Bow way down. On your knees. Wait.

Look for routes of escape (LOL, LIKE THEY'LL HELP), stay ready.

AVERY EYES

>>18056857
Umm, shuffle feet and wait for him to address you.

Yay, and here goes my evening.

I vote we wait for him to act first

"What is your bidding, my Master?"

"Yo boss! What can I do for ya?"

You shuffle your feet slightly, looking down at your still human-looking toes, before bowing down on your knees. As your forehead scrapes against the cold, wet stones of the floor, you hear his sibilant voice creeping inside your head once more.

"My child, why do you avert your gaze? Do you fear me, pet? Do you think I have called you hear to punish you? You have done well, my child. Have you not claimed souls in my name? Have you not sown discord and havoc amongst the mortal races? Have you not served your own desires, and thus, my own? Stand, and discard the skin you wear. I want to look at my pet as she truly appears."

>>18056942
Drop the disguise.

"I don't know why am I called and that makes me scared"

>>18056942

"Heh, guess I'm still new at this. So why did you call me here?"

>>18056942

>mfw

This feels like a trap...

"Master I prefer to keep this form... it helps with the... uh... I prefer to keep this form..."

>>18056983
Why would this be a trap?

I would agree not to drop the humble act though but if he asks to remove the disguise ,we should do that.

You shed the disguise of human form, your hands forming claws, your tiny wings sliding free of your back, your stumpy tail bursting from your backside. Your skin darkens to it's normal blue as you open your mouth to speak.

"I...I do not know why I am called, Master. That worries me."

You hear a throaty chuckle reverberate around the room, not in your head.

"We never assigned you, pet. Do you not remember? I was hardly done spawning you before you were called to the mortal realms. There is so much to teach you, so much you need to learn...subtlety, for one. I have been watching your adventures on the mortal planes, child. Already they advance to stop you. Do you truly think you could steal so many souls and not attract the ire of the Divine? It is but a trickle now, but as you continue to steal, the more they will try to stop you. As to that end...you are useful to me in that city, and assigning you elsewhere...well, that would be too easy now, wouldn't it?"

You nod, if nothing else.

"Now...we must find a sin for you, my pet. And I think I have the perfect one in mind, my little soul-glutton." As you look down, you see once more the souls of those you have taken them from burning brightly through your skin, illuminating you from the inside.

"Do you have any objections?"

>>18057026
"No. What sin do you have in mind, master?"

>>18057026
Heh, the guy who wanted succubus won't like this.
I have no objections

>>18057056
The master could assign us Lust as sin.
.... But I don't want to be succubus though

>>18057026
"Boss knows best!"

>>18057073
I think were getting gluttony

Afterwards we should ask the master about the divine. How they took notice of us and how we can steal souls stealthily.

"Whichever sin you feel suits us, Master. But, which one do you have in mind?"

"Is it not obvious, darling? You are a perfect glutton. You let nothing stand between you and your next meal, you think nothing of the consequences for devouring the soul-stuff of those you deal with. You have the hunger inside you, right now, don't you? Burning away, always driving you to take more and more until you burst! Even the most idiotic Imp shies from soul-gluttony on a scale such as yours. But you do not shy away, no, you EMBRACE it. And of course...we'll need to shape you so that you can properly take advantage of this..."

He chortles again, a malicious tone to it.

>>18057113
[I hope we're not going to become fat]

>>18057113
Heh, saw this coming.

>>18057113
"For thee, a bottomless pit I shall be!"

As his chortling becomes uproarious laughter, the tendrils that make up his form begin to inch towards you, slowly growing closer. In your fear, you turn to run, but they whip out and grab you by the legs, dragging you up in the air. The blanket falls from you, and the tendrils wrap around you like a cocoon, leaving only your face uncovered. They pull your eyes open, wrench your jaw until it dislocates, and squeeze around your throat.

"You are such a small thing, child...we need to change that."

And with that, you are drawn into his form, and, thankfully, pass out. Occasionally you awake to great pain and worse nightmares. Your teeth are wrenched free of your jaw, and hard metal jabbed into their place. Your skin is stretched, torn, replaced, over and over. Your eyes are ripped out, allowed to heal, and ripped out once more. He never stops laughing, never stops telling you that you agreed to this.

And as your torture draws to a close after what seems like an eternity, you realize he...he did what?

CHOICES AVAILABLE

>Belly of the Whale
Your innards were removed, leaving only a single digestive sac. You have no hard internal structure, but have the muscular control to retain human shape.
>Bonechewer
Your jaws have been strengthened to the point where you could bite through stone. Your strength overall is greater then that of a man.
>Giant in Chains
You were force fed and bloated, and bound with chains and sigils to a resemblance of your past form. You are far denser than anything of your size should be, and inhumanly tough. You can release the chains to grow, but binding yourself again pains and damages you as you force your bulk into a smaller cage.

>>18057224
Bonechewer!

>>18057224
Voting giant in chains.
We can go on as we have been doing so with that on reserve in case we are in trouble.

>>18057224
>Bonechewer

this

>>18057224
Belly of the Whale

>>18057242
This would aslo mean we don't need new character art.
Just sayin'

pic unrelated!

>>18057254
with this, we can probably become the ULTIMATE shapeshifter

Is there anyting else we can do with those chains?

Cause if we can go all Hellraiser on people, count me in!

Wait wait wait, before we decide, we should figure out which one gives the most benefits to what we do.

>Belly of the Whale
So this basically means we can eat pretty much anything, and force ourselves through small spaces? Good for stealth, and combined with Soul-Thief, would make future upgrades easier, as we could swallow corpses whole.
>Bonechewer
Again, synergizes well with Soul-Thief, as it makes the process of devouring corpses much easier. It also makes defending ourself much easier, as we can simply resort to fisticuffs instead of flashy, draining shock spells.
>Giant in Chains
Sounds like it would blow our cover rather easily. Being far denser than we should be would be easily discoverable, and the benefit of increased survivability doesn't really cancel that out. In addition, what does BECOMING HUGE do for us?

Bonechewer

>>18057283
Giant in Chains also seems like the option which will be the hardest to shapeshift.

I'm still for Bonechewer but my second vote will go for Belly

Gonna give you guys five minutes to make a final decision while I take care of some shit, then type out the description. Once that's done, 20 minute break while I walk home before we can resume again.

>>18057283
Yes, good point.

OP, please clarify the applications of these abilities.

Oh ok, applications?

>Belly of the Whale
Enhances your shapeshifting to a considerable degree. It won't let you get rid of, or create new limbs, but it will allow you to alter the shape of what's already there by a considerable amount. You'll also be able to force yourself through small spaces as you no longer have hard internal structure.
>Bonechewer
Should be pretty obvious. Enhanced strength and incredible biting capability, a huge combat boon. Biting will be awkward though.
>Giant in Chains
You can use the chains binding your bulk as weapons, become monstrously durable and hard to injure, but do not gain the ability to heal more easily. It's more like...ablative damage reduction. When you remove the chains, you become a giant, which is strong, but no tougher or stronger than a normal human of that size. About 20 feet tall, I'd say.

I vote Bonechewer

Bonechewer!

Belly of the Whale as a secondary, but I'd rather not go with the Chains, that sounds like it'd hamper our style more than help.

>>18057343

Oh in that case, Belly of the Whale. Improved shapeshifting sounds like a good idea.

>>18057343
My vote still stands >>18057294
Bonechewer or the Belly

>>18057343
Will there be opportunities to get the others at a later date by eating a load of souls?

>>18057343
Belly of the whale

The others would have to be gained by prodigious acts of gluttony or soul consumption.

>>18057343
Has to be belly of the whale. Bonuses to shape shifting? Yes please.

>>18057344
you know what? change that to Belly of the Whale, didnt see your post there

Right, looks like I have to pack up for now. Be back in 20 minutes or less. I expect a decision by then.

>>18057395

I think the majority is going for Belly of the Whale now.

Casting my vote for belly of the whale

>>18057428
Yeah, shapeshifting is awesome. And no inernal structure means no ropes can hold us! (except stupid magical ones)

Right, I'm back. Belly of the Whale it is?

>>18057550
Looks like it

>>18057550

Yup. Let's do this.

Well, I still like the Bonechewer idea, but I must bow to majority rule.

It's WHALE time.

Your innards were forcibly removed from your body until you were nothing more than a boneless sack flapping in the wind. It took a while to get used to the lack of bones, but eventually, without any aid from your chortling sire, you stood up.

"Now my pet, we need to send you back to the mortal realms. It looks like your summoner needs your help again..."

You already feel the tug of summoning pulling against your body, and you are helpless to resist as you are pulled once more into the summoning circle Eric has drawn in his now...quite neat and clean room.

"There you are!" he exclaims exasperatedly.
"You haven't checked in on me in like, a week! I was thinking you'd ditched me. You look taller though"

>action?

>>18057650
Aw shit. Check the circle, did he do it properly this time?

Ask him what he wants.

>>18057663
this

Checking the bindings, you find that he's actually made a PROPER circle this time. You are bound within it, and can only be released at his bidding.

"Look, can you just teach me magic now? The Djinn is useless. He only taught me how to fold laundry."

>>18057734
We're not actually that good at magic are we?
Eh.

Lets teach him what we know but he'll have to pay. We know that he wont give us his soul, so what should we ask from him?

Order him to release us from the bindings first.

"Only if you free me first."

He shakes his head.
"Oooooh no. I learned a thing or two from that Djinn. We make a contract FIRST, then I let you out of the summoning circle. You don't get out till I can cast a spell!"

>>18057779
Every minute I spend in this summoner's circle I shrink towards nothingness. You can't bind blue imps such as myself effectively. Then put our newfound ability to the test.

>>18057779

"Well then I can just refuse you. Hmph!"
Cross your arms and turn around like a spoiled child.

If that shit don't work on him, teach him the shock spell we know... Wait, he still hasn't offered anything in return. "Okay, but what do you offer in return? I have no need for money before you say that."

>>18057800
I like the spoiled child idea.
We don't need to eat, right? It'll be just like the Sandman comci, we'll wait the bastard out!

See, I told you guys we should have gone with Bonechewer.
Had we done so, we could offer him a blowjob in return for our freedom, then bite his dick off!

I suppose seducing him is still an option, though. Praise him for his cunning and skill in trapping you...
"Oh, you don't want some boring parlor trick spell, now do you? Somethingsomethingsomething I'll make you a REAL man."

>>18057876
We look like an IMP!
And this guy is no idiot even if he sucks at being a wizard. He's not going to settle for quick lay.
Also, you cannot attack one who summoned you. He summoned us properly.

rolled 41 = 41

>>18057734
"We are already under a contract that states I have to teach you, are we not, you little idiot?"

Right guys, my powers gone out, currently typing from my phone, of all things. As soon as it gets back on I'll start running this again. If the thread dies before that happens, Im going to wait until friday to run another thread.

>>18057903
Hah. Does that happen often?

Don't worry, we'll keep the thread bumped.

>>18057779
"We still have a contract in place - food and a place to rest in exchange for tutelage. Go get me something to eat and let me out to rest on your bed or I get your soul. Silly mortal."

>>18056857
Who did that arts?
It is very well done and I might want to commission the artist sometime soon...

>>18057945
It was taken from here
http://leppu.tumblr.com/tagged/drawing/page/2

>>18057940
How good are we are we at bluffing

>>18058010
That's not a bluff. It's true.

>>18058023
He never agreed to trade his soul iirc

>>18058033
We hid a clause in the agreement

>>18058033
All agreements have a soul as collateral in the event that they break the deal. It's how this stuff works.

Might be in our best interests to try to get him to summon a demon that could teach US a few thngs--assuming we can't summon other demons, he could be useful to that end.

Hey OP, did you draw that? I like it.

Got any more stuff to show? I would appreciate that.

>>18058127
No, OP didn't draw that. We're still waiting on the drawfagging of Chlaon that he promised in thread 1.

>>18058141
Oh

well, thanks for clarifying that!

>>18058141

I sketched a sketch in response to a request in the drawthread earlier today. Dunno if anyone took notice, or liked what they saw if they did.

>>18058247
Do you still have it? I wasn't here for that thread.

>>18058247
post it here

>>18058308
That's pretty good

>>18058308
Isn't Chlaon blue?

>>18058341

Well thanks.

>>18058328

Idunno, requester didn't specify any colors at all.

>>18058351
Gotcha.

bump

>>18058831
Don't bump without content or adding something to the discussion.

>>18058855
he's keeping the thread alive in case op returns.

>>18058883
He should still bump with content or an addition to the discussion. It isn't that hard. For example:

Which power do you think we should try to go for next?

>>18058897
Well, we wanted to take boneless so that we could eat entire bodies in one go.
We should go for that or a similar power-up

>>18058958
We already got that with the hollow-body thing. I think we should go with the predatory dexterity. That would make us more easily-able to kill people.

>>18058958
We should GLUTTON OUT, in order to get Giant in Chains.
Then we can eat bodies in one bite, too.
Even if they're still alive.
>vore is the best strategy
Wait. Maybe... never mind? Shit.

>>18058855
Is it really that much of an issue? It was a casual bump.

>>18058897
I say giant in chains if we can get it.
Combined with boneless, 12 foot tall amorphous form? I'm sure we can find a use for that.

>>18058982
Yeah, that's why I'm sad we went gluttony to begin with. Oh well, play the cards you're dealt, and all that.

>>18058992
20 foot tall, actually.

>>18059002
Even better. Forget fiend become eldritch abomination.

Right, I'm back. Let me just read back up on shit and let's continue.

>>18059282
Okay.

>>18059282
Excellemte

>>18057970
Ah, many thanks.

>>18059282
yay, did you get your lights back?

>>18058141
Oh, and if y'all want to see an example of the kind of shit I'll do...ugh I don't like this one though, the colours are shit.

>>18059303
Cool, I can't wait for the drawfagging.

"Fool, we already have a contract in place. In return for food and a place to stay, I teach you magic. You don't want to break that contract, do you?"

He rubs his chin in contemplation, massaging the peach fuzz growing there. Dear god, he's probably trying to grow a wizardly beard.

"Oh, uhm, right. So...do I just tell you that you can get out of the ring or something?"

"Yes, that's exactly how it works."

"Ok, uhm, you can step out of that circle whenever you like. But you can't attack me or my mom. Or my friends and family."

>Accept?

>>18059337
Sure. Then lie down on his bed, snap our fingers, and say, "Food. Now, boy."

>>18059337
Sure, just tell me who your friends and family are.

>>18059350
>>18059358
We can't attack?

Alright. We just want to make deals anyway.

>>18059350
This works for me.
>>18059358
And this

>>18059372
As I recall he managed to get that binding right.

And there is nothing stopping us wandering off again, he didn't specify we had to stay. He said we can leave the circle. Nor did he specify a time frame in which to teach him.

>>18059337
Hey, yeah we need to eat and sleep.
Was that a factor in getting so thoroughly trounced by the pimp's defenses? We haven't explicitly slept or eaten, that I recall.
Or does consuming souls help with that?

>>18059388
Also tell him to specify who his friends and family are.

>>18059396
We don't need to sleep, it may help though

"Fine, I accept these terms."

"Alright, you can get out now."

The bindings fizzle and die, and you walk over to his bed, sitting down and snapping your fingers. "Food. Now, boy."

"Oh uhm, ok, Mom made too much bread like always, I'll go get you some. But then you teach me magic!"

He rushes downstairs, barreling down the stairs and waking up his mother, who yells at him to keep it down. He returns with an armload of bread and some sausages and butter.

"Ok, this is all we can spare for now..." he drops it on the covers beside you.

"Now, your friends and family are? I need to know them so I don't hurt them and break the contract."

"Oh uhm, there's ma, you've met her. Then there's Jenny, she's a cute young girl with the most beautiful long flowing golden hair, she goes to the same university as me. Pa is off doing guard work like always, he's kind of a big fellow, scruffy black beard and missing his right eye."

>Action?

rolled 38 = 38

>>18059428

Just teach him a basic shock spell. That ought to keep him happy for a while.

Have dinner with the boy. Pour both of us a glass of alcohol and dine like a wizard and a demon.

We can't attack these people at all? Or are we allowed to defend ourselves if we get jumped by a one-eyed black haired city guard, for whatever reason?

I'm certain we can still arrange for accidents to occur.

rolled 19 = 19

>>18059436
Voting for this. We should also LOOK for a way to kill him silently him without attacking him, a backup plan in case he tries to use something against us. Remember we can steal souls from dead bodies.

He has only specified that we cannot kill them or him.
If he abuses or tries to take advantage of this deal we can hurt him or them as much as we want.

>>18059476
Yeah, he used the word "attack" so you know, if we poison them it'll be fine.

>>18059487
Ignore this, apparently i misread the post.
We can set the place on fire bar them in and refuse to help however.

>>18059436
If we are teaching him magic as our means of remaining here on this plane, then perhaps we should start using some of the souls we devour to learn new or improved spells?
Say every other or every third?

rolled 19 = 19

>>18059476
Unable to bring harm, at least directly, I would expect.
>>18059436
I don't like the idea of teaching this chump - with a measure of control over us and whom we can no longer attack, whatever that means precisely - an offensive spell. I would suggest the NOTICE-ME-NOT instead.
When he points out that it's not very impressive, tell him he has to start somewhere. Then turn invisible and laugh.

rolled 8 = 8

>>18059497
Do not think it matter what word he used, it matters how the binding restricts us. I'm sure it prevents such actions as well.

You find some glasses lying on his desk and have him rinse them out before pouring both of you a glass of fine wine from your creepy little mouth hands. He glances at the glass warily and sniffs at it before taking a drink, but ends up liking it.

You munch on the bread and sausage, liberally smearing butter on the prior and using the latter to make meat sandwiches, whilst teaching him...

>NOTICE ME NOT
>INVISIBILITY
>SHOCK
>DARKNESS

>>18059534
It depends how resistant we are to shock. If we teach him things that we are resistant to then we should be fine.
Say only teaching him invisibility when we have some form of true sight or see invisibility.

>>18059497
I figure it'll be okay so long as we don't actually attack. If we weaken the supports of their house such that it collapses in the night or something we ought to be good I think. Or dulling the father's weapons, or replacing some of the food in the kitchen with less healthy look-alikes. As long as we aren't direct about it.

>>18059554
Darkness.

It's a cool parlor trick and does not affect us in the least.

rolled 3 = 3

>>18059554
We teach him notice me not

>>18059554
Darkness, it seems the least threatening, or notice me not.

>suppresseth ilylen
I agree, captcha, we must find and suppress this "ilylen"

You teach him to cast a field of darkness to obscure the sights of men. Nothing you can't see through, of course...it would be silly to teach your student something that could harm you, wouldn't it?

As the night goes on and the lesson continues, the mountain of food disappears bit by bit. As the sun sets, the pile of bread and sausage is gone, and the boy has managed to cast the spell once successfully. Drained by the effort of repeated spell attempts, he falls asleep in his bed, ignoring the crumbs littering the covers. He doesn't even get out of his clothes.

He snores rather loudly...

>>18059606
And now off into the city, I'm sure there is someone who could pay for our expertise. Lets find our hobo servant.

>>18059606
Let the hunt for souls commence! Soooooouuuuls~

Before heading off into the city, would you like to do anything about

>LOOKING LIKE A DEMON?

rolled 14 = 14

>>18059625
>>18059640

Whoa, whoa.
Slow down. Remember what our master said? We are drawing attention to ourself.
We need to be more stealthy.

I say we go out of the city and hunt some people living/working out there, like lumberjacks, hunters, fishermen, etc.

>>18059653
Yeah, change our looks to a woman like before and cast see-me-not

>>18059653
This is a good point. Prudence is not my strong point it seems

>>18059653
Yeah lets become human.
and as a test of new shapeshiftability lets go for attractive, human males are often tricked by such powers.

Any specific description in mind for becoming human?

Before we do anything can we try getting some clothes? I'm not even sure we kept the blanket after the marathon torture session. I'd really like to try eating a bolt of cloth and making our own clothes trick with our fabricators.

rolled 7 = 7

>>18059703
Just a piece of fabric and the spell to ignore us should be enough. If not, we could always steal clothing.

The only cloth available are the BED COVERS.

>Devour Bed Covers, Create Clothing?

>>18059689
Female, attractive enough to look good but not enough to get noticed.

By the way, are we actually female, or is that just the form we take?

Been wondering about that, because at some point we stopped being an it and started being a she...I had assumed we were genderless.

rolled 48 = 48

>>18059736
If that fails then we will have nothing anymore. Lets not do this.

>>18059736
Nope, it may wake the twerp. We could always kill someone and take their clothes.
It would give us a chance to try out the soul eater ritual, see how long it takes.
Though this is not subtle I will admit.

>>18059736
sure

>>18059736
Let's do it, also how well off does this kid seem to be? His family seems to be doing pretty well if they can afford excess meat and bread.

>>18059738
Yeah, essentially the same as we've been going by before. Dark hair and eyes, light skin, average height for a woman in the city, etc.

>>18059754
The first thing decided upon in the quest was that we were female.

Stealing the bed covers from beneath Eric, you make yourself another impromptu shawl to cover your jiggly bits. Thankfully, the bed covers aren't too thick, so it sort of works. You'll need real clothes eventually...perhaps his mother has a spare dress?

rolled 79 = 79

>>18059865
Turn on our disguise and then leave the city to search for any hapless fools alone.

>>18059865
Let's go raid a tailor's shop.

rolled 11 = 11

>>18059926
this. with invisibility it will be a piece of cake

>>18059955
>>18059926
Agreed, voting this.

Ignoring the thoughts of dresses intended for a much more full figured woman, you wrap the shawl-blanket tighter around you, making sure to cover everything before heading out into the city. You alter your skin tone and hair colour to once again match that of the average woman here, short, wide-hipped, dark haired, light-skinned, green eyed.

You go invisible just in case and head outside to begin a night of thieving. Your first target being a tailor. The House of Eric is quite close to the mercantile district, and you don't even have to duck under the walls in the sewers to get in. The guard presence seems higher, for some reason. And as you pass through a gate, you notice a tall man, in splendid, guilded armour. He wears no helmet, holding it in his lap. He seems to look right through you for a few seconds, but goes back to talking with a beautiful woman sitting behind him on his white steed. They laugh over something you can't hear.

You find the tailors store in due time, but it's locked.

>Action?

>>18060019
Use boneless and belly of the whale to slip through any gaps.

Check to see if anyone else is about first though

>>18060019
See if the second story windows are unlocked. If not, I bet we can squeeze our boneless self down a chimney.

rolled 72 = 72

>>18060019
Can we shapeshift enough to nudge though the space between the door and the floor?
Is there a chimney? We could climb up the roof and go through it.
Go around the building and see if the backdoor is closed, or the windows.

rolled 17 = 17

>>18060019
squeeeze in!

Bump?

You look around to make sure no one is watching before remembering that you're still invisible to the eyes of men. Climbing up the buildings wall, you get to the roof and squeeze your way bonelessly down the chimney, opening into the basement floor. As you cough and splutter the soot and ash out of your lungs, you notice an old man with a curly white mustache and gaunt features sleeping in front of the fireplace, a thick comforter draped across his frame.

>Action?

>>18060198
Let's play this is subtly as possible. Try not to wake him while shaking the soot off of ourselves. Then move upstairs to try on clothes. I would advocate eating him, but let's eat people we're sure won't be missed instead, yeah?

>>18060198
We took Soul Thief last thread right, which allows us to devour the dead for their souls? Now that we have belly of the whale, let's put it to the test.

>>18060198
Well, either ignore and acquire clothing, or try out our new powers on him.

What level of shapeshifting can we do?
Could we, say, flatten our limbs and wrap them around his face to smother him?

It might be wise to incapacitate the man now, possibly even kill him. We don't want the noise of him waking up and freaking out to bring more people.

Look around for some plain clothes.

>>18060230
>>18060237

No. Lets not kill someone who can bring attention to us.
Search for homeless people who no one would miss or people outside the city whose disappearance would not be as suspicious.

Find clothes that look like this:
>>18056857

rolled 53 = 53

>>18060251
But look at him, all defenseless, and delicious.

We should eat him, and his tasty, tasty soul.

>>18060251
But we have the perfect opportunity. He's alone, it's late at night, he's defenseless, his soul is probably tasty. We could devour him alive and people will never find his remains.

>>18060268
Not worth the attention it would draw. The gilded men, they might be paladins. We don't know how quickly is absence might be noticed.

rolled 87 = 87

>>18060282
Yeah, but that's then, and here we are now.

Hes so delicious, and look, hes warming by the fire for us!

Let's not kill what is probably a wealthy merchant when we've been warned about rising suspicion and danger already. Let's sneak around and find some suitable clothes and/or money and jewels and get out of here.

>>18060276
We don't know how long it will take. We don't know if the commotion will wake up anyone else. His death will spark an investigation since it is not a simple hobo we are killing.

It is safer to test out our powers on someone else.

Remember that the man lives relatively close to the House of Eric, if we just steal clothes he's bound to notice missing merchandise and things will get all the worse if we run into him later and he recognises what we are wearing.

>>18060294
No.

>>18060282
The city is ripe with crime. An old store clerk going missing won't be noticed for days, and then it's ridiculous to expect that paladins will suspect that a demon did it.

Guys, consider the following

>We eat the guy
>End up with a giant gut
>Can't get out through the chimney
>The front door is locked
>We're trapped until he digests, however long that would take
>We get taken out by paladins when they find our bloated selves the next day

>>18060317
But we get his tasty, tasty soul.

We're Gluttony, thinking is not eating.

>>18060307
Listen, we don't know how long it take to devour someone. It could take 10 minutes, it could take 2 hours. If someone decides to take a piss, or wakes up in the morning then we will be noticed. And we will be in no position to fight. If we flee, then the alarm will be raised.
It was ALREADY noted that the guard is higher. Why needlessy risk it?

Just use his tools to make a simple habit or something out of whatever fabric he has the most of.
Then wrap it in the sheet and leave (to keep it clean and ash free).

Killing him just isn't worth it. We need to find a hobo, or something.

>>18060317
We're not even sure we'll become bloated from eating him. Honestly I think this is the safest environment to test exactly what happens when we consume a person for their soul.

You hesitate as you brush the soot off of yourself, not sure whether to devour the man or leave him alone for now. A thin sliver of drool runs down your mouth.

Eventually, caught in hesitation, the old man wakes up. Still invisible, he doesn't notice you, and begins a creaking walk up the stairs.

A young girl opens the door at the top of the stairs, she appears to be about 10 years in age.

"Poppa? Didn't mom tell you not to fall asleep in front of th' fireplace again? You know that's bad for you!"

He sweeps her up in a hug and ruffles her hair. "Don't worry Lisa, your old man is tougher than that. Now come on, let's get you some water and get you to bed. It's past your bed time, and y'need to get up early in the morning."

You are left alone in the dark basement as he shuts the door behind him.

>>18060367
It may well be the safest for now, but it may call down attention that we don't need.
Personally I'm for killing him, but I do understand the arguements against.

>>18060374
Steal some swag and gtfo, we don't want to mess with a whole family at once.

It must not be too late in the night. KILL THE ENTIRE FAMILY. DEVOUR EVERY SOUL.
Really though, we need to get some clothes. Go find the mother's wardrobe and get some decent clothes first thing.

>>18060402
Shwag, that is.

>>18060374
perhaps we could make the old man beg for her soul? trade his own for hers.

This could be our ticket to the weekly stipend we talked about.

And if he declines, well...She did look tasty.

>>18060374
Okay, let's wait until we stop hearing footsteps, in the hope that means they're asleep, then go up and start trying on clothes.

>>18060402
This.
And some sewing equipment... just in case

>>18060428
Hm, possible point. We could use this guy in our loanshark plans. We need clothes first, though.

You wait until you can no longer hear footsteps before heading upstairs. Searching around, you find primarily womens dresses and mens overalls, and some nice shirts. Nothing fancy, more artisan-class clothes and finery. They could be spruced up by jewelry, but there's not too much you can do...

Anything you want to steal in particular?

>>18060463
Panty raid

>>18060463
Something practical I suggest, though if we can get something that is both practical and doesn't look that bad then definately that.

>>18060463
Just some woman dress and another in case we mess up the first one. Something plain and unassuming.

>>18060463
Nothing too fancy, we don't want to be noticed for wearing these. Select towards good, quality materials and designs over anything else.

>>18060463
A skirt, a belt, and a loose shirt. That way, if our size changes, we should be able to keep our clothes fitting.

>>18060463
The least expensive child's dress we can find. We're still pretty small, so it shouldn't be too difficult to re-do our disguise to look kid-ish.

Maybe we could steal a nice shirt in Eric's size as a 'present,' hoping that the tailor notices and has him arrested. Just an idea.

>>18060497
Actually, you're wrong. We are higher than an average adult woman

>>18060497
We're in the mid five feet, last I checked.. We're well above child size.

Oh, WONDEFUL idea

>Eat the whole family
>Become a WHALE.
>Never fit inside houses again

>>18060463
We should grab something fancy, for when we need to infiltrate high society for a contract, and something utilitarian for every day.

Maybe something buisness-y too.

>>18060497
We're taller than the average woman. We don't pass for a child anymore.

You narrow it down to a few options.

A pleasant blue dress, soft to the touch, but not visually extravagant.

or

A skirt, belt, and nice loose shirt.

>Choose now

>>18060546
Take both, stash in apprentice's room.

>>18060546
We can't have both?

take the loose clothes, we can at least shift with them on that way.

>>18060546
Take both. Wear the second option.

>>18060546
Both. It's always good to have a spare outfit, just in case.

You put on the second option and fold up the first, holding it in your arms. You can feel the initial creeping feeling of exhaustion beginning to affect you. Perhaps you've been invisible for too long?

>>18060559
Second.

>>18060576
Look around for any would-be watchers, then drop it. Find a nice corner and put on the second outfit.

>>18060576
Can we climb back up the chimney?

>>18060576
Turn off the invisibility and get out of this place.

>>18060576
Unlock a door, ideally a side or back door, and slip out into the night. We'll chill on our pet wizard's bed until our strength recovers. We need to stash the dress anyway.

>>18060576
quick check if theres any money around,grab it, and then skedaddle.

>>18060600
Agreed, no excursions for us.
The only other thing I can suggest is keeping invisibility up in his room for a while to try and get a feel for how long we can reasonably be expected to keep it up.

>>18060633
That seems a nice thought. However, what I recall is the likely-divine-watcher that we passed on the way in. And that we want to save some effort for disappearing upon us being spotted on our way elsewhere. So, exhausting ourselves to better understand our limits is good, but not when we plan to do other things, like leave the building and go somewhere safe (presumably).

>>18060670
...which you acknowledged by it being his room.
My apologies.

Holding the dress draped over one arm, you sneak around to the back door and unlock it as quietly as you can. The door creaks open as you exit, and creaks even more as you close it behind you. You walk off in the night, still invisible. You return to Erics room without much difficulty, and stay invisible for an hour longer, at which point the exhaustion forces you to dismiss it. Without a clock, you can guess that you can stay unseen for about 2 hours before it overwhelms you.

>Action?

>>18060713
Do we feel exhausted now the spell is down?
If so, perhaps rest for a while.

>>18060713
Rest until we aren't tired anymore. If that little shit is in the bed, make him lie at the foot of it.

>>18060723
You still feel tired, and your eyes struggle to remain open.

>>18060713
Start drumming up ways to evade detection by these Angelic overseers. Our transformation into the bone cage must have given us something more...maybe even a soul-o-meter?

>>18060713
So, how long does it take us to recover then?

>>18060735
Well, take a rest then.

You fall asleep, into a dreamless slumber. You hear that infernal chortling once more...

In the morning, you find that you've been tucked into bed by someone, and as you get up, you can hear Erics mother talking to somebody downstairs.

"No, I don't know anything about a theft...it was just a five minutes walk away? Awful, awful. This city's going to burn."

"Well, thank you for your help ma'am. Just keep an eye out if you can, every bit helps."

The door slams shut, and you are alone in Erics room.

>>18060794
Time to leave. Let's go hang out on the other end of town for a while, maybe try to find some homeless people or shut-ins that nobody will miss. That sort of thing.

>>18060794
I told ya'll it would be a bad idea to steal clothes the guy had on display. Now we can't wear them because he's probably given a description to the guards so someone might notice.

>>18060811
Shit. I also told to take plain clothing, something like that wouldn't stand out.
We should use see-me-not spell while out, it's weaker than visibility so it wont drain as much.

Lets get out of the town. Search people who work outside of it.

>>18060794
I say we speak with the mother.
Its likely that she is the one who tucked us in, and it would be suspicious to simply disappear.

>>18060860
I doubt it. We ask the kid about the mother. We don't risk revealing ourselves.

>>18060860
I'm sure it was Eric who did that. Lets not talk with the mother.

>>18060872
but where is the kid?

Casting Notice-Me-Not, you wander outside into the slums again. There still aren't any guards afforded to this area, aside for...That Fucking Gilded Knight. He's right there...feeding the homeless? The bastard totally just has his horse loaded up with food and he's just handing that shit out like it was a holiday or something. He's shaking hands with men, hugging women, ruffling the hair of children, and laughing and joking with all.

Everyone seems to love him. He turns, noticing right through your glamour.

"Ah, I was wondering if I would see such a beauty again! You ignored me at the gate...I didn't know you lived around this area. Do you need some food?" He holds out a loaf of bread.

>>18060916
Cold shoulder him. Just keep walking.

>>18060916
"Ah... thank you."
Take it and quickly walk away.

I told you, I TOLD YOU we should have gone outside the city.

>>18060916
Take the loaf and leave

>>18060916
Well, he has to die; stealing our thunder and giving the populace hope. How are we supposed to get souls when they have hope!?

Since it may be too direct to kill him ourselves, perhaps we can arrange for an accident?

Will this become tsundere waifu quest? Only time will tell!

Taking the bread, you stammer out your thanks.

"Think nothing of it, my friend! Now, would you mind telling me your name? Perhaps we could have dinner together, say, tonight? My treat."

>>18060972
My wings are moving on their own?

But in all seriousness, it is far more likely that we kill him.

>>18060916
>>18060979
I'm feeling so much tsun for the Gilded Knight. Also, a little dere...

>>18060979
Mmmmm, blackrom. Kismesis. Hatemance. This is the start of something ugly and I love it.

>>18060969
>How are we supposed to get souls when they have hope!?

Just find someone alone, somewhere away from prying eyes, kill him and eat him.

>>18060979
"Um..ah... SorryIgottago"
and then quickly leave.

>>18060979
Chlaon..chlaon..."Chell."

We goin' eat a paladin soul.

>>18060979
>He gives people hope, but we're beholden to a demon prince.
>Why can't he save us too?
Chlaon cries in some forgotten corner of her mind.

>>18061006
Man, I don't really want to do anything with this guy.

"My name is uhm, Chell. Now I need to be going now..."

He smiles brightly, his bushy mustache bristling.

"A beautiful name, fit for a princess! I won't bother you any longer. But if you would meet me here tonight, I would dearly enjoy making this night magical for you."

He winks, passes you the bread, and gets back to distributing food as you walk off into the alleyways, far away from the Gilded Knight.

>Action?

>in this thread, OP wonders what the fuck just happened.

>>18061049
...let's show up here again tonight against our own better judgement.

>>18061049
...dere...

>>18061049
Let's take him up on his offer and fall in love with his charm. Our forbidden love, Paladin and Demon, will make for a tale to be told for aeons.

>>18061049
*shudder*

Anyway, we need to find someone to eat. I'm going to suggest again leaving the town in search of some hapless wanderer or a lumberjack or whatever. Or maybe a farm, way away from this town where we could eat entire family or something.

He's a bastion against evil and a true test of our ability to defeat or subvert good.
We could use him to help hide our activities, as a foil to gain strength from, a possible boost in power to oppose our master, and a source of food and intelligence on the other side.

And totally not because he seems dashing. Nope. Not at all.

>>18061087
NOT. AT. ALL.
>lubdub

>>18061084
I like the idea of eating someone. We should go wander for a cottage.

>>18061087
>>18061080
>>18061067
>>18061059
>>18061102

lol, you guys

>>18061087
Indeed! To make a paladin fall is a calling for daemons, a duty!

Soon we will take his muscular, shapely ass down!

>>18061109
I feel this quest has taken a turn for the amusing.

>>18061049
Let's just go try to find a hobo to eat on the other side of town or something. And not keep looking at the Gilded Knight and his mustache...
>>18061116
Mmmmm... Yeah...

You wander off, leaving the slums to get to the outer wall. A guard asks your business for leaving the safety of the town walls.

"Miss, don't you know there's a war going on out there? And it's dangerous. Full of monsters, absolutely INFESTED. It's too dangerous for a pretty thing like you."

>>18061127
The gates are open, right?

"Oh, you're right"
Walk out of his sight, turn the invisibility and walk out of the town.

>>18061121
I'm not saying I called it, but:
>>18060972
I think I might have called it.

>>18061127
"infested? But I have to visit my brother, he lives out (insert direction), and he needs medicine..If you could escort me, I'd be very grateful."

And then we lure him out and fucking eat him.

>>18061162
My thoughts as well

>>18061127
"But my father really needs this loaf of bread he sent me to get. I know it's dangerous but... " then try to subtly convince him to escort us there out of his sense of nobility.

>>18061162
>>18061206

And then the other guards (since I doubt he is alone here, they are always in pair) will probably take note how their comrade went to escort us and disappeared, while we return unharmed.

"Oh, of course. Far too dangerous for a girl like me."

"That's right, far too dangerous for someone like me...surely a big, strong, handsome man like you could help me? I need to deliver the medicine to my brother down south...can you maybe escort me? I can make it worth your while."

He licks his lips, sweating slightly.

"Why uhm, of course, miss. But uh, I don't need any reward, right?" he says to the guard next to him, a tall, thin man who looks disapprovingly at the both of you.

The man opens the gate, and you walk off into the forests outside the gate. After an hour, you reach deep into the dark of the woods, all alone.

"So, uhm...how about that reward?" The man says, licking his lips.

>>18061243
Smother with boneless? Or embrace and shock to death?

>>18061243
Tell him that we'll have sex with him.. but we need his soul.

>>18061243
Kneel, let him whip his junk out, then shock him to death while crushing his balls.

>>18061243
"What kind of maiden would I be to provide the reward before the gallant knight has fulfilled his quest?"

>>18061262
That is, phrase it as something like, "but only if your heart and soul will forever belong to me"

>>18061243
Fuck yeah, time to eat him. Incapacitate him while giving him his 'reward,' then eat the body.

>>18061262
>>18061267
We have soul thief, lets try using that.
We wanted a safer opportunity, well here it is.

>>18061243
lick your lips right back
get him to take off his armor and weapons (shouldnt take much convincing)
then shock him till he stops moving

>>18061252
I like to think the first is somewhat more horrifying. Let's do that. Also, no scream, no smell, and easier to do with subtlety.

>>18061272
Hey, if that works, then great. After the deed, we should shock him so that he passes out (do not kill him!) and take his soul. Don't want him to actually see this happening.

We SHOULDN'T KILL HIM because the other guard saw us leave with him. If we kill him, we will need to adopt different guise.

>>18061299
Combine the two? Smother with boneless and shock him whilst doing so.

>>18061262
>>18061265
>>18061267
>>18061272
>>18061273
>>18061286
>>18061299
At this rate, maybe we'll be able to pick up Lust too.

Do we, as a demon, actually gain pleasure from sex, or is it not something that we can actually enjoy? Also, we aren't an imp anymore, right? What's a gluttony demon called?

>>18061272
Yeah, say that suggestively, flirty as if half-joking.

>>18061301
We return with a ragged and bloodied appearance, act hysterical and claim that he was killed by something in the woods and we ran.

>>18061301
Just belch up his bones, and return sobbing with a tale of how he died at the hands of a monster, nobly buying us enough time to escape.

"Oh of course, a Gallant Knight can't simply walk into the dragons den before getting a kiss from the maiden, now can't he?"

You motion for the armour to come off, and he happily obliges, revealing a rather unimpressive figure, rather chubby, overly hairy, and without any muscle tone whatsoever. He closes his eyes and puckers up for a kiss.

>Shock him to death
>Smother him bonelessly
>Both?

>>18061353
Crush his windpipe and balls while shocking him. Can we digest his clothes and armor?

>>18061353
Both

>>18061329
And then we get take to the paladin so that we recount our tale, running into the risk they use their magics to search for evil creatures

>>18061353
Sigh. We should have just given it to him after tricking him into giving away his soul.
Shock him/.

>>18061301
Yeah, I'm a proponent of the "trick into making a soul-deal" method in this case. I don't want to have to deal with guards questioning us for his disappearance. Though in any case we could just change appearance.

Is it just me, or do we suddenly have some sexually violent impulses towards men after having met the Gilded Knight, who we totally don't like or anything?

We are assuming that it is the same guard on shift when we get back.

If it is, we wait whilst invisible or out of sight untill shift change and then enter.
Or just enter whilst invisible and adopt a new persona.

>>18061379
I agree

>Though in any case we could just change appearance.

True. We could even change the gender we look like. Of course this will sever any hooks we had wit the paladin. Although, I don't really care about that.

>>18061412
But if we shift into a new persona, then how will the gilded knight recognize us?

>>18061426
Oh noes, we meet him again under a different persona.

>>18061412
>We are assuming that it is the same guard on shift when we get back.
That's not really the problem. The fact stays that he saw us leave with the other guard. You think he will stay quiet after the guard disappears? So they'll search for us and question us, if they have any means of magical detection then they'll learn that something is off about us.
You guys are not thinking this through imo.

Should've tricked him into giving his soul like >>18061272 said

>>18061426
We could shift into a different woman!

but back to the matter at hand, we've come too far not to eat this guy
we need to get our gluttony on

>>18061426
>>18061441
I think he sees through our shapeshifting anyway, same as our invisibility and see me not.

>>18061455
Agreed, hence why I find this amusing.
I think he is well aware of what we are.

>>18061455

The way he acted with us made me think he saw us just as a regular woman. He definitely can see through our actual spells though, so we need to be cautious about that.

I say we still sex it up.

>>18061465
>He sees right through us.
>Lubdub.

>>18061455
>>18061465
Well, then he can't be a palidin if that's true.

Sorry, dog was about to take a shit on the floor, had to walk it. Decisions?

>>18061483
We don't know what paladins are capable of here.

We can change into the guard when we go back!!

>>18061501
General consensus seems to be to kill and eat him, though I personally want to try to trick him out of his soul first with flirty-talk. If he doesn't go for it, eat him anyway.

>>18061501
It seems pretty split down the middle between the 'tricking him into giving his soul and not killing him' and the 'eating him alive by smothering him' camp, at least to me.

>>18061503
I mean if he can see though our disguise then he knows we are an imp, a demon. He cannot suffer the likes of us to live. If he knows who we are and doesn't act upon it, then he is no paladin.

>>18061510
second

>>18061483
We don't know if paladins *exist* or not, let alone what powers they might have.
All we know is that the Divine are looking for us, and this goody-goody appears to have found us.
That is bad.

Kiss the fat asshole, then demand his heart forever.
Once he agrees like the worthless idiot he is, sex him and be done with this.
We have eating to do.

>>18061510
Yeah, may as well try it first at least.

Alright, I want a roll-off. D20, highest wins, for flirty talk-soul-entrapment or SHOCK-SMOTHER-EAT.

rolled 145 = 145

>>18061536
Flirty, but shock and eat if flirty fails.

rolled 20 = 20

>>18061536
Filthy talk soul entrapment

rolled 18 = 18

>>18061536
SHOCK-SMOTHER-EAT

This is the safest environment we have had to try out our abilities, I say we take it.
And stealing his soul is obvious, he would notice the glowing soul as we took it.

>>18061547
Holy shit, did I really just do that? That counts as a 14, yeah?

>>18061550
Unless we suck it out mid-fellatio so that he never gets to see it before we swallow it.

rolled 13=13
DEVOUR HIM

>>18061560
This, a thousand times this.

"Ooooh, what a masculine figure..." You say, rubbing your finger in circles on his chest.

He blushes, turning his head away.

"We can take this further, but you need to make a promise to me, big-boy."

"What?"

"Pledge yourself to me, heart and soul. I want you. I want everything about you..."

He stammers and gulps, before blurting out "Yes!"

As if on cue, you see a faint glowing from beneath his chest. He doesn't notice it...for now.

>Action?

>>18061572
What the fuck do you think you're doing?

>>18061582
Suck his soul out through his dick.

>>18061582
This
>>18061560

rolled 5 = 5

>>18061590
Here's some dice, if you want it.

>>18061582
Fulfill the the contract. Sex him up. Sex him up so good that he doesn't remember the deed at all.

>>18061582
Eat his soul, subtly, keep distracting him with sexyness/sex, if he gets suspicious and tries to run shock him and continue to eat.

Well looks like we're well on our way to being a succubus after all!

rolled 17 = 17

>>18061617
I'm pretty pleased about that.

You press your mouth to his chest, pretending to kiss him whilst quickly swallowing his soul as it rises out of his chest. As you look up, he looks down at you and-

Well, here's where I stop. I sorta can't write sex, and don't really want to. So we're going to fade to black here, and I'm just going to put down some sound effects and you can IMAGINE what happened.

>Kapow! Zap! Boom! Biff! Pow! Moo!

You untangle yourself from an unconscious tangle of sweaty, naked limbs and fat, putting your clothes back on. It was dirty work, but you did it for the soul, and that made it ok because you said so.

Slut.

>Action?

rolled 10 = 10

>>18061652
Can we upgrade the soul-eating ritual to allow us to also gain souls from sex or something? Straight-up succubus-style sould-stealing?

>>18061617
Our vice has already been decided, unsure if we can change it.

>>18061652
Head back to the city with him. It'll probably be getting late and time to meet up with the gilded knight. Also, SOUL POWER LEVEL UP!

rolled 68 = 68

>>18061652
>>Kapow! Zap! Boom! Biff! Pow! Moo!
Good enough for me
*fap fap fap*

>>18061688
Wait, lets not.

We should search for people outside the city. Again: hunters, lumberjacks, whatever. We can easily try out our new soul-thief powers on them.

>>18061687

It's another way of consuming souls. We don't do this because we like the pleasure that comes with sex (which would be Lust), but because we want more DELICIOUS SOULS (still Gluttony).

It's the intention. The sex itself it just a means to distract whoever we've targeted.

>>18061652
I was curious how this was going to go. I like your style.

You decide to absorb the power of the soul burning in your innards here and now.

>OPTIONS!

>Mana Pool
>Iron Skin
>Size-Shifter
>New Spell
>Upgrade Spell

There's a chance that the paladin's tocuh might burn us. What are we going to do then?

rolled 12 = 12

>>18061678
Why bother? We can gain souls by making contracts and if that happens to involve sex then we do what we just did, no need to waste an upgrade on it.

I'd rather use the soul to give us some extra magical abilities that would help with sneaking or fighting. Like leveling up our shock attack thing.

>>18061708
No, we should go back to meet with the Gilded Knight. Because, uh... To spy on him?
>>18061720
Upgrade Soul Thief. Gain more soul-stealing options than just eating a person.

>>18061720
Celerity

Or something that can to improve our soul-thief ability.
Or something to help sniff out humans in vicinity.

rolled 3 = 3

>>18061720
Could you give a brief description of each?

I'm erring on the side of size shifter, as more body-mass to play around with when combined with our shapeshifting capabilities would be useful.

>>18061720

UPGRADE SHOCK

Let's get some force lightning up in here.

>>18061652
I feel dirty, and not in the best way. We seriously need to move up in the ranks, getting souls for favors rather than "favors". We also need to do more stuff quite directly in gluttony than leaning into lust.

Lets look around this sort of area for now for now and see if we can't find some people who no one will miss, hunters, woodsmen, workmen, hermits, no one whose disappearance will be odd.

>>18061720
If we choose New Spell, which i'm leaning towards what options are there?

>>18061720

Buff up our mana pool. Two hours is a bit of a time crunch right now, especially if we have targets later on that require a more prolonged, subtle method.

>>18061738
>Options: Expanded

>Celerity: Double your movement speed and reaction times.
>Mana Pool: Double the length it takes for spells to tire you out, and how many you can have active at a time.
>Iron Skin: Make your skin as tough as leather, but soft to the touch.
>Size-Shifter: Gain the ability to gain or lose 50 pounds when shapeshifting.
>New Spell: Think of a new, minor spell to learn.
>Upgrade Spell: Upgrade the power of an existing spell
>Predators Vision: Enhance your sight, hearing, and sense of smell to inhuman levels.

rolled 15 = 15

>>18061753
Agreeing with the first part.

I'm awaiting a description of the abilities before I actually decide on something, though I feel another ability may be useful rather than a spell at this point.

>>18061770
What do we get if we upgrade Soul Thief?

rolled 29 = 29

>>18061753
Bah, we're a demon. What do we care how we get a soul?

>>18061783
You do not have enough souls sitting in your guts to upgrade Soul-Thief at this time.

>>18061770
Size Shifter would give us Loli status

>>18061792
Then let's keep saving souls. How many do we need?

>>18061795
>Implying we can't become delicious chub in a society that most likely values those who can afford to be overweight

You disgust me.

>>18061770
Hmm, size shifter gives us a bigger range to work with, innocent looking girl, big hulking bouncer, it lets us spread out descriptions of who entered a place before an accident and that can keep it from being pinned on us.

rolled 17 = 17

>>18061770
Predators Vision, useful ability that has direct payoffs.

>>18061795
...I am dissapoint

rolled 56 = 56

>>18061792
If we take Celerity, can we have it and visibility on at the same time or do we need to expand mana?

I vote we save up the soul.

>>18061822
Celerity is a permanent biological upgrade, not a spell.

We really need some magic resistance, I think. Is there any avenue of upgrade towards that, or would we need more souls?

>>18061834
I'm assuming the same for Predator's Vision?

>>18061839
I almost forgot to offer magic resistance

>Magic Shield: Ignore 25% of negative spell effects.

>>18061846
Anything not explicity listed as a spell does not consume mana.

>>18061848
How many souls does boosting soul thief cost, though? Because I want to save up for that if it's three or less or get Celerity if it's three or more.

>>18061868
You don't know how many more it would take.

>>18061868
I meant get celerity if it's four or more. Sorry.

rolled 5 = 5

>>18061848
I'm not gonna lie. I want them all.
>dicks all around me

Ehm. Anyway. I think it would be better to save the soul but if we aren't then here's my vore:
Celerity
Second choice: New spell: teleport.

Voting for magic resist. We've been fucked over by magic before and I don't want to be again.

rolled 15 = 15

Personally, I think at this low level stage we should stock up on passive bonuses, so things like celerity and predators vision.
There is plenty of time to get funky abilities later, however things like the aforementioned abilties are always on and always useful.

Maybe we wait until such a time as we need something, and then pick? Hang onto it for a bit?

>>18061906
I like that. Develop abilities as-needed. Personally, I want to get a Charm ability that makes people drunk and pliant to make deals easier.

Final decision needs to be made before I get back from eating some delicious Chicken Lo-Mein and Crab Rangoon.

rolled 28 = 28

>>18061906
yeah, not a bad idea.

>>18061922
Dude, I seriously can't go making a decision until you tell me how much upgrading soul thief costs. I need to know that.

>>18061940
You don't know that.
I think the consensus is hold onto the soul and upgrade later though.

>>18061906
>You fool! This is what the succufags want!
In all seriousness though, that seems like a reasonable suggestion.

>>18061922
I think we should wait a bit, see what we end up needing and upgrade that, wait and see and apply the soul to what we need later.

Alright, let's hold off on digesting that soul then, for now. And, seeing as the thread is far past auto-sage and I'm getting increasingly tired, let's just pick up on Friday.

>>18061906
In that case, I propose the following.
We stockpile souls for a while. We wait and see how many souls it takes to get each tier of abilities, we don't blow them all on the fucking soul-thief upgrade the moment it becomes available, we wait and see what we can potentially get access to and then plan.
How many souls can we hold at once?
How many upgrades can we get in what period of time if we stockpile them?
Does stockpiling souls grant us more uber-upgrades and an evolution like last time?
Can we gain additional vices by doing this?
Etc etc.

I agree with holding on to this one for now. We can upgrade if the need arises, but for now I think it'd be good to try and work our way to upgrading Soul Thief.

rolled 73 = 73

>>18062005
Well, alright. Later, OP

>>18062005
Ok OP, see you on friday.

>>18062010
Eh, could be useful. If nothing else, it would give us a load of souls for if we did need something desperately to help us out in a situation.

You know what, I'm still eating chicken lo mein before I pass out. I'll answer questions for the next 10-20 minutes.

rolled 20 = 20

>>18062005
The quest has been fun, see you on friday.
>>18062014
I disagree on the whole soul-thief thing. There are far more interesting things we could get than fucking someones soul out if you think about it. Folk tales and mythology is full of weird and wonderful abilities, I'm sure we can find something awesome.

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>>18062064
what are the "Divine"?

>>18062064
Please, please, PLEASE tell me what the Soul Thief upgrade costs and does. Or at least tell me that you won't tell me. Just stop ignoring me, please...

>>18062090
see >>18061875

>>18062076
The Divine are the Immaculate host of angelic deities and heroes elevated to Divine Status. Though bound by rules and stipulations that prevent them from interacting directly with the material realms, unlike the Demon Princes, who are simply too weak to pierce the veil without the aid of mortal wizards.

Don't think of them as pretty things though, they're still horrifying eldritch abominations and concepts given form, think Old-School Biblical Angels.

rolled 66 = 66

>>18062124
are there such things as paladins or people who have been give the powers of the divine?

>>18062135
Yes. The Immaculate Host is capable of imbuing mortal champions with their powers.

Is it possible to obtain more than one vice?

Is there a limit on how many souls we can stockpile? And if we do stockpile, how many different abilities can we pick up at once?

rolled 49 = 49

>>18062138
Are the demons bound by any rules beside the circle bindings?

>>18062156
Yes.
Yes, before the sheer undigested power burns right through your body. It takes a moment to digest a soul, so it'll take a few seconds between each one.

>>18062157
No. It is only the mortal champions and weakness of Demon Princes in comparison the Divine that stops them from ruling the mortal realms

>>18062207
Is it the apprentice who is keeping us bound to this world?
Is it possible to find a different source of power to bind ourselves to so as to keep us on this world?

rolled 33 = 33

>>18062207
What DOES happen with the souls we eat?

>>18062248
Ooh, this. That's a damn good question.

>>18062240
Yes and yes.
>>18062248
You digest them. They become a part of you, and you control exactly what happens to the disparate consciousnesses floating about inside you. Torture them, force them to experience pleasure forever, etc, etc, your choice. They cannot be resurrected while you live, and if you spend enough time, you can corrupt the soul and create a fledgling demon.

>>18062292
Then... I honestly imagine we'll give them pleasure. We aren't terribly sadistic for a demon, just utterly amoral.

rolled 42 = 42

>>18062292
why would anyone bother torturing/pleasuring the souls they take? Is there some benefit to it?

>>18062311
Shits.
And.
Giggles.

>>18062311
Well, he said you can corrupt a soul into a fledgeling demon. I expect you would want to make the souls happy so that they would serve you willingly and happily.

Right, goodnight guys

rolled 38 = 38

>>18062386
goodnight

>>18062386
Cya OP