Eistia 2011/07/12(Tue)21:42 No. 325777 ID: 4d6c7a
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"Oh how rude of me."

The man takes Eistia's hand and kisses it.

"The name's Sable, Sable Dispo. Former knight and savior of fair maidens.

There's no way..

"You don't seem to be in any danger but I'll be more then glad to rescue you from the monotony of your duties, at least for a moment."

There's no way mother could have fallen for such an obnoxious flirt.

>>325777
Oh, she was certainly annoyed by this aspect of him, but he is a genuinely nice guy... mostly. Theres the whole leave children around thing that has to be addressed. Oh and I know the perfect way to tell him. Show him us and say "I believe this was yours?"

he is better when he is serious, i think, don't really remember much. but if you want you can give him a kick in the nuts.

>>325777
You seem to have an unjustifiably high opinion of your parents. Look, the only requirement to have kids is that people have sex and then stay alive for a while. It's not like they need to be likable or competent. You're lucky your parents are even this good! Some peoples' are much worse.

in order to get a good shot you would need to hug him, but i think you can handle that.

>>325777
"I'm in quite a bit of danger. I'm in danger of being completely creeped out, or my name isn't"
Hold us up.
"Eistia Dispo."

>>325777
Ask him why he is not dead. To confirm his identity, ask what the last thing he told the Guardians was.

No, that's almost definitely your father. We did warn you that he's a womanizer. I didn't think he'd be this bad, though... Feel free to give him a swift kick in the nuts, we certainly won't blame you.

>>325781
Do this, it's probably the best way of letting him know you're his daughter at this point. If you give him that kick, be sure to do it while he's still reeling from the blow.

giving him us would be an effective way to test if this is him or not, and even if he is an impostor that can spoof us we would be able to keep an eye on him.

>>325781

Eistia 2011/07/16(Sat)02:35 No. 326807 ID: c676bd
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Ugh... I am severely disappointed.

She holds up the Guardian.

"I think this is yours."

"Oh snap! The Guardians, woah! I didn't think I'd see them again. How's it going? Wait how can you hold it? Oh wow! You're my daughter or something huh? Oh man I have a daughter with Minerva, wow. Uhm sorry about running out on you like that. Where is Minerva?"

"Looking for you."

"Oh. Awkward. Damn uh... Sorry.."

Tell daddy that Artemis is still possessed by Ombra and doesn't need his help right now.

The Earth King being a dragon and also a giant dick is what needs his help right now.

>>326807
"Regulus said she'll never return. Artemis is trying to find her so we can rescue her.
Where have you been all this time? How many other people could be mothers of my step-siblings?
... Err... Was one of them at least part tigerfolk, by any chance?

After all this time, why have you come here now?"

Eistia 2011/07/16(Sat)04:26 No. 326815 ID: c676bd
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"You know Artemis was possessed by Ombra right?"

"Oh damn really? Wow. How's Ombra?"

"Still trapped in his head. So tell me father, how many more possible half siblings may be out there?"

"Uhm...."

He folds his arms and thinks.

"....... Many. I can't think of any species that you may not have a sibling in. I tried my best to avoid such a thing though."

"...... Why are you here?"

"Oh! Well like I said I was looking for Artemis."

Tell him to elaborate.
Duh.

You've been teaching Artemis soul magic. He trusts you. Let Sable know that.

>>326815
"Just... Give me a list of their full names, and we'll track them down and check on them.

You said you were looking for Art. I was asking why you were looking for Art.
Also, where have you been all this time?"

Alternatively, just toss us to him and we'll squeeze answers out of him like juice from an orange.

>>326815
No no, it's "Why are you looking for him? And why are you here NOW? Why did you never think to check in with him, I don't know, at some point in his fatherless childhood?"

he sexed up a mermaid? damn. Artemis better look up to this glorious man.

tell him where Artemis is. perhaps invite him to have a cup of coffee while you tell him his story?

how the hell is he not dead? and where the hell has he been!?

>>326815
Have him actually hold us. We've got a few questions for him that we'd like to ask in private.

Suggestion 2011/07/17(Sun)01:36 No. 327088 ID: c676bd
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"Do you even remember their names?"

"..... Not really. My memory isn't really all that good with names and faces."

"You remember mother."

"Well she was a tough one."

Eistia sighs and tosses the guardian at him.
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"Take it, I can't talk to you anymore."

"You're so mean. So where's Artemis?"

"Just ask them."

Eistia leaves.

>>327088

I can't believe you're alive! I thought you were dead! We've been telling all your bastards that you were dead! Well, all of them that we've met. Actually just the two, Arty and Eistia.

Anyway I thought you died! This is great, we can go and tear shit up and you can seduce some more women and we'll party hard.

Arty is on the other side of the world with a naked chick, they're trying to do something with a dragon corpse. Kinky shit.

>>327090

>[Minor Psionics to brofist, if available.]
>You are such a magnificent bastard! Where the fuck have you been?

fix'd

>>327088
[Minor Psionics to the face, or any similar effect if available.]
You are such an asshole! Where the fuck have you been?

>>327088
[Change Gender]
Where have you been?
What have you been up to?
What do you want with Art?
Do you remember ANY of their names?
How does it feel to hit on somebody young enough to be your daughter because she is your daughter?

>>327094

Pfft, lay off him, this is why he ignored most of what we had to say the last time we talked. Right before we thought he died.

>>327094
[Change Gender]

Man talk about deadbeat adventuring dad

Seriously, you should really try to keep in contact with all the bitches. I thought we told you about threesome possibilities if you keep them all informed and shit.

Suggestion 2011/07/17(Sun)02:05 No. 327104 ID: c676bd
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Sable leaves Eistia's home and begins walking to the gates to the town. Without saying a word to anyone he opens them and leaves.

Suggestion 2011/07/17(Sun)02:07 No. 327105 ID: c676bd
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After a few minutes of walking he arrives at the Dark Elf forrest.

"Stupid girl. If she'd just told you where he was our lives would have been so much easier. I thought she'd be overjoyed to see you. Who would've thought you had been such a bastard in life?"

Suggestion 2011/07/17(Sun)02:07 No. 327106 ID: c676bd
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"Sit with the others, we'll just have to wait until he returns I suppose."

Sable sits down at the base of a tree near two other bodies.

>>327106
Oh, so you DID die and now you've been called back to perform some task?
Well, we aren't going to tell you where he is until you answer our questions.

well well well. aren't you gonna introduce us? or are you playing the ignoring game now?

"Hi Gaurdians, nice to see you again!"

See? Is it so hard?

Guys, I'm pretty sure there's no ghost in this shell. With gem-boy over there I doubt it's even Sable's real body.

Lets just jack this thing and walk back.

[Stand up]
[Minor Psionics: Pull back shadowy figure's hood to get a good look at them]
[Flash Step back to Eistia]

Well shit, dammit man are you there at all?

Hmm... [Struggle]

[flash step flash step struggle struggle struggle]

[Strugle]
It's time to wake up, Sable.

Rise and shine Mr. Sable, rise and shine. Not that I wish to imply you've been sleeping on the job.

i think this is an empty shell. one we could probably take control of.

>>327192
Implying it's not the thing most of us are trying to do.

>>327114
That sums up what I would suggest pretty well. Let's do this.

Wait. We can finally obtain a body? AND HE'S TOTALLY RIPPED AND HOT?! FUCK YES LETS.

[Struggle, Change Gender, Shadow Ball]

>>327114

Oh no, it's Sable alright. He can hold us. There's no doubt that this was his body.

[Stuff us in your empty eye socket]

GP: 85 Suggestion 2011/07/17(Sun)21:33 No. 327365 ID: c676bd
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The person tries to lift the Guardian off of Sable only to have it burn their hand and fly off. As it does the person's hood falls back.

"Dammit! Stupid amulet, I forgot it only works for you."

They stomp the Guardian into the ground.

Suggestion 2011/07/17(Sun)21:34 No. 327366 ID: c676bd
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"Come dolls, let's go. We need to find Artemis."

The person leaves.

Suggestion 2011/07/17(Sun)21:36 No. 327367 ID: c676bd
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Artemis 2011/07/17(Sun)21:37 No. 327368 ID: c676bd
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"Wow there it is. I didn't think that'd actually work."

>"Well I figured the Guardian was like a person so it must work."

"It didn't find our father though."

>"I know, that was weird."

Artemis picks up the guardian.
-----------------------------------

Hey guys, finally found you. So what the heck happened?

>>327368
HOW LONG SINCE WE LAST SAW YOU.

THIS IS IMPORTANT.

Sable showed up, but he's DEAD. Some jackass here: >>327365 is controlling corpses!

Two other corpses we saw... here, let me broadcast you this image: >>327106

Actually I don't remember if we can show you things so just in case I'll describe them. The puppetmaster has half his face gone black with an eye that's white with a black pupil, and the white side of his face has a black eye with a white pupil.

The other two corpses are... oh hell, he's controlling the old captain of the guard you got executed, and some catfolk I don't recognize offhand, who had two long bangs.

So yeah, if you see your dad, kill him. If you see the old captain, kill him.

More importantly, do you have the dragon slayer? How is the war against the king going?

>>327383
>oh hell, he's controlling the old captain of the guard you got executed

Wait a second.

Wasn't that guy executed by BLACK FUCKING HOLE?

As in

GONE?

How is the body still around?!

Time shenanigans?

oh yeah, probably been waiting for this.
[change gender]

>>327384
that might not be what really happened. it was the king doing it after all. for all we know he made it look like the body was gone but really gave it to that weirdo in the mask.

That man who looked and acted like Sable Dispo that came by? He was either a flesh golem made to look like your father or Sable's presumably soulless body. There were two other dolls resembling people there as well along with the man controlling them. The upper right third of his face is black and his left eye had a black sclera and a white iris and pupil.

Now that that's out of the way, you need to fill us in on important stuff. How long have we been missing, have you mastered sage magic, is Oraes back yet, have any Oli come back, and what does the watch show when you try to use it to find Sable Dispo?

>>327395
[Block Change Gender if Artemis is already male]

>>327407

Pretty sure it was Sable's body. The puppet-corpse was able to handle us.

Sorry, Arty. We were pretty upset too, actually. Kinda miss that lunk head.

two bad we don't have any more pheonix downs. could mess up the guys plans with them. just use it on your dad. and BAM soul comes back.

>>327368
Some fucker is using your dads corpse as a puppet! We really want to kill him common lets go kill him. You have the watch well don't look for Sable look for his body. Which reminds me how did things go with Oraes?

Oh hey you look kinda... different... just how long were we sitting here, exactly? What's been going on?

Unfortunately, the Sable Eistia saw was actually a walking corpse. We must warn you that the necromancer controlling him was trying to find you.

We don't know for sure if that necromancer is working for the king, but we saw one of his puppets was the late Captain Gerald.

>>327368
How long have we been out?
How's Sandra? Oraes? Ombra? Minrva?
What's the war status?

Gender Change, GP 85 Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)19:51 No. 328764 ID: f678f8
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Uhm well the training went well. I can cast that one blasting spell she did, the one with the really long name. That's about it for now though. Sandra is actually in the dark elf town with Saisai. Oraes was brought back about a week ago and a few of the oli were revived thanks to her an

What?

Someone was using my father's body...?

Artemis pulls out the Goldeon Watch and uses it to locate the body.

I have a fix on it, I'm going to take out the bastard who's doing this.

"Artemis, what's wrong?"

"The person you saw wasn't really our father, just his body. Some necromancer is controlling him."

"What!? Who would dare desecrate a body like that!?"

"I don't know but they're dead."

I can take them on, I have Sage Magic, Soul Magic, and my normal spells to do this.

Maybe so, maybe so!

But this is obviously just another of the king's plots to draw you out.

Do you think you can be sneaky, Artemis?
Have you figured out how to use the invisi-watch?

'cause you're going to need to be sneaky.
Even the most powerful mages don't go around making themselves easy targets.

be careful. the guy wanted to see you for some reason. may have something special for you. unless it was just trying to lower your guard and then do a simple sneak attack. but he may be able to have all three of the people he has attack at once, or he could have a lot more and we just didn't see them all. gem guy that saisai fought. and someone else. also you may not be able to kill his puppets since they aren't alive. your healing limit break may cause some problems with him. break his control by giving the body real life instead of just looking like life. suggest using zeroon if you can first so that the body is as close to full health as possible.

>>328764
The guy was going after you. Don't be stupid enough to go after him.

...alone. Bring a posse, preferably a posse that kicks absurdly huge amounts of ass.

Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)20:36 No. 328780 ID: f678f8
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I actually don't know Zeroon... Or figured out the watch.

I can assemble a posse however,

will these people do?

*whistles appreciatively*

hmm. yeah that should do it. but when you think you are getting near you need to go ahead of them enough that the trap will spring on you, and then they can trap the trap. is a nice reversal.

Don't take this person too lightly! We have no idea what is potential ability is, and he also has what seems to be the body of that misogynist prick and some tigerfolk in tow. They if they have any of their original abilities they could still be very dangerous. Remember, because the bodies are in good condition it is a simple matter to use feathers of life on your dad and the tiger girl.

Oh and uh... before were left, Eistia gave Saisai a really nice massage. How exactly did that effect you~? And have you learned to control the bind since then?

They should do just fine, although I do have some concerns about Morgan. What exactly can she do during a fight?

Have you tried just thinking "invisibility" or something? Because being able to turn invisible would be a huge help for this.

Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)21:29 No. 328793 ID: f678f8
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Yeah I really don't know how the heck this watch works. I can track well enough though.

Speaking of which..

Artemis and the others walk into the woods following the watch.

>Sandra "It is dark here."
>Saisai "We're in the woods, it's going to be dark."
>Sandra "No stupid girl, look."

Sandra points deeper into the woods. The area she points at is noticeably darker then the rest of it.

>Sandra "See?"
>Eistia "Odd. Artemis should we keep going?"

"The watch is pointing right there so yeah. Morgan and Sandra, you guys stay a bit further back. Your long range spells will be useful there. Saisai, Eistia and are are close-mid range fighters so we'll go up front."

Morgan and Sandra nod and stay further back from the group. Artemis leads them into the darkened woods and sees something ahead

That's him, I don't see anyone else though

>>328793
Have any of you got detection abilities of some kind, perhaps usable to sweep the surrounding area for other people? Because my trap alarms are ringin'.

hmm... ask eistia if she can make the shadows part from this range. if not then try thinking "make me invisible" at the watch.

You're following the direction of your dads body, maybe not necessarily where the guy your after is right now. Keep your guard up from all directions.

Remember this guy was after your sword, if you have it out that would be the bait. Plan accordingly. Since you can't see anything and I assume you can't just light it up, go head slowly.

Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)21:41 No. 328799 ID: f678f8
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Artemis signals Eistia to make a shadow person close to the body.
She nods and the shadow takes shape in front of Sable.

Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)21:42 No. 328801 ID: f678f8
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A moment later it is cut down by an odd red slash.

Artemis jumps back in shock and hears Saisai whisper

>Saisai "tigerfolk."

>>328801
Dammit the bodies DO have their old powers! This makes things harder. Warn about this fact and that Geralds body is there as well.

Darkness is not our friend here, we need to light it up. Does Morgan have any such tricks handy?

Top priority is being able to target enemies!
Light, anti-shadow, some sort of blood-sense, whatever.

Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)23:45 No. 328864 ID: c676bd
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Artemis makes another signal at Morgan. She nods and casts a light spell on the area immediately destroying the darkness.
Artemis hears a rustle and the tigerfolk jumps out from wear Sable's body is, it's hands glowing red.

Disable the tigerfolk, go for the limbs if you can! Watch out for Gerald and if he shows up use lethal force.

the tiger is a zombie. use gravity to knock her down and use a laser attack to take her out.

Gravity will hold her in place. Wait, I forget which gender we're using right now. Spell or sword? If you're currently a physical fighter then just try to fight defensively while your friends do some damage.

Don't forget there's also your father and the misogynist to watch out for. Come to think of it, where is Gerald? Go decapitate Sable. I know you probably don't want to do it, but we should be able to reattach his head easily enough, and it'll ensure he's taken out of the fight.

>>328873
Well, I said to block the change if we were already male back when Artemis put us on, so I'm assuming that's what he is right now.

>>328864
First things first! Restrain any bodies you see. If they can't move then they'll be difficult to use against you.

Oh, and if that's a zombie then it's probably one of Saisai's biological parents.

Our goal is to capture them. Aside from resurrection being possible I think these bodies have suffered enough abuse.
Oh, and even if we bring Sable back don't expect him to help your mission; he'd probably help recover Minerva, but after that he'd be too busy tracking down his old lovers and finding out just how many siblings you have.

OH! And the person responsible for the zombies looks like this:
>>327365

Artemis 2011/07/21(Thu)19:46 No. 329255 ID: f678f8
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Artemis casts Gravity on the tigerfolk making her slam into the ground.

>Saisai "Where's the captain?"
>Sandra "Where is puppeteer?"

At that moment they hear a voice coming from the woods.

"I knew you'd come after me someday. Drop the sword and leave Artemis before your friends are hurt."

He notices Sable's body still hasn't moved.

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Kill everything!

I bet he can only control one at a time. He may have switched off of the tigerfolk now though, and is controlling the captain to attack you from behind- we can't see his body!

>>329255
Go ahead and drop the sword.
...
Right into Mimi's bag, where it should be anyway since you're a guy and thus can't use it.

"Go after you? Yea, sorry about your ego, but I don't give a damn about you. I'm just here for my father's body and to find out who else you've been desecrating. Just who the hell are you, anyway?
I assume this tigerfolk is supposed to be some sort of horrible shock intended to throw us off guard, so I'm guessing they're where Saisai's ears came from. Is that about right, or exactly right?"

>>329255
"You talk too much for a dead man. Why don't you come on out so I can send you to hell properly. I'll even pull the sword out if you do, then you can at least imagine having a chance to get it."

Grab the watch and find captain Geralds body quickly, it is probably the biggest threat right now if it has a portion of his powers in life. Send Saisai off that way.

I don't know if Morgan ever got another feather but if we can get you dad his soul back right now that would be fantastic.

Artemis 2011/07/22(Fri)18:44 No. 329703 ID: f678f8
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Artemis puts the Blade away and signals Saisai to keep an eye on the surrounding forest.

"As if I would hand my father's sword to you you bastard. Using my father's body to fight me... That's the lowest thing I've ever seen. And the tigerfolk, that's Saisai's mother isn't it? That's why you sent her."

>Saisai "What!?"

The voice laughs.

"You really think I care that much? I simply pick the strongest ones I can get my hands on. Your father was just a coincidence, he's been in my collection for years. As for the tigerfolk.."

The tigerfolk stands back up and red flame-like blades emerge from her claws.

"She has the Claws of Thasti. A very very rare ability in Tigerfolk. I just had to have her."

Crap! The gravity spell is still on her and she's able to stand up against it.

Sandra "What do we do Artemis?"

"shoot it" double team it with sage lasers.

>>329703
Blast her hands off. It isn't like we can't heal it if we need to. Her and your sage magic should do the trick.

>>329703
The tigerfolk is potentially deadly, but ultimately a distraction. The one controlling her must be around here somewhere, concealed by magic or skill. While some of you take on the puppet, the rest need to press the attack against that jackass. Force them into revealing themselves in order to flee, then throw everything you have at taking them down.

>>329703
Yawn, reverse the gravity spell, and watch her straining muscles launch her into the air.
"So you gather corpses to expand your collection as a necrophiliac. Lovely.
I would like to know your name, so how about you tell me while we break your toys?"
Since Sage magic 'doesn't exist' he clearly won't be expecting it. Vaporize her hands, and possibly bisect her across the stomach.

Invert the gravity spell.

Artemis 2011/07/22(Fri)19:23 No. 329740 ID: f678f8
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"Sorer ne tu cheram ombraes tandrolar eisryn!"

A giant beam of purple energy fires from Artemis's hand flies at the Tigerfolk. She attempts to dodge it but Artemis switches the flow of Gravity causing her to jump right into it. Her left arm is vaporized but she turns and strikes at him with her right.
He quickly ducks out of the way.

>Sanra "Artemis, can't find puppeteer!"

>>329740
>she's crying
Oh, balls. She's AWARE of what's going on.
Have Saisai go over and sever Sable's spine in the middle of his back. He can't be used against you that way.
"He's not alive either."

Your goal is to either take-off the tigerfolk's other arm or sever her spine so she can't move.

We need to know this guy's name.

>>329772
shit fuck. that means their souls ARE in the bodies. i've seen this before. only way to snap them out of it is to draw the soul forward with intense emotions enough that it can take control somewhat. but you don't know your father well enough to do that, heck WE don't know him well enough for that. and use the watch as a shield, it is pretty much indestructible.
try asking it "where is the one who controls the tigerfolk in front of me?"

>>329779
If Sable's soul was in his body, the watch would have shown us where he was when Artemis said his name, so his body's definitely soulless. I guess the necromancer could be temporarily drawing back the souls when he's using the bodies...

Does detect magic tell you where the magic is originating from? If it does, use that as soon as you can afford to drop the gravity for a moment.

Artemis 2011/07/22(Fri)21:33 No. 329866 ID: f678f8
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They're still aware!?
No, can't get distracted now.. I can't..

>>329803
Detect Magic? That's genius!

Artemis casts Detect Magic and tries to find the source of the spell. He sees a small blue thread of the Tigerfolk's back but before he can comment it vanishes. The moment it does she falls to the ground.

>Sandra "Artemis, we need to know where puppeteer is!"

>Saisai "Gerald!"

Artemis turns and sees Gerald flying down from the treetops with a pointed gem covering his arm. Saisai rushes up to him and stabs him

>Saisai "Got him!"

The gem on his hand suddenly extends.

>>329866
She can totally heal herself from anything. Unless Gerald is the puppeteer (which I doubt) you've got to track that bastard down while your posse handles the mooks.

So either detect magic or use the watch or something, but get on that.

A casualty already. Tell them all to fight defensively, cover eachothers' backs, and whoever's been assigned medic duty should get her stable. It's become obvious that inflicting wounds on the puppets won't stop them, they'd need to be obliterated.

Use Detect Magic again to find the puppeteer. We need to end this before anyone else gets hurt.

"hold him still!" then laser his head off. can you get off even a LITTLE bit of zeroon? enough to stabilize her so she can fix herself up?

>>329866
Gerald isn't dead enough, we must destroy him utterly and end that threat. Tail Saisai to get down and sage blast his head off.

Artemis 2011/07/22(Fri)21:45 No. 329882 ID: f678f8
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"Saisai hold him still! Morgan, heal Sandra! Eistia make sure my father can't move, sever his spine!"

Artemis casts Detect Magic again as the others follow his orders and sees the same thread leading into the trees.

Saisai seems to have Gerald well enough but if I destroy him then the thread may simply vanish. Also if I run and chase the thread I might fall right into a trap.

sever the thread yourself. shoot a small soul dagger through it. breaking spells the wrong way can REALLY mess a caster up.

>>329887
Oooh now that's an interesting idea.

Personally though, I'd just go for the puppeteer. I don't think he's expecting you to be able to find him. Try to be sneaky, though, just in case he has someone else with him.

>>329887
Severing it would probably break the spell and leave us unable to chase down the puppeteer. But what if he grabs the thread with his soul powers and yanks on it? That would probably be damned uncomfortable for the puppeteer.

And if it fails, hold until heals have been dispensed, then pursue with posse in tow in case of traps.

>>329882
If your father is stopped, the tigerfolk is down and Gerald dead, he can only attack you directly. Try to pinpoint his location, if you find him then blast it with gravity to shake him down, but if Eistia finishes first then blast off Geralds head, leaving him with no effective puppet remaining.

>>329882
How far does the thread go? Visually follow it as far as you can. Since you aren't actually seeing it with your eyes the trees shouldn't block your sight of it.

>>329894
Attack you directly or flee. We can't track him down if he escapes, so we need to stop him now.

Artemis 2011/07/23(Sat)19:25 No. 330344 ID: f678f8
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I can see exactly where it leads, the others will need to fend for themselves a bit longer, I'm going to try and sneak up on him.

Artemis leaves Gerald to Saisai and the others and runs into the woods. It becomes almost pitch black again as he leaves Morgan's Aura of Light area.

He follows the thread until he can spot the puppeteer high up on a tree humming to himself.

pew pew pew deth lazor

Use your most silent and deadly attack. No Sage spells, obviously.

gravity.

>>330344
If you can, using Gravity to fling the puppeteer into the Light spell so that everyone can gang up on him might work out. Unless he's got a very good escape plan, that would pretty much be game over for him.

>>330344
>two threads
Can you see where the other goes?
Can you silently mouth the words to your sage magic? Try it.
Blow off his legs. That will knock him out of the tree and make him unable to run. After that it's just a matter of restraining him.

Sage magic too loud and too slow, gravity him down and soul blade him to pieces

Pull him down with gravity and give him a [Shadow Ball] to the face. Or any vital part of his body, really, since those things are apparently pretty destructive. If you think your aim's good enough you can even skip the gravity and shoot at him from here.

Do a quick look where the other thread leads, just to make sure a puppet isn't sneaking up on YOU.

Artemis 2011/07/23(Sat)19:49 No. 330373 ID: f678f8
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Artemis looks at where the threads lead and after seeing none are directly behind him casts Gravity on the Puppeteer knocking him off balance.
As he falls down the tree Artemis fires a shadow ball at him hitting him square in the chest.

Artemis 2011/07/23(Sat)19:51 No. 330376 ID: f678f8
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Artemis runs over to the man with his soul blades drawns.
The puppeteer tries to crawl away backwards but falls to the ground.

>>330376
Ice him. Make it a quick death.

>>330373
>Shadow Ball
>Wasn't from us
Whoa dude what? Oh uh explain later I guess.

Normally we'd give them a chance to talk, maybe spare their life. He might even have something important to say.

...Fuck it. Kill him now.

>>330376
Use your blades to sever the tendons in his forearms. This will render his hands utterly useless.
"Who was the other person you were controlling, who are you, and what did you do to these people?"

>>330376
Knock him out and drag him over to the others. We need to interrogate this bastard. The hell is he doing dragging all these powerful dead people around? Why? Who does he work for? To kill him is to lose the chance to get these answers.

can you do that thing where you can pull someone's soul out partway so it knocks them out? if so then do that. if not then cut his hands off. he seems to need those to control the puppets.

...If you really must let him speak, pin him to the ground with a soul blade through the body. He tells us about what he did to them and we make his death quick.

Artemis 2011/07/23(Sat)20:09 No. 330397 ID: f678f8
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Artemis slices away at the puppeteer's tendons making their hands go limp. He picks him up and tosses him into a tree.

"Who are you? Who do you work for? What did you do to these people?"

The Puppeteer spits at Artemis.

"Why the fuck would I answer to you? Just kill me already."

>>330397
I say we should offer to only kill him quickly when we know what we need to, but we don't have time for that. Our friends may be dying right now and if Sandra is beyond Morgans help you're the only one who can cover her major injuries. Drag him over there if you must but do not stay here.

>>330397
"Because I can kill you and revive you as many times as it takes. Even if I torture you to death, I can keep interrogating you. I have power over life and death, necromancer, real power. Don't make me use it."

"and why the fuck would i do that? as it stands i owe you no favors" take him back to the girls.

>>330397
"Because if I did that then your master would just bring you back.
You are going to answer my questions one way or another."
Grab 'em and haul 'em back to the others. We can interrogate them better back in town with a set of heavy manacles holding them in place and magic dampening items around.
When you get back heal Sandra, then have her heal the tigerfolk's body. Even if we can't resurrect the puppets we can still give them proper and respectful funerary rites.

>>330397
Don't kill him. Not until we know what we need to know. Bring him back to the others.

oh hoh hoh ho. no mister, no easy way out for you. you'll live. and you'll regret it if you stay uncooperative.

>>330376
>>330397
I say its a woman. D:

>>330594
Why does that matter?

>>330601

opens up additional forms of torture. I'll let you imagine.

>>330400
This, basically.

>>330400
I like it.

Artemis 2011/07/27(Wed)10:26 No. 332333 ID: 563ead
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"Because I can kill you and revive you as many times as it takes. Even if I torture you to death, I can keep interrogating you. I have power over life and death, necromancer, real power. Don't make me use it."

The puppeteer simply glares at Artemis. He picks her up and drags her back to the others.

Morgan is standing over Sandra with Saisai close by. He can see Eistia near his father's body.

>Morgan "Artemis... She's dead."

>Saisai "Is this the one who did this? Let's just kill her and go back home."

"we can't just kill her, she has answers to questions, i wont say no to torture though." then set the mancer down and tell her "course, this is a chance to save yourself, fix what you did and i'll have her go easy on you."

>>332333
"No one does something like she did without strong reasons. Odds are she was just someone else's tool. We keep her until she talks."

And we need to revive Sandra.

Gee, now would be a really good time to use that second limit break. Maybe you can throw a bit of soul magic in there too, pull her soul back by grabbing whatever trail it left when it departed.

You've won, why the fuck not have a go?

>>332338
and sure, if the puppet master can't fix it then use that, maybe use zeroon first to make sure the body is as healed as it can be.

>>332333
"Corpses can't talk.
Puppeteer, what did the other thread go to?"
Knock her out when she refuses to answer.

Use that super-healing to fix Sandra's body. We're going to take her to Oraes and see if she can help, and if not then she gets the highest priority for a phoenix feather.

Toss us to Eistia. She looks like she needs somebody to talk to.

Damn, I thought we'd have more time before she passed. Phoenix rebirth can heal anything but not itself return the soul... wait. Let's try something. Pull out that watch and focus on Sandras soul. Then find out if your dad that tigerfolk have passed on as well, and try to find theirs.

Then maybe we can try something different. If we can use your Phoenix Rebirth limit with the watch to not only heal but catch the soul, we can replace entirely the need for Phoenix down.

>>332346
This voice is a genius. Do it.

Artemis 2011/07/27(Wed)15:49 No. 332433 ID: 563ead
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I. Do. Not. Know. Zeroon.

Artemis pulls out the watch and begins searching for Sandra's soul. The hands on the watch spin around wildly.

>Morgan "Artemis, look!"

She takes her hand off of Sandra's shoulder as her body begins crumbling away. Her hair falls off and vanishes as her skin and bones turn into sand and ash.
Soon all that is left is a rock on the ground.

>>332433
Bring the rock to Oraes. Now.

>>332433
>Zeroon
We're fully charged and you have your limit break, that's nearly as good as zeroon. Of course it wouldn't apply to... whatever this is about. It looks like what the Oli were reduced to before. They got better somehow, right? How do we do that here? And I don't suppose that will fit in your bag?

>>332436
Or just post a mission up asking somebody to send a message to Oraes and have her come to you.

Well I agree we should tell Oraes about it, but asking for her to be brought back might not be what she'd want done for her.

Artemis 2011/07/28(Thu)16:34 No. 333111 ID: 563ead
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Artemis leaves the stone and goes over to Eistia. She's kneeling in front of Sable's body.

"We should go back now. We need to interrogate that girl. And we have to find a way to get into contact with Oraes.."

Eistia doesn't say a word.

"... We can bring him back. And Sandra to."

"No."

"What?"

"They are dead. Their souls have left their bodies and moved on. Soon they will be reborn as new people. That is the Cycle. We can't bring them back just because we will miss them. No matter how much it may hurt.."

Hugtimes.

bawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

"if.. that is what you want. but we need to make sure they HAVE rejoined the cycle and aren't trapped somewhere in order to let his body be controlled. and sandra's people turned into rocks that had their souls still inside them. so we need to make sure they are where they are supposed to be"

>>333111
I doubt many other voices will agree with Eistia's sentiment but I sure do. Death is part of life.

I don't think it'd be a good idea to bring back Sable anyway. He was loyal to the king to a fault, and that could cause trouble for us.

I am interested in the tigerfolk's story... Maybe she knows something of use? I'm not sure it's a good use of a phoenix feather though.

>>333111
Of course we can bring them back! That's what resurrection magic is. Until they actually are reborn, their future life has no greater moral claim on their soul than their past one.

Artemis 2011/07/28(Thu)16:51 No. 333129 ID: 563ead
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"Well maybe their souls haven't moved on yet, they could still be there."

"You can not see souls as I can Artemis. They have long since left these bodies. The only thing left with even a remnant is Sandra but soon that will fade. They are nothing more then shells now. Don't speak to me anymore on this matter.. Death is sacred. We have no right interfere with it."

"... very well then, we need to put father on ice until we can get everyone here for a proper funeral. "

>>333129
No right to interfere with it? Sounds like total crap to me! You can help Sandra live a long, full life instead of having it cut short by some murderous jackass; why would you not? If her soul's still there, then she can live again. See that she does.

>>333140
sandra was over 1000 years old. i think her life was full.

death was a dangerous thing to mess with from the beginning on, anyway. I think this one is right.

>>333142
No, just long. Way too much of that was sitting around moping after everyone she knew and cared about died. It's only recently that she finally had a chance to really live for a change.

>>333148
uhh, no, oraes was dead for 200 years.

>>333129
Walk up and hug her
"Eistia, this isn't a set of absolutes. Dark Elves don't age and die. If they revived their dead then none of them would ever enter the cycle at all.
The mortal species don't have that. Even with magic we'll grow old and die, while you'll probably outlive my great grandchildren. We have limited time, and the most we can do is delay the inevitable. It's just not the same.

You've already agreed that there are beings that were never intended to be part of the cycle at all. Dragons dying does damage to the world, which's why we revive them. The Oli are another, albeit not so harmful as dragons.

Do you understand why I say this?"

Where does the watch say Eistia's mom is?

Artemis 2011/08/11(Thu)12:27 No. 339020 ID: ff6056
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"Eistia, this isn't a set of absolutes. Dark Elves don't age and die. If they revived their dead then none of them would ever enter the cycle at all.
The mortal species don't have that. Even with magic we'll grow old and die, while you'll probably outlive my great grandchildren. We have limited time, and the most we can do is delay the inevitable. It's just not the same. You've already agreed that there are beings that were never intended to be part of the cycle at all. Dragons dying does damage to the world, which's why we revive them. The Oli are another, albeit not so harmful as dragons."

>"What are you talking about? Dragons never enter the cycle. Their spirit is either sealed away or remains in limbo for all eternity. I have no qualms about reviving them. Don't try to use your own mortality as justification to disrupting the cycle. You can do whatever you want with their bodies Artemis but know that I won't support or approve of it."

Artemis sighs and leaves her.

I don't think she's right, not at all. If I can bring someone back to life it's my job to do so. She only died because of me anyway..

Morgan approaches Artemis with a small red bottle.

>"Artemis.. I have this... I was saving it. It's really hard to make.. It makes anyone tell the truth. Or at least what they believe to be true. It's tricky. If someone truly believes they didn't kill someone then they will still say they didn't. We can use it. if you want that is.. And.. I'm sorry about Sandra."

"It wasn't your fault.. We need to prepare more feathers for situations such as this though."

She nods and holds out the bottle to him

Should I use it? It would make my life easier at least.

nah. we'll use it on Regulus or something, heh heh heh.

I guess she doesn't know that once upon a time YOU were dead too.

Yeah this is too important to waste here. Used on Regulus in front of a sizable audience could mean the difference in all kinds of problems. If we ever get the chance, anyway.

Since we weren't here for it, what is the deal with the other Oli being revived before? Their souls stuck around and their bodies came back without help from feathers. If we get this rock to her dragon can she be brought back? Must it be done quickly? If you can call her here or the light dragon to take it to her that could still save her.

Oh and that necromancer? Tell the fucker you've reconsidered. Then just kill him. I know it's not something you want to do but few people deserve it more than him. He should be lucky you don't feed his soul to Mimi. You can do that too, but I'm sure Eistia wouldn't approve. Maybe give him one chance to be useful before you cut him down.

>>339020
>Make a permanent one
>Give it to Regulus
>ultimatetrolling.png

>>339033
necro still has information, need it. and yeah, even if we wanted to revive sandra right now, she is a rock, feathers don't work on rocks.

I'd say keep the pot and the LB stored for now. The puppeteer was just a pawn, if he wasn't gonna tel you despite being tortured forever, he will either never say or doesn't know.

Come up with a plan for getting at the King. Also, did any other dragons die recently?

Artemis 2011/08/14(Sun)18:31 No. 340062 ID: 189174
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He takes the potion from her

"Thank Morgan but I doubt this person will talk. There are a few others I can think to use this on."

"O-okay... I'll... I'll get the bodies frozen. We can bury them later."

"Thank you."

He gives her a hug and heads over to Saisai.

They look at one anther for a moment, then he gives a slight nod.
Saisai walks past him to the necromancer.

Well then... Now what?

>>340062
Now?
Now you watch Saisai work.

It's all too easy to do terrible things if you allow yourself the distance of keeping it out of sight. You are going to watch Saisai work so you know exactly what you are doing and won't make such decisions lightly.

Afterwards, snuggle up with Saisai or Morgan and let your torment bubble forth.

yeah, a good cry sounds like what you need right now. but after that... need to start fixing this. track down the king, potion him up and have him admit in front of a ton of people he is a dragon.

2 days later Artemis 2011/08/26(Fri)19:35 No. 343170 ID: 175a2b
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No, I'm not going to watch this.
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Artemis stands over the 3 small gravestones and the stone that Sandra turned into.

Hey Guardians. Still no Phoenix Feathers. Also Eistia isn't talking to me right now, I think she's upset with me or something.

Everyone's been kinda down lately. It's like our luck goes up a tiny bit then just plummets down. I wish

Artemis 2011/08/26(Fri)19:38 No. 343171 ID: 175a2b
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crack

Artemis looks up at the sound and sees Sandra's stone cracking.
The cracks spread to the base of the stone and chunks begin to fall off of it.
The entire top half breaks off showing a rather slimy looking Sandra inside.

".... Rebirth. I do not like."

"S-sandra!? What how!?"

She stares at Artemis.

"Hi. Sorry you waited. Takes time. You are surprised? Hmph, Oli do not die so easy. We die when we want to. If rocks kill mountain dwellers soon there will be none."

Express joy and give hug.
Politely ask about other features of her race that you do not already know about.
Finally, celebrate by accidently making your girlfriend pregnant.

super mega hugs!

Artemis 2011/08/26(Fri)20:23 No. 343187 ID: 175a2b
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Artemis runs up to Sandra and hugs her tightly

"We all thought you were dead!"

"No, just sleep. Thought about it. Knew you would need help again."

She smiles a bit.

"Sorry to worry you."

Oh my god I was so depressed cause I thought she'd been killed because of me!
I'm still a bit sad but this makes me feel a thousand times better!

us too dude, us too. did Eistia come to the funeral? if not then she is probably sad but hiding it.

>>343187
Quickly! You need to squeeze her boob!

>>343170
So, what information did Saisai get out of the necromancer?
You still have her chained up somewhere, right?

>>343187

Wow I didn't think you'd hug a naked woman.

Congratulations, Artemis, you've finally learned that there's nothing inherently sexual about hugging nude women!

>>343222
There's logic to it. When you're busy hugging you can't be accused of staring.

Eistia 2011/08/27(Sat)21:20 No. 343311 ID: 12ca4d
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Ah well... You know after training with her for so long I'm kinda used to it now...

"Need new cloth.."

"Right, and I need to tell Eistia the news."

Actually...

Can you tell her..? She's still upset with me.. Okay, thanks then!

Artemis drops the Guardian by Eistia's home and knocks on the door. Before she opens it he runs off.
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Oh. Hello again.
Did my brother drop you off? He can be a coward sometimes.

>>343311
He left us here because we kind of suggested that you might break his nose if he visited. Also, he's too busy reuniting with Sandra. Anyway, we've got some great news for you...

So yeah it seems that for Oli death is an optional thing. Sandra popped out of her rock fully healed. You can probably take some comfort in that... and honestly you look like you need it. Damn, girl. I think you should go drinking or something.

you look horrible, have you not been getting any sleep? anyway, oli are apparently sorta like light elves, they turn into rocks instead of getting a cacoon. so sandra just sorta hatched from the rock.

Eistia 2011/08/27(Sat)22:46 No. 343316 ID: 12ca4d
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S-she's alive!?
Oh thank god... I... I felt so bad.. Everyone was horrible and I thought they all blamed me for not bringing her back... That makes me feel a whole lot better..

>>343313
A drink? I'm assuming you don't mean water.
Well I am an adult now.

Eistia goes into a nearby cabinet and pulls out a bottle. She pours it's contents into a small saucer-like cup.

I've been meaning to try some of this, no better time then to celebrate new life.
Bottoms up..

Eistia 2011/08/27(Sat)22:49 No. 343317 ID: 12ca4d
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Hey... This is pretty tasty.

what's it called? make a note to get more. and i am sure any implications of it being your fault was subconsious i am sure none of them would do taht on purpose.

ok if this is your first time drinking keep in mind alcohol messes with your head, one of the first decisions it affects is whether or not you can handle another drink. unless you want to get very drunk, and wake up with a bad hangover and 3 hookers and a lama in bed with you take it easy.

>>343316
You look like you've been through hell. What's wrong, Eistia?
How could they blame you for not bringing her back when you have no power over life and death?
Did you mean for arguing that nobody should be brought back?

Eistia, don't hold what Artemis said against him since he was speaking for us. We could argue over the cycle until you're old and grey, but right now you need to understand the context of your argument with Art if you want to work this conflict out.

First: The first person to be revived with a feather was Artemis, who died in the production of the first feather. You basically told him you wish he was dead.
Second: You are healthy and wealthy, but you wouldn't walk up to an ill person and tell them they don't deserve to be healthy or that they are evil for seeking a doctor. Nor would you tell a pauper that it's morally wrong for them to want money. Telling people they don't deserve what you have is a huge insult and rather cruel.
Look at your argument through that lens; you, an immortal, told him, a mortal, that his kind don't deserve to live long enough to have natural deaths.

Completely aside from our ideological differences, the simple truth is that the argument you used drove a wedge between you and Art while working against your goal of convincing him resurrection is wrong.

Eistia 2011/08/28(Sun)14:28 No. 343487 ID: 7c9750
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>>343372
But I'll never turn old and gray..
Anyway I understand what you're saying but that won't change my stance on this. Comparing death to the poor or ill is a terrible terrible comparison. That's like saying that me being cruel to someone is like being an evil persecuting dictator...

....
I want another cup.
Just one more..
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Eistia 2011/08/28(Sun)14:30 No. 343489 ID: 7c9750
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Oh god what...?

My head....

I feel sick...

Welcome to your first hangover.

Also apparently when our holder gets drunk, we cut out. Or maybe our memory is compromised too. So we don't know what you did last night, but hey, there's Sasai. Check to see if you're naked.

that went about as well as it could have.

Oh, hangover advice... Drink lots of water.

And now we learn about drinking limits. Yours is somewhere way earlier than you went. I thought we would have cautioned you before you went too far but that doesn't seem to be within our ability. Whoops.

first thing that happens when you start to get drunk is that you lose the ability to notice if your getting drunk.

>Oh god what...?
You + Saisai + Saisai's attraction to women + bed. I'm sure you can do the math once your head's not pounding as much.

>My head....
We did warn you about the hangovers, you know...

>I feel sick...
... but I guess we should have warned you that drinking too much can also cause vomiting. If that's an "I'm going to puke" kind of sick, you should really turn away from Saisai right now.

>>343487
>But I'll never turn old and gray..
Yes. That's sort of the point.

>>343489
First: You have a headache because you are dehydrated. You are going to feel terrible until you drink enough water.
Second: Are you naked?
Third: Is Saisai naked?
Fourth: Wrap your arms around Saisai and whisper "Good morning" in her ear.
Fifth: Ask her what the crap happened last night.

Do your ears hurt? That looks like it might hurt.

Eistia 2011/08/29(Mon)17:32 No. 343839 ID: 6273c3
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No I'm not that s-!!!

Eistia rolls over in bed and throws up into nearby basket.

.... I feel better sorta..

She notices there's a bottle of water nearby and chugs it. Then she throws up again.
She drinks more water.

Clothes clothes...
Missing quite a few of them.

And Saisai.. Yeah that's her. I can't tell her status, she's holding the covers very tightly close to her.

Oh god why didn't anyone warn me about this..?

>>343690
My ear? What happened to my ear?

you appear to have three piercings in your left ear. and we did say it will mess with your head, but you are apparently such a lightweight that 2 cups was all it took.

>>343839
We kind of did. Also, you're wearing several ear piercings.

Uhm... well in any case it seems Saisai took care of you at least enough to prepare a bucket and some water, wake her up and ask what happened.

Also we said "go drinking", implying you'd go off with someone and relax. You're the one who decided to suddenly drink like a fish by yourself. Did you not know know how alcohol works, girl?

>>343839
It looks pretty nice.

...wait a second, dark elves have sensitive ears. That's DIRTY.

>>343839
Wake Saisai up and apologize for putting her through nursing your drunkenness.

Do not whisper in her ear now, as your breath is going to be absolutely terrible.

... are you using your soul to grope yourself?

>>343850
To cover her unclothed self... so yes.

Eistia 2011/08/29(Mon)18:10 No. 343859 ID: 6273c3
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I pierced my ear!?

Eistia grabs at her ear and feels three metal studs.

Noooooo!
This is unheard of! No Dark Elf would ever do such a thing!

Saisai wakes up beside her.

"Morning. Feeling like crap?"

"....."

"I'll take that as a yes. You were pretty wild yesterday."

Eistia 2011/08/29(Mon)18:13 No. 343861 ID: 6273c3
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"w-what did I do...?"

"Well from what I could piece together first you wandered around town with a bottle yelling about how your mom is unfair and how you shouldn't have all this responsibility on you and you were tired and just wanted to 'do your own damn thing' then went into a rather shady looking building and got your ears pierced. From what I heard you were crying for the next twenty minutes after they were pierced. Then you found Sandra, cried for a few more minutes babbling about how it was all your fault and you were sorry. Then you kissed her. After that you lost your cloak and the bottle and I found you in a nearby fountain. Luckily no one saw you like that. I decided to drag you back here and keep an eye on you."

.....................
Never again.

>>343861
Never *alone* again. And not so much. The problem here wasn't drinking it was getting drunk off your ass.

Anyways I think you can get that ear healed up easily. Ask Art or Sandra or even Morgan to take care of it.

>>343861
Ok.
First, thank her profusely for keeping you from screwing things up even more.
Second, clean yourself up (particularly your mouth) then clean up the mess you just made. Saisai's nose is a lot more powerful than yours, and she's done a lot for you already.

You can make clothes out of soul and shadow, so don't worry too much about borrowing something to wear. Make a hat, though.

Bwahahaha!

Okay you gotta get those piercings removed and the ear healed.

On the bright side, at least you didn't have drunken sex with your best friend; you should really save your first time with her for when you're both sober.

wait, why was she in bed with you?

>>343877
I wonder if kissing Sandra was her first kiss.

Eistia 2011/08/29(Mon)20:54 No. 343897 ID: 6273c3
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I'll get them taken out later...
My body feels all messed up

"Thanks for stuff..."

Eistia washes up her mess and starts up a bath for herself.
She takes off the little clothing that she's wearing and goes in

It seems I have more issues going on in my head then I thought. Also I must find some way of apologizing to Sandra, that was very inappropriate
God my head still hurts..

At least I'm not as sick.

you should probably check yourself to make sure getting your ears pierced was all that happened in that shady building. specifically, make sure you are still a virgin.

>>343897
Talk to Sandra about it before you appologize. If she enjoyed it then you don't want to say you're sorry about that.

You do have a lot of issues, but this was illuminating. Did you know that alcohol lowers inhibitions, but doesn't change your urges?
Those things you did? Those are things you want to do on some level.

Anyway, you can pay Saisai back by helping her with Artemis. :3c

You're very self controlled and are holding a heavy burden for one so young. Even for a mortal race this is too much too soon without having strong support. It's no surprise that the repressed things come out when your defenses come down. Actually it's good that they have done so now because they do harm if left unchecked. Now you know you have these issues.

Also you did kiss Sandra. I'm not going to say that needs to mean anything but don't rule out that it doesn't... in any case I don't think she'll be offended or anything. She's not the sort. It's only your own embarrassment you need to get over. So get over it.

Eistia 2011/08/29(Mon)21:22 No. 343908 ID: 6273c3
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........

Still a virgin.

Eistia 2011/08/29(Mon)21:23 No. 343909 ID: 6273c3
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Anyway I feel a lot better now, I should get these removed or something.
Eistia gets out of the shower and checks up on Saisai. She seems to have just fallen back to sleep. Eistia grabs her clothes and heads out to Morgan's

Oh, there's Sandra! Now is a good a time as any.

"Sandra, hey!"

".... Hello"

"Hey I'm really sorry about last night. I didn't mean to do that to you. I was out of my mind."

Sandra walks over to Eistia and places a hand on her shoulder
then headbutts her.

"You are forgiven. Do not touch me again."

She walks away.
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Eistia 2011/08/29(Mon)21:27 No. 343910 ID: 6273c3
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"That does sound pretty rough.."

Morgan finishes healing up Eistia's forehead and ear.

"I am never going to drink alcohol again.."

"Well it just depends. If Saisai had been with you the whole time I'm sure you wouldn't have done half the things you did."

"Most likely. But I don't enjoy mild altering substances. I need to be in control, I have an entire city to run. I can not afford to be just running around going wild."

"I think you should have some fun every once in a while. There, done"

Eistia rubs her piercing free ear.

"That's better. Thanks."

"No problem"

Well that problem is over with at least. And now I know Sandra does not like being kissed.

was probably due to it being a stolen kiss. well, you wont have to be so responsible if we got your mom back. get the watch and let's hunt her down.

There is probably a very specific reason for her to be upset about that, cultural or personal we can't even guess at. We'll have Art ask her about it later I suppose.

Morgan is right you do need to loosen up on your own or you're going to someday snap when you least should. Alcohol helps with that but never drink alone again. Also I don't think it's fair to call it mind altering, it inhibits function and that's about it. It doesn't add anything so what comes out is already there. That was all you.

And on that note I would like to suggest that you talk to Morgan about your issues. She's probably the wisest, openminded and openhearted person we know. She'd make good counsel for you. Now is a good time as any. Go on open up, think of her as a sister. She could well be so before long.

>>343910
Oh, we've been meaning to ask... Would you be willing to feed Mimi bits of soul, then soul-heal the donor? Being able to use her bag for transporting people would be a godsend.

You have to stay here, but Art is not so constrained. Have him and Saisai go rescue your mom.
Meanwhile, you can introduce Morgan to that nice guard Saisai befriended.

Which just leaves you with the fact that you're more than a little bitter over the fact that your mother dumped all of her responsibilities onto you when you were, what, 13? You need to either find some way of dealing with those stresses or use the watch to hunt down your mother and drag her back here.

>>343914
We're trying to hook Eistia and Saisai up now, remember? Give the Artemis and Saisai thing a rest.

>>343914
thats a good idea, and also a good demonstration of where we stand on the whole sanctity of souls and related issues.

>>343920
I thought that they were both straight, I mean Eistia didn't even know lesbians where a thing until she asked Saisai.

>>343923
Not only are they both straight, they are both time-bound to always be friends, nothing more / less

>>343923
Saisai's admitted to being at least a little bit bi, and Eistia kissed Sandra as part of her drunken escapades. The last time I checked alcohol doesn't mess with people that much. I'll admit it'll be a bit of a challenge, but that just makes it fun.

>>343926
The time bind can be overwritten. One of us asked about that during the massage, if you want to check for yourself. Until they update it, though, any changes that occur in their relationship will be temporary.

Alchohol has a caloric content and is one way of gaining the body's daily required caloric intake. A number of alcohols are actually beneficial to the health of humans that drink them. Wine in particular. The same may hold true for dark elves.

The key is to drink not to drunkenness. This takes experience, and a young woman should not drink without friends or family she trusts to tell her when to stop, until she learns her limits for herself.

Gaining this experience often works well when surrounded by friends for a long night of conversation over dinner and drinks, where you nurse each drink over the course of half an hour or so at a time.

If you do decide to take mind altering substances, you should learn your tolerances for them individually, and only indulge to the degree that is both safe, and pleasant. If you wish to be more conservative than this, then indulge only to the degree that confers health benefits, and only in those substances that do so.

Speaking of Mimi, we probably have a bunch of Guardian Points by now. Since you are there with Morgan, it may be a good idea to give half our GP to her, or so, if she is able to accept them from you.

keep the piercings. they look good on you, and having them is kind of "doing your own damn thing" which you apparently want. besides, not having them just because dark elves aren't supposed to is utterly ridiculous.

Eistia 2011/08/30(Tue)14:24 No. 343983 ID: 6273c3
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Never again

Anyway finding my mother seems like a great idea actually..
I'll pay Saisai and Artemis to do it or whatever. I can't leave my city unattended like that.

Question is who do you want to go with? Shall you stay here and help me with my issues or join my brother on his hunt?

well with mimi we aren't that far apart anyway. but i think we should stick with you for now.

Artemis can handle most things without us, so we should stay with you. Regulus mentioned your mother when we last saw him, though, so he should go in expecting a trap and ask for us through Mimi if things look too dangerous. Speaking of Mimi, give her half of our Guardian Points.

We should stick with Art for the time being. He's stronger but still not too sharp, boy needs guidance. Plus he's still much less strong without us and we can't do any good without him. Hell he can't even wield that sword without our help changing his gender.

Here's the thing though, you need keep to keep near Mimi. If we have a message to send with her you need to get it right away, if its us then it may be even more important. If Morgan isn't around for some reason then make sure someone is watching the chest. We do not want a repeat of what happened before that rewind.

>>343983
Morgan should be able to help you with your issues far better than we could, so we'll go with Art for now.

Eistia 2011/08/30(Tue)18:16 No. 344075 ID: 25d645
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Well I'm sure my brother will be fine. If anything he can contact me through Mimi.

Eistia sends Artemis and Saisai out to hunt for her mother while she stays in the city. She isn't able to give Mimi and GP it seems.
Most of her days are spent doing her normal duties but on her spare time she visits Morgan's Shop.

It's been three days with no sign of her mom so far.
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"Are you mad at her?"

"No... I mean yeah a little. She just left me behind. It's like she cares more about him then me."

"Maybe she just wanted you to have a father."

"Yeah well that's not gonna happen now.."

Eistia slumps onto the desk.

"Don't worry."

Morgan grabs her arm.

"I'm sure Artemis will find her and then you can relax a bit more."

"... I hope so. I try not to let it show but I'm tired. Very tired. Running this place is not an easy job."

"I can imagine."

Hmm. Talking to Morgan always makes me feel better. I'm sure she'll be a great mother later in her life.

They feel the ground rumble below them

"!?"

"Earthquake!?"

There are screams coming from outside.

Myli or Regulus, more likely. Where's the Dragon Slayer?

>>344075
Is Artemis gone already? Shit.

check it out!have a soul shield ready in case of instant attack.

Eistia 2011/08/30(Tue)18:45 No. 344085 ID: 25d645
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Uhm, Artemis has the Dragon Slayer I think. He should at least.

Eistia runs outside with Morgan. They see most of the city has been destroyed.

"What..."

They can hear groans of pain around them.

What is this..?

ether the king or Regulus has gone nuts on the town. stabilize anyone you find and get sandra.

>>344085
This is a declaration of war by the human kingdom.
First tell Morgan to prepare for triage, then send a message to the king or queen who rules the dark elf lands, and THEN start emergency rescue and repelling the assault.

Eistia 2011/08/30(Tue)19:02 No. 344090 ID: 25d645
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Prepare a what!?

"Morgan, go try and heal the wounded, I need to contact the King about this!"

Morgan runs off to tend to the wounded while Eistia goes back to her home. As she walks a giant spiked rock slams in front of her.

She hears Regulus

"Miss Eistia, good to see you again. Shame it had to be under such circumstances."

>>344090
Don't even look at him, just lob the biggest shadow bomb you can make in his direction.
However, make it LOOK like you're putting up a wall to block his vision and path.

Since it's a wall he'll do a show of force by attempting to break it with apparently little effort. This includes not moving from his spot, which will result in him being blown into tiny chunks.

Eistia 2011/08/30(Tue)19:29 No. 344098 ID: 25d645
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Eistia launches a shadow wall at Regulus.

He appears to break it with very little effort.

Eistia 2011/08/30(Tue)19:32 No. 344099 ID: 25d645
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And then it explodes.

Eistia 2011/08/30(Tue)19:34 No. 344100 ID: 25d645
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When the dust settles Eistia sees Regulus standing in the same spot with a stone shield surrounding him.

"Impressive. I didn't know you had Ombra's powers. You know you're not the only one who has the powers of a dragon."

>>344099
Confirm the kill.
If you see a body then decapitate it.
If you don't then he's still alive somehow.

Warn the royals AFTER that.

that can't have just been an earth wall. he was literally touching the shadow bomb when it went off. whatever he's using for defense he has more than just earth magic.

>>344100
You have more than that. Remember your soul magic. Use more shadow bombs to make him defend, and get in close to hack him to pieces with soul blades.

>>344100
HE DIES TONIGHT.

EXPLODE THE SHADOWS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SHEILD.

BECAUSE FUCK YOU, THAT'S WHY

>>344100
SUMMON THE SHADOW ATTACK INSIDE THE BARRIER

FUCK HIM, JUST FUCK HIM

Yes, we're aware that he has Myli's earth magic. Have you figured out vanish or flight, yet? Because those would be awesome right now. Of course, even with those you'll probably only manage to stalemate him.

Can you make a shadow person on the inside of his shield and have it strangle him, or does it need a darker area than that? If you can, do that and then try to get in close and rip his soul out of his body while he's distracted.

>>344100
The lower bound of human reaction time in optimal conditions is about 0.1 second.
Lets assume his arm is 3' long.
That means that the wall would need to have an expansion rate of less than 9.2m/s (~21mph).
What good is an explosion you can outrun? How the crap did you manage to blow up a tree with a butterfly fart like that?

I think its more likely he has some other form of defensive magic. if it was just him being fast enofgh to put up the sheld he would have lost the arm (though he may be hiding a bloody stump behind that shield)

>>344118
The barrier could have easily been an instant, preset magical reaction to any explosion. Hence, his reaction time is not necessarily a factor. It could simply be that if there is an explosion the shield is set up to erect itself instantaneously.

Insulting our host DURING A FUCKING FIGHT is an excellent way to fucking KILL HER.

Furthermore, all that shit you spouted had no bearing on anything, due to MAGIC.
So shut the fuck up.

>>344118
Explanation: Magic

>>344115
>>344114
Sounds like a plan to me!

Eistia 2011/08/30(Tue)22:45 No. 344151 ID: 12ca4d
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Hmm...

Eistia fires a shadow ball at Regulus. Again the attack is easily blocked.

"Really? That one didn't even explo-"

Eistia 2011/08/30(Tue)22:48 No. 344153 ID: 12ca4d
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The force of the explosion sends Regulus flying back. He slams into one of his own stone spikes and crumples into the ground.

"Heh.... Such an underhanded move.. Suppose it fits you.."

>>344153
Don't stop attacking until either you pass out or he dies. He enjoys unbalancing foes with words. Don't let it work.

>>344153
Did you know that clothes cast a shadow on skin?
Turn the inside of his underwear into KNIVES.

Meanwhile, go ahead and say "Said the spy and assassin. Your idea of a fair fight is a drunk victim in a dark alley."

After your next attack, follow that up with "But we have better things to discuss than how your parents met."

He's sending magic under your feet! Dodge!

>>344159
Jump left! Use a simple shadow wall as a mask for a soul blade slash!

>>344153
If he is talking, it's because you're not attacking fast enough! Follow up every attack with another attack, from as many angles and in as many different ways as possible. Relentless assault. Make his own shadow rise up and tear apart his legs if you can, the shadow cast by his clothing on his skin turn to knives, engulf the area around him in darkness so that he cannot see a flurry of shadow bolts coming his way- anything you can think of as long as you don't let up. Regulus' powers are extremely destructive and he has the tongue of a snake; he cannot be allowed to get the chance to do anything other than frantically defend himself.

[Flash Step] to the other side of him and rip his soul out, now! I don't trust any attempts at wounding the man, and I doubt he's learned any soul magic himself so his only possible defense against it is keeping you from getting close to him.

it looks like he's sending magic under your feet right now, dodge that and then keep hitting him, do not stop, and do not waste your breath on words. number of attacks over power right now. keep him off balance, keep him dodging and blocking. do not let him get time to put together an attack or start playing mindegames with you. if it looks like he's down, finish him. he is not above playing possum and you can't take any chances. this monster has already destroyed much of your city killing many of its people, he deserves no mercy.