I know it’s difficult, but you must resist the urge to poke Mina‘s beans while her eyes are closed!

Oh my gosh. Finally. Finally finally! Uh, Fox here. You are relaxed, not in immediate danger, and, bonus of bonuses, you just leveled up! I'll explain what that means eventually, it's more jargon. I have SO MUCH to talk about!

I have a lot to say, so if at all possible, I want to say it interspersed at appropriate times. I'll do stuff like, for each topic, say things like ‘Fox here’, and I will make an effort to, if need be, have Tanna relay things or via extra effort, include others present in hearing what I say. Please interpret and place and adjust the context of the comments appropriately given this approach!

Okayyy. First thing! I wanted to disclose that we’ve been getting lots of choices about empowering you and choosing how you will grow in capabilities, and we’ve been trying to do right by you, but any guidelines as to your preferences to that sort of thing would be useful. Since we actually were JUST given choices on how to make your essence/soul/spirit/body more powerful, and chose some on your behalf, I personally feel kind of guilty that I didn’t get your input.

Second. Are you familiar with parlor games where people pretend to be archetypes or other people, like famous people from history or from fiction or whatever, but there are referees and rules to how it happens? How about tabletop miniature wargames, like for training generals (or just as a game, with little carved figurines and miniature scenery)? How about various ways to simulate ‘being an adventurer’ without actually being an adventurer and thereby risking dying horribly, like those sorts of plays people put on where there is audience participation and at various points they pause and give a few options for what happens next?

Various aspects of your world, and you, resemble and are presented

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Fox Again. Another thing, some more detail about the Good/Evil, Law/Chaos thing. Choosing a morality-based cosmic ontology was an option; several others could've been chosen, even if an axis-based cosmology was an actual requirement. If an axis-based cosmology wasn't, it could've been elemental (some mix of fire, water, air, earth, void, metal, wood are the usual suspects). Or, if an axis was, it could've been life/death with undeath as imbalance. Or it could've been belief-based, ie, concepts exist because minds sustain them, with or without a consciousness density component. Or it could've been purely narrative/mythic; reality is structured around stories and archetypes. Or it could be energy gradients, where magic/mana flows like heat without a moral component. Or there are ways to do the law/chaos thing without the moral component of it being Law/Chaos, have it be purely predictability vs unpredictability, stability vs novelty. Even structure vs entropy as a variant law/chaos axis isn't always morally suspect (though it can be). Or reality could be structured around information and pattern, where things exist because they are informationally stable. One of my complaints with Alignment is, if Good and Evil are literal forces, Evil may be necessary to stabilize reality, which undermines moral responsibility; genocide might be something that strengthens Evil as a cosmic force, and cosmic stability might sometimes require Evil be strengthened once in a while (ugh). Moral categories in such a system become ecological niches, this changes concepts from 'this is morally bad' to 'this emits Evil radiation', turning moral judgment into physics, which is philosophically problematic.

Fox here.

Dammit Kome, you've gone full conspiracy theorist. Yea, there is SOME evidence about the cult and past Tanna and all that, but Kome you're drawing wayyyyy too many conclusions and specifics and things that suggest particular courses of action when that exact scenario is NOT supported!

Also I think the lizard lady killed the people there as loose ends, not kidnapped them. She was about to release some sort of spell on them with an outstretched hand, and the angle we viewed, with the shadow and everything, was dramatically appropriate to, in visual storytelling, implying that someone was going to be executed but that the act wasn't to be shown.

As far as actionable information, the the reason I suggested the mechanical discussion was one of the things that sent Kome to do... his thing; there's technology present in your reality that is implausibly advanced, and also working implausibly well given the lack of necessary supporting infrastructure (a smart cellular telephone should require visible cellular towers which should require an electrical grid which should require an electrical power plant, and all of that needs to be maintained, etc. etc.), and we need more information and a baseline to figure out what to do about that. Preferably something beyond a basic, 'hey people are importing high tech stuff, go find whoever is inevitably importing insanely advanced firearms and take them, and then take them to someone for turning them into magic weapons'.

Anyway Tanna, the last part of the dream where you felt like you got shot? In the dream, the other you did actually get shot by a revolver that's one of the aforementioned insanely advanced firearms, which, though it wasn't real and was a dreamscape, the fact that it caused you pain (a headshot from a real one would have been painless, instant annihilation, by the way) and the concept of the item existing locally, even i

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>>1122542
Oh my... That's a lot.

>Ask your companions if they have heard of ‘firearms’, ‘guns’, or ‘muskets’ or ‘flintlocks’.
Evel’yee already mentioned 'flintlock' in response to Tanna attempt to describe the concept of 'future-tech bows' she got from kome.
Took a long time for cannons to make tall vertical stone walls forts obsolete and that was a limitation of material resistance. It's possible that there are magical solutions that counter firearms in some way or that increase the efficiency of static defense making the need for a radical change of paradigm not yet needed.

>if there is an ancient civilization that has ruins of lost and poorly understood magic, it probably used Primordial Magic, and it probably did magic as physical infrastructure – that is, non-Weave-based wondrous architecture – to bypass the limits of people only able to cast so many spells a day to do many powerful and useful things.'
Interesting theory but there is a problem: When Roderick died the Primordial darkness he casted was dispersed. It's not guaranteed that it always works like this, but it doesn't bode well for the idea of a civilization that uses this phenomenon if it needs to be replaced each time someone involved dies.

>we talked with your other self, the evil one
Maybe try to be less abrasive to hotter Tanna. She will remember this next time we meet and I am hoping that can develop more towards a steamy dream than whatever that was.
>presumably to make a new one
I wouldn't presume that at all. If anything I feel that her goal supports my old theory th

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Ok Maya, Maya,, listen to me. Maybe you 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 like a victim right now, but you don't have to 𝘣𝘦 a victim.
And you know how to not be a victim? Be the Attacker. Be the Aggressor.

You need to 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 Swiss Cheese.

>>1121301
You will be.
Because you are maya.
You have survived getting lost, a car crash, a tsunami of intrusive thoughts, eating at a convenience store,
You have +1 confidence, a new friend, a really impressive pain tolerance and a low center of gravity which is great for punching people in the dick.
Also oniichan thinks youre funny.
Not weirdo funny but joke telling funny.

I hope this carrot muncher a legit nice guy, but if he isnt, this is a quiet building and yelling a mix of your favorite profanities will summon aid immediately.

personally i really think you'll be okay here. the bunny boy seems trustworthy (and shockingly pretty). he's just gonna get you some medical care. jaden will uhhhh. he'll try not to get in trouble. pray for him.

>>1121302
This could either be very good or very bad.

If we're lucky, we made a new friend! Yay! And he's really nice and cute and understanding and likes talking to you and wants to share your interests and he's getting you medical attention which is pretty important too I guess but also he's super cute so don't be ashamed about having fantasies about him.

If we're not lucky, we just let a weird stranger take you away from your friend and drag you off to an unknown location. Even if he's not planning anything unwholesome, they might think you're taking the chance to get away from Jaden. It could make him look abusive, which he is not.

Okay, I'm pretty sure this is bad. Tell Swiss you changed your mind and Jaden should be here with you for whatever he's planning, because we trust Jaden and feel safe around him and Swiss seems nice but we just met and we want to be around someone we trust. I'm all for helping you gain emotional independence, but right now your and Jaden's safety is our highest priority.

>>1121325
Yeah we should have him around for our and his safety feels weird being without the guy who by action to care about us like none else he was ready to kill and die for us he has proven himself... It feels nice someone who would go to all this effort unprompted it gives just farmfuzzy feelings in the chest and Tingeling in the stomach.
Also really dont want Jaiden our J-Dawg Onmew-chan getting in trouble what if he gets arrested for what out teacher does

Let's go see what people are doing.

mosey around

Silence 2026/02/23(Mon)16:02 No. 1122539 ID: 6d1406
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>>1121348
>>1121350
You wander about, between the vehicles, there are a lot of trucks here. You get near the entrance of the garage when suddenly an ape pokes his head out.

Hey! What are you doing in here?

You ask him for his name.

I'm Paul. The hell are you doing in here?

'I'm one of the mech pilots. I've got nothing to do, so I'm just wandering atm'

There's nothing to do, so just looking around. Seeing what we've got and weather we'll stand a chance.

Brett 2026/02/22(Sun)00:44 No. 1121373 ID: 0d1c28
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As the journal hits the ground it opens revealing the final page written in blood

Brett:"huh? what's this? 'Run, Run! before the Wendigo gets you, I have to hide, it can smell me'"

It detects you through scent? Looks like the secret strat to throw it off its game is by throwing used clothes around so it never knows where you are! Brett must be impressed by the dedication to this prank in such a short account of time! So impressed he tells Kimberly and Dean they totally scared the pants off of him. And then he throws his pants at them, which he took off, what a guy! Chekhov's Dropped Pants to distract the monster later at the perfect time will maybe save the day, or at least one person in that moment.

Yeah yeah, real funny prop. cool that they made it land with the right page of its book open, but let's not give this any real weight. A real skeleton wouldn't still be holding its journal after dying. That sort of thing only happens in cartoons and cheap B-movies.

And this is real life, so it must be fake!

Don’t look at the prop too closely, it’ll be right behind you!

>>1121373
Brett shouts up at the door
"Hey guys? Aint a wendigo one of those cool RV things?"
Camera pans up with the book as brett picks it up, pulling back to see the horned shadow over his unaware shoulders.

tippler 2026/02/22(Sun)22:53 No. 1122517 ID: f1368b
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The soaked dirt and dripping plants match my glum mood. I don’t see anyone, reptile or mammal, as I make my way to the burrow.

All three rabbits are crammed into the main chamber, working hard on the gun mount. Twigs are lashed together with braided grass and bark, with several discarded prototypes lying around the debris.

“Hi Rudger.” Root says with a big yawn. He tosses aside his twigs, slumps next to the pile of grass, and starts to munch.

“Have you guys been inside all day?”

“Yup, we’ve been working hard. Didja find anything new to steal? That’s why you’re here, right?” Sky asks.

The implication makes me bristle. “No, I’m here to stay the night. I’m done with being a pet, it’s time for all of us to focus on the mission.”

Grass slaps me on the back. “Glad you finally came around.”

They’re all in good spirits and I can’t help feeling out of place. They have no idea what I’ve been dealing with.

“I’m really tired, I think I’m gonna go to bed.” I push back my brothers to get to the sleeping chamber, curl up, and fall asleep.

>The next morning…
>Weather check (warm or wet): Warm
When I emerge from the burrow in the morning, groggy and miserable, I’m greeted by a bright steamy morning. Since the reptiles will be out and about, including the chameleon stalker, it’d be a good day to put our plan into action.

What’s our strategy for luring him into our trap?

You're eventually going to be seen as a lost pet at some point. All you have to do is play the long game, and wait for missing posters to pop up looking for you (probably after 1-3 days). When that happens, you yourself can lure any authority figures to the trap, such as the chameleon. You just have to be quick.

Until then, you should probably do things to prepare until they start really looking for you, like exercise so you can be faster, plan escape routes for when you get chased, and recommend digging escape tunnels to the others.

>>1122517
Nascent plan that needs more refining, poop somewhere visible and set up the gun in a small shallow dug out beneath a bush nearby. Weave some dead leaf camoflage cloak big enough to cover the dug out.

Additional use for the larger camo cloaks, if they prove viable, dig small pits that you line with sharp sticks some at the bottom to skewer feet. Some at the side pointing in so they tear at a leg pulled free.
A hobbling lizard is an easier one to escape.

Since you'll be reported missing at Violet's you could leave a trail from there to the ambush spot

>>1122517
He thinks he's sneaky. Show him what sneaky is. Make some pit traps in the woods full of sharpened branches and cover them with a layer of leaves to disguise them. Remember to leave a simple marker you'll remember.

In a chase, you can jump over, and he'll fall in and hurt himself.

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/02/21(Sat)22:18 No. 1121372 ID: 975793
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A) Go to the attic.

B) Don't go to the attic.

C) Ask others about this service.

Keep anything you don't want stolen in a safe place, then head to the attic.

>>1121372
I agree about keeping our stuff in a safe place before going to the attic, just to be sure.

A) this seems like it will be a nice surprise

B) This sounds like a scam!

>>1121181
Damn it all, hand me that case!
*Corax takes Lorence's case and opens it up and takes the grenade launcher, quickly loads it and fires as many grenades as he can in rapid succession at the weakpoint.*

uh um uh
*shoots at Happy's eyes*

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/02/23(Mon)01:03 No. 1122523 ID: 975793
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py-eu1KipNw

>>1122523
Well done… Ana, toothpick, whatever the hell you call yourself— would you kindly set this thing on fire?

>>1122528
yes, that, please

What's everybody doing for the next few hours? Any unusual senses being leveraged for scouting? Most importantly, which way are you pointing the ship?

The ship is pointed neither up nor down, at most likely pointed in a direction that allows for both viewing the most relevant things from its side while not being pointed at one of the cliffs or mountains.
Xi-hun is trying to figure out where she is, first with trying to find the poles second with trying to find signs of civilization. If it's small enough it probably mean that her and the crew will be going to have fun invading with the rest of the Princess welcome to join in any potential assault.

rolled 8, 8, 7, 7, 5, 4, 8, 4, 9, 5, 3, 10, 8, 9, 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 9 = 115

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>>1122524
Akemi and Kai (her Agata) will fly ahead and scout past the cliff. Checking to see what's above the overhang. Perception 3, awareness 1, but, if Malice is amenable, we can bring her along too who probably has a better chance of noticing cool stuff vis-a-vis bat powers.

rolled 7, 8, 9, 3, 6, 2, 9, 10, 5, 6, 4, 2, 1, 9, 9, 2, 2, 10, 7, 1 = 112

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>"Right then, what's going on?"
Malice stretches and yawns. "Uff...I dunno. Mountains or something. It's too late, I'm sleepy."

>>1122527
>if Malice is amenable, we can bring her along too
Malice perks up when the foodbringer catches her attention and waves her over. "I better get more pudding out of this. Seeya Anj!" She gently glides over to land on Kai. Addressing Akemi,
"Morning. What's got you in such a good mood?"

>who probably has a better chance of noticing cool stuff vis-a-vis bat powers.
Only power I got is Hellscry Chakra, which I'll go ahead and activate with 5 personal motes, but I do have 5 perception and 5 awareness. Rolling to find a village or anything interesting.

>>1122530
>Hellscry Chakra
>adds (Essence) bonus successes on all rolls to notice natives of Malfeas, track them or pierce any disguise attempts
>automatically recognizes non-demon natives of Malfeas as such upon perceiving them, but learns nothing else

>perception 5, awareness 5, relevant enhanced sense +2, coadjutor +2
>Witness to Darkness negates darkness penalties, and adds +[Essence] sux vs. intentional concealment, but -1 internal when in direct sunlight
>Sprawling Marsh Indulgence negates vegetation-based concealment
>Transcendent Desert Creature negates desolation-based concealment
>rolled 7, 8, 9, 3, 6, 2, 9, 10, 5, 6, 4, 2, 1, 9, 9

Six successes to spot anything with a combined range and subtlety penalty of -5 dice or less, which is about two and a half miles for vision, much further for hearing. Total of twelve successes to spot concealed natives of Malfeas within that range, and short of magic there's not much they could do to impair that.

Above the nearest part of the cliff there's about a hundred square miles of grassy plateau, and a small town built into a canyon leading down toward the hills. Of the town's current 618 (+/- 3) human residents with audible breathing or heartbeats, just over 10% - fifty-two adults and eleven children - count as natives of Malfeas. None of the sheep, poultry, or camels do, so exact headcount of those would be trickier. Only significant structure poking above the rim of the canyon is a narrow stone tower, with a large

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B)

Ass Bass 2026/02/21(Sat)10:08 No. 1121362 ID: 946018
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I knew I saw that person by the window before, she was the person who wrote the book about magic that Bobbie read. As for the next question go with B) and go and thalk with the next person in the dark.

Spy rat got some useful info there. So if we talk to her, we'll know how to approach her.

B. Give this person a polite curtsy and be on your way.

Liverig interests me most, I like her attitude. Tell her nice shot glassing dream droplet like that.

As for spy rat. I'm not sure at this point. Perhaps if we distract Liverig talking to her, spy rat can see if Moonplant is up to anything, maybe she'll say something important enough for us to learn to herself.

Forgot to say
only have spy rat spy on Moonplant if we talk to Liverig. Otherwise, if we talk to someone else, I guess send him to spy on Dream Droplet.

>>1121362 Good catch. Seconding. Oh and no apologies even if we do keep talking. We did no wrong. Proper diplomacy is more along the lines of "We still hope for positive relations" or less formally "We are looking for friends though."

>>1121111

Not if there's a bat with them. If that's coming from inside the vent, then even if they don't know where we are now, they will the next time their bat sounds off and then we'll lose any surprise advantage.

That said, they're probably going to have to reorient when they leave the vent shaft, so killing lights and setting up an ambush here might not be a bad idea.

Bats don't see in the dark they use echolocation to hear what they can't see. SO maybe that can help you.

Let's go Leeroy Jenkins on this dark hole. The more time we spend second-guessing ourselves the more time we give our ENEMIES to attack us. We need to keep moving.

Nalthar 2026/02/22(Sun)03:29 No. 1121377 ID: fd169b
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The two pull their heads out of the hole, and not a moment later you hear, or rather, feel a screech pass by you that leaves your teeth on edge. Dis nods to herself "Mm, yes. Bat."

"I want out." Cedric says, fiddling the chain in his hand "Come on there's five of us, we can take em!"

You agree "But lets not take any chances. When they come by here we can rush them."

Lisel taps the side of her acid thrower's tank. "I've enough for one or two more sprays. How should we array ourselves? Perhaps someone should go in the vent to ensure their attention is drawn past here."

We could try to make this a pincer attack. Have Lisel go into the vent with Kh'khechil as a meat shield, and those two engage the patrol and force them to chase them past the hole. Then Lisel sprays them; and after they're hopefully blinded, the other three charge in behind for a sneak attack.

My thought process is that the bat knows we're here, but not how many of us; so if they encounter more than one person in the vent they likely won't be expecting anyone else. Having Lisel go first means that she can spray them without having to worry about hitting anyone else behind her targets. She does need some way to stay in the fight once her acid is exhausted, though. Are there any other weapons she could use?

Doesn't that purple rock remind you of Lana?

I hope Lana brought something nice to put in the box, cause all Kaari has is the firstaid kit. Actually why not put some of the the kit supplies in. Maybe a future seeker will have hurt themselves on the way and find that really helpful.

>>1120626
The goldfish pen. It's something you can use, and recognizable enough that it makes a good memento.

>what to put in?
Inventory check!

The cassette tape, maybe listen to some music, maybe somebody recorded over it to leave a secret message too?That’d be a laugh. Who knows, it might be super rare and you can sell it for a profit at an online auction for an fortune and get your life back on track!

Some bandages might be a good idea, considering all the weird bloodstains we’ve been seeing. We already know that at least two people got hurt today, including Lana. Someone who got hurt while searching for the box might appreciate it (tho that would mean they can only take the bandages)

>>1120637
Yep! Inventory check!
Ooh.
Do we have an interesting key chain mascotvwe dan bring ourself tompart with?

Agree on taking the goldfish pen, and leaving a keychain charm in its place.

>>1121321
The angel is saying you were meant to die, and that would've motivated your brother to wage war against Julien. The angels would help at the right moment, and then steer him further towards conquering the world in their name.
Which of course, contradicts the policy of non-intervention without demonic interference. It seems the angel has let slip the cult's true intentions.

Can you draw the pistol and shoot accurately within 1 second? If you can get a headshot like that, the battle's over before it starts.

Let's stack the deck. Guide the conversation back towards G0D or Zir. Are they the same person? What happens to a world once the angels have control? What happened to their world, specifically?
See if you can get them lost in devotion again. That's a perfect time to attack.

Yah, they're saying you were meant to die, which they would allow to happen, so that your brother would be desperate enough to let them gut him and wield his face as their puppet prophet.

Ask this shell what differs them from their peers. Is there anything of who they were left, or are they just the mindless repetition of a verse.

Waste their time, and if they take their eyes off you for even a moment shoot them in the head.

>>1121323
Accurate assessment.
They will dismiss this as non active interferance.
Whispering ideas into pliable minds but not manifesting.

Kinda funny that the angels modus operendi sounds more like an archetypical demon at work with all the manipulations.

It seems demons are a grit in the gears of their so called prophecies.
An unseeable factor as its not part of the song of this world.
Songs which they seem to be able to see from the outside and tweak without entering the world.
Theyd be able to see the effect of vexs presence in the discordance and misplayed notes, but not specifically his position. The way theyre observing only shows what is of this world.

Im ruminating over this in part to see if i understand it right and, if that is so, then the angels may be unaware of vexs exact position. Which makes him, even in abscence, a good distraction.

I agree an attack has to happen. This arsehole has told eiko he is part of the gang that authored all their pain and that she should be grateful for it.

Getting him evangelising again is good, but to improve her chances... while they're mid sermon, looking behind them and saying "vex" or just indicating a unknown presence will likely elicit them turning to defend against a dangerous foe.
they know a demon is here, but cannot be sure where as their verse reading only seems to give them sight of local elements.

>>1121320
War eats souls.
And that's what these @#$%ers wanted.

They were going to turn your brother into a Templar. When that failed, they tried with the guy who murdered him.
They don't care who their converts are, only that they eventually become pawns of G0D.
They'd mold Julien into the exact same person, down to personality ticks, as they were planning to mold Akito into, on principle.

What is the worth of suffering?
I don't know.
But the concept of suffering is, at least, the minimum price of a functioning identity.

@#$% this prissy gentrification. Let's rip the past out of her and make her see what she's become.

>>1121321
"...Did you just tell me that leaving me to die at Julien's feet would have been a sacred act, and you're still trying to convert me? WOLVES! Rend."

Ah, one issue with shooting the angel is that you'll probably only get a couple shots off. They can make a forcefield that stops bullets.

(2/2) kpwlt 2026/02/21(Sat)05:35 No. 1121354 ID: 127310
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Uberto occupies himself with the wall on the left.

UBERTO: “Do you think this diagram of the Halberd is related to the other drawings here? I’m not super certain of what I’m looking at.”

SIMONE: “Is that the coast? And here’s Shrikenest.”

Simone traces the squiggle with her finger before poking the crossed lines slightly ‘inland’.

SAM: “What do you think is under those metal plates?”

SIMONE: “I’m not sure. Mary never really spoke about the art in detail.”

>>1121353
Seems like bird-like elements, wings and clawed limbs. And with that fire person around; phoenix?
Or, the core of the symbol is a triangle, similar in shape to the figure's head on the diagram we found. connection?

>>1121354
there was a halberd on the cover of the book Umberto showed you

The Halberd is on the cover of the book we're investigating!

>>1121047
...huh, the boarded up passageway just leads back into the central corridor? Is it boarded up on both entrances? Wait, which room was the weapon storage? There were three storage rooms, we only went into two of them. Let's check the other. Should be the northernmost storage room, considering the orange symbol was in the southernmost storage room and presumably we entered it via its southern entrance. I didn't get a good look at the room itself; was there another tunnel leading northwest out of it, presumably blocked at the end by the boards?

Hey, do that divination thing again. The orange symbol should have moved, so... where did it go?

What exactly was Mary doing when the burning thing abducted her? If we know that, it could give us a clue as to what the creature wants. It may be the kind of monster that follows particular "rules" and attacks those who break them.

Oh, let's finish messing with this room before we check out the third storage room.
Can you unscrew the metal plates? Maybe with the point of a dagger?

What's familiar about the big bird symbol? Hmm, those are runes around the edge. Can they be translated?

>>1121037
Crows are already most of the way to sapience already, so why not. In exchange, they can help explore more of the area around here. If they see any signs of living humans that would be a big lead towards finding out what happened to the planet. Or maybe they can find some newspapers... or an intact, unlocked phone or computer.

Crows would be extremely useful to have on hand, both for our own party and for the commune we're building. Their dietary needs are fine for the setup the bugs have built. Ascending to sapience would not be a major shock to them. This looks like a pure win-win.

Maybe you can unify all the crows under one group, the slime animal convoy.

crow wars crow wars crow wars

(crows are intelligent enough for tool building. perhaps they'll learn how to make computers in a year)

Time to eat some bad crows! We need a start making a name for ourselves. All who oppose us will go in our belly and we will not spit them out.

>>1121304
i'm all for it, a naked hug then some new drip for the next chapter.

...all this talk about heart spaces makes one wonder about a portal masters storage dimension.

Caseys shapeshifting training probably means she doesn't NEED clothes anymore. She can be an exhibitionist / nudist without anyone being the wiser.

Alternatively the crew get some fey-silk clothes from a master artisan and immediately have orgasms from how good the clothes feel.

Clothes are for chumps. Start a new 'fashion' trend of public nudity.

Get some awesome new fashionable clothes and jewelry and accessories!

1: Rank these individuals in order of who you would like to awaken, from MOST to LEAST

1 - Lillian, The Athlete (she's gonna need our help to deal with the misfortune she will be facing thanks to Clive)
2 - Enid The Homeschooler Miracle (might as well get the original 6 kids we started out with awakened, feels that makes the most sense)
3 -Louie The Class President (I am not going to be holding my breath that we will succeed, as the original 6 kids we are helping is my main concern. but since we made it this far...)
4 - ‘Bec, The Rebel ( Influencing her will be tricky, as she’s loath to follow anyone’s will but her own. I feel the best way to direct her will would be to make our suggestions as appealing to her as possible if we want her to do something, while also allowing her to do what she wants now and then to still give her that sense of freedom if we want her to listen to us).
5 - Lemmy The Class Clown (ED couldn't have said it better myself... minus the jokes part, I can tolerate them)
6 - Jojo The Bully (seeing she was fated to meet her end until Albert intervened, and nothing of benefit will come from helping her, unfortunately, she has to face hardship she was originally fated to face if we want to push forward to a brighter future for everyone)
7. (UNKNOWN BOON) (Maybe if one or more of the people we followed had died, I would have taken that boon, as tempting as that is. I feel that Boon is for if we are desperate after losing lives, and if we got nowhere with the power plant investigation)


2: How many characters would you like to awaken?

four please.

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1:
Enid, Lillian, 'Bec, Lemmy, ?Boon?, Louie, Jojo
It might be surprising to see Lemmy not in dead last, but we can't really vote for the Mystery Boon- who frankly I assume is Aiden, without him too.
2:
All Seven.
3:
'Bec, Albert.
If we're awakening Bec, which looking at the count, we are for sure, she's probably going to need the safegaurd to act as freely as possible.
Albert is made of tissue paper.
...And in an ideal world, Louie would be third, for some reason I expect him to be one of the others with the highest Fear right now. Just a hunch.

One person voted seriously for an all in strategy therefore I am changing my vote to that (but my ordering for characters remains the same)

The Ranked List:

1)THE UNKNOWN BOON (the mystery box beckons! the box! the box!)

2) The Athlete (we stole her spotlight for too long)

3) The Miracle (the bad guys are always defeated by God's smallest creations: the marketable 5-year-olds)

4) The Class President (We mostly know him from Secret Santa 2022, but we need him for the best ending, and also I drew him playing with my character in that Secret Santa and sniff that stuff sticks with you, man)

5) The Rebel (she is willing to stick her neck out for others when things are bad, she's extra capable and interesting...but she's rude, potty-mouthed, so she lost points for that)

6) The Class Clown (he has a hard time taking his surroundings seriously, he's unpredictable, and his jokes sometimes land, which makes feel inadequate)

7) The Bully (She is interesting, but after going through the trouble of saving her, I think she deserves her rest)

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Hmm actually, you know what if I'm able to shift my protect votes from albert to Temmie in the unlikely event that actually works I would be interested in that.

I agree with leaving Herocea in reserve, as this group has already faced her once before. They would only be more efficient at dealing with her a second time. Let them focus on Oragatt, and have Herocea strike when they least expect it. If Herocea can attack even once while their backs are turned, the results could be devastating. Don't underestimate the power of a giant.

Flank the group. The Inquisitor will take time to bring down, and if you take her head-on then you will be peppered with attacks by the rest of her group while you fight her. Take out as many of the small fries as you can before addressing her.

I suggest Mind Slaving one of them, whoever you think will be susceptible, and having them attack their comrades while you come in from the opposite side, where their attention isn't. Split their attention from the start.

If you can prep it alongside the Mind Slave spell, I would also suggest casting Power Strike for your first attack, to increase your odds of taking someone out of combat before it even begins (or at least leave them in a really bad position). I'd suggest one of the giraffes.

Oragatt 2026/02/20(Fri)04:06 No. 1121309 ID: 0d1c28
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Herocea can be reinforcement Oragatt will lead this ambush!
Oragatt bides her time waiting for the procession to reach the bridge, aiming to target the weaker rear soldiers, best to get them out of the way before the real fight begins!

Using [Power Strike] is unwarranted, she can easily crush the unarmored heads of these men... which poses a small problem, Kalez doesn't want her to kill, it feeds the undead war machine... Oragatt finds that a little silly given how many died of natural causes but it is an order to consider.
[Mind Slave] is good, it's not her fault if these people kill each other, and the men seem particularly weak minded-

The enemies are in place! it's time! The gargoyle leaps into action against two of the weaker soldiers.

Oragatt...
(a)Crushes the two men killing them.
(b)tries for some sort of non-lethal attack(Oragatt will need ideas on how to do that)
(c)Use [Mind Slave] or another spell

>>1121309
Mindslave whichever of the grunts looks the strongest. We want someone weak-willed but tough enough to require a lot of effort to knock down.

Mind slave. Turn their numbers against them.

Mind Slave the doggo!

A

B

B

>>1121223
Isn't Outissa's date on a time limit? I swear I read somewhere that the Afternoon time slot is our last chance to go on the date or else we miss it.

I say we go with A, just to make sure we don't miss the date!

B

>>1121080
this makes sense

>>1121080
Third'd

>>1121080
We might want to mention the plan first, so we don't come back and he already cleaned them or st

>>1121102
I posted that, and I apologize that it wasn't clear this was my intent. Yes, we should ensure Malcolm understands what we're wanting to do.

We could potentially try to negotiate something like nine gold up front and the rest on completion if we don't manage to clean the vials, but that feels like it might be tempting fate.

-Counter Offer: His reputation.

Impeding the queen's laundry is impeding the queen.

Impeding the queen is treason.

Treason is punishable by being named the new village stinkbutt.

Repeat this law with the tone and gaze of steel that abides to argument, and the detergents of royal quality shall be yours.

6/6 - THE END Cross 2026/02/17(Tue)03:36 No. 1121157 ID: 21205a
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GROWN ALONE - BY BUCKWHEAT AND CROSS

Thanks for Playing!

yay
thanks for good quest

Thank you for the quest!

Thanks for mastering!

Congratulations to you both on a quest well-ended!
And what a touching (and mysterious) end it is!