Ortise 2015/02/19(Thu)16:05 No. 625676 ID: 7413f4
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Grumble… fuck shit

Ah damn it, are you kidding me. Bout to start raining too I bet. Son of a bitch. Did I say “ass”? Well ass. I feel like grease and my head is killing me. I don’t know where any of my people are. I think I remember something about… disciplinary… something. Ugh.

what do

>>625676
Get revenge on head

Read the sealed envelope perhaps it is a clue to who you are or what you were doing.

Run inventory, then look around the area we find ourselves in.

Ortise 2015/02/19(Thu)19:15 No. 625699 ID: 7413f4
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(Sorry for the delay. Stuff happened.)

I pick up the envelope and open it up.

I know it was a sex cult and everything, but you can’t just go around having sex with anyone you want. My concubines were off limits, man, and you knew it. Well, anyway, I don’t hate you or anything, but I don’t want your ass around the compound anymore. I had you clothed and deposited south of Als Eyvor with your dinky little sword and a little food and water. Have fun getting killed out there.

Signed,

Hector Contos

P.S. fuck you

Oh yeah… I remember now. My boss’ girlfriend. I got kicked out for that?

Ortise 2015/02/19(Thu)19:15 No. 625700 ID: 7413f4
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Awesome.

Ortise 2015/02/19(Thu)19:16 No. 625701 ID: 7413f4
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Anyway, my life pretty much sucks now. Might as well kick some ass.

I have my clothes, my sword, and enough food and water in my pockets for a couple of days I’d say. I figure if I’m gonna get a proper slice of life, I’m gonna need to find myself a venue. I happen to know a little about the area from my work at the cul… the club. There are a couple of vacant plots in the realm.

Will I pick...

The tower? Looks like the thing crashed out of space or something.
The cathedral? Looks like it was a pretty building at one time. Was.
The floating island? Not afraid of heights or anything.

Venture forth to the cathedral.

>>625701
the tower
space towers are the best towers
unless you have to do giant robot jumping puzzles with load time bugs then FUCK THAT

Cathedral sounds like a winner.

What happened to your arm also?

Ortise 2015/02/19(Thu)21:03 No. 625721 ID: 7413f4
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My arm? It was cut off by my worthless fucking kiss-ass little brother Rufio! That’s another story, though. Doesn’t stop me from being one of the finest swordsmen in the realm. They don’t call my sabre Ol’ Freehand for nothing. I think I’ll head over to that cathedral and see if I can’t make it mine.

Ortise 2015/02/19(Thu)21:04 No. 625723 ID: 7413f4
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Ok, this place is more of a dump than I remember. I just kind of swung by here once while I was taking this girl to Als Eyvor. I wanted to go in, but I… er… she got creeped out. Everything Avigrade makes is just all around a creepy as shit white blob it seems like.

Ortise 2015/02/19(Thu)21:06 No. 625724 ID: 7413f4
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The sanctum is kind of clean, but it smells bad and there is just a thin layer of gunk on everything. There are three doors inside, not including the entrance, and the center aisle leads up to an unadorned altar. Looks like the kind of place that my brother would hang out at while kissing Avigrade's ass.

There is something in between two of the benches near the front that looks like it might be moving. Crying, or coughing maybe. Whatever it is is matte blue with thick hairs sticking out of its back - or at least what I assume is the back.

Touch it

Check to see if can understand you by yelling at it.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)00:16 No. 625739 ID: 7413f4
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> yell at it

“Hey!”

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)00:17 No. 625740 ID: 7413f4
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It looks up with a morbid splash of blood. A deep buzzing noise emanates from its face, echoing through the chamber. It looks a little unhappy, and possibly also hungry.

>>625740
Kill it.

Try negotiating with it first, and THEN eviscerate the oversized blood-junkie. If it's not capable of expressing self-awareness, you can chalk up your excessive violence to self-defense, as a means of protecting whoever the hell it was sitting on.

As in, paint the cathedral green. Make ART.

Looks like a simple monster, unless you know some way to tame such a creature for a guardian just slay it and be done. What are we here for anyway, are we planning to turn this place into our own sex cult or something else?

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)10:55 No. 625805 ID: 7413f4
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My own sex cult? Hm, I never really thought about that. Sure would be sweet, though. Well, actually… having been head of security for one for a couple of years, I know it’s a lot of work. I’ll have to think about that. I just kind of want to be my own boss for once. Get some land, get some followers - just like the titans did in the old days. Anyway, I gotta take care of this freak.

“Hey. I said hey. What are you killing in here? Knock it off, man.”

It sits up and glares. The weird insect thing doesn’t seem to be responding to me. It clicks and rattles, panning its head. I really don’t like the way that thing is looking at all my blood, and I don’t think it’s all about negotiation.

Prepare for combat and kill the bug.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)11:17 No. 625808 ID: 7413f4
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I draw Ol’ Freehand and give the bug a playful swat in the eye.

fwip

Looks like it doesn’t have the reflexes of your average housefly. It staggers forward, injured and half-blinded, and I poke it a few more times in the other eye until its brain is all mashed up and it quits moving. Well that was a dreadful looking thing.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)11:18 No. 625809 ID: 7413f4
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I take a quick mental note of the sanctum. It looks about like this. Now what?

Go through all the doors.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)11:42 No. 625817 ID: 7413f4
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Well, I can either pick a door, or search the room. I’ll have to think of-

“I’ve… never actually seen anyone beat one of those things before.”

“Wah!” I shout, startled. I turn around to swing at whomever is behind me, and my sword passes right through him.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you. You are very brave, my son,” he says.

'Twas just a specter. Talk to the spirit of the dead

Ask for their name, then ask why they haven't moved on.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)11:58 No. 625820 ID: 7413f4
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“What are you, a ghost? Why haven’t you… you know, moved on up?” I ask.

“A ghost? I suppose. My name’s Alvin,” he says, “Father Alvin. I don’t know why I haven’t ascended to the Death Realm. I don’t know how I died, or what happened to…”

“To what?”

“Er… well, This is a long story, I suppose. Don’t think less of me, please. When I was living, the cathedral was struck by a plague of man-eating weevils. You see, back then, they were not so big. They were, you know, bug-sized. Still, they swarmed our people if they came indoors. The Primordial Gods were angered, but we didn’t know why. The last thing I remember was preparing a goat for sacrifice.”

Must have been the goat...

Everyone knows your suppose to sacrifice lambs not goats. Any way ask him if there is anything dangerous or valuable that we should look out for.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)12:21 No. 625823 ID: 7413f4
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"The goat? Well, I'm no fighter, I suppose, but I highly doubt a young goat could have overpowered me. I am frustrated because I cannot pass through any of these closed doors, or alter anything here in the sanctum. My memory on what is behind the doors is beginning to fade, but I DO remember that the statue against the wall can be moved to reach the catacombs." He points to a statue of an old man against the wall near where the bug beast was.

Try to get more information out of the spectre. Ask if anything valuable was ever stored inside the cathedral

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)13:20 No. 625838 ID: 7413f4
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“Anything valuable? Er… yes, there are several things of tremendous value in here. WAIT… you’re not a grave robber are you?” says Father Alvin.

“No.”

“Oh, good! There are numerous things of value… uh, namely a font which can heal the sick and the wounded. I can’t quite remember where it is. It’s been a long time since I’ve been around the place. I should mention, also, er… I had a little bit of a relationship with one of the nuns here. Her name was Orlanda. See, I kept this secret because I am a celibate man, and I did not want the people, you know… blaming me for the plague. I never really did find out what became of her, but it sounded like the weevils got her, like most everyone else in the place. If you could find out more, I would be eternally grateful, my son. Literally eternal, I’m dead.”

“Well,” I say, “what’s in it for me, padre?”

“I suppose you can make use of this building. It’s old, and possibly unsafe, but it could be fixed up with a little manual labor. I may be able to travel with you through the building if you were to open the doors for me, but I’m afraid I won’t by much use in a fight in this form. I’ve studied the holy texts, which say that I cannot attain the power of the Death Realm until I resolve the issue that is trying me to this realm.”

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)13:23 No. 625840 ID: 7413f4
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Ok, thanks to the padre's hints, I've updated my mental map of the place. Looks like I've got four choices now.

a) Door to my left. It's a little more ornate than the others, and angled down some steps.
b) Moveable statue to the catacombs. It looks like a statue of Avigrade of Als Eyvor.
c) Door to the left of the altar - it's tall but not ornate. It has some greasy bug goo seeping from it.
d) Door to the right of the altar - it's like the other one, but without the goo.

Let's go to the catacombs, if we're looking for this nun I bet she would have fled down there.

Check on the victim, but if their corpse looks infected do NOT touch without a two-foot pole.

Ask Alvin where to find the font, so that you can stock up on healing potions.

The bench things are called pews.

Keep prying information. Would it be possible the font regenerates body parts? Or would you even care about that to begin with, not having a right arm for x amount of time

It might be obligatory to ask if it regenerates youth

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)14:03 No. 625855 ID: 7413f4
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I head over to check on the victim first. Oh shit, I didn’t need to see that. It’s just a kid. He’s still breathing, but it is hoarse. His legs are twitching, and his eyes won’t follow my hand. He has a pulse, but it’s only about 60 BPM. He won’t respond to me at all. He looks like he has lost a lot of blood, but there is very little spilled. The weevils must feed on it. Now would be a good time to ask about that font, I think.

“Father, what exactly does the font do?” I ask.

“It will heal wounds, and cure most diseases. Which ones it will not cure, we are sadly not sure, but people came from far and wide to use the font,” he said.

“Will it bring back my arm?”

“No,” Alvin replied almost instantly, as if he had been expecting the question. “Soldiers from the Eight Wars came to us looking to have limbs restored. It will only heal the wound where the limb used to be. It does that rather admirably, though, and that alone saved many lives. To this day I thank Lord Avigrade for blessing us with the font.”

“Can it regenerate youth? Where even is the thing?” I ask.

Whoops, forgot a bit of text.

“Youth? Haha, no, no! Of course not! Only a titan or a wizard could do something so miraculous,” said Alvin, “It’s but a droplet of Avigrade’s power. It’s… it’s around here somewhere. I’m sorry. I lived here for decades and I just can’t remember,”

Hey mind if i use this place as some kind of monument to heretic debauchery? Like blood orgies and peeing on religious icons and whatnot. A real old fashioned blasphemery. Or we can build a hotel on top of it. Do you happen to have a large furnace, padre?

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)14:51 No. 625862 ID: 7413f4
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Hey, even Hector’s place didn’t do blood orgies. That’s just barbaric.

I head into the catacombs next, and Alvin follows me in once the statue is moved. It smells mildew and dust, plus the unappealing, vinegar-like stench of the weevils. It is rather dark, but the newly open passage from the statue sheds a bit of light in. These ones look like they haven’t eaten in a while. There are two of them in here - what’s the battle plan?

They're looking right at each other so you probably won't be able to attack one without alerting the other. Sneak up on and attack the one on the ground that way you won't have to turn your back on the other like you would have to to attack the one on the wall. Try piercing its skull with the first strike so you only have to deal with one.

>>625862
.. does that mean you DID pee on religious icons?

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)17:42 No. 625879 ID: 7413f4
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>>625870

Uh... I dunno. These things have some big weird bug eyes, and I'm pretty sure they can see all around them. I bet they've seen me already. I can't really assume I have the element of surprise with these freaks.



>>625875

N-no...

Go for ground floor gary first. See if padre can possibly distract the other one. You're going to have to try to kill them as quickly as possible.

Too bad Alvin can't act as a decoy. Alright, just focus on attacking the one that has less mobility at the moment.

You may want to find some kind of attachable shield or hookblade augment so that your right arm isn't useless in battle.

Is there any chance you can lure them up to the secret opening so you can fight them one-on-one? Shouting got the last one's attention is there something you can throw at them to get them to come up to the door and stab them in the face?

Actually I'm going to change my suggestion to this.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)19:45 No. 625897 ID: 7413f4
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I already nearly finished all of this up before the new suggestions came in. Sorry about that - not trying to ignore you all! Don’t forget those new ideas for the future, though!

I send Father Alvin over there to distract them. Since Alvin has not been in this room, the weevils are not used to the sight of him, and one of them kind of freaks out a little bit. It works long enough for me to jab and kill the one that was on the wall!

Yeah get some you church-ass bug fuck

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)19:46 No. 625898 ID: 7413f4
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I turn around really fast, only to see the stupid shit right in my face already. It jabs its proboscis into my shoulder, and I jab Ol’ Freehand into its brain. Ass, that hurts, son of a bitch!

Oh well. I’ve taken worse on the job. I’ll be fine. Both weevils are dead now, but I give them both a couple more stabs just to make sure.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)19:46 No. 625899 ID: 7413f4
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“Th-that was such a THRILL! You were magnificent, my son! Oh, if only Orlanda could see me now,” says Alvin.

“Easy padre,” I say, “we’re just getting started.” I am the only living thing in the catacombs. Now what?

Check the box and blue area behind the far statue. We're looking for the fountain. I mean, I don't think it will be in the box, but we can't exactly just NOT open a box, can we?

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)20:29 No. 625909 ID: 7413f4
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The box contains a key and a book. The book is an old text called Fargo Berlios’ Conclusive Reference on the Fair and Just Administration of Provincial Capitals: Volume 57. I am falling asleep already. Wait… there’s some handwriting written over the text on the first few pages. It’s a little hard to make out.

After two weeks, I feel it is appropriate to record what has happened here. We are the clergy of the Great Blue Ronron cathedral, trapped in by a mysterious plague of carnivorous weevils. We have sealed ourselves in the catacombs, and in our haste, forgot to bring food. We brought a few liters of water from the Font of Avigrade, which will hydrate us and keep us in good health. Doesn’t help with starvation. Haven’t told Father Alvin about the thing. Preparing the goat for sacrifice to rid us of these hellish demon weevils.


It stops for a few pages, then continues.


Not talking about what happened in the catacombs. Went out to look in the sanctum. Weevils gone now. Made sacrifice in Sacrificial Altar. Weevils still here.


*flip flip flip flip flip*

wnore is gone. weevils still here? Phoenix plum behind Primordial Glory. Kill weevils with it. fuck this will write more. Can’t be seen writing in old book. No one goes in catacombs since, will hide book there

That’s the last of what is written. What the hell is a wnore? This is some creepy shit. I pocket the key, and head over to the tomb in the far corner.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)20:30 No. 625910 ID: 7413f4
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There is a weird door back here. It’s really, really, really, really locked. The key from the chest doesn’t work in the hole. This is like four inches of solid oak with an iron lock. Not about to open without the right key.

Nothing else down here? You could ask padre if he knows what any of it means. It might jog his memory if he wrote it or something. he said the last thing he remembered was sacrificing a goat.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)20:41 No. 625922 ID: 7413f4
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“Do you remember any of this shit, padre?” I say.

“I’m… I’m sorry, my son. It’s kind of like a dream. I vaguely remember being stuck in the catacombs. The goat was there. It was all rotten after a while.” he replies.

Well, that’s not really helpful at all. Looks like there is fuck nothing else behind the statue. The big, awesome sword it is holding is not even a real sword.

So there were no corpses or water or anything down here either... back upstairs and uh, the ornate door. That seems like where a fountain might be.

Welp, time to keep looking for stuff? An ornate door sounds more important than not ornate doors so let's check that one out before we stick our heads in uh bug juice door.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)21:13 No. 625931 ID: 7413f4
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Yeah, that looks like a door that something important would be behind.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)21:14 No. 625932 ID: 7413f4
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There really is not a whole lot in this room.

“LOOK OUT, my son!” Alvin cries, “A weevil!”

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)21:14 No. 625933 ID: 7413f4
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Swish. I don’t even care

“Oh, ok, looks like you’ve got it, I suppose,” he says. “I never got your name.”

“What’s it matter? You’re dead, padre,” I say.

“Well… I don’t know. Never mind, sorry.”

I kick the dead weevil over to the wall and look back at the ghost, “I’m Ortise. Know anything about this room?”

“Uh… not really. I remember it being a place where we spend a lot of time. There used to be a sofa there where there’s no dust. It was a green sofa with gold embroidery and glossy chestnut feet. There was a big tear in the back, that’s why it was against the wall.”

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)21:15 No. 625934 ID: 7413f4
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“How is it that you remember all that stuff, and none of the important stuff?” I ask, and Father Alvin shrugs. There doesn’t seem to be anything here except for a kind of faded painting and a melted candelabra on the wall. There’s one door leading out, not including the ornate one where we walked in.

Check behind the picture and even though it's probably not anything, move the candelabra around just to make sure it's not a secret door or something. I guess check through the new door after being a stereotypical adventurer.

Wonder aloud what happened to the couch anyway.

>>625909
wnore might just be whore in terrible handwriting. Wouldn't surprise me given the padre's own indiscretion.

Check behind the painting and pull the candelabra on the wall! Find the other secret passages or get very disappointed when nothing interesting happens and then blame it on Alvin.

attack candle in case of hearts or meat

Check behind the painting but first look at the painting itself.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)22:01 No. 625953 ID: 7413f4
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The candelabra is too high for me to reach, but I’m definitely going after this fuckin’ painting. The title, Primordial Glory, sounds awfully promising…

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)22:02 No. 625954 ID: 7413f4
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Aw yeah. Bingo bango. Not the first time I’m gotten lucky at a “glory” hole. Heh heh. Anyway, it’s a locked wall safe. I BET I know what will fit in this one.

Ortise 2015/02/20(Fri)22:04 No. 625957 ID: 7413f4
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I stick in the key that I found in the catacombs. Inside the safe is a long feather in a glass case with a note attached that reads ‘CAUTION: VOLATILE. EXPLODES VIOLENTLY WITH TRAUMA.’

:|

BTW that was the last update for tonight. Feel free to leave your suggestions for the next update session on SUNDAY NIGHT 2/22.

All of your participation has been great appreciated. Thanks, and I foresee funtimes ahead!

That feather is obviously a weapon of massive destruction and should be used with cation. Break the glass then hit the feather on the nearest wall to see what happens.

>>625972
Let's uh, not kill ourselves with the dangerous thing. Assuming padre knows nothing about it (ask, obvs) we should probably put it back in the safe until we find a use for it. We've been fighting so the last thing we want is for a stray hit to blow us up.

That must be our phoenix plume the question is how does it help kill the Weevil's. I mean I guess we could also just continue to kill the Weevils the old fashioned way and sell the plum for some nice seed money for whatever plans we make later.

>>625957
Physical trauma or emotional

Well ok that was their anti-weevil weapon. We uh, so far haven't seemed to need it so let's keep it as a back-up plan. Maybe while we go and check out (quietly) the bug-juice door. If there are enough weevils to warrant using it I bet it's behind there.

Ortise 2015/02/21(Sat)20:02 No. 626078 ID: 7413f4
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Surprise early update session! May not be as long as the Sunday one, but I’ll see how long I can go.

>>625972
I'm not nearly drunk enough to do something that stupid.

"Padre, you know anything about this?" I ask, carefully showing him the feather.

"Nnnn... no. I'm sorry," he replies, "it seems almost familiar, but I really cannot place it."

I commit this new information to my mental map. Where am I gonna go next? Bug slime door?

>>626078
Bug slime door.

Go for the bug slime door.

Obviously the exploding feather is only to be used as a last ditch emergency measure.

Slime bug door go.

yeah sure bug slime door I GUESS.

Ortise 2015/02/21(Sat)21:47 No. 626101 ID: 7413f4
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I head over to the slime-plastered door.

> last ditch escape

These bug shits are complete pushovers. I’m not about to need a bail-out when it comes to

…

Yes, ok. I think we need the feather for this. Can you just javelin toss it as hard as you can into there or will that not actually cause trauma do you think?

Throw the feather in there, spinning. Aim for the thing in the middle, and dive for cover.

Ortise 2015/02/21(Sat)22:09 No. 626105 ID: 7413f4
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> aiming
> spinning
> precision

NNNGGGYYYAAAAAH!

Ortise 2015/02/21(Sat)22:09 No. 626106 ID: 7413f4
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Fuck fuck fuck it’s gonna blow FUUUUUUUUUUU-

Ortise 2015/02/21(Sat)22:10 No. 626107 ID: 7413f4
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animated

...

PRAKK

Neat.
Do we still have most our limbs and did we get all of the bugs?

Was uh. Was that a good idea.

Are you still alive enough to consider if that was a good idea or not.

Are you ok? Are any Weevils still alive? Check your genitals for missing parts.

Get up! If any survived that and are coming your way, we want to us the door as a choke point so you can kill them one at a time and not get overwhelmed.

Ortise 2015/02/21(Sat)22:41 No. 626115 ID: 7413f4
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Bugs are dead. Room’s fucked up. Ash and slime shit. Everywhere. Padre’s talking. Can’t hear. Ears ringing.

MAWP

MAWP

“My son!” says Father Alvin, his voice fading in as the ringing subsides. “Are you ok? You don’t look like a ghost. You are bleeding a lot!”

Feck. Genitals ok. Arm ok. Piece of shrapnel. Lodged. In my left side. Kind of hurts.

I. Don't. Regret doing this. It was. Awesome.

You screwed up the diving for cover bit, but okay, that worked.

Anything left in the room, or are there any doors through it?

Ortise 2015/02/21(Sat)23:02 No. 626119 ID: 7413f4
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Bug room didn't have. Doors. Only one. Dead end.

"Are you sure you are alright, my son?" asks Alvin.

"Fine," I reply.

>>626119
Okay you really need to find that font. Try the plain door, it's closest right now.

Do your best to squash any remaining eggs. You don't have the facilities to herd a swarm and each egg that reaches maturity is a potential enemy who can kill you or your allies.

Afterwards, clear out the remaining rooms and find something to attach to your arm.

No ornate key anywhere, right? Yeah, we need to check the plain door. Also ask padre to check everywhere in the main room (like under the altar maybe?) for a key that might fit into the catacomb statue lock.

Ortise 2015/02/22(Sun)20:33 No. 626203 ID: 7413f4
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Sunday update session begins!

Doing my best to stomp. Really hurts. Not playing around. I huff through the pain and kick as many eggs as I can. “Gotta help me, Padre,” I say, looking down at the mess of blood. “Gotta remember. Where. The font is.”

He thinks hard, closing his dull, grey eyes. “I remember it’s… it’s not a decorated thing. The font, I mean. I suppose it just looks like a normal white font. It’s not fancy. We always, uh… we kept it sort of in with the supplies and the food.”

No sign. Of the. Statue key. Can’t think about that. Not right now. Plain door it is.

“Please tell me you are alright,” says Alvin, “Ortise?”

“Got arm… my arm cut off… with a sword,” I say, pulling open the plain door across the aisle from the slime-caked one, “this is nothing.”

Ortise 2015/02/22(Sun)20:33 No. 626204 ID: 7413f4
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The room is rubbish. You kidding me. The fugg is this. Shit. Is that a toilet.

Well he said the font looked plain, it is worth a shot if you don't want to just continue bleeding there.

>found the bathroom
Well, you could wash up a little bit. Clean the bug bits and blood off.

The diary says they brought font water with them into the catacombs, which implies the font isn't down there. So that leaves the other door by the painting to check.

Ortise 2015/02/22(Sun)20:59 No. 626210 ID: 7413f4
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> clean the wound

I wash out the wound in the weird bidet thing. Hope I’m not rubbing 500 year old pisswater in my injury. The water runs clear and cold, stinging my skin. Huh…

Ortise 2015/02/22(Sun)21:00 No. 626211 ID: 7413f4
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With a tinge of pain, the wound begins to sizzle, and closes, leaving a hairless patch of lightened skin in its place.

>>626211
You found the font. Get some of that water to the guy in the main room. It might not be too late.

...I hope you didn't seal the wound over the shrapnel.

>Ortise: Fill up those jugs. Tie them to your belt so you can carry them both at the same time.
>Padre: fly sideways n shit what even is right side up u a ghost man

Probably should've gotten the shrapnel out of the wound first

Now you have shit under your skin

Okay then!

Treat your injuries, then see about getting some water back to that poor sap in the pews, who hopefully isn't dead already.

Ortise 2015/02/22(Sun)21:56 No. 626221 ID: 7413f4
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Of course I removed the shrapnel. It was a small piece of plastered stone. I washed my face and hair, too. Fuck, I feel amazing now! As for the water jugs, I can’t carry both at once, my belt won’t support them either. I’m gonna have to roll them out to the sanctum one at a time.

“Hey Padre,” I say, “you like big jugs?”

Ortise 2015/02/22(Sun)21:57 No. 626222 ID: 7413f4
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“Yes, my son, of course! What better to hold large amounts of water?” he replies, flying sideways.

Ortise 2015/02/22(Sun)21:57 No. 626223 ID: 7413f4
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“No, I mean, you know… jugs.”

“Yes, I heard you correctly, my son!” he says, “I too am excited to help the troubled with this sacred Avi Water!”

Ortise 2015/02/22(Sun)21:57 No. 626224 ID: 7413f4
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I wheel a carboy of Avi Water out into the sanctum. The kid’s still there. Fuck, it’s hard to look at. Poor dumbass has been clinging to life for hours now. His chest is barely moving, and his pulse is even slower than before. He’s pale, and his fur is all brittle. Looks like he lost a lot of blood to that weevil. Well, he’s still alive, technically. Should I do this?

Well pour some water on his wound and then start pouring some in his mouth.

If you can find a cup would help. That or using your hands or wetting a rag and using that.

He might be in bad shape now but its worth a shot to try the water. Worst case it heals him but he will need time to recover and plenty of food to replace the blood lost.

Use a cup or your hands, don't just douse him with the jug.

Start by pouring water into his chest wound until it fills over, then start trying to get him to drink some. Hopefully that will heal the missing blood.

Ortise 2015/02/22(Sun)22:32 No. 626233 ID: 7413f4
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I pour some Avi Water onto the wounds, then carefully poor some into his mouth. I had to find a bowl to dump it into from the carboy, and spilled a lot in the process. I can’t exactly hold it while I pour it.

come on drink the water you dumb little shit

It sizzles over the wounds, healing them up instantly. He seems a little more willing to swallow some of the water once the wounds are healed, and looks to be in a great deal less pain. His pulse hasn’t picked up, and his breathing is still barely existent.

Well keep spooning him water for awhile. Hopefully if you get enough in his system it will help with the blood loss.

Try to get him to drink a water bottle or two worth of water. Then watch and wait to see if it helps. This might take awhile to have a visible affect.

The goal is to get him well enough to eat something. If we can do that he might recover. Course you will need to find food next.

Give him a few more handfuls of water. Best base, it heals back into blood. Worst case, at least you're getting some hydration into him, and he's badly dehydrated by that bug.

If he doesn't wake up after that, we may want to move him to a room, and close the door, so a wandering bug is less likely to come across him and finish him off.

Ortise 2015/02/22(Sun)23:19 No. 626240 ID: 7413f4
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I give him four or five bowls of water. I ask Padre if this stuff can restore blood. With a frown, he shakes his head in return. His heart is about forty BPM now. He still can’t see, and apparently can’t hear. His tongue is pale, almost completely white. Light as he is, I don’t think I can pick him up safely with one arm. I’ll have to leave him where he is.

Ortise 2015/02/22(Sun)23:20 No. 626241 ID: 7413f4
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I also update my mental map of the place now that I know where the font is.

Well, check the door by the painting, I suppose.

>>626240
He needs iron and shit to restore his blood, so lets try finding some meat to shove in his orifice.

>>626240
Okay...

One of the main reasons why surgery is so dangerous is because all that damage required to get to a mortal injury can also sum up to death. You have a jar of magic water that can heal any incision, so I suggest that if he doesn't stabilize in five hours, slice open his chest cavity, and see if there is something wrong inside. There should be some internal bleeding but if you dump a whole jug of supercharged healing water into his chest cavity he should be fine.

I suggest you find a medic, though. Medic + Healing Nanomachines ~>= Professional Doctor. For now, carry a jug of healing water for emergencies. Open the bottle and let it spill out in the event of a serious battle, so that you have access to instant healing. The enemy probably don't realize that the water can heal them, since they weren't carrying small healing potions with them.

>>626256
Dude no. He was sucked nearly dry by a giant bug. If there was an internal injury the water healed it.

Ortise 2015/02/23(Mon)09:11 No. 626282 ID: 7413f4
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> conflicting medical opinions

“You know what, I don’t give a shit,” I say. “Why should I even care? It’s just some random-ass kid. Not my damn kid.”

“Are you… crying, my son?” asks Alvin.

“I’m not crying.”

“I can tell that you’re crying,” he says.

“What, because you’re a ghost?”

“No, my son,” he replies, “because I’m a priest. I have no control over you, so I cannot make you save this child, but I can at least see that you desire to.”

“Right,” I say. “You’re right. I need a clear head, and a prime directive.”


What I know:

1) I can’t move the kid.
2) He’s not responding to additional Avigrade Water. It’s healed all it can heal.
3) He has frighteningly little blood in his body.
4) I need a doctor who knows the effects of massive blood loss. All I know about it is: people die when you stab them a lot.

It is coming down to this. Do I search the rest of the cathedral right now to keep helping the Padre, or do I venture out in search of help for the kid?

The kid needs help now while exploring the cathedral can wait. But if you leave him here without making sure there are no bugs left they might finish him off while you are away. So might be worth it to make sure there are no remaining threats before you go for a doctor. Should not take long if you move fast.

As for the blood loss you need to get more blood in him. Your body can replace it with time and food but getting him to eat would be hard. Would have to be a hearty broth that you could spoon into him.

But even if you could get him to eat his body needs blood to digest food so feeding him might just make things worse.

If you can find a doctor that can perform a blood transfusion it would be ideal. You do not have the equipment or expertise to do it yourself.

Ortise 2015/02/23(Mon)11:23 No. 626292 ID: 7413f4
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The Padre and I head back through the painting room and through the far door.

“You know, it’s funny,” says Father Alvin, “Well, not funny, but strange. In this state, I cannot die or be harmed, and yet I still fear what we might find.”

Ortise 2015/02/23(Mon)11:24 No. 626293 ID: 7413f4
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Looks like some kinda library through the door. There’s a door directly across from us. There are a few hundred large tomes in the shelves. It smells musty in here, like a… well, like a library.

Whats with the lines across the room? Is that a rug or are those drag marks from something?

Inspect the two out of place oddly colored books. While doing so ask the Padre if he remembers anything about the library.

Sorry for the sparse updates last night and today! Will be resuming tomorrow morning, and POSSIBLY briefly tonight as well. I look forward to your suggestions!

>>626285
Yeah, this is good logic. We finish sweeping the cathedral, make sure there are no bugs left, and see if there's anyone else left alive to help, or who knows how to treat the kid. If not, we go looking for help as soon as the place is secure.

>floor
Drag marks? Scratches? Check.

There are also two books missing. There's not, say, an ambush watching you from behind the shelf?

>>626293
Go look at the missing book spots. See if you can tell, based on surrounding books, what was taken.

>>626292
"I think that fear stems from what you don't know. Are you SURE that you cannot be harmed further, or descend into a greater state of death? Of course not. And the answers may violently reveal themselves soon enough...

Besides, you have a lot to be scared about: the deaths of those still alive, the mental state of Orlanda's spirit, the possibility of failing to protect the cathedral resulting in the loss of your planet's most famous source of healing and the victory of an unrelenting enemy.

For what it's worth, I still wonder what would happen if I visited somewhere else first. That kid probably would have died... but is there someone out in the tower or castle who is currently dying an even more tragic death?

I dunno. Now, can you please shift through the bookcases and detect traps?"

Ortise 2015/02/24(Tue)10:10 No. 626418 ID: 7413f4
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“You’ve got plenty of shit to be scared of, Padre. You’re trapped in a fuckin’ haunted cathedral full of mutant, man-eating bugs,” I say. “Now, can you… you know, phase through the bookshelf or something? This looks like a trap.”

Alvin shakes his head, wringing his hands, “I’m sorry my son, but I can’t. See, I was trapped in the sanctum until you opened those doors. If there is an obstacle, I just bump into it.”

“Well, my sword cut right through you,” I say, “that’s a solid thing.”

“So did the weevil,” he says, “but it has more to do with why I am trapped here. Doors and walls are meant to keep me at bay.” He closes his eyes and presses against the bookshelf, and it just kind of squishes his cheek a bit.

Cautiously and with my sword drawn, I walk over to look at the missing book. Behind it is just the back wall of the bookshelf. No ambush.

“Fargo Berlios’ Conclusive Reference on the Fair and Just Administration of Provincial Capitals: Volumes 56 and 58,” the Padre reads, looking at the two green books in one of the center shelves. As for me, I can’t tell which book is missing. The book next to it is called The Sojourner’s Heresy. Next, I look at the strange markings on the floor. They are definitely scratches, like something heavy has been dragged across.

I wonder if that book you found has any importance here.

Looks like one of the spots is for the book you found. Whoever wrote in it did not have any paper handy and just grabbed one.

Might find the other book later I guess. If there are any secret passages here we can search for them later.

I say continue following the scratch marks for now.

>>626418
Put the book you found back in its proper place.

I suspect the Padre has not moved on because the library is not in order!

Huh. I don't suppose those scratches would match the missing cough being dragged through here?

Not much else to do but press onwards.

Next update session: Thursday 2/26!

Ortise 2015/02/26(Thu)10:39 No. 626688 ID: 7413f4
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The next room is very large, and there are no other doors. The ceiling is high and dark, and there is dust suspended in the air.

“I feel… rather sick. I have not felt that way since I was living,” says Father Alvin.

Prepare yourself and approach with cation. I get the feeling that couch is gonna be a problem

>>626688
Check the ceiling as you go as well, you might of destroyed the hive, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any more of those bugs around.

Ortise 2015/02/26(Thu)11:24 No. 626694 ID: 7413f4
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I kneel in front of one of the skeletons to take a look. “Padre,” I say, “can you go check the ceiling for more weevils? Too dark for me to see, but you can fly.”

“Yes, yes! Of course!” he says, floating up to the ceiling. “Hm… I’m sorry, I still can’t see much. I’ll alert you at the first sign of movement.”

The skeletons each have a steel dagger next to them, and they are both wearing robes identical to Alvin’s. There’s a red book here called The Cloister’s Virtue.

If he is feeling sick it might be because one of these bodies is his. Tell him to be prepared for the sight.

Getting him a proper burial might help him move on or it could be something else he has to do. Hopefully will find more clues in here.

For those corpses to be skeletons there had to be insects in here at one point. Hopefully normal ones. Larger animals would have scattered and chewed on the bones. And if it was completely sealed you would have mummified bodies instead.

So keep a eye out just in case.

Check the book but be wary of your surroundings.

Ortise 2015/02/26(Thu)11:55 No. 626698 ID: 7413f4
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Sure enough, there is handwriting over the print of this old book as well.

A mere goatling will not appease the Primordial Gods whom we have angered with our sins. That has become clear. To rid this place of its curse, we must rid it of its true plague, and return this sacred place to the land, vacating it for Lord Avigrade’s further judgement. Whether you are a god, man, wizard, or titan, look upon this book with disdain for our considerable failure. Father Alvin, the unwitting martyr in the catacombs gave us life, and for this he should be atoned for his lechery. This sacrifice, as such, has been in vain and error, and we are not holy men. We are merely murderers

The note carries on to the next page.

and cannibals.

Oh shit, looks like they killed the father and ate him. Might not want to tell him quite yet.
There might be more than meets the eye in this church, be careful.

Wow I don't know much about religion in these parts but I think they might have gone a bit off the deep end.

I would hold off mentioning the cannibal thing to Alvin until we have made sure things are safe. Will probably have to tell him so he can pass on but wait until the time is right.

So do you know anything about old gods or curses? If this place is cursed you will need to fix that or find another spot to move into.

For now keep exploring the room while keeping a eye out for monsters.

Ortise 2015/02/26(Thu)12:46 No. 626703 ID: 7413f4
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Man, this is some heavy-ass shit. I feel like I didn’t need to know any of this crap.

“What did that book say, by the way?” Padre calls out.

“Nothin’. Some boring shit.”

> gods and curses

I don’t know shit about curses. That’s all black smoke. Are they even real? I dunno. I know there were some primordial gods who created the world. Don’t really know much about them. Supposedly they created the Titans, who overthrew them and took over the world. There are like seven Titans or something. They’re living throughout this shitty realm. Avigrade is the oldest and most powerful Titan. He lives up in Als Eyvor. My little brother is his most loyalest vassal. Oh and, uh… the club I was in worshiped a Titan named Mighty Mighty Redhawk. Never actually seen him, though. He lives pretty far away.

> explore more

What should I look at, specifically?

Check the stairs for traps, there's a green couch on top of them.

Seriously, what?

well there still is the other half of this room we should probably check out.

Investigate the couch.

Ortise 2015/02/26(Thu)14:01 No. 626715 ID: 7413f4
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Huh, yeah, no shit. There’s an actual couch up here. It must be the one that Padre was talking about earlier. I walk up to the stairs and inspect them for any kind of trap. No tripwires, no pressure plates. Nothing, really. Almost like a fucking church wouldn’t be full of booby traps. Who would have thought?

There’s something on the couch. Looks like another skeleton

Ortise 2015/02/26(Thu)14:02 No. 626717 ID: 7413f4
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OOOOWWWWW

“WHAT THE SHIT, PADRE?! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WARN ME”

"Sorry, my son!" he shouts, floating over while biting his ghostly nails, "It's kind of hazy! Sorry!"

BATTLE PLAN

Stab the shit out of that fucker before it can pin your good arm. Just throw your arm back and stab that fucker through the gut.

Ortise 2015/02/26(Thu)14:38 No. 626720 ID: 7413f4
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The weevil has managed to pin me against the stairs. It's heavy as shit! I throw back my arm and stab at it, but I miss the stomach, and the blade of the steel dagger lodges into its shell.

AUUGH I WOULD PREFER NOT TO BE IN THIS SITUATION

I can hear it trying to suck up blood, but it's proboscis is stuck out the front of my shoulder, and it's not getting any.

>>626720
>Realize it looks like the weevil's taking you from behind
>Berserker mode

Roll over! With your knife and the proboscis you can force it to move (unless it wants to suffer a snapped proboscis or the knife to dig more), and then you'll be pinning it, and in a better position to stab repeatedly.

...this would be so much easier with two hands.

Ortise 2015/02/26(Thu)15:19 No. 626727 ID: 7413f4
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> roll over

I can’t! It’s too heavy for me too overthrow onto its own back with a single arm and not enough leverage from my legs


> would be easier with two hands

REALLY I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT


NEED DIFFERENT PLAN

>>626727
I think you can probably reach around and stab behind your head, though it would be easier if you flipped your grip on the dagger.

Attack the parts you can get to then. The end of its proboscis and its front foot. If you can hurt it enough it will try to get away from you and you will be unpinned.

EYE STABS!
You want that thing dead, and right now it's just pinning you and not doing anymore damage.
Once you kill it, retreat to the fountain if you can make it, and THEN remove the proboscis. Cut away the rest of the body, but be sure it's dead first.
Go for the eyes and it's brain and that should do it...I hope.

Switch the blade upwards, place your hand next to your head, and stab eight inches above your ears!

You're very limited in mobility. The only things you look like you can do is stab it in the side, or headbutt it, trying to damage an eye.

There's nothing between the legs to kick, even!

I suppose the padre could try to distract it? Or... he can't pass through things. What happens if the padre plugs the proboscis? Can it choke?

Ortise 2015/02/26(Thu)19:17 No. 626767 ID: 7413f4
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> reverse grip
> stab eye

Now THAT sounds like a plan. The weevil has been trying to pull its proboscis back enough to begin inhaling the blood, as the gross little nostrils on the end of it went out the other side. I jab in the dagger and gyrate it to lobotomize the beast, not stopping until it convulses and dies.

Ortise 2015/02/26(Thu)19:18 No. 626768 ID: 7413f4
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“Ortise! ORTISE!” Father Alvin shrieks, “are you ok? Please, please get up. Oh please, you’re the only friend I’ve had since I died!”

I need to take a moment to catch my breath. The Padre is babbling about something up there.

“Of course, of course. I find one person willing to stay, and he gets killed by those god da-… god blessed bugs! Just my luck!”

“Calm down, Padre,” I finally manage to croak, “I’m fine.” This son of a bitch is really heavy, and I’m still kind of pinned down by the proboscis jabbing my shoulder.

what do you mean god blessed and have other people been here other than us?

Alvin, just swear like a regular person.

About what the book said: this cathedral could make a good base, but might not be worth the trouble. See if you can lift the true curse (or befriend whatever is causing it), because it would be a shame to just destroy your healing fountain.

Inspect the couch, check on the kid, and then heal up at the fountain. You may want to look for some potion bottles. Possibly sterilized.

Ortise 2015/02/26(Thu)20:08 No. 626781 ID: 7413f4
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I lurch the weevil’s proboscis from my shoulder. After that is out, it is fairly easy to get the body off of my. The wound missed all of my arteries and organs.

"Padre, you can say 'god damn'. I'm not gonna tell your mama," I say. At the oath, he flinches. This injury actually hurts less than the shrapnel, but I am still in severe-ass pain. “Has anyone else besides me come here?”

“Y-yes,” he says, “I’m glad you’re ok-”

“Shh. Shut up. Who else came in here?”

“Just… random people. All of them either ran from the weevils,” says Alvin, “or ran from me. The exceptions are you and the boy.”

I walk up the rest of the way to get a look at the couch. Padre follows, covering his mouth at what he sees.

Well, not the most sane way to go, but whatever.

So, who is that? Orlanda or someone else?

...I'm sorry padre, I think we found your nun. ...and the bugs don't use swords.

>>626781
Why is there no blood on the couch? Beware. I see glowing dots in the skull. This is a SKELETON AMBUSH!

Ortise 2015/02/27(Fri)13:28 No. 626883 ID: 7413f4
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This ordeal has been some pretty solid nightmare fuel. This is fucked up.

>no blood on the couch
You know what? I don’t even know how long ago any of this happened. Last week? Five hundred years ago? God damn it

> skeleton ambush
That bitch is as dead as dead gets

“This is… this is my fault,” says Padre, “they would not have killed her if we had not fallen in love. I am sorry that you had to learn this about me, my son.”

Getting kind of dizzy now. Should I tell Padre about the book? Should I go heal myself? The second one sounds pretty good, but I'm not about to pass out yet

why are there little pinpricks in her eye sockets?

Anyways I say grab the sword in her, the daggers the other two dead guys had and go back to fountain room and drop them off while you hell up. Try to comfort the ghost on the way back and we can probably show him the books after we've search the whole building just to make sure we have the full puzzle before we tell him.

Go get healing water on you. Exploring here can wait a few minutes.

Then come back and look over stuff. Got to make sure there are no more bugs hiding in the rafters.

Have Alvin try to communicate with the fellow dead. Meanwhile, you should probably heal up before you pass out from blood loss. Check on the kid's pulse and head straight for the fountain.

Time to find some food - bleeding likely drained your vitamins.

Ortise 2015/02/27(Fri)16:21 No. 626915 ID: 7413f4
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Upon closer inspection, there is not really anything in her eye sockets, least of all eyes. I tuck both of the daggers into my belt, grab the sword, and head back to the font room. On the way back, I ask if Father Alvin is able to speak with the dead.

“Presumably I could speak with another ghost,” he says, “however it looks to be that all of the others, including my sweet Orlanda, have ascended to the Death Realm.”

> comfort the ghost
Fuck that. I don’t really do that stuff. No good at it. He’s all weepy now, and it’s making me uncomfortable.

Ortise 2015/02/27(Fri)16:22 No. 626916 ID: 7413f4
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I try to give myself a complete bath this time. The healing water seems to give a kind of euphoric feeling, too. I have a little bit of food with me from the cult. It’s just some stale bread, which I the proceed to eat. It’s pretty fucking stale, but it has little bits of rosemary in it. So that’s cool, I guess. All of that stale-ass bread didn’t really fill me up much. I thought that would all last longer. It’ll tide me over for now, but I need to find some better food somewhere soon. Ok, I’m all healed up now. I have had plenty of water to drink, which made me feel better than the food did. I manage to wash my clothes in the water as well, and stow the weapons that I found in the font room. I didn’t get a chance to check on the kid yet. I was feeling pretty assy, but I’m all better now.

Well any places we might have missed that bugs could hide? If we are reasonably sure the kid will be safe we should head out to find food and a doctor.

It might be to late for the kid but will try our best to save him if its possible.

We never found that second key... it wasn't on any of the corpses?

Ortise 2015/02/27(Fri)16:53 No. 626922 ID: 7413f4
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On that note, I build a new map in my head. I think I've searched every room. Unless there are more bugs in the ceiling of the sofa room, I think it's clear. Eventually I gotta get some lighting up in that bitch.

I'm willing to certify this fucking place 100% weevil-free. Now what?

well maybe grab a pillow or something for the kid to rest his head on, ask the ghost to watch over the kid for a bit and head out to find some real food and just scout the area. If we're going to be setting up camp here for a bit might as well get a lay of the land.

It's... possible that not knowing he was murdered is what's keeping the padre back. So we should probably tell him the truth, eventually.

Now's not the time, though. If this place is secure, you should be out there, scouting around to see if there's anyone nearby who can help the kid. Ask the padre to watch over him, promise you'll be back.

Spare bandages, water jugs, hold it in your mouth, just obtain as much healing potion as you can.

Go back to Ground Zero and make sure all eggs are accounted for.

Ortise 2015/02/27(Fri)19:40 No. 626945 ID: 7413f4
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I take a moment to stomp out any eggs that I can find. If I had any fire, I’d use it. I don’t know what qualifies as a dead weevil egg, so I pretty much just make bug-juice wine out of all of them. I couldn’t find a pillow for the kid (the monks and nuns here must have slept on hard floor or something). Padre tries to come along, but he can’t pass through the door out of the cathedral - even when it’s open. Telling him to watch over the kid is kind of pointless. He seems to be unable to pass through anything that is still the same as it was when he died. I leave all the doors inside open for him so he has a little more room to fly around. Out the door, I bring with me some torn cloth to use as bandages and a carboy of Avigrade Water.

Things that I need:

1. A pillow
2. A doctor
3. Some fine ass
4. Food

Anything else?

Some more swordsmanship never hurts.

>>626945
A locksmith, to open the last door there's no key for.

We could get a cool hat, boost charisma and attract more attention.

find a bed roll or something unless you want to sleep on the pews in the church tonight. Also you don't need to grab these things but keep an eye open for places that may have useful supplies to help buff up the church. And by buff up I mean things you'd like to drag back to the church once you get some crap off your chest like a fucking bed, I mean if the bug room isn't to badly damaged you can turn it into whatever you want. Plus things that you could use to make the church into a fortress if you ever find yourself in need a something to keep assholes out should they ever get the same idea as you and decide that they want to make it there new home as well and try to evict you out of the place after you cleared it of it's damn bug problem.

Minions? Someone's gotta fix this place up and do the grunt work for you.

That's a lower priority than anything already on your list, though.

Ortise 2015/02/28(Sat)21:28 No. 627122 ID: 7413f4
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> minions
Definitely not on the bottom of the list.. Gaining some followers actually is one of my primary goals. As for how to do that… uh, I dunno. I’ll have to think of something. Hector back at the cult had a fairly obvious lure. Sex sells, after all. Anyway, I’m not terribly strong, and I only have one fucking arm, so I’m not going to be much use for hard labor. It would take me far too long to make any serious renovations to the cathedral without considerable help.

> locksmith
No kidding. I’m dying to figure out what’s behind that stupid door. I’ll definitely keep an eye out for a locksmith.

> cool hat, bedroll
I could get behind a hat. Not to mention it’s fucking raining now. I’m soaking wet. A bedroll would be might useful, too. Nothing in that old cathedral looks to have been made with comfort in mind except for that fuckin’ couch, but… eugh. Not only does it have a dried up corpse on it, but I’m 90% sure Orlanda and the Padre got busy on that thing.

I head out of the cathedral and down the road into the ensuing valley. It’s cold and wet. I can see a village, and that weird floating island in the distance. I remember the Space Tower is down the road beyond that village, and I have no idea what is down the other road. Looks like there something in the crossroads too.

>>627122
ooh, idea! We should see if there's a mage or something that can craft you a badass magic robot arm

it is time to go sign reading after that we can search the village for supplies. AS for recruiting people we could promise people adventure, the secrets of the realm, and companionship!

when we get to the minion stage I figured we'd just find people and play it by ear. That way we can actually find people we like. As for what to do now? go to the village and see what you can find, might as well start close right? I mean until you get some more hands (no pun intended) around to help you move shit or a wagon or something I don't think the idea of dragging something cool you found all the way back to the church by yourself over long distances sounds very fun.

Ask around for a doctor. Don't yell for one yet, or they might charge you extra. If anyone asks, you know what to do with your right arm stub.

Purchase supplies and head straight back to the cathedral. Once the kid is stable, you can hire some guards (having an unlimited supply of healing nanomachines should help) and venture out to other places.

See if you can save the lives of others in the tower and island, as well.

>>627123
This

Wait what do you mean by space tower?

Try the village, first. Easier to approach than a floating island or a tower. You can ask for information, and find out if there's a doctor in the area.

Minions will have to wait till we have a way to pay them, or otherwise entice them into employment. I don't think you'll be able to charm them into it purely on your oratory skills.

We need to head to the village, because that's the place most likely to have a doctor. That kid isn't going to be clinging to the edge of life forever. We can worry about becoming more badass when we save him.
If there isn't one there, there's probaby a wizard or some shit at the space tower who can do healing stuff, because wizards love towers and their phallic imagery.

Ortise 2015/03/01(Sun)21:17 No. 627313 ID: 7413f4
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>>627123
I am very, very certain there’s no wizard in this small-ass village. Only a few of the living Titans are wizards, and then there’s the Wandering Wizard, but he’s probably not real. I mean this crazy world is full of shit, but there are like a hundred similar legends about vagrant titans and wizards that are 100% bullshit.

>>627195
The “space tower” is just what I’ve been calling it. It’s a big tower that looks like it fell out of the sky. Big crater, weird stuff sticking out of it. Seems like a place a Titan would visit, but it didn’t look all that big from what I saw.

Ortise 2015/03/01(Sun)21:17 No. 627314 ID: 7413f4
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The sign has a map of the realm. It’s a small peninsula with IMPASSABLE FUCK-NOTHING to the far east. It does not have much on it. No roads, no rivers. It just marks my current location, and it looks like the homes of each of the living Titans. I’m facing SOUTH.

Ortise 2015/03/01(Sun)21:17 No. 627315 ID: 7413f4
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I do a quick sweep of the village when I get there to see what everything is. I don’t really see anyone who is explicitly a doctor, and it doesn’t help that everyone is inside due to the weather.

>>627315
Erm, if wizards are rare, what's with the floating mountain?

I say go talk to the chief. You can find out who would be best at nursing the poor near-dead boy back to health, and you'd have to ask permission from the chief to take that person off to the spooky abandoned church anyway.

Try the shaman. They do healing and basic medicine, right? Gotta be at least one villager who's lost blood and needed treating in the past.

We should go to the shaman first.

Hire an apprentice shaman and get recommendations for appropriate treatment to blood loss.

Purchase supplies for long-term holdouts. Be sure to find something to attach to your arm stub.

Don't see a point in braking into people's house cause they probably have fuck all, Don't see why we should bother the chief when we don't have jack shit to do with this town, Tavern could be nice but do we have any money? Unless that's somewhere you could find work should we ever find a reason to do so. I say head to the shaman's place for now seeing as we are trying to see if there is a way to help patch up the kid back at the base. Wait, do shamans know anything about healing around here or are they more or less priest in different clothing that just preach there beliefs at people who walk by?

Ortise 2015/03/01(Sun)21:57 No. 627328 ID: 7413f4
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I go to the shaman’s hut. She greets me.

> “Hello.”

“Hey,” I say, “Listen, I need a healer. I’ve got a kid who’s just barely clinging to life up there on the plateau.”

> “At the cathedral?”

“How did you know?” I say.

> “Because three orphan Daiqi children of the village left for that place last night. Only two of them returned. That is a cursed, evil place that has taken the lives of many of the foolish. Why did you go to a place like that?”

>Why did you go to a place like that?
because I needed a place to stay and that spot looked like it was in good enough condition to call home for a few nights. As for the "curse" thing I killed all the man eating bugs in there and found the kid while doing so. And on that point are you going to help or not?

Ortise 2015/03/01(Sun)22:16 No. 627335 ID: 7413f4
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> “Sorry. I’m not allowed to leave the village without the permission of the chief, and he must have the permission of our protector, Lord Basstrid.”

Well that sounds like some old bullshit. Basstrid, hm. That sounds kind of familiar. Can’t put my finger on it. Well, now what?

“I might as well talk to this Basstrid guy. Where’s he at?” I ask.

> “Lord Basstrid is currently out of the village, patrolling the area.”

>>627335
What are the names of the Titans? What are the Titans, anyway?

Ask her if there's a locksmith in town. Or how long it'll be until Basstrid is back. Or how far out he patrols, maybe we can go find him?

Ortise 2015/03/01(Sun)22:57 No. 627343 ID: 7413f4
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The Titans are the living usurpers of the alleged Primordial Gods. We don’t know much about those. At least I don’t. I’m sure some egghead does, but I just don’t give a shit. Anyway, they’re pretty much the rulers of the realm, and they are powerfully magical. The Eight Wars, also known as the Wars of the Eight, were a bunch of really bad conflicts between the Titans. I think. They happened about two hundred years ago... I think? I don’t know. Do I fucking look like I went to school? I dropped out and joined a sex cult. There’s eight of them, thereabouts, based on the name of the wars. They were all on that map, which I didn’t memorize. I know there’s Mighty Mighty Redhawk and Avigrade. Redhawk was the idol of the cult. Don’t know much about him, really, but Hector met him once. Avigrade sometimes gets called ‘The Old Man’ or just ‘The Man’. There's a painting and a statue of him back at the cathedral.

Anyway, I ask the shaman about a locksmith.

> “We do not have a locksmith here. A Pilosian is staying here on her way to Kuvaats. She had a tool kit. Perhaps she can help.”

This tiny shaman is creeping me out a little bit. Should I go to the Pilosian traveler, or cut straight to the chief?

>>627343
Talk to the Pilosian.

>>627343
Is there anything shes willing to give us for the kid to help him? (not that you arnt going to use it yourself first) Food, water, something to keep the kid warm (hes in shock you know)

Could she even treat heavy blood loss? If so, is it just some magic chug-this-4-blud herbal remedy thing she can give us?
If she can treat him but needs to be there, ask the Chief. Chief'll probably tell us no, in which case, we book it to the Space Needle.

Talk to the chief. You need a healer now. The chief can also recommend a craftsman; possibly even a small army of misfits that the town wants gone.

Ask the shaman for a writ of permission to audience with the chief. Should make procedures faster.

Ortise 2015/03/02(Mon)15:03 No. 627475 ID: 7413f4
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I go to the chief next. His house is much larger than the others, housing him as well as three female consorts. The consorts each appear to be of a different race.

> “What? Make this quick.” he asks.

I explain the situation up at the cathedral, and that the child there is likely from this village.

> “An orphan? You want me to send away my only shaman to a cursed place with a stranger to the aid some bastard child?”

“Yes,” I say, “that’s right.”

> “Even if I had permission from the Protector, I would never condone such a flagrant waste of resources. Begone.”

Before you punch him in the face with your arm stub (which is a viable option):

Tell him about lifting a horrible curse rooted within the cathedral, which would earn him favor with the titans.

Then tell him about the large supply of healing potions that you found. THAT'S worth the risk.

"You have a lake of healing water... and you're too stupid to pour it in his mouth?"
"I poured like two barrels into him and it wasn't enough! The potions worked wonders on the giant gaping holes, but I need a real healer to fix all the diseases! I can slice my gut open and take a potion and I'll be fine, but I can't regenerate my limb or cure starvation."

>>627475
It didn't seem that cursed to you. The weevils are dead and there's only one ghost there. A peaceful mostly-senile ghost.

Plus, you know, we could trade some healing water for the service of the shaman.

Bugs don't seem like much of a curse. I fixed those with just a sword.

...if it wasn't raining so god damn much I would suggest burning this place to the ground at night. Seeing how it is raining, flip the savage off as you walk out and look for the lock smith. Other then the lock smith the only thing I can think of that we'd want here is supplies, so is there anywhere we could buy/trade for shit... or steal if this guys keep pissing us off?

Wait. Couldn't we just... Tell the shaman the Chief said sure?
"I've got to check myself I don't believe you"
"You old bitch there's a kid with no blood, we need to put blood in him, there's no time"
Worth a shot.

As a last resort you could kidnap the shaman. Be sure to take medical supplies.

Uh, have you considered perhaps instead of bringing the shaman to the kid you brought the kid to the shaman? The chief would almost certainly be more amicable to permitting a couple strong village lads to take a stretcher out there, fetch the kid and run him back instead of sending the shaman out. Of course there's no doubt you'll have to offer up something to pay for their time and effort, as well as for the shaman's services.

>>627528
I don't think he would survive the journey...

Ortise 2015/03/03(Tue)09:49 No. 627579 ID: 7413f4
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>tell him it is safe now
“It wasn’t even really a fucking curse! It was just a bunch of damn giant bugs infesting the place! I killed them all with a plain, un-enchanted sword without divine intervention.”

>healing water
“On top of that, there’s a font there that spews magical healing water! Look, I brought some of that shit with me!”

> “Then why didn’t you just use-”

“Ahp ahp ahp,” I say, “gonna stop you right there, Chiefy. I gave that little bitch all the water he could drink, and it healed his wounds like magic, but it won’t restore all the blood he lost. I just need someone to give him some damn blood.”

> “You should really watch your tone of voice here,” says the chief, “and like I said, it’s just an orphan boy without status. What you’re suggesting I do is simply unrealistic.”

“I just told you it’s safe up there!” I say.

Ortise 2015/03/03(Tue)09:50 No. 627580 ID: 7413f4
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> The chief thinks for a moment, “Hm… generations of local lore and custom, or the ramblings of an anonymous cripple with a jug of water? Gonna have to think about that.”

Oh fuck this dude.

A. Take the shaman away without the chief’s permission (note: this seems like it might have some lasting consequences)
B. Try to get the kid here (note: this may very well kill the kid)
C. Something else?

>>627580
As much as it would be amusing to stab him and dump the healing water on him, I feel that there might be a expiration time on the healing properties. Stab your stub and splash some water on it to prove your point.

I agree, just give yourself a small wound and put some water on it.

Ortise 2015/03/03(Tue)11:22 No. 627592 ID: 7413f4
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“Wait, wait. Don’t believe me? Allow me to demonstrate.” I draw old freehand, causing the chief’s consorts to gasp, and then poke myself in the arm stub. “HNNNNGG.” I uncork the carboy of Avigrade Water and kneel down to pour it over the wound. The chief raises an eyebrow, watching carefully.

The water washes the blood from the wound. The wound remains. “It might take a second,” I say, “Here, let me put on a bit more.” The wound, though well-cleaned, remains.

> “You are… absolutely insane,” says the chief, “get the hell out of my village.”

Looks like the healing water loses its potency after a while. Buy some supplies and hire an assistant healer or something.

Bah the fucking water only works at the holy site. Well at least you confused the fuck out of this guy.

Nothing to do now but sigh and leave.

Looks like that kid is sadly out of luck, time to move on unfortunately. Let's good to the market then get out of this village.

Bleed on his floor out of spite and go.

Wait, what about the kid's two friends?!

Ask the chief if he's willing to let you kidnap them! Since the chief shows an extreme loathing for street rats, he'll probably like the idea of sending them off with a crazed lunatic!

And then the three of you knock the shaman unconscious and carry her to the cathedral.

Oh son of a bitch. I guess infinite healing potions would be too good to ask for. Do have anything we could use as insurance, so that if we hypothetically never come back with his Shaman, he isn't totally screwed?
We don't, do we.
If not, we need to convince the shaman herself to come with us anyway. I propose lying like a bitch.
>Lasting consequences
Fuck this village. It's not like we're ever going to come back here. I mean, really, whats the worst that could possibly happen? The chief shakes his fist at us from in front of our kick-ass church? Or, from the bottom of Space Mountain after we conquer it?

Ortise 2015/03/04(Wed)09:36 No. 627729 ID: 7413f4
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“Ok. You want me to leave? I’ll leave, chief.”

I don’t think I’m going to kidnap those orphans - mostly because I don’t want a bunch of dumbass kids running around my awesome cathedral. I had better try to convince the shaman to come with me.

> lying like a bitch
What should I say to convince her to come along?

Go to the Shaman and say that the Chief said to help the crazy idiot so he would go away and leave us alone.

Or we could sit down and have a serious talk with the chief.
Dose it bpmatter that the boy is an orphan? He's still a child and a member of the village, and the shaman's not doing anything. He's the chief its his duty to look after everyone from his village.
All you want is a little help to get a chance to save a life, please?

Ortise 2015/03/05(Thu)14:48 No. 627876 ID: 7413f4
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Sorry for the wait!

“You’re turning down an opportunity to save the life of one of your own!” I say. I’m starting to sound like a bleeding heart. Have I gone soft after leaving the cult? Whatever. This guy’s a dick. “Your shaman isn’t even doing anything right now.”

> “Alright, alright. No need to turn into a gigantic pussy on me,” he says, “You have one hour with my shaman. If you take a minute longer, I will send orders for Lord Basstrid to knock on your door. You do not want that.”

I leave without thanking the chief, and his consorts giggle as I go. I head back over to the shaman’s hut.

Ortise 2015/03/05(Thu)14:49 No. 627877 ID: 7413f4
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We head back to the cathedral. She seems hesitant to enter.

> “I misjudged you,” she says, “there is no curse on this place. There is, however, an errant spirit.”

“Oh, that’s just the padre,” I say.

“Hi!” says Alvin, peeking from behind one of the pews. “Oh, how lovely! Another visitor! I am Father Alvin. I am so pleased to meet you.”

> The shaman nods, “I am Ayel. It is good to see another faithful soul in this realm.” Ayel kneels down in front of the boy, looking over him. She inspects where the wounds were, astonished by the healing. “This healing is the work of a wizard. I must say, though, it would take nothing short of a wizard to restore the blood that he has lost. This boy is a husk of life. His death is certain and imminent.”

Can you give him some of your blood somehow? If its his time then we understand but you are going to damn well try your hardest.

>>627877
Er, really? From what? He's been on the brink of death for hours now and you healed his wounds so he's not losing any more blood. He should recover, surely? If his organs are failing due to lack of blood, regular doses of healing water should keep him alive until he makes enough blood to stay alive on his own...

Anyway, tell her about the healing water, but that it doesn't seem to work outside the temple. Or maybe it spoils fast. You can give her a demonstration on the wound you still have on your stump, so she can give her word to the chief that it actually works.

Ayel, check the library. See if they have any books on using the fountain to restore blood with the correct rituals or something.

Ortise, keep injecting the kid with healing water.

Alvin, do one last sweep for any enemies.

Oh. Can we comfort him? Make things easier for him before...

Ortise 2015/03/06(Fri)11:03 No. 627912 ID: 7413f4
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I take a moment to heal up my shoulder, and Ayel watches in bewilderment as the water does its work. We all split up, and I take a second to wrench the ladder out from between the bookshelves in the library for Ayel to climb. She’s real short. There are several hundred books on the shelves, so an hour might not be long enough for her to search them all - especially since she has to scoot herself from side to side on the ladder whenever she wants to move. The Padre soars around the place a few more times, focusing on the high, dark ceiling of the sacrifice room, and the remains of the former weevil nest.

He returns to me, confirming that the place is completely rid of the bugs. Meanwhile, I just keep giving the kid more water. The font does not seem to ever run out, or at least it is attached to some huge aquifer. I give him what little food I have left, but force-feeding him is really difficult. After about forty-five minutes, Ayel shuffles down the ladder and returns with a single book. It is a thin, hand-written journal bound with metal rings. It is entitled Observations on the Holy Font of Avigrade. With little time left, we leaf through it, and find some pretty useful information regarding the font.

Lord Avigrade has not given us information on the font, and so we have had to take it upon ourselves to discover its limitations.

- The font will heal any wound of the flesh, cleaning and fusing it instantly.
- The font will mend broken bones.
- The font will cure most pox, along with cholera and tuberculosis.
- The font will ease pain anywhere in the body if drank (helpful for childbirth)

Drinking the water of the font is supernaturally quenching and refreshing, having an effect similar to caffeine. It will cure canker soars in the mouth, and sooth headaches, soar throat, heartburn, and stomach ache.

- The font will not regrow lost limbs, eyes, or organs.
- The font will not restore youth.
- The font will not cure a common cold.
- The font will not cure infertility.
- The font will not restore lost blood.
- The font will not awaken one who is resting in a coma.
- The font will NOT kill parasites or fungus, however it will heal any rashes or abrasions caused by them.
- The font will not cure any diseases or disorders of the mind.
- The font will not reanimate the dead.

As long as we have had it, we have been unable to deplete the font.

A lot of this makes me wonder how they found this stuff out. I wonder if any of this stuff could be helpful for the kid. It’s almost been an hour, so we’ll have to make good use of the shaman.

“If he has lost so much blood,” says Ayel, “then his organs are failing. Without persistent nourishment, it will be nearly impossible for his body to restore what he has lost. Even if he does revive, he will likely be permanently disabled. What is keeping him alive now, I am not sure.” She talks without any emotion, which pisses me off a little bit.

Well how far are you willing to go to save him? You might be able to nurse him back to health on a diet of a hearty broth made out of the font water. But it could take quite awhile and he might not survive anyway.

Without a direct transfusion of blood I am not sure what else you could do.

>>627912
Permanently disabled how? Everything's intact. The font should be able to heal everything that's intact. Unless she means disabled in the mind? Brain damage? Then we have a choice: let the kid die, or tend to him constantly for the next two days and maybe he'll come out the other end without serious mental impairment. Then you'll have an EXTREMELY LOYAL minion. I say go for it. Worst case scenario he's so fucked in the head he's useless and you can just put him out of his misery. Hell, you can even heal the wound after killing him, and claim he passed away in the night, because obviously you didn't want to stay up all night to feed him more water.

...as for why he's still alive at all... that's a good question. He kinda looks like he's been fed on by the weevils for a while. I wonder if the weevils were administering some sort of drug to him to keep him alive as a kind of blood factory? Perhaps there's still some of that drug still present in his system, keeping him from dying fully. If that's the case he could be outright brain-dead, and we wouldn't know until he recovered enough to potentially respond to stimulus.

>>627914
This, basically. If we could make a stew with the font's water as the base, and kept him fed for a few days, he'd recover. But he'd be frail and infirm all his life, as well as being our responsibility considering he's an orphan.
When you really boil it down, the question is "do you want a kid?"

Ortise 2015/03/06(Fri)13:13 No. 627930 ID: 7413f4
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> having a kid
> didn’t even get to fuck anyone
No! That’s like my worst nightmare!

But… damn it. I can’t just kill the punk. What if he is just brain-dead? Maybe I should just get it over with and give him a burial. I don’t know how to cook stew, and I don’t have any supplies. I’m going to have to get food somehow. I’m not cut out to be a father or a nurse or whatever it takes! I’m a just a professional guardsman! Taking care of some random kid just isn’t on my agenda! It’s not where I want my life to go! It’s a waste of time but I can’t just kill him.

“Are you alright, my son?” asks the Padre. Ayel stands up.

“I’m fine,” I say. “Just gotta figure out what to do with this kid. I wasn’t planning on being a nurse but… I guess that’s just where I’m at. Building an awesome fortress of power is gonna have to go on hold. I need to get some food, but I don’t have any money, and I don’t know if this kid is just going to up and die at any moment anyway.”

FOOD is my new objective. Maybe I’ll get lucky, and this’ll help me build my fucking base in the long run anyway. I’m gonna have to take a risk and leave the kid alone again. Well, this wasn’t a complete loss. I learned a hell of a lot about the fountain, and I think I might have made friends with a shaman.

The market has food, but... can you cook the weevils?

is there any fish in the ponds out in front of the church or no? because fishing would have been nice easy way to get food.

Well, lets see.
>Owns a rapier
>Spearfishing is a thing
>Rapiers are kinda spears right
To a shallow lake!

For now, you've proven to the local shaman that the waters can heal most wounds and cure some specific diseases, but cannot do more than that.

Have Ayel set up a business trading route: you can't export the water but you CAN charge loads of cash to heal people with serious injuries - broken bones, torn flesh, all restored in seconds for five pounds of gold (or whatever the equivalent of one-tenth a transportation vehicle is worth on this planet).

Food should not be a problem.

For now, escort Ayel back to the village and have her explain the limitations of the healing water. Then look for someone with serious injuries or pains and pay them to come with you. They'll pay you back tenfold if you can heal them.

Ortise 2015/03/06(Fri)17:20 No. 627956 ID: 7413f4
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> charging people money for healing

That’s fucking brilliant. This whole ‘dying kid’ thing really hasn’t been the waste of time I thought it was. If anything is going to help me rise to power, it’s a nifty source of revenue like this. I take Ayel back to the village and drop her off, instructing her to spread the word of the miraculous healing services that my awesome cathedral provides. Now I just need to wait for the sick and the injured to roll in, purses in hand, and get some work done.

In the meantime, though, I’m gonna need food. I do not know of a lake nearby, but there are a couple of rivers that run through the area. I’ll head over to the bank.

Ortise 2015/03/06(Fri)17:20 No. 627957 ID: 7413f4
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One path behind the cathedral leads to the river bank. Looks like there is a group of Bilks already doing some harpoon fishing.

Ortise 2015/03/06(Fri)17:21 No. 627958 ID: 7413f4
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> “D… we’re not causing any trouble, are we? D-don’t steal our fish, sir.”

Admittedly, stealing fish from these tiny bunny people would probably be pretty damn easy.

>>627958
Nah, I'm just looking for food.
Mind tossing me a spear?

don't steal fish, gain there trust, once they trust you tell them about healing water, trade healing for food instead of cash so you don't have to worry about food after a while either freeing up even more of your time.

Also what's the difference between your race and the bliks?

Yeah got to make friends with the neighbors. Have them teach you to fish and get some food in exchange for healing services.

Look at them bunny tits.

Ortise 2015/03/06(Fri)23:09 No. 627995 ID: 7413f4
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The Bilks are happy to give me a spear (read: sharpened stick) to fish with after I demonstrate that I’m not about to kill them

“My name’s Ortise,” I say, “I live in the cathedral up the hill.”

> look at bunny tits
Actually trying really hard not to do that right now. I mean, there’s three guys. I can’t cop a peek under these conditions!

> “I’m Levna,” says the lady Bilk. “That place is cursed, isn’t it?”

“Well, turns out it wasn’t actually cursed. Just infested with bugs. I cleared that shit out, and it’s safe now.”

> “Really?” says one of the men, “It’s safe? Are you from that village on the other side of the hill?”

“Fuck no,” I say, “I went there, though. The chief is living shit.”

> “We’ve been having trouble with Lord Basstrid. He’s the ‘protector’ of the villages around here, but really all he does is make us pay him to boss us around,” says Levna, walking out of the river to deposit a couple of fish into the basket on the bank. “I don’t even feel safe in our own village, anymore.”

I have speared three fish of my own, but they are becoming a bit more sparse.

> “You’re actually pretty good at this,” says Levna, “Why are you good?”

“Huh?” I say, and her condescending look forces me a laugh. “I’m a fighter. A guardsman. I’m a crack shot with a bow, but… well, you know.” I wag my arm stump at her.

> “Is that why you dress like a bravo cultist whackjob?” she says.

“Actually, I’m kind of a healer.”

> “You’ve got a foul mouth for a healer,” says the man nearest to me. “Name’s Jaco. You won’t find a better wound medic than me around here.”

> “Uh… I… I’m. Hello,” says a third Bilk, the youngest of the men. He won’t make eye contact with me or anyone. Jaco gives him a harsh look, and the boy returns to fishing.

> “That’s Yol. Don’t mind him, he’s slow in the head. So, did you just come here to fish our river, stranger?” says Jaco.

“Well, yes, but I also have come to offer my healing services up at the cathedral to anyone who needs it. I’ll charge pretty reasonably,” I say.

> Jaco starts to laugh. “Maybe I didn’t annunciate. I’m the best medic around.”

“Hm, maybe you can help me, then. There’s a boy up in that cathedral who’s lost most of his blood. Can you treat that?”

> “Uh… I said medic, not wizard,” says Jaco.

>>627995
"Why don't you come up and take a look? If you can do somnething, great. If you can't, it's alright. You wouldn't know just by me talking about it."

Well, despite having like a teaspoon of blood for god know's how long the poor kid's still hanging on pretty tight. Also, eat me. Also also, hey if you're that good maybe I can find employ for you. Start up a hospital, put you on payroll once cash starts flowing in.

>>627995
Ask him if he wouldn't at least help you nurse him back to health. You'll be getting some income soon probably so you may be able to pay him. Or maybe you can check out this Lord Basstrid, see how tough he is. Maybe you can take care of him? Become the new "protector"?

Be a little less bossy and they'll even like you.

well if you ever have someone who needs some wizardly healing bring them up to the cathedral. Got something in there that can fix just about anything that goes beyond mundane. Won't regrow limbs or replace lost blood as I have found out. Honestly why I'm fishing, did all I could for the kid and then some but right now it seems to be down to pure luck and the kids will to live. All I can do is make sure he has food and water and hope he pulls through.

just plant this little thought in there heads and sooner or later someone will come to the cathedral looking for you, and once they realize what we can do we've got them. OH and from what they're saying I have a feeling we're going to want to deal with chief asshat at some point in some way. We'll cross that bridge when we get there though.

damn, if we could figure out blood types, or if blood types are even a thing. we could just do a transfusion.

There's probably nothing they can do for us, but tell them that thry're free to come by to get out of the rain.
Oh, and ask them for a recipe for fish stew.
For later:
Fuck up that cunt chief, punch 'im right in da jabba, become less-asshole ruler of the land
Get to know these bunnyfolk
Raise adopted son
Fuck bitches
Conquer space mountain
In no real order.

Can any of them cook?

>>627995
"How does a body make its own blood then? Are there any medicines or foods that help that? The kid's a little nobody, and even his own village chief was ready to abandon him, but he's a survivor. Like me."

Wait wait wait

wait

The Priest ghost dude said that the weevils were only bug sized before he got murderated right? And you only found the skeleton of the nun right? The last book you picked up said that the survivors angered the gods by sacrificing the nun, and that they were cannibals, right?

Maybe there /was/ a curse. Maybe they were cursed into giant bipedal bloodsucking man eating weevils!

>>628524
Yeah, that makes sense. Which means that you just aborted over five hundred innocent beastman(weevil) children. Well, they were hostile, but it's somewhat disturbing.

You ever wonder if the titans care about their subjects but not their subjects' infant children?

Maybe you could try raising one of the surviving eggs? If there ARE any left...

Ortise 2015/03/10(Tue)11:41 No. 628603 ID: 7413f4
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I ask Jaco if he wants to join me as a house medic, or at least help me out in curing the people come to me.

> Jaco: “Hm… I appreciate the offer, stranger, but even if you did have some magical healing water, seems like kind of an insult to my profession. I’m out.”

Jaco takes Yol back to the bank, where they meet up with the fourth Bilk. Levna stays behind on the water, spearing the last fish within range.