Speaking of eyes, YOUR EYE IS BURSTING!

1/2 Heretic 2017/11/03(Fri)05:01 No. 842198 ID: 8a947d
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Eugh...Why's it so dark in here ? Oh that's right there no windows down here. You reach over to try and turn on the lights and end up knocking over three or four things off of your dresser, that's nice now you gotta clean that up later. You grab the remote light switch off of the dresser.

2/2 Heretic 2017/11/03(Fri)05:04 No. 842199 ID: 8a947d
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That's better

Your name is Ada Buabenee, and you have to open your shop and go to work in about an hour or so.

Just an hour? Than hurry! Eat some bread, brush your teeth and get dressed.

And cook with beer!

>>842202
Now when you say cook with beer, do you mean use beer like some sort of subsitute for oil? Or ignite and fuel the flames with beer? Or just flat out chug beer while cooking?

>Playing as Ada.
Oh? I wasn't expecting that. This outta be interesting!

>>842199
Be honest, you were dreaming about Roland, weren't you? ~

>open your shop and go to work in about an hour or so.
Then quickly shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, and then get to work!

Maybe you'll be lucky and Roland will show up? ~

Hey,what was that about "studing" Roland's runes?
(Were those runes, marks, i don't remember)

>>842199
Shower, breakfast, brush teeth, check your email.

>>842199
What are all those papers on the wall to your left?

>>842205
Knowing Ada? All of the above.

Admire fine wall diagram whilst removing knots from hair.

1/2 Heretic 2017/11/03(Fri)18:05 No. 842339 ID: 8a947d
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You have time to spare since Distant Wonder barely get's any customers, Roland is the only person who shows up consistently. You take your shower and get dressed, you can eat while you're at the front desk. You don't plan on cooking anything since last time you did the church guard almost investigated your shop after getting reports of a poisonous gas leak.

You stand at the counter of your shop and begin to read a book while waiting for somebody to come in. Just as you turn the page the bell above the front door rings...

2/2 Heretic 2017/11/03(Fri)18:07 No. 842340 ID: 8a947d
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An odd man with long hair stands in the door way, he looks around the empty interior before entering.

You: Welcome to Distant Wonder, what can I do for you today ?

Man:...You run this shop ?

>>842340
>...You run this shop?
"Yes, I do. Is there anything I can help you find?"

get ready to take action, he looks shady as fuck, though don't let him notice your doing that either,

What do you have for self-defense?

>>842351
Well, unless she sold it, she's still got that knife that Roland cleaned for her. Which'll help since the knife has Rending Sigils on it, which stops wounds from healing.

>>842340
... okaaaay, this guy's strange, but we had strange customers before ﴾Roland is as strange as they get﴿. Let's see what he wants, but until then:
Don't turn your back on people you don't trust

>...You run this shop ?
Yes, can I help you?

1/3 Heretic 2017/11/03(Fri)21:57 No. 842396 ID: 8a947d
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>>842351
You have a Stun Gun behind the counter along with some other much less legal ordnance in the back just in case.

You: Yes, I run this shop. What do you need sir ?

The man reaches into his coat and pulls out a badge.

Man: I'm an agent of the Itsdin Church Guard. It's come to our attention that your business may be in possession of multiple heretical artifacts and I've come to confiscate any that you may be in possession of and take you in for questioning.

2/3 Heretic 2017/11/03(Fri)22:02 No. 842400 ID: 8a947d
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...Wait what !?

That's not right, how could he have found about about all the stuff you have ? The Suppression Engine in the basement is supposed to be blocking the magic signal given off by your shop!...Shit did you charge it ? You're supposed to charge the engine at the start of every month so it works properly! This month started yesterday. Why didn't you charge it then !?

God damn it, i knew it. Look, my advice is to do as he says, for now. Resisting will only make things worst. If they take your stuff, Roland will be more than happy to help you get it back.

3/3 Heretic 2017/11/03(Fri)22:04 No. 842403 ID: 8a947d
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Oh dammit that's when Roland came over, you spent all of that time working on his Waystone and you forgot about the Suppression Engine!

Well you can't say no to this guy, even if you did he'd just suspect you more! what are you gonna do !?

God damn it, i knew it. Look, my advice is to do as he says, for now. Resisting will only make things worst. If they take your stuff, Roland will be more than happy to help you get it back.

Sorry, i posted too soon.

>>842403
God damn it Ada.

Obviously if you let him look around he's going to almost immediately find a bunch of heretical shit and the "questioning" will be less than pleasant. Optimally you'd distract or disable him somehow while you escape with some of the more sensitive/valuable items in your collection. Also all the money you can recover.

I say stun him, close the store so nobody disturbs you for a bit, tie him up and start gathering up your possessions so that you can move to a new location. No need to kill the guy since he's just doing his job.

Oh crap!

Uhh... sure just show him into the back so he can check out your “inventory” then stun a bitch!

>>842403
Oh shit!

Maybe if you stall long enough, Roland will show up and rescue you again?

I mean, sure this guy's a Church asshole, like the Priest that turned you into a card. However, unlike that Priest, this Church asshole is just doing his job and hasn't turned you into anything.

.....try stalling him by saying, "How do I know that you're really who you say you are?! For all I know, that badge could be a fake and you're just here to kidnap me and sell me as a sex slave!"

Surely you have something terrifying and horrible to use against him.

Also, [Stat Sheet] and [Inventory] Please.

You can't just stun him, the church has as many tricks up its sleeves as a pagan, maybe more.
First, refuse him disrupting your business without a warrant. Second, use everything you can think of to disable him, not just that Stun Gun.

>>842460
I'm pretty sure we're not gonna get a stat sheet, since we didn't get one with Flint.

But we probably will get an inventory check.

Ask if he has a warrant.

Explain that most of your products are in this room but you can bring your stock here if he want to see. It will be easier to hide the more valuable products but you will need to let him get away with some pagan paraphernalia.

Be careful, this guy could be a priest for all we know.

"I'm sure we can work out a transaction. Would you like a cup of orgasm while you wait?"

GASLIGHT HIS ASS AND BREAK HIS MIND.

>>842403
Can you think of a way to talk him out of this?

>>842412
Also, if he does prove that he is who he is, then try to bluff your way outta this and pretend that you didn't know you had any heretical artifacts!

The store owner that didn't know what was on her shelves is better than the store owner that knew exactly what she was selling!

Of course, you can't let him or any of the Church look around in your shop, they could find your Suppression Engine!

>>842491
we can claim that any suspicious magic signature came from a customer.

Heretic 2017/11/04(Sat)16:05 No. 842575 ID: 8a947d
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>Inventory
Aside from your Stun Gun you have your Repair Tools to help you fix whatever you need and a Short Circuit Node you made in case you ever needed to sabotage machinery for whatever reason. you never really stopped making machines for guerrilla warfare.

You can't let him look around the basement, with the Suppression Engine down there he's definitely going to question what it is and if he does find out then the church will have access to a piece of Arcamagikal technology! There is a way to destroy it along with the rest of the store but you'd need to get down to the basement first. After that you have way to escape,

As the Agent talks to you two other guards enter your shop. The Agent sends the two to search the front of your shop while he talks to you.

You: A-a warrant is necessary for you to search my shop is it not ?

Agent: No, it's not. If you'd like you can talk to the Guard Captain about the process after we're done here but when we're ordered to search an area we follow orders.

Sebastian: My name is Agent Sebastian Stout, I understand that shops such as these tend to gather their stock from scavenging or bartering. It's understandable if you have a few heretical artifacts that you didn't recognize but for the sake of protocol you'll still have to come in for questioning if any are found.

Sebastian: Now is this all of your store's inventory ?

>>842575
Tell him there's some overstock in the basement, you'll bring it out for him.

Then go scuttle the shop. Grab what you can take with you of course.

I hope you have some sort of escape plan in place in case something like this were to have happened....

>>842577
If not do this.

Uh. No. I was sold one thing. It has some strange markings but I don't know much about it.

Give him the knife.

Maybe he'll be satisfied enough to leave the store. Sure you'll be interrogated but worse can things can happen.

>>842575
>Destroy Suppression Engine and shop.
Ok, how long will it take for that to activate? Because you wouldn't want to activate it, run away, and then one of these guys turns it off and your shop doesn't get destroyed!

>>842577
This sounds like our only option.

The only problem I see would be one or all of them following Ada to make sure she doesn't try to run. Or them not letting her go into the basement and telling her that she has to stay behind the counter.

We'd have to find a way to create an opening if either of those things happen.

>Grab what you can take with you of course.
The knife Roland cleaned for her should be one of the things she grabs.

And any Arcamagikal weapons that she can use to fight.

Anything that she can't bring with her, including anything Arcamagikal, should be destroyed with the Suppression Engine and the shop.

>>842582
Were you not paying attention? Being interrogated is the worst that'll happen!

If they find one thing, including the knife you want to hand over, they'll take her in to be interrogated. And if they take her in, that means more guards will be looking around in her shop while she's being interrogated, which means that they could find their way into the basement and find things that Ada doesn't want them to find!

In other words, we can't let them take Ada in!

>>842577
Just in case he wants to go down to check himself without you, say that these objects were ornate, so you placed them in a vault for safe keeping. You don't like to keep your more expensive wares out in the open after all. I think you would be justified in saying that you would rather put the code in yourself rather than tell him.

"Mostly. There are a few things spread around I can bring here if you want to see."

Heretic 2017/11/04(Sat)23:47 No. 842646 ID: 8a947d
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>>842582
You do not want to give up the knife! You were going to try and sell it but after you got it back cleaned you couldn't part with it for some reason...

>>842577
You: I have some overstock in my basement, I'll go get what I can.

Sebastian: Of course, Hey you two! Go help the lady with her inventory, she shouldn't have to carry it up alone.

They're going to see the Suppression Engine if they go down into the basement with you! You need to make some sort of excuse so you can go down alone. Maybe you can do something with the Short Circuit Node and all of the machinery around the back of your shop.

>>842646
Good idea. Short circuit something in passing, then say you have to fix the damn thing before it blows up. Get some protective gear on and tell the guards they should probably stay outside while you have the machine open, the fumes involved are very dangerous.

You know, basically, create a falsely hazardous environment in order to get the privacy you need.

>>842646
>You do not want to give up the knife! You were going to try and sell it but after you got it back cleaned you couldn't part with it for some reason...
That's probably because it was a gift from Roland and you can't bear to sell something he gave you! ~

>Of course, Hey you two! Go help the lady with her inventory, she shouldn't have to carry it up alone.
At least he's polite and he isn't forcing you to do it all by yourself! .....which would be nice if you weren't actively trying to hide these things from him!

>>842648
This is a reasonable plan!

.....as long as the guards don't suddenly become living examples of chivalry not being dead and insist on coming to help you!

Alternate plan: break something, get them to "help you", have them hold some wires or something and then go "hang on I need to get the soldering iron/wire clippers/spare parts/whatever" and just go down into the basement then.

Basically, occupy their hands and attention on the machines as if they're actually helping you with something.

>>842659
Usually, unless you are a skilled repairman, helping in fixing usually just causes more problems. These guards are more likely to blow it up... Actually, yeah, let's get them to fix it for us. I'm sure these BIG STRONG MEN (and maybe women) who were hired by the WISE AND BRILLIANT CHURCH would know just what to do.

>>842671
They'd pray to their gods. And unfortunately, in this universe, their gods listen and reply. Bad idea.

How about this: focus on disguising one of your expensive objects, but ignore the machine. Hopefully they'll assume your engine is a distraction from the real powerful stuff, and then you surrender it without a fuss. Immediately after they take a bunch of magic items out, turn the engine on. Then plant the idea that the other magic items in the basement get their power from the expensive stuff and without it you're just a junk peddler. Arresting you at that point is a waste of good interrogation resources.

Pretend you have a security system down there, say to them not to touch anything unless passed to them or it'll activate the security system. Once they touch something walk up to the machine blocking the signals saying "oh crap you've done it now", when they ask done what say "cant you feel the static in the air", then fiddle with the machine pretending to try and disable the alarm (but really enabling the self destruct) "shout out oh crap it's worse than I thought" they'll react asking what is worse, reply with "I've never had the alarm activated like this before, I think the machine is going to overload we got to run now", grab what you can and run for it. Blame the explosion on the one that touched the item saying "I though I told you not to touch anything I didn't hand you" you'll be asked what happened and you can say the two guards didn't follow directions and caused the alarm system to overload and explode.

>>842672
Guards aren't priests.

>>842673
The magic blocking machine is in the basement, not the back room. She doesn't want the guards in the basement.

In any case, for all this plans to work, you'll have to play the "clunky girl" act, try to do everything wrong. In the best case scenario, they will eventually get tired and try to get this over with and leave, and the won't think of you as a suspicious individual.

>>842648
Sounds like a solid plan! Let’s do this and yeah try and act like a ditzy girl. Like when you say you have to go check something and the guards follow you, say something that will stop them from trying to “help.”

I wonder if they would believe us if we told them that we were sold a "defunct" bomb.

1/2 Heretic 2017/11/05(Sun)17:18 No. 842811 ID: 8a947d
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As you move to the back of the shop you carefully plant the Short Circuit Node on a power box on one of the walls. The box explodes in a cloud smoke as electricity crackles off of the wall. Sebastian and the two guards look in concern as you put on your best acting.

Sebastian: What happened !?

You: Some of the wiring must have short circuited! This is bad...these wires connect to the heating system down in the basement! From the look of it the basement may be filling with smoke and other fumes!

Sebastian: Well...it sounds serious do you need help ? Should we call emergency services ?

You: No, I have had to do this before do not worry. I've only got one gas mask and it could be dangerous besides I need somebody to stay here and watch the fuse box.

You grab both of the guards and direct them to the power box, you give them rubber gloves and ask them to hold onto some worthless wires in the box until a certain light flashes red. At that point you head down to the basement.

2/2 Heretic 2017/11/05(Sun)17:27 No. 842816 ID: 8a947d
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In the basement you walk into the room that houses the suppression engine. You enter in three separate access codes and put in a time, 5 minutes should be long enough to get what you need and get out of here. In the room over from the suppression engine room you keep something that'll help you escape.

As you pack important items and books for escape you hear the bell over the front door of your shop up, somebody else has come into your shop. The agent must have called somebody anyway. You don't want anybody else getting hurt in the blast!

>>842816
Or maybe it's Roland. Well, keep an ear out. If you hear the sounds of a battle it's probably Roland and you may have an opportunity to make a more controlled escape.

If you don't hear a fight it might be a priest. In that case you'd want to be ready to escape at any moment. So hurry up.

Do you have any cameras or something you can look through to see who it is? If it's a civilian the investigator will make them leave, so you probably don't need to worry about that.

>>842816
Work fast if you hear someone coming make sure you have a good escape plan, when in doubt, know your way out.

Grab that knife Roland re-peared for you, you might need it later. It is a big chance that it is Gallous up there, he really likes to come here~~
Try to listen for what might be happening up there.

>>842816
Check through the door to check if it's someone you know that you could probably convince to leave. If it's no one you know, run out and say that some voodoo hexed your generator to explode, and you can't find anything resembling an effigy down there, so it must be somewhere outside.

>>842816
What if it's Roland?! You know how offer he shows up at your shop!

You just need to wait long enough for the timer to reach a small amount of time left that either the Church guys will be foolish enough to run down and try to do something or scare them away so they run outside!

What exactly is the thing that you were going to use to escape? Is it something that will let you teleport?

>>842829
Oh, and you should definitely grab the knife that Roland cleaned for you!

>>842830
While it might have some sentimental value, we are in a town filled with priests, and that thing is oozing pagan magic.

>>842832
True, but Ada doesn't plan on sticking around in town for very long, so it won't be that big of a deal.

Plus, it's a knife that prevents anyone from healing any injuries it causes. That's useful!

If it's small, removable, and requires Unters Infrastructure to create it, then you should probably grab it.

1/2 Heretic 2017/11/06(Mon)14:25 No. 842947 ID: 8a947d
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The explosions going to be big, it'll definitely hurt anyone caught in it's blast and you don't wan't bystanders getting injured. You head out to check the camera monitor out in the hall.

2/2 Heretic 2017/11/06(Mon)14:34 No. 842949 ID: 8a947d
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On the monitor Roland has entered your shop! He walks forward but completely ignores Agent Sebastian.

Roland: Ada ? Hello ? Your front door was open are you in here ?

You can hear him ringing the bell from in the basement. For some reason he doesn't notice the two guards in the back of the shop either, almost like they aren't there at all. You notice there's a sign on the front counter you didn't put there, once Gallow's reads it he decides to wander the shop and look at the shelves and stock. Agent Sebastian is watching him silently.

You can't blow up the shop with Roland in here!

>>842949
Well go cancel the countdown. I'm guessing the inspector has some sort of stealth ability keeping Roland from seeing him, so you're going to have to start the fight.

Get some of the weapons from your stash down here. Then you get to attack the guards, which will draw the attention of both people in the front of the store. Unless you can take them out silently- that would be optimal. Then you can bust out the loud weapons against the inspector.

>>842954
do this.

>>842949
He could be a priest with the powers of illusion.

>>842949
Do you have a device that blocks transmissions? Roland can fight them as long as not a lot more of them show up. Can you make him aware of the other visitors from where you are?

Should have gone with the disguise,
Gallows, in Itsdin you're a wanted man ~♪.

>>842949
Don't you have some kinda sprinkler system in the shop for in case a fire started? If you do, can you turn it on manually? That way the water will give away the Inspector's location!

Or maybe you can come running out of the basement and shout that you can't fix the heating system and everyone needs to get out before it explodes!

Don't turn off the self-destruct, you might not get another chance to come down here and try again! Especially if the Inspector drags you away from the shop for questioning! Because while you're being questioned, he'll have more guards look around your shop and you won't be able to stop them from going into the basement!

These preists are full of surprises aren't they? You could try as well to find what is causing the illusion, so Roland can help you out.

>>842949
Turn off the countdown, fuel the machine, then calmly walk back up with a box of "overstock" weapons.

>>842949
I still suggest we do that "voodoo people hexed my generator" plan.

Wait, we can't go back up! The guards we have holding a bunch of wires will be expecting a certain light flash red! They're gonna question if we actually did anything to fix it if the light doesn't flash!

The light coming on just means we "fixed it". We could easily just say that the malfunction must be worse than we thought, or that there must be something else wrong with the machine.

Actually, we might be able to use it as an excuse to get Roland down there and tell him what's going on. We can just say that he's our technician. Perhaps before we go, we should tell him to get that gas mask out of his bag, so that they think we are still having a bit of a gas problem.

If Roland is here he can handle these assholes!
If he sees them that is. Go back out front and point them out to him.

>>843021
>Perhaps before we go, we should tell him to get that gas mask out of his bag, so that they think we are still having a bit of a gas problem.
If Ada can say that to Roland and get him into the basement before he can say, "But I don't have a gas mask!" then I'll be impressed!

>>843042
Considering the fact that he apparently can't see the priest, he will probably be too confused to answer.

>>843044
He's not a Priest, he's an Inspector.

And he might have to reveal himself and the guards when Ada comes up, since she's expecting them to still be here!

>>843046
Since cameras can still see him, it seems to be target specific. So either Roland sees us talking to no one, or he sees some guy appear out of nowhere. Both would make it clear to him that something is off.

1/2 Heretic 2017/11/07(Tue)00:08 No. 843112 ID: 8a947d
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>Weapons
You're not too sure about starting a fight, but in case it does ave you.happen you grab your Grenade Pouch and the Rending Knife Roland gave you.

You stop the timer and head upstairs locking the basement door behind you. You head up to the front counter to talk to Roland.

Roland: Ada, there you are! I came to-

You: Oh I am so glad you came, I'm lucky you were close by when I called you. You brought your gas mask right ?

Roland: I-

You: Good! We need to be quick about this. You two keep holding on to those wires!

You grab Roland by the arm before he can say something stupid and rush down to the basement.

2/2 Heretic 2017/11/07(Tue)00:17 No. 843114 ID: 8a947d
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Roland: What's going Ada ? What was that up there ?

You: The shop might be under investigation by church guards. I have a solution that would have gone a lot smoother if you had not shown up!

Roland: S-sorry! I didn't-

You: Never mind. I need you to go into the back and grab as much stuff as you can, and load it up onto the big thing in the room over there, you will know it when you see it.

Roland: And what about the shop and the guards up there ?

You: I am going to have to blow this place up along with everything inside, that is why I grabbed you.

Roland: Wha-there's nothing else you can do besides blowing the place up ?

Roland can use his daemons to transport the items if the filter is up and if things go bad they can be stored with fiddler in the aether.

No time to argue.
Look him in the eye and trail off.

"Please Roland..."

Gets 'um every time.

>>843114
...well we could remove all Pagan items from the shop before the Investigator and his guards find them. Hide the evidence and start the machine back up, then they won't have a reason to check the basement because they can't detect anything anymore, right? Problem is how do we actually do that? Ask Roland if he has any way of perfectly hiding Pagan objects.

>>843117
>>843123

Bad idea guys, we are caught between a rock and a hard place right now. If Roland uses his pagan magic, then the priests will REALLY know something is up with Ada, and we don't want to fuck things up for her further. Roland is going to have to do what he can for now, unless she gets that magic suppression engine going ASAP this place is gonna have to go boom.

>>843114
>Wha-there's nothing else you can do besides blowing the place up?
"I can't risk letting the Church look around my shop and find my people's technology!"

Also, you might want to check the security cameras to make sure that Investigator didn't sneak in behind you and Roland!

>>843123
That would be nice, however it won't work.

A magical signal suddenly disappearing like that would look very suspicious!

>>843126
>>843127
You're assuming that they're scanning all the time.

...oh, one thing we could do is have Roland use Cerebral Gnat to take over the Investigator and make him cancel the investigation.

>>843129
In a city like Itsdin? Odds are, they probably are scanning all the time, which is why they immediately sent an Investigator on the day the Suppression Engine ran out of charge.

>>843130
But does Roland have the ingredients to summon it?

And it'll only stay summoned for 1 minute, unless it successfully takes control of someone. So would it be able to reach the Investigator from here in that amount of time? Hell, if he's still invisible, would the Cerebral Gnat even be able to find the Investigator?

>>843130
That investigator seems to have magical powers, which suggests he is a priest. I don't think gnats would work on him.

However, maybe we could use the gnat to control one of the guards. They wouldn't be able to call off the investigation, but if they are the only one who sees the basement, we should be fine. We might have to let go of some actual magical artifacts, but the rest we can hide in the aether. Question is, how do we convince them to only let one person into the basement? If we can create two, maybe we could convince the agent to guard the door while the others check?

>>843114
Can't we take Sebastian with us smh? As a prisoner? I kinda want him to do something for us.

Also I'm pretty sure he's standing right next to us.

1/2 Heretic 2017/11/07(Tue)15:03 No. 843271 ID: 8a947d
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You're not sure if demons will work on an church agent, and you aren't sure if Roland still can't see Sebastian and if that will affect it.

You go back and set the timer on the suppression engine again, this time for 3 minutes. You tell Roland you have no time to argue and just ask him to do what you say. He reluctantly packs as much stuff as possible and loads it onto-

Roland: Whoa! What is this thing ?

You: That is a phasebike, I have been building it for a while after I found the chassis. I have not gotten used to riding it but I am good enough to get us out of here.

2/2 Heretic 2017/11/07(Tue)15:05 No. 843276 ID: 8a947d
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Outside you and Roland can hear banging on the doors.

Sebastian: Ada! We can't keep waiting here forever Is something the matter down there ?

Roland: Who's that ?

You can hear the door to the basement being broken down, you'd better get going.

>>843276
>You can hear the door to the basement being broken down
Put something big and heavy in front of that door! It'll buy the self-destruct some extra time to count down so that if they do get in here, there won't be enough time for them to turn off the self-destruct!

Get on the bike and tell Roland to hold on tight!
*insert Roland accidentally choking Ada here*
Ack! Not that tight!

Well, it was a nice shop. Say your goodbyes and get the hell out of there. Now Roland owes you a shop, and a house, and tons of shit.

Ask Roland is he can summon something to block the door, then get the hell out of there.

>>843271
Do you guys think it might be a bad idea to go to our friend's bar with a church agent on our tail? The town might be on alert soon.

>>843333
Yes, that's a terrible idea!

>>843338
Okay, but the only other choice I can think of is going on a high speed chase through on a weird flying bike that would probably stick out like a sore thumb. Should we find somewhere to hide, or should we just try to fly out of town and risk any defenses along the parameter? Or does anyone have a better idea for our destination?

>>843347
Ada's got an escape planned. She's always had one planned for when this eventually happened. She'll know what to do.

>>843276
"the damage is more severe than I thought! This whole place is gonna blow!"

1/3 Heretic 2017/11/08(Wed)17:30 No. 843603 ID: 8a947d
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Roland knocks down one of your tool shelves to keep the door blocked!

2/3 Heretic 2017/11/08(Wed)17:32 No. 843606 ID: 8a947d
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You rev up the Phasebike and drive head first into the wall, but don't collide with it. Instead the bike phases through space and into a void between dimensions.

You can Roland choking on your hair on the back of the bike.

3/3 Heretic 2017/11/08(Wed)17:40 No. 843607 ID: 8a947d
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While in the void some supernatural anomaly shifted the narrative back to Gallows' point of view.

After a few minutes of riding the bike stops outside of Itsdin behind a few dunes of sand. Ada seem's very understandably upset as she mutters and shouts to herself in a language you don't understand. After a little she calms down and turns to you.

Ada: Great...now what am I going to do ? This is exactly what my father warned me about. I am going to have to go back to the Unter now ? There is no way I can go back to Itsdin.

You hear an explosion in the distance punctuating Ada's point.

Tell her about the game, and that you would very very much like Unter's help winning it. Also that she can set up a shop in the Gilded Cage!

Well you could always come with me I came here to show you a neat place me, the pagans and some friends found. What do you say would you come and take a look for me before heading out to your old home.

>>843607
Well... You could join me in making the world green again. The funny thing is, I actually found a way to do that, and... I want you to be a part of it with me... if... you want to that is...

>>843607
First of all, how did we choke on your hair when our mouth is covered in bandages? Must be the magitech making it phase through.

Second, we got a hideout that should be quite accommodating if you want to stay there. Oh, and we are also now part of a game to find spheres of azurite in order to change the world, and unless we want another team to take over the world, we are going to need all the help we can get. So... would it be too much to ask for help from the Unter? If you don't believe us (we don't blame you if you don't), we can bring you to the guy in charge of things.

Also, can we wait to see the explosion cloud?

>>843607
Hey, Roland, did you come by Ada's shop to tell her what you found behind that door, like you promised you would? You'd better go ahead and tell her then!

Also, what did that sign: >>842949 , on the counter say?

Also also, now that you've been seen by Church authorities, it's going to be hard for you to go back to Itsdin to look at what's behind the door Hakim found there! .....if the guys that saw you are still alive anyways. Which is doubtful. So since the only guys that'll be able to recognize you are most likely dead, I guess you should be safe to go back to Itsdin. Maybe?

I don't know if she is going to want to get all her people involved in a game that maight make them desapear form the face of existence. But it wouldn't hurt to ask. At least you can provid her with a place to stay until all this commotion blows off.

>>843626
This game is going to be won, and if not by us, it will be by the enemy team. People WILL disappear. Better that we win than the enemy team, who I'm pretty sure is formed by priests who dislike anything not of their religion.

Besides, we have a huge room that can protect those who we wish to see survive. They help us, it is only reasonable that we save a place for them.

I just realized something.

If we do manage to convince the entire city of the Unter (or just some of them) to come into the Gilded Cage with us, then they'll have to blow up their entire city! Because as soon as they leave, the Church is going to show up when nobody's home!

>>843656
Wait, so we can let them go to take refuge. BUT, if they help us, they would be participating in the game, and if we lose, they lose as well, or i get that all wrong?

>>843706
Only those in the winning team's Gilded Cage get to survive and enter the next world. The losing team *and everyone on the surface* is erased.

This means there is no advantage to staying out of the game. I suppose neutral parties could hedge their bets by helping both sides and splitting up their population between the two cages.

1/2 Heretic 2017/11/08(Wed)22:23 No. 843713 ID: 8a947d
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>>843706
From what you remember from the rules. No matter who wins the world will be reset, anybody outside of the winning Gilded Cage will disappear whether they're participating or not. Everybody your teams Gilded Cage will still disappear if the opposing team wins, if they want to survive then helping will make it easier.

You tell Ada about the door, the game, the Gilded Cage, everything.

Ada: ...You are kidding ? That sounds insane!

You: I wouldn't lie about this sort of thing, that's why I came to your shop in the first place.

Ada: If what you are saying is true...that means that everybody in the Unter is doomed to be wiped from existence!

You: Unless they help win and take shelter in the Gilded Cage. That way they'll survive. Do you think they'll help ?

Ada: Only if they believe what you are saying...I think we should get going first. Of course I will offer any help I can but after what happened there isn't a lot I can give.

You and Ada bike over to Gudon, from there you Waystone back to The Gilded Cage

2/2 Heretic 2017/11/08(Wed)22:28 No. 843715 ID: 8a947d
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Ada like everybody else who's entered stands in awe at a room lined with gold. You tell her to find a room for herself to put her things and she goes to unpack her phasebike in a room.

The Administrator opens his curtains to talk to you.

Admin: A new member for the red team ! Wonderful you've made a lot of new additions today haven't you ? Your pagan pals have brought some more very important looking people here to talk about who knows what, they're all in the conference room in you want to poke your head in on them. Meanwhile your friends are all making themselves some breakfast in the kitchen if your hungry.

>>843715
Business before pleasure. Go check on the conference room.

>>843715
Let's see what the other pagans know.

>>843715
I've got 2 questions for the Administrator.

1.) He said this place once housed armies, but can it hold an entire city (the Unter)?

2.) Can we get him something to eat and/or drink or does he not need anything like that?

>Important looking Pagans have arrived.
Let's go meet them before we go get anything to eat.

And if we get a chance, let's hand over that Priest Charm Knife to someone and then ask Flint to give us Karas' card so we can give that to Hakim.

>>843715
Can stuff be stored on the lowest layer for years, or will the lowest layer fall eventually?

Is there any way to increase the space of the Gilded Cage? What about stealing layers from the Blue Team's base?

After the game is over, do you kick everyone out or have there been hermits living in the Gilded Cage long after the new god has created a world?

Let’s go have a meeting after we get some breakfast. What we need to to is talk with our pagan pals and take stock of our situation. Ada should sit in on this too, because if we ally oursleves with the Unter they are going to be a part of this too.

First question is do any pagan colonies that we know of have any ready azurite for our immediate usage? This question will also apply to the people of the Unter. If that answer is yes then it’s important we collect them as soon as possible.

Secondly, Roland and Hakim need to tell their stories of how they got their azurite. The reason for this is so we have something to go off of when we are looking for more. Anyone else who has any more ideas where azurite can be found should speak up as well.

And thirdly, we also need to discuss how we plan to deal with the church. Because they are also collecting azsurite so it sounds like we will be pulling off a real pagan raid on the church sometime in the near future, like proper pagans do, fuck yeah. We should get a plan of action ready soon.

>>843741
All this sounds good. It's payback time!

1/2 Heretic 2017/11/10(Fri)17:23 No. 844142 ID: 8a947d
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>>843725
Admin: Why sure, I've anticipated players wanting to bring many loved ones with them so this place can accommodate all of them. Although it is possible to simply have the citizens of said city come here once you have all ten orbs of azerite if they aren't too excited about spending too much time here.

>>843731
Admin: The absolute lowest layer of my cage will be shed off once I begin the next game which'll probably be millennia from after this one is finished so it is safe to store things in the lower areas.

Admin: I give people a period of time after they win to move their objects and belongings out before I hide the cage again. After that I kick anyone squatting here out, they've got a whole new world to see they aren't gonna stay in here.

You decide to head to the conference hall to see what the other pagans are talking about. The room is full of head pagans sitting muttering to one another, in the middle of the room a table circled with pagans discussing the current issues. The New Olmec heads are sitting there, Flint see's you and motions you to come sit next to him. When you do you notice you're sitting right across from Killboss.

2/2 Heretic 2017/11/10(Fri)17:35 No. 844148 ID: 8a947d
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Killboss: You're Gallows right ? I must say I'm impressed that so much progress was made in such a short amount of time because of you.

You: W-well, I had a lot of help too.

Flint: The Administrator caught everybody up to speed about this game, We've already decided to move as many pagans here as we can as soon as possible. We plan to keep certain outposts up to keep tabs on certain areas that have high church activity though.

Killboss: Since you're the red team leader it only makes sense to have you here for this meeting. We've already gone over multiple topics in your absence, if there's anything else you'd like to put up for discussion now's the time.

Bring in Ada, say she is a member of the Unter and you would like to take a small party to the Unter to bring them into the fold as potential allies and experience people in the arts of Arcamagika.

>>844148
>We've already gone over multiple topics in your absence, if there's anything else you'd like to put up for discussion now's the time.
No matter what, don't say anything about Ada, the Unter, or Arcamagika! It would be very bad if we promise Arcamagikal help against the Church, but then we can't deliver on our promise because the Unter ends up not wanting to share their secrets with us! Just because they hate the Church, that doesn't mean they're gonna join with us!

We should discuss plans on how we're gonna find Azurite.

Talk about getting more allies. Voodoo users, Prophets, and anyone else that hates the Church as much as us Pagans. And it would be preferable to find allies that won't try to stab us in the back for their own personal gain.

And bring up what Flint told you one time, about how even though you're a Rune Child, you're sort of lacking in real fire power. You'd like to fix that before you end up getting killed from a lack of having that firepower.

>>844159
Let's not bring Ada in, we promised we wouldn't do that.

Plus, dragging her into a room full of important people is like putting a gun to her head and forcing her to either give up the secrets of Arcamagika and betray her people or refuse and look like an asshole for not helping fight the Church!

Besides, she's only 1 person from the Unter. The decision to share Arcamagika shouldn't be made by her alone. It's a decision for the leaders of the Unter to make!

>>844148
Well, the most pressing issue right now would be getting some leads on where to look. Finding allies could also give us leads, so it would be a good idea to ask if anyone knows people who may be willing to join us.

I don't think we need to take time out of a conference to ask if they can help us train. We can talk to Killboss about it afterwards.

We need info on the Blue Team. We know they are from the church, but how much of the church is with them? Are they betraying their order or is the entire clergy behind this cause like we are? Could be that some factions of the church are offering support for misleading reasons?
What are the current gods position on this? Will they suspend their support to the priests for betraying them? Are they participating in the game? Can they hide in their cage as gods? Will they need to resort to prophets to survive? If so what will be of the rest of the priests?

Other than that our focus should be what have been so far: allies.
We need to contact others and get evacuation plans ready, when the time come this ship should be as full as it get.

>>844148
Yes, tell them you think the next step is to ally with Unter. You made a friend who should have contacts with the country so your foot is in the door, and we can offer them safe haven from the end of the world. That alone should be enough to secure their help, but it wouldn't hurt to offer them Pagan secrets alongside that.

Heretic 2017/11/10(Fri)21:32 No. 844204 ID: 8a947d
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You: I feel like right now having more allies help us with this would make it easier.

Killboss: We've though about that of course. The allies we have managed to get are so few that they barely add anything at all to our organization besides general support, do you know anyone that would help us ?

You: We may have help from large group that's hidden themselves away underground, but I'm not sure if we'll be able to get their support fully. They're so secretive but they know powerful magical techniques that could be useful to us. I may have a way to find them and talk to them but it might not go well.

You: Also, I've made friends with a smuggler and an avid voodoo user. I know for a fact we can get help from some voodoo users and I think that Troy may have connections in and around the city of Itsdin.

Killboss: Voodoo users huh...Criminals are one thing but are you sure we can trust voodoo men ?

>>844204
We have someone who is able to smell out rotten people, and he said that Hakim doesn't smell rotten. We also saved a close friend of his from being controlled by a god. I think so long as she trusts us, he is willing to work with us.

>>844204
Frankly no, but we need all the help we can get and if we're careful we'll be ok I think. If we use Hakim as an intermediary it should be safe. We should be able to get an information advantage via voodoo by trading artifacts. Especially that priest card.

Troy's smuggler contacts could get us some undercover agents where it counts, and if things go well with the secret society we'll have power when we need it.

>>844204
>but are you sure we can trust voodoo men?
Don't tell them that Hakim and his group have been trying to kill you for a while. Just mention that if it wasn't for him, you wouldn't have been able to get into the Gilded Cage. He allowed you to have his Azurite shard and you combined it with your own shard to create a complete orb of Azurite, which is what was needed to open the giant door.

"Can we trust all Voodoo users? I'm not sure. But what I do know is that we can trust this guy and his group."

>>844208
Oh, and if they ask how he knew you had Azurite, just tell them that being exposed to Azurite sometimes causes prophetic dreams and that caused him to seek you out.

Speaking of prophetic dreams, if these: >>/questarch/833446 , >>/questarch/833451 , were a prophetic dream that you had, then you should go ahead and mention the names of the people you heard in that conversation and the names of those Circles they mentioned. That way the Pagans and their allies will know who and/or what to be on the lookout for when gathering info on the Church.

>>844204
>are you sure we can trust voodoo men?
No, and that's not the point. The point is, these are the end-times. We should focus on saving as many non-church civilians as we can, and that includes the voodoo community. We can worry about them stabbing us in the back AFTER we've won the game and prevented the church from ensuring our total erasure from existence.

If we're winning, definitely.
We need to verify who run's the blue team though.
If it's the church I think most Voodoo men would naturally want to be on our team, so long as we aren't way behind.
Vodoo is a strange art. They are masters of deals, always wanting to come out ahead. We should convince them that we are the winning side.

Heretic 2017/11/11(Sat)16:29 No. 844341 ID: 8a947d
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You: Not all of them, Voodoo user's aren't as organized or closely connected as we are but I'm sure Hakim will keep his group in line. Hakim did help me open this door to begin with, and he says he might know how to find some Azerite. Flint did you give him Karas ?

Flint: Not yet, I didn't know if I should or not. I'll hand it over after this if I gotta.

Killboss: If you say so. Regarding how the church found 15 hideouts, we've got spies inside trying to figure out what happened. Hopefully they find something. Is there anything else you want to discuss ?

>>844341
Any areas that could contain azerite, of course. Or perhaps information networks that could aid us?

>>844341
>Is there anything else you want to discuss?
"No, Ma'am. Other than leads on Azurite locations, I can't really think of anything else."

Hey... since I'm Red Team leader and all... got any Priest relics lying around I can use to power up my summons?

Also take up that offer of training from Flint.

>>844350
I don't think we need to actually ask for Priest Charms.

Because if Flint is gonna help Roland get stronger, then those things are gonna be provided without having to ask for them.

Oh, what about mundane/magical equipment for the party? Or some bodyguards to help protect the team?

1/2 Heretic 2017/11/11(Sat)18:24 No. 844376 ID: 8a947d
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You: You wouldn't happen to have any leads on areas that may hold azerite would you ?

Killboss: We'd have been all over them if we had. Finding azerite for this game is going to be difficult but we do have people out in the field searching or possible leads.

Killboss: If that's all you have to add, I'd say this meeting is done. Everybody back to your posts, those who wish to station yourselves here find an appropriate room and move your belongings as soon as possible.

Killboss: I'll be returning to the previous HQ to gather important supplies, please relay any important questions to one of the Council members or to Gallows.

Killboss and the rest of the pagans begin to exit the conference hall.

2/2 Heretic 2017/11/11(Sat)18:27 No. 844380 ID: 8a947d
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There are pagans walking all around the Gilded Cage now, you kinda like how it isn't as empty as before.

You see Flint walking into his new room. Maybe now you should talk about that training he offered.

Your friends are still in the kitchen.

>>844380
Training!

While Flint is definitely a priority, we should go check on Ada, see how she's holding up. A lot has happened real fast. After this training, it might be a good Idea to connect with Unter. Their tech will be useful, they deserve to be warned and perhaps seeing some old friends will put some more pep in Ada's step.


Nhe

Friend first. They must be formulating their own plans, I mean they wouldn't be goofing off all this time when the stakes are so high. ...although I wouldn't mind goofing off with them.

>>844380
>Friends are still in the kitchen.
Normally, I'd be worried about that, but this is our home base, so I doubt they've run into a trap of some kind.

.....don't tell me there's a puzzle that's locked the refrigerator and they can't get to the food!

Speaking of which, have you eaten anything yet? You should probably go eat before you go train. You can't train on an empty stomach!

Go to the kitchen!

>>844388
>Goofing off
.....why do I get the feeling that the only thing happening in there is Troy trying to get Issei to eat something that isn't strawberry flavored and they're arguing about it, while Uma is trying to get them to stop fighting?

Or maybe it's a food fight?

>>844383
Let’s do this and maybe bring her to breakfast.

To the court with us! Who knows where our beloved’s enemies lie, we must listen and prepare him, for when he comes to us we can relay to him what we know.

He says we must know our place, but let’s make sure that place is still useful and that it only ensures his loyalty to us.

>>844430
What are you talking about? There isn't a court here.

And what do you mean by "beloved"?

Heretic 2017/11/12(Sun)04:18 No. 844478 ID: 8a947d
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You decide to check on Ada to see how she's settling into her room. You knock on her door and she calls you in.

She's only been in here for a few minutes but the room is already littered with bits of scrap and paper. her room is much bigger than yours to accommodate for mechanical apparatuses and other odd's and ends Ada's brought with her.

You try to speak with her but she stops you as she finishes looking over boxes and bags taking stock of what she could bring with her counting it all up in a language you don't understand. After she's done she turns to you to talk.

Ada: So...I have spoken with my father. He is very upset that I was almost captured by church men and is pressing for me to return home; but I did manage to tell him about everything that is happening and he wants to talk about it more.

Ada: After much more arguing and trying to tell him that our lives are at stake, I got him to allow you to come with me. You and a small group may come to discuss things.

That is good.
I think we should take Uma in this trip. She is smart, maybe that will help finding common ground with grumpy eggheads.
How does Ada feel about Hakim? I think we should bring him, if for nothing else just to show we are trying to trust him, but if Ada got any reservations he can stay occupied making that cruel deal for Azerite and explaining how it works to Flint.
If we have time before talking with her father let's hang out with our friends at the kitchen. Ada should agree that lunch would be well deserved after all the bullshit we had to deal with.

Ok the succession of actions should be like this: Go kitchen with Ada, meet friends, eat something, make a group with Troy, Issei, Uma, Hakim and Flint, apologise again becouse is all actually your fault that Ada is in this mess and, finally, go meet your future father in law- i mean Ada's dad.

Aaaaand you should all have a shower.

Issei is a must.
Issei is always a must.
Love that guy.

>>844478
Might as well tell Ada about what you told Killboss, the leader of all the Pagans. But make sure Ada understands that you kept your promise to her and didn't tell Killboss anything specific.

You just made it vague enough that Killboss only knows what you told her, which was, word for word, "We may have help from a large group that's hidden themselves away underground, but I'm not sure if we'll be able to get their support fully. They're so secretive but they know powerful magical techniques that could be useful to us. I may have a way to find them and talk to them but it might not go well."

Ask her if she's eaten yet? Then invite her to the kitchen to meet your friends and she can decide which of them can come with you to this meeting with her father.

.....also hug her and tell her that you're glad that she's not hurt.

>>844478
Cool. Let's bring some high ranking Pagans but leave our less savory friends out of it. Who knows how they'd react to an abomination, a criminal, or a Voodoo man?

>>844512

How dare you to call Issei an abobination?!

>>844494
This

>>844512
I agree with not taking Issei, he has 1 charm. He's more likely to just bother people. Hakim would actually probably be a good idea, seeing as how he is very good at convincing others into accepting deals.

>>844546
If we're going by stats, then Troy would be good to take with us, since he's got 9 Charm.

>>844512
They probably hate everyone, not from Unter Equally.

1/2 Heretic 2017/11/12(Sun)18:25 No. 844619 ID: 8a947d
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You think about who you should take with you. You have time to decide later if you need to but you should definitely bring another pagan with you, probably Flint.

You: So...I was wondering who your father was ? It sounds like he's someone important if he's able to talk to do something about all of this.

Ada: Right I never told you, my father is the mister of arcamagikal technology and research. He is the reason I know so much about arcamagic. As a Mister he has connections to the Konich of the Unter and he might be able to say something to him...

Ada: Wait I almost forgot something important! But first I need to know if I can trust you. It is important that I do this now.

You: Sure you can trust me Ada. What do you need me to do ?

2/2 Heretic 2017/11/12(Sun)18:25 No. 844620 ID: 8a947d
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Ada begins to unbutton and remove her pants.

Ada: I need you to close your eyes and turn around.

>>844620
...

Alright then. No peeking.

You're a half-step ahead of her.

Heretic 2017/11/12(Sun)18:43 No. 844627 ID: 8a947d
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After a small shock you listen to her and turn around shutting your eyes...well "eye". You can hear cloth hitting ground as Ada finishes after which she tells you to turn around.

Ada: Well ? I know it's weird but... You needed to see now so you would not be startled later...

Ada's lower half has taken on the appearance of a large spider's abdomen, her forearms are covered in chitin as well

>>844627
haha not gonna lie, that's pretty cool

>>844627
... You're beautiful.

But really, we can summon demon dicks onto our arm and create mind controlling flies. We aren't exactly normal ourselves

>>844627
"Hey, you're as tall as me now!"

".....I'm, uh, just going to lock the door so that no one comes in here."

I'm impress and disappointed. Not gonna lie, I was hopping the pants would lead to something completely different.
Other than that I'm cool with it, even though my imagination is running wildly right now.

Take her by the hands(?) look her in the eyes, “you are beautiful.”

>>844639
>look her in the eyes
I wonder, if her hair wasn't covering them, how many eyes would she have?

"... We need to keep you away from Uma.

So... what? Your entire family is Driders?"

say "ok, that's cool. I cant believe you didn't show me this earlier, you look lovely like that. If only I had something I could show you that was that awesome."

>>844627
I'm ok with this.

I, uh have some questions. I'm sure you can guess them.

Ok, we can work with this.
"Nice.... legs?"
Seriously, this is the coolest thing ever. Now it all makes sense actually, living underground and being so secretive. You gotta have to admit it has it's charm, besides, we are all a bunch of wierd people, let's not get started with Issei. This is no isue at all.

>>844645
Yes we do have something we can show her. Our skin, we are a runechild after all.

>>844654
That involves being completely naked and I don't think either Roland or Ada are ready for that yet!

>>844627
Is this... Common where you're from?

>>844627
"Huh.....good thing I don't have arachnophobia!"

"Neat"

... but... where will I put my flagellum, now?

>>844721
That is some comedy gold.

Look her in the eyes.

"Ada, darling." Start unwrapping your bandages.

"You aren't the only one who has secrets. I don't know if you've noticed, but normality is overrated."

Heretic 2017/11/13(Mon)05:35 No. 844748 ID: 8a947d
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You: Is this uhh... common where you're from ?

Ada: It is understandable that you are confused. Yes, this is how all of the inhabitants of the Unter look. It makes it harder for any of us to live on the surface without some sort of disguise.

Ada: I though it best that you know now anyway. I still have more stuff to sort out for now but when you are ready to leave tell me.

Ada returns to counting up her remaining tools and machine parts. It's weird watching her walk around as a giant spider woman but it's ... sorta cute ? You guess ? Spiders can be cute. Anyway do you want to talk to Ada more or leave to speak to somebody else in the Gilded Cage ?

Invite her for a lunch break.

Return the gestures. Undo some bandages, and show her your runes.

Yeah, she should go and meet the gang, and have lunch, AND A SHOWER. Also, doesn't the rest need toknow about this as well? If they are going to go there anyway, they are going to get shoked as well... or not, i mean, they all have seen wierd shit all this time, so i gess it's not nesesary?

That is *not* a problem from where I'm standing.

>You guess ? Spiders can be cute.
buddy, after the whole shark centipede thing and the giant bug whale... not to mention some of the shit you and your people can summon she's down right freaking adorable. Not saying it probably is a bit odd after seeing her with only 2 legs for so long but still compared to some of the strange things you've seen does this even make the top 10?

But yeah, take a shower, grab some food, and see if she want's to come with... can't remember if you've shown her your ruins before or not but since she showed hers maybe ask if she'd like to see yours.

>>844748
.....ask her if this is the secret to her being able to drink so much alcohol without getting drunk?

Invite her to come get something to eat with you in the kitchen. And tell her that your friends are in the kitchen, so if she wants to meet them and decide who should come with us to the Unter, now would be a good time for that.

If she does want to come to the kitchen with you, ask her if she wants to put her disguise back on before she leaves this room.

>>844761
>can't remember if you've shown her your ruins before or not but since she showed hers maybe ask if she'd like to see yours.
She's seen the ones on his face and his arms.

But if showing her our runes involves becoming completely naked, then let's not do that. I don't think either of them are ready for that yet.

.....I mean, we can ask, but I doubt that it'll happen. But if she does want to see, then we'd better lock the door so that no one just randomly walks in here!

>>844775
But if she doesn't want to come with you to the kitchen, then ask her if you can bring her something to eat?

And remind her to lock her door if she's going to stay undisguised.

Talk to Ada more. ALOT more. Turn that frown upside down!

>>844748
Before we go and eat, tell her that you kind of like her this way. Don't leave her feeling worried that she scared you.

>>844777
>Turn that frown upside down!
>>844784

Both of these!

Ada has had a long day.

That frown is.... It doesn't end.

HUG YE SPIDER GIRL!

Heretic 2017/11/13(Mon)22:12 No. 844970 ID: 8a947d
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You already showered after you woke up, you weren't going to go meet Ada without a good shower.

You: Y'know Ada I kinda like how you look.

Ada: Really now ? Compared to you I must look so drastically alien. From what I can tell spiders are not very popular to humans.

You: Well sure, but when you're someone that summons demons for a living you get used to making friends with less than human characters. Besides, I gotta say I've always appreciated nice legs.

Ada laughs at your comment and blushes slightly.

Ada: Oh stop it Roland! I am glad you do not think I look to odd like this...hopefully your friends will feel the same.

You: Hey they aren't exactly normal themselves, You're a spider woman but I'm not even sure what Issei is. Trust me they aren't going to mind too much when they find out. Do you want to go show them now ? We can get you something to eat too while we're there.

Ada: I still need to take stock of what I did and didn't bring with me. Besides I am not in the mood to eat anything right now, maybe later.

>>844970
Okay later then spiderbutt.

>>844970
"Ok, if you say so. Depending on how long this'll take you, you can either find me in the kitchen with the others or I'll be with Flint doing some training. And if you're going to stay like that while you're walking around, if anyone gives you any trouble, tell them that you're a friend of Gallows and they should leave you alone. If I don't see you before then, I'll come get you so we can head to the Unter."

"Before I go, I've just gotta ask, how many people should I bring with me to the Unter? Do you want to meet them and choose who will come with us yourself? And, uh, do you want me to tell them about you and your people being spider people or do you want to tell them yourself?"

After she answers your questions, tell her, "Oh, and one last thing....." then give her a hug and say, "You're easier to hug when you're this tall!"

>>844976
And I almost forgot to mention something.

>>844970
>you weren't going to go meet Ada without a good shower.
You trying to make a good impression on her? Do you have a crush on her? ~ <3

>>844976
this

Hmm I suppose the spider people thing won't be much of a secret after the game's over. In the new world they won't have to wear disguises! Well I guess they still would on occasion, to avoid inevitable persecution.

Ah, now that things are calmed down a bit why don't we help Fiddler Imp find out more about his old master?

>>844970
>>844976
You may want to reciprocate by showing her your special too.

>>844996
She already knows we are covered in tattoos, she saw us without our wrap. If you are asking for us to take off everything and show her all the ruins, it might be a little early in our relationship for that.

>>844995
>Ah, now that things are calmed down a bit why don't we help Fiddler Imp find out more about his old master?
We did give Hakim the sheet music to summon Fiddler Imp so that he could locate that guy's body, so maybe now he's got a location of a grave that Fiddler could visit to pay respects?

It's worth asking Hakim if he's got anything.

Speaking of finding people, I'm kinda worried about Troy's sister. She's still in New Olmec and I'm sure Troy's smoking at least 3 entire packs of cigarettes a day from how worried he is about her!

We should send him and someone else to go get her!

It's not to late to hug ye Spider girl.

We should go collect whatever is behind that second door tho.
It's unlocked, we don't have forever before someone stumbles upon it.

>>845052
That's the door Hakim found in Itsdin, right? He was there when the Administrator unlocked it, so I wouldn't be surprised if he's already gone over there to open the door to see what was behind it.

Just tell her that if she wants to get even with the "showing my true body" thing, you can show her your runes some other time. She DID said that she wanted to studied them after all ;)

Also, Roland, realise that she PROBABLY isn't using any underwear.

>>845106
Well, no, assuming her reproductive and excretory systems are identical to a spiders her epigyne did not appear to be covered, and her "back door" most definitely wasn't.
The epigyne is a plate right on the front third of the underside of the abdomen designed to receive the nuptial web of the male spider when guided by the male's pedipalps, and is specifically shaped to prevent males of other species from doing so.

>>845209
I won't let this deter us from one day having 1/3 spider human babies!

Seriously. Hug her if she'll let you OR unwrap the bandages on your head to show that she isn't the only one who is weird.

>>845215
>unwrap bandages on your head.
She's already seen Roland's unwrapped face.

>>845209
I was waiting for someone to correct me or something, but not in such an enlightened way.
Did you actually knew that or you look it up?

1/2 Heretic 2017/11/15(Wed)06:48 No. 845237 ID: 8a947d
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You give Ada a hug before you leave her room. It worries you how much you're thinking about spider sex, you doubt Ada has the exact same biology as a normal spider but you have better things to think about than spider vagina.

2/2 Heretic 2017/11/15(Wed)06:48 No. 845238 ID: 8a947d
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You return to the Gilded Cage's lobby.

Hakim and a ton of Shadowmen are warping in.

Hakim: Go find a room and unpack your things immediately, Don't start shit or I WILL find out.

Troy and Uma are sitting on one of the lobby tables

>>845237
Sorry-not-sorry ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Hey Hakim, I'm going into a diplomatic mission soon. Do you want to come?

>>845238
>Troy, Uma, Hakim
Once again, Issei has pulled his disappearing act. I wonder where he went this time?

Ask Hakim if he ever got a chance to go look and see what's behind the door he found in Itsdin, since the Administrator unlocked it. If he did, ask if he found anything.

Ask Troy if he's worried about his sister and he plans on going to New Olmec to find her.

Roland, I think you should only bring 2 others with you to the Unter. And since 1 of them is going to be Flint, that means you've only got room for 1 other person.

So just ask Uma, Troy, and Hakim if any of them want to come with you on a diplomatic mission to try and get help from a city that doesn't exactly like outsiders? Whoever says they don't want to come or they wouldn't be helpful or they have something else to do, is someone that you won't choose. If all of them can't come, then it'll just have to be you and Flint or you'll have to think of someone else.

And if you do get a volunteer, then tell them that you're not leaving just yet, but let them know that they should go get ready for when you come and get them.

Y'know, having Issei sniff out the rotten among us could be incredibly useful.

Traitors or cruel people get eaten, Issei gets food and we get only decent people for our new world. Plus, with any luck traitors and spies would be rotten. Maybe that's where he got off to?

>>845244
Are you nuts? That would DESTROY morale across the entire board and likely get us killed one way or the other.

>>845244
I doubt that Issei would do somthing stupid like eating people that you are trying to make an aliance with, even if they are the most putrid person in the world. He cuoldn't have survived this long without being careful about it. I see no reason for him not coming along with us in this. I insist in taking the whole team plus Flint, the group is not that big.

>>845250
As much as I love Issei, most people find his false human appearance off-putting, giving him a charm of 1. He doesn't need to speak for people to be bothered by him. This is a diplomatic mission with a group of people who are extremely isolationist, to the point that a lot of them may have never left the Unter. We need to convince them to break a long held tradition, and bringing along the creepy mimic will just make them distrust us.

>>845250
>I insist in taking the whole team plus Flint, the group is not that big.
That's 6 people, counting Hakim and Flint, not counting Ada! That's way too many people to bring!

Besides, Ada already told us to bring a small group, which is why I think we should only bring 2 people, not counting Roland. And since Roland already decided he wants to bring Flint, that leaves only room for 1 more person.

>>845254
I think two is too little, but if we go with that Uma should be the one. (Do you get the pun?) Smart girl who like bugs.

>>845238
Psst Uma. Do you like spiders? Just asking, for reasons.

>>845238
Oh crap, shadowmen! Quickly disguise yourself so they don't notice you!

>>845258
Roland shouldn't need to, they made a truce, and Hakim just told them to not make trouble. Have some faith in them, with moderation.

>>845256
That's actually a good idea!

We should ask everyone how they feel about spiders.

>>845285
We're gonna have to do that anyway if we get people in the Unter on our side. So we've got Summoners, Shadowmen, and Spider on our side. Awesome!

>>845289
Summoners, Smugglers, Shadowmen, Spiders.

It's the 4S Alliance!

Oh no. Make sure Issei isn't eating our allies.

>>845220
I knew everything except that it was called an epigyne and that it was actually specifically designed to prevent inter-species mating, which I learned when double-checking.

>>845373
Internet is a cool place to learn about stuff.

Heretic 2017/11/15(Wed)21:10 No. 845421 ID: 8a947d
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You decide to talk to your group in the lobby. You walk over to the table Uma and Troy are sitting at and Hakim comes over as well.

Troy: Hey Gal, you missed breakfast. I made a hell of a sandwich.

Uma: It was like a foot tall! it's ridiculous that you ate any of it!

You: I'll eat later, anyway me and the other pagans talked about some plans. First Troy you have connections right ?

Troy: Damn right I do.

You: Good, see if you can get them together and bring them here. It shouldn't be hard if they know that the end of the world is coming.

You: Also, I need to make a small group to come with me to Ada's home city. We have a chance to make an alliance with powerful group and I need to know who I should bring with me.

Uma: I'd like to come. I don't want to be stuck in here forever, besides...I-I kind of haven't done anything useful since I joined you guys.

Hakim: I haven't checked out the door near Itsdin yet, I thought you'd want to see it too. I'd suggest going down there sooner rather than later. Your friend gave me that priest too but I haven't had time to do anything with him yet.

Troy: Also Issei's eating. Y'know how he goes off to eat people, he warped out a while ago. He may not be the most charming guy but he's definitely good take with you for muscle.

Uma: I didn't want to say anything but does anyone else notice how he doesn't blink ? Like ever ? or how his words don't sync up with his mouth ?

>>845421
>does anyone else notice how he doesn't blink ? Like ever ? or how his words don't sync up with his mouth ?

Not exactly someone who should go to a negotiation with paranoid isolationists.

I suppose it might be a good idea to check on that door first though. It's open, and if we wait too long our enemy, or even just some passerby might decide to take what's inside. The Unter could probably wait a little longer, they aren't going anywhere.

>>845421
Uma I thought you saw how Issei has tentacles and stuff? And he has a huge maw full of teeth? His "face" isn't real. Or I guess you're saying that his disguise isn't perfect.
...we probably shouldn't bring him to the Unter. We won't need the extra muscle anyway. If there's a fight down there then we'll have a bunch of Unter guards helping out. Let's just bring Uma and maybe Troy if they don't mind him coming. Troy should be able to offer his smuggling services on the surface when we're negotiating an alliance. Troy, Prophets' gods can't talk to other gods, right? I'm slightly worried about Gya spilling the beans.

Hmm. Let's set some priorities though. Ada isn't going to want to leave today since she needs to get her things in order. We should check out the door near Itsdin before the priests find it, so let's do that before the Unter... but the knowledge from the priest card will enable the Pagan-allied forces to act without Gallows to gather Azerite. I think that's the top priority.

>>845421
"If any of you want to come to Ada's home town with me, then I have to ask: How do you feel about spiders? Don't laugh, I'm serious. And not normal spiders, I'm talking person sized spiders. How do you guys feel about that?"

>I haven't checked out the door near Itsdin yet, I thought you'd want to see it too. I'd suggest going down there sooner rather than later.
"Sure, let's do that."

>Your friend gave me that priest too but I haven't had time to do anything with him yet.
"I'm sure you'll think of something you can do with him. Speaking of which, what about that music sheet I gave you? Did you get a chance to do anything with that yet or should I wait a little longer?"

>I didn't want to say anything but does anyone else notice how he doesn't blink? Like ever? Or how his words don't sync up with his mouth?
"Really? I was more focused on the tiny hat he has on his head. Have you ever seen him take it off? In fact, after all the times I've seen him get hit, I don't think his hat ever fell off his head! I'm starting to think he glued it to his head!"

>>845429
>If there's a fight down there then we'll have a bunch of Unter guards helping out.
Unless we get in a fight with the Unter guards. Hopefully that doesn't happen!

>>845437
When asking about the person sized spiders, don't mention that they're spider people. Just mention that it is a deciding factor on who to take to Ada's hometown.

>>845439
If anyone gets the idea to ride one, don't. Only we will get an awesome spider mount.

Heretic 2017/11/16(Thu)03:59 No. 845475 ID: 8a947d
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You decide to ask an important question.

You: How do you guys feel about spiders ?

Troy: I mean...as long as they ain't too big I don't have a problem.

Uma: Spiders are so cute! Even the bigger ones are pretty neat. I've seen one's as big as my head before! I have pictures too!

Hakim: Eh. Spiders are spiders, nothing too special bout em.

You've decided that you should check out the door near Itsdin with Hakim before you do anything else. Do you want to head out now or do something before you leave ?

Uma definitely coming for the Uter. Until then she should talk to Ada, maybe help her plan what we will be doing.
Gallows, Troy Issei and Hakim go look at the door. Hopefully this won't take more than a day.
After that Troy and maybe Issei will contact Troy's old business partners and go after his sister. The first thing we need from those guys is information on church activity.
After returning Gallows, Uma, Ada and Flint are going to the Uter. Hakim will either go with us or do his voodoo thing. Issei if he doesn't accompany Troy.

>>845475
>Troy doesn't like really big spiders.
>Uma thinks spiders are cute, especially the big ones.
>Hakim doesn't really care about spiders.
"Ada warned me that there are some.....person sized spiders in her hometown. Troy, you might not want to come along for that."

>You've decided that you should check out the door near Itsdin with Hakim before you do anything else. Do you want to head out now or do something before you leave?
That depends on how long learning new things from Flint will take. If it's going to take all day, then learn a few things from him. If it's not going to take that long, then learn everything he can teach you.

That way if there's some kinda trap behind the Itsdin door, you'll be ready for it.

Make sure you tell Hakim that you're going to learn some things from Flint first. When you're done, you'll come and get him to go look at what's behind the door.

>>845488
Also, tell Troy that when Issei gets back, both of them should go to New Olmec and find his sister before the Church tries to indoctrinate her or something.

>>845475
We should go before anyone can reach the door before us.

>>845475
With whats going on in Itsdin we need to go in disguise!

>>845671
Only if the guys in Ada's shop somehow managed to survive Ada blowing up her shop. Otherwise there's no one left alive that can recognize Roland.

Heretic 2017/11/17(Fri)07:34 No. 845680 ID: 8a947d
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>Learning from Flint
You go to check on Flint and find him wandering the halls of the Gilded Cage.

Flint: Oh hey Gallows, good job at that meeting. Most people start to choke when they meet Killboss.

You: Thanks, I wanted to see what else you could teach me but only if it doesn't take to long, I'm going somewhere important soon.

Flint: Don't worry I really only have one thing to tell you about, and that's how to make an Eidolon. First off I got one of these to make it easier.

Flint tosses you a small necklace, it's a priest charm.

Flint: There aren't a lot of those but I feel like you've earned one after doing all of this. Now then, do you want to learn now or do you want to wait 'til after you do whatever business you've got ?

>>845680
COOL! New summons! Teach us Flint!

I'm Ready

An Eidolon sound awesome. I would love to learn now, but if take the entire day to learn we can do it latter. I'm kind of fearful the church will get to that door before us.

Also I want you to come with us in the diplomatic mission after the door thing. If you agree take with Ada and Uma about the details.

>>845680
>Learning how to make an Eidolon.
"That sounds awesome! Yeah, lay it on me! How do I do this?!"

And then we see Roland completely failing at not bouncing up and down like a child that's eaten too much candy! XD

>>845685
>if take the entire day to learn we can do it latter.
That shouldn't be an issue. Whenever we learned anything from Flint, it's usually instant and only takes a few minutes.

Hard Rpetilian With no Extremities 2017/11/17(Fri)09:54 No. 845697 ID: 9e4723

Well, if it doesn't take to long, it should be fine. Besides, wasn't Roland supposed to ask him to came with him?

>>845697
To the Unter, not the door with Hakim.

I guess we can tell him that we were planning on asking him to come with us to the secretive group we mentioned in the meeting for negotiations, after we're finished with the important business we're about to go do.

But whether or not he gets to come with us all depends on his answer to this important question: How do you feel about spiders?

>>845680
Alright let's do this.

Heretic 2017/11/18(Sat)06:14 No. 845823 ID: 8a947d
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You: Yes! Teach me how to make an Eidolon!

Flint: Okay okay, first things first an Eidolon is a demon that's created a bond with a human that allows them to be summoned at will without any ritual. They are much stronger than any normal demon.

Flint: Technically when you make an Eidolon you give the demon a new summon recipe which basically just requires that you exist.

Flint: There are some steps to making an Eidolon: First you can only create Eidolons out of aberrant summons, second it requires you to sever connection with 5 other demons, and finally you need to have the complete trust and respect of the demon you want to make into an Eidolon.

Flint: Having an Eidolon is much different than normal summoning, it's less of a summoner and demon relationship and more of a real partnership. Your Eidolon is meant to be a companion that you can rely on and vice versa.

Flint: It'll take work if you want one, but it pays off in the end. Now that you have that second priest charm what do you want to do with it ?

We should probably ask Fiddler what they think of the idea.

>Fiddler Eidolon
Actually, I have my doubts about this. You've used Fiddler like a tool to his chagrin on occasion, and his loyalties are to his dead partner.

I think making a demon you would summon constantly, like Demon Flagellum or Harvester, would be a better choice. Too bad they're both normal summons. Maybe you can buy an aberrant summon recipe from the other pagans here and go on a few missions together.

>Which summons to sacrifice
Cerebral Gnat, Aquatic Stalker, Hunter Killer Hawk, Serpentine Vanguard, and some level 1 summon you learn later on. Honestly, just buy some level 1 summons with extremely low summon costs and make a few quickie bonds. Or does that weaken the Eidolon bond?

>>845823
Tell Flint that music sheet you showed him a while ago is what let you summon Fiddler Imp, which is your only Aberrant Summon. And then tell him that you think you can get Fiddler to trust if you help him find out what happened to his previous summoner, Mason Anthem, AKA "Mojo".

And then ask Flint if he's heard anything about that guy or if he knows where his grave is so that Fiddler can pay his respects or something?

>>845830
Well, most of the suggestions technically came from Troy. He was the one who asked him to hold that door open, and to be fair, that got him out of getting swarmed by fish.

Also, Hunter killer hawk has been useful to us in the past, and it's always good to have something that could fly us away. Serpentine Vanguard is good for fusing with other demons, especially our flagellum. Maybe get rid of the Harvester? It may be level 3, but it's expensive to make and I'm not sure just how useful its stealing ability is. Not too big on the Gelatinous Cube either. I want to try our Volatile Deviants soon too, so we can see if it is worth keeping them.

On what to do now, well, we need to save our "worthless" summons for the Eidolon, spells are the only real choice here.

Actually, I have a question. We have already ascended Fiddler Imp once. Would this make him a stronger Eidolon than if we did it unascended, or would it perhaps decrease the amount of demons we need to sacrifice?

My picks for banned summons are (we need 4 more):
Cerebral Gnat, Aquatic Stalker, Serpentine Vanguard, Harvester.

Let's start off by banning Aquatic Stalker to boost Fiddler. We have the two charms needed, now.

>>845831
I agree with this. Plus, if Roland keeps upgreading him, it could be as good as the one Flint has. Fiddler is kind of a support summon, but it has really useful abilitys now, maybe later could have really powerful tunes. Music can move people to it's ritm, and that's prety useful.

I'm all for turning Fiddler Imp into our Ally Spirit/Familiar/Stand.

I see most of these suggestions are saying that we should make Fiddler our Eidolon right now. I don't think it'll be possible for us to do it now because even if Roland trusts Fiddler, I don't think Fiddler fully trusts Roland yet.

I think we should first complete his "companion quest" before we try to make Fiddler our Eidolon.

>>845898
I think a few people are connecting ascension with creating an Eidolon. If this is true, we could do this in parts. Admittedly, the "sever connection with 5 summons" bit is kind of confusing. Do we need to sever 5 MORE to create one? Is he saying anyone who wants one needs to sever exactly 5? Do we need to ascend Fiddler Imp three times to make him one?

The rest of the conversation seems to be focused on what summons we consider the most expendable.

If we need to ascend three times for the Eidolon, I guess I would agree to another ascension for Fiddler rather than a spell. Get rid of the Gnat and Harvester. Whether we can turn him into an Eidolon now or not (we can't) it would still be useful to have him stronger.

>>845823
even if we wanted to make Fiddler stronger, we gotta gain the imps trust. We did say we'd help locate Moji, and we already have that pending with Hakim. Since Fiddler is our only Real summon and we've already been through so much with him, I say he's our ONLY choice. The Cerebral Gnat, Aquatic Stalker, Serpentine Vanguard, Bulwark Brute, and Choirkin are the ones we have never used and may never use, so lets lose them and give Fiddler a leg up.

Wait, what would be the advantage of turning Fiddler into an Eidolon? He is already easy to summon. Would he become stronger?

Please don't sacrifice the Serpentine Vanguard. This sound super useful and I want to see one without fusions at some point.
I guess I would accept the sacrifices of the Gelatinous Cube, the Gluttonous Arachnid (we don't need two gluttons) and the Aquatic Stalker (assuming we will bring Uma to where there is water).

The wiki is lacking recipes for the fusions we tried. A lot of those demons are redundant or use rarer reagents.
What is the recipe for the Vanguard Whip? It's basic a superior version of the Demon Flagellum. Since we have a blood powered flagellum we can sacrifice the vanilla one or the reptilian version if the recipe is too expensive.

I assumed Eidolons are more powerful than if you just funneled the same number of summons into that aberrant. If there's no inherent power boost then the main advantage would be instantly summoning Fiddler instead of requiring the song.

Fiddler's very much not ready to be an Eidolon. He's More of an acquaintance still rather than a true friend. We should probably go visit the Aether some time and meet some potential partners and aberrant summons before considering an Eidolon.

Also, It's pretty clear flint burned ELEVEN summons on Pensword. Six to fully Ascend, and Five to Eidolonize. Five summons wouldn't be worth for a stock demon, even an aberrant one, especially for a summoner who can fusion summon. Flexibility and utility are Gallow's strengths, and making an Eidolon now would just rob him of too many options.


Question though. Can charms be used to restore lost Summons?
Could we use a charm to restore the Voyeuristic Globule? Could we use twice as many charms as necessary to Ascend a Summon without sacrifice?
Because if so, I'd say we burn both Charms to improve our Flagellum.

Heretic 2017/11/18(Sat)21:40 No. 846044 ID: 8a947d
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>Advantages of an Eidolon

Flint: There's the obvious increase in strength first of all, the ability to instantly summon and the versatility of one too. A Roaming Gluttony eats stuff, a Fulgurbeast shocks things, but Eidolons know how to do more than one thing and have a variety of abilities.

Flint: Ascension is sepreate from Eidolon creation. Severing those 5 other demon connections won't require charms to preform, and an Ascended demon becoming an Eidolon will be more powerful than a regular one. Summons used to ascend others can be restored but that's not easy to do and takes time to teach, and you did say you were in a hurry.

Flint: First though you should talk with Fiddler Imp. How he feels about you is also important. Do you still want to ascend him again ? It will require 2 Charms and 2 Demon link severances. I suggest worrying about the Eidolon bit later when you know you can do it.

You're pretty sure you and Fiddler are on good terms, you aren't sure if he 100 percent trusts you, though that reminds you to ask about Mojo.

Flint: Mojo...Mason Anthem ? yeah I remember that guy sorta. he was kind of a wanderer, never stayed in the same place too long and always roamed the wastes. I never had full knowledge of his whereabouts at all times though, sorry.

You should probably ask Hakim if he figured anything out when he takes you to the door.

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Yeah, we're in a hurry, so let's tell Flint that we'll think about it.

Let's go meet up with Hakim and head for the Itsdin door!