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I’m back for more cryptic nonsense (if anyone’s up for it).
New players are, as always, extremely welcome. I’d be happy to sum up anything you might be wondering about (unless it’s obtuse by design), although I do recommend that you read the archives.
Since you’re a Void mage, metagaming is encouraged, as is discussion, and remember: lethality is at a high level. The loss of your arm, eyes and sanity (well, most of it) was completely unplanned for, and yes, you can easily end up dead. In fact, the Void school of magic is basically engineered for hilariously fatal accidents.
Please sage all suggestions, since a bunch of guys have been complaining about quests taking up the front page, and we all have to co-exist. Seeing as they’re irrational (and blatantly wrong), we might as well compromise, since they can’t see reason, and no one likes shitty metathreads.

>SO
Quick summation:
Seere, the 70th of the 72 is on his way. Kaoru’s holding him back for now, until you can save Anton, master of Death magic, as well as the 20 Void magi who make up Azrayil. You have been told to try and get to Gyatso’s temple in Tibet, where Kaoru will bring in Seere once you’re done. Thus far, you’ve saved three, but each saved Void magi also saves another while you’re inside one of the dreamscapes, so you’re up to 7 of the Void Magi now, plus yourself.
You’re about to enter the fourth passage (I saved the response from the last thread). Your call sign is Blackbeard.
So, feed the mage? Y/N?

>>20378126
Okay, we're at 8 Void Magic currently, so we've got two more sweeps to do.

Have everyone take their personal door and try to get another Void Magi out of the illusion. That'll bring us to 16, once we have that we'll have 8 of them pair up and get the remaining 4 Magi and 8 of us go after Anton.

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>>20378272
>you just had to say yes

“There are some things that cannot be forgiven, trying to destroy the world is among them.

I can forgive a lot, I probably should forgive my brother, he's done nothing wrong to me.

But I will still not relent, there are things that I cannot forgive and thus I must take revenge upon them. To relent would be to fail myself and the world.”
Something about this situation fills you with vigor.
Here you stand, defiant against forces that possess the potential to end the world.
Here you stand, relentless.
Your answer to this barrier between you and your goal is resolute. Unwaveringly, you’ve spoken nothing but the truth.
For once in your life, you’re content.
Content to let vengeance be your guide. Blinded by hatred. Unthinking aggression. Lone thought in your mind, destruction.
As long as you succeed, you don’t care.
The Void shifts, the door before you disappearing. It gives way not to a passage as you expected, but to the emptiness of the Void.
You fall through the ground that swallows you whole, the insanity of your situation dampened by the simple fact that you’re in the Void.
The Void.
You don’t even know if what you’re thinking, what you’re feeling, what you’re saying, whether it’s truly you. You would never be so steadfast nor so definite in anything were this not the Void. So is it what you truly mean? Or is it the truth, no longer bound by your projected perspective of self?
No time for introspection. There are people to save.

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Falling through the fourth passage, you land upon a grisly scene of carnage. Bodies paint the ground as a work of art, the message unclear, the medium; death. Blood flowing freely, the burgundy liquid gives off a rosy scent which intermingles with the warmth of the flames all around you.
Someone’s been busy.
You hear the sound of bloody gurgling, the cacophony of fire licking flesh, the owners of which scream in agony. You hear an explosion, followed by gunfire. The dead rise, running in reverse. Your mind turns back towards the past, substituting what is for what once was. Effect before cause, in an eminent show of splendorous destruction.
Time crawls back as each body armor-clad corpse grabs a rifle, and in many cases, their dismembered body parts. The room is emptied of people as they run backwards through the corridor from which they came, and you move on to find out where the next agent is.
You hear two gunshots, clear as day, directly above you. Quickly, you run up the stairs, seeing several men and women in full body armor running backwards down it.

As the clocks on the walls in the hallway through which you move tick backwards in an eerie defiance of time itself, you hear loud yelling from within the room at the room at the end.
“Give up, Arthur! You’re surro-“
Bang.
“GAB-“
.
.
.
Bang.


Arthur Dirac.
A man of few words.
He doesn’t even utter a single one before he points one of his guns towards your head.
>what do?

>Last thread was short. Good idea to read it.

>>20378272
>sorry for what might seem like railroading. Just honoring the last anon's suggestion from the previous thread. He had pretty much decided the exact same thing as you, though.

>>20378354
Arthur, I'm on your side and I'm getting you out of here. This isn't real, we can not turn back time like this. All we can do is do better next time.

Take my hand, and please don't shoot me in the head. I'm going to take you back to the rest of the Void Magi, we're all in this together and we're breaking out of this illusory cage.

>>20378413
"Arthur, I'm on your side and I'm getting you out of here. This isn't real, we can not turn back time like this. All we can do is do better next time.

Take my hand, and please don't shoot me in the head. I'm going to take you back to the rest of the Void Magi, we're all in this together and we're breaking out of this illusory cage."
...
He's silent for a while, looking at you from behind his shades, guns leveled at your head the entire time.

Bang.
Bang.
Bang.

His shots pass right through you, and you see his first emotion. A dissatisfied frown.

"I know what this is, kid. You're interrupting me."

He holsters one of his guns before waving you over to where he's standing.

>what do/say?

Sadly stuff came up and I have to head out. I'll probably be back later, I hope other people come in.

>>20378471
Yeah, it's the Void, none of this is real, a Demon has us trapped. As much as you may feel you need to do this it isn't as important as getting us out of here so we can deal with the real threats.

Head on over to where he's standing.

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>>20378529
"Yeah, it's the Void, none of this is real, a Demon has us trapped. As much as you may feel you need to do this it isn't as important as getting us out of here so we can deal with the real threats."

"Shh. Shhhh.
Shut the fuck up.
I already said I know what this is. I know what I'm doing. I've already done it about 57 times by now. It only gets better each time."

You stand there for a while, not sure what to think.
Instead of wasting time, you hurriedly decide to simply comply and walk over to where Dirac's standing, pulling out some device from his pocket.

You instinctively drop to your knees, trying to regain your balance as the entire building itself shakes from the force of multiple explosions going off everywhere in the building complex, windows exploding behind Arthur as he stands, arms raised to the now clearly visible sky. The shattered glass falls, sound of clinking barely audible over the display of demolitions in the floors beneath you.

The walls are the first to disappear, as the Void overtakes the illusion. You grab onto Arthur so as to regain your composure and balance on the now single spot of existence that remains.

"I always hate it when the crescendo cuts off before the climax. Let's go, kid. I trust you know where?"

You look at the man before you, and can't help but notice how he's the only one whose history hasn't revealed itself to you.

You push aside these thoughts as you make your way back to where the others should be.
>cont(...)

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You see 14 others, besides you and Arthur, quite clearly. It seems they've all been successful in their extractions as well.

"Blackbeard."

Maha walks over to you and nods at Dirac, who returns the gesture with a shrug and walks over to the main group.

"Sparrow. Good to see you. Only four left, right?"

"Yeah. Our most senior agent is one of them. Jackie D. Holiday. Which brings me to another thing: one of our agents has 'forgotten' his call sign. I've verified all the others personally."

You look at Maha who subtly nods her head in the direction of the man you recognize as Pumpkin. The guy who bitched at you for suggesting a course of action.

"Normally we would defer to Jackie D., but seeing as he's not here, and you've had personal orders from Kaoru himself to lead this op, we're going to need-"

"I DON'T REMEMBER MY CALL SIGN 'CAUSE IT WAS SOME GAY ASS SHIT, HADER. FUCK! I swear, if Jackie D. were here, I'd"

Pumpkin's outburst is cut short as Paine sweeps his legs off the ground.

"Disobeying senior agents again? You know how the NPU deals with insubordinate agents."

Pumpkin quickly shuts the hell up, for which you're thankful.

In the distance, you eye what you clearly recognize as the fifth passage. Anton's nowhere to be seen, however.

There are many matters with which to deal.
>How do you deal?

Mage War is back!

>>20378816
Gonna copy-paste my little rant from the last thread:
>So, first I think I should apologize for having been absent from 4chan for so long, and leaving the quest. It was, however, not my own choice. I'm currently abroad here in Pakistan, or has I have taken to calling it, the greatest shithole that ever stunk up the world. It has meant

>1) No internet for the last month

>2) No electricity for large parts of it either

>As a result, I haven't been able to do much of anything, especially not image editing of any quantity (or quality), and certainly not quest running.
>Also, my internet is still shit, in terms of stability and speed, so expect turbulence.

>>20378844
Oh yeah, no worries. I'm just reading up on the thread I missed and then I'll be participating.

>>20378800
"Kick him in the head a few times, until he either calls out his call sign, or he can't because his mouth is a bloody wreck. If it's the latter, kill him. If you can't kill him, for whatever reason... well, fuck if I know. I imagine you're more experienced with banishing illusions and demons than I am." Then walk over to the fifth door.

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>>20379212
>goddammit, lost my net
"Kick him in the head a few times, until he either calls out his call sign, or he can't because his mouth is a bloody wreck. If it's the latter, kill him. If you can't kill him, for whatever reason... well, fuck if I know. I imagine you're more experienced with banishing illusions and demons than I am."
Pumpkin looks absolutely horrified, but that's probably because of the smile that now looks like a permanent fixture on Paine's face. Apparently, he's been pissing her off for a good while.

Maha looks very discomforted as Paine lifts her boot from the ground.
"Jesus fuck! I- I seriously don't-"
Paine's foot snaps towards him
"PUMPKIN! PUMPKIN! IT'S FUCKING PUMPKIN FOR FUCK'S SAKE!"
Paine's boot stops inches from his face.

You're about to make your way to the fifth door, when Maha suddenly grabs onto your arm.

"Dave, just how much do you actually know about the demons?"

Her grip is tight and her body visibly tense.
She's definitely suspecting that you know something.

You're not sure whether you actually do know something.

>What say/do? Go through door? Talk with Maha? Fuck it all and just leave with 15 Void Magi out of 20 (and one Death Magi fewer than expected)?

>>20379457
I don't know. I think I know more than I know I know.
>go through the door

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>>20379504
"I don't know. I think I know more than I know I know."
Damn. You're beginning to sound like the other Magi.

Putting aside that rather unpleasant sensation of becoming what has enraged you the most, you wrest your arm free from Maha's grasp.

There will be time for talk later, you think.

You walk through the door where you'll find the last man you'll need before you can head out for Anton. As usual, nothing is as easy as it seems.

Quickly, the entire world around you dissolves. The people, the stars above, the sand underneath your feet, they all disappear and give way to another question. It is not like reading at all, rather, it fills your very being with an implicit understanding of what is written


“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. It is the bitter potion by which your inner physician heals your sick self.
Why do you not forgive yourself?”

>I guess being on a hiatus for such a long period makes all interest die out? What a shame.

>>20379877
These questions are 2deep4me, I was waiting for that one guy who answered all the others.
What's Dan meant to be forgiving himself for? He's tried his best so far. He tried too hard sometimes.

cant think. anything of anything. whats our hero got to feel guilty about?

>>20379935
>Who said the questions are meant for you? You answered them, yes. This is why I saved this question that should be obvious doesn't make sense for you for last. Presumption is a dangerous thing in the Void.


Huehuehue

Testing testing, 123. My internet is FUBAR.

>>20379962
Finally! Okay, I have my corny and contrived answer ready, metaphysical concept.

>>20379647
"Regret is one of the best motivators. Regret inspires a person not to settle. Not to look back. Keep moving forward, accomplishing things, even if it's only to get away from whatever haunts their past. I do not forgive myself because if I did I would quickly stagnate. It is that which I hate myself for that drives me to improve myself."

>>20379955
Well it's obvious that the questions have corresponded to the problems of the people we've saved.
But if we're not answering it, what input are we meant to give? It seems kind of wrong to just wait for it to go away after giving such confident answers to all the others.

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>>20379999
>Your answers are important, but for completely different reasons than what you think. Suffice to say, you're the one least affected by your answers.

>>20379991

"Regret is one of the best motivators. Regret inspires a person not to settle. Not to look back. Keep moving forward, accomplishing things, even if it's only to get away from whatever haunts their past. I do not forgive myself because if I did I would quickly stagnate. It is that which I hate myself for that drives me to improve myself."

You notice you've been walking through the darkness, the question burnt into your mind for far longer than the others. Your answer, however, clears up the tunnel and you find yourself standing in a desert.

About a hundred meters to your right is some sort of industrial complex. Even in the dead of night you can see seven heavily armed figures moving between the warehouses.

Jackie D. Holiday. Commanding officer of Operation: Pastor.
His team had been effectively black boxed. All they knew was they needed to extract a tripled source whose cover had potentially been blown. As in, a triple agent. Effectively, the Op For thought he was their double agent.
Of course, Jackie D., being black boxed by central command, had no way of knowing that the source had actually been quadrupled.

This didn't mean his team had to die. Their op was FUBAR, but they could've survived.
All Jackie D. would've had to do was disobey his orders and get the hell out of dodge when they opened fire.

A born leader, a man like Holiday doesn't endanger the mission.

Now he's got six dead teammates and a severe alcoholism problem.

He asks for another beer from the barkeep, and looks at you. Your bar stool is uncomfortable, but not as uncomfortable as his gaze.

"About time you showed up. I'm ready to get out of here. Show me the way."

You can't help but feel there's something in the story that doesn't make sense. Something that seems intuitively... wrong.
Like there's a giant blank in his reality.

>What say/do?

>>20380186
"What happened to the, erm, quadruple agent?

>>20380243

"What happened to the, erm, quadruple agent?

He looks into his pint of beer calmly, then asks for a bottle instead.

He doesn't seem to respond.

"Uh, Holiday? What happened to the quadruple agent?"

He smiles and thanks the barkeep for the bottle, before smashing it against the bar table and sticking the jagged bottle in your face.

"None of your goddamned business. How the hell do you know about that?"

>>20380301
>that's your queue to say something. I thought I'd do some more dialogue since the last two threads have been lolpurpleprose

>>20380301
"When I entered the illusion, I woke up in a desert near an industrial complex. I saw you and your team moving through it, and I knew what your mission was. I know you pushed ahead on a doomed mission and I know your team died. I know the objective was extracting an informant who turned out to be a prick."
Not like we have to be scared of him of course, it's just an illusion, the bottle won't hurt us.

>>20380355
>I think I'm the go-to for answering questions and dialogue right now, and my net is crap. Apologies.

>>20380301
Weird void illusion shit. The illusion was a lie, tell me the truth.

>>20380363
You sort of look at the bottle for a moment before sighing.
"When I entered the illusion, I woke up in a desert near an industrial complex. I saw you and your team moving through it, and I knew what your mission was. I know you pushed ahead on a doomed mission and I know your team died. I know the objective was extracting an informant who turned out to be a prick."

Jackie D. calms down quickly and throws away the destroyed bottle.

"Sorry 'bout that. Thought you might've been one of the 72's cronies. Not much more to tell, really."
He seems to have calmed down. You think you know why.

"It was some weird Void illusion shit. The illusion was a lie, tell me the truth."

Yeah, he's definitely not calm any more.

"The past's the past. I don't dwell on what happened. I extracted him, delivered him to command, and they executed him and gave me a commendation. What happened between that isn't important. So long as the mission is successful, my personal feelings about the matter are irrelevant.

Now, can we get out of here? This beer tastes like watered down camel piss. And I would know."

He chuckles a bit, very obviously insincerely.
He might be a good officer, but he's a shit liar.

Regardless, he might have a point. Seere can't be held back by Kaoru for much longer, you'd wager.

>What do? Further interrogation? Go out and find Anton? Bar brawl?

Will be gone for a bio break for about ten minutes or so

>>20380425
"If I wasn't on a tight schedule I'd ask you more, but for now, time is of the essence. Lets get out of here."
This guy has a lot of personal shit to sort out and I doubt we can do it in however much time we have.

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>>20380473
"If I wasn't on a tight schedule I'd ask you more, but for now, time is of the essence. Let's get out of here."

He nods and follows you, although neither of you is sure as to where, exactly, you are headed.
The answer reveals itself as the truth of the illusion does, and it washes away.

You're standing before Azrayil again, and its members cheer at the sight of their most senior agent.

"Right, people. We've got work to do. Let's get the hell out of here before shit goes down."

"Anton's still here, somewhere", Maha protests.

"Bah. Who's the BYM here?" Holiday responds, pointing his thumb towards you.

"He's proven to be pretty capable, sir. He's Kaoru's new one."

"You mean the one who's responsible for this all going to shit?"

>Do you want to interrupt or let them continue?
>>20379935
>>20379944
>>20379999
Any and all suggestions are totally cool. The reason Dave is now lacking his:
1) Arm
2) Eyes
3) Sanity
4) Something else which I haven't disclosed

Is player choice. Literally everything you say that is related to the quest has great value to me, since I want to make the quest fun for you, instead of just a weird experiment.

>>20380570
Let them continue, I want to find out what they think we did.

>>20380609
"Listen, I don't like it either, but apparently, Kaoru sent him. To be perfectly honest, this might just be another illusion in a long, layered sequence of illusions, but I'll be fucked if I know. We need to get out of here, and there aren't a lot of other choices."

Holiday rubs his chin, obviously deep in thought.

"Alright. Dan's the name, right?"

"Dave."

How the hell can Dave be a hard name to remember?

"Right. You said we don't have much time. My entire team's accounted for. You lead, we follow."

He grunts at these last words. He's probably having a hard time believing he actually said that.

>What do? Find Anton? Escape without him? Send some of them off and bring the rest on an expedition? Go back to the Void beach and chill?

>>20380719
Find Anton.
If the guy we're leeching off dies, we'll have to find a new place. Possibly even with rent. We kind of owe him one life-saving attempt.

>>20380786
>Roll 1d10+2


Where is everyone else, by the way?

rolled 8 + 2 = 10

>>20380810
Well there's the guy with bad internet who's probably just not posting much. Other than that I don't know.

>>20380719
"Well, if we fail no reason for all of us to be trapped eternally as a Demon's plaything. Lets send ohh... well we need Maha, but fuck Pumpkin, send him back. Other than that I don't have any recommendations for who stays or goes. After that, lets find Anton."
Start looking for a door.

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>>20380836
>Great success!

"If we fail, there's no reason for all of us to be trapped here as a demon's plaything. Send Pumpkin back, and let's go find Anton."
"What? That's bullshit, man! Bullsh-"
This time, it's you who makes him shut up with naught but a glare.
You've quickly assumed control of the situation.
It feels good, for some reason.

You look inward, and suddenly realize you can't see any more.
You can't feel your arm any more.

Everyone around you starts screaming.

"What the fuck what the fuck what the fuck?", Pumpkin says before Maha quickly opens a rift in the Void to allow him to escape, almost getting through herself as well.

"Wait! The eyes are Kaoru's doing. Well, partly at least. I've basically got the same Void eye deal going as Kaoru."

"..and your arm?"

"Wolf."

Almost every single one of the Azrayil agents cocks their head.

"I don't want to talk about it."

You quickly use the fact that your true self is now material in the Void to search it for signs of Anton.

This being the Void, the mere act of searching is enough.

There he is in front of you, and all the other Void Magi.
Lying on the ground.
Unmoving.
Unbreathing.
Gaunt.
Pale.
"No! NO! FUCK! FUCK! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!", Maha screams.

"Calm down. He's dead, Maha."
Holiday's words aren't exactly reassuring.

"I've seen this before", he continues: "It happened when a Death magi sent an animated body through a Void rip on its own. It couldn't sustain itself, so it fell down lifeless."
>?

>>20381011
"Do you know how to fix it?"

>>20381075
"Do you know how to fix it?"

Holiday looks at you as if you'd just raped his paraplegic daughter by promising her you'd lead her into her dream life of pro basketball, only to chloroform her and drag her into the men's stalls.

"I don't think you're understanding, you daft cunt.
He's.
Fucking.
Dead.

It might just be that a Demon got to him first and ate his soul. That is probably more plausible.

But if this is what I saw back then, it means he was dead before he even went into the Void.
Someone had to have animated him.

No, that's ludicrous, it has to be the demon.

But how the hell does any demon take down a Tutor?"

His eyes suddenly flick open as he realizes he's said far more than he should have.

He calms down a bit, saying: "If he's been eaten by a Demon, I have no idea what to do.
If it's the other thing, the Death Magi who did this originally would be able to do it again.

Still, there's no chance Anton's been reanimated. He's the Tu-.
He's been the same ever since I met him a decade or so ago. There's been no significant change at all.

Look, you're the one who's been talking to Kaoru. What do we need to do now?"

>>20381139
>that's a question you should answer, by the way
>post limits are annoying

>>20381139
>He's dead
>His whole job is bringing stuff back from the dead
>Completely incredulous when we enquire as to whether he's going to get back up again
We've seen more unlikely things happen.

"There's nothing else to do here. We should leave the void ASAP, and take Anton with us."

>>20381139
"Welp, grab the stiff and lets get out of here. Honestly, a tutor being reincarnated by his own master? The tutor of necromancy? Yeah, that sounds so HORRIBLY UNLIKELY. I mean, it's not like he ever had a teacher or anything." Then calmly walk through the portal.

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"Welp, grab the stiff and lets get out of here. Honestly, a tutor being reincarnated by his own master? The tutor of necromancy? Yeah, that sounds so HORRIBLY UNLIKELY. I mean, it's not like he ever had a teacher or anything."

You calmly walk through the rip in the Void, only to realize the Void is a part of you now. Entering and exiting the Void is second nature to you now, and you don't actually need the portal. Still, it is a better statement, and the Void Magi all follow through with you. Although you can feel some of them are repressing the urge to laugh at what you said.
You're not sure why.

You exit, seeing the good ol' temple in Tibet. Same mountain where you lost your arm.

You really hope you don't run into any stray wolves.

Kaoru's standing on the steps outside the temple, Gyatso and Sam behind him.
Sam happily waves at you, while Gyatso derisively sneers.

The Void Magi all exit through alongside you, Anton carried on one of their backs.

That's when he appears.

Seere.

In his own way, he's beautiful. Mounted upon a winged steed, spear in his hand.

He looks vaguely humanoid.

"NOW! DAVE! USE THE SEAL!"

HOLY FUCKING SHIT DID KAORU JUST YELL?
>roll 1d10

rolled 4 = 4

>>20381446
If Kaoru says use the seal we use the damn seal. He knows what he's talking about, at least more than anyone else here.

>>20381465
>HAHAHAHA that's not enough

Fumbling around with your hands, not understanding at all how the hell he intends you to use a seal which you've only seen once, and you have no idea how actually works, you look as Seere... runs away?

In the blink of an eye, he's gone away, carried by his steed.

Everywhere, there is silence.

There's a Demon loose on Earth.

>What do, Dave?

>>20381497
"Uh..."

rolled 2 = 2

>>20381497
"OI! FUCK YOU GET BACK HERE!" Then, into the void and out again in front of him!

>>20381497
Well fucknuggets.

First see how dead on a scale of 1-10 Anton is, probably 10.

Confer with Kaoru to work out our next move. We'd like to get Anton back in the world of the living if possible, maybe another Necromancer could do that. We also need to track down Seere, but given that we have a cadre of Void Mages, the information specialists of the Mages we ought to be able to do that.

Also ask Kaoru how using the seals works exactly.

>>20381552
>When you rematerialize on Earth, do so at Gyatso’s temple. We’ll need Sam to seal away Seere.
Teleporting after him on our own is just going to get us killed. Especially with rolls like that.

>>20381497
Implying him running away has any meaning to us when all space is essentially a single point now.
Seal him.

rolled 10 + 2 = 12

>>20381606
Forgot my dice

Could Gyatso or Sam pursue Seere fast enough to catch up with him? We could ask one of them to carry us while Kaoru gives us instructions on how to use the seal properly

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>>20381546
"Uh..."
Kaoru puts his palm to his face, obviously exasperated.

"I didn't expect it to work, to be completely honest. Still, it was better than nothing."

He looks at Azrayil, and he looks positively furious, as you can clearly see from his... mildly wrinkled forehead and widely opened eyes.

"What.
Happened."

"Kaoru, we, uh, we're sorry. We don't know."

"What. Happened."

"We found him like this in the Void. We think he might've been reanimated."

"Anton hasn't ever been reanimated. I've seen every second of his life. There is no possibility that a Tutor's doings would've escaped my sight. Neither could he have been killed, or reanimated. Seere didn't get to him either. This is wrong, this is all wrong."
Kaoru almost loses his composure, but calms down.

He sits down and seems to think.

While the others talk, you decide your mastery of the Void is sufficient to negate the physical distance between you and Seere. You remember how Dantalion was sealed. He carved his seal into your chest.
Maybe you just need to..?

You put your hand to your chest, teleporting fragments of your skin away, creating the pattern you recognize as Seere's seal.

The pain is almost unbearable, but your time with Kaoru has taught you to ignore it.
No one seems to notice as your flesh peels away underneath your clothes, your one empty sleeve flapping in the wind.

It doesn't seem to do much, however. At least not yet.

>What, exactly, do you want to ask?

>>20381621
Somehow, you keep geting nat 10s for things that shouldn't work unless, well, you get exactly a nat 10.

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

Oh, wait.

>>20381766

"Now, the seal Kaoru. Tell me what it does so that I can put that coward back into hell"

>>20381766
First thing to do, give our brother a hug.

So Kaoru, could you give me a crash course in how these seals actually work?

Also does anyone have sunglasses, I think I could use a pair. I think it'd work with my look.

rolled 7 = 7

>>20381822
Black, souless, empty doll eyes, one arm, and a pegleg? That look?
I dig it.

>>20381766
So, Anton really isn't just going to get back up again because he's a necromancer?

>>20381787
Hahaha, time for fun and games!
We haven't got any more eyes to lose so it's safe now, right?

>>20381787
Hey, thats my first roll in this thread, though I have had nat tens before in previous threads.

>>20381844
I think we still have both legs but we're still shorthanded.

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>>20381804
"Now, the seal Kaoru. Tell me what it does so that I can put that coward back into hell"

"Silence, Dave. I must think. There are things more important than the 72."

Given that you know for a fact that they can destroy the entirety of the human race, you have a hard time believing that. Then again, it's Kaoru. He's not exactly known for lying.

Azrayil still seems baffled that he's even there. They seem to be treating his very presence as inconceivable.

You decide to let Kaoru think for a moment while you reconcile with your brother.
It's impossible to shake off that feeling of inferiority, but damn it, he's your brother. It's not his fault that everyone treats him like the second coming of Christ.

Gyatso sneers as Sam runs over to you and you, with your one arm embracing him, as he almost crushes you under the force of his own hug. Damn, he's been hard at work.

"Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! I'm so sorry big bro, I'm just still not used to all this."

Yeah.
That makes two of you.
You seem to spy a smile from Kaoru.
At least you hope that's a smile.
"I've got it.
Sam, you are to be assigned to Izrafael."
This time, Gyatso doesn't back down.
"He's my disciple. He will remain with me."
"No.
He won't.
We must work together, Gyatso."
>what do?

>>20381847
>I meant everyone who suggests Void Magic everywhere. Thus far, it's worked out pretty good, but there's really a high risk with it.

>>20381844
>You still have both your legs, though.
For now.

rolled 6 = 6

i donts suppose we ciuld try following anton in the past with our void eyes and try to figure out what happened? solve how he was dead or reanimated or whatever?

rolled 9 = 9

>>20381931
Riight right, we just broke our ankle. I remember we healed that with magic bullshit, or something. I don't remember. Painful bone-regrowth.
"Hey little bro, you been enjoying your training? Guess it's a bit more engaging than playing vidya and going to school, yeah?"

>>20381931
So guys, would you mind telling me who Izrafael is?

Look, Gyatso. I know you hold my brother, your apprentice, rather close. But currently we have bigger issues than us bickering with each other. If the place my Brother is needed to help against the threat against the existence of humanity is away from you you're going to have to let him go.


Also give Sam a noogie, he may be a prodigy but we're still his older brother so this is our right.

And see about getting sunglasses.

>>20382007
Mirrored aviators.

>>20381931
Izrafael? I thought you only managed your branch of Void magi. What kind of organizing do you do with the magi of the other schools, Kaoru?

>>20382034
Fuck yeah mirrored aviators.

Wait a second, use that nat 10! Grab him through the void and ravage his ass like a gay biker!

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>>20381980
>You could try if you want. Kaoru couldn't, but hey, if you think you're better than him, give it a roll.

"Hey little bro, you been enjoying your training? Guess it's a bit more engaging than playing vidya and going to school, yeah?"

Sam seems to ignore you.
He's look intently at Gyatso and Kaoru. The two of them seem close to out-and-out fighting.

"Look, Gyatso. I know you hold my brother, your apprentice, rather close. But currently we have bigger issues than us bickering with each other. If the place my brother is needed to help against the threat against the existence of humanity is away from you you're going to have to let him go."

Gyatso turns his head towards you and then, you see that smile again.
You almost instinctively duck, but restrain yourself. He's not going to hit you while both Sam and Kaoru are here.

"Fine. Sam is to report back here every day for training, and follow the code despite residing with Izrafael."
"Those terms are agreeable."
"Furthermore, your disciple is to reside with Azrayil."
Kaoru grimaces at the thought. What's he got against you being with Azrayil? Just what, exactly, are they talking about?

Kaoru nods before disappearing in thin air. Probably to inform Izrafael, although it's impossible to know for certain. He can hear everything you say despite not being physically present, though, so it shouldn't be a big problem anyway.

You give Sam a noogie, like you used to before your parents screamed at you for beign mean to him

Just like old days, huh.

Sam playfully punches you, just like he also used to, except his playful punches have now become so powerful, you fall to the ground, deprived of air.

"Shit! Are you okay, bro?"

"I'm... fine..."
Damn it.

"I...guess you're going to live with those Izrafael people, huh?"

"Yeah, I guess I am."

He smiles at you, before helping you up.

"So, Kaoru. I thought you only managed your branch of Void magi. What kind of organizing do you do with the magi of the other schools?"

"Azrayil will explain."

Laconic as always.

Azrayil still seems stunned, but they regain their composure.

"We can take you to our HQ, Dave. We can drop off Sam at Nexus", Maha says.
You don't think they realize just how little you actually know about their operations.

>What do/say? Want to call Gyatso and old fuck again? Want to hang out and chill in Tibet for a while? Go wolf hunting? The choice is yours.

>>20382137
>I did use the nat 10. It allowed you to carve the seal on your chest without exploding into twenty billion colorful piles of gibs.

>>20382178
Get two beers, open them up, offer one to Gyotso as a piece offering.

rolled 6 = 6

>>20382171
maybe we'll get lucky. rolling for anton mystery solving

>>20382178
So before we go bouncing around the world, not that it really matters given that everywhere is the same place if you change your point of view, could someone give me a basic rundown of the force organization of the Void Magi? What is Izrafael? Where is HQ, where is Nexus? A basic rundown on what resources and people we have available would be nice.

>>20382178
Oooh, gotcha. In that case, fuck, I say we just step into the void and wait for the others. Do we need to roll for this now that we have the eyes?

>>20382178

And are we allowed to practice void magic together?
When do I get a gun?

I might be banned, because I have been trying to post my update for five minutes now, and nothing's happening.
Testing.

>>20382259
You don't need to roll for entering the Void, but teleportation is still difficult for you unless it's to locations you've already got an intimate link with, or if you're getting help.

>>20382342
Alright, just checked, I got a warning for spam and therefore couldn't post.

What?

This is absurd.

Posting update in thirty seconds, anywho

>>20382342
Okay, so for the teleportation to HQ we should have the help of Azrayil. Maybe they'll have sunglasses, a sandwich and a nice hot bath there.

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>>20382213
>offer an ascetic monk a beer
Yeeesss.
If the consensus it this, it's A-OK by me, by the way. You can even try hitting him, although this will likely result in BAD END

>>20382239
>Is this IC talk?

>>20382231
You try to look at Anton's corpse through the lens of the Void.

It seems to work perfectly! You can clearly see him getting up from the ground, although you're not certain he used to be twenty feet tall.
Or be created from the stuff of nightmares.

Each limb a writhing, contracting and expanding mass of black flesh, dripping its corrupt blood upon the ground.
The sins of the dead haunt them, as they rise from the ground, chanting at the now completely changed shape that was once man, but is now nothing more than a protoplasmic mass of wrongness.
The souls of the deceased join together, forming cysts, overflowing with pus, calling to you.

Dave.

Dave.

Dave.

Dave.

Witnessing its splendorous defecation upon the very concept of sanity is enriching. Like a small needle, slowly put through your eyeballs.

Slowly, pushing ever so gently, yet wriggling every millimeter of the way, so as to assure you that yes, within your eye is a cold, pointy piece of metal.

You're slapped by Sam and regain your composure. Anton's still lying on the ground.
Another of your hallucinations. This time, you almost jumped off the cliff side in delirium.

>>20382286
>Is this IC?


>seriously, what the fuck. Two warnings for spam.
>mootles, please fix 4chan yes.

>>20382371
Laugh manically. "Holy shit! Talk about a head trip man! You ever scry'd on a person's past when they have magical powers? God damn, that was crazy..." Shake it off and clap our one hand (By hitting it against our chest). "Lets get moving folks! I want to get to Nexus, get a gun, and grab some snazzy shades."

>>20382371

>>20382239
Was questions to ask them.

We probably shouldn't offer Gyatso a beer, and getting into a fight with him will leave us either dead or with even less limbs.


Thank you for slapping me Sam, I needed that. I kinda know what happened to Anton now, it was not pretty and looks rather soul destroying.

Maybe he tried to use his powers in the void? I imagine for most, besides the Physical and Void mages, that'd be detrimental.

>>20382371

You know what, we're not doing anything void related again until we get to see a mental magi first.

>>20382398
>The "It seems to work perfectly" line was facetious. It went horribly, horribly, horribly, horribly, horribly, horribly wrong.
>I told you there'd be consequences for SAN loss

>>20382396
You cackle. It sounds so incredibly out of place, it circles directly back to disturbing.
"Holy shit! Talk about a head trip man! You ever scry'd on a person's past when they have magical powers? God damn, that was crazy..."
Everyone is looking at you incredulously. Even Sam.
Especially Sam.
"Dave, you almost jumped off the mountain. What the hell has happened to you?"
You're not sure how to break the news that you've been irrevocably mentally invaded by a demon beyond the confines of this reality.

So you don't.

You turn towards Azrayil, still slightly shaken by the experience: "So before we go bouncing around the world, not that it really matters given that everywhere is the same place if you change your point of view, could someone give me a basic rundown of the force organization of the Void Magi? What is Izrafael? Where is HQ, where is Nexus? A basic rundown on what resources and people we have available would be nice."
"That's... classified. We'll... tell you when we get to HQ", Holiday says.
The only one who seems totally indifferent is Arthur. Everyone else looks just as out of it as you probably do.

"Sam's with Izrafael. Compartmentalization is crucial and enforced by Kaoru, so we can't tell anyone from another group about our ops unless it's warranted."
>cont..

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You shake off your disoriented state, pounding your chest OH GOD THE PAIN WHY OH GOD WHY
You wince for a second from the sheer stupidity of touching a place where you've intricately carved your own flesh, but the others mustn't know. At least not yet.
Right?

"Lets get moving folks! I want to get to Nexus, get a gun, and grab some snazzy shades."

You notice Pumpkin's put on some aviators. Some bitchin' aviators, if you might say so yourself.

Way too bitchin' for a bitch like him.

You motion for Maha to make a Void rip through which you can follow them to their HQ, grabbing Pumpkin's shades with your one hand, putting them on like it ain't no thang.
Before he can even react, you're gone in a flash.

A bitchin' flash.

>Taking a little break for now people. Probably half an hour to an hour.
>Feel free to discuss theories, how silly I am, write variations on 'CHOO CHOO!', or whatever the heck else you want.
>I really, really appreciate critique, by the way. >Any bad points, grammatical, semantic, pacing-wise, plot-wise, gameplay-wise or characterization-wise, they're all appreciated.

>>20382564
"Alrighty then, can we go see a head doctor than, cause I'm starting to freak out."

>>20382573
>Way too bitchin' for a bitch like him.
Oh god my sides!

>>20378104
>armless
>eyeless
Kill yourself, it is not worth living this way.

>>20382573
With swagger like that, our insanity should manifest itself as multiple personality disorder.
The primary alternate personality being that of a aged pimp who's name is "A Pimp Named Slickback".

>>20382615
We can still see. Just from an out-of-body perspective.
Our new eyes are way cooler than our old ones anyway.

Also, we have one arm, I guess.
;_;

>>20382615
We still have one arm. And we're not completely eyeless, we replaced them with bitching magic void metal. Instead of seeing through our eyes we see everything. Eyes are for chumps.

>>20382626
>>20382624
Rather than giving a fuck about a war between nebulous entities we should take this quest in a completely different direction and try to become as normal as possible.

>>20382622
>Swagger
One second.
>The moment we put on a butler outfit and start referring to ourselves as swag and dapper I'm skipping the fuck out of that train wreck.

Mage War Quest Part 3

>>20382637
Damn it, MSQ has ruined the word swagger?
What about a pirate? Pirates are always fun. Get to say "Yaargh" and "Me bucko" and "Matey" a lot...

>>20382653
MSQ hasn't ruined it.
Fuckknuckles who think saying words like dapper and swagger unironically all the time is cool have ruined the words.

Protip: anyone who says 'dapper', isn't.

OP did say he'd do an acoustic rendition of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrU_ef7DQgs if it ever happened, too.

Because that is how you sound when you say swag.

>>20382653
But we're not a pirate. We could wear an eyepatch, but why bother. And if we start going around saying land lubbers and ahoy people will think we're even farther off the deep end than they already do, and they already think we're completely nuts.

Priorities once we get to HQ, a gun, a leather jacket, a sandwich and a hot bath.

>>20382637
Aviators do not increase swag, they just make us look bitchin, and hide our eyes so random people dont freak the fuck out.

>>20382693
We couldn't see Kaoru's weird Void eyes back when we weren't Magi, maybe it isn't that much of a problem?

Did Sam even comment on the eyes? I don't think he did.
Maybe only other Void Magi can see it?

>>20382701
kaoru did say that only a void mage could see the symbol on the eyes. so maybe?

>>20382707
Or maybe OP is just winging it and making it up as he goes along.

I really think this is the most plausible explanation

we should probably focus on getting better with our void magic or something so we can teleport wherever, ect.

can we see the future yet?

>>20382692
I'm saying if we're going to be crazy it might as well be interesting. Multiple personality disorder, random phobias, a general inability to give a fuck. All of these are valid ways for our insanity to manifest.

>>20382746
Or, we could try and not become insane?
Come on. Mental Magi therapy.

>>20382742
Nope.
We can see what's on Earth, and we can teleport (barely).

>>20382771
I think the "Try not to become insane" part has gone past its expiration date. We're already insane. Irreparably so.

>>20382778
Then it is not worth living anymore.

>>20382778
Yes, but while seeking ways to acceptably express it may be good and even gain us ways to address or mitigate it, just finding ways to actively accelerate may be less so.
AKA, within moderation and preferably with less reasons given to have us put down.

>>20382778
Did he say it's irreparably so?

Anyways, thus far, all we're getting is weird, surreal hallucinations. Not so bad, really.

>>20382791
We may be insane, we may have lost an arm but it is still worth living, if not for ourselves for the rest of the world. We can't die, we've still got work to do, a world to save and demons to stop.

Also we're insane but we're a functional insane man. Focus on the functional part. We can probably keep it in check with some work, and no matter how crazy we are we can still appreciate the better parts of life.

Did he ever say what the demons actually are?

I know for a fact that Izrafael is the Muslim name for Raphael, and Azrayil is the same for... well, Azrael.

Two of the four Archangels of Islamic canon.

Do we know anything more?

I feel that Dave should become expanded a bit more later on. He's going to be properly introduced to an entire corps of people with interesting backgrounds. His background in archeology could be useful, if a little unorthodox. But there's still a whole range of other things we could do with him.

>>20382821
Ideas?

OP has already made us a special snowflake by giving us Void eyes that no one except Kaoru and Dave have.

>>20382834
And nearly died getting them.

>>20382834
Well obviously, our brother has always been better than us at everything ever. Better academically. Better at sports. Better with the ladies. Everything. We've usually been at least above average, but damn if our brother didn't outshine us.

I guess that's a good base to go off of.

>>20382858
The brother is sort of Mary Sue-ish, though. I wonder if OP has anything planned for him.
Or maybe a Mary Sue is okay as long as it's not the PC?
I dunno.

I propose that we've always been better at vidya gaems.

>>20382808
We're not going to save shit, not this impaired. And even without the impairments, we're dealing with stuff we don't comprehend. Better bailout and leave someone more able to do shit in charge.

>>20382866
The only thing we could ever beat our brother at, but it didn't matter what game it was, we whooped his ass.

>>20382834
Yeah, and in doing so our sanity went from slightly disturbed to DEAR GOD MY MIND and we almost died in the process, several times.

For Dave I'm thinking slight inferiority complex because of his brother that he tends to hide by being more grandiose, dramatic than necessary. Half of it is trying to convince the people around him that he's awesome, the other half is trying to convince himself.

He's intelligent, smarter than a lot of people but was never going to be anything really special. Never going to be written down in the history books and remembered.

Extremely stubborn, opinions are divided on whether he's driven or bullheaded. Often doesn't think things through.

>>20382879
Am I seeing not so subtle hints of "Quests are gay, better make half ass suggestions to kill the main character."?

>>20382879
We've got magic eyes, we can see the seals. They're up against an awful lot and they need all the help they can get. We just saved 20 people, we're not worthless. We can help.

>>20382907
Didn't the OP literally say in the first thread he doesn't really care what we do with the quest, as long as it's fun?
I remember him being 100% a-OK with punching our professor in the face for being a prick.

I disagree with the guy, but just because he doesn't want to do HERO OF THE IMPERIUM-style stuff doesn't mean he hates quests.

>>20382907
Not necessarily, we can still retire the current character and make a new one come in, then proceed.
And given the insanity, he seems to be about to go full crazy.

Welp, I'm off to bed. I look forward to reading this in the morning.

>>20382934
>And given the insanity that might happen soon, he...
herpus via derpus

>>20382934
I believe we are stuck with Dave, and given that a missing arm isn't really going to inhibit a fucking wizard, I don't think thats necessary, at all.

Perhaps you would be more suited to directing Pumpkins actions.

>>20382962
We aren't even a full fledged wizard, we barely even get to teleport.

>>20382991
It's been stated that crazyness will heal, and there's mind mages to help out, Dave is not into full cannot return mode.

>>20382991
Look at the picture in
>>20378126
To get a view of what we will be able to do once we get BRAIN BUFF

>>20383007
>>20383016
And right now we're just the toy of some barely defined higher ups. Fuck that shit.

>>20383026
True.
Let's hope it changes with Azrayil.
Which reminds me, it's been an hour. Where is OP?

Did he fall asleep again?

>>20383026
We can be a toy until we figure out what the fuck is going on at which point we can say fuck that shit. Starting a new character isn't going to free us from the higher ups, just return us to the start.

>>20383044
Looks like AFK again.

>>20383057
True, but that MIGHT give us some more leeway and MIGHT reduce the time spent as basically a slave.

>>20383068
I very much doubt that starting completely over will get us further along to not being someones bitch. Apprentices are bitches until they graduate to full mage, deal with it.

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Woah.

This is a big place.

The austere HQ of Azrayil isn't empty as you'd have expected, since almost all the Void Magi are with you.
You notice that Sam isn't with you.

Holiday seems to notice your concern:
"Sam's in the Nexus. It's basically the meeting place for the four Archangels. We're on of the Archangels, the R-team is another. That's Izrafael, if you were wondering."

You return to admiring the technological wonder before you. You notice the auras of the people in front of the screen are mixed. There are obviously Magi of every kind here. You count 11 in total who aren't Void Magi.

Over the screen, you see the words: "Praemonitus, Praemunitus" inscribed.
Great, pretentious Latin. As if you hadn't had enough of that when you studied.

"We could take you to Nexus, but we figured you might want to know where you're going to spend the majority of the next few months. We probably owe you a few answers. I'm afraid I can't tell you much though. Information is on a strictly need-to-know basis."

"He needs to know", the familiar monotone sound of Kaoru's voice expressly informs Holiday.

"Alright, I guess we can actually tell you everything we know, despite the fact that we've kept it secret since our inception."

He groans, palming his face.

"There are some things only Kaoru knows, though. You'll have to ask him", he says, muffled behind his hand.

He straightens up, takes a deep breath and prepares to inform you of everything as you adjust your new shades.

>That's your cue, by the way.
>Any OOC questions you've got are welcome too, although IC would be better.

>>20382239
Repeat these questions.

We have finally moved up the hierarchy to senior bitch.

>>20383181
Forewarned, Forearmed. Makes sense. What? I used to do archaeology, of course I can translate some Latin.

Okay, so we've got the four Archangel teams. Are these all comprised primarily of Void Mages or is there a different mixture? What are the teams named?

Where is HQ?

What do we have in resources both manpower, magical artifacts if there are any, political clout, and mundane resources and weapons?

What is the hierarchy here, I know Kaoru is on top but what's the chain of command?

What do we have in terms of facilities here?

>>20383181
What exactly are the 72?

"Forewarned, Forearmed. Makes sense. What? I used to do archaeology, of course I can translate some Latin.

Okay, so we've got the four Archangel teams. Are these all comprised primarily of Void Mages or is there a different mixture? What are the teams named?"

"The four Archangel teams are Izrafael, the R-team, Jibrail, the G-team, Mikail, the M-team, and Azrayil, the A-team. Each one deals with a specific Tutor.
We're the ones who cooperate with the Death Tutor. Well, we did, before Anton upped and died and revealed himself to not be the Death Tutor. Which is exceedingly strange, but I digress.
Izrafael deals with the Inner Tutor, in case you were wondering"

"Where's the HQ?"

He looks annoyed.
"Look out the window. We're in semisynchronous orbit."
Wait, that's a window, not a screen? Holy shit.

"What do we have in resources both manpower, magical artifacts if there are any, political clout, and mundane resources and weapons?"

He mulls over the question a bit, clearly not certain how to answer.

"Well, manpower wise, the NPU, which is the organization including non-Archangel cells, as well as the Archangel teams, consists of 495 Magi. There are no magical artifacts to the knowledge of any currently living agent, but we are the conspiracy. We are the New World Order. We have sleepers inside almost every government, although they are, as the name would imply, inactive. Tech-wise, we're beyond any standing army in the entire world. We've never needed it before, though."

"What is the hierarchy here, I know Kaoru is on top but what's the chain of command?"
"Kaoru's not a part of the NPU."
Well, that's a surprise.

"The NPU consists of every surviving Void MagI in the world, as well as a few select non-Void Magi. We manage ourselves entirely. Kaoru established the NPU half a millenium ago, I think, I'm not sure. You'd have to ask one of our historians. We've been preparing ever since. There is no chain of command, in all honesty. Kaoru's a disciplinary threat more than a leader. He's absent most of the time, though we've all trained under him, individually.

The Archangel teams coordinate four cells each. Each cell is independent from the other, and only the Archangel teams link them together. The Archangel teams never communicate with one another unless extreme circumstances warrant it, and we don't know each others' location. This is why we use the Nexus for meetings between us."

"What do we have in terms of facilities here?"

"Pretty much everything you could ever need, really."

There's one question that's been bugging you ever since you started this ridiculous journey.
"Just what exactly ARE the 72?"

"..fucked if I know."

>I'm bad at exposition. Follow up questions to any answers are probably a good idea.

>>20383329
Guess that ones one to save for Kaoru then, we should also ask Kaoru about the discrepancy between his 72 and Gyotso's 76.

>>20383374
78, actually.

No follow up questions, however?

>>20383329
Understandable about the 72, I think Kaoru is the only one who knows much of anything.

So we're in space, I thought we dealt with the other type of void. I like it, it's funny.

What does NPU stand for?

>>20383380
"You've been preparing for a war for 500 years with 72 beings that are beyond human conception based on the words of a single person?"

>>20383423
Also, can I get something to eat, and a brain fixerupper?

What have the magi been doing for all these years? Anton told me that the governments around the world don’t quite have a grasp of ‘recent events’ as we do. And every day since I’ve been initiated, I’ve been traveling with the knowledge of a world that the rest of humanity doesn’t have.

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>>20383382
You amuse yourself with the thought of how you're now in a void, without actually being in the Void.
Another thing is that your aviators suddenly got relevant to your position.

You can't help but wonder why Gyatso said there were 78, and no one knows what the 72 are, but that's a question for Kaoru. He's probably the only one who knows.

"What does NPU stand for?" you ask.
"Ne Plus Ultra. Literally, it means 'Not More Beyond'. We are the pinnacle of human existence, the one and only line against the 72.
Also, for some reason, people like pretentious Latin."

Can't argue with that logic.

"So, you've been preparing for a war for 500 years with 72 beings that are beyond human conception based on the words of a single person? Also, can I get something to eat and a brain fixerupper?"

"A single person who's able to control the very fabric of reality with nothing but the fact that he wants to, who's lived before recorded history. Yes.
Almost every member of the NPU was picked up at a bad time in their life. Hell, even you were. You followed without question.

Doesn't take much when there isn't much left.

If that'll be all, you should be able to get some food in the cafeteria. We've got some Mental Magi around who should be able to help you with that problem of yours."

Suddenly, a beeping noise permeates the room.

"Holiday, I think you'd like to see this. We've got a rebellion on hand. 49 confirmed Magi casualties, 104 MIA. Estimated 2400 defectors."

Oh
Hell.
No.

>>20383493
Well fuck. They had to have a rebellion right when I was going to get a sandwich and lay down on a soft couch.

Kaoru, we seem to have a situation. Any advice on how to deal with this?

And this concludes Mage War Quest Part 6.

Hope you liked it. It's 2 PM here and I haven't slept yet, so yeah. Kinda tired.

Any and all criticism is welcome. No, fuck that shit, criticism is specifically requested.

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>>20383483
>damn it bro, you got in just a second too late. I'll address this next game


>sorry for waiting so long until writing, internet went wack

>>20383493
Whatever we do, we must get a sammich, I don't think Dave has eaten since he got stuck in the metal.

>>20383493
"But why would that many magi defect? Could Seere be the one controlling them? Damn it, I knew I should have gone after him, I had the seal on my chest"

>>20383532
Who told you cliffhangers are a good thing
Whoever did that should be hanged

Mage War's back? Awesome.

>lost almost half of all living Magi to a rebellion

God damn it OP.