Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)11:25 No. 671944 ID: 329fef
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>Boy it's a good thing this large pile of corpses was here, otherwise I may have temporarily broken a leg maybe!

>What do now?

>what do
Feast upon corpses.

Look around I guess. How you doing nomi? And dip, how'd dip stick the landing?

Switch to the spirit plane, call for the adventurer and help her get to the second floor.

Check on Dip.

Loot the bodies.

we should save eating the corpses until we need nomi to get to the flesh plane.

Make sure Nomi landed alright, and check on Dip.

'ave a look 'round.

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)14:15 No. 671990 ID: 329fef
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>Nomi claims she's fine. The immediate surroundings go LEFT from here.

>Dip is also fine. They landed in a pool of blood. Score!

dip, drink blood?

so you going to hang out here for awhile or should we go left?

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)14:37 No. 671994 ID: 329fef
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>Dip has been drinking blood for a while.

>As you prepare to go left, you note that you feel a lot... crisper. As though someone refined you in a paint system superior to MSpaint.

>You also feel like some other things have been unlocked!

>MINIMAP unlocked!
>COLLECTABLES unlocked!
>EXISTENTIAL DREAD unlocked!

>EXISTENTIAL DREAD unlocked!
what the hell is this? also go left.

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)14:57 No. 671996 ID: 329fef
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>You really don't want to know.

>As you head left you discover a large bridge, and a Staircase heading south. You know. The direction you can't see.

>FEATURING DANTE FROM THE DEVIL MAY CRY SERIES
Which Dante?

>& KNUCKLES
Which Knuckles?

>EXISTENTIAL DREAD unlocked!
SCORE! go left.

well with nowhere else to go I guess we take the only exit... unless you want to try the sprite plane again but I'm not seeing anything to warrant a trip there.

try south

>You really don't want to know.

Knowing things we really shouldn't is what we were born to do! It's not as if we have a body to needlessly throw into danger.

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)15:46 No. 672012 ID: 329fef
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>Existential Dread is your ability to contemplate your own mortality.

>The group heads south down the stairs. There's a small room with seemingly nothing inside, here.

fuck that's the virus symbol. Looks like we're going to need Dip to come down her for something. What is the door unlocked or no?

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)16:41 No. 672026 ID: 329fef
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>It's not a door. It's a drawing. But it's probably a door on some other elemental plain. Probably Virus.

well chill out nearby in case there is a cross plane lever to open it on virus.
dip, get your mug over here.

ah, well go fetch dip then and see if he can't work his magic here. Be back in a bit.

Hey dip we need your help with a thing.

Check out what this room looks like in the other planes before we assume we need Dip.

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)18:31 No. 672098 ID: 329fef
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>Dip is here! Dip notes that though they probably could shift to the virus plain, they wouldn't actually be able to leave the room, meaning a VIRUS aligned door is useless to them.

unless there is a tip about how to open it across the planes. like a lever that only appears on virus but opens the door everywhere.

>>672098
so he can move around in the virus realm but can't open a door?

Well I guess we could have Naut see if the door can't be open in the spirt realm. Unless there's somewhere else we could go that I'm not seeing.

This isn't the only direction we can go! There's also the bridge. Dip, did you see anything interesting in the room just north of this one?

Otherwise I suppose we'll move across the bridge with the others.

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)19:01 No. 672119 ID: 329fef
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>Naut thinks you guys are confused and might want to check the Minimap.

>>672119
Yeah okay.

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)19:20 No. 672133 ID: 329fef
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>Note how little there is to see at the moment. As you explore more will become available to view.

oh, when you said we could only move left and then said that the stairs popped up I thought you meant that was our only way to go. In that case never mind and head back up and go left.

Can we see the spirit plane minimap?

Yeah, so, let's mosey across the bridge.

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)21:27 No. 672167 ID: 329fef
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>All Minimaps are the same.

>This room is... larger than you expected.

>A massive idol of a Celestial is erected at the north wall. Below you a fountain of blood trickles. The Celestial's symbol is carved into the walls below the bridge.

>There is no apparent entrance to the room where you can walk around on the floor.

What's it look like in Blood Sight?
Naut, be polite and say you'll be right back first.

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)22:07 No. 672174 ID: 329fef
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>Naut excuses himself and shifts to the BLOOD plain.

>It looks the same, only bloodier. Neat.

Aw I was hoping the blood fountain would go crazy or something. Let's continue.

What's a Celestial, anyway?

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)23:02 No. 672189 ID: 329fef
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>Celestials are... Well... They're hard to describe.

>I would say they're godlike, but that isn't exactly the term... They're more like the literal personifications of concepts present throughout all realms. Better than gods.

>Their relatives, the Aninki, are similar, but they aren't tied to specific concepts. Rather, they're just of similar overall power.

>Honestly there's a whole bunch, and they have an incredibly in depth lore, but I won't chat about that now.

well, some lore about this specific one may help with a puzzle, if you know any.

Nautquest 2015/09/23(Wed)23:10 No. 672196 ID: 329fef
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>This is Mh't (pronounced Mutt). They are to cut in twain.

>You don't think this is a puzzle. Probably just homage to a Celestial. You hope you don't meet any, they can be... unpredictable.

Wave pleasantly at idol and cross the bridge.

I wonder what the Spirit Plane version of that idol is...

So the symbols on the walls, what realm are they for again?

Dip, think you could land in the fountain safely from here?

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)08:36 No. 672246 ID: 329fef
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>Here. I went to the SPIRIT plain. as you can see, nothing has really changed. Except that the blood is now fresh water. Gross.

>Dip doesn't think they could land safely in the blood fountain from this height. If he missed, he's squished.

>The symbols on the wall represent M'ht. They aren't pertaining to any particular plain.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)08:43 No. 672247 ID: 329fef
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>Nomi opted to stay on the bridge a little and rest.

>This room is very small, but we can head SOUTH from here.

I see the virus symbol in here, but let's look south first before we have dip check it out.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)10:34 No. 672264 ID: 329fef
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>We can continue going SOUTH or head WEST from here.

More south

South again while Pip takes a look through the virus hole

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)14:13 No. 672301 ID: 329fef
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>You head SOUTH. there's nowhere else to go from here.

>A strong looking DOGE with a HAMMER taped to it guards a Heavy book.

"Glyph! Glyph!"

>That's a weird way of barking.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)14:18 No. 672302 ID: 329fef
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>Dip notes that this isn't a hole, it's a BUTTON! But to what? It's shaped like a honeycomb.

ask doge if it will let you have the book.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)14:36 No. 672306 ID: 329fef
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"Barfk Barfk."

>Looks like that's a no.

>>672302
Push the button dip let's see what happens

Naut head back north and take that hallway we passed.

Yeah let the dog be for now until we know what's up with the book.

(Psst, Naut. You should totally use the sacrifice. I bet you can impress girls with whatever it does)

Naut use sacrifice.
Dip push butan.
Naut pet doge.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)16:31 No. 672338 ID: 329fef
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>NAUTuses the sacrifice!

>His breath is as the sky and his body is as the earth. His mind is the sun and his soul the aether.

>NAUT can use a new ability in battle!

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)16:40 No. 672345 ID: 329fef
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>DIP presses the button!

>Betty the 90's Bee-sness Woman appears!

"Buy! Sell! Merge! Give me those figures!"

>Betty seems to be offering an object you may have forgotten, but you have nothing of value to trade her!

ask what she looks for in a trade dip so we don't waste her time with useless junk

What' you learn Naut?

Dip, tell her she has a nice figure.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)16:55 No. 672349 ID: 329fef
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>Betty questions if you're hitting on her. She's much to busy for that. She also questions whether you're trying to bribe her. Unless you have some delicious honey on hand, this is a no go.

>>672349
so honey for an item got it. Thanks for that. So let's move on and see what else we can find in here?

I don't got delicious honey on hand, no, but I see right in front of me there's a delicious honey I'd like to get my hands on

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)18:20 No. 672377 ID: 329fef
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>Though they appreciate your attempts to flirt, Betty bids you stop wasting her precious time and come back when you have things to trade.

>What do?

Time to head Southward

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)18:32 No. 672379 ID: 329fef
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>Naut can't head further southward! This is as far as he goes.

>He challenged the DOGE to a staring contest some time ago...

>...It's winning.

think about sad things to make yourself tear up. will help your eyes last longer.

Forget the DOGE. It's trying to scare you with its cuteness. Head down the West path and look for clues.

so what do doge like? I figure we could trade it something for the book. Also head north then go west.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)19:29 No. 672394 ID: 329fef
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>Doges like SHOES to chew on. Maybe we'll find one.

>NAUT heads into the westernmost corridor. he finds a STONE SLAB DOOR and a MEMORY. Naut is... Nervous.

what kind of memory and what do those things do?

looks like we are stuck without it though. tentative poke

Looks like a spirit orb. Let's take a closer look at it.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)20:58 No. 672420 ID: 329fef
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>Naut reluctantly touches the memory.

>...

>It is warm.

>There is a tree in the distance.

>You do not want to be here.

>>672420
Why not?

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)21:06 No. 672423 ID: 329fef
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>You don't know why.

>You head towards the tree instead.

>It has long since lost it's leaves.

>There is something at it's base.

get something

Acquire baby-shaped bundle.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)21:13 No. 672430 ID: 329fef
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>It is your son.

>He has no face.

>Your wife died giving birth to him, and now you must leave him here.

>You do not want to.

Why leave him?

Why must you leave him?

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)21:16 No. 672434 ID: 329fef
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>If you do not you will have to take his place.

>You are a coward.

>He will not remember this.

>You will.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)21:24 No. 672441 ID: 329fef
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>You begin to cry. You are sorry it has to be this way.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)21:24 No. 672442 ID: 329fef
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>The world takes your child into the cold and dark

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)21:32 No. 672445 ID: 329fef
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>NAUT wakes up from the stranger's memory.

>The Memory is gone, and the door is open. a set of stairs leads down. Naut is still stressed from that, though, so he wants to take a little break.

naut, are you the baby?

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)21:37 No. 672447 ID: 329fef
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>Naut clearly has a face. He is not the baby.

>Nor is he the father for that matter.

>He'll go on the Maury Show to prove it, too. don't test him.

Nothing you can do here. Proceed to the next room.

Also, you may want to leave markers in the spirit plane for that other adventurer to find. If you can help her, she might team up.

well, take a break while we check on nomi and dip.

The door is now open, go through it.

well the door is open now at least. Let's see what's inside.

Nautquest 2015/09/24(Thu)22:36 No. 672489 ID: 329fef
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>You proceed to the next room.

>It's danker than usual in here. There's a door to the NORTH and a door to the SOUTH. there's a small hole in the wall and a BROKEN NOOSE hanging from the ceiling. Very low, to be honest. You'd have to be really really short for this to be effective, even if it wasn't broken.

well there's blood up north so that's welcoming, so let's start there... also tug the rope before you go.

>>672345
Too bad we didn't bring the radio full of moneybees with us.

Tip throw severd head into the blood fountain for fun then play song for DOGE.

>>672489
Maybe noose is like door bell or seekret door?

>>672442
We must find this baby and feed it to Nomi.

>danker than usual
Look for hidden Snoop Doges.
Anyway, untie noose to acquire ROPE, go north.

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)08:33 No. 672592 ID: 329fef
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>You see no SNOOPS. You give a firm tug on the rope as though it were a doorbell, but it snaps off. You've obtained OLD ROPE. Probably isn't very sturdy.

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)08:34 No. 672593 ID: 329fef
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>Dip sees no DOGE. they arent native to the BLOOD plain after all.

>He plays a whimsical tune anyway.

dip, take blood book.

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)08:37 No. 672595 ID: 329fef
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>It's to HEAVY and filled with PROBABLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

Can you open it and read the tome where it sits?

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)10:19 No. 672605 ID: 329fef
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>Dip opens the book!

>...

>...uh.

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)10:19 No. 672606 ID: 329fef
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>Dip flips to another page.

>What.

>This book is just filled with nonsense!

Maybe the book is different in each plane? As in some pages are only readable in certain planes. You could test these by switching planes if you want.

>This book is just filled with nonsense!

No, the book is filled with chicken. Pay attention!

>>672605
Hm does it have anything about their mating habits

>>672613
That's it.

Maybe it's a code that uses all planes. Be sure to copy each page to your data log.

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)14:40 No. 672660 ID: 329fef
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>Dip switches plains.

>This is the same page, only moldier! What the heck!

>>672660
check the other page that you read

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)15:18 No. 672672 ID: 329fef
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>Dip decides not to read any more of the book in any Plain. it's clear this is just a VERY HEAVY BOOK. probably good for weighing something down. Naut could probably lift it.

WOW, how dare you disrespect the immense knowledge which is most certainly hidden within that beautiful tome. Implying that it is only useful as a literal paperweight, who do you think you are, THE KING OF BOOKS?! You're probably just too illiterate to understand the deep meaning of the mighty information sequestered away in this most girthy of word holes. Who knows what kind of dark and/or awesome secrets would be revealed if only you made even a little bit of an effort to decipher it you boorish philistine.

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)16:03 No. 672674 ID: 329fef
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>Fine, you'll give it another cha--

>...

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)16:03 No. 672675 ID: 329fef
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>No. Never again. This book should be placed under the supervision of a powerful warrior, never to be opened.

okay then. let's move on.

Stay in the same area as Naut, you don't want to waste turns in combat to summon each other.

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)17:55 No. 672714 ID: 329fef
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>Move on where? You haven't any idea where NAUT is. It's not like he's visible in the BLOOD plain unless he shifts.

oh, he went left.

he went down the hallway behind you and through the door. Kind of the last we saw him, could still be there.

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)19:53 No. 672730 ID: 329fef
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>Dip enters said room.

>On a scale of 1-100 on how bloody that door is, it would rank a solid 'yes.'

>>672730
Knock on the door, maybe there'd be someone in there?

>>672736
Why knock when you can just go in.

Um. Bloodstained door means a strong character should open it, which would be NAUT.

Also there's the other door, which is less dangerous, which I would support opening first.

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)22:44 No. 672792 ID: 329fef
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>Naut attempts to use the door handle, but finds it too STICKY WITH BLOOD to use!

>Apparently the person behind that door doesn't wear gloves. Or wash their hands. Or not commit murder probably for that matter.

>They probably litter, too.

Let's do the other door first.

Maybe it will be easier to bash through in the Rust plane.

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)23:32 No. 672803 ID: 329fef
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>Oh, definitely. A faceless baby could knock down that door in the RUST plain. Not that we'll be finding any of those.

Nautquest 2015/09/25(Fri)23:33 No. 672804 ID: 329fef
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>You enter the SOUTHERN room. Not much to see here, besides a baby shaped bundle on a pressure plate.

>...wait

Time to take the baby, huh.

grab bundle, and DOOOOOOOOOOODGE

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)00:09 No. 672814 ID: 329fef
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>This isn't even a baby! It's a dumb set of rocks painted to LOOK like a baby, and they didn't even do a good job.

>You aren't touching that dumb fake baby until you have something to replace it. Who knows what could happen.

>>672814
EXACTLY! It'll be an adventure! Kick over those stupid dumb rocks, and let that pressure plate be free from their tyranny! Honestly the most likely scenario is that pushing them off just closes a door somewhere and you'll have to re-stack them. OR it could activate a fun trap, OR it could give you treasure! There's no way to lose when you thrust yourself recklessly into the unknown!

>>672814
Well... that's interesting.
Hey, how about you go back and grab that big book to switch for the fake babby.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)00:32 No. 672821 ID: 329fef
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>You decide not to rush recklessly into the unknown. Last time you did that you ran face first into a grate. Remember that? I remember that. That happened.

>You'd love to take the heavy looking book, but the GUARD DOGE refuses to budge an inch.

challenge doge to rock paper scissors

>>672823
Best three out of five! Start with rock, and read its movements, you almost certainly have a better poker face than it.

>>672821
Well... uh...

Minimap? I think we missed something.

Then take the Doge with you!

Kip go south

let's see what the mini map has to say. Also How's Nomi doing? We haven't heard from her in awhile and I'm starting to get a little worried.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)10:58 No. 672868 ID: 329fef
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>Here's the minimap.

>We're not missing any ROOMS... Naut thinks we're not paying attention to the environments closely enough.

>>672868
why isn't the merchant chick marked on the map? or any of the 6 plane symbols in the rooms where they're marked? Like the two we found for virus?

anyways the doge wants shoes and the bee wants honey which we have nether of. The door in the basement next to where we started is is drawn on and can't be opened from this side even in the virus plain, the only other door we've found is covered in blood and can probably only be opened in the blood plain. Their's also a fake baby which is weighing something down so we also need something to replace the baby if we want it.

So did I miss anything? Oh and dip would you kindly try the closed door north of you to see if it's easier to open in the blood plain.

>>671996
Death symbol here.
>>672247
OH. We can use that severed head to swap for the fake baby. Let's do that.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)11:30 No. 672873 ID: 329fef
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>On a scale of 1-100, this ROOM ranks a solid blood.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)11:40 No. 672874 ID: 329fef
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>Naut attempts to remove the head, but it crumbles in his hands! Like a creepy mummy head. Gross.

>There's a message where the head used to be. Protip: hiding messages with heads isn't the best way of keeping secrets.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)11:41 No. 672875 ID: 329fef
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> BLOOD to VIRUS

> Check the hole

>You're pretty sure these are completely unrelated to each other.

>>672874
Okay go back to the bloody door and check out the hole in the wall.

>>672873
Switch to VIRUS.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)14:00 No. 672891 ID: 329fef
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>Naut looks through the hole.

>There's an adorably tiny novelty shoe. Looks like it would barely fit on your finger.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)14:02 No. 672892 ID: 329fef
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>DIP switches to the VIRUS plain!

>There's a surprising lack of fungi here.

>Dip notes that there's a Bisected FREG here.

"heh hem."

>Oh. Someone else is here, too.

say hello, ask if the freg is their handiwork.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)14:10 No. 672894 ID: 329fef
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>You inquire this.

"Yes. It is still alive. I'm watching it."

Ask for a name

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)14:20 No. 672898 ID: 329fef
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> You ask a name.

"Shaki. Do you need healing?"

"I'm not injured if that's what you're asking."

>>672899
Agreed. but ask if *they* need help. Making friends is always nice.

Um. Are FREGs just mindless creatures or is this guy torturing someone?

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)14:47 No. 672912 ID: 329fef
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>You inquire these things.

"The only help I need is taking care of this thing. I can't leave here until it dies, and I don't have the means to."

"FREGS are about as sane as a HORS. for reference."

>>672912
help taking care of it or help killing it?

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)15:01 No. 672916 ID: 329fef
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"Murder, Obviously. I'm still in my prime, I don't want to get tied down by motherhood."

Right. This will likely take a complex sequence of tasks to ensure that the FREG dies slowly and painfully, as to allow full escape.

Come back when you have the murder tools, including a miniature chainsaw that uses scalpel teeth.

Ah

So does someone just need to attack it or do we need a certain item to finish it off?

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)15:08 No. 672921 ID: 329fef
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>You inquire this.

"Well, you could just attack it, but with just the two of us it could take a while. You look more like the support type, like myself. It's be better if there was someone strong."

we have 2 other team mates who are among the "beating and clawing the ever living shit out of something" line of fighting if that helps. Plus one has just kinda been standing on a bridge doing a whole lot of nothing for awhile so might being given something to do.

>>672921
So we have to figure out how to get one of our other party members in this room.

I guess let's switch back to NAUT and trade the shoe for the book so we can use the book to get the baby aaaaaand I don't know what to do with the baby actually.

naut, nomi, we got a freg that needs to catch a case of the dead. past the door with blood coming under it. it's on the blood plane so standby for dip to start the battle.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)15:53 No. 672934 ID: 329fef
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>In a convoluted and utterly unnecessary sidequest-like series of events, NAUT trades the tiny shoe to the dog, who then leaves, so he can pick up the book, which he takes to the pressure plate and swaps it out for the fake baby. The fake baby crumbles, leaving only rags.

>OBTAINED RAGS

use rags to open door without getting sticky.

>>672934
does the book have anything interesting that you saw in it?

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)16:05 No. 672942 ID: 329fef
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>The text reads: gotta have me a good lasaga

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)16:06 No. 672943 ID: 329fef
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>This book contains the embodiment of horror itself

Frown at the book, then pick it up and show it to Nomi or Dip. (Dip is preferred)

>>672943
>This book contains the embodiment of horror itself
No that would be reading the book in the spirit realm... don't try that by the way.

>>672944
book is holding down a presser plate by the way.

Also why isn't that door open for you? I mean when you bashed through the grate last floor it seemed to have have bashed through the grate in all plains.

>>672945
Try this.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)16:44 No. 672959 ID: 329fef
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>You opt to open the door with the rag.

>As you can see, only SOME things are constant between plains.

>In this plain, the FREG is not Bisected.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)16:48 No. 672962 ID: 329fef
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>FREG attacks!

>NAUT is ready to go!
>NOMI is ready to go!
>SHAKI is ready to go!
>DIP is ready to go!

>NAUT:
Bash
Shield
SMAAAAASH!!!
Grand Slam

>NOMI:
Bite
Frisk
Glutton

>SHAKI:
Heal
Protect
Surgery

>DIP
Shriek
Hide
Symphony

dip, Symphony
naut, GRAND SLAM

>NAUT:
Grand Slam
we bought it so might as well see what it does

>NOMI:
Glutton

>SHAKI:
Surgery
only cause I want to see what it does

>DIP
Symphony
just to make sure it dies.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)17:23 No. 672988 ID: 329fef
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>All other attacks are moot!

>The sheer boiling force CHARLES BARKLEY floods Naut's frame!

>Come on and SLAM

>WELCOME TO THE JAM

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)17:23 No. 672990 ID: 329fef
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>The FREG has been SLAMMED.

>There's some negative uses to that skill, but the FREG was defeated in one turn so it doesn't matter.

Hey, sorry if we... exploded the frog, in the virus dimension.
Did we?

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)17:31 No. 672994 ID: 329fef
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>Maybe just a little bit.

Find a way to apologize for that Freg explosion.

>>672994
Um, so.

Wanna come with? We're going to the surface or outside world or whatever.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)17:43 No. 673003 ID: 329fef
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>As the blood fades, you inquire this.

"I guess so."

>Shaki has joined the party!

excellent, so shaki can you shift planes, and to which one(s)?

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)18:01 No. 673006 ID: 329fef
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>Shaki can shift to the RUST plain, though she's much weaker in that realm. She doesn't enjoy staying in it for long.

>>673003
You said something about healing before. Can you heal wounds, or was that a metaphor?

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)18:11 No. 673009 ID: 329fef
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>Yes. You are a medic by trade.

also, can you switch to any other planes?

>>673050
see
>>673006


>>673009
Alright let's uh... hey, Shaki, have you been visiting the RUST plane around here? It'll save us time if you know of anywhere interesting we can visit that way.

oh fuck thats what i get for reading so quickly. shaki, have you seen any weird faceless babies around

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)20:42 No. 673066 ID: 329fef
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>I've been visiting the RUST plain for some time, but I haven't been able to leave this room in a while. Allow me to say that this room is the same, only more rust colored.

>Faceless Babies? What do you mean? That sounds slightly Unfortunate. How would it eat?

well, haven't seen any rust symbols so far, but there was that door back accross the bridge that was virus marked. hmm... dip while you can't leave rooms while plane shifted, can someone else move you? as in, could shaki carry you out of this room?

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)21:18 No. 673074 ID: 329fef
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>...

>Why not... Just have... Shaki do that. Go through the door.

Uh yeah let's just... go over there and visit that room in Rust.

not saying you have to, just wondering if you could. anyway, everyone should head over there on their home planes in case something horrible is behind it.

Nautquest 2015/09/26(Sat)22:38 No. 673084 ID: 329fef
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>Shaki goes through the door in the room previously mentioned. There's a lever here. There's also a small door leading SOUTH.

>Shaki notes they can reach the base of the statue and can sit by the fountain quite easily.

dip is the door open for you? if not then shaki, PULL THE LEVA!

>>673084
Pull the lever to see what it does.

Well um we should make sure nobody else is in this room in any other plane, first. I mean it might do something to the bridge, or something.

well you're here so might as well pull the lever

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)09:23 No. 673160 ID: 329fef
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>Shaki pulls the lever. Thankfully, there's no Wrong Lever, so they can't possibly fuck this up.

everyone, descend.

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)10:20 No. 673171 ID: 329fef
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>This room is HUUUUGE

>It could fit at LEAST 11 ducks.

>Maybe 12 on a good day.

naut. get close to fountain and switch to spirit to see if it has anything in it. not saying to reach in, just look.

how big is a duck?

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)13:45 No. 673196 ID: 329fef
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>Duck sized.

>Naut switches to the SPIRIT plain so he can get a better look in the fountain.

>...There's someone already here.

oh hey it's sapphire.

>>673196
Welp, nice knowing you NAUT. The statue is looking at you too.

If the bunny hasn't seen you yet, switch back to DEATH.

you can use this, maybe the bunny can get an item out of the water fountain. just explain you are in this suit cause you are afraid of water. and they will totally do it.

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)16:40 No. 673232 ID: 329fef
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>It is indeed Sapphire!

>She seems to be looking at her reflection... Maybe.

>Naut slowly approaches.

Oh no, she has a black eye! Go ask what happened to her.

look at that, you were too scared to help and now they are hurt.

>>673232
>approaches
Wait how are you doing that I thought you couldn't move in the Spirit plane?

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)17:13 No. 673237 ID: 329fef
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>Uh, by phasing out of the spirit plain and into the death plain, and back again? She's too focused on herself to... well. notice you.

>Closer observation proves that yes, that is indeed a black eye. Rabbits are more fragile than you thought.

So, uh, how ya doin'

Wait, would she just hear the screams of the damned when we talk?

Get her attention by throwing something into the fountain.

"you okay?"

>>673237
Give her a nudge.

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)18:15 No. 673246 ID: 329fef
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>She would indeed hear the screams of the damned if Naut spoke. Thankfully, she can hear YOU just fine.

"Oh! You snuck up on me. Hello..."

>She seems embarrassed about her black eye.

"hi, so, are you okay, what happened?"

If you can't talk to her wave and point to her eye.

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)19:09 No. 673259 ID: 329fef
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>Apparently no one knows what subtlety is. Nonetheless, Naut obliges.

"Oh... I-I was hoping you wouldn't notice. I j-just fell down some stairs, yea. That's all."

Subtlety is not our middle name. Our middle name is Naut.

Who punched you down the stairs?

Uh.....it's not very noticeable at all! We're just very observant. Or something.

Never seen someone get a black eye from falling down stairs, though. How did that even HAPPEN?

you could say we're. NAUT very subtle at all.

anyway yeah that's a pretty big shiner you've got. have you tried slapping some mutton on it

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)19:20 No. 673267 ID: 329fef
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"No! no one attacked me, I swear. Even if there was someone, it's not like you could do anything about it..."

>Press Triangle to Doubt.

"Thanks for the advice on how to treat it, though..."

despite how clearly gentle and sweet we are, we are also very LARGE! if someone is going around (hypothetically) and socking innocent rabbits in the face (hypothetically) we would want to know about it, because we would definitely (hypothetically) be able to do something about it.

since you said there isn't anyone it's not really relevant, but we figured maybe you'd want to know anyway.

No subleties when you cant talk. Cross your arms, slightly tilt your head.

naut, FLEX, you are big and strong.

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)19:37 No. 673278 ID: 329fef
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>Naut does an intimidating pose! They will FUCK UP anyone that messes with this rabbit.

>Naut is still sort of intimidated by the rabbit, to be honest.

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)19:39 No. 673279 ID: 329fef
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"...Well. They're... I sort of don't want them getting hurt... They're my boyfriend. It was an accident, I swear."

>>673279
accident accident or "you got punched" accident?
like, its really not our place to question your relationships, but think hard on if it was really an accident and if its healthy to stay with them

Well, you can hold your punches if he does. For the moment, ask Sapphire what she has learned. You and your squad have done well, and you're willing to trade some of your treasure stashes in exchange for the key codes needed to open them. For example, that stupid chicken book; you have no use for it other than as a paperweight, perhaps she knows something?

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)19:52 No. 673282 ID: 329fef
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"Rrgh! don't have to listen to you! You're just talking nonsense!"

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)19:53 No. 673283 ID: 329fef
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>SAPPHIRE storms off...

>She's left behind an item!

kome what the fuck

>check item

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)20:06 No. 673289 ID: 329fef
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>OBTAINED COMMITMENT

>>673281
what?

>>673289
uhhh, makes a good weapon?

ew

well, let's switch back then. can we look at the map and see what we still have to explore?

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)20:19 No. 673295 ID: 329fef
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>COMMITMENT is a powerful one use item that increases everyone's health... at the cost of someone else's.

>NAUT shifts back to the DEATH plain. good to be back, baybeeeeeee

Define SOMEONE. Does SOMEONE have to be a party member, or could it be something like a HORS or perhaps a BAD BOYFRIEND?

>>673295
>at the cost of someone else...
mental note: never

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)20:40 No. 673300 ID: 329fef
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>Who knows who it could be! It's someone at random, somewhere! Could be a faceless baby! Could be a guard doge! Could be someone important!

>>673300
Could it be the enemy? Also is the health increase permanent?

...where'd the door go an when did Nomi get back up on the bridge?

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)21:30 No. 673306 ID: 329fef
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>Nomi went over there a while ago.

>The door is still here.

>The COMMITMENT could affect an enemy. Or a friend. Anyone, really.

Maybe we should ask Saphire is she used Commitment next time we see her? That might've caused her black eye (unless it takes health through other means.)

>It's someone at random, somewhere!
Yeeeah no way is using that going to end well.

only time it could be worth it is when we are fighting the final boss so there is literally no one we care about that will be left out of it's positive effect.

>>673306
Anyway... let's go south.

Nautquest 2015/09/27(Sun)23:14 No. 673337 ID: 329fef
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>You head into the SOUTH door.

Check out merchant hole and source of blood.

Nautquest 2015/09/28(Mon)00:33 No. 673363 ID: 329fef
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>Naut activates the Merchant

"HEY HEY HEY! It's Moneybags Monroe! Boy do I have a deal for you! Trade away those useless items taking up your inventory for something GRAND! A permanent upgrade! Not a bad trade at all if I do say so myself!"

a permanent upgrade to what? and which useless items?

Nautquest 2015/09/28(Mon)00:44 No. 673367 ID: 329fef
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"A permanent upgrade to who cares!? You're trading a rag and a piece of useless rope for it!It's a once in a lifetime opportunity! Seriously though. If you pass this up I won't be trading it anymore- I sell to other people too, you know!

oh, yeah those things, sure. trade away.

Just don't take our COMMITMENT

I have a bad feeling about this...

What could go wrong?

>>673370
no do, we're never using that piece of crap.

>>673398
What if Sapphire wants it back?

Nautquest 2015/09/28(Mon)06:52 No. 673419 ID: 329fef
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"Aw. c'mon fellas! I wouldn't dare trade a Permanent upgrade away! That's just plain rude, and borders on wrong. Like the intricate corruption of Russia's government, or Donald Trump. I just trade inventory items, no more, no less! Whaddya say?"

The COMMITMENT is an upgrade tool and Sapphire found it...

Yep, let's do it.

Nautquest 2015/09/28(Mon)09:26 No. 673428 ID: 329fef
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"Good choice! You won't regret it!"

Nautquest 2015/09/28(Mon)09:26 No. 673429 ID: 329fef
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>Obtained A REMINDER

What's the function?

but you already have a diving helmet, and putting this one on would require taking the old one off.

Nautquest 2015/09/28(Mon)10:14 No. 673437 ID: 329fef
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>A REMINDER is an upgrade item that increases base attack.

Consume reminder

I think you should give it to Nomi as a present. You defend most of the time, and Nomi regenerates health as she attacks.

>>673440
Yep.

>>673440
sounds good

Nautquest 2015/09/28(Mon)13:07 No. 673466 ID: 329fef
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>NOMI's base attack has increased!

>NAUT's relationship with NOMI has increased!

>>673466
>NAUT's relationship with NOMI has increased!
the real bonus.

Nautilus 2015/09/28(Mon)20:12 No. 673544 ID: 329fef
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>So, Now what? We can move EAST or WEST from here.

West sounds good.

eh, let's just follow the blood.

West

Nautilus 2015/09/28(Mon)20:24 No. 673548 ID: 329fef
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>You enter the WEST corridor. It's a dead end.

>There's a SCREWED IN PANEL on the wall.

>There's a BLOODY SKELETON pinned to the wall by a SPEAR. it's incredibly spoopy.