>>349289
We found another person to talk to then our access got destroyed because of stupid bravado. What are you doing? Anything smarter?

>>349294
i see only a few with bravado. most were inquisitive.

>>349297
How about we immediately take this to questdis?

also
[check status of other gem]

We...uh...got burned.
I think we're all right now, though.

Could have worked better.
Well not much we can do about it right now.
So what happend in the meantime?
Did we miss anything?
And do you know a dead elven King by some chance?

Watching the others react to a bunch of tentacles was fun!

>>349289
Hi again! We found a link to someone with another gem. We tried to fiddle with his mind to see if we could free him, but it was structured differently from whatever was binding you. There was another presence that we didn't recognize; we weren't sure what to do, so we tried to talk to it, but it immediately attacked us. Then we blacked out.

I think the other gem is broken. I hope we can avoid mistakes like that in the future.

So! What's going on now? Looks like some guys are close to spotting you. Where's everyone else?

[Guys, that wasn't a mistake, that was a learning opportunity. We can't be expected to make the correct choice every time when we are flailing about in the absence of even basic knowledge, and now we know more about the nature and power of the control exerted over undead. Learning is fun!]

>>349580
Well, yeah, there's that. It would've been nice to know it sooner, but at least we got to learn a something about our nature and the world's metaphysics.

It's kind of funny, if we had learned that we technically count as undead beforehand, I'd probably have dismissed it as interesting but unimportant... then when we got into that little mess, we'd probably recall that bit of information and known what the right thing to do was.

Oh, well. At least we know now, so we won't mess up on the next person who's bound like that.

>>349580
That excuse only flies when we were forced into taking action in a situation where we didn't know anything. We could've just disengaged and lost nothing. People didn't. That's stupid bravado.

>>349584
And what if we terminated the link and it had permanently closed? It wasn't stupid bravado, it was trying to take advantage of what seemed to be an opportunity.

>>346369
>>344102
>OH GODS THIS ISN'T THE SAME THING AT ALL
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

What exactly about these updates say "opportunity"

>>349593
We had a battle of wits with a floating red hand covered in chains. Why would we expect thorns to be deadly? Also, in >>346369 the crown appears to be ensnared, so some would take that as meaning leaving wasn't an option.

>>349596
Focusing itself, the fragment of Wisdom set within the crown delves into the mind of its enslaved bearer, as it has befOH GODS THIS ISN'T THE SAME THING AT ALL

>as it has befOH GODS THIS ISN'T THE SAME THING AT ALL

That is a direct reference to the red hand. And how this is not the same thing at all.

>>349597
Different =/= Instant death

Different =/= WE CAN TOTALLY HANDLE THIS RIGHT GUYS

[Guys, we have reached the point where this is no longer productive. If you insist on continuing take it to questdisc or big dumb arguments.]

>>349599
THIS ISN'T THE SAME AT ALL+ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA= INSTANT DEATH

>>349600
>>349603
GOOD SIRS I CHALLENGE YOU TO HONOURABLE COMBAT IN THE BDA THREAD.

>>349289

>It's been hours!

Sorry, miss. We were unavoidably detained and now a small part of us elsewhere may have expired or been subverted by a necromancer. Or possibly both, considering the metaphysical implications of one of our demesnes being, well, cracked open like a ripe melon by hungry tendrils of undeath.

Anyway, what happened has no relation to what you're doing. Probably. Unless your troupe of undead soldiers just happens to include a somewhat deceased Summer Elf monarch, in which case... well. We might want to have words.

Anyway, it looks like you've been busy!

How goes the infiltration?

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>>349290
>>349294
>>349463

... sweet mother, lads, be careful, will you? Sounds like y'don't know how y'work yourselves. Least you do still work. I dunno how or why, but you went into some sorta default while y'were gone. We waited for you, but when y'weren't comin' back we decided to press on with everythin'. We met another pack, Halfsy here beside me and his crew, and found out we only need to give 'em a poke with the crown and they pass out and come back free.

Just now we picked up a couple'a orcs out huntin'. We're gonna try get them, too.

>>349635
>>349461

Dead king? Y'mean the old elf king? Yeah actually, we do have him with us. The orcs were really proud o' bringin' him down, they really liked 'im, so they left all his stuff on so they'd know which one 'e was. Dunno how much of a comfort that is, poor fella. You were talkin' to him?

Huh. Well, he's not likely to tell anyone, 'less they just say "tell me all yer secrets" or something. And they would've done that ages ago. If they ever did. I dunno, I try not t' hang around the zombs too much.

well he has the king crown which has the other part of us on it. needs to be taken off of him first before it works again though. being dead ourselves means the necromancy holding him together doesn't like us.

anyway, you know if these orcs would like being free?

>>351850
>Sounds like y'don't know how y'work yourselves.
Well yeah. Because we're broken and crazy, remember? Shit, the surprising thing is that we're working at all.

So do you actually know anything about these orcs, or is this an attack of opportunity? In any case, I trust that you have a clever method worked out for getting this to go off smoothly and with no significant risk to yourselves?

>>351850
You were worried about us! That's so sweet of you. We would have retreated, but we didn't realize we could flee until it was too late. Well, not enough of us, apparently. Just one of the dangers that comes with the unknown, I guess.

When you say you have the elf king with you, do you mean he's with you, or just that he was in the detachment we saved you from?

...So we can free goblins without our conscious presence? That's very interesting. Makes me wonder which parts of ourself are us and which are the crown. How sure are you that they're really free?

Now, as for our immediate concerns... it looks like our remote viewing is contracted; all can see is your faces peeking over the brush. Hold on, I'll try to get a better picture.

MAJI JIJIRU

>>351853

Worse, it might be permanently broken.

By the way, Scrape: do we sound any different? We're hoping we brought back our other self with us, but failing that we might want to add "get the King's crown" onto the list of things to do.

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>>352289
>Hold on, I'll try to get a better picture.
>MAJI JIJIRU

Well, something's changed. You keep tryin' to figure it out.

>When you say you have the elf king with you

Not with us right now, like. With the group we're with. Were with. Do we count as still in it?

>How sure are you that they're really free?

Well, they're actin' like we did when we were freed. If they weren't they'd let us know somehow, they're good guys mostly.

>>351853
>would they like to be free?

Why wouldn't they?

>>351887
>clever method

We're gonna distract 'em and tangle 'em up with some ropes while we poke 'em with the crown.

>>353159
>do we sound any different?

Y'sound fine to me. Uh... maybe a little quieter? It's hard to tell. If y'were actually speakin' instead of makin' words in my head I could tell better.

>>356773
Well, you were ready before we showed up so don't let us keep you.
We can talk after the op, since the others are probably still in position.

>>356773
>We're gonna distract 'em and tangle 'em up with some ropes while we poke 'em with the crown.
Well, as long as you think you can pull that off, don't let us slow you.

>>356773
>Distraction

One of you needs to get naked. Okay, stay with me. Grab some branches and cover yourself, then carefully move into view, asking for help - someone stole your clothes while you were bathing. As soon as they drop their guard, drop the branches - this will be your friend's signal to pounce the shit out of them.

pop out and say "orcs come quick, we found this thing while scouting and we need some muscle to move it." and when they start moving tag the one in the back of the two and then tag the one in front

Mm, now there's a nice view.

Mmm.

Oh! Right! Doing things! Um, if you think that'll work, go for it. If you're already all in place it'd be too late to go with another plan anyway (not that I would object to any plan that involves one of you getting naked).

Allons-y!

As enjoyable as nudity might be for all involved, I think the "come quick! something needs moving!" strategy might be simpler and more effective.

Or you could just set one of them on fire. That always works.

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>>357107
>>357109

"<Guys come quick, I need yer muscles!>"

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>the nude ruse was a... DISTACTION

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Alright! This is way better than just jumpin' around all over the- whoops!

Uh, well, at least they haven't got their weapons in. Oh bugger, it's still gonna be hard gettin' in close. Hold on, lads! I'm gonna-

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>What do you want to do?

>>358668
[Freedom!]

Hey! Stop that!

>>358668
[Freedom!]
Help us free your brother!

[Freedom since it's always in style]

Yeah, help get us onto the other guy!

FREEDOME

[control, have him grab the other orc then switch to freedome]

[Freedom]

Hiyou'refreenoneedtothankusbutsomehelpwouldbenice!

[FREEDOM!!!!!]

[FREEDOM!]

[...and then maybe some nice fire. But first, FREEDOM!]

Quick! Throw us at the other guy, please!

[C'mon, free that dome!]

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM

Freebump

Why guys, could you keep it quiet? I'm trying to sleep in... Wait. Oh. Oooh. Oh, gosh, I seem to have missed quite a bit of Action lately.

[[Freedom]]
Why hello there, good sir. Would you be so kind as to throw us at your companion's face, as it were?