>>364933
We don't know how resilient it is. If we impale it, it might keep attacking and then we would have to drop our spear.

listen closely. predict where it will jump out from again. make like a matador and stab it in the face while dodging. and do use ice and frost.

4/4 Voxelle 2011/11/16(Wed)16:46 No. 366146 ID: 3f976e
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*SMASH*
ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL

SKREEEEEE

[stop]

Hey! You might have a ride now.

[Burst into flame]

>>366146
[HALT]

[Start glowing an impressive shade of orange and hover slightly]
I hear this is traditional upon assuming control.

YOU FEEL THIS, ect. ect.

So we can control this sandworm, now? Let's mess up it's worldview!

[Hey sandworm, did you know that literally everything on this earth that is capable of thought wouldnt mind to see you die horribly? And that your kind is in the process of being hunted into extinction? It's true!]

>>366180
we may be able to control it because of how simple it is.

[stop moving]

Voxelle 2011/11/17(Thu)11:50 No. 366261 ID: 3f976e
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YEEEEHAAAAHAHAHAAA!
>ssssSSSSCREEEEEE!

SANDWYRM IS NOW UNDER DIRECT CONTROL OF THE ORB

high speed to the tower!

We should probably stay above the surface of the sand while traveling, heh.

>>366261
iamthekingofeverything.jpg

Let's go, full speed ahead.

1/3 Ragnarode 2011/11/28(Mon)09:07 No. 368549 ID: 3f976e
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It has been four days since we set out. It's been rather.... uneventful. But here we are!

2/3 Ragnarode 2011/11/28(Mon)09:10 No. 368550 ID: 3f976e
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To the front, only a couple of miles away, stands the Grand Tower, rising high into the sky. To the northeast lies a settlement, covered in decorative coral. It doesn't look to be of Cylosian design.

3/3 Ragnarode 2011/11/28(Mon)09:11 No. 368551 ID: 3f976e
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Best we ignore it. The tower is right there, and we can visit later-
*FWEEEM*
aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAGGHHH! AAAAAAAAAITBURNSITBURNSITBURNSITBURNSAAAAA

Move away from the tower and settlement, as something in one of those seems to be messing with your sphere. And be ready to stab the bug if it goes out of control.

use the bug as cover!

I don't think your spear is supposed to be THAT cold. Fix it!

did it come from the tower or settlement? move away and look for enemies and cover.

Sandworm: Move away from the tower.

Looks like the tower might be supercharging the ice spear. Try using copious amounts of warm sand to melt it and to keep yourself warm.

Maybe check out that settlement first?

huh. I gotta ask, do metal people get frostbite amputations?

and what did you eat for 4 days?

Voxelle 2011/12/07(Wed)12:57 No. 370435 ID: 3f976e
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>>369070
GAH! I think it did! I'm being shot at! Help! HELP!
HELPFGHAAAWAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHKgldjdvklm;lasm12g6g;kmvdsssscchscshchcshhhsh

Voxelle 2011/12/07(Wed)12:58 No. 370436 ID: 3f976e
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...Voxelle has blacked out.

engage hyper mode!

I dunno about you guys but if nobody objects we're totally taking Voxelle under the sand where they can't see her or our worm to freeze. Dive dive!

Wait, these Cylosian guys don't need to breathe, right?

>>370436
>...Voxelle has blacked out.

Hmm, but she still has hold of us...
ASSUMING CONTROL

ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL

when assuming control, remain still at first and appear knocked out. if we stand up they will continue shooting and kill her.

Voxelle 2011/12/15(Thu)08:08 No. 372569 ID: 3f976e
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Voxelle wakes up.
She appears to be in a small room.
Her hand is shackled to the wall.
All of her gear is missing.
The orb is unaccounted for, yet she can still hear your voice.

oh No! you lost your crazy hat!

hmmm, guessing we emergency transferred. anyway, can you use small but powerful charge on a link in the chain to melt it away or weaken it enough to break it?

Voxelle 2011/12/15(Thu)08:28 No. 372573 ID: 3f976e
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>>372571
I...I can try...it's freezing in here...
...
No, it doesn't seem to be working...
Some of the guards seem to have noticed...
>OI! Looks like this one's still got some fight in 'er! Not surprised, after what it did after we shot her! It'll make good sport in the arena! Haw haw!
...They're gone, but I hear someone else coming...

stay calm and impassive. any emotion makes assholes mess with you.

yes now it is best to bide your time and save your strength

Arena, ok they are going to make you fight for sport. This means they will not execute you, and will probably arm you. There have been many arena revolts before, you need to bide your time for now, find the armory. when the time is right take the chance and blast some guards, steal their keys, and liberate and arm your fellow prisoners.

Voxelle 2011/12/15(Thu)09:33 No. 372579 ID: 3f976e
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I try not to draw attention to myself.
>YOU THERE. GIRL.
...fuck.
>THE STORMGOD DOES NOT WISH FOR YOU TO DIE HERE, AND EXPECTS YOUR PRESENCE SOON. ALL YOU NEED DO IS SURVIVE. A DISTRACTION WILL BE PROVIDED IN DUE TIME. TAKE THE ORB, AND SURVIVE.
He rolls the orb towards me and leaves.
What should I do? I'm not a warrior, I'm a tinkerer! A mechanic! This stuff is kind of beyond me...

how tight is your skirt?
if it's going to restrict your movement or maybe cause you to trip, you may want to rip it

What you do is survive, what other choice is there? Die?
You fought for your life before, this is the same only on a larger scale.
A messenger of your god told you a distraction will be provided, have faith.
Don't be complacent, you will need to fight for yourself, and you will need to get out of here by yourself. All you are going to be given is an opportunity, a single chance.

he didn't say win, he said survive. can a tinkerer normally take on a giant mechapede?

you did well enough against the sandworm.

>>372579
Quote?

>>372579
Tinker the fuck out of that cuff so you'll be free and prepared.

>>372579
Woah. That's definitely Quote. What?

Also, bad ass!

>>372594
>>372619
It's not the original, note the symbol on his head and the monotone voice (Quote's model looks and sounds pretty human). I guess Ragnarode just really liked Cave Story or something.

Voxelle 2011/12/15(Thu)17:25 No. 372696 ID: 3f976e
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...Alright, I'll be strong.
Hours pass, and a large Rihnan comes to my cell, unlocking my shackle.
>Alrighty then, it's your time to shine! Go out there and give us a good fight! You'll be up against our top gladiator, Bataann. He hasn't fought one of you Ironfolk before, so he's looking foreward to it. C'mon now, show some ENTHUSIASM! HA HA!

>>372696
Your stormcaller powers let you feel a tiny pulse of electricity go through his body every second or so, yes?
Discharge a tiny bit of electricity into his body. Just enough to scramble that pulse.

"if he wants a good fight, i need heat."

Voxelle 2011/12/15(Thu)18:54 No. 372720 ID: 3f976e
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It won't be a show if it's not warmer.
>Oh, it'll be PLENTY warm where you're goin! NOW GET OUT THERE!
He pushes me out of the doors and into a large arena. The walls are high, and around the top, hundreds of Rihnans have gathered to watch the fight.
There is a sword on the sand in front of me.

look around, anything else that could be a weapon? if not the grab the sword and leap back. if yes then get one of those instead, especially if it's your spear or shield.

has your opponent arrived yet?

Yeah you do that thing with the thing. The rest of us are going to be working on burrowing our worm up beneath the colloseum floor.

Voxelle 2011/12/15(Thu)19:36 No. 372742 ID: 3f976e
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My opponent is right in front of me.
I grab the sword, and settle in a defensive position. I'll need to stay agile here, don't want to get hit.... unless you have a better idea?

BOSS BATTLE INITIATED

Voxelle 2011/12/15(Thu)19:40 No. 372744 ID: 3f976e
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Music Track: ARENA- VS BATAAN

yeah, move. but start charging up energy, use friction to gather more. just gather as much power as you can hold. then you will need to glance him good enough to get to the wet tissue under the skin, and arc all your energy into it.

Quick question; Can you arc energy through your blade and metal in general? Because if you noticed, his main weapon is a ball and chain which he wrapped around his arm. Dodge the first attack and surge some energy through it.

Dumbass didn't armor his chest. This'll be easy.

>>372746
if she dodges then the ball will land on the ground. and what is the path of least resistance from her to the ground? through him or through the ball? basically it wont work to well.

>>372749
So you should pump electricity into the chain when he is pulling it back after it hits the ground.

Voxelle 2011/12/17(Sat)16:05 No. 373110 ID: 3f976e
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>This is the first time I have fought one of your kind, girl. Tell me your name before I crush you to dust.

No... NO. No. no. NOnononono. I refuse. I will not NOT NOT treat you see you as a person a SENTIENT BEING you are nothing but scum LESS than scum.

Voxelle 2011/12/17(Sat)16:08 No. 373111 ID: 3f976e
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...No. You are nothing but an IMPERFECTION on this world. IMPERFECT. IMPERFECT. Your entire SPECIES is IMPERFECT. IMPERFECT.

IMPERFECT.

I WILL CLEANSE YOU FROM THIS WORLD.

Oh bloody, she is channeling Hope! Calm down Voxelle! You do NOT want to let these feelings control you! We both want to escape, but destroying everything will not help us in the long run! Just disable this bugger.

Afterall, if we are truly superior than why both erasing them?

>>373111
What? Uh, we'll talk about what you just said after the fight. Cleanse him.

Voxelle! CALM! DOWN!

you aren't strong enough to just shoot beams of rage and win. calm down, we need tactics.

>>373112
>Afterall, if we are truly superior than why both erasing them?
A truly superior being wouldn't fall into the claptrap of vanity. If they want something removed they remove it, if they want something moved they move it. They act how and when they choose.

>>373128
Depends which criteria you are using for 'superior'. Superiority is a treacherously nebulous concept.

>>373198
Well, unless you believe a superior being has a right to move lesser beings and believe humans are superior then all examples of animal husbandry are immoral.

hmm. try eating the orb.

>>373269
If eating animals was a matter of superior/inferior, a wolf's predation would be evil. The reason why animal husbandry is not evil (aside from arguable animal cruelty) is that the animals involved are not people. It is the personhood (or absence thereof) of the killed that counts, not the difference between killer and killed.

>>373438
>>373269
>>373198
>>373128
take it to the /dis/ thread here: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/354042.html

The man said to survive, so do anything it takes!
and I mean anything.

Voxelle 2012/01/10(Tue)15:01 No. 379010 ID: 74e4c2
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SSSSSSSUFFER!

uhhh.... flame on?

aww. hug him.

Ragnarode 2012/03/25(Sun)06:49 No. 395775 ID: 74e4c2
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Something suddenly hits you in the head with a sickening CRACK! Your head clears enough to realize what happened before you black out.

Ragnarode 2012/03/25(Sun)07:55 No. 395777 ID: 74e4c2
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When you come to, you are outside again. You have all of your belongings back, except the spear. On the ground beside you is your Orb, the shortsword you had back in the arena, and a note. You can see the Tower in the distance, not much farther away.

Please suggest an action.

Eat the note.

read that note. what was up with that?

also, let this be a lesson to you. never throw tactics out the window in favor of rage.

Voxelle 2012/03/25(Sun)11:05 No. 395804 ID: 74e4c2
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>>395796
Okay, I'll look at the note.
...Ow, my head hurts... It feels like I've been out for months!
What do you guys think?

Figuring out why you're awake now might be a good idea; if your head still hurts perhaps you were woken up by a sound or the ground shifting? Knowing if you're about to be attacked would be the prudent thing to check before you do anything else besides arming yourself.

okay, on the up side the anger made you look crazy enough to be accepted.

Voxelle 2012/03/25(Sun)21:31 No. 396061 ID: 74e4c2
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>>395816
No, the land is silent. There's a soft breeze, but that's normal. It seems to be coming from the tower.

...So are you guys going to tell me what happened back there? With the orb, and the fire? I just... lost control...

>>396061
You sort of went on a whole genocidal spiel to exterminate all opposing races and claimed your species superior. I think you also somehow used us as a conduit for your power before taking a knock to the melon by the opponent's flail and blacking out before anything actually happened.

You say you have softer flesh but it seems your skeletal structure is pretty sturdy. No brusing? ...Can you even bruise?

Do you even have an equivalent to blood?

you started thinking of a being as your lesser, calling forth Hope's corruption. her primary powers were fire and being a bitch. simply put, you got her personality but because you are not her you lacked the raw power to back it up so you through tactics out the window and got ganked.

Ragnarode 2012/03/26(Mon)19:51 No. 396259 ID: 74e4c2
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>>396065
Our bodies are divided into three parts: The Shell, the Structure, and the Core. My Shell is softer and more malleable than most, but it isn't firm enough to give it that true metallic feel.

I was channeling...Hope, you said? I don't know how that happened... I hope the Stormgod will have some answers for us both, orb.

==>

Hope is just a name. And I think the sword did it. When you picked up the sword it took you over with rage.

...I wouldn't touch that sword again.

>>396267
uhhh. no.

>>396268

Seriously man, that sword wasn't red when you picked it up.

Voxelle 2012/03/26(Mon)21:36 No. 396278 ID: 74e4c2
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>>396267
I think it's just a magical fire sword, I don't feel any extra enchantments on it. Plus, it's the only weapon I have at the moment, and I don't know how vulnerable anything in there is going to be to lightning.

>>396266
Okay guys, this is it... I have no idea what we'll find inside here...

Ragnarode 2012/03/26(Mon)21:39 No. 396280 ID: 74e4c2
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THOOOM

turn on headlight

>>396366
Wouldn't those be under her shirt and not so helpful to see in darkness, or am I thinking of the wrong thing?

Hey wait a minute, shouldn't a fire sword be capable of providing light?
I'd be alarmed that you're so badly ill-prepared if you don't have a flashlight or something. If you really have nothing else though then fire has been providing light in dark places since before the invention of writing.