You're locked behind a ward that smells of blood magic, Kaliel by your side. The harder you strain, the stronger the ward gets, and you can't even rouse your magic without the ward rousing itself.

"Now, I know you have a strong sense of ethics." Theussil said. "So I'll be kind and simply tell you- the more you try to move, the more life force the ward drains from my slaves."

"Die." Kaliel snarled, and started trying to move. Red runes appeared in the air around her hands.

Rolled 36

>>21122369
Bust the fuck out of there with a bigass spell.

Rolled 69

>>21122375
We know blood magic. Work out what the ward does and how it does it. Use Control Magic to unravel it. Trying to fight that by raising equal brute force is silly, the ward can't hold.

Rolled 77

>>21122375
"Oh well."
Move around.

Rolled 56

>Touch Ward
>Control Magic
>Disable Ward
Simple, ain't it?

Rolled 94

>Touch Ward
>Control Magic
>Disable Ward
Simple, ain't it?

>>21122449
>>21122460
fucking 4chan told me captcha didnt work.

>>21122471
It does that. And "connection error"s. Stupid thing. At least it gave you a free 94 to compensate.

>>21122471
Ha. I get that at times too. Hell I get it telling me I was banned when I'm not.

Anyways, the second the idea of using control magic to disable the wards.

Rolled 84

>>21122460
Backing this

"Oh well." You say, and wiggle this way and that, trying to reach for one of the floating runes- but they're preventing you from moving.. much. You can't even reach toward one of the runes, and your control magic ability is... impossible to use unless you can touch one.

"Oh well." He responded. "We just need to wait until Tala gets here with the implements, and then we can begin. Sorry about your anti-mage."

Kaliel slammed her palms forward, white flashes appearing on her own runes, and your ward suddenly weakens. You reach forward, touch the ward itself, and then... control magic.

Quickly, you reach into the ward, and disable it. He doesn't seem to realize your ward was gone, and Kaliel met your eyes- she could move, too, but she was waiting for you.

The golem started making a strange beeping noise, and Theusill looked at it.
"System error? What?" He asked.

Rolled 65

>>21122523
Charge him with Rikar while he's distracted.

Oh, if we can use the control to grab the blood magic bonds while we unravel it, that would be good. Not so that we can use them, but so that he can't.

Rolled 66

>>21122523
Blast him with a huge force spell.

Rolled 88

>>21122523
While he's distracted, rush over there and lock down his magic. Man I love that signature spell.

Rolled 27

>>21122523
<Make some tentacle creatures Kal!>

Rolled 84

>>21122572
Turn that "lock down" into a Control Magic Permanent Silence.

You well up your magic, and then you charge, darting toward him, one hand on Rikar, the other ready to use your signature spell

And the golem leaps into the way, whirls about... and *shoves* Theussil through the wall, where the entire thing broke open, and theussil went into freefall.
Without hesitation, you sliced the golem in half, and looked down- Theussil's hands were glowing red, quickly slowing his descent as he fell.

>>21122585
That's what I meant. Locked down, silenced, no more magic. Oh, and once he's already noticed us we can shout "Kal, go and tell the others". Don't want to be fighting alone if something goes wrong.

Rolled 56

>>21122614
Force blast him into the floor.

Rolled 70

>>21122614
Reiterating >>21122616, send Kal to warn the people on the ship and get them fighting.
>He's falling slowly
>We fall fast
>We have a very sharp point
Jump!

Rolled 64

>>21122643
Seconding this. Blast him into the rock.

>>21122614
<Aeriel, can you teleport him back up here. I don't mind if he's halfway into the floor.>

If not then >>21122643

>>21122678
This room has strong translocation and enchantment wards, remember? Not only can he not teleport anyone here but we can't ask him to over the rings either.

Rolled 99

>>21122614
To everyone on Jormy: <Open fire on them!>

>>21122696
Thought we got rid of all those wards? Meh.

>>21122702
Also force blast him into the ground like everyone was suggesting.

"Kal, go and tell the others!"
"Right away." She said, and her living armor burst into corded muscle and kicked open the door. Tala stood in the way, still glowing softly.

"I'll take care of it." Kaliel said, and large claws sprouted out of her hands.

You grit your teeth, and jump.
<Open fire!> You call, once outside of the wards.

Jormungandr started banging, as the cannons exploded into force magic.

Theussil whirled about, facing you again, and you threw a Force blast at him, your arms shining with color.
His spell suddenly fell, and he twisted his arms into an abjuration spell- one with blood magic, you note- and your powerful blast simply shattered against his shield. He just has too much power.

>>21122738
Needle-thin Astral fire beam DEPLOY

>>21122738
Let's see how his wards do against our soul fire. Bind him in fire!

Rolled 19

>>21122756
oops.

Rolled 81

>>21122766
How terrible. Allow me to assist.

Rolled 69

>>21122738
Soulfire whip!

Rolled 39

>>21122738
Just keep throwing force spells at him.

Rolled 5

>>21122766
'oops' is right. Stick to SOUL PYRE. Burn him until there is nothing left.

Rolled 73

Wrap Soul Fire around his leg. Make it burn with our love for his slaves, our anger for him, and all of our sorrow for the lives he's burning away.

You focus your power again, and blast a needle-thin burst of astral fire. He rolls out of the way, red light streaming from his body. You keep throwing force blast after force blast.
"Harpies!" He calls, and three of the flying, clawed golems dart toward you.

You ignore them. You grit your teeth, and shove out your arm, the soulflame uncoiling. It sparks with red, and white, and purple, and finally, black, as it weaves around his leg, starting to burn through his own wards.

Rolled 77

>>21122822
Maintain the soulfire and blast the harpies. If we can't maintain soulfire and magic at the same time, then use Rikar instead.

Rolled 16

>>21122822
Harpies have to get close to attack.
We have a magical sword.

Rolled 45

>>21122822
"Fight me, coward! Do not rely on your machines and your slave's life force!"

Rollin for burnin the anti-translocation ward. Then move him 5 miles up into the air.

So uh, Kristoph's dead. Anyone else wanna use the fate point to revive him?

Rolled 98

>>21122866
Not necessarily. He could just be knocked out. Theussil might want to study that power, or steal it or some shit.

Rolled 49

>>21122866
He's not dead yet. He was hit neither in the head nor the heart, so he still has time to bleed out. Which means that Kaliel has had time to patch the wound enough that he can both breathe and not bleed out.

But yeah, we should be worried abut that as soon as we're done.

Keeping your soulfire held, you 'drop' rikar, it falling at the same rate as you, and you use your spare hand to blast the harpies, blowing them out of the air.

"Fight me, coward!" You snarl, and grab Rikar again, your armor sparking with power. "Don't rely on your machines, and your slaves' life force!"

There was a bang as Theusill landed... And then he drew a long staff, blades on either end, red golem cores sitting in the hilt.

"Is that what you want, then?" He called back up. "You'll have to land first!"

From above, archers started shooting down at you, spears of light and magic blasting down at you. One strikes your armor, and your armor starts ringing, but the glow gets less bright. The ground is coming quickly, and you have no idea if your armor can handle colliding with the earth.

>>21122891
An arrow pierced the back of his neck.

>>21122891
Goddamnit. That's why I try not to leave my dice on.

Rolled 33

Focus with Aeriel. Teleport around him in mid air to distract him and take his hands off.

Rolled 70

>>21122912
Use force magic to slow our descent.

>>21122906
Huh, my vidya taught me that neck-piercing injuries were instant kill, alright then, but we should probably teleport his bleeding out body to Fellwind right now.

Rolled 98

>>21122912
Create a cushion of pressurized air beneath us just as we reach the ground.

Rolled 41

>>21122912
Blast down when we're about ten feet off the ground, slow our descent.

>>21122891
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's that. He wouldn't move a corpse to the dungeons and keep it guarded. And if he can steal sorcery why not anti-magic as well? Would be amazingly useful.

>>21122913
A small crossbow. It could have been a poison dart to knock him out. A proper bolt would have had him flailing and burbling trying to scream through his pierced throat, not just instantly collapsing.

Rolled 71

>>21122949
It was a hand-crossbow to the back of the neck. Not nearly lethal enough.
>>21122939

Supporting this.

>>21122913
>>21122949
It was a small bolt. Could be the killy kind or a poison injector.
It could go either way, but I support fate point revive.

Rolled 89

>>21122912
Teleport/Move Theusill under us to break our fall.

>>21122979
I like this idea.

"Thanks for breaking my fall. Now let me cut your head off."

>>21122979
Goomba stomp mother fucker!

>>21122949
Maybe if it severed his spinal cord or something, but that's unlikely.
If it hit one of the major veins going to his brain he'll go a lot more quickly than usual, but it'll still take about a minute to happen.

<Aeriel.> You say, and bite your lip.
<On it.> He responded. Suddenly, you were falling above Theussil, quickly translocated-

And you slammed into his ward, knocking the wind out of you. Your armor's glow got darker as he darted away, as you fell to the ground, struggling to breathe.

He whirled around, his wards sparking, and the bladed staff whirled over his head, the blades glowing red, pungent with blood magic.

"Nice try." He growled, whirling the blade above his head and facing you, as you get to your feet. "But my wards are pretty powerful."

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a boot slammed into his hand, knocking the staff out of it.
"What."

Another storm of arrows shot down at you, from the hole in the wall, blue spears of light shooting toward you. The few that hit were caught by your armor, but you have no idea how much longer it will last.

Rolled 48

>>21123044
Don't just stand there, attack with Rikar!

Rolled 92

>>21123044
Charge him with Rikar and fuck him up.

Rolled 34

>>21123044
FUCK HIM UP WITH RIKAR!
FUCK HIS ASS UP

Rolled 50

>>21123044
Use him in blood magic to power a shield to keep the arrows away.

>>21123076
NO BLOOD MAGIC

Rolled 14

>>21123044
Seize control of all his slaves. No more blood magic for him.

Rolled 37

>>21123076
No blood magic.

>>21123076
Not even if you had gotten a nat 100.

You charge, Rikar in hand, and he reaches out his hand, pulling the staff back into it with a whispered spell, just in time to block your artifact blade, sparks dancing from his goldsteel staff as he spins it.

Behind you, golems start rushing, but berecians burst from the ground, barelling into them, trollish claws and ogrish horns locking with goldsteel weapons, pushing them back.

With another whispered spell, Theussil's hand burst into red light, and he started throwing red spheres at you. Without thinking, you start parrying the spheres, deflecting them off in random directions.

He grits his teeth, and stabs at you with the spear, but you parry that as well, knocking it out of the way. He started laughing.
"I just want ultimate power, is that so bad?" He asked.

>1d100 for melee combat!
>First roll with 'melee combat' in the post.
>Also, roll for spells or dirty tricks.

Rolled 36

>>21123164
Melee combat

Rolled 90

>>21123164
>melee combat

This going to end badly

Rolled 16

>>21123164
Knock his staff to the side and touch his wards. Drain them

Rolled 36

>>21123164
Throw glamoring magic in his face while attacking.

Rolled 23, 62 = 85

>>21123164
First roll melee. Second roll to use Control Magic on his wards. Rather than attack them directly... Reverse the flow. Make him pay with HIS lifeforce, to fuel his slaves.

... And look for the nearest brick. This is just Eidolon 2: Blood Magic Boogaloo.

Rolled 6

>>21123164
Throw POCKET SAND into his face to distract hims

Rolled 82

>>21123164
Do that trick that Tyr had used against us.

Encase his legs in stone/rock/earth.

>>21123164
"Your methods are contemptible. And for so little power.
I will kill you, and every other blood using elf on the continent! I'll take your people, and I'll give them the freedom that they deserve!"

Rolled 58

>>21123164
"Yes. I already turned down ultimate power because it would hurt too many people. And gods."
Rolling for blinding him with magic lasers.

"Your methods are contemptible. And for so little power. I will kill you, and every other blood using elf on this continent! I'll take your people, and I'll give them the freedom they deserve!"
"Deserve? They deserve nothing." He responded. "Sheep, to be sheared."
He suddenly dives forward, his staff spinning quickly as you struggle to parry every blow, and with a particularly heavy blow, jars your hand. You throw sparks of light into his face-
And then he twists the staff, and Rikar goes flying out of your hand.

"Pathetic." He said.

... And then he picked up Rikar. Immediately, it pulsed, going black and red, thorns sticking out of the guard.

He can...
He can use Rikar.

Panicking, you throw your hands up, bringing earth and stone up around his legs, holding him in space. He drops the staff, and starts casting with his free hand, Rikar in his other.

Rolled 43

>>21123254
Break his fingers. Elves can't have strong bones, right?

Rolled 10

>>21123254
Fuck that noise, pull the sword out of his hand.

Rolled 51

>>21123254
"Silence!"

Rolled 96

>>21123254
"Get back here this instant Ricky."
He said... he said we were his lady. Filthy traitor.

Rolled 24

>>21123254
Teleport Rikar back to us.

"My sword."

Rolled 72

>>21123254
...Fuck it, Fate Point-fueled Soul Removal

>>21123291
Let's save the fate point for a bit linger.

Rolled 19

>>21123254
>He can use Rikar
HORSESHIT. Exabyte, it was established early on in the quest, before the timeskip, that it could not be stolen. Ever. Only given of free will. And then there's the whole honor gittery. A blood mage shouldn't qualify, even with his truth wards. What is this, I don't even... That doesn't even make sense, even if he bullshits magic with blood! HOW.

In any case, we already have his ankles in a rock-shackle hold. Shift the rock and turn his legs into paste. Then repeat when he hits the earth, legless, smashing every extremity we can with more shackles, until he is so much goo.

"Get back here this instant, Rikar." You say, trying to teleport it- but Rikar refused to move.

The sword quivers... but Theusill clenched his hand, and it went still. He gave you a fierce, fierce grin.
"Artifacts can be bamboozled, you know." He said, and shrugged.

You clench your fists, the rocks straining against his wards, as he continues to cast one-handed.

The ward of the leg with your soulflame on it suddenly fell, and Theussil roared as his leg snapped, crushed into bits by your stone. He took a deep breath, but focused on his casting, still twisting his hand.

Rolled 24

>>21123344
Twist his hand for him. Twist it so far that it spins completely around.

>>21123310
>it was established early on in the quest, before the timeskip, that it could not be stolen. Ever. Only given of free will.
True. I guess if we dropped it it was just there for the taking. Now we can't ever get it back.

>And then there's the whole honor gittery.
We've never known exactly what Rikar's requirements are. He certainly has the willingness to kill, which is the only one we've pinned down. Fellwind wasn't exactly the most honorable knight when he used it.

Rolled 10

>>21123344
fucking BLOOD MAGIC him into OBLIVION

Rolled 23

>>21123344
He's sitting right in front of you.
Throw astral fire at him.

>>21123369
Not even if it was a natural 100.

Rolled 73

>>21123361
>>21123369
>>21123370
With those rolls? We're dead.

Eh, rolling for killing him with something I guess.

Rolled 20

>>21123344
Soulfire up the middle of his leg. We're through the wards, now burn him up from the inside.

Rolled 29

>>21123344
Make the earth swallow him. Possibly with an actual, toothy, spined maw of rock, if the roll is high enough. Water the arid soil of the East with his blood and feed it with his marrow.

Rolled 22

>>21123344
"Did I ever tell you about my ancestry, Theussil? I think it's time you found out"

Go full-dragon mode.

Rolled 41

>>21123344
You know what just encase him fully in stone and crush him with it. It be kinda like a full body brick.

>>21123391
It's too cramped in here, we wouldn't be able to move properly. That's better saved for when he tries to flee.

Rolled 45

>>21123399
Lets brick him to death.

Rolled 100

>>21123399
One more try? I thought /tg/dice liked bricks.

You raise your hand, and try to stop his casting- but your spell simply stops at his wards, and then... his spell is complete.

You feel new wards lock around you- the exact same ward he was using earlier, to seal you and Kaliel.
"And now your friend isn't here to weaken the ward." He said. "Tch, you're too much trouble. I'll just see what I can get from your soul."

He limped toward you, and then pulled back rikar, and shoved it toward your neck.

And the blade froze, right in front of you, the tip glowing purple.

Theusill started screaming, as astral fire burns his hand, writhing through his body. Rikar started shuddering, more and more of the red and black crystal becoming the same, violet color it is when you wear it.

He collapsed, Rikar still in his hand, as astral fire starts bursting out of his flesh, and the ward around you suddenly fell.

>>21123387
Ugh. Well we don't have to roll to burn mundane stuff with soulfire, right?

>>21123421
"Artifacts can't be fooled, Theussil."
Then >>21123418

>>21123418
I guess they really do like bricks

>>21123418
/tg/ dice do like bricks.

>>21123421
Go grab Rikar. Stab him repeatedly.

>>21123421
"Clever girl, Rikar. I guess you didn't expect the artifact to bamboozle YOU, hm? I cast Brick."

>>21123418
WELP.

>>21123344
Wrap his casting hand in soulfire. Fuck up his somatic components prior to torching him.

>>21123418
BRICK-KUN
YOU HAVE RETURNED!

"Artifacts can't be fooled, Theussil." You say.
<In fact, I believe I fooled him, my lady.> A voice comes, from the sword in his hand.

He screamed, and continued moaning, as he let go of the blade, and started backing away from you, crawling, moaning in pain and fear.

"I cast Brick." You say, and raise both hands. The stone encases the warded Theusill completely, now, and clenching your fists, the stone suddenly crunches inward, blood spewing from the cracks as you crush him alive.

He doesn't even have time to scream.

The golems suddenly freeze, and fall, collapsing, and arrows stop spewing from the tower.

>>21123421
Want to use that 100 to kill him please.
>>21123418

Rolled 15

>>21123421
Let's fucking keep this cunt alive, but get Kaliel to do some weird biological shit that makes it 24/7 painful for him to be alive as a punishment for all the souls he's killed.

>>21123469
Grab Rikar "Good job." Then go find Kristoph. Maul whoever stands in our way.

Rolled 10

>>21123469
<Aeriel, get me back up to Kristoph.>
Rolling for healing Kristoph.

>>21123469
>warded
>Whoops, I meant 'unwarded'

>>21123469
Now go and check for Kris after completely burning all his remains to prevent resurrection

Rolled 40

>>21123469
<Bad guy's dead, everyone stop fighting.>
Grab Rikar, and the brick. Make the brick into a totem. Go fucking find Kristoph.

>>21123469
"That was brilliant, Rikar, but you scared me half to death. Thank you. I don't think I could have defeated him in a straight battle."

Stride fearlessly through the tower in search of Kristoph. Since the way succession seems to work in this land is a might-makes-right system, if he has any living, non-golem servants, they're probably going to bow their heads and get the fuck out of our way.

So who else feel like taking over all the golems and wiping out all these elf towers/wizards out? I can't be the only one that wants to purge this area of these guys.

>>21123539
Of course you are brick-kun.

>>21123539
"Sorry Kaliel... there's someone else..."

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Rolled 5

>>21123539
Glorious.

>>21123539
And on that note. Why do we have magic when a brick seems to work just a well if not better.

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>>21123539
The kawaiiest.

"Good job." You say, and pick up Rikar again. With a snap of your fingers, the stone starts on fire, burning itself from the inside out, charring Theusill into ash.
<Aeriel, get me back up to Kristoph.>
<I don't know where he is, and I can't sense him.> Aeriel responded. <But that elven girl wasn't gone long, so he's up on the second to top floor.>
There was a flash of light, and you appear in the once-warded room, and the elven woman is lying on the ground, her hands utterly boneless, flesh sealed over her eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, turning her face into a grotuesque flesh mask.. She's writhing as her muscles try to do something, anything, but she doesn't truly move an inch.

You leave the room, and the elven servants are cowering, their bows dropped fruitlessly, looking up at you and your shining sword.
<Je.. jeanne is hurt.> Fellwind said, over the ring. <And- and- I can't- I can't->

"Where is Kristoph?" you ask one of the elves.
"Well-uh- The- the mistress took him over th-there." He said, pointing.

You follow down the hallway, and find a simple cell, completely unwarded, but sealed with thick steel and metal, and through a slit in the door you can see Kristoph, unconscious... but still breathing.

Rolled 3

>>21123567
See if we can't do something for the poor elven woman.

>>21123567
<Fellwind! What happened to Jeanne? What's wrong?!>

>>21123561
Hey, this time it was a magic brick. Can't have magic bricks without magic.

>>21123567
Grab him. Try and wake him up so he can lower his antimagic.
<Aeriel, take us to Jeanne.>
If that doesn't work, we'll just have to carry him and run.

>>21123567
<Do whatever you can, Fellwind. Take power from Jormungandr or a caster if you need it.>

Cut through the cell and staunch any bleeding manually.

Rolled 53

>>21123567
Heal Jeanne through the ring

Rolled 21

>>21123567
Does Jeanne have a ring? Don't remember either way try to heal her through it or have Fellwind give his to her.

Rolled 8

>>21123567
<Aeriel, teleport Kristoph onto the ship, get everyone back onboard.>

>>21123567
Free Kris and use azaeriel to teleport to jeanne and heal her

<Do whatever you can, Fellwind.> You say. <Take power from Jormungandr, or a caster if you need it.>

<Skerghaul is *wrong*!> Fellwind snarled back, to someone- Raziel, maybe- <She won't die. I can heal her!>

You close your eyes, and focus on Jeanne, and her ring. Her eyes are glassy, and she's bleeding profusely from her gut, her heart laboring to work as she mumbles wordlessly up at the raging Fellwind.

You calm yourself, and slowly send magic through the ring, to her, and slowly staunching her bleeding, restoring what blood you can. The effort is almost exhausting, and the world swims, but her heartbeat grows stronger.

<Aeriel, teleport Kristoph onto the ship, get everyone back onboard.>
<Right away.> Aeriel said, and Kristoph vanished from the slit through the door. You vanish, and appear on the ship again. You see Kaliel, covered in dirt, with one of Tala's elven swords on her hip, sitting on Kell's shoulder. Your father is badly cut, but he'd been bandaged up, and Fellwind is sitting perfectly still, staring down at Jeanne.

Rolled 29

>>21123629
Heal the shit out of her.

Rolled 5

>>21123629
"We can do this, Fellwind. Kaliel, can you give her more blood before she runs out?"
Start taking power from the ship, heal her up.

Rolled 53

>>21123629
Take Fellwind's hand. Give him a spark and join our powers. Heal Jeanne. HEEAALLL.

Rolled 28

Cast a mass heal

Rolled 66

>>21123629
Check Kristoph, Kaliel and Jeanne.

Check kristoph for his talent, they might have stolen it.

>These rolls
Well, it was nice having a fate point. For that short time.

"We can do this, Fellwind." You say. "Kaliel, can you give her more blood before she runs out?"

Kaliel nods, and wordlessly puts her hand over Jeanne's torso.

You take Fellwind's hand, and he takes a slow, deep breath, as you weave your magic into his, and together, at the same time, you and he cast the same healing spell, at the same time.

Jeanne's eyes flicker open, and the relief from Fellwind is tangible.
"What.. how..." She said. "He.. he protected me from the arrows with his body. How is he?"
"He?"
"... Grayson." She said.

You suddenly dart your eyes over to the bear at the head of the ship... and the bear is perfectly still. Not breathing.

Grayson is dead.

Rolled 57

>>21123629
Is Kaliel back on board and can she shapeshift her either into a form that produces new blood more quickly (as she did once to herself iirc) or that does not require blood?

Rolled 73

>>21123705
No no. No no no. NO NO. NO. NO. NOOOO. He's dead... And the elves might have unwoven his spell. How. Why. No. NO. FUCKING EAST ELVES.

Touch his body. Scry. Try and find his essence.

Rolled 70

>>21123705
Feel for his incorporeal form and bring it back to us.
"Kal, make a creature of some type, please. Something permanent."

Rolled 45

>>21123705
Heal the body.
He can get back into it when he recovers.

Rolled 99

>>21123705
Revive with fate point? Do we try it?

Y/N

>>21123734
Or just try healing the body with this roll

>>21123734
99s are better than fate points. What are you doing?

You run over to him, and kneel down near his head, running your hands through his fur, feeling for... something, anything.

And hidden, deep within his body... was a spark.

"Kal, make a creature." You say. "Please. Something permanent."
"Okay." She said, and closed her eyes. She clasped her hands together, and one of the enormous tigers appeared, the fur brown.

As you feel for the spark, you feel it suddenly... leap, and the tiger rolls it's shoulders, the tail flicking. Kaliel steps away from it, and the tiger got closer and closer to you, the tail twitching.

And then it pushed it's whiskered nose to your forehead... and harrumphed.

>>21123744
Fate points are auto-99's. They're the same.

>>21123772
"Thank goodness."
[X] hug fluffy

>>21123772
Hug him, "Well you're not a bear anymore, but you're definitely still very fluffy. You kept your promise, Grayson."

>>21123772
"Welcome back, Sir Grayson"

"Can you give it the ability to speak, Kal?"

>>21123772
"I knew you would come back.>
Hugs.

>>21123772
Check Kristoph after you're done talking.

>>21123772
"Grayson... Even death won't stop my faithful knight, the Prince of Bears. Though now that you're a tiger, maybe Prince of Beasts is more apt."

Hug him, and weep a little. Never let go.

<the cat is eternal>

>>21123772
"I was so worried!"

"Thank goodness." You say, and you give the large tiger a hug, tears starting to stream from your eyes. "I knew you would come back."

"I'll always come back." He said, finally. "And not because I was made to. But because I want to."

>>21123838
"Is everyone else alright?"

>>21123838
"Is everyone else ok? What happened up here?"

>>21123838
"You are simply the best ever"

Go check on Kris.

>>21123838
"Is Kristoph okay?
Also, what are the golems and other elves doing now?"

"Is everyone else alright?" You ask, still clinging to Grayson like you'll never, ever, ever let go.
"One of those flying things got me pretty badly." Your father said. "But I'll be fine."

"Is Kristoph okay?" You ask, and Kaliel is already looking down at him.
"Some kind of poison." Kaliel said. "He was bleeding badly after I pulled the bolt out, but it was easy enough to fix. He'll be fine when he wakes up."
"Also, what are the golems and other elves doing now?"
"The elves are cowering, as if waiting for the world to explode." Lewin said. "And the golems are just standing perfectly still. The flying ones are flying in place."

"... I should fix that woman." Kaliel said, suddenly.

>>21123894
"No. Don't."

"Let's dismantle this tower."

>>21123894
Take control of the golems with our knowledge and set them to go on a rampage, taking out nearby towers.

>>21123894
"Do we have enough space on Jormy to accommodate them all?"

Rolled 78

>>21123924
No, let's just control them manually.

>>21123894
"What? You mean the one who served Theussil, the swordself? I'm all for sympathy towards one's enemies, but why? Just put her out of her misery. She was accessory to countless atrocities towards the slaves. We need to get them out of here, to New Arcturus, and we need to pressgang those golems. There's many more lesser wizards to deal with."

>>21123894
Keep the tower intact, take control over the golemns and march on the rest of the Eastern Elven Wizards until every last one of them is crushed beneath your heel. Simoultaneously call for the Western Elves to take over the area and establish some kind of provisionary government.

>>21123894
If you can. But be careful. I will accompany you while you do it. We should probably figure out a way to prevent these petty tyrants from subjegating their fellows in the future. Ideas? (addressing our crew).

"What? You mean the one who served theussil, the swordself? I'm all for sympathy towards one's enemies, but why? Just put her out of her misery. She was accessory to countless atrocities towards the slaves."
"She's pregnant." Kaliel said. "And we don't know if she was enchanted or not."

"Do we have enough space on Jormy to accomodate them all?" You ask.
"Not at all." Lewin said. "There's an entire city in this tower, from what it looks like. In and under."

You reach into one of the slain harpies on the deck, and reach for it's core, quickly taking control of it, and using that to connect to the other golems. With their owner dead, they're perfectly subserviant, so you quickly set them to obey your own commands.

Suddenly, from the west, you see... something in the distance.

"Oh. Oh my." Lewin said, and gave you a grin. "The elves got here a lot faster than we thought."

<So.> Kyvann said, as the prism ship- and the other cargo ships behind it- arrived, coasting up toward the tower. <Bubbles told me there were elven slaves here.>

>>21123994
<Hah. If you had arrived ten minutes earlier you could have helped us free them.>

>>21123994
"Kyvann, Bubbles, you have amazing timing."

>>21123994
<There were.>

>>21123994
Yes, I just squashed one of them. He claimed to wanted to free them. He lied to me.

Be careful here, it seems to be standard practice amongst these ruling wizards to use blood magic powered by their slaves.

>>21123994
<And a very, very dead blood mage. The strongest on the continent. There's even a perfect obelisk, containing his crushed remains, to mark the spot of his end. I think I've left you the perfect fortress with which to wage war on the remaining wizard-lords, from his tower.>

"Very well. The child is innocent, and you could be right about possible enchantment. Heal her."

<There were.> You say. <Now they're just... elves. Kyvann, Bubbles, you have amazing timing.>
<Why, thank you.> Kyvann said.
<If you had arrived ten minutes earlier, you could have helped us free them.>
<Bubbles forced me to slow down my prism ship, due to some time thing.>
<In order to keep the time loop stable, because I'll need to send this information back, and the information I send back has to be the exact same as the information I recieved. We can't change what happens and happened.> Bubbles' voice suddenly keyed in.
<Time loop, what he said.> Kyvann added.
<There's also a very, very dead blood mage. There's even a burning obelisk to mark the spot of his end. I think I've left you the perfect fortress with which to wage war on the remaining wizard-lords, from his tower.>

<Really> Kyvann said. <Because there are a lot of golems here. Those things won't attack, will they?>
"Very well." You say. "The child is innocent, and you could be right about possible enchantment. Heal her."
"... Okay." She said, and then gave you a glance. "you're not... n-nevermind."
She shook her head, and dove back into the tower.

>>21124089
<They're my golems. I know golemcrafting now.>

>>21124089
<No. With Theusill dead, I took them over. They're rather interesting things, and knowing a thing or two about them now, I'll have to replicate them for labor in New Arcturus..>

>>21124089
<No, they're under my control for the time being.>

>>21124089
If the sword elf is still sane, let's go talk to her.

>>21124089
"They're mine now. I killed the man who made them and took control of them. I also became an expert in golem crafting recently so I could make more."

>>21124089
<Is everything alright, Kaliel?>

<No, they're under my control for the time being.>
<Good to know.> He said, and you see the prism ship slowly raise above the tower, and hover in place there. <There, now this ship is an anchor for the weave. We can start bringing in soldiers, ships, and moving people out. Is there anything else we should worry about, Ishelda?>

>>21124089
Follow Kaliel: "Are you alright?"
to Kyvann: <I assumed direct control, they are harmless>

>>21124201
<They tend to use a great deal of blood magic, which gives any caster vile enough to use it great power.>

>>21124201
<I do not know, whether the wizard had any apprentices capable of blood magic, I doubt it, especially since no one seemed to try to reactivate the golemns, but be careful when entering the tower>

>>21124201
<Lots of blood mages and lots of golems to contend with in the East Elf armies. Don't bother the Dwarves- they like their privacy- and they won't bother you. Especially don't fly into the mountains. They WILL attack you, thinking you spies. If you have to see them, for gods' sake, use one of the front doors into the mountains. The Children are not quite as insular, but are in a bit of turmoil. I suggest leaving them alone for now.>

>>21124201
The dwarves won't trust you, they don't trust anyone. Tyr has a ring, try to tell him your from the west before he attacks. All the magical elves here are crazy, be careful.

>>21124201
<Quite a lot. Blood magic is common which means the casters, who rule this place with an iron fist, have plenty of raw power to spend. They also use golems but I think I'll lend you my new golem army to deal with them.

The Dwarves will just leave you alone if you don't visit the mountains. And they probably won't attack if you say you know me, but don't rely on that. I gave Overlord Tyr a communication ring so you should probably talk with him.

The Children are in turmoil right now given that the Great Wyrm just died, expect a minor civil war, but they'll likely be more reasonable afterwards.>

>>21124201
<The dwarves to the north won't like you but they should keep to their mountains. The Children to the west have their own troubles to deal with just being freed from tyranny themselves. The slaves have been slaves for generations, and they're probably scared witless at the moment. It's going to be tricky making them into a functioning society. And do be careful with the other towers, blood magic is nasty. Destroy anything blood magic-related you find, don't let anyone else learn that vile art.>

<Lots of blood mages and golems to contend with in the East Elf armies. Don't bother the Dwarves- they like their privacy- and they won't bother you. Especially don't fly into the mountains. If you have to see them, use one of the front doors into the mountains.>
<Dwarves, to the north, don't bother them unless we have to. Got it.>
<The children are not quite as insualar, but they are in turmoil right now, given that the Great Wyrm just died. Expect a minor civil war, but they'll likely be more reasonable afterwards.>
<So we don't want to bother the children either...> Kyvann said.
<The slaves have been slaves for generations, and they're probably scared witless at the moment. It's going to be tricky making them into a functioning society. And do be careful with the other towers, blood magic is nasty. Destroy anything blood magic-related you find, and don't let anyone else learn that vile art.>
<Understood.> He said. <Although... I'm thinking we can send the eastern elves back home, and let each family adopt them, until they get used to living freely. We'll need new crafters and keepers over here, so the citizens back home will gladly move into the towers here. We just need to erect prisms, start the Growers growing, expand the weave as we fight off the other wizards... Hey, if you have control of the golems, can you give me- or bubbles- control of them? That would help to have a much stronger foothold here.>

>>21124333
<Of course> Direct the golems to obey Kyvann and Bubbles.

>>21124333
"I'll give you some of them, but I plan to use the rest back home."

Rolled 80

>>21124333
Sure.

Tell me if you find anything interesting.

>>21124333
Speaking of 'destroy everything blood magic related,' we need to find a way to dispose of the blood core safely, if not destroy it outright. We should make sure it isn't corrupting Jormungandr's magical engines or functioning as a phylactery for dickwizard.

<Of course I can. I do want to keep some for experimentation, however.>

>>21124333
<If you have the infrastructure to move around entire nations, then go for it. There are a *lot* of elves here.>
Give him the golems. They're shitty goldsteel golems anyway, we can build better ones at home.

>>21124333
<Of course. I'll keep a few of each type for myself for reverse engineering so I can make more and better ones when I get home.

Kyvann, if you ever want help with this task let me know. I detest blood magic.>

>>21124382
The core is fine, we already checked it.

Rolled 57

>>21124333
Let's keep some of the flying ones, even if only for the goldsteel.

<Of course.> You say. You consider keeping some for experimentation, but you already know everything about them, with your supernaturally gained knowledge- you even know the spells to make goldsteel from any other kind of metal. <If you have the infrastructure to move around entire nations, then go for it. There are a *lot* of elves here.>
<We just need to set up some weave relays, which the council actually decided was a good idea.> He said. <We're expanding the elven republic, and I was voted to oversee things here. In my place, Absinad became the new Judicator, and Kiyara is the new councilor.>

<Kiyara, really?> Ell asked.
<Really.> Kyvann said. <I'm proud of her. She made this speech to the council. By the way, Ell, she's *glowing*. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?>
<Um...>

>>21124451
Agreeing with this, we can melt them down for the Goldsteel which Redglare wanted.

>>21124467
Can we giggle through the ring? We should.

>>21124467
That reminds me, I have to go see another glowing elf.

>>21124467
Ell: <Tricky to keep it a secret when they glow, huh?>
Bubbles: <Hey, I met your cousin.>

You giggle through the ring.
<That reminds me, I have to go see another glowing elf.>

You make your way into the tower as Ell stutters and tries to explain himself.
Eventually, you end up in the warded room again, and the elven woman is... crying, on Kaliel's shoulder. Kaliel looked entirely unprepared, but she was doing her best to soothe her.

>>21124562
Oh god I hope she didn't lose the baby.

>>21124562
Give the elf a hug.

"Shh, it's alright Tala, everything is going to be alright."

>>21124562
<She really was enchanted, wasn't she? I'm... I'm sorry for doubting your judgement, Kaliel. Is she alright?>

>>21124600
Don't touch her until we know she's safe.

<She really was enchanted, wasn't she? I'm... I'm sorry for doubting your judgement, Kaliel. Is she alright?>
<She's... very upset.> Kaliel said. <From what I understand, they were being controlled, but they.. knew what they were doing the entire time. They did things that their minds rebelled against. I think... well, I think the baby she's carrying is Theussil's. Can we just bring him back to kill him again? Except more painfully?>

>>21124661
<His death was quite painful. Astral fire burning his entire being while every bone in his body shattered.>

>>21124661
<I'm not sure it can get more painful than being crushed all at once by a ton of stone. Just slower. I don't think we should risk it. The last time I brought back a dangerous wizardly demigod as something supposedly harmless, he caused utter havoc. As a bunny. And he didn't have blood magic; Theussil does. Let him rot.>

>>21124661
<He was encased in stone and then pulped. There isn't really anything to bring back.

However, I am tempted to track down his soul and eternally set it on fire. Let him burn until the end of time.

But our focus shouldn't be revenge, it should be helping all the people he hurt. Making the world a better place now that he's dead.>

>>21124661
<Can we do that? If we can, then go ahead, lock him in eternal pain if it means he can't access the after-life. He deserves it for all the blood-magic he's been doing>

>>21124661
<Does it get much more painful than astral fire burning you alive and then being crushed in a giant brick? I don't think there's enough of him left to make a totem or anything.>

>>21124661
<As much as I would enjoy making him truly pay, I do not want the risk of him running around loose.>

>>21124661
<I am not sure there is a more painful way.

Could you... Stop the child? Make it look like an accidental miscarriage?>

Hug the elf.

>>21124751
No.
Let's not do this.

>>21124751
>Could you... Stop the child?
Oh god what the fuck.

>>21124782
I just want to know if kal can.

>>21124751
This suggestion is quite sick and unlikeable. If at all the girl need be separated from her child I suggest moving it to a surrogate mother/construct.

>>21124813
Oh, ok. Well we might as well ask everyone while we're at it; more information is better.
<Hey Raz, are you any good at slaughtering children? Just curious.>

<Does it get much more painful than astral fire burning you alive and then being crushed in a giant brick? I don't think there's enough of him left to make a totem or anything.>
<... Good point.> She said, and gave Tala another, tighter hug.
Tala turned to you, and sniffled. "I'm... I'm sorry. I.. didn't have a choice."

Rolled 48

>>21124823
rolling for magic baby carrying construct.

>>21124823
"I have neither a mommy or a daddy, my parents are genderless robots."

Rolled 71

>>21124863
Run the lie detector

>>21124863
Reassure her, ask if there's anything we can do.

>>21124863
"No. Don't be. I'm sorry that you were hurt so, forced to fight at the behest of a monster. His kind are on their way out, I'll be making damned sure of that."

>>21124863
"I know, everything will be alright. We brought friends from the Eastern Elves, they will take care of you and see to it that no one harms you again."

>>21124863
"It's okay Tala, you're forgiven. It wasn't your fault, everything is okay now. He's dead now and he isn't coming back. You're safe now, nobody is ever going to hurt you again."

Give her a hug alongside Kal.

v>>21124863
"Well you are free now, I hope."

Could we get sardriel over here? He would be Really useful.

"No, don't be." You say. "I'm sorry that you were hurt so, forced to fight at the behest of a monster. His kind are on their way out, I'll be making damned sure of that."
You take a step forward, and she suddenly runs toward you, giving you a hug.
"It's okay, Tala. It wasn't your fault, and everything is okay now. He's dead now, and isn't coming back. We brought friends from the western elves. They'll take care of you and see to it that no one harms you again."
"W-western elves?" She asked. "F-from the other towers?"

>>21124863
"Well you do now, ok? Theussil is dust. And soon all the other slavers will be as well."

>>21124751
What the Fuck dude, no.
"That's quite alright miss, I do not consider anyone but thesuwhatever to be at fault here."

>>21124945
He's a bit far away, but we could just take her with us.

She looks like after some hugs she could use some tea.

>>21124956
"Well, sort of. They're the ones who followed Jaridan across the sea. They use magic for the good of all, rather than the benefit of its uers."

>>21124956
They don't tell you anything, do they?
No, elves from the western continent. Slaves that escaped many generations ago.

>>21124956
"Further west than that. They don't keep slaves at all."

>>21124956
"The western elves do not live in towers, but in floating cities. They are nowhere as near as cruel as the elves here. They believe magic is to be used to help people, not hoarded by tyrants."

>>21124956
"From the other continent, where I came from. They don't have slaves over there. And soon there won't be any slaves over here either."

>>21124945
He's a bit far away, but we could just take her with us.

She looks like after some hugs she could use some tea.

>>21124956
"No, not from the other towers. Long ago an elf named Jaridan sailed across the seas with his people to escape this place. On the continent to the west they have prospered, they are kind, strong and good friends of mine. They are back now and they have come to fix this place."

>>21124945
He can't be separated from his girls, and they get nervous in new places. It's best to leave him there. But if we finally get that Weave node set up in Triune's Gift then they could bring people over for him to help.

"They don't tell you anything, do they?" You ask, and she shakes her head. "No, elves from the western continent. Slaves that escaped many generations ago. They believe magic is to be used to help people, not hoarded by tyrants."
"That's.. that's good to hear." She mumbled, and brushed her hair out of her face.

You give her another hug. "Would you like some tea?"
"I.. don't know what tea is."
Kaliel gave her a smile. "It's really good. Come onto the ship, you'll see."
"But..."
"Of course, you don't have to." Kaliel added. "You can do anything you want to. This is just an invitation."

The three of you end up on Jormungandr, sipping at tea, while the western elves make their way through the tower, speaking to the ex-slaves.
Tala leaned close to you, the green pallor of her skin more visible outside. "Erm... may I ask what's wrong with him?" She asked, looking over to Ell. "He's so ... seethrough."

>>21125091
"I don't know, they're all like that. Why are you all so green?"

>>21125091
"Elves who get a lot of sunlight look like that."

>>21125091
"Well, the Western elves departed a long time ago. They look a bit different, now. He's perfectly healthy, I assure you."

I think that's what elves look like when they don't spend all of their time underground.

>>21125091
"He spends a lot of time outside. The more time an elf spends in the sunlight the less green and more transparent they become.

Tala, meet Ele'merelda'jaridan, just call him Ell, he prefers it and it's far easier to remember."

"I don't know, they're all like that." You say. "Why are you all so green?"
"It has to do with elven skin." Kaliel said. "Elves take in sunlight, but the less they're in sunlight, their skin has to adapt to capture what little light there is. It goes green when you're not in the light very much."
"That... that explains it." She said. "He.. he looks nice." She said.
"He's going to have a child." Kaliel said. "His fiancee started glowing a few days ago."
She looked down, and gave her belly a smile. "I'm glad." She said, and sipped at her tea, and then licked at her lips.
"This is really sugary." She said.

>>21125169
"You can taste sugar?"

We should probably go pick up the child-snakegirl

>>21125169
Sugary tea? What on earth are we feeding her? For shame ishelda. Go fetch the gladriels light tea.

>>21125169
"That's so you can taste it at all."
Is Cassiel here? If he is, see if he's got any cookies.
"You should try this."

>>21125169
"I've noticed that elves tend to not have the most sensitive taste so when preparing stuff for them I make it extra strong. If it's too sugary you can just add some more tea to dilute it a bit.

Ell is a nice guy, he's one of my good friends. You'd like his fiancee, she builds airships."

"That's so you can taste it at all." You say. "I've noticed that elves don't have the most sensitive taste, so when preparing stuff, I make it extra strong."

You look over to see if Cassiel has any cookies, and you see something rather strange-

Grayson is eating his old body, crunching the bones and slashing through fat and fur. You see that he repierced his new body's ear and slipped the communcation ring in it, as was normal.

"Cassiel, can we have some cookies?" You ask.
"I still haven't paid you back for bringing me back, so I'll get right to work." He said, and nodded, before making his way belowdeck.

"There are a lot of different beings here." Tala said. "All I know about are dwarves."

>>21125274
Autocanibalism, kinky.

>>21125274
<Enjoying yourself there, Grayson?>

>>21125274
"Grayson, why are you eating yourself? That can't be healthy."

>>21125274
<Grayson, why are you eating yourself?>
"There are. I've made a lot of different friends. Any you're curious about in particular?"

>>21125274
<Grayson, manners. Etiquette says that when you eat your former body you should be less messy about it.>

"There are quite a few. I'm a human, Kal is a Kalak, a bird person, but she spends most of her time in the shape of a human.

Back on the western continent there are Ogres, Hobgoblins, Orcs, more humans, kalaks and elves. The giant cat is Grayson, he's eating his former body. It's complicated.

I'll introduce you to people when you feel up to it. If you want to know about anyone let me know."

<Grayson, why are you eating yourself? That can't be healthy.>
<The energy in my old body should help me awaken this body's talent.> He said. <I'm not happy about this, but I don't have the dire talent anymore.>

"There are." You say. "I've made a lot of different friends. Any you're curious about in particular?"
"What about the, uh, girl with the wings? She looks like... a half-breed."

>>21125274
The bird ones are kalak. My girlfriend is one of them.

Indicate kal.

>>21125350
"That's a chimeric form, but her natural form is kalak, the birdfolk.

>>21125350
"Oh, that's Raziel, she's currently in a form that she shape shifted into."

>>21125274
"There are many more races on the Western continent, aside from Elves, Kalack and Humans, there are for example the Orcs, the Lizardmen and Ogres. Do you know more about the Dwarves? They seem to be very secretive and there are none on the Western Continent, so we know very little about them."

>>21125350
"That's Raziel. She was born a Kalak, a bird person, spent a lot of time shapeshifted as a human and recently decided upon a chimeric form.

Kaliel here is also a Kalak, though she spends a lot of time as a human."

>>21125350
"She's one of the bird people, Kalak. She used magic to turn into a human to try and woo a man. Then when he rejected her she used magic to get wings again so she could fly."

>>21125371
Does she even know about humans?