Ed Pastry 2009/07/16(Thu)15:03 No. 7174 ID: 35cea2
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A party of heroes patiently await the continuation of their adventures

Wake up. Assess situation.

>>7174
Take the mayor's darts before he awakens. They may make good weaponry in a pinch.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/16(Thu)15:16 No. 7192 ID: 35cea2
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Simon wakes up and quietly snatches the Mayor's darts.

>>7192
We already took the incriminating photos we needed, right? Alright. Lets see if we can get some dirt on that other politician now. Bring Io and Slater along.

>>7192

Quick, there's a world to save! Go to Tweed's office and look for evidence of Not So Legitimate Business!

>>7192

Wake Ioh up in a flirty manner.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/16(Thu)15:51 No. 7238 ID: 35cea2
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Simon rouses the rest of the party. They sneak out of the Mayor's office, down the hall and into Tweed's office.

It appears Tweed got bored of waiting for the quest to continue as also, he's sleeping like a baby.

Simon carefully checks the room for a safe.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/16(Thu)15:52 No. 7239 ID: 35cea2
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He finds an electronic safe bolted to the underside of Tweed's desk.

>>7239

Search for the combination in the room. Tweed seems way too lazy to actually memorize it, so he probably has it written down somewhere.

Carefully search behind each painting.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/16(Thu)16:23 No. 7274 ID: 35cea2
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Simon whispers to the rest of the party.
"I found a safe, search the room to see if you can find the combination to it."

They search behind every painting and on every concievable surface in the office. Their search proves fruitless. There must be a combination in here somewhere!

>>7274

Turn that painting of the robot around before it does something stupid.

Also, have we checked in his desk yet? Or maybe he even wrote the combination on himself.

>>7274

Look under Tweed's hat.

Or he just memorized the combination.

>>7285
This, clearly.

Ed_Pastry 2009/07/16(Thu)22:31 No. 7407 ID: 35cea2
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>>7281

What are you talking about? It's just a painting, it's not doing anything.

You're insane.

NOTHING IS AMISS

EVERYTHING IS NORMAL

Ed_Pastry 2009/07/16(Thu)22:31 No. 7408 ID: 35cea2
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>>7285

Simon delicately extracts Tweed's hat from his cranium.

Ed_Pastry 2009/07/16(Thu)22:33 No. 7409 ID: 35cea2
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Paydirt! There are some numbers printed on the rim.

>>7409

Input CODE.

Don't just stand there. Plug 'em in. Into the safe we go!

Ed_Pastry 2009/07/16(Thu)22:53 No. 7413 ID: 35cea2
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Hells yes

>>7413

Pick it up and hand it over to the Mayor. And don't forget to close the safe. We can't have Tweed catching on.

Give the Plot Financements to the mayor. Receive reward. Then give the incriminatory pics of the mayor to Tweed. Receive more reward.

Ed_Pastry 2009/07/18(Sat)20:29 No. 8501 ID: 35cea2
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Simon closes the safe and returns Tweed's hat to his head, he doesn't want Tweed to notice someone has been snooping around in his room.

Simon returns to the Mayor and promptly shoves the papers into his face.

Simon: "Mission accomplished Mr. Mayor. Here are the potentially incriminating documents."
Watergate: "You actually managed it, I am suprised. I believe I have a sufficient payment for you."

Ed_Pastry 2009/07/18(Sat)20:31 No. 8505 ID: 35cea2
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The party has recieved 500 dollars for their efforts!

Simon: "That will do nicely sir. Pleasure doing buisness with you."
Watergate: "The pleasure is all mine. Also, have you seen my darts anywhere?"
Simon: "Er.... no."

>>8505
Your professional assessment, please. About how far will 500 dollars go? Equipment, supplies, and 28 days of living worth, perhaps?

>>8511

About $300 could feed Io and Simon for remainder of the month. Simon isn't too sure on what equipment you are talking about. He probably figure that out when they go shopping later.

>>8505
On to Tweed with incriminating photos!

>>8515
Well. What are we waiting for?

Ed Pastry 2009/07/19(Sun)08:09 No. 8569 ID: 35cea2
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Simon thanks the Mayor once more and promptly heads down to Tweed's office to betray him.

Simon: "Mission accomplished sir! Here are those potentially incriminating photos."
Tweed: "Excellent! Took you long enough though."

Ed Pastry 2009/07/19(Sun)08:11 No. 8570 ID: 35cea2
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Tweed seems to remember something and hesitates for a bit.

Tweed: "What is the mayor actually doing in these photos?"

>>8570
Rather than some ridiculous lie, smile obliviously and say "We found him so drunk he'd passed out unconscious while on the job. Also he had some bizarre clockwork porno going on his television."

Ed_Pastry 2009/07/19(Sun)18:20 No. 9120 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "We found him so drunk he'd passed out unconscious while on the job. Also he had some bizarre clockwork porno going on his television."
Tweed promptly groans in frustration and smacks his face.
Tweed: "Gah! This is what I get for hiring random morons."
Io: "Hey!"
Tweed: "I put the TV there so you could take pictures of him! How could you fail something so simple!"
Slater: "Well, we still got the pictures of him stone drunk, didn't we? I am sure that must count for something."
Tweed: "No it doesn't. It's pretty common knowledge that the Mayor is a drunken hobo. It's just that nobody cares for some damn reason."
Simon: "So... I take it that we're not getting paid."
Tweed: "Fuck no."

Ed Pastry 2009/07/19(Sun)18:23 No. 9122 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Sorry about that, I suppose we will be on our way then."
Tweed: "Can't let you leave buddy. I can't risk having anyone else know about this. I think now would be a good time to introduce you all to my good friends Sid and Flak."

Simon hears a something of a cross between snapping knuckles and a rusty doorhinge behind him.

"Look, buddy. We don't actually CARE about all this. The entire world's going to be destroyed in no more than twenty eight days. There's probably nothing we can do to stop it, but that doesn't give you any right to work out frustrations because your fantastically implausible plan didn't work. You want to keep us silent about this? We're silent, because all we're trying to do is leave town as quickly as we can."

It's also (presumably) common knowledge that clockworks don't have sex.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/19(Sun)21:10 No. 9183 ID: 35cea2
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Simon has no time for this bullshit.

Simon: "Look, buddy. We don't actually CARE about all this. The entire world's going to be destroyed in no more than twenty eight days. There's probably nothing we can do to stop it, but that doesn't give you any right to work out frustrations because your fantastically implausible plan didn't work. You want to keep us silent about this? We're silent, because all we're trying to do is leave town as quickly as we can."

Tweed is speechless, apparently he did not expect a backsassing of this magnitude. His cronies appear to be equally confused.

Slater: "Besides, everyone knows Clockworks can't have sex anyways. I doubt anyone would believe you even if you succeeded."
Tweed: "I.. I thought it was worth a shot."

>>9183
"Now good day to you, sir!"

And leave. Lets get outta town.

Yeah, get out of there before they decide to beat you up for proving them wrong.

We're wasting time anyway. Let's go buy some supplies and head out. I confess I'm not sure what kind of supplies are needed for such a trip, but a fresh supply of bacon and cherry soda's a start.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/19(Sun)22:29 No. 9226 ID: 35cea2
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Simon bids the shocked politician good day and storms out of city hall, Io and Slater trailing behind.

They arrive at the shopping area of town. Numerous stores of varying degrees of usefulness line this flagstone street. Stores that could actually be helpful include:

Grocery
Hardware
Weapons
Electronics
Bookstore
Clothing

There are also many other shops that are not likely useful as well, such as the overpriced fancy candy shop that Io is gaping at.

To the weapons store!

...does anyone in the party have any actual combat abilities whatsoever?

>>9227

I doubt it. Both Simon and Ioh are astronomers, and we know that Slater dropped the military academy.

We need food, though. And stop at the clothing shop to buy Slater an awesome top hat.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/20(Mon)09:20 No. 9297 ID: 35cea2
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Simon thinks that maybe they should first stop to buy some new clothes. After prying Io away from the Confectioner's Guild, they head to the clothing store.

Slater finds a top hat that strikes his fancy.
Slater: "How does it look Sir?"
Simon: "Awesome! Hey, how much is this hat?"
Cashier: "20 dollars."

Should he get it? Also, is there anything else the party should buy while in this store?

You really need to conserve your cash. There's more important things to buy th-

Hey, that hat really does look great on him. Okay, buy the hat, but beyond that, let's try to focus on stuff we really need.

>>9297
Suggest that the Director model some of the underwear they have on stock. We may need it before the end of the world.

...Is that Muchio's hair in the background? Get Slater his hat and lets get back to... We really need to figure out how the fuck to stop this impending END.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/20(Mon)12:34 No. 9419 ID: 35cea2
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Slater has acquired an AWESOME TOP HAT. Where to now?

>>9419
To the WEPON STOR

>>9419

Go to the grocery, and get yourself some foods for the road ahead.

Hardware seems promising.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/20(Mon)16:50 No. 9740 ID: 35cea2
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>>9420
>>9513
>>9620

It is unanimous then, we got to the wepon stor first!

The party enters a rather smallish store. A Clockburgh Guard veteran owns this store, he greets them as they enter.

Veteran: "Afternoon lady, gents. Don't mind the bare walls, this junk is mos'ly fer display purposes. Mos' the stuff is in the back room, jus' tell what you want an I'll fetch it fer ya."

Serious question. Do any of you know how to do any form of fighting at all?

If not, I'd suggest a crossbow. That doesn't take a lot of skill to wield and you can threaten people with it. Plus Slater can probably maintain it. He's gotta be great with machines to keep himself running.

Consider: If we have an appropriate weapon, we can hunt for food. If we can hunt for food, we don't have to buy as much and can save that money for other things.

I second asking for a crossbow, for the aforementioned reason and because the ammo is cheaper and easier to improvise than bullets.

Ask for prices obviously, but i suggest the crossbows anyway.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/20(Mon)19:01 No. 9866 ID: 35cea2
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Nobody in the party has any real weapons skill, so they decide on getting an easy-to-use crossbow.

Simon: "We would like to know more about the types of crossbows you carry."
Veteran: "Well, I got two sizes of crossbow here. Darters are small, one handed weapons that're light an' easy to carry. Not very powerful though. Arbalests are a spot heavier, but they can punch through mos' armor an' are more accurate. Bof' types can either be manually reloaded, reloaded by a crank or automatically reloaded by a motor."

Ed Pastry 2009/07/20(Mon)19:25 No. 9875 ID: 35cea2
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Veteran: "Also, each size crossbow can use all sortsa bolts. Normal, explosive, chemical, an' flare. I managed to get my hands on a few of grappling hook bolts for the Arbalest an' a handful of these rocket bolts for the Darter. Hi-tech stuff, I hear that the Condottieri Mercenaries make these beatuies themselves."

My suggestion would be:

1 Arbalest w/ 2 Grappling Bolts and 10 Normal Bolts
4 Crank Loading Crossbows w/ 16 Tranq rounds, 4 Explosive rounds and 40 Normal rounds.

In case we can't afford that much:
1 Arbalest w/ 2 Grapple Bolts
2 Crossbows w/ 6 Tranq Rounds and 20 Normal rounds

Traq rounds are very important. System shock 1 taught me that much.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/20(Mon)19:47 No. 9890 ID: 35cea2
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Forgot flare darts.

>>9890
Well my cheap selection is still viable so I'll stick with it. Still leaves us with 31 chinese dollars.

Guys, don't blow all our money on ammunition. I was thinking some regular darts and 2-3 explosive ones, to do Puzzle Solving and to threaten a guy. (Picture Simon with his big stupid smiley on while pointing an explosive crossbow bolt at a guy)

We need most of our money for food and equipment. (I confess, I'm not sure what equipment we'll need, but I bet we'll need some)

>>9916
I think i might still have my pro-gamer face on, but removing some of the regular bolts for an explosive bolt or two for puzzle 'solving' purposes sounds like a good idea. The reason why i want to spend so much is purely to get us outfitted for a long while, after all ammo = loot = even more money. We don't even know when we'll next see a town (as dramatic as that sounds)

Buy two small hand-reloading crossbows. For ammo:

11 normal darts (22)
2 explosive darts (20)
4 tranquilizers (48)
2 flares (10)

Which comes to a total of 200.

>>9925
I'd say get 4 or 5 each of the explosive and flare bolts. They could really come in handy.

Though I have no idea what reloading a crossbow entails, how useful would having cranks be?

Another issue: our next destination is the city of Mahbuht. We might have a chance to earn more money there. On the other hand, we might not, and even if we do, it could waste some time.

We could buy a month's worth of food with 300 dollars, leaving us with 200 for other supplies. On the other hand, we could spend some of our food money on other things, on the assumption that we'll get more food or money later in the month. How much are we willing to dip into it?

>>9928
Reloading a crossbow entails pulling back the string and placing another bolt in. The crank just makes it easier to pull the string back. I'd recommend getting one, since our party consists of astronomers and a butler, except they're almost twice the price of the hand-reloaded ones.

>>9929
I see no need to budget out food for an entire month when Simon's home is a couple days away. Anywhere from $100 up should last us fine.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/20(Mon)21:19 No. 9954 ID: 35cea2
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Just reminding you all that food does have weight, about 4lbs per person per day. Don't expect to buy all of it at once.

Oh, and Simon also has 8 plastic darts he stole from the Mayor. I forgot to put that in the last inventory update.

>>9931

Crank crossbows also have clips instead of single shot.

Yeah, buy food for 5-6 days, a crank crossbow, and
>>9881

By 'creatively' considering all your suggestions, the party has decided on this setup:

1 Manual Arbalest
1 Cranequin Darter
1 Grappling Bolt
10 Normal Darts
2 Tranquilizer Darts
2 Flare Darts
2 Explosive Darts

This will cost 269 dollars, leaving the party with 111 dollars left over. Is this acceptable?

hmmmm.. can plastic darts be loaded into the darter?

Ed Pastry 2009/07/22(Wed)17:18 No. 11051 ID: 35cea2
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They appear the same size as the regular darts so they should work, but Simon doubts if they would do much more than annoy whatever they are shooting at.

>>11051
...eeexcellent

Ok, I guess that's enough. Let's go to the fud store.

Also, does Slater need to eat too, or is he able to subsist just with oil. If so, where to buy it?

Ed Pastry 2009/07/23(Thu)06:08 No. 11220 ID: 35cea2
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The party agrees on which weapons to buy and purchases them from the retired veteran. Now all they need to do is decide who gets which weapon. Feel free to rearrange the rest of their inventories if you wish.

>>11195

A little lesson in Clockwork physiology: Clockworks need the occasional spot of oil in their joints to ensure ease of movement. Clockworks also consume a bit of oil when their internal components and brain gears need greasing, which gives effects similar alcohol.

Clockworks bizzarely do not need oil (or anything else for that matter) for nourishment, as their bodies have mechanisms that seem to create energy from nothing. Considering how often the laws of physics get broken in Caelum, this phenomena is not awfully suprising.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/24(Fri)10:34 No. 12439 ID: 35cea2
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Right, while you're busy deciding on that, the Crossbows and ammo will be suspended in a state of quantum entanglement until you decide who gets which weapons.

For now, the party heads on the to Grocery store. It's pretty empty, which is understandable considering that most of the denizens of the town don't eat food.

Simon and Io will each need 4 lbs of food a day, which will cost 5 dollars. They have 111 dollars, how much should they take?

Lets get ten days worth of food for now. We should be able to pick up more before it runs out and leaves us with plenty of un-used bills in case we need them in future.

>>12439
What is Io doing?

Lookin' pretty weird there.

>>12439
>quantum entanglement
I'm all for exploiting this. If we don't decide who gets weapons for now then they'll be available 24/7.
5-6 days of food will leave us a bit of spending money and spare carrying capacity.
Simon, yell out "Green is now lava!"

>>12453
I think she's trying to step only on green tiles

Looks like she's using ZA WARUDO.

Hand large crossbow and grapple to Io and hatchet to Slater, have Simon carry small crossbow and ammo.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/24(Fri)14:52 No. 12822 ID: 35cea2
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>>12525

>I'm all for exploiting this. If we don't decide who gets weapons for now then they'll be available 24/7.

Mister Abuse-The-Game-Mechanics, eh? Be that way.

Anyways, the party averages your suggestions and gets 7 days of food. That leaves them with 40 dollars and 45 lbs of carry-weight left over.

Oh yeah and

Simon: "Green is now lava!"

Io stumbles and falls. Slater is barely able to conceal his laughter.

>>12822
Slater wins! Io's face is in the lava and Simon's right foot is in the lava!

>>12822
Beautiful. You are a classy man, Simon.

Now pick up 10 days worth of the food of your choice and get gone. Possibly let Io pick out her own share.

>>12875

They already bought food, about 7 days rations. Now, should they go to another store or leave the marketplace?

Take the DiveQuest poster before you go.

>>13889
I think we are done here. Let's skip town.

Where do we need to go next, again?

>>13930
We're headed northeast to the city of Mahbuht to find out how to stop the world from being destroyed.

On that note, let's check the bookstore to see if they have any useful travel guides or anything similar.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/26(Sun)10:13 No. 14027 ID: 35cea2
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>>13891

USELESS POSTER OBTAINED!

>>13938

The party enters what appears to be the smallest used bookstore in the world. Most of the books here are useless, but there are a few that appear to be somewhat helpful, or at least will give Ed an excuse to flaunt his worldgen:

Modern Rocketry
Poisoned Idiot's Guide to Wild Flora
Societies of the 6 Races
Hiccup Rift, The Windows, and other Ridiculous Natural Wonders
The Major Cities of Caelum

Each book costs $5 and weighs 1 lbs. They have $40 and 45 lbs of carry-weight leftover.

BUY THEM ALL!

It'll put us down to 15$ and 40 lbs of excess, and give us a convenient source of info whenever we find something weird.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/26(Sun)18:35 No. 14478 ID: 35cea2
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Simon decides to get all the books. The party also rearranges their collective inventories.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/26(Sun)18:39 No. 14482 ID: 35cea2
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Simon probably will have time to look at the books when they start traveling.

The only stores they haven't visited yet are the Electronics store and the Hardware store, but they don't have much money left anyways.

Also, here is the map of the county (Not the entire world, so note that their journeys make take them further away than what is shown)

>>14482
I think we should head for Oddtower. Just because.

>>14482
Well we need to get to Mahbutt... Hm. Are any of us good enough at keeping track of directions to ignore the main path and head North East to avoid the Noxious Swamp and still meet up with the path, or should we dare the slower main path?

>>14491

As astronomers, both Simon and Io know how to discern the exact direction to travel by Sun and Stars, but they won't be able to discern the exact location they are in.

What's that Boring Book in our inventory about? If it's not useful, we could sell it for some extra cash.

>>14526
Well, then lets cut along and try to skip the swamp. If we're lucky we'll reconnect with the path just short of the fairly nasty cave.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/26(Sun)21:41 No. 14551 ID: 35cea2
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>>14528

This is the "Manual for Optical Equipment Maintenance" that Simon brought from his observatory. It's pretty useless, he took it all this way just in case he needed to waste a book.

After some haggling, he manages to sell the worthless item for 5 dollars.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/26(Sun)21:43 No. 14552 ID: 35cea2
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>>14530

The party finally leaves Clockburgh, striking out over the rolling hills to Mahbuht.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/26(Sun)21:43 No. 14553 ID: 35cea2
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Meanwhile, back in Clockburgh...

Ed Pastry 2009/07/26(Sun)21:44 No. 14554 ID: 35cea2
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"You can't hide in that Inn forever, astronomer.."

>>14554
Yes actually we can.

Anyway, on the way to our next place lets ask Io if she's seen Dive the Musical yet.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/27(Mon)06:27 No. 14666 ID: 35cea2
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>>14562

It's not out yet.



This long trip will give Simon the chance to take a look at the books he bought.

>>14554

I wouldn't be su sure, mate. And I'd watch my back for spies.

>>14666
Lets look up what those mini-trees are behind you.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/28(Tue)19:00 No. 16638 ID: 35cea2
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>>14690

Spies? There's just pretty much open terrain for miles, it'd be pretty unlikely for a spy to sneak up on him.

>>15021

According the to wild plants guide, they are "Trivialbrush." They're the only plant other than grass, that can grow on these infertile hills. Not much use other than firewood.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/28(Tue)19:03 No. 16640 ID: 35cea2
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The party continues to trudge across the bare mounds. Nothing eventful happens until the next day, when the Simon manages notices a small airship hovering some distance away.

>>16640
Maybe Slaters mechanical eye can see it better than us? Ask him to check it out. If he cant identify anything just head towards it i guess?

Keep walking. If it wants to meet you, it'll head down and say hi. It's not like you can climb up to it. And one of you is bright orange. It's not like it can't spot you.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/28(Tue)21:05 No. 16756 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Look at that airship up there Slater, can you tell anything about it?"
Slater: "No Sir, I cannot."
Simon: "Come on, lets take a closer look."

Simon and Slater move closer to the airship. It is flying very fast, and speeds past the party below.

As it flew overhead, Simon caught a glimpse of the insignia written on the side of the balloon.

Strawmen Pirates

And it is heading toward Mahbuht.

Any chance of getting to town quickly enough to warn them?

If not, we should probably just continue on, sorry to say. Our combat potential is near zero.

Oh god, Butpirates.

>>16756
Watch out for stretchy people with irritating, animeish personalities and goals.

Ed Pastry 2009/07/29(Wed)11:45 No. 17031 ID: 35cea2
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>>16757

Not likely, as Simon and company are on foot while that airship is flying at maximum speed. It's a small airship anyways, there is no chance that it could take on an entire city.

Still, this is a rather unusual occurrence. Nobody in the party has a clue why this is
happening.

The party heads onwards.

Eventually they rejoin the road, right next to the massive pit that lies before Mahbuht.

uhm... continue forward?

Ed Pastry 2009/07/29(Wed)12:15 No. 17083 ID: 35cea2
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>>17040

It's not like they have anything else to do. On the way through the pit, the party passes by a small building. Despite smoke coming out of the chimney, the house appears to be empty.

>>17083
Perform a quick search of the place. Did it seem to be occupied by pirates?

Ed Pastry 2009/08/02(Sun)20:09 No. 21327 ID: 35cea2
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The building is pretty bare, and it appears to have been abandoned for a long time. Simon checks the fireplace, and finds nothing but a dwindling flame on some logs. It appears someone must have lit it rather recently.

>>21327
Move the rug? What other rooms are there in the building?

Oh hey, familiar emblem on carpet. Clearly it hides a secret trap door leading to the secret meeting place of the secret fish-with-chinese-hats club

Ed Pastry 2009/08/10(Mon)21:10 No. 27345 ID: 35cea2
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Simon pushes aside the rug. It appears your suspicions are correct, there is a wooden hatch covering a small compartment underneath. The only thing inside is a crumpled paper. Simon reads it.

Simon: " 'The suitcase contains half the payment for the mission. The latter half shall be delivered at a warehouse in Port Starboard. The same signal smoke shall be used.' "
Slater: "I have a bad feeling about this Sir."
Io: "Me too. I'm going to go check the next room over, maybe I can find something a bit more enlightening."

Ed Pastry 2009/08/10(Mon)21:12 No. 27346 ID: 35cea2
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All she finds, however, is a broken cabinet, a radio missing its antennae and a nasty old bed.

>>27345
Draw a smiley face on the back and put it back.

>>27346
give the radio to slater.

...Load the crossbows.

>>27346

Do the three posts above mine.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/11(Tue)07:19 No. 27593 ID: 35cea2
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>>27347
>>27558

Simon has no writing utensils.

>>27494

It's bolted to the floor.

>>27548

Crossbows loaded!

>>27593

Put the note back, then close the compartment and cover it the same way you found it. Take no chances.

Also, if you can't bring the radio to the Slater, then bring the Slater to the radio. Promptly carry your robo-butler into the next room.

Oh, and remember to pose if shit spontaneously gets real.

>Also, if you can't bring the radio to the Slater, then bring the Slater to the radio. Promptly carry your robo-butler into the next room.
I have nothing to add, because this is too hilarious for anything else to be correct.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/12(Wed)16:49 No. 28766 ID: 35cea2
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One brief and confusing struggle later, Simon brings Slater to the radio. Io decides to take no part in this foolishness and waits outside.

Simon: "So, what do you make of this Slater?"
Still in Simon's arms, Slater fiddles with the controls and gives the radio a brief examination.
Slater: "It appears that the radio is missing an antennae Sir."
Simon: "Okay."

...

Slater: "Sir?"
Simon: "Yes?"
Slater: "Why did you carry me here?"
Simon: "I... don't know."
Slater: "Put me down."

>>28766
"Sure thing Slater."

And set him down nicely.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/12(Wed)19:30 No. 28827 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Sure thing Slater!"

*WHUMP*

>>28827
Alright, lets get out of here and regroup with Io. We still need to get to Mahbut.

However, I don't trust this place, so keep your crossbow at the ready.

>>28827
That wasn't nicely!
Apologise.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/13(Thu)16:40 No. 29206 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Hehehe... sorry about that. Couldn't resist."
Slater: *sigh* "It's fine Sir."

They meet up with Io outside and continue onward to Mahbuht.

Slater: "Sir, have you been to the city before?"
Simon: "No, actually."
Io: "Ooh, I have!"
Slater: "Anything helpful we should know about it, Madame?"
Io: "Well, its big city, and it's pretty touristy too. Plenty of hotels and restaurants and such. It's also the capital of Hajj Caliphate and... wait don't you have a book on the major cities?"
Simon: "I do, but I don't feel like reading right now."
Io: "Well, okay. We will be there soon anyways."

Ed Pastry 2009/08/13(Thu)16:41 No. 29207 ID: 35cea2
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The party finally arrive at the city some time before sundown.

Something does not seem right.

>>29207
There should be less...
Buildings on fire, shouldn't there?
I mean, I didn't read the book, but that seems like a general rule.

>>29207
>Something does not seem right.
Is it the fire? I bet it's the fire.

Walk right in.

>>29207

Find the reason for which Mahbuht is on fire.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/13(Thu)17:34 No. 29226 ID: 35cea2
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They move closer to the city to get a better view of what is going on.

Slater: "It appears that airship docking tower has been attacked!"
Simon: "You don't know that, it could've been an accident."
Io: "Remember that pirate airship you saw earlier?"
Simon: "Yeah, but what would the pirate have gained from blowing up the airship tower?"
Io: "I don't know, but I have a hunch that this involves us."
Simon: "I really hope it doesn't."

The fire is slowly dying down, thanks to the fireboat dumping water onto the flames.

>>29226

Find a random citizen, and ask them what happened. Make sure not to tell them your names, though.

Not much we can do about it, so no real urgency.

Walk into town. Act reasonably concerned for the happenings. Attempt to gauge the attitude here. Then ask what happened.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/14(Fri)07:44 No. 29419 ID: 35cea2
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The party wanders into the city to find someone to question. Most of the citizens here look concerned, but not hysterical.

Simon: "Hey, do you know what happened up at the airship tower?"
Fez Arid: "It's a terrorist attack! It was bombed just this morning!"
Io: "Do you know why someone might have done this?"
Female Arid: "Nobody knows, but the news said that it was probably a pirate flyer."
Simon: "Hmm... what would pirates have to gain from this?"
Fez Arid: "I think they were hired guns, maybe by some corporation trying to shut down the airship trade here."
Female Arid: "I don't think so, I believe the pirates wanted to distract the security airships with this attack so they can pick off the merchant ships."
Simon: "So... you don't know who did it at all?"
Female Arid: "No, all we have is wild guesses. The police are baffled."
Io: "Do you think the tower will be okay?"
Fez Arid: "Sure! The thing is built like a fortress. I bet they won't reopen the tower for a long while though, looking at all the damage it took."

Just to be sure, they questioned a few more people in the streets. The consensus was the same, though: Pirates did it, nobody knows why, and the tower is closed for a while.

Alright, well. Did we need the airship docking bay? I don't think we did. We're here to look for leads on that end of the world thing. Look for a library where we can research that incoming god.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/14(Fri)20:50 No. 29664 ID: 35cea2
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They arrive at the library, some time later that evening.

Slater: "Blast, it appears they're closed for today."
Io: "Oh well. I guess we can try tomorrow. The city's got plenty of hotels we can rest at for the night."
Simon: "But all we have is $15 between us."
Io: "...Damn."

>>29664
Find a bridge to shelter under.
Or just anywhere, it's a nice night.

Wow. You guys really went to town with that money while I was gone.

Never mind. Do we have any camping stuff? Anywhere there's a decent place to sleep? Going to a poor-travelers-place might not jive with Slater's top hat.

>>29664
Uhhhh... hm. Well that sucks. We have a tent, right? Lets just set it up right here and go to sleep.

>>29664

If nobody in our party has any friends or family here, then we'll have to sleep outside. Make sure we go somewhere hidden, though; I have a feeling the airship tower was attacked so we couldn't leave.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/14(Fri)21:10 No. 29677 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Well, I guess we have to just set up the tent again, somewhere in town this time."
Io: "I was really looking forward a nice warm shower and a comfortable bed, but I suppose I can survive one more day of this camping stuff. My turn to use the tent though."
Slater: "I'm not sure if that is an entirely safe idea. This isn't out in the empty hills with a practically camouflaged tent. We're in a city with plenty of non-hospitable characters and possibly some of those Dokdok agents the Oracle said was hunting us."
Simon: "There must be another way..."
Io: "If it involves getting money for a room, I know a good place that's only $30 a night."

>>29677
Well, we could mug someone, or sell some books, or...
I suspect Io would object to the other alternative...

>>29677

Well, we could sell Slater's top ha-

Hold on, what the hell am I saying? I'd sell our clothes before it came to that.

Maybe we can go provoke a shady-looking fellow, then shoot him with a crossbow if he tries anything. It'll be self-defense, and we can loot his corpse.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/15(Sat)17:50 No. 29959 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Okay, I have an idea. We find a shifty character, goad him into assaulting us, and then shoot him in self defense so we can steal all his money."
Slater: "Or, Sir, we could do something not completely insane and pawn off some of our things."
Io: "Yeah, I think there's a 24-hour pawn shop in the bazaar area."
Simon: "Aww, but that's no fun! Where is your spirit of adventure guys?"

Simon eventually grudgingly agrees to Slater's plan.

They enter the main bazaar, which houses most of the stores in town. During the day it would be bustling with people and stalls and generally be fairly difficult to draw, but now it is eerily silent, except for the soft trickle of the fountain.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/15(Sat)17:52 No. 29961 ID: 35cea2
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They enter the pawn shop. A scrawny Arid greets them.

Pawnbroker: "Maasa'a Al-khair, how may I help you?"

If I see that orb one more fucking time.

Maybe we'll get lucky, and clockwork stuff is more valuable here.

...also, see if we can sell the DiveQuest poster.

>>29961
Here's what you do: completely disregard the store owner and jumpgrabthrow that crystal ball on the shelf towards the cactus.
Trust me, you will get rich in no time doing that.

You need that MEAN RIGHT HOOK.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/16(Sun)20:48 No. 30581 ID: 35cea2
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Simon offers the DiveQuest poster. The pawnbroker looks at it.

Pawnbroker: "You know, you're lucky you came to me, most people would say this would be completely worthless. Fortunately, as a collector, I know how valuable objects like these can be. Still, I don't think it's worth more than 10 bucks."

>>30581
Well, I guess that's about the best we could have hoped for. Still, not enough for a room. Everything else is stuff you need, and I doubt individual rounds of ammunition or bacon have much resale value.

...would it be too far to go back to the abandoned house you found earlier? That'd be a roof, at least.

Hmmm... maybe sell the hatchet? You can always give Slater the Weapon of Ultimate Destruction in the meantime...

>>30581
Barter?

Ed Pastry 2009/08/17(Mon)05:28 No. 30668 ID: 35cea2
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Slater offers his hatchet. Simon gives him the WEAPON OF ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION to use until they find Slater a better replacement weapon.

Pawnbroker: "Okay, I'll give 20 dollars for the hatchet and poster."
Simon: "That's a bit low I think. They're worth at least 40 dollars."
Pawnbroker: "For this junk? You kidding? I'm feeling sorry for you, so I'll make it 25 dollars."
Simon: "32 dollars."
Pawnbroker: "Fine."

The party currently has $47.

So now we can get a room. But only one night. And now we can't chop anything down. :(

>>30668
WELL GET A ROOM, YOU THREE.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/23(Sun)14:41 No. 33369 ID: 35cea2
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Io leads Simon and Slater to the hotel where they rest for the night.


It is now 26 days until The End

To the library! Seeing as it should now be open.

Also dammit tgchan this quest is great, give it some love you heartless bastards.

[ignores the fact I also did not post until now]

>>33369
Wake up, have the free breakfast from the place, consider next course of action.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/24(Mon)18:33 No. 34053 ID: 35cea2
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>>34041

They manage to down the stale waffles and cold eggs that constituted this cheap hotel's breakfast. At least it will keep them going for a while, without having to resort to using up their rations (Of which they have 5 days remaining).

>>34035

They head on over to the library and gather up as many books even remotely relating to Volans or any stars.

Most of it is old news, stuff that Simon and Io have learned early in the Astronomy school and of little help to them.

Except one journal apparently written by a rather deranged engineer with far too much time on his hands...

>>34053
Ooh.
What does he have to say?

Ed Pastry 2009/08/24(Mon)18:54 No. 34063 ID: 35cea2
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The author, Rob Oddard, is apparently from the Weaponsmith's Guild located in the Bumbling Rocks south of the Sear. He seems to have had a "personal" grudge against Sculptor. Most of the book is simply the diary of an insane old man babbling about how Sculptor ruined all of his flower garden, but in one chapter he actually outlines a device he created that could destroy a star, something what he would've used to get revenge for his poor ruined roses.

Rob apparently was gifted with more smarts than sanity, because his blueprints appear flawless to Simon's eye. It is a large rocket with an attached warhead that contains a large quantity of enriched Vacuum ore. A missile of this magnitude could cause a star to collapse upon itself, or rip a continent in half.

It's just so goddamn insane that it HAS to work. Maybe...



The problem is that there is no way Simon and his compatriots can create a missile like that in time, even if they had the money.

Well check out the book. Now we just need someone who can build a missile.

>>34066
There's not enough time to build the missile.

I have a feeling that this Oddard guy did build one, but never used it. Check out the book, and try to find some more information on him.

>>34068
We have over three weeks. Just because a pair of astronomers and their butler can't build a missile in that time doesn't mean a guy sitting on a horde of Vaccuum ore with a team of experienced mechanics can't.

>>34069
:I

I still say we look into the guy who designed it, though. And, either way, this Weaponsmith's Guild sounds like it would be the place to go if you wanted to have something like this built.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/24(Mon)19:56 No. 34104 ID: 35cea2
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>>34068

This appears the only related manuscript to Oddard, though after searching more thoroughly Simon learns that Oddard spent the last years of his life working on this rocket. He complains in the last chapter that his ore stockpile was confiscated according to "ridiculous international law gobbledygook".

It appears that Simon and company will have to collect a good amount of highly illegal Vacuum ore, get Oddard's rocket from the Weaponsmith's Guildhall and then find a good place to launch it from all within 26 days while eluding the Dokdokdokdokdok secret police.

Oh boy.

>>34066

Book check'd out! An unsettlingly large librarian nags Simon before handing him back the book.

Librarian: "Now listen here, I don't trust you foreigner fellows more than I can throw you. I see books missing all the time and people never showing up to pay the fine so if I don't have this book returned within a month I'm going to hunt you down and skin you like a-"
Simon: "Yeah sir or madam, if we don't hand back the book by then that means everyone probably would have been incinerated by then. Could we skip the chatter so we can get back to saving the world?"
Librarian: "Hrrrmph."

>>34104
We already have a good place to launch it from: Simon's Observatory is right at the edge of the world.

The problem will be those other two parts.

Lets visit the Weapons Guild for starters.

>>34109

All we have to do is to convince the g'v'mt that you don't plan to blow up the sun, a continent, or anyone's house and that the world will be destroyed in less than a month's time.

All the while avoiding mysterious secret police, hidden agendas, intrigue, and DEATH.

Ask Io on her opinion of the rocket plans. It appears flawless to us, but that's not a sure thing.

Oh man, score.

Quest objective acquired: Build a missile to kill a god.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/27(Thu)12:39 No. 35360 ID: 35cea2
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>>34109

Good idea, Simon's house is the perfect site to launch his rocket from.

>>34367

Simon show the plans to Io.

Simon: "So, what do you think of this?"
Io: "This... this is the most insane, idiotic, dangerous and hopeless plan ever, you know that Simon?"
Simon: "Well I-"
Io: "But the way I see it is that this is the only hope we've got."
Simon: "Woo! How about you Slater?"
Slater: "I will follow you to the edge of the world, Sir."
Simon: "We can't go home yet you silly machine!"
Slater: "What I meant Sir was... nevermind."

Simon "borrows" a map from the library and circles where the Guildhall is, where they can find the ore and where his house is. They are all a fair distance away. Walking all the way would take too much time, and Mahbuht's airship tower is kaput. Also, they probably will need to find a way to get some more money.

>>35360
you're professional astronomers. there is only 1 thing to do: tell people's fortunes based on their star signs.

Remind us where your income mostly came from before this mess started?

Looks like the general plan should be to go from Manham to Peregrinus. We just need a quick way to cross the desert.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/27(Thu)13:44 No. 35366 ID: 35cea2
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>>35361

That's astrologers. Simon and Io are scientists, not charlatans! Though that does actually sound like a valid idea to make money. It would cost 10$ to rent a stall in the bazaar for a day. Hopefully they will be able to scam enough people to make their time worthwhile.

>>35362

Simon gets paid by the Astronomical Studies Society, who are in turn paid by various governments and universities and such for sharing their information. Simon spends most of his money on maintaining his ridiculous house, which is why he started his adventure broke.

>>35363

They probably could take a giant scorpion ride there, but that probably costs a fair bit of money. It certainly is faster and safer though.

>>35366
>Simon gets paid by the Astronomical Studies Society, who are in turn paid by various governments and universities and such for sharing their information.
And now they appear to want you dead. So that's out.
Now what the heck can we hock to make ten bucks? Maybe some of the ammunition?

>>35360

...Is the planet flat?

>>35384
of course it is, what are you, stupid? What other shape would it be?

>>35368
They have $17

Moneymaking schemes are always welcome, and look how well the last one worked out!

Ed Pastry 2009/08/27(Thu)20:18 No. 35435 ID: 35cea2
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They arrive at the bazaar sometime before noon.

Simon: "Alright, I bought these tickets so we work in the bazaar. Io is setting up the stand right over th-"

Ed Pastry 2009/08/27(Thu)20:21 No. 35436 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "HOLY STARS!"

A wild salesman appeared!

Salesman: "GREETINGS SAYYID I CAN TELL FROM YOUR FORMIDIBLE GIRTH THAT YOU ENJOY THE LUXURIES OF CHOCOCOLATES I CARRY FINEST GOODS OF THE CONFECTIONER'S GUILD THEY ARE DELICIOUS PLEASE BUY THEM FOR I HAVEN'T SOLD ANY AND I NEED MONEY PLEASE STOP SCREAMING IN TERROR SIR THESE ARE DELICIOUS CHOCOCOLATES!"

Say "Stop shouting! I can hear you! And I'm not fat. No wonder you can't sell anything, like that."

>>35436
Inquire about the price of delicious chococolates.

Proceed to ask chococolate salesman where the Confectioners' Guild is located.

>>35436
GET YOUR TICKETS DON'T LET CHOCOLATE MAN STEAL THEM!

>>35436

"I LIKE CHOCOLATE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIT ME!"

"VERY GOOD SIR, THEY ARE ONLY NINETY-NINE CENTS, A BARGIN SIR, A BARGIN!"

"WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?!"

"I DON'T KNOW!"

>>35440
Do you really want to bend over in front of him?
He might pack our fudge.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/29(Sat)19:13 No. 36034 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Gah! Quit shouting man! No wonder you are unable to sell anything."
Salesman: "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SAYYID I AM SPEAKING NORMALLY."
Simon: "Oh well. How much are those chocolates anyways."
Salesman: "I BELIEVE YOU MEAN CHOCOCOLATES. I CARRY NO CHOCOLATES."
Simon: "What's the difference?"
Salesman: "CHOCOCOLATES ARE FAKE IMITATION CHOCOLATES."
Simon: "Fake imitation..."
Salesman: "THESE ARE NOT REAL IMITATION CHOCOLATES. THEY ARE MADE OF 100% REAL CHOCOLATE. ONLY A DOLLAR A BAR PLEASE BUY THEM."
Simon: "Maybe. Tell me about the Confectioner's Guild."
Salesman: "THE HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED FAR AWAY IN THE LOAMS BUT THERE ARE USUALLY ONE GUILD OWNED SHOP IN EVERY CITY. I AM A HUMBLE PEDDLER OF THE MAHBUHT BRANCH OF THE GUILD NOW WOULD YOU PRETTY PLEASE BUY A CHOCOCOLATE I HAVE MANY OTHER PEOPLE TO HARASS."

Give the incredibly annoying salesman a buck for a bar if it'll make him go away.

>>36034
Buy some delicious chococolate.

Before he leaves, make sure he wasn't just trying to steal your tickets.

Don't reward his crap.

"No. I won't buy your chocolates, because you're being needlessly loud and rude."

Ed Pastry 2009/08/29(Sat)19:30 No. 36044 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Fine, I'll take one of those chococolates if you leave me alone."
Salesman: "Y... YOU MEAN THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY PURCHASING ONE OF MY WARES?!"
Simon: "Whatever. Here you go."

Ed Pastry 2009/08/29(Sat)19:31 No. 36045 ID: 35cea2
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"IT... IT IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN I COULD EVER IMAGINE!

I AM ETERNALLY IN YOUR DEBT SAYYID!"

>>36045
Ask him if he'd be willing to follow us around and help out.

I don't care what the consequences are, Chococolate Guy is awesome and I want him in our party.

>>36045

Bid annoying man good day. Tell him maybe one day he can return the favor. Anything.

>>36045
Quickly snatch the money away and yell "JUST KIDDING" then run off.

>>36048
And he might [somehow] earn us money maybe! Ask him if he'd like to set up his booth a few booths down from yours, to drive people away from his neighbors and increase the amount coming to our booth.

>>36059
I was thinking we could be even more devious, by using him to trap people inside our booth to keep getting fortunes and stay away from him, pay a bit to sneak out the back, etc.

Ed Pastry 2009/08/31(Mon)17:35 No. 36586 ID: 35cea2
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Simon decides inviting him to his party would be a bad idea. Simon probably wouldn't stand him for more than three days before killing himself. Io and Slater might last a day longer.

Simon decides that he still could be of use though. He asks the salesman to peddle his goods in a position as to drive people away from his competition's stand and onto his. Already a crowd is gathering near their stall, while the rather miffed charlatan next door is receiving no patrons.

Io and Simon will work together on telling fortunes. How much should they charge per fortune telling and what kind of bullshit should they spew on their customers?

>>36586
listen to the person's problems, then blame obscure stars, suggest waiting until other obscure star is near before trying again.
make sure not to blame the same star for different things, but be sure to include common factors for stars which deserve credit for successes.

Be sure to blame things on you-know-who. You might get lucky and gain converts to your cause of blowing that particular star up.

Remember, though. Mostly people just want you to listen to their problems, and reassurance they're not their fault. Just keep that in mind and you should do okay.

As for prices... Hell, I don't know... Ten bucks a pop?

Whatever you charge, undercut the competition.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/01(Tue)18:22 No. 37012 ID: 35cea2
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Simon and Io sell their fortunes at $10. They stick to your advice and try to make their patrons feel better about themselves by blaming their misfortune on various stars, mostly Volans. Most people seem to enjoy Simon and Io's rants, and a few actually seem to express genuine concern about their fate.

They continue with their buisness until about an hour before the bazaar closes, when virtually everyone who wanted to have their fortune has already recieved it. In total, Simon and Io bagged a rather respectable $270, bringing their total to $287.

Most of the other stalls are still left open, if you think the party needs to buy anything. The stalls remaining open are:

Electronics
Food
Clothes
"Potions" (Mostly it's fake herbal remedy crap, but there are some vials of useful looking chemicals and such)
Pets (Half the creatures look like undomesticated, rabid monsters)

>>37012
>undomesticated, rabid monsters
Sounds useful! See what is what.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/01(Tue)19:21 No. 37023 ID: 35cea2
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They arrive at the stall.

Pet Salesman: "Careful with these critters. Most of them bite. Except for the little green Sisp down there. If you touch him you will get sick and vomit out all of your blood. If you want to know more about one of my critters, just ask."

>>37023
SNAAAAKEBEEE- I mean ask about the flying thing.

>>37023
The sisp sounds like it could be a very effective weapon, if we could devise some sort of pet crate/cannon combo.
The chompy thing tied to the heavy weight looks happy, and is therefore probably friendly.

Can we not blow our money on dubiously useful exotic weaponry this time?

Is there any electronic stuff we're lacking? Is it bad that we don't have a radio, for instance?

Also, do you think you guys will be okay crossing the desert in your current garb? If not, invest in some flowing light colored robes. Some water would be a good idea, too. I hear that's hard to come by in a desert.

>>37230
I agree with this. Lets check out the electronics store; we can come back to the deathtrap shop later.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/02(Wed)20:08 No. 37578 ID: 35cea2
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>>37230
Desert garb may come in handy, but drinks are already included in their rations and if they decide to take a scorpion to Manham they will almost certainly be provided with refreshments.


Simon: "What's that flying thingy, and the thing that is trying to eat my boss?"
Salesman: "The flying thing is an Anvilfly. It's pretty smart and can understand basic verbal commands, but it's touchy and stings if you piss it off. The chompy thing is a Ravenite. Its a territorial creature and also will try to eat pretty much anything in its path. If it tries to eat something you don't want it to, gently kick it in the side of the head, that should discourage him. It also can headbutt you with its bony skullthing if it feels especially threatened, which probably could break a bone if you're unlucky."
Simon: "Interesting. I think we should look around a bit more before deciding to buy one of your pets though."
Salesman: "I'm going be closing pretty soon, so don't take long."

They visit the electronics store. Most of the stuff there is either gone or way too expensive for them. The things that lie within their price range include:

Small radio - $20
Large radio(contains CD player) - $30
4 Battery Pack - $3
Flashlight - $5
Bullhorn - $20
Alarm Clock - $10

Purchase FLASHLIGHT, BATTERIES, and ALARM.

Flashlight will help us if we have trouble at night, alarm clock will tell us time and help us not oversleep, and batteries will power both.

Radios are only useful if we split up, and our party's combat abilities are somewhat meager. We'd best stick together.

What kinda stuff would a radio be good for? Can it only tune into music and news? Is there even music and news?

PS: We need a bullhorn.

PPS: How much for a scorpion ride for three people?

>>37578

Buy ELECTRONICS.

Activate MACGYVER MODE

Build STAR DESTROYING LASER

Ed Pastry 2009/09/05(Sat)17:34 No. 38665 ID: 35cea2
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Items purchased!

>>37617

Both radios appear to only play music and news.

>>37661

Whoops, forgot to mention the price of a ride. For the 3 of them, a ride to Manham will cost 125 dollars. Water and food will be provided for them. The trip will take about 3 days.

>>38665
We have no time to lose! To the scorpion rides, immediately!

Ed Pastry 2009/09/06(Sun)18:38 No. 39098 ID: 35cea2
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Simon pays the scorpion driver for the party's 3 day trip to Manham. They embark and begin their journey.

The trip proves to be uneventful...

Ed Pastry 2009/09/06(Sun)18:39 No. 39100 ID: 35cea2
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...almost

>>39100
"So, uhh... How much do you guys like this planet?"

>>39100
They appear to be made of straw.

Does Robot Butler have a flamethrower or lighter or something?

Make 'em burn.

Huh. That sucks.

"Volans is going to destroy the world in a month. Don't you have something better to do with your last days?"

If you can get them distracted, get naked. Your pasty skin is practically invisible against the desert.

>>39142
WHAT ABOUT SLATER, MAN? WHAT ABOUT SLATER!?!

Poor scorpion driver looks so sad. They didn't even bother holding him up.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/09(Wed)17:49 No. 40712 ID: 35cea2
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>>39126

No lighter. Strawmen aren't much more flammable than the other races, so it probably wouldn't have helped anyways.

>>39142

Simon tries to convince them to let him go. It earns him a crossbow butt to the face.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/09(Wed)17:55 No. 40713 ID: 35cea2
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Simon regains consciousness. Io appears to have been prodding him for some time

Io: "Wake up Simon! Wake up or you're fired!"
Simon: "Mrrrmbl..."
Io: "We've been stuck on this pirate airship for the past few hours. C'mon, help us get out of here!"

Simon's inventory is mostly gone. All he has is his DELICIOUS CHOCOCOLATE, his WEAPON OF ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION, and his DOOMSDAY NOTES. Slater still has his FLASHLIGHT and BATTERIES while Io still has her ALARM CLOCK and BULLHORN.

>>40713
Why did tbey let us keep the Ultimate Wepon, I wonder...?

No matter. Those fools will RUE THE DAY.

But in the meantime... Uh. Hmm. Io looks thin enough to squeeze through those bars, if she takes off her hat. Have her try it, after checking if anyone is in the hall outside.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/09(Wed)18:46 No. 40739 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Hmm. Those bars look pretty spaced apart. I bet you could fit through them."
Io: "I think I can, but there's an armed guard outside. He is sitting on the locker holding all our stuff."

>>40739
Ask the guard "Hey! Hey, you! Are you okay?"

When he inevitably asks "why do you ask" or some variation, tell him "You're not looking so good... is that a loose seam I see?"

Try and get him to come over within reach of the cage. When he gets close enough, have Simon grab him and pull him next to the bars, and then Slater can bonk him with the WEPON.

>>40741
This is a solid plan.

If that doesn't get him to come over, just have Simon start reading his doomsday notes through the bullhorn until he does.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/09(Wed)19:21 No. 40767 ID: 35cea2
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Simon whispers his plan to the team. Slater readies his WEPON while Io lures the guard.

Io: "Hey! Hey, you! Are you okay?"
Pirate: "Hmm...?"
Io: "You're not looking so good... is that a loose seam I see?"
Pirate: "¿Qué?"
Io: "Maybe I should take a look at it..."
Pirate: "No."
Io: "*sigh* Just get over here you moron!"

Ed Pastry 2009/09/09(Wed)19:21 No. 40768 ID: 35cea2
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Pirate: "Mala jugada, amigo. Ahora voy a dispa-"

Ed Pastry 2009/09/09(Wed)19:24 No. 40773 ID: 35cea2
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*WHAP*

One swift headbashing later, the pirate is knocked out cold. The victory was without some casualties; the WEPON has broken. Also, they can hear movement coming from up above. It sounds like a pair of pirates are going to investigate the noise.

Quickly get your stuff out of the box, equip and load your crossbows, plus the pirate's, and hurriedly vacate the area.

>>40849
This, but instead of leaving, set up a firing line. Io and Simon will shoot at the two incoming pirates, and Slater will charge and attack any survivors with his...

...oh wait, we sold the axe. Should've bought that back before we left...

...With his wrench.

Also, lock the pirate up for now. Take the keys.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/12(Sat)20:01 No. 43505 ID: 35cea2
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Io unlocks the cell door with the pirate's keys and shoves his unconscious body into the cell.

The party looted the pirate's AUTO-DARTER and retrieved all their items from the safe, except for the money and Slater's top hat, which appear to not be there.

Moments later, the pirates show up. Io and Simon manage to incapacitate one, but due to their poor aim the other manages to charge toward them.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/12(Sat)20:02 No. 43509 ID: 35cea2
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Slater tries to defend himself using the wrench, but the pirate manages to slash at Slater's torso with his machete.

Shoot that fag! We've got to save slater!

>>43505
>looted the pirate's AUTO-DARTER
...

WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE SLATER USE THAT? WE ARE RETARDED.

SHOOT THAT FUCKER, WE HAVE TO SAVE SLATER!

TACKLE THAT FUCKER! NOBODY DAMAGES SLATER BUT US!

>>43509
HE IS MADE OF STRAW! THAT MEANS HE HAS STRAW GUTS!

RIP AND TEAR!

Run up and shoot him at point blank.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/12(Sat)20:33 No. 43565 ID: 35cea2
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Slater is in the way, so shooting is out of the question. Simon quickly decides to tackle the pirate off of Slater.

The tackle caught the pirate off guard and caused him to lose his balance, but he is still is wielding his machete and is a great deal stronger than Simon. You better think of something fast, before the pirate regains his balance and overpowers Simon.

Gouge his eyes! Kick him in the junk!

>>43567

Snicker snag him! Wet willy!

>>43565
Those stitches on his neck seem weak. Is Simon batshit insane enough to decapitate the scarecrow-pirate with his bare hands?

'Cause he should totally do that.

>>43565
Grab his arm.
It should stop him from getting in a swinging blow, at least.

The stitches on his hand look just as weak. Grab his machete arm and twist, see if it comes off at the shoulder.

Fight dirty! Grab his sword! Gouge out his eyes! Kick him in the junk!

Also, have Io walk over and shoot him at point blank.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/15(Tue)17:12 No. 45059 ID: 35cea2
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>Grab his arm
>Fight dirty

Simon manages to grab his arm, but Strawmen are tougher than they look, and this is a pretty tough looking Strawman. Simon can hardly hold his arm back.

The pirate is better than Simon at playing dirty; he pulls out a dagger.

Pirate: "Alright, no more games hombre! Time to die!"

Check on Slater. Is it real bad? Can he move without damaging himself further?

Ed Pastry 2009/09/15(Tue)17:33 No. 45068 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "How are you holding up Slater?"
Slater: "I'm... I'll be alright. Just a busted pressure valve. It hurts and my arms are becoming really weak, but I'll live."

Keep on the look out for welding equipment. If it's a pressure line, that's too much for duct tape.

For now, just continue out before anyone else arrives. Hurry! Also, grab the pirate's blade. It will be the new weapon of ultimate destruction.

Use Duct Tape as temporary solution.

Retrieve Darts from dead strawman.

Arm Slater with Auto-Darter.

Arm party with SWORDS and KNIVES.

Cautiously check next area, with everyone having their crossbows at the ready.

>Use Duct Tape as temporary solution
Just checked the inventory, we have no duct tape. Rip up a Strawman's shirt into strips, and wrap it tightly around Slater's mid section to prevent oil loss.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/15(Tue)19:59 No. 45158 ID: 35cea2
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Slater isn't leaking oil at the moment, and cloth won't really help stop the loss of pressure.

The party takes the items and whatever darts that haven't broken. Their current weapon loadout is 1 WRENCH, 1 MACHETE, 2 DAGGERS, 1 AXE, 1 AUTO-DARTER, 1 CRANEQUIN DARTER, 18 NORMAL DARTS, 2 each of EXPLOSIVE, FLARE and TRANQUILIZER DARTS, 8 PLASTIC DARTS and 1 MANUAL ARBALEST with 1 GRAPPLING HOOK BOLT.

They walk up the stairs to the next room. Two poorly aimed bolts coming from a pair of pirates force them to take cover. This room is appears to be a storage room, with a door leading outside on the right and what appears to be the loader for the ship's Auto-Ballista on the left.

Shoot the pirates with an explosive bolt!

>>45182
Seconding this. Have Simon potshot at their cover with an explosive shot, then have Slater and Io cover him with regular bolts.

We should also consider putting an explosive bolt into the auto-loader... except that has a very good chance of making the whole craft explode with us still aboard.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/20(Sun)06:33 No. 47871 ID: 35cea2
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Simon fires an explosive bolt into the pirates' cover when they are reloading their slow, manual crossbows.

The explosion doesn't manage to penetrate the metal barrier, but has managed to shock the pirates and possibly injure one of them.

Slater and Io take this advantage to move into position and cover the barrier, forcing the pirates to keep their heads down.

Charge them while they're shocked from the blast!

CHARGE! Engage the enemy in close assault!

No, axe the autoloader to disable it, then rush for the outer door if you can, hoping that the door swings inward to serve as a shield, and hoping that there's lifeboats outside.

Ed Pastry 2009/09/20(Sun)18:42 No. 48361 ID: 35cea2
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One short scuffle later...

Unplug the cables for the auto-ballista, then smash up the workings. That'll learn 'em.

Then search the storage room for parachutes.