"Miss Helen, what are we going to do now?" Clara calls to you.

You're not quite sure. Your "rescue" of the Archivist didn't exactly go as planned, and instead of the rush of clarity, you are not gifted only the fact that there is some sort of malevolence maneuvering the events of the past few months.

>what do?

Equipment ($800+)
| Weapons (On Person): 1 Butterfly Knife, 1 9mm Handgun (Artifact - Infinite Ammo)
| Gear (On Person): 1 TEMPORARY Fedora, 1 Backpack (containing 1 Local Map [Artifact - Local Topography], 1 pair of Nightvision Goggles, 1 Cell Phone, 1 Flashdrive of 54's Arkham Data, 1 Lead Box holding Carcenogenic Sunglasses [Artifact - Ghost Vision], 1 encased Tuning Fork [Artifact - Absorption?], and several changes of Clothes), and 1 Lighter (Artifact - Hallucinogenic).
| Vehicle: Jeep
| Gear (In Vehicle): 1 SPAS-12 Combat Shotgun, 1 M4-A1 Carbine with Grenade Launcher, 1 M1903 Springfield Bolt-Action Rifle (I guess, for Brody), 1 Nazi-Engraved Letter Opener (Artifact - Hitler-Related Nightmares) in glove compartment, 2 doses of Panacea (Artifact - Cure-All), 1 Cowboy Hat (Artifact - Transparency), 1 set of Flash Cards with Pen, 1 Water Bottle (Artifact - Unlimited Water), and various forms of Non-Perishable Food.

Talk to the fire-wielder - ask him why he's serving the crazy guy with the sword.

>>9970784
Consider giving Creed a Panacea...
>Fieldson: "Pop one of those and you'll heal any wound, any disease, at least as far as we can tell."
Hey... did we get our tooth back? And what about those other wounds (like the scorch marks Creed gave our leg way back when)?

>>9971293
Not to say I don't like the "firearm" angle, but we need him a little more pro-team than "I promised Ramiel I wouldn't burn the shit out of all of you"

>>9971293
We shouldn't go wasting those pills on someone we aren't on good terms with. We only have two left.

>>9971379
>not good terms with.
That's kinda the point. And sure he can summon flame arms, but what happens if we (for some reason) need him to drive? Or carry someone? Or use a goddamn radio?
BTW, I wasn't saying that we were going to give them to him (it might not even work for lost limbs, which is why I brought up the tooth), but that we should think about it.

>>9971208
>You have a full set of teeth. The only wounds on you are the ones just made by the blood exiting your arms, and a few minor bruises you've obtained fleeing from the Slender Man.

You hop the fence, heading over to Creed. He nods at your approach.
"So what's the story with you, anyway?" you ask.
"Why were you serving Ramiel to begin with?"

"He is clearly an Angel of the Lord," Creed responds, as though this explains everything. "Not only that, he successfully wields the supersentience of the Prime Shard. I have pledged loyalty to him until death."

The obligatory:

BLOODQUEST FUCK YEAAAAR.

>>9971477
"...Seriously? You seriously believe that crap?"

Here's the thing. Can we affect this sentience? Is it in our power to uncover it right now? Probably not, or probably only be intensive investigation of the Arkham situation.

So my plan - carry on with what we've been doing. Hell, roll a dice to see which number we go after next. Anything to introduce an element of randomness to the plan.

Btw, map with current Arkham-funded progression. I hope this is accurate.

>>9971505
Do NOT say this.

>>9971477
BEQUEATH UPON CREED THINE HOLY PANACEA, SO THAT HE MAY ONCE AGAIN PRAY TO HIS IMAGINARY BEST FRIEND FOREVER WITHOUT TRIGGERING YONDER FIRE ALARM.

>>9971520
Element of randomness? What about the Slender Man? Yeah, 33 is dead (par for the course) but up until then, I thought he was part of Batshitcrazyville in Helen County.

>>9971616
I'm simply stating it's unlikely any new action on our part can uncover more of the plan, and we should proceed with our existing course of action.

>>9971477
Offer him the healing pill, he is serving us now unwillingly, if we give him back his arms maybe he will start to like us, and we wont have to worry about backstabbing.

>>9971650
What would our plan be again?
A) Retrieve 33's notes (maybe)
B) Head to Charleston, WV to show the Super Harlem Globetrotters the glory of Spider Lebron.
C) Check in with 88 and 96 & co.
D) Wreck Siren and Gorgon's shit in Cleveland.
Did we get a cellphone in Atlanta, or did we forget with the radiation burning?

>>9971741
I think we forgot.

You keep a straight face, to your credit.
"Any idea what Ramiel's hoping to find out?"
Creed shrugs. "Once I held the sword. Ramiel says I nearly lost myself completely. I blacked out for two days. I don't have the strength to remain myself, much less comprehend its aims."
You chew your lip pensively, then dig out the bottle of pills.
"Creed...I want you to take one of these. They saved my life when I was irradiated by 19, even grew my tooth back."
Creed glares at you.
"I don't need your pity or your charity."
You hold out the bottle for him to take. His brow furrows, and you blush slightly.
"Shit...sorry. But really, take one. It'll make us even, at least."
He fumes for a moment, then opens his mouth. You place a panacea upon his tongue, and he swallows the small pill easily.
"I...don't feel anything," he says after several seconds.

>>9971788
This might be where the "as far as we know" comes in. Or StonerBro is letting us simmer.

Your face falls. "Maybe it just..."
Creed has stopped listening to you. He raises his arm stumps, sweat forming on his brow. His pupils dilate as his eyes go wide, staring at the now-pulsating, twitching flesh.
The lumpy skin on his arms bursts open, blood and bone surging forth. He screams, and you step back as he is wreathed in flames, probably some kind of reflex. Slowly you watch bones grow out from his crippled arms like trees, branching into rudimentary fingers. Muscular and nervous structures follow, twining tendons and nerve endings growing like weeds around the trunks of his new bones. Finally, veins and then skin crawl outwards, growing like a time-lapse photograph. Finally he sits, panting in the charred seat of the Jeep, staring dumbfounded at a new pair of arms.

"I..." he stares at them, tentatively flexing his fingers.
"Yeah, just don't set us on fire. And don't look at us like you're going to."

>>9971872
Tempted to give him a brofist. Tempted.
Oh crap, now he's fully armed and dangerous.

>>9971909
You smile disarmingly, extending a fist, eyebrows raised hopefully.
Creed stares at his hands for several more seconds before even realizing you're still there. He looks at your extended fist, confused, before slowly extending his nascent hand, soft skin connecting with yours in his new arm's first act.
"Oh hey! you fixed him!" Clara says, as she and Brody approach.
"You didn't need to do that," Creed says, stretching his new arms. "But I thank you for it. I rescind my hateful words, and believe me, there were many. It took a great deal of faith to wager on both the pill's effectiveness and my own forgiveness."

>Going with
>>9971741
>this plan? or something else?

>>9972075
Honestly, I'm not too hot on going back there. Ramiel or not, that's the last place we saw Slender Man. But someone mentioned it in the last thread, and I didn't want their voice to go unsung.
Also, get a cellphone.

>>9972075
Good enough for me.

>>9972128
>>9972122
"We need to get back to the radio station," you say. "33 must have left something, some information, maybe on one of the computers."
Clara nods. "I will stay on guard this time. There is a chance we will run into that...creature again. Though, I'm not looking forward to...seeing 33 again."
You nod, starting the Jeep. Creed grips the roll-cage excitedly, still marveling at having hands again.
You make a mental note to get a cell phone as soon as you get out of there.

It is nearly dark when you return to the radio station. The black creeping lines have faded from the outer walls, but the front door still stands open like some foreboding mouth.
"Everyone stay close," you say, stepping forward cautiously into the doorway.
Two spheres of flaming light form in Cilian's hands, illuminating the interior. It appears deserted.

Sorry I'm late, business had to be attended to. Archive can be posted at request.
>>9971522
Nice! I was hoping someone would do this, so I didn't have to.

Nice to see 27 got his arms back.

>>9972247
Move in very cautiously

>>9972247
Make sure to check every shadow - every smear on the wall.

>>9972281
Do you need to ask? It's your scientific speciality!

>>9972281
>>9972318
"If anything even looks like it might move,say so," you warn, as you slowly ascend the stairwell. Up eight agonizing flights; halfway up you put on the nightvision to help yourself see, as the torchlight effect of Cilian's flames is unbearable.
The fourth floor is just as you left it. 33's corpse sits prostrate before the wall of twisted scrabblings. The only thing missing is the image of the Slender Man burnt onto the wall.

>>9972409
Get him down from there, at the very least.
Grab what information we can (hard drives, files, etc.)

Loot the place for anything useful, information, equipment, etc. Then give a proper burial for 33. Stay on guard throughout this obviously.

>>9972495
"We need to get him out of here," you say, motioning to 33.
"I...I can carry him," Clara says softly, walking forward. "Take your time, I won't go anywhere." She gently lifts the frail, mildly-decayed body, the servomotors in her damaged arm clicking slightly.

You examine the room; much of it seems to be mundane radio equipment/information; this was an NPR station. However, you find a composition notebook that looks promising; the first few pages are scrawled with sigils like those on the wall.
"This place gives me the creeps big time," Garfield says.

>>9972367
Good point. Posting Archive parts 1 and 2. 3-6 didn't change since the last time I posted them, so if you want to read those, go to BQ15.

>>9972680

>>9972639
Any of them at all familiar?

Definitely give 33 the proper respect. If we are worried, we could have Cillian burn 33's body and the tower after we get any information from the computers. At least if we cremate the body it can't come back to haunt us.

>>9972639
examine the sigils. maybe garfield recognizes them?

You check several of the computers for data; it doesn't appear that 33 was using any of them to store information, which makes sense in retrospect.
Examining the symbols, you notice a few repeated between the wall and the notebook. You THINK a few of them may resemble the symbols your blood can form, but it's a completely alien alphabet to you, so you're not sure.
Still wary, you depart. For expedience, Clara rests 33 against the wall of the radio station, in view of the sun's last purple-tinted rays. She covers the bottom part of her face with her hands as Creed ignites the body, incinerating it within a few minutes.
"Talk about a downer," Garfield exclaims. You nod.

"We should get a phone or something and then hole up for the night," Creed says after the deed is done and the ashes scattered. "We can figure out where to go from there"

>>9972639
take what you can, read what you can't. See if there are any computers/notes/pieces of plot exposition lying around

>>9972803
this. Also look for anything out of the ordinary. well, more out of the ordinary than usual, considering.

>>9972796
Does Creed recognize any of the alien writings? Could be part of his crazy religion or something.

>>9972796
Kinda fitting for Creed to do it, him being the most religious. Hope he said some kind words.
"Clara, can you recall anything you've seen? Maybe on some sort of readout?"

>>9972803
>>9972918
33 kept it all in his brain. He had all the data, and it was lost with him.

>>9972937
I'm wondering if she could show some shots of the room again, in case we have to reference the writing on the wall.

>>9972909
"do you recognize any of this writing?" you ask, handing Creed the notebook when you're on the road again. He pages through it, shaking his head.
"I don't recognize anything like this," he says, enjoying the feeling of the turning pages on his fingertips.
"I do not recognize that book," Clara says. "Perhaps he...knew something was coming for him, so he wrote it down for us to find?"

>>9972970
Was there anything else in the room that was different? Or outside maybe? Was it just you and him, or did you have any other allies?

>>9972985
"The writing on the walls was new, but everything else was about the same. It was just the two of us there."

After about a half an hour you are closer to the main Tampa area. You find an abandoned hotel and kick in the front office;

>How are the room divvied up?

>>9972970
Could try doing another blood trace to see any similarities between the alien writings and your own. Last time was kind of interrupted by the Slender man.

Garfield and the alien writing might even react in some way, I remember several threads ago when we tried showing Garfield some Eldrich glyph we drew in a convenience store he mildly reacted to it.

>>9973016
Can we get a cell phone first?
Either Male/ Female or Us and Brody, Cilian and Clara.

>>9973016
Stick Clara and Brody together. You can probably chill with Creed. Since we don't want Brody waking us up, and we "trust" Creed.

>>9973016
We should probably stick with Brody incase he forgets everything and freaks out. Unless his card has been updated to include our new companions and status, in which case we shouldn't need to babysit him, anyone could do it.

>>9973065
>>9973062
>Every possibility, in two posts.
>D:<

>>9973076
>>9973016
One big one. We can't afford to be separated. Clara at the window with Brody (if the reset button affects his sleep cycle), us in one bed and Creed in the other.

>>9973072
If Brody's card hasn't been update, provided we can it should be updated, don't need any friendly fire with him freaking out about the pyro and the loli-bot.

>>9973016
Brody and 82. Clara with Creed.
Clara keeps an eye on the bastard, and we are able to take care of our war vet.

>>9973102
i like this one, lets do it.

>>9973102
>bastard
Sorry, 'ally'

>>9973134
>>9973102
>>9973096
>>9973072
>>9973062
>go with Brody
"Brody and I will take one double room, Cilian, you and Clara take the other."
Brody and Creed both nod; Clara looks mildly disappointed, but nods as well.
It's not the most comfortable hotel in the world, but it's a soft bed and, hopefully, a good night's sleep.

"You look like it's been a long day for you," Brody says as you flop down on your bed.

>What do? Any particular people you want to talk to/things you want to do before sleepan?

>>9973186
Is there anyone else who can fix Clara? We were going to get 33 to do that, but that plan fell through.

And check on Garfield, simply because he doesn't get nearly enough dialogue.

>>9973186
"So Brody. How exactly did you get "stuck"? What is the last thing you remember? Besides this time period, that is."

>Goal - get Brody unstuck in time

>>9973220
i dont think its a good idea to unstick him. he would probably start to age rapidly to make up for the lost time (no pun intended).

>>9973186
Check on Clara's capabilites concerning data caches or readouts she might be capable of. She may have been purposely sent away so she wouldn't be destroyed when the Slender Man came. (Maybe 33 summoned him to find out answers?)
Get a cell phone.

>>9973186
Spend some time with Clara, talk about 33, 54.
Since we presume she doesn't sleep, we're having her keep an eye on Creed. He's come a long way in a short time, but we don't truly trust him.

>>9973220
I've wanted to ask what's the last thing he remembers is...

>>9973220
Sounds more like
>goal- remove Brody's skill that makes him useful to the team

We can fix him later.
That being said, I'm curious.

>>9973186
Talk to Garfield, see what he thinks about what we've been doing so far, specifically about Creed joining the team.
After all, he was the first one to hurt Garfield.

"How're you holding together?" you ask Garfield, while Brody cleans his rifle on the opposite bed. He looks up, but realized you're talking to yourself.
"That cow really hit the spot earlier," your blood responds. "In general, though, I think I'm just as haggard as you are. It's been pretty nonstop around here."
You nod. "It has at that."
"But we've been doing a lot of good, and you have to appreciate that," Garfield says. "As good as it feels to bring a situation under control, everything we're doing feels sort of overshadowed by 13. We need to figure out a way to stop her, sooner rather than later."
"Any ideas?"
"I had one; it was 33." your blood says, crestfallen.

>>9973280
I thought we shot him first, and then the blood whips...

>>9973290
We did, but if I remember correctly, the first time Garfield was ever in pain was in the fight against Creed.

oh yeah, I forgot: Fuck Yeah, Bloodquest!

>>9973243
>>9973236
You head next door, reminding Brody to "read the card if things get confusing."
Clara grins broadly as she opens the door.
"Miss Helen!" she says aloud. In the corner of the room, Creed sits on his feet, hands clasped in prayer. The tip of the "steeple" of his hands glows with a tiny point of fire.
"I was wondering what exactly you're capable of," you ask. "I mean no offense."
"No, of course not!" she says, waving it off. "I possess physical strength many times that of the average human, and i have a rudimentary rail cannon built into my arm," she splits her left arm like she did when you met; thankfully, it's not the broken one.
"What about data management? What sort of readouts can you take?"
"My mind has been designed to approximate the human brain, first and foremost. I believe my designer was trying to challenge himself by replicating the adolescent human mind. I think he did a pretty good job!" she laughs brightly.
"That being said, I do have sensors beyond that of a normal person. I can detect temperature and barometric pressure, as well as radiation. I also have nightvision and thermal viewing modes, if required."

"That's a good question," you say. "Who DID design you?"
"I...." Clara opens her mouth to speak, but then shuts it puzzled. "That...I always assumed 33 designed and constructed me, but now that you mention it, he never explicitly said. I remember nothing before working with him, so I just...drew my own conclusions..."

"What do you think about Creed?" You ask Garfield after leaving Clara's room [if there are more questions for her, this takes place after those].
"His religious beliefs seem to be founded in completely illogical assumptions about the way the world works," Garfield muses. "But at the same time, it would be foolish to turn down more help. We should keep him around, even if it's only to keep our lines open for Ramiel's information. If he ever gets any information; sanctimonious prick."

>>9973375
"Where were you in your first memory? Maybe there are some notes on your creation in the area."

>>9973375
"I'll bet he was nice company, huh?"

>>9973418
For Clara: Can anyone else fix you besides 33?

FUCK YEARRR BLOOD QUEST. Keep it up Stoner!

>>9973464
>>9973435
>>9973425
"I'll bet it was nice working with 33."
"Oh, it was!" Clara says, beaming. "He was the kindest man, and everyone always listened to what he said, because they knew how smart he was. It was very impressive. The only thing is," she says, putting a finger to her bottom lip, "things were never very exciting working with 33. Even when we escaped, we came here, and he tried to send out the radio signal, to tell people what they needed to do, but it was never very exciting. Frightening, maybe..."
"What's the first thing you remember? Maybe you can remember someone else that could fix you?"
"Several of the Arkham employees were skilled enough to perform rudimentary repairs; they all marveled at the complexity of my interior designs, but maybe one of them could fix my arm, at least. And the first thing I remember...hmmm...I remember waking up, opening my eyes, and being frightened and confused. I had information, but I didn't know how. I had no memories, but I knew how to scan the room's temperature, my skin could feel the relative windspeed. I think my mind was made too human, I was shocked by these foreign senses. And then 33 was there, telling me everything was going to be all right, that I was going to be his helper, that I was going to help him protect people. That's what I always thought we were doing, helping Arkham protect people."

>>9973570
"In some ways they were protecting people. In others..." Extend a small blood whip "They did some pretty nasty stuff."

Then to Garfield, "Not to say you're nasty stuff but we didn't have the best time at Arkham, you know?"

>>9973570
"But that wasn't always the case. Arkham kinda uses people sometimes. But that's more the fault of the people in charge, and for every one of them, I'm sure there were more people like you, or 33, or Jacob, who just want to help."

"Brody," you ask, at some point during all this. "You're stuck in time; you're caught up on that much, right?"
Brody nods slowly. "That's what the card says anyway. This is all so confusing!"
"I'm sure it is. Try to think for me, what's the last thing you remember before you were here?"
"Let's see...I was part of the force pushing against the Hindenburg Line...we were trenched in for the night, and I was..." he smiles and laughs, "I was thinking about my girl back home. God, her kids are probably old women by now...if she ever had any kids." he looks out the window at the night sky.
"I was looking up at the stars, as sure as I am now, and I saw one streak across the sky," he traces an arc with his finger. "And I stood there in the dirt, and I wished as hard as I could that I would live through that war, so I could see her again, so I could...hold her again," his eyes well up with tears. "Ain't that just the damndest?" he half-whispers, one tear rolling down his cheek. As you watch, the tear dries up right on his face, tracing its rivulet back to his eye, which flickers, his lids blinking rapidly a few times. He looks at you, cocking his head.
"Just....read the card," you say quietly.

>>9973688
StonerDM... you make me weep.

>>9973688

>>9973688
That's... Wow.

>>9973688

>>9973688
That's really depressing.

>>9973632
>>9973624
>This
Clara nods. "I understand now that I was being naive in my understanding of human ethics. But I still believe in what 33 wanted to help Arkham do, I believe in that part of their mission."
Clara clasps your hands; her flesh feels disconcertingly soft and warm when compared to the exposed veins of silicate not inches away.
"Look at that notebook. If 33 left it for us, I'm sure there's something in there that could help us." She pats you on the head, standing on her toes to do so.
"We'll be okay," she says, smiling. You hope she's right.

BLOODQUEST FUCK YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....................wow i am REALLY late tonite

>>9973748
>>9973762
>>9973787
>>9973791
>>9973794
>Sorry for the sap, made that shit up on the spot

Hate to come in late about something that happened a while ago but i just caught up.

Couldn't we have popped 33 a pill and fixed him? seeing as the pills are a cure all/fix all they could repair his body and revive him. People come back from being "technically" often.
And I did a research paper on genetic engineering a while back and found quite a few scientists claiming death to only be a disease. while I lost the sources a while ago i found this on a quick search. (yes I know wiki is not trustworthy but it has sources for this article so w/e).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_extension
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_genetic_engineering
feel free to tear this apart =O

damn you.

>>9973839
So... Brody is immortal because of a miracle with a cruel twist? If we could somehow undo it, he probably would die instantly from being pushed forward in the timeline. Sad.

>>9973841
>Sure is a shame you cremated him, isn't it?

>>9973817
Only one person left to talk to.
Cue hotel bathroom with a small piece of paper, the lighter and 33's note book.
Skim it once. If nothing pops out, let's get Lebron in on this action.

>>9973839
>I don't believe you. Totally planned. Also, awesome.
>>9973817
Yeah, read that thing. Attempt to keep sanity. I would smoke, but Spider LeBron has never really been helpful as far as revelations go.

>>9973841
That third pill would probably cure him, the problem then becomes that he would just be a regular human again, no use to us, especially given his propensity for getting killed by the various monsters and freaks.
Plus there's the fact that everyone he knew and loved is probably long dead, would he want to remember that? I guess we could just ask him after he's been filled in again.

>>9973882
I doubt that very much. If it cured death, we could just stick it in the ashes anyway, since apparently, you don't need to digest it.

>>9973882
STICK PILL IN ASHES

START DRIVING BACK NORTH

SHOVE PILL IN TECHNOMANCERS THROAT

>>9973987
Lol. If we were going to bring someone back, it would be 54 first, Coolbro broglassesbro second, 33 is third.

>>9973918
>>9973906
>Read notebook
You lie on the hotel bed, paging through the notebook. Luckily, the strange symbols last for about ten pages before there is a message written in English, in a careful, elegant script:

If you are reading this, then you are either the cleverest of thieves, or I am gone.
The little girl in Miami is Subject 13, the physical host to a vast cosmic intelligence; perhaps intelligence is the wrong choice of words. Attentiveness is more appropriate.
The military's efforts have no doubt been ineffective against the creature; while a nuclear strike would certainly destroy the physical shell, they no doubt began with more mundane weaponry, and the cosmic mind was able to divine their intentions and counter further actions against it.
The hard truth: The world you know, dear reader, is not the world as it is. Beyond the pale curtain of our world lie vast and terrifying infinities the likes of which even I have only the barest glimpses.
Beyond our wretched Earth alien and savage laws reign supreme, and it is these laws that must unmake the unfathomable entities we face.
Theodore Arkham is the man that would know best if I am dead, and he is not an easy figure to contact. Beyond that, there is rumored to be a labrynthine library of secrets that would no doubt hold the answers, but it lies in the void of space, somewhere within our own solar system, but still a veritable needle in a haystack of cosmic proportions.
They called me "the man with the answers." I wish that were true. But I have given you all the relevant knowledge that I can put to paper regarding this gravest of threats.
Hopefully mere paranoia has forced me to construct this physical record.
-Hyram Percival

>>9973982
And if that works...
ACQUIRE ANOTHER PILL. GO TO CONNECTICUT.

You turn the page hoping for more answers. There is only a short message.
"If possible, please care for my Clara. Where once I saw a tool, now every day she is the daughter I never had."

>>9974042
Almost tempted to second this

>>9974056
Best. Name. Ever.
>>9973906
>>9973918

>>9974042
>>9974050
Man, I've been hiveminding like crazy tonight.

>>9974106
>>9974100
>>9974094
>>9974097
Do it for Clara!

>Player crits Mythos Lore

Is Hyram referring to the Library of Celaeno in the Pleiades?

>>9974171
>I better watch my source material. Yeah, i was heavily inspired by Lovecraft in all of this.

>Nothing wrong with that at all! Some of us just have those little details memorized. :D A visit to the stars would be kick ass!

>>9974219
>Really? Couldn't tell.


>Sarcasm mode crit-failure

Great, now we have to find Theo again.

>I've been typing a shitload, so I'm going to take a 10-15 minute smoke/munch break. Figure out what your plans are by then.

>>9974305
So...do we want to chat to Spider Lebron?

>>9974305
This is what you call an exposition session. Expect typing.

>>9973987
>>9973982
>>9974094
>>9974100

>>9974338
Let's not be hasty. We might need the pill. If we get more...
We should get more.

Oh yeah, and weren't we going to try that blood wings thing?

>>9974444
im pretty sure having 33 wold make everything a whole lot easier.

I think we should get a room with two double beds and put all four people in one room for sleepin. Seems like a bad idea to split up when someone like that slender/shadow dude could come after us.

We should talk to Garfield some more. Or maybe practice with our blood abilities in the hopes of improving them.

Kind of metagaming but, I imagine trying to revive 33 won't work by simple virtue of the fact that StonerDM doesn't want us to have all the answers neatly handed to us. So the pill will either fail or something will otherwise make 33 unable to answer us like the Slender Man showing up again just to silence 33.

So instead I vote for trying to revive 54 later so we can have our technobro back. Plus he might be able to fix/upgrade Clara with his skills.

>>9974444
>>9974465
We only really develop new abilities in times of stress, when it's absolutely necessary.

>>9974474
It probably wont work due to the fact that it will only work if the body's systems are still functioning. Sure it can regrow limbs and heal daemonically grievous injuries, but if the blood doesnt flow through the pill is inert.

>>9974474
33 and 54 are All Dead.
The Panacea can only heal the Mostly Dead.

It probably won't work since the flesh is dead and can't digest the pill. If the pill is working very fast, just imagine it as a 'healing' version of LSD

>>9974552
extremely debatable

>>9974474
I'll accept this and drop the issue

>Gonna crush all your dreams and point out that if people are dead, their bodily systems aren't working, ergo they cannot dissolve whatever ingredients are in the Panacea.

"What do you think we should do?" You ask Garfield. Brody snores softly on the next bed.
"I know as much as you do," Garfield points out. "We need to find a way to get to Arkham himself; it seems easier than space. Maybe we could convince 96 to take us to space?"

Still wondering, you pass into a blessedly dreamless sleep.

"Hey, ma'am, wake up. That little robot girl says you're in charge."
You open your eyes; Brody is standing over you. Creed stands in the doorway, and you can see Clara packing things into the Jeep.
"What...time is it?" you say, blinking the sleep out of your eyes.
"It's a little after 10:00" Cilian responds.

>>9974634
Well since we dont dream, SMOKE with the lighter that makes u TRIP BAWLZ!!!!!!!!!

"We need to get a phone, first and foremost." You say, once you're on the road.
Luckily, Tampa seems far more...completely abandoned, than Atlanta did. You manage to get a prepaid cellphone with relative ease. Reception looks a little spotty, but the power seems to be on in most of the city, so you've got a full battery.

>Who ya gonna call?

>Maybe we could convince 96 to take us to space?"

Actually a possible viable option. Here's the question. If 96 came from the void but is now free, why the hell doesn't he just escape Earth? Maybe he needs something to do so, if so we could trade it to him for travel. Though I wouldn't necessarily trust the spider at all.

Right now I think we need a few more answers. Lets experiment with the sigils Garfield produces and get someone, maybe Clara to take pictures of them and compare them to those in the book.

Then call walter, our contact for a status update on the Arkham prisoner situation and if they had any other intellectual resources.

>>9974750
Alright, agenda for the day?

We didn't grab the cell did we. We need to do that.
Also, should we move on? Cleveland?

>>9974806
96 wants vengeance. Against humanity. Not going to help us.
>>9974793
Walters!

>>9974806
>>9974171
Are me.

Call Walter. Get an update for the news and lets see if he can get us the contact phone numbers for the other Doctors (Okizaki and Babbage and whoever).

We need to find out about Slender Man and what sort of weapons we can use against it.

>>9974806
>>9974852
>Walters
The phone dials, a crackling static undercurrent present. Someone picks up.
"Hello?" it's Walters.

>>9974938
>33 is a pile of ashes
>54 has been buried in the ground for weeks
Yeah. Yeah, they do.

>>9974889
"Situation in Atlanta is mostly fine. Had decided to visit Tampa for info from 33. He's dead by the way. Oh, geez, I almost forgot, Hi Jacob"

I just got done reading EVERY. LAST. BLOODQUEST.

All the archived ones-I FUCKING LOVE THIS QUEST.

I could only have hoped that as I came on tonight, it would be on...

...And what do I see?

Bloodquest on first page.

Fuck yes. Let me get caught up, and I'm joining in on this shit.

>>9974889
"Its Helen."
"Status update, please?"

>>9974977
>I keep wanting to applaud you guys for the time you have to read through all the archives. Then I realize I spend ~7 hours a night typing stuff at you, and you can probably read these archives in like less than half that time. I have no life, and it is glorious.

"Hello Jacob."
"Oh, Helen, thank God. We called your phone and 88 picked up."
You wince. SHIT.
"Sorry about that. I set him on 96's little hatchlings."
"Yeah, he said as much. Still, you scared the bejeesus out of us, I wasn't really convinced he hadn't just mashed your skull until you just called."
"Sorry...what's the status out there?"
"Spiders. Spiders are the status out here. 96 must have hatched thousands of them; luckily you called it in before your other line went dead, and we were able to get the military on it, bombed away most of them. The survivors have scattered; a whole crowd of them showed up in Chicago, they've actually been fighting with 18's gross little summons. Please tell me you've found 33."
"Well, yeah..."
"Please tell me he's alive."
"Well...."

>>9975074
>Just so you know, I have to wake up at 6AM tomorrow, and yet I must stay awake for Glourious Bloodquest.

"Something like 13, or that thing from when we met in Kansas got to him. I'm lucky I was able to get away from it."

>>9975176
dude just stop

>>9975176
Too bad it has been a few weeks then, huh.

>>9975074
looks like some-kinda shadow man got there first. We found a note book he left behind, and um, it basically said talk to Arkham...

>>9975186
"Something like 13, or that thing from when we met in Kansas got to him. I'm lucky I was able to get away from it. It seemed far more...purposeful than 13."
"That's great news," he spits. The sarcasm is palpable. "We're trying to hold shit together in Chicago; the military's set up a line to evacuate people to New England; The entire state of Ohio has seceded, and invaded Canada. Worst of all 13's been moving up and down the coast, just tearing California apart. Something's got it agitated, or at least woken up."
"33 left a notebook behind, says that Arkham knows how to deal with 13."
"That would be news to me. He was just here, in Chicago, stayed for about a week helping to get things streamlined. About half the brass are dead though. Arkham even mentioned your efforts, namedropped you, said you represented a 'new face' of Arkham's methods."

>>9975315
"FUCK!", you scream," I am NOT getting roped in with you bastards after all of this is over! DO YOU HEAR ME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"

>>9975315
"We also ran into 23, 27, and 151. They are trying to stop 13 I think. 27 is currently working with me to help find a way to stop 13. 151 said he and 23 were going to meditate somewhere, they didn't say where."

>>9975315

>>9975315
"...
I'm not exactly happy about that.
I don't really make a distinction between being used for experiments, and being used as a figurehead or whatever he thinks he can use me for.
On the other hand, if he knows I exist, maybe I'll be able to talk to him finally."

>>9975315
"Shit. Ohio must be worse than I thought. Any more subjects made appearences or is it to chaotic to tell at this point?"

>>9975383
>>9975383

This please. No need to get pissed at the messenger.

>>9975315

>The entire state of Ohio has seceded, and invaded Canada.

Yeah, uh... good luck with that. You're welcome to what you can take after you cross the water or march through two of your own states.

>Go to get a drink in the dark kitchen
>Freak out at the cat on top of the fridge
>It's a loaf of bread.
I lead a charmed life.

"I can't say I'm exactly pleased to be used as a figurehead for Arkham's PR situation."
"I figured you'd say that. Morale's through the roof though, you're like every local sports team ever to these guys."

"Any new Subjects cropping up?"
"Not at this point, though they could be, and we're just focusing on the heavy hitters. Everybody else was probably either killed by 13 or has the god damn sense to lay low and not make a shitty situation worse. We're losing Europe fast, Subject 16 is apparently some kind of dark wizard. I don't know why anything surprises me anymore."

>>9975516
"Dark Wizard? As if 13 wasn't enough."

>>9975516
...
...
Is 16 named Voldemort?

>>9975570
"Wilhelm Laforce, actually. Was apparently a member of the Thule Society back in the early 1900s, so that explains the whole Inheritor thing he's got going on.

>>9975570
No, probably more like Adolf, Rasputin, or Goerbels.

>>9975516
I think we've found our next target. KILL 16 NAOW!!!!!

>>9975516
I think we should take care of Charleston and Ohio and drop something heavy on 62. Then we can worry about Europe. (operation 'estate tax' goal: the assassination of 16)

Why did Ohio succeed from the Union again? Is there a patient involved or do we know?

Also ask Walters how we can contact the surviving doctors or even get a message to Arkham to demand a meeting.

I'd say Ohio is the first priority.

Also get to a scanner and see if we can scan in the runes in our book and send them to Walters. Hoping they don't fuck up electronics...

>>9975656
The Siren and The Gorgon, 20 and 21.
We don't know what they do, exactly, but those are names to run away from very fast.

>>9975656
20 and 21 The Siren and The Gorgon

>The entire state of Ohio has seceded, and invaded Canada.
Every time I think I'm done laughing at this, it hits me again just how hilarious it is.

Ask if Walters thinks we could swing our apparent new fame into a face to face with the big man.

>>9975644
>>9975586
Explain the situation with 62 as well.

we need to see if we can dig up more info on 20 and 21

>The entire state of Ohio has seceded, and invaded Canada

Oddly enough this gives us some insight into the Siren and Gorgon. If they are directly controlling the population (which may not be so):

-) They may have a grudge against Canada
-) They are not invading the US, so it is possible they have some sort of national identity we may be able to use in diplomacy
-) If we are the poster boy for Arkham, their captors then all diplomatic leverage will likely go out of the window.

Ask Walters if he knows how the Siren and Gorgon work....for example does their 'control' extend to machines...like Clara.

If not we got the perfect sniper.

Jacob seems to talk to someone on the other end, before there is the sound of shuffling and banging.
"Hello? Hello?" comes another voice.
"Um...hello?"
"82, it's Fieldson. How did you even get Agent Walters' number? I'm supposed to be your Arkham liason."

>>9975715
This a billion times this. And when we get up there we need to kill them.

>>9975765
"Consider it a personal call?"

>"82, it's Fieldson. How did you even get Agent Walters' number? I'm supposed to be your Arkham liason."

I..I found it in some of 33's notes with instructions that I should call it. Creepy huh.

>>9975765
I lost my phone, and I didn't have your number memorized. Programmable cells make people lazy, you know? But Walters' came to mind, no problem. Funny, that.

>>9975765
"Yeah, well I'm not one for strict rules and regs, you know?
Let's just say I owe him my life, and leave it at that.
So, what's up, Bart?"

"Getting Jealous, Fieldson? We prefer to work with Walters-he's a bit more agreeable. Put him back on the line, please. And do try to avoid tapping his phone. I'd be a little more than upset if you decided to listen in on our 'personal calls'."

Time to ham it up a bit. Also, I'm the guy who just read through all the archives.

>>9975765
"Yeah, well we don't exactly play by the rulebook. It turns out that doing that gets you eaten by a kraken or your head sliced off by a giant mantis."

>>9975876
>>9975835
"You have to stop playing by the rules so much, Bart, it'll get you killed. Look at all your co-workers. Put Walters back on."
"Very funny. You can update me first, and get to your...-personal call- later."
"Look, 33's dead, but Atlanta's all but cleared out. I have a robot here that can give you 62's location. Drop a cement block on his building, money in the bank. I need information about Ohio, though, we're headed there next."
"Great; I think we could actually manage an airlift if you're willing."
"Maybe. I need info on 20 and 21."
"It's pretty much what it sounds like. The Siren and the Gorgon. They're mind manipulators, both of them, sisters. One of them tells you to do something, you do it. You look at the other one, you can't look at anything else. At least they don't turn you to stone."

>>9975923
"Sounds messy, aside from not listening to them and not looking at them, anything prevent the mind control?"

We should start referring to all Arkham agents who don't refer to us using a normal name by arbitrary numeric designations. "Agent Four", "Agent Thirty-six", "Agent Fifteen Thousand Twelve". Just to fuck with them. This whole numbers thing might be convenient, but it's also dehumanizing.

Get 20 and 21's actual names.

>>9975923
If only we had some sort of bloodsense, then we could cover our ears and eyes with blood armor. Otherwise it looks like Clara's the only option, unless super sneaky sneak attack is doable.

>>9975923
"Any info on how to counteract their powers?"

Once info is gotten go to Cleveland and KILL THEM!

>>9975975
Mind control probably wouldn't last long on Brody, either.

"Would that work on Robots? Or Fanatics? We have both with us. Failing that, we also *Could* have an amnesiac sniper..."

Considering putting Brody in a building nearby, strapping a scope to his springfield, sticking the card on the window in front of him, and adding an adendum. "THE TWO FREAK SISTERS ARE THE ENEMY. SHOOT THEM." Seems like not looking away from them would actually be helpful....if not for the legions of bastards under their control, no doubt.

>>9975972

This. Absolutely this. Don't even correct them about calling us eighty two-let them catch on.

>>9975978
>>9975964
"Anything you can do to prevent the mind control?"
"Yeah, don't listen to them and don't look at them."
"...anything else?"
"We kept them locked up in a pitch black, soundproof box. Let us know when you find out."

"Oh, another thing, 82..."
"My NAME is Helen Tanner. Helen is fine."
"...Helen..." he begins again, sheepishly. "Arkham himself has been talking up a storm about you. After Ohio, I'm sure he'd like to speak with you, probably do some sort of internal pep talk stuff. Who knows, the lid's pretty blown on all this stuff, he might even want a press conference."

"Did I just hear what I think I heard?" Garfield asks.

>Going to wrap up a little earlier than usual, running on 4 hours of sleep. Are you guys going to get air transport to Ohio? Also, feedback session, you know I love those.

>>9976057
"Alright. Get a plane down to Tampa and I'll see what I can do."

As for feedback, I really enjoyed this one. That scene with Brody was awesome. Also, now we have a little more direction with the whole thing.

>>9976057
>We kept them locked up in a pitch black, soundproof box
Fucking hell. I know that we already knew Arkham was run by ruthless pricks, but it's no wonder so many subjects are so screwed up.

Get 20/21's actual names.

Sure, we're willing to talk to Arkham. That'd be great. We have... quite a few things to say to him.

>>9976057
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MOAR MOAR MOAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And yes we are getting air transport, since apparently 16 can take over Europe in the course of 4 days?!??!?!?!!?! We gotta move REALLY fast.

>>9976057
>Thanks, now I can go to sleep too.
>Also, fuck I have a lot of work to do tomorrow. By which I mean, I'll be updating the Archive during the next session, what with being bust literally all day.
>Good times, I would have liked to bond with our team a little while longer.

Heh. Show's how bad off they are if WE'RE the best they have going.

I suppose a transport would be nice, Cilian wouldn't exactly be happy with it.

Always great to get a little background on the characters, even when it is depressing.

I can't think of anything else we need, so a quick airlift out would be nice.

As per usual, excellent session, Stonerbro. What time will you be starting tommorow?

Also, the lines are kind of blurring together for me at the moment-to me, session one was only a few hours ago. I fucking loved Ninety Six, that giant space spider. I'm sad we had to fight it...after reading it, and reading how it was "Taken out of forests", my jaw dropped, and I just said "Holy fucking shit, we're fighting Anansi." Maybe now it sees us as more of an equal...or a threat. If it weren't pissed about us murdering its' brood and carpet bombing it, I'd say diplomacy...

...On that note, excellent character development session. I'm liking Cilian-I'm liking the idea of a "Fire of God" fanatic, burning everything in his path.

Also...maybe Clara can handle the mind control. I mean...it's not like she's got a conventional mind. Have her play along with what the Siren says, until she gets close enough to rail-gun her, then come in with the blood whips and start hacking the gorgon to pieces. I'm pretty sure looking away's no problem in that scenario.

I was actually thinking of starting a little earlier tomorrow. I've been trying to start at like 8:30-ish, but people don't start responding till after nine anyway.

Also, I think gets are stupid, but I'll still be excited if BQ gets 10,000,000.

Glad people liked Brody's backstory/other character development. I liked the amount we did, though maybe a little more would have been good. Hopefully the pendulum will swing back to action tomorrow.

...Dear god, Brody's past was sad. Did Tzeench just kind of snicker at him?

Since we're going to take them up on the air transport we could do more character development/interaction then too, before battle.

I can't say it enough, I'm glad you guys like the characters. For a while I was afraid of all the subjects directing Bloodquest towards a very action-y, monster-of-the-week tone, but instead I shit characters, EVERYWHERE, and then desperately tried to flesh them out, with apparently modest success.
Having people care when characters die/have sad backstories makes me happy

Sidenote- Ch. 7 is officially an Epic Thread

>>9976370
BLOODQUEST IS BADASS AS HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also yes ch.7 is the best ch in BQ. Your going to be working INCREDIBLY hard to top it.

Well, I'm off to bed since Bloodquest's done.

G'night!

>>9976209
I'd really like to attempt to confirm if any given subject is totally hostile before offing them. I know it's easier just to kill everything, but... by that logic, wouldn't we have killed ourselves?

"Precognitive, infested by some alien life form that gives her eat people with her blood."

"Hmm, I'd say a sniper rifle, since melee could get bad for us, but that precognitive bit could be trouble. We'll need something she can't dodge even if she knows it's coming."

See where I'm going with this? We have to attempt to render opponents nonhostile rather than deceased, whenever possible. It might not always be practical, but that doesn't mean we have an excuse to not try.

>>9976451
We do.
We Parleyed with 96, and it didn't work. We Parleyed with 88 and it did.
50 was busy eating a freeway worth of cars and inhabitants.
99 was just a big dumb bug.
16, 20 and 21 are taking over countries/states.

>>9976451
Normally, I'd agree.
However, the country has gone to shit. If we're going to get this under control, we have to make some tough calls. Some of which involve shooting dangerous innocents.

The situation with 88 is what we should aim for with potentially dangerous people. Wild Cards.

20 and 21 are prime examples of the supervillain type and aren't really safe to have walking the streets.

>>9976543
Also, 18 was trying to break into a bank, and by all accounts, is a dick, and 19 was, while he didn't really want to hurt people, was too dangerous for his won good.
19 is the only one we've killed I feel remotely bad about, if he's even dead.

>>9976451
While I do agree with taking non-violent action against non-violent npcs such as with 88, I think the Siren and Gorgon are probably beyond that given that they took over a state, succeeded from the US, and then invaded Canada. 88 might have just been countering anyone who attacked him, while these 2 seem to being attacking people unprovoked.

>Ethical arguments? In my Bloodquest? It's more likely than you think.

You guys remember when you were almost evil? Good times.

>>9976757
Hey, just cause we had a villainous lair, doesn't mean we were evil, just confused.
I mean, who did we eat, a Hobo before we knew what we were doing, and an attempted mugger?
Granted, meeting up with 54 definitely put us in the right direction.

>>9976799
I was thinking of your moral quandary in Kansas when you finally made the decision to stop devouring people.

Also, go to bed!

>>9976868
Hey, Caffeine is a wonderful thing.
But yeah, night peeps.

>>9976799
This reminds me. I chuckled a little when I realized 88 was doing pretty much what we were doing in the first few Bloodquests.

Tradition demands it!