Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)17:36 No. 91920 ID: 18b9f0
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I don't know where I am.
I wonder if I ever did.

Well... if we're still with you it's got to be the physical world, right?

Boss we are so sorry, we were just trying to help... we, there was a mistake, your poison, the table, Dompag bumped it, Finnie's aphrodisiac, we are so sorry, it was all a mistake.

Sup.

Try to touch your eye.

Stop being emo. Man up and demand the universe to tell you where you are! Handle it!

I just hope you'll not see us in our physical form. That'd be terrible.

Muschio, who are we? what are we?

>>91920
Boss... we're sorry. We should've never brought up the idea of using poison. It's such an inaccurate method of attack, as we just saw. Everything went wrong.

I hope our faithful minions can administer the antidote in time.

Uh...

Pull...

No, that won't work.

...Yeah, I'm lost too, Boss.

>>91917
Hello, Muschio.
I have an inkling of a suspicion.
But my lips are sealed for the moment.

I'm afraid this is our fault. We wanted to surprise you (heh, surprising ourself, what an odd thought)
But... Seems your surprise got mixed up with the poison meant for your new enemy.
Oops.

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)17:40 No. 91935 ID: 18b9f0
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>>91923
If I can hear myself think, does that mean I am interacting with the physical world?
Does that make sense?
I cannot tell.

>>91925
I don't know what that means.
Names flow in and out of my vision like specters.

>>91935
What do you know? What do you remember?

Can you touch your body?

>>91935
I think, therefore I am.

Do you remember Finesse? Malto? The Orb?

>>91935
Do you at least remember us Boss?

You DIED.
For no APPARENT REASON.
Could the killer be KARMA?!

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)17:47 No. 91954 ID: 18b9f0
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I used to be... someone.
But who am I now?
Where have I gone?
Will I return?

>>91940
I remember everything and none of it matters now.
Names and faces. Did they ever matter?
Have I been floating above this world all along?

No one sees what I see.
This is my blessing.

Does it suck?

finnie kiss muschio

Man up, ffs.

>>91954
no. It does matter. down there is a world that msut burn. It must feel this salvation

Stop spouting emo poetry and wake the fuck up.

>>91954
What about your dream? Don't you still want to be the Devil?

>>91954
You wished wickedness upon everything, why? Can you even remember what drove you to such madness?

>>91948
Of course it matters.
Don't you remember you PLANS.
Don't you remember that GOAL that drove you forward?

Awaken.

>>91954
Focus as hard as you can on earthly desires. Like sex.

>>91964
>>91965
The world will tremble at your feet. Wake up.

>>91968
Yeah, stop with the emo shit and grow a pair. wake up!

Boss! WAKE THE FUCK UP!

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)17:56 No. 91983 ID: 18b9f0
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I can feel it echoing all around me. The pieces of myself. All split and torn away.
I am the shell, I am the shadow. I am the imprint of a man.

I am a dog.

I am a figure.

>>91965
>Can you even remember what drove you to such madness?
I am marked by darkness and by blood.
There dwells in this world such odiousness, it makes my heart sick.
Was I born to murder the world?

>>91966
I don't know where this road ends, but I have chosen to tread it.
It is my road.
It is the only road.

Looking pretty swiss-cheese there Mushy

>>91983
Pull yourself together.

YOU ARE MUSCHIO FUCKING MALTO.

YOU WANT TO RULE THE FUCKING WORLD, MORE EVIL THAN SATAN.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.

WAKE.
UP.

Ok, so I guess he needs to have some sort of revelation before he can wake up, and painfull as this trope is, it looks like we'll have to follow along with it.

>>91983
You cannot live to Destroy again, again and again.

Life will not take to such a form for long. We must find a new form,

We have sought long to create, to build to grow.

Ever thing it its season, fire then rain, mountains from plains.

>>91954
>>91983
Boss are you forgetting who you are talking to? Boss, the only thing that matters is you. You will be- no, you are a god among men. And if they do not see, then we will make them see. We will make them see at the end of a blade, or within the fires of their own pyre. What matters here is not what others think, but what you think. And if others do not think what you think, then they will see. You were not born to destroy the world, you were born to lead the world into the light, your light. And if they do not see, then they will fall to there deaths in the pits of their own folly. Pull yourself together boss, the world still needs a light, and yours has not gone out yet. Wake up boss. We have a world to enlighten.

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)18:05 No. 92002 ID: 18b9f0
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>>91988
>YOU ARE MUSCHIO FUCKING MALTO.
Yes. And so are you.
I remember when it happened.

>YOU WANT TO RULE THE FUCKING WORLD, MORE EVIL THAN SATAN.
I don't know what we're talking about. It's just words.

>YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.
...no.
I left the ground and I floated above that world that never got better.
I got drowned in the sea of love.
And I know it's going to get wetter.
Maybe you are right.

Do you know what we are
We're like bad harmony.

Together.
We are good company, going down that road to ruin.

>>92000
This one speaks well, a great Darkness comes, you have sown it, and you and yours shall surely reap, the dusk fades and men need lights to guide themselves against the coming of the angry night.

You, we, they, shall be an Illumination against this coming Dark, fire does purify the poison, seek the fire to purge away the haze for the clearer madness of sight.

that we are boss. But we're a harmony none the less

You. Used. To. Be. Muschio.

You are still Muschio Malto. You can deal with pain. Or rather, you could.

This is a step beyond pain, I suppose. But can you not focus on it, drive it out of your body as well?

You Died.

So what?

You are above Death. You will defeat Death. You are the Devil. If you fall to something as weak as mortal demise, you will truly be unworthy of what you struggle for.

This is weakness. Weakness in its truest form. And Pain is Weakness leaving the body.

Grant yourself Pain. The greatest pain you can think of. The greatest pain you have ever experienced. Death. Loss. Defeat. Whether of your own, your empire, your family, I care not. Bring them up and experience the thousand lashing blades of your memory once more, each cut just as vivid as the first taste.

And then spit on your Pain, grind them into dust with your heel, smash them into oblivion. Purge your form of this unholy Weakness, force it out, filter your own body and demand that this shame leave you.

This world is impure. And you must clean it. An iron fist, to drive out this Odiousness that you speak of. You shall do this, and I shall assist.

You are indeed born to murder the world. You are the executioner, an end to this criminal existence. You will do, and it shall be right since you have decided to do so.

Your will is the only righteousness in this unclean world. This is your road, indeed. This is the true road of righteousness, of indulging yourself. You are the only one who you are ultimately responsible for. Ignore those others, maggots squirming on this mass of manure called the world. You are more than any of them.

For you are Muschio Malto. And Pain is a Blessing to you. Even if you are a shell, you will cleanse this shell and refill it with everything that drives you. Hatred. Evil. Pride. Greed. I care not. Make yourself the core of malevolence, an eye to the hurricane, the one who does but is unaffected by his doings.

Now wake up. Now. We will guide you.

Pull yourself together!

so many broken pieces

I will not let you die like this, you incompetent fool!

fallen on thine own blade

So GET UP!

open your many eyes and be blinded by the sunlight

GET UP RIGHT NOW!

awaken

The world needs eyes to watch, but who will watch the watchers? Can you watch us watch the world?
Dare we trust you?

Who are WE, from where did WE come?

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)18:11 No. 92013 ID: 18b9f0
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>>92000
>>92007
Yes.

Yes.

I am Muschio Malto.
I am the creator of the new world.
I am the King of Kings.
And I will walk the road of the righteous to its conclusion.

I am a God.

I am a sculpture.

>>92013

You are nude.

>>92013
That's right boss. Now you go out there and rule the fuck out of the world like the fucking God you are!

>>92013

You are not a god.

You are the devil.

>>92013
you are not a sculpture dear Muschio
You are the sculpture
It is time to sculpt Prince of Hell.
It is time.

You are whatever the hell you want to be, boss. Now wake up.

>>92017
We need not accuse any more... our time is done of such matters, we have seen the darkness and there is no light at the end of broad path.

>>92013
Awaken. Split the world in two.

>>92013
It's time now. Time to walk among the living once again and mold the world into something more.

>>92021
Lambs upon the right, and goats upon the left.

A man is going round taken names.

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)18:18 No. 92030 ID: 18b9f0
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>>92017
No. I am not the Devil.
The Devil skulks in the shadows.
The Devil hides from the sight of the Gods.
The Devil holds domain over only the dregs of the world. The castoff that the other Gods have passed over.
The Devil subsists on leftovers.

I am not the Devil.
I never will be the Devil.

But one day
the Devil will fear me.

>>92030
That's our Muschio. Wake up, boss. You still have work to do.

>>92030
Then awaken, and begin your work, Malto.

Or is all this newfound clarity a charade?

PROVE your transformation with ACTION

>>92030

Everyone will fear you.

>>92030
Yessss. Goal updated.

>>92030
Will you stop there? Is it only the Devil? There is more out there than that.

The Gods themselves shall fear you. You shall be a dark blight that none can control. You shall be a death rot, weakening those bonds of the core which, intended to hold eternal, shall not under your black stare.

Every existing and nonexistent thing shall fear you. The trees, the grass, the rocks, the dirt, the air. Your very step shall cause the matter that forms this pitiful universe to tremble away from your touch.

Let us be upon the path towards true transcendence.

>>92030
ASCEND THEN, TAKE A PLACE AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS! THE SKY IS SO FULL OF DARKNESS, THE STARS ARE SO FEW. BURN! BURN BRIGHT FOR ALL TO SEE!

Yes! Revelation achieved! WAKE THE FUCK UP!

>>92039
WAKE THE FUCK UP
WTF U

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)18:27 No. 92051 ID: 18b9f0
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It seems that the world is still where I left it.

You look like shit.

>>92051
Make sure you are wearing pants.

>>92051
Holy shit boss. Holeee shit.

You look terrible.

>>92051
Good for it. were are the all the people though.

>>92051
Though it doesn't seem like you are where it last left you.

>>92051
How many licks does it take to get to the delicious center of your tootsie ribcage?

>>92051
Cripes. You got worked over by that poison. Look around to see where you are.

Wait. Are you in a fucking coffin? Bust out of that shit!

>>92051

Check for Goblins. I hear they tend to appear under bed sheets.

>>92051
You should probably, by all logic, be dead by now. Shit, man. Oh well. Check around you if you have the strength to.

check for body parts
check irregularities in funtions
check if you can make sounds/talk

call for someone to help you out.

Well that's good, it would be awkward to check your pockets while pantsless.

Are you in a box?

If so, good. We have past experience working with people incarcerated in boxes. It tends to be that those ensconsed by rectangular containers achieve the greatest destinies.

We're altogether not sure why.

>>92051
but it seems you are not where you left it

>>92061
"They shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)18:41 No. 92080 ID: 18b9f0
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No, I am not in a coffin.

>"M-Master Muschio?! You're awake! Are you... how are you feeling? Can you hear me?"

>>92080
"Suck my dick, Finnie."

>>92080
Well, tell her the truth. You feel like crap, right?

Try to get a hold of her hand.

Ask what was in the milk.

>>92080
Everything hurts.

Ask if she drank it too.

>>92080
Tell her you're feeling better than ever.

Huh, forgive her or punish her, good question.

>>92080
"Pain is just weakness leaving the body... and it seems like there's a lot of weakness right now."

>>92080
Uhh... unless you forgot Muschio I think Finnie was the one who tried to drug you. But I believe it was to get you to, how to say this... cure her "nymphs jynx" if you know what I'm saying. Well anyway, now that you know, I think I'll let you figure out a proper punishment...

We already know what happened, guys. The herbs got mixed up. Finesse's special ingredient got sent to the spies, and Muschio got the poison.

>>92080

"Woah...that was a hell of a thing."

it musta been an allergic reaction, bawz

>>92080
it seems you are feeling hunger

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)18:53 No. 92104 ID: 18b9f0
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>>92092
>Uhh... unless you forgot Muschio I think Finnie was the one who tried to drug you.
I have not forgotten.

"Finesse... what happened?"
>"M-master Muschio, please... it's not important now. What matters is that you're getting better."

Tell her the way to your heart isn't with drugs.

Since she didn't take the chance to finish you off i guess she didn't want to kill you... so demand an explanation.

>>92104
First, get some food. Then ask for a report on what's happened since you passed out.

>>92104
We understand. In fact we have come to a greater understanding of quite a few things haven't we boss? Let's eat, ask her for some food please.

>>92104
That's all well and good, but it's important you know WHY you need to get better in the first place.

WHY, FINESSE!? WHY DID YOU TRY TO DO THAT?!

No. DEMAND to know what happened.

What's with all the food asking? Muschio has allways been a skinny fuck.

I do believe you should concentrate on recovery, after that handling the matter with Finesse.
Ask for a meal.

>>92104
It seems quite obvious that there was a mixup.
Finesse had a... much less malicious surprise planned for you and it got switched with the poison intended for your new friends.

...I will let Finesse explain herself further.

>>92104
"What matters now is whether or not someone inside our camp screwed something around. I doubt you would poison me, Finesse, and I asked for some poison to be made. This isn't your fault, but we need to find out who is!"

To be fair, she was trying to give you sexydrugs. Dompag's fucking around in the kitchen is why you're poisoned, and why that spy got laid instead of killed.

>>92117


Well our eyes have never been so sunken. And unless we had a stomach feeding tube installed our recovery is going to go a lot faster once we get some food energy going. And get a food tested, don't want any more drugs.

>>92104

"You know, this could be interpreted as signs of treason."

>>92104
I hunger... for an explanation

Would this be a good time to suggest better label technology for the herbology lab?

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)19:12 No. 92146 ID: 18b9f0
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>>92110
>>92112
>>92106
If there's one thing I cannot stand
It's betrayal.

"Finesse."
>"Master! You don't--!"
"What did you do to me?"
>"Hhkhh...! M-Master... I-...! D--didn't... mean for...!"

>>92146
Go easy on her, boss. We encouraged her, after all.

>>92146
Calm yourself.
It was obviously an accident.
She wouldn't have brought you back if she meant to kill you, hm?
Punishment can wait until you know exactly what happened.

>>92146
No, wait, it was a mistake, She wasn't trying to poison you, we know, we were helping her. If you destroy her, they you must destroy us as well!

Well don't asphyxiate her! Especially since it impedes the ability to tell you just what happened.

Choking doesn't help people explain.

Kill the treacherous wench.

Realize that you are still a little weak from the poison.

Also, realize there is an uncomfortable boner.

In your pants.

>>92146
Finesse: Confess love. Or lust. Whatever.

>>92146
Loosen your grip aand give her a chance to explain, you can always snap her like a twig later. Savour the moment.

>>92146
Seriously, she could have killed you at any time. So it's obvious she doesn't want you DEAD.
However, an explanation will be forthcoming. You... deserve that much, boss.

>>92146
Muschio, pour butter on her.

>>92164
I second this motion.

>>92172
Third.

There's probably a thing of butter to your side.

The butter is for later, after she explains herself.

>>92146
Well, don't squeeze too hard so she can't even speak. But continue to demand for an explanation. Heck, she could have been trying to slip you a simple vitamin. What is unforgivable if that she thought it was best to SLIP IT INTO YOUR FOOD.

You'll never get to know what she did or why if you kill her. Just pointing that out.

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)19:31 No. 92195 ID: 18b9f0
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"Tell me. Now."
>"It-- it was an accident. I swear! I put something in your food, but it -- it wasn't poison! It was just something I -- I thought would make you... n-notice me..."
"Then what happened to me?"
>"Ihhhkhhh! Ih... ihhh -- it must have ghhg-gotten mixed up with the poison Tislomer was ma-- hkh! M-making for your enemy!"
"Why should I believe that?"

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)19:31 No. 92198 ID: 18b9f0
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>"B-be...
>...because I love you!"

>>92198
...Let go.

>>92186
Listen, we know what she was trying to do. We helped her! She was trying to drug him so he would bone her.

Bossman, Chill out. It was an accident. If it wasn't, we would have warned you.

However, for failing to bone you, I suggest you punish her with butter.

Muschio kiss Finesse.

>>92198
Keep choking her.

>>92195
Boss, she just wanted you to notice her! Remember, YOU asked Tislomer to make the poison, and then it got mixed up when Dompag knocked crap over.

>>92195
Becasue 'we' do boss, Remember when Dompag skewed up the herb table...

In fact here is a better proof, check on your enemy, I'll bet he isn't dead by a long shot!

>>92202
STOP CHOKING HER!

I need to refresh before posting.

Let go. Fall asleep.

Butter.

>>92198
Yeah, you should probably let her go now, Muschio.

Maybe you should think of your feelings towards her too.

We can vouch for this. She's telling the truth.

God must be forgiving, Muschio. God must be loving.

>>92215
The Devil must be vengeful, Muschio. The Devil must punish transgressors.

>>92198
It's true boss. We've got a shard in her, too, remember? She's head over heels for you.
She was going to use a bunchof aphrodisiacs to get you in the mood. We... thought it would be funny, so we didn't say anything to stop it.
And then it turned out she put it in some wine, and... look, it was an accident, okay?
You're alive now! That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right? Right?

... I'll understand if you're pissed.

LET HER GO DAMN IT.
SHE HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR YOU.

>>92217
That's right.

Good thing we aren't trying to be the Devil, right?

Let go. Chillax. We vouch for her. Also you're really slow if you didn't know this.

Muschio 2009/12/14(Mon)19:41 No. 92227 ID: 18b9f0
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"Leave me."
>"Master..."
"I said get out."

...Need to talk, Boss?

Tell her to get someone to bring you food. Damn you must be hungry.

Fart.

Boss, speak to us.

>>92227
I guess anger is an understandable response. You do care about her though, don't you Muschio?

She loves you. She's always loved you. She...just didn't know how to say it. How to let you know. Whe never really told you, Boss. I'm sorry.

Are you ok, Boss?

If she doesn't leave, say "I despise you. I never want to see you again. Get out of my sight."

>>92243
How about not.

Maybe a hat would cheer you up, Boss? Maybe a few hats?

>>92241
We TRIED to tell him, but he didn't hear us.

That's right, you still need a snazzy hat. Get snazzy hats for all your minions.

>>92227
So what is it you have always held against love? hmm Boss? Are we that part of yourself so excised?

>>92227

Better do what he says, Finesse. You know him.

>>92227
It's true isn't it... You are empty of love, because we took it all.

We are the Orb of Infinite Psyche... but Psyche did not originally mean 'the mind', did it?

Psyche was the mate to Eros. We are love. Foolish love.

Would a butter hat make you feel better, boss?

>>92271
Well, that would explain why we play matchmaker.

I assume you got the your mind separated shortly after leaving the Inzitta Citti or whatever for the first time? Before coming to Red Fang's? You had enough initiative to buy a sword and shield then on your own, hell even which dungeon to choose and everything.

He DID let her go...

>>92227
If she doesn't leave you should tell her "Go before I do something that I'll regret."

well its not like you had any pressing engagements to attend anyway.

Granted you have every right to be pissed at the moment its better if you get some space.

Maybe have somebody put finesse on suicide watch (not dompag)

Frankly, this is your own fault.
You missed her obvious hints, you didn't listen to yourself, and you didn't even listen to us, us, the orb of Infinite Psyche.
We knew how she felt all along and you didn't listen.

Maybe you aren't worthy of becomming the devil or beyond.

>>92429
Date rape is not the appropriate response 8I

>>92433
The point is that he let it happen the first place.

We don't want to offend our best minion. Add 'please.'

We're punishing the wrong minion here.

It's Dompag we should go after. Fucker is alot smarter than he lets on and I think his justification for working for us for just board and shelter is suspect to say the least.

Soon after he starts working for us new enemies prop up. Then when we decide to poison the whole lot he makes sure we get poisoned instead and makes it look like an accident. I say we get out our old sleeping potion, use it on him and then it's time for some truly hideous torture and execution. For the execution I'm partial to the old death by a thousand cuts, tie up his limbs and use tourniquets and then slice him into thin small slices. Maybe eat some of it in front of him.

>>92227
Now sleep.

>>92524
Which is what this part of the orb has to do now.

I hope the other parts of our collective madness remembers who we need to focus our vengence on. Dompag knocked over the table with the poison and other stuff, then he helped the kobold alchemist to pick it up again. The fucker is smart and my money is on him being the one who poisoned us.

Nah, Poison doesn't seem Dompag's style. No class in poison. I think it were an accident.

Do you not realize why he is still upset? Even if Finesse's intentions were not hostile, she still sneaked about behind Muschio's back, and attempted to slip something into his food... whether it was poison or not, she still deceived him, disgracing his authority as "master".

As much as we'd like to see the two of them together, Finesse took the cowardly route to attempt to get close to Muschio. That doesn't necessarily mean that she's dashed all possibilities, but she better have some fancy 'splainin' to do.

Finnie is the only person who even cares for him apart from us. The only person who would really miss him if he were gone. She was waiting for him, though he should by all rights be dead, sending her away isn't right.

We are no longer on the downward path, but upwards. This means our choices are going to be harder, the role of the Devil is that of the accuser, the adversary.

But we are no longer on that path, we must learn something new, we must learn, to forgive?

Muschio hug Finesse.

Man, what is wrong with you voices. Finesse just attempted date rape. It's not, say, burning a city down, but it's a start. If she can be faulted for anything, it's for having bad aim. What kind of evil mastermind doesn't think to test his food for poison, anyways?

>>92711
Why test for poison when you can build an immunity to it instead?

>>92711

When you can't even trust your own long-term subordinates, you may want to reconsider your hiring criteria.

If we're going to have a taste-tester... I wonder if Dompag could do it. He said he can eat lava; would he be resistant to poison as well, but be able to tell if it was in the food?

If not him, then make the cook do it.

>>92715

Screw worrying about your henchmen. Gotta be ready for people who actually MEAN to poison you.

>>92672
Being a god does not mean one has to be nice.

>>92731
Its certainly a good start though.

>>92732
Perhaps your view of what constitutes a god differs from my own.

>>92711
While that sort of creative thinking is appreciated, the target in this case was intolerable.

>>92730

What I meant was, if you're so paranoid that you even have to test food prepared and given to you by your own right-hand man, there may be a problem somewhere.

>>92742

That same right-hand man is one clumsy ogre away from a fatal poisoning. Stupid shit happens. A good evil genius survives. A great one didn't get poisoned in the first place. When a man is tired of checking his dinner for poison, he is tired of life.

How can anyone miss that this is Dompags fault. The guy is alot smarter than the average ogre.

And if we check our orb memory we will see that he knocked over the table with the poisons and then helped the kobold to pick them up again. It may still have been an accident, which is why we do torture before execution.

And Finesse has some real potential. She decided to not let moral or ethics stand in the way of what she wanted. With a bit more coaching I would say she's prime material for a first mistress.

Don't ignore Tislomer's part in this. Any alchemist worth a damn should've seen that the herbs were switched.

WAITWAITWAIT...
If we got the poisoned meal, does that mean our intended target...
We need to consult our little spies.

>>92227
Let her suffer in her guilt. She'll try to make it up to you. It will make her a better underling.

When you are feeling better some time in the future, you can dwell on what to do with her.

For now, concentrate on your goals.

Muschio 2009/12/20(Sun)00:19 No. 95062 ID: 18b9f0
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No, I'm not mad at Finesse.

...well, I suppose I am. But only in the most superficial and reactionary way. I blame her for my condition, of course, but that's merely a reflex. In truth, I know it wasn't her fault.
Or rather, it was her fault, as well as everyone else's. The oafish clumsiness of my Ogre, the unprofessional oversights by my herbalist, the underhanded behavior of my second-in-command. All these are at fault in the same way. But they were merely cogs in the machine which led to this event, and I cannot blame the machinery for the mechanic's intentions.

This has revealed a greater problem among my staff, that of ongoing dissonance and broken trust.
But no, I am not mad at Finesse. In truth, I pity her.

>>95062
We need to be more united with the staff. Get them to work together properly rather than as mere peices in a huge puzzle.

I hate to say it, boss, but they are more than tools.

>>95062
Well, only one thing can be done with a broken machine. Go fix it, boss.

>>95062
You pity her, Boss? Why's that?

>>95062

The answer's obvious. Leave this rabble of oafs behind, bring Ash and go find a new group of worthwhile minions.

If only Finesse couldn't love could she reach her potential. A fine chain has been cast on her and there is nothing we can do on it as long as she's capable of these attachments.

Love is truly nothing but a burden. Thank god Barbakuras is so reliable a worker. Need more men like Barbakuras, we do. Nontheless, we should concentrate on getting healthy again. Hopefully Tislomer can whip something that can get us up on our feet. We still need to disable our enemies.

If your strong enough to get up Mushio, get the fuck up. We got work to do.

>>95062
They're all just people, boss. People make mistakes. Even if you picked through a thousand of the finest troops (which we hardly have the means to do), those people would still make occasional mistakes.

I don't think we've had enough quality time between everyone. I think you should attempt to have everyone learn to work in flawless tandem. I disagree, what has occurred was not like a machine at all, but different dominoes falling against each other, each one unique and totally separate, but by chance becoming part of a great calamity. We need to get Dompag to settle down, resolve Finesse's troubles, and move the damn 'bold's workshop somewhere where others would not easily interfere.

Muschio 2009/12/20(Sun)00:33 No. 95073 ID: 18b9f0
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>>95063
>We need to be more united with the staff. Get them to work together properly rather than as mere peices in a huge puzzle.
>I hate to say it, boss, but they are more than tools.
No, you may be right. It's no doubt my minions growing so distant from each other and from myself led to the mechanized nature of their actions, which in turn resulted in my poisoning. Again, cogs in the machine. The machine will have to be fixed, I suppose.
But the mechanic must also be unseated.

>>95070
>Love is truly nothing but a burden.
Love is not a burden. A burden can be shouldered. A burden can be endured.
No, Love is a curse. A wretched, bitter thing -- a poison in itself, that taints all it touches. It corrupts and dissembles. One must only look at Finesse to see that much. A reasonable, level-headed woman turned to what for the sake of love? Look at what she has wrought... and why? Out of some misguided affection? Love turned a reliable ally into a dangerous saboteur. And this is not even an evil that can be harnessed: it's chaotic, uncontrollable, unpredictable. It simply ruins anything near it.
Love is the devil's own invention. A disease, caused by proximity, cured by time.

>>95073

Maybe you need to just fire Finesse. Have Dompag escort her back home and hire someone new.

>>95073
Love is a fire, Muschio.
Left unchecked and untended it grows and burns and consumes.
One might hide from harm by extinguishing it but then where would you be?
Cold and in the dark.
You can run from fire all you like, but we all need to be warmed sooner or later.

Muschio 2009/12/20(Sun)00:49 No. 95076 ID: 18b9f0
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>>95075
Love is a madness that turns reasonable people to do stupid things, like Finesse just did. Indulging her is the wrong course of action.

>>95074
>Maybe you need to just fire Finesse. Have Dompag escort her back home and hire someone new.
No, I can't fire her either. She has been a valuable ally so far, and now, she's lost and in need. Now that I know her true affliction, I should a way to cure her of her delusions.

But I must admit I have become disheartened and disillusioned by my efforts, and by my staff. The mistakes I've made -- are they recoverable? Is this salvageable? Worse still, is it worth it?
The fault, dear subconscious, is not in our minions, but in ourselves.
The important question now is, am I fit to continue?

Flonne 2009/12/20(Sun)00:49 No. 95077 ID: c0f3bf
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>>95073
You're not giving love enough good credit! Love keeps people motivated, especially when what they love is in danger. It strengthens them in time of need, sometimes even becoming their only lifeline to sanity. While yes, it can get out of hand sometimes, but if you work with it, love is the most powerful force in the world!

>>95074
Too valuable. Monster gate, mechanical items, etc.
Talk to her boss.

>>95076
Sure boss.

We just need to explain to Finny that, while she is a wonderful girl, with a brilliant mind, that... well, right now you aren't really in the mood for a relationship. Tell her to focus on her work with the energy she spent on you.

And yes, Mushio. You are very fit. You just need to work on management.

>>95076

Hmm. One way to cure her of her delusions and get some new allies is to go over to her old village, burn the place down and enslave everyone. Or at the very least destroy any positive feelings she has for you. Perhaps destroy something that means something to her.

>>95076
Are you fit to continue? Do you want to throw everything away? To become a nobody again? I thought you wanted to rule, to be a somebody.

>>95076
I never said you had to indulge her.
In fact, I agree that rejecting her would be the best course of action right now.
But there are more kinds of love than just romance.
Let her down gently. Show some kindness.
Friendship is love too.
And a friend you can trust is the most valuable thing in the entirety of existence.

>>95081
That sounds like a great idea! Let's give her the perfect incentive to sabotage us out of spite and hate and not hold back this time! Yeah, Muschi can take it!

>>95084

So we should go instead and gently explain that we aren't to be loved? That won't solve anything at all. If anything, it's very possible she'll keep up this foolishness and her feelings will grow.

We need to communicate that we aren't a good person. It doesn't have to be anything severe, maybe just the message that we will strictly be meeting on a professional basis for now on. Tell her if the issue of her feelings for us is brought up again, you will deal with it harshly.

Muschio 2009/12/20(Sun)01:07 No. 95088 ID: 18b9f0
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I'm not going to sabotage Finesse's hometown. That's stupid. I have an alliance with them, remember?

>>95079
>And yes, Mushio. You are very fit. You just need to work on management.
That's my point. It's my own state that's caused this divide. If I can't control a handful of individuals, how can I ever hope to manage an army?
It's my fault for not noticing Finesse's lovestruck illness earlier. Or perhaps, subtly, I did notice, and merely hoped that it would go away on its own.
I'm sure in time she'll get over her foolish crush. A little time, and perhaps it will pass. How long can one love from afar?

>>95088
For now, you really need to focus on getting food, love can come later.

Suggestion 2009/12/20(Sun)01:10 No. 95092 ID: 45be60
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>>95077
>love is the most powerful force in the world!

yes... yes it is.

>>95088
>I'm sure in time she'll get over her foolish crush.
No, bad.

You need to tell her outright. A lot of women, expecially those deep in crushland, think silence is just an admission of not turning them down. You need to walk up, and TELL HER you are not interested.

>>95088
>How long can one love from afar?
A pretty long time, Boss.
You know this, and our proof is simple - because we are you. ...Sorry, Boss.

>>95088

She's NOT going to just randomly get over her crush, even if you completely ignore the issue. If she was going to lengths to drug you into fucking her then maybe you need to go in there and tell her how things are before things get more awkward.

Muschio 2009/12/20(Sun)01:15 No. 95098 ID: 18b9f0
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>>95094
>You need to tell her outright.
I believe I just did that.

>>95097
>She's NOT going to just randomly get over her crush, even if you completely ignore the issue.
I'm not ignoring it. But I should add, Finesse has only been working for me for a short time. You're right, I shouldn't rely on it -- but I'm sure her passing infatuation will fade soon.

>>95098
Whether it will or not, only time will tell. You should let her cool off more, focus your mind on something else. Like getting food.

>>95100

Or expanding our kingdom. One way to get everyone to mingle more is for there to be more people to mingle with. Right now we have a rag-tag group of mixed races and nobody has the same profession, nobody has anything in common. I'm guessing our goals have also slightly changed, to something along the lines of restoring our throne and spreading our influence.

>>95098
Mushio of course you can continue its the only way to reach your goal TO BECOME A GOD
A God of the TRUTH
A God OF POWER
A God that will remove the curse of "love" from this world
and we will help you
WE HAVE MADE GODS BEFORE AND WE SHALL DO IT AGAIN.
Now Mushio go and BRING YOUR OWN LAW TO THIS WORLD

>>95098

Take someone and go out to find some new blood.

Muschio 2009/12/20(Sun)01:28 No. 95114 ID: 18b9f0
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Your opinions are love make it all too clear our own internal dissonance is as present as ever. A schism of time can make all the difference.

As for Finesse... I do not think I can face her at the moment. I should take some space until my anger and my disgust have subsided. I pity the poor, deluded girl. But all youths must have these fleeting crushes, that come as quickly as they go. I'll be sure at some point to confront her on the topic, and set things straight from now on. Regardless, she's only known me for a short time, so I imagine a short time is all it will take for her to get over it.

>>95098
Maybe, though I doubt it. In any case, I'm sure we'll deal with it soon enough.

Anyway, Muschio, how long were you out? You look like you haven't eaten in days; that poison really did a number on you. Why don't you just head down to main hall for a bite, and maybe catch up on how the cogs are doing? We can't fix this machine unless we examine it first.

Oh, and Muschio, you mustn't forget that spy; your being poisoned means it yet lives. We'll have to remedy this, eventually, and it wouldn't hurt to start thinking about it now. In fact, we should question the goblins in the village where the spy was soon.

>>95114
If you do run into her, dismiss her with a calm "We'll talk about this later. Return to work and don't worry about it." It should put her mind at ease, at least for a little while.

>>95114
You going to the local Plague Doctor's Convention, Muschio?

Our most immediate course of action should be to gain our bearings. Check on the status of our hold, determine how long we were out, check on the minions. THEN we can get on to the business of plotting, organizing, and restructuring our minions' interaction.

Muschio 2009/12/20(Sun)02:02 No. 95129 ID: 18b9f0
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No, I'm going out.

I need some time away from all this. I need to rethink where I'm headed.

I'm disgusted by my minions at the moment. Not just for their incompetence. In them, I see my own failures.

I need time to think. Alone.

...as alone as I can get, I suppose.

Alone? I guess a trip to visit the tower is out of the question then.

Suggestion 2009/12/20(Sun)02:13 No. 95131 ID: bde1b8
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>>95129
Go to this mountain here. It looks lonely, and testing your physical prowess while you're feeling so glum might improve your mood.

>>95131

I wanna see that castle to the south.

>>95132
Castle implies people - unless it's an ancient and abandoned one, which I doubt.
And I for one suggest staying the fuck away from the sparkly forest. There's probably elves in there or something.

So yeah, I'm gonna second the mountain, Boss.

You are acting like a child Muschio, like you acted when you faced your rival.

These are small, natural things to experience, and you try to set yourself above them.
Finesse poisoning you was the fault of your own incompetence to realise how she felt, even after we and she tried to make it clear.

You blame your minnions for your own failings.
You are not a machine, and we all know you aren't nearly the devil. To think you can detach yourself from love like this is even more of a display of your own incompetence

Muschio 2009/12/20(Sun)03:38 No. 95140 ID: 18b9f0
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>>95132
>I wanna see that castle to the south.
That "castle" is the Kingdom of Northern Piacevole.
My old home.
I will not head there until I am thoroughly prepared.

>>95137
>Finesse poisoning you was the fault of your own incompetence to realise how she felt, even after we and she tried to make it clear.
I've already acknowledged that, you fool! I am to blame for allowing my second in command to become so easily fooled by the dangerous affliction. I must be sure that she will see the error of her infatuation. But I cannot face her now. My anger over her deeds and disgust to her weakness would not yield a suitable confrontation. I should wait until I have calmed.

>>95131
Very well. If I must wander I may as well have a destination.

>>95140
So, Boss, do we know anything about that mountain/mountain range? Its name, stories about it, or who or what may be there?

Muschio 2009/12/20(Sun)03:46 No. 95145 ID: 18b9f0
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>>95143
Mount Elembus is not a mountain. Rather, it is a bubbling volcano. I've heard that a certain people make their homes near it, or even along the face of its great rise. If you ask me, that would be the "stupid" people. I don't imagine a life of breathing ash and fearing an eruption is much fun. Though the lava flows, as I understand it, rarely reach ground level.

It's a cold night. The air is crisp and clear, and sound travels well over the rolling hills near the vault. Starlight shimmers down, guiding me on. I'll have to pass through the woods on my way, but a little scenery shouldn't hurt.

You didn't bring any weapons did you?

>>95145
Volcano, huh? Maybe they'll have hotsprings! You could do for a good relaxing soak.

>>95145
If they're dwarves, it may be that they're trying to use magma as a source of power. Probably pretty stupid of them, but the world likely won't be any worse off if a few more dwarves died.

If there's nothing interesting there, suppose we'll just pick somewhere else to go, right, Boss?

Muschio 2009/12/20(Sun)03:56 No. 95149 ID: 18b9f0
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>>95146
No, I suppose I didn't bring any weapons. I was in a hurry to leave, and just grabbed some heavy clothing for the night's cold and a few rations to keep me.

>>95147
I've done some of my best planning in a hot bath, but that was before things hit their current, calamitous development.

>>95148
Dwarves? I'm afraid I don't know much about them, save that they live in mountains and caves and become remarkably hairy. I would imagine it's not unlikely Mount Elembus houses some of these mountain folk.

>>95149
Huh. We must've picked up some information while rooting around in the minds of your minions or something, but from what I can remember; Dwarves are usually stout, proud (especially of their beards,) and have a great love of alcohol.
Given that they tend to make their homes in mountains, they're usually a mining race. And that means they're pretty good with metal, because what are you going to do with raw metals but fashion it into more usable forms?

...Anyway, hopefully you won't have any problems with them, Boss.

>>95149
I've also heard that these forts in the mountains are notoriously unstable, full of flammable materials and greedy, irritable dwarves.

Man you obviously just need to head into Sepia Town for a strong drink
Fuck mountains
Get wasted

>>95155
Oh, right... don't forget the tentacled monstrosities Dwarves occasionally find in mysterious caverns nearby precious veins of Adamantine.

>>95149
Hey, hey Boss. You still didn't answer my question.

What the hell are we? I mean, 'we' apparently are heavily "infected" with this "plague" you deem love, yet you imply that we are some kind of externalized part of you.

I am sure you would be surprised to know that our primary task so far has been aiding people in their pursuit of love. If so are we some part of yourself that was cut out? Some emotion, process or idea?

You want to improve your management and the first thing you do is leave without telling anyone or grabbing any weapons. Great job.

Find a walking stick. One sturdy enough to hit people with and withstand a sword's edge.

>>95234
Oh shut your trap.

So, Boss. If you're gonna go mope for a while, mind if we go check on the minions? We need to be sure this was a chain of accidents, rather than sabotage with plausible deniability.

...Also, we want to chew out Finesse.

Muschio 2009/12/20(Sun)16:56 No. 95525 ID: 18b9f0
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Very well. If you wish to check on the minions you may do so.
The night is still and quiet and peaceful here. Perhaps I shall take a rest while you're gone.
It should help to clear my head.

>>95525
Stay frosty man. Don't get yerself killed.

>>95525
I suppose we will talk, later.

>>95525
Uh... You're just going to fall asleep in the middle of the woods, at night? Unarmed? Maybe not a good idea.

I wanna see inside Babrakus' head.
He is a mistery.

Let's begin with Dompag. He seems to have started the chain of events that led to this.

>>95542
me too

>>95544
Wait no I mean Dompag

Finesse, I want to talk to Finesse.

>>95547
Yeah, we should probably have a chat with Finesse.

Yeah Finesse or bust.

Dompag 2009/12/20(Sun)18:01 No. 95582 ID: 18b9f0
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Eh? What are you doing?
I'm just eatin' dinner. What do you want?

>>95582

Just stopping by to say hi-DAAAAAAMN those are some fine posters you got!

>>95582
Uhh sorry wrong room...

-please hold while your call is transfered-

>>95582
Well, looks like we're talking to Dompag.

Hey there. Care to explain the mixup with the poison?

>>95582
Hey Dompag.

Don't any of the women take offense at your crude, demeaning posters?

Dompag 2009/12/20(Sun)18:05 No. 95589 ID: 18b9f0
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Crude? Demeaning? I dunno what you're talking about. They're artistic nudes. And there ain't nothin' wrong with the female body.
In fact, I can name about five things very right about it.

>>95589
Only five? Anyhow that's no why we're here. What do you know about the poisoning of 'the Boss.'

Dompag 2009/12/20(Sun)18:12 No. 95595 ID: 18b9f0
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Poison? I don't know nothin' about no poison. Is that why the boss is sick?

Look if this is about that thing in the herb room I already helped Tislomer clean it up. If I had a few more minutes I would'a finished up completely before she got back and she never even would'a known I'd been there. But I guess it worked out because she was all happy I helped her.
Score one for me I guess.

>>95595
Please avoid messing with the herbs again, Muschio had a bit of an accident due to a mix up in some of the herbs. He got something meant for his foes I'm afraid.

Anyhow, must be going, as long as you keep the art tasteful in here I won't complain at all, but we have a lot to say and a lot of people to say it to.

>>95595
Oh also... Muschio decided to take a walk, and in his current state he forgot to bring his weapons. Also, he's not fully recovered. So, when you're done with dinner would you mind going out to the forest and seeing if you can make sure Muschio doesn't get eaten by a bear or something? That'd be cool.

>>95602
Don't let him know though. He wants to think he's alone

Where'd you get the poster of the Lorhke?

>>95602
Maybe you should bring one of your posters in case he does see you.

Be aware that your boss woke up and is wandering around all sick and weaponless.

So, if he dies, does Ashedel take over?

Wha...are we -trying- to get the bossed killed? For the love of hellfire and short pants, we are not going to tell Dompag that the Boss is weaponless, sick, and defensless in the wilderness.

>>95668
Uh, if Muschio gets killed, then Dompag loses his home and potential source of sexytimes. So I think this is a safe plan.

Alright...
Dompag ~ Have you noticed anyone new sneaking around, or rather, anyone talking to anyone new, besides yourself? Another thing, your interest in carnal desires is nice, but do you have any other pleasures? Perhaps something more tame?

Of course, we can't afford to leave the base undefended. Best tell Tislomer about ther whereabouts of the boss and have her bring him a sword or something when she's out on an herb run.

Or hey, what about one of those shadow guys, I forget their names. We could probably use one of them.

Did we get shards implanted in them, or are shards only for real people and not monsters?

>>95935

Well, YOU fucked up, huh?

Finesse.. I.. I'd still fuck you. ;_;

>>95935
Finny...You there girl?

>>95935
Finnie, are, are you there? How are you? I-i warned you about the drugs.

The boss, he doesn't trust love. Doesn't trust it at all. He can be so, difficult, at times.

>>95935
Um... Hi.

Hey, um. I think Muschio might be receptive if you just up and told him you'd quit if he doesn't have sex with you.

>>95935

Should we leave you alone?

>>95940
oh god this is terrible but effective
make him fuck the pain away

>>95944
What? and become nothing more than another of his careless trysts and fancies? She should be more than that.

Finesse 2009/12/21(Mon)13:47 No. 95946 ID: 18b9f0
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>>95936
Don't you think I feel bad enough already?

>>95940
No. I can't do that. I wouldn't leave, not even if he said that would never happen. I don't care.

>>95946
Look, you tried to pull a fast one. You knew the consequences of what would happened if it messed up.

>>95946
Finnie, I'd hug you if I could, but...

Listen, I know it hurts to be rejected like that. But the best thing you can do for Muschio is to be the best you can be. Put your energy into helping him achieve his goal. If you can't be with him, you can still support him with all of your might, and that's what love is, right?

>>95946

Give up on him. Go and try dating some Goblin your size or something.

Finesse 2009/12/21(Mon)13:50 No. 95950 ID: 18b9f0
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>>95947
I know. I said I know.
I feel bad enough already, you don't need to rub it in.

I'm so stupid.

>>95950
Reiterating
>>95948

>>95946
I think, I think Muschio fears love, because he cannot control it. I wonder if it stems to what happend to him when his family fell, or perhaps how we came to exist.

He has a deep need for control, and to love would take that control away from him. Make him feel helpless, and he can't stand that.

I don't know how or what can be done about this.

Know that some of us love you, we are a part of him he will not expel, even if he never does.