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535009 No. 535009 ID: f7d109

The Book of Worms: Intermission

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Discussion thread:
http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/73168.html
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No. 539369 ID: 07e3a8

The guard needs to continue to stall. Draw on the pretender's nature. They seek to justify their actions to the mortals. Have your pawn continue to react with anger and resentment at their usury and betrayal. What right do they have to choose their people pay this price?

This is to delay the pretenders from claiming the book as they explain, and to give the priest doubts about handing it over.

When he can stall no longer, he is to take the book by force.

Hopefully you and your reinforcements will arrive in time.
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No. 539513 ID: 5acad3
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539513

Guard Captain
"Meaningless? MEANINGLESS? What meaning can possibly be gleaned by raising a kingdom favored above all others, gifted with the vision and wisdom of the gods, only to reduce it to dust in an instant in an act of deceit?

Enki
When this world was seeded with life, there was much... discord.. over whether or not to endow its people with the spark of reason. Some claimed it better to make the people as unthinking tools, seeing no atrocity in the slaughter of mere slave-things. However, as aspect of thought, it fell to me to create their minds. It was decided that the people of this world would be given the ability to understand and reason. It was my hope that when the truth behind our motives was revealed, our actions as creators would be judged by our children.
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No. 539514 ID: 5acad3
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539514

Enki
Judged by our children, not by you, Un-speaker.

You grin through your minion's teeth.
Ha, yes, what right do I have to judge, I am not their "benevolent" creator. I did not create them to live short, crude, hopeless lives, destined to become sacrifices in a battle they do not know of, nor could possibly understand. No, I am a simple, primal creature. I do not need to justify my actions, and I will not judge you by what you have done, rather I will judge you by how you taste.
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No. 539515 ID: 5acad3
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539515

The high priest, stunned by his captain's words snaps out of his shock.

High Priest
>"What is this? Captain? What are you saying? GUARDS! To the central chamber! The captain has gone mad! Stop him!"
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No. 539516 ID: 5acad3
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539516

The balcony above the chamber instantly swarms with activity as a squad of bowmen take up their positions.
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No. 539518 ID: 07e3a8

This would be a great time for the reveal they waited too long- that you have already gotten here, and those guards are already yours. By opening fire on the pretender gods.

Assuming that's not the case, continue rushing to the scene. Your minion should grab the priest as a human shield- the archers will hesitate before killing one of their own.

And that gets him closer to the book.

Do not hesitate to kill the priest if necessary.
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No. 539527 ID: c23ab0

Well that escalated quickly.
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No. 539533 ID: 57a559

Shout that the enemy your gods have feared have possessed this husk. He is still alive, somewhere in there. He is no heretic, go ahead, ask your gods! Ask them! Ask what their enemy is capable of? Ask what's so horrific about them! You think as if this body speaks its own mind? No, it is suppressed.

Go ahead and kill your friend, isn't that right gods? That's precisely what they'd be doing. Killing a loyal soldier who's only crime was letting his guard down enough to get poisoned. And ask yourselves, how many have been poisoned already? You think this isn't the only one I've gotten ahold of? How many are under the control of the enemy? How many friends of yours are you willing to kill for these damned gods? They aren't dead, as I've said twice already! Only you can kill them. Who knows, if you act accordingly and give me the book, I will let you live your short lives unperturbed!

I know it seems dumb to reveal what you've been doing, but you'd probably cause enough discord to get the book. Guards would start turning on each other.
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No. 539536 ID: 3394ed

You have power over names, right? They told you Enki's name, exert your power over it.
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No. 539541 ID: 52e1ab

>>539536
Try for this.
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No. 539542 ID: 68ac42

maybe they're ours?
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No. 539565 ID: 87cfd7

If all else fails, we can always try an anti-word.
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No. 539724 ID: 5acad3
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539724

High Priest
>"Soldiers, your captain has lost his mind! He speaks of seeking to destroy the gods!"
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No. 539725 ID: 5acad3
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539725

>>539518
>>539542
>"You must cut him down!"
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No. 539726 ID: 5acad3
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539726

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No. 539727 ID: 5acad3
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539727

It is too late for you, pretenders, I have tasted your names...
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No. 539728 ID: 5acad3
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539728

...I know the shape of your fear.
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No. 539729 ID: 5acad3
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539729

"M̢o̶th͢e̷r ͡of ͏Dr̶ag̀oǹs "
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No. 539730 ID: 5acad3
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539730

"T̢i̷ama҉t "
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No. 539732 ID: 07e3a8

Oh. Hey. Cool.

So... our goals are to prevent the pretenders from claiming the book, having one of your minions get ahold of it himself, and killing the pretenders.
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No. 539734 ID: 1444c7

>>539730
Pretty thing. Don't forget in your rage that harming the gods is only of secondary concern. Getting back the book is where it's at.
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No. 539736 ID: 4a20fa

Have captain grab the book and leg it not that there's a giant worm to do the violent bit.
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No. 539740 ID: 5acad3
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539740

As the Titan Mother emerges, it shakes the temple to its foundation, sending the Book of Worms flying out of the High Priest's grasp.
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No. 539741 ID: 5acad3
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539741

The high priest pleads to his follower with his last breath.
>"Run...my... brother..."
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No. 539742 ID: 5acad3
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539742

The tiny Hierophant seizes the tome and flees into the temple's under-croft, dodging a volley of arrows from your minions.
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No. 539743 ID: 57a559

Yell "Thief, come back here."
Worth a shot, maybe he'll take that insult personally and give it up to its owner morally.

Where are you physically in all this? You were super fast getting those guards under your control. You should be able to catch up to him and brain pierce him.
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No. 539745 ID: 07e3a8

Have your minion pursue with all haste, while the archers and worm deal with the pretenders.

You, and any remaining minions approaching the central chamber, need to do your darndest to cut off the hippo priest as he flees.
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No. 539746 ID: 4a20fa

>>539742
Give chase!
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No. 539925 ID: 5acad3
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539925

Having watched the exchange from the shadows, you follow the terrified hippo downstairs.
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No. 539926 ID: 5acad3
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539926

Blending yourself into the background you approach the priest unseen and prepare to strike.
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No. 539927 ID: 5acad3
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539927

Upstairs Tiamat lunges at the deities using its toothed head like a titanic mace, plowing through stone as it writhes across the temple floor.
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No. 539928 ID: 5acad3
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539928

The Earth aspect, Ki, dodges aside and delivers a vicious slash deep into its massive bulk.
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No. 539930 ID: 5acad3
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539930

Your senses tell you to prepare for something and you retreat as a section of the tunnel collapses. Irritated, you backtrack and try to find another way around.
Just what the hell is going on up there?
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No. 539931 ID: 07e3a8

You must find that priest.

Direct any additional minions you have towards helping you cut him off on the other side of that rubble. Presumably they know the layout of this building- use that knowledge to your advantage.
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No. 539932 ID: 735f4f

This is what you get for trying to showboat instead of keeping your eye on the prize.
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No. 539977 ID: 9aa6d4

>>539930
it seems tiamat is not enough to take care of them. go help it, you can track the book later.
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No. 539990 ID: 4a20fa

>>539931
This.
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No. 539995 ID: 2aba6c

>>539977
this, use minions to find the hippo
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No. 540006 ID: 2d638b

we need the book, the rest is just a perk. GO FOR THE BOOK
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No. 540026 ID: 96c896

The book is the only important thing. The "gods" will die eventually when the Cacophony resurfaces anyway. Why bother killing them now?
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No. 540166 ID: 2accaa

But it would be oh so satisfying to see them die now, at your hands.
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No. 540183 ID: 5acad3
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540183

While you are backtracking, Enlil, lord of the storm, positions himself over your archers. He unleashes a crackling bolt of electricity and manages to catch three of them in the blast.

You have nine more positioned on the balconies surrounding the room, as well as a half a dozen spear men you managed to convert ready to be deployed.
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No. 540184 ID: 5acad3
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540184

You take control of the "Captain" minion and send him down into the undercroft in an attempt to cut off the fleeing priest. As he leaves, Tiamat manages to catch the goddess Ki in midair...
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No. 540186 ID: 5acad3
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540186

...but before the wyrm can deliver a killing blow, Enki attacks with a headbutt which staggers the titan.
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No. 540202 ID: 07e3a8

Send in the extra spearsman. They're to act as hounds for your wyrm-hunter. To distract and occupy it's prey, to separate them, and keep them from coming to each others' aid in time.

This strategy will cost you in spearmen and archers, but it is necessary to keep the pretenders occupied and/or kill them, to keep them from coming for the book.

You must find the book.
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No. 540203 ID: 96c896

>>540186
I don't suppose mundane weapons work at all against them do they? Regardless, send a few extra troops down with the "Captain" to make sure they can cover more ground. As for the "gods", you could just walk up there and throw around a bunch of anti-words to help Tiamat. Where did Tiamat come from exactly?
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No. 540213 ID: c23ab0

Tiamat didn't come from anywhere. The universe is a lie, and Tiamat is the truth. The truth is always there, no matter how covered in lies.
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No. 540214 ID: 4a20fa

>>540202
Yes, use the disposable pawns to keep the false gods busy.
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No. 540295 ID: 5eea01

>>540186
You got GOTE, son.
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No. 540306 ID: 5acad3
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540306

You decide to call in your remaining disciples, and the spearmen charge into the fray without fear or hesitation. You doubt mere mortal bodies could deal significant damage to what are essentially gods, but you hope to keep them at least distracted while you search.
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No. 540307 ID: 5acad3
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540307

The converted guards surround the deity Enki impaling him on their spears. His body bleeds an ice cold torrent of water from its wounds, which cascades over the marble floor. You remember reading something about Enki's nature as a giver of water as well as knowledge.
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No. 540308 ID: 5acad3
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540308

Downstairs, the guard captain manages to catch up to the short legged priest as he descends into a deep, hollow stairwell.

Captain
"Hey! Stop right there!"

Your words echo oddly, as if the whole chamber is resigned to resonate, possibly to help form the inter universal conduit that awoke the Cacophony.
He turns to look, and hesitates when he sees the captain, but continues running.
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No. 540313 ID: 96c896

Have the Captain catch up and gloat horribly when he gets the book back.
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No. 540350 ID: 4a20fa

>>540308
Have the captain catch up and just stab him. Dead people pull fewer escape tricks. And we still need to catch up ourselves.
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No. 540352 ID: 53f9d7

Throw the spear at that little butthead let's goo
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No. 540363 ID: 68ac42

I didn't know they had bad combovers in ancient Babylon.
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No. 540366 ID: 54fe7c

You know if merely touching the book allows the memory embedded in it to sink into a person's mind. Why hasn't that hippo gotten a acid trip yet?
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No. 540370 ID: 07e3a8

Your captain must be in better shape than the priest, he should be able to catch up.

The thing to be careful of is the priest dropping the book down the stairwell, especially if he's killed.

...and I don't know if that flood of water is going to be a problem, either.

>Why hasn't that hippo gotten a acid trip yet?
Maybe he isn't sensitive enough? Sensitivity could vary. And the fact he hasn't touched the inside might matter.
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No. 540441 ID: 5acad3
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540441

>>540352
Your soldier takes aim and hurls his spear at the tiny priest...
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No. 540442 ID: 5acad3
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540442

...who turns with a squeal as it hits him squarely in the shoulder, nearly stapling him to the wall.
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No. 540443 ID: 5acad3
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540443

Giving you the time to drop down behind him.
Your mind-voice seethes with an incandescent fury.
The Book. Give it to me. Now.
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No. 540444 ID: 5acad3
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540444

>>540370
RRRRRGGGHHH WHAT did you do THAT FOR?
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No. 540445 ID: 5acad3
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540445

YOU DO NOT DESERVE THIS MERCY. YOU ONLY DELAY THE INEVITABLE.
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No. 540446 ID: 5acad3
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540446

Upstairs, your remaining archers manage to keep Enlil distracted long enough for Tiamat to catch him in midair. The great wyrm rears triumphantly as it starts to chew its prey, seemingly unconcerned as Ki continues to slash at its body.
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No. 540447 ID: 96c896

>>540446
Uh, I think that lightning god is about to deliver a potent shock straight down the length of that very wet worm.
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No. 540448 ID: 07e3a8

>>540444
I warned you to watch out for that.

Follow. Quickly.
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No. 540452 ID: d2995c

>>540446
Slam the lightning god into the floor to ground his attack.
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No. 540455 ID: 4a20fa

>>540444
Dive after it. A few broken everythings are still better than losing the book.
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No. 540504 ID: 68ac42

also, dont you have wings?
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No. 540506 ID: c23ab0

>>540504

That would make things so much easier. No.
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No. 540528 ID: 96c896

Oh, in your haste, don't trip and fall down the stairs, possibly breaking your neck and forcing you to reconstitute in order to retrieve the book!
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No. 540533 ID: 5acad3
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540533

>>540447
As Tiamat greedily devours its catch, a surge of energy courses through the storm god, creating tendrils of electricity which search through the air for the path of least resistance.
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No. 540534 ID: 5acad3
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540534

They bury themselves in the creature's soaking flank and a thunderbolt hammers through the wyrm mother.
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No. 540535 ID: 5acad3
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540535

The great monster teeters, its carapace smoking and scorched from the blast.
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No. 540536 ID: 5acad3
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540536

But even as your champion staggers, you race towards your prize. She has fulfilled her purpose and delayed any pursuit, giving you the opening you needed. All that matters to you now is the Book.
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No. 540538 ID: 5acad3
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540538

Nothing can possibly stop you now.
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No. 540539 ID: 5acad3
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540539

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No. 540540 ID: 5acad3
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540540

No
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No. 540541 ID: 5acad3
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540541

No no no no no no
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No. 540542 ID: 5acad3
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540542

NOOOOOOOOOOO
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No. 540544 ID: 5acad3
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540544

F̛̰̝͙̎ͧ͋̅̉F̷̬̩̹̺̒Fͤ̅͋͌ͦ̏ͯ͏̫̹͖̮̝̠̕͠ͅF̡̲̩̺͌̐̓͗ͫ̂̉ͤF̓ͯ̓͗͐҉͓͍͓͜F̵̙̿̑F͍̊̄͑F̶̰͈͈̗̦̙̃͛̐̏͞
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No. 540545 ID: 5acad3
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540545

F̴̧ͦ̇̈ͯ́̕҉̴̱͚͔̪̰̯͕͙̳U̵̡̒̌̔̒͆ͭ͗͊ͭ͋̿̀ͯ̐͒ͥ̄ͯ͝͏҉̼̝̜̹͖Ṵ̡̡̧̤̖̲̩͙̪͓͈̱̞͕̯̺̏͗ͫ͌̈ͮ̌̑̎̽̓͡Uͯ͆͛̓̾̓ͤ͗̾ͧ͂̃͗̌̄ͥ
̵̧̛͍̖̞̲̯̹͈͚̼̜͔̮̀̔̀̕ͅÙ̽͒ͦͤ̋̏̈́̃̒̽͋̓ͪ͗҉̸̱̖̯̭͇̲̕͟Ṳ̸͔̩̺̩ͬ͐̿͐̀ͫ͑ͨ̀͞͡U̴̡̪̜͖̜̞͙̜̎̄̄͂̀͑͂̂͛͋̿ͣ

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No. 540546 ID: 5acad3
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540546

U̫̮̟̼͍̳̪͎̬͙̜̩͙͂̄͒̉̌̾̈́̽͆̐̒̀͜ͅṴ̧̡̭̹̪̓ͧ̃̈́̔̃̏̔̎͂ͥ̇̀͡͝U̴̢̙̼̻͓̘̮̅ͭͧ͒̒̔ͥ̑̃̒̑ͭ̈́̎ͦ̌͘͠͞C̡ͮͪ̂ͯ͐̿̃̃̽̐̍͑̎͒ͧ҉̟͇̣̗̯̺̗͇̯̳̱̳͝͝
̲̼̭̰Ç̤̙̙͈̪̲̝̘̙̗̗͌̓̐͌͊̂͛͗̊̕͝ͅ
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No. 540547 ID: 5acad3
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540547

Ç̵̾ͫ̋̂ͩ͆̏ͯ̇̌ͬ̾̈ͯ͗̽ͬͯ͜͜͏̠̮̭̜̮̳͈̼̳Ç̢̛̹͔̦̺̪̙̜͇̗̟̠̬ͧ͗̀ͣ̀ͯ͂͆̏̚͜͠C̴̨̗̫̹̭̳̗̯͚̭̏̀͌͋͟K͛̊ͭ̋͛̊́̓͋̍́̊͗̐ͦ͗̔
̨̢̛̛̟̱̳̲̒K̡ͥ͐ͤ̐̍̆ͧͥͭ́̈́̓̓ͥͤ͞҉̰̺̟͓͙̖̟̪̪̖̰̺K̶͓̞̠ͭ̏̓̈͑̅̂̅ͪ͑ͤͯ͊͂͗͂͞ͅK̷̨͊̀͂ͨͥ̅ͣ̌̀̆̈́ͩͮ̾̾͏̞̺͓̳̥̦̟̠͙͎̤̯̪̰͍̖̩͍͟K͌͂̍ͪͣ̕͡͞
̛̯̪̦̝̜͚͇̣̻̘̰̝̩̮̞̥̦̜̟Ḵ̡̛̲͍̼ͧ̒̂̿̒̈̓̊ͦͨ͂͊̔ͪͥ͐K̴̛͉̺͍̱̰̲̃̽̓ͪ͒͒ͯ͑̈́͌ͩ́̚͘͠K̢̪͔̟͔̱͎̻͉̲̯̜̜͓͛ͧͥ̓͑̀ͣ̉̍ͫ̅ͯ͑̚K̅̎ͪ͐͗ͩͫͭ̌ͮ̆̅̂
̂̾͋̆̄͗҉̷̙̯̻̯̥͓̱̝͕̦̪͔̫͓̘̦K̸̡͔̰̗͖ͨ͒͐͆̉ͣ̀͝K̢̝̘̩̤͓͚̄ͦ̍ͥ̀́̚͝K̸ͧͣ̓͛̆̈̊̑ͩͤͥ̈́ͯͤͥ҉̖̘̬͕͕̞͓͓̘͚̺̪̘̼̠̹̮͇̥̀͟K͐̎̎ͬ̉̍̋ͩ̋͛͐̈̐͊ͣ
̴̶̜̳̜̟͓͕̟̰̮̖̹͈̳̫͇̼͈͑

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No. 540548 ID: e7e6da

Tough luck my dear otherworldly being. Looks like the Book has slipped out of your grasp. Better hope it's not sentient and this is merely a stroke of bad luck. In any case, I suppose that various hijinks will ensure that you'll never get the Book for a long time. But in any case, if you find that it has fallen into the hands of some fox or canine guy constantly sleep deprived with a hole in his head. Try taking a more subtle approach.
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No. 540554 ID: 96c896

>>540547
Great, now the Book is... destroyed? What did you just DO?

I bet the gods totally got away, too. What a huge failure you are, Radula. A HUGE FAILURE.
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No. 540556 ID: 07e3a8

...whoops.

So... are you dead in this Universe now, or what? If not, get the fuck up already. You have a book to find.
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No. 540559 ID: a36601

Lessons learned: Never speak anyone's actual name (might want to come up with aliases), we could probably hide the book; especially if we do a twofold hiding spot (A puts book into one box and lays out 2 others next to it, B hides each box, noone knows exactly where the book is, or maybe have each person carry a possible book box), Rad can control himself and others at the same time, if the venom carries a message in its chemical structure then maybe we can reverse it, and finally, don't ever make Rad think he has lost outright.

Radula has heard Dr. Slate, Todd, and possibly Dale's name. He most likely does not know Jeff or Beth's name (since they were never stated while anyone he controlled was nearby)
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No. 540563 ID: c23ab0

Let's review.

1) Radula isn't dead. That's like saying blue is dead.
2) Swearing is bad.
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No. 540570 ID: b9d598

>>540563

3) Ki is a motherfucking champion at ruining evil plans with their own giant death wurm.
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No. 540608 ID: e7e6da

Disco is dead as well, do you dispute this?
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No. 540609 ID: d2995c

You know, it is starting to look plausible that we are the book in some way.

>>540608
Disco isn't dead. It lies dormant beneath the earth, waiting.
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No. 540610 ID: 5869f6

>>540609
What a twist that'd be, eh?
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No. 540643 ID: 2f4b71

Note to Radula: next time, waterproof (or worm-entrail-proof) the Book.

>>540610
No, The Twist is more rock-and-roll than disco.
I'll show myself out
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No. 540737 ID: 5acad3
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540737

A coarse wind rasps against your skin. It tastes of ash and sand.
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No. 540740 ID: 5acad3
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540740

You stand under a sky still darkened at midday; the sun choked by a dense black cloud. The temperature has dropped considerably in the last few days, most of which have been spent digging. When you aren't digging you are wandering, trying to find some familiar fragment of the temple. Anything to help you find where the book may have landed in the explosion.

You have never been away from the library for so long. Your vision of the future has been reduced to the mere blink of an eye; or would be if you could blink.

The Chorus, if any survived, have retreated back into hiding and are unlikely to act as overtly in the future. They gambled much on their plan and now the book is lost to them as well.

Your only consolation is that in this universe, the book cannot be destroyed, damaged or altered. It is not of this place and is like you; both a singular object yet infinite. Wherever it is, it lies safely amidst the destruction you have left and in the infinite course of causality it will be found again.
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No. 540741 ID: 5acad3
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540741

Your patience stretched and body exhausted, you decide it is time to leave this place. You step in a direction unseen, and slip back into the comfortable nightmare of the library.
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No. 540742 ID: 5acad3
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540742

Using its resources you can narrow down the list of possible timelines, and pinpoint where the book will resurface.
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No. 540743 ID: 5acad3
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540743

You could do that...

..but you want to talk to your guest first.

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No. 540751 ID: ef06be

Is that your drill-tool loving professor?
Doesn't make much sense to see him at this point in the library, though...
Although, I guess there's no linear timeline intersection with this small spacetime of order...
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