Really? You just snatched it right out of her hand? I realize you're not a ninja, but if you're going to be that blatant you may as well have tried to force feed her some of the virility potion.

1/4 Story Seeker 2012/12/11(Tue)15:04 No. 477866 ID: c4e5c2
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>You fool! You jumped the gun, and she's seen you! Why didn't you wait till she was more thoroughly occupied / distracted?!
I didn't want to be rude and watch them get busy!

>If you aren't getting laid, nobody gets laid.
That is a particularly cruel line of thinking! In fact, I already spoiled the mood, I would say! Actually, that means I did the rudest thing by interrupting before they had a chance to at least have some... I jumped the gun after all!

>Sooo, did the bra strip you of your invisibility?
It did not! I expect that if not the arch mage herself, then at least the suitor is seeing a runaway bra.

Her tail flicks up, and that's a good time to blink away!

2/4 Story Seeker 2012/12/11(Tue)15:05 No. 477867 ID: c4e5c2
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>Is it the right bra?
Well, she apparently had her archstaff and is casting something--

FOOSH

... after being engulfed in what looks like concentrated fire and not taking so much as a scuff mark, I will conclude that I did at least something right and got the archbra!

3/4 Story Seeker 2012/12/11(Tue)15:07 No. 477872 ID: c4e5c2
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She is pretty fast for an snake, but I'm faster! I probably should not have looked back. Along with Zirkala, I, too, am wondering what she ate to get such ridiculous archboobs.

4/4 Story Seeker 2012/12/11(Tue)15:07 No. 477873 ID: c4e5c2
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Kinda feels like my foot shoulda landed on something here.

STAIRS! TUCK AND ROLL!!

Just think, next time around you'll make the sounds "brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbr" echo throughout the caves. Dwarven steampunk motorboat engineers will be jealous of such legendary sounds; they'll be carved in the walls with envious faces over your head drowning in a sea of orbicular vibrating flesh for generations.
If there were a dwarven settlement in these caves.

Meanwhile, try and blink real fast downward. Or aim a jump and hope there's a nice piece of orbicular flesh at the bottom for you to motorboat this time loop.

>>477873
Time to use your physical training to avoid heavy damage and retain the bra.

HOLD DOWN HAT AND TUMBLE

...Why do lamia have stairs, anyway?

>>477889
this is a valid question

>>477894
Servant's passage, maybe?

If you don't think you can make the tumble a use of blink should get you to the bottom safely.

Story Seeker 2012/12/11(Tue)17:03 No. 477917 ID: c4e5c2
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>Why do naga have stairs?
A question that only concerns me in how much more or less I would tumble, should this be a ramp!

>Blink again
If only it didn't have to cooldown! I will be able to cast it again in no shorter than 10 seconds, which I'm sure will be enough time to completely destroy the purpose of using it in the first place!

I clutch the bra as my life depends on it, and perhaps in a way that makes me go down faster as I tuck in roll than I would simply running.

That is, until the stairs make a turn, and the old railings don't hold my weight! My belt somehow comes undone as well, and my backpack flies off with the remainder of my potions and other normal supplies!

Hmm. Did we lose any critical supplies? Maybe we want to break the hourglass and try that again, this time waiting till she's a little more distracted.

How's your landing look? Like it's going to kill you? If you don't have feather fall, or the agility / training to land neatly, you may have to break the hourglass midair anyways.

>>477917
Oh god. Can you try to grab the edge? Maybe use your tail to snag the backpack?

I think this is where we should time travel.

clutch both bra straps and the cups should catch enough air to slow your descent.

And let this be a lesson to you: Never, ever, look back. ...Though those archboobs were a very nice sight. Let the thought of actually getting your hands on them next time loop drive you to survive this turn of events.

You're still under the effect of the speed potion, so you should be fast enough to swing the bra around the banister post with one hand, grab it with the other hand, and hold on. It held up those massive archboobs, so it won't break from just your weight. Try getting your foot under the handrail as well.

But if you're just not fast enough, all you can do is tuck and roll into the fall. Unless it's too far down to survive, in which case you break the hourglass now.

"Use Bra as Parachute" has my vote as the best plan.

>Use bra as parachute
this strikes me as a bit of a resoundingly bad idea, considering this bra scarcely has the surface area to cover your head with one cup.
My advice? Try and use the bra like a whip of sorts, use it to keep you from falling to your death.
Snatch the satchel, if possible, though we well understand it if it isn't.

1/3 Story Seeker 2012/12/12(Wed)08:35 No. 478102 ID: c4e5c2
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>Use the bra as a parachute
I think that I can take out the terrible ally out of this fantastically terrible idea, and give it a shot!

>Use the time artifact if needed!
I, uh... I already used that this cycle. After the night with the goblin queen, I trained for the rest of the cycle in the safe confines of Zirkala's place, then used the time artifact to go back time to go do the actually dangerous stuff because it seemed like the natural thing to do at the time?

>Use your tail to catch the backpack
It is out of hand's reach, so yes, my tail is definitely not a clumsily controlled appendage that most certainly won't -

whap

-knock another potion out of the backpack!

2/3 Story Seeker 2012/12/12(Wed)08:35 No. 478103 ID: c4e5c2
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Augh it spilled all over me!

3/3 Story Seeker 2012/12/12(Wed)08:35 No. 478104 ID: c4e5c2
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... the good news is that the bra makes for a fine parachute apparently somehow! I... I'll not complain, although I am already passing the door I need to go in to get out the back way, and the double doors open up to see a few naga coming in to see what the commotion is about. They have the visage of people who are not sure what they are supposed to look at.

And my archbrachute is carrying me past both, towards a featureless wall!

Has it been long enough for that blink ring to recharge?

>>478104
Well shit, nevermind then! I guess there might be some sort of air enchantment or some nonsense on there, couldn't hurt to get it looked at once youget it to our lichy friend!
However, that still gives us two problems: That potion is now all over your clothes, so it might be a good idea to try and wash them before returning them to your gobliny friend.
Second... well, from the looks of things there are too many to edge past without physical contact revealing your existence to the whole colony.
I suggest creating a distraction somehow, perhaps using your recent display of mild flame control to start up some mild ARSON somewhere!

>>461983
and by recent display, I mean your little spark from about a cycle ago.

You know, I mentioned this before with the gobo-queen, but there really should be a bardic spell specifically designed for fleeing from a bedroom. Would have come in handy.

>already used the time artifact for training
Whoops. That was careless of us.

Any idea what potion it was that spilled on you?

Can those naga see you? (Or the bra, or the potion you're soaked in?) Because from our angle, it looks like they're looking right at you...

>arson distraction
Might work. If the nagas don't know what they should be looking at, give them something to look at that isn't you.

>>478105
That could work, if you blink over and down to the exit you need.

If you can't blink, try to brace / absorb your impact with the wall using your legs. It's what you would do if you were going to hit the floor, anyways.

>>478112
Actually, putting the entire force of a fall fro mthat height into your legs is a BAAAAAAD idea.
If you can, try to run or roll out of your descent.
If you have anything resembling a knife on you, try to use it to shred down a tapestry prince of persia style.
If nothing else it'd be REALLY DAMN COOL.

1/3 Story Seeker 2012/12/12(Wed)12:06 No. 478163 ID: c4e5c2
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>Blink
Ah, yes, that should be available before I hit the wall! And I cannot tell whether or not the see me, or simply a bra that is immune to my invisibilty branching out to held items. Perhaps mine did fizzle out, as some of them appear to be looking less at me and more up my skirt.

>Use mild ARSON
Unfortunately, that was just a burst of mana! Completely harmless, and cannot be used to ignite fires!

>You need Bardic Spell: Escape Bedroom
I will put this at top priority!

I use my blink amulet again towards the door, sweet, sweet escape within arms reach!

2/3 Story Seeker 2012/12/12(Wed)12:06 No. 478164 ID: c4e5c2
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.... the Blink amulet preserved my momentum away from the door! Nonetheless, I will make a fine landing still, and bolt for my escape.

I can't help but notice that the other nagas look to my floatation bra, then back up to their archmage.

3/3 Story Seeker 2012/12/12(Wed)12:07 No. 478165 ID: c4e5c2
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>..... "They're not THAT big, you idiots! Get him!"

...time to run for it, I think. Put all that Ralex training to use, because your live depends on it.

Do we have bardic special effect magic, perhaps? Could we light up the room with something flashy in order to cover our escape?

Time for a mad dash to the exit. Remember if things get too bad... you're still invisible, and it isn't the end of the world if you ditch the bra to make a clean get away this time around. Practice has been acquired, as intended.

>>478166
Our magical ability still amounts to essentially nothing, stop worrying about it.

I think the bra is only working as a parachute because you spilled the Levitation potion all over you.

If the backpack landed nearby you can snag it, otherwise just bolt straight for the door, after getting the bra secured again.

We can try levitating to see if it was the potion, but I have another theory as to why the bra-parachute worked. I think that for both appearances and avoidance of chronic back pain, the naga queen has enchanted her bra to make things weigh less.
If this theory is true, than combined with our potion of speed we should be able to jump around like a flea.

1/2 Story Seeker 2012/12/13(Thu)07:23 No. 478439 ID: c4e5c2
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> I think that for both appearances and avoidance of chronic back pain, the naga queen has enchanted her bra to make things weigh less.
A fantastic theory!

However, the truth is much more boring. I simply forgot that I had a levitation potion on me, and that is what spilled on me!

I snag my backpack and run through the door where the archmage's sister sleeps like a rock even through the chaos! As I continue on, the speed potion doesn't fail, and I make one last blink to get past the two naga guards.

And now it is time for my victory trip to deliver this to the goblin queen!

>Animated

2/2 Story Seeker 2012/12/13(Thu)07:24 No. 478440 ID: c4e5c2
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After a moment is spent trying to learn how to land with this whole levitation business, I hold it out to her.

"Miss goblin queen! I have brought you the archmage bra!"
>".... yeah, okay, impressive. Alright, my name is Ka'xi. You're in good with me, kobold, now don't go telling anyone my name, otherwise it won't be a special thing anymore."

I think this nets us a new ally. Knowing her name and (and other very intimate details about her), means that we don't need to worry on future cycles. Furthermore, I think with this surplus of magic junk we could probably just make a potion that will fix us anyway, if we wanted that.

Also, a hilarious ribald story to add to our collection.

>>478440
cool do we get to keep it? Or can we just keep it for x amount of days until the next loop starts?

A gentleman never tells!

Alright, we did our task for her (acquire the naga bra) in return for her getting us the naga bra. What do we have left to do this cycle? We might want to hang around in Zirkala's place so we aren't hunted down and killed by vengeful nagas.

Next loop, we can work on streamlining that theft. See if we can get the bra and not be caught in the act. Or we can try going for the flowers and wooing the naga mage instead. Although we'll need something to keep her normal suitor occupied, to keep him from interfering.

 

the missing soundtrack to >>478439

>>478439
Anyone else hearing the BRODYQUEST theme while watching that? If only it were a bit longer it would fit perfectly.

Next loop we'll know to wait until their getting heavy into it before making the grab which should leave them distracted enough to keep us from being spotted, though if we asked the tailor which merchant was selling the flowers earlier we could buy them before the naga suitor does which could keep him out of it, the problem with doing that is she'd notice if we seduced her and then ran off with her bra so the getaway may be less clean that way.

>>478455
Ok so I wasn't the only one.

Story Seeker 2012/12/13(Thu)10:21 No. 478472 ID: c4e5c2
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"A gentleman never tells! Well then, I will not keep you, mi'lady, but I will visit you again!"
>"Don't make it too long."
"Earlier than you know!" I am certain that there is a better time related double message I could have given, but I suppose it is a loss on my part. "And thank you for the clothes, but I will be returning them, now!"
>"You looked so good in them, too. Oh well, I'll give you your other clothes back.

Since I am able to keep the bra this cycle, I suppose that I may be able to test a naga bra and queen's hair potion on its own, but otherwise I will train once again as usual for this cycle.

I'm worried that might break the cycle though, these are the best two items in the caverns to combine, or are very likely to be at least. This means that if this DOESN'T break the cycle, you might have to leave the caves!

>I suppose that I may be able to test a naga bra and queen's hair potion on its own

Test them. It would be surprising if they were powerful enough alone to completely break the time loopamajig

1/2 Story Seeker 2012/12/13(Thu)14:13 No. 478512 ID: c4e5c2
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Back to business as usual, training, telling usual stories and practicing my bardic magic!

On the fifth day, I make the potion, but approach Zirkala about if the strength may be too much!

>"I do not think the bra and queen's hair potion will break it alone, because the archmage did not bounce her spell and multiply the anti magic effects. I think once this test is finished, we will have a better idea of how much you need. Hopefully it is not too much."
"Hopefully?"
>"Bottom's up, Story Seeker."

Chapter 4 Split, will be continued Story Seeker 2012/12/13(Thu)14:14 No. 478513 ID: c4e5c2
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.... not even close! It most certainly would need the archmage to cast her missile spell with Tom reflecting it back and forth on me!

Hmm, If we can get the bra we could theoretically just have Muo or someone wear it and create the bounce multiplying effect without the naga, though on the other hand Tom is involved and he might find that too boring.

>>478617
Be tough to create the bounce magnifier without the naga mage throwing her spell in the first place though. This loop she's likely to be hunting for the thief, not attacking the slimes. Plus, she'll attack differently, since she expects us to be magic resistant.