>>35424
I hold a Femur in my hands. It is bronzed, adorned with jems that scream with souls.

I am clad in armor of chain and steel. His hands cannot touch me.

My head his horned thrice with power, his words cannot touch me.

My eyes see clearly for the first time.

My mind thinks clearly for the first time. I will not hold this power long. Galamoth is not the true threat, like the line of powder to a keg.
Nay, the threat approaches now.
The monsters he animated targeted not Master's belongings.
They served to weaken the castle, set the bosses at one another.

Clear a path.
Attract attention.

Find a hunter.

>>35425
Blows rain upon the once-great creature's frame. His armor dents, his bones break, his organs rupture, and his muscles are ground into the rocky floor. Blue flames lick his body as his force leaves this world, and with it, my own power.

But the knowledge does not leave.
The monsters have been fighting each other. The bosses are at half strength. Master is asleep, and a Hunter will soon be coming. He will not need Vampire Killer this time!

As I return to my normal form of a SKELETON HERO, the scepter crumbles to dust.

FUUUUUUUUUCK. We are FUCKED.

>>35426
>I do not pass so easily, knuckle hoarder!

Ow.

SKULL HAS ENTERED MARBLE CORRIDOR

LOST LINK WITH BODY

It is dark. Like a night with no moon, I sit on the unlit halls. The candles have been destroyed. I was passed over, like so much refuse, kicked to the side.

>>35432

Do you need a hand?

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>>35451
Wrong game.

>>35451
I can barely move. My jaw is gone.
I... I can see it, though. Next to the hole I made when the son of a dog smote me throught the roo-er, floor.

>>35457

Out the frying pan and into the fire huh...

>>35457
Roll with all your might!
Then we can hop.
We aren't beated yet!

>>35474
That is one way of putting it, noble voices.

>>35475
Yes! It shall take more than a mere boxing to put an end to the tale of Yorick Von Calcium!

Yorick has retrieved JAW!

>>35496

Try and borrow some bones off your fellow skeletons...If any remain alive.

>>35515
A fantastic idea, but you're right: None remain, and like most, we self-dispose on death. I might find some friends deeper in...

I am in the MARBLE CORRIDOR. Neighboring this zone is the ENTRANCE, the ENDLESS WALKWAY, and the ETERNAL STAIRWAY.

>>35518

Could we get to the clock tower in our current state? Before Death gets his bony behind handed to him?

>>35531
No. I am merely a skull. Most of the CLOCK TOWER is a munch of jumping puzzles and spike malarkey. I could head in that direction, however. And away!

(YOU HAVE ENTERED THE ENDLESS WALKWAY)

>>35544
Well I guess it's time for some endless walking...

>>35629
Hopping.

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>>35629
Yes, a lot of hopping indeed. I certainly hope there's no combat awaiting me, I'm rather frail at the mo-

!!!

All the candles are gone! I can see the mounts, but there are no candles!

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I can hear soft clicking, of metal on the stone floor. I sense the presence of an OPTIONAL BOSS.

"My, you look quite down on your luck, skeleton. May I interest you in some assistance?"

>>43205
Yeah, we could use a hand.

... and a body, evidently.

>>43218

"Clearly, I am lacking in anatomy. Would thou be kind enough to assist me?"

"Mayhaps, mayhaps. Everything has a price, you understand. Everything has a cost. I know you have not that worthless shining metal the humans covet oh so much, but perhaps, between the damned, we can strike a deal."

>>43228
Of couse, of course. What can we do for you?

>>43242
"Certainly. What sort of payment do you accept?"

"I take... favours. I cash them later, when it's conveinient for myself. For instance, I may ask you to retrieve an item of power, or obtain a certain form so I may catalouge it. There's a few limits to what I may ask you:
1: I cannot ask you to do something that would place you in immediate mortal danger, such as jumping off a tall cliff, or into an unpredictable hole in reality.
2: I cannot ask you to do things you clearly cannot do, such as perfom complex magical rituals.

Now that that is cleared up...
I currently have the following things that may help you.
Spine of a snake: 1 favour
Arms and hands: 2 favours
Legs, feet, and pelvis: 3 favours."

>>43248
Yorick's assesment: All of them may be useful. The legs will let me run, of course, but... not a whole lot of offensive options there.

The arms and hands will also let me run and jump, just with less precision. I'll have a few more offensive options, being able to hold weaponry.

The spine might have interesting results.

Let's take them all. We can do anything.

>>43395
Are you certain? That's a total of 6 favours.

We're sure. I mean, come on? Moving some furniture once or twice? what's a favor or two? We'e got work to do.

>>43248
One for spine.
We can find more stuff later.

>>43463
Did you miss the bit about searching for items of power?

These are binding agreements, not little tasks. I feel I should be cautious with this fellow, especially since he's an OPTIONAL BOSS.

>>43466
>One for spine

It's not like I can't find this guy again later, after all, and one favour won't keep me too occupied...

"The spine, please."
"Alright, here..."

YOU HAVE OBTAINED: SNAKE SPINE!

My canines grow longer!
My sight is more acute!
I can now slither on the ground and evade faster than before!
I feel my canines swell with venom!
I feel a little more durable.
I feel I have minor use of the basic elements of magic.

YORICK IS NOW A NAGA SKELETON,

"Now, just bite this..."
He proffers an apple and I bite into it. My first name is etched into the side of it along with the date, and it turns to stone instantly.
"Hm. Is that all?"

"I believe that concludes our business... but if I need to contact you again?"
"Say my name, Renon." he replies. "And I shall appear." he smiles, and in a puff of smoke, he's gone.

Well. Now that I have the ability to move faster and have some combat ability, I feel a little safer... Should I keep moving forward or head to the Clock Tower?

Forward! To Adventure!

>>43776
Yes! Onward and forward!

NEW AREA FOUND: Dancing Hall.

This area is beautiful.I can see myself in the floor! I almost feel bad for scraping it.

Again, no candles anywhere. Just wax everywhere, some wicks, and.... is that a copper piece?

>>43777
The Belmont has been through here very recently, one would presume.
Keep a close 'eye' on your surroundings. If you see the Belmont, do not engage. You'll just get destroyed like everything else, so be on the lookout for more things to jack parts from.

>>43781
Right, right. I have to get to the boss of this area before him!

Most of the enemies here are GHOSTS, of various breeds and sorts. It would be hard to kill them physically, you'd need magic.

Which I have, thank goodness. I can feel it roiling around in my skull, like... like... like a rope pulled tightly taut and ready to snap at any moment.

Do we know who the boss of this area is?

>>43783
I believe it's Puppet Master. Creepy fellow if I ever met one. Ah, now I'm running into skeletons again... only... Hm.

NEW FOE ENCOUNTERED: Skeletal Medusa Heads

>>43784
Puppet Master? If you have to fight him, he'll be easy.
...Hopefully, it won't come down to that.

Wait... how does that work? Wouldnt that be medusa skulls?

>>43787
Well, yes. But the snakes are skeletal too. It's passing strange, but hey, look at where I am.

>>43786
Here's hoping I don't. He scares me. Plus, I'm not exactly combat optimal.

No full skeletons here, though, which is surprising.

So um... how can we get our body back, exactly?

>>43790
Well, there's two ways: We find the bits and bobs scattered around the castle by that wormeaten bastard, or... we get a full body and work our way back up.

>>43791
I say work our way back up.
Confiscate a skeletal Medusa Head, or at least their snakes. Maybe that'll give you some sort of petrification eye-beam power, rather than petrification venom.

>>43792
Right!

I take one in my sights, curl up... lunge...

%%%%%%%
CRACK
%%%%%%%

Ouch. A POX ON YOU!
It seems contact with these sorts is immediate petrification. Hurm...

>>43793
New plan: Ranged attack.
We've got magic, right?

>>43855
Oh, right!
Let's see... I mentally grasp the high-tension wire in my mind, and pull. I feel my tail reflexively coil into a wide circle, and fire blasts from the center.

NEW TECHNIQUE LEARNED: SMALL FIREBALL!

The puff of fire knocks one ot of the air and onto the floor! I quickly slither up and grab Two of the snakes before she crumples to dust and fire...

They attach to my spine!

I feel more durable!
My spine grows longer and thicker!
There are now spikes along my spine!
The snakes grow in length, thickness, and strength, and two attack to my spine, under my skull!
I can now manipulate basic objects and hols weapons!

YORICK HAS BECOME: GREATER SKELETAL NAGA

Fuck yes!
Hmm... I wonder what happens if we eat our own tail...

>>43939
I'd... rather not, thank you.

Besides, it'd just get my jaw knotted up and cause all sorts of issues.

>>43942
At any rate...

Nearby me is the BOSS ROOM.
Above me is the path to the CLOCK TOWER.
Back the way I came is the ENDLESS WALKWAY.

Suggestions?

>>53366
Which boss is this?

>>53370
Can't recall, but I think it's the one known as PUPPET MASTER. Not really sure. Might be PUMPKINHEAD. Either wa-

What's that snapping sound?

>>53373
tuck and roll!