Uh
[teleport to Black]

Call out to the nearest hostmeats.

Put "Quest" in your quest thread subjects, please. It's very annoying to see threads get around my filter.

>>23917553
You're back!
[Teleport to Black]

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>>23917620
>>23917701
Teleporting is a bit beyond you at the moment. But that's just at the moment.
Soon.

You can, however, call out. Those who held you before will hear.

[Blue opens the Drawer of Darkness]

>"Hey guys. It's been a while since we hung out, huh? What's up?"

See?

>>23917790
We were bored.

What's been happening out here?

>>23917790
We're bored
[begin floating]

>>23917790
I dunno. How was V-Day?

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>>23917889
[Not yet.]
>>23917807
[Not yet. Your powers are more subtle than that.]

>>23917825
>"Honestly? Nothing. Not a damn thing. There was that incident where Black and Pink got into a huge fight and Mark had to break it up but that was like... A month ago almost.It's been quiet. And maybe this is because I've spent the past chunk of my life trying to barely survive in the wastelands but... I feel like it's going -too- well."

>>23917936
>"Ugh. Like I said Black and Pink got into a fight about something right after V-Day. They aren't talking to each other. I had a really nice time with Mark though."

>>23917972
Have you been practicing your cooking?

>>23917972
Try giving us to Black, maybe we could sort this mess out.

>>23917972
We were super bored! Why did you abandon us in there blue?

Rolled 71

BLUE!
I missed you so much!

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>>23918077
>"S-sorry... I was uh... Busy. With magic stuff. I'm a horrible person."

>>23918050
>"Meh. It's already sorted as far as I'm concerned."

>>23918086
>"Hehe... Yeah, sorry about ditching you all for so long."

>>23918005
>"Cooking? Somewhat. Making a good meal isn't what's on my mind right now. You guys remember the purple dude? The only other one besides me and that ruler dude that has an orb? Yeah well he's parked himself in Pink's old house and just hasn't moved since. I don't know what he's doing there. Been there for like two weeks."

>>23917972
Let me sum up.

Black has a crush on Pink, but Pink is more interested in you, so Black is treating Pink roughly due to the emotional turbulence being around her causes, which makes Pink like her even less.

Also I think we have powers but we dunno what they are yet.

>>23918135
We should go investigate.

Rolled 59

>>23918161
AAAAAAAnd here's the yuri brigade

>>23918181
The floodgates were opened, all we can do is fight back and hope to buy time for OP to put plans into action.

>>23918181
What? Did you even read the v-day chapter? I'm not making shit up, and I'm not saying Blue should start kissing girls or anything.

>>23918181
Thats the way I see it, too, but I wasnt gonna start that conversation, because spiky purple intrigue is more interesting to me
>>23918135
Have you tried talking to him? Or bringing him cookies to welcome him to the neighborhood?

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[For now....]
================================
>>23918161
Wow that sounds like a lotta shit I am -not- interested in.
They'll work it out. Or explode into lesbian hatesex. Whatever.

>>23918172
I want to but Mark says we should all stay put. I don't even know how to approach the guy.

>>23918216
...
Cookies may work. I'll put that as Plan B.
I'm worried though. There's only 3 of us left in the world as far as I know and what if this guy wants you? I don't want to end up like Pink or Black.
Magical lobotomy sounds pretty damn terrifying.

>>23918267
>Magical lobotomy sounds pretty damn terrifying.
Like we would let that happen. Surely we are stronger than his little godchunk and we can just corrupt him into a mutant if he tries to steal us.

>>23918267
Let's SPY ON HIM then. Look at him through binoculars and shit.

[monitor Purple's actions]

>>23918267
Ooh ooh or we could go mutant hunting, and see if we can absorb another one. Maybe we can get stronger and do more stuff if we absorb mutants!

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>>23918302
Corrupting a man until he turns into a mutant is only slightly less disturbing than me becoming dumb as a rock.

>>23918361
>>23918388
Hmm...
Alright, how about this?

[Blue pulls out some pencils and paper.]

First... We tell Mark we're gonna go and kill mutants.
THEN
As we're killing mutants we sloooowly make our way toward purple dude's place.
I'll get out my binoculars and we'll see what he's all about.

Sound good?

>>23918461
Sure!

>>23918461
Be sure to tell Pink to make some backup cookies, just in case we have to deploy them.

>>23918461
I think we should have an escape plan just in case.
[read Blue's mind]

>>23918571
Don't do that, it's impolite.

>>23918461
Make sure we can easily send some kind of signal to Mark or someone else if shit goes south

>>23918628
what if we were to act like a beacon of some sort

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>>23918628
I can cast a whisper spell so that should do.

>>23918502
I'd rather not tell Pink at all about th-

>"Hey, Blue!"

Goddammit...

[Pink strides over to Blue and looks over her shoulder at the map.]

>"Are you going out? Where are you going?"

"Nowhere, Pink..."

>"Can I come?"

"No Pink. You can't come."

>"Please?"

UGH.
How the hell does she ALWAYS know when I'm planning on going out!? Every single time I grab my mask -BAM- she's right there. And I know Black isn't too far behind either.

>>23918756
Which is why you should distract her with some mundane task that you claim is tantamount to your survival. Like baking cookies.

>>23918756
Send her to get some headlight fluid

>>23918756
Send her to bake cookies. Poison cookies filled with laxatives. Tell her it's to fight mutants.

>>23918756
Tell her that you're on a secret mission that requires cookies, then when she makes cookies have her make another batch, then sneak out with the first batch.

What, orbs of chaos can like cookies too.

>>23918756

Also, maybe you could recommend she puts on her mask? Would there be any chance you could find and "misplace" her mask?

oh hi black how you doing.

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>>23918802
"Pink I have a very important mission for you to do.."

>"What is it?"

"I need you... To bake me cookies. They are very important to the mission I'm going on. Can you do that?"

>"But I wanna go with you..."

"No Pink."

>"I'm going with you."

"No you're not."

>"Yes I am! Assertiveness, ho!"

.......
She's been saying that a lot lately. I don't know where she got it from.

"... Fine, you can come along."

>"Yay~"

[Black leaves the room]

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>>23919208
[Blue and Pink gear up and make their way outside the house. She tells Mark they're going to kill some mutants they saw outside and he seems to believe them easily enough.
It doesn't take long before they see a Mutant along the way...

Blue ducks behind a rock with Pink]

Alright.. At least Pink's smart enough to not just wildly attack the mutant.
I have all my true magic spells on me still

uh oh, i wouldn't let black grump too hard. she may break something out of jealousy. walk after her and say "black, i KNOW" and do not make any expression. look at her perfectly neutrally. she will probably stammer a little and make excuses but keep staring. she will break and admit it. this will release some of the pressure.

>>23919248
Looks like a regular mutant. Want to do an experiment? Freeze it and put us on it.

>>23919248
[make mutant do a handstand]

double team ice and close in and blade it.

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>>23919208
>I don't know where she got it from.
Uhhhh....whoops.

>>23919248
[Encourage mutant to wander off a different direction]

>>23919303
Oooh, I like this.

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>>23919303
Why not?

[Blue freezes the mutant solid.]

Ah damn...

[She walks up to it]

How the hell do I get you onto it now? It's like... Completely frozen.

>>23919458
You could use Blade to chip away at the ice.

GET BACK IT'S A TRAP!!

>>23919458
Do you have a shovel, or a rock maybe?

>>23919505
FUCK!

Oh shit, it IS! Pink stayed behind too, so she can help. Glad she came with, but maybe Black should've come too.

>>23919458

Shi-

Blue. Behind the mutant. Drop to a crouch. Now. I usually am one of the nice ones that "recommends" things, but there's someone there.

>>23919725
No, that's not the trap. The trap is that there's a visible ring on the ground at like a 5 foot radius from the mutant. The mutant is a lure, and we walked into the net.

It's another new type of mutant.

>>23919458
doesn't the ground look weird?
It looks like there is a circle forming.

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A trap..?
What are y-OH SHIT

[Blue is lifted up as the ground beneath her crumbles away.
Something strong and thick wraps around her and keeps her from even moving her arms around]

THE HELL IS THAT!?

>>23919725
That's Pink, anon.

>>23919766
oh hi thar.
Quick, call out to Pink to freeze this thing! Or Blade it! Or something!

>>23919766
And there it is.
[influence mutant into not hurting Blue]

FIRE EVERYTHING, BLADES EVERYWHERE !!

>>23919766
Yell for help from Pink!

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>>23919860
>>23919789
"PINK, HELP!"

[Pink runs out with blades already in hand. She slices at a tentacle as it reaches out to grab her but the blades don't seem to do much damage.
Blue casts True Fire and True Frost but the spells seem to just make the Mutant even more angry. It grabs Pink and lifts her into the air]

Dammit! None of my magic is working!

PETRIFY!
if that fails then throw us into it's mouth! and keep hacking at it. it's probably waiting until you stop struggling to eat you.

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>>23920022
[With her hands restricted Blue is forced to use a telekinesis spell to toss the Orb. She feels a slight pinching sensation, the telltale sign of further corruption on her body.
The Orb lands on the mutant.

You are now in control of the Mutant.]

>"D-did it work..?"

>"I don't know Pink. It's not moving..."

[The mutant is fighting against your control]

>>23920163
Okay, put Blue and Pink down, let go of them, get out of the snow and expose a weak point.

[DO WHAT I TELL YOU MOTHER FUCKER, NOW PUT WHAT YOU ARE HOLDING DOWN!! DO YOU HEAR ME?!]

Rolled 14

>>23920163
[attempt control harder]

>>23920163
RELEASE THEM, MOTHERFUCKER

>>23920163

Slowly set the things you're holding on the ground and stand up. You just realized that they're actually mutants, too, just ones less badly corrupted than you.

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>>23920263
MUTANTS
ALLY

>>23920239
RELEASE

>>23920211
DOWN

>>23920196
WEAK POINT

[The Mutant gently lowers Blue and Pink and rises out of the ground. A part of it is pulsing and is differently colored from the rest of it.]

object on body. give to other.

[wait until back in blue's hand]
QUICK STAB IT IN THE PULSING SPOT!!

>>23920312
[drain mutant]

>>23920312
Attack it's weak point! For massive damage!

>>23920312
Point weak spot to mutant allies. They protect and help hunt.

>>23920403
No, no. Object attracts food.

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>>23920420
STRENGTH
FADING

>>23920490

[The mutant points to the pulsating spot]

>>23920403
[With the last of it's strength it hands you to Blue.]

=================================
Nice!

[Blue stabs the Mutant's weak point with a True Blade. It cries out before falling into a massive pit below it.

Pink goes over to Blue.]

>"Are you okay..?"

"Yeah. Orb really helped us out there. I think we would've died without it."

>"What was that thing..?"

"I don't know. I've never seen any mutant like it."

Not only that but... It seemed to be almost immune to magic.
I've never seen a mutant immune to magic.

>>23920506
>I've never seen a mutant immune to magic.
That's rather concerning. Has anything else mutant related been changing lately?

>>23920506
Do you think the purple guy has anything to do with it? He/She strikes me as a clever one.

Pity we don't dare go back and ask Mark. Though if you really DID do something on V-Day, I'm not sure how he'd respond.

No matter. Onwards, but I'd suggest kicking pebbles around to trigger any further traps.

>>23920506
It would be best to return to base.

i think we need to go down this pit later. it must of come UP from underground and not walked here and then buried itself.

>>23920593
That's just asking to get your head eaten.

for now we should go home an tell mark about it.

>>23920620
And then have a dance party.

Why?
Why the fuck not?

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>>23920586
>>23920620
But we're so close already. If we stop doing stuff just because we almost died in the process we'll never get anywhere!

>>23920535
Nothing that I could see.. Though I honestly haven't gone too far out of the building lately.

[The two of them continue onward, careful to avoid and similar traps.
Eventually they make it to Pink's old house]

>"... This place feels familiar..."

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>>23920620
OH BOY MARH, WHAT A STORY WE HAVE TO TELL YOU

>>23920682
I bet he is trying to find out who Pink used to be to turn her against us.

I am still curious how she got her own orb and what she was doing with it besides random murder, for that matter.

>>23920682
Yup pink, this is where we fou-WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT IN THE WINDOW?

>>23920682
Purple's in the window. Check him out.

Also tell Pink that this used to be her house, before the accident.

>>23920708
I have a theory on that, but I think it's best if I wait to talk about it.

>>23920682
There he is. In the top left window.

Alright, I need you to tell Pink...

Tell her that this is HER house! This is HER FUCKING HOUSE and this douchebag just thinks he can waltz in and take up residence?

Shit no! We will not have that! Tell her to march in there and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

It is her house.

>>23920746
Yeah, lets get her to run in guns blazing without a thought in her head. Its not like that got her turned to stone or anything last time around.

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>>23920746
I see him...
No point in trying to sneak in then, the man knows I'm here.

[Purple signals at Blue for her to come inside.]

"... Pink, this is where you used to live before you lost all your memory."

>"Really?"

"Yeah. So you might see things in there you remember. Just stay close to me, don't wander off, and if the purple dude looks like he's about to kill me slice his head off."

>"... Okay."

Let's see what this man wants.

[Blue opens the door and steps inside. Purple is there.]

>"Blue."

"Purple."

>"Ugh... Don't call me that. Call me.... John."

"Whatever, John. What are you doing here?"

>"Living. I found the place and thought it would make a nice home. What are -you- doing here?"

>>23920993
Tell him that you came to visit, housewarming celebration. You would've brought cookies but Pink didn't feel like making any.

>>23920993

If he accepts >>23921032 as a valid answer, you might want to ask him if there's any particular reason why he decided to move.

>>23920993
It's Pink's old home. We wanted to see if there's any of her old stuff left.

>>23920993
Tell him you dig the mysterious samurai look. It's working for him.

Rolled 91

>>23921078
But he should get some upper arm armor to really finalize it.

>>23921205
>he should get some upper arm armor to really finalize it.
Just one upper arm armor.

>>23920993
Trying to find out if he wants to kill you. If he's going to keep to himself that's fine. May as well ask what he plans to do about the king of the Central city. That guy wants to absorb everyone else's orbs.

Iirc, we already transferred all/most of Pink's stuff so no need to bring her stuff up.

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"Just thought I'd throw a little house warming party. Would've brought cookies but little miss Pink here didn't want to bake them. So, why did you decide to move ?"

>"That's none of your business."

[No one speaks... The three of them stare each other down for a moment before John breaks the silence.]

>"The Ruler is going to kill us both. You know that right? He wants our orbs. I should've known something was up when he kept insisting we keep ours there. He got me, you know. Caught me. Almost killed me to. We made a deal though."

[Blue hears the door close behind her]

>"See, he needs a stronger orbs to complete whatever the hell it is he's doing. Me? I didn't absorb any. You're the only one between the two of us who's orb has taken others. He said 'If you can bring me hers I won't hunt you down'."

[Blue begins backing away.]

>"It's nothing personal. You seem like a decent girl. I'm just not willing to die yet."

>>23921279
Well fuck you too, ninja faggot. Go commit sudoku or something.

>>23921279
Tell him that he's a jerk, and an idiot, but mainly a jerk.

Then Alpha Strike, you've got more people than him so you can throw a lot more magic downrange than he can.

>>23921279
Petrify.

>>23921279
Wait, if he isn't planning on absorbing us, couldn't you just hand us over and let us break him?

"you can't take it though, if you touch it yours will absorb it and he will just take yours as well."

if he says he already gave his up then throw us to him.

Oh, and prepare a Counter for whatever magic he throws at you.

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>>23921333
Or I could just kill him right here.
Law of the wasteland, kill or be killed. Sorry Purple John.

[Blue casts Petrify on John.
The spell fails as John's body vanishes. Blue hears his voice again, he sounds as though he's no more than a foot away but he's nowhere in sight.]

>"Sorry Blue. Looks like fighting a buncha mutants has made you soft. You walked into -my- lair. The home of another magic user AND someone holding an orb."

>>23921450
Bail! Fucking bail! Dont fight him when he has the homefield advantage! He wants you, not the other way around.

>>23921450
Whelp. He's probably trapped all the doors, rooms and other exits. Are the True Blades sharp enough to cut a shortcut straight through the walls?

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>>23921450
>"Did you think you're the only one who has some neat tricks up their sleeves?"

[Blue hears something scrape against her mask. Suddenly her face is free and she finds herself breathing in the toxic air]

>"Never like fighting magic users one on one. I think I'll just wait until you Turn and then kill you. Easier that way..."

" this wasn't your home to begin with you found it and moved in. "

>>23921464
Use your blades, Blue! Hit everywhere around you!

>>23921464
Pink was reasonably immune to the poison gas wasn't she? We can swap masks with her.

You've got the Cleanse spell if you feel things going bad, though.

>>23921464
Quick, use that true magic spell to purify the air around you.

good thing you have clean air.

Rolled 72

>>23921485
thisthisthisthis

>>23921464
We can just purify that. At least now we know he's invisible but close by.

[detect orbs]

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[Blue sees her beloved mask fall to the ground and crumble into nothing]

Keep calm.
Don't panic...

[Blue casts True Purify followed by True Blade. She's out of True Magic spells she can cast for the day but the air around her is completely purified.
She begins swinging her blade around her. She can hear footsteps but not of her strikes are hitting.]

>>23921609
[Blue sees a faint red glow. She turns and slices there and feels her blade cut through armor and flesh. John lets out a grunt of pain. He is slashed again by Pink.]

>"Dammit..! How..?"

[She hears him running away and outside.]

He ran.
I can't chase him either, the air out there will kill me.

>>23921666
Blue, your Mask never had Filters, I don't know if it ever did anything.

If you refuse to go out into that air your options are currently try to make a new one, check the house for one, wait here until you get your spells back, or borrow Pink's and pursue John.

I'd go for borrowing Pink's and chasing him down, he's bleeding, he won't go far, and I don't want him to have a chance to go after you again.

>>23921686
Pink's house was filled with masks last time we were here. She can either go find the mask room and grab one for herself or take Pink's and tell her to do the same.

>>23921707
Where is Pink, anyway? I lost track of her during the fight.

>>23921666
I'm pretty sure there are more masks in here. I think we should have Pink hunt him down though, since you're out of True magic. She isn't, right?

We have like... what was it? 8 casts a day total? Kindof used them up quick in these last encounters.

>>23921727

Ah, just to the right of our field of vision, my fellow facet of Chaos.

>>23921666

I'd personally send Pink after him and try to get a mask yourself from Pink's stores. Pink still has a spell for the day left, I think.

>>23921780
But Pink cant sense him like we can unless she is wearing us. The only reason she sliced John is because she copied Blues attack. If Blue does decide to send her ahead, make sure she takes us too.

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>>23921686
It's a magical mask! Normal gas masks don't do a damn thing to the red air.

"Pink, give me your mask."

[The girl takes it off and hands it to Blue. She puts it on and is able to breathe the air once again.]

"Upstairs there should be more masks. Go grab one and put it on. I'll be right back."

>"Where are you going..?"

"That man broke my favorite mask. I'm going outside and I'm gonna kick his ass."

Rolled 90

>>23921829
BUT HE'LL JUST BREAK THAT ONE

>>23921829
Yay!

I think it's awesome that we're developing powers of our own now.

>>23921870
Well we just ate an xbox huge angler mutant, so we better get something out of it.

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Sorry I had to cut the chapter short but I promise the next one won't be a month from now! As always you can find out when the new chapter is and read see random art on the twitter @RedSkyQuest

>>23921898
Thanks for running, Blue!