>>707758
Yeah, throw his ass at the robber.

Buckwheat 2016/03/08(Tue)12:58 No. 707809 ID: 15a025
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>I'm a fan of grabbing your assailant and throwing him at the robber. Candy would have to duck or move out of the way, though.
>Yeah, throw his ass at the robber.
Sounds like a great plan. I'm pretty confident in my new arms power that I could just throw him over Candy and Nibbles. In case I can't I try to make a discreet hand gesture behind me and hope they get the hint.

"Well, you coming with me or do I need to give you some motivation by bla-what the hell!"
I slam into him and lift the assailant off the ground and chuck him as hard as I can towards the robber. I hear two gun shots but I don't think they hit anyone. There's a loud crash as well though, sounds like I hit the robber.
"Candy did I get them?"
"That was amazing Rainy! Where'd you learn to throw people around like that?"
"So...I got them both?"
The cashier chimes in.
"You hit more than just the robbers, ya smashed one of our dryers. It's fine though, I'm just glad we're all safe and alive. Just don't tell me you're a robber as well..."

I walk back over to Candy and Nibbles and they make sure I'm okay. After Nibbles does a little cleaning up and slapping some cuffs on the two she calls the station to have someone pick them up and bring them in. Conveniently are clothes are done drying.
"Real quick before we get going, was one of them a badger?"
"Just the petty robber. That other guy was a raccoon. Why do you ask?"
"I have a feeling that badger is in cahoots with those crazy circus people."
"I'll make a note of that then."
We all offer the help the cashier guy clean the place up a bit until the squad Nibbles called in comes. When they arrive we head out the door and book it out of here. Nibbles insists we make it to the castle early or we'll regret it later.

I doze off in the car for a bit but Candy and Nibbles wake me up.
"Rainy, get up!"
"Are we at the castle?"
"No, but we both think this truck is following us. It's been trailing us for a good half hour. Think I should kick the gas and go full speed or should we wait it out a bit longer and see what they do? Or should I stop at the nearest place and see what happens, or do you got any other ideas?"

>Where'd you learn to throw people around like that?
Unless your secret forest training covered throwing people like that, you can claim to be a natural.

>After Nibbles does a little cleaning up and slapping some cuffs on
>five inches tall
...where does nibbles keep cuffs that fit on non-tiny people? (Are the cuffs enchanted to scale? Does she have a hammer-space storage enchantment? ...or is she just wearing a bandoleer of zip-tie cuffs?)

>Think I should kick the gas and go full speed or should we wait it out a bit longer and see what they do? Or should I stop at the nearest place and see what happens, or do you got any other ideas?
How close are we to the palace? We can't just let them be scared off by or gnabbed by the royal guard?

Quick mini update power go Buckwheat 2016/03/08(Tue)15:22 No. 707822 ID: 15a025
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>...where does nibbles keep cuffs that fit on non-tiny people? (Are the cuffs enchanted to scale? Does she have a hammer-space storage enchantment? ...or is she just wearing a bandoleer of zip-tie cuffs?)
I think the police just use an enchantment to conjure up a pair of magical handcuffs that last awhile. I'll ask her later if you'd like though.

>How close are we to the palace? We can't just let them be scared off by or gnabbed by the royal guard?
"How much longer till we get to the castle?"
"Three hours."
Don't think we'll be scaring them off with any gu-
A couple of bangs and tinking sounds interrupt my train of though.
"They're trying to shoot our tires out!"
"Have they hit any yet?"
"No, I don't think so. Should we speed up or return fire?"

>>707822
Gun it, Candy. You're good at losing pursuit.

Stop the car, get out, and steal their truck. Bust a few heads if you have to.

1/2 Buckwheat 2016/03/09(Wed)14:35 No. 707959 ID: 15a025
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>Gun it, Candy. You're good at losing pursuit.
"Do what you do best and gun it Candy!"
The cop car shouts out a vicious war cry and starts fleeing for its life.
"Nibbles, mind lighting me up a cig?"
"I do actually, this is a smoke free car."
"Ah fine, be a buzz kill then. How well do you know these roads Nibbles, I get the feeling we're going to have to off our route to lose these jerks."
"Enough to make sure we get to the castle, we might end up being late though."
"Better late than being dead or some kind of test subjects. Now hold onto your hats cause things are about to go crazy!"
It gets real crazy. The car twists and turns around every turn Candy can find. Sounds like no matter how many turns or how fast we go though these guys are still on our trail firing away. Either Candy is an amazing driver or these guys are horrible shots because all our tires are still intact as well as...well everything. The pursuit goes on for quite a long time. Eventually I think they just ran out of gas before or something.

"Okay I think we've lost them for now. So, where are we now Nibbles?"
"Uh....somewhere? We're pretty far off the trail from the looks of it."
"So we're lost now? Great..."
"No, we're not lost. I've got a vague idea as to where we are. Just keep following the road till we hit up a sign."
"If you say so."
I decide to try and sleep off what's probably going to a longer ride than we expected.

2/2 Buckwheat 2016/03/09(Wed)14:37 No. 707960 ID: 15a025
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I wake up to a rather unpleasant surprise. I hear Candy and Nibbles yelling something, then the breaks squeal, and then got a big old air bag smashing into my face. It stings a bit but I think I'm fine.

"Candy what just happened?"
"This stupid snowstorm blew down this huge tree and we just crashed into it. You alright?"
"I'm fine, where's Nibbles?"
"Clinging onto my neck for dear life. You okay back there Officer?"
"Just peachy...for now at least. We've only half an hour till we're expected to be at the castle. Don't think we'll be getting anywhere in this blizzard in case you were thinking of going on foot. Let me try radioing in our situation. Rainy, open up the glove box and pull out the emergency crank radio for me and start juicing it up."
I dig around the glove box and manage to find the radio. I use the serious business arm to really go to town at cranking it up for power. While I do this Nibbles starts sending out our situation.

"Hello, this Officer Nibbles radioing in for help. I'm sitting out here with two others just a little bit away from the castle road exit and need assistance getting out of here."
The radio just spits out static for a bit.
"Darn, guess it can't get out from this storm either. Alright, stop turning the crank and help me open the trunk Rainy. Looks like we're ro-
"Off--Nibb, State your business for c-- to the cas--!"
"Oh good someone was able get that after all. We we're all invited to dinner party for tonight at seven."
"Define 'we' Off--.
"Me, Lady Brasshoof, and a Miss Candy Cane."
"I'd hate to be in your situation then. Everyone here is getting antsy for your arr-"

Candy shoves my head down as far as it can go and the sound of a gunshot and a window shattering echoes.
"Someone please tell me we've got some kind of gun or weapon in here!"
"What was that! Candy who or what is out there?"
"There's some dog-wolf looking guys out there. One has a rifle on them and the other has a chainsaw."
"Hey wh-- on there? Y-- okay? -erd a gun sh-t!"
"We're under attack!"
[i]"That's ve-- ba-. We're sen-- out a- am to-. It'll take -- teen minutes before they arr-."
Another gunshot is fired and another window busts. I can feel the freezing air flooding into the car. One of the attackers yells something but I can't make out what they're saying over the storm.

"Rainy, there should be a small pistol and about twenty shots of ammo sitting in glove box get it out in case we need to return fire."
I pull it out for Nibbles. I try using the blindar to figure out where they might be out there but no luck. All it's mapping out is the cop car, the fallen tree, and all this snow. Any advice spooky guide spirits?

Don't get killed.

>This stupid snowstorm blew down this huge tree and we just crashed into it.
I'm guessing the guy with the chainsaw cut it down, actually. This is a deliberate ambush.

If you're lucky, you've run into ordinary bandits and murderers, not people who want to drag you off to be experimented on. ...though this is odd, since the people pursuing you really shouldn't have been able to predict where you would end up after Candy's random walk. Not sure how they coordinated this.

>Any advice spooky guide spirits?
If the car had any lights, cut them now. They're just making it easier for your opposition to aim.

The weather conditions mean their sight is gonna be bad too. Nibbles could probably disappear into the storm to do some sneak attacks, assuming she has a charm or something that'll keep her from freezing to death (her size means the cold is a much bigger problem for her than the rest of you). Before that though, she might want to throw her speed buff.

If they're here for you, you might be able to stall, by pretending to negotiate a surrender while we stall for time.

Might want to give Candy the gun, since she has eyes, and you have your arm. (I assume Nibbles has her own gear scaled for her stature).

>blindar only showing snow
I'm not sure if that's a random distribution pattern, or if we're supposed to be able to read into it. Could gaps in the snow pattern show where ambushes are standing? (Like, there's a pretty noticeable circle in the upper left).

Maybe we can switch from object radar to life sense? You don't seem to have that on, it's not even showing the two people right next to you in the car, who should be in range. [Toggle life sense on]

Small status and inventory update Buckwheat 2016/03/11(Fri)13:26 No. 708337 ID: 15a025
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>If you're lucky, you've run into ordinary bandits and murderers, not people who want to drag you off to be experimented on. ...though this is odd, since the people pursuing you really shouldn't have been able to predict where you would end up after Candy's random walk. Not sure how they coordinated this.
I highly doubt ordinary bandits/murderers go after the cops. I don't know how they're coordinating this attack on us, especially with how amazing Candy is at losing people on the streets. Maybe they know we're trying to go to the castle?

>Don't get killed.
That was kind of already the plan.

>If the car had any lights, cut them now. They're just making it easier for your opposition to aim.
"Candy, are the car lights light?"
"No, the car kind of shit out on impact. Yes the heater/AC is also shot so get ready to freeze your buns off."

>The weather conditions mean their sight is gonna be bad too. Nibbles could probably disappear into the storm to do some sneak attacks, assuming she has a charm or something that'll keep her from freezing to death (her size means the cold is a much bigger problem for her than the rest of you). Before that though, she might want to throw her speed buff.
"How well do you think you could handle the cold out there Nibbles?"
"Not well. I'm barely staying warm in here. "
"You can bundle up in my wool if you need to Nibbles, I don't mind."
"Thanks Candy!"
"Nibbles, did you bring any enchanted stuff with you?"
"Yup, I've got an enchanted light ring on right now. It's a little different than what I brought to the circus. This one let's me conjure up a pair of magic light handcuffs, it takes a few minutes to charge up and use though. It's also got the speed up enchantment that I can activate and use at will, but only lasts for a minute and has a five minute cool down. Last thing on it is the stun enchantment, which also takes a good four or five minutes to use, only lasts for a solid minuet, and has a half hour cool down."
"Is the cool down for just the spell or the whole the ring?"
"The whole ring."

>Might want to give Candy the gun, since she has eyes, and you have your arm. (I assume Nibbles has her own gear scaled for her stature).
"Candy I think you should take the pistol."
"Then what are you going to use to defend your-self?"
"These freaky powerful robot arm that has a literal hand gun built into it."
"Oh, duh."
"Out of curiosity Nibbles, other than the enchanted ring what other gear do you have?"
"Just my coat and officer's hat. If it really came down to it though, I might be able to use one of the broken shards of glass as knife to stab someone."

>I'm not sure if that's a random distribution pattern, or if we're supposed to be able to read into it. Could gaps in the snow pattern show where ambushes are standing? (Like, there's a pretty noticeable circle in the upper left).
I try bringing up the radar image and the blizzard pattern seems different but more or less the same as the last one.
I can hear a chainsaw rev up in the distance. It's sounds like it's off to the right. Let me circle where I think they're at on the-. Another gunshot goes off and another one of the windows shatters.
"Final warning! Give us the deer girl now or we're charging down there to blow your heads off!"

>Maybe they know we're trying to go to the castle?
Unless this is the only road though these woods that gets you to the castle that still seems weird. Unless they're camping all the routes.

>Final warning! Give us the deer girl now or we're charging down there to blow your heads off!
Hey! No fair! You didn't give us any earlier warnings!

also fat lot of good surrendering will do if we all just freeze to death anyways!

>what do
Stall, throw words back and forth with the attackers. Buy time for your back up, and for Nibbles to charge up her enchanted ring.

Then we fake a surrender. Hide Nibbles on Rainy, only once you get close, we're not going quietly. Once you're close enough for the radar to work, you'll be able to use your arm in the snow, and Nibbles can jump out and surprise ambush with speed and/or a stunner, and Candy opens fire as their attention is suddenly on you resisting.

Moving quick and in the snow, they shouldn't even know Nibbles is there. They'll just see you putting up a fight.

Downside is we have to win this fast. Nibbles will have minutes, tops, on her own in that cold. Gotta down the bad guys and recover her fast.

>>708365
Why not just hide Nibbles in Candy's wool and have her go out with Rainy for surprise attack. Pretend to surrender first though.

>>708460
I was thinking they would only want to / let Rainy approach, and the others to stay back. That, and a gun works at a distance.

Advantage of getting Candy closer is she can probably conceal Nibbles better than Rainy, and she could probably use her gun more effectively if there's less blinding snow in the way.

Disadvantage would be we can't have Nibbles jump right out on whoever tries to get close enough to restrain or drug Rainy, and Candy walking into a 'surrender' with a weapon out might not work so well. (Unless the storm is bad enough they can't tell, anyways).

When you go outside, try to catch some snowflakes with your tongue.

Buckwheat 2016/03/15(Tue)15:54 No. 709563 ID: 15a025
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>Unless this is the only road though these woods that gets you to the castle that still seems weird. Unless they're camping all the routes.
I'm not sure how many roads lead to the castle...

>Hey! No fair! You didn't give us any earlier warnings!
The other warning(s)? Must have been those other shots?

>Stall, throw words back and forth with the attackers. Buy time for your back up, and for Nibbles to charge up her enchanted ring.
>Then we fake a surrender. Hide Nibbles on Rainy, only once you get close, we're not going quietly. Once you're close enough for the radar to work, you'll be able to use your arm in the snow, and Nibbles can jump out and surprise ambush with speed and/or a stunner, and Candy opens fire as their attention is suddenly on you resisting.
"Nibbles, can you hold a charge on an enchantment?"
"Yeah if I finish charging an enchantment I can hold the charge. Can only hold it so long though before I get exhausted and shoot it at someone."
"Hop into my pocket and start charging up the stun spell, I've got a plan. We're going to fake surrender. Candy you stay in here and try to shoot them once they're focused on me."
"I'll do my best! I'll make they get their just desserts for this."
I shout out to the attackers.
"I'm willing to surrender if you're willing to let me live!"
"Then get out here as a body before we deiced to pull you out as a corpse."
I open the car door and get out. As soon as I'm out I have my hands up in the frigid air. I'm not so sure how long Nibbles and I can last out here. I'm suited up in a heavy jacket and sweeter here, yet I can already feel my fur shoot up from the cold. It's so freezing out here it actually stings a bit.

>When you go outside, try to catch some snowflakes with your tongue.
Very easy. I almost drown my tongue in snowflakes. Wind out here is pretty strong.
Nibbles whispers to me from my jacket pocket, her voice is shaky and cattery.
"Rrr...Rainy, iiit m..might take me a fff...few mo mo...moments more tt.to charge this up. W..way to cold out here."

>Moving quick and in the snow, they shouldn't even know Nibbles is there. They'll just see you putting up a fight.
Good idea. I might even fake it to look like I'm the one throwing the enchantment instead of Nibbles if you think that's a good idea.
I jog towards the attackers. We need stall for as much time as we can but at the same time I don't want to walk and freeze out here. Unfortunately I slip on some ice and hurt my ankle. Another gunshot is fired off.
"Quit fucking around down there and get the lead out. We don't exactly have all day you know!"

I slowly get up and start walking, being more cautious for slippery ice now.
"Where are you at?"
"Oh for the love of, I'm right here you dolt! What are you blind or something?"
"Actually I am. Thanks for noticing."
I can hear the snow crunch as one of them approaches me. Something cold and heavy gets pressed up to my forehead. The Blindar picks up one of their hearts and displays it under the snow's interference. Their heart comes up as blue, that's kind of new.
"A..alright hands behind your back, Levi get over here and cuff her."
His voice sounds pretty shaky.
"W..why do I have to cuff her, why don't you cuff her yourself Chad!"
"Because I'm the one with the rifle on her head!"
"W...well what if I don't want to cuff her. W..what if I want to be the one to hold her hostage and have you cuff her?"

Hopefully backup shows up soon. Even if you knock these guys out, all we've got to warm up in is a dead car. With broken windows. I mean, you can cuddle up in there, but that'll only do so much.

The guys must have a cabin or car or something nearby to keep warm in, but no guarantees we can find it in this storm.

>"W...well what if I don't want to cuff her. W..what if I want to be the one to hold her hostage and have you cuff her?"
Depending on if Nibbles' charged up, you could either stall by suggesting they go ahead and switch, or cut to it, and tell them just to hurry this up, it's cold out here.

Assuming she's in a front facing pocket, Nibbles needs to stun the gunman in front of you, and you can use your mech-hand to grab and overpower the idiot fumbling around trying to cuff you. Overpower him / put him in his own cuffs.

Then you need to stuff Nibbles down your shirt jacket before she freezes.

Buckwheat 2016/03/16(Wed)13:13 No. 709718 ID: 15a025
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>Depending on if Nibbles' charged up, you could either stall by suggesting they go ahead and switch, or cut to it, and tell them just to hurry this up, it's cold out here.
>Assuming she's in a front facing pocket, Nibbles needs to stun the gunman in front of you, and you can use your mech-hand to grab and overpower the idiot fumbling around trying to cuff you. Overpower him / put him in his own cuffs.
I'll stall for some time, not sure if Nibbles is ready yet. I'll try to hint at her to stun the gunman if she is though.
"I'm sorry but could you two hurry it up here? I'm going to freeze to death by the time you to stop arguing and get your act together."
They both slap me across the face and yell at me.
"Shut up! No one asked for your opinion!"
"Rude. Hey Rifle-Man, you got anything I can Nibble on?"
"No, even if I did I wouldn't give you any. We're trying to kidnap you here remember?"
"Hard to remember that part when you're doing a poor job at it. Can you just hurry up and get going with this, this weather is horrible. I'm surprised anyone can move around in this storm."
I feel Nibbles moving around in my jacket pocket and soon there's a loud humming noise.

"What the hell! I...I can't move!"
I quickly turn around and give the chainsaw guy a good old knuckle sandwich. I can hear the cuffs hit the ground and pick them up. I beat on the chainsaw guy a little more and cuff him. After that I go back to the Rifleman and slug him too. I hear his gun drop to the ground.
"How the hell are you attacking us like this when you're supposed to be blind! How are you even able to use enchantments, boss said you didn't have accesses to any enchantments!"
"I told you to bring some protection to fight off enchantments Chad, but no you had to be all 'No Levi, boss said she wouldn't have any magic stuff, it's too heavy to wear anyway!'"

While they argue between themselves I pick up the rifle.
"Whoa whoa whoa, okay, so we tried to kidnap you and bring you to our boss, big deal right? We're just trying to make living here and put bread on the table. Y...you can understand that right? Uh...how about you let us go here and...we'll...we'll let you keep that very nice rifle and even let you have that delux chainsaw for free! What'd ya say there pal?"

>We're just trying to make living here and put bread on the table.
Next time try making a living in a way that doesn't involve attacking people.

Candy! I got em, come here and help me keep an eye on them.

>What'd ya say there pal?
I say you're my hostages now, and you're gonna lead us somewhere where we won't all freeze to death since you broke our car. You've gotta have a car or place near here. One that doesn't have your boss or anyone else waiting for you?

>what else do
Discreetly move Nibbles somewhere warmer (either inside you coat, or back to Candy's wool) when they aren't looking. If the cold is still a problem, we could steal their coats, but that has to be done carefully so they don't get an opening to fight back (Candy trains gun, you steal?).

We need to get out of the cold and hold out for our backup.

Make sure you put their cuffs on one of them (probably Rifle, he seemed more competent).

Oh shit is that a red heart in the upper right corner?! HIT THE DECK!

>>709854
Where? I don't see it?

Buckwheat 2016/03/17(Thu)13:56 No. 709947 ID: 15a025
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"Candy get out here! I managed to subdue them. Help me keep an eye on these two."
"Coming!"
>I say you're my hostages now, and you're gonna lead us somewhere where we won't all freeze to death since you broke our car. You've gotta have a car or place near here. One that doesn't have your boss or anyone else waiting for you?
"Alright pal, I'd say you're my hostages now. My first demand is you bring me and Candy somewhere we won't freeze to death. Fair trade seeing as you busted our car."
"Your car? I believe that's the cop's car not yours!"
Nibbles joins the conversation
"Actually it is our car. Officer Nibbles reporting in to arrest your frozen butts and throw ya in the brig."
"How ya going to do that without a working car?"
"Magic."
"Whatever. Anyway back to the subject of getting someplace warm. Only place is our truck that has no gas left. Feel free to freeze in there."

>we could steal their coats, but that has to be done carefully so they don't get an opening to fight back (Candy trains gun, you steal?).
"Or we could just steal your coats to stay warm. They're wearing coats right?"
Candy arrives.
"Alright you have five seconds to tell me why I shouldn't pop a cap in your skull and end you!"
"Candy chill it for now. Keep an eye on them while I take their jackets. "
I fight with the Rifle man to rip his jacket off. It's a very nice heavy winter jacket and it's even got pockets on the inside! Unfortunately the pockets are empty. I pull Nibbles out of my jacket pocket and slip her into my sweeter pocket and zip up my jacket, and then put on and zip up the Rifle-Man's jacket.
"You can take the saw guy's jacket if you want to Candy."
"Eh, I'm fine for now."

>Oh shit is that a red heart in the upper right corner?! HIT THE DECK!
You're right!
"Candy hit the deck! There's a third attacker hiding somewhere!"
I drop down into the snow, still holding the rifle and aiming it at the rifle man.
"Who's the third guy hiding in the trees or whatever."
"Third guy? You tryin to mess with us or something? It's just me and Levi out here. On top of that, how the hell can you tell if there's anyone else out here. I thought you were suppose to be blind."
I hear a small thud, followed by some hurried crunching of snow. Whoever it is, isn't very good at being stealthy.
"Rainy watch out!"
A red explanation mark pops up on the blindar and I move out of the way instantly. I hear Candy unload a few shots back into the woods.
"Candy what was that?"
"A poorly thrown throwing kni-"

A big gun shout blares through the storm and Candy screams in pain.
"Candy what happened! You alright?"
"Does it sound like I'm alright! I just got shot in the arm and I'm bleeding all over place!"
A familiar voice shouts back at us.
"You're next blind bitch!"
It's Trish! What is she doing out here?

>Only place is our truck that has no gas left. Feel free to freeze in there.
So, uh. They were planning on capturing you then freezing to death in the woods with you? They're either complete idiots or they're lying.

>hidden red heart
Holy heck, good eye. Even knowing where to look that took me way too long to see.

>Candy, shot
Aw, noooooo. Also blood loss in this cold really isn't good. We need that backup to find you guys soon if we want to keep her alive. (Candy, keep pressure on the wound).

>under attack
Why'd she throw the knife at you, then shoot Candy? If she's out to get you, you'd think she'd have just shot you when she could have. That suggests she's got someone with her.

>It's Trish! What is she doing out here?
Following up on a grudge, apparently. Deal with the threat now, search for answers later.

She's in the upper left, now. Return fire. Red ! to the right and down a little. Hopefully that's the one you just dodged, and not a new threat pincering you.

>Candy got shot
End this bitches life NOW.

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>Aw, noooooo. Also blood loss in this cold really isn't good. We need that backup to find you guys soon if we want to keep her alive. (Candy, keep pressure on the wound).
"Candy! Make sure you keep pressure on that wound!"
"I know! Focus on not getting shot your-self!"

>She's in the upper left, now. Return fire. Red ! to the right and down a little. Hopefully that's the one you just dodged, and not a new threat pincering you.
The red mark to the right is the one she threw already. I aim with the rifle as best as I can and take a shot at her.
"How cute! Blindy thinks she can shoot me. Be thankful I have to bring you back alive or else I'-"
I readjust my aim and fire again. Sounds like a hit as I hear something hit the ground.
"Fuuuuuuuck! That hurts like hell!"
I step towards Trish with caution. I can hear her breathing heavily. I also hear sirens blaring through the storm.
"Double fuuuuck. Alright blind bitch, you've won the battle but don't think you've won the war!"
I hear her spring up and something pops. Smells like smoke? Did she just pop a smoke bomb in the middle of a snowstorm? No time to question her logic, I run over to Candy and make sure she's still doing alright.
"How are you holding up Candy?"
"Still alive and freezing. Did you manage to shoot her?"
"I hit her somewhere but she high tailed it when she heard the sirens going."
"Shit."

A few of the cops hurry over and help Candy and me into the car. When we get in we're both handed blankets and some very sweet smelling hot chocolate.
"If only we could have gotten her sooner. Don't worry though, once we get to the castle we'll make sure Miss Kane is taken care of. Got the best damn doctors anyone could ever ask for."
"I...I hope we haven't caused much trouble being late and all."
"Eh...normally the King would be pretty offended and think you skipped out on his invite but he'll understand why you're late. It's going to be a bit before we get to the ca...wait, where's Officer Nibbles?"
"Mmm in ere!"
"She's warming up in my jacket."
"Ah alright. Anyway, It'll be a few minutes before we arrive. Got any questions?"

>"How cute! Blindy thinks she can shoot me. Be thankful I have to bring you back alive or else I'-"
...even if Rainy didn't have any magical means to compensate, talking gives away your location.

>Did she just pop a smoke bomb in the middle of a snowstorm?
And to protect her from a blind person.

...and when she's going to leave tracks in the snow your reinforcements can follow.

>Got any questions?
Did they take the two idiots who ambushed you into custody? They might give us a lead, and we can't leave them to freeze to death.

Is anyone able to pursue the third suspect? She ran, but she's injured. There should be footprints and/or a blood trail in the snow to follow.

But yeah, just get us where we're going. Candy needs to get treated.

"Will you be my date to the royal ball?"

Buckwheat 2016/03/21(Mon)13:09 No. 710792 ID: 15a025
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>And to protect her from a blind person...and when she's going to leave tracks in the snow your reinforcements can follow.
I'm starting to ponder as to how these badgers managed to get anything done when they've got fine dandies like Trish working for them.

>Did they take the two idiots who ambushed you into custody? They might give us a lead, and we can't leave them to freeze to death.
"You did have someone arrest those two who ambushed us...right?"
"Of course we're bringing those scum bags into custody."

>Is anyone able to pursue the third suspect? She ran, but she's injured. There should be footprints and/or a blood trail in the snow to follow.
"What about the third attacker? There's a badger named Trish who attacked us and shot Candy. I managed to return fire but she ran off. Are there plans to pursue her and bring her in?"
"Like we'd let some criminal flea bag get away from us. Group of royal knights are chasing her down as we speak. Anything else?"

>But yeah, just get us where we're going. Candy needs to get treated.
"Nope, just hurry and get us to the castle. Candy really needs help!"
For once, it doesn't take too long to arrive at our destination. When we get to the castle gate, Candy gets rushed out of the car and sent to medical bay.
"I want to go with and make sure sh-"
"No time, the King's been dying to meet with you. It'd be rude to keep him waiting. Don't worry though, Miss Kane is at the hands of the best doctors in the nation, she'll be fine."
The car kicks into motion again after a security check.
"You like carrots Lady Brasshoof?"
"They're alright."
"Hope you won't get sick of them before your stay ends. It's all the King has to eat around here is carrot this and carrot that."
"What about other vegetables or...meats?"
"Oh, right forgot about cabbages. As for meat...there might be fish? Can she even eat meat???"
Soon the car stops and someone opens the car door for me.
"Enjoy your stay Miss Brasshoof!"

I get out of the car and get handed something, it's a walking stick.
"Thank you!"
"No problem Lady Brasshoof! Allow me to introduce myself. The name's Oscar but if you'd like, all my friends call me Scallop. I've been assigned to be your personal assistant and bodyguard for the next few days."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Oscar. If you don't mind me asking, what species are you? I...I don't really recognize your scent?"
"Oh hush, it's no problem at all. I'm just your regular everyday sea otter."
My stomach starts to audibly grumble. I'm starting to realize I haven't really had a chance to eat anything other than breakfast.
"Somebody sounds hungry... shall we head off and join everyone for dinner?"
"Dinner sounds pretty good right now. Haven't really ate anything today other than breakfast and some ice cream earlier..."
"Wonderful! I...I'm just going to let you know ahead of time though...the King's been...a little on the grumpy end lately. Just try to ignore any rude remarks he may make. Also, you're not allergic to carrots or cabbages are you? It's...kind of all we eat here."
"I'm fine with carrots and cabbages but...why is it that's all you eat around here?"
"Plain and simple reason, it's all the King likes to eat is stuff with carrots and cabbages. We should probably get going, it's starting to get nippy out here and I'm sure everyone is getting tired of waiting for us."
"Mmm Eainy,an I om out now?"
"Oh I'm sorry Nibbles. I kind of forgot you were in there."

Oscar walks me inside while I unzip my coats and let Nibbles out.
"Ah you must be Lady Brasshoof's good friend, Officer Nibbles! It's a pleasure to meet you. Will you be accompanying us for dinner tonight as well?
"I...oh gee, I'm not...so sure... ah why not."
"Wonderful! Let's make our way shall we? Oh wait, how rude of me. Let me call someone over to grab your coats and such."
Oscar makes a loud whistle and almost instantly someone's already here grabbing my coat.
"Now we can be off and join everyone for din-"
"Oh uh...Scallop, there was a huge accident over in the enchantment wing in the testing room. The one where they test for S-class licenses and they've been asking all over for you to head in there. They really need your help with something.
"Hoo boy, this sure is pickle here. Uh...how bad is it? What happened?"
"I've no idea what's going in there but they're running all over looking for you. Why, what do you have going on?"
"King's got me assigned to be Lady Brasshoof's personal assistant and bodyguard during her stay here for next few days and we were about to head off for dinner."
"Dinner? Wasn't that half an hour ago...? Yikes, yeah I'd say you're in quite the pickle then Scallop."
"If only I could be in two places at once. Lady Bra-"
"If you don't mind...I'd actually just prefer it if you called me Rainy."
"A..are you sure about that? I mean, we just met after all and... Anyway, if you don't mind. Care to take a trip with me and find out what the ruckus is there or shall we go after dinner?"

>only carrots and lettuce
So I'm not being racist when I assume the royal family are rabbits, am I?

>check on the latest disaster or go to dinner
Even if the king is annoyed at us being late, we'll probably regret it more if we ignore whatever the latest disaster is.

>>710750
Alas, we are still dateless and dinnerless.

>Alas, we are still dateless and dinnerless.
Let's ask Scallop to be our date then.

Buckwheat 2016/03/22(Tue)13:57 No. 710936 ID: 15a025
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>So I'm not being racist when I assume the royal family are rabbits, am I?
I'm not even sure myself but I feel it's a pretty fair assumption so far.

>Even if the king is annoyed at us being late, we'll probably regret it more if we ignore whatever the latest disaster is.
"Ah what's another half hour or so. I'm already pretty late by the sounds of it."
"I hope it doesn't take that long! They won't serve dinner until the royal family is all there along with the guest of honor, which tonight you happen to be. Just thinking about the 'fun' that must be going on in the dining hall is a little worrisome, not as worried as I am about what might be going on in testing room though. Let's hurry."
Oscar grabs my wrist and runs off with me. It's hard to keep up with him but just shows I could be in better shape.
"Sorry to run you ragged like this but if they need me down here it might be pretty bad."
"Why's that?"
"I'm the guy in charge of that department."

After some running around someone yells down the hall for us.
"Scallop! Get in here and put a stop to this madness!"
" What's going on in there that you need my help with?"
"Chimera just spawned in here out of nowhere and ate the enchanted scepters!
"Which ones?"
"All of them!!!
"No need to scream about it now. Why not just call in one of the holy mages to dispose of it?
"Because if the King finds out we let a chimera just spawn in the vault and eat all four of the enchanted scepters, everyone's heads would roll! Can't you just use some of your crazy water magic or something to kill it?"
"I hope you realize that those scepters are thankfully just props and that you've all failed the surprise exam. For a second here I thought this might have been something actually serious.
"Surprise exam? Scallop there is a live chimera thrashing about in the vault as we speak and non of the enchantments we throw at it are working!"
"That's because it's just a mere illusion created by an enchantment the king had one of the sages make for me. I'd tell you what's coming next but what fun would that be? If you'll excuse us now, we've got a dinner date with the King.
[i]"Oh you and your surprise exams. How were we suppose to know that chimera was fake, and what's the penalty for failing this one?"
"Now what fun would it be if I were to just give you the answers?, as for the penalty eh...I'll think of something later. Have fun with the other surprise now!"

Scallop starts walking me back to the dining hall
"I'm a little confused here Scallop. If you were holding some kind of serious exam in there, why were you so worried something bad was going on?"
"Little bit of paranoid thoughts something else was going on besides the exam. Can't be too careful around here, especially after that embarrassing kidnapping of the princess."
"I suppose so."
"Well before we get back to the dining hall, I'd be glad to answer any questions you may have about the castle or myself. Or anything else on your mind."

>we might be holding up dinner for everyone
Oh. Well, no pressure or anything.

>Guy in charge of enchantment department is our personal bodyguard
Seems an odd allocation of resources. I guess a wizard is pretty good overkill for a bodyguard if you're trying to keep someone safe?

>I'd be glad to answer any questions you may have about the castle or myself
So... are chimeras unexpectedly spawning inside secure areas an actual problem? (Does the magic attract them or something?). The last place we were in made it seem like they had to be made.

What was the correct solution to your surprise exam? Notice it wasn't pinging all the alarms it should, test for an illusion, and then dispel it?

>paranoia and surprise tests
I approve. That's how security works.

"Oh Oscar will you please be my dinner date tonight?"

Kick Oscar in the nuts

Buckwheat 2016/03/23(Wed)13:49 No. 711037 ID: 15a025
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>Seems an odd allocation of resources. I guess a wizard is pretty good overkill for a bodyguard if you're trying to keep someone safe?
Having someone who can use lethal enchantments around to protect me is pretty sweet.

>So... are chimeras unexpectedly spawning inside secure areas an actual problem? (Does the magic attract them or something?). The last place we were in made it seem like they had to be made.
"So...can Chimera's actually just spawn into random areas like that? Earlier today we were in some crazy lab below a circus where it really seemed like they had to be made."
"Spawn isn't the best word for it. 'Teleport into' or 'summoned' are better words to describe what could have happened in there. Enchanted items with crazy powerful curses just sitting around can attract a chimera into teleporting and eating it for power."
>What was the correct solution to your surprise exam? Notice it wasn't pinging all the alarms it should, test for an illusion, and then dispel it?
"So...how were they suppose to solve the problem there?"
"First thing they should have noticed was no alarms were going off in there. Let's say the alarms were bugged or destroyed though. They mentioned attacking it with light magic and it not working. Right there should have been a dead giveaway something was up. Light enchantments are highly lethal to chimeras and wouldn't just 'not work' on them. Best course of action from there would be start scanning for active enchantments and go from there."
"I didn't even know there was something that can detect enchantments in use. "
"Another wonderful enchantment the king had the Sage make in mass. Sage wasn't too happy about that one though..."
"Why's that?"
"Best way to sum it up without talking your ear off is just saying it was a part of an ongoing political and ethics dispute."

>Kick Oscar in the nuts
Why? That'd be pretty rude.

"Here, let me get the door for you." The door creeks as it's slowly opened and the sound of something shattering echoes. "Hey! Who had the nerves to chuck that wine bottle at us!"
"I did ya old shit! If you're here to tell the King his guest of honor isn't showing then get the hell out of here."
"I beg your pardon? There's no excuse for that kind of behavior or language in here. Keep it up and I'll have to ask you to leave. Now go sound the horns our guest has arrived."
"W..what? That...can't...?"
Can't what? Come on now, it's rude to keep our guest waiting out there."
[i]"It'd be rude to keep her waiting? How about making the rest of us and the King wait for an entire hour in here to eat some damn fancy dinner, is that not considered rude?"
"I warned you once and I won't warn you again about your rude behavior here. Now drop the sword and see your-self out of here at once."

"Oscar you don't need to make a big deal out of this, he does have a point after all.
"Nonsense! It is my given task to protect you and that includes protecting your honor as our guest."
"She lost that honor the minute she blew off the king's invitation tonight! It is you who should see yourself out so we can finally feast!"
"The only thing you'll be feasting on now is the shame you bring to the good name of the royal guard. I'll ask you once more, see yourself out or I'll have you detained for the night."
"You can try and make me leave old man but I'm not going quietly!"

From the sounds of it, the two are having a pretty fierce sword fight in there. The sounds of metal hitting metal echoes pretty loudly. I didn't even know people still fought with swords? While they're dueling it out I try to sneak past them and start feeling around for an empty seat when I smell something very familiar, I think I smell three or four badgers in the room. One them is the one Oscar is fighting right now. Let me try and make a map of things here. There's more people in the room then I can map out so I'll just note the important few here. Should I worry and intervene or just relax keep trying to find a seat, or do something else?

Well this ain't great. Hopefully not all badgers are in on the conspiracy out to get you? That would be racist, right?

>Should I worry and intervene or just relax keep trying to find a seat, or do something else?
Uh, I'm going to worry, but I'm not so sure intervening in a duel between a wizard and royal guard is the best idea. I mean, honor shouldn't hold you back from messing with the outcome, but they should both be very capable. Not sure you could safely land a sucker hit on the guard, especially since he's facing you right now.

Nibbles is still with you, right?

>Hopefully not all badgers are in on the conspiracy out to get you? That would be racist, right?
>"W..what? That...can't...?"

I'm getting the feeling the badger Oscar is fighting is part of that crazy cult. Might want to be cautious here. Just try to find a seat and let those two blow off their steam for now.
Wait, is the King in here? If so how is letting a fight break out in the dinning room, someone else could get hurt here.

Buckwheat 2016/03/25(Fri)20:39 No. 711508 ID: 15a025
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>I'm not so sure intervening in a duel between a wizard and royal guard is the best idea.
>Not sure you could safely land a sucker hit on the guard, especially since he's facing you right now.
Yeah, he'd definitely see it coming if I tried to knock his lights out.
>Nibbles is still with you, right?
... I forgot to bring her with when Oscar dragged me down to that other wing!

>Just try to find a seat and let those two blow off their steam for now.
Sounds like all I can really do.
I shift around the chairs trying to find an empty seat when a boisterous, hearty voice shouts out and echoes through the hall.
"Stop this childish swordplay at once you flea bitten mongrel of the slums! This is our fine dining hall, not some trashy dinner theater you'd fine in the slums downtown. Your foul actions and remarks tonight have disgraced the royal guard and what it stands foe, and in front of our fair guest none the less. If you think you're starving now, let's how you feel after a month of rotting in prison for on a diet of stale bread and warm water. Someone hurry up and detain this degenerate before he sheds his foulness onto someone else! And Oscar, please help our fine guest to her seat so that we may commence dinner!"
"Yes your highness!"
There's some commotion and rude outbursts from the badger who went after Oscar, they fade away as some others drag him out of the hall. Oscar guides me over to an empty seat on the end of the table. It's very comfortable and has a cushy seat. After sitting down, something warm, soft, and fluffy is placed onto my lap...and it's squirming around!!!
"Heheh, you've quiet the cozy lap here, Lady Brasshoof! Now that our guest of honor has arrived and some of us have blown off some steam, let us enjoy our gracious dinner!"

Tasty aromas of all kinds of carrots burst into the room at full force. Two plates are brought over to me and the king. They're just plain cooked carrots but still pretty delicious. After finishing my plate, one of the badgers in the room approaches us and sets a two drinks by me. I'm no expert on telling if a drink is spiked or not, but I get the very distinct feeling these are drugged with something. Should I say something about them or just leave the drinks be for now? Everyone thing seems so nice right, especially the nice harp music playing in the background. I'd hate to blurt out danger and make a scene and possibly ruin everyone's dinner.

I don't think you technically have to drink it. you could just say you aren't thirsty.

I bet you're real thirsty though Rainy. Throat feeling a bit dry? Ya know you want to take a sip!

>I forgot to bring her with when Oscar dragged me down to that other wing!
I didn't realize she'd disembarked.

Well, hopefully she can find her way around. Or sneak around.

>Heheh, you've quiet the cozy lap here, Lady Brasshoof!
Is... is the king sitting in your lap?

I don't know whether to be offended or just weirded out. How do you even react to that?

>potentially drugged drink
I would not drink that, for sure.

The problem is less ruining everyone's dinner and the fact that whoever is attempting to drug you is apparently trusted / considered safe enough to serve the king. Challenging that without proof could put you in a bad position.

>The problem is less ruining everyone's dinner and the fact that whoever is attempting to drug you is apparently trusted / considered safe enough to serve the king. Challenging that without proof could put you in a bad position.

Shoot, that's a good point. Don't really have any proof that the drinks are drugged and doubt magic necklace radar is going to fly with anybody here. Only other option is dispose of the drinks without drinking them. Maybe you could just knock the glasses over and spill them on the table? Blame the accident on your blindness and apologize like crazy.

Buckwheat 2016/03/28(Mon)09:12 No. 711873 ID: 15a025
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>I don't think you technically have to drink it. you could just say you aren't thirsty.
That's a good idea, but how am I going to protect the king from getting poisoned?

>I bet you're real thirsty though Rainy. Throat feeling a bit dry? Ya know you want to take a sip!
Previous idea is no longer a good idea. I'm rather parched now, thanks.

>Is... is the king sitting in your lap? I don't know whether to be offended or just weirded out. How do you even react to that?
The king is sitting on my lap and he's crushing my legs. I'd say something but I feel like this might be some weird royal tradition or something.

>The problem is less ruining everyone's dinner and the fact that whoever is attempting to drug you is apparently trusted / considered safe enough to serve the king. Challenging that without proof could put you in a bad position.
I don't think the radar vision of an enchanted necklace whose enchantment isn't very well documented is going to count as good proof.

>Maybe you could just knock the glasses over and spill them on the table? Blame the accident on your blindness and apologize like crazy.
This sounds like it could go so sour, but sounds better than just challenging whoever served our drinks. I start feeling around the table a bit to make it seem like I'm trying to find my drink and then knock over the kings drink first.
"Good heavens! And right on my favorite meal!"
"I...I'm sorry your highness! I...I didn't mean to spill it all over..."
"So, you only meant to spill it just a little over?"
"No, I didn't mean to spill it at all. I'm so sorry, I...I didn't mean to ruin your wonderful cuisine."
"Ah lighten up a bit. It's all fine. It's actually getting late anyhow, what do you say we retire to my chambers and discus some more, serious matters?"
"That's a little...sudden. May I bring some food with, I haven't really eaten anything all day."
"Sure, sure. Someone send up some leftovers to my chambers."

The king hops off my lap and Oscar grabs my hand. We start walking and all get stopped at the door by one of the badgers, I think it's the one who brought us the poisoned drinks.
"I'm afraid I can't let you three leave the room."
"And why's that?"
"It's too dangerous out there. A group of rebels have broken into the castle and they're out to get Lady Brasshoof and the king."
"Oh really now? How come none of the alarms are going off then? Why is there no one on the intercoms shouting for them to be found? And most of all, how do you know about these rebels?"
"Because you're talking to one right now! Before you pull any switches and alarms I'm warning you right now, this whole dining room is rigged with all sorts of explosives. If our demands aren't met in the next fifteen minutes, we're blowing everyone here to their cold graves."
"And what might those demands be?
"Our demands are as follows: Someone escorts me, the king, and no-eyes over here out of this castle un-harmed. You gives a helicopter outside the castle grounds and then let us safely leave and no one better be chasing us down or tracking us. If I catch wind of that I blow these two's heads off."
"You keep saying 'our' demands. Who else is with you on this?"
"The other two badgers in here are with me, they also have detonators on them. Try to pull anything funny or kill one of us and the others will blow this damn place to bits. So what's it gonna be pal?"

>what do you say we retire to my chambers
That's definitely a creepy line after an authority figure sits in your lap.

>Bomb threat
Okay, what the hell. They infiltrate what has to be the best security in the country, somehow clear the background checks and vetting to be allowed close to the king, smuggle explosives into the palace (which you would think would have security to stop that, if not out and out enchantments that stop explosives from working. This place should be warded to hell, shouldn't it?). And then they blow on all that meticulous planning and groundwork on a ham fisted kidnapping instead of something more subtle or likely to work.

I don't get it. How the hell can they be so competent as to keep getting to you in these situations, but so incompetent when we face them?

>what do
One obvious move would be to call their bluff. The repeated kidnap attempts and the records you found before make it pretty clear they want you alive. And, really, if I was a king in a land with magic enchantments, my warding scheme would, among other things, make explosives inert. Oscar is properly paranoid enough about actual security measures that I'm hoping that's the case.

Just say "no".

The other alternative is to just deal with them before they can react. Robo arm the one in front of you, while Oscar wizard blasts the ones distant and/or throws up a shield over the three of you. And/or while the royal guards in the room shoot the two of them to pieces before they can pull their triggers.

(Although, I'm assuming the explosives either won't work and/or that the triggers are actual triggers and not-deadman switches. The later would be the better choice for them, but I really don't expect competence from the badger terrorists at this point).

Also he told you how many of them there were, and what they looked like. He really should not have done that. Now the guards are watching the three badgers, not wondering if anyone in the crowd could be an accomplice.

...well, technically, it could be a bluff or a lie, but again, very low expectations with these guys.

Kill them.

1/2 Buckwheat 2016/03/29(Tue)11:48 No. 712115 ID: 15a025
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>Okay, what the hell. They infiltrate what has to be the best security in the country, somehow clear the background checks and vetting to be allowed close to the king, smuggle explosives into the palace (which you would think would have security to stop that, if not out and out enchantments that stop explosives from working. This place should be warded to hell, shouldn't it?). And then they blow on all that meticulous planning and groundwork on a ham fisted kidnapping instead of something more subtle or likely to work.

>I don't get it. How the hell can they be so competent as to keep getting to you in these situations, but so incompetent when we face them?
"Oscar, I'd like to ask how they could have even gotten explosives in to the castle in the first place. Shouldn't this place be like...extremely well guarded from this stuff?"
"It is, I'm surprised these four even managed to pass a background check!"
"Is there such a thing as an enchantment that stops explosives working at all?"
"It could be a thing if we went a paid a sage to make an enchantment like that. Problem is, it'd cost more than this nation has to make enough to cover this whole place with them."

>One obvious move would be to call their bluff. The repeated kidnap attempts and the records you found before make it pretty clear they want you alive. Just say "no".
"Well to answer your question, no. I'm not going to come with you. I know your crazy cult needs me back alive to do their vile experiments on."
"You're right about needing to be alive which is why we've got enchantments to help ensure that you live. Hey Snaggles , throw on the blast shields!
"You've got it!"
"Blast shields? You simpletons, those are just meager fire shields. Hardly enough to protect you from being blown to an early grave. They're also easily washed away with any offensive water enchantment."
"Ha, you can't fool us with your mind games! We're invisible with these shields up!"

>Robo arm the one in front of you, while Oscar wizard blasts the ones distant.
"Oscar, I really think we can just call their bluff and pummel them. They can't blow this place up without killing me, who they need alive for their twisted experiments. I'm feeling confident I can knock the guy in front out stone cold. Think you can cast something to get rid of his shield so I can deck him?"
"If you're sure you can handle it then go for it. Leave the rest to the guards and me. " [/blue]

Oscar starts muttering some magic gibberish and a cute little bell chimes afterwards.
"What the hell? Our shields are gone now! Quick, throw them back on!"
"I can't, it has a ten minute cool down!"
While they're distracted I mash the badger in front of me with the serious business arm. The blow makes a stratifying audible crunch.
"That bitch just knocked down Oaken with one punch like it was nothing! W...what are we going to do now?"
[color=blue]"How about you two take a second to cool off!"
The room temperature drops like a rock. Must be the work of some "cool" enchantment Oscar used.
"Now that they're frozen in solid ice, we can make haste and retreat. We'll let the guards handle the clean up and detain them for now.

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Oscar grabs my hand and runs off with me and the king. All this running around here is kind of making miss Candy carrying me around everywhere now. After running through some halls and what felt like the longest staircase I ever ran up, we arrive to the King's chambers.
"Alright Oscar, I need you to stand outside and guard the entrance while I speak with our guest for a moment about some serious matters. No one is allowed in for anything no matter how pressing problem may be."
"I'll guard it with my life your highness!"
The doors boom as they're tightly shut and sounds a few locks being clicked into place echo in the empty sounding room.

"So...what's this serious business you need to talk about?"
"It's about these accursed terrorists and that weapon prototype you have their. Those sinister morons have my precious daughter being held captive! They won't release her unless they get that stupid robot arm in their hands. To make things even worse, they've grown more and more hostile and are treating to kill her if they don't get it soon. 'So why don't you just give it to them?' you might say. If they get their hands on that weapon there's no limit to the destruction they can cause with it! They'll murder us all and take over the whole kingdom! Which is exactly why you're going to let them have it!"
"Wait what? Why? Why would you send the enemy a free weapon they can use to pummel everyone with?"
"You misunderstand. This is kind of a tough question to ask but I beg you from the bottom of my heart to accept this. I want to send you, Oscar, and a few other of our kingdom's finest men out to rescue my little princess and put an end to this sorry excuse of terrorist group. Should you accept and be successful, not only will I recognize you as an honorary member of the royal family, but I will also bestow upon you a good chunk of my personal fortune, a place for you to live in my castle, and anything else you wish for with in reason."

>We're invisible with these shields up!
...I'm assuming they meant invincible? Fire shields wouldn't make you invisible. Never-mind the fact that fire shields wouldn't make them invincible either.

Honestly, you have the worst nemeses. We have to find you some better ones.

>please dispatch the terrorists for me
Maybe this is a dumb question, but how have they managed to be as big a problem as they have been? They're downright incompetent every time I run into them! Like, if I was an evil terrorist, and I'd managed to sneak three agents into the royal palace, I can think of probably half a dozen plans better than "everyone stand around with the wizard and the royal guard, announcing that they're a threat".

Is someone helping them get into place? It's the only thing that sort of makes sense.

Seriously, though, accept. You need to put a stop to this. They've made it clear they're keep following you until you do, and you're better off with assistance.

Buckwheat 2016/03/29(Tue)18:08 No. 712228 ID: 15a025
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>Honestly, you have the worst nemeses. We have to find you some better ones.
I'll agree I'm up against some weak foes here but, I'd rather not go around searching for enemies.

>Maybe this is a dumb question, but how have they managed to be as big a problem as they have been? They're downright incompetent!
"This might be a dumb question but how have these terrorist groups been such a big problem? Every time I've run into them or those crazy cultists, they've been kind of scary but incompetent as well."
"They're such a problem because they've got my pride and joy at the mercy of their sinister mitts! No, taking the king's daughter just wasn't enough for them either. Let's bomb a few towns over there and unleash a chimera or two over here while we're at it! Still not enough? Let's get the people to start a rebellion against their beloved king a hand out military grade enchantments to help out with that!"
"Well when you put it like that they do sound like a decent threat."

>Is someone helping them get into place? It's the only thing that sort of makes sense.
"So I wouldn't be terribly wrong to say someone here is helping them get into the castle then?"
"I've had a few suspensions but nothing concrete to prove them."
"One last question, why send someone who's blind and has barely any major combat experience to fight a group of terrorists?"
"Barely any major combat experience? Not from the stories I've heard about you. I've heard that in today alone you and your friend Miss Kane took down and befriend a chimera and one of the major leaders of the cultists! I'd say that sounds like an impressive feat."
"But Candy and Officer Nibbles did most of the work there, I didn't really do much to help."
"Still, you're a key player in the team I'm sending out. After all, we can't trick them into thinking we're sending them the arm without sending the person who has it in the first place."

>Seriously, though, accept. You need to put a stop to this. They've made it clear they're going to keep following you until you do, and you're better off with assistance.
That's a pretty good point!
"I've made up my mind. I choose to accept!"
"Wonderful, wonderful! Now, go, go and rest up. For tomorrow starts your training!"
"My training? For what?"
"That's for you to decide! You didn't think I was really going to just send you to some foreign land to fight terrorists without some kind of proper combat training. What tickles your fancy more? Learning how to use more advanced and powerful enchantments to fight off your foes or training with the royal guard for a few days and become a master at hand to hand combat and a master guns-men?"

i'd say considering you already have an amazing arm, and that you can use that way more than you can enchantments with charge time, learning hand to hand combat would be really effective. I'm not sure how great guns would be with you being somewhat blind, but I can't see enchantments being that great for the same reason, so I'd say go with unarmed and gun training.

>"They're such a problem because they've got my pride and joy at the mercy of their sinister mitts! No, taking the king's daughter just wasn't enough for them either. Let's bomb a few towns over there and unleash a chimera or two over here while we're at it! Still not enough? Let's get the people to start a rebellion against their beloved king a hand out military grade enchantments to help out with that!"
I'm really still wondering how they got the bombs, magic, etc to do any of that in the first place. It's like someone started handing out real world weapons and terrorist resources to children.

>"But Candy and Officer Nibbles did most of the work there, I didn't really do much to help."
Which reminds us. We're gonna have to check on Candy as we can, and we'll have to figure out what happened to Nibbles in all the chaos I'm sure the castle is in right now after the failed attack. She could be anywhere. Also maybe we should probably check what happened to Dr Gene.

>what kind of training?
Your secret forest training was mostly hand to hand, wasn't it? I'd favor refining that, and getting in practice with a ranged weapon, too. Ideally, the blindar should make that possible, but every time you've tried has been in a crunch situation, and we've had mixed results. Plus, it capitalizes on your existing advantage of the cybernetic arm.

Magic is cool, but I think it would take more than a few days crash course to learn to be good at it. At best they could teach you some quick and dirty enchantments, like that required aids (enchanted objects) to cast? (Although maybe being able to "see" magic on the blindar would lower the learning curve).

If it comes down to allies, though, you already know a mage and tiny enchanter who might be coming along.

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>Your secret forest training was mostly hand to hand, wasn't it?
In a nut shell yeah. I also learned some basic survival skills out there as well.

>I'd say considering you already have an amazing arm, and that you can use that way more than you can enchantments with charge time, learning hand to hand combat would be really effective.
>Magic is cool, but I think it would take more than a few days crash course to learn to be good at it. At best they could teach you some quick and dirty enchantments, like that required aids (enchanted objects) to cast? (Although maybe being able to "see" magic on the blindar would lower the learning curve).
Yeah, magic and enchantments go way over my head as it is. I feel like learning even the bare basics would honestly take more than a few days. Sounds like I better stick to my guns here and start refining my hand to hand combat skills. If it really comes down to magical warfare, hopefully Oscar or Nibbles is around to back me up.
"I'll take up some good old hand to hand combat."
"Excellent. You should probably retire for the night then and get some rest. Six in the morning comes quick when you've got things to do. Good night and good luck tomorrow!"
"Are you going to unlock the door so I can go do that or...?"
"Oh yes, sorry! Let me get the door for you."
The locks click again and the door creeks slowly as the king opens it.
"That was rather short."
"Please see Lady Brasshoof to her room. You've both got a long day tomorrow."
"It shall be done!"
Oscar holds my hand and we start walking down the long set of stairs.

>We're gonna have to check on Candy as we can, and we'll have to figure out what happened to Nibbles in all the chaos I'm sure the castle is in right now after the failed attack. She could be anywhere. Also maybe we should probably check what happened to Dr Gene.
"Say Oscar, before I get ready for bed and that I'd like to go check up on my friend Candy."
"I'm sure she'd love to see you as well! Conveniently the medical wing is close by to where the guest rooms are."
"Also have you seen my other friend that was invited here as well, Dr. Gene?"
"Small little rabbit doctor? If that's her I believe she's in the medical wing as well, helping out with some of the more minor patients."
As we walk down the stairs we have some nice small talk and get to know each other a little more. Apparently Oscar is actually a professor here and takes on apprentices.

"Here, let me get the door for you."
"You're such a gentlemen Oscar."
"Just doing my job. Excuse us, where could we find Miss Kane?"
"Down the hall, eighth door on the right."
Oscar walks me down the hall and we enter Candy's room.
"Hey it's the hero of the day! How was dinner? I heard the food was 'exploding' with flavor, that the whole event was 'the bomb.' Tell me you saved me some leftovers Rainy."
"Sorry Candy, I barely got to eat much myself. How'd you hear about the bomb threat?"
"Nibbles heard about and told me."
"Is she still here?"
"I'm still here. Thanks for ditching me at the entrance you two."
"Sorry about that Nibbles. So Candy, how's the arm doing?"
"Hurts like hell still but they got me patched up a bit. Said I should be fine and ready to go in a few days."
"Sorry to rush you La-, Rainy, but it is getting late and we should all be getting for tomorrrow."
"Darn. Well, goodnight Candy. Hope you're doing better tomorrow."
"Ha, so do I... Goodnight!"

We leave the medical wing and Oscar leads me over to one of the guest rooms. When we get inside I hear him open a drawer and he gives me some kind of really soft silky nightgown feeling thing.
"You going to leave the room so I can change or...?"
"It'd be my luck I'd walk out of the room only to hear someone rotten mongrel busts in through a window and kill you. I promise I won't look while you're change though, I swear it on my mage's honor."
Good enough for me, not like there's much to see anyway... I quickly change into the nightgown thing and tell Oscar I'm done changing. He kindly guides me over to the bed and evens tucks me in. I start to doze off when I hear something being dragged on the floor
"Oscar, what are you doing? It sounds like you're dragging a body across the floor."
"Sorry about the noise. I'm just dragging out the sleeping mat from under the bed so I have something to sleep on. As nice as sleeping on the floor can be, having a mat and some sheets help."
"Oh okay, good night Oscar."
"Good night!"


To be continued....

Animated...?

>As nice as sleeping on the floor can be
Pff. C'mon, the palace doesn't have any rooms with two beds? Or a couch?

Chapter 4 Buckwheat 2016/03/31(Thu)21:26 No. 712860 ID: 15a025
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When I wake up things feel...weird. I've a got mild headache and this creepy feeling. It feels like something's just holding onto my shoulders but there's nothing there. Another odd thing is the air around my neck feels frigid. Blindar is kind of funky looking now too. I get off the bed and try to wake Oscar up.

"Good morning Rainy. Get a good night's rest?"
"Y-ow...yeah."
"Are you feeling alright? You look a little pale...and your necklace is purple now..."
>No it isn't.
I must not be the only one feeling sick, you spooky guide spirits don't sound to good either.

"Could you try taking that necklace off real quick? I'm getting a bad suspicion here."
>Don't take us off!
Aw, don't worry it'll only be for a second...? Weird, it feels like something's tugging at the necklace to keep me from taking it off...

>>712860
Rainy, purple is our bad danger color. Please remember that, cause I don't know if you'll hear me. Us being that color is an alarm.

That wasn't us talking.

Take us off, get us and yourself checked by enchanting professionals. Trust Oscar and Nibble's opinions.

If the necklace is broken, cursed, corrupted, or otherwise compromised, maybe you can reestablish contact through Candy's earring.

Buckwheat 2016/04/02(Sat)10:55 No. 713304 ID: 15a025
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>Rainy, purple is our bad danger color. Please remember that, cause I don't know if you'll hear me. Us being that color is an alarm.
>That wasn't us talking.
Okay I'm a little spooked now. Yeah I remember now, purple's been pretty dangerous for us in the past.

>Nah it's fiiiine. Just follow our advice like always. We'll keep you safe.
That's about all I can do.

>Take us off, get us and yourself checked by enchanting professionals. Trust Oscar and Nibble's opinions.
I can't take it off, it's like it's glued onto my neck now or something?
"Just as I feared then, it's been cursed. We need to hurry and get you done to my lab. We've got someone down there who knows how to purify curses."

>Don't go with him! It's a trap!
I don't see how that could be a trap...

>Exactly, you don't see at all!
Hey that was completely uncalled for!

"This isn't good... the doors sealed shut by some kind of enchantment, we're trapped inside!"
"There isn't some kind of secret passage or?"
"Unfortunately not. I'm getting the feeling there's someone else in here with us keeping that door sealed. It's too dark in here to see though..."

Rainy, please vet what you hear. The curse is talking too. Any advice that doesn't make sense or is just plain mean almost certainly isn't coming from us.

>It's too dark in here to see though
Turning on the lights isn't an option? Or c'mon, are you telling me you're a wizard without a basic light spell? His eyes aren't going to be messed up, if he can see.

>I don't see how that could be a trap...
If you can't trust Oscar, you've already lost. Let's disregard that line of thought.

And someone cursing you to get you to get you to run to a curse removal location, where they have a trap ready, doesn't make sense. If they could get to you, and get past Oscar, and place a powerful curse on you without setting off any alarms or being caught, they don't need to lure you into a trap.

Getting uncursed is the only reasonable course of action. If that makes you predictable to your enemies, so be it. They forced your hand. All you can try to do is be smart about it.

>blindsight
Pink heart (person?) right next to the lamp, tiny purple heart blinking on the lamp. Could be the problem, or a trap if you try to turn the light on? Or it could be lies. We can't be sure the curse isn't feeding you false information.

Check other sense. Listen! Do you smell anything? (You've gotten used to identifying people around you by scent). What about magic- is Oscar picking up anything else?

Buckwheat 2016/04/02(Sat)21:54 No. 713446 ID: 15a025
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>Rainy, please vet what you hear. The curse is talking too. Any advice that doesn't make sense or is just plain mean almost certainly isn't coming from us.
>Don't listen to them, they're just back peddling and making excuses for their rude remarks.
I can hear a clear difference between your voices now that I think about it a bit. Starting to think you're lying to me, mister sickly sounding spirit.

>Turning on the lights isn't an option?
"Did you try turning the lights on?"
"Yeah, someone took out all the light bulbs."
"What about using an enchantment to light up the area?"
"I'm a water mage, I can't use any light enchantments."

>He's lying again. The lamp is turned on, it's even marked like that on the blindar.
>We can't be sure the curse isn't feeding you false information.
That's also a good point, think it's possible you good guide spirits can fight off the imposter spirit or cursed one? It might help clear things up if you can.

>If you can't trust Oscar, you've already lost.
I trust Oscar, plus if he was going to do something to me he would've done it by now.

>Check other sense. Listen! Do you smell anything? (You've gotten used to identifying people around you by scent). What about magic- is Oscar picking up anything else?
Since the blindar seems like it might have been compromised I'll have to rely on my hearing and scent for the most part. I sniff around the lamp, nothing out of the ordinary. Smells like, well nothing really.
"Any reason why you're sniffing that lamp so much?"
"I'm trying to sniff out whoever's trying to keep us in here."
"Ah good thinking!"
Next thing I smell around is the bookshelf, and bingo!
"Oscar! someone's hiding behind this bookshelf! They smell like a duck."
"A duck? Rainy move!"
Too late, the bookshelf crashes down onto me. I'm practically drowning in books and pain now.
"Rainy are you okay?!"

>"I'm a water mage, I can't use any light enchantments."
Huh, I didn't realize the type restrictions were that strict. I expected him to be able to use low-level cross-school stuff, and only his high level stuff to all be water.

>think it's possible you good guide spirits can fight off the imposter spirit or cursed one?
We'll try? No promises it'll work.

[Attack the curse]

>"A duck? Rainy move!"
No "!". Yeah, blindar compromised.

>Are you okay?!
Get the duck, first!

While he's dealing with the threat, try using your arm to push the bookshelf off.

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>While he's dealing with the threat, try using your arm to push the bookshelf off.
I start pushing trying to push the bookshelf back up. Even with the serious business arm pushing this thing up is taking a lot of effort. Doesn't help there's a nice mountain of books piled on me either...
"I'm alright, just deal with the duck!"

>No "!". Yeah, blindar compromised.
No exclamation marks is going to make dodging dangers a pain then.
"Drats! He teleported out of here like a coward!
Oscar helps me push the bookshelf and books off me.
"Thanks."
"There's a red light flashing on your fancy little robot arm, is that normal?"
"Probably not. Might mean it's charge might be running low or something's busted on it."
"Well let's get out of here and hope it's the former and not the latter. Doors no longer sealed shut."
Oscar picks me up and we leave the guest room. Outside is an angry sounding guard waiting for us.
"Oscar what's the meaning of this! Why did you seal the door shut with an enchantment!"
"It wasn't me who sealed the door shut, now hurry! Sound the alarms!"
"Sound the alarms? For what?"
"Someone's laid a curse on Lady Brasshoof!"
"A curse! Hurry and get down to the enchantment wing then and get that fixed before she turns into a chimera or something, I'll make sure that heathen is taken care of."

>Come on, don't you want to be powerful hell spawn with unlimited magical powers?
Never in a billion years.
Oscar rushes me into that one lab we went to yesterday.

"Everybody drop what you're doing and lock the whole wing down! Someone skilled in the dark arts has infiltrated into the castle! I need someone out here to help with a purification and someone to check the storage lockers for cursed items"
"Sister Rhapsody here! What can I do you for?
"Please lend us your powers and purify the foul curse that lies within Lady Brasshoof's necklace.
"Purification? yikes..."
"Is there a problem?
"Just...I hate asking but you know how mentally straining purifications can be. I'm going to need like five bags of the good stuff after this..."
Whatever it takes, just rid her of this curse!"
"Alright, let's bring her into my chambers then. Oscar you still remember how to play my harp right?"
"Kind of...why do you ask?"
"The peaceful harp music helps fight off the evil spirits and keep a calm atmosphere in the room, and helps me keep a clear mind...."

And so Oscar guides me into a another room in the lab. It smells very sweet and peaceful in here. The room is filled with the sweet aroma of all sorts of flowers.
"Your room smells very nice Sister Rhapsody. I love the smell of all the flowers in here."
"Thank you very much! We're lucky to have a few windows where the sun shines. Flowers help lighten up the mood in here a bit as well. Now have a seat and relax a bit while Oscar helps me get things ready."
"What can I help you with?"
"Just start reacquainting yourself with the harp while I get the lighting in here fixed and brush over my notes real quick. It's been awhile since I've done this."
Oscar starts playing a catchy little tune on the harp while Sister Rhapsody flutters around the room getting things ready.
"Alright I'm all set! Now just a heads up here, this might sting you a bit depending on how strong this curse is. Also, don't get up from your seat till I say it's clear. You ready?"
>This is a horrible idea! You realize if she messes this up you could die right?"
"Yup!"

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"Oh dear Mother Nature! Lend me your holy powers and help me purge the wicked spirits that haunt this unfortunate soul today! Help me seal these foul spirits from the netherworld away so that they can torture no one no longer!"
A loud boom echoes through the room and sends a chill down my spine.
"Divine Arrow! Peirce the corrupted spirits send them back from which they came!"

Something sharp shoots into my neck. Presumably the "Divine Arrow." It stings like I'm being zapped by a bolt of lightning. Soon another shot hits me, and then a third! Just when I feel like I'm about to pass out, it's over.
"All clear...

A loud thud comes from where Sister Rhapsody was.
"Did she just...?"
"Yup, she's pased-"
"Still awake! Just too tired to keep myself in the air that's all... Oscar, do me a favor and pull out one of the purification collars out of the closest for me, she's definitely going to need one."
"What's with the strong "definitely" there?"
"I had to use not one, not two, but three arrows to purge that curse off the necklace! Usually one arrow can kill off any regular curse, two just in case it's a bugger or something kind of serious, but three? We're talking like powerful eat your soul away, kill ya, and or turn you into a hell spawn chimera thing in the matter of hours kind of curses that love to leave something behind with them. So yeah, collar for a week."
"I thought all curses turned the victim into a chimera? Never mind. Uh...what color tickles your fancy Rainy? These things come in just about every color you can think of."

Yowie! That tingles!

>intruder teleports out
Come on, shouldn't the palace have teleport wards or something? Gotta stop assassins from popping in and out.

>>Come on, don't you want to be powerful hell spawn with unlimited magical powers?
Actually, they had some pretty clear limitations, as I recall.

>color
Not purple! Anything buy purple.

Red maybe?

>Shot in the neck with three magic arrows
You...okay?
>Color
Red or green sounds like your color. Also what kind of animal is Sister Rhapsody?

Buckwheat 2016/04/05(Tue)16:24 No. 714065 ID: 15a025
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>Not purple! Anything but purple. Red maybe?
"Do they come in red?"
"Yup!
"I'll take red then."
Something jingles and rings as Oscar hurries back over. He helps fasten the collar on.
"Why is there a jingly bell on it?"
"It's a special bell that drives of the evil spirits."

>what kind of animal is Sister Rhapsody?
She seems like some kind of smaller bird but other than that I'm not sure.

>You...okay?
Despite feeling like someone jabbed me in the neck with three sharp feeling arrow things a few moments ago, I actually feel just fine now.
"So....now what do we do Oscar?"
"Go check on the status of the enchantments we've got locked up in the wing here and pray none of them have been cursed. Sister Rhapsody I'll see that you get rewarded for your help."

We bump into someone as Oscar escorts me out of the room.
"There you two are! I've been looking for you all morning."
"Ah Captain Konkerii! It's been awhile. What can we do for you?"
"King Gort himself asked me to share my hand to hand combat knowledge with you. He also wants me to teach our deer pal here how to shoot better."
"I can see why he might want you to teach me a bit about unarmed combat, but why Lady Brasshoof?"
"I asked the same thing, said it was not my business."
"I'm a little paranoid here, what with this lock down and last night bomb threat. Got any papers to prove he asked you to train us?
"Ah! He knew you'd asked for some papers! Here you go, the official royal order paper from the King himself."
"Mhmm...Looks all right and proper. Yup, you're all good. So what's first on the schedule here?"
"Depends on what the little lady would like to do first. We can either go beat the splinters off some training dummies and work out or we can head down to the shooting range and I teach you how to pop a bullet out of a gun and into the head of an enemy."

Have you examined your arm yet? Has it given you any trouble since Oscar noticed the indicator light? If it's acting up, that might effect what training is immediately available to you (do we need to find Dr. Gene and get her to take a look?).

Aside from that, I'd favor target practice. Learning to aim with blindar will be useful in more than just shooting.

Buckwheat 2016/04/07(Thu)17:53 No. 714581 ID: 15a025
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>Have you examined your arm yet? Has it given you any trouble since Oscar noticed the indicator light? If it's acting up, that might affect what training is immediately available to you (do we need to find Dr. Gene and get her to take a look?).
Thanks for reminding me! That actually kind of slipped my mind somehow...
"Before we get any practice in or anything I need to get my arm looked at, might be busted or just running low on battery power."
"That reminds me, Dr. Gene gave me some big charger. It's sitting in my office if you want to try it out?"
"Worth a shot."
Oscar guides me into his office and helps me hook up the charger to the arm. Upon plugging it in Oscar tells me the light turns orange. So we sit around in his office for a bit for a quick juice up. While we wait the Captain brings us a nice pancake breakfast. After the delicious breakfast I decide two hours of charging is enough to last the lesson at the shooting range.

"I'm just going to say for the record here I don't expect much from you Lady Brasshoof, but that doesn't mean I won't try to bring the best of you out. Since you can't see your targets, I felt sticking some cheap audio players behind your targets might help your aim. We also express safety more than anything here, so here's some ear plugs to keep your hearing safe and some glasses to keep your eyeballs from getting anything in them. Also, always turn the safety on when you're done shooting or handing someone a gun. Rule of thumb, if you need to ask if the safety should be on, then it should be on."
"Sounds like some good advice."
"Now here's a nice pump action shotgun, know how to use it?"
"Not really..."
"Welp, let's go over the basics then."
So Captain Konkerii helps show me how to shoot and reload the gun and teaches me how to turn the safety on and off.
"Alright, now that you know how to use it, let's see what you got!"
Captain hands me the gun and I turn the safety off. Soon the blindar draws out some scenery for me and some music starts playing somewhere. I take my best aim and fire!
"Not bad, you were actually pretty close. Try again."
I readjust my aim a bit and fire again.
"Oh you almost had the bugger! You're aiming just a tad bit too low and shaking a little too. Keep her steady and raise it a smidgen."
"The biggest hurdle I'm having is just holding the gun up. It's really weird when you've got one hoof and an actual hand to work with."
"Well, you've got all day to jump that hurdle and get used to it. Now, let's see you hit it this time!"
I fire again and surprise! It's a miss.
"Now you're shooting way to high up. Lower it a bit and try again."

And it pretty much goes like this for a few hours. Most of my shots miss with a few lucky ones hitting. Just when I feel like I'm getting my aim down I end up missing it more.
"Lady Brasshoof, I hate to be the downer here but I think it's time for you to throw in the towel and move on."
"Ah don't listen to fish breath over there. I still think you can do it. I'm willing to spend another hour down here with you if you'd like."

Tell Oscar he sucks for giving up on you like that. Keep shooting for it Rainy!

What kind of animal is the captain?

>>714581
If the problem is you have a weapon inappropriate for your hands, they can't find you a better one? I thought this kind of training was usually done with a pistol of some kind, not a shotgun. Shotguns aren't exactly precision weapons.

Also, if you've gotten better at blind targeting, even if not with that weapon, that helps. Maybe see if you can hit the bullseye with your built in taser? (no need to tase, just fire the leads).

Buckwheat 2016/04/10(Sun)18:02 No. 715664 ID: 15a025
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>What kind of animal is the captain?
I want to say they're mandrill.

>Tell Oscar he sucks for giving up on you like that. Keep shooting for it Rainy!
"Oscar that's kind of disappointing to hear and I beg to differ. I'd like to keep shooting at it."
"That's the spirit! Now let's see you hit that sucker right in the center!"

>I thought this kind of training was usually done with a pistol of some kind, not a shotgun. Shotguns aren't exactly precision weapons.
They aren't? I actually didn't know. Maybe a pistol would work better seeing as I can hold that with one hand.
"Excuse me Captain, do you think I could try shooting with a pistol instead of a shotgun? I feel like I might do better with something I can actually hold. Plus aren't pistols a little more accurate?"
"Sure thing!"

The captain takes the shotgun from me and gives me a small pistol. My aim is a little better now that I can actually hold the gun more comfortably. After about a half hour of practice my aim is pretty consistent now.
"Ha ha! Now for the real fun!"

Oscar and the Captain walk me over to a new booth.
"Let's see how well you can shoot a moving target now."
There's a loud whirl of moving machine parts coming from the booth, the blindar maps out what's in front of me....Oh come on! How am I suppose to shoot this!

>>715664
The process of 'leading' a target is to aim ahead of it and fire so that it moves into the life of fire. As long as you are aiming at the right elevation all you need to do is get your timing right and let the target move into the path of your shot.

Unless the movement isnt real time.

>Oh come on! How am I suppose to shoot this!
Timing. With practice, you should have a sense of how long it takes to fire and hit the target. You anticipate where the target is going to be, and fire before it gets there, so it meets the bullet.

In the real world, people probably aren't gonna stand still and wait for you to shoot them. (Although no guarantees with the crazy incompetent people you've been up against).

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>In the real world, people probably aren't gonna stand still and wait for you to shoot them.
True. Still, they could have started me off with a slower and easier target.

>The process of 'leading' a target is to aim ahead of it and fire so that it moves into the life of fire. As long as you are aiming at the right elevation all you need to do is get your timing right and let the target move into the path of your shot.
So all I do is just shoot where I think my target will move to? Sounds easy enough.
After a couple of shots I realize this is easier said than done, as to be expected. Two reloads later, I start realizing there might be a small delay with the blindar. After another few more tires I get the timing down and manage to sink in two successful hits on the target. Captain Konkerii pats me on the back.
"Nice shot! Now let's see you land five hits in a row on this bugger!"
It takes a bit but I get really close with four hits in a row and then blow the fifth shot like a moron. I manage to get back up there and reach 5 shots in a row!

"Hey hey, not bad at all there. Two of those shots even hit the bullseye. I think you've got this down pact for now. What do you say we head back on to the ol professor's office up there and relax a bit with some lunch."
"Lunch sounds great. How about it Lady Brasshoof?"
"Sure!"

I give the captain his pistol back and we all have a nice lunch in Oscar's office. Captain himself made me a tasty salad while Oscar cooks up some fish. While we eat I have Oscar plug the charger back into my serious business arm just in case I'm close to running out of juice.

"So after we're all done eating shall we head back down and refine them shooting skills of yours or do ya feel like venting some anger out and learn how to fight with your bare hands?"

>>715848
You're at least passable with a firearm now, and you got practice with the blindar (and figured out the render delay). Let's move on to hand to hand.

I'm assuming diminishing returns here- with an expert on hand you can get the basics to some kind of competency down in reasonable time, but past a certain point, refining skills requires practice and time. Since we have a time constraint, you're better off getting all the low(er) hanging fruit you can.

Buckwheat 2016/04/13(Wed)14:00 No. 716284 ID: 15a025
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>I'm assuming diminishing returns here- with an expert on hand you can get the basics to some kind of competency down in reasonable time, but past a certain point, refining skills requires practice and time. Since we have a time constraint, you're better off getting all the low(er) hanging fruit you can.
I feel like I might be able to jump ahead a bit in my hand to hand combat. Back when Dr. Gene and I went out on that three month long trip to work on my arm, George had me practice some self defense tricks. Though, those tricks were more or less how to dodge and block a punch or free myself from a grab.
"Some hand to hand combat training sounds like fun."
"Great! I promise I won't hammer ya too hard."
"Please don't talk with your mouth full Captain, it's rather rude and you've gotten crumbs all over my books now."
"Heheh, sorry about that."
After eating, Captain Konkerii spares no time in running me and Oscar down to train some more.

"Alrighty now! Let's start by showing me what you can do. Try and land a hit on me."
I get into stance and throw a couple of punches his way.
"Ah come on what do you call that? Those were some pretty slow blows there. You even left your-self wide open for a blow to the gut."
And so the entire training session is spent on working on my stance and form. Once training is over we head up and eat a pretty boring dinner. It's just boring old cooked carrots with a side dish of carrot slices. Thankfully no one tried to blow us all up in a blaze of terrorist glory. After dinner Oscar walks me down to the showers and I get cleaned up and ready for bed.

"Hopefully tonight we won't have any un-wanted guests sneaking in here. Goodnight Rainy!"
"Good night Oscar!"
I slip into the large bed and curl up under the thick fuzzy covers. It isn't long before someone wakes me up though.

"Rainy! Can you hear me?"
"yeessss. Who are you and why did you wake me up?"
"Rainy we need to get out of here! Fast! I know about your little mission. It's a trap! He's secretly working with the badgers, this whole terrorist thing is just to send you to their base!"
"Candy? How'd you get in here? The door was locked and being guarded! And why do you smell like cheap perfume?"
"Door was being guarded and it was locked! Buuttt...I kinda got the guards really high with my special smokes."
"W..where's Oscar? I don't see him on the blindar?"
"Blindar? Rainy, did you like get high off the second hand smoke or something? Never mind let's just go already!"

>Blindar? Rainy, did you like get high off the second hand smoke or something?
...Candy is familiar with the term "blindar". We used it with her. And her speech isn't normally purple. ...and the room is all purple too, and that's probably some kind of magic circle over there.

This looks like another trick / attempt on you. I don't think that's Candy. The perfume is probably to prevent you from identifying the person by smell.

If i remember right smokes candy canes, ask her what she's smoking if its the wrong answer prentend its right and then punch her in the face. Coz cearly shes a bad-guy.

>>716340
Good idea!
Oh hey, try to remember if she's ever worn perfume before. Does Candy even like perfume?

Buckwheat 2016/04/14(Thu)12:37 No. 716498 ID: 15a025
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>Candy is familiar with the term "blindar". We used it with her.
"Candy I think it's you who's gotten high. The 'blindar' is one of my necklace enchantments remember? It's what lets me get around."
"Yeah...no. If you had a magic bullshit radar you wouldn't need a one that fancy walking stick."

>And her speech isn't normally purple. ...and the room is all purple too, and that's probably some kind of magic circle over there.
I don't get what you mean by her speech being purple but yeah...the room is definitely purple.
"So...what's up with the weird magic circle thing by the door?"
"Ah for the love of, they drugged you or some shit didn't they? You're blind! How can you see anything!
"I can see some things with the blindar."
"Okay whatever, anyway to answer your question no, that's just a floor mat."

>I don't think that's Candy. The perfume is probably to prevent you from identifying the person by smell.
>Does Candy even like perfume?
I can't remember if Candy's ever worn perfume or not actually. Something's really weird about the smell to, like I feel like I'm not even actually smelling it, but just know it's lingering about. Hard to explain.

>If I remember right Candy smokes candy canes. Ask her what she's smoking. If It's the wrong answer pretend it's right and then punch her in the face, cause then she's clearly a bad-guy.
Could work.
"So what kind of smokes did you and the guards have?"
"Oh you...just some uh...weed."
"Wrong answer, imposter!"
I throw a pretty hefty punch at the Candy imposter and make for it out the door.
"Like hell you're getting anywhere! Tybalt activate the portal!"
Something knocks me off balance and I crash into the door. The same something is dragging me away from the door. Imposter Candy is chanting some spooky sounding ritual stuff while I'm pinned down onto the "carpet" by whatever dragged me away from the door. Somehow it's overpowering my serious business arm and I can't knock them off me.
"See you on the other side buddy!"

A loud explosion goes off and before I know it...I'm somewhere else now?

Omg the bag guys accully got you, what a shocker I mean this because they accully succeded at somthing, which is slighly strang, any way, investigate the area, and maybe yell for someone.
What it seems to mean when we see people speak we see in colours, so when we identify some as a different colour from before it means there a different person, it also seems to bipass some magic. Hmmm, something to think about.

Oh come on, how did they manage to sneak someone back in, and with a chimera too. How can they possibly be capable of infiltrating the security of the royal palace, when they don't even think to do basic research on the person they're pretending to be.

New rule: next impostor, punch first, ask questions later.

So... there's someone in a cage over there. Or more likely, you're in the cage, and there's someone on the other side. And your cage has pillars of fire, for some reason.

What do you have to work with? Just your arm and a nightie?

Buckwheat 2016/04/15(Fri)13:28 No. 716746 ID: 15a025
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>Oh come on, how did they manage to sneak someone back in, and with a chimera too. How can they possibly be capable of infiltrating the security of the royal palace, when they don't even think to do basic research on the person they're pretending to be.
I'm just going assume they had someone teleport in. Speaking of chimera, how did they manage to bring Tybalt back to life? And Candy's drugs? Not really surprised they didn't know about that one. Other than Candy, her clients, and me, I don't think anyone knows about those peppermint smokes.

>Omg the bag guys actually got you, what a shocker I mean this because they actually succeeded at something, which is slightly strange.
And a little alarming. Seems like they've managed to up their game a bit.
>What do you have to work with? Just your arm and a nightie?
Hmm...Yeah all I have is you guys, my arm, and night gown....and a wax candle? When did I get this?

>So... there's someone in a cage over there. Or more likely, you're in the cage, and there's someone on the other side. And your cage has pillars of fire, for some reason.
>investigate the area, and maybe yell for someone.
I walk over to the gate, avoiding the sinister looking carpet thing and inspect it. I don't think it's a cage door, but a fence with a lock on my side. I could probably bust through with my serious business arm. There's no walls by the gate, if I'm not careful I could fall off. Next I carefully check the pillars of fire and yup. They're pillars of fire, nothing special. Maybe whoever's on the other side of the gate knows what's up?

"Hello? Is anyone here?"
"Meeeeeeeooooooow"
Sounds like just an annoy-
"Meow!"
Sounds like just an annoying cat here.

>Speaking of chimera, how did they manage to bring Tybalt back to life?
Did the guard beating on Tybalt even kill him the first time, or did it just dismiss him back to hell? (Or whatever plane chimeras are native to).

>There's no walls by the gate, if I'm not careful I could fall off.
So... there's nothing stopping you from stepping around it, over the gap? No need to knock the bars down, you can use them as a handhold or railing to make sure you don't fall.

>annoying cat
Careful, it might be a chimera or something.

Buckwheat 2016/04/15(Fri)23:02 No. 716913 ID: 15a025
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>Did the guard beating on Tybalt even kill him the first time, or did it just dismiss him back to hell? (Or whatever plane chimeras are native to).
That's actually a good question. I just kind of assumed he died because he faded out of the blindar when that happened. Maybe he just went back to the netherworld?

>So... there's nothing stopping you from stepping around it, over the gap?
Just my total fear of falling off to my death like a klutz.

>you can use the gate as a handhold or railing to make sure you don't fall.
But what if my serious business decides to show off its power and knock the gate down on me?

>Careful, it might be a chimera or-
"Meeeowww!"
Something very capable at annoying me. That has to be the most obnoxious cat I've heard yet. Screw this puny gate and scary gap that could go on forever. I take the serious business arm and...the gate just tipped over like nothing.
"Meeew!"
The annoying cat chimera thing rushes up to me and aw...it's rubbing it's head on my leg and purring! I reach down and pet the little thing for a bit before moving onto the next room.

"Ah heheheh look what the...heh...look what the...hah...look what the cat dragged in!! Oh that was too good. Now, how about telling me all about that fancy arm ya got there. I promise if you do I'll let ya keep it. If not...welll...let's just say it'll...heheh...It's gonna cost you an...Ahahah...It'll cost you and arm and a leg! "

No...nonono...I know this voice. This is one of the two guys who kidnapped and assaulted me for info on the weapon prototype. This sadistic monster is the hyena that splashed who knows what at my face for hours on end. I...I'm half tempted to just give him whatever he wants just to avoid getting tortured with whatever vile tricks he in stored for my resistance. Any motivational ideas?

Your not the same girl from that time remember you kinda train for this, and I think it will be really statiffying to beat him up, but first we have to get over your fear.
Basically dont tell him about the arm because whats stopping him from keeping you here after you tell him. Also wouldnt it be nice to get some payback for your eyes.
I cant think of any motivation lines over than stupid anime quotes, like channel the spirt of your friends and some other radom nonsense, I kinda just like to think what would candy do in this situation...

Keep petting the kitty. Keep petting, it, hard, untill it stops purring, and lies bleeding on the ground. Dont stop petting, harder and harder, until nothing but paste and flakes of bone and the floor beneath it are left.

Maybe some shotgun blasts too.

Man, you got a crazy powerful robot arm and he's got jack shit. You spent 3 months in the woods learning how to use that arm and he didn't. Fuck this p.o.s. up. Blast him with your hand gun, zap him with the taser, bust has ass!!!!

>Any motivational ideas?
Tell him fine, you'll tell him all about your arm.

Then give him a first hand demonstration.

Buckwheat 2016/04/16(Sat)14:16 No. 717026 ID: 15a025
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>Tell him fine, you'll tell him all about your arm. Then give him a firsthand demonstration.
>Your not the same girl from that time remember you kind of trained for this, and I think it will be really stratifying to beat him up, but first we have to get over your fear. Also wouldn't it be nice to get some payback for your eyes.
>Blast him with your hand gun, zap him with the taser, bust has ass!!!!
"How about I give you a little firsthand demonstration instead!"
"HA! I take it you're looking for a little payback? HA! Like you can tak-"
I hurry up and switch the hand to gun mode and shoot a couple shots at him.
"Missed me! Now it's my turn"
I hear a small beep come from the necklace and three more red exclamation marks pop up on the radar. I dodge out the way but one of them still manages to get me in the leg. Something feels weird though...I don't actually feel anything from the blow, I don't even feel the thing sticking in my leg yet...I know it's in my leg somehow. I pull it out regardless, think it's a knife.

"Not bad. You're still pretty sluggish though!"
I run up to the hyena and throw a heavy punch at him dodges that too!
"Too slow!"
He clocks me in the head and sends me face first onto the floor.
"Heh...Have...have a nice trip! See ya next...fall! hah!
While he's cackling over his own corny joke, I swing my leg out and trip him. While he's enjoying his own little trip there I spring up and shoot three bullets at him before it looks like I'm out of those now? I switch the arm back to being just a regular hand and punch him but...he's not there now?
"Hah! If only you could see the look on your face right now. Oh it's priceless! Gotta love these wonderful little magic trinkets. Teleport powers and enchanted bullet shields are such fun little tricks to play with!"

Judging from what I know about other enchantments they have some kind of cool down period before they can get used again. If that goes for his teleporting trick then he can't just stand there and poof all over the place on me all day. I lunge at him to throw a punch but he grabs my mechanical arm. Big mistake on his part. I easily break it out of his hold and snap his arm like a twig.
"HA! hahaaha! Oh good thing this is just the cursed realm or I'd be in big trouble."
"What? What's the cursed realm!"
"HA! She doesn't know what the cursed realm is. Hahahaha! Let's just say it's a fun little place where people with a curse like you come to in your sleep sometimes. To make it a guaranteed trip though, the person who laid the curse can sneak into your dreams and bring ya in as well. Best part is we can duke it out all we want here and only feel just feel like our arm is busted, but have it not be broken. I suppose you want out? Well...that's a bit tricky you see. Oh wait..you can't see! HA! Anyway, to get out you need to solve a puzzle of increasing difficulty. Too bad for you though, you can't see anything. Heheheh. Only other way out is to have a special enchantment like me! Have fun being stuck here forever!!!!

The Hyena disappears and some weird yellow outlines come up on the blindar around the little specks of fire? Is this suppose to be the puzzle he was talking about?

>it's some kind of dream realm only accessible because of the curse earlier
Okay... I guess that makes them being able to get to you again so soon a little more plausible.

Although really, they continue to be incompetent. Really shouldn't have told you what was going on.

>is this supposed to be the puzzle?
6 little yellow rings, 4 with fire. Are we supposed to light the last 2, somehow?

What's that cross in the background, with the exclamation points on it?

Buckwheat 2016/04/16(Sat)18:23 No. 717096 ID: 15a025
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>Okay... I guess that makes them being able to get to you again so soon a little more plausible. Although really, they continue to be incompetent. Really shouldn't have told you what was going on.
What's even more baffling is if they can get someone into the room with Oscar and me...why don't they just steal the arm themselves right then and there?

>6 little yellow rings, 4 with fire. Are we supposed to light the last 2, somehow?
Let me check what I have on me again. Maybe there's something I missed? See...night gown, magic necklace, serious business arm, wax candle, a backpack? When did I have a backpack with me? There's also a box of...somethings and a knife in the backpack? Where is all this junk coming from!
"Meow! Meow! Meeeow!"
I shake the box by the kitty chimera and it seems to want the box of whatevers?

>What's that cross in the background, with the exclamation points on it?
I put the box of thingys away into the backpack and check out the cross. Where there are exclamation points on the cross there are some knives jammed in and some loose rope. I'll pocket the rope for now and leave the knives in the cross. The flames in the circle seem to be growing as well.

>What's even more baffling is if they can get someone into the room with Oscar and me...why don't they just steal the arm themselves right then and there?
Are we sure that wasn't part of the dream too? Maybe all they had to do was reach out and pull you deeper, as it were.

>>717096
Touch a finger to the ground in an empty circle. Is there some kind of fuel there to light? If so, you can light the candle from one of the other flames, and use the candle to light the other two spots. (Then put it out to save it).

If there's nothing in the circles to burn, you could use the knife to cut the candle in half, making two smaller candles (the annoying bit will be cutting away material to expose the wick on the lower half), and then lighting them both and placing them in the circles.

>I shake the box by the kitty chimera and it seems to want the box of whatevers?
Maybe they're treats? Give em a sniff.

...I wonder if the cat is Tybalt. Maybe getting killed demotes a Chimera, makes them less? That might be why he stuck around. He knows you.

Light Candle, then light chimera kitty with the candle.

1/2 Buckwheat 2016/04/18(Mon)14:29 No. 717641 ID: 15a025
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>Maybe all they had to do was reach out and pull you deeper, as it were.
That could also be possible.

>Touch a finger to the ground in an empty circle. Is there some kind of fuel there to light? If so, you can light the candle from one of the other flames, and use the candle to light the other two spots. (Then put it out to save it).
I touch one of the empty circles. There seems to be something there? I pull out the candle and use it to spread the flames to the empty circles. A little ding comes from somewhere and a white circle appears on the blindar.

>Maybe they're treats? Give em a sniff.
Smells like food alright. I throw the chimera kitty one.
"Mew!
Sounds like they are some kind of treats then.

>I wonder if the cat is Tybalt. Maybe getting killed demotes a Chimera, makes them less? That might be why he stuck around. He knows you.
That could be a possible.
There isn't anything else in the room so I decide to step in the white circle. When I step inside I feel oddly clean and refreshed. As I bask in the warmth of the circle something grabs onto me and starts slowly carrying me away. It's not long till I find myself back laying in bed. I get up and find Oscar's still snoring away.
"Oscar wake up! Rise and shine!"
"Wha..? Morning already?"
"Someone snuck in here again and messed with my dreams. They sent me into some cursed realm or something?"
"Oh this isn't good at all...be thankful you made it out of there safely. Many who go find themselves there either never come back, or come back as chimeras. But your collar should have preve...your collar is off. Let me put it back on real quick.
I crouch down and Oscar puts the little collar back on for me.
"Like I was saying, this isn't good. I could see someone breaking in here once and pulling this off, but not twice in a row like this. Looks like I'll have to ask about pumping up the security around here even more."

The door opens and Captain Konkerii comes in.
"Morning Lady Brasshoof and Scallop! I've come with some breakfast for you all."
"Ah you shouldn't have. What's it today?
"Carrot Salads."
"You shouldn't have.
"I know. I'd kill for a little more varity around here. Gets boring eating carrots all day every day."
"Didn't Oscar cook some fish yesterday though?"
"Secret stash."
Oh well...salad is okay, more of a lunch kind of food though. After breakfast the Captain brings me down and helps me work on my aim some more. After that is lunch, and after lunch he teaches me about keeping my guard up in fight... the hard and painful way.
Dinner is the same carrot and cabbage themed foods as usual. After dinner though the King had Oscar and I head up into his chambers...

2/2 Buckwheat 2016/04/18(Mon)14:30 No. 717642 ID: 15a025
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"There's been a slight change in plans...I recommend both of you start packing your bags tonight. We're sending you out tomorrow morning at six a.m.."
"Sending us out where? What's going on?"
"Forgive me Oscar, I haven't had the chance to brief you on what's happening. You, Lady Brasshoof, and the other three mages, as well as a few of our finest members of the royal guard are going out to put an end to this terrorist scum and rescue my daughter."
"Are you insane! What do you expect us to do? Just walk right in, blow up a couple things like it's nothing and rescue the princess? Not to mention sending the person they're desperately trying to kidnap for her insane robot arm?"
"Honestly given their competency you probably could do just that. Anyway, Lady Brasshoof is playing the role of our bait Oscar. I think you're at least smart enough to figure out the rest of things. If not the other mages know the game plan. Now get going and start packing your things and try to get a good nights rest. I'll see that your room is heavily guarded."

Oscar rushes me down into his lab and he takes my necklace from me.
"Oscar what are you doing! I need that necklace to get around!"
"Don't worry! I'm just giving it adding new enchantment to it. How does being able to make giant rocks spikes grow out of the ground sound?"
"Like a blast...just don't 'spike' my necklace with anything I kind of really need it."
After like an hour or so of waiting around Oscar gives me my necklace back.
"Since we're going on what is pretty much a war mission you can legally have this enchantment. Using it is pretty simple but takes a little practice. Hold your hand over the necklace and focus on a mental image of giant spike jetting up from the ground. Once you've got a clear image in your head, fling your arm out and the target and then raise your hand."
Oscar takes me into a training room and he has me practice it a bit but the results are pretty lackluster. The biggest I could make the spikes were like the size of thumbtacks and that took a lot of energy to do just that.

"Don't feel bad, for someone who's never really used an offensive enchantment before you did alright. It doesn't really help that I don't know how to really use earth magic very well either. Let's retire for the night though, it's getting late and we still need to pack your bags."
"Not much to really pack. Just need my charger for the arm and that's about it."
"I'll go grab that real quick, and then we'll head in for the night."

It doesn't take long at all and before I know it I'm crawled into bed with my PJs on.
"Oh hey before I go to bed, who are these other three mages the King mentioned?"
"They're the other mage professors here."
"There's other mage professors here?"
"Yes, one for each element. We all don't really get along very well though...except for Buddy. Everybody loves Buddy, and Buddy loves everybody."
"Why's that?"
"He's just so nice and loyal to everyone."
"No I mean, why don't you and the other three mages get along?"
"The other two are...eh...you'll meet them tomorrow. Speaking of which you should get to sleep soon, it's already ten p.m."
"Goodnight Oscar!"
"Night Rainy."

End Chapter Four

>your collar is off.
Geeze, how did they get that off without waking you.

>Gets boring eating carrots all day every day.
That's how the bad guys keep getting in! The palace personnel are malnourished and suffering from deficiencies due to their restricted and imbalanced diet that's not appropriate for most of them.

>King sending us out early
I'm getting a bad feeling that they know whats up here.

So...how are you're getting to this unknown location of the base?

Kind of sort of small news update thingy concerning the quest over here in the dis. thread here: www.tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/96175.html#99281