Ragnarode 2011/10/14(Fri)14:59 No. 358195 ID: 3f976e
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Now before you start your adventure, I'm going to need some information. Let's start with something easy. Are you a boy or a girl?

Girl

Girl. Purple haired heroines are awesome.

Depends. Can we skip it and go onto the next question?

Man, does this even need to be asked? Girl all the way.

Girl

Dammit, I wanna be a man for onc- Actually, on second thought, with the way these quests usually go, being a man would be EVEN MORE DISTURBING...

Woman...

Ragnarode 2011/10/14(Fri)15:47 No. 358225 ID: 3f976e
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Okay, girl it is. Now another easy one.

What is your name?

Rochell

>>358225
Tetrius

Oooh, pretty interesting character design. Can we know more about you before we go about naming you?

If not.. How say Parity? Voxel?

FRANCISCA!

Svetlana.

Ragnarode 2011/10/14(Fri)17:35 No. 358244 ID: 3f976e
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Alright, so your name is Voxelle! Now things get a bit more complicated. Before I give you the Orb, we need to know your personality and character traits.

PICK 2 POSITIVE TRAITS AND 2 NEGATIVE TRAITS

POSITIVE
Observant: You can see things before others do.
Stormcaller: You start with basic lightning magic.
Adamant: The strength of your metal body is higher than most.
Historian: You can provide useful information about the Cylosian Desert and the Wasteland.
Witty: Conversations tend to go in your favor.
Mechanic: Your mask will almost never break, and you can repair machines.
Brave: You are not easily intimidated.
Surveyor: You know your way around the desert better than almost anyone.

NEGATIVE
Clumsy: Your mask seems to break down at every turn.
Lost: You cannot use maps and are directionally challenged.
Obstinate: Conversations tend to go poorly.
Timid: You are intimidated by the simplest things.
Blank: You cannot learn magic and cannot use magical items to their full potential.
Ignorant: You know next to nothing about local history.
Soft: You bruise easily and your punches have no force behind them.
Oblivious: Chances are you won't see it coming before it smacks you in the face.

+ Historian, Mechanic
- Clumsy, Blank

>>358244
Timid, soft Stormcaller mechanic. :3

Stormcaller
Mechanic
Ignorant
Soft

mechanic and Surveyor
blank and ignorant.

Witty and Obstinate!
Stormcaller and blank!
Wait no thats a terrible idea.

Timid and soft, but stormcaller and witty? Sounds nice.

>>358244
Observant, Brave, Timid, Oblivious.

Stormcaller, Mechanic, Ignorant, and Soft.

Soft, ignorant, Stormcaller Mechanic. So lost in her twin arts he knows little about the outside world and aren't in shape to confront it. You're definitely not timid, though, and if you're not brave YET... We'll fix that soon enough.

>>358274
This. Timid is stupid.

witty and brave, lost and soft.

Ragnarode 2011/10/15(Sat)17:45 No. 358436 ID: 3f976e
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[b]Your name is Voxelle. You have experience working with Cylosium and have an intuitive, almost artistic flair for metallurgy. You also dabble with Stormcalling. Your hobbies prevent you from caring about history and the like, and due to a defect in your creation, your skin behaves more like flesh than metal, like it should.

YOUR ADVENTURE BEGINS NOW.

Ragnarode 2011/10/15(Sat)18:08 No. 358448 ID: 3f976e
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Hello, what do we have here?

yo wassup.

>>358448
hey

hey lady

pick us up

we've been advising this bit of sand and frankly it's not really going anywhere

pick us uuuuup

>>358450
I was a bit fond of that grain of sand, myself, but ok.
Hello, new boss.

>>358453
I thought I saw a bug once. I tried helping it become the king of insects, but it didn't seem interested.

>>358448
Hello!

Tell me, is Hope still a total bitch?
Wait, I don't know if that's enough to identify her...

Is that total bitch who blew up a bunch of stuff before your god stepped in and stopped her still a total bitch?
Also, where has he gotten off to lately? We help and help and he just forgets about us.

Ragnarode 2011/10/16(Sun)08:32 No. 358571 ID: 3f976e
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>>358450
WAH! Talking? What?
>>358453
New boss? What are you talking ab...
>>358476
Hope? Gods?
...Just who or what are you?

Lol, I dunno!

name's orb of the infinite libido. we help people conquer worlds and get laid.

The orb of doom voices.
You can call us The Orb, or Bob for short.

So... anything you need advice for?

oh man, a woman picked us up.

i apologize in advance for all the terrible things, this voice included, that we'll be saying to you and suggesting to you.

with that said, are you made completely of metal? just what are you?

Oh god oh god finally someone came please don't leave us take us with yo- I mean you have the prettiest lens I've ever seen. And your hair's uh so flowing and... purple?

Calm down, we're just a thing.
We're a collective of different beings.
Call us, Squidward.

We're a completely mundane glass orb. Have you started hearing voices? You should really get that checked out.

Voxelle 2011/10/17(Mon)11:52 No. 358920 ID: 3f976e
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>>358611
Oh gosh, this is the best thing ever you don't even know. So polite and flattering!
>>358607
Ummm, yes, I am made of metal. All Cylosians are...You don't know what a Cylosian is?
Cylosians are beings of solid metal that move and think like any organic being. Most of us live in smallish communities throughout the wasteland, although roamers are not unheard of. When a cylosian dies due to either raiders, monsters, frost, or other causes, the bodies are reclaimed, melted down, and set aside for couples to use to make new people. The actual forging is done by the town's Metallurgist, and the mind and personality is given to the newly formed Cylosian by the Matriarch. Ummmm, I don't really know more than that... Mechanics are my thing, not metallurgy or mindsetting.

Well, I was just going to go back to town.
I need to make a new mask, this one is getting old. Maybe I'll let you try out the design? Also, If you'd like, I can bring you to the town elder. He know's more about local history than anyone else!
Which would you like to do first?

well, i think knowing more about your culture will help us design a better mask. so to the elder.

So what are you actually doing? I mean what is the bigger picture? What's going on in the wasteland?

You should probably keep us secret. I mean we're a one girl kind of accessory. As for your mask have you considered doing a more symmetrical design?

for one, you need more eyes.

Voxelle 2011/10/18(Tue)14:15 No. 359189 ID: 3f976e
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>>358922
Sounds like a plan!
>>358930
I don't really pay attention to the going-ons in town, but it sounds like something is happening between the two countries that this desert seperates. War, maybe? And keeping you secret sounds like a good idea.

Leaffynne is but a mile away, and I can see the Spire in the distance, smack dab in the middle of Cylosis. The view is amazing, but it's better around sunset. Too bad the evening chill is almost certainly deadly to us.

Hey, Voxy!
...Oh my god I did not want to deal with this slime right now... I didn't even hear him out here! What should I say?

Maybe just a "What do you want?"

you can't stop to talk, you've got to make a new mask

give him the middle finger and keep walking.

>>359189
Try to see what he wants and keep it as short and sweet as possible. Act as if busy.

Ragnarode 2011/10/18(Tue)19:36 No. 359308 ID: 3f976e
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>>359214
>>359223
Ugh, what do you want Anbar, I'm in a hurry...
You're lookin good today, Voxy! Whaddaya say we go get you polished? Bein out in the sand all day-
LISTEN, SCUMSUCKER. I. AM NOT. INTERESTED IN YOUR ADVANCES.
Girl, why do you gotta be like that? If you'd just give it a go, you might like-
JUST GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU SOFT-BELLIED, FUR-FILLED ORGANIC!
...You BITCH!

HOSTILITIES DETECTED
ROLL 1d20 FOR EVASION
HIGHEST OF FIRST 3 IS USED

rolled 8 = 8

---

evade!

rolled 19 = 19

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DODGE!

rolled 14 = 14

---

Dodge him then fry his ass.

Ragnarode 2011/10/18(Tue)20:06 No. 359327 ID: 3f976e
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>>359311
SUCCESSFUL EVASION
ROLL 1d20 FOR COUNTERSTRIKE
HIGHEST OF FIRST 3 IS USED

rolled 17 = 17

---

ZAP!

rolled 9 = 9

---

Zappady zap zap

1d20
Do the Zappy thing

rolled 14 = 14

---

Cross-counter!

Voxelle 2011/10/18(Tue)20:52 No. 359348 ID: 3f976e
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>>359332
SUCCESSFUL COUNTER
ANBAR HAS BEEN DEFEATED

hah...hah... that little prick...
I'll just leave him out here. The night chill will finish him off... Or should I bring him into Leaffynne?

we are a merciful ball. bring him in. but drag him by his foot.

Take him, but make sure he obtains some nasty cuts if you take him along.

>>359349
Prettymuch this.
I would say to go through his pockets, but he doesn't seem to have any.

>>359348
Don't be a murderer. Drag him into town.

While you are dragging the sorry excuse for a Cylosian, mind telling us what the masks are for, anyway?

>>359369
Yes why do you all have masks? I'd imagine if you're all wearing them they must be important. Is it considered taboo to show your face in public, or do they serve a more practical purpose?

>>359370

I also wondered about this but was too polite to ask

Voxelle 2011/10/19(Wed)08:22 No. 359396 ID: 3f976e
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>>359369
>>359370
>>359384
Fine, fine, I'll bring him back...
HURK! He's heavy...
My mask? It's more than just decoration! It provides protection, which is important in the wastes. It has a shoulder-mounted battery pack, a vocal unit usually located on the upper-left quadrant, and at least one ocular lens. Most have an olfactory filter, but only those who know how these things work get an aura reader. You probably saw that in action earlier, how Anbar lit up bright red right as he was about to strike.
Anywho, there's no taboo with faces or masks! It's just more practical to wear one when out of the safety of the town walls. To leave town without one is considered foolhardy and dangerous. Our masks are very personal items, and everybody builds their own at some point. Most people don't wear their masks in town, except for the matriarch, who wears it as a sort of symbol of office sort of thing.
Now why don't you tell me what you want the mask to look like on the way back? Or do you like it as is?

Suggestion 2011/10/19(Wed)10:38 No. 359404 ID: 3d7a30
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how about a nice oval

Put some cute animal ears on top.

>>359404
Not this one.

>>358920
I kind of like the eye shape of the yellow one.

Winston 2011/10/19(Wed)14:38 No. 359444 ID: 0d7a83
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So I herp'd my derp and this happened.
Because obviously all Stormcallers get vaguely lightning shaped lenses. That's logical.

Elephant Guy 2011/10/19(Wed)15:02 No. 359447 ID: 08849d
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I could go for some oranges.

Suggestion 2011/10/19(Wed)22:32 No. 359540 ID: bd2a40
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Just throwing it out there.

>>359444
Also, stole your eye, hope you do not mind.

Voxelle 2011/10/20(Thu)07:29 No. 359599 ID: 3f976e
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>>359444
Ooooh, I like this one! I'll see what I can do after we get back.

I walk into the gate and the keeper stops me.
Ha, what treasure does the hunter bring back this time?
Nothing much this time, just one womanizer out cold. Care to take him off my hands?
Sure thing, Vox. See you around.

I hand her the still unconsious Anbar, and enter Leaffynne. I head for Vaalen's house. He should be able to shed some light on what's happened since the last time you've been in contact with someone.

Voxelle 2011/10/20(Thu)08:11 No. 359605 ID: 3f976e
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Well here we are, orb...
I don't know why he wears that mask, he never leaves town and he doesn't even have a mustache.
Well hello there! Come to listen to one of my tales- Voxelle! Fancy seein you here! Thought you didn't have the time for history.
Ummm, I've had a change of heart.
Is that so, is that so... well come in, come in. What would you like to know?
Mind telling me about the history of this wasteland? Start at the beginning.
Oho, and what a story that is! Well lets see her...

I bet it involves farts.

Voxelle 2011/10/20(Thu)10:09 No. 359620 ID: 3f976e
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It all began a couple thousand years ago.
No records currently exist as to where the Progenitor came from, and he wouldn't say. He was the god of the storm and god of the machine, though he went by the title of Despair. When Ragnarode appeared on this earth, he set upon his task of uniting the world under one banner, his banner. As he finished with what is present day Singuu, he lifted a gargantuan tower from the sea. But as he stood at the top of the tower, the city of Neotis shook with an unstoppable fire, and He met His nemesis, Hope. Hope wanted to unite the world as well, but with fire and death She would purge the world of what she percieved as imperfections. The whole world shook as they made battle! In the end though, Ragnarode convinced Hope to build up, instead of burn down. She went back to the ruins of Neotis to salvage what little was left.

>>359620
Fun times.

Ask him why nobody seems to use heavy clothing to protect from the deadly cold. (Even if your body does not generate heat, insulation is still insulation.)

>>359625
Curious thought, heh.
Now that you have mentioned it, if they already carry around small power sources, why not use clothing that works like electric blankets.

Voxelle 2011/10/20(Thu)15:24 No. 359678 ID: 3f976e
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It wasn't long after that the Humans left the planet alltogether. They werent specific as to where they were going but we thing they must have found a new planet to call their own, one with more valuable resources or something. But as they left, Ragnarode revealed that he had brought his Sister, Arcuri, with him and that he planned for her to rule the planet in the Human's absence. She created her people, the Gwandians, and they settled in the northern continent they called Singuu. Everything was going fine, until the people she created started coming out.... wrong. They called themselves the Rihnans, and they were lead by a man by the name of Zakam. He started a revolution against the Singuans, and marched towards Her palace. They were, however, stopped by Ragnarode, who banished them to the Neotian ruins, which they named Rihn. A decade later, Zakam lead a second crusade. The instant they left Rihn's borders, the Neo Arcadian tower light up like a beacon, lighting striking about it. The sea was vaporized almost instantly, leaving behind the Cylosian wasteland. From the base of the tower marched the Cylosians, recently created by the Progenitor. They fought the Rihnans into bloody submission, and forced them back into the ruins. The Cylosians were left to roam the desert, seperating Rihn and Singuu for thousands of years.

>>359678
So Hope stayed somewhat less of a bitch (Amazing, since we've been trying to fix her since she was a little girl), Ragnarode screwed up so badly that he had to boil an ocean and assemble a sentient army to stabilize things.

Ugh, we're going to have to re-terraform parts of the planet and fix a broken species, aren't we.

So when you say
>The sea was vaporized almost instantly
do you mean literally vaporized (which would mean the vapor stays around as clouds or re-condenses), or did the tower actually un-make the water (permanently getting run of it).

seems Arcuri made the Gwandians a different way. perhaps they reproduced the human way. but if they were made of a rare material they would of lost density in the members as they increased in number perhaps leading to the instability.

Huh, did Hope go with the humans or did she stick around?

EveryZig!Ac/akrMPao 2011/10/21(Fri)10:19 No. 359816 ID: b6edd6
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A late but mandatory appearance:

Voxelle 2011/10/21(Fri)14:51 No. 359855 ID: 3f976e
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So, do you have any questions?
A couple. First, how did the tower get rid of the ocean? Was it literally vaporised or did it completely unmake the ocean?
Well see, it was a bit of both. It rained for, lets see here, something close to 40 days. But there wasn't enough to refill itself.
Also, what happened to Hope? Where did she go?
Ah, her. Well, she took a liking to this group of humans from Neotis, a real isolationist crowd. They left earth on their ship, the Wings of Life, and went in the opposite direction of the others. Don't know if they managed to find what they were looking for. Anything else?
No, that will be all, thank you. Thanks for your time.
The pleasure was mine, Voxelle. It's good to see a smart lass like yourself interested in her heritage.

I leave his house and head home. I hope that tells you what has happened since the last time you were used?

yeah, tells us that regnarode relly sucks at people skills without us. yeah that's right we worked with your god.

>>359855
Uh yeah V that's pretty informative, and not all that surprising from what we saw at the time. By the way we actually met Ragnarode and Hope. They were both... unstable, well actually Hope was just batshit insane, so it's nice to see they didn't cause a total apocalypse.

>>359855
D'ya know where Ragnarode's tower is? We should go there so we can yell at him for screwing up again.

>>359863
He might not have dropped us by accident, you know.
maybe you guys tried to hook him up with Hope too many times

Voxelle 2011/10/21(Fri)16:20 No. 359868 ID: 3f976e
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>>359863
Yeah, I know where the tower is.
Kinda hard not to, it's the one definitive landmark on the horizon.
...You guys know that if I start this... quest, for the tower... It's gonna take some time. I'll need to prepare, and bandits are an issue...
Is this really the best course of action?
If I do manage to fine the Deus Ex Tempestas, will he be able to fix this? With your guidance?

Ugh, this mask is so stuffy when it's turned off...

>>359868
We're not sure about anything in the future, but the odds are very good.

yea, can't promise anything but we can try our best.

Voxelle 2011/10/21(Fri)17:36 No. 359878 ID: 3f976e
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>>359874
>>359875
Yessssss, this is going to be SO AWESOME.
It may not look like it, but I can handle myself in a fight, and we are going to find treasure and see new places and OH MY GOD.

We are adventure in a smooth, glassy sphere and we are here to please.

you have very nice eyes.

Hello pretty lady~ :3

Voxelle 2011/10/23(Sun)07:47 No. 360206 ID: 3f976e
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You have made: MASTER-CRAFTED MASK.

YOUR MECHANIC PERK ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PERKS:

PERMANENT +2 BOOST TO ALL STORMCALLER ROLLS
PERMANENT +2 BOOST TO ALL STRIKING ROLLS
PERMANENT +2 BOOST TO ALL EVASION ROLLS
PERMANENT +1 BOOST TO ALL COMBAT ROLLS

>>360206
+1 to ALL COMBAT ROLLS, since that's everything on the list AND MORE.

I'm gonna vote storm calling

no wait fuck my last vote
LIGHTING MAGIC is the final destination

Always a mage, never a warrior. Go for the zappy-zappy stormcaller bonus.

+1 all combat rolls. That's just handy.

PERMANENT +1 BOOST TO ALL COMBAT ROLLS

+1 to all combat.
An investment in not-being-face-punched is worth one less point in lightning.

all rolls

Winston 2011/10/23(Sun)10:01 No. 360235 ID: 0d7a83
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>>360206
Plus 2 to evasion rolls.
Can't touch this.

iheartfornax !OyXaNA7k1o 2011/10/23(Sun)10:06 No. 360236 ID: 607593
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we should specialize, i think.

one vote for +2 to stormcaller. ZAP-ZAP, MUTHAFUKKA!

so, our option is:
+2 magic attack
+2 phys attack
+2 defense
+1 to all of the above and everything else.

I am going to go with +1 to all.
If I had to rate them: Defense > Magic Attack > Phys Attack
+1 to all is best path.

Clearly the +1 to ALL combat roles.

Ragnarode 2011/10/23(Sun)20:36 No. 360491 ID: 3f976e
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YOU NOW HAVE A +1 BONUS TO ALL DICE ROLLS.

After crafting my new mask, I go to see the Matriarch. She was like a mother to me, it is only right that I tell her I'm leaving.

"Ma'am, I..."
>Darling, you don't need to say anything. I know why you have come to me, it is only natural. The wasteland is in us all, darling. I, too, once felt the need to wander...
"T-thank you for understanding. I just came to say goodbye."
>You always were the polite one! Well, as it so happens, I have a little something for you, darling. The wastes are a dangerous place to go alone, so I want you to have this.

THE MATRIARCH HAS GIVEN VOXELLE A CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON. CHOOSE EITHER A SPEAR OR A SHORTSWORD.

>>360491
You have soft skin. Clearly the short ranged weapon is-

DON'T BE STUPID GET THE SPEAR.

SPEAR

BECOME POSEIDON, EMBRACE THE SPEAR

Unless you personally have greater combat experience with one over the other (in which case obviously get the one you are proficient with), then choose the spear.

However, is the spear 100% metal? With a sword we could run electricity through it, combining both physical AND magical attack into a single hit for double damage. If the spear is wooden with a metal tip then this is not going to work.

SPEAR AND SHIELD
what no shield you say?
You expect her to be capable of living awful monstrosities of the desert without a spear+shield combo? You want Vox to die? The fuck do she have to do, pray to the sun "please don't send a giant sand-worm or bowman my way because I'm working at half-efficiency here?" because, motherfucker, that's right, a matriach that fucks other mothers, you know one is right outside that corner, give her an extra sidequest for that shield right now matriach.

spear, if it's full metal.

>>360491
Spear, since it is also usable as a staff.
Beyond that, it's a piercing weapon and those are quite a bit more effective against armored targets.

spear. it is long and hard.

Now that metallurgy gan really pay off. Pick the spear and if it isn't already conductive then it doesn't take much to spiral some wire around it or something.

New secondary goal - craft a personalised buckler or shield.

Polearm option is best option.

Does a trident count as a spear?
Trident.

>>360627
we don't have metallurgy... but I am sure we know someone here who does that and can steel plate our spear if need be.
Steel is much tougher material then copper and is still a good enough conductor.

Ragnarode 2011/10/24(Mon)11:40 No. 360652 ID: 3f976e
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YOU RECIEVED: FROSTBITE.
This magical spear can fire a beam of intense cold from the tip when in combat. When out of combat, it stays comfterably warm.

>Now, you'll need to be a bit careful with this, but I think you can handle it! Just don't touch the tip when you are using it.

Is there anywhere else you guys wanted to go before I left?

>>360652
Ask whether the spear would be damaged or otherwise effected by electricity running through it.

are you carrying any money? can you buy stuff?

>>360652
shield
get a shield

As you are made of metal. What do you eat? Aka, what is your source of energy?

You mentioned before how leaving someone in the wasteland will cause their death. How?

What can you tell us about your basic anatomy? Do you sleep? Do you know first aid? (if not, learn first aid)

Voxelle 2011/10/26(Wed)07:42 No. 361201 ID: 3f976e
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>>360657
No, I should be able to use it as a conduit for my lightning magic easily.
>>360665
I stop by the Metallurgist's forge. He doesn't say much, but makes me a shield that goes on my arm. So convienient! It's like he knew what I wanted before I said anything.
>>360722
Ooooh, questions.
Well, we can eat about anything. The only major organ we have is our core, which is a furnace-like structure in our chest that burns down whatever we eat.
The nights out in the wastes are pretty cold, and if our bodies go below freezing, they stop moving and our minds die. It's probably more complicated than that, but I don't know much about the biology of inorganics.
And yes, we do sleep. I think it's because we were made to look and act like humans.

Voxelle 2011/10/26(Wed)08:17 No. 361203 ID: 3f976e
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The one thing we don't know is how we can use magic. According to the old texts, Magic wasn't the Storm God's thing. At all.
But it looks like I'm ready, so off I go!
This is going to be so much fun!

??? 2011/10/26(Wed)08:19 No. 361204 ID: 3f976e
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>...So much fun!

>>361205
'sup Rags.

>>361205
Hey.
Sorry about the whole going inactive thing. It just happens like that.

CylosisQuest Chapter 1 Voxelle 2011/11/04(Fri)13:40 No. 363624 ID: 3f976e
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>So Orb, do you know any good stories?

>>363624
Once upon a time there was a little flat-chested rabbit...

I know this one about a man who lived in a far-off tower surrounded by creations of his own design. That one's fairly interesting.

Ooh, ooh, there's this other one about a small kobold who becomes a ninja wizard doctor and eventually un-dos the universe.

>>363636
yeah that one's pretty sweet. what makes it better is it's entirely TRUE.

>>363624
We know dozens of good stories, some of them true. What genre are you looking for?

Hmm, some off the top of my head.
A psychic with sapient blood goes on a quest to destroy a god-touched being and eventually banish a evil god from her world.
A saga of a military officer know for his revolutionary uses of magic and technology, his special relationship with the gods and his way with women(though he has but five wives)
A demon gains enough power to escape from his prison and sets out on a quest to destroy the descendents of those that imprisoned him, in preparation he makes himself king of the barbarians of the south and devourers obscene amounts of magic.
One you might like, A powerful A.I. sends its minion across space and time to cleanse a planet of meatbags eventually the minion succeeds and befriends other A.I. from other worlds who have done likewise and they all live happily ever after.

We also know lots of funny stories, but I don't think any of them would apply. You seem to have ben living fairly isolated life in the desert and Cylosian social structures are still a mystery to us. Do you even know what a duck is...?

Voxelle 2011/11/07(Mon)16:18 No. 364342 ID: 3f976e
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Wow, those all sound neat!
...How many of them are real?

chchchchchchchchch

>>364342
ALL OF THEM. We've seen some shit, lady.

>>364342
What's that noise?

getting something. going chchchchchch

>>364342

They're as real as you are, my dear...

Voxelle 2011/11/08(Tue)17:52 No. 364588 ID: 3f976e
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>>364363
That's an unnerving answer.

...And I hear it too...
CHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCH

if you can't see anything then engage some special vision modes.

>>364588

Look down.

I hope it's not a sandworm...

>>364698

I for one hope it is. we've had some good experiences with sandworms, did we not?

Voxelle 2011/11/09(Wed)15:30 No. 364732 ID: 3f976e
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Look down? If you say so-

>CHCHCHCHCHEEEEEECHEEEEEEEEEEREEEP!!!
GAH
HOSTILE DETECTED
CHOOSE ACTION AND ROLL 1d20, HIGHEST OF FIRST 2 IS USED
-EVADE
-LIGHTNING MAGIC
-WEAPON(FROST STAFF)
-IMPROVISE(OTHER)

rolled 13 = 13

---

EVADE!

rolled 15 = 15

---

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODGE!

>>364705
You see I told you man. For every friendly sandworm we've met there have been five of the assholes trying to kill us. I really don't want to end up in the stomach of one of these again.

I take it only actual cyclosian metal is harmed by frost, right? Frost should then be fairly ineffective against the creature then, as I doubt an animal would be built from valuable cyclosian metal.

>>364740
cylosian metal is quasi sentient. i am sure if you get enough in one are it will do things on it's on.

anyway, lightning wont work would conduct down it's shell into the ground without hitting any components if we find a weakpoint we could stab the spear near that spot and electrify it.

rolled 5 = 5

---

I WANNA SEE SOME IMPROVISING!

shield up, Lassie.

>>364738

hey, you still don't know if it wants to kill us or have sex with us.

If it lives in the desert then it's hard to say if cold would bother it much, however it's possible that this creature rests deep underground at night where temperatures are more stable.

Whatever. Dodge it and brace your spear and shield in readiness for a counter attack.

>>364807
Unfortunately
>>364732
>HOSTILE DETECTED
it would have to be Death By Snu-Snu, which is a less desirable form of dying when you're a metallic being who presumably possesses no genitalia.

Voxelle 2011/11/10(Thu)15:53 No. 364917 ID: 3f976e
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>>364735
aaaAAAAAAHHHHHHH
>CHCHCHCHEEEEREEEEEEEEEEEEP
...It went back into the sand...

SUGGEST AN ACTION

get into a good stance so you are ready for it if it shows up again. when it does you need to dodge, stab, and lightning through the spear. sound like a plan to you?

>>364918
yes, solid plan.

>>364917
When it flies through the air its path is locked in. Plant your spear where it will come down and skewer it.

>>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.