Thanks to Guindo for providing the voice.

Sekani has the strangest sense of deja vu.




Amiel is sleeping peacefully beside him. Sekani is so glad she's okay. He's never felt this way about anyone before... it's really nice.




No matter what happens, He'll be happy as long as she's by his side.

He decides to let her sleep a while longer.




There's still a lot to do. Where should he start?

>Fire, let me communicate with Jiniki?
>When that doesn't work, check the immediate rooms.

[Guindo? Is that you?]

> Maybe we could prepare food as a surprise! For morale! Let's hurry to the mess hall to see if we can collect a bounty of nummies.

Check on Dilia and Tayza. They still chillin'?

>Check on Dilia and Tayza. They still chillin'?

Dilia's sleeping, and Tayza's nowhere to be found. She must be with Jiniki. Maybe they're trying to make breakfast? But that's Sekani's idea! He better beat them to it! The worst that could happen is they have more food. Oh no.

Sekani still isn't sure how to feel about Dilia. Remembering what happened still makes him angry, but she seems so different now. At least she's not much of a threat anymore. There's no way she'd beat any of the Ki-jaara, and Amiel could so take her in a fight.


>Fire, let me communicate with Jiniki?

"Uh... Jiniki? You there? I want us all to have breakfast! Hello?"

No response.

"Tayza--" okay no sign of Tayza better move on.

Sekani isn't sure if he's even doing it right.




"Hello there~ Are you having trouble contacting the others~? My poor, poor little birdie~"

Why is the call always answered by the person you least want to talk to? At least Sekani can "hang up" now.



>Maybe we could prepare food as a surprise! For morale! Let's hurry to the mess hall to see if we can collect a bounty of nummies.

Yes, it is time for nummies! Hmm. Is he supposed to just hop back there?




Sekani has found a flaw in this plan.

He's not fat, okay? It's just how tezakians are designed.

Maybe if he wiggles a bit... or maybe he should ask Amiel to push him? But then he'd have to look silly in front of her!

> KEEP TRYING. SUCK THAT GUT IN, SEKANI

>wait, was that a taunt?
>add 2 and 2 together... realize she knows where they are...

> Concerning Dilia: Remember your thoughts of death and murder when you first began becoming a Majibeast, Sekani? Just sayin'.

> If you want to spend the rest of your life with Amiel, she'll inevitably see you look silly anyway. Push plz.

>Concerning Dilia: Remember your thoughts of death and murder when you first began becoming a Majibeast, Sekani? Just sayin'.

Yeah. But most of his corruption vanished when Amiel gave him the BLUE SOLUTION before his final mutation. Dilia was given the very same solution and still did what she did.

But maybe it's because she was far more corrupted than him. Iiji took over his mind, but underneath he was still mostly sane... unless he's gone mad and hasn't realized it.



>wait, was that a taunt?
>add 2 and 2 together... realize she knows where they are...
That's an awfully wild conclusion to draw. She was clearly taunting him because she's a bitch. However, it never hurts to ask.


"So, um, do you know where Jiniki and/or Tayza are? Or just Jiniki?"

"You were so eager to take my children from me, and now you're asking me to help you find them? They must not have liked you very much if they ran off, hmm~?"

Such a bitch.

"Are you stuck?"




"Oh! Um-- I'm just resting. This is kind of comfortable. How are you?"

"I've been better. Want me to pull you out? Or, I guess push you through?"

"Yes, that'd be great. Just, um, watch where you put those hands."




"Okay, I'll just... put them here. Is this okay?"

"That works. Gimme a shove!"

Ow-- ow! Sekani is forced into the KITCHEN AREA.



"Yes. Thank you. That wasn't embarrassing at all."

"No problem."

An extremely awkward moment passes.

"Um, do you want me to go?"

Dilia must think he hates her. This may be a good time to decide if he's ready to forgive her or not. He should be able to do other things while talking to her.

> Ask Dilia why the heck she tried to kill you

>Ask Dilia why the heck she tried to kill you

Huh? Dilia never tried to kill Sekani... did she? Wait. No. Right? Right. Yes. I mean no.

>s/you/Amelia/
>punch brain for failing you in your time of need.
>say "ow."

> yeah what Bugle said

[s/Amelia/Amiel ?]

> yeah what she said

XD

s/x/y/ means "replace the first instance of "x" with "y" instead.

so in this case, it changes to "Ask Dilia why the heck she tried to kill Amelia."

"So, Dilia, when the heck did 1 plus 1 start equalling charming knit scarves?"

> Do not forget to inspect and gather nummies while talking. Delicious nummies.

OOC: So all this time Guindo was the evil villain ....awesome. makes checklist:
Grab working 2 barrel shotgun:Check
Find Guindo's house:Check
Drive to Guindo's house:err need a car. *Funny scene unfolds*
ME: hm this hummer will do...why are there weapons in the back seat?
Tallahasse:HAY GET OUTTA MY HUMMER!
ME:OH SHOOT. *floors it.*
Tallahasse:GET BACK HERE WITH MY HUMMER U SON OF A *BLEEP* IM GONNA *BLEEP* *BLEEP* *BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP* you up when I find you.
Okay but back to normality and reality. (Also zombieland was great watched on graboid movie down-loader plus got all 3 Jason Bourne movies Yippie ki yi ya.) End OOC.

>while talking remember manners be polite, look the other person in the eye, and don't yell or growl.
>Devote around (sense dilia and sekani are hopefully friends) 40% energy (on a fire punch-WHAT...NO) on stopping yourself from fire punching stuff.

... yeah gl bro I'm a ninja robot clone you cannot harm me

really? btw u just said the code words for activating.........*dramatic pause* DA BAWMB (20X more powerful then thermal nukeler warheads) also....RUN.*jumps in the only escape pod* see ya SUKER. (wow is this becomeing a RP?)
(ill start using a name in the subjects then)

ha ha ha wow

that's cute

you think you're an internet badass

-headpat-

.....yes. DO NOT JUDGE ME. (else you'll know what it means when they say "This poor fellow was killed with his bare hands." marine style{that's so much shorter})
[STUPID OBNOXIOUS MACRO HERE]
OH and you think the same thing. So how many digits are in pi?
A. 1.3511 trillion places?
B. Don't know?
C. yet to be determined.
D. I'm not a cyborg ninja cuz i cant answer this and any cyborg can.
E. *Yawn* too lazy bye geek no life loser. (this answer will Tick me off
i just know it.)
Or
F.(insert your own number guess here.because I'm not that smart so A must be wrong.)
I'll check tomorrow.

The answer is "infinitely many" because pi is an irrational number.

(ps: you're an idiot.)

>"So, Dilia, when the heck did 1 plus 1 start equalling charming knit scarves?"
>Do not forget to inspect and gather nummies while talking. Delicious nummies.

"What?"

Sekani's having a lot of trouble thinking straight all of a sudden. As he speaks, he looks through the cabinet. He finds a FRYING PAN, a BOILING POT, a TURNER, a MEASURING CUP, and a LARGE SPOON. These could come in handy for making nummies.

"I think I was trying to ask when you started being crazy, but my brain isn't acting right!"



>punch brain for failing you in your time of need.

"Stupid brain! Stupid!"

"S-stop hitting yourself! It's all right!"



>Ask Dilia why she killed Amiel.

"I'm sorry. I really am. I heard my best friend's voice in my head and she told me doing what I did would make everything better and I just wanted to be happy again and I didn't realize I mean I didn't mean to... I'm so sorry, Sekani. Please don't hate me. I still want to help. I still want us to be friends, at least. I'll do any--"

As Dilia poured her heart out, Sekani's mind focuses on one single, very important thought.

"How did you fit through that opening!?"




"Huh? Oh-- the opening's bigger on this background, so it wasn't as hard for me."

"Oh. Yeah, that makes sense."

Listening to voices in her head unquestioningly... what a sad existence. Sekani's glad he never had to deal with that.

Anyway. How should he respond?

> PUNCH HER IN THE NOSE






> proceed to tell her that you feel a little better now

> Ask if she still hears voices in her head

> If so, hastily write a restraining order

> Do a little dance. The voices compel you.

Tell her that for now, we've got bigger things to worry about than trying to be all full of rage-erade.

Like breakfast.

Let's whip up some of that, hey?

>Ask if she still hears voices in her head

Sekani moves to remove her hands from his shoulders as he speaks. He isn't comfortable with her touching him yet.

"Do you still hear these voices?" Sekani asks.

"No, not anymore. It's kind of lonely. Besileyz was crazy, but she was still my best friend. If I lose you guys too, I don't think I'd be able to take it..."


>Do a little dance. The voices compel you.

"Look, it's... complicated," Sekani says. "I was kind of crazy too, so I can't pretend I don't understand. It's just really hard to know what nearly happened and not be angry. If things were reversed, would you be able to forgive me?"

Dilia frowns and looks away, then smiles weakly.

"...I don't know if it's the same, but I did forgive you for nearly killing me."




That's right-- Dilia nearly died because Sekani listened to the voices without even a moment's delay. He felt so horrible, but she just shrugged it off.

She must feel just as terrible as he did, if not worse.

Sekani swallows his anger and hugs Dilia.




"Dilia, I... I don't hate you. I know you weren't in control of yourself. We can still be friends. I'll get over it, I promise. I just need a little time. It'll be okay."

She starts to cry in his arms. She feels so soft and vulnerable, way different than the muscular behemoth she once was. He can't help but pity her a little.


He holds her until she calms down, and then they search the kitchen, finding some canned meats and other goods that can be used to cook food.



>Let's whip up some breakfast, hey?

Sekani hears Amiel's voice behind him.

"There you are! What'cha up to?"

"Making breakfast!"

"It smells really good. Want me to find the others and tell them food's being made?"

> No, let's get the food all ready and bring it back to the bunker to surprise them. Together.

Yeah, this!

>No, let's get the food all ready and bring it back to the bunker to surprise them. Together.

"Let's surprise them. Jiniki would really get a kick out of it."

"Okay~ You know, I think I'm starting to get used to all this nakedness. It's kind of freeeEEE--"




"--ing. ow. can't breathe."

"A-Amiel!"

Sekani moves to take care of Amiel, but Dilia reacts first.




"Are you oka--"

"S-Stay back, you! I'll *huff* stab you! I'll stab you in the boob!"

Oh, dear. Go over and help your klutz, and whisper while doing so that hey, maybe Dilia's not quite so nuts now.

> Help Amiel.
> Mention that it may be hard for Amiel to understand, but remember when Sekani heard voices and wanted to turn Amiel into a majibeast, but she was able to calm him down instead? No pressure for Amiel to forgive Dilia now, but we are all still in this together and should try to do what we can to stop the real source of all this suffering and crazy: Iiji.

>Oh, dear. Go over and help your klutz

Sekani smiles at her as he helps her up.

"Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah. I'm kind of used to... why are you smiling?"




"Because you're so cute."

Amiel opens her mouth as if to respond, but instead looks away and blushes adorably.



>Whisper while helping Amiel that hey, maybe Dilia's not quite so nuts now.

"Hey, um. This may be a little out of nowhere, but I don't think we have to worry about Dilia going crazy anymore. Maybe we shouldn't be too hostile towards her."

"She does seem different now, but I don't think I can just act like nothing happened. I almost died."



>Mention that it may be hard for Amiel to understand, but remember when Sekani heard voices and wanted to turn Amiel into a majibeast, but she was able to calm him down instead? No pressure for Amiel to forgive Dilia now, but we are all still in this together and should try to do what we can to stop the real source of all this suffering and crazy: Iiji.

"Trust me, I'm still angry about it too. But I actually kind of understand what she went through. I lost it too when I started transforming, and you had to snap me out of it. I think it's kind of the same with Dilia, except she was so far gone that she had to be cured completely to come to her senses."

"But she..."

"I know. But Iiji is the bigger threat. She made Dilia crazy, and almost made me crazy. We don't have to forgive Dilia right away, but we need to drop it for now and handle it once we're all safe and sound."

Amiel sighs.

"Okay. You have a good point there. I mean, even if she did try anything, I could totally take her on now. There's no way she'd be able to outmaneuver me with those things weighing her down."





Amiel and Dilia take the food, and Sekani cleans up. He intends to use this kitchen to make a great feast once Iiji's defeated.

With that done, he heads off to meet with the others.




Goddammit.



"Bird, Amiel asked me to check up on--"



"No wait! I'm stuck! Please help?"

"You already owe me seven. What'll you give me for helping you again?"

This is extortion!

Go back out on the other side and use your fire to blow out the wall 8Db

> We found a broken stuffed toy a few chapters back. She can have that! It needs a good home anyway.

Tasty foods? She can have tasty foods!

>I'll give you my first born child, Sekani Jr- what am I saying?

>"There's food here, but you have to get me out of the way before you can get to it!"

>I'll give you my first born child, Sekani Jr-

No!


>Go back out on the other side and use your fire to blow out the wall 8Db
Sekani can't go either direction!


>"There's food here, but you have to get me out of the way before you can get to it!"
>We found a broken stuffed toy a few chapters back. She can have that! It needs a good home anyway.
>Tasty foods? She can have tasty foods!
"I made food for you! And you can have a stuffed toy that might be slightly damaged! Come on, don't make me resort to crying. I've been trying to cut back."

"Argh. All right, all right. I'll give you a freebie just this once."



"Thank you~"

"...You're really helpless, aren't you..."

"Yes~"

After an awkward moment, Tayza grabs Sekani's hands and pulls him out. Oof!




"Can't you go two seconds without mounting someone?"

"I'm sorrryyy~"

"Just... get off me."

"Okay~"

Sekani's plan to sound pathetic and dissuade Tayza from murdering him has worked perfectly. They head to the BUNKER ROOM to meet the others.




"I'm not entirely sure what this is, but it's really good. Thanks for making it," Amiel says.

Sekani looks around. "Um, where's Jiniki?"

"That's a really good question, isn't it? Maybe you should go find her~"

Tayza sounds a little less bitchy all of a sudden. Maybe she appreciates Sekani's hard work? He's a little worried about Jiniki, but she is the most powerful of them. Maybe she's just playing?

>Do the logical thing and ask Tayza if she can ask JIni where she is.
>Ask Tayza to explain the whole long range communication thing.

...Take a good look at Tayza's eyes.

>Do the logical thing and ask Tayza if she can ask Jini where she is.

"...That's odd. She's not where I thought she'd be..."



>...Take a good look at Tayza's eyes.

"What's she... Look, I'm going to go take care of her myself. You guys can wait here."

Her normally brown eyes look a little red. Maybe she had trouble sleeping?



>Ask Tayza to explain the whole long range communication thing.

"Huh? Oh. You know the part of your mind where you 'hear' us? Just concentrate on that area and you can speak to us with majicka."

That was oddly accommodating of her. As Tayza turns to leave, Sekani gives it a shot.




"Um, Jini? Can you hear me?"

"Oh-- um. Hi mister birdie."

"We've made food. You should come eat with us!"

"I can't. I'm-- I'm sorry, mister birdie."

Something about this feels very wrong.

Ask Jini where she is and what's going on. D:

>"What's wrong?"
>"Also, don't be so formal call me 'Sekani.'"

>Ask Jini where she is and what's going on. D:
>"What's wrong?"
>"Also, don't be so formal call me 'Sekani.'"

"Miss Queen Iiji said that we should trick you, but you're way too stubborn. I guess we have no choice but to make you join us. I'm sorry... Sekani."

What?

"Sekani!"

"HARGH!"




"Get out of my way, you inferior creature!"

"I'm not letting you lay a finger on him!"




"I said move! Fine. We'll do this the hard way."

What's going on!?

> No time for rational thought! Throw a fireball at that sonofabitch

Well, shit.

Tell Dilia to run and grab some of the blue serum (at least, the one that cuts their ties with Iiji) from Grasshopper - we gonna be needing some of it, I think.

In the meantime, evade like you've never evaded before!

Those eyes are red and glowy. That means they're evil. And probably why they're all nuts. That's how that works, right?

>FIRE, BLIND MY ENEMIES

>FIRESHIELD
>FIREBLOCK
>FIREPARRY
>FIREDODGE
>FIRESTAYALIVEOMGAAAAAAAAH

>Evade like you've never evaded before!

Thanks to his superior speed, Sekani manages to dodge Tayza's tail with little effort. Had Amiel not stepped in, Tayza would have easily caught him off-guard.



>FIRE, BLIND MY ENEMIES
>No time for rational thought! Throw a fireball at that sonofabitch

"Argh!"

Tayza is very good at surprising Sekani, but in a fair fight he clearly has the advantage. She must know this too, because she immediately turns to flee.




Sekani lets her go for now. He's not going to let her trick him into leaving Amiel and Dilia defenseless.




Why does this kind of thing keep happening...?

God hates us, Sekani.

Check on Amiel. This may be a good time for her to get her fancy invisi-suit back on.

>Make sure Amiel's okay, then find out where her stealthy suit and awesome cape went.
>Calm down Dilia, and have her start making some clothes out of the leftover fabric by the doorway. Hopefully there are some tools or BIC about.

> Oops forgot Dilia is as squishy as a clothies. Arm her with that nonlethal electric thingie that has a name I can't remember right now.
> Get her something for... support so maybe she can actually move around comfortably.

>Check on Amiel. This may be a good time for her to get her fancy invisi-suit back on.

"Can't breathe..."

Looks like she got the wind knocked out of her. Sekani comforts her as she recovers.

"Why am I the one always getting hurt?"

"I wish I knew. Can you walk?"

"I don't know..."

"Okay. Go ahead and ride me."




Amiel gets a weird look in her eyes.

"Okay~"


>Calm down Dilia

"Oh."

"Are you alright, Dilia?"

"No. That-- that look in Tayza's eyes-- Iiji's enhancing her control. If she's resorting to that, then she must have let him out as well. S-she's going to kill us all! There's no hope of winning now! We're all going to die!"

"I'm not letting anyone die. Come on, we're going to check up on Grasshopper and his work on the SOLUTIONS while Amiel recovers."

>Oops forgot Dilia is as squishy as a clothie. Arm her with that nonlethal electric thingie that has a name I can't remember right now.
Sekani makes a note to give her the whatever-it's-called once he gets the BIC back from the MEDICAL ROOM.


>Have Dilia start making some clothes out of the leftover fabric by the doorway. Hopefully there are some tools or BIC about.
There are no tools or a BIC, but Sekani notices something that was dropped by Tayza. He grabs it to look at later.



These clothes were designed for the Klis-khar. Sekani doesn't think Dilia would be very comfortable wearing them.

"Hehe. Watching Dilia try to fit in that would be kind of funny."

They must have the same mental image.



They return to the MEDICAL ROOM, and Grasshopper applies some GELATIN to Amiel's back. It claims it will help soothe the bruises Amiel sustained when she was thrown.

>Get Dilia something for... support so maybe she can actually move around comfortably.
Sekani isn't sure what Dilia needs support for. He's trying to be a good friend despite some lingering ill will towards her.

"So, Dilia," Amiel says, "Walking around like that must be kind of uncomfortable, huh? I can't even imagine what it'd be like for someone of your size."

"I... I'm okay. Don't worry about me."

"Sekani, if... if you really think we can trust her, she could probably use my makeshift cape for support. I'm really hesitant, since it'd leave me defenseless against majicka."

Sekani doesn't really understand what's going on.

Oh, yeah, the cape. Agree that the cape is a good idea!

Ask Grasshopper how things are going with the solutions.

> Tell Amiel that while we may still may hold lingering discomfort about emotional sort of trusts, we do trust Dilia as someone else who suffers in this situation and someone else who has been hurt enough by Iiji to believe she would want to stop Iiji with us. For now, that is enough to cooperate as much as possible to make sure everyone gets out of this alive. Capes are cool.

> Ask who "him" is.

>Tell Amiel that while we may still may hold lingering discomfort about emotional sort of trusts, we do trust Dilia as someone else who suffers in this situation and someone else who has been hurt enough by Iiji to believe she would want to stop Iiji with us. For now, that is enough to cooperate as much as possible to make sure everyone gets out of this alive. Capes are cool.

"All right, if you think it's best. Makes me a sitting duck, though."

"It'll be okay. I'll protect you."

"Protect me, will you?" Amiel says, somewhat deadpan. "Anyway, as fun as it's been running around naked, I think I'm ready to put my suit back on so I have some line of defense."

Amiel dresses herself while Sekani helps Dilia put on the cloak. This hurts him a great deal, but he wants to be a good friend, so he bears with it.




"Thanks, swee-- Sekani."

"That wasn't quite what I had in mind, but whatever. As long as everyone's happy."

Sekani's supportive!


>Ask who "him" is.

"Jaysiph. He is an abomination. He's a creature made of bits and pieces of several races, a kind of chimera I guess. He was meant to be Iiji's mate, but the experiments rendered him infertile and very much insane. He can't be cured, and he can't be reasoned with. We'd have no choice but to end his life."

Sekani really doesn't like the idea of taking another life, but there doesn't seem to be any other way.

"If there's no other option..."

"That's not the worst part," Dilia continues. "As a Chimera, he has control of multiple types of majicka. Right now you're the only Ki-jaara on our side, and you only control fire. I don't think you'd be able to beat him."

"Well, we still have one advantage," Sekani says.



>Ask Grasshopper how things are going with the solutions.

Grasshopper had been busy mixing formulas and creating solutions that it felt would be the most useful. All of the solutions are as thus:

LIGHT BLUE: Majicka cure. One dose remains.
DARK GREEN: Halts use of majicka temporarily. Two doses remain.
BLUEGREEN: Severs connection with Iiji. No longer causes death. Three doses remain.
PURPLE SOLUTION: Increases majicka power temporarily. No longer removes control of self.
ORANGE SOLUTION: Instantly removes all traces of majicka. Fatal to Ki-jaara.


Sekani grabs the BIC and prepares to make room for

WHAT THE FUCK.

Whatever. We have all we need here anyway, right?

> Take as much as you can of all 5 solutions.

> Viciously accuse Grasshopper of stealing all the items in the BIC. Refuse to listen to its attempts to explain or refute this claim.

> Get punched by Amiel and/or Dilia, and then listen to explanations.

>Ask Grasshopper for any tools he may be able to provide to help us actually DELIVER these solutions, as well as inquiring about other delivery methods

> Inspect everything available in the medical room for any kind of make-shift weaponry.

...Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!

>Viciously accuse Grasshopper of stealing all the items in the BIC. Refuse to listen to its attempts to explain or refute this claim.
>...Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!

"This is somehow all your fault, Grasshopper! That's a bad robot! Bad!"

"DID_YOU_NOT--"

"So very very bad and mean!"

"BUT_I_COULD_NOT--"

"Objection! You're a jerk!"

"Sekani, let the robot speak," Amiel says, annoyed.

"IF_YOU_USED_THE_KNOWN_EXPLOIT_OF_HOLDING_ITEMS_IN_CONTAINERS..."

Sekani doesn't like where this is going.

"...THE_BIC_WILL_GLITCH_OUT_AND_LOSE_ALL_SAVED_ITEM_DATA."




"WHAT."

"Didn't you know about that, sweety? Apparently the things are kind of buggy."

"No!? I only came here a couple of days ago!"

"Well, it only happens if a container has more than one item or type of item, so the SOLUTIONS should be safe."

"GOOD TO KNOW," Sekani yells. "This is still Grasshopper's fault! Only it could be the source of so much deus ex machina."


>Ask Grasshopper for any tools he may be able to provide to help us actually DELIVER these solutions, as well as inquiring about other delivery methods

Grasshopper recommends utilizing the DIUBIAN DART GUN Amiel found earlier. It managed to recover three DARTS that work much better than SYRINGES. Sekani remembers the Ki-jaara control bandanas from the MAJICKA RESEARCH BUILDING. If he can get there alive, he might be able to utilize those as well.


>Take as much as you can of all 5 solutions.

Sekani adds all of the SOLUTIONS to the BIC. He's still holding the DART GUN in his hand, so he can give it to Dilia or Amiel if he wants.



>Inspect everything available in the medical room for any kind of make-shift weaponry.

Hmm. There's a CENTRIFUGE, a SCANNING GUN, one of those weird pipe things that does something scientific but Sekani isn't sure what, a MICROSCOPE on the floor, and a WEIRD BOTTLE containing... something icky looking.


Once he's done here, Sekani will go ahead and head out.




His antennae allow him to sense where the others might be. He feels large concentrations of majicka around these locations. Assuming neither Jiniki nor Tayza are in the PORTAL BUILDING, two of these are probably them, and one of them may be this Jaysiph creature.

> Give DART GUN to Amiel. She's probably the best marksman around here.

> Go to Destroyed Room. (I think that's what it says? The one next to the Rest Area)

Time to go a'hunting. Once Amiel has the gun, load one of the darts with the blue-green solution and put 'er in there. I would suggest we maybe not go to the destroyed room yet - take a peek and see who that is wandering outside first.

> Load another dart with ORANGE SOLUTION. By the sounds of it, this abomination dude needs to die.

> Ask Dilia if she's specifically trained in rifles; Amiel may be better with smaller arms and Dilia may actually be the better dart shot given it's a weapon from her people.

>Give DART GUN to Amiel. She's probably the best marksman around here.
>Time to go a'hunting. Once Amiel has the gun, load one of the darts with the blue-green solution and put 'er in there.
>Load another dart with ORANGE SOLUTION. By the sounds of it, this abomination dude needs to die.

Sekani loads the DART GUN, and hands it to Amiel.

"You have the most combat experience of all of us, so I think you should use this gun. I know you have the DEADLY WEAPON already, but I don't want them to die if I can avoid it."

"'Kay."

"We'll be watching each other's back in this. If I get in trouble, I know you'll come save me."




"Who's protecting who, now?"

"What?

"It's nothing," she says dismissively, before her voice takes on a more heroic tone. "Worry not! I'll protect you, baby!"

Girls are so weird.



>Ask Dilia if she's specifically trained in rifles; Amiel may be better with smaller arms and Dilia may actually be the better dart shot given it's a weapon from her people.

...Oh damn. Sekani wishes he had this idea before most of this update was drawn. He's sure Dilia will be fine with the Uhiki'sha. He hopes.

"Just leave it to me..." Amiel says.


>Take a peek and see who that is wandering outside.

Sekani flies up to the roof to take a qui--

HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THAT THING

Sekani's absolutely no match for that thing. Unfortunately, it's blocking the ground path to the COMMUNICATION BUILDING. If Sekani wants to go there, he'll either have to fly there, leaving Amiel and Dilia to fend for themselves, or he'll have to take it on.

He decides it's a better idea to try and get Jiniki or Tayza back before doing so.



>Go to Destroyed Room. (I think that's what it says? The one next to the Rest Area)

The door is open. The room is dark except for a few beams of light coming in from the ceiling.

"There you are, little bird."

Oh boy.

Fire some... uh, fire in there. Not at the eyes - we just want to light the area up.

>Fire some... uh, fire in there. Not at the eyes - we just want to light the area up.

Sekani decides to head on in with fire blazing as he's always done. He spots Tayza with relative ease. Using his fire as a light, he should have absolutely no trouble out-maneuvering her. He reaches for his BIC to take out the




*Thock*

*Creak...click.*




Sekani's trapped. He can barely see and he... he can't create fire! She must have given him a dose of the DARK GREEN SOLUTION.

"He he he. Now you can't cheat like last time. The huntress always catches her prey. Always~"

Sekani's...

He's afraid of the dark.

> Take the dart out of your arm and load it with the BLUEGREEN solution. Use SUPER SPEED to deliver the dose to Tayza.

Soooo...

Remove dart, spend precious seconds filling with other solution, and then deliver it towards the enemy with a power no longer available?

It was Slink's stupid idea, I just posted it because he was complaining about nobody having put any commands up yet.

[My comments were deleted from shenanigans. This post said something like "GUESS I WAS WRONG"]

See?

["I SUCK AND GUINDO IS AWESOME"]

["Yep."]

["I THOUGHT EVERYONE HATED ME CAUSE I'M SLINKOBOY AND I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE"]

Some of us have obligations on Fridays and weekends, dude. XD

I KEEP TRYING TO TELL HIM THAT BUT NOOOO

HE'S SLINK AND IF PEOPLE AREN'T REPLYING IT MUST BE BECAUSE THEY HATE THE QUEST/HIM/HIS STUPID KITTEN ICONS/THE ART/ANYTHING

Use the BIC as a light source, and roll it along the ground. Shiny things are distracting, right?

>Step 1: Scream. A lot
>Step 2: Charge. She's expecting you to be scared. You have to pretend you aren't for a moment.

> COMMENCE MOCKING. What, not even a good enough hunter to deal with Sekani at full strength? Loser. No wonder you still listen to Iiji.

>Use the BIC as a light source, and roll it along the ground. Shiny things are distracting, right?

Sekani chucks the BIC across the room. It only illuminates the area for a couple of seconds before turning itself off, but it was all he needed.


>Step 1: Scream. A lot

Sekani hears Tayza grunt a little as she lunges at him. Fortunately, he now knows which direction she's coming from.

"Raaarrk!"


>Step 2: Charge. She's expecting you to be scared. You have to pretend you aren't for a moment.

Sekani manages to dodge her at precisely the right moment. His avian frame will not stand up to any attempts to punch her, but he has a far better idea. He makes a fairly wide sweep...




...and crashes into her, taking care to avoid any of her spines. Tayza is thrown a few meters and they both both land with a harsh "thud".

Sekani quickly realizes that using his back was not the best idea he's ever had.


>COMMENCE MOCKING. What, not even a good enough hunter to deal with Sekani at full strength? Loser. No wonder you still listen to Iiji.

Oooowww. His bones are simply not designed for heavy impacts. Doesn't feel like any of them are broken, at least. He bites through the agony as he vocalizes to Tayza. Thankfully, he can do so without having to move his beak, which is now wide open in pain.

"You're pathetic, Tayza. You speak of being an incredible hunter, but you have to resort to such low tactics just to beat me?"

"Bird, you know nothing of the hunt. Sometimes you hunt for the thrill, and sometimes you hunt to survive. Sometimes a hunter has to pick the sickest or oldest prey in order to eat for the day. The Queen demands your blood and I'm not going to risk you being resourceful."

Some of Sekani's majicka is returning. He can feel Tayza's presence-- more accurately, he can sense her majicka.

He hears a loud thud at the door. Amiel and Dilia must be trying to break it down. He isn't sure if they'll make it in time...

"Oh, looks like the firebending majicka is back on!"

> HADOKEN!

Use what majicka you can harness to recover faster, and let's prepare to dodge again. At least now you can tell where she's going to be coming from.

> MOCK/TAUNT FURTHER

>Maybe you have fire now! HADOKEN!

*Fsh...*

That probably didn't do very much damage.

"Did you just throw a match at me."

"...Yes. That's exactly what I did."



>Use what majicka you can harness to recover faster, and let's prepare to dodge again. At least now you can tell where she's going to be coming from.
>MOCK/TAUNT FURTHER

Sekani tries to recover. He doesn't think he can stand yet. He's having some trouble breathing.

Sekani tries to mock Tayza, but he can't think of any good taunts on his own.

"You're... really mean."

"I'm not mean. You're just a baby."

Wait! Sekani has one!

"That's why you don't have a boyfriend! No male would want to be with such a bitch!"





"You shut the fuck up, bird!"

Tayza lunges again, and in her rage she turns to stab him with her tail, presumably to finish him off. Fortunately, this slows her down enough for Sekani to roll away just in time.

"You don't fucking know me, you--




"um."

Tayza's tail appears to be stuck.

NOW use the moment to deliver a dose of that BLUEGREEN solution!

Go for it!

Ooo! Ooo! I know how this fight goes!

>Grab tail
>Swing around like you're a plumber

>Grab tail
>Swing around like you're a plumber

Sekani can't--

How would he even

What.


>Utilize awesome plan in which you get the BLUEGREEN SOLUTION from the BIC, put some in the syringe Tayza shot you with, and then inject her with it.

Sekani quickly crawls to the BIC as Tayza struggles. He selects the BLUEGREEN SOLUTION.





The Blue green solution pops out.

As he begins to fill the Syringe, he hears Tayza come up behind him. The BIC's light predictably goes out.




Sekani has only one brief moment to act. He doesn't think he can manage another roll, and he isn't sure if he is fast enough to stick her before she kills him with her poison. This is starting to look pretty hopeless.

Maybe Bahu had the right idea, except for the whole "not using proper nouns" thing

> Grab Tayza's tail before she can strike
> Use the moment of distraction to inject her with BLUEGREEN SOLUTION

Aim your piddly wee little fireball(?) thing at her eyes. Pray it stings.

>Grab Tayza's tail before she can strike
>Use the moment of distraction to inject her with BLUEGREEN SOLUTION
>Aim your piddly wee little fireball(?) thing at her eyes. Pray it stings.

Sekani doesn't act fast enough. A terrible pain is felt through his back as Tayza stabs him with her tail.




Sekani gives up. There's no point in fighting now. He lays down and waits for Tayza's poison to finish him off. Could he have done things differently?

It doesn't matter now. He uses the last of his majicka to send a message.




"Goodbye, Amiel... I love you."




...?










"I said I'd protect you, didn't I!?"

Sekani quickly realizes that there was no poison in Tayza's stab. He held her off long enough for them to break through the door.

[Apparently I said something about dice rolls then deleted it]

You roll on the commands we give? XD

["Sometimes! btw frustration"]

Ahaha. Even if he was kind of a blank soulless thing at the end of it. Still, I suppose the 20 worked perfectly with what I'd set up to do with giving him the bluegreen solution the command before. XD

I think frustration is okay, but if you get something that's going to kill off a major character at this point (provided we haven't given a really, really stupid command), it may be going a bit far. Maybe judgement calls mixed with the dice might be a good idea?

Is Tayza back to her old self yet?

If so, Sekani should prod her into healing him. She just gave him a shiny new battle scar. :\ That probably makes up for a few of the times he owes her.

>Is Tayza back to her old self yet?
>If so, Sekani should prod her into healing him. She just gave him a shiny new battle scar. :\

"Are you... you?" Sekani asks.

"Yeah, I'm me again. I never realized Iiji could control me like that. I'm sorry, bird."

"My name's Sekani..."

"Whatever."

Sekani feels his strength return as Tayza heals his wounds.

>That probably makes up for a few of the times he owes her.
"So, maybe we're a little more even now?"

"Yeah, I guess. You only owe me three now."

She'd make a great loan shark.





They head back to the REST AREA to recover. Amiel hasn't said anything in quite a bit. Sekani asks if she's okay.

"I can't believe you said 'goodbye'."

"You heard that, huh..."

"Yes I did. How could you just give up like that?"

"I'm sorry..."

They are silent. Amiel seems to be deep in thought.

"Okay," She says, "Let's try this. Do you know why I like you?"

Sekani shrugs meekly.

"Largely because you're adorable. But it's also because you kept going even when you were scared and wanted to quit. You acted bravely despite being scared out of your mind. You can't just... throw that all away."



She sighs.

"You can't say you'll 'protect me' or whatever and then give up the moment things get tough. I shouldn't be the only reason you feel brave. You need to be brave for yourself."

"But I want to protect you..."

"Don't worry about me, Sekani. I'm a grown woman, and a capable soldier. I don't need some strong man coming to rescue me."




"This isn't about heroics. This is about working together. We are a team, and together we'll get out of here alive. As long as have each other, nothing will stop us. What do you say? Are you with me?"

Amiel raises a hand.



"You're... you're right. We're a team. I'm with you!"

"That's the spirit. Now let's go save Jiniki and kick Iiji's ass."

Jiniki is most likely in the COMMUNICATION BUILDING since the Chimera is wandering outside. Sekani and Tayza are equally capable of getting there without running into him. Also, with Tayza's help they might just be able to take on the creature, or at least distract him long enough to... end his life.

> Well let's do that last thing, then. If we take him out early we don't need to worry about his dramatic save during the Iijifrontation.

More importantly, it's a SIDE-QUEST. We need his pink tail so we can get the best armor in the game before taking on the final boss!

>Ask Tayza for any useful tips for dealing with optional super-bosses.

I dunno, I think we should go help Jini first. With her majicka behind us when we face the giant monstery thing, we'd definitely have an easier time of it.

I concur.

I am hesitant with the idea of bringing a child along for what's shaping up to be a battle with the intent to kill.

Children have seen terrible things from the beginning of time and will 'til the end. It's life. The fact remains that Jiniki is still the strongest Majicka user in the compound aside from Iiji and possibly this Chimera thing.

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I seem outvoted anyway, so uh, FOR THE RECORD it wasn't my idea to break Amiel's aesop. XD

But she's cute. And nice. When she's not being homicidal.

> Apologize to Tayza for earlier taunting.
> Ask Tayza if she knows anything about the Chimera.

"Hey, Tayza."

"..."

"Tayza."

"Huh? Oh-- sorry, are you two done? I was ignoring you."

She's so mean.



>Apologize to Tayza for earlier taunting.

"I'm um, sorry about what I said earlier."

"Don't worry about it. I'm over it."

Tayza stares for a moment, not seeming to focus on anything in particular.

"For the record, I did have a mate once. I was nice to him, for all the freaking good it did me."


>Ask Tayza if she knows anything about the Chimera.
>Ask Tayza for any useful tips for dealing with optional super-bosses.

"If I remember right, he can use all types of majicka, But he's not especially good with any one type. Even your silly flamethrower does more damage than his. The problem is he has every type of majicka, so even if your fire overpowers his, he can turn around and strike you with lightning. Thankfully he can't fly, and he's pretty slow. He's considered an 'imperfect' ki-jaara, like a few of the others."



>Let's help Jiniki before facing the Chimera.

Both Sekani and Tayza can make it to the COMMUNICATION BUILDING without having to face Jaysiph. Sekani would rather not leave Amiel and Dilia all alone with that creature running around, so he would prefer it if either he or Tayza stayed behind. Amiel might be able to hold her own, but he's pretty sure Dilia can't. He'd feel better if they had extra help.

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>tell Tayza to go get Jiniki. Alive if possible. The final battle is coming and we'll need all the help we can get.

He's big, he's stupid, he's slow. Four on one is going to yield better odds. Five on one even better, but we work with what we have.

>Get a better feel for who's going to be able to do what. We know that Sekani's only about as durable as cotton candy wrapped in tinfoil, but is Dilia able to swing something heavy? Is Tayza phased by an errant bus? We have time to plan something out, here, but only if we know what we can exploit.

Oh, right.

>Group o' six? Recap, please. Anyone else we need to be extra wary of out there?

Stacking commands like a pro. Consider this time-release silliness.

>Engage in silly thought experiment. Ask Tayza to pump some healing into the egg to see what it does. Keep the stun stick handy, because this could be is a horrible idea. Careful use of a majicka-boosting solution would also be applicable.

>In other Tayza news, ask about any weird quirks our resident mid-boss may have. Any weird reactions? Stuff he avoids? Does he have any sapience left to exploit? Ooo, does he strain to keep the majicka in check? Overloading him might cause a very colorful explosion. Royal rainbooooOHGOD!

>Scavenge all the handy black cloth you can. ALL of it. EVERYWHERE. At least, all you can get to quickly. There's some in the barracks, at the very least.

> Seconding asking Tayza about the egg and if healing will do it any good.
> ALSO SEKANI YOU HAVE FIRE. Gently warm the egg.

> USE FIRE TO TRANSFER WARMTH TO THE EGG

> THIS TIME WITHOUT ANY STUPID WORDING PUZZLES

Agreed with sending Tayza, if there's a chance that thing could start busting down the walls or something.

Give her a dose of the bluegreen solution that she'll be able to stick in Jini. Maybe some of the temporary-taking-away-the-Majicka solution, too.

> Also some Majicka self-buffing solution just in case. Buffed healing has awesome possibilities!

>Ask Tayza to pump some healing into the egg to see what it does.

"So I have this egg..."

"Yes. You're a bird. You lay eggs."

Nrgh.

"It's not mine. I found it outside--"

"WHAT!"




"TELL ME YOU DIDN'T POUR ANY MAJICKA INTO IT."

"NoOooOoOoOoOo"

"Those are ki-jaara eggs, laid by a Tezakian. They can't hatch without majicka. Surely you aren't intending to hatch a child while Iiji is around to take control of it, are you? Are you that stupid? I freaking knew it! I should make you owe me another one on principle!"

"But I waaAaAsn't"

Tayza stops shaking him.

"Good."


>ALSO SEKANI YOU HAVE FIRE. Gently warm the egg.
>USE FIRE TO TRANSFER WARMTH TO THE EGG

....



>Group o' six? Recap, please. Anyone else we need to be extra wary of out there?
>Get a better feel for who's going to be able to do what.

"I guess I'll go over them all briefly. First of all there's me. I'm an expert huntress and capable leader. I use Healing majicka, but have none I can use offensively, not that I need any offensive majicka.

"Next is Jiniki, who can manipulate objects with her Transdimensional majicka. She can probably do other things with it too, but that's all I've ever seen her use. She's physically weak, though her carapace offers her some fairly good protection.

"Then there's Nesaki, who by the way is a total bitch. She can use Electric majicka, like Dilia could. She can't fly, and is not all that fast. She is currently being punished somewhere in this facility, trapped behind some anti-majicka cloth.

"Let's see... next would be S'kili. It probably doesn't matter what she can do, since I think she abandoned us. She was capable of using Freezing majicka. She was nearly as fast as you are.

"Oh right. And Dilia. She used to be a powerhouse, able to tug quite a lot of weight around. She had Electric majicka but couldn't do much with it besides shooting bolts of lightning. Even now she should be pretty strong, even if her chubby appearance says otherwise."

Dilia objects. "I could do other things with it, I just didn't want to! And Ifles said he liked me like this. He... he liked caressing my curves."

"Don't care. Anyway, I think Basiliz was going to be the sixth member, but Iiji apparently changed her mind and chose somebody else for that job."

"B-Besileyz"

"Right."

Sekani's curiosity gets the better of him.

"So who became the sixth Ki-jaara, then?"




"...What?"


>Let's send Tayza after Jiniki!

"Anyway. I'll go ahead and take care of Jiniki. You watch over your harem or whatever."

Calling her mean would be redundant at this point.


>Give her a dose of the bluegreen solution that she'll be able to stick in Jini. Maybe some of the temporary-taking-away-the-Majicka solution, too.
>Also some Majicka self-buffing solution just in case. Buffed healing has awesome possibilities!
Tayza can only carry TWO ITEMS in her INVENTORY. Which two items seem most important?

> Go into the storage room. Empty a box. Put all things you want in your box. 1 inventory slot filled.

Wouldn't carrying around a box be rather clunky? :D; It's not like she has a bag of holding.

Technically speaking, carrying around a couple of delicate solution vials would be clunky too. Technically speaking, if we want to take a syringe or dart to distribute it with, we only get one solution to take with us.

Accept the loop hole of the box.

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Are you suggesting Tayza will glitch because she's carrying a convenient box instead of a handful of vials?

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Funny, it's always worked great for me.

At any rate, bluegreen is extremely important, so that should definitely be one.

I guess Nesaki was the one Amiel toasted, then.

...Maybe we shouldn't say anything about that.

Bluegreen and purple.

I hope we get to control Tayza now.

Tayza heads off to the COMMUNICATION BUILDING.

Sekani turns to Amiel and places his hands on her arm.

"We could totally beat that monster if we wanted to. With my speed and majicka, and your battle experience and skill, he wouldn't stand a chance against us."

"Heh, I'm glad you're coming around, but we shouldn't go charging after him."

"Thanks, by the way. I owe you my life."

"I can't take all the credit. Dilia's the one who kicked the door in."




"Really?"

"Y-yes. I didn't want you to die either, you know."

"Thanks, Dilia. You're proven yourself as far as I'm concerned."

Dilia smiles and blushes.

"Alright," Sekani says. "Let's get out of this place together, all three of us. And Jiniki and maybe Tayza too."

They decide to wait there for Tayza. Sekani thinks they'll be pretty safe, since he can feel Jaysiph's presence. He'll have plenty of warning if the beast suddenly goes on the move.




Amiel rubs Sekani's beak. "Changing the subject, I don't think I've told you this but I really like hearing you sing. I never knew Tezakians were songbirds, but yesterday..."

"I-I couldn't help myself. We like to sing when we feel good."

"Since we have to wait here anyway, maybe you could sing for me again...?"

Dilia fidgets. "Don't mind me I'll just sit over here and keep to myself."




Tayza suddenly feels very ill.

Control has changed to Tayza.


>Go into the storage room. Empty a box. Put all things you want in your box. 1 inventory slot filled.
>Scavenge all the handy black cloth you can. ALL of it. EVERYWHERE. At least, all you can get to quickly. There's some in the barracks, at the very least.

Sorry, but Tayza isn't going to lug a giant box everywhere.

She brought the PURPLE SOLUTION to enhance her majicka in a pinch, and the BLUEGREEN SOLUTION to free Jiniki. She'd like to avoid taking the purple stuff if she can avoid it, though. Something about that bird's words still bugs her... she wants to play 'fair' this time.

She also isn't going to pick up any ANTI-MAJICKA CLOTH because it would hurt a ton. She's a Ki-jaara too, after all. Amie and Dilia would be the only ones capable of using that stuff.

She easily avoids the behemoth as she heads to the COMMUNICATION BUILDING.




That door's locked, isn't it. Goddammit. She wonders if Jiniki would be nice enough to just open the damn thing.

Ummmmm

> Knock on the door?

Try to contact Jini mind-to-mind. Maybe word of Tayza's curing hasn't got around yet.

>Try to contact Jini mind-to-mind. Maybe word of Tayza's curing hasn't got around yet.

"Hey, um, the Queen demands you unlock this door."

"Sorry Tayza. Queen mommy said not to listen to you anymore."

"No really. Open the door."

"Please be a good girl, Tayza."

Argh! Nobody talks down to their Alpha!




"OPEN THE GODDAMN--"

The door handle flies off as Tayza tugs on it.




"DID YOU SERIOUSLY DUCT-TAPE THIS ON."

"No, wait! Don't come in here!"



What the fuck's going on in here!?

"Oh dear. Please be careful, princess."

"...Who're you talking to?"

Also how are we supposed to deal with Jiniki's carapace when it comes to giving her this injection? :|

The solution will pierce Jiniki due to SHEER RAGE.

She does have a crack on her carapace. Then again, that would take some pretty precise aiming.

> Hey Tayza! Are you a bad enough dude to tackle Jiniki?

RAAAAAGE

>ATTACK THE MONITOR

I second RAAAAAGE

> "MY NAME IS TAYZA AND I AM ANGRY. EXPLAIN YOURSELVES AT ONCE."
> Take a wooden plank and BITE IT IN HALF to show sincerity.

I like this plan.

PS, RAAAAAGE

>Take a wooden plank and BITE IT IN HALF to show sincerity.
>RAAAAAGE
>"MY NAME IS TAYZA AND I AM ANGRY. EXPLAIN YOURSELVES AT ONCE."

"And if I don't like your answer, I'm going to become even more pissed."



>ATTACK THE MONITOR
>I second RAAAAAGE

"On second thought, fuck your answers. I am sick and tired of this bullshit!"

Tayza throws one of the planks at the monitor! Jiniki backs up as it connects and fuckin' shatters the thing into several pieces.


>Hey Tayza! Are you a bad enough dude to tackle Jiniki?
>PS, RAAAAAGE

Tayza tackles Jiniki and injects the shit out of her with the BLUEGREEN SOLUTION, taking half a second to ensure she hits the soft joint instead of her hard carapace. Jiniki can't put up a damn fight if she has no time to react, now can she?




Jiniki starts crying. Her weird glowy shit turns blue.

"Tayza... I'm sorry. Queen mommy told me to contact them, and I wanted to be a good girl and I'm really sorry."

> Tell her it's ok, she's just too young to understand. The queen is a very bad person and shouldn't be listened to, even if she is your mommy.

> Hug Jiniki.
> Tell Jiniki everyone else is about ready to help her mommy so this relationship can start involving less mind control.

>Hug Jiniki.
>Tell her it's ok, she's just too young to understand. The queen is a very bad person and shouldn't be listened to, even if she is your mommy.
>Tell Jiniki everyone else is about ready to help her mommy so this relationship can start involving less mind control.

"Oh... come here. Everything'll be fine. Your mother is... sick. She thinks she's doing right by her pack, but she's lost sight of what's important. We'll cure her, and I'll take over so she can focus on being a mother to you. For now, just tune out the crazy shit she says, okay?"

She hiccups between sobs.

"S-so... you're not mad at me?

"Of course not, this wasn't your fault. Tell you what, I'll watch over you until you two are reunited. Try to be brave until then, okay?"

"O-okay, I'll try."

Nothing is ever simple. As much as she'd try to deny it, these guys are part of her pack now. For Jiniki's sake, she'll give up on hunting Iiji.

...At least the part where she kills and eats her.


They head out and make their way back to--




IFGHRDHSRG.

"Why'd you st-oh no."




"Um, do you think he sees us?" Jiniki asks.

"Heheheheheheheeee~"

"I'm going to assume he sees us, yes."

Tayza really regrets only having the Majicka-enhancing solution left. Enhancing her healing wouldn't do much good at this point. They can't win in a fight-- they have to escape somehow!

Oh shi. Call Sekani. We need a friggin' distraction, or more firepower, or something.

Get Jiniki to try tossing it somewhere. Anywhere but in the path.

Jiniki can manipulate gravity and stuff, right?

> Tayza: Use PURPLE SOLUTION on Jiniki.
> Jini: Levitate the big ugly guy as a distraction.
> Tayza: Run like the wind and get Sekani and the others.

> What, no, it totally helps. Enhance healing.
> Constantly heal self. Punch Chimera unconscious while practically invincible to damage.

I mean, it'll hurt, but it will also be awesome.

Duh, enhance Jiniki's majicka and have her fling him as far away as she can! THEN BOOK IT 8D

>Oh shi. Call Sekani. We need a friggin' distraction, or more firepower, or something.

"Bird, I need your help."

"Oh? What's that? you need my help? Whatever could the high and mighty Tayza want from me? Maybe I'm not just some typical bird you can walk all over, hmm~?"




"Sekani. Jaysiph is right here and Jiniki and I are both in danger of being killed. Please come here as fast as you can."

"Oh. ...We're on our way."




"Hmmhmmhmm~ So much... majicka. So delicious~ I will lick you down, eat you up~"

"That better be a threat and not you hitting on me."

"So feisty~ Will be tasty~"


>What, no, it totally helps. Enhance healing.
>Constantly heal self. Punch Chimera unconscious while practically invincible to damage.
Honestly, that sounds like it'd be incredibly fun, but it would put Jiniki at risk. She's so tiny that he could probably kill her without even trying very hard.



>Tayza: Use PURPLE SOLUTION on Jiniki.
>Jini: Levitate the big ugly guy as a distraction.
>Duh, enhance Jiniki's majicka and have her fling him as far away as she can! THEN BOOK IT 8D

Tayza hands Jiniki the PURPLE SOLUTION.

"Here. Use this on yourself."

"B-but I'm scared of needles."

"Please try and be brave. It's our best chance for survival."

"O-okay..."

Jiniki gives herself a dose of the PURPLE SOLUTION. One dose remains. Suddenly, she glows very brightly as a huge surge of majicka rushes through her.




Jiniki lifts the behemoth up with little effort! It looks understandably confused.

"I feel strong-- SUPER strong! You! You're a bad boy! You need to go time out!"




Jiniki hurls Jaysiph with all of her might! He helplessly flies off, but he manages to launch his fire at her. Tayza prepares to take the hit, confident that she'll be able to heal herself past the damage.




Jiniki deflects the fire and it quickly disperses.




....

>Estimate distance that optional super-boss was just thrown

> Be prepared to comfort Jiniki over the loss of her pretty princess headband.

> Hey Jini, before your SUPER MAJICKA runs out, would it be possible to telepathically run the Chimera through the same little darkness-room-choice-zone you gave Sekani in the interest of giving him a second chance at living sans craziness?

Hey~! We're on top of a cliff, right? If Jaysiph hasn't been thrown off the edge yet, maybe we should do that while we still can!

>Hey Jini, before your SUPER MAJICKA runs out, would it be possible to telepathically run the Chimera through the same little darkness-room-choice-zone you gave Sekani in the interest of giving him a second chance at living sans craziness?

Jiniki is taken aback by what she finds inside the Ki-jaara's mind.

"U-um... H-hi there. So um, what do you want the most?"




"aN AnGeeeel? CaN I dIiEe Now? WilL yOu FrEee mE?"

"I-- I can't-!"

"pLeeeeAsE? i HuRt..."

Jiniki's power begins to fade as the PURPLE SOLUTION wears off. She is pulled from the behemoth's mind.



>Be prepared to comfort Jiniki over the loss of her pretty princess headband.

"Jiniki, are you okay?"

"no"

She must be taking the loss of her headband pretty hard. Tayza hugs her again. As she does so, a familiar voice is heard from behind her.




"Are you two okay? Where's the monster?"

>Estimate distance that optional super-boss was just thrown
He was thrown pretty far, but Tayza wasn't able to see if he cleared the facility or not. They probably have a few minutes before he recovers at any rate.

> Jini: Ask Amiel why someone would want to die.

[I have no idea if I'm allowed to command that, whee. 8D]

> Sekani: Yell for Grasshopper. We might need his help too.

Explain that Jini has a pretty good throwing arm.

Pinpoint the creature's location using that Majickafunsense.

>Jini: Ask Amiel why someone would want to die.

Jiniki lets go of Tayza and runs over to Amiel. Tayza feels slightly hurt by this, but Amiel was her first real friend, so Tayza doesn't let it bother her.

"I went into Jaysiph's mind and he wants to die but you said dying is bad and nobody wants to die because they have so much to live for and I'm really confused why wouldn't he want to live Amiel why?"

"Oh, Jiniki... It's kind of hard to explain. Maybe he really does have nothing to live for."

"But why!?"

"I... I don't know. I'm sorry."



>Pinpoint the creature's location using that Majickafunsense.

Tayza explains the situation to the others, and reluctantly gives control of the quest back to Sekani. It tingles a little bit.

Sekani senses that the... creature was thrown pretty far. They might be able to beat it to the PORTAL BUILDING, but if it's suffering maybe they should end its misery?



>Sekani: Yell for Grasshopper. We might need his help too.

That'd be great, but Grasshopper's programming doesn't allow it to leave the MEDICAL ROOM. Apparently its path-finding breaks or something.

> Someone run back to Grasshopper and grab the strongest painkillers he's able to offer.

Alright, well... I've been planning this for a while. this seems like as good a time as any.

Rousing pre-battle speech time!

> "Guys, we've all come a long way. But it's not over yet.

> "There's one thing left to do. Show Iiji who's boss. This 'Jaysiph' was probably her pet project, and he's so fucked up that even he wants him to die. Together, we'll grant that wish. And then it's onward to Iiji. Onward to glory.

> "We all have our individual strengths, but that's not what makes us strong. Our unity and friendship is what makes us strong. We're all in this together now. This isn't just a Tezakia Quest, this is our quest. This is everyone's quest, and when the battle's over... we'll all be heroes.

> "Ladies... let's go kick some ass."

[This speech is so awesome that you get a +1 morale bonus just for hearing it.]

> This

but since Slink is probably gonna be a jerk...

> Tayza: Keep an eye out for trouble while Sekani is doing his speech thing.

COME NOW WOULD I DO THAT

I'm just being cautious. XD If something snuck up on Sekani and stabbinated him while he was giving his awesome speech, he'd die and it would be totally my fault. ;_;

>Rousing pre-battle speech time!

"Everyone, please listen to me for a moment."

"Fine. You have my attention, bird."




>"Guys, we've all come a long way. But it's not over yet.
>"There's one thing left to do. Show Iiji who's boss. This 'Jaysiph' was probably her pet project, and he's so fucked up that even he wants him to die. Together, we'll grant that wish. And then it's onward to Iiji. Onward to glory.






>"We all have our individual strengths, but that's not what makes us strong. Our unity and friendship is what makes us strong. We're all in this together now. This isn't just a Tezakia Quest, this is our quest. This is everyone's quest, and when the battle's over... we'll all be heroes.
>"Ladies... let's go kick some ass."

"No!" Jiniki objects.



Jiniki shoves Amiel away.

"I don't want to kill him! You said everyone has something to live for! You said that's why nobody wants to die! You said!"

"Jiniki--"

"It's not fair! It's your fault! You lied!"

Amiel doesn't respond. She looks crushed.



>Someone run back to Grasshopper and grab the strongest painkillers he's able to offer.

"I-I'll go see if Grasshopper has something that could help us," Dilia says.

Sekani isn't sure if it'd be safe to let Dilia run off by herself, but he also feels a need to comfort Jiniki and his girlfriend...

:D That was awesome.

...

D: Poor Jiniki.

> Dilia: Offer to take Jiniki with you.
> Sekani: See what's up with Amiel.

> Jini: Agree to hang with Dilia. She seems willing to help us try!

> Jiniki: Stick to your guns. Heroes are not marked by their ability to successfully commit acts of violence. Heroes do everything they can to save people. We're going to save Mommy and do everything we can to save Jaysiph.

[Well, the cure it out-- that's for Iiji, and Jaysiph might die anyway without his unique Majibeast biology.]

> Jini: Does having too much majika ever hurt or make it hard to think? If so, consider suggesting they try the Dark Green solution before anything else.

>Dilia: Offer to take Jiniki with you.
>Jini: Agree to hang with Dilia. She seems willing to help us try!

Jiniki and Dilia head off to talk to talk to Grasshopper. Meanwhile, Sekani comforts Amiel.

"I just-- I didn't know what to say--"

"Shh, it's okay."

"She hates me."

"She doesn't hate you. She's just upset. It'll be okay."




"Can... can we just stay like this for a little while"

"As long as you want."



>Jiniki: Stick to your guns. Heroes are not marked by their ability to successfully commit acts of violence. Heroes do everything they can to save people. We're going to save Mommy and do everything we can to save Jaysiph.

That's exactly right! Everyone just assumes Jaysiph has to die. If dying is bad, then they should be doing their best to save him. They saved her and Dilia and Tayza and they're going to save Jaysiph and mommy too.

Jiniki's still super mad at Dilia for nearly killing Amiel, but she is so determined to save Jaysiph that she goes along with her anyway. They walk silently.


>Jini: Does having too much majika ever hurt or make it hard to think? If so, consider suggesting they try the Dark Green solution before anything else.

Not really. Turning into a Ki-jaara makes thinking kind of hard, but once someone's done transforming they can think about the same even with all kinds of majicka. At least, Jiniki didn't feel any different when she was super strong earlier.

She has to think of something, damn it! Oh geez she's so upset she let out a bad word.




Does mister robot ever get tired of that spot? He sure spends a lot of time over there.

"HELLO. HOW_CAN_I_HELP_YOU?"

Jini: Ask him what the best way to make someone stop hurting is.

Dilia: Clarify that said someone is a giant chimera-like Ki-jaara who is very, very angry at the world.

>Jini: Ask him what the best way to make someone stop hurting is.

Jiniki knows mister robot can't hear her, so she has Dilia ask instead.

He opens a compartment that Jiniki didn't even know he had, and brings out a few SOLUTIONS.

"THIS_WILL_NUMB_PAIN_FOR_SIX_HOURS. IF_PAIN_PERSISTS_LONGER_THAN_FOUR
DAYS_THEN_CONSULT_YOUR_DOCTOR. IF_THE_DOCTOR_IS_DEAD, THIS_UNIT_WILL
ACT_AS_A_DOCTOR_IN_THEIR_PLACE."



>Dilia: Clarify that said someone is a giant chimera-like Ki-jaara who is very, very angry at the world.

"Um, Jiniki, maybe we shouldn't do this. That thing would kill us without even hesitating, and he's completely insane. Maybe we should go ahead and end his suffering."

"Well of course you'd want to kill him. That's your answer for everything!"

Dilia wishes there was something she could do to get everyone to stop hating her. She's starting to miss the bliss of her former self. Was it really worth losing that to get her sanity back?

Dilia: "Well, look, I wasn't exactly sane at the time of that last one..."

Explain that killing is really only bad when the person doesn't want to be killed. What Dilia tried to do to Amiel was wrong, yes, but she wasn't thinking right at the time. Jaysiph said he wanted to die, right? That's probably the best way to help him, at this point - he wasn't exactly meant to exist, naturally, and his body and mind must be tortured by it. Getting rid of the body might be the only way to help his mind rest.

> Dilia: Realize how much you hurt when you did try to kill Amiel and how the pain drove you to your own insanity. Realize Jaysiph may be similar. Doesn't he deserve the same chance? The others wouldn't understand. Jaysiph might. And he'd need a friend.

>Explain that killing is really only bad when the person doesn't want to be killed. What Dilia tried to do to Amiel was wrong, yes, but she wasn't thinking right at the time. Jaysiph said he wanted to die, right? That's probably the best way to help him, at this point - he wasn't exactly meant to exist, naturally, and his body and mind must be tortured by it. Getting rid of the body might be the only way to help his mind rest.

"I'm sorry. I know I did a very bad thing and I'm still paying for it. I just couldn't..."

Jiniki has no hope of understanding how she feels. Why's she even trying to explain it?

"Basically, Jaysiph is suffering and even if we cured him like with me, his mind wouldn't--"

"I don't care. We'll find a way. We'll make him better."

Dilia isn't going to change Jiniki's mind. She doesn't think Jiniki will be able to save Jaysiph, but two days ago she didn't think she'd suddenly have breasts again either. A lot of unexpected things have been happening as of late.



>Dilia: Realize how much you hurt when you did try to kill Amiel and how the pain drove you to your own insanity. Realize Jaysiph may be similar. Doesn't he deserve the same chance? The others wouldn't understand. Jaysiph might. And he'd need a friend.

It still hurts to think about it. Dilia lost two lovers and a best friend in a matter of hours. It's all she can do to avoid breaking down every time she looks at Sekani.

But Jaysiph's pain runs far deeper than her own. He was driven to madness long before becoming a Ki-jaara. His very existence causes him agony. Can that kind of madness really be cured? Is it worth the risk?

Dilia sighs.

What would you do, Ifles? She wishes you were here right now.




Jiniki speaks up again, sounding much calmer this time.

"He's just like me. My scar made me feel ugly, and it hurt all the time. I wanted to die, but mommy said it would make her really sad. If I had killed Amiel-- If I did what mommy told me, Sekani would be very sad, and I would still be alone. Jaysiph shouldn't be alone either. I'm going to save him no matter what."

Definitely no changing her mind. Dilia can either go along with her, or at least try to get her to visit the others first. Maybe Tayza can change Jiniki's mind.

> Dilia: Help Jiniki. Choose to believe that hurt-- any hurt-- can be healed. Your hurt can heal and so can Jaysiph's. But you have to try. You have to give it your best. C'mon, let's do this.

>Dilia: Help Jiniki. Choose to believe that hurt-- any hurt-- can be healed. Your hurt can heal and so can Jaysiph's. But you have to try. You have to give it your best. C'mon, let's do this.

Even this hurt? It's hard to imagine it ever going away, but...

If she doesn't at least try to heal, it will never vanish. If her pain-- if Jaysiph's pain can be healed, then maybe it is worth doing everything they can for him.

"Okay, Jiniki. Let's heal Jaysiph."

They head back to the others.




"We've decided to try, Jiniki."

"R-really?"

Tayza nods. "We'll do what we can to save him. But if we start to get overwhelmed we'll have no choice but to ki-- erm, take him out. Okay?"

"Okay. But I really hope we don't have to cause I think we can totally save him cause we're all like super awesome!"

Yes. They'll save Jaysiph. Together. They aren't given much time to make a plan of action, however.





"So much delicious majicka~ I hunger~"

This is it. If they can't defeat or cure Jaysiph, then they have no hope of curing Iiji. It's all or nothing.

All characters can be controlled. This is going to be so chaotic oh god

> Everyone: Assume standard MMORPG positions (Dilia = Tank, Tayza = Healer, Sekani and Amiel = ranged DPS, Jiniki = Controller)
> Dilia: Shoot Jaysiph with NON-LETHAL LIGHTNING THINGY

DON'T MAKE DILIA TANK WTF SHE'S SQUISHY AS HELL

Tayza should tank. Remember, earlier it was stated that her ability to heal herself makes her nearly invulnerable. She's like an int/vit FS priest. Dilia is tertiary ranged with her little lightning gun.

But Dilia has the anti-majicka cloak, so Jaysiph will just hurt himself by attacking her. And she -is- pretty strong...

Anyway, we need a healer, and Tayza is the only one who has that ability. (That's why I wanted Grasshopper to help if possible... darn you, Slink.)

Like I said. Tayza's an int/vit FS. She can tank AND heal. IT'S DOABLE.

I had forgotten Dilia's cloak, but bear in mind it makes him LESS likely to target her, because it's not that hitting her does no damage, it's that hitting her damages him. She's still not going to make a good tank.

Though, I do kind of like the idea of telling her to throw her cloak over him. That is a good strategic battle maneuver.

THIS ISN'T RAGNAROK ONLINE

Shove over, pops, the players are talking.

The cloak is enchanted with a major threat decrease.

>There should be one Bluegreen solution left unless someone screwed up somewhere, try that on him to see if he's being controlled?
(It didn't note how many of the purple and orange solutions we had, though orange would kill him, the purple might come in handy if there's any remaining)

I don't think Iiji is controlling him. I think he's just crazy.

But taking his majicka away might help with that. I say use the Dark Green solution on him.

As for Iiji... well... I wonder what would happen if she were cut off from -herself-...

He's held together by majicka. I would think taking his majicka away would dissolve him.

That said,

> Try the dark green solution on him, thinking it will help.

D8

I say save the Bluegreen unless it becomes obvious he's being controlled, but I think Iiji actually can't really control this one. (We might need it for something else, like for Tayza and Jiniki during the fight, so.)

> Jiniki: Use your magicka to hurl a large dose of painkillers into Jaysiph's mouth while he's beening shocked by Dilia.

> Amiel: Shoot Jaysiph with the Dark Green solution.

[If it's all combat mode and I only get one command, then Jini's. D8]

>Dilia: Shoot Jaysiph with NON-LETHAL LIGHTNING THINGY

Dilia lets him have it with the Uhiki'sha! The hit connects, but he counters with FIRE MAJICKA!




Dilia's ANTI-MAJICKA CLOAK glows a bright yellow as it nullifies the fire.

"So feisty~ But no majicka~ No need to eat you~"




>Amiel: Shoot Jaysiph with the BLUEGREEN Solution!
>Jiniki: Use your magicka to hurl a large dose of painkillers into Jaysiph's mouth while he's beening shocked by Dilia.

Amiel shoots a dart at Jaysiph, but he deflects it using TRANSDIMENSIONAL MAJICKA! He counters with FREEZING MAJICKA. Meanwhile, Jiniki manages to give him a healthy dose of Painkillers. It will take a few minutes to kick in however.




"Ugh!"

"Amiel! Stop getting hurt!"

"I'M NOT DOING IT ON PURPOSE."

... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AMIEL AAAAAAAA WHAT THE FUCK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

GET TAYZA OVER HERE IMMEDIATELY TO HEAL THAT BECAUSE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

> Jiniki: Use your Majicka to hold Jaysiph down while painkillers kick in. Failing that, keep his attention by shouting a lot and deflectdeflectdeflect.

> Sekani: Help Tayza heal Amiel by slowly melting the ice as the wound is treated so removing it doesn't have to cause any additional pain.

> Jini: Try to hold Jaysiph in place, or at least keep him from using more majicka.

Dilia: try to attack the chimera with your cloak somehow. Whack him with it, or drape it over him, if you can.

>GET TAYZA OVER HERE IMMEDIATELY TO HEAL THAT BECAUSE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>Sekani: Help Tayza heal Amiel by slowly melting the ice as the wound is treated so removing it doesn't have to cause any additional pain.

"I feel kind of tired..."

"It'll be okay. Just hold on and don't move."

Sekani beats himself up for failing to save her yet again. Is he still completely unable to safeguard his friends despite all his speed and power?



>Jini: Try to hold Jaysiph in place, or at least keep him from using more majicka.
>Jiniki: Use your Majicka to hold Jaysiph down while painkillers kick in. Failing that, keep his attention by shouting a lot and deflectdeflectdeflect.

Jiniki uses her majicka to pin Jaysiph down. This is really hard as he's very strong physically. He counters with his TRANSDIMENSIONAL MAJICKA by pinning her down as well. His majicka is weaker, but so is Jiniki.

Thankfully, he doesn't attack her with anything else.

"Cannot keep me down long~ Will feast on you first~"



>Dilia: try to attack the chimera with your cloak somehow. Whack him with it, or drape it over him, if you can.

Dilia tosses her ANTI-MAJICKA CLOAK over the behemoth. It glows and begins to smoke. He lets out a terrifying roar-- he seems to be in a lot of pain!

Jiniki isn't able to hold herself up any longer. Her majicka is starting to run out.




Their entire party was incapacitated in a matter of minutes. Tayza and Sekani can't do anything else while healing Amiel, and Jiniki can no longer move. He really is as terrifying as they feared.

Dilia's the only one who can still act. Her Uhiki'sha barely does anything to him, and she has no majicka. She's defenseless to his attacks. Is there anything she can even do at this point?

>Tackle-hug the boss

> Keep using the Uhiki'sha anyway. I mean, if all you have is a hammer...

> Find that DARK GREEN SOLUTION filled SYRINGE he deflected earlier. Approach him from behind and stab the fuck outta him with it.

> Do this QUICK FAST AND IN A HURRY before Jiniki's power fails.

>Tackle-hug the boss

Are you insane!?


>Keep using the Uhiki'sha anyway. I mean, if all you have is a hammer...
Attacking Jaysiph with the Uhiki'sha doesn't seem to do any good. It doesn't stun him or do any real damage that he can't instantly heal.



>Find that DARK GREEN SOLUTION filled SYRINGE he deflected earlier. Approach him from behind and stab the fuck outta him with it.
>Do this QUICK FAST AND IN A HURRY before Jiniki's power fails.

Dilia runs to grab the DARK GREEN SOLUTION DART. She wishes she were in better shape, but she refuses to slow down now. This is her chance to make up for all the horrible things she's done, and she won't let anything stop her.

This is for you, Ifles!




With incredible speed, Dilia runs up behind Jaysiph and stabs him with the DART!

"Still want to fight~? ... Huh? What's going on..."

Before she can react, Jaysiph counters her attack by stabbing her with his powerful tail.




Ghk--!




Control of Dilia has been lost.




No! Tayza doesn't have enough majicka to heal Amiel and Dilia at the same time, especially at range!

Jaysiph lets out a horrible roar as he shakes the ANTI-MAJICKA CLOTH off his body. Judging by his lack of color, the DARK GREEN SOLUTION must have taken effect. However, there's nobody left to fight him...

Well, damnit.

Tayza: Take the remaining purple solution. Heal everything.

> S'kili: Surprise cavalry appearance in favor of our gang of protagonists.

:>

Sekani: >while Tayza is in HEAL EVERYTHING SUPER MODE.... >FIREPUNCH!

...assuming that super heal everything mode means Amiel is safe, of course.

>Tayza: Take the remaining purple solution. Heal everything.

This will leave them with no majicka enhancement for the fight with Iiji, but Tayza doesn't care. Her pack is getting through this together.




...Whoa.

"Sekani. Go ahead and burn away all the ice."

"Is that safe?"

"Trust me. This is going to be awesome."




Tayza keeps working on Amiel as she turns to heal Dilia as well.

What? She's dead? She better not be fucking dead!

"Get up right now, damn it! We're getting out of this alive!"




"Did you hear me!? ALIVE!"

An intense amount of power surges through Tayza. She has never felt so strong before. She spent most of her new life in seclusion. She listened to the Alpha, and ignored the rest. But now she realizes that there is so much more to life than the hunt. These losers are, for better or worse, her family now. And she'll be damned if she's letting them die to their own stupidity!





Dilia coughs and starts to breathe again.

"I swear, if you die again I'll kill you."




Tayza helps Jiniki recover her majicka while she's at it. Jaysiph stands there confused. This must be the first time he's been completely unable to use majicka. If they want to kill him, now's the time to do it. All their attacks combined should be able to finish him off in his weakened state.



>Sekani: while Tayza is in HEAL EVERYTHING SUPER MODE.... >FIREPUNCH!

Sekani would owe Tayza like 50 if she had to save him from Jaysiph's counter. M-maybe they should stay at range?



>S'kili: Surprise cavalry appearance in favor of our gang of protagonists.

S'kili is enjoying paradise.

>Sekani: This is the freaking stun phase, he doesn't have aggro! No special attacks to counter, just watch for the tail! Uppercut from the front! Shoryuken!

...he -could- just fire from range, it's not like he needs physical contact to burn stuff.

Sekani: >You misunderstood. This isn't a discussion. If you really need to >FIREPUNCH from a distance, but you are doing a >FIREPUNCH =|

> Jiniki: He's confused. NOW IS THE TIME! Call to Jaysiph and demand he stop-- there is no need to fight as you can help him.

Hey, Tayza. Does your newfound healing awesomeness work on giant chimera majibeasts who're in pain? :D

>Sekani: This is the freaking stun phase, he doesn't have aggro! No special attacks to counter, just watch for the tail! Uppercut from the front! Shoryuken!
>Sekani: >You misunderstood. This isn't a discussion. If you really need to >FIREPUNCH from a distance, but you are doing a >FIREPUNCH =|

Fiiiiineeee~

Sekani uppercuts the behemoth with fire he guesses.




Jaysiph COUNTERS with his tail, but Sekani's superior speed leaves him unscathed. Okay fine, maybe the chimera's not really much of a threat without majicka. He's slow and clunky.



>Jiniki: He's confused. NOW IS THE TIME! Call to Jaysiph and demand he stop-- there is no need to fight as you can help him.

"Mister Jaysiph, you don't need to fight us! We're here to help!"

He barely manages to speak. His majicka is coming back, but it'll be a few minutes before he's a real threat again.

"Do not need help. Hunger for majicka~"

"The painkillers should be kicking in. Don't you feel a lot better now?"

"Not in pain. Only hungry. Will eat you all~"

Amiel readies a shot of the ORANGE SOLUTION. All she has to do is fire and it's all over.




"We can help you overcome this hunger! I mean I don't really know how yet but we'll think of something so please let's be friends!"

"Do not need friends. Will consume all majicka~"

> Jiniki: Don't try to communicate with the surface-- try to talk to his mind like before. He seems more sane there. Ask him why he needs Majicka.

Yeah, sure, do this.

Amiel, be prepared to fire, though - if he moves to hurt Jini or seems like his colour's coming back, might be time.

>Jiniki: Don't try to communicate with the surface-- try to talk to his mind like before. He seems more sane there.

"Oooh, thEee ladIiee from EearlIer. HiiI. Will yOuu freEe mE noW?"

"I-I don't want you to die. You should want to live like everyone else."

"YouUu aRe reallyYy niiIceE~ BuT Iii Am tiIirEd. i wAnt toO reSt."



>Ask him why he needs Majicka.

"UummM, I thiInk my boOodie wIll diE wiIithoUt it."

"But--but Dilia gave you something that disables majicka! That means--!"

"Iii miIght bE okAy IiIf Iit comEs baAack sOon. IiiI hOopE I aM wRrong."

"Please don't hope that!"

This poor creature has given up on life. Jiniki knows his pain. To be looked at with pity, to always be hurting. Is she really powerless to help him?

Jiniki, I know you're dead set on this, but it's time to give up. He doesn't want to be saved. Right now, the kindest thing to do for him is to let him die. You're seeing him as he really is; his innermost, deepest desires.

If you do save him, what will that accomplish? You'll just be forcing him to continue a miserable existence he doesn't want. That's cruel, Jiniki.

I'm with this, aye.

> Ask him if he'd accept a way to be saved if there was one.

> Amiel: RENEGADE INTERRUPT (i.e., shoot Jaysiph while he and Jini are distracted)

[I originally deleted this because I figured he'd die anyway, since his majicka is gone and all, but then I realized that Slink said it'll come back, so... better safe than sorry]

All those stitches look like they hurt.

>Help remove the stitches; he's probably healed over already.

>Ask him if he'd accept a way to be saved if there was one.

"WeLl gOoolly, If yOou couLd mAkE It sToOop huRtiNg, i wOuld nOt miIiNd bEing aliIivE, if yOu weRe theEere~"

"O-of course! We could be super friends!"



>Jiniki, I know you're dead set on this, but it's time to give up. He doesn't want to be saved. Right now, the kindest thing to do for him is to let him die. You're seeing him as he really is; his innermost, deepest desires.
If you do save him, what will that accomplish? You'll just be forcing him to continue a miserable existence he doesn't want. That's cruel, Jiniki.

"Iii've NeEver beEeeN liKed by a gIiirl beEforE. i feEel soOo haAappy~"

No, he can be saved! S-she won't let him die. He... he can be healed and they'll be super friends and everyone will be happy and everything will be really good and then they'll save mommy and have a bunch of babies and it'll be just like the stories mommy read and- and--!


>Help remove the stitches; he's probably healed over already.

Maybe if she takes these out, he'll stop hurting.

"I'm going to remove your stitches. Um, I don't know if it'll hurt or not but maybe it'll help make you better?"

"OkaAay~"

Jiniki uses her majicka to carefully remove the threads. Jaysiph doesn't even flinch, possibly thanks to the painkillers.





Whoops!

Before she can apologize, she is suddenly ejected from Jaysiph's mind.




The behemoth lets out a terrible roar as it raises its hand in agony! The fact that Jiniki was ejected must mean its majicka is returning. This is not good.

Jaysiph COUNTERS by grabbing Jiniki with his beak!




Her arm is ripped from her body as he flings her away from him.




*Thip!*





Jaysiph lets out a blood-curdling scream as all of his majicka is forcefully ejected from his body! His FREEZING MAJICKA starts to encase him as he reverts to his previous form!





His original body is completely encased by his ice. There are no further signs of movements from him. There is a slight smile on his face, the same smile Jiniki saw in his mind.






Jaysiph has been defeated.

> Tayza: Go heal Jiniki, duh

Well, geez, we could've saved ourselves a whole lot of solution if we had just done this in the first place. :|

Amiel, go see to Jiniki. Tell her that he's not really dead - freezing doesn't always kill things, it just kind of... puts them to sleep for a while. Maybe if he ever unthaws he'll be okay?

And we wouldn't have had an update that made me shed a (manly) tear drawing it.

>Look for any loot the [url=http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061015225447/wowwiki/images/5/5b/Lichking_ft.jpg]strangely familiar[/url] dead boss may have dropped.
>Level up
>Go claim your set of master majicteria from Grasshopper
>Tayza: Rez plz.

>Tayza: Go heal Jiniki, duh
>Amiel, go see to Jiniki. Tell her that he's not really dead - freezing doesn't always kill things, it just kind of... puts them to sleep for a while. Maybe if he ever unthaws he'll be okay?

Tayza begins work on reattaching Jiniki's arm. After noticing she's holding it the wrong way, she quickly rotates it to face the right direction. That would have been embarrassing. Meanwhile, Amiel tries to cheer jiniki up.

"M-maybe he's not really dead? He might end up being okay once the ice thaws."

"The orange solution kills us, doesn't it? I don't think he'll be okay anymore."

"I'm sorry. I saw him hurt you, and I just--"

"I was going to save him! I just messed up! I could have gone back in and tried again but now I can't! You shouldn't have done that!"




"I don't know what to say. I'm sorry."

Jiniki tests her arm. As far as Amiel can tell, Tayza healed it completely.

"I really thought I could save him..."

Amiel has not felt this bad in a very long time. She wishes there was something she could do. Anything.

"I swear to you, Jiniki, I won't let you go through this again. We will save your mother. I promise."



>Look for any loot the not-even-remotely-familiar-at-all dead boss may have dropped.

"He didn't 'drop' anything, but I still have this picture that Tayza dropped earlier!"

"WHA-- HEY GUYS LOOK THE DOOR TO THE PORTAL BUILDING'S OPEN LET'S GO THERE."


>Level up
Done?

>Go claim your set of master majicteria from Grasshopper
What?

>Tayza: Rez plz.
She can't save him now.

> Jiniki: Thank Dilia for trying so hard to help you. Ask if she needs someone to lean on for a little bit after getting stabbed.

Umm...

>Check inventory.

>Tayza: Point out that since we've used most of our solutions, we're probably screwed. And it's all your fault, you jerks.

Someone run back to Grasshopper and see if he can make more purple solution.

Your IP is oddly the-exact-same as another poster's.

>Jiniki: Thank Dilia for trying so hard to help you. Ask if she needs someone to lean on for a little bit after getting stabbed.

Jiniki goes to sit with Dilia.

"Um... thanks for what you did. I wouldn't even have had a chance to save him if not for you. I'm glad you didn't have to die too."

"Thanks, though I doubt anyone would miss me..."

"I would. You're not crazy anymore. You're super nice now and also if you need someone to lean on you can totally use me I don't mind at all I promise..."

"You don't have to act strong, sweety. We're all here for you."



>Check inventory.

One dose of the LIGHT BLUE SOLUTION and one dose of the DARK GREEN SOLUTION remain. There's also that picture that is being hilariously ignored by everyone.



>Tayza: Point out that since we've used most of our solutions, we're probably screwed. And it's all your fault, you jerks.

"Welp! We're totally screwed now! This is all the bird's fault somehow! Iiji's sure to have a few tricks up her sleeveless arms, and our main advantage..."





"...Is..."

"Thanks, Tayza. I'm glad you found me worth saving."

"I always knew you were super nice."

Yep. She's got cooties now.



>Someone run back to Grasshopper and see if he can make more purple solution.

Grasshopper says that it can make one more dose of PURPLE SOLUTION, but it will take it an hour to do so. They'll have to make a judgment call on whether or not they should risk waiting around for that amount of time.

Hmm. They've neutralized all threats that Iiji had to throw at them yet - what could she accomplish further in an hour?

I say wait for it.

This, pretty much. Unless Iiji has a plan to materialize more minions out of thin air, just give Grasshopper all the time it needs.

Ditto to what these guys said

You realize, of course, that we're just waiting to see what horrifying new trick we get to deal with. On the other hand, we get to see someone else power up.

>Sekani: Call dibs

>Wait an hour.

They decide to wait an hour. Any potential risk would be outweighed by the usefulness of having one more berserk button.

They finally have the meal Sekani prepared earlier, though it's been cold for a while now. They slowly break the tension caused by Jasiph's battle with amusing stories.

Tayza laughed a lot harder at Sekani's anecdote about accidentally flying into a tree than he would have liked, but at least she doesn't seem to hate him as much as she used to.




They now have one dose of PURPLE SOLUTION. Sekani gets the feeling that he should wait for the right time to use it. If anything stands between them and Iiji, he would like to have one hell of a "firepunch" ready to use.

Indeedy.

What's Tayza's picture about?

So! Time for battle! We should organize something of a plan first. Iiji's not going to go down without a fight. Obviously we're going to try to want to stick her with the light blue solution in the end of things, but how are we going to get close enough to do that?

Tayza, Jiniki, what does Iiji currently look like? Are there any weaknesses in her armor?

> Amiel and Dilia: Go gather anti-majicka cloth. Lots of it.

>What's Tayza's picture about?

Sekani finally gets around to looking at the picture Tayza dropped earlier.




That-- that's a Tezakian!









"Yeah yeah. My mate was a bird like you. This is probably ironic somehow. Don't we have bigger things to worry about than my personal life?"

"But all the Ki-jaara we've run into except Jaysiph are female. W...what happened?"

"He was exiled. He cheated on me with Nesaki, and then he tried to undermine Iiji. He hurt me and betrayed the pack, so we made him leave. That egg you found was part of their 'nest' or whatever you guys have. Now you know. Happy?"




"THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SO MEAN TO ME! Because I'm a Tezakian too!"

"The reason I'm mean to you is because you destroyed my home, you asshole! Maybe if you apologized or acted like you gave a shit, I'd have an easier time forgiving you!"

Tayza snorts, then continues.

"Look, I don't dwell on what he did. It happened, and it sucked, but I moved on. I haven't been taking it out on you just because you look kind of like him. I've been trying to help you, you idiot!"

"It doesn't feel helpful when you're so mean about it!"

"Fine. I'm mean. But it's not because of him, okay? Stop jumping to stupid conclusions."



>So! Time for battle! We should organize something of a plan first. Iiji's not going to go down without a fight. Obviously we're going to try to want to stick her with the light blue solution in the end of things, but how are we going to get close enough to do that?

"Now listen. Iiji got affected strangely by her majicka. It caused her to grow several times her normal size fairly rapidly. We've never seen her actual body-- the rest of her is behind a portal. I don't know how much of her exists behind it, but I do know that the chunk of her we usually see is very well protected by her carapace.

If we wanted to kill her, we could just shut the portal down. But if we want to save her, we'll probably have to stun her long enough to go in and find a vulnerable part of her body to stick with the MAJICKA CURE."



>Amiel and Dilia: Go gather anti-majicka cloth. Lots of it.

Amiel and Dilia head on out, and collect enough cloth to cover them both fairly well.




OPTIONAL DRESS-UP-DOLL MINIGAME

You can design an ANTI-MAJICKA OUTFIT for both Dilia and Amiel (with or without her cloaking suit)!

Normal commands can still be given and will be used in the next update.]

Jeez. First you make a story and require US to write half the commands, now you want us to draw your art, too? Let me guess, in two chapters we'll have to HOST it for you, too.

IT'S CALLED INTERACTIVITY YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME


...what am I even implying?

These outfits require minimal alteration from the original materials available to us, making them simple and easy to piece together.

Sure, let's go with that.

Sekani: >Apologize for ruining Tayza's home.

Sekani: >Remember that when you found Sekani Jr. There were more eggs there than there were when you first landed. Muse about the implications of this.

Go for a really nasty surprise.

>Create an anti-majicka lining for the stealth suit. It'll be hilarious.

>Sekani: >Apologize for ruining Tayza's home.

"Maybe I have been kind of insensitive. I didn't mean to destroy your home and hunting ground thingy. I was scared and it was the easiest way to keep you from hiding and attacking us by surprise. I just didn't want anyone to get hurt."

"Well. Um. I guess I'm sorry for almost killing you twice, too. And yelling at you all those times. And punching you."

"B-but you haven't punched me."

"Yeah, but I was gonna."


>Sekani: >Remember that when you found Sekani Jr. There were more eggs there than there were when you first landed. Muse about the implications of this.
Sekani isn't sure (He never really asked and kind of sort of fell asleep in health class), but he thinks tezakians lay one or two eggs during their mating season. For there to be as many as there are, she was either made more fertile by the mutation, or they were at it for quite a while.

But the number of total eggs sitting there since he landed never changed because shut up.




"Yay~ Now you two can be super friends! Maybe since mister birdie looks kind of like the other birdie you two could have a bunch of babies and make a huge family with Amiel and Dilia and me and then we'll all be happy together~"




"No."






Amiel and Dilia finish working with the ANTI-MAJICKA CLOTH

"Check me out! I'm an evil villainess~"

"You look so adorable."



"No I don't! I'm an evil villainess and I'm going to take over the world!"

Teehee!

Tayza: >Frown and remind Amiel that Iiji's the evil villainess, and this is no time for games!

Tayza and Sekani: >Repress mental image of you two together. Forever.

Jini: >Be adorable and oblivious!

>Frown and remind Amiel that Iiji's the evil villainess, and this is no time for games!

Now, now. Tayza isn't going to force everyone to be focused and serious all the time-- it would just stress them out. They can play around for a little bit, so long as they know when to stop.



>Tayza and Sekani: >Repress mental image of you two together. Forever.

Tayza is not above breaking the fourth wall to murder anyone who tries to "ship" them.



>Jini: >Be adorable and oblivious!

They'd all have such weird looking babies...

Guin: >Ship Tayza and Sekani.

Sekani: >Something about your girlfriend changed... Ask "new hairdo?"

All: >Finish waiting an hour.

The hour's up. Just nobody's told them to get going yet

Oh, right

All: >Go scout perimiter before engaging in... SHOWDOWN OF THE CENTURY!

"What? That's stupid."


> Get together and discuss the war plan.

>Sekani: Kindly ask Amiel to stop stealing his soul, and making him her slave

Alright, crew, let's get shit together. Gameplan: Iiji doesn't like Jini's necklace for some reason. Perhaps we should have Jini try and distract her with it while the others get to that portal?

>Guin: >Ship Tayza and Sekani.

"DUDE, like, I think she was serious!!!! TBH IDTILTVMAA, YNWIM? SRS."

"I LIKE THE BED I'M SLEEPING IN"
"JUST LIKE ME IT'S BROKEN IN"
"IT'S NOT OLD"
"JUST OLDER."

"ow my oxygen"



>Sekani: Kindly ask Amiel to stop stealing his soul, and making him her slave

"Being-- ow-- cute is why you'd make a great villainess! You'd get-- augh-- close to people with your cuteness and they wouldn't-- tsss-- expect it when you steal their souls and make them your slaves!"

"Yeah-- yeah! I took your soul so you gotta do what I say! Mwahahaha~"

"oh no not my soul~"

Sekani stops being retarded and removes his hands from Amiel's shoulders. Tayza tells them that it's time to get moving, and they make their way to the PORTAL BUILDING.



>Alright, crew, let's get shit together. Gameplan: Iiji doesn't like Jini's necklace for some reason. Perhaps we should have Jini try and distract her with it while the others get to that portal?

"I remember that Iiji doesn't like the necklace," Sekani says. "It doesn't look like it does anything special, but maybe seeing her formal self will stun her long enough for us to get past?"

"You'd have to get her to look at it first. I hate to admit it, but with your speed you'd probably be the best choice for slipping past her once we distract her."

"It's okay to admit that I can do it~ You can be nice~"

"Seriously, bird. You're making it very hard to stop hating you. We need to be serious now."

"sorry~"

Making Iiji stare at a tiny picture long enough to be stunned sounds like it'd be extremely difficult. Jiniki would definitely have the highest chance of pulling it off, since she had already confused Iiji once before.

> Jiniki: It is very important that as you begin this fight, and for the duration of it, remind your mommy that you love her.

Or maybe Jini can just talk her mom into being nice and letting her new friends live...

>Yes, do this!

Tayza: >Lead your pack into the lion's nest.

All: >Prepare to kick some thorax!

>Jiniki: It is very important that as you begin this fight, and for the duration of it, remind your mommy that you love her.

Mommy has done some pretty bad things. Jiniki is going to have to put her in some serious time-out after all this.

But she did it all for Jiniki's sake. Mommy became sick and twisted, but Jiniki knows that she's still there under all that craziness. She has to be!

She decides that she's going to tell her mommy she loves her a whole lot of times because it might help her get better faster.



>Tayza: Lead your pack into the lion's nest.
>All: Prepare to kick some thorax!

"This is it, everyone. Iiji is up there on the second floor. Getting there won't be easy, but I know we can do it. This is our first hunt together as a pack, so I won't let you guys get away with slacking! Let's stay focused and catch our prey.

"This time we're not hunting for the sake of killing nor for the sake of survival. We hunt to save our prey. This is not something I've ever done before, but I'm confident we will come out victorious. The hunters always get their prey. Now, let's go."





"We're going to save you, mommy. I promise..."




"...Because I love you!"