>And everyone in the world is already my enemy!

"Why's that?"

>>711960
Why do they hate you? You don't seem so bad when you're not trying to kill me.

Plus these demon contracts always have loophole that backfire.

JiggyDino 2016/03/29(Tue)16:58 No. 712197 ID: b66b01
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>Dialogue

Raven: "Why do they hate you? You don't seem so bad when you're not trying to kill me."

Emerald: "W-? Y-yeah! I don't know! They're the bad ones! I knew all this time that they were wrong!"

Seems like I caught her off guard a bit.

>Dialogue

"I don't think it's a bad idea. Demons would be neat and ravaging the world would be pretty cool. S-so yeah, lets go for it!"

Emerald takes a step back and is now focusing on her breathing for a couple of seconds. I also hear a faint shuffling sound behind me but I'm not sure. After a glance, I spot nothing.

Emerald: "Yeah! Yeah! Of course it is!"

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Raven: "But what if some lizards built this as a trap a long time ago? Maybe its a trap to lure in mages so it can steal their powers? I mean if it worked like it says it does, wouldn't we have demons all over already?

Emerald: "No one has opened the portal before because no one had the spine to do it before! You see the scorch mark on the wall where the portal is? I tried to clean that and it never went away! I covered it with bricks and the new brick got scorched over night! I even tied a prisoner over it over night and know what happened? She turned into a burnt up skeleton! And I'm sure you've seen the blue rocks in this room? I tried moving them and breaking them, but they are as persistent as a the scorch marks. Even the one up there just floats if I remove everything around them. And my green bricks just cracks overtime when I try to built them around the old rocks! Especially around the portal!"

Emerald: "You see, the people who were there before me have tried to open this portal. But reading the documents they didn't burn, it was obvious they didn't have the stomach for it. It's vague as to why specifically they aborted the ritual, but I know from the writing that they were shaking in their boots! And that's where I would succeed. I know I want to open this portal."

Raven: "We should work out a test to make sure its not going to kill you the second you activate it."

Emerald: "We don't have to. If you are somehow right, since I'm obviously right, then I don't mind dying."

JiggyDino 2016/03/29(Tue)16:58 No. 712199 ID: b66b01
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I hear hooves behind me. I turn and Lucy is there. She's looking hurt, angry and defeated.

JiggyDino 2016/03/29(Tue)16:58 No. 712200 ID: b66b01
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Emerald: "Oh Lucy! Come to oppose me yet again?"

There is a pause. Lucy is looking down. Once she makes eye contact with Emerald she speaks.

Lucy: "No. I know I can't do anything. Even when I t-thought I had help-... I'll just do what you ask me to..."

Emerald: "Say that you're weak."

Lucy looks back down and hesitate.

Lucy: "... I'm weak."

Emerald: "And don't you ever forget it again. Now. I'm sure you've met my new associate. She will be helping us open this portal. You do as she says!"

Lucy: "I already was..."

Emerald: "Go stand next to the lizard and make sure he's not doing anything suspicious. You don't need to since he has a collar, but let's pretend that you're useful!"

>You don't need to since he has a collar, but let's pretend that you're useful!

Oh now that's just cold. Told Emerald she needs to be more nice to Lucy if she wants your help.

Ya know what? Fuck it. This demon summoning plan doesn't seem so bad. Sure, it's horribly dangerous, but sometimes in life you have to take risks. Plus, if it really does go wrong then the most likely one to die is Emerald, in which case; we win! And sure, it would turn this world into a hellish wasteland, but this world was already pretty shit to begin with. All those petty lords fighting meaningless battles and causing nothing but suffering. Why not sacrifice this world to create a new one? Rip will have to die, but he's a criminal anyway, and what's one life in the face of ULTIMATE POWER? The demons will, unfortunately, be bound to Emerald, but she's easy enough to manipulate.

I think we can do this! To rule the world is quite a step up from living in squander whilst wandering the desert, no?

Continue to give Rip meaningful looks, but never say the code word.

Don't give into temptation.

While Emerald is distracted by preparing the ritual, whisper to Lucy the plan to attack with the code phrase. Then at some point, ask Emerald about her cooking. Maybe try pissing her off again by insulting it. Finish off by saying you'd rather have beef soup. Then attack her yourself at the same time as the other two, by trying to peck out her eyes.

Alternatively if there's a loose rock anywhere you could just wait until Emerald has her back turned and throw it to knock her out, just like before.

Will someone TAKEDOWN THE SUMMONER before she completes the ritual?! Lucy, STOP HER!

JiggyDino 2016/03/30(Wed)15:31 No. 712513 ID: b66b01
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Lucy takes place next the Rip.

>Tell Emerald she needs to be more nice to Lucy if she wants your help.

Raven: "You know, if you want Lucy to help you, you should-"

JiggyDino 2016/03/30(Wed)15:31 No. 712514 ID: b66b01
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Lucy grabs Rip.

JiggyDino 2016/03/30(Wed)15:31 No. 712515 ID: b66b01
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Rip: "AAAAHHH-"

JiggyDino 2016/03/30(Wed)15:31 No. 712516 ID: b66b01
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Rip: "-OOF"
Emerald: "GAAAH"

JiggyDino 2016/03/30(Wed)15:31 No. 712517 ID: b66b01
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UMM!

JiggyDino 2016/03/30(Wed)15:31 No. 712518 ID: b66b01
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Lucy is in front of me and is pulling back her fist.

>>712518
"Please don't"

lucy is going to feel really bad when/if she realizes this was a bluff to stall for time

>>712518
Tell her you're on her side, then go make sure Emerald won't be getting up.

>>712518
I was stalling her, and I surrender!

YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET PUNCHED IN THE FACE, THE OPERATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN! YOU HAVE TO KILL EMERALD RIGHT FUCKING NOW OR YOU WILL ALL FUCKING DIE! Dive away from her fist and start choking Emerald with all of your strength.

Duck to the right!

...do we even need to say the code phrase now?

she just wants to give us a fist bump we should reciprocate and bump back

Sadly, we must kill emerald. If only she wasn't a crazy psycho witch.

"AHHH! Don't hit me, I was stalling for time!"

Duck away so Lucy doesn't accidentally punch a fist through all of your delicate bird bones.

As much as I think we should just geek the mage right away, its probably not a great idea to do it in the vicinity of the "ANCIENT DEVICE of RITUAL BLOOD MAGIC & VIOLENCE".

Tell Lucy we need to restrain Emerald, Grab Rip, and get everyone out of this chamber. Tie up and gag the Witch, wrap her up in your robes and her apron if you have to. You can decide what to do with her after you all get out of here.

Duck!

JiggyDino 2016/03/31(Thu)16:47 No. 712769 ID: b66b01
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>Dive away from her fist
>Duck to the right!
>Duck!
>Duck away so Lucy doesn't accidentally punch a fist through all of your delicate bird bones.

I quickly move to my right while trying to keep low. Lucy's fist misses my head by a feather, which I see now that she was aiming for my stomach.

>Buncha Dialogue

Raven: "AHHHDon'thitmeIwasstallingfortimePleasedon'tI'monyoursideIsurrender!"

Lucy pauses for a moment, not sure how to take this revelation.

JiggyDino 2016/03/31(Thu)16:47 No. 712770 ID: b66b01
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>go make sure Emerald won't be getting up.
>start choking Emerald with all of your strength.
>Sadly, we must kill emerald.
>its probably not a great idea to do it in the vicinity of the "ANCIENT DEVICE of RITUAL BLOOD MAGIC & VIOLENCE". Tell Lucy we need to restrain Emerald, Grab Rip, and get everyone out of this chamber.

I turn to Emerald and Rip to see what is going on with them. It looks like Rip was knocked unconscious. Emerald on the other hand looks like she got the wind knock out of her, but is still conscious.

Emerald: "Wh- what? S-stalling?"

Raven: "Lucy, please, we have to restrain her, get Rip and get out of here!"

Lucy hesitates for a fraction of a second but realizes that time isn't really on our side while Emerald is still loose and gets to Emerald. Luckily, with Rip unconscious on top of Emerald and her still being woozy, Emerald doesn't look like she can do much magic.

JiggyDino 2016/03/31(Thu)16:47 No. 712771 ID: b66b01
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>wrap her up in your robes and her apron if you have to.

I remove my robe and give it to Lucy.

Raven: "Here Lucy, use this to wrap her up."

Lucy quickly wraps Emerald in my robe before she regains enough bearings to fight back. She then lifts Emerald on her shoulder.

Emerald: "Lucy? Lucy, you... milk bag..."

Lucy: "... Do you think you can carry the lizard?"

How should I bring him along?

Get Lucy to punch Emerald in the head until she falls unconscious. There's a chance she'l die from the trauma, but that's a risk we need to take to make sure she doesn't try anything.

>>712775
Oh, and don't bother bringing Rip if it'll slow you down, we need to get Emerald safely disposed of as quickly as possible. We can just come back and get him if need be.

Have Lucy thump the bag on the ground a few times. Who knows what sort of magic Emerald can still pull off while in there. Get her knocked out if you can.

Then you can carry which ever one is lighter while Lucy carries the other.

You and Lucy can hold Rip together. Just get out as soon as possible.

>>712771
"Emerald there are people I like here and I don't really want them getting killed by someone who just professed a desire to have underlings kill each other for sport. Maybe try not being so murderous in the future."
THEN have her

er

...anaesthetized.

Find something to gag Emerald with, like her hat or just knock her out. That should keep her from using any verbal or somatic spells now that shes tied up.

As for Rip, see if you can rouse him first. But if you can't, ask if Lucy can help support him between the two of you whilst shoulder carrying Emerald like a sack of potatoes.

>>712786
>anaesthetized
I'd rather see her euthanized.

Can we throw together some kind of rudimentary stretcher to carry Rip on?

>>712771
Just kinda have him slumped on your back, arms around your shoulders. Hold onto his arms to carry him. It'll be tough but we can get him out of the room at least.

Don't forget to get his sword. Wherever it went off to.

JiggyDino 2016/04/02(Sat)16:16 No. 713365 ID: b66b01
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>Get Lucy to punch Emerald in the head until she falls unconscious.
>Who knows what sort of magic Emerald can still pull off while in there. Get her knocked out if you can.
>Find something to gag Emerald with, like her hat or just knock her out.

Raven: "I think we should knock her out. Who knows what kind of magic she can still pull off while in there."

Lucy: "Me, that's who knows. She always needs her arms or even body motion for anything strong. Don't worry, I can handle her... I just never did..."

Emerald seems that have said something but said it so weakly that I didn't understand what she said.

>Dialogue

Well, might as well tell her this...

Raven: "Emerald there are people I like here and I don't really want them getting killed by someone who just professed a desire to have underlings kill each other for sport. Maybe try not being so murderous in the future."

Emerald: "Like I care what anyone else wants... You're all the same..."

She seems defeated.

JiggyDino 2016/04/02(Sat)16:16 No. 713366 ID: b66b01
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>see if you can rouse Rip first.

I turn my attention to Rip. Before trying to lift him up, I try to see if I can wake him up. I try to give small slaps to his face.

Raven: "Hey, Rip, wake up."

He mumbles. I try shaking him a bit.

Rip: "Whu?! Aagh!... What happened?"

Raven: "You were a flying lizard, but your inexperience showed."

Rip: "... I vaguely remember."

I help Rip up. He seems to still be gathering his bearings. Lucy must have thrown him pretty hard. I put his arm around my neck to help him walk around.

JiggyDino 2016/04/02(Sat)16:16 No. 713367 ID: b66b01
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>Don't forget to get his sword. Wherever it went off to.

Both the sword and ax were floating in the air. Emerald's way to play keep-away I guess. They fell on the ground when Rip crashed into Emerald. Lucy is already getting her axe and looking at the sword as if she's trying to figure out how she could pick it up as well. I approach and do my best to pick it up.

Lucy: "Alright, you got it..."

We move toward the stairs.

Emerald starts talking to Lucy in a gentle voice.

Emerald: "This can't be it, after all these years. Lucy, please. Why are you doing this to me. Why are you acting so mean? Aren't you suppose to be nice? Don't you even feel a little bit of remorse about what you're doing here?"

Lucy looks a bit pained.

Don't let her get to you Lucy. Best case she started out as a nice girl who was corrupted by something down here.

Worst case she is great at pretending to be nice and never cared about you.

Either way I would rather not be stuck in a world crawling with demons. So lets get out of here and we can decide what to do with her later.

>>713367
She could say the same to you, Emerald. Did you forget what you said to her that enraged her enough to attack you?

>>713367
"You, who are without mercy, now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff!"
-Optimus Prime

See? This is why I said we should knock her out, she's a dangerous person, even her words are dangerous. It's unlikely she'll be able to pull anything from inside of that sack but you never know, we really shouldn't be taking that chance, this is incredibly reckless.

Knock the 8!+(# out.

>>713385
Don't knock her out, jesus christ

don't stoop to her level and we might be able to get her into some therapy or something to get her to stop being so evil.

Seriously man, attempted genocide's not cool no matter what your background is, cmon.

>>713404
If we take mercy on her and she manages to kill anyone then their blood is on our hands. Mercy is for people who aren't incredibly powerful genocidal psychopaths.

This >>713369
It seems like Emerald is trying to use that weird leadership power she talked about before. Reassure Lucy that she is doing whats right. She is already being merciful enough in choosing to take non-lethal methods to stop Emerald from bringing harm to herself and others.

JiggyDino 2016/04/03(Sun)10:20 No. 713557 ID: b66b01
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>See? This is why I said we should knock her out
>Knock the bitch out.
>If we take mercy on her and she manages to kill anyone then their blood is on our hands.
>don't stoop to her level and we might be able to get her into some therapy or something to get her to stop being so evil.

I very much want to knock her out and shut her up now that she's trying to make Lucy feel bad, but I also wonder if that wouldn't make me closer to what Emerald is. Into what I don't want to be... Maybe there are other ways to stop an evil person?

>Dialogue

Raven: "She could say the same to you, Emerald. Did you forget what you said to her that enraged her enough to attack you?"

Emerald: "I was speaking professionally! Socially, We're pals! Right Lucy?"

Lucy doesn't respond. But her expression is less pained and more controlled anger.

>Dialogue
>Reassure Lucy that she is doing whats right.

Raven: "Don't let her get to you, Lucy. Best case, she started out as a nice girl who was corrupted by something down here. Worst case, she is great at pretending to be nice and never cared about you. Either way I would rather not be stuck in a world crawling with demons. So lets get out of here and we can decide what to do with her later. You're doing the right thing."

Lucy's emotions are mixed. I detect a hint of confusion and a smile among them. But she's instantly sadden once Emerald starts to weep.

Seriously, just knock her out! Your other option is for this to turn into a battle to see who is better at manipulating Lucy, and then you really would have to become more like Emerald.

cease
just gag her then
holy fuck

If we really do have Leadership powers, maybe we can use them on Emerald to give her an intervention or impromptu therapy session?

Start out by asking Emerald some questions, something like "Why all of this?" and "Why do you think everyone is your enemy?". Is she trying to prove something?

If we can find out what her real issues are, it should at least give us a better scope on how to deal with her.

>>713586
She is a scholar and a manipulator, her brain is her most powerful asset. If you keep letting her use it she's going to find a way to take advantage of it. Do not forget that she has the blood of many a hapless wanderer like yourself on her hands, their souls will not rest until she is brought to justice.You would have to be helplessly naiive or downright stupid to believe that she would not kill you gleefully if given the chance, and make no mistake, by leaving her conscious you are giving her a chance. You must ask yourself this; who is worse, the murderer, or the fool that lets her get away with it.

>>713557
Okay what the hell Emerald, why are you crying now? I think we really need to get the rest of her backstory.

>>713597
as the only sane option noted so far, I vote this.
murder is a LAST resort.

JiggyDino 2016/04/03(Sun)15:59 No. 713650 ID: b66b01
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>Seriously, just knock her out!
>just gag her then

I still have thoughts about shutting her up physically. But part of me also want to ask her things. I can't really ask questions to an unconscious person...

>Start out by asking Emerald some questions, something like "Why all of this?" and "Why do you think everyone is your enemy?". Is she trying to prove something?

Rip starts to move away from me. He seems to be doing better and probably and rightfully thinks we can handle the stairs better apart than holding onto each other.

Raven: "Emerald, why do you want to do all this? Why do you think everyone is against you?"

Emerald: "*sniff* Are you serious? Every one here is against me! I don't think that everyone is against me, I know so!"

Raven: "We acted against you because of the things you were trying to do to us. If you were nicer, we would be nicer to you too!"

Emerald: "I w-were nice to you when we first met! You threw a bowl at me!"

Raven: "You gave me some pretty convincing hints that you were planning something! Lucy vouched for my guts, and you then confirmed it when you came back to!"

Emerald: "..."

Raven: "Just tell us."

Emerald: "... *sob*"

Lucy: "... Do you think you have much to lose, witch? You might as well tell us."

JiggyDino 2016/04/03(Sun)15:59 No. 713651 ID: b66b01
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Emerald: "Raaagh! When I was younger, I was learning magic and not only did people didn't want to be my friend, they went out of their ways to kick me when I was down! Everyone turned their backs on me and criticized anything I wanted to do with magic. I knew no one would ever like anything I ever do so I decided to do anything and everything! That's it! Happy?"

Ask Emerald what kind of stuff she was trying to do with magic back then. Say that you won't make fun of or judge her for it. (That is, as long as it doesn't involve hurting people.)

>>713651
That's it? She was going to destroy the world out of spite? Tell Emerald you're sorry for her rough upbringing but she's got problems. What kind of magic was she learning back then, anyway? We've seen her use telekinesis.

You know, I can think of one merciful fate for her. Weaken her magic permanently somehow and Lucy can be her caretaker. Maybe by keeping her tied up or in manacles or, at the extreme, cutting off her hands? She can't be allowed to kidnap, murder and torture people anymore, and I doubt she can be reformed enough to be trusted with freedom.

>>713651
"That sounds pretty messed up, I'm sorry you had to go through that as a kid.
...I meant what I said earlier though, you really aren't that bad when you're not plotting people's deaths."

Point out that if you were entirely against Emerald you could have killed by now and that probably would have been safer. Say that you would rather not kill her, but right now you don't know if she would attack you again or go back to trying to kill everyone with demons.

Great, so she has a Freudian Excuse, how lovely. I still don't think this changes anything. Hell, even if she really is rehabilitatable she's still a serial killer, any just court would give her the death penalty or at least life imprisonment. We really should shut her up before she gets into Lucy's head.

JiggyDino 2016/04/06(Wed)15:29 No. 714274 ID: b66b01
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Rip: "T-That's it?

>Dialogues

Raven: "That sounds pretty messed up, I'm sorry you had to go through that as a kid. But you got a problem... For what it's worth, I meant what I said earlier, you really aren't that bad when you're not plotting people's deaths."

Emerald: "mrh..."

>Point out that if you were entirely against Emerald you could have killed by now and that probably would have been safer. Say that you would rather not kill her, but right now you don't know if she would attack you again or go back to trying to kill everyone with demons.

Raven: "I'm not entirely against you Emerald. I could have killed you by now and it would have been the safer route. But I would rather not kill you. Although, I don't know if you'll attack me again or go back to summoning demons to kill everyone..."

Emerald: "... I'm sick of everyone having such a good time with each others. I never had that growing up or ever in my life. And for what reason? Because I was spawned? I've been nice and it doesn't work."

>Ask Emerald what kind of stuff she was trying to do with magic back then. Say that you won't make fun of or judge her for it. (That is, as long as it doesn't involve hurting people.)

Raven: "What kind of stuff were you doing with magic back then? I won't make fun of you or judge you for it as long as it didn't involve hurting anyone."

Emerald: "I don't know! It's been forever! Nothing ambitious compared to what I've done once I started real experiments. They were still too out of the box thinking type magic for the schools I guess..."

>What kind of magic was she learning back then, anyway? We've seen her use telekinesis.

Raven: "What kind of magic were you learning? I know you have telekinesis and you can make those solid objects with different properties."

Emerald frowns.

Emerald: "... I was trying to learn everything. Obviously I was better at certain things than others... Why do you care?"

>>714274
>why do you care?
Curious, and a little concerned about what she can do that we haven't seen. Looks like she needs her hands free to cast anything, though.

...is there any way to make someone immune to her magic? Or a way for her to give up her magic, irreversibly? Like via some kind of magically-binding contract?

>Why do you care?
Hey, someone has to care, right? (statistically at least)
Anyways, trying to learn everything? That sounds like a pretty tall order. What with no one wanting wanting to give her the time of day, It must have been tough huh?

>>714282
A Curse or a Binding might work, but we would probably have to hit up Emeralds research lab and maybe hope Raven is a secret magic genius.
But for now I think if we are still trying to help Lucy with her Life Debt conundrum there are a couple direct solutions.
1: Continue to talk Emerald down to a point where she no longer wants to murder everyone with demons and/or continue to do bad things.
2: Remove the demon portal from the equation by sealing the chamber in anyway way possible, like collapsing/exploding the mountain or something.

I'm just curious about you, I want to know how you managed to fall to this level.

We need to fish for as much information as we can without tipping her off to what we're doing. Right now I think we might be able to get away with cutting off her hands and keeping her under loose supervision, but if she can cast with her legs or something that won't be an option. We might be able to rehabilitate her, we'll have to probe more, but I think it's unlikely, and letting her go unpunished doesn't sit right with me. I still think a just execution is the right course of action, but it's apparent that I'm in the minority, so I'll just advise us to be very cautious.

JiggyDino 2016/04/07(Thu)16:10 No. 714569 ID: b66b01
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>...is there any way to make someone immune to her magic? Or a way for her to give up her magic, irreversibly? Like via some kind of magically-binding contract?

I would imagine so. Otherwise, how else would you put a magic user in prison? Well unless they do what we did and bind them.

>Curious
>Hey, someone has to care, right? (statistically at least)
>I'm just curious about you, I want to know how you managed to fall to this level.

Raven: "Just curious. You had to have gotten the way you are from somewhere right?"

Emerald: "..."

>Dialogue

Raven: "Anyways, trying to learn everything? That sounds like a pretty tall order. What with no one wanting to give you the time of day, it must have been tough huh?"

Tears starts to run down Emerald's cheeks again as she seems to try and hold herself from crying again. Eventually gasping into quiet sobs once she starts breathing again. Whoops, I think I've opened up a wound...

Lucy sighs

Lucy: "So, huh. I'm gonna need help to navigate the desert. I mean, If you think you can point me in the right direction, that's all you need to do. Maybe I could get to a city and turn her in so they could handle her imprisonment?"

Emerald: "OOooohhhhhhhh..."

Rip: "I could guide you. I leave anyway..."

>>714569
Good plan, if Rip knows the way we can make our way back to civilization. Maybe she can even get some mental help while in prison. Rehabilitation. Tell Emerald you hope she turns a new leaf. Maybe you'll meet again someday under better circumstances.

...I suppose we'll want to report the existence of the demon gate to an organization that can seal it away?

Are there any institutions for the magically criminally insane? Given medieval attitudes towards these sorts of things, it might be better if we handled her rehabilitation ourselves, but we simply don't have the resources necessary to contain her. I guess we'll just have to hope that the current level of psychological knowledge can fix her, if she's even fixable at all.

>How to imprison a magic person
Why, with the powers of a stronger magic person.

>>714569
Suggest we travel together for a bit. Ask Rip if he has anywhere to be, if not we have the makings of a full adventurer's party here.

Rogue, warrior, mage, and bard (us)

It occurs to me that Lucy will probably be thrown in jail too due to several counts of accessory to murder. If we tell her that, she might run away, leaving us to drag Emerald to town, which would be pretty inconvenient.
On the other hand we could just make sure she helps us get Emerald to town then she can leave before turning Emerald in, so that she's not there when charges are filed.
On the other other hand we could tell her nothing, and turn her in alongside Emerald once we have guards present, ensuring she goes to jail. Then she could protect Emerald from other prisoners, I guess, giving her a chance to repay her lifedebt.

To decide, we should ask Lucy if she still wants to repay Emerald for saving her life.

>>714614
Honestly, everyone here except Raven probably deserves jail time, but there's nothing we can do about that.

hey man

we dont know raven's story just yet

sinner squad might be an option

>reminisce about personal history as the headrush of saving the world suddenly hits you all at once

JiggyDino 2016/04/08(Fri)15:29 No. 714819 ID: b66b01
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>Are there any institutions for the magically criminally insane?
>Good plan, if Rip knows the way we can make our way back to civilization. Maybe she can even get some mental help while in prison.
>It occurs to me that Lucy will probably be thrown in jail too due to several counts of accessory to murder.
>Honestly, everyone here except Raven probably deserves jail time

Actually... now that I think about it, I'm not sure if any jails would actually take Emerald. It sounds like she's done some horrible things, but she did it all in this desert as far as I know. Villages, Tribes and Kingdoms handle their own justice. Since this desert isn't near any civilization, save for some outskirts, the only people that would get to her is any families or friends her victim would have... Assuming they could even know what happened to their loved ones then find Emerald.

Rip would only be considered a criminal if he wronged the people of certain places. Since he's an adventurer, any wrong doing he might have done could have very well been done outside of civilization and to worst people than him. He has prejudice toward certain people, but I haven't seen him rob or murder an innocent person yet... Although I'll admit that attacking Emerald on a hunch was a bit rash, I also threw a bowl at her...

Lucy has done things... But as far as civilization is concerned, she's off the hook... Well, outside her tribe at least...

Also, I can navigate a little bit, I am an adventurer too! Rip isn't the only one that can get us out of this desert!

>reminisce about personal history as the headrush of saving the world suddenly hits you all at once

[OVERRIDE]

While not having direct control, Raven feels like her past is malleable.

>Suggest we travel together for a bit. Ask Rip if he has anywhere to be, if not we have the makings of a full adventurer's party here. Rogue, warrior, mage, and bard (us)

I'll have to find an instrument to accompany my beautiful caws!

As for leaving, I'm for it. If we're done here. We'll have to make sure everyone has enough water to drink, which should be easy with the water source under the mountain, food to eat and it's best if we rest a bit before leaving.

Rip: "I open the door. Your hands are full."

Lucy: "Ah, thanks. The door might be a bit tough to open."

>>714819
If no jails will take her, how will we keep her from escaping justice? Keeping her tied up isn't a permanent solution as she will eventually wiggle out of the restraints. Plus, if she's tied up at all times someone has to tend to her every need.

>If no jails will take her, how will we keep her from escaping justice? Keeping her tied up isn't a permanent solution as she will eventually wiggle out of the restraints.
I'm suddenly wondering if you can keep a mage as a slave.

>>714819
So our only real recourse here is to either kill her (which doesn't feel good) or attempting to rehab the evil wizard, which sounds like a fun time.

I vote the latter.

"What jail would take her? This isn't exactly claimed territory, and I do still feel pretty bad for her in spite of everything. Hm.

...anyone want to form an adventuring party?"

JiggyDino 2016/04/09(Sat)13:53 No. 715232 ID: b66b01
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>If no jails will take her, how will we keep her from escaping justice?
>So our only real recourse here is to either kill her (which doesn't feel good) or attempting to rehab the evil wizard, which sounds like a fun time

Fun time sounds good! Ah, that was sarcasm wasn't it?

But yes, I would think those are the apparent options. Might as well continue to talk to her until something happens. And the other option can always be a plan B... or Z.

>Dialogue

Raven: "What jail would take her? This isn't exactly claimed territory, and I do still feel pretty bad for her in spite of everything. Hm."

Lucy: "T-they wouldn't? ..."

Rip: "I guess is true."

Rip starts to push the door open without making it budge. Realizing Lucy wasn't exaggerating, he puts more effort into it and the door starts to open slowly.

Raven: "...anyone want to form an adventuring party?"

Emerald: "Ooo, Me! Me! Me! I can totally help you guys if I was untied!"

Lucy: "Q-quiet, witch!... I was just gonna turn the witch in, but even then, I wouldn't have known what I would have done afterward. I guess now I don't have anything to do, so I c-could try."

Rip: "Mghrraah!"

Rip has opened the door.

Rip: "I travel alone. Easy to avoid trouble... Usually."

Honestly I would love to have you along for a adventuring party Emerald. If we could trust you.

Y'know, I was (and still am) on the side that she's too far gone to rehabilitate, but if we do form an adventuring party (with or without Rip) Emerald would make an excellent Token Evil Teammate. We just have to make sure that we have some way of reigning her in. Rip can take care of himself, but Emerald and Lucy will definitely need our supervision, going on adventures together sounds like an excellent way to do that.

Right now we still have the worry that if we let Emerald go, she might betray us and go back to summoning demons to kill everyone. If she wants to prove she won't do that, maybe she can start by telling us how to undo the her preparations and destroy or at least block access to the portal and the documents describing how to use it. Because if she is really willing to give up on murdering everyone she won't need those anymore, right?

>>715232
em i'd be glad to but we still need insurance first. anyone got ideas there? some kind of oath magic or something?

JiggyDino 2016/04/10(Sun)10:55 No. 715501 ID: b66b01
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>Dialogue

Raven: "Honestly I would love to have you along for a adventuring party Emerald. If we could trust you."

Emerald: "Whaaaat? You can totally trust me! We're friends remember?!"

>If she wants to prove she won't do that, maybe she can start by telling us how to undo the her preparations and destroy or at least block access to the portal and the documents describing how to use it.

Raven: "So that means you'll tell us how to destroy or block access to the portal and the documents describing how to use it?"

Emerald: "Eh- Wait wait, let's not do anything we will regret here. There's no need to do that!"

>Dialogue

Raven: "Because if you are really willing to give up on murdering everyone, you won't need those anymore, right?"

Emerald: "..."

Emerald: "I miiiight..."

Emerald sees that no one's happy about her answer.

Emerald: "Oh come on! How do you expect me to give up on something I've work on for the last 5 or so years?!"

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Lucy: "Lizard. Can you grab the witch?"

Rip: "Sure. Name is Rip by the way."

Lucy: "Huh, yeah. Mine is Lucy."

Lucy hands Emerald to Rip who hoist's her up the level above. Lucy then steps aside to let me climb first, so I do.

>>715502
so hows lucy getting up?

>>715552
She is probably gonna climb up one handed with her axe in tow. She just couldn't go up the ladder with both hands full.

Stick together with Lucy in watching over Emerald while you guys gather up supplies, you can keep chatting while having an extra pair of eyes on her. You might need to make some sheets into wraps for Lucy to help protect her from the sun and sand while you guys travel the desert.
Rip also sounds like he needs more convincing if we want him to join us. Ask him about what he plans to do next after getting out of the desert.

JiggyDino 2016/04/10(Sun)15:20 No. 715600 ID: b66b01
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>so hows lucy getting up?
>She is probably gonna climb up one handed with her axe in tow. She just couldn't go up the ladder with both hands full.

I would think that is right.


We're now at the tower's entrance.

Raven: "Alright. Before we try and cross the desert, we'll need food, water and rest a bit before we go."

Lucy: "We can get water under the mountain. For food, there's a room in one of the hallways. I can gather those."

Rip: "I have to get my gear from the mountain."

Lucy: "It's in the drawer in my room."

>Stick together with Lucy in watching over Emerald while you guys gather up supplies, you can keep chatting while having an extra pair of eyes on her.

Raven: "I guess we're all going to the mountain!"

>Rip also sounds like he needs more convincing if we want him to join us. Ask him about what he plans to do next after getting out of the desert.

Raven: "By the way, Rip, what are you planning to do once we get out of the desert?"

Rip: "Might wander. But most likely maybe take break."

Disthread: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/99036.html[/spoiler]

http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/99036.html

I think that one way or another we should do what we can to destroy Emerald's portal research and preparations before we go. Even if not Emerald, someone will eventually find that stuff if we leave it just lying around.
(And I don't think we should say it in front of Emerald, but when she won't tell us how to disable the portal prep she is obviously lying about not wanting to kill us. I don't see how we would ever be able to trust her, so I am not leaning towards killing her. Leaving her un-watched is a super bad idea, but maybe we can have Rip watch her for a bit while we discuss this with Lucy out of her earshot.)

Well, if we can't put Emerald in jail... are there any insane asylums?

What are the Local Regions surrounding the desert like? Does Rip have a map with his gear or a particular destination in mind?
If possible you or Rip should explore behind the fallen rocks in the mountain tunnel.

JiggyDino 2016/04/11(Mon)16:54 No. 715895 ID: b66b01
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We start making our way towards the mountain.

JiggyDino 2016/04/11(Mon)16:55 No. 715896 ID: b66b01
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>Well, if we can't put Emerald in jail... are there any insane asylums?

Is this some kind of other jail?

>What are the Local Regions surrounding the desert like?

I'm not sure about all directions since it's the first time I've been in this desert. But South of here, where I arrived here from, are forests and fields after some barren flatlands. There's a couple of villages, towns and cities. Most important one would be Khane.

>Does Rip have a map with his gear or a particular destination in mind?

Raven: "Rip, does your gear include a map?"

Rip: "No. I mostly just have sneaking clothes. Some throwing knives, lockpicks, canteen..."

Raven: "Were you heading anywhere in particular?"

Rip: "Depend. If I take break, I may go back to village. Or Smoothcrest. Otherwise, I do not know."

If my navigational skills are correct, the closest outskirt from here would be somewhere north-east-east from here. That's where I would head if I was trying to leave the desert. I know there are some small villages near the outskirts, but I'll admit that I didn't really memorized where they were. Part of being an adventurer is exploring at your own leisure. You could use a map and just follow it everywhere, but most adventurers prefer not doing that. Which explains Rip's lack of map or destination if he decides to continue his travels.

>>715896
Mountains then? Man it occurs to me nobody here knows where they are, we're super fucked.

An insane asylum, as in, a mental hospital. With means of restraining dangerous patients.

JiggyDino 2016/04/13(Wed)16:06 No. 716308 ID: b66b01
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Awkward Transtion!

Yes. Transtion. I misspelled it and by the time I noticed, I couldn't bother fixing it. This thread is getting long so instead of having an ending for the next part, I'm just gonna cut it here.

Go here for part 2: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/716306.html