>>974123
"Aha, so it must be one of them 'off limit to the public' manses, with some kinda hidey systems in place, maybe?" Viatrix remarks, thinking out loud.
"This one time, someone I work wi- I mean, someone I used to work with, he snuck out of one during his break with a girlie, and they couldn't find their way back in for hours, that is, until security had enough of having a giggle and finally let them back in"
Once she's sure that both Ada and Tsanim have climbed out of the vehicle, Viatrix focuses on becoming Human again- Circuitry begins glowing brightly along her form, and the pungence of ozone soon joins it again. Wings slide up and fold backwards on themselves, engines sliding up along with them, accompanied by the sound of metal moving smoothly on metal. Knees and legs emerge from beneath the vehicle to support it while the landing talons melt back into the hull, arms instinctively move to meet the ground as soon as they form on slender shoulders from the sides of the aircraft, one reaching towards an abdomen being shaped from moving metal plates- just in time to catch the cargo dropping through it and placing gently it on the ground beneath in a few quick but hesitant probing movements while the canopy folds downards, revealing a mostly Humanoid, feminine head underneath.
The circuitry flashes twice, changing into flowing Moonsilver that covers the entire body in a soft glow, its size and features rapidly shrinking to that of an organic Human woman, panting on the ground on all fours.
Rising from her knees gracefully at first, Viatrix comes to a full stand, stumbling a step to the left and letting out an almost yelp like gag, face red with embarrassment and eyes quickly widening before lurching forward and soiling the white snow in front of her wi

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>>974172
After vomiting, efforts to spit the last of the foul taste out of your mouth produce a streamer of colorless flame, utterly sterilizing the puddle and leaving a scorched hole in underlying peat. Doesn't help the smell at all, though.

There's still a small fire lance emitter nozzle in your mouth. You can feel it with your tongue. Somehow it fits in as naturally and comfortably as any of your teeth, just another body part.

Jumpsuit is intact. Glyph reader says "no signal." Wherever those went while you were a warbird, the oxhide bag is there now. Immediate environment is adequately warm for the moment, but if you go marching through the snow with nothing on your feet but fresh mud, you'll take damage from numbing cold - 1B/hour, difficulty 1 stamina + resistance to negate. Favorite pair of boots, last you saw, were in an airfield locker room in the White Valley Province... more than a thousand miles away, a thousand years ago, and under a thousand feet of water. It'll probably be quicker and easier to find or build new ones.

Once the group is reunited, how long are you all planning to spend on training, repair work, and so on before further exploration? If there's anything Desert Locust wants the Full Moon anima power for, that'll either have to be done by sundown today or wait three and a half weeks.

Current frontiers include tombs and "broom closet" in the basement >>970721 , east wing and garden on the ground floor, bedrooms on the second floor, barricaded roof access

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rolled 3, 5, 5, 7, 2, 6, 3, 9, 5, 4, 8, 3, 5, 6, 7, 4, 7, 1, 1, 4 = 95

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Concerned, the doctor moves to check on her new acquaintance, who just vomited and breathed fire. Shapeshifting is not supposed to make the chosen of Luna nauseous. Is this some side effect of her mechanical form, improperly meshed with her organic self? Is she already suffering from wyld taint? A side effect of her long stasis?

There's likely not time for a full medical exam now, but Tasnim feels that she should offer one after returning to the manse (and after resting). Hmm, would they have time for rest?

Rolling to navigate the vagaries of living outside fate and doing events out of order! Even though the group returned at dawn, are they still able to get a night's sleep and contribute to the watch schedule, as previously planned?

Intelligence 5 + Occult 4 + First Intelligence Excellence 5
If cooperation bonuses are relevant, both Horizon Silver and Adamant Strix have dots in occult, which would be good for another 2 dice.

>>974215
Tentative diagnosis is biomagitech implants - which will be needing maintenance, though that's not due for weeks yet - plus psychosomatic nausea due to a traumatic emotional experience.

Once you've found your way back to the fortress, Tasnim walks into the music master's bedroom and sees... herself, startled awake by her own arrival. As she climbs out of bed, the boss of the Purple Fountains snatches something >>972986
away from that self-appointed sheriff, and after she's finally pulled herself together there are two celestial wine bottles clinking against each other in the medical supply satchel - both empty, though that's easy enough to fix.

Ada already installed those replacement myomer strips and finished up repairs on Noir's armor, and for some reason you wrapped up the old torn ones in the same little bundle you were using for the new batch - made sense at the time, and you suppose they might be reusable once you learn the Incantation of Effective Restoration.

Feels like you've just gotten a good night's sleep, even though you also distinctly remember several hours of frantic haggling and alchemy and flying around, and possibly a skull fracture when you bounced off of some icy rocks. Yep, one side of your head's still a bit swollen, there's some blood crusted into your hair, and a small corresponding reddish-brown stain on the pillow, which makes absolutely NO sense...
> rolled 3, 5, 5, 7, 2, 6, 3, 9, 5, 4, 8, 3, 5, 6, 7, 4, 7
...unless this manse was constructed to exploit a gap

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rolled 5, 4, 10, 2, 2, 8, 1, 6, 3, 5, 4, 5, 9, 8, 7, 4, 3, 8, 4, 9, 2, 9, 7, 10, 2, 1, 7, 2, 9, 6, 1, 5, 4, 2, 8, 2, 2, 10, 7, 2, 10, 7, 1, 5, 4, 5, 3, 3, 4, 3, 9, 2, 8, 2, 6, 7, 5, 4, 5, 7 = 305

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Folding up her map and plodding over, Patches the bunny god-blood looks over the new arrival and squints. She smiles, and holds out her paw. "Name's Patches, miss. Mind joinin' us for luncheon?" Whether or not someone actually shakes her paw or she just sits there, eyes glazed over while the not-lunar expects a handshake, she's going to head right on over to those supplies (finally) and prep food for the crew. She barely opens one of the crates before giving Miss Mammoth a dull look. "...rabbits get fat eatin' carrots, them that explainin'." Still, she doesn't mind the thought. Opening the other crates... rations. "Right... gotta make these tast-- how long have these been sittin' out?" Patches clicks her tongue, before pulling out scraps of salted meat and other salvageable meal parts, starting up a large bowl of soup. She continues to show Desert Locust how to cook like a gremlin with limited resources, and makes today's [b]Craft (Water)[b] roll.

Craft (Water) 3 + Intelligence 4 to make a salvageable meal from some rations. Might count as a flurry, since she did a Craft (Air) today. She sets aside some carrots for herself, and uses some of her precious leaves to make tea-- now that she has carrots, she doesn't have to worry about wasting her leaves. "Dinner time! Er, breakfast... food time it is! Y'all can get served as you like!" Patches calls out to the hallways.

>>974202
our reporter friend got all of that on camera. Get copies of that film off him, it's a damn good thing we had him around for this because now we can put a proper photo bounty out on these clowns.

We might not have them yet, but we will.

Yeah, lets get that footage edited. Full APB on those perps. See if the commissioner will authorize a reward.

You and Dane probably shouldn't be driving anywhere for the next few hours. Either delegate or hitch a ride.

Guess at some point we call STEVE and see if thats who he saw yesterday.

"We need a hospital. And our mommies."

First, Dane, lay down, and hold still. That's a order. You don't want her risking making her injuries worse by moving and laying down makes her profile harder to shoot. Then grab the firearms from the back seat, get out of the car, sit on the hood so your body shields Dane and watch the far side of the street for trouble while holding your shotgun. KYLE, take Dane's patrol rifle, stand in front of Dane to shield her from the crowd side, watch for trouble from that direction while asking the crowd to back off.

Second, call in a ambulance. Also, ask KYLE to look under the car to check for leaking gas or oil. If there is we're gonna have to also call in the fire department, just in case it catches fire and for them to clean up afterwards.

Third, get a radio, report status and location and call for all other cars to report status and location. Any that fail to report in, either they're in trouble or their radios are broken or out of reach. Try calling those officer's cell phones. If you're unable to contact 'em that way, order remaining cars to get eyes on the last known locations of unresponsive cars from long distance and report; No riding up into what might be a ambush for responding cops. You'll decide what to do after you hear the reports.

Fourth, call whatever precinct covers Wartown and request assistance. Whatever your officers report about the status of the unresponsive cars, you're still gonna need backup here for crowd control, traffic control, securing the scene, collecting evidence (like spent ammo brass) and statements and protecting y'all 'till Dane is in the ambulance all the way to the hospital. You don't got enough officers to do all that. Besides, it happened in Wartown, so investigation goes to the Wartown precinct. Gonna likely need their backup for what happened to your unresponsive cars too.

Fifth, tell Devin you want a copy of all

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While trusting KYLE is great in theory, someone leaked our movements, and all signs point to him.

Let's not go handing him any long guns right now.

C, D I trust Tyrsis’s abilities more than anything. Definitely don’t leave her to get down by herself.

>>974187
B.

>>974190
This

D/b.

B c

Whichever one of you is holding it off, the other one should help out Mama. Leaning towards Tyrsis because he's bigger and can probably catch her if she falls
>>971012

Since he mention the weather you may comment on how the climate here is less harsh on you than on your homeplanet.

Didn't you take a shower after talking with Mel? The green dye stuck with you since than?

Ask him if he can eat crustaceans or if cooking is out of question. There is a very exotic dish from your planet that consist of a live lobster.

Insects must be a very varied diet, specially if he can eat species from other planets. Ask if he tasted some from where you come from. I'm curious about what he would think of bees.

There are some insects that are commonly eaten on Earth. Crickets and mealworms mainly.

Typically those cultures that traditionally eat live animals on my homeworld are ones that eat sea creatures. The closest I know of to insects served like that is usually shrimp, a very small, many-legged crustacean, which when served live, are served drunk so they squirm less. Can you eat shrimp, whether live, raw, cooked with heat, or cooked with citric acid? I don't know how to look this species-specific stuff up.

"So, that name, huh? As stupidly long as it is, it's still gotta mean something, right? They can't have just been piling made-up nonsense noises together to sound long for its own sake. Mind sharing as long as it's not too boring? Gotta be more riveting than the fucking weather, anyway."

It could be a boring tangent, but also a somewhat "safe" way of pressing on the Xai part of his name in particular without being oddly specific about it. He doesn't even have to get too far into his titles to answer our real question; he could cut it short after explaining "Xai" for all we care about it.

>>974183
>>974188
That was probably because his species can only think about visual colors by analogy.

> …about this weather we’re having?
actually that reminds me, does he know anything about the dome the city is in? You said that the dome seem to make it so you don't need your umbrella as much so maybe asking if the dome is doing anything to the suns rays might let you figure out if you need the umbrella still or if it won't be as necessary anymore while you're here.

*sighs* I can't believe I'm fuckin' doin' this, but...

*Goes over to the cooler, and gives everyone except for Rufus a beer bottle*

We cannot leave til' mornin' because of the tornados, so We will need to protect ourselves. So I'm sacrificin' what is left of my beer bottles I was plannin' on drinkin' durin' our trip to use as weapons if need be. I am hopin' we do not have to use em' as I want to keep em', but after the shit I saw... yeah...

And with that, I have somethin' to say, after we got that message about Will's medicine over the radio on how it looked like it was livin' and comin' after Trev and Will after Trev dripped some on the table, I spilled a little bit of my beer to test and see if the same was true for Lionel and I, and sure enough, the same thing happened, the beer was movin' towards us like it was livin', and wanted to get inside of us too...

but the most disturbin' thing is that the other residence in town was drinkin' that same beer, lettin' whatever kind of maggots that was in that beer inside their own bodies... I can't help but think if whatever inside that medicine and drinks is also some kind of mind controllin' bug used to brainwash and control the residence here or somethin'...

That leads me to our boy Rufus... He claimed to have sex with that woman. But knowing what I saw the residence do at the bar, I've reason to believe that she was also infected, and if that liquid bug thing she had within' her is sexually transmitted, Ruff most likely just got fuckin' infected with whatever that thing is as well. Yeah... Ruff just got STD with somethin' supernatural

Not only that, I find it odd Ruff is even here at the van. Ruff specifically said not to expect to see him until the morning, and the Ruff I know would just simply

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>>972935
hey woah, woah. What is this? You're going to kick one our own out? Dude, what the hell? I'm not gonna pretend I like the idea of him putting his dick in a crazy nun, but I'm not gonna just kick him out for it.

I say that we leave, these... people, want something with us. We need to get out of here.

>>973670
Go ahead Will, but Rufus, I don’t think you should go anywhere. This whole thing just stinks of some bad juju.

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I continue to try to sort in more chunks of ore into my bucket as the sounds comes closer.
Two rabbolds walks into view, I recognize the smaller one as Nick Saleos, accompanied by a taller girl, both in blue helmets. She’s holding a lantern while Nick is holding a set of pickaxes and buckets.
“Ah! ...You!” He points to me in shock and slight horror, almost dropping his cargo.
“Oh.” The girl “You know her?”
“No!, I mean, yes.” He nervously stammers, eyeing the passage behind me.
The girl meanwhile eyes my bucket, and whistles though a gap in her teeth, “wow, you sure hit the mother load. Say, are you in any group? How about joining us?”
“Us?” I ask.
“No, don-“
“Hush, Nick.” She waves him off, “Yeah, a bunch of us kids are here together, and we pool up what we got and divvie up the loot in the end of the day.”
“But-“
“Not now. Anyway, we’re fair and stuff, and more hands means more loot. What say ya?”

>>974208
You are actually just leaving. Tell them where you got your stuff and promptly exit

>>974208
This isn't a good deal for you. Ask what they can give you other than valuables, since you can find those much easier than they can. Perhaps they would be willing to exchange ore for mana crystals? You are more interested in the mana crystals than the ore.

...also try to talk to Nick in private. Ask how he's doing. Did any thugs come after him?

Who's nick?

Is that the guy we murdered some random criminal protecting?

He's strapped for cash so helping him make some cash couldn't hurt, but there's no doubt helping them would cut into what you are going to get.

"Still alive Nick? I see you found a way to make money that doesn't involve stealing."

Child miners? This is the tip of something.
Accept the unfavorable cooperation offer in exchange for a future favor.
Ask about her and this group.

Get that phone, see if you can log into it.

Cynx 2020/08/08(Sat)15:06 No. 974175 ID: ef15e2
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YOU DO NOT OWN THIS PHONE, BUT YOU ASSUME I BELONGS TO ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE LOCK SCREEN

Read the 'Amazing' note, hug doorknob.

Try 12345

Can you open this box?

What's that stuff on the lid?

Suggestion 2020/08/08(Sat)08:58 No. 974164 ID: e19a40

>>974163
To live sole for the purpose of maximize pleasure and minimize pain. No pride, no shame, no self respect.

If sustaining him is detrimental to society it's the fault of society for giving him resources. By eliminating him we wouldn't be repairing the problem.

As I said, I don't think it's possible to improve his lifestyle. I will side with λ until a better option is available.

Suggestion 2020/08/08(Sat)12:21 No. 974166 ID: b1b4f3

>>974164
That isn't a binary choice either! We can choose not to kill him AND not improve his lifestyle.

Support Lambda if you want him dead, or if you want to help her cum I guess. Pomothy's lifestyle is a separate matter.

>>974163
We're not doing anyone a favor by killing Pomothy, except Lambda. The pods and funbux allotment are designed to support his lifestyle, so obviously his life has value to the Transport. I figure this is because he is contributing to the economy here, by redistributing those funbux to streamers.

Suggestion 2020/08/08(Sat)14:00 No. 974170 ID: 9f00f4

Was Pomothys's species bred for docility as a food source or something?

Does he have some sort of neural implant or has he had some brain surgery removing normal emotional reactions that most animals have?

Is there some drug he is taking that is doing the same? Some kind of extremely strong anti-depressant that removes personality?

Pomothy: say, if you want to feel more strongly, you should go do stuff that produces hormones your brain isn't used to. Like going to a dance club as soon as those start getting busy tonight, and getting your boogie on! People go to those places to feel alive.

Or going to nature (like a public park or something), and going for an extended jog.

You might even find a prostitute! When was the last time you had actual physical sex? Are you a virgin?

Suggestion 2020/08/08(Sat)14:05 No. 974171 ID: 9f00f4

Oh, Pomothy! If you go to the entertainment district of the city, maybe you can find some super-spicy food that you've never tried before, that is spicy WITHOUT peppers, like something with mustard or horseradish or wasabi based spiciness (isothiocyanate rather than capsaicin based)!

Suggestion 2020/08/08(Sat)16:09 No. 974177 ID: bcda15

We actually helped him with what he wanted. Go back to your hab block and end the DA, you had a great day.

>>974118
This, but also compliment his nipples.

Ask him if he also had a wild night. If he asks what happened, tell him it was nothing special. For you at least.

Say nothing but take whatever you want from the kitchen.

*finger guns*

>>974115
Just say "Body Paint" and give no details.

>>974134
No touching please.
Take a bow and ride off.

Test the road for slickness and ride off into the moonset

>>974134
They seem to appreciate skill in BMX, ask if they have bikes too.

"i no, rite? Gotta jet, tho. Need mah slurps!"
bike away

Throw up the horns, shake off the fans, and start riding out of here.

Suggestion 2020/08/02(Sun)19:52 No. 973717 ID: 977456
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>blocks within a piece will not follow their normal support rules and only support blocks above them
>At least half of, rounding up, of the blocks in a piece must be supported.
Hmmmm...
Am I doing this sufficiently wrong?
Although with the battle coming up, there could be some dramatically inclement weather. Maybe even enough to blow that glass tower a couple of tiles to the left.
Or maybe we live in bizarro world where blocks can only support if they themselves are supported.

Doomsby 2020/08/06(Thu)09:55 No. 973970 ID: e7c7d3
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09

>>973717
>Or maybe we live in bizarro world where blocks can only support if they themselves are supported.
Oh hey, that's a really good addendum to the rules! Oh! Errr... I mean... Oh nooooo... The aether is... something something and such...

...

I don't think they're buying it...

Aw heck, wizards will find a loophole with the rules no matter what. Hopefully this will be the last change. That floaty glass spire, however, definitely wouldn't work due to reality. Reality isn't a judge, it's a dictator. And wizards are the cool, badass rebels fighting against The Man with shredded fashion and even more shredded abs! We might be able to make things float with some sort of levitation magics. Which are different from gravity magics. That sort of arbitrary pedantry is important to many wizards and wizarding.

Seriously, don't mix up a fruitomancy and bananamancy. Just... just take my word for it.

>>973712
Still, let's round out the base of the tower like in this suggestion. That's probably not what this wizard was going for, but it'll help things look nicer. And there is an agreement of the round stone piece be supported by the plants next to the bedroom.

Now for rooms. Only have the two blocks this time around that can be renovated. What should they be?

Also keep in mind that the wolves will attack after this decision.

We definitely need a trap as close to the entrance as possible where they walls squish together.

>>973970
It makes the most sense for the bottom block to be a trap room. Poison gas?
To make the poison let's make an alchemy lab up top.

For the bottom room a new trap, since we can just use gravity just don't let them touch walls, becomes quite hard to move that way, when all gravity is away from walls. Then because starvation (dehydration has no 'starve' equivalent. Quite frustrating as it kills you first) is rather slow, add a nice death lazer pointed at the middle, you know what, while they are stuck here might as well add a paralytic poison to the air too for that extra bit of difficulty.

So if I'm reading this right she's either saying:
Please stop fucking around with Gulpa and take care of the second fort already. Here, the bombs are even on us this time.

or

We have been patient, but it is time for you to finish what you started. This raid was a warning, but we will not be so merciful next time.

The ambiguity is surly intentional.

Either way, we should be careful about the WHEN. The hand and ear thing is probably code for something. Our answer to the question may well be binding.
Also it's certain Navozem will swoop in once again and help himself to what he wants.

End of summer would make an easy raid, but the Fall would give us time to covertly communicate with the rebels. And we did find a route in the tunnels to the location, after all.

Oh the look on Navozems face would be priceless if everyone in that fort just "Disappeared" one day.

>>973918
What rebels? Didn't we blow up their fort already?

>>973972
See those two red dots on the map near Suzo?
Those are encampments. Dug in ones. We fucked one up a while back, but the other remains.

What were supposedly just rebellious slaves ended up being a foreign expedition of Suzo's enemies. Navozem could take them out handily, but likely doesn't want reveal their hand to them, us, or their benefactors. It's just less risky to have someone else do it. And hey, we offered.

Refusing this service brings us no benefit, so we need to decide on when to perform it.

ASAP will gain us brownie points with Suzo.
Summer will make the operation cheaper and easier.
Fall will give us an opportunity to communicate with the encampment to pull some shenanigans against Suzo.

Suzo is in league with a rival great house and cannot be trusted. However, currying their favor in the short game could pay huge dividends when we decide to strike later.
On the other hand, they are a powerful foe and the earlier we start stacking the deck against them the better. We could engineer an outcome that technically completes the service without providing their unspoken desires.

I personally think we should set the date sometime in the fall. RG up there has suggested ASAP. Both are good ideas. We need more voices in on this. What's your take?

>>974006
I think we're being goaded into cleaning up someone else's mess. I'm iffy on just clearing these places out, like we're just destroying something important.

"I see you wish to invest in our services. Very well. I promise this gift will go straight into vigorously training forces from my population, and they will march directly to the next fortress when they are adequately trained for this scenario. If your master wants this done immediately, we need more intel."

Why are we all on milk? It's not "worthlessly" stolen. It's frequently stolen for a great deal of worth, in fact. It's got to be love or kisses.

The answer to the puzzle is "love", but there are many ways one can show that. The reason kisses might not have worked is probably because none of the saliva fell into the basin.

That said, maybe Harpe has a spell that can cause lactation :B

both people probably have to want to kiss for it to work so it's not "worthlessly stolen,"(and they need to slobber into the basin while they do?) that being said, milk is by far the more entertaining option and therefore what should be attempted here. Harpe please release ur tiddies.

First shot is saliva after a kiss, but maybe make the consent more clear this time, since the statement seems to emphasize it.

Women do not usually lactate at the drop of a hat. Certain things may change that, but I doubt Harpe can do so right now.

At least try to kiss again and let some saliva drip into the basin this time. And hey, let Harpe lead this time. She's more likely to make it... lovey enough, if that's a requirement.

Kalez 2020/08/07(Fri)14:08 No. 974091 ID: 6f7a5a
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Kalez pauses for a moment and "A guild house? I thought that Hearth woman said she had newly arrived?"

'indeed she did' N'Thar responds with a smug expression 'but even then I suspected most of her words were half truths our outright lies, I investigated the matter and found that a guild house bearing her name was set up three years prior, and she's been operating in this kingdom for some time. '

The golden scorpion finds his self satisfaction revolting, and responds with sarcasm 'you're very clever first acolyte'

N'Thar pretends the compliment is genuine 'Thank you High Priestess'

Kalez ignores this and continues '. . .Yes too clever I think to be wasting talent tracking down our multi-headed warden, I'll find the beast myself, your sparkling wisdom will go with Eeyfel and and show her what it means to be a competent servant.'

'Of course high priestess' N'Thar responds with a sneer.
Neither Acolyte seems pleased with this change but both hold their tongues on any further comment.

Are there any further changes Kalez will make to the plan?

Sounds like a good plan set in motion. We should hurry and start putting it into action before any more prisoners get away.

Best be off then, get the warden and restore order to the prison. Save Kalez's definitely-not-daughters, adopted or not best non-alcolyte(s). Maybe we should ask for N'thar's advice on handling them but I think we'd be wasting time.

Plan is good.
Now to think of a fitting punishment for Eeyfel.

Nope, that's plenty of ideas to call it your own. Poor N'thar, was probably planning to do some black market shopping on the side.

Toxoglossa 2020/08/06(Thu)19:48 No. 974039 ID: c70ff4
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Casey shrugs, “Unless you have any better ideas.” She continues, “Bigger problem though: there’s apparently tens of thousands of undead buried in the bargast and they’re starting to wake up. Sir Opinel thinks they’re hungry for mana.”

“Litchfire...” Mariana sighs, “Can they be controlled?”

Opinel waves his hand horizontally in a universal, non-committal way. “Vaugely. Some of them, yes, but the vast bulk of the army is made up of skeletal warriors. At the best of times they were made to follow simple orders, but if they’re hungry... who knows?”

“We best hurry then. The faster we figure this thing out, the sooner we can get them away from the city. I’ll let the other guardians know and see what we can do to contain the situation.” Mariana rubs her temples and groans, “And I have some math to do...”

Before Casey can ask, Mariana opens a gate for the four of them. Through the blazing ring, she can see the library of the Sender Order.

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Kol holds up the scrying crystal and watches the light glint through its perfect surface. “Thanks, you guys. I know Gabe is going to love it!”

“No, thank you!” Miki shouts back. She waves from her perch in Raithe’s arms as he hovers above. “There’s no way we could have handled that without you!”

“Yeah sorry!” Raithe continues, “We’ll let you know next time we accidentally invite a walking wildfire into town.”

“Its okay! At least nobody got hurt, and it was fun!” Kol waves back.

Miki’s face twists up with concern, “I hope Cauldera’s okay...”

Caleb grunts and nods, “Viv knows what she’s doing...”

Wanna go check on her anyway?

Maybe you could go shopping for something she'd like? She <i>did</i> pull you guys out of that fire, after all!

>>974040
I kinda wonder how Nixxy and Fennel's time with fire rescue is going. What sort of antics they're getting into once the fires have been dealt with and all that.

Baron 2020/08/06(Thu)22:49 No. 974057 ID: fd2dfa
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The noise is deafening. For a few moments, there is only a ringing in your ears as you try to gesture to Oklak that he is an idiot.

"What?"

You gesture again that he is an idiot. He returns the gesture, and a few other vague hand signals. While they are rushed and in a confusing jumble, you think the basic message is 'I told you so'.

He rubs at his singed face and hair, more concerned with his personal injury than the fact that-the ghostskin camp is changing. The people are scattering like ants when their nest is kicked.

>Some of the ghostskins are coming out!

Keep firing the boom stick (in the other direction) until the soldiers empty out of the camp in a scouting party, then sneak around and fight the skeleton crew. Barricade the entrance and hold out until you've stolen enough firearms to supply an army, then find a way to escape.

I'm thinking someone will investigate the boom.

>>974057
Time to hide and caught some unaware guards and steal their stuff.

Fuck, start running and if you two can climb and hide in a tree do it, then maybe we will get the chance to do this >>974064

So we either hit him while he's refueling, or in a fight with somebody else. Anything else, and we're at a real disadvantage.

What do Fifi and Apex think about how to take it on?

"Wait, so does he just live out of his ship? Shouldn't he at least have to stop to refuel somewhere? Groceries? Man, I was really hoping this wouldn't be a dogfight... even if we do have a similar advantage to him."

>>974081
Use lots of missiles. Your fighters can hold a few, but our frigate could sit beyond this guy's engagement range and launch torpedos that would split into a dozen or so missiles when they get close enough to lock. Terminal guidance could be achieved through one of our fighters.

We should try to predict their movement so we can sabotage their next refueling (either the fuel or the ship's software or similar) and get them when there ship shuts down and they become standed.

>>974081
We could follow him and wait for him to refuld, you could ask Apex of Fifi if they thought of something.

Nexluk: achieve acceleration with your slippery form, proceed to smash through the glass at a solid-breaking, but survivable, speed.

Alternatively, look around for another entrance.

>>974007
Well there is a door to the room, but it's probably locked... you can either go around and try the door or... cut the glass? You've got some metal objects, see if any of the leave a mark on the glass.

Is there a way in from the box the beaconluk is licking? maybe fishluk can enter there.

will our key open it?

In the long term, Bottom Feeder and Husbandry should eliminate any self-control issues Alice has. She can wean herself off of meat and go full vegetarian with Bottom Feeder, and Husbandry should allow her to have some manner of contact with people without having to worry about hurting them accidentally. Come to think of it, maybe the previously mentioned worrisome interpretation of Husbandry is backwards. Could it possibly be used to enhance people? Modify their structure to make them more resilient? Instead of grafting parts of enemies onto Alice, graft parts of Alice onto allies.

That icon's abilities are really very important if Alice is ever going to rejoin society, I think. Gardener would be optional in the long term, but could be a useful service.

>>973907
I imagine we would need Husbandry to interact biologically.
Multitask because surgery is complicated.
Fine Detail because surgery is sensitive.
Gardner To regenerate the surrounding tissues.
Interface (Well mastered Interface at that) To anesthetize, and maybe even draw medical data from a database or doctor.
Hell With quicksilver we could form healing pods and cocoon and heal dyeing friendos, or heal or modify through straight-up amalgamation.

In anycase, I doubt Husbandry can do much besides small simple mods on its own. none of the abilities seem particularly useful on their own. They all build on each-other. Tis why abilities like Multitask and Fine Detail are so good despite not having any immediate uses: They just make everything else better.

>>973912
No, I meant that the description of the ability makes it sound like it could be used *by itself* to enhance other people.

>>973932
Aye. Enhance lesser life forms. Presumably with precursor biology. Keyword lesser. The precursors likely didn't give a shit about the lives of other life forms outside of their utility.

Are the mods removable?
Disfiguring?
Destructive to the host over time?
Painful?
Does the module suggest it can keep a host alive while doing something major?

Husbandry might let us horrifically alter some xotl victim, but no human is going to consent unless we can for certain assure them that they are in good hands.

>>973963
I feel like the name of the ability is significant here; "husbandry" suggest that "lesser life forms" refers to cattle, crops and domestic animals, not experimental subjects, and since you don't want to damage cattle before it's time for slaughter, it suggests that it should be a relatively safe procedure. So it's a "maybe" for the first two questions, "probably not" for the last three, and while horrific alteration may be a possibility, it's probably not what the ability is intended for and not something that should be expected for any procedure for sure.

purring can send calming waves to others. Start purring to calm her down.

Critical failure!

If you can release youself from Gwen's clutches, go over to the computer screen and give one of the pictures of Penumbra cat kisses (lick penumbra on the computer). It will be our last ditch effort to show her he is a friend.

>>973862
Just in case we really do have to intervene here, reach unto the void and test our connections with the ancient one as we did three lives ago. Ofc we don't want things to come to that, but you never know. Desperate times call for desperate measures and there are times where taboos must be broken.

Mutating our form to be capable of speech could help us be a mediator once we are past the initial shock. Of course, we would only talk to penumbra and Gwen (and maybe Jane) when they are alone so we do not attract unwanted attention. Anyone would think they were mad if they tried to prove we talked. Much like Michigan in One Froggy Evening (Looney Tunes)

>>973874
>>973875
PURR AND BUNT! YOU ARE HUGE, YOU MUST HAVE HUGE FOODS, PURR AND BUNT!