>>21276437
Yes!

Awesome, do we know if there is some kind of time distortion on this pocket dimension? Because if there is I sense this would be good time for Rocky Style Warlock Training Montage (RSWTM)

Inside is a androgynous human-looking figure wearing a solid red butler suit and top hat. It seems that before you walked in it was just staring at the floor, taping its foot, but now it looks up at you with surprise.

"Who are you?" It asks.

"Who are you?" You ask.

"Ignavia, bound to Eleraim as this tower's keeper. Which reminds me that it is in my authority to kick those out who intrude when my master isn't present. So, who are you?"

You grab the grimoire back from Sours, who glares at you resentfully.

"I am the current holder of Eleraim's grimoire, it has given me the key to this place, which I assume makes me its new owner on some level." You answer.

The odd thing tilts its head at you. "Have you had any encounter with Eleraim or Azrilhot? Where did you get it? Oh and thank you for letting me out, it has been a boring sixty someodd years." He holds his hand out, clearly wishing to investigate the grimoire.

>>21276517
"No, I haven't. My partner here found it in the scorch mark of the previous owner. If it's all the same to you, I've developed some trust issues, so I would prefer not to let you hold this for now."

>>21276517
Yeah, giving the bound demon the Grimoire that contains the spells to free him doesn't sound that smart.

>>21276517
"No I haven't and not so fast. Take me to his laboratory, I'm sure he has one around here. Having the grimoire means I command you. I will not be cruel, but I prefer my orders be listened to... also trust me... after all the interesting I'm going to bring you'll have probably preferred the boring."

>>21276562
But the Grimoire doesn't contain anything that lets him free himself from our control while he's holding it, and we won't let him free himself.

>>21276604
Meh, he's a demon who knows infinitely more about magic and presumably the book than us. He could use that book to fuck us up in so many ways it's not even funny.

>>21276643
It's pretty funny.

>>21276604
Well, remember how the faerie queen mentioned how Sours was trying to summon Azrilhot (eldritch lord). Might not be in the best interest to give him the ability to release what could potentially also be his master. Or Eleraim's bitch, who knows.

"No, I haven't. My partner here found it in the scorch mark of the previous owner. If it's all the same to you, I've developed some trust issues, so I would prefer not to let you hold this for now."

It shrugs, "Well at least you aren't an idiot. You can trust me, but I suppose latter is no different than now."

"Now, take me to his laboratory, I'm sure he has one around here. Having the grimoire means I command you. I will not be cruel, but I prefer my orders be listened to... also trust me... after all the interesting I'm going to bring you'll have probably preferred the boring." You say.

The succubus buttler raises an eyebrow. "It does not mean that actually. Though two shotguns is an ok start. It does mean I have to help you though, out of obligation to my actual master and the fact that you are my best means of helping him. The laboratory is upstairs though, I'll guide you if you like, or if you rather I'll stay down here."

You watch him for a moment, not sure what to make of it. It doesn't behave quite like any other demon you have seen, and could be helpful. Perhaps you could question it more? Or maybe interacting with it is dangerous, and you should leave it alone.

>>21276643
>>21276673
But he can't summon the eldritch lord or fuck anyone over unless us anons tell him to which we totally will because as soon as he gets the grimoire he's the protagonist and we control him.

>>21276717
Let's take him with us. If he's going to stab us in the back, let's make sure he has to do it to our face.

>>21276738
In order to metagame the hardest, we must throw the book at our enemies and get them to kill themselves with spells.

Rolled 75

>>21276717
Take him with us to the laboratory, and have him tell us what exactly his old master was working on before he left, and an inventory of anything useful in there.

Also I have grown attached to this body, lets try and stay inside it.

>>21276783
not even sure that would be metagaming, as a major antagonist basically called us out on it and played around it.

anyway back to the situation at hand. Demonbuttler seems legit. weird that it is a male succubus, and that it hasn't tried suduction or mindrape yet

>>21276783
We can't do something against their nature.
Which is why we like sours so much.
We can make him do anything.

On secoind thought give the succubus the book. WE are the wizard. We just tell him to go along with our main protags, once he holds the book and thats that.

>>21276717
"Why does your master need help?"

>>21276821
I'm against it. I like this body.

>>21276821
no, don't give the book

"Lead the way" You say, stepping aside.

Ignavia strides out the small office room and towards the stairs. You and your allies follow.

"So what was Eleraim working on before he disappeared?" You ask.

"Azrilhot." Ignavia answers, "he was always fond of trying to breach farther into the void and outer plans than any other mortal mage. One day he breached a little too far, and found Azrilhot." You reach the third floor, again there are three doors and a staircase. This floor seems to be a garden, and open windows allow the outside air in.

"Eleraim had done battle with his fair share of Eldritch Abominations," Ignavia continues, "But Azrilhot was more than that, he ws a Eldritch god. And Eleraim was sorry to have encountered him."

Ignavia stops at the left door and motions for you to unlock it. You do so.

"I was sealed away during some. . . Tense diplomatic interactions between Eleraim and a few VIPs from other planes, and was never let out till just now. So I guess I don't know the rest of the story." He flicks his wrist and crimson fire fills his palm. He tosses it around the room as easily as one might exhale, and soon the room is alight with the illumination of several torches.

"We don't use magic lighting in this room because it can mess with certain sensitive experiments." Ignavia explains.

"Why do you say Eleraim needs my help?" You ask.

"He has been gone sixty years. He is either dead or sealed somewhere, and you are my only lead." He walks over to a chair near the door. "Have fun, don't blow yourself up, like I said I would rather not lose you right now."

The room is filled with pages like those from the grimoire. Jars of various items lay around the room and on shelves. A few objects of some kind of importance you cannot assume are scattered here and there, weapons, jewels, body parts.

And in the very center is the largest and most complex summoning circle you have ever seen, a pedestal just the right size for the grimoire set in front of it.

>>21276978
Do not turn back on Sours.

>>21276978
Search around if we can find anything to add to the grimoire, I'm sure there is something useful around here. Also inspect the summoning circle to try and glen what exactly it does, if we can't figure it out then ask Ignavia.

>>21276978
"Roxie, make sure one of us is watching Sours at all times in here."

>>21276978
Put the grimoire on the pedestal, see if a spell appears.

>>21276978
Cue in hilarious hijinks as Sours takes out his true power out of his pants and puts it in the slot

>>21277061
I think we should check what it does before putting it on. Who knows, it might kill us all or something else unfortunate.

>>21277061
hell no

>>21277080
We don't have to actually cast the spell, you know. More options is always better.

>>21277061
Let's ask fuckface the butler what the pedestal is for.

I have a theory.
The Eldritch Lord and the wizard fused into a single entity that is us and can only interact with the world through a mild suggestion spell cast through our Grimoire.
Now we are split between our desire to SUMMON ELDRITCH LORD return and fuck with the people who pick up the book (cause we're part wizard).

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"Roxie, make sure one of us is watching Sours at all times in here."

She makes a salute jesture, Sours visably deflates.

You look at the circle. You can definatly see the same circle as depicted for the Eldritch Lord somewhere in there, but is is transfixed upon a few other circles you can't identify.

"Ignavious, would you know what these circles mean?"

"Ignavia," it responds, as it stands and walks over to you. "I don't recognize the entity being called forth. But I beleive these look like binding and enchantment circles." He nods in thought. "He was trying to bind something to a item I suppose."

You place the grimoire on the pedestal.

Two spells appear.

>>21277154
Namely to bind an Eldritch Lord to a certain book, I would assume.

>>21277154
ANYONE ELSE NOTICE that Eldritch Lord is now Eldritch God.

>>21277175
I would assume so. It's probably lonely, let's try to bind another one in there.

>>21277181
And that it has a bunch of blue lines all across it.
Like it's cracking.

>>21277181
Step 1: Notice this in-character.
Step 2: Realize this is due to what the imp mentioned in the first thread, where if we find something impressive/scary, it gains power.
Step 3: Make a heartfelt sarcastic quip.

That should fix it.

>>21277154
>Ignavia
Right, Fuckface, just like I said the first time.

>Eldritch GOD
OH FUCK PICK UP THE BOOK

>>21277181
>>21277192
ALART! ALART!

>>21277154
I wonder if there's anyway to commune with specific dead people

Loosing the knight was a real kick in the pants...it would be good to get him back even if only in ghost form. I also want to do something about his fiance

>>21277154
We're fucked, we're really fucked.

We only have one option, summon it.

>>21277236
>>21277209
>>21277207
This kind of talk will only make it more powerful. Just chill and find it utterly corny instead of frightening.

>>21277256
But I want to make it more powerful.

>>21277256
We're the grimoire, we want to be more powerful.

>>21277270
Well, I find it corny. Leet should say something like, "Well, that's certainly melodramatic."

You look over at Ignavia, "Yup, you were right about those." You look back down at the grimoire.

It is flipped to the Eldritch. . . God? And blue energy seems to scar the pages.

You try to recover as fast as you can.

"Sissy-ass way to go for something that claims to be a god" You say with a laugh before slamming the tome closed.

Ignavia looks at you with curiosity. "So what now? Would you like to continue exploring the tower or is there more you wish to do here."

>>21277192
>>21277181
How about the fact that Eldritch God doesn't have a probability to do as it wills? It just does

>>21277330
The -best possible result- is that it will consider doing what you say, and won't harm you. It -always- does as it pleases.

>>21277283

>this empletis
Captcha's got it

>>21277326
rifle through the papers, look for anything that might be coded pornography, laugh

>>21277350
I'm new and don't want to read the old threads, has it been summoned already?

>>21277326
I feel like Ignavia is actively trying to build up our perception of the Eldritch Lord. This is a psycho-mystical ploy. Let's take everything it says with a few more grains of salt from now on.

You look through a bunch of the sheets laying about. You still can't read a damned thing this guy wrote down, but there are a few pictures of various entities that grab you interest. You spend a few seconds too many looking at a very accurate drawing of a succubus and glance up to see a disapproving Roxie and an amused Ignavia. You laugh, and toss the sheets to the ground.

There is a flash of light green light.

"Where are we? this isn't earth. . . You aren't trying to escape are you? You slew the demons!! Yay! with help of course, but still. Oh! And you slew Jason!!! Valiant Valiant display!" You see Mae striding about the room doing little spins. "Oh and that bitch Maria is going to be a cold little stone forever now! Yay! I don't think Jason even told anyone about her bef. . ."

She is interrupted by Ignavia locking eyes with her.

"A DEMON! You must slay this one hero! It threatens your liege!"

"You are trespassing on the grounds of Eleraim. Leave or I'll make sure you can't recorperealize until every little petty accomplishment you've made outside your home plane has turned to dust" Ignavia threatens.

"oooh it thinks it is a match for a Fae Queen in the company of three of her champions?! Ha! arrogant slutdemon."

You try to think of a way to handle the situation.

>>21277463
"You're both petty idiots. For the time being, as the holder of this estate's key, I demand that neither of you take actions that could lead to collateral damage."

>>21277463
The demon is already subdued. It's helping us find information. Can't you catch up on reading the thread before you start butting in?

>>21277463
You are out of your element Mae. Calm down.

Fuckface, she is a guest, she won't cause any problems and we will be leaving soon enough.

Rolled 92

>>21277463
Might I suggest we attempt Eldritch Eye? This is quite the ripe room to scan

Oh and explain to Mae that the demon isn't a threat yet, other shit is occupying us

cast green fire
because green fire is cool

Whoa, whoa, calm down everybody There's no need for things to get violent, but.... *makes gesture with shotgun*

Also, I suggest we try enchanting our hat with control form. It will be like a hat of disguise, except it can heal us too.

>>21277520

Mae stops suddenly.

"Well this is awkward." She says

You ignore her and say, "You're both petty idiots. For the time being, as the holder of this estate's key, I demand that neither of you take actions that could lead to collateral damage. Just calm down, neither of you needs to be hostile"

Ignavia glares at you, "I told you, the estate belongs to Eleraim. If you continue to be such a disrespectful steward. . ." the thought trails off.

"Hm, well come home soon. The demon's henchmen are still about and causing havoc." She departs.

Ignavia huffs. "Well I guess you weren't bluffing about wishing things were boring again."

"What kind of succubus are you?" Roxie asks, "the other one I saw was ultra aggressive and violent, and your suddenly calm and lazy?"

"We vary," It responds, "The only constant is the desire and mental equipment to corrupt sapience. Most prefir the aggressive, often violent or sexual path, like a sledghammer to the human mind. I personally prefer a slow, slothy path." It smiles "I'll deteriate you so slowly you'll never notice, not that you should worry, I doubt we will be 'hanging out' for anything near a decade. And those quick little stunts just get so boring after a while."

"And also you can't because Eleraim told you not to. . ." Roxie adds.

"Of course."

You pace back and forth, trying to get your mind back into planning mode.

>>21277661
If this works we also need an Eldritch Eye magnifying glass.
Plus that Eldritch chump is relay trying to hard.

>>21277679
>admits to subtle corruption
Yeah, don't let Ignavia build up threats. Don't believe anything it says about the Eldritch Lord or itself. We're not dumb enough to just give it free power like that.

>>21277679
"Oh, so that's -totally- not why you were trying to make me fear the Eldritch God, right? Not part of your subtle corruption?"

>>21277679
Enchant the fedora with control form

Rolled 59

>>21277754
Oh shit my bad wrong line

Rolled 35

>>21277754
I think Warlock's Sanctum would be better.

>>21277705
Oh hell yes

>>21277679
parinoya says he wasn't told to not affect people other than Eleraim and is just playing into Roxie's laps in judgment and paranoia there we should point this out to her when we are alone. Maybe Styles to.

Rolled 83

>>21277771
Like a hearthstone hat?

>>21277781
Yeah, we're in the presence of a subtle-corruption-style demon. We should encourage paranoia when it comes to manipulation and confidence when it comes to power levels.

>>21277781
also hes a chump and it wont work

Rolled 24

>>21277786
Exactly like a Hearthstone Hat.

>>21277798
Also, we need to stop calling it a God. For fuck's sake, people have to EARN their fancy new titles, and he hasn't even delivered on his candy and happiness yet.

>>21277798
I wasint saying he was strong just capable you can be an unbound chump it just means we can paint him as hilariously infective and maybe set up a slow subtle heal face turn.

Rolled 64

>>21277819
Actually, what happens if we scribble Chump in the book? Rolling.

>>21277837
That's fucking smart. Yes, do that.

<Ignore him, her, it.> You tell Roxie, <It's just trying to sound tough, probably build up a reputation or feeling or whatever. Subtle narrative magic shit.> You finish, glad for the telepathic ability.

<Right, ok>

"And you are auto-didactic?" Ignavia asks, apparently having noticed your ritual. You don't think this means he could actually hear what you said though.

You take off the fedora and spin/throw it into the center of the circle.

"This will help a lot." You state, and attempt to double cast Warlock's Sanctum into Enchant Item

roll 2d100

Rolled 15, 97 = 112

>>21277872

>>21277872
This seems like Archmage shit. Should we let Sours do it?

Rolled 98, 36 = 134

>>21277872
HATS

>>21277889
>Open random doors to anywhere, at will.

>>21277837

You take a moment before the ritual to turn to the Eldritch. . . Lord's page and scribble "chump" over where "god" has appeared. You laugh as you flip away from the page.

Rolled 8, 22 = 30

>>21277872
Which order is which?

>>21277901
Cool. Now we just need to keep Sours from summoning the Eldritch Chump.

Rolled 72

>>21277905
THOSE ROLLS. And I think it's cast and enchant, with enchanting only being done on successful casts.

>>21277901
I hope we're not taking it too far... taunting it and overcompensating for our fear might make it stronger.

>>21277889

You cast the double ritual, hoping for the best.

The hat hovers into the air and a portal opens beneath it. The portal seams to collapse in on itself, then slide into the hat before the hat floats back to the ground.

"Cool." You state as you walk over and pick it up. You make a note to use it if the situation is dire.

Rolled 52

>>21277926
Sweet, I think that's a random teleport hat now.

>>21277926
>15
>Lose control of where to
>Only use if situation is dire
If we ever have to use that hat, it will save our lives in the least convenient manner possible, guaranteed.

Rolled 100, 11 = 111

>>21277921
It depends on how the Narration feels about our behaviour. Mae can push things pretty far, but this is definitely as far as Leet should go - OH! And check what the power in Sours's pants says now.

>>21277921
but it only has the power we give it has become a running gag at this point. Like Roxie and her adorable minor fuckups and passable competence.

>>21277968
Adorable minor fuckups and passable competence that culminated in eating a sentient creature and being crushed to near death. The narrative is light-hearted, but do not let it fool you into believing it is KIND. That aside, if we screw up badly it'll probably rough us up terribly and then send Mae in again. It's if/when SHE dies that we'll hit Cerberus Syndrome.

>>21277968
>adorable minor fuckups
>nearly died from lung getting punctured by a rib
>extreme agony from barely-mediocre healing spell
>was nearly trapped as a cat forever
She has pretty major fuckups. At least she keeps surviving. As long as she keeps her cat luck and buttmonkey role, she'll keep surviving.

>>21277921
Nah we've gotta get this all the way into saturday morning cartoon territory.

That dastardly villainous Eldritch Chumplord is no match for the gritty detective, his plucky sidekick, and their smelly disloyal hobo acquaintance.

>>21278031
>disloyal
He has literally saved both of their lives less than an hour ago. It's his reliability and stability that are in question, not his loyalty.

>>21278049
what he said. Plus his wisdom.

>>21278060
Yeah. He has questionable wisdom, reliability, and stability, but we can trust that he's loyal. God help us, if he gets us killed it was with all the best intentions.

So now we make a healing item, right? I feel like that would be a good idea too. Get Roxie to do it, she's great at that stuff.

>>21277926
sounds like it's time for a smoke break followed by a nap

"You are about the most poorly motivated individual I have every met. Get a plan of action, figure out what is going on, save the worlds." Ignavia says, "I understand you want to improve your use of magic but you cannot hide in here pretending to be a warlock for forever. You're either going to fuck something up or something is going to get fucked up due to your absence. If you are done let us finish our tour of the tower. Maybe that will help you get back into the niche. The Fae called you a hero, I am inclined to believe she knows what she is talking about, but right now your reminding me of a lot of short lived apprentices."

"The is a lot of value here." You counter. "I've been nearly killed multiple times out there, I want to be more prepared next time."

Ignavia stands. "Then prepare, stop standing around daydreaming about this person or that person and how stuff works. Do something."

>>21278060
Ah, come on. He did pick the Celestial. By a slim margin. Well, either Wrong Genre Savvy will send us off the cliffs and into the hands of new protags faster than you can say SUMMON ELDRITCH WHATEVER, or the plan will work flawlessly and we'll get happily ever after.
>>21278079
Indeed. Anyway, she hasn't gotten perspective in forever, and she saved our butts too.

>>21278080
Absolutely. Reinforce the noir thing. Pour a couple fingers of scotch, smoke a cigarette, and fall asleep with the hat over our eyes, drink half-drunk and cigarette half-smoked.

>>21278105
Do nothing for another five minutes just to fuck with him.

We need an Eldritch Eye enchanted magnifying glass, it would be highly useful and fits our occult detective archetype. Worst case scenario, the magnifying glass becomes host to an eldritch horror in which case we poke it its magnifying glass eye until it goes away.

>>21278105
know what your damn right Hey Roxie we need some healing things use the book to whip something up for each of us. Then lets go see what else this place has maybe we will find a magnifying glass i can enchant. Then well be set to send those jokers packing.

>>21278155
this
then
>>21278178

>>21278115
Plus, we have GOT to be fucking tired. We've been in three different fights for our life today. Fights are fucking exhausting.

>>21278198
So, after we make three healing items (Roxie) and a magic spyglass (Leet), let's finish this bloody tour. Votes on what we should be enchanting? What items are each character always holding? The fedora should probably be single purpose, and besides, we can't risk breaking it.

You look through some illegible papers for about fine minutes, finishing with a long stare at a bemused Ignavia.

"Roxie, find something to enchant with Control Form." You say

"'K" She responds.

You walk over to the circle to enchant a magnifying glass you found laying on a table with Eldritch Eye.

Roll 2d100

>>21278220
I'm wondering when the narrator is going to call us out on that. Maybe Ignavia hasn't realized we should be GETTING SOME GODDAMN SLEEP because he's not a humie.

Is there anything we can do about Jason and Mae?

It seems like a lot of potential is just being wasted.

Also it's been forever since Roxie had a chance to be a POV character

Rolled 4, 11 = 15

>>21278232

>>21278222
As the person who said that, I of course want to give a catty item to Roxie. And Sours can have a Wizard Hat. Surely any self-respecting warlock has one lying around.
>>21278253
SHIT. ABORT. THROW BOOK TO SOURS.

>>21278259
Wait, keep it. We are in control because they are chumps, damn it.

>>21278253
>Magnifying glass possessed by eldritch horror

Might be cool?

>>21278290
Hostile force, item destroyed. It was below 30.

Rolled 93

>>21278232
rolling for the eye

And voting again for our smoke break/nap, let Roxie be POV while we do that

>>21278298
Well, the narrator doesn't seem to be paying attention right now. Or he's in full writefag mode drawing up paragraphs of Eldritch being goodness.

>>21278297
That's kind of a shame, though. If it decides of its own will not to smash the glass we might have a new addition to the protag wheel.

You attempt to call forth the sight of a Eldritch entity.

You accidentally the whole entity.

Shit, that's ok, you'll just bind him to the glass and it wont matter anyway.

The glass breaks, releasing the entity that would normally be at most just bound to a single human eyeball instead into this world fully formed.

Fuck.

The glass shatters. The cracks extend from the glass into the surrounding air. The air shatters. Something crawls through the whole in existence, something your mind can't quite cope with. The last thing you hear before your sanity vacates you is Ignavia "I FUCKING told you so. You just had to try to be the wiiizzzharrd didn't you? Getting real tired of your bu, , ,"

>>21278343
Well then.

>>21278343
Did....Did we just lose?

>>21278343
DAMN IT! We got out of our archetype! This is what happens.

>>21278220
>>21278234

Damn it guys. This world runs on narrative. We didn't feel our finger till we realised. If we don't think about being tired, we can go without sleep until after we slay the daemons and finish the arc or something, sometime dramatically appropriate.

>>21278343
...that was a little bit severe.Go insane,just like that? No save rolls to stop the ritual?

>>21278343
You know what Sours has to do. No more spoilers people, it's all or nothing: SUMMON ELDRITCH LORD. Maybe he'll find a spell for boosting SAN after, or wiping memories.

>>21278343
We weren't trying to be a wizard! We were trying to be a PI and every PI needs a good spyglass.

>>21278343
Sours to save the day? He's insane already, he should chum it up with the lord and rescue everyone because he likes his minions, plus he has a new one to play with.

>>21278371
This quest was meant to be severe. We're meant to go through lots of protagonists.

>>21278371
The original intent of the game was that we're supposed to be gibbing protags every thread, in the name of empowering the grimoire. Or until we got bored and ELDRITCH LORD'd all over everything.

>>21278395
But yeah, it's time for Sours to step up. If he's the true Archmagus of Earth, now's the time to prove it. May the dice gods always rule in his favour.

On another note, I'm kind of proud for the GM for not fudging it. He can always whip out Mae for Leet's sake later, but for now he stuck to the damn consequences as he wrote them.

>>21278408
then why bother maintaining a narrative cohesion with theprotagonists we'vesee so far? All of them have been connected in some way or another. If we're supposed to instagib and pick up later, it would makem uch more sense to set the quest say, in the past with the original author of the manuscripts death, then picking up in the 18th century when its rediscovered during the enlightenment. The book passing from hand to hand seperated by time

>>21278408
row row fight the power
Sours to the rescue cast binding circle

>>21278408
why does everyone keep going Eldritch lord? Nameless formless chaos isn't exactly that interesting

You are Ignavia, a succubus bound to the service of Warlock Eleraim.

For the past 60 years you have just been chilling in your quarters. Wandering what happend to your friend. Finally, some adventurers come crashing though your door and tell you they have his grimoire. Not wanting to play into the whole demon role again that you have been doing such a good job avoiding, you decided not to press the issue against your best interest and just let them take the lead while you guide and aid them.

Well let this be a reminder to you never to make that mistake again. Because the leader of said adventurers just summoned a Eldritch Horror in your laboratory.

You take inventory of the threats. The hero is frozen with terror, save for a very slow clawing motion going down his face. The man with the Edrtich bless brain seems to be doing ok, surprisingly, but is unarmed. You've fought these creatures before, and know you can take the horror in a brawl. But you also know that you cannot use the grimoire on your own due to your masters orders.

Your priority needs to be to get at least one of these dumbasses out of here alive.

Where did the Faerie-blessed go? She isn't in the room. . .

Is it ok to leave the "Sours" human alone in here while you get Leet out?

The tentacles move forward. A old urge creeps into the back of your mind but you force it out, there is important shit to do right now.

>>21278443
Immediacy is a more exciting writing technique. And this gives us the flexibility to be able to end the world if we do badly enough, or change the rules of magic forever.

Rolled 55

>>21278448
derped up the dice

>>21278456
Can we take it in a brawl BEFORE anyone dies? Or do we think Sours has a good chance of holding his own?

>>21278461
that just makes the actions of the story meaningless then. Why bother investing energy to develop the characters if it's only a matter of time before dumb luck destroys the world?

>>21278456
>An old urge.
Hue hue hue... but I say leave Sours and this idiot Leet. Find the faerie girl.

Rolled 55

>>21278456
give Sours the book and get Leet out.

>>21278494
We don't HAVE to fail. But if you can write the manuscript later, then you guarantee that we succeed, or that we at least don't fail for three hundred years. That sucks the fun out of the entire exercise, and even then you'd get back to the present and it would be exactly like this. Besides, we have no idea just how far the Grimoire can go. If we didn't have the tools to save ourselves right now, we'd have a new spell.

>>21278456
Can we combat the eldritch thing in our current state? If so, do so

If not, abandon the brusk idiot and the crazy hobo and find the fae touched who's been sensible so far.

>>21278490
[ because Ignavia should now this passivly I'll elaborate. it can kill a horror in a brawl mostly because it knows how to avoid taking damage from it. The horror moves slowly and focuses on mental attacks, both of which you know how to avoid. The horror is extremely robust, however, often taking as long as half-an-hour of sustained demon-fire to finish off. I suppose it would be better to say that you would actually lose in a brawl, but in most real combat situations you come out on top without too much difficulty ]

>>21278520
Actually we do have to fail sooner or later- probablity demands it.

>>21278538
Alright, grab Leet and get out to find Roxie. Sours can do what Sours does.

>>21278538
Let Sours do his thing, he should be fine. He can talk to these non-Euclidean reality-defying abominations, right?

>>21278499
Yeah, I saw what he was doing there too. Heh.
>>21278538
Sours has the power. Give him the book and go get Roxie.
>>21278551
Probability demands it if this goes on forever, and if the grimoire doesn't gain the power to undo the damage it causes. But we know there has to be a win condition to this quest, or this'll stretch to those ridiculous 100 thread things, and by then we're just screwing around and not doing anything new or interesting with the story.

>>21278551
I have no idea about you people, but probability has never hampered my fantastic luck.

>>21278567

Grab Leet and see how Sours goes. If he can resist the mental attacks, he should be alright long enough for us to sic the stupid humans on it. They shat up our home, they can damn well fix it.

You fling the book up the short staircase that leads to the overlook for the circle and on which Sours stand using magic, and dart over to the idiot summoner.

He mutters something to you as you try to grab him, and attempts to shoulder you off. YOu grab him by the forehead and put him to sleep.

A thorned tentecle wraps around your ankle.

You toss the sleeping Leet towards the exit, and hear him hit the wall. It makes you feel a tiny bit better.

You sigh and burn the nice cloths off you, taking on your demonic form so that you can have access to claws.

"Tell the Faery not to come in here." You order Sours, but sours is just looking at the grimoire.

He can't be serious, was he not paying attention to what just happened to his friend? You rip at the impossibly tough skin and gain no ground, you can't believe you let the thing grab you. You just light it on fire the best you can and keep at it though, it seems to be interested in the Eldritch blessed.

>>21278610
Indeed. Sometimes, probability just lets people walk on by. You know Brolaire?

>>21278682
I can't wait to see what he's thinking. Just go straight to posting his piece, OP.

You are Ted Sours.

You have the grimoire again, and everything is going wrong again. Why does it always seem like you have to fix everything? You shake your head and look down at the grimoire. How to save the day this time. . .

The demon is yelling something at you, but it involves a lot of cursing so you tune it out.

>>21278720
Binding Circle of course.

>>21278720
He can understand him? Huh. Well, probably healthier to follow the current course of action anyway. Bind him to a circle, and then we can decide whether to kill it or put it back in a goddamn spyglass. Make it a long one sailors use so it makes sense for Sours to carry it instead of our PI.

>>21278720
Binding circle around the eldritch horror.

Rolled 30

>>21278720
If we make a mirror image of the Eldritch Terror, and it comes out cursed, will we have a friendly Eldritch Terror to combat the bad Eldritch Terror? I think this is a good idea, rolling.

You find the binding circle spell. Basically made for this situation, you think to yourself.

roll d100+5, goes to first

>>21278720

We need serious firepower. Summon Devil. It's easily within our grasp, we're the Archmagus! The true heir to Elrahim's tower. This is our circle, and any Devil we summon will obey us or else! (Start believing this really hard)

>>21278758
Also, I think the narrative was punishing Leet for not finishing his PI courses. Thoughts? It might be worthwhile to make sure we COMMIT to our courses of action in the future.

Rolled 24

>>21278770
WOO I did it, I failed a roll!

Rolled 61 + 5

>>21278771

>>21278789
So we have a successful circle! Not invisible, but hey, it didn't have to be. Get Ivnagia to drag him to it.

Rolled 85

Aww, does this mean no cursed Eldritch Abomination?

Rolled 84 + 5

>>21278771
This is going to be low.

>>21278835
If that roll's canon, let's hope cursed means friendly cartoon character version.
>>21278843
Irrelevant, since someone else rolled, but hey, you're both winners.

>>21278777
He hasn't even had time to START the courses yet, let alone complete it.

>>21278864
Yeah, but we kept acting like we already had all the credit behind us in the first place. Maybe the Dice Gods thought he was a cocky git. Or maybe it was the part where he kept calling Sours, great ARCHMAGUS of EARTH "Spoils". The Narrative loves Sours.
Incidentally, we might want to erase chump from the book later. Belittling the Lord has done ill good for us.

The horror screams at you. Tendrils creep over the balcony and begin to reach for you. The demon is still cursing at you, and why is she naked now? You like her suit when she was a guy.

The thorned tentecles press against the invisible wall, trying to find a way through. An eye appears out of the crawling mass and stares at you. It asks you to let in in, to let all of them in. You ask it why. It tells you because it needs to return. It cannot return without your aid.

Leet is awake behind you, probably jarred right out of that magic sleepy thing the moment he hit the wall. He stares at you and the horror blankly.

You look back at the horror.

"Okay. You say aloud. What do I need to do?"

You hear a click behind you.

"I can see through Leet's eyes Sours, I dont need to open mine. My aim may suck in the best of conditions, but From this far I think I can still hit you. Back away from the book."

The telepathy spell! damn. . . You turn to the horror.

"Sorry." You tell it, and it roars in response. you walk to the other side of the balcony.

Roxie walks uncertainly, nearly blindly forward till she rests her hand on the book.

>>21278892
Hm, sounds plausible.
And yeah, he needs to be nicer to his allies.

We need to simply ignore the eldritch guy, not even care about him.
Only central villains are powerful out the ass.

>>21278930
>Roxie using Leetpuppet

lol

You are Roxie Cohan!

You need to get rid of this thing.

"Ignavia!? You shout. You cant see her through Leet's eyes, and you daren't open your own in this things presence.

You don't get a response.

You keep your shotgun, the one Leet gave you, pointed in Sours' general direction as you figure out what to do. Ignavia is a extraplanar entity too, she may be trapped in the same circle, and if so banishing the horror may also banish her. But you can't keep this up forever. You don't know or want to find out if Sours is willing to risk getting shot to help this thing. But if you have faith in him, that it was a one time fluke, maybe you could try to do something less potentially damning to a possible ally like entering a brief pact with the horror to release Ignavia for its own freedom?

>>21278930
So the Eldritch lord ISN'T a mindless manifestation of chaos! This is a campaign level breakthrough. And... Roxie was the one who stopped us? I assume, since the demon hasn't proven that capability yet. And... Did Ivnagia turn into a succubus? Or does Sours just have an interesting view of gender here?

And yeah, Roxie is right about her aim. She does NOT roll well.

>>21279035
Get the book to Leet. He's already messed up, can't do much more to him.

>>21279035
We should enchant Ignavia with the horror. What could go wrong?

>>21279035
Well I don't think we need to make that decision right now. The demon is tough, she can tough things out while we figure out what exactly is going on. First thing first though, we should talk to Sours and find out what the hell is going on. Did he summon the...thing? What can we do to get rid of it?

>>21279058
Roxie isn't afraid of going insane (or at least that isnt the fear that is causing conflict here) she is scared that if this situation draws out, the odds of Sours doing something to sabotage her increase.

>>21279035
"Sours! I'm going to banish this thing! Where's the demon? I need to know if it got captured or may get banished by accident!"

>>21279058
Again, we can bind the creature to an item from this position.
>>21279071
I laughed. But I think they'd kill us, one way or another.
>>21279081
Do we have the power to convince Roxie he didn't? Or that we should trust our friend who seems to know much more about these creatures than Roxie OR Ivnagia ever will?

>>21279081
the telepathy started here
>>21277872
So Roxie already saw the horror get summoned and all that, she knows what happend.

>>21279107
I'd be willing to take Sours word. He did bind it to the circle after all. If he wanted the chaos to just wreck shit he'd just sit back and watch things burn

>>21279108
That was earlier. After that we were supposed to be wasting time while Roxie... I don't know. Did she ever successfully enchant anything while she was gone? The "Fae-blessed" girl was supposed to be gone, which is why the demon told Sours to keep her out.

>>21279147
Alright then. All aboard for letting Sours tell us what happened to Ivnagia?

"Sours! I'm going to banish this thing! Where's the demon? I need to know if it got captured or may get banished by accident!"

Sours responds in a defeated voice, "I don't know. . . It got dragged into the larger mass. I think Ignavia is still alive though, I can see the flames flaring, flickering, growing."

Well that didn't resolve things much.

"Roxie, you're hurting it." He adds.

"Sours you either way more crazy then I thought or mind-controlled somehow. I need you to just not move."

"did you make the healing items?" He asks.

"What? No I just found some jewlery we could enchant with it, I was bringing it back when I saw the thing get summoned. I hid back with my shotgun hopeing that you would handle it till I heard you respond to its weird clicking thing with 'oh yes master, whatever you wish master, of course ill free you master, please hug me with your thousand tentacles.'"

"But I never said. . ."

"Shut up!" You interrupt.

This isn't getting you anywhere.

Rolled 58 + 5

>>21279230
BIND AND BANISH!

>>21279230
"Ok. Look sours, right now you seem pretty lucid and I don't know what the fuck is going on. If you can talk to this thing.... do you know what the hell it wants? Maybe we can figure something out and get the demon back if it isn't all 'kill all humans, destroy euclidian space,harmony of the spheres,' bullshit."

>>21279230
He answered the damn question just fine. Ignavia is in there, and we need to know what in magic's name will get them out. Sours obviously wants to assist the being eventually, and that means not killing it. We can use the jewellery to bind him if he isn't willing to just leave until we're ready to call him for real.
>>21279294
Dialogue-wise, yeah, a second vote for you. Should we also telepathy in to that convo? It might be dangerous to listen to the lord, but we have the book and we need to know what Sours is hearing/saying.

>>21279294
"First thing you can ask it to do is stop wrecking shit."

Look in the book to see if there's a way to divide binding wards into smaller partitions.

You feel an impulse to just banish the thing and be done with. But you find it hard to force yourself into the sacrifice it entails, even if you're not entirely sure the demon doesn't want to fuck with your head, and even if your not entirely sure trusting Sours won't result in everyone dying or going insane. What can you say, you were vegan. . . At one point. . . For a few months.

"Ok. Look sours, right now you seem pretty lucid and I don't know what the fuck is going on. If you can talk to this thing.... do you know what the hell it wants? Maybe we can figure something out and get the demon back if it isn't all 'kill all humans, destroy euclidian space,harmony of the spheres,' bullshit."

You consider telebonding with him for this conversation, but the thought of telebonding with Sours seems inherently wrong to you.

Sours nods and listens. The tentacle mass seems to slow its movements.

"It's telling me a story" Sours explains, after the pause has gone on some time.

"Can you give me an abridged version?" You ask.

"He says that Magic, he uses it as a proper noun, abandoned his home. He says that long ago, before our reality was even conceived, his reality was the only reality, and magic enjoyed them like magic enjoys us today. But as time passed, magic grew bored with his reality, with the same old laws of physics, the same old laws of sapience, ect. . . And set off to create a new reality to. . . Freshen things up. . . They feel abandoned. They want to return to the eye of Magic, so that they can really live again. He says that outside of the eye of magic nothing ever happens. Without the great Narrator and the great Audience there is no play. But magic wont tolerate them in this reality, because this reality was not made for them. They say they don't understand what they did to deserve this."

>>21279468
You are Sdoilh'jsd'fohusdf'uoh, and Magic has just returned to your reality. Wat do? Oh too late, it just destroyed everything and called you an ungrateful whelp. Existing was fun while it lasted, you suppose.

>>21279468
"Anything else? Why does it keep destroying stuff?"

Maybe we can offer it a deal- to experience magic in a limited form by binding it to an object or allowing it to ride on the back of Sour's mind. I'm sure he'd love that idea at any rate.

Rolled 92

>>21279329
this also we should bind the thing using the jewlery if we need to deal with the thing. Also can we get in contact with the succubus verbally or via telepathy,

>>21279468
Ouch. It's official. We're not the heroes if we leave him behind without even trying to help. Offer a binding, because if he hangs around like he is he'll wreak havoc without even trying. Sours can try and connect to the bound object telepathically. Then when that's done we can just break the circle and let Iv go.

". . . Um. . . Ok so they want to live here?"

"They can't live here, Magic won't let them."

"So what do they want?" You ask again.

"They want to be Magic's favorite again, either by fucking shit up till they get its attention, or by destroying our reality entirely."

You wish you were basically anyone else right now, so that you could think logically about this and realize it is no different from any other 'we come to destroy your reality' justification save for a little emotional appeal. But your an emotional person.

>>21279602
I -hate- hippies. Fuck.

>>21279602
"OK. Explain to it that it can participate in this reality and magic by being bound to an item. That we want to help it and wherever it came from, but that destroying our plane of existence won't get the attention of the narrator. He'll just fiat something in to save the day, destroy the eldritch abominations, or move on to an entirely new universe, leaving everyone in the same situation as the last one. If we work together, we'll be able to accomplish something neither of us could alone."

>>21279637
This exactly! Like someone upthread said, boundless chaos is boring - too little characterization, too much grimderp. Jolly Cooperation for everyone.

You wish you could read the book, but it would require you to open your eyes which isn't an option. You could obviously get sours to do it, or drop the gun and prop Leet up to look for you, but either of those things involve trusting Sours not to free the horror.

The idea hits you to bind the Horror to the jewelry you brought, thus avoiding killing it, appeasing Sours, and saving Ignavia.

"OK. Explain to it that it can participate in this reality and magic by being bound to an item. That we want to help it and wherever it came from, but that destroying our plane of existence won't get the attention of the narrator. He'll just fiat something in to save the day, destroy the eldritch abominations, or move on to an entirely new universe, leaving everyone in the same situation as the last one. If we work together, we'll be able to accomplish something neither of us could alone."

Sours nods, and you hope he translates appropriately.

"It says that this is better than banishment back to the unwatched void."

"Ok." You say as you throw the jewelry into the circle.

Roll to Enchant Item. 1d100, extend 3rd option to 59-1 due to the willing participation of the force.

Rolled 78

>>21279693
H-Here I go!

>>21279747
Oh wow. That's pretty damn good....what did we bind it to though?

I'm hoping it's the magnifying lense that started all this trouble.

>>21279747
WE HAVE A WINNER. Congratulations on your free abomination. Now, how in the blighted hells do we communicate?

>>21279757
Let sours hang onto it. He seems to have a nack for that kind of stuff.

>>21279756
We broke it, I'm afraid. It's a piece of jewellery. Since Eleraim owns it, I'm assuming the item itself is either powerful or notably sturdy and ornate. Hmm. What does it look like, OP? Sours is keeping it, obviously. Does it suit him in some narrative way, or is it a kitty charm bracelet, to represent our new Bond of Trust? Did it change shape from the enchantment?

Rolled 50

>>21279747
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgnIjJexut4&#t=5m24s

>>21279775

Considering that he was prepared to let the thing go, and he can break the seal? Hell no. It stays with Roxie, she's surprisingly level headed.

>>21279800
Well after you've been a cat, a fairy, nd nearly died on three seperate occasions, you learn to keep things in perspective.

>>21279800
Alright, alright. That's some fine character development, actually. I think the universe shall favour her for her behaviour. So yes, I'm still leaning on bracelet. Perhaps a simple flat silver one with surfaces polished enough that the being can project images on it?

>>21279830
Incidentally, I think we've successfully proven Leet is a Fake Protagonist. One of the people who takes the stage early and wins the audience's affections before getting shuffled off because PLOT TWEEST. Roxie's taking back the limelight, if only because she's the warlock and nobody else is touching the damn book anymore.

The gold-set gem clings onto the ground. The horror is gone and you open your eyes.

The gem shakes. And you hastily close your eyes.

You open them again and see it shake again.

You keep staring and watch it shake on last time.

It stops shaking and you breath a sigh of relief. Something about that seemed oddly familiar, but your way to relieved to deal with that right now.

A wave of tiredness falls over you and you sit on the cold stone floor and look over at Sours. He cradles himself and rocks back in forth, deep in thought. Leet doesn't look much different to be honest right now. Huddled against the wall, laying on his side and staring blankly at the circle.

Near the gem, you see a red demon rise to her feat. A few seconds later and you recognize the now well dressed figure as Ignavia. It looks up at you and shakes its head, scooping a red top hat out of nowhere and sitting down, rubbing its temples.

You walk down and look at the gem closer. You aren't sure what it belongs on, its to big for a earing but just right for basically anything else if you find the right thing to mount it on.

"So", you begin, looking over at Ignavia, "Does this place have multiple bedrooms?"

>>21279860
Yes maker, let the poor kids get some sleep. We're above 200 posts incidentally.

Ignavia locks the laboratory as everyone departs, and you carry the stone and grimoire yourself. Ignavia shows you the guest rooms, center door 3rd floor, with 4 separate rooms. You ask it to lock Sours door and it does. It puts Leet to sleep with magic and heads back to its office on the second floor, which suprised you seeing as it has been in that room for sixty years. For the first time since you found the grimoire, you fall asleep for reasons other than shock, head trauma, or blood-loss.

>>21279860
Ok, things to do i the future

1. Pocket eldritch gem, look for something to attach it to
2. Talk to sours, see if he's ok.
3. talk to the Succubus to get a better handle on the situation at large
4. Try and see if Leet can be fixed or if he is well and truly mind broken.
5. Try to find a way to contact Jason's shade, to learn more about Mae the fae and other things
6. Kill demons
7. Gettinng Jason's fiance returned to her natural form.

I'm tired, and this is just a perfect stopping point, So I think I'm going to call it a thread.

Thank you very much for playing, please archive and post the link to upvote.

Archived: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html

thanks Op

thank you op the pokethulu reference was awesome.
also when do you expect to run again?

I love how I wasn't there for a quest was during the part of quest two where the erinye fucked us up and now when we were driven insane.
Coincidence? Probably.
Still amusing.

As a writer this is a rather inspiring structure. I think I'm going to steal the whole idea of characters fighting against the writer. What greater conflict is there than against the entire world?