"How many is a lot?" You inquire.

"Over a hundred, which is a lot for the Order at the time, considering I estimated their numbers to be around a thousand at the time."

"It was over a hundred, I killed at least a hundred." Kiara says nonchalantly.

Thankfully Kenzington can't hear her, you have a feeling he might not be so keen to speak to you if he knew there was currently a witch occupying your mind.

>more questions for Kenzington? Contact the Professor to see if he has any different info? Back to the internet?

>ahh yeah best lunch break ever

Do you know of any others like your self that were banished or vanished?

Was there anything in your research about heavily guarded areas constructed sometime after the end of the witch hunts?

Just re-iterating shit said before: We don't know how much she's lying or overplaying herself.

>Personally I think it'd be funny as shit if she were a lightweight and everything last did affected her twice or thrice as much. Might be handy if we ever want to shut her up for a bit.

On a side note, as much as I like kiara,we're being way too helpful. We just got drowned and our mind semi-permenantly invaded by an ancient, possibly malicious force in one day, folks get PTSD for less than that, id be wigging out at least a little bit.

This. Lets fuck up Marco, man. And yeah, he's taking this too well.

I wonder how Kiara would react to all the music that exists today? Classical (and sub genres), swing, jazz, big band, doo wop, all the rock genres, country, country pop, pop (which varies by decade) etc etc

We need to sell the crosses as historical items and buy platinum, which we use to cast platinum tipped ammo. I mean--it's the most obvious. Chances are witch hunters have that, too. And there may be witches who work for the Church, who knows?

Also, I think he isn't undead. Just not completely dead. Death is a process and not a black and white thing. His organs clearly work if he took a sigh, so maybe the witch is just 'animating' him, acting as a sort of life support?

>>18301897
Other than Marco, he still has to show up for work if he doesn't want to become a homeless begger.

>>18301880
Back to the net. Look up Our Lady of The Soul. Its in Rome.

"Well do you know of any possible witch soul locations? Places that were built after the crusades that could possibly house one?"

"Eh? What makes you think they would be stored some place old? No my friend, like I said, a witch soul destroys places they are housed. Any place from the 1300's that tried to contain one would be rubble by now. If you really want to track one down, you would want to try some place far newer."

That shocks you a bit. Here you had expected to find Kiara's soul inside some decrepit old church.

"So would it be a newer church? A renovated one or something? A shrine?"

"Nah, it would have to be more solid than that. The church learned quickly that trying to contain a witch soul was a tough process, its likely that the soul has been moved over time even." Kenzington says as he flips channels.

"Moved over time? You mean it probably isn't in some place old?"

"If it is somewhere old, it would have to be a frequently renovated place, and one strong enough to contain the soul."

The two of you fall silent for a minute, each sipping a beer and watching a Doritos commercial. Who thinks these things will sell chips???

"So are there more like you? I assume the church didn't just give the task of investigating this kind of stuff to you." You finally ask, trying to break the silence.

Kenzington shrugs, and gestures at the pack of smokes in your front pocket. You hand him one and snag one for yourself.

"More like me? Plenty more. Though I'll admit, its been a while since I was called for active duty." Kenzington says as he rolls up the sleeve of his robe to reveal a tattoo.

A tattoo of a sword dripping blood...

>reaction?

>>18301971
We don't know that. It doesn't need to be a church or in rome.

>>18302002
Do we still have our pistol? If so, draw and point at his head.

"Why are the witch hunters going after the witches? Do they have some specific reason or they just don't want taht kind of power in the hands of a single person?"

>>18302005
Its a likely canidate. Began construction in 1350, finished in early 1500, renovated in 1800's.

>>18302009
Why? He may have more info and is not being hostile.

>>18302027
Dude, he just showed us the tattoo. He's one of them. Take no chances.

>>18302009
How about no?
We have nothing to gain by being hostile to him.

>reaction
not a single fuck given
We already knew he was connected to the hunters, the tatoo is unexpected, but not really suprising

>>18302035

and give no reason to confirm.

don't draw on him.

>>18302035
Taking no chances involves being wary, if we pull a gun on him we loose all opportunities for getting information. We do not know what he is capable of either, we have been told they have powers, do we really want to put them to the test?

So, is there always gonna be a car as the starting pic?

We should only go hostile if kiara flips out. So stay calm and get more info.

Kenzington smirks as he sees your face.

"You didn't think I was just some ex priest, did you? Regular clergymen aren't privy to this kind of information."

"So you're one of the order?"

"Technically speaking, yes. Though like I said, its been a while since I did anything actively with them. I guess you could almost call it forced leave. You see, they've suspected something of me for quite some time. I was never a high ranking member, either, just a foot soldier. Which is why I don't know more."

"Suspected... Something?"

Kenzington grins.

"I guess you could say I've never been one for killing witches. Which is why I haven't pumped you full of platinum." He slowly reveals a revolver tucked into a shoulder holster underneath his robe, "But I highly suggest you don't do anything stupid."

You stiffen slightly at the sight of the gun. Its only now you realize that the security six is missing, likely looted by Marco's thugs. The Draco is also sitting out inside your car, as you aren't exactly equipped to carry it concealed at the moment.

"Noted. So why does the church even hunt witches anyways?"

Kenzington relaxes a bit, perhaps realizing you are either not looking for trouble, or are more or less completely unarmed.

"Like I said, foot soldier. From what I gather, though, it has more to do than religion alone. If I had to take a guess, its the power they hold. I was trained to hunt them down, track them, but never given much of a reason as to why. Most of those at my level just blindly follow orders out of faith."

>more questions? Bug out and go somewhere else?

>>18302071
Eh, maybe until I drawfag up something else.

>>18302136

Why did you quit. Don't the witches want to take over humanity and cause horrible plagues and the such?

(Please don't scream at me Kiara)

I can't think of anything else to ask him, let's go meet that professor.

Oh, and, ask kiara what she can do. We know that she can snatch information from the minds of nearby humans, right?

>>18301897
Other than plat. tipped ammo, I wonder if they've thought up other new methods? I imagine witches and witch hunters have changed even in the last few decades.

Maybe witch hunting was broken down into a science by the 20th century, and new tools have been developed? Anti-magic technology? I don't know.

>>18302136
I guess they don't want witches to have the influence they did in the past. Even without a ton of crazy power, immortality is powerful enough. Imagine being able to pick away at a political system you don't like, and with enough times, you can contribute to the genuine opportunities of making the empire slightly worse or less efficient.

I say we bug out. We've done enough for Kiara now. Let's stock up on ammo, get two side-arms (pistol and derringer for when we lose the pistol), and pay Marco and his friends a visit. Somehow. Without getting in the eye of the law.

>>18302136
Do you know where the order has strongholds then?
How do they go about hunting witches and how do they fight them?

>>18302136
"But, are all witches inherently evil or something? I mean, surely not ALL of them are? there's gotta be some good witches too..."

>>18302136

Do witches manifest in modern times still? How often?

Mentally ask Kiara: 'can you read his mind?'

"So what made you decide to stop hunting witches? Or I assume you chose to stop, at least."

Kenzington sits back, his brow furrowing in thought.

"I guess if it was one thing in particular it was the rending. The ritual involved in splitting up a witch. Its not a pretty thing, boy, not at all. The Order is stronger and more efficient now, most of the witches they find are between infants and young teens. And I'll tell you something more." He sits up now, staring at you and looking far more serious than you've seen him before, "They don't discriminate, they are equal opportunity, they hunt them all. If I had to pick one thing, its that I got tired of sending young girls to a place worse than hell."

"So the Order is still going strong? Are witches still prevalent?"

"In the wild? No. The Order has gotten better at tracking them by far. We use modern equipment that can pick up on the magical... Radiation I guess I would call it, that witches give off when they use their powers. Like I said, most of them are rounded up and rended before they even know they are a witch."

"The Order is worldwide, then?"

"Worldwide and heavy in numbers at the moment. Plenty of religious fanatics in the world that will follow blindly, the best kind of witch hunter."

"So witches are evil? Is that why you hunt them?"

"You're an idiot." Kiara remarks.

"Evil?" Kenzington shrugs, "Witches are just like you and me kid, no more evil than the rest of us. Though living in constant fear of persecution can turn a lot of them to desperation, and desperate witches equals bad things."

"So witches are... People?"

"Just people, gifted, but people." Kenzington nods.

"Anything else you want to know? Can you read this guys mind?" You mentally ask Kiara.

"Nothing more, and no. Notice his platinum earrings? They do a very good job of disallowing that." The witch says flatly.

You do notice his earrings now. Shaped like a small cross, made of shiny platinum.

"Well thanks for all the help, but I've got to get on the road now. I'm surprised you were willing to share so much, honestly." You stand up and shake Kenzington's hand.

The aging ex-priest smiles sadly and shakes his head.

"Don't be. If you're crazy enough to be chasing after this kind of stuff, I can assure you that you aren't going to live too long. But good luck, with whatever it is you're trying to do."

The ex-priest's words still playing in your head, you leave his house and head back to your car.

>Where to now?

>>18302380
We gotta do some more research. Maybe big building projects funded by the Catholic Church?

>>18302380
We still have no info on where we could find her soul.

I guess we could call the conspiracy nut-case and give him information we learned. Don't think it's safe though. If the Order is as powerful as the Kenzington says then they certainly have phones tapped for key-words like 'witch, soul, etc'

>>18302420
ask him for a secure adress, write him a letter and drop it into a random mailbox

>>18302213
this.

Having a dozen 'Kiara's freely running around the world to start plagues and fuck up empires doesnt sound good. Cant say the witch hunters are completely in the wrong.

How far were we when we got dumped? Maybe we can hire a sniper to off them, or do it ourselves.

so, i've been thinking(it's a new experience for me) and realized that we will probably find quite a few witch souls before we find Kiara's unless we somehow find out exactly where her soul is as opposed to searching for a building that gets renovated a lot(that seems to be what we are doing now).

Anyone got an idea as to what we should do with those?

Another thing. If the hunters are smart, the souls will be somwhere in a hidden military base in the middle of nowhere. There is really no need to keep a witch soul in a highly visible building when it can be in a bunker in Tibet.

>>18302213
This, except the paying marco a visit. Go Stock up on equipment then decide.

>for once I'm actually relatiely in time for one of your quests.

Still without much to go on, you figure its worth calling the nutcase and then perhaps trying the professor.

Dialing in the number, it again is picked up after just half a ring.

"DUDE! I told you man, secure connections!! FUCK!!!"

You hear something being crinkled up in the background and what sounds like an old 56k modem booting up. Then there is a loud electric *POP!*

"Shit that was close man, but don't worry, the line is encrypted now."

"E-encrypted?"

"Yeah man, home brew encryption device. Made it myself out of a microwave, a modem, two easy bake..."

"Sounds cool, so have you found anything out yet?"

"Hey man, relax, you've gotta give me more time man!" The nutcase says, clearly frustrated.

"Right, sorry... Well I've found out some more stuff..." You tell him everything you've just learned.

The line is silent for several moments.

"Shit man, that is like, some deep shit man. But yeah, I've found out that the soul isn't going to be in any place old. Gotta have the platinum lining right? That shit wouldn't go unnoticed. If I had to take a guess, I bet you that they store them in the FEMA camps. Dude, I just figured it out man! The fucking reptilians are in on this! They have been the whole time!!!""

If the government really is involved, how are we going to get through a military base? I mean--getting on the Feds' list of Most Wanted is NOT a thing we want to do.

Secondly, I say we get a baseball cap and insert bits of lead in it. Just in case. Both the nut and ex-hunter both said magic can be detected, right? We may as well be safe than sorry.

>>18302533
"Sure.
Hey, could you look up the most likely places the souls could be? Look for a place that would house the biggest, baddest soul there is."

>>18302555
>Lead
>Doing anything but giving you heavy metal poisoning

bumping for interest.

>>18302533
>MFW Reptilians are running the FEMA camps where witches are kept prisoner
This guy is just awesome.

>>18302589
Put it in between the cap, or in the shading part, and we"ll be fine.

I think our witch is currently a Godform (type of thoughtform).

Perhaps we should make some servitors or a tulpa as well.Her magic shit could enhance them, even letting them manifest in the material realm?

Also, we should get armor.

"Yeah, you're probably right, but lets ignore them for now until we can find a way to topple their evil plot and save the human race." You say, face-palming even as you do.

"Good thinking man, we can't take them out just yet. Do you have like, a website man? You should! We need people to listen man!"

"Yeah, I'll get right on that..."

"Great! Now back to the locations, I have narrowed it down a bit I think. See the best defense for keeping a witch contained is to have no one around, apparently. From what I've been hearing, a witch can like, get inside your mind and control you, man. So if the military has a bunch of people nearby, I think the soul might be able to take them over, right? This guy I've been talking to, man, this fucking guy. He KNOWS his shit man, and he said that only witch hunters are immune to their mind powers or some shit." The nut is talking at a million miles an hour, making it difficult to follow along.

"So you're saying it probably won't be inside an active military base?" You inquire, hoping you aren't chasing geese here.

"Yeah man, too risky and shit. The more people nearby, the less secure it would probably be. So see these death camps man, these death camps... Oh wait, no man those are heavily guarded and shit... Hmm..." The nut trails off, apparently bummed that his FEMA death camp theory isn't holding up.

Well this is some new information. If he's right, the soul wont be anywhere near where a lot of people are. That narrows it down quite a bit, and you weren't exactly looking forward to the prospect of having to bust into a maximum security base or something.

>>18302533
"Yeah, sure, we'll make sure that you're the first one we tell when we find evidence of the reptilians, now how do I secure this connection? I've only got a basic cellphone."

>>18302631
Yes for the armor. Possibly maybe a LEGAL gun for ourselves, to stay inconspicuous.

>>18302635
This is misleading because it doesn't mean it isn't
A. Deep Underground
B. There isn't just a perimeter where the guards keep away from. It could still be in a heavily guarded place, just people say, keep away from the center.

Also, mind control? I'd be bugging out now. Kiara is only ALLOWING us free will!

>>18302635
So she's stored in a remote, out of the way 500+ year old structure. Were back to square one here.

>>18302635
"I'm at a loss.
Any idea where they could be? Some examples?

And who is that guy you've been talking to?"

>>18302669
It's still possible they're moving it around between several sites, renovating each when the soul isn't there, or something like that.

>>18302669
See
>>18302666

Ask if any locations fit A and/or B. That could be a lead. Some deep vault in the Vatican that NOBODY is to go within a thousand feet or they"ll be shot, for example.

>>18302635
Given the clout these fuckers have I wouldn't be surprised if they stuck it in a public works of some sort, dams, waterworks, storage facilities and so on. They are often isolated, nobody would look there and they rely an awful lot on obscurity for their protection.

>>18302707
That could be an issue. Damn, we're getting nowhere with this. Maybe if we could track down the name of the sunken ship, and where it sailed from, we might get a general idea of the location it may be.

>>18302669
She could have been moved so we can't rely on the age of the structure.

I mean, if I was the head of witch hunting organisation with ties to the Vatican and its ludicrous funds, I would build a modern prison that would last indefinitely. Plastic doesn't really decay, nor does glass or some metal alloys.

If I really wanted to hide the soul, I would have has her buried in the concrete foundations of something. Or just buried her under a mass of concrete.

"Anyways man, I've got to keep digging to find out more. See, there's this other guy, and he's pretty sure..." The nut trails off, before continuing in a hushed whisper.

"He's pretty sure that aliens from the Andromeda galaxy are in on this shit. See, they can talk to the reptilians using chem trails."

"Yeah, that's totally making sense. But before you do much more of that, we gotta focus and find the soul first right?" You almost plead, hoping he isn't going to waste a bunch of time with aliens.

"Right, got it. In the meantime man, you should start looking for newer places, heavy places man. Bunkers and shit that don't have people in them. Gotta split up and cover more ground, right? See with the deterioration, I figure any place housing souls can't be more than like, fifty, maybe sixty years old."

You answer as seriously as you can with a "right..."

"Also, any idea how I can secure this connection from my end?" You ask, and instantly regret doing so.

"Fuck yeah man! See, if you want to make it portable like, you need to rig it up to some aligned crystals. See, ancient aliens used that form of communication to beam messages to space, and the government can't pick up on that. Its not active encryption, but it should do the trick. Though then the aliens will pick up on our conversations, so you may want to be careful."

"I'll make sure to do that..."

"Cool, get the materials together and I'll walk you through it."

"Right, I'll let you know the next time I pick up some aligned crystals..."

"Cool man, cool. I'll call you if I find anything, you do the same." He says excitedly, before hanging up.

>>18302763
Hey, if witches and magic are real why can't aliens be?

waitaminute

what is preventing them from just throwing the soul into a volcano?

I'm pretty sure that there is technology avalible capable of lowering the soul deep into lava tubes. If this is done secretly, nobody will find it in hundreds of years.

And, I still think that they keep each soul in a bunker in the middle of nowhere, probably in a third world country or a sparsely inhabited area. They might have a few guards immune to the mind control/corruption effect stationed there just to be safe.

Alternatively, they could probably send it into orbit and let it fly around the planet, thousands of meters above the surface or dump in on jupiter.

>>18302762
It was mentioned that they primarily use concrete and steel, and that even that "decays" after a couple of decades.

"Oh he sure seems like a good source." Kiara says, doing nothing to conceal her sarcasm.

"Shut up you, I've got a bone to pick. Can you mind control me?"

"If I wanted to do so, I would have already done it. You've been willing enough so far, and letting you have your own free will is far better than if I were to try to act alone in this. Rest assured, unless you try to hand me over to the Order or something, I won't seize control."

"And I can trust you?"

"Do you have a choice?" Kiara sighs, "Yes, you can trust me. I need you just as much as you need me. Without me, you would just collapse as a corpse, remember, I'm keeping you alive."

Well, she does have a point you guess.

"Anyways, we need to figure out where to go now." She adds.

Where to go indeed.

>Professors house? Or call him? Go somewhere to get equipment (where)? Something else?

>>18302783
Because that would be crazy!

>>18302794
Nothing, if the container is built from the right materials.

>>18302796
Equipment. Milsurp for knives and survival shit, we may have to do a runner at some point. Get another gun, preferably legal. Then hit the professor's house.

>>18302796
call the professor, ask when it would be convinient for him to meet with us

>>18302796
Equipment, I'm kinda edgy not being able to keep a pistol on us. Given our current situation being armed is a very fucking good just in case. Call up some friends of friends see if they can get us a good deal on a legal or at least legal looking pistol. Get some knifes, some rope, duct tape, enough food and survival equipment that we can live out of our car in the middle of the woods for a few weeks if we need to lay low.

>>18302796
Go home I guess, it stands to reason that we would keep some stuff at home, just in case, like a bug out bag or some other form of supplies. If all else fails, we can call dad and see if he has any contacts in this city that could help us out with equipment.

>>18302838
>>18302823
/support

>>18302796
First stop is a jewelry store to get the crosses appraised.

Potentially sell them then and there if the offer is good enough (20k is a lot of money, and the church may be watching ebay for the crosses they used to seal witches with, so it might be worth it just to sell it for the value of the platinum)

plus it reduces the risk of accidentally killing ourselves by removing Kiera.

SELL THE CROSSES! They're historical items, or can atleast be sold for the raw material value.

Goto a gun store or gun show--we don't need a machine pistol anyway. Just a CCW pistol, CCW holster and a derringer we store somewhere else on our person. And get concealable body armor.

>>18302869
>>18302883
right, shouldn't forget selling the crosses, gives us the funds for re-arming ourselves.

"Well having some equipment wouldn't be a bad idea. I need a gun I can keep on me, anyways."

You fish out your wallet.

...Thirty five dollars.

"Well that certainly isn't going to get you much, I don't think." Kiara laughs.

"Hey, didn't you say you could magic our way into a new car? Can you do the same for some guns and shit?"

Kiara ponders for a moment.

"I could, yes. Though right now I could only do it once, and I have a feeling we will need transport other than this... Thing, so for the moment I'm not going to use it."

"You think we're going to need plane tickets?"

"Perhaps, and I'd rather not play my card just so you can get some new cudgel, you barbarian." She huffs.

"Well that means I'm going to either need some cash or a direct source for this stuff..."

Which leaves you with just a few options.

[ ] Sell the crosses at a pawn shop for the value of the platinum, go to gun store

[ ] Call dad, ask him to wire you some cash, go to gun store

[ ] Call dad, get him to hook you up with someone who can give you equipment directly

>>18302903
Sell the crosses for the value of the platinum.

Would a pawn shop even have that much money?

>>18302903
[X] Call Dad, have him wire some cash
I don't think selling the crosses is a good idea, it's a little to risky right now, considering the flaming sword guys are after us, and this could clue them in.

[X] Sell the crosses at a pawn shop for the value of the platinum, go to gun store
For minimal paternal exposure.

>>18302903
Call dad(or his people), meet up with someone for equipment And to trade the crosses for cash.

His network should be able to move them through a pawnshop somewhere at the other end of the state and keep our name off of it. In the meantime Pops (well, his minions) should be able to front us reasonable cash for them along with clean equipment for personal safety.

>>18302903
The problem with calling in Dad is that we'll probably owe him a favor and given our situation paying that back will probably be awkward as all fuck. However selling the Crosses might tip someone off and selling them for full value is not going to be easy in the least.

I'd rather go for asking Dad for money, not as big on the favor route as direct equipment but we get to hang on to some platinum and avoid possibly tripping some alarms and sell them at a later date to a discerning collector who will pay out the nose.

[X] Sell the crosses at a pawn shop for the value of the platinum, go to gun store

>>18302938
That's a good point, this way we make the crosses harder to trace

So you guys want to ask for money now and wait to sell the crosses for more later?

>>18302978
Agreed, we might have to do a "Favor" for Dad though.

>>18302986
That sounds good, hopefully the favor isn't to onerous. He probably won't accept the money back and will want us to do something for him. He may be our dad but he is a criminal businessman first.

>>18302986
no, ask dad to find a reliable pawn shop for us where we can sell the crosses for as close to full value as possible

>>18302986
Yes. The crosses make a nice emergency fund. We can get the cash off of Dad, and we may have to do him a favor for this, but I'd rather keep the crosses for now.

"Well as much as I really fucking hate to do this..."

You dial up your dad again.

"Hey son! How goes business?"

"...I'm not setting up a drug operation here, dad. But... I need some cash..." You feel terrible even asking.

"Cash? Yeah that's easy, we can call it a short term loan."

"I'm not sure I like the sound of that..."

"Don't worry, I won't even charge you interest and you can pay me back whenever you get that non-drug wink wink operation going strong."

You sigh, you don't think you are going to be able to convince him that you aren't setting yourself up as a drug king pin in the city.

"Great, that will work for me."

"Well, how much do you need? Ten? A hundred?"

>How much cash do you ask for? You can also inquire about illegal guns/equipment if you would like any such things.

>>18303054
$2,000, say it's to cover a deal that went bad.

>>18303054
I doubt we'll need more than $4000, ask if he knows where we can get a pistol, no questions or waiting, preferably able to pass inspection and look legal, at least not throw any giant red flags.

After that tell him we love him and to pass it on to Mom and the rest of the family.

>>18303054
probably only a few thousand, nothing TOO big or suspicious to carry on you. Plus, it'd be a pain if we got robbed and it was like 100k.
And ask for a bit of firearms that can easily be concealed, but still powerful. Thinking in the direction of a P90 myself...

>>18303054
>Ten a hundred (thousand)?

Jesus Christ, never mind selling the crosses, just give the damn things to him to help pay that off.

30 would be good enough, if it is a thousand. We could keep some in the car, some in the wallet, some for some shooty bits, put the rest in our shoe or something.

>>18303095
And possibly get him killed by the flamingswordpriests? Hell no. We might think he's a bastard, but we wouldn't do that to our Dad.

>>18303054
"Actually, dad, I've been looking at branching out into other businesses, if you follow. I've had some success- but I don't really know the right people to properly turn some of the things I've managed to acquire into cash. And it's bad business to take loans... I'd much rather trade you or someone you can point me to a couple things I've, ahem, gotten my hands on at a reasonable discount and leave us square."

>>18303120
Yeah right, they'd maybe manage to trace it back to him and discover "No magic here, he must have been selling forgeries"

Either that or he'd sell it for the value of the platinum (likely more than $20k) and there'd be no issue at all

"Just a few thousand dad, I don't need a ton. Had a business deal go south and I just need something to cover for that in the meantime."

"Sure, whatever you need. I'll send Diego with the stuff if you'd like that."

This pricks up your interest a bit. Diego had always been somewhat of a mentor. He was an ex narcotics officer, spent some time with the Rangers in the gulf war. Your dad had bankrolled him to bust up his rivals, which had helped him secure his place as the drug king of Miami. He was a man of few words, but between him and your dad they had trained you well.

"Yeah, haven't seen him in a while. You mind sending him with some... Bottles?" You ask.

"Ah, yeah sure I can do that." Your dad answers, sounding surprised.

Bottles had always been the code word for guns, or was the last time you had been involved in the family business.

"I'll send him along with a smorgasbord, I'll let you pick out what you want."

"Thanks dad. Family doing alright?"

You hear your dad sigh and the clink of glass.

"Alright enough. Anniversary is in a few weeks you know. It would do this old man a favor if you'd show up."

"Yeah, I hadn't forgotten. I might, I'll let you know." You tell him. The anniversary of the day your mother had died, killed by a car bomb planted by a rival gang. Miami had been a war zone for three years after that. Gangsters died by the hundreds before your dad had cleared out every rival group, most by killing them off to the last man.

We live in Florida. Why would we need an 'illegal' pistol? An illegal pistol in Florida wouldnt be a pistol in the first place. And a decent pistol is like $400-500 anyway.

Anyway, I say we get a compact pistol, and a pocket pistol/derringer. Heck, we could even goto a gun show. Ammo, and body armor (which is also legal).

>>18303140
We have, right now, possibly the deadliest thing on earth in our fucking MIND. Dad catches wind of this, were going to be brought in, and if we don't agree to work with him, killed. Even if he doesn't find out where the crosses came from, it could still get linked to him, and through him, us. It's too risky.

>>18303167
They'd be illegal to us due to our family connections, meaning if we want a gun we'd need to acquire it through means other than your friendly gun store which will take down your name, the serial number of the gun and its rifling patterns.

>>18303167
No questions, no waiting period, I somehow doubt people won't notice the son of a major drug lord buying a gun.

>>18303185
Even if you're right, still the gunshow option

"Well I hope I'll see you there. I'll promise no funny business."

"We'll see."

"Alright well Diego should be on the chopper in under an hour, he'll call you to let you know where to go."

"Thanks dad."

Both of you hang up, and sure enough, you get a call from Diego a few minutes later.

Few pleasantries are exchanged, not that you had expected any, Diego didn't really work like that. He let you in on a small airfield about an hour north on a private piece of property.

Its a fairly short drive there, and you make good time in the cuda. Its now VERY late, just past 2am, so the Keys have gone to sleep for the most part.

Pulling up to the small helicopter pad, you notice Diego isn't here yet, but you know it won't take him long.

Another thing you notice, Kiara has been notably quiet for some time now.

>Anything you want to ask her before Diego arrives?

>>18303167
I'd go legal, but that's just me. We'll probably get a better selection through Diego anyway.

>>18303213
What was the name of the ship your box was on? It may help to track down your soul.

>>18303213
What she and Last are currently capable of, and will be capable of upon gaining her soul. Will we be able to go back to our life, or will we die when she releases us?

>>18303213
You're being quiet and not running a somewhat arrogant and sarcastic commentary in my head, either you're plotting something or something is bugging you. We're sharing the same head and our paths seem to be intertwined, what's up?

>>18303213
So after you get your soul back, what exactly happens? does it get stuffed inside me too until we find your body?
And hasn't your body withered and decayed yet by now or something?

Can't she 'mainfest' so to speak, if she's in her mind? Like a tulpa, sort of. Being able to have him 'hallucinate' visually and auditory. Could also be used as a storytelling too

>>18303166
"what are you going to do when you get your powers back?"

>>18303166
>. I might, I'll let you know

Damnit Last, none of that.
The monst.. err.. the Guest in our head has to know how important family is. If it means putting off finding her bits for a few days, fine. We can find the darn time to go to our father's house, hug him, have dinner and remember mama.

Anyhow.
We meet up with Diego to grab a few, err, Bottles.
Then we meet up with the professor. Politely.

Then we go to the Ukraine and recover her soul from the sealed platinum cask hidden in the unfinished and sealed clean zones of Chernobyl Reactor 6.

>>18303276
Considering how long she's waited for someone to come up, and is mortal, a few days is nothing

"You've been quiet." You say quietly.

"I've been tired, keeping you alive does take some energy, after all."

"Yeah I've been meaning to talk to you about that. What happens when you finally get your soul back? Or your body?"

"Hmm? Worried I'll ditch you, mortal?" She says airily.

"A bit, yeah."

"Well don't be, as unfortunate as it is, and though I NEVER wanted to have to do it... We're connected now."

You sit in silence for a moment.

"Connected?"

"Intertwining fates I guess you could call it. I've bound you to me and me to you, and it is a bond that as far as I know can only be broken by death."

You run your finger over the steering wheel, watching the dark sky.

"So I can't go back to my quiet, old life? Can I?"

"No." Kiara says simply.

Now you can hear the telltale chop of the helicopter rotors, and see the lights in the distance over the treetops.

>>18303295
>paranoid impulse
Ditch The Car, Hide In The Grass

If we see diego get out and everything seems cool, we call out.
If someone pulls back the door of the helicopter and unloads on the car with a fully automatic "bottle", then caution wins.

>>18303295
>Now you can hear the telltale chop of the helicopter rotors, and see the lights in the distance over the treetops.
>In b4 OH GOD, ITS THE FED'S, CRAZY GUY WAS RIGHT! RUN FOR IT!
Diego's here, right on time.

>>18303295
Get a bit away and make sure it's Diego before going out to meet him with a good wave and either a handshake or a hug depending on which one is our thing with him.

I say we avoid making her think we're "using" her, or she"ll do what we did to Julius Caeser and Rome. Plus now we dont even have free will.

What about the other questions, too?

Oh good grief not another quest. I'm having trouble following all of them! What with the Strike Witches and the Daniels and the Metahumans and the Metaquests and the Mobile Armors.
Oh well. I suppose more isn't a bad thing.

Hide and make sure it's him first. Then just collect the stuff and be on our way.

>>18303323
well, you know last time we were doing something normal "going home from our crap job", we ended up betrayed by an associate of our father and dumped in the ocean to drown.

"What are you planning on doing, when you are whole again, anyways?"

"I don't have enough time to answer that at the moment." She evades.

"Will I ever be able to see you or are you going to be stuck in my head the whole time?"

"Hmm? Well, once I have my soul again I'll be able to reveal myself somewhat, at least I think so."

The small bell helicopter sets down easily inside the hidden field, and the engine cuts. It also cuts off your conversation with Kiara.

You notice quickly that its the right chopper, Diego's personal bell that he's flown for a long while now. If it had been anything else, you would have hidden and readied your Draco.

Diego emerges from the pilot seat, looking exactly the same as you remember him. Shaved head, black goatee, tough expression.

You hop out of your car and approach him, noticing the heavy bag now over his shoulder.

"Long time no see." You smirk.

"Has it been?" He shrugs.

"Yeah, it has been." You give him a look and get the feeling that perhaps it hasn't been.

"Well, I've got the stuff you asked for here." He drops the bag on the ground, and knowing he isn't here to chat you get down to business and look through it, deciding what you want...

>>18303376
Only Diego and Dad know were here. We're fine!

>>18303295
Watch the helicopter for signs of anything untoward, but make sure we're clearly visible. Don't freak.

And to Kiara, "From what the priest said, it's going to be a bitch and a half going this alone. If they can really detect magic, then you keeping me alive might be pinging them all the time. We might not have that long before we're on the run- and it's a wide, wide world out there with only one soul of yours in it. Can you think of any steps that we can take to gain the power we'll need to protect ourselves during our search, aside from grabbing guns like this?"

Rifles:

-AK74 Krinkov. 5.45x39. 30mm suppressed grenade launcher, Kobra sight

-Colt CQB. 5.56x45. 40mm grenade launcher, Aimpoint T-1

Pistols:

-Colt Delta Elite. 10mm. 8+1rd capacity

-Sig 226. .357 sig, 15+1rd capacity


You figure your Draco is good enough for a concealable PDR, you just need to rig up a way to carry it.

>>18303382
well, what options do we have?

If possible, I'm still going for P90. Small, light, and very powerful.

>>18303417
AK-74, the suppressed 30mm is a little better if we want to stay lowkey.
Sig, Moar bullets = moar dakka when were in a pinch.

>>18303417
Hmmm... I have no idea. probably 1 of each.

>>18303417
AK and the Sig, Ak for stopping power in an assault rifle, and the Sig, cus of personal preference.

Hold out weapon:

- Glock 26

-Ruger LCP

>>18303417
Make sure that we get plenty of ammo, regardless. We might not have another chance to stock up for a long while.

>>18303460
Ruger.

>>18303417
Colt and Sig. 10mm isnt as common as .357

>>18303388
Lead-lined cap, man. Just put the lead under a layer

Glock 26
10 Rd Mag and a slightly bigger round.

>>18303460
Glock
9mm > .38 auto

Sig and the AK. Glock for hold out weapon.

You rifle through the bag and snatch up the AK, the Sig, and the Glock.

"I would have picked the AR over the AK, but you're your fathers son. Russians and your AK's." Diego smirks.

"You taught me how to use them both. I've always liked the AK more, you know that."

Setting the weapons aside, you notice something else.

"You brought me body armor?"

"Kid, I've known you since you were a baby. If you've gotten into enough shit that you're asking for guns, then I KNOW you might need some armor."

"Good call, whats it rated to?"

"The plates? .308, multiple rounds. Try not to test them, though." Diego cracks a rare smile.

Opening up the bag of money...

"This is more than I asked for..."

"Your dad said you didn't give him a real figure, so he dropped fifty large in there and told me to just let you grab how much you want."

Well you could just grab the three grand or so that you realistically actually need...

But all of dat dosh...

>what do?

>>18303536
Grab about 10 grand then. Don't want to seem ungrateful.

>>18303541
This sounds reasonable

should we give the platinum crosses?

>>18303536
Take what we need, we don't need loads of money to do what we need to do, and I think it would show Da we can be reliable.

Ten sounds good.

Next day we still have to come in for work if we dont want to get evicted from our house eventually.

>>18303536
Sigh. "I can't take this and just owe you all of it; pride, you know. Here- I might be short on cash, but at least I've got something worth a fair bit to trade." Hand over the crosses. Make sure that Kiara isn't going to lose it when we touch/work with them as we do so.

>>18303576
Yeah, we should either do this or call in sick.

Does either Dad or Diego know where we might be able to fence some stolen jewelery, without it being traced back to us? As in, at least 5-10k of stolen jewelery?

>>18303564
>>18303550
>>18303541
10, sure.

"Thanks Diego. And tell the old man that i might have something pretty interesting to show him real soon."

>taking the middle ground between sending him away with the platinum and holding onto it?

>>18303552
A platinum cross for the old man? Might not be a bad idea.

>>18303617
WAIT! Save it for the anniversery. We leave it on the grave.

Though you are fairly certain you could get by with just a few thousand, you snatch up what you can only imagine is around ten grand and stuff it into a smaller, separate bag.

"Human greed." Kiara says haughty.

"Shut up, we might need this." You say inside your own mind.

"Your dad also told me to let you know that they captured Marco. He's still offering to let you do the dirty deed yourself, if you want."

You don't reply, you aren't sure what you want just yet.

"Thanks for all the stuff, Diego." You stand up, hefting the bag of guns and cash. It takes you back a few years, that's for sure.

"You know I don't disappoint. Now if that's all you need, I've got to get going. Fucking Colombians are trying to hold out on us, not paying up, so you know what that means." He gestures back at his helicopter and you notice the "fuel tanks" on the sides.

Which are actually disguised rockets. Well, its going to suck to be one of those guys.

"Yeah, I've got all I need. Thanks again."

>hand over the crosses before he goes? hang onto them? Anything else?

>>18303637
Hang on to them, we can give them to dad at the funeral, and wish Diego a safe trip killing Colombians.

>>18303637
Hand over the crosses, tell him to watch out they may be tracked and that they may just want to sell them for the value of the metal, they're far more likely to get close to the actual value that we are.

>>18303637
Oh, and after this is over, we want to be the one to cap Marco. It's personal.

>>18303637
Hand over the crosses. Dad can move that shit better than we can.

>>18303637
Hold on to the crosses. People might be tracking down platinum item trade and you can never be too paranoid with people who think that shredding people in to 3 different pieces is a mighty fine idea.

>>18303673
this

"Hey, Diego! Before you go, take these." You fish the crosses out of your pocket and hand them over.

"What are they?" He asks as he fishes one out of the sock.

"Think of them as collateral for the cash. Don't go showing them off either, they aren't white."

Diego nods, pockets them, and heads off to his chopper.

"And have fun toasting some Columbians!" You shout after him.

"You know me, of course I will."

He climbs into the bell and you head back to the cuda.

"Hmph, of everything we could be doing and you feel the need to arm yourself this heavily." Kiara says, sounding annoyed. "At least you got rid of all that platinum, I feel easier without it around."

"Quit complaining, this stuff might keep us alive. What do you have against guns, anyways?"

"Against guns? Nothing. Against thinking any of this will do you much good against a group of witch hunters? A lot. The Bleeding Sword aren't a bunch of old men in robes armed with bibles, you know."

"I can hold my own in a gun fight, if you can see into my memories than you should be able to see that."

"With my powers, maybe. I'd rather avoid any kind of direct confrontation. Anything like that is going to garner MUCH unwanted attention." She chides you.

>drive to the professors? Call him? Email him?

>>18303708
Drive to the professor's, after putting on the body armor of course.

Wasn't the prof in Bama? If he was call him, if he's closer then lets go there.

Papa-n, I've gotta say my sides split so many times and I went without sleep this past weekend due to reading heretical love.... You are god! Love this one so far, will jump in on this when I get a chance to follow on something aside from my phone

>>18303708
Go to a hotel, catch some rest (or watch TV if we somehow cannot rest?) and then call the professor during Sane&Reasonable Human hours.

Crazy people call in the middle of the night, curious people call in the mid-morning.

>>18303736
Better idea then driving to 'Bama. Lets do this.

>>18303730

HLQ was a lot of fun. This quest is kind of an experiment for the next one, which will probably be a lot like this quest + heretical love (+ monster girls/people)

I am also really digging this more free form style.

>>18303736
My mistake, I should have clarified. If you start the drive now, you can make 'bama by mid afternoon.

>>18303736
Aye.
e-mail the prof, he'll read it when he gets up.
For now? We find a place to sleep, get our shit in order.

>TAKE INVENTORY

>giving away ALL the crosses
Do we really trust her that much? We might regret not holding on to at least one of them.

>>18303708
"You keep chastising my actions to try and prepare for the inevitable engagement without actually giving any real advice.
So tell me, how would I go about fighting a witch hunter? You have a vested interest in keeping me alive so wouldn't it be worthwhile explaining things to me?"

>>18303752
Ah.
well, with any luck witchy powers can make sure that we Don't look like some kind of zombie when we get there.

Start burning the midnight (early AM) oil on the drive there, call the prof at a reasonable hour to set up our afternoon meeting, put up with snarky comments from Kiara about having to watch/experience us as we eat bad truck stop food, and meet with the (hopefully) good professor.

What could possibly go wrong?

"Alright, miss high and mighty. I don't know about you, but I'm fucking exhausted." You say with a yawn.

"Well then find a place to sleep, mortal. And I require something..."

"Which is?"

"Sustenance."

...

"You need food? How would you even eat?!"

"Magic you dolt, I require MAGIC!"

"Oh yeah, just let me whip a rabbit out of a hat." You comment sarcastically.

"Get out of the car and lay down in the grass." She says, rather politely.

"...You aren't going to shock me or something are you?"

A sharp pain in your head!

"If I wanted to do that, I can! Now just do as I say." She sounds very annoyed.

Figuring it best to just placate her, you climb out of the car, tromp out a few feet, and plop down in the grass.

Which starts to wilt and turn brown around you...

so when do we have mindsex?

>>18303801
Thank god this isn't Fate/Stay Night. Banging a 4000 year old doesn't sound to appealing when it comes to recharging magical BS.

>>18303801
...

oh fuck. OH FUCK OH FUCK, OH FUCK WHAT IS GOING ON WHAT THE JESUS BUDDHA ALLAH

>>18303831
But its more fun that way.

>>18303819
I think this isn't the quest for you...

"Hey! What the fuck?!"

"Relax you fool, I'm only drawing in a bit, what I can anyways."

"Grass is magic?" You ask, flabbergasted. "What are you, a cow?!"

"All living things contain a slight amount, idiot. Though not much, its at least something. I can't store a terrible amount as is, so this would be akin to what you would call... A snack, I believe."

You aren't even sure how to reply to that...

"I'm finished." She says quietly after a few moments.

When you stand up, you notice a swath of grass around you, maybe fifteen feet. All of it dead.

"Oh yeah, now THAT doesn't seem like dark wizard shit or anything..."

"Just shut up and go find somewhere to sleep. I'd appreciate a few hours of not having to put up with your mind. Its exhausting just seeing your... Primal urges, being in here."

"Primal urges?"

"Food, sleep... Women... Ugh, I'm glad I wasn't born a man, how do you even function?"

"I didn't think anything about that kind of stuff!!!" You protest.

"Well its in here, and its very annoying..."

>Find a hotel? Head back to your apartment? Sleep in your car?

>>18303858
A lot of us are readers from Papa-N's last quest. Things of that nature were kinda standard.

>>18303831
she's eternally 16. so yeah.

>>18303801
"Look, if you need to suck the life force out of plants or something, just tell me. Don't refuse to give me any information and then call me an idiot for not knowing what you're talking about. If you're right and we're stuck together for good, we'll both be better off with me well informed."

"Hey, can we, like, mindfuck or something?" You ask out of the blue.

"Oh sure, lets do just that..."

Kiara lets your corpse fall to the ground. She can haunt this small area and wait for another to possess.

>>18303876
OH YEAH, WE'LL I'LL SHOW YOU.

TIME TO BUY ME A HOOKER.

>>18303878
I know, I read Heretical Love too. But he's stated before this is more of a serious quest.
>>18303876
Sleep in the car. We should start on our trip to 'Bama in the morning.

>>18303876
With Carlos caught, some of his cronies might be out for us, so Apartment is not go as far as sleeping in it. I think a hotel would be fine, as long as it's a fair distance from anywhere we've been before. The ex-preist said they have magic detectors that can find the active use of magic. The witch in our head just ate the life of all the grass in a 15ft area.

Yeah, they're after us now.

>>18303893
The Hue! It has returned!

>>18303893
>ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED : BAD END
>It seemed like a good idea at the time.

>>18303927

and all is right with the world

>>18303893
IT BEGINS!!!!

>>18303898
I'm pretty sure that this would be a very stupid idea

head back to your apartment, it should be more or less safe. And, tell her to be careful about how she eats, we know that the hunders have devices that detect "magical radiation", and it's a bit too early to let them find out about us

>>18303893
Ah, HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE!
How I have missed you.

1 vote for apartment, 1 for car, 1 for hotel

>>18303971
Voting car

oh huehuehue, how i missed thee

hotel. apartment is compromised and car is risky.

rolled 1 = 1

>>18303971
Rolling to settle then?
1 Apartment
2 Car
3 Hotel

1=car
2=apartment

>>18303876
>Food, sleep... Women...
>Implying Women aren't EVEN MORE "Food, Sleep, Men"
Can it, witchbitch. I've got a physical body and I'm going to enjoy it.
Now, let's grab some food, masturbate, and go to sleep.

rolled 1 = 1

blah, fucking refreshed and lost dice

>>18304007
YES! Time to troll Kiara a bit.

>>18304007
This. Fappin all night.

Let's try to have a little more class than that.

>>18304030
She brought it up. She can deal with it.

>>18304030
Agreed. Plus, are we sure we want to start intentionally irritating her?

>>18304030
Nope. We're gonna fap, watch cut girls doing cute things, and then we're gonna sleep.

>>18304064
This is a terrible idea.

>>18304056
We don't have to ask her to join. She can just knock us out with her headzapthing if she wants to.

rolled 1 = 1

You make a drive to the nearest town, only to realize that this is the Keys and nothing is fucking open past 9pm.

"Fuck..."

Your stomach growls.

"I fucking hate eating gas station food." You gripe as you pile out and head into the Marathon.

Snagging a couple bags of chips, candy and whatnot, a few drinks. You make a nice little pile on the counter and plop down the money you had in your wallet.

Heading back out to the 'cuda, you recline the leather seat as you munch down on what was packaged as an egg salad sandwich. You aren't convinced.

"I won't tell you whats in it, then." Kiara pipes up.

You spit what was in your mouth out, and toss the rest of the sandwich.

"Thanks..." You bitch.

"So we're going to sleep in this... Thing? Are you serious?"

"I'm always serious. And don't call me Shirley."

"What are you blathering about, mortal?"

You sigh and chomp down on a Twix. You are stuck with an immortal witch in your head and she doesn't even understand your jokes.

After a few minutes, bags of chips, and iced teas, you fire up the engine and find a nice quiet back road that you can sleep on.

>>18304085
>inb4 she invades our dreams or is aware of what we are dreaming

>>18304100
Kinky mindsex? If so, we're screwed, in more ways than one.

rolled 17 = 17

>>18304085
rollin for wet dreams

>>18304116
And here comes the huehuehue...

>>18304115
Who said anything about mindsex, for all we know she'll berate us at length for our substandard dreaming abilities and interest in vulgar things.

>>18304085
>leaving my own dice on
>2011

"You want to sleep HERE?" Kiara says, sounding dismayed.

"It ain't the ritz sweet cheeks, but it will do."

"...Don't refer to me as that again..."

"Whatever..." You flick a cigarette butt out the window and settle down. Its been a long day, and you fall asleep almost instantly.

You dream that you are back home, in your actual family house, not the crummy apartment. It appears dark, and so you head in to the kitchen to turn on some lights. Maybe grab a snack.

Turning around with a doughnut in hand, you drop it suddenly and lurch back.

"Holy shit fuck?!" You exclaim as you do.

"Hmm? Surprised to see me? I am in your mind you know." Kiara, or at least you think its Kiara, says with a smirk.

"Also, if your subconscious doesn't get me out of this pink camisole I will light your car on fire and burn your sleeping body alive~ish."

>>18304154
Called it.
I guess we now find out what Kiara actually looks like then.

>>18304154
>Pink Camisole
I'd have gone with red dress, but still funny.

>>18304154
It's that or the leather dress.

>>18304154
>2012
>Not the leather chaps of Ra'alman

>captcha: expose the
damn straight captcha

"Err..." You were about to ask just how the hell to do that, when it happens for you.

Kiara peers rather unhappily down at a frilly Victorian style dress, then back at you.

"This is what you imagined I would wear?"

"Well, I mean..." You shrug.

To be completely honest, you aren't sure what the fuck is going on right now. But you get that you are dreaming.

Which doesn't exactly explain the short, annoyed looking girl with pale skin tapping her foot, arms folded. She's pretty, anyone would think that. Jet black hair dropping down past her waist, looking fairly unkempt. Vibrant purple eyes stare at you, they appear almost glowing, which is quite unnerving.

"I don't even get to sleep peacefully without you here?" You complain finally, at a loss.

"Well I can certainly leave if you'd like, or we can talk until you awaken. I'll admit, it would be rather boring to just wait it out, after thinking it over."

>ask her to leave? Ask her some questions?

>>18304154
Now, why would I do that, you look very nice in it, and you yourself said that men think of three things, women being one of them.

>>18304212
Questions, like WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU INSIDE MY DREAM!?!?! and maybe a little more about where her body/soul might be. She's bound to have come up with something.

>>18304212
You've been reading my memories so you know all about me, so I think it's only fair that you tell me more about yourself,

>>18304212
Ask about the true history of the world and important historical figures. Augustus Caesar would be a good one.

>>18304212
So as far as potential soul locations I'm thinking Three Mile Island, any other ideas?

Stop it with the boners already 4chan.

>>18304248
>>18304239
This too.

>>18304258
No man, a destructive force that possess people and causes accelerated decay is precisely the absolute last thing you want at a nuclear power plant.

Try a random mountain in the Himalayas or the bottom of an old-ass mineshaft

"So WHY are you hear?" You ask with a why face.

"I told you, I'm a part of your mind right now, technically speaking. Fused with it."

"Oh cool, so will I wake up rested or is this like being awake?"

"Its a dream, you are sleeping. I believe it would closely resemble a lucid dream." She says, raising a finger.

With a sigh, you sit down and enjoy your pastry. Kiara takes the seat across from you at the expensive glass table. She folds her hands and rests her chin on them, staring at you.

"This feels too weird..." You stand up, fetch a plate and another doughnut, and set it down in front of her. She makes no effort to eat it.

"Well since the gang's all here, why don't you tell me a bit about yourself? I mean, if you can see into my memories you know pretty much everything there is to know about me."

You bite into your food, just because she doesn't want hers doesn't mean you aren't going to indulge yourself. Even if this is just a dream.

"About... Myself?" She raises an eyebrow.

"Yeah, about yourself." You lick your fingers, savoring the flavor of the glaze.

"Disgusting..." She comments at the sight. "Well what do you want to know?"

>what do you want to know?

>>18304278
>Mineshafts
The collapsed coal tunnels under the north sea would be absolutely perfect. Due to the way it collapsed, they are near impossible to dig out without them immediately collapsing and flooding again.
It was known that they would collapse when they were abandoned so there would have been time to move it there.

Though I will admit that in the context of the quest, it is an unlikely location

>>18304297
Lets see. Who else has she known besides Caesar? Who were you before you became... a spirit?

>>18304278
So just take out the nuclear power plant, no one in their right mind would go near there.

>>18304320
What?

>>18304297
Why does literally everything I do or do not do disgust you?

>>18304297
"Well you must have seen some pretty interesting things and met some interesting people over the years. How about that?
What was your childhood like?
You know, things like that."

>>18304297
What does she like to do on her spare time? I imagine orchestrating the downfall of empire probably has a lot of down time in which one would need to keep them self occupied.

why DID she cause the downfall of an empire?

>>18304297
What exactly am I dealing with as far as your powers are concerned? Anything you've decided not to mention alongside the mind reading and magic gathering?

>>18304368
She was bored?

>>18304330
To clarify, remove the dangerous components of the reactor IE uranium and replace it with the platinum soul box. Thee reputation of the island makes it sound like a decent place to hide something like a volatile soul. I don't know I'm just spit balling ideas.

"Well for starters, who and what are you?"

"You know most of that. I've gone by too many names to list, and Kiara is fine. The Celts called me Kiara, and they were the only group to have never tried to use me like a tool. I rather liked them..." She closes her eyes for a moment.

"So are you like, a spirit or something now?"

"A spirit? Not exactly. Right now I am my mind, that's all. I have my memories, and some slight powers. But the soul is where my real strengths are."

"So you weren't always like this?"

"No you dolt, I was human once, otherwise how would I have been flayed and cast about to the far ends of the world?" She leans on one hand, looking increasingly bored.

"Well you mentioned Caesar, so I'm sure you know more interesting people. Or did I guess." You leave the question rather open as you go for another pastry, selecting a bear claw.

"Too many to list, I suppose. I don't care much for those who seat themselves in power, most of them seek little else and are therefor just as dull as the last."

"Didn't you try to obtain power?"

"Me? No, I've never sought out a throne. Despite being more or less worshiped by some groups, I never sought to lead any of them. Mortal troubles are for mortals, I care little for such trifle as the day to day of running a kingdom."

"Is that why you brought down the Romans?"

>>18304368
she mentioned something about caesar being a dick who was using her

Considering her attitude, give her a a dominatrix outfit and riding crop.

Or have her dressed like Braveheart since celtic

>>18304421
It would be hilarious for the brief moment before she mindzapped us into oblivion.

Do it.

>>18304440
i vote for this

>>18304421

>>18304421
the hue is strong with this one.

Explain to her that biology dictates the male species is dominated by thoughts of preservation of its genes and to stop complaining when your brain fires off in a lucid dream with thoughts that she (as a female witch) might find revolting. ((covers your ass from getting melted by her))
Then ask her more details about her last memories before being put through the rending process. Learn about her defense against the over 100 priest, how they captured her, and what they war-priests use as weapons against her magic powers.

For all we know, she might be into that (what with calling us 'mortal' all the time), and we"ll win her heart!

>>18304421
Witches and swimsuits go quite well together

>>18304491
This. She clearly is sexually dominant.

>>18304520
Not everything needs strike witch references.

"I brought them down because of what they tried to do with me. I'm not some dog to be chained and pointed at an enemy. Nor am I willing to waste my time sitting in a field to raise crops for an ungrateful and disgusting populace so they can expand their borders."

"So you don't like the Romans?"

"Its not that I dislike them, I dislike what they were trying to do. I was more than content with helping the people of the north, because for the most part they were a just and fair people, though there were exceptions. Caesar promised me that he was trying to unite them for the common good, he didn't mention that it would be under his flag and his rules. Nor that he wanted to use me as political clout, and a dangerous weapon."

"Ah, so that's why you toppled Rome? To get back at one guy?"

"To end his ideas? Somewhat I suppose..." Kiara trails off, and glares.

"I will make you regret that, mark my words." She hisses. "I'm not a doll and I can tell when you're doing it on purpose, you can't hide things from me."

Seeing her in animal pelts, blue war patterns adorning her face and a broadsword on her back, even for a brief few seconds, was worth it. You don't dare try the leather and whips, you get the feeling the flak from this will be bad enough.

"Sorry, couldn't help myself..." You have to hold back your laughter.

"So does everything I do disgust you? Seems like it does."

"Take yourself back to my time, mortal. When I was still very much alive and whole, women were dominated, repressed. Witches less powerful than I slaved to the whims of mortal men and their greed, their desires."

>>18304547
I dont always refer to Strike Witches.

But when I do, it's in a Papa-N thread.

>>18304555
Ouch. She has some serious issues. Nice trips btw.

>>18304555
>"I will make you regret that, mark my words."
...worth it

>>18304520
>witches and swimsuits go well together

You sure about that?

"How does that apply to me?"

"I suppose it doesn't. Perhaps you are just disgusting to begin with." She smirks.

"Bah!" You throw up your arms and head for more food.

>more questions? Link to any good ones I didn't answer, getting a bit lost on what ones I've covered

>>18304592
Latter part of >>18304482

>>18304592
Here you go
>>18304482

>>18304592
"So how do you see this working out in the long term? If our minds are really fused, I have to admit I'm not really looking forward to what, years or decades of me being ignorant and frustrated all the time, you being bitchy and superior, and generally the two of us endlessly bickering. That seems like a miserable existence. Any ideas for ensuring mutual happiness- and it has to be mutual, because I'm pretty sure either one of us could make the other one fairly miserable."

>lots of concrete
>lots of steel

Has anyone thought of dams yet for storing a witches soul? Maybe the Hoover? Considering its size and all.

>>18304649
It's been mentioned earlier, yeah.

>>18304592
How split up is her physical form? Are we going to have to find each organ after the soul?

"So what's your opinion on FUNK?"
Then play this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i46N2ZFPb0

Definitely defend yourself so we can slip up and view her in a bikini more often! Then follow up with my other questions about her last memories and how to fight the witch hunters

>>18304555
She goes on about ancient gender roles but now Ms. Dominatrix wants to control Lasts' life and is using him as a tool/servant just as the people she despises tries to do to her? Hypocrisy, much?

>>18304592
Right, how much power is in your body and how much can you pull off if you just have body and mind?
Without your mind is your soul just a bit of a rampaging bucket of power?
How much crazy ass magic shit can the Bleeding Sword pull off?
What methods did they use exactly to fuck you over?

Considering how easily either of us could fuck the other over trying to make me regret something is not the best move when this could easily go Mexican standoff.

Also in a few weeks I am going to take a hiatus from this finding your soul thing and go home to visit my family for the anniversary, just a heads up.

>>18304668
That...might actually be worth pointing out to her at some point.

I know. Oh fuck. The bitch is in Chernobyl.

>>18304668
this. worst part is she's immortal and she"ll just move onto another host when he dies.

Pretty fucked up

>>18304685
Are you implying her soul by herself caused a nuclear fallout?

>>18304668
you sir have a very good point

>>18304666
"Lady of the groove?"

>>18304685
Plenty of steel and concrete, no more than 50 years old. Completely decayed.

>>18304704
I normally don't listen to music while i read Papa N quests, but when i do, i listen to funk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kAfjIAZQ_I

"I'm a man, I can't fight that good ol' biology. Maybe you can with your witchy ways, but I'm just a somewhat alive somewhat dead servant to an immortal, right?"

"Hmph... I suppose, though you would do well to avoid your carnal nature in my presence. I have little desire for such wastes of time."

"Not to mention, you're using me aren't you?"

"I can't argue that, but you should remember that without me, you would be a corpse at the bottom of the ocean."

Well, she does have a pretty good point...

"So if you were so mighty and powerful, how did they even catch you?" You ask as you sit back down and changing the subject, "Also eat the damn doughnut, please."

Kiara pokes at it with a frown, before continuing to ignore it.

"Even my power has limits, I can admit that. I can also admit that while men are greedy and deceitful, they are not always downright foolish. The witch hunters learned over time, though not generally when facing me as they never lived long enough to retell their tale."

Kiara finally picks up the doughnut, gives it a small bite, frowns and sets it back down.

"It didn't take them long to learn that platinum can harm witches, and in a high enough amount it can damage even myself. It saps magical power, drains it. Platinum arrows proved quite effective, en mass. I was weakened slowly by the destruction of my sources of magic, starved until they could seize me."

>>18304701
The worst part is that Caesar couldn't rob her of her free will.

She can. He is a slave in the truest sense of the word when he can't even have his own will. Just because she allows him to decide things for now doesnt mean he has actual free will

>>18304697
Well, she is the most powerful witch and all that.

>>18304659

Ah, I must have missed it.

>>18304685
oh christ someone brought up nuclear reactors but how have we not seen this before. Combine with heavy influence/resurgence of Russian Orthodox Catholicism.
toss in the fact that the sarcophagus is decaying rapidly.

bada bing bada bang.

>"It didn't take them long to learn that platinum can harm witches, and in a high enough amount it can damage even myself. It saps magical power, drains it. Platinum arrows proved quite effective, en mass. I was weakened slowly by the destruction of my sources of magic, starved until they could seize me."

Remember this, it might come in handy.

>>18304741
How did we not see this earlier?

>>18304704
Now I can only imagine this as a 70s-inspired magical mafia tv series with all the scenes of any importance have some tight funky beat going on as background music.

Somehow I like the serious tone of the quest and this sudden emerge of funky fun.

>>18304728
Logical fallacy.

The fact he gave him sort-of-life doesn't change the fact she's enslaved him, and could have forced him to agree anyway.

Plus the fact she's worse since he can lose his will on her whim, and nobody is capable of doing that to her

>>18304741
Takes a STALKER, I guess.

>>18304728
What exactly do you mean by sources of magic?

>>18304773
Very true.

>>18304775
Get out of here STALKER.

>>18304766
Because storing shit that decays shit in a nuclear power plant is the fullest of retard and the non-exploded reactors at Chernobyl were in service until 2000 and there are still a bunch of people there finishing the somewhat delicate process of decommissioning them.

>>18304741
>Russian Orthodox Catholicism

Yo, the Great Schism called. It says it wants to speak to you.

>>18304741
It hasnt really resurged so much as they're no longer forced underground by the Soviet Union. IIRC, Russia is slowly becoming more secular anyway

>>18304801
>Implying that's not a conspiracy by the C-consciousness scientists, who are actually BS members.

>>18304728
Question, is there any oath you can swear, any contract you can sign that you are quite literally unable to break no matter what the circumstances? Because one of those might come in handy eventually.

>>18304773
When you put it that way, I really, really don't like this Karia.

She's like those feminazi caricatures. Bitches about enslave/exploitation of her and her sex, acts like a crazy, abusive controlling bitch to her BF

>"Me? No, I've never sought out a throne. Despite being more or less worshiped by some groups, I never sought to lead any of them. Mortal troubles are for mortals, I care little for such trifle as the day to day of running a kingdom."
>Mortal troubles are for mortals, I care little for such trifle as the day to day of running a kingdom.

...that's hot
really, there's nothing else I can possibly say about that subject

>>18304801
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that nobody is stupid enough to put a witch soul near a power plant

Sorry to do this... but platinum is expensive because it is super fucking rare...They pulled a 300 and blacked out the sun with platinum arrows on her? Also it was the 16th century before it was first referenced, I know churches guarded secrets at that time (like their bible and literacy) but platinum production enough to have swarms of arrows take her out?

Just felt like being a dick about that, back to the story! Ask her about the extent of her powers, what she could do to stop a normal witch hunter, what she thinks we can do using the little bits of her power we have access to with her recently acquired mind.

"And they did?"

"Indeed." She says bitterly, flicking at the doughnut, her face turning to a scowl.

"So what happens once we finally get you back together? Will we still be bound together?"

Kiara looks up at you, losing the scowl, her face softening.

"I won't occupy your mind forever, and I'll leave the final decision up to you but... You can only remain alive if I allow it, if I maintain the binding. Though if you wish for death at some later time, I won't deny you it."

You sit back in your chair to process that.

"So you're telling me... I'm immortal so long as you are?"

"Correct, I can maintain you like this for as long as you desire. I myself have no wish for death, so theoretically we could remain bound for eternity. Though you might grow bored, and again I will grant you death if you desire it, after I return to my full form. At the same time, I won't require you as a servant forever, I have little desire to rob you of your free will as others have tried to do to me. Though without me you would perish."

That hits you like a freight train. You aren't even sure how to respond. You? Living forever like this? Though the alternative...

>>18304822
it's all a gambit set up by the jovian space lizards

"I'm not even going to think about that right now." you groan, "Lets change the subject... What are your sources of magic, I guess?"

"Well there is life, which is why forests always appealed to me. I don't have to drain them of life entirely, in a massive northern forest my magic was strong from the present life. Though other sources of magic exist, relics older even than I, that sort of thing."

"So with your soul being the host of most of your magic power, its pretty strong I take it?"

Kiara perks up, this seems to interest her.

"Very strong indeed. Strong enough that wherever it is is likely decaying at a rapid rate, rapid enough to perhaps even be noticed by those without knowledge of witches. Though at the same time, it could well be buried deep and out of sight, I do not know."

>alright what are some questions/whatnot I've missed?

>>18304864
Or maybe the order gobbled up all the platinum for themselves? Seems like their number 1 weapon.

>>18304873
This is... unexpected. I mean, good god, if we stay on her "good side" we could be granted practical immortality. We could become the mob boss of mob bosses. Or a litch. Bitches love litches.

>>18304886
Can the Bleeding Sword do much of any magic on their own? Can your soul and body take any independent action? Thank her for the whole being able to die though we're not in any hurry. What are your major overarching plans on returning the world?

>>18304914
>Litch

>>18304914
Nah fuck that we can spend like 200 years working on the 'Cuda

>>18304886
exactly how immortal am I? I know I don't need to breathe, and I assume I won't age, but can I still starve? should I worry about some highlander trying to cut my head off with a sword?

>>18304935
Ask this. Its a good question.

>>18304864
she never defined how much 'enough' is; could just be a metric fuckton of arrows with a few ounces of platinum spread out between the lot.

Can she die? I mean she can be "split up", but can they stop her from "living" at all? I'm guessing the church wants to take out all witches is because they wouldn't join them right?

>>18304886
Magic radiation and radiation may not be so different if we go off the chernobyl thing.

Kiara seems to like to talk about herself

If she can control us, can't she just manipulate our dream instead of being able to dress her up?

>>18304770
"And back to the program: Zombie and Witch! the new serious mafia show with funky witches, space lizards controlling the church and government is in on this with all their new" fancy concrete buildings housing magic" conspiracies!

Opening theme starts.
"You know this boogie is for real~"

>>18304969
FUND IT!

>>18304969

I keep picturing the duo from the Unsounded comic. I just can't help it.

The priest said the church can track magic and magic-using, do I qualify? Should we be worried about them finding us when you 'snack'?

Guys, guys, there is another possibility for her soul's location. Religiousy and its probably pretty easy to hide a shit ton of platinum in there. Of course its out in the open, but maybe less is more?

Just throwing it out there

What music does she like?

>>18305018
Zombie and a rapacious younger girl... I can see it.

>>18304969
I can see it.
It is beautiful

"So what can the Bleeding Sword guys do? Do they have to rely on platinum alone? Can they magic shit up?"

"Though I don't know about their current capacities or weapons, I can guess a bit. I know they were doing research at the time into harnessing witch souls and witches themselves to be used as weapons, I never saw any of that happen... What is that dreadful sound?"

"That, my dear witch, is the sound of FUNK." You smirk as the tunes play in your dream.

~Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk~

"Its... Well I guess I don't mind it." Kiara shrugs.

"Seemed like a fitting song." You shrug.

"So can you die? Can I die from stuff other than you letting me?"

"I'm not sure if I can die, to be honest. You can die any number of ways I'm sure, though I don't know the specifics I assume you can still starve to death, for instance. I believe the only enemy you've mastered is age."

"Well that's groovy I guess, I can dig looking like this, never really did want to get old and wrinkly. By the way, am I magic now? Can the bad dudes track me and whatnot?"

Kiara shrugs.

"With modern methods, I don't know. The Order's current capabilities are beyond me right now. I've made efforts to conceal my powers, though. For instance when I devoured the life of the grass, I did so by asking the grass for its life, which it granted me. Rather than simply taking it. Though I don't know if that will throw off any tracking."

think its about time to wake up to a platinum tipped shotgun in our face after the local witch-hunter sect picked up the radiation from her absorbing the grass... Out of questions

Kiara stiffens, suddenly looking worried.

"Trouble." She says simply.

You awaken to a moustachioed man in aviators and a wide hat staring at you through the car window.

"Rough night?" He asks, shining a flashlight in your face.

Oh yeah, trouble.

>reaction?

>>18305060
Completely Unrelated, but that's what came to my mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P0g9rIC-lc&list=FLZ5zpR7PfooJxDk1XFv8UbQ&index=28&featur
e=plpp_video

>>18305065
Agreed, out of questions. Nice to know all of this stuff early on though.

>>18305060
If we've run out of questions, formally thank her for saving our life.
I don't think we have done so yet.

>>18305085
No kidding. I figured I had too much to drink so I just pulled over. Better safe, right?

>>18305087
That is one groovy as fuck robot thingy

>>18305065
>>18305060

shit... spoke too soon on getting woken up due to her magic use. although Im sure someone picked up on our emergency ship digging, so the keys might be a bad place to stick around if they think there is a witch presence there, we need to start heading to 'Bama and see if the professor knows any good dig sights

>>18305085
Hello officer, what can I do for you? I had a long night, was tired and not exactly up to driving so I pulled out here and decided to catch some z's.

>>18305085
"Yeah you could call it that"

>>18305106
Yeah now they have more swagger than us puny humans also
>You awaken to a moustachioed man in aviators and a wide hat staring at you through the car window.
>Picture somewhat related

>>18305085
Sleep is a wonderful thing, treasure it.

Maybe its time to get going with the keys and what not.

>>18305085
Like you wouldn't believe...

>>18305085
"Wha? Waiting the night out so I can continue driving."

The guns are hidden well.

Right?

>>18305102
thats admitting to a crime, just explain we have been travelling for a while and needed to stop to rest, truckers do this all the time (although it's at designated places) we should get off easy since it seems this is just a normal state patrolman judging by the sick mustache I'm picturing this guy rocking

>>18305085
"Girlfriend kicked me out of the apartment. Got drunk. Drove here after I sobered up. You?"

"Trust me officer, you have no idea. I wasn't drinking or anything, just pretty beat from working late and now I've got to drive out to 'bama so I was just catching some zeez, can't really afford a hotel."

"Uh huh. License and registration."

You dig it out of the glove box and hand it to him, he takes a look at it and then back to you. He does this several times, and you notice his right hand making a small movement to the pistol at his side.

"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to step out of the vehicle."

>wat do?

>>18305162
Ask Kiara to scan his mind. If it's bad, we wipe it, and run.

>>18305162
kiara mindscan. visual sweep for platinum. open the door nice and slow.

also do we need a new thread? this one is autosage

"Problem officer?"
follow his orders, pistol should be in our belt hidden by the shirt for OHSHIT moment if needed, but for now it could just be a broken taillight or something else stupid, no need to start shooting

>>18305162
Do we have a gun on us? If not, step out and cooperate. See if she can read his mind.

Odd are he recognized our last name and its association to dear old dad, which shouldn't give him probable cause or anything to search the car.

>>18305162
Comply.
Ask Kiara to look out for trouble.

>>18305162
Quickly ask Kiara to read his mind, check his intents. In the meanwhile slowly leave the vehicle with our holdout weapon easily accessible. Play it calm, check for plat, I'd rather not kill him that leaves one hell of a trail and brings down all sorts of hell.

>>18305198
Addendum: if so, oops. Hope we got a carry permit.

>>18305192
It can wait another 5 minutes.

Comply and close/lcok the door since he does NOT have a right to search your vehicle.

He doesnt have shit on us, can't do shit. Especially over sharing a surname

>>18305205
i assume we would since we had a (presumably) legal pistol before we got kidnapped and shit went to hell

"Yes Sir"

"Kiara, can you scan this dude and let me know what the fuck it is I should be doing?!?"

"Give me a second, I'm having some trouble here..."

"Trouble, what tro..."

Its at that instant that you notice something you should have the moment you saw him.

Platinum earrings. Or maybe, they certainly are shiny but you can't exactly be sure.

"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you again to step out of the vehicle." The mustached man asks again, this time gripping his pistol full on.

"Yeah sorry, give me a second..."

>plan? Run, fight?

>>18305246
Welp, comply but be ready to fight.

>>18305246
Well in that case.

Play it cool and try to get the drop on him. Get those earrings off him and get some answers the mindflayer way.

>>18305205
russian mafia drug lords son, probably dont have a legal carry permit now that I think about it... hope our training made us better than a cop at quick draw, but killing a cop is gona cause all kinds of crap. He most likely called in the stop with our car and license plate before walking up and I dont wana lose this sweet ass ride just yet.

hopefully we can magic/coerce him if things get that far

>>18305246
HES WITH THEM. Stay calm, don't go for the gun just yet, if he wants to take us in, then we go for the pistol.

>>18305269
unless they are crosses they are most likely just Florida's version of Jersey Shores, hell even if they are crosses they probably still are... but then again can cops wear earings? May be something Last would recognize since he'd know the local laws

>>18305246
He has plat earrings meaning he's Bleeding Sword. Slowly and carefully get out of the car and be completely ready to draw and blow his brains out at first notice. Lovely thing about quick-drawing is that action pretty much always beats reaction. If we run our location, car and so on are open. I don't really think he's here to invite us to a tea party so at the first hint of things going south put a pile of bullets in him.

>>18305289
Platinum earrings aren't exactly a common thing, particularly among walking stereotype Florida cops

Hopefully its just a paladin using detect magic to find any local new witches ect and hes not onto us being a harbinger of a goddess.

Making no sudden movements, and keeping your hands well in sight, you gingerly open the door and step out.

"I really need a read on this guy, Kiara..." You plead.

"I'm working on it, I'm working on it!!!" She hisses back, clearly angry at you disrupting her focus.

"What seems to be the problem, officer?" You ask, now away from your vehicle.

"Sleeping on a public road is a no-go here in my jurisdiction, I deal with too many drunks to put up with it. Do you consent to a breathalyzer?"

"Wha? Sure I guess."

The cop chuckles at your surprise.

"Sorry son, just protocol. I'm not going to make you go through the dance though."

"Ah, cool, thanks. Like I said, haven't been drinking, just tired. Nice earrings by the way, those platinum?"

"Huh? Ah yeah, daughter picked them up for me, platinum plated though. Says they look better than my old ones. Perks of being the local Sergeant, I get to wear whatever I want." He grins.

"Ahahaha..." You laugh along with him, until he stops suddenly.

"We can cut the shit, boy."

>>18305337
Or we are already on their radar. FUCK!

cross fingers that it's not a platinum tipped breathalyzer, blow, be on our merry way. (hope the beer we had with the priest was just 1 or 2... or else it'll show up and we are boned)

>>18305337
"We can cut the shit, boy."

Fuck?
A new thread would be good right now

>>18305345
That or he recognized our name.

>>18305337
HA HA TIME FOR GENITAL KICKS

"The shit, officer?"

"Yeah, the shit. You know damn well why I'm here."

"I do?"

"Don't fucking play cute with me you fucking wizard. How you've evaded us for this long is admirable, but it ends here."

"RUN!" Kiara shouts suddenly in your mind.

"Its a bit too fucking late for that!!!" You retort, desperately trying to think of something.

>run, fight, talk?

>>18305385
Quickdraw, drop the fucker.
Whatever kiara can do to help, get her to do it.

>>18305385
Slam the door into his shins, jump out and elbow drop to the back of the neck.

>>18305385
GENITAL KICKS

Or act completely oblivious, like go full The Dude on him.

"Wizard? Dude, I don't play that DnD stuff..."
BLAMM!
quick draw on him when you throw him off with second guessing if you're what he thinks you are

>>18305385
FIGHT! We can ditch going to 'Bama right now, we need to get out of the country, or get Dad's help.

>>18305397
Why not both?

>>18305385
I SWEAR TO CHRIST I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DAD'S BUISNESS, WHY DO YOU THINK I'M DOWN HERE?

rolled 59 = 59

first look around if there is nobody in sight, fight
plan: start talking and hit him mid-word, do not stop talking while making the first strike, Last should know why if he had any training. start with a low blow, then hit him in the head->draw gun and shoot

>>18305398
>>18305417
Remember, this is a organisation of fanatics that routinely kills people who don't know they are magic users.
Acting oblivious is likely to do nothing.

bah, left the dice on by accident

>>18305385
Im REALLY hoping that means hes just a paladin using detect magic, cuz hes here alone so i guess he suspects that we are a nublie magic user, which i guess we are in this case. However, we know more than he thinks we do so lets use the surprise to our advantage.

>>18305401
We do NOT want to get our Dad's crime syindicate involved in a war against the church. He WILL lose.

>>18305483

New thread