>>144744
I... damn. How... how did she break out of the mind control? She seems fine now.

>>144749
She didn't. We're the kobold's tribal spirits, last ones left of course. The other reason they're sticking together is because we're the only ones that can keep her resisting its effects.

>>144750
Oh... wow... And I stole her money... I just... damn... I have to tell her I'm sorry.

So you wouldn't even apologize for stealing her money if she wasn't a mind rape victim? What kind of a person are you?

...did you really believe all that?

>>144768
I'm... I'm sorry. I just didn't want to get in trouble. I'm sorry. I had no idea.
>>144770
What are you getting at?

That was a lie, like the one you just told. Her real life story is still unbelievably tragic, but we're sure as hell not going to disclose it to you without her permission. The kobold's story is different as well. But... everyone has their problems, and you couldn't know how bad hers was. You are amazingly dexterous, yet you employed it to take her money. Why? How did you become a thief?

>>144784
You... you fuckin lied to me? Get the fuck out of my mind.

...

...

I wonder how those spirits are doing.

gah! one of us blew it. i'm looking at you, c0f3bf.

anyway. he is apparently a practised lire but can't stand a taste of his own medicine.
take the stuff he stole and have nir set his spell on a timer or something so he unfreezes when you are far enough away.

He lied to us about himself, so we lied to him about you and Nir. Then he sent us back.

...

Hey, he's still frozen, right? Can you try sending us right back?

Eh. Take back 10 gold.

>>144803
>>144812
Oh... Um, that was short. I... really don't think I should take my stuff back out in the open.
>>144807
Yeah, he's still frozen. I guess you can try again.

...

...

Damnit! Unfreeze me already you stupid fox bitch!

>>144818
What's your real story? Don't lie to us, we won't lie to you.

You lied to us. We lied to you. Why don't we start over?

>>144820
>>144821
Hey, I thought I told you to get the fuck out of my mind! Fucking lying all the time!

>>144826
You forced us out. We didn't agree to it! Now calm down. She's not going to kill you or anything. We're just trying to find out your story so we can know what to expect from you. I mean, we bumped into you twice in one day, it's fairly likely we're going to meet again.

let's get Freudian!

did someone importent in your life lie to you so now you lie to others?

We might have been lying before, but the truth wasn't very far off. Who are you?

>>144828
What? Lying is part of being a thief, you moron!
>>144827
>>144829
How do I know you're not lying to me? You have one chance to answer before I fuckin kick you out again!

Because you heard her admit she lied to get food in the bar after seeing her radical behavior before. Do you really think her personality could have changed like that if she hadn't have had some kind of epiphany to work through trauma?

>>144831
Think about it for a second. We didn't immediately Freeze you after spotting you again, despite knowing you were a thief. Our interaction is not motivated by vengeance. It was only 20 gold anyway.

We want to know if you're going to be a threat. Hell, you might even be useful to us in our mission, but I don't think we have any reason to trust eachother anyway so it's not likely that you'll join us.

>>144835
>>144837
...Yeah, I guess you're right. And you said you have a mission? Is money involved?

money may be involved. we need to kill a lich. good chance they have a shit-ton of magic stuff that can be sold. and with you we would just need a straight forward melee guy to round out the group since we already have a white mage and a black mage. any speel you can think of that may fall under black magic can be done by the kobold. not sure how well it would be done because he can make himself invisible... but not his clothes.

>>144846
Probably no cash involved right away. Maybe some loot in the long term, I dunno.

>>144857
>>144858
A lich? Fuck yeah! There might be enough treasure to buy the whole fuckin world where he is! I'm in!

>>144868
Well... alright. We'll tell them.

>>144875
You better! I'm gonna go straight there once they tell me! I'll be in and out in no time!

...

...

I wonder how their second try is going.

Better. He figures the litch probably has money so he wants in.

>>144880
Apparently he wants to go rob the lich's place. Like, as soon as you tell him where it is.

he is REALLY enthusiastic about the idea of casing a lich.

by casing i mean take everything it has that isn't nailed down. so you can unfreeze him.

>>144881
>>144882
>>144883
I... something tells me it's a bad idea to have him go out on his own.
Rojo:"Dispel."
Carg looks at me in the eyes.
Carg:"Okay. Do you know where the lich is?

tell him it's somewhere east of the kobold tribe, which is where we are going right now. also advise him against going alone because the lich somehow has mary shaw working for him so while he may get out with a ton of expensive stuff he will then most likely die screaming in his sleep.

>>144896
What if they have magical scrying devices installed? Or he steals something that works that way?

>>144891
Rojo:"It's somewhere east of Nir's kobold tribe. We're headed there now. I really don't think you should go alone. Mary Shaw is working under the lich. Besides, if you steak their stuff successfully, you might have your dreams invaded by her. You could die screaming in your sleep."
He scoffs.
Carg:"Fuck that! I'll be so fuckin sneaky, they won't even know I'm there."
He seems really arrogant.

good chance all the best stuff is behind the super magic door that has magic alarms and shit all over it. you even look at it and it tells everyone in the place you are there.

Plus any number of magic items he finds there could have some kind of tracking enchantment on them.

>>144897
>>144909
>>144912
Rojo:"What if there are magical scrying devices installed? Or any item that works that way? Or the stuff could be behind a super magic door that has a powerful magic alarm?"
He's silent for a moment.
Carg:"Why are you so fuckin negative?"

>>144917
Caution saves lives.

not negative, cautious. i lost the ability to eat meat for 7 months because i underestimated a mage. only the help of the guide voices kept him from roasting me alive. if you want to be roasted alive go ahead and waltz in like you own the place.

>>144922
>>144923
Rojo:"Not negative. Cautious. I lost the ability to eat meat for 7 months because I underestimated a mage. Only the help of the guidance spirits kept him from roasting me alive. If you want to be roasted alive, then go ahead and waltz in."
Carg:"Damn, woman! You're fuckin crazy!"
Nir:"Her name is Rojo."
Carg:"Whatever."
We reach the stables.

>>144929
I carefully set Nir on my Zebra, then I get on myself. Carg gets on a white horse.
Rojo:"Is that yours?"
Carg:"Now it is."
We begin to ride toward Nir's tribe.

Oh yee... he'd better not kick the horse to make it go faster.

>>145080
Okay, I'll tell him not to if he does.

Oh hey Rojo technically it was Xom who cursed you with the inability to eat meat. Magun couldn't do anything like that himself.

>>145317
Noted.
Carg:"So what all do you know about this lich dude?"

Not much. Tell him you're headed to Nir's tribe to make sure they're not dead before you take him on.

>>145349
Rojo:"Not much. We're headed to Nir's tribe to make sure their safe before we take on the guy."
Carg:"How... how big do you think the tribe is?"
Nir:"It has about 17 kobolds including me."
Carg:"17? Can you even count that high?"
Rojo:"Can you?"
Carg:"Bitch, don't insult my fuckin intelligence."
Rojo:"Nir is smarter than you think."
Carg:"Is he? Prove it!"

>>145353
Just say, "no." You have no obligation or need to prove yourself to him.

>>145358
Rojo:"No."
Carg:"No? I knew you couldn't. All kobolds are fuckin dumb."
He is really pushing it. I... Please help me calm down before I put an arrow in his skull.

It's alright, he's just an idiot. A demonstration doesn't seem too unwarranted, ask Nir to smack him with a nonlethal mana ball if he wants to see his power so bad. At his rear.

Stress relief AND a demonstration in one!

Perhaps a demonstration of Nir's superior grasp of vocabulary would be more appropriate.

>>145368
This situation would be a complete mimic of mine. He might get pissed off enough and decide to go on a journey to find himself, coming back a better person.
>>145372
Or I can have Nir prove him wrong by having him answer Carg's questions. I can't decide.

"i meant, no, i can't prove it. but he can."

>>145397
Rojo:"I meant no, I can't prove it. But Nir can."
Carg:"Oh, really?"
I'm going to send you guys over to him. Is that okay?

Sure.

>>145409
Okay. He won't think Nir's cheating while you're in his head. You might also help him ask good questions.

...

...

So how exactly is this going to fuckin prove he's smart? The foxfolk is delusional.

just ask him stuff. try some math problems or something. just not ones even you don't know the answer to, like what is 1835263*863836.

You know, he could smack you with black magic. Do you think that's easy to learn? He made his own self style even!

>>145419
>>145423
What the fuck? Guidance spirits? What the fuck are you doing in my head? And no kobold is able to use black magic. Fuckin impossible.

>>145425
Fuck you, man. Don't tell us what's fuckin impossible. You're not my dad. Go on, tell the little fucker to blast you with some fuckin black magic. Or make up some new magic. Fuck.

Go ahead and ask him to zap you. Don't say we didn't warn you.

>>145428
>>145431
Fuck you, too! If you're all so fuckin insistent on saying this kobold is so smart, I will ask it. Fuckers.
Carg:"Hey, kobold!"
Kobold:"It's Nir."
Carg:"It's kobold as far as I'm fuckin concerned. Now do some of your fuckin magic on me if you're so fuckin smart!"
It raised one of its hands, and something black appears in its hand. He throws it at me and- AAH! FUCKFUCKFUCK! Fuck! I almost fell the fuck off of my fuckin horse! What the fuck was that?

Magic.

Why is this so hard a concept to grasp?

>>145436
It was a ball of black mana. It's not very destructive... yet. We'll have to ask him to try making them bigger. He's got some other spells, too.

>>145437
>>145438
Fuck! That's a fuckin self-style? It can't be the fuckin kobold. It must be that foxfolk.

>>145442
You're an idiot if you really think that.

You know how Freeze works, right? The person casting it has to say "Freeze". So ask Rojo to cover her mouth, and have Nir cast Freeze on you. Try denying THAT proof.

>>145444
You are the one that's fuckin stupid. Watch closely. The fuckin kobold won't cast that spell.
Carg:"Foxfolk, cover your mouth. Don't speak. Kobold, cast a fuckin freeze on me."
The kobold doesn't do anything. See, I fuckin told yo-
Kobold:"Sting."
AAH! FUCKIN SON OF A FUCK! That fuckin hurt! But that can't be fuckin possible! Oh, I get it! This is a fucin dream! I'm going to wake up right now!

Uuh, right now!

...now!

Right fuckin now!

...I'll wake up eventually.

Damn Carg, you must really be pushing Nirblim's buttons. He has to be pretty pissed off to use that one. Go ahead, push him further. You really want to see what he's capable of?

Pinch yourself.

Goddamnit, you're on the same side moron, stop trying to create conflict.

>>145458
I already fuckin did that.
>>145457
The kobolds pissed off? I'm pissed off. In fact, I should be more pissed off than I am right now.
>>145459
You're the ones creating conflict. You fuckin tell me to do those things. Fuckers.

>>145465
you wanted proof the kobold is smart. and you could have asked him to show you in a nicer way. for a thief you suck at being subtle.

>>145465
You're the one that keeps denying the obvious, requiring us to go to greater and greater lengths to prove it to you. Why are you so stubbornly holding onto these negative qualities of those you've met? Is it so you don't have to feel guilty about stealing from them?

>>145469
You fuckin want subtle? I bet you were fuckin there when I swapped that foxfolk's fuckin money pouch.
>>145473
I'm not being fuckin negative. I'm just pointing out common sense.

Negative is thinking kobolds are stupid. You just experienced proof otherwise.

>>145484

Heh that was awesome by the way. Nice note. She never even realized until you were out of there. Your approach was too obvious though; it was easy to suspect you of doing it afterwards, and you're not exactly hard to pick out in a crowd.

>>145485
This kobold is just a fuckin fluke. All the other kobolds are only good for slaves. Speaking of which, I wonder how much I'd fuckin get for selling the tribe I'm being lead to. I bet it'd be a fuckin decent pay of gold.
>>145489
Oh, finally someone who fuckin appreciates my skills! And they won't fuckin suspect me because they usually feel a money pouch afterwards. Plus I left through the back way about 5 fuckin seconds after she left and flew the fuck away.

>>145491
you do know that if you try that the kobold mage will kill you. anyway. you got proof this bold is smart. send us to him or rojo.

>>145504
Kobolds are too fuckin weak to kill me. Besides, what reason will they have to kill me if I do it subtly? You fuckin think about that.

...

...

Gods damnit, if he's rude to me or my friend again, I'm. going to arrow the little shit.

best hope is make him die in the lich's lair. he is made of pure assholeum. the meanest material in the universe.

He did mention selling Nir's tribe into slavery.

Not sure what you wanna do with that info, but just throwing it out there.

Just tell him where the lich's tower is. It'll get him out of our hair and maybe teach him some humility.

he thinks he knows what subtle is while loudly (to us) announcing his plans. he is like: ha ha, no way they will know it's me, guide voices who can hear my every thought and can travel to them and tell them, it is the perfect plan.

>>145512
>>145513
>>145515
>>145517
You know what? I don't care about the little shit anymore. We reach my woods.
Rojo:"This is where we part ways."
Carn:"Why the fuck should we?"
Rojo:"The Lich is west of these woods. Don't go near the tribe of kobolds. If you do, I'll shoot You."
Carn:"Well, fuck you too, bitch! I'm fuckin glad I'm leaving you! You'd hold me back anyway! Fuckers."
He begins to leave. I hope I can find Nir's tribe.

Before he goes... send us to Nir.

Note: We should tell him not to scream, if he ever sees Mary Shaw in a dream.

>>145528
>>145530
I... I really don't think he'll listen, but it's worth a shot.

...

...

So close to home. And I'm so tired... It's night out...

Carg wants to sell your tribe into slavery. Tell him about wanting to become a black mage to protect them and how much you love them and your sister so he'll feel incredibly guilty.

>>145539
He what? That got me awake.
Nir:"Carn!"
Carn:"Fuck off!"
Nir:"Do you know why I wanted to become a black mage?"
Carn:"No. Fuck off."
Nir:"Someone who uses black magic saved me from someone evil. So I wanted to become a black mage to protect my tribe. I love them. I love my sister."
Carn:"Fuck off!"
Nir:"I'd really hate it if something happened to them. If you sell them to slavery, I'll make you regret it!"
He doesn't answer. Carn leaves.

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I really hope he becomes a better person.