Start walking.

You set out, pondering about your current predicament. One thing surprises you, you are immensely intelligent. You are capable of communication through morse code by clacking your claw, and understand complex machinery and science. You recall that you are a very important crab!

An hour of scuttling still yields nothing, though you have found an algae-covered rock.

>>10096993
Eat some algae, and try to regenerate my claws. Look around for more bearings.

>>10097020
Regeneration is not possible, though you can graft limbs onto yourself. It's how you got the cannons.

You suck the algae off the rock and search around again. Once more, only the inky blackness of the abyss surrounds you.

Just then, a red light appears in the distance.

>>10097062

Walk towards light.

>>10097062
Walk towards the red light.

You head in the direction of the light. It grows fiercer, more angry with each step you take towards it. Eventually all you can see is an enveloping red light. A loud booming, almost like a pulse, fills your head.

You step over a precipice, and before you lies a hell-scape beyond your comprehension! Burning red sands stretch out for miles as crustaceans of all sorts do battle with one another. Claws and legs are ripped from bodies, carapaces smashed, guts hanging freely from the shards. The stench of blood lies thick in these waters, and in the distance, past the warring throngs of shelled warriors, a great structure looms over the field of battle.

Made from blackest obsidian, the massive thing juts out of the sand, surrounded by deep-ocean trenches and burning magma. Jets of steam burst from the ground around it.

You feel compelled to step towards it.

>>10097162

This. Is. Glorious.

Walk towards obsidian structure, crush anyone that gets in our way.

>>10097162
Look for spares to graft on as we continue towards the glowing red structure.

>>10097162
search around for limbs to graft to your body.

You scuttle forth with defiance and authority. Some of the combatants turn and face you. All across the field the fighting stops as the hordes of crustaceans affix their gazes upon you. They part, revealing three large figures, easily your size.

Their faces are eerily familiar.

You stride towards them, clacking with fury. A giant lobster, crab, and pistol shrimp face you. You do not recognize them, but their hides look thick, though they are covered in scars. They look invariably mad, and eye you with a burning hatred.

Suddenly, the crab charges you! The large shrimp moves to your right, readying his pistols. The lobster stays back. What do you do?

>>10097276
Engage the crab while firing cannons at the shrimp.

>>10097276
Dodge crab and apply rending claw on shrimp

grapple the crab and blast him at point blank range with your cannons.Then hurl his remains at the shrimp.

shit out all of your algae

HOLY SHIT YOUR STILL ALIVE!

You sidestep the massive crab. As it passes you, you notice the glare of rage and hatred in its one good eye. The other is broken off and hangs limply from a bent stalk. The pistol shrimp fires, missing one shot but hitting one of your legs.

The crab begins to turn as the lobster finally moves. It looks as if the two plan to hold you while the shrimp shoots into you!

You fire at the shrimp and crab, getting two hits! The shrimp is knocked backwards several feet, and the crab staggers and trips as it charges. You swing your rending claw, meeting the lobster and engaging in a grapple! It stares at you with malice and contempt, its gnarled carapace bristling with anger.

The crab and shrimp are now stabilizing!

>>10097370
how did all this happen?
last time i played this i still used titan quest OP trip

>>10097370
Grapple with the lobster, using it as a shield from the other two, and using our morse code try to communicate with them.

"Why are we fighting?"

>>10097390
I had relatives over, so I wasn't left with much time for questing. They left yesterday.

I'm doing this as a quick and dramatic return to CQ. It basically starts right from the beginning of the thread.

lift the lobster and body slam it into the ground.

>>10097426
ah very well, would you care to join in Himmler quest tomorrow?

Oh my god my first Crabquest thread.


uhh Look for some pistol shrip and GRAFT NEW CANNON CLAW.

FYI, why the reboot and not continuing from CQ 13?

You bring your cannon claw to bear on the lobster, holding its other claw, which had been hammering at your face. You barely manage to restrain it as you feel a sharp pain fill your side. Grappling with the lobster rendered you immobile, and the shrimp took the chance to fire!

You notice the crab coming up from behind, and swing with all your might. All goes as planned, and you use the lobster as a cudgel, beating the crab away and into the shrimp. You hurl the lobster to the ground and demand an explanation.

All it manages in its barbaric tongue is: "Killer! Tyrant! Despot! Kill! Kill! Hate! Kill!"

The three of them are slightly stunned, but the lobster is coming back around!

can the cannons be reloaded during an battel or are do they regen thier own ammo?

>>10097495
crazy dream sequence?

>>10097490
It isn't totally a reboot. When last we left you were camping in squid land and I decided it would e cool if we got into the swing of things again with this crazy sequence. Don't worry, things will most likely be the same when we get back to the real thing.

>>10097490
Sorry, Missed that part in my excitement.

Kill another pistol shrip and UPGRADE TO TRI-BARREL

>>10097495
Continue defending, but try to convey to them that we've lost our memory and we may not be who they think we are.

dodge his attack and shoot him when he passes you.

The lobster charges, shoving its sharp claw into your face. It scrapes your carapace slightly, but the wound is superficial at worst. You clutch its arms with your powerful claw and wrench them, dragging the lobster down. You fire point-bank into it with your cannons, effectively taking the thing out of combat for the time being.

As you turn, the massive crab leaps onto your back, hammering at your face! Thankfully, its body obscures you from the shrimp's view.

CRABQUEST FUCK YEARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

reach up and rip off it's other eye.

>>10097572
Charge backwards, using the crab as a battering ram against the shrimp.

Ignore the Crab and Lobster and bullrush the Pistol Shrimp, my vidya experience tells me to always go for ranged and healers first.

Just then you recall another thing. Your carapace is covered in spines! The crab has unintentionally impaled itself on your back, and can do nothing but hammer at you as you charge backwards with abnormal speed into the shrimp. The crab is knocked loose, and crushes the legs of the shrimp, who attempts to throw the huge thing off itself.

The crab flails as you reach out for its other eye, knocking your claw away. The shrimp shoots around the crab, but misses by a wide margin.

They appear to be at your mercy.

>>10097683
Rip and tear.

>>10097683
Blood for the blood god! Shells for the shell throne!

demand thier immidiat surrender..then stomp the lobster so that they know who's has the upper hand.

You seem to be affected by the nature of this land. You feel a familiar sensation as you reach down and impale both the crab and shrimp with your rending claw. You tear their guts from their shells before walking over to the lobster and blasting it to bloody ribbons with your cannons. You grab a pistol from the shrimp and place it where your old cannon used to be before wrapping it in some seaweed next to you. Your cannon may be inoperable for a while.

>>10097796
Dance and clack our claws in victory!!!!!

An ethereal laugh emanates from the obsidian structure as the mob of warriors turn to you. These faces also seem eerily familiar. Suddenly, both sides erupt in bloody combat once more. Some scream out to the Crab King, others scream to Bloodshell for guidance.

You sit and watch the battle. An hour transpires, and after a while it appears the fighting has died down. The remaining warriors appear loyal to you for some reason. They stand in ranks, as if at attention.

>>10097796
Approach the obsidian structure.

>>10097856
Inspection time.

You perform the scuttle of celebration and clack to your victory before heading forward. The strange crustaceans turn and follow you, their scarred carapaces glistening in the oppressive red light of this place.

You feel the waters becoming hotter as you approach the tower. Before you, a massive obsidian staircase stretches up to a building high above, partially concealed by thick steam and smoke.

>>10097917
Onward. Upward.

>>10097917
>thick steam and smoke
>underwater

wat

nevertheless use your cannon claw to blast the murk out of your face.

OH GOD

IT'S THE BP OIL SPILL

FUCK

>>10097981
>sixty foot crab
>fiery hell-scape
>Underwater
Yeah.

You begin your ascent. The stairs are wide enough to allow you to comfortably scuttle up them. You climb for a few minutes until you come to a plateau. You could have sworn you didn't see this anywhere on the tower from a distance. The plateau is about two hundred feet in diameter, and easily holds you and your newfound minions. Across from you, you see the staircase, and begin to walk forward. Suddenly, a gate flies up before you.

>>10098049
Examine the gate and our surroundings.

Also in the future, you should instruct your coven in matters of beaurocracy and you should appoint your fellow crustations to positions as befitting their deeds.

This will help if you're ever put out of commission, and will boost the loyalty of your fellow shells, by granting rewards for their deeds.

Next to you, you make out a shallow depression in the plateau. A small canal runs from it and towards the edge of the platform. You notice a small (relatively) pot attached by a chain to the gate hanging under the canal. In dark and nefarious runes, you make out a message:

"Slake my thirst and you may continue."

>>10098049
Well I assumed the firey landscape was caused by a magma bed, and giant crabs could be explained by people either dumping chemicals into the ocean, or it's a big fucking ocean and we just haven't encountered any yet.

>>10098089
Instruct our minions to go and gather the bodies of the fallen. Their blood shall be used first.

>>10098089
And I'm aware this breaks the laws of physics and all that shit. It's crab-hell I don't have time for petty reality.

>>10098049
CLAIM THIS FOR YOUR GLORIUS MAJESTY.

THROW OUT/RECRUIT ANYONE IN THERE.

>>10098089
ignore his demands, destroy the gate yourself with your rending claw

>>10098120
Oh it's crab hell?

Fuck I thought you cracked the ocean bead with your awesome/cannons and hit magma.

Damn this is even COOLER.

You first bash at the gate. It is dented slightly, raising your hopes, but does not break. Your minions climb back down the stairs to gather corpses and drain them of their vital fluids. The bodies they find fill the pool half-way. Somehow, the majority of the dead were consumed by the sand below.

You continue hammering at the gate to no avail. Your men shift about nervously, before one fanatic steps into the pool. He guts himself with his own claws, giggling as he drains himself into the pool.

The level rises slightly.

Next time you molt, take the spikes off your old shell and attack them to your claw, that way you can impale people with your backhand.

>>10098220
"Everyone. Into the pool. Now."

>>10098089
>"Slake my thirst and you may continue."

Obviously you need to fill the pot up with sprite.

>>10098220
"I am the crab king! no mere gate shall stand in my way!"

back away from the gate and charge at it full speedhammering it with your claw

Another fanatic offers himself up, raising the level of blood slightly also. Each subject gives about an inch of blood, and you have two feet to go.

You continue to hammer at the gate, cracking it once more. It seems slightly looser now.

>>10098325
Find weak enemies to kill.

Take their corpses and wring the blood into the pot.

>>10098325
Then WE shall give blood. We can stand to loose some, we're the GODDAMN CRAB KING.

>>10098325
grab the gate with your claw and pull with all your strength, screw breaking it, just rip it out of the ground

>>10098325

Thank your minions, but if the gate is giving, ask them to lend thier weight and toppel it over

You continue to grab at the gate and pull. It bends tantalizingly, but still remains. You walk into the pool and clamp your cannon arm a bit, drawing some blood. It goes up a full foot and a half, and some begins to move down the canal into the pot. Then you notice the chain. It activates the gate, and appears to be within arms reach!

>>10098325
GIVE A PORTION OF OUR BLOOD

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

Put in a tiny bit of your blood, if no response, hunt weak enemies and take THEIR blood.

No reason to diminish our forces to collect blood, this way we'll get blood and exp/whatever while we're at it.

It's win-win.

>>10098423
onward

>>10098448
But how, dear king.

>>10098459
by pulling the chain that is now within reach :3

>>10098423
Grab the chain, open the gate.

>>10098423
.... that's oddly appropriate

pull on the chain to lift the gate

>>10098423

grab the chain, have our minions counter balance us

You reach forth and grab the chain, yanking it down. You are able to raise the gate enough to allow your minions to pass beneath it and attempt to hold it. Your army is on the other side, but the twelve that try and hold the gate are crushed when you release the chain.

Just then, decrepit, skeletal crustaceans burst out of the rocks around your minions! They do battle, and look like they can hold out for a while, but you're still on the other side of this damned gate!

>>10098553
rally the troops, the blood they get you is blood they dont have to shed

>>10098553
pull down as hard as you can

try to raise it enough that we may quickly scuttle under it before it falls again

>>10098553
Spill more of our blood into the pool.

why are we using blood to fill the bucket?
it just needs weight, throw something heavy in

>>10098619
Sprite's pretty heavy. /sulk

You pull the chain down once more, lifting the gate. Your minions fall back, though three are cut down. A few soldiers drag their bodies to the pool and drain them. Three inches left, and the gate is now raised enough for minions to pass underneath permanently!

The undead hordes draw closer!

>>10098619
That would work.

>>10098643
Spill more of our blood into the pool.

>>10098643
fire our cannons into the oncoming undead horde

dangerous? grafting isn't finished? fuck that, we're the fucking crab king

>>10098643

crush, kill, destroy
show your troops how it's done

>>10098659
closest minion into the bucket
sucks to be you but they understand

Only fire your 2 working cannons, then bullrush the zombies.

Zombies seem to die when being hit by 4 tonnes of FUCKING SPIKES

>>10098668
Just so you know, I am doing rolls for actions. Think about the situation, because I add modifiers for good/poor choices.

You fire your cannon into the horde. Pain fills your arm as the new claw is unused to firing. You kill four with a single blast, but your cannon arm is still too raw for continued use.

The hordes draw closer still, and your warriors move to intercept!

>>10098659
let the undead horde through, crush them into the bucket

The two sides clash like opposing waves. Bones and shells are crushed to dust as the ancient souls of these beasts leave their decrepit coils. A few of your troops die too, engulfed by the deceptively weak-looking claws of the undead beasts.

Two soldiers leap to the pot. They grab on and yank downward, lifting the gate up enough for you to pass under! Just as you go under, one slips and falls to the red sands below, and is dashed against the hard earth.

You manage to hold the gate and your troops pass under, routing the rest of the undead. Your other crustacean hanging from the pot looks to you.

>>10098775
beckon to him to join us on the other side

>>10098775
Leave him behind.

>>10098800
>>10098813
You might be able to catch him. The chain is farther away from you now that you're on the other side. The gate appears to be too heavy for anything to lift. It appears Bloodshell is quite a troll.

we can save him! go back onto his side of the gate and throw a corpse into the pot. it should be enough to get you both through.

>>10098775

as long as athe gate is raised try to wretch it off

>>10098834
Try to catch him then.

Darn I was hoping my post of only fire the 2 cannons would override the other guy :(

Ok fire the 2 working barrels into the face/body/whatever of one guy, then maul another with your claw.

Then takle a third and attempt to impale/crush him on your carapace.

The small shrimp swings a bit on the pot for extra momentum before taking the leap of faith to your outstretched claws. He slips from your grasp, and is now barely hanging on to the edge of your claw. You gingerly lift him and put him down next to you.

...where have you seen his face before?

Never mind that, onward to the top!

>>10098904

right then, onward

You climb once more, this time seemingly for hours. You pass through the cloying and choking steam clouds, and what you see shocks you.

A massive palace, carved of blackest pitch, sits atop this enormous mountain. From its steps, you look down and survey the red-hot sands below. It appears new souls have found their way here to do eternal battle for the crustacean god of warfare and death. Massive stone columns adorn the front of the palace. Above the entrance, a blazing red crab, two humans clutched in its terrible claws, sits on the roof. You can see nothing within this gargantuan monument, but it oozes evil. The screams of the dying below echo up here, and over them you hear a maniacal laughter.

This is the lair of Bloodclaw, one of your gods.

>>10098989
>Bloodclaw
BloodSHELL, damnit! I always fuck that up.

>>10099007
he goes by many names?

>>10098989
(Bloodclaw is as good as Bloodshell, both are badass names)

Prepare to worship our god.

>>10099034
>prepare to destroy our god and usurp his throne

FTFY

>>10099065
That's how I worship. How do they worship where you came from?

>>10099034
>Prepare to destroy this false god

fix'd

>>10099101
How is he false? Remember all the magical powerups he gave us?

If he was false, his blessing would've done nothing.

Either Way boss fight!

Go for the eyes, and try to crack his shell by using heaving objects like rocks.

>>10099088
generally by killing other people

unfortunately, god access is usually lacking

>>10099034
He is but one member of the crab-pantheon. His opposite, The Wavemaker, is a god of benevolence and virtue, preaching unity amongst sea-life.

Anyway, you march forth. The scream below slowly die out as you enter the cavernous chamber. Darkness once again envelops you, and you feel warmth.

>>10099143

If we are going to destroy/relpace him then we can say whatever we want to justify it

>>10099215
Take a breather, maybe heal up a bit in this nice warm place.

Your minions are uneasy, but ready to fight. You feel the water around you become thick and sticky. A coppery scent fills you with a barbaric lust for combat. Your troops turn on one another, tearing out eyes, punching holes right through shells, firing pistols up close into faces. You restrain yourself, even attempt to stop the carnage, but they do not listen. Eventually one minion remains, and he turns to you with insanity in his eye-stalks. He smashes his face over and over into the ground until nothing but pulp remains, and you alone are left in the chamber. Red light illuminates one of the walls, and torches burning with impossible fire light up the rest of the room.

Before you is a crab easily three times your size. He sits atop a throne of cracked and bloodied shells, laughing hysterically. The sound is awful to you, offensive, not of this plane. His shall seems to destroy the light around it, and pulsates with malign energies.

He eyes you with both joy and contempt.

>>10099302
>His shall
>shall

Maybe you mean "shell"?

>>10099338
Yes, yes I did. Fucking spellcheck, how does it work?

>>10099302

bigger they are, the harder they fall

>>10099302
damand all you minions stop and watch

march forward and challenge bloodshell to single combat

>>10099302
"Greetings and hail."

>>10099353
*demand

>>10099302

any chance to graft on some more weapons, use them as a last ditch action if it comes to it?

>>10099302
"Hey, remember all those fucking squids and sharks I killed in your name? Hilarious, right? Anyways, what did you call me here for?"

>>10099302
"Hello, Blood(claw? shell? It was always bloodclaw and waveshell, this new crabquest confuses me) what did you summon me here for?"

You clack and scuttle before bowing to this avatar of destruction and war. He clacks back, stepping down from his mountain-like throne and meeting you.

In the ancient tongue of the crabs, he speaks to you.

"You have done well, my son. Though your methods at times are not as brutal as I would like, you have stained the seas red with the blood of your foes and brought much warfare to the sea! However, I feel you have grown soft in the shell. Being a generous and forgiving crustacean, I offer you this choice: Surrender to me and be granted abilities beyond your wildest dreams, or lose my gifts? All you need to do is kill one crab, just a single crab."

He clacks and scuttles gleefully.

>>10099410
Bloodshell and Wavemaker, my man.

>>10099439

The crab I choose is YOU

>>10099439
"And which crab is that, Bloodie?"

From the back of the room, two twisted-looking mockeries of shrimp drag in a crab. You can tell it's a female, and she struggles with the chains around her claws. Her pearl-white shell is beautiful to you, and she too seems amazingly familiar.

Bloodshell speaks once more:
"She is restrained. Kill her now and accept your reward, or be sent back to the mortal coil without my blessings!"

>>10099500
FUCKING DO IT GODDAMN

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD CRAB
SHELLS FOR THE SHELL THRONE

>>10099500

I would rather KILL YOU

>>10099500
kill bloodshell

Suddenly it clicks. This is the Crab Queen, your ally and soon-to-be wife!

>>10099500
Rape the female crab, then kill her.

Then rape the corpse again.

>>10099500
MAIM! KILL! BURN!

>>10099500
Untie her, I will not kill her if she cannot fight back. I am not stupid, your gifts do not come without blood and glory, neither of which come from a harmless foe.

>>10099500

Fire on the shrimp and release the Crab Queen

WHY ARE WE NOT TOPPLING THIS FALSE GOD FROM OUR THRONE YET?

>>10099591
Because we are going to do it with our waifu dammit.

Bloodshell seems impatient:
"Fine! Fine! Very well, undo her, you curs!" He spits as the shrimp remove the Crab Queen's shackles. She turns and grips her two captors in her dainty (compared to yours) claws, squeezing the life out of them. They drain out onto the floor; Bloodshell grabs the two corpses and eats them.

Through mouthfuls of his own subjects, he says:
"Well have at it, then!"

>>10099558
THIS

UNTIE HER AND MAUL HER TO DEATH IN SINGLE COMBAT

>>10099604
attack bloodclaw, punch him in the face with your rending claw

>>10099604
kill the queen

drink her blood

please our god

wavefag won't help us as much as him

>>10099604

to Crab Queen: Well honey, shall we topple this wretch from his throne

>>10099604
I say we kill her.

Surely a god will be a stronger ally than any earthly one. Becoming an avatar of wrath seems to provide more benefits then marriage. Also, their are plenty other crabs in the sea, there's only one Bloodshell.

>>10099604
Grasp our queen in the rending claw, look her in the eyes, THROW HER AT BLOODSHELL.

>>10099694
why become his avatar when we can steal his throne?

besides, killing our own is not how the crab king rolls, he just utterly destroys his enemies

You look into the Crab Queen's eyes, and she understands your motives. The two of you wait as Bloodshell complains more, before turning in unison to him.

"What? Oh, the peons wish to usurp my throne? Very well then, come at me!"

His shell ignites with ethereal red flames and his enormous claw crackles with power as the two of you leap at him. You hammer at his legs as the Crab Queen leaps onto his opposite claw.

He begins to shake her off, you continue clamping. You feel... weaker.

>>10099604

Bloodshell shall pay for his foolishness

Blood for th Blood ME
shells for MYshell throne

We are the crab king, we decide who lives and who dies. Bloodshell has helped us, and provided for us, but we have paid our dues to him. If he does not accept the kingdom we have made in the way of the open claw and closed pincer, then he shall fall.

>>10099711
but becoming the god of violence doesn't seem to be the crab king's bag either

this way we satisfy him but are not forced to replace him

also, this is crab hell, so killing her here may not mean her actual death

>>10099720

Fire our cannons at his eyes!!!

Hey Crabmaster, mind if I throw together some makeshift rules for this and run a few games of Crab Quest for my IRL bros?

I'll be sure to post whatever I come up with, assuming there are no official rules already.

They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and your fiance is proving the validity of this old saying. She clamps and tears with ungodly might, climbing up Bloodshell's arm and clamping at his joints. He actually seems hurt, or at least annoyed.

Meanwhile, you are clamping his leg, trying to drag him down.

>>10099758
Dude, I would find your address and have gay sex with you. That sounds awesome as hell.

>>10099767
IGNORE THE PAIN AND FIRE OUR CANNONS INTO THE FALSE GOD

ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH

>>10099767
less clamping MOAR SHOOTING FACE

>>10099821
OUR CLAW IS THE CLAW THAT SHALL PIERCE THE HEAVENS

>>10099767

clamp his joints, they are always weak spots

You fire into Bloodshell's face as you continue to clamp down on his leg. The Crab Queen scuttles to his head and clamps onto one of his eyes quickly, but is thrown off. It seems your god is toying with you.

He kicks you off, and you land in a heap next to your Queen.

"Kill her now, and be rewarded!" He bellows. Take heart, Crab King, you can defeat any foe with enough of your iron will! Destroy a god!

Bloodshell steps forth, and fires a searing beam of water from his claw, it vaporizes the wall above you, which suddenly regrows, defying all belief.

>>10099787
Well that is super duper swell. I'll begin work TONIGHT, and I'll probably have a draft done in a few months.

If you know where any of the content from previous threads is archived, that would be a huge help.

>>10099927
Grapple his claw, aim it at himself.

>>10099952
It's all on suptg in the archives.

>>10099927
cast glory upon yourself

blind him with your radiance!

>>10099927
so between that and the fire, physics doesn't matter here

FUCKING BELIEVE IN OURSELVES DO THE IMPOSSIBLE BREAK THE UNBREAKABLE

>>10100008

THIS

FUCKING THIS

GATTAI WITH THE CRAB QUEEN

>>10100008
>>10099927
grow orange x-shaped sunglasses and tell the queen not to believe in herself, but to believe in me who believes in her

>>10099927

Fuck it, if he is this adament about killing her then he will surely die by our claws

Look at him, bore into his very soul with our eyes, poor every ounce of our anger into a stare so hateful it will freeze even this hellish place.

And whisper. No, U.

>>10100040
>>10100028
>>10100008
COMBINE WITH THE CRAB QUEEN

CLAW THE SHIT OUT OF HIM

NO, CRABKING, YOU ARE THE GODS

You recall another power! You shine brightly, temporarily blinding Bloodshell. His second blast misses you, vaporizing a column in the room. It too grows back.

Your queen runs forward, grappling his mighty claw and clamping his joint again. You stagger, feeling your strength being sapped. Your queen continues to fight, but Bloodshell throws her back once more. She falls unconscious.

"All right, you wish to do battle? We'll see how well you do without me! I made you, I will destroy you!" He bellows.

For the first time, your queen speaks, apparently roused from her temporary unconsciousness: "I believe in you! You have the strength to succeed where others have failed!"

She scuttles up to Bloodshell, offering herself up. He grips her in his claw, wringing her dry and feasting on her fluids. Her husk falls limply next to you.

Your sorrow is overcome only by your newfound rage and power. You swell, doubling in size. You can now do true battle with this fiend.

You lift the husk of your fallen queen, applying it to your own carapace. You feel it grow thicker, her strength being added to yours, her soul binding with yours!

Blooshell seems genuinely surprised.

>>10100141
grasp his claw in your rending claw, pull it fully outstretched, then blast its joints with your cannon claw

>>10100141

You supped of my Queen, bwaaaaaaargh

>>10100176

it's on now, keep firing at Bloodshells face to keep him distracted/annoyed

>>10100141
"It was you that gave me strength when I was weak, and for that I am loathe to end you. But you have crossed the line, and I now understand that you will never come to reason. I did wish for this conclusion, these seas could've bowed to your name as well if only you had controlled yourself. When all others forget, I will remember bloodshell. Now die."

You charge forward, grappling with Bloodshell. The heat of his body is overpowering, but you manage to barely hold on. He blasts at you in rage, but still misses. You swing him around, firing full-on into his face. Steam roils from his wounds as he staggers back, roaring defiance.

You hammer home another blow, feeling his shell crack slightly.

>>10100262
HIT HIS WEAK POINT FOR MASSIVE DAMAGE!

>>10100256
You can't tell because we're in the ocean, but I'm crying.

>>10100256
I mean did *not*, we could've been bros bloodshell, why you gotta be a dick?

>>10100262

press your advantage, never relent

You continue firing at Bloodshell, hammering in more attacks. His shell keeps cracking, peeling off in large amounts. Eventually his carapace is completely gone, and you see beneath it.

Before you stands a mirror image of yourself.

>>10100359

Fuck your illusions, kill him quickly

>>10100359
MORE GLORY!

WE MUST LIGHT THE SEA WITH THE LIGHT OF A THOUSAND SUNS AS WE DEFEAT OUR ENEMY!

This version of yourself appears slightly off. He seems evil, twisted, bloodthirsty. He turns to fight you, attacking with savagery!

You sidestep him and grab his claws, he fights with an untrained savagery. You understand that this would have been you had you not chosen a more enlightened path to power. You grip him close, and fire into his joints, tearing his arm free.

You use his own claw to beat in his shell. Eventually, only a twitching shell remains. Bloodshell's laughing returns once more.

sorry for the delay, computer crashed.

You feel power coursing through your veins. The roof of the chamber splinters and peels away. You are sucked up in a vortex, and land atop a black field. You realize that you stand atop Bloodshell's final form.

It's boss fightin' time.

>>10100535
take the shell, add another layer to your defense

>>10100619
Fire downwards, use the recoil to fly into the air, slam the rending claw into the area you weakened.

Truly massive claws grasp you, but you manage to writhe free. You are now on one of his massive claws, scuttling up to his head. He swings at you, barely missing. You fire at his carapace as jets of fire and boiling water fire from holes in his shell. You avoid them, and continue to his joints. You leap up, firing your cannons into the joint. You come down at his joint with your rending claw, tearing a gash into the soft flesh. Bloodshell roars in anger, but you clamp on and begin to burrow into his body.

>>10100726
sounds about right

keep watch on his claws and fire/steam jets so you can dodge them if they seem to be about to hit you, otherwise keep digging

rolled 5 = 5

>>10100726
WHIRLWIND ATTACK
I dont care if I have to roll or not, it was awesome last time, it'll be awesome again.

>>10100794
What have I done

You burrow into Bloodshell. His blood is as hot as the magma in which you drowned the Great Finned One. Wait, the Great Finned One. You remember that. A beast the size a building that you slew. You killed that, you can kill Bloodshell!

You rip at him, climbing up his arm. He keeps trying to shake you, but you make it to his second arm joint. He fires a massive blast of superheated water, grazing you. You are now in freefall, going past Bloodhsell's massive legs.

Guys... we have to use our signature move!!!!

Enter his body and RIP AND TEAR him from the inside out!!!!!

>>10100890
use your powerful legs to swim upwards quickly, you could surface before, you shall do it again!

You regain your stability, and your amazingly strong legs carry you upward. You manage to actually swim upwards, into the face of your god. His cavernous jaws part as he swings once more for you. You are hit, sent flying slightly to the right.

You stabilize and propel yourself forward, into his maw. You grapple onto his eyeball and fire into his face, attacking with untold ferocity. You climb into Bloodshell's mouth, preparing to deliver your signature blow!

>>10101035
use glory

SHINING, BURNING, RENDING CLAW!

You shine with fury as you dive into Bloodshell's mouth. You drag yourself into his gullet and down into his stomach. The burning acids attempt to corrode your shell, but you rend at his insides. Nefarious parasites rise out of the acids to do battle with you!

>>10101124
cavitation bubble everything

yes, everything

You fire with anger, unleashing your newest ability, the whirlwind. You create a swirling vortex of death within Bloodshell. The parasites are sucked in, and crushed by your might. Bloodshell's insides are torn to ribbons, and before long naught but shells and strips of flesh mix with searing-hot blood.

>>10101197
mmmm soft targets make me happy, as do huge guts

rip and tear

You leap upwards and break out of Bloodshell's carapace. Bits of shell and gore fly everywhere as you are engulfed by rage. Bloodshell cries out in a piteous plea for mercy, but it falls on deaf ears.

You scuttle forth and rip one of his eyes off, throwing it away. You leap down onto his mighty claw, cleanly severing it with your claw. A shower of blood covers you, and you grapple his stump. You hold his enormous claw and swing it into his face. It impales him, and he screams in agony.

Bloodshell's enormous form crumples, carrying you down with it. His blood oozes from his grievous wounds as his meager cries for help die out. Your memories flood back to you suddenly...

YOU ARE THE CRAB KING. NOT EVEN THE GODS CAN STOP YOUR IRON CLAW.

>>10101326
FUCK YEAR CRAB QUEST!

>>10101326
now tghat that's dealt with, attempt to cast the most powerful heal you have upon the crab empresses carapace

You feel yourself being sucked out of this world. You are dragged away into the heavens, and all goes white.

When you wake up, Shootrimp, your veteran hunter-killer, stands before you. He clacks nervously, but is happy to see you alive! You've been unconscious for a week straight! You feel immense, and apparently you have molted to about sixty-five feet.

Shootrimp appears fixated on your rending claw. A bright red marking adorns the sides. In ancient runes, "GutRipper" is written. This is your god-given surname. Crab-King Gutripper, lord of crustaceans, slayer of beasts, terror and also ruler of the seven seas!

>>10101326
Collect all the blood and flesh you can from the corpse and cover our form with it, then jump into the nearest pool of magma and molt.
VOLCANIC GOD ARMOR UP IN THIS BITCH

>>10101326
so are we the crab god of war?

'cause if so then this isn't going to be a good existence for us

pic related

>>10101458
Well it appears to have been a dream, but that would not explain the marking. The plan all along was to either destroy the surface world or usurp the god thrones.

It appears you have powerful visions of some sort. Best to consult your wisest advisers later.

>>10101477
Scuttle and pray to the Wavemaker!!!

Well that's it for tonight's Crab Quest, folks! Next time, you will be able to put six points into your stats!

Hope you enjoyed the return of CQ!

>>10101498
pretty fun

I still wished we would have just killed our not wife

>>10101531
It was just a vision, she's still alive. It may have a deeper meaning however. Perhaps a portent that she will be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice should you ask her?

SNAP!!!! Find out if she's still alive or if she died because of our vision????

>>10101531
>>10101569
Oh wait I misread that. Ha, sorry. Oh well, I got the impression most wanted to kill old Bloody.

Aww man i feel SO tempted to start posting in this thread, but i never got a chance to post after that first time. Ill just sit back and let you gentlemen sort it out for yourselves

>>10101595
Look for Crab Quest weekdays and Sundays around six o'clock EST.

>>10101611
so much has happened since that first fateful day on the beach, i wouldn't know where to begin!

>>10101630
It's what dem archives are for! Don't worry, I try to make it accessible to new players. Just jump in with suggestions whenever you see fit, all are welcome!

>>10101691
lol! Did you start a new one over from the one we had the drawfag drawing Boss Krab and I?

>>10101735
Nah this was a quick thing. Crab Quest picks back up from CQ13... next time!