Sofia 2026/08/17(Mon)01:35 No. 1130999 ID: 7e3392
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>kiss the book

You pick up the book and wipe the slime off of it. You feel kinda bad for it, but not too bad.

You lift it up to give a kiss, but stop short when the eye cracks open, glinting at you through a narrowed slit.

{"Charlotte, are you a false deity, wreathed in shadows and secrets, or are is your godly power true, a pure light to push back darkness?"}


You are...

A: TRUE
B: FALSE


{you will kiss aloe, pack up your food and move to the armory after this decision}

>>1130999
Unfortunately, you are very, very false. You are alone in your power. If only you could stop being so alone...

To be honest, false, but being honest makes us true, which means we're correct about being false.

Uh actually this relationship is kinda intense

Can we go back to being friends with benefits?

True, if you believe hard enough, it should come true

>>1130263
Dude.
Dude.
Duuuude.
Some girls punch boys they like.
Its a way of touching with plausible deniability.
Daww.
Cute.

Unless im anthropomorphising them too much and its something completely different.

yeah i think she's got a crush on you

>>1130280
Hmmm, good interpretation. Metagaming, the writing pointed it out in a "hmm, I wonnnderrr" kindof way, so I suspect you're right.

Drake: roll perception to notice.

Sometimes I will see media show an alien with a crush on a human, and for a split second I'll be like, "but why would she; they're different species." And then I remember where we are. And who I am. And I remember half of the internet. And if the aliens are at all like us, this would definitely happen.

Drake 2026/08/17(Mon)01:52 No. 1131003 ID: c15a60
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>>1130274
No, same year as me-wait brother? She has a sister. She likes to brag that she's older than me cause her birthday's a couple days before mine.


>>1130280
>>1130290
>>1130295
Oh come on. It's been years! Why would something we did as kids means she has a crush on me? She's had plenty of time to reach out if she did. I mean, yeah it would've been tricky different campuses and stuff, but like not many humans out on this side of the planet, it wouldn't have been hard....

[Perception failed]

>>1130264
"Yeah it looks good from up here. Ah? See? Still bigger than you!"

"Hey-ya, stop that."

"Nuh uh, poke-the-Pikke."

"Ah ha ha haaa! Quit it dork-yah!"

"First day of class and you're already punchin' me? How's that haaabbbbppth! Fluff in my mouth!"

C) I already said enough.

A) being cruel is dumb

D) Whatever we decide we use NO HALF MEASURES. We either leave him unmolested and hope for friendship from unexpected mercy or we ensure he is never a threat at all. We end him as an enemy by death and eliminating his remains so no necromancy can be used or we end him as an enemy by optimism of peace and friendship. Half measures are folly which will fuel his revenge. Learn well the lesson of Caudine Forks.

A
My stance still haven’t changed. I don’t think he’s even forgiven causing havoc on the small town near our kingdom stealing things and food with Shadow Taker, only seeing our action of breaking his leg as a act of needless cruelty instead of a punishment for causing possible starvation for the villagers. He only sees it as an act of shooting the messenger. He’s lucky we didn’t chop his wings off like how some kingdoms chop thieves hands off for stealing and he can heal from a broken leg. He doesn’t see helping Shadow Taker steal things as cruel.
He did little to try and stop Shadow Taker’s more cruel actions too like killing our rats (speaking of which, spy rat didn’t vote, did it?)
Honestly, I’d probably be a bit more fine about sparing him, but I think the action of breaking his leg made us lose that option of him being an ally, or at least not becoming our enemy…
I guess I’m also speaking from experience from another quest from Absurdity where sparing an enemy hoping they become an ally, or trying to act kind to them had them betray and attack us despite our actions.

If we do spare him, send him to dungeon, he’s not going free. Not with his mindset.

A) his hatred will never be a good foundation for an ally, only a backstabber looking for every avenue to get rid of everyone. keeping him alive means keeping him secure and away from enemies that could farm him for info. too much effort with our resources. unless we want to put in the time to manipulate or break him, it's time to tie up this loose end.

Skill test: Karaoke / singing / rapping.

Or maybe just 'best ghost-party trick'.

Knowledge test: What is the standard safety procedure when faced with a cat.

Skill test 1 Mapa vs 100 cats. Mapa has to pet them all while all cats have to show why ghost fear them.

Skill test! Mapa should do a flip!

Knowledge Test: Name every variety of 'employed' ghost or spectral entity and their job/heirarchy (e.g. wraith, poltergeist, banshee, dullahan, phantom, shade, yuki-onna..).

Possibly sneak a tentacle under Kasey’s tail hole, if we’re binding her as well.

>>1130884
Somehow I doubt she can escape with that divine cock stuffing her.

Binding her in midair is a good idea though, so Flashing Feathers can make sure she is trained properly for the morning prophecy and/or tired out.

Given that FF is the one breaking the glamour, I guess this means he and/or Ochre have a pet Changeling with a blessing now.

Toxoglossa 2026/08/16(Sun)22:19 No. 1130992 ID: d10be1
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“Do it! Cum in us!” Casey begs, pushing herself back into each thrust. She feels the elemental’s “leg” wings shiver and he slams himself hilt-deep inside the two passages.

“Here it comes!” Casey says to herself, bracing for the first pulse of mana.

When it hits, it’s like pure electricity. The energy pours into her body and paints itself against her inner walls in long, dripping streaks. Instantly, she’s cumming her brains out: bucking and gasping as her muscles shudder and her vision goes white. Unbidden, her body starts absorbing the mana, recharging her reserves after so much time spent in angel form.

“Ahhh! Fuck! Yes! Bless me!~” While the elemental cum is exhilarating, Casey’s training makes the experience much more manageable. Rather than feeling like trying to contain an explosion, her body is filled from within until her fingertips are tingling and lightning flashes between her teeth.

”I wonder how ‘Kacey’ is handling it…” She wonders to herself and looks over her shoulder.

Perched on top of her is a kaleidoscope of images, swirling around a glowing white figure. While fae are much more adept at handling raw mana, the doppelgänger’s voice climbs higher as her body tries to project a dozen images of Casey at once.

And yet the glamour isn't completely broken! That's very impressive.

Lets hope Kasey isn't at risk of mana overload / exploding from all that energy in her nethers. Might need healing magic, just in case.

Judging by those wings, she might be some kind of butterfly or moth, which certainly fits Flashing Feathers interest in colors.

I wonder whether Flashing Feathers blessing might give something a bit more permanent to the Changeling for her 'service'. Possibly even a religious role - deities like being worshipped, don't they? And Kasey could be an excellent missionary during a year-long stay at the court...

Absurdity DeVoid 2026/08/16(Sun)20:36 No. 1130989 ID: 2a2ded
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A) Thank you, but I do not need it for now.

B) Sure, it might help me.

C) Maybe a different day.

2. And let’s push our luck a little to get a discount since we had a good roll on our dice.

Give her this idea for a business venture: ask if there can be a discount for quest givers. that way, you can buy a little more to give to heroes, but as advertising, you will tell them about her shop so that they are encouraged to go to her shop. They get a small free sample from us, like a single piece of armor or potion, and we direct them to her if they want to complete a set of armor, get a stronger weapon, or buy more potions for the adventure!

Suggestion 2026/08/17(Mon)00:21 No. 1130994 ID: 8ae970

>>1130989
C) I dont know, we should probably wait before offering any deals

3/3 Silv 2026/08/15(Sat)22:58 No. 1130973 ID: 091137
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“Well… I guess there are boats here, but this place is a dump.”

“Chirp?”

“We don’t need a boat that actually floats though, right? We just need to get one off the island. I don’t see too many small boats though…”
“Where do you think we should do Tetsi?”

well besides some exploring to see what this place has I guess head towards one of the towns. Best place for us to find a boat that we want would be at a dock or harbor. Didn't really see anything that looked like that on the way in but that could just mean they have smaller docks which works for us since we want a smaller boat.

>>1130971
Ahh, there it is. Unfortunately the original plan I had for the rune was to make a telescope via the Nexus but I think we proved that it has a hard time making precise constructions so that seems impossible. We'll have to either develop the infrastructure to make lenses, or scavenge the tech ourselves. Maybe a mix, leapfrog forwards with scavenged tech?

Oh hmm, I wonder if Galena would like to meet that sewing robot. Next time we need some work done, or have some spare resources to trade for cloth, we can bring her. ...oh! I bet we could trade resources at Fern's home as well. They have an excess of natural materials.

>>1130973
Surely there's something usable here. Let's look around, there's plenty of land to cover. We should gather some wood via fallen sticks or dead trees since we don't have an axe, and see if we can get some saplings or seeds(fruits?) to grow our own wood at home. Natural growth would be very slow but we can make a spell to speed things up later. We have passive rune generation from voidlings, so spending a few runes every now and then to swap to a growth spell would be fine. Heck, feeding the resulting greenery to voidlings might result in an overall profit of runes. Especially if we cast the growth spell more than once before switching again.
Seeing all this landmass makes me think again about moving islands to the Nexus. Even if we can't attach them directly, having them nearby would give us more ground to build on. I guess most of the islands we've found so far are pretty inhospitable though, with either hostile voidlings or hostile environments. T

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scout the docks. the big ships may have life boats you can use.

Well, you don't need to rebuild a fully-functioning boat yet, just something that represents the concept of a boat and can move large quantities of stuff without disintegrating from the inertia.

Take every boat you can and just... move them, I guess. Don't worry about any damage you inflict.

Grab some fruits, but also try to extract a tree with the roots and dirt attached. If you can grow a fruit farm, you're basically set for the rest of the decade.

Also, consider calling up the florafolk to investigate independently. They might know more about harvesting and replanting stuff from this biome.

yes go for speed

Silence 2026/08/14(Fri)14:40 No. 1130949 ID: 6d1406
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You get yourself loaded into the ZM, you head to the cave entrance, meeting the Junk Division there.

Here we go, the last job. The Monarchy's been pushing a lot of forces here, they know what we're up to. Any words, or shall we get to it?

there'll be time for words after, cause we're all getting through this

All I have to say is "Good luck everyone, and aim true."

"We will finally be free... one way or another."

Jason Emerson 2026/08/14(Fri)18:22 No. 1130951 ID: 330254
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We lie around for several more minutes.

Observe... okay... okay I’m still here. Still here.

Orient... Get back to reality.

>Talk about your living situation
Jase: Maeve—

I take a deep breath.

Jase: We need to find a better place than this.

Maeve: We will, hon. I know a friend who can make a little space in the attic for a month. She’ll be cool about it.

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Marlene Collins 2026/08/14(Fri)18:33 No. 1130953 ID: 330254
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Hmm.

Before I get engrossed in every nook and cranny detail of the story, I should take a breath, step back, and see this chapter as a simple arc. I need blocks of events to place in order.

Okay, so this chapter is about saving a friend. But Jason also must learn how to accept his power and use his ‘time-shifting’ ability or dimension-hopping or whatever to help the people he’s closest to. The biggest question is... how will Jason get his answer? How will he grow as a person? Screenwriting 101 we have:

1. Maeve Greer is destined to die if she continues her ways.
→ 2. ???
→ 3. ???
→ 4. ???
→ 5. Jason sees Maeve in a timeline where she’s sober. He’s content that somewhere in the multi-verse there’s at least one Maeve who’s happy and safe.

In addition, I wrote a bunch of random-ass story beats. I should choose which could be most important or to expand upon.
[ ] Jason and Maeve hang with Garvey [>>1081207]
[ ] Maeve ends up with Garvey

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I'd lean towards
>Jason leaves her completely, or threatens to
The break up is a bit cliche, but it's potentially a shift in the story that the characters initiate rather than just experience

something from her past, something that made her happy. Surely she needs something to work towards, and not something as nebulous as "being happy" or "a better life"
something she can be passionate about

2. The classic breakup ultimatium. It's either me or the drugs Maeve!

3. Split timeline action kicks in, but what happens helps start anchoring things nicely. Breakup Jason busts up the local drug dealers to slowly eliminate her access to them while sober couple jason kicks their ass to keep them away from Maeve while she tries to sober up.

4. It gets rough though, she relapses! Jason works to get her into a rehab center.

5. Chapter ending with meeting her coming out of rehab.

Then, perhaps sit and have lunch with Roy or send a flirty text over to Seb and see how his days been going so far.

Hey, your girlfriend is in danger. You should do something about it.

Swap places with Lisel at the table, other than that continue the conversion with the bat and pretend like nothing changed.

Schmoove on Lisel by protectively wrapping a hand around her shoulder while she's leaning against you. Depending on how you consider your relationship.

Now that we're not in a frantic life-or-death fight, in close proximity and everything is well lit, I think it's an ideal time to use all your senses to gauge out what the glowing-eyed ones actually are. Are they alive, or dead? Do you smell rot, decay, or see other signs of decomposition/unnatural reanimation? Do they breathe? Why are their eyes glowing/smoking? Any sign of the paper mechanism in their head/under clothes, or the clicking of its mechanism audible?

As for the Duchess, ask what the nobility heiarchy is. Presuambly she's right under the King, so who/what does she govern in this kingdom? Is there a duke she shares lineage with, or other 'noble families' of note?

lisel should tell him he'll have to work much harder for a kiss. perhaps a demonstration of ability since he's feeling so bold?

anyway, ask the duchess ab how the court normally functions. or even the roles the others at the table normally play.

Snark at the guard. Ask if he's trying to make up for his lack of knowledge on proper courtship with his knowledge of snake oil.

rolled 17, 12, 4, 5, 12, 12, 19, 9, 16, 12, 15, 13, 7, 15, 7, 9, 19, 13, 16, 5 = 237

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>>1130722
Reiko puts her ship's comms on mute again, and even locks the setting for the next five minutes to prevent someone from blabbing about the potential coup d'etat.
"Okay, looks like my theory was wrong. There's still a bug or fifty in the system, but Branu's the sysadmin and even he can't fix it. So, what's our plan? Can we convince Branu to work with us on fixing the system, or should we usurp control of the watermoon and jury-rig the hardware from the ground up? Do we ally with the Dramath and give them the watermoon in exchange for safe passage of everyone else, or do we wage total war and risk casualties? I want a full discussion from everyone here.
...We only have three days to try to solve this. Ship's holding against the environment, but she might get sick if we stay any longer."

>>1130784
"Your majesty, I do believe that is enough punishment, thank you."

Reiko angrily taps the contract. She was going to roll over for those sweet commissions, but now this bitch is poking her ship.

"We are ready to comply and serve within the duration of the contract, not before, not after. You are not in ownership of this vessel, you are a guest, and you will remain a guest until you have entered a contract with the party of House Youngmason. You wish to enforce your will? Then read and sign."

rolled 14, 18, 18, 2, 8, 8, 1, 10, 5, 14, 7, 9, 2, 19, 2, 18, 19, 18, 6, 4 = 202

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>>1130784
Paprika heaves a sigh into Zalkezia's face. Her breath is almost hot enough to singe the cloud giant's eyelashes.

>"I formally accept your hospitality. By your leave, may I attend to my peoples' medical needs, set up their sleeping arrangements, and make use of the ceiling entertainment console?"
She lets her flames linger for another moment before she drops her shroud. Snarling with her eyes turned down, Paprika speaks in a low voice. "Go on, Princess."

>>1130785
>Reiko angrily taps the contract.
"Drop it, Reiko. She can read the fucking contract after she's settled in, if it's really that important to you."

>"Your majesty, I do believe that is enough punishment, thank you."
"It's a good start, at least. Fuck."

After relocating from the CIC, across the short landing in the the still-flooded hangar bay, to the living quarters, Zalkezia rapidly taps codes into the edible-hockey-puck dispenser, persuading it to instead produce, first, a pale orange sponge which exudes acrid-smelling bright purple goo when squeezed,
then a roll of what initially looks like black electrical tape on a thin ivory-synth spool, but which, as soon as it gets wet, swells up into a lacy green ribbon embedded in clear gel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0sjRG34DlA with the consistency of chewing gum.
That sponge is packed into Enkelados's wound, and wrapped tightly in place with several layers of seaweed-tape all the way around his shin.
Remaining tape is wrapped onto the princess's own burnt forefinger and palm, then distributed across everybody else's less critical injuries. Last third or so of the spool is stashed in Tacito's medkit, seemingly filling a slot where some already-exhausted stock of bandages were previously stored.

>>1130767
>isn't going to wait for negotiations with the cloud giant to be resolved before seeing to the wounded
>rolled 15, 6, 17, 13, 11
First aid successfully applied. Notably, the thumb on Zalkezia's burnt hand was completely unscathed.
>break out her own first aide kit
Devyn has been provided with a 'pocket sauna' - simple breath mask with the intake tube threaded through a small self-heating water bottle, originally intended as a portable source of warm moist air for mountain climbers. Seems to be helping with his cough. Hopefully he'll adapt.
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rolled 20, 11, 16, 4, 5, 5, 4, 19, 19, 11, 3, 8, 19, 11, 4, 1, 15, 14, 13, 12 = 214

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Reiko does a triple check on the systems and ensures Princess Zalkezia can't override her authority.

Then she puts on that frilly maid outfit she was planning to show off to Azure.

And puts on a comically-serious attempt at negotiations to get Zalkezia to start rambling over the cutie.
If she's lucky, Reiko might chance upon some important personal information that someone like Zalkezia (such as one of her past iterations) would totally use as a simplistic password for something important, like her bank account.

rolled 18, 12, 19, 17, 14, 13, 3, 20, 17, 14, 2, 19, 11, 17, 6, 2, 11, 10, 20, 16 = 261

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>Notably, the thumb on Zalkezia's burnt hand was completely unscathed.
Possibly she has some kind of implant- the thumb might be a logical place for identification-tech. That, or Paprika's treatment is transferable. Probably best to keep quiet about it for now.

>Doesn't take much reading between the lines to realize she also doesn't trust you much, and is trying to avoid needlessly spilling exploitable secrets to folks who might be evil, or just crazy.
A regrettably understandable reaction when your first interaction with someone is snapping and yelling trauma in their face.

>she also sneakily starts up a completely separate conversation in Uxphonese hand-sign: passes Nat the note in Cricket's handwriting, >>1130726 gesturally asking "should I?"
Is this the manner of politics Cricket is used to? She makes it sound so dire.

Natalina can't imagine that Cricket intends to harm Malia, and a common background seems a solid basis for establishing a new diplomatic channel after the arkus herself made a mess of directly approaching the princess. (Even the idea of attempted 'cide of one's own family feels foreign to Natalina, but well, she knows very well that not everyone's situation is the same). She signs her assent.

Apparently assisting in first aid improved on her poor first impression for Malia to have asked her in the first place. Although the arkus isn't sure how the exile knew they shared that language- an assumption based on her communication with the

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3) time for round two!

Trisha.

She keeps opening the lockeroom door in front of the paparazzis.
It's for her own good, at this point.

>>1130703
3. Redcap! She took our finisher and she's still standing. But she's also the reason this happened to us. We choose her as the target of our new arc. She is weak and untamed, but we can bring out her potential and teach her to honor the art of combat!

We can't turn on our friend Trisha. She stuck her neck out for us during our first match. And we especially shouldn't harm one of our fans! They are the lifeblood of Lucha Libre! Who would pay to be abducted by a naked bunny girl?

W-well I guess a lot of people would enjoy that, actually. Maybe later. It could be a good way to work out some of our stress...

My heart is leaning toward Redcap :>

changing my vote to redcap since no one else is voting Jimmy

I feel Redcap is just a jobber to help give us a push and make us look good as we become a heel and

Minimum clothing. People can't say it's directly lewd because you are wearing clothes and with the right movement could ed up with you revealing everything. The added tension of the audience wondering whether they know and getting a peek of the goods

D/F, lewdly, and doodly I guess?

D,F, lewd

Sometimes its hotter to be partially nude than fully nude.

B/F, Tilde-ly.

Bottomless, but for 'minimal clothing' use 'practically transparent' clothing instead, like see-through lingerie or a wet t-shirt.

>>1130369
B/D, Tilde-ly

hmmm, yeah she might be running out of air. But not here, once you're out of earshot of the bear let Judith know there's someone hiding from the poachers in the box.

The only other person who knew about your fleas is Luanne. You only really told Lana about it, but she showed up at Lana’s place when you were there with fleas. If anyone told her about you, it’s probably Luanne.

Oh yeah, you have to let her know when the bear is out of earshot. tell her to stop/slowdown and let her know now.

A few things stick put about the criminals.
- The weird gargling water noise from the sink coincided with that happening to Lana's sink. In the bar the water was suspicious. In Lana's house, the water bubbled and she passed out - was there gas or poison in it?

- Kaari had her water turned off and it lead to her flea troubles.

Do the criminals have access to the water piping somehow?

- SOMEONE at the bar spiked the champaigne, either the whole bottle or the drinks. Not to mention sabotaged the bar in general, probably to get the band to quit early or something.

While Luanne does know about the fleas issue and her bartending, its not a stretch that Kaari was watched by the criminals at some point.

Dente wouldn't know about the fleas unless he heard it from the talk with Judith. And Judith seems too legit in general. Luanne seems to know both but why would she help Lana then?

I think the bear bugged Judiths office. That would let her keep tabs on the rangers to evade them. And would explain how she knows about bartending/fleas as it was talked about with Judith.

Another note with the criminals, they were entirely too willing to get civvies to kill them or finish them. Either they're spiteful enough to get civvies in trouble for murder in non-self defense (implying a cop is in on this) or they fear getting caught and 'bailed out'.

When you get back home, probably best to double check your sink and check if there's any sign of intrusion or theft (or surveilance bugs).

First priority, tell Judith poachers are pretending to be Rangers, have badges, and were listening in on the frequency you were using.

The wolverine you chased away earlier also had a radio, so its clear the poachers were spying on the rangers or have someone on the inside who knows how things work. Make sure anyone using the radio can properly ID themselves as an actual ranger (ID number, full name, etc) or switches to another frequency.

And if you catch the Wolverine or other poachers, check their frequency, it might be the one used by their criminal group to spy on THEM.

>>1130935
Clearly, the memory wiping was intentional on the part of the other slime (evil slime) so it could do something the animals wouldn't agree with while we (good slime) have the alibi of first-contacting with the humans. Thus, to figure out what the evil slime is trying to do, we must think of something that would be repugnant to the animals, such as... blowing up the research base! Yes, that's what evil slime is trying to do! C: Ask Guy what the most explosive area on the base is, and set up a trap there!

>>1130938
This is a stationary artic base. Why would it have engines? Plus, a bright and cold passage way up is probably outside.

>>1130936
Let's try to think why we would split up. The only reasonable explanation would be that we needed one half to distract everybody, (comms slime) while the other half (vent slime) does some sort of subterfuge. Thus, vent slime should go deeper into the base by choosing option F.

A) As a viscous, fluid-like slime, you are likely affected by the basic laws of physics and thermodynamics. High temperature will likely make you more like a liquid (flowing uncontrollably, but also much faster), but could also kill your offshoot if it pasteurizes or sterilizes you. Low temperature will likely make yoy more like a solid (sluggish, or possibly freeze). Humans can wear full hazmat suits since you prpbably can't cut or stab things.

B) Could be achieved if you get heated up and effectively forced into a puddle-like form, or tricked to pass through a sieve or mesh-like opening to split into a ton of small fragments. Could also have it enter a pipework that loops a lot.

C) Keep broadcasting so the offshoot hears the message from you and is given proper directions, or tell the humans to try diplomacy with it / that 'slime prime' asked to wait.

E) Seems like it could be a refridgerated. sciency area. Probably more people there too.

F) Could be some empty engimeerimg area, boiler room or such.

As such my votes are A) Fire extinguishers, liquid nitrogen and hazmat suits, C) Keep the message on repeat but make it clear its from slime prime, or to backtrack to comms.

For offshoot, go to E). Probably more interestimg stuff there.

>>1130939
An artic base needs heating - lots of it. It's probably a boiler room, power generator or some other kind of basement machine that produces heat. And possibly has drones working there.

Cool and bright is either outside, or a well-lit area that needs cooling (freezer closet, science lab).

>>1130938
Ideally the container is big enough, can't be opened from inside with force (i.e. no corks, bottlecaps or screw-lids) and is airtight. A gas tank or mason jar, for example.

As for getting the slime into such a container, maybe a water-washing vacuum cleaner? It should suck up the slime and safely deposit it into a liquid container (and the centrifuge effect inside will confuse it).

A) Janitor with a hazmat suit and a wet (uses a water container instead of a paper bag) vacuumm cleaner.

C) A wizard did it.
F)

(2/4) kpwlt 2026/08/12(Wed)15:17 No. 1130890 ID: 127310
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Sam spots McGregor drifting over and instinctively starts to hide the box.

McGREGOR J: "Be not afraid. This one arrives only to inspect the Raven.”

BEAK?: “Hello, Leslie.”

The Jurist scowls. They look as though they’re waking facial muscles that haven’t pulled this expression in years.

McGREGOR J: "Beware. The University is still looking for you and your old friend.”

BEAK?: “Is that meant to be a threat, wee judge? They’ve already found me. Or, more accurately, I found them. And Leslie? Don’t worry about Shelley. I know what I’m doing with him.”

McGregor looks at Sam as though she’s some kind of science experiment before quickly adjusting their gaze to be more appropriate for a human being.

BEAK?: “Close me up, Samantha. I have nothing more to say to you in the presence of this Obstruction of Justice.”

Sam obeys.

SAM: “Want to tell me what that was about?”

McGREGOR J: "It is Clerk’s Raven. A contemptuous but allegedly necessary part of the University of ‘Pataphysics’ plans.”

(3/4) kpwlt 2026/08/12(Wed)15:17 No. 1130891 ID: 127310
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>So one tube is marked with will and the other with will of the crown. Is that not trouble, them being so close together?

SAM: “Anyway, so, Leslie-”

McGREGOR J: "The daughter shall address this one as Justice McGregor or Your Honour. Or Les, if she must.”

Sam is unused to this kind of formal address, but is eager to remain in the Jurist’s good books after that incident.

SAM: “Right. Your Honour. Those tubes, one marked with the Chaos Star, meaning Will, and another with the Broad Arrow, symbolising the Will of the Crown, is it a problem that they’re being kept so close together?”

McGREGOR J: "Lay Will and Executive Will may often partially or fully coincide. Unless at least one of the two are immensely powerful, and unless they are diametrically opposed in purpose, there shall be no issues. Although, in the case of a malformed Executive power, some fragmentation of Will, or some distortion of the barriers between the two Wills might occur… That is not the case here.”

>the thing in the blue tube matches the diagram found next to Hella's letter

Sam peers extra closely at the thing in the blue tube.

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UBERTO: ”Ah, welcome back.”


>Ask what alternative plans they can think of for uncursing Mary.

SAM: “You seemed unsatisfied with my plan. Did you have another idea for how we could free Mary?”

SIMONE: “...no. It just seems pretty sudden, you know? We don’t even know what Hella’s capable of.”

UBERTO: ”Right to business, then. Hmm. Well, it’s risky, but I don’t really see any other way around this. Surely with the lot of us, and expecting her, we can win.”

He’s being intentionally optimistic.

>Scry a bit, see if you can find any readings similar to the Feather.

An inscrutable sound bursts into Sam’s skull and there is suddenly a new map behind her eyes.

No readings come from the left clearing. Two from the right clearing, both dark aligned.

The blue and red arrows from earlier point in the direction the group came from.

>>1130892
The blue and red readings are probably Miller and Mary.
>contained figures both dark aligned
Huh, I think you can spot doppelgangers this way. That is incredibly useful. Well, unless the dark alignment is due to the containment devices. Speaking of those... I wonder what the attached tanks are doing. Are they draining Will? Or are they fueling the containment?
Hmm. Freeing the robotic doppelganger is slightly tempting. She can't possibly pretend to be anyone else, so if she helps us with the fight against Hella, we could agree to shelter her somewhere without worry of her managing an impersonation. On the other hand, we do not know where her allegiances lie, not without a deep understanding of how the minds of doppelgangers work.

Looks like the reading to the "north" is related to the Feather, so we could go that way later.

>Hella's letter, pictured figure in containment, pore?
Ok, I think I know what the problem is. The letter that was in the envelope, regarding the pore, was not present. It's probably in Hella's desk, which obviously we weren't able to search.
The other scraps of paper were nearby by coincidence and are not necessarily related to the pore or letter. At least we now know that Miller's photo was taken of him wearing the mask and coat... and holding a staff or spear? Or maybe that's someone else in the same getup.

>seems sudden, we don't know what Hella is capable of
True. How would we investigate our opponent though? Maybe we can ask the captive doppelgangers? Or do Miller and Mary know anything about Hella?

That symbol to the north, is it related to the feather? it looks similar to the large symbol we interacted with, but that was seven pointed while this one is five. but we have seen this exact one before, on one of the wall carvings in that same room. I don't think we determined what it meant.
and are we sensing, a house?

>>1130745
I think we should watch that last recording. At the very least, it would be information we have that they do not.

if the last recording is another bombshell it would be best to watch it alone now

>>1130745
Some thoughts: The polities on earth a surely at a technological level to be broadcasting TV/Radio (do they have an internet equivalent?) getting access to media from multiple sources could give us some insights into what the world is really like.

Also on a darker note if we do want to influence the world through military tech, simply providing enhanced space tech (especially since this base presumably has some engineering/manufacturing capabilities) could allow for the deployment of orbital mass drivers - fast high density objects from space can reach nuclear levels of destructive power without the same fallout issues.

Okay, the Coalition of Kushana in the 20th century is more advanced technologically, civically and ethically than most everyone in our original timeline at the time.

This leads me to believe something: some of the other crew of the History Unmade survived, landed on the Earth, and fast-fowarded progress where they landed. Who knows, maybe they are still alive right now!

At any rate, I think tge tour might be a good idea. Getting chummy with our new friends and all. We can check the last recording privately afterwards.

It's funny, in wars of ideology there is no geography. There are going to be Hivists fighting within Dacia, and Accumulationists fighting in Kushanasthana, to make theirs the mandatory ideology. The only thing that makes a nation Accumulationist is they had some people go up and say "We are the rulers of Dacia, because we said so, and we order you to eliminate anyone threatening Accumulationism." and nobody shot them in the head during that speech.

Nobody stealing an election in Kushanasthana would ever be anything other than Accumulationist, so it only works one way, interestingly enough. There will still be forces within your border attempting to destabilize any democracy.

all of you need to, like, chill. you'll make maya paranoid. have some sense? he's clearly just insecure about something. he was proud as peaches about every other part of being a Cliffside Pathfinder!
He might be really struggling to get better at medicine. Or maybe he messed up on someone and it still eats at him.

We don't know *what* made him feel this way, but he clearly needs some encouragement.

Tell him you're feeling a lot better with his help, actually. That you actually feel much safer with him than strangers at the hospital. You'd rather him stay, and help more, too. Use puppy-kitty-eyes if you have to. He's gotta have some faith in himself.

plus, remember the quest. "find a friend your age"!

Yeah lets not jump to assumptions, nevermind i did just that last time...
I think feeling safe around someone is something really special. Especially for some one like you. Be graveful and thank him as sincerely as you can

>>1130828
Tell him you think he did a great job.
Thank him.

Ask him if you said anything to upset him and that youre sorry if you did.

Hes a sweet, cinnamon bun.
And you do feel safe, because he bandaged the leg and youndidnt freak out.
Well done maya.

ask him to show you the cool knots he knows

Ask him if he can escort you to the hospital. Both to be a safe presence/person and so he can explain to docs what first aid he already did / your injuries.

tell her the tour sounds lovely and ask her to lead the way.

Just remember to ask a lot of questions so she has to focus on you just as much as the tour and to keep your subtle manipulations going on her whenever she looks your way or talks to you. Once the manipulations start getting her noticeably aroused start acting like you're getting more comfortable around her and become a little more clingy. As in moments when you can't think what to talk about walk close enough for your shoulders to touch or even try and hold her hand if you think she wouldn't mind. If she tells a joke or a happy story give her a quick hug when expressing your own joy. And every time the two of you touch make the subtle pleasure rise slightly for when your touch last longer then a moment or in instances where the contact is brief give her a sharp and large amount of pleasure but make it so quick it could easily be dismissed as a trick of her mind.

Other than that go through the tour and show genuine interest in both what she's talking about and in her, be friendly and kind and show you're starting to open up to her yourself and trust her more, and never leave her side to keep the manipulations up even if she tries to distance herself from you to make it seem like she is getting hella worked up around you.

Oh and on a side note, if she ever makes any remarks or jokes about dating, hanging out, or just being around you give a small jolt of pleasure to her only slightly more noticeable then what you're doing to her normally to "encourage" these thoughts and a much sharper and stronger jolt if she ever mentions anything about sex or making out to you, while you yourself will always take such questions or remarks as her just being friendly and opening up to you to keep up the air of innocents you're trying to build up.

I’m liking what I’m hearing! Let’s also use our subtle rewards system for any time she interacts with her new flower. We’ve given her an object that she associates with us~ That object should quickly become her favorite thing, and if she gets pleasant tingles from looking at and/or touching it, that’ll certainly speed the progress along~ Gives us an extra hook to wiggle into her heart. “Ohhhh~ Why do I feel like this when I pay attention to the flower?? Do I feel the same way about… him??? *looks at us and the feeling intensifies* M-Maybe…” Every little detail counts~

I still say that, A SHRUBBERY [dramatic music] would be an excellent gift. It could have more of the same type of flower, and/or if you really wanna demonstrate your demiurge-like powers, make it somehow grow to chop down the mightiest tree in a forest, A HERRING [dramatic music]

I’ve just realized, if we have power over space, if we bend it properly, could we do time dilation? Something to think about~

>>1130866
As much fun as that would be, I don't think it's that easy. Nehm said that time magic was green and that no Timeline gem is known to have that power.

>>1130760
Oh no, she's prettier AND more terrifying without the mask. We're at risk of nosebleeds, full facial blush and swooning.

>Pretty Murder Lady has ruby eyes and a mutant eye on her forehead
>Lila is multi-armed and STRONG and infatuated by Pretty Murder Lady
>Hive appears to be underwater
>Eldritch mutants abound

I think we're playing Rubyquest: Silksong.

>>1130780
Score.

Flirt badly with the cute murder lady.

>>1130837
Daydream the perfect flirt scenario and outcome. Babble incoherently, blush profusely and scream internally in practice.

>>1130760
Resist urge to abandon current hive/obligations and pledge undying loyalty to your new hive queen Red Pretty Murder Lady.