Kick your head around a bit, play football with the other skeletons until a Belmont or Soma appears.

>>34533
I remove my head and kick it towards another skeleton...

who does nothing. It bounces off his leg, and continues rolling along. Oh shit...

YOUR HEAD has entered the ETERNAL STAIRWAY.
.
.
.
.
Your head has entered THE CRYPTS.

>>34535

GODDAMN THATS YOUR ONLY HEAD, BREAK PATROL ROUTINE AND GET DOWN THERE!

>>34536
You can hear Death laughing.


Asshole.


Your BODY enters the ETERNEL STAIRWAY.

YOUR RIBCAGE, LEGS, ARMS, AND SPINE arrive in the CRYPTS, in that order.

>>34537

Just because he can summon sickles out of thin air, he thinks he's hot shit.

Anyway, pull yourself together man and search the place, hope none of the monsters are toying with it, what sort of monsters are in this area anyway?

>>34537
attempt reassembly.

>>34539
The CRYPT has... let's see... BONE TOWERS, BATS, ZOMBIES, BATS, WORM HIVES, BATS, SKELETON BOMBERS, MORE BATS, MINOR DEMONS, AND DID I MENTION BATS?

You REASSEMBLE.
You cannot access the ETERNAL STAIRWAY, because you CANNOT DOUBLE-JUMP.

>>34545

Borrow a skeleton bombers bomb and try to bomb jump back up, or alternatively, ask where Big D leaves his double jump power up around here.

>>34548
"Yo, Death!" you call. It echoes down the hall, and the bombers twitch a little. No response. He must have returned to his lair in the CLOCK TOWER.

>bomb jump

You aren't even sure how you stay together. Using concussive force to propel one's self upwards is kinda iffy.

>>34555

Alright, try and grab some bats and have them fly you up and out.

>>34558
Hm. Not a bad idea!
Let's see here... Just take them by the feet, they're big feckers...

YORICK IS NOW A SKELETON FLYER

I feel lighter. My feet grow spurs.

((Skeletons in Castlevania are dependant on what they hold. Holding different objects will grant different boons to Yorick!))

Wait, that's not the way I want to go! FFFFFFFFFFF

You have entered: SKELETON CAVE

>>34564

Shout hi to your brethren while you fly around aimlessly, ask them if they know of any good treasure chests around.

>>34565
My bros don't respond. They aren't even really awake.

Man, there's a lot of bones down here.
Like, seriously. Big bones, little bones, some as big as my head!

Anyway, I let go of the bats, dropping to the floor. I don't want to get lost...

YORICK IS NOW A SKELETON.

Test various bones to see if any of them change you in a good way or are suited to being used as weapons.

Could any of them serve as a light armour?

>>34571
I see a long Femur...
I get alittle bigger. I turn orange. I feel heavier and stronger.

YORICK IS NOW A SKELETON CLUB!

Let's keep moving and find the BOSS. He'll probably be able to give me something handy.

>>34574

Awesome, usually bosses just attack me but hey, lets go find him/her/it. Show off your new look to any passers-by.

>>34568
Build self a set of bone armor from all the bones! Integrate it into your own skeleton, and become a SKELETON KNIGHT.

Hopefully now you will be less prone to coming apart.

>>34583
Let's see here...
With STRANGELY LARGE RIBS, MEDIUM SKULLS, and HANDS, I manage to make a passable BONE BREASTPLATE.

YORICK IS NOW A SKELETON WARRIOR

I feel more cohesive now! My elbows and knees grow spurs! My FEMUR has a sharp edge now!

This area's boss is LEGION. He's a pretty mellow dude, but he's bashful as heck.

Something's starting to bug me. There's moving minions. Normally we aren't even supposed to move between BELMONTS.

>>34588

He just needs to come out of his shell, that's all.

Umm, so wouldn't that mean there's a Belmont around?

>>34591
Normally, yes, that would mean 'dude with whip'. But the odd thing is... some are moving, some aren't. I know I'm the only one besides the bosses who's capable of speech and thought beyond 'kill' at the moment, so why are these guys moving without the alarm sounding or Boss saying so?

There's the big blue door now. I wonder if it's safe...

>>34597

Open the door, get on the floor.

EVERYBODY WALK THE DINOSAUR!

(Open the door)

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/08/25(Tue)15:15 No. 34607 ID: 6faa8c
File 125123852727.gif - (16.43KB , 218x230 , granfaloon.gif )

>>34602
Wow, he's big.

>"WHAT IS IT?"

Oh, right...

"Hey, Legion, dude, pal, I got kicked down here and I need to get up to my post in the Corridor. Can you help a brother out?"

There's a long pause. He's thinking.

>>34607

Let him speak, admire his multitude of sexless bodies that make up his body in the mean-time. Compliment him on them.

>>34610
That isn't his body, his body is a little brain looking thing with tentacles that can shoot LAZORS

>>34610
It takes about a whole minute, but... ah, there we go.

"YES, SURE. TAKE THE DOUBLE, I CAN MAKE ANOTHER."

"Thanks bro! Nice look you got going. The multitude's a better look than the silly vaginashite from last time."

"THAAAAANK YOOOOOU...." and he's asleep.

YORICK ACQUIRED DOUBLE!

I'm changing again.

My FEMUR is now TWIN SPIKES.
My BONE ARMOR is now GREEN METAL BREASTPLATE.
I have boots!
I feel nimbler. I feel more fragile.

>>34614
Almost forgot!

YORICK IS NOW A SKELETON BLAZE!

>>34612

Well, I'm saying his shells like his body anyway, sorta.

>>34615

OH FUCK YES, SKELE BLAZE CAN GO ALL NINJA AND SHIT WITH TWIN DAGGERS! LETS GO JUMP AROUND AND STUFF!

>>34617
Oh, this is fun! No wonder these guys are such pricks, they can do anything! Whoooohohoooo!

You have returned to the ETERNAL STAIRWAY.

Oh, not you again? What the fuck now?!

>THERE'S SOME WEIRD SHIT GOING ON IN THE LOWEST LEVEL. I NEED SOMEONE TO CHECK IT OUT, SOMEONE WHO ISN'T A BOSS.

Well fuck. Guess we're going to the REACHES, then.


Bastard.

>>34618

See if you can't drag someone else along with you as a meatsh- uhh backup, otherwise head on down there.

Just to get a frame of reference, who was the last asshole to show up and kill Dracula?

Yeah, I suppose I have to follow Big D's orders. He's a Boss after all.

ENTERED THE TOWER OF PRISM

You know I keep wondering who the fuck builds these places. A tower.... made of crystal. Really now!?


WOAHWAT
HEY ASSHOLE
STOP SWINGING AT ME
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

YORICK IS NOW IN COMBAT
WITH
VICTORY ARMOR

>>34620
That'd be the Kid.

BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW FUCKFUCKFUCK

>>34622
you're all fast and shit right now. figure out it's pattern, then hit it after dodging!

>>34624

This, also make ninja noises.

The kid? Soma Cruz? He isn't a Belmont?

>>34624
R-right! I'm a blaze now, I can do this!
Let's lea-
OW
FUCK

YORICK HAS LOST 2 RIBS TO: OVERHEAD SWING

SON OF A BITCH

VICTORY ARMOR LOST HELMET TO: BOUNCE KICK
VICTORY ARMOR LOST TWO FINGERS TO: SHINING SLASH

He's not so tough if I'm careful...

But why is he even fighting me?!

>>34625
NO, BOSS'S KID!
THE ONE WITH THE HAIR

>>34622
Hmmm... Rebellion. This is clearly the work of that jackass Galamoth! Anyhow, use ANNOYING AGILITY to smack this guy upside the head until he goes down without taking any hits yourself.

>>34627

Oh cripes, Alucard is a bit of a handful, what with having the Masters powers and that damn sword.

>>34626

I don't think he's in the mood to answer questions, just play it safe and take him down, try bouncing on his head a few times and rebounding off if he swings at you.

>>34626

Duck and attack when he charge swings. Dash away when his sword catches on fire. If he's tossing his blade up and down, he's going to throw it in an arcing loop, so attack and dart away before it comes back at you.

>>34628
>ANNOYING AGILITY

VICTORY ARMOR LOST KNEEPADS TO: LOW KICK
VICTORY ARMOR LOST PAULDRON TO: SHINING SLASH

Man, this is gonna take a while.

>GALAMOTH

FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUCK.
EVERYONE HATES THAT SUMBITCH
EVEN ME

>>34632

Well maybe we can enlist the help of some of the bosses to kick his ass if it is him.

Anyway, hurry up and finish the Armour off!

>>34630
Alright!
Here goes...

VICTORY ARMOR LOST GAUNTLETS TO: FAILED TO CATCH BLADE

VICTORY ARMOR DEFEATED.

Whoo! fucking finally.

>>34652
I think we have a boss to go slap upside the head don't we? But first, loot the armor for anything that fits.

>>34656
It turned to stone and fell apart... None of the peices would have fit anyway.

I've got three areas before I make it to the Reaches. I hope he hasn't recruited any other bosses.

<<Trivia: All the "Armors" in the castle, except the really big ones, are made to fit Dracula!>>

>>34663

Dracula seems to change size everytime he gets beaten up. But uhh, carry on, can we replenish our 'health' in anyway? By picking up bones perhaps?

>>34664
They'll grow back. Those of us risen by Death, we're... special.

Moving on... HALLS OF ILLUSION.

Funny, this place seems oddly bereft of enemies.

>>34667

What about friendlies huh? Are all the monsters in the area under 'Bad guys' command?

>>34667
To the next area!

>>34669
Not that I can tell. The 'dusas are doing thier thing, Cthulhus here and there, but they aren't really on alert yet. I might be able to get one to follow me, maybe. They are one of the more intelligent critters.

>>34688

Give it a shot, an extra body is always useful in a fight.

>>34690
I approach one of the sleeping... things, poking its shoulder. A huge yellow eye opens in my face.

>"WAAAAT."

"Death sent me on a mission. I think Galamoth is trying to take over."

>"NAAAT MAAAAA BUSINESSS..."

"You sure? Might be something in it for you."

>"YUUUU AIIIIN'T SLOGRAAAAA AND IIII AIIIINT GAIBOOOOON. GOOOO AWAAAAAY."

Huh, so much for that.

>>34692

Ah Slogra and Gaibon, true bros to the end.

Anyway, guess were going solo for this one, lets move!

>>34694
Righto!

Onward and for...
FUCKING HELL WHO DESIGNS THIS SHIT.

There's a huge-ass brick in my way. I can't go around it, and I'm definitely not big or strong enough to break it. FFFFFFFFFFFF.

>>34696

Jeez, we need some sort of strength power up, any of the bosses got one lying around? Or a way to phase through it.

>>34696
Jump, like a boss, double jump, like a boss, wall jump like a castlevania wolf.

>>34701
The roof is too low over the brick. There's maybe an inch of clearance. I can't push it either... sons of bitches, I bet this is the asshole's doing! I'm goiung to have to circle around through the Crypts and through the boss room. Damn!

>>34706

Lets circle around then, hope the boss doesn't mind...

Are we limited to existing enemies? Why shouldn't we aspire to become greater than a mere minion? We could be a miniboss! A fucking annoying miniboss that would make anyone cry! Aspiring to be an actual boss is more of a long-term goal, so it can be ignored.

As for the block, if you can't push it, is there a way to blow it up?

>>34710
No way to blow it up without becoming a Bomber. Fuck that noise.
I'm going a- WOAH

WILD DISC ARMOR APPEARED!

>>34720

Charge at him when he launches his disc forward and upwards, smack him and jump when the disc returns.

>>34720
Can you trick one of those stupid bombers into thinking this rock insulted them and/or their mother?

>>34722
His disc launches up at first, so I take the opportunity to close in. Just as he begins the reel it in, I cut the string, flip back, and kick the disc, sending it careening at him unpredictably. It hits a bump in the floor and lodges into his chest and face!

>>34722
Pay VERY close attention, these guys can even fuck up Alucard's shit if he isn't careful.

>>34737
I think I can see why. He's pulling the disc out of the huge gash I made and hooking it onto another cable, as if nothing happened. He nearly got sliced in half! This doesn't make any sense!

>>34738

Nothing to do but keep fighting, try it again, maybe it'll tear him in half properly next time.

>>34740
Right. I get in clo...
What.
He swings the blade from side to side, nearly catching me in the wire. I cut it in time and send it into the rock...

smashing it... to peices.
Huh.
He pulls out another disc and hooks it up, but not before I take the chance and slip into the gash. He's hallow inside. A few seconds of slicing and dicing, and he falls apart like the Victory Armor.

>>34745

Pose victoriously to no one in particular and proceed with caution. Also, salvage anything that hasn't disintegrated.

>>34751
There's a bunch of smaller discs here that he could have launched without string. I'll take those.

SUB-WEAPON: CHAKRAMS

Let's move forward, then. To the BLOOD HALLS.

>>34752
Man this place is crowded. Bats, 'dusas, Red Skeletons, Melty Zombies...
Gore, everywhere. It's like the walls are bleeding.

>>34759

Aren't the skeletons like super regenerators? Is there any way you could get some of that power? They just keep pulling themselves together, no matter what hits them.

>>34763
Red skellies are actually made entirely out of marrow. It's interesting, but it makes them soft and weak. No real attacks and they just... ooze around. It's too much of a trade off.

>>34772

Ehh, I see your point, keep moving, and have those chakrams at the ready. Ask the friendlies if they've seen anything odd lately.

>>34776
One of the melty zombies responds:
>"We been wakin' up, dat's wat's odd. No threat to the castle, an' we startin' to move again. I dunno wh..."
He pauses to hork a ball of rotten meat on the floor... which then turns into another melty zombie who wanders off.
>"Dunno who done it. All I know is dat it's spreading from the Reaches and moving up."

Questioning a Red just scares him into the floor. Pussies.

'Dusas don't talk.

It is odd that the animation call isn't coming from Boss unintentionally - as that's happened before - but from below, instead. But I do notice the farther I go, the more weird looks I get. Like they want me dead or summat.

>>34779

Think we should go back and ask Big D for backup? I mean, we might be out of our league here if it's turning the Masters monsters against us and spreading.

>>34780
While that's an utterly fantastic idea, that's in the clock tower.

I'm in the sub-basements. If I take the time to get up to him, who knows what kind of resistance we'll meet?! Death ain' impervious, after all, and Gal is very, very, strong. But I think I have an idea when I get there. It'll hurt like a bitch, though...

Remember to break the candles for hearts or that sub-weapon is useless.

>>34784

Alright alright, guess our pal Legion's too far away as well, and we don't need no sickle throwing 6666 hp Death.

Lets proceed with caution.

>>34795
((Trivia: Most of the time it's 4,444 since Four Is Death.))

There's also the matter that D might simply refuse me, in which case I'd be boned. Since I'm a sentient in this Castle, I can actually gain power by killing things, like the more recent visitors.

I'm getting a clear hostile intent from the next area (UNDERGROUND LABORATORY).

>>34801

(Oh yeh, my bad, I thought it was some digit repeated 4 times.)

Oh boy, Frankensteins? Lets see what we're up against!

>>34802
I throw open the door and roll in, seeing the doorway get cruched beneath a massive pair of stone hands. Golem. A stone Golem, my knives won't be a whole lot of use. I can also see slimes on the walls and ceiling.
Another blow, a hard, stiff kick, and I dodge it, as he puts a big crater in the wall.

>>34803

Hrmm, I dunno if it's worth trying to take him down considering pierce and cut won't do a lot against rock. Play cautiously and try to take him down with as few risks as possible, keep another eye out for slimes that might try and grab you.

>>34807
I know Golems have got one weakness, I just can't remember. Something about a holy word...

Fuck he's fast! Like a goddamn rock gorilla! Fecking belmonts and their fecking holy whips and water make this shit look easy!

Is this a boss golem or a regular one? If it's not a boss, jump over him and continue onwards.

>>34810

Well if you think you can reach inside his mouth fast enough then be my guest. But he seems too fast.

>>34813
>>34812
Yep, discretion is the better part of valor!

ABSCONDING
IF THE NUMBER OF THIS POST IS GREATER THAN 2, SUCCESS

>>34815
I'm gone! That was a boss room. He had ripped his way in. I don't know where the real boss is or even what it is.

Just keep running, Yorick, just keep running.

>>34810

Back of their heads. "The golem is a creation of the holy word, the script of life and instructions to act placed into their head. Generally believed to be created by Jewish people who were too cheap to pay for workers."

You need to find one of those hallways with infinite zombies and grind out a level or two.

>>34822
An excellent idea, when I get the chance.

But I can't waste time. I must find Galamoth. Then I'll put my plan into action.
The wall behind me explodes, and the Golem steps through. He leeks pissed, covered in cracks and deep pock marks.

What could have caused that? No matter. I dodge the opening blow and allow the fists to barely miss me, then I climb atop him, Onto his head. I can see the Words! Quickly, I pull out the old parchment and tear it in half.

The Golem turns to dust.

I'm very tired.

>>34831
Rub the dust on your bones to increase durability (become BLAZE MASTER.)

Find a Skeleton Flail and ask if you can borrow his weapon so you can switch between bashing and cutting whenever you need to.

>>34846
I rub the dust on my legs, and they bronze. Spurs grow on my knees and my boots get spikes. I gain a cape. I gain green gauntlets.

I am slightly sturdier. I am a little faster. My knives are longer. I become a SKELETON HERO.

Hm.

I am no longer tired.

Flails are in the SKELETON CAVE, but if I happen upon one I'll snag his weapon.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/08/25(Tue)20:46 No. 34886 ID: 6faa8c
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>>34853
I wonder. Is this what it feels like to be a Belmont?

>>34886

You need a whip, hair, and girlish face first.

>>34912
Ah, right.

Of course. I just... I feel so strong. Better get moving before the rest of the critters start acting up... God I hope I don't encounter the boss for this area.

>>34917

Also, organs. In the meantime... yeah, moving would be good. Also, where did this sentience derive from?

>>34979
Death gave it to me. He was bored. Did you know it takes 100 years for Master to awaken and new belmonts to show up? Can you imagine a lifestyle like that? Once every hundred years shit hits the fan, but the other 99, better break out the fecking cards? I don't envy him.

Do you smell ozone? I smell ozone.

>>34997

But... he's death. Surely he has to take care of souls, people dying, and so on and so forth. Heck, in the end, he must even get the Belmonts that "slayed" him.

They don't last forever.

Ozone? Ozone... what would cause that?

>>35007
Big D's 'traditional' role is really only a side job. In reality? He is a super-powerful entity who works for whoever holds a powerful artifact, known as the Crimson Orb. I think.

That may be Galamoth's target. After all, whoever holds it can never ever be reaped, and control of the dead is pretty much yours! Why do you think master is so powerful? Only part of that is from sucking blood and flipping off God, you know.

The scent grows closer.

FUCK. I can see him. The Creature. He's a little weaker because he's away from a source of electricity, but... He's stronger than the Golem by far. He hasn't noticed me yet...

>>35010

Uh... I thought he was powerful due to contrived plot devices. Ahem.

Ground him first, which requires a bit of metal-do you have a metal spike, or something similar? Just throw it through his foot...

Oh, a sword will do nicely.

<<All there in the lore XD>>
>>35011
>Throw
>Sword

It flies with incredible accuracy, stabbing through its foot and into the ground. There's a spark. I think I've rid him of all his non-essential electricity.

I run in to grab my blade and almost get a fist to the face. Luckily, I'm much faster than him, and I manage to take off his LEFT HAND. His right comes at me as I get away, and he pulverizes some of the ground into sand.

Wow. This guy is made of pretty prime stock!

>>35012

Yeah he is, tough bastard, unless you do some rather... cheap moves. There's also this bloody confined space...

It would be helpful if you could take that good stock. Not as if you can cut him open and replace his bone structure, eh?

Oh, right. Advice. His neck is too thick to look up easily, and his arms are clumsy. Bounce on his head.

>>35013

Naw, can't steal 'is bones. Most monsters in the castle self-destroy their remains. There's exceptions, and some of them drop their stuff...

>Bounce on head
I run straight at him and duck his backhanded swing, letting him take a portion out of the wall. Then I use this to leap up and over him, landing harshly on his head. I can hear things pop and crack, and for good measure I ram a blade between his disks.

I land behind him. Ha! He's not so to-

YORICK LOST FOUR RIBS TO: DONKEY KICK

son of a bitch. I swear he's getting faster.

>>35014

I meant remove his bones and instigate yourself as his skeleton. He would still be alive, but hapless to your actions!

Oh yeah I forgot about that. As he looses parts, he gets lighter. Since he doesn't suffer from pain or fatigue and is powered by electricity, he'll only speed up with the more damage you deal. Especially if you're using metal weapons-he's got metal bits inside of him, creates sparks dontchyaknow.

More importantly: Cut his tendons. Hard to move about without those.

>>35016
Not really worth it to do so. Besides, it ain't the skeleton that does the movin' and shakin' in a body.

But of course you know that.

Right, less severin' more slicin'! I have to keep an eye out for all his limbs now. Back of the hand, under the armpit, back of the leg, and the heel.

With some artful dodging, it's easy enough to slice these places. Wait.

If he doesn't need those bits and bobs, he can just redirect...

The lightning engulfs my body, arcing to the floor harmlessly. Well, that was mostly harmless. I'm a skeleton, after all, no heart to stop or brain to whisk.

And without charge, he just falls flat on his face, and then, for no reason I can discern, burns to ashes which blow away.

>>35017

Well... yes. It was just an idea. Sadly, one that does not work.

The major point of making organic constructs over metallic ones is the capacity for regeneration and the flexing capacity. You probably know that, though.

Also because it's cool.

Moving on, there should be some LOOT. There's always loot after bosses. Or mini-bosses. Which is he?

>>35018
A full Boss. I must be getting stronger. Let's see...

oooh!

A Roc Feather. Nice.


JUMPING ABILITY/AGILITY IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY!

>>35019

Now all you have to worry about is accidentally jumping so high you splinter yourself against the ceiling.

Remember to fly feet first!

>>35019

If you can do those "Super Jumps" that slam you against the ceiling just flip yourself upside down >>35020 feet first like this guy said.

Also, give your bones a chance to regrow, regenerate, whatever.

Suggestion 2009/08/26(Wed)14:08 No. 35112 ID: b61b02
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>>34912
>Girlish face
Nigga wat?

>>35112

He's probably the most worthless Belmont out the lot, he got his ass kicked by Dracula's successor and drained all his energy just breaking a seal.

I wake up. Fuck! I fell asleep! Looking around quickly, I notice not much different except... Well, okay, it's very different.

The tunnel is wider. Much, much much moreso. Tunneles out like a bigass worm the size of a house just plowed through. I can smell even more... ozone, like a storm went through here, and there's white formless bodies everywhere, none of them moving.

>>35137
not to mention he's friends with dracula's reincarnation.

>>35390

I think he's doin' it wrong.

>>35387

You are a skeleton, how do you require sleep???

Anyway, proceed with caution! And make that cape flap around behind you for DRAMATIC EFFECT.

>>35392
Part of the sentience, I think. Diurnal-ism.

Dramatic effect acheived. Man, there's a lot of bodies here... they all look... the same... oh god, it can't be, can it?

>>35394

Hold your short swords in a flashy style and run towards the source of the destruction, that's how a Belmont rolls.

>>35394
Legion?!
You were my favorite boss...
;~;

>>35395
I have to hurry! A boss may be in danger!
I run with all my might towards the source of the mess. I can feel the static in the air.

What I see before me is a clash of the titans. Galamoth, scepter held high, lightning blasting through the air.

Legion, his shell reduced to a third of its size, his lazer carving the stone as he nearly missed Galamoth. The white arcs blazed across the sheild of bodies, scattering them, leaving a hole.

"N-"

And like that, a lance of light impales Legion. The bodies melt like so much rot, and the core of Legion tumbles to earth like a firey wheel, bouncing past me.

Oh my god.

I'm going to die.

Suggestion 2009/08/27(Thu)17:05 No. 35403 ID: 43d730
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>>35400
Fine, too early.

Suggestion 2009/08/27(Thu)17:15 No. 35407 ID: 0d5afc
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>>35400

Galamoth looks down at me.

>"A fly. A tiny maggot, it squirms before me."

I can feel those tiny eyes, like embers from hell, upon me. Like a boulder balanced on my skull.

I take two steps back.
His wrist. His wrist is unarmored. The wrist holding his scepter is not armored.

A skeleton is defined by his holdings...

The plan bubbles back up.

I point a dagger at Galamoth and utter what may well be my very last words:

...

...

...

(A little help here?)

>>35417
"Galamoth, you've always been a fucking putz."

>>35417
'You have tried before, what makes you believe you shall succeed now?'

When he is then compelled to give you some self important speech (as all BBEG's must), cut that fucker's hand off.

>>35419
>>35418

'You have tried before, what makes you believe you shall succeed now?'

Galamoth roars,
>"Throughout the years, I have always..."
he trails off into some long dithering nonsense about the Crimson Orb and his 'ascension' and a bunch of fecking nonsense. He's so distracted, I'm able to run up the side of the wall, leap off, and come down on his wrist.

"Galamoth, you've always been a fucking putz."

The blade slices clean. It stays attached until it lands, and then blood sprays from the wound, the hand and the scepter falling with a loud clong to the earth.

He roars in agony and grips the bloody stump, as I run over and carve the dead hand from the huge weapon.

I take it in my hands.

>>35420
And will be at some point in the futu...
You know what? Fuck it.
You've had your ass beaten by time-buggered Alucard.
I don't care about your backstory, your destiny.
I don't give two shits about whatever this is about.
Legion, however, was a great guy.

This is for him.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/08/27(Thu)18:06 No. 35423 ID: 6faa8c
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>>35420
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>35423

I feel far stronger.
I feel much taller.
I feel invincible.
I feel strong.

Yorick has become SKELETON PARAGON!

"You know what? Fuck it.
You've had your ass beaten by time-buggered Alucard.
I don't care about your backstory, your destiny.
I don't give two shits about whatever this is about.
>Legion, however, was a great guy."

>>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?

Suggestion 2009/08/27(Thu)21:36 No. 35453 ID: 43d730
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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.

Suggestion 2009/09/10(Thu)11:29 No. 41201 ID: 6faa8c
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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!

Suggestion 2009/09/12(Sat)15:05 No. 43205 ID: 6faa8c
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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!