Rolled 67

>>23282256
acid the chins one at a time and slowly drop the box use wings to hover it if needed?

Well since our beetleborg can't fly as far as I know, just have it gently breath acid on the locks and chains.

>>23282256
Well this should be easy enough for us, just have our construct angle its breath in such a way that it's hitting the chains and locks without actually hitting the box. So parallel rather than perpendicular to that side of the box we're working on. Then open the box.

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Here is your beast's sheet.

>>23282301
The key is hanging, not the box.

We should see if Gaviscon can produce the kind of acid that dissolves gold to get the key, but if not VERY careful application of acid to the chains.

>>23282356
Oh so it DOES have wings. But can it fly with them? Guess we'll find out.

Have it attempt to get up to the chain, and melt it to get the key - or if that doesn't work, do >>23282341 & >>23282345

>>23282301
Or maybe it can fly, in that case just grab the key.

Pity we don't have conjuration, we could teleport the contents out then set our friend loose on it.

You command it to try to carefully, gently melt the chains off of the outside of the box with its super-hot acid breath.

Roll Gaviscon's Elementalism. It gets +1 for its Fire Elemental Focus and a +1 for its Acid Elemental Focus. I'll take the first three linked 1d100 rolls.

I only wish we had some way of knowing the general level of other people's beasts.

We don't know if those stats are good, reasonable, utterly shit, or what.

Oh well.

Rolled 93

>>23282497
I wonder if our dice are still cursed today.

Rolled 75

>>23282497
We're boned.

Rolled 13

>>23282509
>>23282514
Don't worry, we can still turn this around by rolling a 1.

Rolled 15

>>23282497
We win

>>23282509
>>23282514
Now that was unexpected.

Well, 2 outa 3.
Better than everything else so far.

>>23282548
We had a fantastic set of rolls to meditate after the horrible ones in creating it.

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>>23282564
True, good point.
Maybe this thread wont go too poorly.

>>23282548
>>23282564
>>23282584
I hope we didn't jinx it.

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>>23282602
Oh, we totally just did.

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>>23282509
>>23282514
Gaviscon uses careful bursts of glowingly-hot caustic breath to burn through the chains, making them go limp and fall off one breath at a time. When it's done, it pulls the chains off with its forelegs, revealing that, though the surface of the metal box is scorched and gouged by the hot acid, it looks like it withheld its treatment. Gaviscon pulls the box open with its jaws, struggles to reach in, and carefully pulls out an origami crane, undamaged. It brings it over to Liz and places it in her hand. She holds it up proudly to Petrov.

"Decent," he says, approximating approval. "In the future, work on the precision of your designs. One mistake and you could have penetrated the box. Also consider versatility; its limbs, though articulated and flexible, struggled briefly in opening the box. Still, high marks for all three of you on this segment. You can go rest, now."

Lin gives both of you a high five and Liz gives you a big hug as the three of you and Gaviscon head back out into the hall. Petrov calls in Pierre's group and their horrible goat-thing next.

What do you do while you wait for the next segment?

>>23282626
Are we allowed to try and give Gaviscon a little buff between sessions, if not lead the others in meditation to calm down and ready ourselves.

not much to do other then continue studying. I say try to polish off that alchemy box.

>>23282626
we can no longer improve Gaviscon right did he say that ?

if he didn't say that move him to a corner have lin and liz block view of us as we congratulate hm on a job well done add more ribbons to him and then enchant him smarter

>>23282665
Petrov hasn't said, but upgrading after the crafting period is probably considered cheating. Then again, so is using Enchantment to mind-break Sanjay's electric crystal monkey, so take that all in stride.

>>23282708
It's only cheating if you get caught.
Still, better not to tempt the dice gods.
Lets go with meditation.

>>23282626
Can we stay and observe how well the goat-thing does ?
Also, express our satisfaction to the bug.

>>23282723
true but if yall want to be chicken shits what ever but I say do it as we add more ribbons to him

>>23282767
yea just don't use foci that way it isn't so obvious

>>23282767
I don't see much point on putting ribbons on an acidic, metallic elemental.

>>23282841
It's cute.

>>23282858
Do we even have ribbons?

So, are you trying to upgrade Gaviscon or meditate? I can't tell whether or not there's some kind of consensus - or something approaching one.

>>23282841
and it is a distraction for when we enchant it

>>23282869
we are a group of 3 girls of course we have ribbons

>>23282909
Nothing to upgrade without it being noticeable.
Just go for meditation.

Let's just ask petrov if he considers it to be cheating. He likes that kind of initiative, right ?

>>23282909
Meditation.

>>23282909
Meditate

metitate

>>23282935
He probably also dislikes being bothered with inane questions that should have obvious answers - especially when he's right in the middle of doing something else.

>>23282909
meditate and if possible make plans to upgrade gaviscon once we are done with the test

You ask around for more simple decorative bits for Gaviscon like colorful strips of paper that you wind into little wreaths and string and ribbons to tie on. You decorate Gaviscon and praise it for a job well-done, as do Lin and Liz. It seems to enjoy the attention.

Then you sit down to do some more meditation, as does Lin, setting up a chant.

Roll Soul. You get a +1 for the chant. I'll consider the first four linked 1d100's.

Rolled 42

>>23283043
watch me fail horribly

Rolled 22

>>23283043

dice dice baby.

Rolled 24

>>23283043
well then

Rolled 77

>>23283043
Watch we get a 1 and fry our brains.

Rolled 99

>>23283043
zen

>>23283043
Also wouldn't that be the first five rolls? We have Soul 4, +1

>>23283077
... heh

>>23283077
can't say I'm surprised at this point

>>23283072
Phew.
Next challenge, here we come.
I want to know how the goat thing did.

>>23283086
he rights

'scuse me while i go sulk in a corner.

>>23283077
after the fiasco concerning the 100 last time I not even surprised

>>23283086
Very true, which means that >>23283077
counts.

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>>23283072
You meditate some more and are feeling quite relaxed and restored by the time Petrov comes out to call you back in. You all head in with Gaviscon and see what is in store next. The room has been turned into an enormous obstacle course. A tunnel that looks a bit too narrow for Gaviscon's metal midsection to fit through, a series of poles whose ends you have to hop across to get to the end with sharp spikes below, and even a segment with large wooden logs being swung around in a pattern with just a few gaps to fit through, unless you're good enough at dodging to not get hit.

"Start at the starting like," says Petrov, gesturing calmly. "Get to the finish line. You'll be graded on the damage it takes along the way, the amount of time taken, and the effectiveness of solutions to the obstacles."

What do you do?

>>23283194
He didn't say we had to actually do the obstacles on their terms, right? Just fly over the whole course straight to the finish line, burning through what little is in our way as-needed.

We should link our mind to our construct using enchantment, might be it bonuses if we command it directly with its mind.

>>23283208
This is true, we should ask him if it matters how our construct gets to the finishing line to make sure he won't consider it cheating, but if not, we can just fly it.

>>23283208
if we can fly this is probably the best idea, if not just wreak the place using the acid breath

Huh I bet there's something to prevent just flying above it all. Still it won't hurt to try.

>>23283194
Fly over it all if possible. If not then at least the tunnel. Or climb it, the tunnel that tis.

>>23283194
could we use enchantment to assume direct control and pilot it with our mind?

>>23283260
Forgot something, it could melt the tunnel to an appropriate size.

>>23283194
Melt through errything?

>>23283286
it's probably better if we show to petrov our construct can adapt to it's surrounding and that it doesn't acid breath it's way through everything

>>23283283
>>23283286
that sounds extremely impractical and time consuming
flight is probably a better idea
assuming it can fly reliably and over large distances, of course

>>23283194
Ask if we're able to do a last minute adjustment to the shell.
If it's able to seperate for short periods of time, it would be able to fit through the tunnel.
If not, then fly over and burn everything.

>>23283315
Why over complicate things?
If the solution is obvious we should take it

>>23283194
Melt the tunnel, fly over the pit, but stay over the poles in case something tries to knock him down, and zip threw the log swings.

You decide to go for the direct solution: fly over everything you can and melt through everything you can't.

Roll Gaviscon's Body to fly. Gaviscon gets a +1 for its wings, so I'll consider the first three dice.

Rolled 35

>>23283378
welp

>>23283337
It depends on how much time the metal takes to melt (Or what I assume is metal)

Rolled 39

>>23283378

Rolled 64

>>23283378

Rolled 21

>>23283378
welp

>>23283388
>>23283391
>>23283392
Ah, there are the /tg/ dice I remember.

>>23283388
>>23283391
>>23283392
Great. Great. Awesome.

Back to yesterday, I suppose.

>>23283388
>>23283391
>>23283392
I hope he just strait up doesn't lift himself.

>>23283412
I suppose so yes

Rolled 86

>>23283392
>>23283391
>>23283388

Here we go

>>23283423
might still be good enough for some extended jumps?
maybe?
please?

>>23283388
>>23283391
>>23283392
Yeah, Gaviscon can't seem to get off the ground in what space there is before the tunnel. Well, that leaves the other option, then. Gaviscon opens its mouth to start belching out clouds of super-heated acidic gas.

Roll Elementalism. Gaviscon gets a +1 for the Fire Focus and a +1 for the Acid Focus, so I'll consider the first three rolls.

Rolled 100

>>23283446
Stop dicking us in the ass, dice.

Rolled 95

>>23283446
burn it burn it all.

>>23283456
nice

>>23283456
Awwwwwww yeah.

>>23283456
>>23283463
woah

Rolled 7

>>23283456
... well I guess that's that

Rolled 65

>>23283446

>>23283456
Great success!
*thumbs up*

>>23283456
But of course, how had I not seen it sooner?! In Blatant Fetish Quest, we must dominate the dice, not act as its victim!

Quickly insult the dice, belittle them, make them feel worthless!

When life hands you lemons burn it down!

Rolled 29

>>23283510
Bend over, dice.

>>23283510
Man, didn't you ever read Femcock's guide to dominating subs so they like it? That's not the way to do it at all!

Rolled 35

>>23283565
who a pretty little slut dice who going to roll high for daddy ?

>>23283544
>not turning lemons into lemon juice grenades to blind your enemies and make their open wounds burn
>do you even musclefutawizard

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>>23283456
>>23283463
Yeah, fuck that shit. Gaviscon melts the tunnel, carves a path that can just be walked through in the spikes, and burns the swinging logs away. It strolls across the finish line at a proud trot.

"Impressive destructive ability," notes Petrov. "Rendered the obstacles pointless. Adapted well, but lost points on time because of the false start. Adequate, with lots of potential. You won't be rated as highly for this section as the previous one, but it will be a good score."

You head back out into the hall to wait for the conclusion of the obstacle course and for the final battle royale.

What do you do as you wait?

>>23283456
And we burn a path straight to the finish line...

>>23283446
Confirm with Petrov whether we are allowed to repair Gaviscon between rounds. If he asks for specifics answer that if our familiar's air elemental focus must have been damaged if it couldn't fly (given Gav's unstable stae we can probably pass a bunch of upgrades off as repairs)

>>23283599
meditate yet again?

>>23283599
Time to cheat up that Elementalism.

Rolled 97

>>23283597
>Using lemon juice grenades over paralysis poison grenades
>Do you even lethality

>>23283599

>>23283614
go for it

praise it more
its our last chance to try and make it smarter

>>23283599
Ask if we're able to make any adjustments.

>>23283624
Of course I'd waste a good roll.
Could meditate. Or talk to Liz/Lin

>>23283599
Link our mind with beetleborg so we can give it direct commands. But only commands, no pain feedback.

No outright cheating, guys. Reward isn't worth the risk. We should be able to do decently even without cheating, and we've got our alliance with Sam to help in the final round.

You poke your head back into the room. "Are we allowed to continue making upgrades while we're out here?" you as Petrov.

"No, but I'm not going to bother with a detailed examination," he says calmly. "After all, all but one should be destroyed by the end of the day."

Huh. So if you don't make any overtly obvious changes, you should be able to get away with it.

How do you spend your time?

>>23283717
shouldn't we actually implement the alliance with sam to gazicon by the way?

>>23283599
Meditate, rest, and relax. Maybe grope Liz if we can hide it well enough.

>>23283717
About that...before I forget make sure to assign Lin the task of watching our allies for signs of betrayal. This alliance is as much a test to see if we can trust Sam and Co. as it is battle royal strategy.

>>23283599
Good Lord constructs are pretty awesome, we need more of these.

>>23283755
make it better
build it smarter
gets it faster
do it now!

also glitter glitter glitter cover the fucker in glitter and praise

>>23283755
Work on improving its intelligence.

>>23283755
Make sure beetleborg knows that's Sam's bot is his ally, also still voting for >>23283693

>>23283755
well then we should enchant up its mind also more ribbons the pore thing probable burned off all the ones it had on

be hidden about it

>>23283779
for the love of god no glitter its like arts and crafts herpes we will never get it off us that is the worst thing to use

>>23283755
Well, fuck, no reason not to. Improve whatever we can, as long as it won't be obvious.

>>23283755
No reason not to upgrade the mind then. Try to add some of our martial arts knowledge.

>>23283755

can we focus our mind through our focus ring and give it commands, it's a faster way for it to follow orders and no one (at this point) and won't be very obvious.

>>23283779
>>23283787
>>23283811
>>23283826
yes yes yes also fuck glitter god dam strippers feting it all over I am still finding it on clothing I used to wear in the 90's

>>23283863

>we put glitter on it.
>a few days pass
>in the middle of fun time with Liz, Breakfast and Lin
>there is glitter on Lin's lady parts

i totally know this won't work because Beetleborg is acidic but whatever!

>>23283854
>try to add martial arts knowledge
fucking this
make our little bug friend extra deadly with some MMA added onto his caustic core and metal body

>>23283811
Good plan, make sure it follows the alliance.

>>23283859
Ring is only useful for mind rape. It can't do anything else.

How are Liz and Lin doing with strain?

You decide that you may as well upgrade its mind with what time you have left.

What foci do you use?

>>23283917
Liz is mostly recovered from resting and Lin is entirely recovered from meditating.

>>23283929
Do we have a pen/pencil we could use?

>>23283929
maybe something relating to our martial arts thing?
like one of those sweatbands or something?

>>23283960
Yes.

>>23283929
So could we get working independently on upgrades? Liz on making/upgrading an elemental focus, us improving Gav's mind while Lin boosts its body? Might be too obvious but wanted to through it out there.

>>23283929
condom you know we have more

just palm it then that folded crane did we get to keep it?in the other hand try to be covert about it

>>23283929

something like a computer processor would be great but maybe use something which is associated with learning.

a pen, pencil, notebook, or a calculator.

>>23283929
We don't happen to have some random piece of circuitry do we? We could use some scraps of metal or aluminum wrapping to create one though.
Just a basic circuit layout should be good.

Rolled 30

>>23283929

>>23284013
add a broken pencil
>>23284028
just make sure we can hid it in the palm of our hand with the rest

You decide to use a pencil and a calculator as foci, the huddle up close to obscure what you're doing.

Roll Enchantment. You get a +1 from Liz, a +1 from Lin, a +1 from the pencil, and a +1 from the calculator, so I'll take six rolls.

Rolled 52

>>23284080
Incoming hilarity.

Rolled 3

>>23284080

let's hope for decent results

Rolled 36

>>23284080

Rolled 21

>>23284080
C'mon, you dirty little dice, dance for us!

Rolled 55

>>23284080

Rolled 22

Roll

Rolled 40

>>23284080
We're boned

Rolled 99

>>23284080
smat
me know friend from foe
me know not to speek
me know to burn burn it all

>>23284122

why do the dice suddenly hate us?

is it because we're cheating (a little bit)?

>>23284097
>>23284102
>>23284103
>>23284104
>>23284110
>>23284111
This is som--

>>23284122
THIS IS SOME FUCKING BULLSHIT.

GOD DAMMIT, FUCK THIS I'M GOING TO CLASS.

>>23284122
yeah well fuck you too, dice

>>23284122
Yeeeeeah......We're fuuucked.

Well we know That it's stupid now. We have to make sure it knows its ally. Introduce them and keep saying "Do not burn." over and over again.

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>>23284097
>>23284102
>>23284103
>>23284104
>>23284110
>>23284111
You don't manage to make any improvements, but you also don't do any damage while you're fiddling around in its mind. You do, at least, get Gaviscon to understand that Sam and Hera's automaton is its ally. Petrov leads everyone back into the room, which has been leveled out, a big chalk circle drawn around it.

"Have all of your beasts enter. Once there is only one left standing, I will put up a ward to prevent collateral damage or cheating. You will all be allowed to take the remains of your beasts for burial, rebuilding, or, in the case of the winner, to just take home," he says. You have Gaviscon walk in with the others. "Ready? Begin."

What strategy do you have Gaviscon follow? This will affect both your dice pool and the dice pool you'll be rolling against - just because you're doing something Gaviscon is good at, doesn't mean there won't be increased danger from the method, and vice versa. Consider your options carefully.

>>23284199
How about run and gun?

Move so we don't get caught and breathe acid on everyone nearby

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>>23284199
If worse comes to worse:

CAST OFF!

CHANGE, HORRIBLE ABOMINATION OF ACID AND PAIN!

>>23284199
Keep mobile, Keep the breath focused on the biggest threats. Don't move too far from Sam's automaton so they can help each other in a pinch. Don't reveal that they are allied until the last minute.

>>23284258
doesn't sound bad
our wings are apparently not enough to fly, but they probably still help maneuvering
acid breath is obviously the weapon of choice

>>23284199
Spit hot acid at things and punch/bite(is biting a feasible tactic for Gavi?) everything that doesn't succumb to his mighty acid breath

>captcha: not ittibus
That's right captcha don't spit acid in the bus

>>23284199

use wings in tandem with our legs to increase mobility while picking off the easier targets with well placed acid.

keep an eye on our ally and hope they keep their word.

>>23284258
seems good, that should do the trick. perhaps something that rely a bit more on sam construct?

>>23284199
Fly around and breath on constructs bots, keep sam from getting gangbanged.

>>23284313
Talk about wings, if any of them use kinetic energy (Say, melee or ranged weaponry) the wings could act as a shield, may not be very effective but it should stop some damage.
We should had thought of sharpening them...Unless they already are in which case we can also use them as blades.

Rolled 98

>>23284199
Hit Pierre's goat with acid, hit the electrified guy with water (non lamenar flow) and stay slightly out of melee range with Sam (but work with him)

Rolled 22, 61, 61, 36 = 180

Keeping mobile, on land and in the air, is probably the best option, blasting with acid while you can to slowly corrode enemies and hit weak points. You relay those basic strategies to Gaviscon and hope that it understands.

Roll Elementalism for mobile breath weapon combat. You get a +1 for Fire Focus, a +1 for Acid Focus, a +1 for being Small, a +1 for Wings, and a +1 for having a metal shell, for a total of six dice.

Rolled 6

>>23284441

Rolled 82

>>23284441
rollan!

what about choice of targets?
metallic and organic constructs will probably be easiest to incapacitate
but then again, we don't want to end up pitted against everything that's acid immune
so we might also try to harass anything that could give us problems later, try to impair their sense or something, in hopes of others finishing them off

Rolled 35

>>23284441

Rolled 84

>>23284441

>>23284403
This

Rolled 82

>>23284441

Rolled 34

>>23284441
You know what you want Dice? You can't resist being my little slut can you. Be a good slut and give me 100.

Rolled 20

>>23284441

Rolled 70

>>23284441
here we go

>>23284464
>>23284474
>>23284484
Not bad. Not bad at all.

Rolled 91

3 successes, better then our usual

>>23284520
three vs no success. We did quite a bit of damage.

>>23284464
>>23284474
>>23284484
Your strategy works spectacularly, keeping Gaviscon completely out of harm's way while dealing tremendous damage over time to anything that gets caught in its clouds of noxious breath. Sam's automaton has a bit more of a problem, though. It's big, and incredibly strong, but slow, so it has to weather hits against it while smashing the weakened enemies. You're pleased when it shatters Sanjay's electric crystal monkey, much to Sanjay's open shock and disgust, and consider the killing that Gaviscon delivers Pierre's goat thing a merciful death.

And then it's just Gaviscon and Sam and Hera's automaton. The automaton is somewhat damaged. Gaviscon could probably take it if it kited it.

Do you trust Sam and have Gaviscon go in for a fake kill, risking getting in range of its phenomenal strength, or do you betray Sam and melt it into a puddle?

>>23284607
Betray? What? I thought we won rock-paper-scissors. Did I miss something?

Rolled 28

>>23284598
Pretty sure Fem was rolling for Sam's team...

Rolled 12

Trust him to be a friend. Better to learn if he'll betray you now then when its actual life and death

>>23284635
Nope, that's the combat system. We have to roll more successes than the amount of successes Fen rolls.

>>23284607
Wait didn't we win rock paper scissors?

>>23284634
Yes. You can either go with the plan and trust Sam not to betray you - which is to let his automaton fake a loss - or just destroy it and be guaranteed the win.

>>23284642
good idea here

>>23284607
Gaviscon's probably fast enough we could dart through a few times just to see if they'll play along, and if it looks like they aren't melt it down.

I'm tempted to try to keep our distance and mind-read Sam.

>>23284642
Make a bit of a show of it, approach like we're going to attack, fake out, and see if Sam goes for a blatantly deadly attack. If he does, gas him. If he doesn't, follow through on the second attack.

>>23284607
>FUUUUCKING PARANOIA
Go for the fake kill. If Sam wants to make the possibly lethal mistake of making us an enemy let him but we shouldn't overtly fuck him over after WE were the ones to strike the deal in the first place. That's a major dick move on our part

>>23284642
This. If we're betrayed here it just costs us a neat toy and a slightly higher grade. And we get to know Sam's true colors in exchange.

>>23284607
Deploy wings, to have a bit of protection in case of betrayal and then go at it.

>>23284607

trust him now, if he is going to betray anyone it would be better to do it later on. they are already getting a decently high grade for surviving this far.

if Gaviscon survives we'll have to decorate him accordingly.

>>23284607
Fake kill.

>>23284675
By the way, I meant his construct, not him. Thought I should clarify.

Rolled 77

>>23284607
This is a test of sam's character, if we can't just give him the option to yield then I suppose we trust him.

>>23284689
>decorate him accordingly
A great big blue ribbon with "1st place" in gold embroidery

>>23284607
Trust essentially has no downside here.

>>23284726
Which we then use as foci to give him more intelligence, a superiority complex, and a haughty personality. He'll be our snooty butler-guard construct.

Rolled 41

>>23284689
We will need to give it a pretty gown to go with the ribbons.

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>>23284744
>Breakfast in a maid suit and Gaviscon with a little black bowtie and cufflinks on his legs skittering about our tower taking care of all the menial labor

Seriously don't get too attached to the familiar, I'm betting on betrayal but I think it's more important that we show ourselves capable of thinking long term (determining the trustworthiness of potential allies in a mock setting instead) than going for the glare teed short term victory.

>>23284790
>Max in a little black dress

>>23284790
That reminds me, we need to acquire some highly embarrassing clothing for Liz, like a collar.

>>23284828

>with her cock swinging in the breeze.

>>23284828
>that does nothing to conceal giant cawk

>>23284843
>>23284839
That just makes it better.

>>23284790
>>23284828
We Big O now.

Big D

>>23284858
The Big D that gives the big o.

Any chance we can go in for the fake kill without exposing ourselves to instant loss? If possible, try to pull that off.

But really, we should trust him. The worst that happens is we get 2nd place instead of first (we can always build another familiar, probably better since we wouldn't be hurrying), and we know that he can't be trusted.

>>23284744
YES
FUCK
YES
>>23284790
Gaviscon not only is a badass butler but also an amazing acid spitting Alfred level security detail within our sanctum


>captcha: though ppleasub
Oh captcha

Guys, um, since we used a battery to give Gaviscon his /caustic/ breath, and the stuff that constitutes his core body, we need to be real fucking careful. If he comes into contact with any acids at all, he's going to explode. Violently. I'm not sure how basic magical caustic breath would be, but I'm willing to bet it's on the end of the scale, minimum.

By acids, I mean even shit like Ascorbic acid. You know, the stuff in any citrus fruit?
Acetic acid, also known as vinegar.
Citric acid, another form of vitamin C.
Formic acid, also known as poison in most stinging insects. Yes, if Gaviscon so much as melts a bee, it might cause a violent explosion.
Phosphoric acid? The stuff in teeth whitener that makes it work.

On the other hand, this means that fruit and whitener paste could be used as improvised explosives, or chemical weapons. Regardless, this is really, really fucking dangerous.

>>23284994
We'll have to fix that later.

>>23284873
this. if we are betrayed, we know were to stand, and we have a resonable chance to win and keep an ally. but if we betray him, we loose an ally for sure

>>23284994
Caustic can be used to describe acids or bases. Batteries use sulfuric acid.

>>23284994

on one hand, awesome explosive utility.
on the other, tower destruction.

>>23285032

if we are betrayed, we're going to take their construct down with ours, ACID EVERYWHERE!

>>23285023
Yeah, we will, if he survives this fight. If we don't take measures against this, take the reaction of vinegar and baking soda in a sealed container, and the end result, and then multiply that by a whole bunch. It's not good.

I'm not worried about Sam or Hera betraying us, but that voodoo girl on the other hand, and she's the one powering it with ghosts, so she probably has a fair amount of control over it.

>>23284994
>bee bombs
I wish I had my picture of batman saying,"bees my god!" on my phone

>>23285040
Well, then it goes in the other way, instead. Bleach, baking soda, caustic soda, potash, and so on.

>>23284873
>>23285032
This sounds good.
I kinda want Sam to try to betray us so people will stop trying to waifu him

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>>23285070
Have this instead.

You decide to go with the plan. After all, even if Gaviscon gets destroyed here, you'll get a better idea of who Sam really is. You order your beast in for a final attack. It charges in for an enormous body slam - which at its size should do very nearly nothing to the hulking automaton. It impacts and...

The automaton topples, the green lights in its eyes fading and going off. Sam sneaks you a smile. You smile back. Gaviscon stands triumphantly upon the fallen automaton, then prances around the field of battle. It doesn't have more than a few scratches or dings on it.

"Well, there we have it. I'll be putting together a grade for the final portion. You're all free to go with your beasts. I would like Miss Zhou, Miss Power, Miss Lawson, and Mister Gupta to remain after class. Everyone else have a nice evening."

Do you do anything before meeting after class?

>>23284994
I don't think that it's literally comprised of battery acid, just that we used battery acid as a method to summon an acid elemental.

Think of it this way, if we had used propane to summon a fire elemental, that elemental wouldn't necessarily fuel its own existence with propane.

>>23285129
Who's Gupta?

>>23285129
Is Zhou our dear Lin, and Gupta our buddy Sam?

Also, might as well have a chat with Sam and give him an offhanded bit of advice to take Petrov seriously.

>>23285129
Which one's Mister Gupta, is that the indian guy?

>>23285158
Sanjay

>>23285129
meditate I guess

>>23285129
Publicly congratulate Sam and team for coming second.

>>23285158
Sam, I think.

>>23285164
Scratch that. Stand silently and see if Sanjay makes a move on us.

>>23285129
Shout "THANKYOU COME AGAIN" at Sanjay as he leaves.

Then go talk to Sam before he leaves.

>>23285129

go over and shake hands with our partners in crime and compliment their construct a bit. using ghost as fuel? neat!

>petrov is going to chew us out for cheating.

>>23285129
Give Sam a hearty handshake and a congratulations. Then talk to Sanjay, give him a handshake, compliment him on his beast design, us being polite is worse for him than us being rude.

>>23285185
Switch the order, forgot Sanjay is staying with our group.

>>23285206
I think, given the situation, our allegiance is riding the grey line on cheating and cleverness. He's probably going to give us a big fat slap on the wrist and a free warning.

Rolled 26

>>23285129
Gupta is probably sanjay.

Congratulate our bug, and immediately reward it with the power to actually fly. I feel like it might come handy before the end of the day.

>>23285208
Second
Except also >>23285206
>compliment their design

Well, we sure managed to come back from the initial crit failure well.

>>23285185
No reason to be rude to Sanjay, he's an arrogant ass, but being rude gets us nothing.

Being polite gives us the moral high ground. And he might respect us now given that we won.

So since we created a horrifying abomination against nature forged of acid, fire and pain, then bound it into armour and proceeded to decimate the competition, can be conclude that our reputation as badasses is solidified for the moment at least in the minds of the other firsties.

>>23285251
Persistence pays off; stubbornness leads to ruin. The grey area between them is thin and mostly unnoticed.

>>23285257
It gives us giggles. If we can't be racist, can we at least dick-slang in his general direction?

>>23285276
No. Just stop being stupid.

>>23285257
>No reason to be rude to Sanjay
>Snapple !!SGF2b386gD3

But seriously, I agree with you.

>>23285251
>the initial crit failure
And then all the other failures. He was amazingly badly made.

>>23285296
But he had heart, we had good ideas, and we got a few successes here and there. We also rolled extremely well for the practical section here.

>>23285276
No. Have you considered spending your time around feces rather than here? It seems like it would better suited to you.

>>23285296
Everybody loves a good underdog story

>>23285296

but man, he can melt things like a flamethrower on butter.

>>23285296
However, no other team considered flight in their design

>>23285257
Just ignore anything Snapple suggests. I'm sure femCOCK already does.

>>23285324
That definitely gave us an edge at the end.

Rolled 2

>>23285181
>>23285185
Don't talk to Sam before we're out of here. I don't want to make it too obvious that we rigged the fight.

>>23285327
I know I'm already filtering all his posts. I suggest everyone else do the same.

>>23285296
He was also mostly single purpose, we just managed to apply that single purpose to everything.

>>23285339
I'm torn. I could filter his posts so I don't have to see them, but then I can't see them to vote them down.

>>23285337
If we're going around congratulating people, then not talking to him would be more suspicious than talking to him.

>>23285351
If femcock isn't taking his suggestions anyway, then you don't need to.

>>23285340
Who needs anything more than a one-trick pony when that one trick just fucking melts everything it touches? Not me, that's for sure.

You head on up to the front of the room. You flash Sam and Hera a smile as they leave, dragging their automaton along with them. Once everyone's left, Petrov says, "Mr. Gupta, please step aside for a moment. The current discussion is with these three. I'll talk to you once we have some more privacy."

Sanjay nods and steps away.

"Firstly, I would like to congratulate you on your success. Second, I would urge you to be creative within the parameters in future lessons. If I had evidence, instead of suspicions, I would be failing you on this assignment for cheating. Make sure that, in the future, you either stop cheating or cheat well enough that I never get any evidence. Do you have any questions before you leave?"

What do you say?

>>23285593
>Got it Petrov, cheat better.

>>23285593
"I didn't think melting the course counted as cheating."

alternately: "No sir."

>>23285593
"No sir"

>>23285611
Internally, that. Externally, "No, sir."

>>23285593
>If I had evidence, instead of suspicions, I would be failing you on this assignment for cheating
>implying a fucking archmage couldn't get evidence if he tried
Did we even cheat though? We practically asked permission to do that last upgrade, and then didn't get any successes anyway.

>>23285593
When is the next test?

Might as well ask.

>>23285593

not me, sir.

maybe Liz or Lin has a question.

>>23285666
He's referring to us working with Sam.

>>23285593
"No sir"

>>23285593
"Thank you Sir.

When is the next test? Are you willing to tell us what it will involve?

Are you allowed to tell me how my group did overall in comparison to the other groups?

The Society of the Archmagi is making their selection soon, are you allowed to tell me the top candidates and how this exercise effected those rankings?"

>>23285666
We had Sam job the last fight.

>>23285593
Just one
When's the next test

>Only kept us behind to tell us we cheated.
>Sanjay staying around afterwards.
Something tells me Sanjay got the Society of the Archmage spot.

Maybe he aced the other two tests or something.

>>23285677
Did he ever say it was against the rules to form teams? That's basically standard practice in battle royales.

>>23285677
Probably the fake destruction of Sam's golem is what he is warning us against.

>>23285593
You think we can twist his arm sometime about getting us Even?
He led us to the tower so that we'd release dad for him.
But he still hasnt made us Even, 16 years, Max had to be the man of the house, every birthday and achievement that he did, he didnt have a dad for it. He had nothing but him and his mother.
Yeah, it was a competition, but we might be able to guilt him over the him being directly responsible to us not growing up with a dad.
Extra tutoring? A 'Kill a student right infront of me and i'll clean it' card?

>>23285677
>>23285704
We probably weren't convincing enough.

>>23285711
No, no we can't. We can't even talk about our Father in public with him, too risky, walls have ears.

>>23285711
it might be a good idea to ask him for some of his time to help with tutoring...

>>23285700
Nah, I bet Sanjay cheated too.

>>23285711
No talking about our father, remember, last time we talked to him about that, he had an anti-scrying item in place.

>>23285593
Sam made it way, way too obvious that we were being given the win back there. It just...fell over. We need to avoid making devious plans with Sam. He's not, uh, a sneaky fellow.

>>23285700
Maybe, but we did focus on getting Liz into the society and did beat him rather badly in the practical. Can't really see how we could have done any better.

>>23285724
>>23285753
in a time where the walls Dont have ears, im not saying ask that now, just as an idea for another time.

>>23285351
>>23285339
I don't know why you guys get so upset. I find great amusement in the butthurt that spawns from his obviously retarded suggestions.

>>23285770
>>23285700
We could ask him, if he's not allowed to reveal anything he won't, but there's no harm in asking about the Society of the Archmage and seeing if he'll tell us anything.

>>23285770
Maybe one of Sanjay's parents was an archmage, and he's taking the nepotism route.

Rolled 44

>>23285711
Guilt Petrov? I don't find that very likely. Sure he only did it because he had to, but I don't think he really regrets locking dad up in any serious sense.

>>23285690
Ask these things, questions are always good.

Petrov seems to answer questions if they're asked, and doesn't if they're not.

>>23285700
Something tells me Sanjay is not a normal first-year. An incoming first-year being able to teleport all the way to Scholomance from somewhere in Great Britain, then build a fairly competent construct implicitly basically by himself, and also make a point of one-upping Liz in an adverse manner, the only other person we know for a fact is working of the Archmagi spot? I smell a smurf.

>>23285789
Lets not ask.
>>23285797
Doesn't seem like him. Plus, I can see Petrov wanting Liz to help him keep tabs on us for whatever scheme he is scheming.

>>23285829
Well, Sam is also teleporting to and from London to attend.

>>23285700
He is probably gonna berate Sanjay for not being creative enough. We may suck at things, but we suck with creativity.

Rolled 32

I don't know about you guys, but I fear that we're going to be the on chosen by the Society. Maybe we should make an effort no to appear as the leader of our group.

>>23285856
I think a glass wreathed acid elemental made of pain and terror is pretty creative.

>>23285864
We can just tell them we're not interested in going the full seven circles. It's way way too risky and we'd rather drop out halfway then die trying to do something we're not cut out for.

>>23285864
They won't choose us, we're already in a society.

It was specifically stated that they only pick people who aren't in a society, as surviving being independent is part of the test.

>>23285864
We've been thinking this for days now. We can only hope that they weight mind and conjuration higher than Max's talents.

>>23285864
We're already in the Lotus though, wouldn't that prevent it?

>>23285864
We've already joined a society, I'm pretty sure we're out of the running.

>>23285864
If the Society of the Archmage was known for poaching skilled students from other societies, I think it would have a lot of enemies.

>>23285889
I thought the plan was to go six with Liz and then drop out to play puppetmaster.

>>23285886
Thats what I was saying. We took a failure and turned it into something beautiful that burned its way through all obstacles. I bet his crystal lightening monkey actually performed the tests like it was supposed to.

>>23285849
He was also taught by a society first. Sanjay did it apparently of his own capability and ambition. Either he's a dirty little smurf, or he's from a family that rigorously trains their children of potential to be magi from the start, which is just a more indirect smurf.

In any case, I'm willing to bet Sanjay runs into complications due to be such a severe loner that people don't want to cooperate with him. Scheming forces don't want intelligent, talented, incredibly snooty and uncooperative students; they want obedient, loyal, high-potential magi that are easy to guide around.

>>23285864
Decline the position citing previous obligations to other societies.

>>23285864
We politely decline and suggest Liz as an alternative stating that she is much smarter than we are.

>>23285891
>as surviving being independent is part of the test

doesn't Liz fail it then?

>>23285956
Probably. They may overlook that in spite of her blazing obedience.

>>23285956
Not really, she was smart enough to gather allies to protect her. That shows more cleverness than just magically powering your way through the first week like Sanjay.

>>23285956
No, she found good allies to exploit for assistance (legitimate short term strategy)

"When is the next test?" you ask.

"Not for over a month. This was more a preliminary examination than a true test. Now, feel free to leave at your leisure. Miss Lawson, Mister Gupta, please remain behind."

Liz looks at you, a mix of excitement and nerves on her face. You give her hand a squeeze, then head out of the classroom with Lin.

What do you do now? If you wait, what do you do to kill time?

>>23286013
Wait outside with meditation.

I smell a fight to the death.

>>23286013
Can we try and fix up our elemental's mind a little bit more while waiting for them to finish?

>>23286013
Wait and meditate, we don't want to leave Liz to get ganked by Sanjay the moment the meeting's over.

>>23286013
He's the leader of SotA. He will make them fight for spot.