'm just kiddin'! That's not a secret! Everyone knows that, haha!"

"..."

Well, at least the FLOOD GATES appear to be open...

>>350622
Push him in the water.

Knock him in the water with an awesome ninja kick.

Point out that his scarf is getting wet, then sulk off towards the gate.

It was a Ninja mind control trick obviously

Kenny you also need to stop being a busta, seriously, we're worried about you. We were going to throw an intervention party and everything. We care about you Kenny, you need to stop hurting yourself, because it isn't just yourself, but also the people who care about you.

Also suggesting into-the-water shove. His attempts at being oh-so-silly while completely avoiding the actual question is getting rather irritating not to mention suspicious. It doesn't need to be said that I don't buy his act. And while it's quite true that his skills and prowess might have been quite useful so far, some might claim that the sharpest weapon is the one you need to have the greatest trust in.

shove him in the water.

dude's a secret demon. duh.

>>350626

Come to think of it, check out how crazy long his scarf is now.

Dude must be a pretty powerful ninja.

>>350646

What he said.

Guy's probably either some punk monster like a kitsune who's trying to impress you or possibly the boss of the place masquerading as some hooligan in his off time.

Kensuyata 2011/09/27(Tue)08:56 No. 353264 ID: 049dfa
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>>350623
>>350624
>>350626
"Hey, your scarf's gettin' wet!"

"Gwah!"

Kensuyata 2011/09/27(Tue)08:58 No. 353265 ID: 049dfa
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Ok, well, the flood gate's open now, which should lead to the UNDERGROUND RIVER or what ever. Now I just need to decide how we're going to go up this river.

"I don't really think that was called for."

try walking on it.

>>353265
piggyback ride on ryu go go.

"Yeah, I guess not. Your water walking's always on, huh?"

We could polymorph into the Kappa to swim in there. Or get Ryu to teach you how to water walk.

Obvious answer is the ancient ninja technique 'Awkward Inappropriate Piggyback'

Seconding being taught how to water walk. Unless it will keep us from ever not water walking again.

We can't ask to learn water walking right after shoving him in onto the water.

I second the kappa form, as both a disguise and a mode of transportation.

Kensuyata 2011/10/02(Sun)18:56 No. 355184 ID: 049dfa
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>>353266
After what happened the last time I tried that, I think I'll pass.

>>353282
>>353295
"I guess it might not have been called for, but how was I supposed to know it would go down like that? Is your water walking thing, like, always on or something?"

"It's a matter of very intense concentration. I'm always just super focused on my ninja training all the time, ya know? Speaking of concentration, I don't think you realize how much it takes to do this with another person."

"Oh hush, you're doin' fine. So, any chance you could teach me that whole water walking thing?"

"You mean you can't? I was kind of under the assumption you were just sand bagging to pull it off at the most awesome time."

"No, I can't... Nearly my entire clan was killed when the demons invaded the mainland. Our senseis gave their lives to buy us students a little more time. We never really got to learn the advanced stuff before our trials by fire, as it were..."

"Oh my god, you have an angst back story too? That is so cool! Uh, I mean, I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe I could try and teach you a thing or two later, in the middle of a dark river tunnel might not be the best place to start."

Well, the tunnel looks to head on for a while. I guess I can take this time to chat with Ryu, if I can think of anything to say or ask, or check in with Manewis or something.

>>355184
Manewis. I wish to not hate this dude for a while.

>>355184
Info on if and where we can get the same training, Once this whole Island business is settled it would be nice to complete our training.

>>355184
Sure, let's go check in on Manewis.

Manewis 2012/03/16(Fri)09:17 No. 393241 ID: 049dfa
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>>355302
>>355357
MISSION LOG: After being awoken by the Tanuki I explored the MANUFACTURING WING. It has been 100 years since my team's failed last stand.
-While using a RECHARGE CHAMBER it was sabotaged and MOMOTARU SENSEI'S SWORD was left behind. I do not know what this means, but I have taken it with me.
-A series of traps lead me to a duel in the WASTE DISPOSAL WING where I encountered one of the two legendary Synthetic Autonomous Melee Utility Robotic Assault Infiltrator unit Musashi. Combat resulted in my inducing an overheat on Musashi, the loss of my LIMITER SCARF, obtaining a GRAPPLE LAUNCHER with MAGNETIC TIP, and obtaining Musashi's HEAT OAR.

-I have returned to MANUFACTURING to attempt to gain access to the upper levels.

Manewis 2012/03/16(Fri)09:19 No. 393242 ID: 049dfa
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The second level extends into a hallway. There appear to be many vent grates along the walls, and another fork.

>>393242
Awwww shit, the return of The Island of Onigashima.

Scout both elevations ahead, see anything interesting?

>>393242
Take the vents off the walls.

Just to be a dick.

Also go along the top path.

>>393245

this, also start a collection of vent gratings

Manewis 2012/03/16(Fri)10:35 No. 393248 ID: 049dfa
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>>393243
Both pathways seem to carry on for several feet of vent lined corridors before opening up. I cannot view further without picking a path to go.

I remove the vent covers from the walls and add them to my inventory. STACK OF VENTS acquired. Eh? There appears to be something inside one of them.

>>393248
Investigate.

Manewis 2012/03/16(Fri)11:04 No. 393252 ID: 049dfa
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>>393250
It appears to be a body. Looks to be human, wearing a fancy robe of some sort. Though the head appears to be missing, cleanly removed from the neck, no blood or anything to speak of within the chamber.

Steal fancy robe.

>>393252

Loot body.

loot all of the stuff

Anything else on the body?

Manewis 2012/03/17(Sat)16:41 No. 393633 ID: 049dfa
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There appears to be nothing other than the robe on the body.

make note of this location. if it's not rotting then they must be immortal and keeping the head sealed and the body hidden was the only way they could stop them.

>>393634
Either that, or the body is stored here to be worn by something to masquerade as human.

>>393633
Huh, it's female. Well. Throw the robe back over it and move on, I guess.

Manewis 2012/03/17(Sat)20:53 No. 393716 ID: 049dfa
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>>393634
>>393659
I place the robe covering the body back up. I advance down the lower corridor. the corridor opens up into a larger room.

Egh. Check in the nearest bloody grate. Another headless corpse perhaps?

OMG Grates! COLLECT THEM ALL!

I see a lever... If you do end up pulling it, try pulling it from a distance using the grapple, just in case.

>>393723
Uh, hmmm. What if the grates are there to keep undead things trapped inside? We might want to put back the grates we have: Just a what-if scenario. It's not like this is a magical setting where ninjas can walk on water or anything so I guess you don't have to pay much attention to that theoretical hazard, but we may also want to leave them where they came from so that there's less evidence we were wandering around screwing with someone else's shit. I know I'd be pissy if someone were stealing MY grates.

>>393736
Our enemies already seem to have a decent idea of where we are, and grate covers can be useful for throwing into machinery and such.
The bodies rising and rampaging seems fairly likely, but the way I see it, if the zombies are working with the demons the vents will open on their own as a trap, and if the zombies are not working for the demons than their rampage through demon-land will work in our favor.

>>393755
Hmmm...
Can we check if it's possible for those grates to be removed automatically via machinery, via magic, or if they're just easily removed by our hypothetical undead waiting inside? If we know how they open then it'll be easier figure out if they're part of a trap or not.

BTW, where the heck do I go for the previous chapters of this quest?

>>393766
http://tgchan.org/wiki/The_Island_of_Onigashima
yeah, I kind of dropped the ball when I made this chapter's thread.

>to tired to update again tonight, so I'll resume tomorrow night<

Manewis 2012/03/18(Sun)08:33 No. 393830 ID: 049dfa
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>>393766
The grates appear to simply be bolted onto the wall. No mechanism to automatically open or close them.

>>393717
The first grate with the blood seeping out from behind it has another body. This one appears to be male. It's head has been removed, but not in a clean manner. The walls inside the small chamber are coated with dried blood. The grate next to it appears to be empty.

>>393727
I take note of the lever in the upper corner of the room. That is likely the control panel I am looking for to remove the conveyor belt in the previous chamber and activate the lift.

Let's go pull that lever. All these grates contain what I would assume are either decapitated corpses or nothing.

if you find a cleanly severed female head take it and see what happens if you put it back on the body.

Manewis 2012/03/19(Mon)14:01 No. 394143 ID: 049dfa
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>>393838
As I approach the center of the chamber, I hear a loud screech, followed by a clanging sound.

>"KUYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

>>393870
I believe it may have found me instead.

>>394143
Hey, can you survive without your head? Just curious. We don't know how all your roboty bits work.

Like would being decapitated kill you or could you carry your head around like a football?

Either way keep your girlfriend's heat oar at the ready. Don't get suddenly distracted by thoughts of her with her panels open.

Go back and get the original body and inspect it, look for a ring of red symbols around the neck.

either way, if it's the only body you've seen with a clean-cut head, take it and hold it hostage, it's likely the body the screaming head belongs to.

You know. Because it's a Nukenubi.

We need to outfit Manewisu-kun with a yokaidex or something.

Oh, and You should imagine the tense expression and then grateful relief that Musashi would have across her beautiful, sapphire eyes and faceplate if you shoved your cooling rod into her core.

Manewis 2012/03/19(Mon)19:47 No. 394244 ID: 049dfa
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>>394144
>Either way keep your girlfriend's heat oar at the ready. Don't get suddenly distracted by thoughts of her with her panels open.

>>394160
>You should imagine the tense expression and then grateful relief that Musashi would have across her beautiful, sapphire eyes and faceplate if you shoved your cooling rod into her core.

...

Manewis 2012/03/19(Mon)19:48 No. 394246 ID: 049dfa
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>>394160
Ok, I will just go grab this ghost's body and-

>"KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Uwah! Doof!"

okay then so it can push you around. based on the force, if you were ready for it could you resist? if yes then wait for it to come down to you then jump away back to the body.

Trap it inside of a box, get the robe back, and we can begin the construction of a banshee powered sailboat.

Try to avoid using normal or fighting moves on the ghost, if you have a dark or a ghost move go with that.

>>394250
the heat oar is probably a fire attack.

When it flies over the hole to come down after you, jump and use the grapple to pull yourself upwards to smash it with your HEAT OAR. The grapple should probably be able to keep from being knocked back.
If it avoids being oared, launch some SHURIKEN at the head after it breathes; it probably takes a bit to 'catch its breath' again.

Manewis 2012/03/26(Mon)11:46 No. 396184 ID: 049dfa
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>>394144
My AI processor is located within my head. That said, my head is capable of continued functionality for several hours separated from my body, by if it is not attached to a larger power source it will eventually drain its backup battery and shut down, causing unknown damage to my memory.

>>394247
My feet cannot grip this terrain well enough to brace against the force of a sonic attack such as this. If I were to obtain some manner of FOOT CLAWS, I would be able to brace against powerful attacks.

>>394259
Bah, this thing is surprisingly agile for something that has no noticeable musculature or means of propulsion. It dodged out of the way as I approached and saw the SHURIKEN coming.

back off to the body.

Go for the lever. It's right there.

Go for the lever. Slash at the head if it makes a go at you again.

get back to the body and threaten to hurt the body

Manewis 2012/04/17(Tue)16:53 No. 402059 ID: 049dfa
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>>396186
>>396378
I retreat to the previous chamber through the upper level exit. Dashing down the corridor, I quickly scoop the corpse from the vent and hold the HEAT OAR near its chest.

"Stay where you are Nukekubi! Or else this body goes up in flame!"

The head bursts forth from the corridor and stops when it sees the burning HEAT OAR inching closer to the body. It seems to be working. How should I progress?

You could try telling the head to enter an open vent room, then use your SUPERIOR STRENGTH to seal it by jamming several vent coverings into it.

ask if it knows what the LEVER on that control panel does.

Tell it to get into the back of the lowest vent opening. Shove the body in in front of it, followed by all but one vent cover. Place the last vent cover over the opening and use the HEAT OAR to melt and fuse the edges of it to the metal wall.

>>402073
And then collect some other vent covers to keep, because you never know when you might need some of those.

Light it on fire, throw the body, turn around and walk away slowly. Slide on a pair of shades.

"Let's not get a-head of ourselves, or we'll get fired."

Manewis 2012/04/21(Sat)11:17 No. 402906 ID: 049dfa
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>>402071
"What does the lever in the other chamber do?"

The Nukekubi simply floats in place. I am not entirely sure if the Nukekubi is capable of speech.

>>402413
"Die then."

I slash the HEAT OAR through the body of the Nukekubi. The intense heat causes it to burst into flames at the wound. The Nukekubi's head lets out a shriek as it bursts into flames from the inside out as well. It was my assumption that the lever would retract the conveyor belt in MANUFACTURING and activate the VERTICAL LIFT. But I do not know for certain.

YOU DEFEATED

Alright, let's go pull that lever.

yeah lets flip that switch! Also can you do anything with the SPIRIT ENERGY left over from enemies?

Nothing left to do here but collect all the grates, check all the alcoves, and pull the lever. Better get to it.

Manewis 2012/04/21(Sat)15:17 No. 403012 ID: 049dfa
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>>402969
Inside several alcoves there are more headless corpses. Perhaps the Nukekubi was collecting them as some manner of failed attempt at subterfuge to hide its real body. Inside one I find a small collection of coins. I add them to my inventory and climb up to pull the lever. There is a grinding of metal and a slight, distant rumbling. I return to MANUFACTURING, the conveyor belt has retracted and the VERTICAL LIFT has moved into position and begun running. Kunoichi's distress beacon, which I have been following, appears to be emanating from the EAST. There is an exit on this level to the WEST and EAST.

>>403012
Take the obvious route and head EAST. Does this conveyor keep going up to another area as well?

Oh, good, you left all those stupid grates behind. Did you recover some power too?

>>403012
Go east!

>>403012

Move to the EAST.

Manewis 2012/04/29(Sun)19:44 No. 405792 ID: 049dfa
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>>402913
>Also can you do anything with the SPIRIT ENERGY left over from enemies?
As an android, I am incapable of utilizing or even detecting levels of SPIRIT ENERGY. That is an ability only useable by skilled mortals or yokai.

>>403015
>>403053
>>403059
>Did you recover some power too?
It would seem my HUD was displaying a graphical error. My system has been switched to NORMAL MODE.

The VERTICAL LIFT disappears into a small compartment in the ceiling. I do not believe I would fit through. I depart and advance to the EAST. The path is long and leads me on a winding upward path until I eventually exit through a door onto what appears to be the roof.

That looks like a SCREEN on the machine up ahead. Hopefully we can read the language it is in.

Can your COMPONENT ASSIMILATION ability be used to control larger machines, if they are sufficiently complicated and vulnerable?

Say if your AI was transplanted and fully integrated into an organic brain and its body of a mortal/yokai, could you, in theory, use and manipulate SPIRIT ENERGY?
Just a stupidly hypothetical situation, but still, I can almost believe it's possible.

Careful of flying things! I can't tell if that's a ring of floating rocks, a far off galaxy, or perhaps some camouflaged creature to your 2 o'clock.

Manewis 2012/04/29(Sun)20:57 No. 405813 ID: 049dfa
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>>405799
Were my AI somehow transplanted into the mind of an organic mortal or yokai, were I given the training or knowledge of what to sense, then yes. It is feasible.

>>405795
It is a command console for the device it is attached to. It appears to be in the language of the Mainland. It would seem that this device is... What? That's impossible! A SUSANOO MISSILE LAUNCHER? And it's equipped with a KUSANAGI-TSURUGI MULTI-WARHEAD? How on earth did the demons get a hold of this!? It is one of the military's most closely guarded secret weapons! The console displays several targets for the warhead across the mainland.

So are you just ignoring that douchebag up top there, he just completely blends in with the scenery, or is he part of the STANDARD MISSLE LAUNCHER CONSTRUCTION and this is just total common knowledge?

I mean, seriously, everyone knows a missile launcher needs a caged buckhead... thing on top of it!

it must be destroyed. or shut down. whatever . just make it unable to fire.
aslo yeah dude up there.

>>405813
Uh, Manewis, it was a closely guarded secret weapon a century ago. It would have since been put into more common production. So it's not as impossible for them to capture one, once you think about it. Still bad news for those targets on the mainland, though. Start looking around for the best place to stick that HEAT OAR to disable the launcher.

Look up and greet the bot on top of the launcher. Isn't he the one from the bottom of the trash compactor? Ask him how he got out of there.

...You know, this warhead might be a viable way of destroying (or at least dealing major damage to) the island. All you would need to do is sabotage its ability to leave the launcher (perhaps with some strategic HEAT-OAR welding or fuel siphoning) then 'launch' them, preferably from a distance or with some means of escape.

Still, in the short term you could damage its utility as a weapon without effecting our purposes by damaging that fin on the missile (if that is part of the missile rather than the launcher, it is a bit hard to tell from here).

Bucket-head over there is fond of announcing himself before attacking, so he won't be a direct threat until that point.

Manewis 2012/04/30(Mon)11:39 No. 406014 ID: 049dfa
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>>405816
I assure you, that android was not there during my approach, and that is not standard equipment for a SUSANOO MISSILE LAUNCHER!

>>405829
>it was a closely guarded secret weapon a century ago
Ah yes, I did not account for the peculiar time flow of this island... He is indeed the masked robot from the WASTE DISPOSAL.

"Stay thine weapon intruder. Thou are not for whom I wait. Nay shall I allow thee to bring sabotage to this device while I rest upon it. Lower Musashi's weapon, and we may have a civilized exchange."

Who do you wait for

and so to skip a frame ahead, here's my response
"You wait for a Ninja to do an honorable duel with you? What are you a naive fool, the Ninja profession doesn't have honor, that's the point of being a Ninja, they're sent for missions that the honorable people won't touch or cannot succeed with honorable methods. The real important stuff for when failure isn't an option, in absolute terms. He is not going to show."

Hey, I have to ask, how does your AI handle paradoxes?

You aren't looking for a fight, so lower your weapon, introduce yourself, and ask for his name. Once the introductions are out of the way, ask who he's waiting for, and maybe how the demons got their hands on a SUSANOO MISSILE LAUNCHER.

Check your tracker again for Kunoichi's distress beacon. It's not emanating from this masked 'droid, is it?

Lets put away our weapon and try to get more answers about him and Musashi working for the demons, even tough they are legendary prototypes.

Ask him how he can expect reasonable discourse when his allegiance rests with evil demons who lay ruin to the world.

If that doesn't go anywhere, insult his hat.

Lower your weapon

"Would you mind resting somewhere else then, please? This thing is targeted at a load of people."

Manewis 2012/04/30(Mon)17:18 No. 406177 ID: 049dfa
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>>406019
>>406109
>>406110
>>406117
"I am not looking for a fight. Especially if you are who I believe you are. My designation is Manewis, a Mark 4 Ninjitsu Operations Bionic Infiltrator. What is your designation?"

"Mine designation is Sentient Armored Melee Utility Robotic Artificial Intelligence unit, Kojiro."

It is as I thought. The android who observed my battle with Musashi was none other than the legendary Kojiro.

"Who do you wait for?"

"One of thine fellow intruders. A young human male with a penchant for ridiculous japery. We hath scheduled a duel atop this roof."

"You are waiting for a duel with a ninja? Do you believe he will take such a matter honorably and come to face you when you are expecting it?"

"Thou were honorable in your duel with Musashi, were you not?"

"Hmm... yes. How did the demons come into possession of a SUSANOO MISSILE LAUNCHER?"

"I doth not know of what thou speaks. If thou art referring to this apparatus beneath me, I am afraid I cannot help you, for I doth not possess such knowledge."

"Why is that you and Musashi, two legendary heroes, have aligned yourselves with the demons you were sent to slay?"

"Mine motivations are not the business of intruding ninja. Should we do battle, I shall tell thee my tale. For t'would only be right for thee to know why thou hast been slain by mine blade. Musashi, I cannot say. Contact with mine sister unit had been lost for several decades upon this island."

"How can you expect the mainland to not send infiltrators to attempt thwarting the island when you have allied yourself with demons who bring ruin to the world!?"

"Retaliation tis only the final throws of a dying animal. Of course the mainland t'would send an attempt to thwart the island's goals. Without intruders, such as thee, mine purpose t'would be naught."

Kunoichi's beacon is not coming from Kojiro. It is coming from below, and to the east still.

without your scarf i very much doubt your ability to take him out yourself.

Ask him what, exactly, the island's goals are. I doubt they're as simple as "kill all the mainlanders" - there's too much weird bureaucracy here for that to be all.

Ask him how he fits 'honor' and 'nuking unsuspecting villages from the upper atmosphere' in the same belief system.

>>406306
Yes, what are the island's goals? Why are they fighting the Mainland in the first place?

Make a record of the targeted locations. If you come across a long-range transmitter in the future, you can warn the Mainland of this particular threat.

>>406322
his answer to this would help us understand how he thinks.

>>406322
this

leave the area. we aren't going to get more info. and it seems he thinks a demon really is his master.

Manewis 2012/06/01(Fri)20:20 No. 418153 ID: 049dfa
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"And what are the goals of this island? It was my unit's understanding that the demons seek the eradication of all those of the mainland."

"The goals of the Island of Ogres remains a mystery to thee? Thou art nay far from the truth. But tis not quite as simple as that. What dost ogres and yokai feed upon?"

"The flesh and souls of humans."

"Where dost humans thrive in the most abundance?"

"On the mainland..."

"The Island of Onigashima seekest to corner the "human market" as it t'were within the realm of demons. Thou art witnessing a hostile take over, as it t'were, of this realm. The mainland shant be all that is consumed either."

"Well, how does one who speaks of honor justify such actions, including the bombardment of unsuspecting civilian cities the safety of your fortress?"

"Tis it nay the duty of a samurai to follow the orders of his Daimyo? I think it nay be the place of a filthy, intruding ninja, even one who acknowledges the honor of a duel, to calleth mine sense of honor into question. Now I bid thee on thine way. Hast thee not a compatriot awaiting thee as is?"

leave the area. we aren't going to get more info. and it seems he thinks a demon really is his master.

Ask what his earliest memory on the island is, and how long ago that was.

Ask who his Daimyo is.

Are androids marked or stamped with their place of manufacture? Would he be marked as such? Perhaps you can part by saying that he should check such a thing, since he's obviously not of demon manufacture.

Manewis 2012/06/02(Sat)17:05 No. 418309 ID: 049dfa
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>>418160
"Out of curiosity, what is the earliest memory you have regarding this island?"

"Sigh. Mine earliest memory of the island tis the day I arrived. Of course."

"When was that?"

"Centuries. I remember not the exact date. T'was s long ago."

"Who is your Daimyo?"

"The lord of the castle, or course."

>>418166
All Mainland mass production androids, such as myself, are stamped with a manufacturer's seal on our power cores, located within our chests. They can be ejected for easy access during maintenance. It is possible that the legendary prototypes could have similar seals, but uncertain.

"I shall take my leave S.A.M.U.R.A.I. Perhaps you may want to inspect your Power Core at some point. I feel it may be enlightening."

I head to the other end of the roof. There is a door with a ramp leading down. I traverse several chambers, ignoring off shoots, following the path I suspect will be the most direct route to Kunoichi's distress beacon. Odd. I don't recall ever coming to this wing of the island before... Why would Kunoichi be here?

Hold up. Check the window for hostiles before continuing down the hall. Do you have low-light or infrared optics? If not, just shine a light in there.

"R&D?" Research and Development. It's likely that what Kunoichi was carrying when he died was brought here for analysis, including the distress beacon.

Do you have an auxiliary coolant port? Maybe there is something in the R&D labs that can be jerry-rigged as a substitute for your lost cooling banner. A cryogenic gas canister, perhaps?

The shadow in the window looks suspiciously like a huge head with horns on it.

Break the glass like you did when you met the tanuki girl and see what is on the other side.

Manewis 2012/06/04(Mon)12:20 No. 418751 ID: 049dfa
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>>418313
>>418327
>>418719
The glass blocks my infrared, and the light in this room is interfering with my night vision. I smash the tinted glass using my SUPERIOR STRENGTH to get a better look in the room. There appears to be various machinery piled about, or hanging from the ceiling. The largest object in the room rests on the far wall. It seems to have some manner of tarp draped over it. There are several wires running from the ceiling to what ever it is.

I am uncertain of Kunoichi's death. The beacon was not active when we were forced to separate. It was only activated within the last few years.

>>418751

Remove tarp. Inspect the thing.

grapple hook it?

Manewis 2012/06/04(Mon)14:19 No. 418773 ID: 049dfa
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>>418758
The tarp is out of reach. The object is on the far wall.

>>418761
My grapple attaches to the object. It is apparently metal, but the tarp has nothing on it for the MAGNETIC HEAD to grip.

drat. if you find a hook head somewhere hold on to it. anyway go to the next door.

>>418773

Jump into room and remove tarp.

>>418776
>robot with PUALDRONS
>fit through slit window

Manewis 2012/06/04(Mon)16:49 No. 418797 ID: 049dfa
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>>418776
The window is much to small for me to fit through."

>>418774
If I can locate an alternate head for the GRAPPLE, I can swap the heads out freely. I approach the door. Nothing appears to happen. There does not seem to be a scanner or mechanism on this side to operate it.