Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)16:06 No. 802969 ID: 8a947d
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You float around the void, aimless. With nowhere to go or anything to do. Its almost liberating, not having any goals or anywhere you must be. Simply drifting through nothingness, your only real action being to exist...

Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)16:08 No. 802970 ID: 8a947d
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...But this can't be your life, you've got a goal. The void around you is torn apart by a bright light, it burns your skin but entices you at the same time. You swim towards the purple shimmer arms outstretched.

Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)16:17 No. 802974 ID: 8a947d
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AZERITE

Some legends say it is the eyes of dead angels, other claim chunks of them are eggs incubating infant gods. Nobody knows for sure, but the only thing that is known by everyone in Second Helchaim is the power that even a single shard of this mineral can hold. You swim closer and closer to the large chunk of godly mineral, you feel your skin peel and your bones sizzle. You should let it go, but you simply cannot give it up.

Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)16:22 No. 802976 ID: 8a947d
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You grab hold of the orb. There is no heat coming off of it, in fact it is cold to the touch, yet the light that radiates from it is so grossly incandescent. You bring it closer to your eyes and peer into it past the light, you can see something. The very thing you strive to achieve, the goal that is impossible without the precious jewel. Shapes dance around in the Azerite to reveal.

A) A Beautiful Field
B) A Vast Library
C) A Large Imposing Figure

B

>A) A Beautiful Field
Run though the field in your little blue dress and bonnet!

A) the beautiful field.

The Flowers are in bloom, the feel of cool air on your face. The sound of calmly flowing waters of a nearby stream. You are at peace here. Here, you are whole.

>>802976
A. We seek peace and freedom from the church goons.

B. Freedom of knowledge.

Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)16:48 No. 802986 ID: 8a947d
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>>802979
>>802980
>>802982

The air is crisp, birds are chirping, a stream burbles near by, and roses bloom.

The world as it is now is broken. The First Helchaim has been lost and left behind was Second Helchaim, years prosperity and freedom gone by some unknown force. You wish to bring it back, a Third Helchaim, a fresh start. The Regent Church will be wiped out and with them gone their gods will starve of worship, we will be able to start the world again free from our prior sins.

The Azerite will make this dream a reality

Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)17:02 No. 802989 ID: 8a947d
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But you can't restore the world when you're sleeping

Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)17:05 No. 802991 ID: 8a947d
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You're jolted by a loud banging on your door.

Ulrik: Oy Miss ! I'm goin' off ta mah contacts, If ya want outta dis dump get ready !

You want to leave, but you also really want to stay in bed too. You drag yourself out of your bed and throw your dress on, you make a mental note to make sure this is the last time you ever throw on a dress again and make your way down stairs.

Sooo... breakfast here or to-go?

>>802991
>you make a mental note to make sure this is the last time you ever throw on a dress again
But they fit your feminine curves so well! XD

Just make sure you still have your really cool and manly outfit so that you can put that on after you get out of the city!

>>802991
But how will you run through the fields of Third Helchaim in a pretty dress if you throw your pretty dress away?

Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)17:55 No. 803018 ID: 8a947d
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>>802992

Looks like its for here, Luucc sets out a plate for you as you come down. Ham and eggs with a mug of coffee.

Luucc: Morning ma'am, did you sleep well ?

You: The room was fantastic Luucc, you excited to get your little "Business" up?

Luucc: Yeah ! I'm so excited! I don't even care about the money I could get, the kinds of people I've had here before will be back and this place will be alive again.

Luucc: I know you're leaving the city for a less than legal reason, other wise you wouldn't need to be smuggled out, but do you think you'd come back from time to time to try the new drinks ?

Coming back here could be dangerous, but Luucc seems like a nice enough guy. Maybe he knows what hes doing otherwise he wouldn't offer it.

>>803018
Maybe, it depends on where the road takes me once I'm out.

Any chance we could stay long enough to dry a drink before we go? We don't know exactly when he's opening, or how long it will take to get out, yet.

>>803018
Tell him you'll try if you get the chance.

Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)19:21 No. 803068 ID: 8a947d
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>>803020
>>803025

You: I'd love to come drink when the Speakeasies open, but I'm gonna be roaming around a lot. I've got some pretty big plans.

Luucc: Well, that's perfect ! Ulrik couldn't get me any ingredients but he did have something that could be useful to you. Follow me.

Lucc steps down from the counter and enters the room behind him

Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)19:28 No. 803072 ID: 8a947d
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Once inside Luucc tosses you a glowing yellow glass orb.

Luucc: That's a Waykey you'll need it to activate this.

He reveals an odd statue in the back of the room.

Luucc: This is a Waystone. With it you can teleport between them as long as the stone stays on.

You: Whoa, Wait couldn't I just use this to escape Itsdin ?

Luucc: You can only travel between ones you've activated yourself with your key. If you find or make another one you can come back whenever you want.

You step forward and slot the Key into the Waystone. The Waystone glows yellow and makes an affirmative clicking noise, after you leave you have an entrance and an exit back here if you need it. You assume that if a Waystone breaks you won't be able to access it anymore.

Well, don't decline it. I wouldn't want to break his idealistic little heart.
Besides, he cooks food so good it makes you level up. That's a valuable skill.

>>803072
NICE. Waypoint activated. Oh, may as well tell him you're not actually a woman, it's a disguise. Next time he sees you, you're gonna look different.

>>803072
>You assume that if a Waystone breaks you won't be able to access it anymore.
Same thing will happen if your Waykey breaks, so be careful with it!

>>803072
Coooool. Well, that makes it a lot easier to come back and visit!

>>803076
This. Also, how will we know when we have reached a new waypoint?

Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)20:44 No. 803106 ID: 8a947d
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>>803082
You: How will I know when I've found a new Waystone ? Do they all look the same ?

Luucc: No, Waystones tend to look pretty different. Your Waykey will glow and buzz when you've reached one ma'am.

>>803076
You: oh and uh... I'm not a woman, this is a disguise so people can't recognize me. I'm a Pagan trying to get out out of Itsdin

Luucc: W-Whoa really ?! This whole time ? Well, that's one impressive disguise I must say Ma'a-uhh... Sir! I just have to know, what pagan ritual did you use to give yourself such feminine curves?

You grind your teeth a little, you actually feel a molar crack.

Ulrik walks down the stairs ready to leave, you finish the rest of your ham and eggs and walk out with him. No you've just gotta hope you can get out of here with little to no trouble whats so ever.

>>803106
>feminine curves
I told you so! XD

>>803106
You see this is why you never break cover if you can help it.

This is why we need to get our strength stats up!

Alright let's hit the road

Heretic 2017/05/19(Fri)22:02 No. 803138 ID: 8a947d
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>>803120
You and Ulrik make multiple twists and turns through the outer city. After a while you can't even tell were you are anymore but Ulrik seems to know where to go.

After a little more wandering you find yourselves in front of a large run down storage house.

Ulrik: Dis' da place. Stay close, No pagan stuff.

>>803138
Wow. I'm offended.

"It's not like I summon demons without a need. Promise me we don't get ambushed by that voodoo guy was that's after you, or anything else, and I'm cool."

Got it. Lets be careful, this could mean trouble whatever is coming up. Make sure that we are at least ready to defend ourselves should shit go down.

Not even in self defense?

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)13:30 No. 803275 ID: 8a947d
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>>803142
>>803148
>>803152
>>803164

You: I don't just summon demons for no reason, besides what if shit goes down and someones trying to kill me.

Ulrik: Dat won' happen, jus' keep cool.

You and Ulrik enter the store house.
Amidst the many crates and shipping containers there appears to be a trade going on. A one-eyed-man and his bodyguard are accepting a hefty bag of coin from a lady who in turn has received a cylindrical package. Ulrik shouts out to the man with one eye calling him Troy.

Troy: Ah, seems like my other appointment has arrived. Pleasure doin' business with ya Lyda, have fun with ya new toy.

The woman walks towards the front door passing you and Ulrik, she stops for a second and looks at you for a moment.

Lyda: That dress looks good on you.

She continues out without another word.

Troy: So, you must be here about the ingredients. Do you have what you promised.

Ulrik hands his package over to Troy, He peeks inside and smiles pleased.

Troy: Good! Good!...Oh? There's a little extra in here Ulrik buddy! You don't seem like the kinda guy to do something like this outta the kindness of ya heart... What else do ya want?

Ulrik: Dis lady wants outta da walls, bu can' leave by legal means.

Troy: Oh a smuggle job, doesn't sound too hard. So missy... how do ya feel about small spaces?

>Lyda: That dress looks good on you.
If the way you dress gets you a compliment from a lady, that's a win.

>how do ya feel about small spaces?
Cozy.

>>803275
I bet Lysa could tell you're a man. That's both good and bad. Good because it's important for girls to spot your manliness. Bad because your disguise won't fool them.

Tell Troy that you'll deal with it if it's necessary. ...are they going to ship you out in a box?

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)14:21 No. 803284 ID: 8a947d
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>>803281
You can worry about that woman later, but right now you've got to handle being stuck in a crate.

Troy: I'll load ya onto an Airship headed for a town not far from here, Gudon. The Church'll probably still think you're in Itsdin if they're searching for ya, so you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

Troy: Just try not to make too much noise.

>>803284
You should probably do some stretches in advance.

>>803284
Well, I hope you don't snore in your sleep. Because the chances of you falling asleep out of boredom are pretty high!

I hope there'll be packing peanuts to snack on.

>>803299
I suspect the in-flight movie will consist of being move-ied into the flight.

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)16:49 No. 803315 ID: 8a947d
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You: I-Is this safe ?

Troy: Yeah sure, it works most of the time. Besides it's the easiest way for us to get ya outside the walls.

Troy shuts the box and wheels you out of the building, there no holes for you to look out of but you can feel yourself being lifted onto something. You're probably on a carriage or cargo car on the way to the Airship Station.

For the next ten minutes you just sit in your box with fuck all to do. the Airship Stations about half an hour away from here...

>>803315
Count demonic sheep to yourself.

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)16:59 No. 803317 ID: 8a947d
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Whatever you're moving on comes to a halt. You can here Troy up front speaking to somebody.

Troy: IS there a problem officer ?

Oh shit...

Guard: We're on the hunt for an escaped convict in this area, they've been out since yesterday. Have you a man Wearing a brown hooded coat and red neckerchief , possibly having a bandaged face ?

Shit Shit Shit

Troy: No officer, I haven't seen anyone by that description around here.

Guard: Be that as it may we've been instructed to search any boxes or containers that could carry a person, were going to have to search the your cargo.

Troy:Oh of course Sir, it needs to be unlocked first let me just go around and get it for ya.

Troy walks around and whispers to you through a crack in the box.

Troy: I don't know what to do here miss! looks like you got more heat on you than expected.

Troy: D'you have any ideas ?

>Troy: I don't know what to do here miss! looks like you got more heat on you than expected.
What kind of worthless smuggling operation is this if they didn't put us behind a false bottom, or have plans ready to bribe or distract the inspectors.

...can we summon something with what we have to help? Having a Cerebral Gnat control the guard would be fantastic, but we used up our rotten apple. Alternatively, any kind of stealth or illusion thing would help.

Failing that, the human solution is we need a third person. Someone behind us to complain about the line being held up, be a jerk, act suspicious. A fall guy (not smuggling anything) to encourage the guards to wave through the nice polite helpful guy without going through all his stuff in detail while they focus on the trouble maker.

>>803322
Someone else starting a ruckus is definite plan A.

Otherwise, a knife to the throat when he opens the crate, and then you two get to travel together.

>>803331
>Otherwise, a knife to the throat when he opens the crate, and then you two get to travel together.
That'll only work if there's only 1 guard! We don't know how many of them are out there!

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)18:08 No. 803334 ID: 8a947d
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>>803322
You: *You don't know what to do ? What kind of smuggling operation is this ?*

Troy: *This was a last minute request that's what this was!*

Troy: sigh* listen I think I can do something but it might not work, in case it doesn't be ready.*

Troy: A jeez, I picked up the wrong set of keys, just a moment guard sir...

You lack the necessary ingredients to summon anything at the moment, right now all you can do is hope Troys plan works.

>>803331
Well first things first you're not gonna ride on an Airship with a rotting dead body for an hour, second you don't want to worry about a dead body for when you get out of the box at your destination. Then again if Troy can't come up with something you might need to...

>>803334
I didn't say it was an APPEALING plan, I said it was a plan.

...And if Troy doesn't come through, we might still need to take it.

Best plan is still some kind of distraction. Which... we're entirely dependent on outside intervention or Troy being able to manufacture.

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)18:35 No. 803338 ID: 8a947d
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For the sake of convenience we will be seeing things through Troys perspective instead of The Pagans for a little bit. But do not worry we are still The Pagan and Troy is still Troy

Troy wanders back up to front of of his carriage and rummages around for a little to looks busy. Looking back he see's people worng behind him.

Troy: Hmm that looks like it could be useful...

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)18:36 No. 803339 ID: 8a947d
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Troy:JET BLACK

>>803334
At least you'll have something to eat.

Ooookaaay? What did that do?

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)20:49 No. 803362 ID: 8a947d
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>>803339
Now its time to get to work...

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)20:50 No. 803363 ID: 8a947d
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>>803362
Merchant: W-Whoa

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)20:53 No. 803364 ID: 8a947d
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>>803363
The merchant falls flat on his face, supplies fly everywhere. Troy takes advantage of the situation.

Troy: Whoa man! Why'd ya try the guy like that ?

Bystander:W-Whu, Me ?

Merchant: You lousy son of a bitch, who do think you are screwin' with me like that Huh!?

Bystander:H-Hey! Wait I didn't do nothin' !

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)20:55 No. 803365 ID: 8a947d
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>>803364
They cause a lot of commotion, enough to draw the guard.

Guard: Hey you two, Knock it off ! We don't need a street fight here !...

Troy slips away in the confusion and continues onto the Airship Station.

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)20:59 No. 803366 ID: 8a947d
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>>803365
At least you think that's what happened, all you really see is darkness.

You feel yourself start to move again so you assume the plan worked.

Stay quiet until you hear the airship's engines.

>>803365
So what was that? Voodoo, heresy, or something else?

Heretic 2017/05/20(Sat)22:46 No. 803377 ID: 8a947d
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>>803368
You stay as quiet as you can. With only the occasional muttering as you try to keep yourself entertained.

You: 88 bottles of blood on the wall, 88 bottles of blood.

You: Pour a pool summon a ghoul, 87 bottles of blood on the wall.

Before you can reach 86 Troy rips the front of your crate open.

Troy: Welp, were here!

You: What really ? I didn't even hear any engines or anything.

Troy: Yeah well how could you with you whisperin' to yourself in that box the way here. People were startin' to stare.

Troy: Anyway, you've got the cargo hold to yourself and I brought ya some food. We should be at Gudon in a half hour.

Troy passes you an Apple, some Bread, a Fish Cutlet, and a Tin Mug of Cider.

You: Oh! I was wondering, how did distract that guard earlier ?

Troy: Just the average smugglin' tricks, now stay put and try not to make too much noise.

Troy leaves you alone. Now you just gotta wait.

It would be really dumb to summon something right now.
Even if you did, you'd have to sacrifice your fish filet, and put a nice shine on the mug.

Thankfully, your mental stability prevents something like that from happening.

Are any of those valid summoning ingredients?

Well, looks like the only thing you can do is just wait quietly. Just don't fall asleep!

Any songs we can sing to pass the time? Maybe one from your childhood?

>we're here!
Cool, thank you.

>Just the average smugglin' tricks
Oh crap. We just paid the voodoos we pissed off to smuggle us into a place of their choosing, and we don't have enough ingredients to summon anything.

Max paranoia mode. Don't eat anything, it may be drugged. Find a different place to hide, so when they show up to kill you, we're not where they expect, or out in the open.

Can any of the food be used in a summoning?

If we're really lucky, everything is fine, and we're on an airship outside the city... if we're not. We're alone in a voodoo kill box.

>>803409
I doubt that.

And even if it's true, they're going to go straight for the new hiding spot, since they're going to have at least 1 guy with them that can detect our kind of magic. So moving to a different spot isn't really going to work.

Heretic 2017/05/21(Sun)13:04 No. 803435 ID: 8a947d
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>>803409
Ulrik knew this guy so you doubt hes got any affiliation with The Shadowmen. Plus just because someone uses Voodoo doesn't make them someone that's after you, the Voodoo users aren't like Pagans. Besides you've never seen him use any odd magic.

>>803379
One ingredient does call for fish but its useless out of water, besides the fish here smells fantastic. You wouldn't want to waste it on a summon.

>>803383
>>803381
You try to stay awake in the cargo hold, maybe singing something will keep you up. You can't really think of anything, except for and old weird one: The Thief, The Beater, The Rotten People Eater. Its less of a song and more of a rhyme-y riddle sort of personality test thing.

The thief with quick feet stole glazed sweets
then books, then jewels and things he found neat.

The beater sought blood, with rage his body did flood.
he fought hooligans and knights and only valued might.

Then came the snarling beast who wished for a feast,
A creature from somewhere lost, who made deals with a cost.

He met with the thief who wanted a treasure with defenses and forces no other could measure.
He met with the beater who wanted a foe so mighty and brave who he could go toe to toe.

They begged and they pleaded "please grant us our wish!". The rotten people eater spoke with a hiss.
One of these wishes is just and one sour. Ill grant the one worthy and the other I'll devour.

Who did he eat and who got their wish?

>>803435
A thief takes valuables, giving nothing but loss(unless he gets caught). A beater gives beatings, taking nothing but victory(unless he loses). They both wanted a challenge, a chance to fail. The thief would wager his freedom, the beater would wager a beating.

To give is more just, and the beater has a balanced bet. The eater ate the thief.

>>803441
But what if the Thief is like a Robin Hood? Stealing from the selfish rich assholes and giving back to the poor. The Thief would be the one with the just wish.

The Beater on the other hand, sounds like he was just fighting for the sake of fighting because it was "fun".

I think the Eater ate the Beater.

>>803435
The thief choose to bet his freedom against skill. If he loses, he is lost, if he succeeds, mere objects change their position.

The beater seeks violence. Win or lose, a person suffers. He bets his own life against others.

The thief chose a task where the consequences are weighted more against him, the beater chose a task where consequences are equal.

Eat the beater.

>>803446
Alternatively the thief could just be in it for himself. The beater might be wanting to better himself through skill of arms. In this case the roles are reversed and the thief would get eaten and the beater lives.

But given that we are dealing with someone who eats people, my guess is he would try to fool both of them. He might say he is granting the wish of the beater but then immediately attack him and try and eat him. The thief would then think they are getting their wish granted only for the last line of the eater to be "I don't grant wishes." And immediately try and eat the thief.

>>803435

Oooh.

You've heard a few variations on the answer to the tale of thief and beater and the rotten people eater.

One particular variant goes a little like this...

Half and half their cause was just for to challenge and improve all must.
Half and half their cause was fraught for self-desire ill they wrought.

Yet Thief or Beater, this distinction mattered little to Rotten People Eater,
To things like Eater the sum of parts is all that true a man's heart charts.

So it ate half of one and half the other, and made of the remains a stranger 'nother,
And of their rot the Eater had its fill and pleased it was to pay its bill.

The half of Thief it dealt a wondrous treasure and a strong and mighty protective measure,
In the half of Beater that Eater cast, to guard that treasure desired vast.

And to this day they guard that treasure still, wishes half combined to form their will:
To challenge all would-be treasure takers with agile skill and fist-face breakers.

And that's the fate of the two apart, now of combined and melded heart.
Serving as the chief Thief-Beater for the greatest treasure of Rotten People Eater.

It's an interesting case of wish corruption, as the thief wanted a rare treasure and a challenging protective measure, while the beater wanted a fight worthy their might.

The half of thief gets his treasure, sure enough, but his wish is turned upside down in that he's become a part of that protective measure and his challenge lies in preventing it from being stolen. The half of beater on the other hand is tasked to protect something many will desire greatly, so sooner or later he'll have the kind of fight he desired. In fact, he'll have a ton of 'em, so he is getting way more than he bargained for as part of the deal.

Meanwhile, the Rotten People Eater gets both a meal and a superb new guard for their treasure and makes out like a bandit. Really, kids, don't make deals with forces that are more powerful and clever than you. Keep your wits about you!

Heretic 2017/05/21(Sun)15:00 No. 803480 ID: 8a947d
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>>803461
>>803455
>>803446
>>803441

Eh, you really don't like this riddle that much. There's no concrete answer it always changes depending on who you hear it from, plus you can apply any strain of logic to the riddle to make it right.

Personally, you always thought The Eater was in the right. The Thief wouldn't die if he didn't steal, the Beater wouldn't die if he didn't fight, but the Eater needed to eat so he'd eat them both...

feels sort of like a cop out answer, plus you don't know if the Eater really needs to eat people specifically.What ever the case Troy comes back holding something.

Troy: I got a passengers ticket for ya so the Air-guard doesn't throw you off if they see a. Sorry it took so long, its hard to forge something like that quickly.

Troy: You still might want to avoid any Air-guards you see just in case.

Alright, let's just keep it cool. Don our disguise and the sooner we get out of itsdin the sooner we can put our real clothes on.

Heretic 2017/05/21(Sun)15:23 No. 803484 ID: 8a947d
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>>803480
Troy: You can take care of yourself so I'll be off, just remember to get off on the next stop.

Troy wanders off somewhere else

You've got free reign of the ship now. From your lunch you have a Half Eaten Apple, A Slice of Bread, A Fish Cutlet, and A Full... ,actually hold on *gulp, gulp, gulp*, Empty Tin Mug.

Let's see what there is to see around here!

>>803484
I'd suggest flirting with that lady over there but you're still dressed as a woman.

Just wander around for now I'd say. Eat more of your lunch.

>>803484
Combine inventory; make Fish taco in a cup.

Enjoy the view until the next stop, I suppose.

Heretic 2017/05/21(Sun)16:14 No. 803497 ID: 8a947d
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>>803488
That woman is a man and he doesn't seem to interested in talking to you right now, maybe people would be more open to you if you were more CHARMING

>>803489
You combine your Fish Cutlet and Slice of Bread, its more of a sandwich than a taco but its still good.

You look over the edge of the ship, sprawling desert and mountains. a wonderful view.

>>803488
While we are at it let's make sure that we ourselves don't get hit on.

Sketch a map. You never know...

Heretic 2017/05/21(Sun)16:33 No. 803506 ID: 8a947d
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>>803497
Watching the clouds pass you makes you drowsy. You feel like your about to doze off until you here an interesting conversation behind you.

Man 1: You's seen somthin' dat might help Pike.

Man 2: Nuthin',Sleek, da guy we's lookin' fer don' stand out at all. We might need ta use da ding ta find em.

Sleek: Yeah, but dat takes a while. Lets get ta the room we rented and set up there.

Pike: Can we get food, Sleek ? I ain't eaten all day. Da fish here smells damn good.

That doesn't sound good...

Oh crap... well first of all, we might just want to assume they aren't talking about us... it could be someone else. But if it is us they are talking about. We could just go talk to the Captain or guards on this ship and tell them we suspect some shadowmen might be on board and they might cause trouble.

Follow them back to the room and set up a counterspell to their spell.
Oh! Fish? If you can subtly give them food poisoning, you might be able to stop them without causing a ruckus.

>>803506
Alright a surefire way of getting rid of them is to throw them overboard. They can come back to life, but only where they die.

>>803506
Start flirting with anyone you can find. It's charm training.

>>803506
We need to make sure they don't get back to their room to prep that ritual.

Or we need to break into their room and take their ritual stuff while they're gone.

Heretic 2017/05/21(Sun)18:28 No. 803520 ID: 8a947d
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>>803507
That's right ! The Shadowmen have been going long before you got to Itsdin, maybe they're after someone else...

Pike: Did da boss give us any more info 'bout our hit ?

Sleek: It's a Pagan, shot da boss in da head and slithered away...

Yeah no that's you, jeez you musta really pissed them off for them to be hunting you like this. Troy warned you to stay away from Air-guards in case the counterfeit ticket doesn't hold up, but you should go for it if you have no other option.

>>803514
You'd need to get pretty close to knock em off the airship, the two together could be difficult to deal with alone. Plus there aren't many quiet spots to do it here. Still getting rid of those two or at least incapacitating them is important.

>>803508
>>803517
Finding a way to sabotage that "Thing" they were talking about is up there in priority as well. If they can't track you you should be in the clear, Voodoo users don't seem to have an innate of sensing magical energies accurately. You'll have to break into their room first, depending on how you do it it could take a lot of SKILL something you haven't considered utilizing in a while. When it comes to using your hands and technical skills you're not too bad, preparing rituals and ingredients has taught you well (Skill: 3)

I totally forgot to add the SKILL stat, please just pretend like its always been there

For now breaking into their room seems like the best course of action

Alright let's make it to their rooms before they do. If we can surprise them and kill them before they have a chance to return to life, we could toss their bodies out the window, and I'm willing to bet the worse condition their body is in makes it harder for them to return to life. What can we do to lay a trap for them?

Heretic 2017/05/21(Sun)18:55 No. 803527 ID: 8a947d
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>>803520
There's a map on the ship wall next to you, the the housing rooms are are a floor above the two are two floors below you above the storage area. Looks like there of 20 rooms down there, but you don't know which room they're staying in.

>>803516
Using your disguise to CHARM someone into telling you might work and if not you can at least get some practice out of it.

You approach a man flipping through a clipboard up at the front of the deck.

You: Excuse me mister! I'm looking for some of my friends but I don't remember what room their staying in.

You: You look like someone in charge of things~.Could you tell me where a couple of gentlemen in white face-paint are staying?

You put your CHARM to the test (3/8 Failure)

Deck Worker: You want to know about those guys ? They seem like bad news miss, besides I'm not allowed to disclose that sort of information to passengers. The front desk of the housing rooms floor should have you written down under the rest of their names, go ask them.

Well, you got something.

>>803527
You call that charming?! You didn't even try using those curves you inherited from your mother!

Oh well. You can try again next time.

Go steal a look at that passenger list then.

Heretic 2017/05/21(Sun)20:08 No. 803540 ID: 8a947d
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>>803532
>>803535

Well you're not use to using charm on men! and you don't have any curves, the dress is jut deceiving.

Right now all you can do is go down to the housing deck and-

OW!

Heretic 2017/05/21(Sun)20:12 No. 803541 ID: 8a947d
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>>803540
Some giant man bumps into in the hall.

Tall man: Oh dear! I am so sorry for that, I was not looking where I was going.

He helps you up and returns your hat.. that fell further from where you fell.

Tall Man: I'm sorry but I need to get going. I have an appointment I cannot be late for !

He speeds of to the upper decks. You're left a little frazzled but regain your senses and continue to the housing deck.

>>803541
Oh come now don't be dense, chase after the pickpocket!

Check your pockets immediately! That's how pickpockets get you is by bumping into you!

>>803543
>>803545
This, don't let tall and bumpy out of your sight.

Heretic 2017/05/21(Sun)20:59 No. 803549 ID: 8a947d
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>>803543
>>803545
>>803547

Wha-Oh shit could he of... No, you're not missing anything, knife and gun, 205 gold, its all there. That guy was shifty though, and you can put your finger on it but his eyes didn't look quite right...

Whatever, you've got bigger pigs to gut.

You head down to the front desk of the housing deck. The manager is running the desk.

Manager: Good morning miss, is there anything I could do for you today ?

Your aren't as confident in your CHARM to try and use it on this guy, but more practice with it is always nice. being WITTY might work but you'll have to come up with a good lie.

>>803549
Hi my friends lost their room key, their the ones with the skulls on their faces. You don't happen to have an extra?

>>803549
>Not missing anything.
What about summoning ingredients, your spell book, and your AZERITE?

>>803553
CONFIRM AZERITE

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)14:16 No. 803632 ID: 8a947d
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>>803553
>>803568
If your Azerite were gone it'd be the first you'd notice, It's aura of magic leaving you couldn't go unnoticed.

>>803551
You: I lost the keys to the room me and my friends are staying. Could you give me a replacement key ? The others I'm rooming with wear white skull face paint.

are your WITS good enough to make a convincing lie ? (6/7 Failure)

Manager: Well I can't give you a new key unless I have your room number miss, can you remember which room you and your friends are staying.

You can't answer that, you don't know where they're staying...

Tell her you don't remember, you've been kindof drunk a lot. You do know their names though! Pike and Sleek.

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)15:51 No. 803669 ID: 8a947d
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>>803645
You: Its been sort of a... wild day for me, I can't remember my room number but I can tell you the names of the men I'm staying with. Pike and Sleek are my temporary roommates.

Manager: Let me check... yup Pike and Sleek in room A-5, sorry for the hassle ma'am here's your key.

The desk manager hands you the A-5 Key.

>>803669
nice job was that a wit or a charm usage?

Either way, lets see if we can beat them there and set a trap!

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)16:27 No. 803674 ID: 8a947d
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>>803670
Using your WITS to make up a good lie and selling it with your CHARM. You succeed in both areas! Though with a couple failures along the way you don't gain an extra Attribute Point.

Now you head for the Shadowmen's room.

>>803674
Good work! Now off to vandalize and burglarize the room of the men you're "staying with".

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)17:10 No. 803683 ID: 8a947d
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>>803682
You need to find the thing they were planning to use to track you. Knowing the unpredictability of voodoo magic it could be as small as a makeup compact or even a playing die...

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)17:10 No. 803684 ID: 8a947d
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>>803683
...Or maybe its this giant evil looking shrine thing.

>>803684
Knock it over. Smash it to pieces. Pocket a few important looking ones.

Then call room service to clean it up and leave.

Looks like that thing is awfully fragile, and carefully balanced on it's three thin legs. It would be a shame if someone were to knock it.

if you destroy it see if you can salvage something from it, maybe we can get new spell or summoning components from it. Also let's make sure that if we do destroy it we don't curse ourselves or something.

.....is there a conveniently located window in here? Start taking pieces off and throw them out!

You probably don't have enough time to do the whole thing before one or both of them come back, so only toss the important looking parts!

>>803684
Knock it over and yank something off of it that looks important/valuable. Then check their chest for loot.

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)19:50 No. 803744 ID: 8a947d
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>>803688
>>803687
>>803689

Shoddy craftsmanship, you may be pretty weak but you don't need much strength to knock this thing over. Shards and bits of it scatter across the room, looks like it was made out of bits of clear crystals and obsidian.

You take 3 Obsidian Shards and 3 Crystal Shards.

It also drops a large Horned Skull, which you also pocket.

>>803713

You search through the rest of the Shadowmen's possessions, there's 125 Gold in the dresser and a folder with 2 pieces of paper in it.

The first one is some sort of note:
We took this off of the first pagan we beat. It wsn't the one you wanted us to beat but this looked interesting. You alwys wanted us to gather information on other users of non-godly magic so ths could help you in whatver it is you're doing

The second... is a page of Level 2 Demonic Summon Runes !

The chest by the bed has several clothes and other toiletries ,nothing important. You leave the room quickly before you get caught, but before you do you grab an Over Ripened Banana off of the counter.

>>803744
Now get out of there before you're caught red handed.

Abscond, don disguise.

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)20:24 No. 803759 ID: 8a947d
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>>803752
>>803750

And like that, your mission is complete. Surprisingly easy no hitches and now all you've got to do is wait a few more minutes and get off at your next stop.

You walk towards the kitchen to get more of those fish cutlets when that tall man from before crosses you in the hall, hes bleeding a lot more blood than is normal.

Oh shit! Go see if he is okay!

Such a messy eater! Get him a napkin.

Lay on the charm, and play to your disguise.

[falsetto]"Oh my, sir! Are you all right?"[/falsetto]

Go get help, he may be infected with a disease or demon.

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)21:45 No. 803774 ID: 8a947d
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>>803760
>>803761
>>803762

You try to get his attention but he rounds the corner before you can catch him. Hes moving much faster than it looked before...

>>803774
Check if that's blood he's leaving behind or something else.

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)21:49 No. 803778 ID: 8a947d
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>>803774
He's moving surprisingly fast for an injured man. You've lost sight of him but his blood trail leads down into a maintenance tunnel.

>>803776
No its blood, doesn't look like strawberry jam...

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)21:51 No. 803781 ID: 8a947d
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>>803778

You continue down the maintenance shaft, against your better judgment, the lights flicker periodically just enough to disorient you further...

>>803781
Consider, could he be leading you into a trap? Be cautious.

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)21:52 No. 803784 ID: 8a947d
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>>803781
Finally you find him, hacking up blood in a corner behind pipes and valves.

You: U-uh, Mister ?

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)21:53 No. 803785 ID: 8a947d
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The lights above him flicker...

(animated)

I haven't used animations or gifs before so this might not work

And just like that we suddenly have business elsewhere!

It's a mister chompy! He was a disguised demon the whole time!

...um can you set up a ward or a seal or do something that will stop a demon you didn't summon from eating your face off?

>>803785
You found the Rotten People Eater. Say hello. You have nothing to fear, you are not rotten. Well, that's what I'd say, but you should be ready to run anyway. The myth may not match reality.

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)22:34 No. 803803 ID: 8a947d
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>>803797
>>803794
>>803792

You fucking book it out of the maintenance tunnel. That thing wasn't a demon, it didn't emit any sort of demonic energy or else you would've sensed it. Could that thing really be the People Eater from that dumb riddle ? Whatever it is you're stuck on the ship with it for another 20 minutes.

>>803803
Scream for help like the little girl you are pretending to be. It's important to stay in character.

>>803803
Whatever it is, you don't want to attract its ire.

Go back to the public areas, where you can conceal yourself in the crowd. If it's a pick people off one by one kind of killer, safety in numbers is good.

Hey if that is the rotten people eater maybe we will get lucky and it will eat the shadowmen for us! But for now retreat to a safer area

Get your second set of clothes, you'll lose him AND the voodoo goons.

>>803811
>Get your second set of clothes
Good idea. Especially since it looks like he ruined this set of clothes by being so scared he pissed himself! DX

Unless that didn't happen, then just keep these clothes on and go to a public place!

Heretic 2017/05/22(Mon)22:56 No. 803815 ID: 8a947d
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>>803811
>>803810
>>803807
>>803805

You think up as many plans as you can for this odd situation, getting back to a group might be a good idea. It is about time for a new disguise too, next time you get the chance you should switch out of this dress and into the other uniform you picked up.

Finding Troy might be a good idea too...

Let's duck into the nearest bathroom and change into our new outfit. Once that's done let's go find troy.

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)16:04 No. 803957 ID: 8a947d
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>>803816
You find the nearest bathroom with the intent of a quick wardrobe change, but find yourself too tired to do anything besides lean against the sink.

This escape took a turn for the worst and the and then crashed and burned. Shadowmen and Monsters, what else could happen today to make tihs worse?

Worry later, first you need to change.

>>803957
Would you please stop inviting murphy's law? next thing you know you'll come out of this bathroom and the crew will be dead!

>>803957
Don't ask questions you don't want answered.

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)16:32 No. 803967 ID: 8a947d
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>>803962
>>803959

Right, sitting around thinking about it won't help. Now you've got to get your other clothes ready and...

wheres your neckerchief ?

The gluttony head has it.

You didn't have it when you came out that room...

>>803967
You lost it when running away from the Eater.
You have to go back and get it, don't you?

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)16:47 No. 803976 ID: 8a947d
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>>803967
???: Excuse me ma'am, it seems you've dropped this.

Girly moan and awkward retreat MANLY ROAR AND HEROIC DASH

>>803976
Turn and thank him it for the assistance, and retry bandana.

No running. Running means losing you bandana, and being rude, and being rude probably gets you killed here.

Charm. Charm is your only hope now.

>>803976
Ask it who/what it is. Is it really the Rotten People Eater?

THANK YOU THAT'S VERY NICE

>>803976
thank you i like your tentacles very handsome

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)17:38 No. 803998 ID: 8a947d
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>>803977
>>803979
>>803978

There's nowhere for you to run, there's only one door out of the bathroom and he's blocking it.

???: you know, this bandanna really meshes nice with your dress. a nice splash of RED always looks nice.

You: W-who...Who are you ? What are you ?

???: that's a sensitive question "ma'am", even i don't know who i am. all i know is when i'm hungry i gotta eat.

???: and none of that food you humans eat, all charred and tasteless...

>>803998
Ask him if he'd like to make a deal?

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)17:43 No. 804001 ID: 8a947d
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>>803998
???: I NEED THAT REAL SAVORY JUICY BLOOD OF THE ROTTEN SOULS OF YOUR EARTH!

???: ITS NOT ABOUT JUSTICE OR DOING WHATS RIGHT, ITS CUZ I GOTSTA EAT!

Blood flies from its maw as the creature continues talking.

???: i smelled you while i was feeding, i was so enthralled in my meal that i did not notice you creeping until it was too late.

???: i'd love to chew on your soft insides, but i can't smell any rot on you... so, what should i do to deal with you? i am still hungry after all...

>>804001
Hey! Opportunity knocks!

"Hello sir, I just came back for my bandana. Actually, I happen to know of two shadowmen on this very ship! They might be tasty morsels for you! How about a trade, my bandana and I'll give you this key to the shadowmen's rooms so you may surprise them and eat them!"

>>804001
...perhaps I could find you a rotten soul to eat?

>>804001
Uh, well, you might know of a couple of rotten people he could eat, unless he already ate them. Two men with painted white faces?

uh, i know of a couple rotten people! room 5-a!

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)18:13 No. 804013 ID: 8a947d
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>>804005
>>804006
>>803999
>>804009
>>804011

You: C-coming from Itsdin, there must be plenty of rotten souls on this airship. In fact I know two who wish to kill me for no reason.

???: they want to kill you ? from what i can tell you haven't done any deed that would deem you rotten... but this could always be a trick to lose me.

You: You're so incredibly fast, I don't think I could ever outrun you. I know where their room is and everything, just follow me .

???: that seems acceptable. i don't know my real name and "people eater" doesn't really role off the tongue, so for the longest time i've gone by the alias, Issei.

Issei: now that we've made our deal lets be on our way, i'm STARVING

he leans to the side to let you out of the bathroom and follows behind you as you walk.

What kind of deal are you after? Also, could you define "rotten", or what do you consider to be "rotten"?

>>804013
So... in the story. The riddle one people tell about you. Did you eat the Thief or the Beater?

If he says "both", respond "Haha, I knew it!".

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)18:48 No. 804024 ID: 8a947d
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>>804016
You're after the kind of deal that doesn't end with you getting eaten. Issei wants food and you want these guys to not catch you, which will be sure fire if they're eaten and digested. You're not sure if being eaten completely negates voodoo revival, either way you want these guys dead.

>>804018
You: So when you say "rotten" what does that mean?

Issei: somebody who's done wrong, not just little petty crimes but true corruption of the heart. someone willing to murder and maim for no real reason other than their own pleasure.

Issei: A rotten person harms others with no goal other than petty self satisfaction. Then again a lot of this is relative but this is the overall definition.

You: Hmmm... hey do you know that one riddle that people tell about you,"The Thief, The Beater, and The Rotten People Eater"?

Issei: ah yes, a fun little limerick i've heard over the years. based on a true event of course.

You: Nice! so who did you eat? Thief or the Beater?

Issei: i ate the Beater, he sought to battle the wicked and the just not caring who he hurt. The thief simply stole worldly possessions and never killed a man before.

You: Man I thought you were gonna eat both, wait can you really grant wishes ?

Issei: no i was just having a bit of fun at their expense.

Hrrm...Something just struck me. The notion is we're basically trading another man's life for our own, even if vaguely. So here's something I'm wondering-if we suceed in this grim mission of finding a proper 'rotten soul'...Would this act rot our own?

>no i was just having a bit of fun at their expense.
Haha, that's good.

>>804024
Rather specific definition of rotten. I guess it makes sense though, in a way. Indirect harm may still be harm, but it weighs lightly on the heart. Beating someone's face in who doesn't deserve it is not something you do lightheartedly.

Ask him if he wants to help you usher in a new era of peace. If he acts as your bodyguard, you could ensure you do not get fooled by evil people, and his presence would reassure good people that your goal is as noble as you claim.

>>804026
That's assuming we would be feeding him innocent souls. If they are innocent people then yeah we'd be in trouble

>>804026
Killing someone for the purpose of self-preservation would not rot the soul based on the Eater's stated definition. He said "someone willing to murder and maim for no real reason other than their own pleasure."

So, basically, sadistic people are rotten.

How about revenge? What context is required for vengeance to veer into nom-worthy sadism? If someone kills for the pleasure of being released from their inner pain, such as someone unable to let go of the nightmares until the one responsible dies, or someone who takes satisfaction from another's death because it enriches himself as a warrior and not because he enjoys the other's suffering, will that still count?

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)20:26 No. 804063 ID: 8a947d
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You and Issei arrive at room A-5.

Issei: *sniff* *sniff*.

Issei: yes~ that's the sickly sweet smell of rotten souls. theirs two of them in there and... do i smell voodoo ?

You: Is that a problem ?

Issei: Oh no, on the contrary souls that regularly practice voodoo tend to give the meat a tender texture to it. it's juicer and so rare to come by.

Issei: I'm ready

You: Good ! let me just get the key and...

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)20:27 No. 804064 ID: 8a947d
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>>804063
Issei:HUNGRY

You: Issei holy shit!

Let's see what happens...

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)20:32 No. 804067 ID: 8a947d
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>>804064

You expect knives and bullets to fly at you as soon as the door opens, but there's nobody here.

Issei: HRNG! I CAN SMELL THEM, THEY SHOULD BE RIGHT HERE!

Issei: WHAT BLASTED VOODOO TRICKERY IS THIS ?

You should've known this wouldn't be easy. you draw your pistol and knife and ready yourself for an ambush.

There's nowhere for them to really hid in here, the chest by the bed is too small and the space under the bed is too narrow. Then again knowing voodoo they could be doing anything...

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)20:32 No. 804068 ID: 8a947d
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They could even be right under your noses...

Duck!

Behind, apply elbow to gut.

>>804068
Reverse dick kick.

Duck! Turn! COCKSHOT!

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)21:10 No. 804076 ID: 8a947d
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>>804070
>>804071
>>804072
>>804073

You turn swinging you elbow and readying your gun !

In an offensive attempt against your own shadow...

That's embarrassing, luckily Issei's too busy sniffing around the room to have seen it. You check the walls for hidden passages or rooms, you pat down the floor to see if any voodoo signs are etched into the ground, you lift and rummage through every object in the room you can with no success.

Finally you open the window and look out at the exterior of the ship, no one clinging to the edges and no one hanging off the window's edge. Just an overcast sky.

>>804076
Keep your shadow in sight.

Can you do any kind of heresy to expose people who are magically concealed?

>>804076
Ahhh.,I get it. Oh they are here alright. They are using voodoo shadow magic. Right now you've got one hiding I. Your own shadow, got anything on you to reveal them?

>>804076
No, you fool! He's in your shadow on the wall via voodoo bullshit!

>>804079
You might want to ask your buddy if he can pull that guy out of your shadow!

Or just shine a really bright light on the shadow to see if that'll get him to come out.

>>804076
Stab the fuck out of your shadow.

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)21:38 No. 804088 ID: 8a947d
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>>804078
>>804077
>>804079

Now that you think about it, from where you're standing there's no light source strong enough to cast a shadow that sharp. Its overcast outside and there aren't any lamps on the opposite wall.

>>804081

You: Hey Issei, come sniff over here a little...

Issei comes to your side and you've got enough WIT to instantly your problem, his shadow leans the other way and is no where near as sharp.
Issei sniffs at the wall a little.

Issei: hmmm...yes!YES!

Hang on, there's two of them in here. If one is in your shadow, where's the other one?

I guess both of them could be in your shadow...

What are the walls made of in the room, pretty sure the last thing you need is an over penetration and hit somebody else.

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)21:55 No. 804094 ID: 8a947d
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Issei shoots a tentacle at the wall, the false shadow slithers up the wall and around the room.

Issei hisses and continues to slash tentacles around the room attempting to strike the shadow, the glob of darkness bounces around the ceiling and walls before disappearing entirely.

You: Issei! are they both in that shadow ?

Issei: YES, I SMELL TWO BODIES IN THE SHADOW. ITS DAMPENED BY THEM HIDING BUT I CAN TELL !

You: Issei cover the door, we can't let them out of this room !

Issei puts his back against the door. There's a faint whispering sound coming from the room, possibly a side effect of the voodoo magic being in effect. You need to listen for it...

Alright listen check everyone!

Wasn't there a thing we could summon to see things?
If not usable then why not check under the bed.

Heretic 2017/05/23(Tue)22:24 No. 804103 ID: 8a947d
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>>804097
Of Course !

You sacrifice your Over-Ripe Banana and One Amethyst Shard, burning out your Last Hand Mirror to summon The Voyeuristic Globule.

As you summon you can see little movements around the room, the shadow becomes minuscule as it begins to move faster between positions. Issei slashes again with his tentacles trying to catch it as it moves, its no use however, hitting it while its mobile seems near impossible.

Alrighty Eyeball-Eddie, where are those shadow men hiding?

If the shadow-folks are actually dodging around the room using their shadow-voodoo, the three things we can try are slowing them down, cutting off their freedom to dodge, and distracting them.

>>804103
The Globule lets us see weakpoints in opponents, so use that to find out how you can get it to stop moving.

Heretic 2017/05/24(Wed)17:11 No. 804226 ID: 8a947d
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>>804116
As they are now, distracting or slowing them down seems impossible.

But with the Voyeuristic Globule...

Heretic 2017/05/24(Wed)17:13 No. 804227 ID: 8a947d
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>>804226
>>804130

Enemies and Allies are highlighted in the Voyeur's sight, and whats more important is that there seems to be something important to the Shadowmen under the bed !

Thanks Eddie!

Alright, issei can keep them distracted for a second, while you go for what's under the bed!

Alright, go and try to find out what that thing is, if it is really important, they will try to stop you, and that's when Issei could get his chance to catch one at least one of them.

Well now, messing with their stuff ought to help distract them. Even better, if it's an important part of the magic they're doing it might outright stop them.
If messing with their stuff is effective at messing with them, we need to expect they'll try to strike at us or otherwise stop us. What can we do to get ready for the problem before they try to cave in our head?

While you question the demon's highlighting of Issei as 'friend, you're not about to step into that maelstrom of tentacles yourself. Tell Issei to flip the bed.

Heretic 2017/05/24(Wed)19:16 No. 804258 ID: 8a947d
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>>804253
>>804239
>>804250

You head for whatever's underneath the bed. If its glowing yellow like that its a weakness against your immediate enemy.

You: Issei! I've got a weakness in sight cover me while I go for it!

The shadow swirls behind you glowing with voodoo energy, before it can cleave your skull apart you duck and Issei stops it with a tentacle.

Issei: HA! CAUGHT AT LAST YOU SLITHERING NUISANCE!

You slide to the edge of the bed and reach underneath it...

Heretic 2017/05/24(Wed)19:43 No. 804263 ID: 8a947d
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>>804258
Its some sort of talisman, whatever it is it wouldn't have been glowing if it wasn't important

Heretic 2017/05/24(Wed)19:44 No. 804264 ID: 8a947d
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>>804263
You smash it

>>804263
>>804264
Sound logic.

Heretic 2017/05/24(Wed)20:24 No. 804270 ID: 8a947d
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>>804264

The shadow begins to ripple and disrupt, bits of darkness fly off the and disperse as the blob of darkness dissolves leaving behind two people. Pike and Sleek sit on the floor defeated. You aim your gun and Issei readies his tentacles.

Pike: Ya bastards, you and dat monsta ya got are gonna pay for dis...

Sleek: Da Boss'll hear about dis dis and when he does, you'll be in deep shit.

Issei:ENOUGH TALK! I'VE GROWN FAMISHED FROM ALL THE EXCITEMENT!

Now that this is over Issei will get his meal unless you can strike a deal to get something more from them, then again if Issei doesn't eat them he has threatened to eat you instead.

You'll have to ask the Baron to pass the message along.
Let Issei FEAST.

Tell them you don't think you had much choice in the matter, it was either you or them and you can't come back from the dead.

Tell them you'd like to negotiate with the Baron if possible, arrange a peace treaty.

Oh no, I'll be in such deep trouble when the voodoos are after me! Except... wait, you were already after me.

Hold up, we should give these folks a chance to explain themselves. Sure, it'll be full of self-serving justifications and probably liberally laced with lies, but I think we should let these people tell us what they're really after and why we shouldn't let Issei eat them.

Watch out for tricks, stalling, summoning help, and escape attempts though. We'd look pretty stupid, and splattery, if they got away and Issei had to try and make do with us in their absence.

Heretic 2017/05/24(Wed)21:49 No. 804286 ID: 8a947d
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>>804276
You: Oh no~ I sure would hate for the Shadowmen to send people to kill me like they already just did !

>>804271
You: Issei, they're all your's

Issei's jaw unhinges and his body begins to twitch unnaturally. You leave the room before you see anything you don't want to, but you still hear it being done. You just hope the walls are thicker than the doors here. Crunching, slurping and what sounds like an engine failing to start, then suddenly silence.

Issei walks out surprisingly clean and looking a lot less agitated than before.

Issei: that was refreshing, this deal was quite worth the trouble.

Does this mean we are allies now? I'm sure if we keep going at the pace we are at we will continue to find many more baf guys for you to eat.

Suddenly realize that you lost your hat and now your woman disguise is incomplete!

Then again, your feminine curves could be more than enough to make up for the loss of your hat.

I doubt you can trust him in the long-run. He allies with you because you locate prey, and given the nature of your journey, I doubt you'll find him fresh long pork on a daily basis. Worse yet, he is somewhat disconnected from the world with his demonic status and might blab about you for the heck of it.

Still, you might as well point him in a good direction, or find a band of never-do-wells for him to join and a huge target for them to take out.

Ask him how many times he requires to be fed weekly.

I guess you're safe now. Probably time to hole up in your room and wait to arrive.

>>804286
Thank you and I hope we don't meet again because it feels like helping an edritch gentleman feast on ?human? flesh is the sort of thing that might make one rotten

>>804303
No, we're helping him eat people that are already rotten and when he eats them, he's removing rotten people from the world. So, technically we're doing a good thing by helping him get rid of rotten people, which means we shouldn't get rotten ourselves! .....I hope.

Heretic 2017/05/25(Thu)14:52 No. 804425 ID: 8a947d
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Before you can say anything to Issei he speaks to you first.

Issei: well now that that mess is mess is over i simply must know, what did you do to cause voodoo hit-men to come and after you ?

You tell Issei your story, cutting out points that may not be best to reveal, from the jailbreak to the airship.

Issei: well that's certainly an interesting story! you seem like the kind of person who'd attract all manner of dangerous and seedy characters.

Issei: would you mined if i were to accompany you on your little journey ? i've simply been wandering around for the past 122 years and having someone to help might be a nice change of pace. besides with all the trouble that follows you i'd be happy to help you and myself.

Issei: i promise to keep my dining to around 1 or 2 people a day if it bothers you.

do you want Issei to follow you ?

>>804425
Yeah! why not!

>>804425
Will you be okay if there are slow days? I can't guarantee my enemies will always have someone after me, or they might trick or hire a non-rotten intermediary.

Heretic 2017/05/25(Thu)15:36 No. 804437 ID: 8a947d
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>>804427
Issei: excellent, i promise to do my best in your serv-

Issei:HAAAACK...HYUUURK...PTOO!

Issei coughs a up a new revolver, probably belonged to one of the late Shadowmen.

You get an Ivory Repeater!

Issei: excuse me, seems i need to chew my food more. lets hurry on out, it sounds like the next stop is coming up.

You move up the ship and cut through the dining area. You're slowed down by the lines of people a bit but make to the exit, only then do you realize Issei isn't behind you.

Maybe we can get changed into our alternate outfit if we haven't already?

Heretic 2017/05/25(Thu)16:21 No. 804441 ID: 8a947d
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>>804438
You'll change after you get off the ship, but right now you have to find..

Issei: sorry i broke off from you for a little a got hungry.

You: DEAR GOD ISSEI WHAT THE FUCK?

Wipe Pac-Man's face and find an escape route. Do not stick around when you stick out.

>>804441
Issei already went over 2 people today. I'm not sure this is going to work out, you're gonna get implicated for a bunch of murders.

>>804441
You've, uh, got a little, er, a lot of blood on your face.

>>804441
...if you're going to keep doing that it's gonna be real hard to get any millage out of my charm stat.

So, roughly how many of the passengers here have "rotten souls?"
Because we need to determine how much of a problem this is going to be.

>>804441
Warn us before you do that issei!

Heretic 2017/05/26(Fri)13:48 No. 804569 ID: 8a947d
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>>804441
Issei: what? they had strawberries over at the buffet. I've still got more if you want some.

You: I thought you hated human food?

Issei: yes but everybody likes strawberries, i can probably survive off of these if we don't encounter anybody to eat.

The Airship comes to a halt. A bell chimes signaling you've reached the first destination, Gudon.

>>804569
Oh. Well that's good. Does he like any other fruit?

Also that's our stop, apparently. Make sure you have all your stuff and we can depart.

Grab a few strawberries. Even if you don't eat them, you can use them as summoning reagents.

>>804569
*facepalm* >_<

Also, your hat is missing! Now your disguise is incomplete!

Heretic 2017/05/26(Fri)15:05 No. 804582 ID: 8a947d
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>>804572
Issei: its not fruit that i enjoy, i only like strawberries

As you head for the front you pass Troy.

Troy: Ya got everything from here?

You: Yes I can make it from here on my own.

Troy: Good, if ya need anymore smuggling expertise I'm in Itsdin. Try not to die, I could use the business.

Issei follows you off the ship.

Issei: so, what exactly are you roaming around for ? just exploring, or do you have something to do ?

you tell Issei about resetting the world.

Issei: my that sound incredibly unrealistic and impossible, but i've seen crazier things happen. say if you do happen to succeed, what will you do ? will you rule over the new world as a new god or just wander ? will you gain immortality to see your world grow or die before it starts ?

Issei: and the most important question about this whole thing, just HOW do you expect to reset the world. the azerite alone isn't enough to do it, and yes i sensed the azerite through your bag its hard not to.

You: I've got a plan Issei don't worry about it. First I need to meet up with a pagan colony down in New Oldec. We'll need a map while were here as well.

You and Issei check the town directory in the Airship station.

Heretic 2017/05/26(Fri)15:13 No. 804584 ID: 8a947d
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>>804577
Your hat isn't missing you just put it away, you plan to change out of the dress soon anyway.

>>804576
You grab 3 Strawberries from Issei

>>804582
The town directory shows the town of Gudon.
1-Airship Station
2-Map Maker
3-Carpenter
4-Leather-worker
5-Glassblower
6-School
7-Housing
8-Butcher
9-General Store
10-Herb Shop
11-Library
12-Jail/Guard Post
13-Doctor
14-Stable
15-Inn
16-Weapon Shop
17-Blacksmith

You've got 330 gold and the whole day to spend, what do you do ?

To the glassblower's!

Buy some reflective lenses neatly packaged with cloth inside two leather-cased iron tubes connected by a torque with a secret case containing reagents binoculars.

Change into your rad western outfit.

>>804584
Map store first. Let's see how much the map we need costs before we buy anything else.

We should ask Issei what else they need, want, and like if we're going to be partners. Maybe consider a heist from some rich parasite asshole that Gudon would be better off without so Issei can get another meal and we can get more spending cash.

Extra rations and summoning materials from the herb shop, butcher, general store and glassblower are all things we could use, and maybe some extra storage from the leather goods place. Binoculars are also something that would be very nice to have, if we can afford good ones.

Heretic 2017/05/26(Fri)16:48 No. 804594 ID: 8a947d
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>>804589
You duck into an alley way and change quickly, a much more fitting disguise than the dress.

>>804590
The Map Store is closet so going there first would a good idea.

>>804593
>>804588
After the Map store you'll see how much money you have left and check the glassblowers and then the rest of the stores, maps do tend to be expensive.

Heretic 2017/05/26(Fri)16:53 No. 804596 ID: 8a947d
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>>804593
Issei: I'm not hungry at the moment, but thank you for the offer. I would however enjoy a good book.

You enter the map shop, Todd's Maps. Inside he walls are lined with topographical posters and the like, there are tools for making your own maps and books to help you learn how to use them.

At the front of the shop a tired looking man scribbles on a piece of paper barely moving his eyes to look at you enter.

Todd: Welcome to Todd's Maps how may I help you today sir ?

>>804596
One plot MacGuffin, please.

>>804594
Finally! Something that hides your distracting feminine curves! Now, no one will mistake you for a woman anymore! XD

Heretic 2017/05/26(Fri)17:44 No. 804603 ID: 8a947d
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>>804599
Todd: Here's what I have in stock.

Second Helchaim Map: G-300
Itsdin City Map: G-100
Map Making Kit: G-400
Monoscope: G-50

>>804603
Aw, we can't get any of these! I mean, we could get the map for Itsdin if we ever decide to go back or the Second Helchaim Map World Map, but we don't need the Itsdin map right now and the Second Helchaim Map would take away most of our money and leave us unable to buy anything in the other shops here in town!

Well one thing we need to consider is what kind of summons we can buy reagents for.
Is there a list of all possible summons? Or at least, all summons we could potentially buy reagents for? Or scavenge for reagents for, anyway. By the sound of things, trash cans are good places to find reagents.

Heretic 2017/05/26(Fri)19:03 No. 804614 ID: 8a947d
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>>804606
You are definitely low on funds, it seems you'll have to raise some funds if you want any more supplies. Your mission isn't time sensitive, but you don't want to muck around doing nothing.

Todd notices your monetary issue.

Todd:There are always odd Jobs in Gudon that need doing: The library needs help organizing its stock and would gladly pay for submissions to the collection, selling unwanted goods at the general shop'll do too, if you're really desperate you can gamble; the guys at the Inn are always running a game of Soul Poker

>>804608
Including the new page of summons you stole from the Shadowmen you can summon 9 demons.

Lv1 Summons
Demon Flagellum: Animal Viscera, Something Reflective.
Roaming Gluttony: Tooth, Rotten Fruit, Something Metallic.
Cerebral Gnat: Dead Insect, (3)Amethyst Shards, Rotten Fruit, Something Shiny.
Voyeuristic Globule: Amethyst Shard, Rotten Fruit, Something Reflective.
Aquatic Stalker: Dead Fish, Something Metallic.
Bulwark Brute: Bone, (2)Obsidian, Something Tough.
Lv2 Summons
Living Pyre: Wood, (2)Ruby, Something Burnt
Hunter-Killer Hawk: Feather, Animal Viscera, Obsidian Shard, Something See-Through.
Serpentine Vanguard: Sharp Metal, Poisonous Material, Dead Reptile, Something Used for War

Heretic 2017/05/26(Fri)20:00 No. 804630 ID: 8a947d
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You decide not to buy anything from the map shop yet.

Where to next? Todd mentioned a few different ways to earn extra money:some sort of poker game being held in the Inn, selling things at the General Store, and helping at the Library; or you could try broswing more shops

1-Airship Station
2-Map Maker
3-Carpenter
4-Leather-worker
5-Glassblower
6-School
7-Housing
8-Butcher
9-General Store
10-Herb Shop
11-Library
12-Jail/Guard Post
13-Doctor
14-Stable
15-Inn
16-Weapon Shop
17-Blacksmith

Unless you have any better ideas, buy a round at the inn and try to find a merc job.

>>804630
Let's try the library!

>>804614 Question, can the same thing be used for two things in a summoning? like The vangaurd needs something sharp and something used for war, A sword would fit both. Would that work or do they need to be separate?

Heretic 2017/05/26(Fri)20:54 No. 804637 ID: 8a947d
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>>804633
No, the object described as Something "Blank" is the catalyst the summon sygil is drawn on and what the demon emerges from. The sacrificed reagent can't also be the catalyst object.

>>804631
You make your way to the Inn. There are four men playing what you assume is the "Soul Poker" Todd talked about, the bartender is unoccupied. You approach the front desk.

Bori: Welcome to Desert Cat Inn, I am Bori what can I do for you today ?

Hmm... would a gold coin count as something shiny and metallic? Or reflective?

>>804614
Check inventory to see if we have anything we don't need anymore. Also, we have multiple of the same kind of weapon (gun), so we cam sell one and keep the better one.

>>804633
That's a good question.

Another question is, can we use 1 thing to do 2 summons at once? For example: The Roaming Gluttony and the Aquatic Stalker both require Something Metallic. So if we had all the materials for both but only 1 Something Metallic, could we use the 1 Something Metallic to summon both of them or do we have to choose just 1 of them?

>>804637
I think the name of the game makes it obvious on what's being bet and what gets taken if you lose. Do you really want to risk your soul?

>>804637

Gamble with them and win their soooullllsssss or small change. Ask em about jobs available for a spirited young lad with a gun.

Ask if he has a Waystone.

Heretic 2017/05/26(Fri)21:21 No. 804644 ID: 8a947d
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>>804638
>>804641
Gold coins are metallic and shiny, but drawing the symbol on the tiny surface is difficult.

Each summon requires its on ingredients, only one demon can be summoned from a catalyst object.

>>804642
You head over to the gambling table.

Thin Man: Dammit! I'm out for today.

Big Man: Better luck next time Mak, come back when lady luck's finished screwin' ya!

Mak: Up yours Joel!

Joel: So whatcha lookin' pal you want in?

You: I'm not familiar with this game, what makes Soul Poker different from normal ?

Joel: Well the rules are all the same, its the Texas Hold'em style but the main difference are the use of Special and Soul Cards.

Joel: Special cards have different effects on how the games played: there's the hand swap card, the re-draw card, etcetera.

Joel points a strange statue on the table.

Joel: This here's called a Seeker Totem, it deals the cards and scans your soul to create unique cards. Depending on what sort of person you are it creates a Special card for the game.

Joel: So a game with different people means a game with different effect cards in the mix.

Joel: People think you bet with your soul, but we just use regular chips and money. So d'ya want in ?

Do want to play ? You've got 330 gold to spare.

What are the rules?