Heretic 2018/10/24(Wed)18:37 No. 908166 ID: a451fc
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Your dad always told you you shouldn't worship anybody. He said to put too much faith in someone you have no guarantee will pull through for you was foolish. He never prayed to Athmoor, he knew that he wasn't someone who wanted worship or prayer though he held him as a figure who wasn't to be disrespected or scorned; unlike Demiyahl who he held in contempt, maybe that's why he's so wary of Pagans?. It's why you put heretic forks on the graves, because in death your dad was sure Athmoor would accept him wherever he'd go whether he worshiped him or not.

Your name is Roland Gallows Conroy, you got up pretty early today so you've got lots of time to do what you wish. Though you feel like you sort of slacked on doing any demonological research yesterday, so you've got a bit of an urge to continue looking for some. Maybe there's a job today that involves demons? You also have training with Flint scheduled sometime today which shouldn't take too long if you go. Or you could do something completely different for whatever reason, you don't know, you just want to do something that isn't staying in the house.

What do you want to do?

Well, there's a cure for feeling restless, let's find some Work!

What to do? Well, if you really want to do some demonological research, then go look for a job that involves that. You can train later, and maybe do something extra if you have time and energy.

>check inventory
It's always good to check what we have currenctly with ourselves before adventuring.

>>908166
Get a job ya bum

>>908166
Look for a blacksmith in town. See if they can refine the meteorite.

>>908168
Yeah, start strong.

Let's get to town and check the job board.

We should also see a blacksmith about refining the meteorite, that would be the fist step in building a demon detector.

Take another look at the meteorite. What shapes can be carved out of it?

Sure, go look for demonic trouble. Though you should get a workout in before you leave.

>>908166
Weren't we going to check out the book of spells? Might help to prepare before we take any demon jobs.

If we go into Dawnspring though, assuming we finished reading it, we should return the plant book to Hazel.

>>908166
>Didn’t do any demon research yesterday
I mean, it wasn’t all that bad, was it? You at least got to spend some time with that cute spider girl, Ada.

>>908276
Yeah, let’s check out out that spell book first. Then we can go look for jobs in town.

>assuming we finished reading it, we should return the plant book to Hazel.
Also this.

>>908276
Oh yeah, returning the book is smart

Heretic 2018/10/25(Thu)19:08 No. 908289 ID: a451fc
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>I mean, it wasn’t all that bad, was it? You at least got to spend some time with that cute spider girl, Ada.
Yeah that wasn't bad, but still you feel like you shouldn't just slack on this.

>Inventory
Currently the objects you plan to bring with you on any adventure are...
-A Double-barreled Shotgun (1 Silver Slug, 2 Regular Shells)
-A Scrap Double-barrel (1 Silver Slug, 2 Regular Shells)
-A Makeshift Flamethrower (4 Canisters)
-3 Free Sheets of Demonic Binding Parchment
-A Hand Ax
-A Crank Flashlight
-A Meteorite Chunk

>Go to town/Look for job
You leave your parent's graves to get Vol and mount the Arges. As you begin to walk to the back door of your house you see Troy's truck drive up in from the wasteland and park in its usual spot by your house. Troy leaves his truck and greets you.

TROY: Sup Roland, whats goin' on?
YOU: Nothin' I'm heading into town to do a job or two.
TROY: Oh are ya? You wouldn't mind if I tagged along would ya? I realize I sorta agree'd to help with your demon stuff and never did again huh? Plus I'm goin' stir crazy doin' nothin' for so long.

Why of course! Vol here was beginning to think you were a slacker, but i say "Nah, he has a lot on his plate too". Any way, let's go! Wanna race me?

>>908289
Thanks, I'd never turn down the help. Also, just thought I should tell you, you are an awful singer drunk. If we need to scare away any demons, you could probably do it with your drunken rhymes.

>>908291
A floating motorcycle vs a pickup truck in a race? That just isn't a challenge. Might even damage his car a bit.

>>908289
>inventory
What about that healing potion that Mordecai gave you? You know, the one he made using the peach sap from the plant in Ada’s shop mixed with the mandrake medicine he made from the Mandrake you caught for him. Are you going to bring that?

>You wouldn't mind if I tagged along would ya?
Sure, he can tag along.

And now that he’s sober, you can ask what he and Chopper were talking about before they both got drunk off their asses and tried to do some drunken rapping contest.

>I realize I sorta agree'd to help with your demon stuff and never did again huh?
“Well, it’s not really your fault. I actually didn’t look for a job related to demons yet.”

>>908291
I mean, yeah, that would be fun, but we only need one vehicle. And if we want to bring another demon corpse back to the house for dissection, we’ll need a vehicle that can transport it.

So that means we should all just hop in Troy’s truck and use that.

1/2 Heretic 2018/10/25(Thu)22:18 No. 908307 ID: a451fc
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>What was he and Chopper talking about?
TROY: Umm...I don't know. I was pretty drunk.

>What about that healing potion that Mordecai gave you?
Oh yeah that's there too.

>Race
You throw out the suggestion to race your Arges against his truck. Troy's all for it, you're pretty sure doing this will piss Vol off when he figures out what you're doing. Regardless, you go and tell Vol you're going into town and to get in Troy's truck to go. When he's settled in and unassuming you mount the Arges and start a count down to race. You can hear Vol in the back of the truck shouting at you for doing this dumb shit right before both of you take off for Dawnsprings.

At first you're pretty ahead of Troy's truck, but soon enough his pickup truck seems to manage to catch up to you at a rapid pace. You use your hookshots in an attempt to get some additional speed but even then Troy's truck seems to stay hot on your trail for the majority of the way there. The whole show of mechanical might and speed is sick, so god damn fucking sick. As you approach the city you just barely reach it's gates before Troy does. You're surprised at how fast his seemingly regular truck is. Both of you park in Dawnsprings, Vol exits Troy's truck and walks over to you with wobbly legs. He pulls you down to his eye level and swats you on the head with his violin before falling over. You pick him up and put him on your back and walk to the job board...

2/2 Heretic 2018/10/25(Thu)22:18 No. 908308 ID: a451fc
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>Job Board
There are a few jobs on the board that do or could involve demons today.

>Mines need to be cleared out.
Need help from wherever I can get it. Anyone that deal with large amounts of demons please come to Drilltown. There's an address for you to go to in Drilltown.

>Infestation at My Shop!!!
Something keeps biting up pipes and wires in my workshop! Anyone that can figure out how to stop it please help! Will pay. There's an address for you to go to in Crud City.

>Daughter Possessed by Demon!
My Daughter's been possessed by a Demon, please anybody help us!

>>908308
>Daughter possessed by demons
Demonic possession, that's new. Let's check that out, it might be the most time sensitive.

I have a feeling that this might just be some girl in her rebellious phase and her parents are just those crazy religious types though. If it isn't obvious, we might be able to ascertain it with the rock.

>>908308
Ooh, we need ammo. Grab some before showing up at whatever job you pick.

Hm, 3 seems urgent but you have no training in that, you could fuck it up. Ask Troy if he has any info on that, but it might be best to pick 1 instead.

>>908308
Infestation. You're not equipped to fight large numbers of demons, and the possession is probably just a hysterical parent.
Wait, what town is the last one at? If it's this town we could check it out real quick.

Heretic 2018/10/25(Thu)22:37 No. 908316 ID: a451fc
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>Wait, what town is the last one at?
It's written messily, but the address is at Crud City again.

>Ask Troy if he has any info on that
Troy knows next to nothing about demons.

>Buying Things
You have 325 Cards on you if you need to buy anything.

>>908308
>Mines
Yeah, I don’t think you can handle large amounts of demons yet. Maybe later.

>Infestation
That seems doable. And it’s in Crud City, so you can head right over to Flint’s house for training after you finish the job!

Let’s do this one!

>Possession
No way in hell are you going anywhere near that! You don’t have anyway to deal with that and if you fuck it up, you could kill the possessed person!

You’re better off hoping someone else with the right skills comes by to handle it.

>>908316
>It's written messily, but the address is at Crud City again.
.....or maybe Flint could help with that last one? He’s got more magical experience, so he might know what to do if this is a real possession and not some parents overreacting to their child going through a goth phase.

>>908313
>Ooh, we need ammo. Grab some before showing up at whatever job you pick.
Hey, speaking of which, I know Ada gave us those Silver Slugs last time, but do you think she’s got any normals sized Silver Bullets for Troy’s gun?

We could go check before we head out for the job.

>>908319
The only other people who are likely to take the job will either be charlatans who are trying to con the family (and may use dangerous methods in their "exorcism"), or demon hunters, and based on their name, I'm not sure they are the best at finding none violent solutions. Even if someone "qualified" exists, what are the chances of them coming along? There is also another possibility that I've considered.

This girl could have honestly befriended a demon, and her parents found it. It's possible that they may have overreacted and assumed that the demon possessed her into thinking that it is friendly, and wish for someone to find and kill it. It's possible that a demon hunter might just kill it without considering that it might just have appeared recently in our world, and has no intentions of hurting anyone.

We can go to Crud city, and just pop in and ask them about it. If we really think that it's of no concern, then we can take the shop infestation job.

I think we can do the mine mission if multiple adventurers agree to split the rewards...

Well let's go to crud city regardless. Might be able to do both the jobs there, and gotta report for training anyway.

>>908322
>This girl could have honestly befriended a demon
Oh, well if that’s the case, then yeah, Roland is the perfect person for the job.

>it might just have appeared recently in our world, and has no intentions of hurting anyone.
Just like how Vol appeared out of Roland’s dad’s violin.

I remember Vol saying that objects that humans form close relationships with opens up that object to be used as a catalyst for a demon to climb through from the Aether. So I’m wondering what the object was?

>>908316
Gotcha. Okay, it sounds like 2 is the smart bet for now. Better buy some ammo. Oh, and tell Troy he needs some silver.

>>908325
I agree with this.

Heretic 2018/10/26(Fri)17:55 No. 908421 ID: a451fc
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>Buy Ammunition
You bring up the subject of ammo, to which Troy replies.
TROY: Oh I got ya! I went to another one of my smaller stashes today. Had a some ammo hidden in there for when things get hairier...

Troy hands you 4 Regular Shells and says he has a full magazine of bullets for himself, and only three silver bullets. You are brought to having 6 Shells and 1 Silver Slug. Troy says he doubts anyone would sell any silver

>>908289
You also realize before you mistakenly marked your Scrap Shotgun as part of your inventory, despite the weapon being broken and it's parts used for your flamethrower. You're just so used to having that piece of junk on you.

>Crud City
You mount up and head for Crud City. You don't race each other like before since you'd probably make Vol mad again so you just go at a good enough pace to get there in time and enter the city.

TROY: Y'know I always kinda wanted a pet demon.
VOL: I ain't a pet
TROY: I never said ya were, I'm just sayin' like how Roland caught that big displacer cat thing. That's pretty cool. Then again I ended up killing my pet squirrel on accident once so maybe I shouldn't have any more pets.
VOL: You outta be more worried 'bout your pet demon killing ya.

Now that you're in Crud City where are you going to go?

>>908421
Let's check out that demonic possession.

The possession seems interesting, but it doesn't sound like something we're equipped to deal with, unless Vol knows something about demonic possession.

The infestation seems more like something we could deal with.

>>908421
You could probably show Troy how those scrolls work and give him one, just in case he needs it.

>>908426
I agree, let’s look into the infestation.

>>908429
Yeah good stuff.

>infestation
As long as we don't have to use too many resources on it, let's do that. We can use Caesura to kill things without wasting ammo. I want to see how well We can deal with numerous enemies.

1/2 Heretic 2018/10/26(Fri)23:38 No. 908440 ID: a451fc
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>Infestation Job
You head to the address of an infestation. The location seems to be a well sized residence made of solid brick and metal as opposed to the usual wood scraps and surrounded by a chain link

The inside of the residence you walk into is small, and barely lit unfurnished. It smells like motor oil and fumes inside. At the back there is a counter with a mesh window separating you from the man behind the counter. He greets you.

PHINEAS: Sup, names Phineas. If you're here for scrap I'm not sellin' anythin' til' I get my infestation sorted out.
YOU: No, we're actually here for the infestation job.
PHINEAS: Oh good! You gotta spread out those demon jobs as far as ya can since hunters could be passin' through anywhere know what I mean? Well lemme get that door for ya dude.

Phineas lets you in through the door next to his window and shows you to the workshop.

PHINEAS: It started like...I wanna say last weekish I think? but yesterday it got real bad! Lottsa bites all over my stuff, and I left a sandwich on my desk and it got swiped, plate was gone too man. No bueno! But most importantly things like my tools and good salvage bits I found ended up going missing. I asked someone else and they said it was rats, but no way rats eat power drills man. So I keep diggin' around right? and I see this little black thing skitter 'cross my floor and I'm like "oh no man! I don't mess with no demons!" So I ran around and put up the jobs but I didn't expect any help so soon man! Anyway, here's the room.

2/2 Heretic 2018/10/26(Fri)23:38 No. 908441 ID: a451fc
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After leading you through his small house he opens a door in the back revealing a large workroom.

PHINEAS: I'll leave ya'll to do whatever demon tracking things you do.
TROY:...You ain't worried bout us stealin' nothin'?
PHINEAS: Not really, I mean anything in there's either junk or too big and too attached to the floor for ya to take. I moved the real important stuff to a safer place, so I really don't care.

Phineas closes the door behind him and you're left in the workshop to do look for the issue. You notice that there are claw marks and bites on some parts of the walls and shelves.

>>908441
A stoner type, neat! Well, let's get looking. Check in that box of scraps, maybe open that panel on the table box thing, look under the rug.

Also, get a closer look at that stuffed mouse. Seems kind of out of place compared to everything else.

IS that a rug with an upturned corner? Take a look under that.

>>908441
Well first thing's first, ask if Vol has any ideas of what this demon might be. Sounds like a Roaming Gluttony variant.
Keep alert, and look for how the demon is getting in or out. The nest is going to be out of sight so you'd be looking for a hole in a wall, ceiling, or floor.
It's probably under the rug, of course. Just be ready to guard with a Caesura, and Vol should be ready to do the same.

Troy we're not going to rob our employers. At least not the nice ones.

I'd focus in around or behind or under anywhere that has bite marks.

1/2 Heretic 2018/10/27(Sat)02:19 No. 908451 ID: a451fc
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>stuffed mouse
Stuffed mouse?...Wait could that be? It is!

It's a Rat Boy plush! You used to love this character when you were like 10! You had box full of his old comics you'd read all the time before the unfortunate leaf blower incident destroyed them all. It's been so long, how could you forget dear Rat Boy? You didn't know there were plushies made of him that were still around!...Phineas said he didn't care about anything in this place right? You're just going to...put this in your coat...and forget you had it when you leave...Yeah.

2/2 Heretic 2018/10/27(Sat)02:19 No. 908453 ID: a451fc
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>The Rug
You move the rug on the floor, and find a strange indentation in the floor. It looks like some wires have been removed with the use of tooth and tiny claw from the panel in it leaving whatever it's keeping locked jammed shut. A message scrolls across the led screen in it's surface.

*Critical damage to automatic lock, please repair immediately. Secondary manual lock is still active, if necessary use main terminal to unlock*

Ok, the plushy is ok, but we can't go around stealing shit left and right.
Maybe is a demonic rat thing? If this thing breaks things but it also takes things from here, do you think it could be controlled by someone?
We need more clues, keep exploring.

>>908451
>You had box full of his old comics you'd read all the time before the unfortunate leaf blower incident destroyed them all.
The leaf blower incident? Wouldn’t that just scatter the comics and you could collect them again? Or.....did you modify the leaf blower to do more than blow leafs?

>>908453
>floor safe
That might be where Phineas moved his important things. Better not mess with that unless you have a very good reason to suspect that the demon is in there.

Let’s look somewhere else.

Try looking for places that have more tooth and claw marks compared to other places in the workshop. Those will be the areas that the demon goes to the most and one of them could lead to its nest.

.....hey, while we’re searching, let’s have some idle conversation with the others. Like, you got your Caesura from Vol and he knows that same spell, right? Well, would he also be able to benefit from trying to make his barriers thicker, like you’re trying to do?

And comment to Troy on how you’re glad that he and Chopper are friends now, instead of you coming home to find them beating the shit outta each other.

Well hang on first ask him what's with the lock. If this is his safe you probably shouldn't be opening it.

Heretic 2018/10/27(Sat)17:06 No. 908505 ID: a451fc
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>The leaf blower incident?
You didn't use the leaf blower as intended and...well it ended up burning up all of your comics and a few other things. You were a dumb kid.

>Scratches
A lot of the scratches are around the floor indent, but it want's you to use a main terminal to unlock it.

>Ask Phineas
You go to leave the room and talk to Phineas...but the door doesn't budge. The light on the front blinks red...did...did he lock you guys inside on accident? You bang on the door and yell his name, but get no response. Yeah you're locked in...You doubt he did it on purpose since that guy seems so out of it. You're sure he'll realized what he's done soon enough so you shouldn't need to do anything rash like bust the door down, until then you should continue looking for whatever's infesting this place.

>Vol's Barrier
Vol does not have as much control over his barrier's form as you do. Your manipulation of the Caesura seems to be an example of humans manipulating demon magic in different ways.

>Troy and Chopper
YOU: So Troy, are you and Chopper friends now?
TROY: Well he didn't kill me and he's a pretty fun drinkin' buddy so I'd say yes, but I ain't so sure how I'd act if I wasn't black out drunk and high.
VOL: I swear dis whole bein' high thing betta not become a recurrin' thing with ya.

>>908505
Well, it looks like that box thing has a keyboard. Try pressing some buttons and see if it does anything.

>>908505
"His vice is his own business. There's no point in being judgemental when we have even stranger guilty pleasures."

Fondly recall dissecting the female displacer beast.

> I swear dis whole bein' high thing betta not become a recurrin' thing with ya.
I agree, think of your health Troy.

>locked in
Ok, maybe he is kind of dumb and locked you in without noticing... Maybe.

See if you can find a code or something to open the box. If this dude is as dreamy, he might have the code written down so he doesn't forget it.

Well, let's find the terminal then. Start with the keyboard in the middle of the room. Tap some keys and see what happens.

Heretic 2018/10/27(Sat)18:45 No. 908513 ID: a451fc
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>His vice is his own business. There's no point in being judgmental when we have even stranger guilty pleasures.
You don't think you'd call that dissection a "guilty pleasure". It was strictly part of the scientific process.

YOU: It doesn't affect us that much Vol it's nothing to worry about...at least for now anyway.
VOL: Yeah you say dat...
YOU: Still Troy, cut back a bit, it's not good for your health.
TROY: Sure...for my "health".

>Terminal
You walk up to the big platform in the middle of the room and push a few buttons on the keyboard. Out of the top a screen pops out and begins to boot up. After a little wait time a login screen appears and asks for a password, it shows 4 columns on the screen and the password entry box.

7405 seems to be the code that first leaps out, the number of lines on each pillar. But the base changes on each pillar as well, maybe that has something to do with the ordering? The leftmost base looks a bit like a face.

>>908514
I thought it was line width, and that the faces didn't mean much, but now that I look closer, some fit into each other. The face one seems to the right of the blank column? Seems like the fits to the right of the 4 one. But that leaves 5 without any fittings... I'm pretty sure the face, 7, is the last one though.

>>908513
The bases kindof look like they have numbers on them, hidden on the edge. 4-5-3-5?

>>908518
I don't think the bases fit into eachother at all.

>>908505
Ok, if he locked you in, it better be on accident, otherwise you’re going to have to charge him extra for the inconvenience! And if you need to break down the door, you’re not paying for the damages!

>>908513
Try 7405

>>908520
Yeah, I can see that also. That’s another possibility.

>>908513
5407

>>908513
Squeeze the bases for the order. Count the lines for the numbers.

>>908520
Oh, yeah! On the left side is the left of the number, while the right side is the right. I don't think it's 4535 though, looks 4231. If it is as >>908525 says, that would mean it would be 5407.

>Sure...for my "health"
... This bitch.

>>908513
I see a 4231.

>>908527
Yeah, you’re right. It’s 5407.

Heretic 2018/10/28(Sun)00:27 No. 908539 ID: a451fc
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You enter 5407 into the password box and get an affirmative from it, next the podiums from underneath the pillars slide out from under them and are replaced with new ones. At the same time the platform being held up by the pillars cracks, and the cracks seem to form into letters and numbers. A new password box appears at the bottom of the screen.

TROY:...Hey are there demon dragons? D'you think I could get a pet dragon?
VOL: You still on dat? You ain't gonna get a dragon as a pet, you can probably get somethin' like...I don' know somethin' smaller than dat.
TORY: I can't get like a small dragon?
VOL: Da smallest a dragon can get is about 5 times the size of a horse when they's babies. Even if ya do somehow get to one to da Aether you ain't gettin' one.
TROY: Aww...what do demons keep for pets?
VOL: I wouldn' know da only demons anyone I saw keep was cattle.

>>908539
Actually, capturing a dragon would be really useful.
Youd have to defeat one first, and have a more powerfull binding device... but it's within the realm of possibility.

You really should think about capturing a dragon in the future.

Let's not capture a dragon in the future because we would need a insane ammount of peaches to feed it, plus size. Let's just get something more "normal-sized", like a dog for troy! Or satan himself!

>>908544
Also? The password is 1333.

>>908539
This time the pedestals at the bottom of the pillars show the numbers 6464, but I don’t know what they’re supposed to be for.

>Troy still wanting a pet demon.
“It’s nice that you want a demon of your own, but just remember that talking demons are not pets, they’re partners and friends. Right, Vol?”

>>908545
Could you please explain how you came to that conclusion? I want to see how you figured that out.

>>908539
Ran it through a Base64 decrypter. It came out as "The password is D3A4".

>>908554
I just imagined Roland with a Base64 decrypter in his mind, that would make him such a nerd.

>>908539
But Vol, didn't you tell me once about some sort of miniature dragon thing called a Bahonka Squee.

>>908556
Did he memorize it, or did he stuff some kind of machine into his brain to do it? Because I can imagine both as possibilities.

>>908554
Oh, I get it. The base of the pillars are 6464. Which is why it’s a Base64 decrypter. Clever.

So that would mean you’re right, it should give us the message “The password is D3A4”

Let’s type in D3A4.

I don't know how the heck Roland is supposed to have guessed THIS one.

>>908559
Well, he had a lot of free time to do either of those things.

Heretic 2018/10/28(Sun)11:30 No. 908571 ID: a451fc
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You enter D3A4 into the password box and get an affirmative from the computer. The platform being held up by the pillars begins to crack more and break completely revealing the tops to the columns. The columns slide down to reveal numbers topping each one. A second window pops up underneath it with with another message "Find the Order"

YOU: A pet dragon does sound like it could be useful to have.
VOL: Oh not you too Rol. We ain't gonna time a dragon anytime soon anyway. They don't really come into the Material dat often. Even if ya did get one ya couldn't feed it, or have a place to keep it. We'll get Troy a dog or somethin'
TROY: ...Like a dragon dog?
VOL: Sure Troy, a "dragon dog"

>>908571
How the heck does Phineas come up with these riddles without losing access to his computer, and yet is so absent minded that he accidentally locked us in?

If we go by lowest to highest, the answer is 7045, but again, too easy. Maybe it wants us to find which line the number stops at based on the number on top? Like, the first one is the 1st line, so it would be 1. The second is 5th, and it has 4 lines, so 1,2,3,4 then back to 1. Based on this, I think the answer is 1104.

>>908571
It might be 9514. That's the order of most to least ornate. We haven't used the lines since the first password.

>>908580
But don’t people usually put 1st place on the most ornate pillar?

That would make it 5491.

>>908580
Maybe, but again, that seems a little obvious.

We could also relabel them as 1st 2nd 3rd, which is 3231.

Heretic 2018/10/28(Sun)13:15 No. 908588 ID: a451fc
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>1104
>9514
>5491
>3231
None of these inputs work

TROY: Y'know once I saw an electric violin.
VOL: Wat like ... wat d'ya mean?
TROY: Like a violin you plug in and it makes the sound different.
VOL: Dat don't make sense, ya don't plug violins in.
TROY: Well you plug in an electric violin like you'd plug in an electric guitar.

Ok how about 1324? That's the order. First column is 1st and thus first place, second column is 5th which is third place, third column is 4th which is second place, fourth column is 9th which is fourth place.

>>908588
9415
1459

What about the shape of the top of the pillars? Could it be a clue?

>>908591
That’s what I’ve been thinking, but I can’t see what the hint could be.

What epochs do those pillar tops come from?

Wait. "Find the Order" could mean find which order was used. Try typing in Lock.

Heretic 2018/10/28(Sun)14:25 No. 908597 ID: a451fc
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>1324
>9415
>1459
>Lock
None of these inputs work

VOL: Do you have records that have violin music on 'em?
TROY: Nah, it's mostly rock and metal stuff.
VOL: Ugh, I can't stand dat stuff.
TROY: It's not that bad! Metallica's got some great songs. I bet you could play some on your violin, make a good cover. Besides I thought heavy metal was supposed to be like the demons music or something.
VOL: I've never hear dat before in my life.

Obviously, this is a question about Greek architecture orders. From left to right I would say the pillars are Doric, Ionic, Doric, Corinthian.

Try entering DIDC

>>908595
They're all greek, but looking it up I found out something called "Classical Order", which are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. Doric is the flat one, Ionic is the curly one, Corinthian is the frilly one.

I guess we could input DIDC, but I thought we had to use numbers? Oh, the 1st 5th 4th and 9th could be referring to the letters, so...
DCIA.

This is too weird, what kind of security measure is this? Am i the only paranoiac here? This is suspicious as hell.

>Metallica's got some great songs. I bet you could play some on your violin, make a good cover.
I wonder how Vol would feel about the band apocalyptica.

>>908631
Something tells me that if it doesn't have violin in it, Vol probably doesn't care for it.

>>908636
Yeah.. that would be why he mentioned Apocalyptica...

>>908685
I don't like metal, okay?

Heretic 2018/10/29(Mon)12:16 No. 908712 ID: a451fc
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>DCIA
You enter this code into the password box and get an affirmative from the computer, the pillar screen disappears and you are finally given access to the main screen. A second pop up window appears with five options, but only three appear to be accessible .

>[RUN]: Manually open maintenance hatch
>[RUN]: Expand main terminal
>[D.Summon]: OPEN DOOR
-[D.Summon/NON_OP]: VIEW STREAM
-[D.Summon/NON_OP]: CHECK CHART

TROY: I think I know a band for you, but I'd have to see if I have any of their records or cassettes.
VOL: Jeez ya don't got anything dat ain't played on grandma's tech?
TROY: Hey older mediums give a more authentic sound! The fact that I found ANY of them is lucky.

>>908712
Double-click the angel icon.

>>908712
Open the maintenance hatch.
D.Summon sounds like this guy might be involved in summoning demons? I hope he didn't lure you in here to be eaten.

Seems like we'd want to do all three. Check out the main terminal first, since we don't know exactly what it does.

can you open the hatch and the door or is this a case of one or the other?

>>908714
>D.Summon sounds like this guy might be involved in summoning demons?
If that’s the case, then he doesn’t have an infestation and he didn’t accidentally lock us in here!

Which would give us a perfectly good excuse to kick his ass and steal his stuff! But only after we’ve confirmed that he’s an asshole.

1/2 Heretic 2018/10/29(Mon)20:32 No. 908822 ID: a451fc
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>Infestation in question
It could be possible that you're entrapment was on purpose, but then again "Summon" could be used for anything not just demons. Besides, there are scratches and bites all over everything like something is crawling around gnawing on stuff.

>Angel Icon
The Angel Icon opens up an operating system known as CherubOS. Unfortunately it lacks connection to any servers so you only get an offline screen when you open it.

>Expand Terminal
You click the [RUN]: Expand main terminal option. Out of the platform other modules pop out of the top. You notice that the other two options are now selectable.

TROY: Listen vinyl compared to digital music is so much better.

Troy pulls a record out of his pocket

TROY: Cassettes are nice too but I feel like records really give the music a warm feeling!
VOL: Ya just carry that 'round with ya?

2/2 Heretic 2018/10/29(Mon)20:32 No. 908823 ID: a451fc
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[animated]

>Open Door
You click on the strange [D.Summon]: OPEN DOOR command. Instead of the door to the back opening or unlocking the terminal crackles with electricity and an unearthly orb of light appears above it. The orb gravitates towards Troy and locks onto the record in his hand, the orb lifts the record in the air and soon the two disappear in a burst of light. Troy stands there shocked at the loss of his possession, and the OPEN DOOR command is now unselectable.

TROY T-that...that was...my only Johnny B Goode record...

>>908823
Double-click the folder icon.

>>908823
Oh, geeze, sorry Troy. But you really shouldn't bring stuff like that when we are dealing with demons, that sort of stuff is likely to get smashed up in a fight.

Check the chart, maybe it digitized the record or something? At least, I hope it did.

>>908825
Yeah, say that to Troy and check the computer screen.

Try View Stream and Check Chart next.

>>908823
“First of all, sorry about that. I just saw an ‘open door’ command and thought it would open the door. Secondly, that was entirely your fault for bringing something like that with you. If we had gotten into a fight, that might’ve gotten damaged.”

Anyways, check the computer screen to see if anything is different.

Was that a boobytrap? Was that meant to be for us?

1/2 Heretic 2018/10/30(Tue)08:48 No. 908907 ID: a451fc
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>>908824
You try to open the folder icon, unfortunately it's password locked. Not the find kind of "look for clues and solve dumb riddles and brainteasers to get the password" kind of locked, you mean the "somebody had a password and wrote nothing about it down anywhere near you to easily hack" kind of locked.

YOU: Maybe...you shouldn't bring fragile objects like that on a mission like this?
TROY: It was for good luck...
VOL: Johnny ain't bein' good no more.

>CHECK CHART
You click on [D.Summon] CHECK CHART. The screen shows a few charts and odd diagrams you can't really make heads or tails of.

2/2 Heretic 2018/10/30(Tue)08:48 No. 908908 ID: a451fc
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>VIEW STREAM
You click on [D.Summon] VIEW STREAM. The screen shows an odd diagram, a large red circle and a stack of nine disks on top of each other connected by a red line. Above both, two circles again connected by a red line this time the line fluctuate slightly like a heart monitor.

>>908908
Isn’t that a diagram of the Aether? Why does Phineas have something like this?

.....maybe try clicking on that other icon? The, uh, what’s it called again? The icon above the angel one, click that to see if it opens up.

Moon and Sun, huh? I could aknowledge theses symbols from anywhere. Still, I belive we should meanwhile send Troy to check the room with a Demonic Binding Parchment while we mess around with Phineas computer.

Also, just for checking, see if there's anything wrong with ratboy's plushy, MAYBE a rat actually did eat the powerdrill.

>>908908
Definitely the Aether.

>>908907
These sigils look ritualistic. It also seems like there is a picture for the placement of the sun, which apparently is pretty important in demonic rituals. No idea what the crosses and circles mean though. If we learn more about rituals, we might find out though. In any case, seeing as this appears demonic in nature, we should copy this in our journal

Also, I have a feeling one day in the Aether, we'll run into a bunch of little demons dancing to Troy's record. And Vol will just watch on in disappointment.

Click on the pentagram.

Well this is interesting and all but I don't know what we can do with it. Let's open the maintenance hatch and try to find the demon infestation.

I think I know what's going on.
Phineas omitted some information, and now you've stumbled across his personal aether gate. An aether gate that's being continuously damaged after he accidentally pulled over some sort of demon rat.
If that thing bites the wrong wire, anything could happen. The machine could explode, summon a horde of demons, or suck everything in this room into the aether. That's why he locked you in.

Start hunting that critter. Clean the room, follow wires, find conduits and vents, Search for signs of damage, and listen. Use caesura partially through the floor or walls to trap what you find.

>>908977
>Use caesura partially through the floor or walls to trap what you find.
Caesura can’t go through walls. At least, not at Roland’s current skill level.

>>908987
doesn't it always make a sphere no matter what? it intersects other things.

>>909007
No, it doesn’t, it only does that with things small enough to fit inside of it. If it hits a wall or the floor, it stops right there and doesn’t continue to the other side of it.

This has all been explained in previous threads.

1/3 Heretic 2018/10/31(Wed)19:47 No. 909153 ID: a451fc
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>just for checking, see if there's anything wrong with ratboy plushy
It is just a regular plush, an adorable precious regular plush

>Record chart and stream
You write down what you see on both screens into your journal for later.

>Click pentagram symbol
You select the pentagram icon and open a window titled "GOETIA Version 1.2". It looks like some form of program which allows you to encode other programs. It looks like the D.Summon commands were created in this program. Unfortunately, you have no idea how to work it.

2/3 Heretic 2018/10/31(Wed)19:47 No. 909154 ID: a451fc
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>Open the hatch
While you fiddle with the main terminal Troy, snapped out of his sadness, goes to open the maintenance hatch now that it's been unlocked. The hatch squeaks a loud piercing screech when being opened by hand. After opening Troy slowly peers down the hatch, it's too dark for him to see anything. Troy reaches into his pocket to grab his lighter...

3/3 Heretic 2018/10/31(Wed)19:47 No. 909155 ID: a451fc
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...before he can retrieve it, something small and fuzzy leaps from the hatch and latches onto Troys face snarling and shaking violently as Troy screams in shock and panic tossing and turning to try and throw the thing off of his face.

Quick, Cesura the fluff ball and pull it off!

>>909155
Go pull it off.

>>909155
Burn it! Burn it to ashes!

Oh, wait, that's a terrible idea. Yeah, pull it off with Caesura. Actually, it looks kind of cute.

Caesura that shit. It might be what it has been causing trouble. Say Troy, you were looking for a pet, would you like to adopt this little thing, it seems to like you!

>>909155
Is that a demonic tribble?
Capture it with a Caesura and get a look at it. Also you have a flashlight, use that on the darkness instead of something as awkward as a lighter.

>>909165
All of this!

We could just slap a capture scroll on it.
Pets are fun.

>>909170
Shouldn’t we see what it is first? That way we can decide if it’s something we’d want to keep or not.

>>909170
Don't we have to weaken it Pokemon style first?

>>909176
Our scrolls aren't one use anymore. We could just keep it in there until we are in a better place to study them. However, I have a feeling there might be more than just one.

>>909179
>Our scrolls aren't one use anymore.
I know that. I’m just asking if we really want to catch the first demon we see every time?

>However, I have a feeling there might be more than just one.
Well, one by itself is usually an annoyance that Phineas could eventually deal with on his own.

But since his job said “infestation”, that usually implies more than one and more than what he can deal with.

>>909179
Not if it's already a weak demon.
Given its size and the fact that Troy isn't already dead, the scroll will probably work just fine.

Also, if it's a demon we don't want, it could be cute enough to sell as an exotic pet.

1/3 Heretic 2018/11/02(Fri)13:39 No. 909271 ID: a451fc
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>Caesura
You try to bubble the demon with Caesura, but with all of Troy's flailing around you grab his whole head instead. You basically hold him still for the demon to freely tear up his face.

2/3 Heretic 2018/11/02(Fri)13:39 No. 909272 ID: a451fc
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>Scroll
You get close enough then release your Caesura to catch the demon fluff with a scroll. Troy falls to the ground, his face covered in scratches and bites. At least his good eye's fine.

3/3 Heretic 2018/11/02(Fri)13:39 No. 909273 ID: a451fc
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You release the demon and bubble it quickly to get a better look at it. It's a soft ball sized pile of fluff with ears, a tail, and teeth. It snarls and tries to claw out of your Caesura with nubby paws.

VOL: Oh it's d'ese things. D'ey eat junk like rocks, bones, an' basically anything d'ey can bite into, which is a lot. I guess d'ey been bitin' wires an' shit down here...

Troy gets up rubbing his face.

TROY: That's not all is it? We got called for an infestation after all right?

You hear the sound of whining metal...

Well, i reckon the rest if this friends are going to start coming put soon, we need to think of a plan, right now, or we are going to be food for fluffy earth piranhas.
Where is de sound comimg from?

>>909273
Aww, it's so adorable! But know might be a good time to get the flamethrower and aim it at that maintanence hatch so we're prepared to destroy everything that comes through. Maybe put a caesura around to stop some of them so we can get a lot in one burst.

>>909271
I can't stop looking at this, it's just so amusing!

>>909273
>You release the demon and bubble it quickly to get a better look at it. It's a soft ball sized pile of fluff with ears, a tail, and teeth. It snarls and tries to claw out of your Caesura with nubby paws.
Catching it in the scroll usually makes it clam down, but this thing isn’t calm at all!

>You hear the sound of whining metal...
Look at where the sound is coming from. Everyone needs to pull out their weapons and be ready to start shooting!

>>909275
>Flamethrower, then bubble the opening
Yeah, trap them down in the fire!

Or, if they don’t burn to death, the fire should use up the oxygen in there and they’ll suffocate! This’ll actually be a good test to see if Caesura let’s air flow through it or not.

1/2 Heretic 2018/11/02(Fri)16:55 No. 909295 ID: a451fc
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>The sound
It came from the floor and the walls...there's a lot of them everywhere you assume. Hopefully the hatch will let you get into the walls as well.

>Flamethrower the hatch
You ready your flamethrower in case you need it, but firing the hatch up might be a bad idea to do right away. What if it damages something? You'll caesura the opening so it doesn't let anything out.

Troy backs out of the way to a safer distance while you reach down to open the hatch...

2/2 Heretic 2018/11/02(Fri)16:55 No. 909296 ID: a451fc
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Right as your hand touches the hatch handle something fuzzy falls on your head. It's another demon puff ball thing. A panel in the ceiling gives way directly above you resulting in a torrent of fluffy demons landing on you and Vol. That sound from before must've been the rest of them moving out of the floor and into the ceiling. It'd be kind of cute if they weren't biting and scratching you.

>>909296
I see that :3

Place a Caesura over you, Vol and Troy. Place the flamethrower so that it's nozzle is outside, and burn them. Then while the outside is burning, try to help kill the ones still in your shield with your axe.

>>909297
Solid plan.

>>909297
I agree with this, except the order of events. Kill the ones inside your shield THEN the ones outside. You do not want to fuck up using flamethrower.

If you are going to use the flamethrower, be really careful with it! Do try to leave one or two alive, we could use them to study it them!

>>909300
This!

Inside the shield first, then the outside!

I wonder how many of these things one scroll can hold. One could hold a small swarm of those nasty wasp things. Maybe one can hold a few of these?

You brought two right?
What if you capture these things and release them to fight the others?
Yours will be outnumbered, but when they die, capture and release a few more. Repeat until all are dead or pacified.

It's probably a very bad idea to burn a locked room, even if you have a magical shield.

How 'bout lettin' Peaches out? He is a big cat-dog-like critter so he's probably all about catchin' and killin' vermin.

>>909324
Also, these little bastards could be fire-proof or resistant. They do come from a hellish place and are tough enough to have a diet of rocks, after all. Better find out from Vol whether the vermin'll burn first before considerin' flamethrower use.

Now, if they do burn, then the safest way I can think of to do it is to capture a bunch of 'em in a Caesura bubble. That done, stick the tip of the flamethrower against its outside and super-quick reform it so it's just big enough for the nozzle to be inside and flame 'em to death. That should keep the fire from gettin' out of control.

1/2 Heretic 2018/11/03(Sat)00:55 No. 909357 ID: a451fc
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>Flamethrower
You're not sure how happy your client would be with you immolating their workshop, lots of papers and flammable things around.

>Barrier
You do barrier yourself however, taking in a lot of fuzz balls with you. You attempt to capture a few with a scroll and manage to imprison around 10 with one scroll. You use up all three free scrolls to capture the 28 fluff balls in your barrier

>Peaches
You release Peaches from his scroll into the room and order him to kill the small creatures. He goes to work eating and ripping apart what he can. A lot of the pests cling to his fur and bite back, but peaches manages to constrict many with his tendrils and ends up eating a good portion of them. Troy uses empty metal boxes and canisters to capture any fuzzy demon balls that attempt to escape back into the walls away from Peaches, and you with the help of Vol create barriers to aid in the wrangling of runaways.

2/2 Heretic 2018/11/03(Sat)00:55 No. 909358 ID: a451fc
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After about 5 minutes of screaming scrambling around, being bitten, and shouting, your group had finally contained, trapped, and eaten every last demon puff ball in the room. By the end of it all you're all tired and out of breath and peaches has fallen asleep on the floor. You all snap to attention however, when you hear the door to the workshop beep and then squeak open.

PHINEAS: Oh oh oh man guys. I am SO sorry. So this door always like flies open from the wind and makes this awful screeching noise, so I keep it on autolock so it stays such right? And I totally forgot about that when you guys walked in. My bad dudes! I probably woulda heard ya but I put my headphones son and just sorta blanked out about this whole infestation thing. So! How's it going?

He looks in the back and see's the large demonic beast that is Peaches sleeping on the floor.

PHINEAS: ...Whoa, was that thing in my vents?

"... You're paying us extra."

...Yeah, I agree with Kome. He owes us extra.

And as hilarious as it would be, we should be professional about this and NOT hand him the box of demon murderfluff as payback.

>>909358
>He looks in the back and see's the large demonic beast that is Peaches sleeping on the floor.
>...Whoa, was that thing in my vents?
“No, I brought that one with me to help deal with your infestation, which we’ve taken care of. I would show you what we caught, but I don’t want to risk them running off into the walls again.”

“Hey, Troy, you wanna ask him if he knows what happened to your record or if he can get it back?”

.....so, anyone know what we’re gonna do with all these demons we caught? I guess we could keep them as food for Peaches, which would save us money we don’t need to spend on buying food for him. And let’s not forget to put Peaches back in his scroll before we leave. We don’t want Phineas‘ forgetfulness to rub off on us!

>>909359
Yeah. For the inconvenience of being locked in the room.

No, the big one is mine, the ones in the boxes are the ones that caused all this havoc. How did you managed to get infested by all this, without realising what they were and how many they were? There were like a hundred! Did you summoned them?

>>909366
We could dissect one of them later, and maybe see how they react to silver using a live test subject. Maybe find a reason why they don't seem to be effected by the parchment's calming magic. We should probably kill the ones in the box though, they'll probably eat themselves out of there eventually.

Hmm, now that I think about, livestock that gets nutrients from rock could be pretty useful. It would be very cheap to feed them if we could find a material that can contain them. We could see how they taste later.

Also, yeah, let's ask him what the heck happened to Troy's record.

>>909358
Release one into his face.

Bruh. You got an aether gate in here. Don't play dumb.

Still, I could find a use for such a thing, and you'll probably need my services in the future. This could be a nice working relationship with a little transparency.

Heretic 2018/11/03(Sat)14:36 No. 909406 ID: a451fc
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>Pay
Part of you is fine with just having a large amount of new demons for testing and examination. Another part of you feels like you deserve some more pay for the trouble. You move back to the front of Phineas' store and talk payment.

PHINEAS: So uhh...Cards, I got like 150 Cards for the job, and since I sorta locked you in a room full of demons that could've killed you how about...I give ya this?

Phineas drops a box full of mechanical stuff on the counter and slides it through the slot between the two of you. It's got some miscellaneous scrap that could be useful, some tools, and also what looks like a set of ear pieces? Upon closer inspection they look like communication ear pieces.

>The Terminal
You ask about the terminal in the room.

PHINEAS: Oh that? Yeah I found it when I was scavenging for scrap. I don't know what it is, but I figured out how to hook it up to my maintenance shaft hatch in case it gets broken, and that thing gets broken a lot. There's a bunch of other commands on that thing I don't like to use, cuz it sucked up on of my boxes of nuts and I never saw it again man. Now I'm scared to scrap the thing cuz I don't wanna blow myself up y'know?

How about we invite a Pagan over here to look at it then? They'd know what's going on, probably.

>>909406
>payment
Don’t forget to split the Cards with Troy!

>It's got some miscellaneous scrap that could be useful, some tools
These things can be for you to build stuff, you could sell them to Ada, or you could give them to Ada for free so she can use them on her robot. It’s up to you.

>and also what looks like a set of ear pieces? Upon closer inspection they look like communication ear pieces.
That’s neat! You should see if those still work.

>it sucked up on of my boxes of nuts and I never saw it again man.
So he doesn’t know what happens to the things that get zapped. Sorry, Troy, looks like you ain’t getting your record back.

>Now I'm scared to scrap the thing cuz I don't wanna blow myself up y'know?
You should be afraid of using that thing! What if that thing zaps you?!

.....so, I guess it’s time to go train with Flint. You can invite Troy to come watch, he might get a good laugh at watching you flail around.

Then we could ask Flint what he knows about demonic possessions, seeing as there’s a job for one in town.

I know some people. Specialists. We could get that thing out for you if you want. I'll need to set up a date with them, but is that something you might be interested in?

Between you, Flint (Or some other Pagan he knows), and Ada, I'm sure you could extract that thing safely. It could come in handy in the right hands.

1/2 Heretic 2018/11/03(Sat)18:50 No. 909447 ID: a451fc
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>How about we invite a Pagan over here to look at it then?
The only pagan you know is Flint. Speaking of Flint you ought to go and talk about more training. You take your payment from Phineas and split what you can with Troy leaving you with 75 Cards. You bring up the topic of having a Pagan look at the odd terminal and Phineas say's he's fine with the idea as a machine like that isn't worth being used as a back up to open a maintenance hatch if it could be a weird demon bomb.

With your job finished you head for Flint's house

2/2 Heretic 2018/11/03(Sat)18:50 No. 909448 ID: a451fc
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Behind his house Flint is spitting nails out of his mouth at a row of cans stacked up on a table.

FLINT: Oh Hey kid, here for training?...Who's the new guy
YOU: That's Troy, he's a friend of mine, and yes I'm here for more training.
FLINT: Good

Flint chucks you an odd heavy vest and tells you to put to it on and to give him fifty push ups. He talks to you as you do so.

FLINT: So what do you want to do?
YOU: Umm...for my training?
FLINT: Yes, well kinda. Humans have an odd effect on the magic they can learn from demons, When a human learns demonic magic they can end up-
YOU: -having it grows in ways demons have never seen before? Vol told me about that before too.
FLINT: Yeah well the way it changes depends on the will of the person using it, within reason of course. For example certain pagans had learned to use the Mend spell which originally only heals flesh and blood wounds, With enough work however they managed to reshape the spell to restore damage altogether not just healing wounds but also fixing broken objects by restoring them to their previous state. In the same way if you try to reshape your Barrier spell you can possibly do more with it, it'll be difficult for you though kid.
YOU: Am I not learning how to channel aetherial energy today?
FLINT: You will, but learning how to shape your spell a bit might help with that a little more than straight up physical training, you got that whole barrier toughening thing down fast. So kid, is there anything you can think of that you want your barrier to do?

>>909448
Make it create a barrier between the space-time continuum so that objects between the barrier can be warped into new configurations (and reverted), and left in those configurations by lifting the barrier.

>also fixing broken objects
Damn, we coulda had Crazy Diamond.

Hmm, something cool we can do with barrier... I wonder if we can make it semi-permeable? Let some things through but not others? At real high skill levels this could be used to "filter" objects or targets to remove specific parts of the target... or maybe even concepts.
Alternatively, we could make it sharp in a literal sense. Cutting edges, stabbing spikes.

It would also be really cool to make it invisible. Extra synergy with Peaches, and it'd be much harder for opponents to dodge a Sharp.

>>909448
Well, being able to have 2 barriers at once can open up lots of possibilities. Beating things up with 2 giant floating fists would be nice. And if we can get them to punch fast enough, we can have lots of Star Platinum “Ora Ora Ora!” moments!

>>909451
>Alternatively, we could make it sharp in a literal sense. Cutting edges, stabbing spikes.
This too.

Hey, if we can get multiple barriers at once, we could get a sword and shield thing going, with us inside the shield and a big floating sword on the outside.

>>909451
Seconding the semi-permeable.

>>909448
We've been having an issue with things breaking through our barrier. What if instead of stopping things, we redirected them?

What if it could absorb other magic, either becoming stronger in the process or storing it to be released viciously?

>>909448
As demonologists, it would be more useful to have a live subject than a dead one. A way to make our Caesura better at capturing demons could help. Trapping them in a barrier that saps their strength would aid us in weakening them enough to put them in a scroll, while making it more difficult for them to break out.

>>909512
I could get behind this idea

Weaponizing the caesura would be a good start. Making it more powerful, having the option of making a solid fist or a slashing claw.
>>909512
I also like this idea.

Heretic 2018/11/05(Mon)21:14 No. 909758 ID: a451fc
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When it comes to having more ways for your Caesura to work you have a few ideas about what you would want. You try to explain as best you can to Flint between push ups...

>>909449
FLINT: Yeah, that's a...hard one. Spacial manipulation magic is something that exists, but I'm not entirely sure that your Barrier magic is similar enough to that to make it work...Eh maybe, but I can't teach you that, not at your current skill level anyway.

>Semi-permeability
FLINT: That sounds much more possible. You need to learn to better control the form of your barrier to do that which we could do.

>New forms: Spikes and Blades
FLINT: You probably wouldn't even that much need help with that. You can make that fist can't you kid? I'm sure things like spikes or whatever would be the same thing.

>Two barriers
FLINT: That's a decent challenge. Much like changing the shape or density of your barrier was, this would be a step above what you're currently at though unlike the previous advancements in your magical skill this will probably be harder.

>>909512
>>909499
>>909467
Flint explains that you can possibly learn techniques like these later once you learn how to channel the aetherial energy within your body. After you finish your push ups he makes you do sit ups still wearing the vest.

FLINT: Okay so you have some ideas we could start on today, but it sounds like the ones we're most likely to do anything with right now are: semi-permeability, new forms, and multiple barriers. I can't teach absolutely all of them to you since that'd take time and long with your new modifications to your Caesura we're also going to start out getting you to channel aetherial energy a bit. So, right now what do you want to start learning the most kid?

>>909758
Hmm, I'm thinking either semi-permeability or multiple barriers.

Right now we are kind of just a sitting duck while using our barriers. With semi-permeability, we could shoot through our barriers while staying safe, or trap an enemy and make them an easy target.

With multiple barriers we can protect ourselves and people who may not be especially close to us, and have multiple fists to attack. We might also be able to punch things while keeping our barrier up. It could possibly also help us to make sturdier barriers, but it also seems like it would take the longest to learn out of everything.

>>909758
I vote for multiple barriers.

>>909761
>or trap an enemy
But we can already trap enemies in our barriers!

>>909762
Which makes us unable to shoot them, because our barrier is in the way.

>>909764
Not if we trap them with their head sticking out!

Like what happened with that Displacer Beast on the mountain where we first met Troy!

And during the tournament with that demon cow!

Semi-permeability. Turn your barrier into a slow suffocation trap, or increase your survival time by allowing the barrier to breathe while you're still surrounded.

>>909765
If we, hypothetically, were to try to kill that cow by leaving it's head out to shoot it, it would turn us to stone with it's breath. If we run into other things with poison breath, laser eyes, or something similar, keeping it's head out would put us at risk. For something like a Roaming Gluttony, it would be tricky to trap it inside a barrier because of its odd shape. For small swarming creatures like those furballs that we just dealt with (we haven't named them yet, right?) or lacerflies, or god forbid, smile worms, we'll be unable to capture most of them between the barrier, but it would be pretty easy to trap them all in the center and just incinerate them if we can choose what can and can't go through.

>>909769
We could also just crush them inside our barrier, since we learned to do that.

>Fuzzball's name?
Vol knew what they were, but I don't think he told us their name yet.

>>909758
>semi-permeability, new forms, or multiple barriers
>So, right now what do you want to start learning the most kid?
I’d say semi-permeability, since it sounds like it’d be the easiest to learn right now.

>we're also going to start out getting you to channel aetherial energy a bit.
Since you’re thinking about going to that demonic possession job after training with Flint, you should ask him if there’s anything he knows about that? Or if he can teach you something so that you’re able to actually do that job?

Hmmm. Well, is not like we are choosing one thing over the other, we can train other things later, so the permeablility of our barrier sounds interesting, since this will also help Roland to properly use his aetherial energy. I like the idea of making multiple fists too, but we can do that later.

Multi-Barriers, then, since the rest of it we'll probably be able to figure out eventually.

>>909758
Forgot to make my vote clear, I'm for semi-permeability.

Heretic 2018/11/06(Tue)17:19 No. 909854 ID: a451fc
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>Semi-Permeability
You decide to work on making your barrier permeable to certain objects. Being able to allow allies to walk into your Caesura bubbles without having to drop it and risk being attacked sounds useful, along with being able to shoot out of it without getting shot back. After your sit-ups Flint walks you through making the barrier more malleable. It's hard, but not impossible. You flex your Caesura a certain way tinkering with the density and thickness of it at the same time then try to drop rocks or nails into it without opening the bubble.

It takes time. Between each exercise in making the barrier permeable, semi or other wise, Flint has you do a number of physical exercises to get the most training in as possible. Eventually after what feels like a good three hours you finally manage to get a barrier to allow something to pass through it. It seems for now you cannot make your barrier semi-permeable for too long before it goes back to being totally solid, but it's progress.

>Fuzz ball names?
Vol only ever called these demons fuzz balls, fluff balls, or puff balls when talking about them. When you bring up the lack of a name Vol tells you nobody bothered giving these things a name, at least not a proper one. It's always something like bitey puff balls or hate fluffs or something like that. If you want to give the horrible things a proper name before you cut them up or feed them to Peaches then you're welcome to.

>Flint's knowledge of Demonic possession.
FLINT: When a demon possess somebody it can stay hidden to everybody, even the person possessed. The possession can cause horrible transformation, or simply change in mannerisms, it depends. If the possessed victim is transformed it may be too late to exorcise the demon from their body, but an un-transformed host can still have the invasive demon flushed from their body.
YOU: How's that?
FLINT: Inflict enough pain to the host with an anti-demonic weapon such as a silver blade or nails covered in salt. A weak willed demon may leave the body out of fear of death easily.
YOU:...What about a stronger willed demon?
FLINT: Then the host might die along with the demon.

Ask Flint for help with the demoniac possession. I mean, we're still in Crud City, why not finish this job too?

>>909856
We kinda want his help with the weird demon portal machine too.

>>909854
>Choose a name
Mineral mincer? Scrap rat? Razor rat? Gnawing bur (because they really look like a bunch of burs)?

>The removal of possession requires hurting the subject with silver and salt
If the parents are overreacting, this girl might suffer serious abuse because of their paranoia. If she is seriously possessed, we should probably check on her before this becomes irreversible.

Another test for the rock! Does blood from a human, if the human has demonic magic (or is possessed), effect the rock?

>It seems for now you cannot make your barrier semi-permeable for too long before it goes back to being totally solid, but it's progress.
This is great. You don't need to make your barrier permeable all the time, so having the ability to do it in the right moments is a great improvement on itself.

>Name the small demons
Demontods?

>Possessed job
Should we really take that job? If it is that dangerous, we should probably let it be handled by someone who actually has experience, right? Unles Flint wanted to help us?

Waht else there is to do in here? I guess we are done training for today.

>>909866
We could try to reason with the demon.

>>909866
How many people are there with experience dealing with possessions? And would they be around? Everyone has to start somewhere, and if we avoid all possessions we'll never learn anything about them, and if we don't learn about them, we won't find better ways to deal with them.

We also have two things that most demon hunters probably don't. We have an ability that lets us hold her down if she becomes violent, and Vol can heal her if we're worried about seriously hurting her. I also have a feeling that we're probably going to back off and give up before we get to the point of seriously risking killing her. And if she fully turns? Well, we won't do any worse than a regular hunter. I'm not especially concerned for our own safety.

>>909869
Good points, can't argue against that logic. Let's do it then.

>>909854
>silver blade or salt covered nails
Did we bring a silver knife with us? I think we left that at home with the rest of our demon dissection tools. And I’m pretty sure we shouldn’t use our silver bullets for this job.

And I think the salt covered nails is probably a personal thing that Flint uses, considering how nails seem to be his favored weapon.

The way I see this working is that we force the demon out and then we catch it in a scroll! Wait, no we can’t, all of our scrolls are currently occupied by Peaches and those little fuzz monsters that we caught. What do we do if we want to catch this demon?

>>909856
>>909861
Yeah, let’s ask if he could come and help and/or inform him of that weird machine that Phineas has.

And if Flint goes to look at that machine, we should warn him about Phineas being forgetful and how the door could lock him in the room until Phineas remembers he’s in there.

Hate Fluffs is a fine name. no sense fighting common vernacular here.

>>909871
We should also ask Flint if there’s anything like a “good” demonic possession? Like the demon is helping keep someone alive or a person willingly allowed the demon to possess them because the demon wanted a friend or something like that?

We should at least know if there are good or bad types of possessions before we just assume that it’s all bad.

Ask him if we can dissect some demons in here.
We should free up a scroll before our next job.

>>909872
Nibblers

Heretic 2018/11/08(Thu)15:48 No. 909995 ID: a451fc
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>Gnawing bur
You like Gnawbur, it sounds good. You'll write a journal entry on it later.

>Ask Flint to help you on your job.
FLINT: No

>Ask Flint to look at the machine Phineas has
You explain the odd computer terminal machine thing that Phineas has in his workshop

FLINT: I don't know a lot about computers...I'll go have a look at it if I need to, and maybe take it off his hands but if you want someone to take a better look at the thing you're going to want to get someone who knows more about this stuff kid.

>Does blood from a human with demonic magic effect the rock?
You mean the meteorite chunk ? It does not, you don't know how it would effect a possession victim though

>Free up a scroll
The most you could do to free up a scroll is to just let Peaches eat some more Gnawburs

>Is there anything like a “good” demonic possession?
FLINT That's like asking if you can have a friendly colony of intestinal worms in your gut. I doubt it.

>>909995
Well, if our training is done, let's go check on the girl.

>>909995
>That's like asking if you can have a friendly colony of intestinal worms in your gut. I doubt it.
What about Bower and Otel the Oracle Globule, from the tournament? And Gwyn and her demon arm? Since Otel helps improve Bower’s eyesight and Gwyn’s arm allows her to generate electricity, don’t those count as “good” demonic possessions?

>>910003
That isn't demonic possession, possession seems to involve the demon taking control. If anything, Gwyn seems to have more control over her demon as it seems to barely have a will of its own past surviving, and Otel can just be "worn" for temporary advantages, which is little different than someone putting a scope on their gun.

Now that I think about it though, are all, or most demons capable of possessing someone? Or does it require a power that only specific demons have?

>FLINT: No
Of course not.

Maybe Ada can figure out more about that odd computer, she is good with electronics, right?

Ok, We are done with Flint for today. Ask if you should do any "homework", then say goodbye and go check that possessed girl.

>>910003
I think it is more of a symbiotic relationship. Some kind of demonic creature took her arm or something like that. You know, like fungus, but, not fungus.

>>909995
People have used intestinal worms as designer diets before.

Anyway, yeah, feed peaches the scroll with the least gnawburs in it, thank Flint, and let's get going.

>>910017
And English royalty used lead based makeup a long time ago. Just because it makes them look nice, does not mean it's healthy in the long run.

>>910049
It's a supposed to be witty retort, not sound medical advice.

SMH y'all are cowards, we're in the good ol' year of XXXX, we should build a whole society using a colony of intestinal worms in our stomach. WHEN will rolandboy begin finally eating some good and ol' parasites?

Let's go to the demonic possession now, we're in town! What could go wrong?

>>910098
Worms are yucky. I don't want them in my tummy. Besides, them motherfuckers eat all MY food. I don't share my food.

Heretic 2018/11/09(Fri)17:01 No. 910114 ID: a451fc
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>Feed Peaches the Gnawburs
You release the gnawburs for Peaches to catch and eat so you have a free scroll for the next job. He manages to catch all of them so none escape, these things might be good snacks for him if you can catch more.

>Now that I think about it though, are all, or most demons capable of possessing someone?
You assume possession is an ability only certain demons have. Vol can't possess people, well he can hide in your dad's violin but that's just because he came out of the thing. It's cramped in there too so he doesn't do it a lot.

>What about Bower and Otel the Oracle Globule, from the tournament? And Gwyn and her demon arm? Don’t those count as “good” demonic possessions?
You don't think those count as possessions, they don't take control of the host when they use their abilities. You remind yourself to write an entry on the difference between possession and symbiotic demonic relation ships later.

>Possession Job
You say goodbye to Flint as you leave for the next job.

FLINT: See ya kid, and workout more at home! It'll help us get through these lessons faster!

The location is much deeper in the city than the other one, tucked into a more cramped section near an oil refinery tower. When you reach the house you knock on the door a few times. Soon a short middle aged man cracks the door open slightly to answer

???: A-Are ya here fer my daughter?

>>910114
Yeah. Got any silver knives in the house?

If not we gotta go get one. Can't exactly use silver bullets for this, and "salt-covered nails" sounds more complicated than simply sprinkling salt on a nail.

>>910114
Yes. Assuming she is in fact possessed, we're going to do our best to rid her of the demon and get her back to her old self. Failing that, we'll at least make sure that no one else gets hurt by this demon.

How long has it been since you suspected she was first possessed? How has she changed since then? Also, if you have any silver knives, we could probably use them to help with the exorcism. We're willing to take some salt and some nails as well, but the knives might help more.

>???: A-Are ya here fer my daughter?
Yes i am, sir. Please tell me anything that happened to her. Also, do you have some silver in the house?

>>910114
>You say goodbye to Flint as you leave for the next job.
Troy is still with you, right? Or did he get bored of watching you flail around during your training and just leave?

>A-Are ya here fer my daughter?
“That depends, are you the one that posted a job concerning a demonic possession?”

Heretic 2018/11/10(Sat)13:17 No. 910214 ID: a451fc
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>Troy is still with you, right?
Yes of course he is. He's still a bit tired after having his face scratched up though...

YOU: Yes I am, sir. Please tell me anything that happened to her

He let's you into the house, it's cozy but a little bit messy...there are red splotches on the walls and scratches on the ceiling.

HENRY: My names Henry...My daughter Lori's definitely been possessed by some sort of demon! I know it! I remember vividly a few nights ago, I went to check on her in her room a-and there was blood leadin' from the front door to her room! She was sleepin' in bed covered in blood! She wasn't hurt or nothin' but it still ain't good! I've been hearing lots of scuttlin' 'round at night too and I-I've been...too afraid to see what it was was... I don't know what you're group can do fer us...but her rooms that way, Lori's in her bed right now.

>Yeah. Got any silver knives in the house?
When you ask this his face turns to one of confusion, almost as if the idea of needing knives to cure his daughter is sort of scaring him a little. He does not have any silverware in the house though, the stuffs not exactly a household material. You aren't sure if you want to leave to find any either. This job seems like the kind that can go south in an instant if you aren't here.

...this doesn't sound like a possession. Let's go check on her.

Then ask for some salt and get in that room.

>>910214
Think we should get Troy to go out and buy us a silver knife? We'll reimburse him for it, of course.

Touch the pulsing stone to that blood first, it's likely to be from either her or the demon. Then let's go in there and ask her some questions, like if she thinks anything odd has been happening around the house lately to see if maybe they're just being bothered by a demon living in their house. Touch the stone to her, and see if it reacts. If it doesn't, make a very small cut and touch it to her blood. Try to keep her calm throughout the process.

If the stone reacts to her, or she attacks us, we'll assume she's possessed. But before we do anything unpleasant, let's see if we can convince the demon to leave.

Have Caesura ready for the first wave of vomiting blood.

>>910214
>blood leadin' from the front door to her room! She was sleepin' in bed covered in blood! She wasn't hurt or nothin' but it still ain't good!
How much blood? Like a lot or just a little?

>daughter
>blood
Oh.

..........how old is Lori? Because if she’s old enough, then maaaybe that blood came from her.....yeah, I’m getting really uncomfortable implying this. But it would still be better than an actual possession.

Let’s just stick with asking how old his daughter is and leave it at that.

>>910232
There are scratches on the ceiling. I don't think this is a case of a daughter reaching puberty with the parent not knowing about menstruation.

Heretic 2018/11/10(Sat)16:34 No. 910241 ID: a451fc
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>>910232
You couldn't possibly know what this implies, in all your years of being raised by your dad he never bothered to teach you about issues that would plague a young woman since they weren't necessary for your development. You still ask the daughter's age regardless. Henry says she is 8 Years old.

>Ask Troy to go out and buy us a silver knife
Troy leaves to look for some sort of silver bladed implement to use. You aren't sure how you feel about cutting a child with it though. Flint did say you needed to inflict enough pain to force the demon out, and you're sure any deep lacerations would hurt the host too.

>Ask for Salt
You ask Henry if he has any salt in his house. He walks over to a cupboard in a corner of the house that could be called the kitchen and hands you a small pouch of salt.

>Touch the pulsing stone to that blood first
You touch the meteorite to the blood on the walls and floor, it does not vibrate.

>Lori
You walk over to Lori's room and knock on the door, a small voice says to come in. In the room you see the young girl laying in bed playing with a stuffed bear plush, a bee bear or a beear, no wait... a bear-ee? Screw it it's a bee bear. She looks up at you confused at the weird man covered in bandages and the small demon by his side who've entered her room.

LORI: Who are you?

>>910241
Tell her hello, you were hired by her father to do a checkup. Your imp friend here is uh, your apprentice. Ask her if she's felt ill recently. Any odd dreams or nightmares? Sudden cravings? Memory lapses?
If we're gonna use the meteorite stone as a detector, try it on her and also the bee-bear.

>>910241
Hey, Lori, I'm Roland. Your father invited us here because he is a little concerned for your health. We're like a cross between a doctor and a teacher, but for these creatures called demons.

Demons are kind of like us. There are kind demons, and bad demons, and they come in many shapes and sizes. See that little guy over there? His name is Vol, and he's a demon called an imp, and as a good demon he can make people feel better with music. But, your dad is worried that there is a bad one in the house, and he thinks you may have met it. Have you met any demons? We promise we won't try to hurt it if it's good.

I think that bear could be where the demon came out of.

>>910241
While you talk to her, you could try distracting her by playing with her. Try pulling out the Rat Boy plush and asking if you and Vol could play together?

>>910241
We need to invest in silver needles, I don't think it'll hurt any humans/mutants but the silver penetrating into daemons should cause them pain. Plus they are reusable for other things and if we also need to inflict harm to the host to harm the possessor then we can also add salt (or dip them in saltwater) for them to count as salted silver nails (needles).
Needle throwing may be a future weapon against demons for emergencies.

>>910241
My name is Roland. I study demons, and help people out with demon related things. This here's my friend Vol.

Your father says you've been waking up covered in blood. Could you tell me about that?

Going to call it now, the bear might be the problem.

Maybe we shouldn’t mention we’re looking for a demon? We don’t want to alert it too early. Just let it think we’re some kinda strange doctor.

>>910290
Okay, but we'll tell her after we use the stone on her and the doll. Maybe stab the doll with the silver knife. Telling her why we're concerned and that we don't want to hurt the demon will convince her to tell us about it if she has befriended it. If it has in fact possessed her, it could also help to convince the demon that it's a much safer option to just leave her without a fight than to have us force it out.

I'm not going to start cutting up an 8 year old until we're out of options.

>>910297
>silver knife
We’re gonna have to wait for Troy to come back with that. We sent him to go look for one, since we didn’t bring one with us.

Hopefully we either won’t need it or, if we do need it, Troy won’t take too long finding one and coming back with it.

Heretic 2018/11/11(Sun)21:21 No. 910368 ID: a451fc
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YOU: My name is Roland, your dad was worried about your health and sent me to check on you.
LORI: Are you a doctor?
YOU: No, I'm a demonologist, it's my job to study and deal with demons, and you're father might think you're possessed; but don't worry I am going to do my best to help you. Now I'm going to ask you a few questions to find out what could be wrong, okay?
LORI:...Okay

You take out your notebook to write down anything important

YOU: In the last few nights have you had any odd dreams or nightmares?
LORI:...I don't know.
YOU: have you been having sudden cravings for certain foods, or has your appetite changed at all?
LORI:...I don't know.
YOU[b]: Have you had a hard time remembering certain things? Like...have you forgotten how you got somewhere or what you were doing?
[b]LORI:...Sometimes.

None of these questions get you much. You try to think of a few more that could be more useful...

YOU: Have you...heard anything odd, like voices or whispers?
LORI: ...
YOU: ...Lori?
LORI: ...No.
YOU: ...Well okay, Umm...have you felt poorly recently? Have you felt tired or sick in anyway?
LORI: Yes, when I wake up I feel really tired. Like I didn't sleep at all, but nothing else.

You hear the front door open, you think Troy might be back. You go to see if it's him when Lori speaks up.

LORI: Umm...C-can I ask you questions too?

>>910368
It seems like she is hearing things, but the voice might have convinced her not to tell anyone. Her body has also been working while she is mentally "asleep". This is almost definitely a possession.

I don't mind if you want to ask a few things, but I can't promise that I'll be able to answer all of them.

“Sure, you can ask as many as you like. I just need to fetch something from my friend outside and I’ll be right back to answer any questions.”

>>910368
>Long pause before answering
I think the demon might've just told her not to say anything.

>Umm...C-can I ask you questions too?
"Yes, you can."

Troy can find you and Vol by asking the father where you are. Once he gets here, try to quietly ask him if he found anything silver? And I say ask quietly because we don't want the demon to hear that you've got something silver with you.

>>910368
Sure, kid.

Anyone think it could be an angel?

>>910376
We should definitely hide the knife from her. Not to avoid scaring the demon, but to avoid scaring the girl. If we have to cut her, we should blindfold her, and tell her that we're going to be releasing a medicinal gas that should harm the demon so long as it remains inside of her. Explain that it causes phantom pain and disturbing hallucinations. Just make her think that this is just really unpleasant medicine so as to mitigate trauma.

Still want to check out that bear before we start anything though. Cutting it with silver could potentially circumnavigate the less pleasant method. We should at least try that first.

Sure thing, ask away.

>>910368
Oh no! You forgot to introduce Vol to Lori!

You’ve probably hurt his feelings and now he might be thinking that you don’t think he’s important enough to be mentioned to Lori!

>>910381
That’s also a possibility.

>>910385
>phantom pain
[inserting Metal Gear Solid 5 reference here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=otaWQIcTodo ]

But seriously, that could work, since Vol can heal away any cuts that we might need to make.

...before we start cutting up little kids and earning a reputation as a demon obsessed madman, can we try a slightly softer approach and merely poke/brush her with the silver knife first?

Few ideas

-Period? (idk maybe her dad exaggerated)
-She is already dead (demon is puppeteering her)
-She is fully aware of the demon and is friends with it (or at least thinks she is)
-This could be a succubus since it could
have exploited emotional
vulnerabilities
-If this is the case, we need to discern
whether the demon is exploiting the
girl for their own gains, or if they
are legitimately afraid (maybe also
insecure?) and truly view the girl as a
friend. Imo it would be great if we
could recruit another sapient demon.

It might be possible to circumvent all of the anti-possession shit if we just use a demon-sealing scroll on her. As far as i understand it, it would only seal the demon.

>>910413
That is the plan. Start out with shallow cuts on her hand before we start doing anything serious. We still have questions to ask too. The cutting will be only if everything else fails.

>>910419
>Period
She's 8, most girls need to be close to 13 before they get their first menstruation.
>Puppeteering
I don't think the demon would admit to feeling like she hasn't slept or badly lie that she doesn't hear voices.
>Thinks she's friends with the demon
Likely. That bear probably talks to her sometimes. Possible that the bear needs to be around her for it to possess her, but if a cut from a silver knife doesn't effect it, chances are the demon has left the doll and is inside her.
>Succubus
She's a kid, you don't need to be a master manipulator to exploit her emotions. The demon just needs to be sapient, and not a complete moron.
>Find out if the demon is scared or purposefully malevolent
We'll have to talk to the demon to find this out. As we have Vol, we could probably convince it that we aren't the type to lash out at demons without reason, and we might ask it if we can find a way to make it more comfortable so that it stops possessing Lori, as we fear this may be harming her. If it doesn't listen, we'll warn it that if it leaves us no choice, we may have to force it out. If we do force it out, we might want to just capture it rather than kill it, maybe show it other demons who are living in this world comfortably, like Eto or Delphi.
>Scroll
Don't think that would work. First, the demon has to be weak for it. Second, it probably needs to directly touch the demon, not just the person possessed. But it wouldn't hurt to try I suppose.

>>910368
Oh, ask her if she has any invisible friends, or if her stuffed animal talks to her.

We could wait for the night and catch the demon red handed tho. No need for cutting, stabbing or scaring 8 year olds forever.

>>910424
Succubus thing is cuz a succubus would have a reason to possess and befriend someone so they can feed off of their emotions (i would consider a close friendship love even if it is platonic. there are many kinds of love, not just the sexual kind). It answers the question of "why" and explains the lack of (blatant) crazy demonic behavior.

This demon seems intelligent, whatever they are. They probably have an agenda.

1/2 Heretic 2018/11/13(Tue)00:01 No. 910480 ID: a451fc
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You say yes to answering her questions, but after you go to meet Troy outside. In the hallway Troy's waiting with a few things in his hands...

TROY: It was hard...but I managed to find a few silver things. I got a letter opener and cup.
YOU: ...Why the cup?
TROY: I don't know man I stole the first one and was kinda on a roll.
VOL: Ya stole d'ese?
TROY: Well they were pretty expensive and I felt sorta rushed so I acted fast, anyway maybe the cup helps you somehow? I don't know...Hey umm I think I'm gonna step outside for a little...this house is kinda cramped.

As Troy leaves he walks by a woman standing by the window at the front of the house. You guess she entered the house when you were in Lori's room? Regardless you say hello.

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YOU: Umm...Hi?

She seems a bit startled when you talk to her, but calms down afterwords. You can't help but notice her eyes are a bit bloodshot, she looks like she's been crying...

SHANNON: Oh! I-i'm sorry. My husband told me he had people over for our daughter's...condition, but...i'm sorry. I-i'm Shannon.
YOU: Roland...are you alright?
SHANNON: Oh I'm fine...I just a bit worried is all. I don't know a lot about this whole demon thing...and I know you're here to help but, what if it's bad? I-Is... is it bad?

Her eyes are starting to tear up again.

>>910481
I can't say for sure, I don't have enough enough evidence to say yet. I'm hoping that the demon is peaceful, and might be willing to leave her unharmed for something in return. If it isn't willing, well, there are methods to forcibly remove a demon. I promise, I'll do all I can to make sure your daughter is safe.

... I kind of assumed he was a single dad. Now that I think about it, Henry only said that he heard scuttling at night, not in his daughter's room, but in general. The blood doesn't necessarily have to have come from his daughter either, His wife could be the one possessed. I thought that maybe she could have been possessed a long time ago, and maybe her daughter is a hybrid and is going through some demonic puberty, but the mother appears normal. If she is possessed, it is probably recent.

>>910480
>silver letter opener
Ok, we can use that if we need to drive out the demon. But we haven’t gotten there yet, so make sure you put that away before you go back into the room. Don’t want the demon to see it.

>silver cup
.....maybe we could use that? Let’s put that away too.

>>910481
She’s worried that you’re going to have to kill Lori. Do everything you can to avoid that.

>I-Is...is it bad?
No matter what, do not let the parents know that this is your first time attempting an exorcism! You don’t need to make them worry anymore than they already are!

But to answer her question, the honest answer is, “I don’t know, that’s what I’m going to find out.”

Then go back in Lori’s room and answer the questions she wanted to ask you.

>>910486
>His wife could be the one possessed. I thought that maybe she could have been possessed a long time ago, and maybe her daughter is a hybrid and is going through some demonic puberty, but the mother appears normal.
Let’s not dive into wild speculations. At least, not yet.

"No, not yet. I got here just in time before things get worse for your daughter, Ma'am." Introduce Vol before she jumps to conclusions about us, then head upstairs. Don't let anyone see the letter opener or the cup.

Actually, perhaps we should let Vol carry the cup while we hid the letter opener so that the demon focuses on him and not us.

Unless she feels uneasy around us, the little girl seems to be really unsure about her condition herself, giving us half answers. She being tired after sleeping sounds interesting. Maybe she is beeing controled while sleeping?
Ask the mom the sames questions, she might be able to tell you more that the child did.

Do you think that making tea or coffee in a silver cup could help us somehow? You know, being in touch with silver and all, maybe the liquid can be altered somehow...? It wouldn't hurt to try.

Between 1 of "Absolutly fine" and 10 of "Oh god no", we're in a 4-5. There seem's to be a demon in the house but the biggest thing he's doing is making a bloody mess. If it is her blood or not? We don't know exactly.

Also we should maaaaaaaybe call a doctor, check-ups are always good.

It's rude to just walk away after agreeing to let someone ask you some questions.

>>910552
We said that we would answer her questions AFTER we talked with Troy.

>>910526
This sounds like a good idea.

Not gonna lie, if it is a demon posession, I can't imagine convincing the demon to leave the host is going to be easy.

>>910575
Ah! It's simple! We poke the 8-year old with the knife. We poke the 8-year old multiples times with the knife.

The less bloody way is negotiating. If it can possess a 8-year old, it might be smart enough to negotiate with us. A deal with the devil!

>>910575
>>910576
Considering what the father said, I've got a tentative theory about the demon. It got injured and possessed Lori to hide, and has been trying to recuperate ever since.

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YOU: No, not yet. I got here just in time before things get worse for your daughter, Ma'am. I assure you I've had plenty of experience with demons and am doing all I can.

You let her say hi to Vol so she knows that you do have experience with this sort of thing. He extends his hand to shake...She doesn't want to take it.

>Ask the mom the sames questions
You ask Shannon the same questions you asked Lori: odd dreams, sudden cravings, memory lapses etc. She says no to all of them.

>Do you think that making tea or coffee in a silver cup could help us somehow?
You ask if you can fill the silver cup with a drink for Lori, Shannon takes the cup and fills it with milk. After you get everything settled you return to Lori's room and continue to talk to her.

YOU: Sorry about that Lori, If you're thirsty I got you some milk. Now, what was the question you wanted to ask?

Lori takes a sip of milk from the cup, for a split second you swear you could see her eyes flash red. She doesn't drink the rest. Along with the drink you use the meteorite chunk to test if it has a reaction. You touch it to Lori's arm, but it does not vibrate. The plush doesn't get a reaction either. You then try to simply catch the demon out of her body with a scroll, but it doesn't catch anything and stays empty.

LORI: Umm...you said you were a demomologist? Does that mean you keep demons like pets?...Does that mean demons can be nice?

Not just only pets, they can be your friends too... family even. Of course, it depends on the kind deamon. Some are more reasonable, others no so much. But my intention is to learn about them so we know which can be befriend and which can be tamed, or neither. What do you think? Think is it posible?

>>910678
Ha! +1 for scared semi-powerful (but probably not confident and/or experienced) demon theory!

Still think it is a succubus feeding off of emotions (probably out of necessity).

Lets take her outside and have her play with peaches (btw, we really need to get another peaches-tier demon pet and call them cream).

Oh demons can definitely be nice!
Some can be like pets sure, but others are as smart as humans and can be really good friends.
Vol here is my best friend! You can talk to him if you want, he won't bite.

We could also offer to play her something,' or to let her pet or ride peaches.