Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)12:16 No. 599871 ID: a19cd5
File 141469657290.png - (5.66KB , 640x640 , faron.png )

"Through his rage at the impurity of the void, his spite gave rise to the universe, and from his acid-tongued beak flew the burning spittle that would become our stars."
"We draw power from these small drippings of his cosmic power, and are sent up into him to fuel his ever-burning fury."

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)12:16 No. 599872 ID: a19cd5
File 141469660254.gif - (61.08KB , 640x640 , snakecharmer.gif )

"With this token of Asoth's lifegiving rage, I sanctify this place of eternal rest, and unto the harsh light of deliverance deliver you."
"May Asoth's fury guide you in your trials to come."

>>599872
RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE

It's thriller night~ Come out and strike!

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)12:55 No. 599876 ID: a19cd5
File 141469890616.png - (4.67KB , 640x640 , not today.png )

>>599874
>>599875
No, tonight the dead rest undisturbed. Purified, and sent back to the flame.
I lower my sacred medallion, the purification is complete.

>>599876
Oh, alright. What're you doing here then? Who are you anyway?

>>599876
Purified? Why does it need purification?

Let's go charm us some snakes then.

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)13:27 No. 599883 ID: a19cd5
File 141470082409.png - (11.07KB , 1280x640 , leaving.png )

>Who are you?

My name is Misotus, and I am an apprentice priest of Asoth.

>what are you doing here?
I am sealing the dead here from the taint of the Void. A small warmup for my next destination, which is to be my final trial as a priest before I can attain full priesthood.
I feel honored that the voices of the blue light are reaching out to me already, but worried as well.

worried? Uhh...Does this mean that we voices of the blue light tend to be a harbinger of heroic deeds and tumultuous times approaching?

>I feel honored that the voices of the blue light are already reaching out to me already, but worried as well.
yeah, when we show things tend to go down. So what's your role in this trial to come and what would our role be? You know just to make sure we know what to do.

1/2 Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)14:33 No. 599895 ID: a19cd5
File 141470481356.gif - (28.14KB , 640x640 , leaving.gif )

>>599886
You are guides, but also harbingers of strife sent to guide us through dangerous situations.

I have been told by those with experience that you are the voices of Asoth's children, lighting our predestined paths through your words and knowledge, and that morality often matters little to you, only guiding those you are charged with to their spoken goals, or the goals that would be best for them.

I have also been informed of your strange patchwork knowledge of our world and perceptions of you, and will do my best to keep you informed.

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)14:37 No. 599896 ID: a19cd5
File 141470502091.png - (19.45KB , 1280x1280 , page3.png )

As for my Trial, I have been sent to purify one of the border towns possessed by the corrupting powers of the void.

I suppose it shouldn't really be much of a surprise you are here to guide me through this.

Regardless, here I am. I can see several of the creatures I am here to purify watching me from all angles.
Two large towers loom overhead, and several housing developments surround me.
There is also a tavern here.

Which would you recommend me to enter first?

>>599896
Check out the tavern, become badass drunkard priest and purify beasts while drinking.

I'd suggest finding the area with the fewest corrupted sprites in it and just work you're way up. This way you are less likely to be overwhelmed and we can see exactly what you can do.

>>599896
Secure the high ground! Go to the top of that bridge!

>>599901

this is reasonable. no need to charge into a dangerous situation before you fully understand it.

find a couple of chump spirits and exorcise those nerds.

>>599896
I'm guessing purification involves combat of some form? Give us the details.

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)15:44 No. 599910 ID: a19cd5
File 141470906189.gif - (84.33KB , 640x640 , lantern.gif )

>>599906
>>599901
Worry not. As long as I hold a fragment of his Blessed Flame, they cannot go near me. Only the most twisted of voidborn would be capable of dispelling my Flame for as long as I am holding this.

Dispatching the voidtouched individually would be foolish, however. This was a large settlement.
It would be far easier to try and locate the Void altar that facilitates these monstrosities' existences.

well you seem to have a better idea on how this works so I guess find some high ground and look for the alter unless you know where to find the alter then head there.

Tower's fine.

and what if there is an incredibly twisted voidborn here able to breach your barrier?

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)18:22 No. 599927 ID: a19cd5
File 141471854591.png - (5.06KB , 640x640 , voidborn tower left.png )

I head for the leftmost tower, as I can see from here that the right one's entrance is blocked off with rubble.
As you said, it will likely grant me a better vantage point for spotting the Void altar. It will almost certainly be filled to the brim with Voidtouched however, so I must be careful and keep a tight grip on my lantern.

>>599921
That is almost a given with an infestation this size. They are somewhat rare, however, and almost entirely nonviolent at that stage. They are only a hazard if you encounter one amidst the hordes of lesser voidtouched. There are even instances of them conversing with priests like myself, though almost all accounts state that listening to them is an unpleasant experience.

The tower looms before me, and in spite of my protection I feel a slight chill of trepidation. The majority of the voidborn retreat as I draw closer, only the braver ones hanging around to observe.

well if it makes you feel better we're by your side

>>599929
at least in the sense that your destruction would likely cut off our link.

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)19:17 No. 599938 ID: a19cd5
File 141472183131.png - (3.60KB , 640x640 , doorway.png )

To be perfectly honest, I'm not comforted by this knowledge.
Still, I push open the door.

It's very dark. It shouldn't BE this dark with the lantern on.

disconcerning...Can these voidtouched stack their powers to create effects like this normally or is this a sign that something bigger/more complicated than a simple void incursion is going on here?

>>599938
Move the lantern around, see if the shadows move. If they don't, then... they aren't shadows.

does the ritual to purify take time concentration or effort enough that it leaves you vulnerable? while you say it would easier to close the source, doing it here to clear away a large number of them would be useful.

if it's this dark does that mean your close to the alter?

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)19:56 No. 599949 ID: a19cd5
File 141472418142.gif - (43.77KB , 1280x640 , doorway2.gif )

>>599940
I wave the lantern around. The shadows don't move, but more alarmingly as my hand enters the dark it feels... tingly, for lack of a better description.
It's not an unbearable feeling, but unpleasant enough to discourage me from going further without good reason.

I've never encountered anything like this.

>>599946
No, Void altars tend to be very well-lit.
They attract destructive powers that only vanish when the altar itself does, and they almost always attempt to destroy them to end their own despicable existence.
They are only dangerous because they will also try to end the existence of others, and are almost all entirely unthinking, save for a few.

>>599942
The ritual takes ten minutes, sometimes more. It can only purify one thing at a time, however. I would not be able to clear more than one out at a time, and it would need to be trapped somehow to do so.
It would be near-impossible to bless a whole town from the grasp of Oblivion this way.

>>599949
I saw an eye in there. A BIG one. I think maybe you shouldn't go in there. Tavern, perhaps?

uh, there's a eye in the shadows, about as big as your torso, so if you're sure this isn't where you'll find the alter maybe you should look somewhere else.

it seems to be the body of one massive void creature

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)20:37 No. 599958 ID: a19cd5
File 141472665579.gif - (45.01KB , 640x640 , haha no.gif )

>>599952
>>599953
>>599954
I hastily vacate the premises.

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)20:38 No. 599959 ID: a19cd5
File 141472673370.png - (6.29KB , 640x640 , bar.png )

>Tavern

I head for the tavern next. I will have to deal with the thing in the tower entrance soon enough, but it will have to wait I suppose.

As I open the door, I am bathed in light. A welcome change from the dreary darkness I've encountered so far.

>>599959
Doesn't that make it likely the altar is in here? Be wary!

Wait, why aren't the windows lit? Are they dirty or something?

>>599958
did you trip? near the end there it looked like you rolled.

>>599959
so the light means that you found where the alter is housed or maybe someone who isn't a void being. Either require caution for different reasons so be careful and keep your guard up.

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)21:06 No. 599963 ID: a19cd5
File 141472836556.gif - (37.15KB , 640x640 , barinside.gif )

>Altar light?

No, altar light is different. It feels /wrong/, synthetic even. This feels warm, welcoming.

There is another of my kind here, apparently untouched by the horrors outside. They reek of alcohol and filth, as if they haven't bathed in several days.
They are also sleeping heavily.

Hmm... I see... another eye, but only briefly, like it's just watching you or something. There's a couple of spots that are glowing too but I don't see any significance to them.

At any rate, close the door and gently wake the stranger. Tell them why you're here and ask if they have any useful information on the situation here.

>>599963
well if you want to try and wake them go for it, but make sure you have a good grip on your lantern there. I keep seeing your little protective aura that thing gives up pop up and keep seeing flashes of something, can't make them out but there's something there. Plus if this whole town went to hell why is this guy (or girl) seemingly untouched? There's something going on here and I'd advise you keep your guard up, until this job is over assume you're always in danger.

Riotmode 2014/10/30(Thu)21:27 No. 599969 ID: a19cd5
File 141472965971.png - (905B , 64x64 , puaseded.png )

adventure paused

Riotmode 2014/11/01(Sat)00:05 No. 600060 ID: a19cd5
File 141482550998.png - (10.28KB , 1280x640 , bar2.png )

I keep my guard up, though I never intended to drop it in the first place.
It takes a bit of jostling but eventually I wake the portly fellow up. Eugh, he's covered in some sort of oil...

Bwugh? who're you? whuzza wan?

introduce yourself, ask what the hell happened here... and I guess who he is.

>>600060
Ask when was the last time he took a bath.

Riotmode 2014/11/01(Sat)01:33 No. 600064 ID: a19cd5
File 141483083028.png - (4.89KB , 640x640 , despair.png )

I introduce myself. He grunts noncommittally.

I ask who he is and what happened to this town.

He flinches, and slowly turns to face me. I have never seen anyone look half as miserable as the poor drunkard sitting before front of me.

Every time he talks the rancid stench of alcohol wafts my way, forcing me to hold my breath.

Wh'happend? yore askin' wh' HAPPENdD? A damned SLAUGHTER hapend, THAS WHAD!
Th' damnd preachr trickd th' whooooole town, tol' us the Beacon jus' held us back! I TOL' em! I said extinguishin' thbeacon would jus' bring ruin, but no! I saws'em do it! I saw em extinguish the beeegh-beacon. They wer' jus KIDS, they didn deserf tha'.


The strange man goes silent, looking away again to stare at the counter.

But don' matter now. nothin'll matter soon. least ov' all some drunkrd guard.

Tell him if he sobers up he might be able to help you purify this town. You need to know where the Void altar is.

>>600064
ask if there might be other survivors in the town, also if this place is safe cause if it is we can bring anyone we find here while we try and fix this. If he refuses to help tell him if he helps you stop this here he can help prevent this from spreading and harming others.

Riotmode 2014/11/01(Sat)01:53 No. 600067 ID: a19cd5
File 141483203785.png - (5.47KB , 640x640 , standup.png )

>>600065
s' too late. Too late ferr alla that.
I'm gon' purify m'self soon, join up wif his 'ternal light.
stay 'way frm th' altar. s'too dangrus fer a pretty lass like yerself.

The man stands up with a grunt. I retract slightly, unsure of what he intends. He's a lot taller than I originally thought.

>>600067
He is planning to burn himself alive! It's going to be difficult to keep him away from any flames given you are holding one and he is indoors, so keep him talking, ask him about the preacher, namely appearance and if he has seen him alive and not as a shadow thingy. If you can get him to not consider immediately killing himself see if you can find something to sober him up, bread and any non-fermented drink like milk or boiled water should do.

1/? Riotmode 2014/11/01(Sat)02:21 No. 600069 ID: a19cd5
File 141483369710.gif - (19.51KB , 640x640 , rummaging.gif )

The man stays where he is, rummaging through the front pocket of his coat.
He pulls out a matchbook and a box of cigarettes.

2/2 Riotmode 2014/11/01(Sat)02:51 No. 600070 ID: a19cd5
File 141483550114.gif - (72.65KB , 640x640 , strike a light.gif )

>>600068
The man strikes a match, lighting his cigarette.

Miss, I cansee 'at look. Y'no well's I do ths' th' only way 't cn go.
I fail'd m' duty. I failed m' town. I failed my fam'ly. Least I ken do 's go out hon'rably.
F'r fairness' sake though, I'm gon finish m'last smoke bef're I join the 'ternal light. Give y' that long to ask m' questions. Don' waste it tryn' ta talk m'outta it.

ask if lighting the beacon without clearing the altar would help.

ask if there is anywhere safe in town, encase you find someone else who's still alive so we don't have to babysit them while we're trying to fix everything. That and where can we find the alter, we got a duty to do as well. And the last thing I can think of is to ask who was it that came to town and tricked everyone into defiling the altar? You know incase we run into him so we know before he stabs us in the back.

I guess ask what that preacher looked like, as well as perhaps how long did it take for him to trick the town. (If it took him like only 1 or 3 sessions or so he might have hypnotic powers of some sort.)
Another question, this one for you, is are there other religions then Asoth, or would this preacher pretty much have to be a voidborn in disguise or something like that?

>>600070
No, the least he can do is help the only person that can cleanse this place. Redeem himself. He's choosing the coward's way out.

Ask who this preacher who wanted to extinguish the beacon was. An outsider? Someone new? Or someone who changed?

1/4 riotmode 2014/11/01(Sat)21:27 No. 600132 ID: a19cd5
File 141490247303.gif - (15.54KB , 640x640 , smoke1.gif )

>>600073
The altar is the beacon, but extinguished. Relighting it is complex and in some situations highly dangerous.
>>600087
No, he's right to be doing this. One as entrenched in sorrow only has so long before they turn to the void themselves. The pyre will save him from this fate.

I start by asking him about safe areas like the bar.

Nod' much lef' bu' here and some places in th' towers an' residenshul areas.

2/4 riotmode 2014/11/01(Sat)21:29 No. 600133 ID: a19cd5
File 141490254161.gif - (15.40KB , 640x640 , smoke2.gif )

I nod solemnly, continuing my chain of questions by asking about survivors.
None. thur' all dead or void. saw 'em die, burned what I could.

3/4 riotmode 2014/11/01(Sat)21:31 No. 600134 ID: a19cd5
File 141490269044.gif - (15.02KB , 640x640 , smoke3.gif )

Finally, I ask about the priest.
He remains silent, finishing his cigarette.

4/4 riotmode 2014/11/01(Sat)21:36 No. 600135 ID: a19cd5
File 141490299681.png - (4.68KB , 640x640 , smokedone.png )

I wait patiently.
Finally he finishes, exhaling a torrent of smoke and stubbing his cigarette out on the counter.

Th' priest w'touched by th' void. Nobody bu' me saw it. Takes one t'know one, I guess. He's still 'round, bu' prolly no' wunna us no-more.

I'm feelin' ready now. Yer onna them holy girls, min' givin me a prayer 'afore I set out? Wanna make it right n' proper.

>>600135
Yes, but... he still didn't say where the altar was. That is important information.

>>600136
my thoughts exactly, don't see why you shouldn't grant him peace since it's kinda your job but we really do need to find that altar so you can actually do your job

>>600135
Pray for him. Do the rites. It's only right.

Thank you brave soldier, it's time for you to rest.
Let's do the rites for him-I don't see how the time we gain from leaving him to do it himself beats yet another voidtouched running around.

riotmode 2014/11/02(Sun)10:11 No. 600189 ID: a19cd5
File 141495186509.png - (4.13KB , 640x640 , prayer2.png )

>Altar
Right, right. 's on floor sev'nteen of the ri-most tower, the one withow th' statue of Asoth.

2/4 riotmode 2014/11/02(Sun)10:12 No. 600190 ID: a19cd5
File 141495197801.png - (8.47KB , 640x1280 , prayer.png )

I begin my prayer.

By the rage of asoth, I offer this body to you, that it may fuel your divine rage at the void.

3/4 riotmode 2014/11/02(Sun)10:18 No. 600193 ID: a19cd5
File 141495230853.gif - (36.66KB , 640x640 , prayer3.gif )

And through this offering, beseech you to welcome this offering's spirit into your divine flame, that it may become a part of you.

4/4 riotmode 2014/11/02(Sun)10:19 No. 600194 ID: a19cd5
File 141495235704.gif - (442.43KB , 1280x640 , burningmanfestival.gif )

May Asoth's fury guide you in the trials to come.

>>600194
He didn't even scream. I expected a lot more screaming. What's up with that?

It's time for us to try to find an entrance to the rightmost tower, then. Maybe you can move some of the rubble? Or climb up to a window?

...amen?

Nothing personal, but you guys have kind of a scary faith. Unflinching auto-immolation ain't something you see every day.

But, yeah, you have a target, now. Find that rightmost tower.

fury huh? not many faiths see fury as a good thing.

But nows not the time for questions of faith, the right tower, was that the one with the big eye void creature? Also how do you go about purifying the altar? Cause I'm half tempted to say just start a big fire and burn everything but I know that's not to practical.

Well, better find that alter, sister. How do you relight it?

also, what does Asoth look like?

riotmode 2014/11/05(Wed)18:24 No. 600514 ID: a19cd5
File 141524064643.png - (2.65KB , 640x640 , nope.png )

>Asoth
Asoth and his infinite fury is behind all of existence. Every star in the sky came from inside of him, breathed out in many a rant, each one with the goal of shouting life into all traces of the Vast Nothingness.

He's larger than comprehension would allow. Every celestial body in the sky and beyond is part of him or surrounds him. Our own solar system was borne of his spittle, and as such is separate from the main body until our death and subsequent pyre, when we are able to return to him once more to face judgment inside of him to see if we are worthy of rejoining the vast flame, or if we are too empty to fuel his everlasting flame.

>Rightmost tower
I revisit the right tower. Part of the building had collapsed, no doubt due to poor upkeep. I am unable to climb it, and it blocks the only entrance I can find, hence why I said I could not get in this way before.

>>600514
well if we can't get through the front door do you see any other ways to get in? If not then we're going to have to make and entrance in some way shape or form.

>>600514
There must be some way to get up there... perhaps you could snag a rope on the rubble up there? Do you have any way of fighting the thing in the left tower? I mean there could be something of use in there. If you're not confident you could defeat or avoid whatever's in the other tower, then let's see if we can scavenge something from the bar. Heck, a chair could work to give you a boost to a climbable part of the tower.

agitate the void creatures into rampaging so that the obstruction is dislodged

what is the material of the blockage? if mostly wood we could ignite it.

riotmode 2014/11/09(Sun)19:49 No. 601068 ID: a19cd5
File 141559139268.gif - (12.28KB , 640x640 , oh bby.gif )

>What is the blockage made of?
I rub my hand against the blockage. It feels like grit and concrete. From this, I deduce it is in fact several tons of concrete blocking my way in.
>Rope
All I have on me is my medallion and my lantern.

riotmode 2014/11/09(Sun)19:56 No. 601070 ID: a19cd5
File 141559176411.gif - (106.99KB , 640x640 , wat.gif )

>Use those corrupted by the void

...
There are several problems with this idea.

For starters, they are capable of rational thought, however limited. The danger comes from their lack of any desire towards discourse outside of their own and their violent hostility towards any foreign entities.

In addition, they are not prone to forming packs large enough to be of use.
Manipulating them in any way beyond Rekindling them would be difficult.

>>601070
Well, it's looking like you can't get to the altar at all. What can you do here without accessing the altar? You mentioned Rekindling, what is that?

Would the person who corrupted (Defiled? Darkened?) the altar need or want access to it? If so, there's likely another entrance besides the obvious one that's been blocked off, and you should search for it.

wasn't there a rope bridge between the two towers or something connecting the two towers? Because if so you might be able to gain access through the other tower. If we do that however then we have to figure a way to get pass the big eyed mother fucker.

If that's not going to happen the the only other useful advice I can offer is look around the town and hope to find something that will let you get into the tower or if you really luck out a secrete passage or some other kind of back door... like the sewers.

Could one conceivably sever the ropes of the bridge from the ground and then climb up the ropes into the tower with the blockade?

Riotmode 2014/11/16(Sun)20:00 No. 603085 ID: a19cd5
File 141619685979.gif - (19.66KB , 640x640 , hrm.gif )

>Rekindling
Rekindling is pretty straightforward: you set things alight to fill the Void, eradicating it's influence. As you can imagine, however, this is difficult to accomplish when all you have is a Lantern.

>Alternate access for the altar
Probably not. Aside from regular cleaning processes the Altars are mostly self-maintaining. Holy flames tend to never go out unless extinguished manually.

>Can you take a rope?
The rope bridges are several stories above me. The lowest one is maybe five stories up. I doubt I could reach one, and I honestly wouldn't take the rope if I could just cross it instead.

>Sewers
I'm not sure if that would work out well, methane tends to explode and I don't see why there would be anything more than pipes connecting them and the building.
If you really want to try, I can look around for a manhole cover.

>Eye creature
Probably an issue, yes. If I'm correct in my suspicions, though, it's likely to be one of those rarer Voidtouched mutations I mentioned before.
We can cross this bridge when we come to it.

No matter how I look at it, the left tower seems to be our only sure way to the altar.
Hm.

>>603085
Oh, I didn't know there were bridges up there between the towers.

Yeah, we gotta confront the eye thing. Is there anything around you can take as an improvised weapon maybe?

>Rekindling is pretty straightforward: you set things alight to fill the Void, eradicating it's influence.
could you make torches and spread them around town? I mean if all you have to do is just throw some light on the darkness maybe you could light up some torches and place them around town to try and drive out the void creatures, also feel free to light up fire places and any other light sources you find. While I don't think will drive the darkness out of the town entirely it maybe give you some more breathing room. Plus at this point maybe we should look around town for a bit, see if we can't find some more info on what happened her or maybe find some other way to get to the alter, possibly find other survivors as unlikely as that seems. I mean you're not on a time limit right? why rush into things when you can look around to find some more answers.

hmm... if we surround the tower with torches lit by holy flame, perhaps it will weaken the thing inside somewhat. a barrier of light cutting it off from the rest of the darkness in the area.

Why not call in for backup or go to the library or some higher learning place and research this problem further?

Riotmode 2014/11/21(Fri)12:37 No. 604173 ID: a19cd5
File 141660225245.png - (1.90KB , 320x320 , up8.png )

Perhaps I was a bit unclear: I'm saying I have to set them on fire. Just exposing them to the light wouldn't do it or they would have all melted in the sun by now.

>Calling for backup
I have no way of doing this, and it would invalidate my trial if I did.

I decide it's a tossup between two places:
the local library, or straight to the tower.

Choose One:
>Library
>Tower?

library, and turn a book into a pile of kindling. just throw a ball of fire at something and it would be more likely to catch.

>>604173
>library
might as well

Oh, the library is a place you can go? Then go there, at the very least there are books to burn.

Riotmode 2014/11/21(Fri)13:26 No. 604191 ID: a19cd5
File 141660517604.png - (5.09KB , 640x640 , library1.png )

I head for the library.
The voidtouched still seem reluctant to approach me, which I am grateful for. There's no telling how long that will last, however.
___________

After a few minutes of searching around, I finally find the library.
There is a bright light coming from inside.
I pause for but a moment, then walk inside, my eyes slowly adjusting to the light.

Riotmode 2014/11/21(Fri)13:26 No. 604192 ID: a19cd5
File 141660519219.png - (2.36KB , 640x320 , library2.png )

OH WOW THAT IS BRIGHT

Riotmode 2014/11/21(Fri)13:27 No. 604193 ID: a19cd5
File 141660527689.png - (2.04KB , 640x320 , library 4.png )

After fumbling with the off switch for a few minutes, my vision clears up a bit.
I look around and immediately notice a man with a missing face resting against the wall.
Oh dear.

>>604193
...perform his last rites?

must have ran in here to try and avoid the void creatures. He's dead right? I mean when you say messing a face he mean part of his head is gone right? cause if not god damn this is going to suck to try and fix.

Riotmode 2014/11/21(Fri)20:28 No. 604279 ID: a19cd5
File 141663051125.png - (6.04KB , 640x640 , splat.png )

I inspect the body closer. It appears that whoever this was, they were a peacekeeper. That, or they stole a peacekeeper's fold.

There is a very large and gruesome hole in his head where his face should be, he is otherwise intact.

>>604194
I say a quick prayer for him. May his spirit burn bright.

>>604279
Anything in his pockets? If not, time to start looking around the library then. Maybe see if there's anything flammable. Oh hang on that reminds me... we could get some booze from the bar to make a firebomb. Did the man who burned himself happen to leave behind his matchbook?

so he have anything useful on him?

>>604279
Immolate the body?

Look for helpful books before something bad happens. :/

combo idea. soak the body in booze and light it up and throw it into the building at the giant monster thing. being set on fire and used against the darkness would be like, even better then rotting in the ground.

1/4 Riotmode 2014/12/04(Thu)18:35 No. 608815 ID: a19cd5
File 141774692268.png - (5.98KB , 640x640 , update.png )

>Check body
All I find is a crumpled page from a book on aviation technology and a receipt listing the book it's likely from as overdue.
There is no sign of whatever made that hole in his head.


(It looks as if something just tore through him, this tearing wouldn't happen with any kind of firearm and if it were a holy weapon it would have cauterized the wound... Troubling.)


I am hesitant to check any deeper than his pockets, as the void could corrupt this vessel at any time and become a danger.

>Burn body
I didn't take any alcohol with me from the bar, and it is an hour of travel away.
I do, however, prepare my lantern and make a personal note to pick up some for weaponizing later.
I must be quick about this, as long as the Decimation Spark is active the Warding Light will be disabled and the voidtouched will be fully aware of where I am without having to rely on sight.

2/4 Riotmode 2014/12/04(Thu)18:35 No. 608816 ID: a19cd5
File 141774692460.png - (4.50KB , 640x640 , update2.png )

The Decimation Spark starts building up, slowly gravitating towards the gruesome corpse laying before me, as if being sucked into the gaping cavity bored through its head.

Riotmode 2014/12/04(Thu)18:35 No. 608817 ID: a19cd5
File 141774692666.png - (4.95KB , 640x640 , update3.png )

After several quite suspenseful moments, it erupts, bathing the body in violent and almost blinding shower of blue fire, decimating it from existence.

Riotmode 2014/12/04(Thu)18:45 No. 608829 ID: a19cd5
File 141774751862.png - (4.87KB , 640x640 , splatted.png )

When my vision finally clears, nothing is left save for a burned-in imprint of the ash set into the wall.

I quickly switch back over to the Warding Light , but I must move on fast or risk dealing with whatever noticed me while it was extinguished

>>608829
Move deeper into the library!

investigate the bright light

head up stairs? is there more then one level to this place?

Riotmode 2014/12/19(Fri)04:51 No. 613152 ID: a19cd5
File 141899350193.png - (4.94KB , 640x640 , updort.png )

>>608831
>>612322
With the looming threat of attack and seeing no alternative, I swiftly make my way deeper into the library.

I pass by innumerable shelves of musty, decaying tomes, the rot of the surrounding swamplands having long ago seeped into the very roots of this hallowed place of knowledge.

Suffice to say, if it weren't for all the horrible things shambling about I'd be having a very stern talk with whomever was in charge of this place.

It occurs to me I don't recall my reason for going here.

Is there anything in particular I should try to find while I'm here?

wanted to gather burnables. light a book on fire with sacred flame and throw it at enemies.

think we're mostly just exploring, seeing if we can't find a way past that one scary SoB or any other survivors. Think we started with the library since it's a place of learning and we're trying to learn the cities layout.

I think we came here just to put off having to deal with the massive void creature in the tower

do you think your Decimation spark will be effective against it?

Riotmode 2015/01/05(Mon)23:17 No. 618459 ID: a19cd5
File 142052865716.png - (6.33KB , 640x640 , book.png )

>>613153
I gather a book to carry with me. It takes a while to find one that's not rotting to mush. It's a smaller tome on "Theoretical Geology." Blegh.
>>613176
I'm still not certain what I saw in there. It was big, though. Possibly one of the further-mutated Voidtouched?

>>613210
The decimation spark would do well against whatever it might be, if not for it's incredible lack of speed. It takes a long while to charge, and even longer for the resultant swarm energy to get anywhere.

And the entire time I use it I am vulnerable.

It's only ever been useful for body disposal and unblocking pathways. Also garbage disposal, but if the temple ever found out I was using holy relics to clean my home I'd probably be disbarred.

>>618459
So, we either need to find a way to kill the thing without using the spark, or find a way to do so without being swarmed. What else can you do with the lantern?

It's also possible you could go back there again and see if you can just sortof... walk past it.

let's leave with the book. when we get back to the tower open it up, rip out some pages and make paper balls. light them on holy fire and throw them into the room. offensive defense.

Riotmode 2015/02/15(Sun)19:51 No. 625244 ID: a19cd5
File 142405867368.png - (6.01KB , 640x640 , updota.png )

>>618487
I take the book, stowing it in my clothing for when it is needed.
Pressing on through winding corridors of bookcases and poor civic planning, I finally find a map and find my way to an exit.
There is a small problem with it, however.

Riotmode 2015/02/15(Sun)19:53 No. 625245 ID: a19cd5
File 142405878416.png - (3.47KB , 640x640 , updota2.png )

Once again, the light of my lantern isn't piercing the veil of the dark, and whatever I sensed earlier is starting to encroach as well.
Should I brave the darkness, or face the entity following me?

The darkness isn't going anywhere. You should make sure you don't get pinned, and face the follower.

see who's been following you to make sure they're not going to stab you in the back or something. Also would you say the darkness is growing or is it just sorta tracking you?

Riotmode 2015/02/16(Mon)01:17 No. 625270 ID: a19cd5
File 142407823617.png - (6.35KB , 640x640 , updota3.png )

I turn around.

well with the walls at it's side you could probably be able to shoot it with Decimation Spark but I don't know how quick it is. I mean if it's slow then yeah shoot the hell out of it but if you think it will reach you before you could get the shot off we're going to need more options. This thing can't hurt you with warding light on right?

It's the fucking thing from the tower. Throw rocks at it.

...When all you have is a latern...
If you set fire to the book, could you do something with it and maintain the Warding Light?
Would lighting the books in here, decomposed as they might be, be sufficent to rekindle the Void being?
And lastly...If that Void-being sees you, can other void creatures know where you are from it?

fire it up. cover everything in holy fire should help a lot.

Riotmode 2015/02/20(Fri)22:43 No. 625965 ID: a19cd5
File 142450102471.gif - (76.97KB , 640x640 , attack1.gif )

>>625273
>>625276
>>625284
>>625560
I prepare myself for a fight, readying the musty tome and my Lantern.

Riotmode 2015/02/20(Fri)22:43 No. 625966 ID: a19cd5
File 142450102747.png - (19.58KB , 1280x1280 , attack2.png )

Setting the book alight, I throw it as hard as I am able into the hastily-encroaching mass of pitch.

Riotmode 2015/02/20(Fri)22:43 No. 625967 ID: a19cd5
File 142450103187.png - (16.18KB , 1280x1280 , attack3.png )

It is consumed.

Uh okay I'm gonna hazard a guess and say that your spark won't be ready by the time it reaches you. Therefore, you're gonna have to try your luck with the solid? darkness.

Riotmode 2015/02/23(Mon)20:14 No. 626350 ID: a19cd5
File 142475128596.gif - (25.12KB , 640x640 , surprise.gif )

Oh fuck, fuck fuck fuck fuck.
You know it really doesn't have to be this hard.
FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK

Riotmode 2015/02/23(Mon)20:19 No. 626352 ID: a19cd5
File 142475157710.gif - (99.35KB , 640x640 , surprise 1.gif )

Asoth please, guide me! Let your beacon shine bright through the darkness
Please. There's no need for such uncouth tongue.
FUCK THAT, FUCK YOU.
Rude.

>You know it really doesn't have to be this hard.
FUCK THAT
Decimation Spark is worthless at this range so I say make sure your warding light is up and just swing the lantern right into his fucking dick. That or the eye, whatever one you think you're more likely to hit. I mean unless you have some weapon on you that you haven't told us about yet or think you could hit harder with your tail or something I think that's your best bet as I'm not to sure we can run from this dick bag.

>>626352
Well you're not dead yet.

How is this thing TALKING to you? I thought all the darkness-things were mindless. Maybe you can find out what it wants, considering you're not dead?

Swing that shit at it while backing up. If you miss, that's fine, because while swinging at it ask it what it wants. The spirits bound to the Alters hate them just as much as you do, right? Maybe this is the guy, and it can show is where the alter is so we can smash it.

>>627355
You're still not dead. Ask what it wants. Also, what/who it is.

>>627355
the only thing I know of that removes darkness is light. No idea how to make more light though unless you can crank you lantern up even brighter. Other then that... run? I mean we're raptly running out of things to actually try so if you do run... see if you can't make it back to the tavern where that one guy burned himself to death. it still had the lights on.

Riotmode 2015/03/02(Mon)00:40 No. 627363 ID: a19cd5
File 142528563545.gif - (35.21KB , 640x640 , Aggrieve.gif )

(reuploaded due to text errors)
I flail wildly at the only place I can see, to little avail.
My, you're quite violent, aren't you?
It's voice is choppy and unnatural, loud and silent at once, like a swarm of angry moths fluttering and bashing themselves about inside my skull. It's like my head's falling asleep, and it is VERY UNPLEASANT.
And dramatic, too, I see.
Oh dear asoth help me it reads minds.

wait... calm down, it surrounds you but you are not hurt. get up, keep moving.

You're surrounded by shadow, but he's made no moves to hurt you. Get up, dust yourself off, and keep moving toward the shrine.

... And for plot sake, continue keeping conversation up with him. He's right, you're being very rude, and that's not helping you when he's not harming you. So lighten up, buttercup.

1/3 Riotmode 2015/04/14(Tue)01:03 No. 634355 ID: a19cd5
File 142899858887.gif - (43.66KB , 640x640 , snekcharm.gif )

>>627388
I'M TRYING! But-but I can't shut it off! I can't CENTER myself! It's like my skin is on fire, it BURNS SO BAD!

Ahaha, wow. Telling someone under my thrall to calm down, it's like you aren't even AWARE of what I am! What, did your Opa not tell you about the Shades?
Sentient blobs of darkened nothingness, waiting to just...

2/3 Riotmode 2015/04/14(Tue)01:03 No. 634356 ID: a19cd5
File 142899859203.gif - (10.54KB , 640x640 , chomp.gif )

Eat you up?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIEGH!!!

3/3 Riotmode 2015/04/14(Tue)01:03 No. 634357 ID: a19cd5
File 142899859640.gif - (24.78KB , 640x640 , blink.gif )

Of course, that would be far too swift for YOUR jaded imaginations, now, wouldn't it? Perhaps I'm something a bit more subtle. A darkness, creeping in at the edges, slowly consuming those who wander too deep.

But where would the fun be in that?

>>634357
Why not come along for the ride as she fumbles around in the dark, nearly defenseless against the things that lie in wait? We can entertain you, so cease your aggression.

get your lamp, it's still there. light the whole building on fire.

have to say, when this is all over, I'd suggest finding a new profession, because something that sends priest in training into something like this without backup, without information, and without teaching them how to even properly defend themselves honestly sounds like a crap venture to tag alone with.

For now though... You're still you, you're still alive, and you still need to light the shrine. If this was the same thing blocking your path earlier you're now free to travel up one of the towers to reach the shrine. As for a last resort... use fire? On everything around you, on yourself? Not recommending it but hey, the option is there.

Okay, if one void knows where you are they all do right?
So that means Decimating Spark-you're given away, so at least be ready to fight, as much as one can fight, with that thing...
You wouldn't be able to use it on that thing on your head without roasting yourself right?

>>634368
I have to second the sentiment, there. Someone did you a disservice sending you into this not forewarned and prepared.

...ask the thing to cease with the hypotheticals. Nevermind what it could be, or what we imagine. What does it want?

This update drawn by Apollo, and animated by me Riotmode 2015/04/21(Tue)18:20 No. 635725 ID: a19cd5
File 142966564070.gif - (136.53KB , 1280x1280 , apollo2.gif )

>>634358
Why would I want to? No, I can have all the fun I need right here.
>>634360
i can't move. where is my beacon?
I think your frend here could use some breathing room. How about I set that up?

Riotmode 2015/04/21(Tue)18:21 No. 635726 ID: a19cd5
File 142966567368.png - (31.83KB , 1280x1280 , apollo1.png )

Ah, much better. MUCH better. So, you wanted to talk? let's talk.
stop, please

>>635726
How can we convince you to let her go?

Riotmode 2015/05/19(Tue)01:52 No. 641438 ID: a19cd5
File 143202552903.gif - (246.19KB , 640x640 , NO.gif )

>>635748
help
where am I being taken
what is ha-

You can't. I will destroy her mind, then the Corrupted will eat her body.

And then, with time, I will destroy you.
You, whose unnatural existence spits against the unstoppable fate of all things.

I despise you.

if there is nothing you want other then destruction, then we must kill you first.
come at me bro.

[psi explosion]

I don't think you can.
You may have killed our charge. Which sucks. But I really, really doubt you can kill us. I'm not even sure you can kill her.
You're a lot of big talk and spooky eyeballs and dream pilars, but if you could actually do anything with any meaning, you wouldn't need that. You're overcompensating.
Now, if you'll excuse us,
>Misotus, WAKE UP
>RESIST

>I despise you.
why? what are we to you? hell just what are, who are you? You seem to harbor so much hate for us but we know next to nothing about you.

Do you have a name?

>I will destroy her mind
That's not very nice! And you wondered why she reacted badly to your presence.

>I despise you
But we're so personable!

...but sorry, you can't actually kill us. Worst you could do is block or interrupt our communication. Which is rude, and a little annoying, but non-fatal.

Okay so our charge is helpless and you're not listening to reason, which means... there must be something WE can do.

[invoke fire]

Resist! You must fight it! Don't let this thing win!

Riotmode 2015/06/10(Wed)02:14 No. 647547 ID: a19cd5
File 143392764397.gif - (60.35KB , 640x640 , eyepdate.gif )

>>641449
>>641440
>>641491
My my MY, so hostile! I hope you don' mind my Rebuttal.

>there is a ripple, and one of the voices falls silent.

Would that I could, I'd kill all of you, if it wouldn't draw the wretched bird's attentions to me.

>>641449
You want to know my purpose, voice? My drive? I desire silence, an end to the ceaseless thrumming cacaphony of existence itself, and you stand in the way of that.
The vibrating fibres of the universe upset me. Keep me awake. Consciousness is an unending agony unto itself even without all this NOISE.
So, to put it succintly:
I am a facet and arbiter of the end.
I wish you to die so that I myself may also die.
So please, kindly do.

So you wish to die then? Then why not walk into the flames, a short moment of pain and then the silence you so crave. Much quicker then waiting for the end as well.

>>647547
You didn't kill me.

ASOTH! WE REQUIRE YOUR RAGE! I FUCKING HATE THIS GUY!

so why do you resist the silent embrace of death?

I find it funny how rage seems to be in common with both sides.
Rage, at the void and it's constant attacks, at the victims it's taken, and at the inability to find peace in a world where the darkness can reach out and take you at any time...
Rage, at existance, at having to endure suffering constantly, at that blasted light that if only you could merely snuff it out-but you can't?
I think, both of you have quite a bit to be angry at, don't you agree?

If being awake gives you pain, and we're keeping you up, why not just... go away? Deep, deep underground, or simply far away, where life can't bother you. Why struggle against something infinitely vast which expands exponentially? You can't destroy life. Not all of it. It would be wiser and more energy efficient to just flee from its oncoming advance.
Or, of you're really so desperate for death, we would gladly kill you. We both get to walk away happy.

>there is a ripple, and one of the voices falls silent.
Because that's observeably one of us dying and discinct from communication being cut off. Or perception / UI hacking bluster.

Oh wait. No, all you've managed to be is annoying. And heck, even if you could prove you'd killed one of us, well, that's the advantage of being legion. It doesn't matter.

>I wish you to die so that I myself may also die.
>So please, kindly do.
I'm sorry, but our differences are irreconcilable. We won't be doing that.

The problem for you is that for any who fall many more shall rise up.

You face many, and you are nothing.

Riotmode 2015/06/24(Wed)00:59 No. 650422 ID: a19cd5
File 143513276407.gif - (242.71KB , 640x640 , nah.gif )

>>647553
Oh, fuck you. Fuuuuuck you.
I'll be watchiIIIIIIIEIEIEIIEIIIIEIAAAAAA-
[The Shade has been pushed away, for the time being. You have 3 Boons remaining.]

>>650422
Well that sucked. Hey lady, you alright? We gotta find that bridge.

Misotus, wake up, slither like you have never slithered before.

Riotmode 2015/06/24(Wed)01:16 No. 650427 ID: a19cd5
File 143513376568.gif - (94.02KB , 640x640 , thread end.gif )

[End of Thread 1.]