Heretic 2017/07/08(Sat)16:29 No. 813991 ID: 8a947d
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You wish you could wake up in a soft bed to the smell of fresh coffee more often, wishful thinking.

You walk down the hallway into the kitchen where Bridgette's made a new pot of coffee.

Bridgette: Good morning Gallows. Sleep well ?

You: Better than I have in months, wheres troy and Issei ?

Bridgette: Troy's visiting his sister in the hospital and Issei's...somewhere ? He just sort of left and I didn't even notice.

You: Yeah he does that. So we're heading over today ?

Bridgette: Yup, we'll right now, unless you have something else to do.

Fooooood! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! It's easier to think clearly when your stomach ain't empty!

Just be on the lookout of the families of the thralls you gleefully butchered in self-defense...

I need a new hat, I think.

>>813996
It wasn't glee! More like "reckless abandon"!

>>814025
Let's be a boy in da hood again.

Does Bridgette have a cool Pagan nickname?

1/3 Heretic 2017/07/08(Sat)18:27 No. 814033 ID: 8a947d
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>>813993
Bridgette hands you a folded piece of bread with egg and sausage in the middle

Bridgette: We can eat and walk this way.

>>814025
>>814029
You: I need some new clothes, the ones I have now are starting to get worn out

Bridgette: There should be some at the colony... y'know colony's sort of a bad word for it, it's more of a...station ? or maybe shelter. You'll see what I mean when we get there.

You and Bridgette head out. New Olmec really is a beautiful city when it's not shrouded in madness. A few people are walking the streets now, people are fixing broken windows or cleaning graffiti, things are much more lively. New Olmec is a church ruled city, but you don't see any guards or church officials. Better for you anyway.

2/3 Heretic 2017/07/08(Sat)18:32 No. 814034 ID: 8a947d
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Bridgette leads you into an alleyway. The two of you walk up to a man standing next to a door.

Bridgette: Hey Chopper, you still working today?

Chopper: Ey someone's gotta, a little mind numbin' insanity won't stop me...who's ya pal?

Bridgette: He needs to talk to the Heads.

Bridgette takes your arm and rolls up your sleeve showing your tattoo. Chopper nods and takes a key shaped like a heretics fork out of his pocket and pops it into the doors keyhole. He twists the key left three times and right once and opens the door for you.

Inside a stair well leads down into a swirling red and blue void

3/3 Heretic 2017/07/08(Sat)18:37 No. 814036 ID: 8a947d
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As you walk down the stairs the void begins to part slightly. giving way to what looks like a hotel lobby. Other people sit at tables enjoying drinks and talking. Outside the window the same swirling void floats.

Bridgette: Welcome to The Lounge. In a city filled with people that want to kill us, we need a place where we can rest and relax.

Bridgette: Through that door is more rooms, some for staying in and some for games. Further in the Heads should be discussing recent events.

Bridgette: My husbands probably in here too somewhere. Lets go.

>>814036
Ask if there's a waystone here.

More stat boosting food please.

>>814033
>I need some new clothes, the ones I have now are starting to get worn out.
>There should be some at the colony.
Don't worry, I'm sure they've got something that'll fit your feminine curves! They might even have a new dress for you to wear as a disguise! XD

>>814034
>a little mind numbin' insanity won't stop me
So I guess that means even the Pagans that were actually here in the Lounge still got affected, right? I thought they'd be safe while they were down here, but I guess not.

>>814036
>Further in the Heads should be discussing recent events.
Think we should tell them that you, Issei, and Troy are responsible for fixing what happened? They might be more inclined to listen to what you've gotta say.

And I'm kinda curious on how long ago this all started. Troy said he suddenly lost contact with his sister, but he never said how long ago that was. As far as we know, this could've been going on for a whole week or something! Maybe we should ask how long ago this started?

Also, because I'm curious also, I'd like this: >>814032 , to be asked/answered!

>>814041
This.

Heretic 2017/07/08(Sat)20:00 No. 814061 ID: 8a947d
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>>814041
You: There are Waystones here right ?

Bridgette: Uhhh, down...that way I think. I don't have a Waykey so I never use em.

You: Hmmm...Hey Bridgette did you get a pagan name since I last saw you

Bridgette: yeah but I don't use it very much, "Bloom" on account of the plants I grow. Not as great as "Gallows" though

>>814055
You can Waystone to Lucc's Inn and eat after you talk to the heads.

The Lounge is pretty large from what you've seen of it. There are elevators and stairs leading up to other floors. Obviously some sort of space time ritual was used to make this place. Bridgette stops in front of a pair of double doors and places her hand on the plaque in front of it.

Bridgette: This is the room. They know you have business here right?

You: Yes, they should.

You walk forward and push the door open. Inside a few of the Pagan Heads are arguing, Bridgette whispers to you that the masked one is Pensword and the hooded one's Flint.

Pensword: I'm not saying we need to take any drastic measures but-

Flint: Well I am! We were grossly unprepared for whatever bullshit went down last night. We've been so busy trying to deal with The Church that we've been ignoring defenses against-

Pensword: Wait...We have company. Bloom, and this must be Gallows. What did you have that was so important ? We're in the middle of something.

>>814061
Just here to check in and maybe get a change of atire.

>>814061
Azerite.

>>814061
>We were grossly unprepared for whatever bullshit went down last night.
You might want to inform them that it's actually been a few days since New Olmec lost contact with other cities.

People stopped trading goods out of town, anyone that went into town to trade never came back out, friends and family lost contact with anyone they knew that lived here. Things like that take more than 1 night to happen.

>What did you have that was so important? We're in the middle of something.
With an attitude like that, they may not listen to you until you give them a reason to listen.

Maybe now would be a good time to mention how you and your friends are the reason everything is back to normal? They might even give you a reward of some kind for helping out!

Close the doors so nobody hears outside this room, then say "Azerite" as you pull it out for them to see. Besides that you have all you know of what it was that caused the madness in New Olmec and what went down last night with you and your companions to stop it to share.

And you have a request for help against a voodoo gang out of Itsdin that's been hounding your ass since you fought and beat them.

1/2 Heretic 2017/07/08(Sat)20:54 No. 814082 ID: 8a947d
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The Head Pagans of the New Olmec Colony all sit in the room. All but one stare at you.

You: Well, I have a little information on what went down here.

Pensword: Oh really? What could you possibly tell us?

You: Well for starters, it wasn't just one night. I'd say it was about one or two weeks when it was at its peak.

Bridgette: He's right, it was much longer than a single night.

You: And secondly some older being called Veacriel caused it.

Flint: What for ? Did it have any agenda or plan ?

You: Nope, it didn't do any of it on purpose.

Pensword: Oh Bullshit. You're telling use that some ancient god-like being sunk our whole city into madness for weeks by accident ?

You: Hurricanes don't intend to destroy they just do, Pensword. My friends and I helped end it before things got out of hand, but that's not why I'm here.

2/2 Heretic 2017/07/08(Sat)21:07 No. 814087 ID: 8a947d
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You pull out the Azerite Chunk.

You: This is why I'm here.

Flint: H-How ?

You: That's not important. What's important is what I intend to use it for.

Red Hat:...And what are you going to use it for then?

You: I was told that you four may have a method of using this to restart the world...Is that true.

Pensword:...

Red Jacket: It's possible, but it's a theory. We aren't sure it'll work, but we've never had that much Azerite to try it.

Flint: Even if you did go out to do it, I doubt you'd make it far.

You:... and why's that?

Flint: Because I can tell you're not prepared. I'm the Head Summoner of this council and I can just look at you and see that you aren't ready. I don't mean to be rude, I'm stating the facts.

You: I've been through plenty, I can handle this.

Flint: Do you know any summons above level 3, Do you know how to Instant Summon ? or even how to preform a Domain Leak? There's a lot you don't know about Summoning, the fact that you mostly rely on summons in the first place shows it. I mean how efficient is it to wait 5 or 10 minutes in the middle of a fight to summon a Demon Flagellum ?

>>814087
5 or 10 minutes... They just sort of appear when I have the stuff for them. First time I summoned one it took less than one minute.

As for summons I've gotten as far as level 2. And again, they just seem to come when I summon them, provided I have the necessary reagents for them. But that's why I'm glad I'm here, I can always learn, I'm a fast learner.

>>814087
Hey, wait a minute! There's a chunk missing! Was it always shaped like that or did that crazy fucker Talo actually manage to use a little of it before you stopped him?!

>Not ready.
He's got a point, you know.

And to be honest, even though you and your friends managed to fight Talo and his followers without really getting hurt too much, you only managed to do that because of your friends. If you had come here without either Issei or Troy, you would've been mind raped and you'd still be like that right now, along with everyone in New Olmec.

You need to get stronger before you even try attempting to reset the world.

>Do you know any summons above level 3? Do you know how to Instant Summon? Or even how to preform a Domain Leak?
For example, those sound very helpful. Where do we sign up to learn those?

>I mean how efficient is it to wait 5 or 10 minutes in the middle of a fight to summon a Demon Flagellum?
"Hey! I may be inexperienced, like you said, but I'm at least smart enough to summon before I get into a fight! But, I see your point and I guess you're right, I ain't ready. You wouldn't happen to know where I could go in order to get ready, would you?"

"I butchered Talo and his party of six professionals, I can handle a crash course into a mountain."

Heretic 2017/07/08(Sat)21:39 No. 814104 ID: 8a947d
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>>814094
You: Summons don't...take 5 or 10 minutes, in fact they actually just appear instantly when I have the stuff for them.

Flint: What do you mean?

Pensword: Oh don't be stupid Flint look at his bandages, he's a rune child.

You: A what?

Flint: Sometimes when a pagan child is born they have a large amount of Aether Energy in their body, so much that is has to be sealed behind runes. These runes suppress your power for a large amount of your life so it doesn't hurt you, and as you grow your power steadily grows too.

Pensword: By age 20 your power would have reached its peak. Rune Children have lots of energy but they only really excel in one area. For you its summoning.

Flint: Despite that there's still a lot you don't know.

You: Yeah well...Why don't you show me huh ? I mean I did kinda end all the craziness and manage to grab a huge chunk of Azerite by myself.

Red Hat: He's right, he's inexperienced but I'd day he has potential.

Flint: Well that's Poker's vote...Pensword ? Rose ?

Rose: I'm always up for more Pagans that know what their doing.

Pensword: As long as it doesn't interfere with our work than fine.

Flint: Well than, you're in luck Gallows. I might be able to teach you some stuff so you don't die on your first day on the job. Now follow me.

Flint leads you out of the conference room and down the hallway. Bridgette's walking away with Poker, guess he's her husband.

How about those new close first? Could maybe one of our arms be sleeveless without the runes being to jarring? Or would that be to obvious? I just think a cool exposed tatted arm would be cool

>>814115
I for one think it would be a better idea to make sure no one sees the runes. Also gallows here is being led by a top dog of this colony. I don't think he would like us to just start clothes shopping.

Woohoo! Let's learn some shit!

>>814104
>By age 20 your power would have reached its peak.
I wonder.....Roland, how old are you?

>Bridgette's walking away with Poker, guess he's her husband.
So the guy in the red hat is her husband, huh?

Looks like she married a guy in a seat of power. Good for her! We'll probably end up chatting with him some more if we ever head back to Bridgette's house.

>>814117
You're right, he wouldn't like that.

>>814118
Damnit, you beat me to it! I was gonna say that!

>>814104
Ask how things have been in the colony.

>>814120
Also,
>he's a rune child.
>A what?
HOW ARE YOU JUST NOW FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS?!?!

Didn't the guys that put those runes on you tell you?!

1/3 Heretic 2017/07/08(Sat)23:15 No. 814128 ID: 8a947d
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>>814126
You: Why do I not know about the Rune Child thing ?

Flint: Lots of parents and Head Pagans feel that telling you at a young age could effect your childhood, but you should've been informed earlier, how old are you anyway.

You: 25

Flint: Yikes, someone didn't do their job.

Flint leads you down a few flights of stairs into a room full of books and candles.

Flint: This is where I'd train new arrivals. You already know summoning basics so, I'll skip most of that stuff.

Flint: First thing I want to address is your connection to the world around you. It's important to be able to perceive things well enough that you can get a firm grasp on any concept you come across, not just summoning.

Flint: So before we do anything else I'm going to teach you how better assess elements and traits in world, including the traits and elements of yourself.

You: What do you mean exactly ?

Flint: I mean as you are now you don't correctly measure the abilities and limits of you and the people around you. As it is now you don't properly address your skills and use them well enough, so I'm going to show you how.

>Bridgette married Poker
Hold up, are they naming their next kid Texas?

2/3 Heretic 2017/07/08(Sat)23:22 No. 814131 ID: 8a947d
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Flint: Currently you measure your Mental capacity in WIT yes ? But also describe WIT is the intake and use of information.

Flint: The Intake of information would better be described as PERCEPTION and the use of information as INTELLIGENCE. Both of which seem to be your best traits.

Flint: Your STRENGTH is your physical prowess when exerting force, but when receiving damage or physical ailments ENDURANCE would be best used to measure it.

Flint: And finally, you have another trait that some would consider the most important in any person. I'm talking about LUCK. Sometimes all you need is to get lucky once to succeed.

3/3 Heretic 2017/07/08(Sat)23:29 No. 814133 ID: 8a947d
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Flint: Along with these personal measurements of ability comes your Skills and Traits.

Flint: These will in turn affect your personal abilities. From the looks of it your skills and traits are...

Skills:

[Pistols 1] (+2 to rolls involving pistols)
[Summoning 2] (+5 When making a roll with a summoned creature)
[Speech 1] (+2 to rolls involving talking or speech)

Traits:

[Cyclops] (You cannot critically fail a perception roll, but you can't critically hit either)
[Androgynous] (Look very pretty in a dress, People will not recognize you in feminine clothing or apparel unless you change in front of them)

Flint: Do you understand ?

If you do not like the new stat choices, you can say you don't understand and choose to use the original stat system

>>814133
makes sense, but if we do it this way, it would probably be a good idea to make up stat sheets for Troy and Issei should we ever need to play as them again.

>>814133
>[Feminine Curves] (Look very pretty in a dress, People will not recognize you in feminine clothing or apparel unless you change in front of them)
Fixed that for ya! XD

But seriously, I understand the new stat system.

>>814137
Also,

>>814136
This.

I've got no problem using the SPECIAL stat system.

Rearrange the stats to S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
Also, you spelled "Endurance" wrong in the image.

>>814138
>you should've been informed earlier, how old are you anyway?
>Yikes, someone didn't do their job.
Roland, do you know the name of the person that should've told you this? That way you'll know who to yell at next time you meet them!

Heretic 2017/07/09(Sun)01:08 No. 814150 ID: 8a947d
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>> pointing out the spelling errors I can't fix anymore
Just for that it's not gonna be SPECIAL, it's gonna be the IPSEACL system now and it's all your fault

>>814136
of course, I have the character sheet template ready for when I make them

You: I understand just fine.

Flint: Good, normally that takes a while for students to learn. Now about your summoning.

Flint: You may be able to summon demons quickly, but it's still only normal summoning. You should learn how to use a different summoning method to make things easier for you.

Flint: Instant Summoning lets you summon demons without reagents or summoning sygils, this is an incredibly powerful technique but it comes at a cost.

Flint: You'll have to use blood instead of ingredients; not just any blood, YOURS. Level 1 summons cost 30 ounces of blood and you only have 68 ounces in your body. Level 2 Summons cost 60, Level 3 Summons cost 90 and so on. Needless to say you probably won't be summoning level 3's with instant summon.

Flint: Fusion Summoning let's you mix two summons together to make a fusion demon. Fusion Summoning requires both of the catalyst materials and half of the reagents from each ritual. Fusion demons are much stronger than regular or instant demons at the cost of more resources for only one demon.

Flint: Which do you want to learn ?

Since our actual summoning is fairly on point, I say we do the fusion summoning!

I think Gallows would prefer to keep all of his blood in his own body, so he'd rather learn fusion summoning.

Fusion Summoning seems more useful.

I´d say fusion summoning. Mostly because our demons already appear fast. Though we will need a bigger pack four all the reagants and catalysts.

>>814150
Fusion Summoning for a main focus, But I would be interested to see if the basics of instant summoning to increase the efficiency of all Summoning.

Instant summoning, sometimes you just need a single Lv. 1 demon to make or break an encounter. This means you risk losing too much blood, but you can save on materials once a day. Considering how many demons you've summoned since day one...

I think instant summoning. Sometimes you just really need a roaming gluttony here right now.

Fusion!

Heretic 2017/07/09(Sun)05:06 No. 814170 ID: 8a947d
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You: Fusion sounds nice.

Flint: Yeah. It's a personal favorite of mine.

Flint: Alright, a few more lessons and we'll be done. Now Summons are the bread and butter of us Summoners obviously, but you should also make sure to use ritual spells to maximize your effectiveness in combat.

Flint: Empower is exactly what it sounds like, the target gets a large boost of power making the faster and stronger for a little while (+5 AGILITY and STRENGTH for 1 turn [Cost: 10 ounces/ 20 ounces if used on self])

Flint: Calamity Call lets you call down a large pillar of Aether energy to destroy whatever it hits (roll 1d10 for each enemy hit [Cost: 25 ounces])

Flint: We're almost done, which do you want ?

I like Empower. Fairly cheap and a credit to team.

Empower, we already have Stun Spike and Troy's Jet Black for AoE, and buffs will work well with Issei and our summons.

>>814170
>Fusion sounds nice.
We could just summon them separately and teach them the DBZ Fusion Dance! FUUUUUU-SION!!! HA!!! XD

>Which spell?
Let's get Empower!

We already know how hard Issei can hit, just imagine the damage he can do after getting a boost from this! Especially, since he's the guy that's been getting all the critical hit rolls!

Empower

Empower! Just another step on the path to PERFECT HUGE!

>>814170
Empower would be nice, but the cost is a bit high for a single turn buff.
What if you gave it an initial cost of five, but increased the cost by five for every turn it's used in a row?

>>814150
Also, you spelled "sigil" wrong. >:)

>>814267
>Also, you spelled "sigil" wrong. >:)
No one cares, especially without an edit function for posts.

1/2 Heretic 2017/07/09(Sun)14:28 No. 814299 ID: 8a947d
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You: Empower.

Flint: Nice, that'll work. Now you have one last thing to learn, it's nothing too hard but it's still important.

Flint: Summoning is easier if you take all of your ingredients and combine them before you summon, so if you do need summon you won't have to spend time gathering the reagents up to do it.

Flint: You do this by wrapping the ingredients up along with the catalyst material to make a summon pack. Like these ones.

Flint tosses you a Roaming Gluttony Pack and a Hunter Killer Hawk Pack.

Flint: you can take them apart for their ingredients, but their more effective if you keep them the way they are.

Flint: One last thing, your clothes.

You: Oh yeah, I was wondering if I could get some new ones.

2/2 Heretic 2017/07/09(Sun)14:29 No. 814301 ID: 8a947d
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Flint opens one of the cabinets in the room

Flint: Don't take too long, were not a clothing shop

Draw in your suggestion

I can't really draw on my phone but anything we choose I really hope has a small component pouch on the inside of the shirt that gives us space to store shards or something

Pharaoh mummy costume.jpg

>>814301
That's such a weird pose. Give me an hour or so.

Suggestion 2017/07/09(Sun)16:47 No. 814348 ID: 3abd97
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A new twist on a classic.

>>814348
A new disguise that goes well with his feminine curves! XD

I feel like Gallows might want a proper Summoner's robe though.

Add27 2017/07/09(Sun)21:15 No. 814432 ID: 173b46
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I spent too much time on these.

Suggestion 2017/07/09(Sun)21:37 No. 814441 ID: 90f3c0
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Classic summoner's robe with gunbelt.

Could we recolor our bandages on our face so they're black? Fits with more outfits

I like the idea of black bandages, it's spooky

>>814441
I vote for this

>>814441
This, but less purple, more burgundy.

>>814441
This.

>>814443
>>814470
These.

>>814432
We need a new hat

Have you all forgotten the fact that we are trying to HIDE the fact that we are a pagan?

>>814493
Funny you mention that. Back in thread 1 and 2 he wore a dress, with his bandages in full view, and nobody cared or even noticed he was a Pagan. The only thing they noticed was that he was a woman, which is what he wanted them to see.

Besides, as long as we don't announce that we're Pagan, everyone will just think Roland is some weird guy trying to start a new fashion trend of completely wrapping yourself in bandages.

Also, not all Pagans wrap themselves head to toe in bandages, that's just racist lies told by the Church!

Heretic 2017/07/10(Mon)01:20 No. 814500 ID: 8a947d
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I like the poncho/hat and the summoner robes so ya'll mind if I just...

(sorry no black bandages, they just blended in with his face too much.)

Now THAT is a costume upgrade!

you might hate drawing that after about 5 panels

Add27 2017/07/10(Mon)01:38 No. 814506 ID: 173b46
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Shit, fam. I redid the poncho.

Heretic 2017/07/10(Mon)07:35 No. 814530 ID: 8a947d
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Flint: Took ya long enough. Well now you won't die the second you get into trouble, plus you don't look like you were pulled out of a dumpster.

Flint: Now that you're all set and you really want to go through with this. You'll need to get to Adipedi, the continent just above Moree, and if you want to get there it'll be fastest if you go by boat.

Flint: Take the train-rail to Ebony Port, make sure you get on the number 7 train, then once you're there take a boat to Ender Port in Adipedi; look for a man named Anthony Jones, his pagan name is Castle. Tell Castle I sent you and he'll lead you to where you need to be. Get it ?

You: Got it.

Flint: Good. And just so we're clear, there's no real time limit here. I can tell from your eyes your tired as all hell, and the train-rail probably won't be up for a while so you have time to kill.

Flint: You can't reset the world if you die from exhaustion. Good luck Gallows

Flint walks you back to the main lobby of The Lounge. Now you've got your next objective, now would be a good time to reconvene with your friends at Bridgette's house.

We are on the path to an emergency hot springs episode.
Or maybe some sort of sidequest involving stolen reptiles.

But let's take the man's advice and play it low key for awhile.

Time to meet up with the others and plan out what to do next.

Return to your companions, rest, discuss plans for the future.

1/4 Heretic 2017/07/10(Mon)17:32 No. 814650 ID: 8a947d
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You return to Bridgette's house, where the rest of your traveling buddies are staying. Troy's pacing the room, smoking a cigarette.

You: Didn't know you smoked Troy.

Troy: Tried to quit, but all this bullshits got me stressin'

Troy: April's gonna be fine but I still feel on edge, I ain't proud to say this is my third cigarette today.

2/4 Heretic 2017/07/10(Mon)17:41 No. 814654 ID: 8a947d
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Skills:
[Pistols 2](+ 5 to rolls involving pistols)
[Unarmed 1](+ 2 to unarmed rolls)
[Smuggling 1](+2 when sneaking objects)

Traits:
[Prophet](Divine protection. Troy has +5 Endurance against magic attacks, but takes +5 damage from anti-magic or anti-deity sources)
[Good Liar](Troy can make up lies quickly, If a speech roll fails Troy has a chance of stepping in and saving it)

3/4 Heretic 2017/07/10(Mon)17:44 No. 814657 ID: 8a947d
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You: Is Bridgette alright with you smoking in here ?

Troy: Her husband offered, and I opened a window.

Issei: the smell is still getting to me. i don't get how anyone can enjoy those things.

Issei sits on the couch reading a book you haven't seen before.

Issei: so, you've visited your pagan colony. what now ?

4/4 Heretic 2017/07/10(Mon)17:49 No. 814659 ID: 8a947d
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Skills:
[Tracking 1](+2 when searching for humans)
[Unarmed 2](+5 to unarmed rolls]
[Intimidation 1](+2 when intimidating somebody)

Traits:
[Long Arms](Issei can use melee attacks from much further away)
[Gun Shy](Issei has almost no knowledge when it comes to guns, -10 to any fire arm roll)
[People Eater](Issei can eat evil and wicked humans to regain 5 health, If anybody see's this they'll react appropriately)

>So, you've visited your pagan colony. What now?
Explain to them about the destination you were told to go to and how there's no hurry to get there. And since there's no hurry, you feel like taking a little more time to rest would be appropriate and possibly leave by tomorrow morning.

That's the plan for you and Issei anyways. You don't know what Troy's gonna do.

When they ask what you're talking about, explain that Troy really only tagged along to come check on his sister and now that that's done, he doesn't really need to come with us, unless he wants to.

Then ask Troy if he wants to continue traveling with you and Issei.

Will Troy ever let us meet his infamous sister? If Troy wants to hang with us thats cool, but i do think its time for a couple of days or R&R after that whole ordeal. Maybe asking out a certain relic store owner...?

>>814659
>1 Charisma
No bonus from the charming little top hat?

Heretic 2017/07/10(Mon)21:36 No. 814738 ID: 8a947d
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You tell them the plan, the train, the boat, and Castle.

You: There's no real rush for us to go anywhere Issei, so we can leave tomorrow morning.

Troy: That's probably for the best. If the city's still recoverin' from that bullshit we can't go anywhere.

You: We?

Troy: Oh yeah, I was wonderin' if I could stick with you two.

You: Oh you can stay but...why ? You only came here to New Olmec to find your sister. Why go anywhere else with us ?

Troy: From what my sister's told me this whole thing was partly the churches fault. Apparently the mayor of New Olmec didn't want word gettin' out to the church 'bout what was happenin' here.

Troy: Supposedly he was worried 'bout the extra work and attention it would draw, so instead he just covers it up and keeps people from comin' in. No one could leave or enter, then it happened.

Troy: Fuckin' Church has been gettin' on my nerves my whole life, but this is the first time my sister almost got hurt cuz of it. I've been able to protect her from everythin' else but if you two werent here this time...

Troy takes a drag from his cigarette

Troy: Long story short, I want the church gone. Even if it takes resettin' the world I don't care.

>>814738
Well, that answers that question. Glad to have you with us Troy!

So, how long do you guys want to hang around here for? A few days, a week, or until the Church gets off their asses and chases us out?

>>814738
If resetting the world revives Athmoor, will he remove the gods from our realm? What would happen to you and Freitast?

Heretic 2017/07/11(Tue)00:24 No. 814765 ID: 8a947d
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>>814743
You plan to leave tomorrow, you have all day to do whatever you want.

Well, everyone knows whats going on. You have the day to not be killed or do any killing. What now?

There are Waystones at The Lounge.

>>814765
Go activate the waystone, then see how your bartender friend is doing.

>>814766
Oooh, how much gold do we have? Once we activate the waystone We should go flirt up with that cutie Ada, maybe we can get a new knife or gun or something interesting from her.

>>814767
You're thinking of the weapon store. Ada runs the weird shop, where we got the page that taught us Stun Spike. if we go there, we've got a better chance of picking up a new power/summon instead of a weapon.

Take Bridgette out for a nice candelit dinner, and whatever Pagans do. Billiards? Lawn Darts? Sheep entrails?

Maybe go for a nice stroll around town while you're at it.

>>814802
Although 2 of those things are probably more fun if you can see them.

>>814802
>Take Bridgette out for a nice candelit dinner
She's married! And her husband is one of the Head Pagans of the New Olmec Colony! We don't want to piss him off by making it look like we're trying to steal his wife!

>>814794
Hey I bet we could sell her the Shard we just got.

>>814834
Ok, yeah fair point.

Find more summons and ingredients! See if anyone has any weird summons! We got a whole pagan colony to look around!

Heretic 2017/07/11(Tue)15:25 No. 814878 ID: 8a947d
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>Ada
You go back to The Lounge and Waystone to Itsdin. After that you head to Distant Wonder. Ada's inside scribbling something down on paper.

Ada: Welcome back! I remember you from before.

You: Yeah, you had a different hat then.

Ada: Yes, the old hat was uhh... garbage. The new one is much better I think.

Ada: Anyway, How can I help you today ?

Let's flirt a little (maybe we can get some good stuff in exchange if we are friendly), well I have these odd rune skull shards, this elder god cube, and i'd also like to hopefully buy a few hours of your time later ;)

>>814881
Yeah, sure, why the fuck not? Let's hopefully flirt ourselves a discount!

But are you sure about that winking face? Gonna be kinda hard to pull that off with only one eye!

Flirt and sell and see what we can get!

Not sure on the flirting, but lets see what she thinks of the doom cube, I mean, Shard of Veacriel.

Heretic 2017/07/11(Tue)17:13 No. 814907 ID: 8a947d
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>Death CubeShard of Veacriel
You put the shard on the counter.

You: Is this worth anything ?

Ada: Oooooooh I do not believe it!

Ada: I do not know what this is, but I can tell it's much older than all of us yet still so young.

Ada: I can give you 500G for it, that is fine ?

Currently with the gold Issei gave you that brings you to 1025G.

Ada seems to know a lot about this sort of stuff. Maybe you could ask her if she knows anything about Voodoo, it is the one type of magic you have no idea about.

Ask about voodoo and about any uses/ideas for items like the shard that we find in the future. Anything we can use to boost our abilities would also be a good thing to inquire about.

Also tell her her new hat is really pretty.

>>814907
>I can give you 500G for it, that is fine?
Yes, that's fine.

>Maybe you could ask her if she knows anything about Voodoo?
Yes, ask her that. If those Voodoo assholes come after you again, it would be best to know what their weakness is!

While you're talking to her, look at what she's selling. We might find something new.

Can we try witty bargaining with a bit of charm and flirtyness to see if we can get a little more? If not 500 is fine.

What does she have in stock?

1/2 Heretic 2017/07/11(Tue)20:04 No. 814963 ID: 8a947d
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You: Ada you know a lot about all sorts of different types of magic, do you know anything about voodoo ?

Ada: Voodoo? Oh that stuff's no good, big trouble. Real bad for user and victim.

Ada: It no like Pagan rituals or Church miracles at all. When you make a spell with a ritual something is given, like blood or sacrifices, Yes ? and miracle spells need faith. Both things you give now, in the living.

Ada: When Voodoo people use their magics they don't give anything now, instead they do something much different. Every spell and magic move is a contract with the Lowa, beings like gods but also not.

Ada: When they use the spell the Lowa associated will ask a favor of them, and the user will have to accept the deal or be in big trouble. It could be anything from lying, stealing, even murdering! But the strongest voodoo rituals have much bigger contracts that can only be paid in death.

Ada: The creation of an Effigy that allows for the cheating of death for example; the cost of that is something in death, something big.

2/3 Heretic 2017/07/11(Tue)20:10 No. 814965 ID: 8a947d
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Ada: The true skill in voodoo comes from the making of the contract.

Ada: If one is good enough they can haggle the contract down to something lower, even trick Lowa into giving spells for free

Ada: One good enough can get Lowa to do whatever they want. That is why voodoo is dangerous.

Ada: but enough about the voodoo and magic, you want to buy something or no ?

3/3 Heretic 2017/07/11(Tue)20:17 No. 814968 ID: 8a947d
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There are four things in stock that catch your eye.

[An Old Violin ] (300G): An old but still functioning violin, you know how to play.

[Blood Restorative] (150G): A vial of thick sludge that restores 20 ounces of blood. There are multiple in stock

[The Blue Baroness] (500G): A blue steel revolver gun, high quality and normal looking at first but you feel like something about it is different...

[Blocker Bubble-Gum] (150G): Balls of gum that when chewed and blown create a protective barrier for one person for a while. There are multiple in stock.

you have 1025G

One of everything, thanks.

>>814971
Wait I can't count. One of everything but the bubble blocker.

The violin seems like a trap choice, which means it might be immeasurably powerful if we use it well. Not as a club.

We should at least handle the Baroness. Check the sights, hammer, and cylinder.

Blue Baroness for sure, and maybe the violin.

I like the possible mysterious aspect of the Blue Baroness and the violin could be practical if we're good enough at it to earn some money. Or we could end up going full Bard. Either way is cool.

Anything else she can tells us about these two objects?

Buy the gun, and one of the blood potions. Just for an emergency.

We should avoid spending too much money here, there are a lot of summoning reagents we could stand to stock up on. If we can go get some more amethyst and obsidian that'd be nice. Where can we find a lizard though?

Definitely go for the gun, but inspect the violin before purchase. Would Ada know anything about these objects at all?

Heretic 2017/07/11(Tue)21:07 No. 814995 ID: 8a947d
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>Explain the violin and gun.

You ask Ada if their is anymore she knows about these objects.

Ada: I do not know much... I found the violin out in the desert and the gun was sold to me by a gun collector that could not find the right caliber bullets for it.

Ada I did find some that fit but he was gone by the time I could tell him, If you buy the gun it will come with the bullets.

Do you still want to buy The Blue Baroness and/or The Violin ?

Yeah, buy both.

Flirt to haggle again?

>>814995
Buy both, then go to the library. I'd like to make sure that the librarian hasn't been harrassed by the church any more.

>>814998
Duh. Yes, this. Let's chat her up a bit.

>>815001
Wrong city.

We're in Itsdin, the library lady is in Gudon.

Buy the gun, see if you can make some unique demon-summoning ammo for this special gun or whatever.

Now, TO THE BAR!

>>814995
Both pls.

Take em both

Time for flirt/haggle take two

Hang on do we still have the runic skull shards? We can sell those too.

Heretic 2017/07/11(Tue)22:47 No. 815034 ID: 8a947d
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You buy the Old Violin, The Blue Baroness (w/ 6 Bullets) and The Blood Restorative, costing 950G. bringing you to 75G.

>Flirt Talk
You decide to talk to Ada a little more, she seems nice

You: So Ada, how long have you been running this shop ? It looks like the oldest antique here.

Ada: Maybe... 1 or 2 years maybe.

You: Really ? but this place seems so old.

Ada: Yes it was the best place for me to set up, it was cheap and had just enough room. The Church Guards were being an issue for me any where I went but I managed to get this place easily.

You: That's right the guards would be a problem with all of the stuff you sell. Why haven't they gotten you sooner ?

Ada: That is a secret. I cannot reveal everything I know. In fact I do not think it is very fair for me to be telling you everything and you to be keeping the secrets.

Ada: I want you to...say something about yourself now, Yes?

Well you can start by giving her your name, then maybe tell her just enough about your journey to keep it interesting, but not so much that we give everything away

Church sect stabbed your eye with a needle. Not exactly the kind of neighborly priests you want baptizing the kids.

>>815034
Considering she was outright selling a page of pagan magic and you bought it, maybe it'd be fine to show her your pagan mark?

Heretic 2017/07/12(Wed)04:15 No. 815078 ID: 8a947d
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>Show her your mark
The pagan mark only reveals itself in the presence of another one, a security measure to avoid detection from unwanted figures.

You: Well...my name is Gallows. I'm a pagan from Daesfield, I've been chased by voodoo gangsters, uhhh...I've only got one eye.

Ada: Wait! I said only one thing Gallows, that is so much for one man. What happened to the other eye?

You: Got caught by Church priest.

Ada: Nasty men and cruel gods, I am so sorry about that.

You: It's fine, I've had a whole bunch of crap happen to me in the past week. Like...I've been chased by a giant voodoo sand worm, oh that reminds me ! how much can I get for these ?

You dump the three shards in front of her.

Ada: Hmmm...These smaller bits with this larger parts...

Ada: I can give 250G for them all, it would have been worth much more if I got the full skull...

Ada: W-Wait! We cannot just forget about what you had just said! Chased by sandworms, voodoo gangsters ? its all sounds so dangerous! But you are so calm about it all. It's crazy.

>>815078
Really it comes with the territory of my job. There's not a point in really getting that worked up about it, in this line of work you really get used to it pretty quickly.

That's what happens when you dance with devils. I guess since we revealed so much you just gotta tell us ability yourself as well, maybe over dinner...?

>>815113
This.

>>815078
"Honey, I'm way past the point of freaking out. I've been walking on a tightrope my entire life. These last few days were nearly a vacation for me."

Heretic 2017/07/12(Wed)15:52 No. 815250 ID: 8a947d
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You: In this line of work you just sort of get used to it. Heck if anything the past few days were a vacation for me.

Ada: Fascinating...Do you think you could tell me more ?

Do you want to spend time telling Ada about your adventures ?

Sure. It'd be nice to unwind a little.

INITIATE SUPER-WAVY FLASHBACK!

Followed by date.

>>815250
Sure! Let's see what she thinks.

YES FLASHBACKS

Ideas to talk about:
-that time you tried to summon a dragon
-that time you fell off a mountain
-that time you outplayed a Lowa for a favor
-that time you got stabbed
-that time you crashed a wedding dressed as a woman

>>815260
No, no, no, that's not how it works! What happens is the flashback in Ada's store, then when the flashback ends, we zoom out and they're in a fancy restaurant with a candlelit dinner in front of them, Ada's wearing a fancy dress and Roland's wearing a tuxedo! Then Roland immediately asks the appropriate question of, "HOW THE FUCK DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!"

Comedy gold, I tell ya! XD

>>815281
>that time you tried to summon a dragon
Bahonka Squee! XD

Heretic 2017/07/12(Wed)17:36 No. 815286 ID: 8a947d
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You give Ada as many details as you can without giving away anything that may be too important. The Shadowmen, The Priest, The Sandworm, Veacriel; she hangs onto every word and in hindsight it really is a lot to have happened to you in only a week.

Ada asks you all sorts of questions:"weren't you scared?", "how did that work ?", "that can't be true" etc. As you go on you begin to tell her about how you lost your eye, how you came to Itsdin, and how you met Issei; You don't mean to say so much but as she asks more you start to tell her more.

You: That's pretty much it. next I gotta go to Adipedi.

Ada: Wow! I cannot believe you have been through all of that and are still alive.

You: Yeah, it's been a wild time.

Ada: I am glad I got to hear all of your stories! You are a very interesting person.

>>815286
Ask her to talk about herself now!

>>815286
>You are a very interesting person.
"You're pretty interesting yourself! Not many people would want me to tell them about my adventures!"

>>815306
This

Heretic 2017/07/12(Wed)19:14 No. 815325 ID: 8a947d
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You: You're pretty interesting yourself, maybe you can share a little bit about you too huh ?

Ada: Oh! Well...I'm not nearly as interesting as you are.

Ada: Let us see, I moved to Itsdin out of curiosity of the outside world.

You: Outside world? and where are you from anyway ? I don't recognize your accent.

Ada: I am from the Unter, It is a city hidden for many years in the ground away from the church. I do not know when or how it was built but it was fine home

Ada: I heard stories about how everything was on ground was so different so I leave at a young age, and over time I learned about the many types if magic and creatures that were up here.

Ada: Eventually I made my shop and learned how to avoid church men. There is not much more to me than that.

Ask her to teach you to avoid church men. You almost died from your last encounter with them.

>>815329
This.

>>815325
Luckier than me, figuring out how to avoid trouble.

Heretic 2017/07/12(Wed)20:46 No. 815356 ID: 8a947d
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You: Do you think you could teach me how to avoid church men too ? They've been a problem for me.

Ada: I wish I could, but how I do it is no easy to copy.

Ada: There is a Suppression Engine under the shop, a delicate combination of many kinds of magic and advanced hard to find machinery. This machine blocks the magic signal of the objects I store here.

Ada: The bits and pieces are so rare it would not be possible to make another, and even if you did you could not carry it everywhere with you. I'm sorry.

Ada: But somebody like you should no trouble with nasty church men. Maybe you can find some other way yourself.

>>815356
That's clever! But true, something like that isn't exactly portable.

>>815356
"Wow, that sounds pretty useful. Wait, does that mean I can't use my magic while in your store?"

Hey, maybe you can't carry it around with you, but if it just hides magic and doesn't prevent it from being used, then maybe you could find a way to build one for the Pagan Colonies? That'll really help out with hiding from the Church!

>>815361
I have a better idea, do you have the plans for this engine? If you do do you have a copy I could maybe take or buy from you? If so what I could do is any pagan colonies I come across I can sell this design too and we can share the proceeds! 60% for you and 40% for me

>>815389
I'm pretty sure the Pagan Colonies will be expecting it for free or else they'll take it by force.

And even if we did sell it, the first place we go to will just turn around and tell the other colonies for free. Meaning we'd only get paid once.

>>815393
Eh, true and it is more morally righteous to just give it too them. Still there's got to be some way we can patent this engine. Like maybe they can assemble it and we give out the designs for free but I bet there will be certain parts that only she knows about maybe? Or parts only she can make? But maybe if the colonies want to learn they send her an apprentice to help run the ship and she shows them how to make the engines? I don't just brainstorming some ideas here.

Heretic 2017/07/13(Thu)04:00 No. 815444 ID: 8a947d
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You ask her if there is anyway she could make more, or at least show you how to.

Ada: The parts needed to make it are very hard to come across, even if you were to them all it would take you a long time too build it. I have been working on mine since before I got to Itsdin.

Ada: And I am sorry to say but the fusion of magic and machinery is a secret of my people, to reveal to an outsider would be bad for both of us.

Ada: It is one of the reasons we stay hidden from the church, we do not need them knowing how to do such things.

Oh well that's fair. If there's anything in particular she's looking for though, we might be able to spot one on our journey?

>>815444
"Darn. Oh well, it was worth a shot to ask."

I can't think of anything else we could do here, so let's say bye to Ada and tell her we'll come come back again with more stories to tell her, another weird thing to sell to her, or both.

Then.....let's check the time and see how much time we've got left in the day.

If we've still got plenty of time, then let's go to the bar here in Itsdin for some stat boosting food/drinks!

If it's pretty close to night, let's go back to Bridgette's house so that we can go to bed and get some rest so that we'll be ready to leave tomorrow.

Oh! Ask her out to dinner.

Let's go out to eat, man!

1/3 Heretic 2017/07/13(Thu)15:39 No. 815543 ID: 8a947d
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You: With all of the building you do is there anything specific I could get you to help?

Ada: How sweet of you. I have been looking for a certain spare part that has been giving me some difficulty, A Compensation Drive If you could find it I would be most happy.

You decide that getting to talk to her somewhere else would help you get to know her.

You: You know...I'm gonna go over to Luucc's Inn to get a drink and maybe some food. Do you wanna come ?

Ada: That sounds like a fun time, but I cannot leave the shop unattended. Maybe some other time, Yes ?

A phone rings in the back of her shop.

Ada: I have to take that, sorry.

Ada goes into the back and takes the call, she speaks in a language you don't understand. You decide to leave back into the streets of Itsdin. You have time to visit maybe 2 more places, you have 325G to spend

2/3 Heretic 2017/07/13(Thu)15:41 No. 815544 ID: 8a947d
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You decide to inspect the old violin you bought. It's in very good shape, the wood is old but nice quality. As you turn the violin around you here something rattling inside of it...

3/3 Heretic 2017/07/13(Thu)15:44 No. 815545 ID: 8a947d
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You dig you fingers inside of one of the f-holes and pull out a small scrap of paper. It's a summon recipe...but it's much different from any recipe you've seen, Instead of being a list of items and ingredients its a song sheet. Luckily you know how to read sheet music and play violin, but you shouldn't summon a demon in the middle of the streets.

anyway, where to next ?

>>815545
>Summoning demons with music
Radical.
Anyways, head to the library.

>>815543
>A Compensation Drive
It sounds like she's trying to.....compensate for something! XD

>>815545
Neat! What demon does it summon?

>>815545
You should take that back to the pagan colony to be inspected by your teacher before you attempt to summon it.

As for where to go next... hey, we *could* check in at the library to see if the owner got her hands on any more contraband but kept it safe this time.

Musical summons aw shit yeah

Let's go to Luc's place anyways and grab a magic drink! With all these new stats there should be some nifty new drinks too!

Heretic 2017/07/13(Thu)19:51 No. 815603 ID: 8a947d
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>What demon does it summon?
You're not sure, there's no recipe name on it.

>The Library
You warp to the library and go to check on Medi. The shelves of the library have a bit more books on them but still look kinda empty. Medi is stocking more books onto the shelves, as she works she turns around and see's you.

Medi: Oh! it's you again.

You: Gallows. I never told before but, the names Gallows

Medi: Gallows ? That's a nickname right ? There's no way your parent's gave you a name like that.

You: Yeah, it's a long story. Anyway I came to make sure the Church wasn't making trouble for you. I noticed there still aren't that many books on the shelves.

Medi: Well I'm slowly putting them in day by day just in case and saying they're scavenged and donated, and so far The Church outpost hasn't been an issue.

>>815603
Freak out about the lack of flesh connecting her head to the rest of her body.

>>815604
Th- that... WHAT!?

Ask what she's gonna do if she gets any more contraband. Toss it out?

Heretic 2017/07/13(Thu)21:00 No. 815620 ID: 8a947d
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You: What do you plan on doing if you come across more contraband ?

Medi: Well, I planned to just leave it where I found it and avoid all the trouble, but now that you're here I have a better idea. You said you research magic objects right ?

Medi: So if I do find something that's magical and heretical than I can just pass it off to you. Well, on one condition.

You: And that condition is ?

Medi: The books you brought back were a good start, but even If I do put them all back this library won't be full. If you can bring me high quality and rare books, I can maybe give you what I find.

Medi: If I already have a copy of it I'll just pay with gold. How's that sound ?

>>815620
Sounds fair

>>815620
"That sounds like a good deal. Just don't expect instant results, it's going to take me a while to actually find any books and I might not be able to come back here for a few weeks at a time."

>>815620
Sounds fair. I bring you books I find, you let me have heresy you find. Libraries should be full, anyways.

If you do find something heretical and I'm not around, I recommend keeping it off the shelves just so the church guys don't cause trouble and all.

Heretic 2017/07/13(Thu)22:50 No. 815650 ID: 8a947d
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You: It won't happen instantly, in fact I'll probably be gone for weeks at a time before I get anything, but it sounds good.

Medi: Wonderful! I'll keep anything I find hidden so I don't cause myself more trouble.

Medi: Well, If that'll be all I'll be getting back to stocking what I can.

Medi goes back to working. Do you want to stay in Gudon or warp to somewhere else ?

>>815650
Is there a dump in Itsdin? We could try scavenging for summoning materials.

Walk around and look for intel, then warp out. Don't get seen or your enemies will connect the dots.

Just as a reminder, we've only got 325G, so let's try not to spend it all in one place! Also, here's a list of all places of interest in Gudon to help people make a decision!

-Airship Station
-Todd's Map Shop
-Carpenter
-Leather-worker
-Glassblower
-School
-Housing
-Butcher
-General Store
-Herb Shop
-Library
-Jail/Guard Post
-Doctor
-Stable
-The Desert Cat Inn
-Weapon Shop
-Blacksmith

Let's go to the glassblower's and purchase an eye.

Yeah glassblower sounds interesting.

Heretic 2017/07/14(Fri)13:53 No. 815770 ID: 8a947d
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>>815655
Intel on what ? there isn't much going on in Gudon, what little you do hear is day to day gossip and stuff with no bearing on you.

>Glassblower
You wander around to The Goodwin Gaffer. The shop is stocked with glass vases and knickknacks, at the front desk a woman reads through documents before looking up at you. Her name is Genna according to the name tag on her shirt.

Genna: Welcome to tha' Goodwin Gaffa'. Mistah Goodwin's not takin' any commissions as of today but will be happy to next week. What can I do for ya ?

Looking through their stock they mostly have glass drinking vessels and statues, but further back there are lenses and mirrors. You really don't need any vases or jugs.

Glass Lens(25G)

Mirror(25G)

>>815770
Buy 1 of each for summoning purposes.

Heretic 2017/07/14(Fri)14:21 No. 815776 ID: 8a947d
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A Lens and a Mirror brings you down to 275G. Now would be a good time to asses your inventory...

Weapons:
-Sixshot Pistol(22 Bullets)
-Ivory Repeater(26 Bullets)
-Blue Baroness(10 Bullets)
-Wicked Knife
-Curved Dagger

Tools:
-Flask
-9x Pieces of Papers
-Tent
-Lantern
-Old Violin

Item:
-3x Rotten Fruit
-Clear Crystal
-2x Amethyst
-Rotten Strawberry
-Dead Fly
-Dead Cockroach
-2x Feather Pack
-Mirror
-Glass Lens
-Roaming Gluttony Summon Pack
-Hunter Killer Hawk Summon Pack

The sun's starting to go down, where do you want to head next before you head back to Bridgette's ?

>>815776
Go visit your bartender friend. See how he's doing and buy a drink.

Maybe you should stash your old six-shooter at Bridgette's, in case you're robbed. And buy enough for ammo for 30 shots for your new guns.

Seems to be the thing to do, now.

>>815776
I was thinking we could go to the New Olmec Pagan Colony and ask someone if they can identify what demon that sheet music will summon. It's best to find out now instead of during a fight when you need it because it could be another demon that acts like the Serpentine Vanguard, where you summon it, but it doesn't listen to you and wanders off to do whatever it feels like.

Or, if you think Bridgette's husband can identify it, then you can go somewhere else first, then head back to Bridgette's house.

>>815799
This.

Heretic 2017/07/14(Fri)17:47 No. 815814 ID: 8a947d
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You can head to Luucc's bar first then warp over to The Lounge.

Someone else besides Luucc is manning the front desk, but when he see's you he seems to know you're allowed down to the speakeasy.

In the basement Luucc is running the desk.

Luucc: Hey buddy! Been a while huh ? how ya been ?

>>815814
"I've been good! And it looks like business is still going good for you as well! So, what's on the menu?"

>>815847
This sounds good, let's see what's on the diner menu

Heretic 2017/07/14(Fri)20:01 No. 815874 ID: 8a947d
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You: Things've been just fine Luucc, a little crazy but still good. Whats on the menu ?

Luucc: You're in luck, we just started the dinner menu.

Luucc hands you a menu with a few choices.

A.) Dollyfish Sandwich: Dollyfish are a common species of saltwater fish that are extremely popular in any restaurant. Dollyfish provide a boost to stamina and can increase ENDURANCE

B.) Brutus Salad: Kind of like a Caesar Salad except it's the one holding the knife. The blend of vegetables help improve PERCEPTION

C.) Throttlefish Cutlets: Throttlefish are large Cuttlefish that have over gone mutation/evolution as the years went by. They ensnare their prey in their large tentacles before devouring them. Eating one is sure to let you gain some of it's STRENGTH

D.) Acrachnabull Steak: Good old fashion steak from your traditional 8 legged cow. meat from an animal with that many legs is bound to help your AGILITY

>no charm food
Boo.

Perception, I guess.

>>815874
We need to get our strength and endurance up more, so I say either the steak or the sandwich

What was Skill replaced with? I wanted to get that up so that Gallows could dual-wield.

>>815874
>No prices.
Make a joke about how he's serving free food, since there's no prices on the menu! XD

Then order some Throttlefish Cutlets.

C. Throttlers

Defense over offence, go with the Perception.

>>815874
If there isn't a skill option, then I vote for the agility one.

We've got pretty high Perception, huh.

Welp! Can't say no to Arachnabull Steak! Delishus agility.

Agility could use a boost. Shooting and running seems to be staples of your particular career path.

Voting for the steak (Agility).

Agility's probably the smart move but I can't say no to Throttlefish Cutlets.

We get more chances to raise Agility than Strength anyway.

DollyFish

Heretic 2017/07/15(Sat)06:43 No. 815961 ID: 8a947d
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>Acrachnabull Steak

A little tough, but still tasty. Your agility increases by two.

You: You know Luucc if you're going to serve food for free you can't complain about bad business.

Luucc: You're the only one who gets free meals besides you only ever eat one a day, it'd be a problem if you kept coming. Say...what have you been up to ?

You: Eeeh, business as usual. Pissing off church men and voodoo guys, same old same old. You haven't had any problems since you opened have you ?

Luucc: Nah, but I'm not really worried. The church is more busy searching for heretic magic than speakeasy's; still I'll keep an eye out.

Luucc: I've got a whole network now thanks to you and Ulrik, It feels good to be informed ya know ? If there's anything you want to know I think I might be able to help!

Do you have anything you want to ask Luucc while you're here ?

>>815961
I can't really think of anything to ask him, so unless someone else can think of something, no don't ask him about anything.

Has he heard anything about voodoo men activity?

What the voodoo guys or the church is up to might be useful information, but it's also probably dangerous to look into.

I doubt he may have some, but we could probably use some info on the priest's whereabouts. Last time we saw them, we barely make it. Even if we are stronger, I think we should try to avoid confrontation, specially since we are no longer on our own, and there are more pagans involved.

If not, any info on the church movements could be nice.

Oh, where's Ulrik? You want to show him the Blue Baroness to and see if he knows what its power is and if it's possible he could make more ammo for it.

Heretic 2017/07/15(Sat)17:01 No. 816050 ID: 8a947d
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>Voodoo Men
Luucc: Well after you left the city the Voodoo men just stopped, well not stopped but I guess moved ?

Luucc: Suppose they got business somewhere else, or they just couldn't take the heat from the church.

Luucc: Either way they haven't been moving in Itsdin, but they've probably been making moves somewhere else.

>Church Priest
Luucc: Church's got thousands of priest's Gallows, besides they're every where. Recently the church has been upping their activity

Luucc: Hunting down more heretics, confiscating rare objects, I even heard they're burning down small villages. Whatever they're up to I think they've got a plan; Now what that is exactly I'm not sure, but you should keep your eyes peeled.

>>816050
Will do. I suppose it's back to the Pagan Colony for the night, and to show the head summoner this weird song-summon.

Heretic 2017/07/15(Sat)21:01 No. 816096 ID: 8a947d
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>>816080
You thank Luucc for the info and warp back to The Lounge. You find Flint and ask show him the sheet music and violin.

You: Hey Flint! I bought this weird summoning recipe and was wondering if you knew anything about it?

Flint takes the violin and sheet music and inspects them both.

Flint: Well the violin ain't nothing special but this music sheet is.

Flint: What you got here is an Aberrant Summon, these are usually created by skilled summoners trying to summon new and unique types of demons. They always have some sort of odd requirement to summon though, sometimes its ingredients other times its a certain location or smell.

Flint: A bad summoner will bring about destructive or unruly demons with these, but I can tell be the overall structure of this summon sigil that this one is safe.

You: So Aberrant Summons are stronger demons ?

Flint: Not always, they just tend to be different. I don't know what this'll summon but if you want you can always play it, i did say it was a safe one after all.

Flint walks off.

Do you want to use the sheet music to summon ?

>>816096
Yeah let's try it.

>>816096
Might as well try it. It would suck if you summoned it in battle but it doesn't listen to you, like a certain other summon (yeah, I'm talking about you, Serpentine Vanguard)!

But first, let's go somewhere else before summoning. Don't need to send the town into a panic attack so soon after what happened to them! And let's not do it indoors, just in case it's a big one!

If the only requirement to summon it is the ability to play that music, then I would say it would be worth it to at least find out what it is. Maybe it'll be a step above the usual summons.

Why not? Is the there an area in which it would be safe to summon them?

CUT-SCENE Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)01:03 No. 816165 ID: 8a947d
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There's a room in The Lounge made for summoners to practice summoning, it's big enough to accommodate for larger summons.

You ready your sheet music, and notice there are lyrics on the back. Annoying way to write it but you can manage. After a little practice ,lyric memorizing and violin tuning you're ready to play.

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The music's somewhat somber, but along the way picks up. As you play you hear other voices hum along with the music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTJjQj6PkrY[/spoiler]

You: In demon days, it's cold inside
You don't get nobody, people sigh
It's so bad, lasting far, but love yourself
Hiding in a hole in there
All the glasses are far too big bring it back, got to hold it back
To let you do that yet you don't want me back
Before it fall down, falling down, falling down
Falling out to go far, far from the sun

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Ethereal instruments play along with you as the Aethereal energy swirls

You: In these demon days it's so cold inside
So hard for a good soul to survive
You can't even trust the air you breathe
Cause mother earth wants us all to leave

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Soon enough other voices begin to sing too

You: When lies become reality you numb yourself with drugs and TV
Pick yourself up it's a brand new day so turn yourself round
Don't burn yourself, turn yourself turn yourself around into the sun

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Soon enough another much realer voice begins to sing and play along with you.

You/???: In these demon days it's so cold inside
So hard for a good soul to survive
You can't even trust the air you breathe
Cause mother earth wants us all to leave
When lies become reality you numb yourself with drugs and TV
Pick yourself up it's a brand new day so turn yourself round
Don't burn yourself, turn yourself turn yourself around into the sun
To the sun, to the sun~

CUT-SCENE (END) Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)01:20 No. 816177 ID: 8a947d
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You soon realize that the summon has been complete and the song is finished. The Imp like being you summoned is continuing the song fading the music out slowly.

Imp: Dat song neva gets old huh Moji? Anyway Whaddya want dis time ?

>>816177
Ah, say hello and introduce yourself. You've never spoken to an intelligent summon before, isn't that a bit unusual? There must be some of the demon's brain in this one.

Ask what it can do and how long it can stick around.

"... What's a TV?"

Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)01:42 No. 816182 ID: 8a947d
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You: Woah, never seen a talking demon before.

Imp: Woah Woah, Who da heck are you ? Where's Moji ?

You: Uhh...I don't know a Moji...I bought this violin from an antique shop and your summon sheet was inside of it.

Imp: Wait! Can't nobody summon me cept' Moji, Unless...W-at year is it !?

You: It's 1256 A.D. .

Imp:...Oh, wow...Aww jeez.

You can see the Imp begin to tear up a little, it's obvious with it's big red eye.

Pat him on the back. There, there.

Well shite, consoling time I guess....

Aw jeez sorry, want to talk about Moji?

Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)02:18 No. 816194 ID: 8a947d
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You: H-Hey...Are you gonna-

Imp: No! No I'm fine! Just... caught off guard is all. Last time Moji summoned me it was 1116. He's gotta be dead by now, humans don't live dat long.

Imp:*sigh* jeez wouldya look at me ? cryin' over a damn human...ANYWAY! You. Who are you !?

You: The names Gallows.

Imp: A summona' of course, only way you coulda brought me here, alrighty Gallows here's da deal.

Imp: I'm da Fiddler Imp, thousands a' Imps crawlin' in da void but I'm da only one who bother'd ta learn da fiddle. 's da one good thing you humans did right.

Fiddler Imp: My music mixed wit my demonic blood let's me enhance use a sorta magic ya dig ? Can't no one use Fiddler's Magic without me got it ?

Fiddler Imp: You's got skill with a violin, I'll give ya dat, but I don't trust ya enough to show you all my tricks.

You: Well, what can you do in a fight ?

Fiddler Imp: I got's loads a' song's an' melodies dat'll help ya don't you worry, but first I need ta know what ya deal is.

When you say deal, are you saying what kinda deal I need to make with you or deal as in what is my quest and all that jazz?

>>816194
If he's asking for your purpose... it's to fix the world.

Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)08:25 No. 816241 ID: 8a947d
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You: My...My deal ?

Fiddler Imp: Yeah, Ya deal! What are ya all about ? If gonna be workin' wit ya I need ta know what i'm dealin' wit ya dig ?

You: Oh! Makes sense. Well, I'm on a mission to try and reset the world.

Fiddler Imp: Oh dat ol' song and dance huh ? Plenty of people got da idea ta try an' fix dis mess, what makes you think you can do any betta wise guy ?

You: I honestly am not sure, but I feel like I made a lot of progress and I can't screw up or quit now.

Fiddler Imp: Alright, dat's respectable. Well den you keep on wit it. You know da drill, play the song, summon me, I help ya howeva I can. When ya fightin' I can't do any real damage, but I'll make it real hard for ya enemies to fight ya.

You: What do you mean ?

Fiddler Imp: Heh Trust me, you'll see.

Fiddler Imp: Now I gotta go, I gotta uhhh...gotta lot to process right now.

Fiddler Imp blinks out of existence back into the void, guess he can send him self back at will. Are all Aberrant Summons this smart ? Maybe if you get another you'll see. Right now you'd better get back to Bridgette's

>>816241
Hmmmm.....I wonder what would happen if we used him as part of a fusion summon? Might be able to help him do some damage, since he can't actually fight. That, along with his natural ability to make it hard for us to get hit, might make him really helpful!

Buuuut.....he might end up getting real pissed at us if he doesn't like what we fused him with. Then again, we might not be able to actually fuse Aberrant Summons. Or maybe we can, but we can only fuse Aberrant Summons with other Aberrant Summons. Who knows?

Anyways, let's head back to Bridgette's house.

Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)10:16 No. 816255 ID: 8a947d
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You haven't heard of Aberrant Summons until know, and you have no real way of understanding how they work. Apparently they all work differently so you'll probably never know.

New Olmec looks a lot better now, people are out and about and business are back up again.

You reach Bridgette's house. Inside Troy is sitting on the sofa with someone else.

Troy: Yo Gally, you have a fun day out ?

You: Yeah had a whole lotta fun, went to the circus and saw a clown, had a nice fancy diner, went skydiving, you shoulda come man it was a blast.

Troy: Yeah well I had more important things to do, Gallows this is April; April, Gallows.

April: Nice to met ya Gallows.

Act cool in an attempt to not draw attention to her shortness.

Silently thank the Pagan gods for lack of family resemblance.

>>816255
Return her greeting.

Pleased to meet you! Glad to know you are alright

>>816269
>>816275
These.

>>816265
Pagans don't have gods. They have demons.

CUT-SCENE Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)18:12 No. 816373 ID: 8a947d
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You: Yo April. You doing alright after all that bullshit ?

April: Yeah, I mean it's hard to remember a lot of it but I'm fine.

April: Apparently I woke up all scratched up or somethin' yeah ? Like real bad, Felt like I was gonna die. It's a good thing you three showed up when you did , or else we'd all be a lot worse for wear.

You: Where's Issei ?

Troy: Same as always, off somewhere we don't know about. So tomorrow we're taking the train right ?

You: Yup, first I'm gonna sleep.

Troy: Alright, well I'm sure Issei will be back by morning. He always just sorta pops up.

You head to your room.

CUT-SCENE Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)18:14 No. 816374 ID: 8a947d
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Nothing else to do but sleep.

CUT-SCENE Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)18:15 No. 816375 ID: 8a947d
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...

CUT-SCENE Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)18:20 No. 816378 ID: 8a947d
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Somebody: Shit they're right behind us...

Someone Else: I heard them somewhere around here, spread out!

You: It's gonna be fine we just...just gotta keep movin' alright ?

Someone Else: Hey! Over here! They're over here !

You: Shit! Donny RUN!

CUT-SCENE Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)18:25 No. 816380 ID: 8a947d
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Someone Else: Stop! In the name of the Grand Regent Priest you are under arrest!

Donny: Laurence! Wait.

Someone Else: You little shits.

*click*

BANG

You: Oh shit! Don!

CUT-SCENE Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)18:32 No. 816383 ID: 8a947d
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Your name is Laurence Morley, and your brother's just been shot.

You: I-It's gonna be fine Don. I'm gonna...I-I'm gonna get you to a hospital, and you're gonna be fine !

Donny: Laurence...I don't...

You: We just gotta keep movin' is all! I don't hear them behind us anymore.

Donny: D-Did you shoot that guard ? They c-can kill you for that.

You: They'd kill us for anything Donny! Just stop worrying so much !

You run through the back alley's of Itsdin with Do on your shoulder, he's bleeding a lot.

CUT-SCENE(END) Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)18:40 No. 816384 ID: 8a947d
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As you reach the end of the alley way a man blocks your path. He's wearing a purple vest and weird face paint.

You: HEY!

Man:...

You: GET OUT OF THE WAY! I NEED TO GET TO A HOSPITAL!

Man:...And then what ?

You: W-What ? What do you mean !? I need to get my brother help !

Donny:...

Man: With what ? Hospitals don't operate unless you have money, and not just any pocket change either. I can tell you ain't got the goods to pay for it.

You: I-I Just. I need to-

Man: Calm down. You aren't going to get help from any normal medicine, I can help you though. Your brother, he doesn't look too good; he's running out of time.

You: WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US !?

Man: I just want to help you. I'm making you an offer here, not just to fix your brother but for much more. What do you say ?

Well, I don't know about you fellas, but at a time like this you gotta wonder what kind of deal you're being offered. Even if it's being made to save your brother, you never want to dance with the devil...

>>816384
Offer? What's the catch?

1/2 Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)20:16 No. 816419 ID: 8a947d
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You: J-Just, Please I don't have time for this, I-

The odd man snaps his fingers, luminescent light sparks from his hand and flies towards Donny's wound. His bleeding stops and he stops shaking, the man opens his and revealing a bloody bullet.

Man: Don't worry that wasn't the deal, just a favor because I'm in such a good mood.

You: How ? What was that ?

Man: Voodoo. Powerful magic much stronger than any church parlor tricks. Now that you have time to think lets talk.

2/2 Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)20:23 No. 816421 ID: 8a947d
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Man: There are many things in the world that no one understands or even knows about, things that can grant immense power to those who can wield them.

You: What are you saying?

Man: I can tell you and your brother do not live in peace or comfort, aren't you sick of this ?

Man: I can show you power far beyond anything the Church could teach you. You wouldn't need to rely on gods or be bound by the yolk of the Church.

Man: So, the deal is: I show you a higher power and take you into a world you've never seen, and in return you aid me in my plans and even then you'll benefit from them too.

Man: What do you say ?

Power never comes without sacrifice. What kind of aid?

Is this the steal-your-soul-because-you-didn't-read-the-fine-print type of deal?

It seems to me this guy is abusing his superior bargaining position, the limited time you have and your distracted nature, to push you into accepting a deal which he has only put forth vague details of what actually is going to happen.

Ask him if he can show you something substantial, and what exactly will be required of you. If he or you don't have enough time to do such, ask him them to at least help you out of this jam.

After all, if he wants your help, why doesn't he lend some of his first? Just up and accepting a deal with someone who the Church is probably apathetic to at absolute best just off the cuff seems incredibly one-sided.

Reserve the right to decide once you have enough information to make a somewhat informed decision. If he goes all 'oh no you're the one who needs [i]my[i/] help, if you're not gonna accept right now get bent sucka' it's probably not a good idea to take the deal.

But eh, you seem to be starving for options, so if he does hold off on details and helping you... good luck?

Okay, your friend is no longer in danger of dying. Try to let go of your sense of urgency. Ask for details before agreeing. If he's up to no good, are you willing to start a life of crime just to get away from the church? You could adjust the contract so that you get some safety but don't have to abandon your morals.

>>816429
This

1/3 Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)22:39 No. 816457 ID: 8a947d
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It's not just about The Church, this hasn't been the first time you've had to run away or kill someone. Each time Donny's been put in danger but this is the closest he's gotten to losing his life, You can't afford to keep going on without whatever this man is offering.

The strange man holds his hand out, bright flames engulf his arm.

Man: Take it now, or I won't give you this chance again.

2/3 Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)22:40 No. 816458 ID: 8a947d
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You can't miss this shot...

You feel like you're standing on the edge of something.

3/3 Heretic 2017/07/16(Sun)22:50 No. 816461 ID: 8a947d
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You: Deal.

Man: Excellent, things are starting to change Laurence. You are going to help me prepare something great.

Man: Change is coming Laurence, You'd best be ready for it.