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Events Summary:

After escaping the sudden arrival of two angels, you retreated to Jacob's Field and sowed discord in the Kanian army. Sir Flint met you there the next day and convinced you to return to Evinbrook to fight against an approaching Kanian army, led by a demon lord.

You met Ila, a shadow mage who helped you restore the Velarion and hunt mages. You also met the succubus, 'Annette', who pledged loyalty to you after witnessing your prowess, and who seemed to know something about Sir Flint's magic parasite. However, thinking her an enemy, Ila killed her.

The duke's plan to pierce the shield protecting the core of the Kanian forces succeeded. After a chaotic battle, you've secured the ground for the duke's forces. You managed to defeat the demon lord with the assistance of Auriel and Sir Flint.

After the battle, you tried to help Sir Flint and Auriel copulate, but once their ignorance potion wore off, they had a negative reaction to your 'help'.

Well, you did your best.

Auriel has decided to join you, Flint, and Joey on your journey to find Adavan and Abigail, supposedly to protect your other two companions from yourself.

You've learned that, while she is stubborn in her prejudice against you...there are certain precedents that make it so. Whether you can convince her to abandon old assumptions is an open question, and in any case, you're not sure if you truly feel compelled to do so.

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

Unlocked Ability Descriptions Located in the following Pastebin link (full list in progress):

http://pastebin.com/FFagNCxk

Books the Main Character has read can be found here:

http://pastebin.com/X59yWD5p

>DM's Note: the books section has been updated with "Notes on Ritual Summoning", which highlights mechanistic differences between itself and normal raw-spell summoning, as follows:

Ritual summoning reduces the magical input and maintenance required by the mage. In exchange for a long period of preparation, great creatures can be summoned even by those will little raw magical power. Instant-summoning spells require strength of will and mana, so ritual summoning is a good starting point for any mage, regardless of natural talent.

A warning: ritual summoning should not be attempted alone. Any summoning circles should be checked and rechecked a MINIMUM of 5 times to ensure accuracy and safety. Unless experienced, do not summon demons with power or influence over mind or emotions; such demons will readily sieze any opportunity to make their summoner lower his defenses.

Ritual summoning consumes the reagents it requires. The summon in question can be maintained indefinitely, as long as the user has some mana remaining. Unlike normal summons, the presence of the creature does not continually drain mana. However, they do not take orders like normal summons, either. Their presence is governed instead by the command structure built into the summoning ring. The creature summoned will respond ONLY to this command structure - a potential weakness, when comparing ritual summoning to raw summoning.

Rituals, in short, must be constructed with the greatest caution. New mages SHOULD NOT deviate from tried-and-true ritual circles in any fashion, and any deviations to achieve new effects should ALWAYS be checked by another individual.

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Current Statistics:

HP: 37/37
Mana: 2/10
EXP: 2
Humanity: 58
Temerity: 41

Party Members:

Sir Donovan Flint - A knight of Dobshire, the capital of Arland. Fourth son of the lord and ruler of Arland. 29 years old. Wears iron armor and wields a two-handed longsword.

Joey - A young boy from Jacob's Field, now Sir Flint's squire. 16 years of age. No particular magical talent. Wields a shortsword.

Angel Auriel - Formerly a powerful angel of the Ringed City, now traveling with you, ostensibly to protect Sir Flint and Joey from you. 756 years old. Wears heavy plate steel and wields a one-handed sword and a wide, round buckler.

Equipment:

Utility belt with purse

Inventory:

Shadow Sword Shard
Fancy Sun-Moon Key
Mind-Scribing Pen
Succubus Reagents x2
Jen Fang's Diary (Abigail's father)
Summoning Textbooks (in saddlebags)

Current Location:

Kelvere - Outside Jacob's Field

Learned Abilities

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Consume - Devour the latent energy of enemies and magical artifacts to add to your own power and restore your health.

Glide - Your aura allows you to glide, dropping safely from large heights or covering large distances if starting from a high position. Gliding is always stealthier than flying.

Flight - Spread wings of darkness to soar through the air. Carrying capacity is based on physical strength.

Supersonic - Fly at supersonic speeds. You'll move extremely fast, but suffer a large penalty to stealth and magic stealth. Takes 1 turn to activate.

Mimic - Take on the vague form of things you've seen. Won't stand up to close examination, but works well in the dark.

Snuff - You shadow can put out the lights it touches.

Blink - Sight-range teleportation. (Cannot blink through walls, through the ground, into places you can't see, etc. 5-turn cooldown in battle. Auto-cooldown if battle ends. You can only Blink yourself and inanimate objects on your person. Max range 1/4 mile or 0.4 kilometers)

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Spells (and other abilities that DO use mana)
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Shadow Strike - Strike the foe with needles of darkness. (base power 2. Costs 2 mana)

Shadow Assault - Launch a flurry of shadowy projectiles at the enemy. (base power 4. Costs 4 mana. Can hit multiple enemies)

Shade - Create an illusory projection of yourself to confuse enemies. (dodge buff. Costs 1 mana)

Water Strike - A pressurized blast of water imbued with magical force. (2 base power. Costs 2 mana)

Purify - Spend 3 Mana: 100% chance to heal 1 ailment on target. Spend 6 mana: 85% chance to heal all target's ailments. Spend 9 mana: heal all of a target's ailments and the ailments of all those you are physically touching.

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Summons
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Wisp - A shadowy wisp from the Nether. (2 base shadow attack). Costs 1 mana to summon, 1 mana per action. Never breaks your control; if you run out of mana, it will merely vanish. [Level 0, Shadow]

Yes, Shadow Quest!

I'm not going to lie, seeing this made me squeal

Lets go check on the status of Jacob's Field... maybe snag a few Mages if we can. Apparently we all want healing asap.

>Last Time...

<You said I cannot expect you to forgive me, just like that,> you begin. <But I wonder. What is it that I have done that needs forgiveness?>

"How about consuming an angel, for starters?" Auriel says.

<He forced me into it. I'm not sure if you noticed in your time with him, but Raziel was completely insane.>

"Passionate in his duty. Bloodthirsty, it's true. But some of us got that way after decades of the stuff. You become what you do. If you knew something other than the end of his blade, you might think differently of him."

<It sounds like you are scrambling for justifications.>

"I made a statement. I wasn't scrambling for anything."

<It matters not. In then end, I was merely defending myself from immediate and reactive prejudice.> You glance at her. <You said those trying to get Erebus's attention were at fault. It sounds that in this instance, mankind was evil, not the shadow. You would hold Erebus responsible for their actions?>

"He could have - should have - stopped them. It would have been finished with but a command from him. His inaction let people die. He's no less guilty than they are."

<If Erebus was truly at fault,> you say, <I would have helped stopped him or his self-proclaimed underlings myself, no matter what element they were. Element, I find, matters little in determining what is good, and what is evil. It is on this point we disagree.>

"It's easy to say that, 700 years after the fact," Auriel says. "Actions speak louder than words."

<That, we agree on.>

You turn, and glide toward the other end of camp, keeping a close watch on the night.

>con't...

>>24686287
You forgot Nightflare! and Bind!

ALL OF MY READY!

First thing we should do is talk to Auriel about Abigail, and how she should act to the little gir who we and Flint had save from being burnt at the stake. Let's mention that Flint might be very happy with her if she is nice to Abigail...

Also, we should ask sometime about WHY Auriel seems to care so much about Flint, and when she started. If she doesn't fess up let's mention what we were talking about last night to Flint...

>>24686308

A few people pointed out that you would have plenty of regeneration time through the night to fully heal, so I've acknowledged this by bringing you to full health.

I think that needs slight nerfing, however.

From now on, regeneration will heal you to a maximum of 2/3 of your HP, unless otherwise stated. In exchange, regeneration will start on the very same turn you fall below 2/3, rather than the turn after. I'll note this in the ability list for next time.

>>24686375
I meant the heal spell.

>>24686352
I love your style, random internet person! Seconded.

Also, good to see you, SM!

>>24686339
>You forgot Nightflare! and Bind!

MOTHERFUCKER

So I did.

Nightflare - Disrupt target spell or enchantment. (costs 2 mana)

Bind - Trap an enemy in ropes of spirit magic. May spend 0 to 10 mana (determines strength).

>spending 0 mana on bind, ever
>well...whatevs

>>24686429
I can see as use for it. Cast 0 mana bind on Joey every now and then, just cuz. If it really does absolutely nothing then you might want to edit it to 1-10 just so no one gets the wrong ideas.

>>24686429
Don't forget! Ask if she knows lich bros name!

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Daily reminder while you prep your bodies for Shadow Quest.

There probs already is, but if there isn't, would you consider adding some spells for dream buggery, SM?

Wonder if they'd be spirit or shadow...

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>>24686410
>Also, good to see you, SM!

The dawn slowly comes without your camp being disturbed. You do a few laps around the surrounding plains, but find little other than a nest of rabbits. You kill two and drag them back to the camp.

Flint and Joey seemed pleased by your find. If Auriel is tired for having spent the night awake, she doesn't show it.

After the three of them eat, they mount up and trot up along the river, staying away from the road farther inland. With a war on, that's an invitation to be set upon by bandits, or worse.

Do you have anything to say to Flint or Auriel before you reach Jacob's Field?

>>24686455
You mean, tell her Adavans name and then ask if she know it?

Rolled 39

Im in time for shadow quest Bless the Darkness

For my two bits, first >>24686352, then we mention Adavan, with a healthy reminder that if she kills him, that parasite might eventually kill Flint somehow, and even if it didn't, Flint would be pretty pissed at her for having to wait longer to get that thing off his soul.

>>24686503
Cryptically say aloud "I won't make the same mistakes this time."

Just loud enough for Auriel to hear, but quiet enough for her to think it wasn't directed at her.

Keep the bitch on her toes.

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>>24686500
>There probs already is, but if there isn't, would you consider adding some spells for dream buggery, SM?
>Wonder if they'd be spirit or shadow...

I'm afraid I can't comment on that, Dave.

>>24686528
Hehehe love it.

>>24686504
Of course, was just reminding SM.

>>24686503
First, to Auriel, about Abigail and behaving around her. Then talk to her about Adavan, and the fact that we need him to remove that parasite from Flint's soul, before it kills him.

>>24686455
>>24686504
>>24686553

Righto

...mentioning Abby and Adavan...

>>24686518
This, please! That's a very good idea.

>>24686570
<If you harm Abby in any way->
"Me harm her? I should be the one saying that to you!"
<Because you always treat young mages of the 'lesser' elements so well...>

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You jog along the horses at an easy pace. Your 'legs' waver and stretch in the sunlight. Even you think you look a bit odd - a shadowy nothing on top of stretching stilts. But it gets the job done.

You shorten your stride and go even with Auriel. <What has Flint told you about who we're looking for?>

"...a young girl, with Spirit magic. And a local specialist to whom you both entrusted her, an alchemist of little note."

<...and what is your opinion on Abigail?>

"She needs to be taken to the empire so her magic can be sealed. Barring that, she'd be separated from her soul, but I think you made your opinion clear on that option."

<What if I like neither option?>

"Then we have a new problem. I'm not about to let a talented spirit mage raise an undead army out in the wilderness."

<Abigail would do nothing of the sort. She's nine years old.>

The angel gives you a hard look. "Donovan already told me she could commune with latent spirits and accidentally summoned an undead creature. That young...it's unusual."

You stare back at the angel. <Let me make something clear,> you say. <I am tolerating your presence, not the other way around. If you try to harm her - by which I mean my OWN definition of harm, not yours - there will be dire consequences involving your immediate health.>

con't

>Pictured: Auriel in her armor, smiling slightly at Flint

>>24686723
We should mention that if she so much as harm her, even if she does kill me, Flint would be EXTREMELY displeased with her, even with her infatuation with him...

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>there will be dire consequences involving your immediate health.
Shoulda said "you'll find yourself lacking more than just wings"

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>>24686779

>>24686723

Auriel stares you down for a good while, then eventually sets herself straight on her horse. "You don't get it, shadow. Do you think I enjoy persecuting a girl that isn't old enough to appreciate her position? Do you think I enjoy persecuting you, even? I can face facts. You've done good. You've helped Donovan, and the people of Jacob's Field. You fought the Kanians, and killed the demon lord." She glances back. "That's not the point at all. Even if you yourself are good, your existence creates shadow magic, creates physical unbalances. The elementomachy was a combination of fiction between peoples and too much magic. One way or another, that has to be dealt with, and the safest, surest, and least cruel way is to simply remove the source of instabilities. Let's say I can trust you. I can't trust the next lich, who'd use your power for his own ends. Yi Fang proves that in Archon every single day. The only reason he hasn't attacked the empire is because we face a greater threat in the Black Lady, yet still his schemes try to poison us from the inside. So my apologies if I seem a skeptic to your liberal attitudes - I've only the evidence of seven centuries riding behind my words."

You fall silent for a time. This woman believes what she says with a conviction wrapped in the same iron she wears, and she's fought for those ideals for much longer than you've been around. It might be impossible to talk her out of them.

But if you could...if SHE could change...

An experiment, then. Like she said, actions speak louder than words.

And if she still doesn't change...

...you're always hungry.

<Have you heard of a person called Adavan?>

Auriel glances at you sharply. "...where did you hear that name?"

Your response?

>that would be the "specialist" I left Abigail with
>...a history book I read in the Duke's library.

>>24686778
IT MEANS NO LIGHT-SIDE LOVERBOY FOR YOU, AURIEL!

>>24686816
>...a history book I read in the Duke's library.

>>24686816
>combination of fiction between peoples
Edit:
"friction" between peoples

>>24686816
HARM HIM AND SUFFER FLINT GETTING PISSED AT YOU FOR CONTINUING HIS PARASITE REMOVAL, SWEETCHEEKS!

>>24686816
<Irrelevant. Tell me why you ask, and what you know.>

We are in charge here, and she needs to know it.

>>24686816
"And that answers that" Then say nothing.
>>24686840
Kinky

>>24686816
>Let's say I can trust you. I can't trust the next lich, who'd use your power for his own ends. Yi Fang proves that in Archon every single day.

So Yi Fang is a Lich? That might explain where the little girl gets her Spirit Element heritage from.

>>24686816
Don't tell her where we heard, just press her for information, something like
<oh, so you have heard of him?>

>>24686900
this.

>>24686871
><Irrelevant. Tell me why you ask, and what you know.>
>We are in charge here, and she needs to know it.

I agree, no need to lie or be honest when we can just not answer her.

>>24686871
>>24686900
Dodging the question outright seems to be most prudent, I agree.

>>24686900
OK, I can dig it!

>>24686900
I like it.

>>24686900

thirding this

and goddamn this started early. not that I'm complaining.

Something tells me we're going to need a show of force soon.

Guys, prepare to get all monstrous and shove Auriel's head in a shadowy guillotine covered in eyes and yell at her.


Not to actually kill her, just as a scare tactic.

>>24686906
>>24686913
>>24686926
>>24686928

k

>>24686816
<I suppose that answers that.

He's quite a lot like you, you know. Filled with 700 years of hate and anger. Would you believe a lich can change as much as an angel can?>

>>24686958
>Would you believe a lich can change as much as an angel can?
So not at all?

>>24686958
This. By not killing us on sight, Auriel has more or less turned her back on Hyperion's master plan. She might be more open to working with allies from odd places, now. Comparing her to Adavan just backs that up.

If we can broker peace between Adavan and Auriel, we may yet have a chance at WORLD PEACE!!!

also, calling that Adavan was incharge of the group that killed her family and/or she imprisoned him...

>>24686974
Well, we aren't dead, and we haven't eaten her yet.

Progress?

>>24686816
If she starts to get beligerant, let's call Flint over and start talking about the Spagettining at the pub, asking him what all the embarressing things Auriel mentioned. That should get her to think twice.

>>24686890
>So Yi Fang is a Lich?

Officially, this is denied by Archon, but a book you read implied he's been alive for too long not to be.

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<That's irrelevant. Tell me why you ask, and what you know.>

"I ask because that is the name of one of Hecate's greatest generals. He led a legion of undead. I fought against him many times, though I know not what became of him." She sighs, glances at Flint, then back to you. "As we're trapped together, for the time being...I'm curious as to where that question came from. I'd like to know."

What is your response?

>tell her he's alive, and with Abigail
>I was curious about the curse over Jacob's Field, and saw him mentioned in passing in a book I read
>refuse to answer

Hey Shadowmaster, what happened to that pen we picked up?

>>24687022
Heh. If she knows Adavan and wants revenge for anything I don't think any amount of pasta is going to prevent her from trying.

>>24687022
Or we cut her off mid sentence with a shadow spear jabbed right in front of her face, milimeters from piercing her skull.

>>24687022
good backup plan.

>tell her he's alive, and with Abigail
I think its best she is forewarned so she doesn't attack and endanger Abigail.

>>24687033
I feel more spahgetti in our future.

>>24687033

His name was mentioned in the Ruins near Jacobs Field. I thought you might have wished to 'investigate' them...

>>24687033
Ok, that is gonna be a problem. No way she's gonna just let Adavan be. Though to be honest, do we even trust him?
I'm not sure about my answer yet.

>>24687041

>Hey Shadowmaster, what happened to that pen we picked up?

It's in your utility belt right now.

>>24687033
>tell her he's alive, and with Abigail
If she threatens to hurt either, lift her by her throat and say <Play nice>

>>24687033
<That depends. What would you do if you found out what happened to him?>

>>24687093

Search your Fettuccine,
You know it to be true.

>>24687110
I like this, it hints that we know about him, but gives us plausable deniability.

Hehe, things Shadow can say that would cause incredible amounts of spaghetti.

>"What is a 'back alley' and why you you want to take something up it?"

>"Are you a cannibal? Why would you want to eat sailors?"

>>24687129
>What's a "handy" and why did you proclaim your desire to give it away?

>>24687033
>I was curious about the curse over Jacob's Field, and saw him mentioned in passing in a book I read

>>24687129
>"Why would you want to lick a cat?"

>"What significance does the number 69 have?"

>>24687033
Bring Flint into the conversation first. Talk to him about Adavan and that he should have told her about him in the first place, then mention to her about him and let her know that if Adavan dies at her hand today, Flint might die fom that parasite on him. Even if he doesn't die, he'll be really pissed, so much so that she might not be able to breach the wall she put in front of her...

tl;dr Kill him and no Flintlovin' for you, dear!

A lot of unique responses. Let's generate a consensus.

Vote 1:
Reveal the "specialist" is Adavan

Vote 2:
Depends. What would you do if you found out what happened to him?

Vote 3:
His name was mentioned in some ruins near Jacob's Field.

Vote 4:
write-in

>>24687194
1

>>24687194

3

>>24687194
2

>>24687194
2

>>24687194
2 pls

>>24687194
2, all the way. We need to test the waters a bit more before revealing him being alive.

>>24687129
>Reveal the "specialist" is Adavan
She's going to find out or put 2 and 2 together herself if we asked about Adavan and then that mysterious specialist isn't there.

>>24687194
3

>>24687178

I like this response the best so far.

The character hasn't really been one for lies, or mind games. Straightforward and blunt is a good way to go. Respond to this if you like it as well.

>>24687194
2

>>24687194
1

>>24687178
Seconded.

>>24687194
3

>>24687220
I dig it.

>>24687220
...Fine.

>>24687220
I'd like to combine 2 with this.

>>24687178
FOR BEING IN CHARACTER! HOOOOOOO!

>>24687243

Yeah, I think this is the way to go.

Writing.

>>24687220

true. We do not understand the human concept of 'Deceit'...

Switching vote to this

>>24687220
I like it.

>>24687220
ehh it fits. and it also fits with we still have no idea how much weight humans put on these things

>>24687220
as you will, sire

>>24687178
I support this response.

>>24687194
still torn up. 2 would basically reveal it too.
I think I'll just go with 1 then. Better get her informed before she does something rash. But do add that we do not entirely trust him ourself yet either.

So just putting this out here, but why are ALL the flight-based birds extinct? Nature is much more clever than that. Migration would virtually stop(and those forests would still be fucked) and a LOT of them would die but many more would adapt. Utilizing the same tactic that Auriel used to avoid the sky-sever is one thing that could happen and adapting nest building for shelter during winter over migration and stockpiling food is another. Predatory birds will become a lot less effective, particularly ones that rely on fish for sustenance(but some of those have swimming capabilities so they may take to a dive, resurface, and glide style of movement and hunting), but even quite a few of them could manage to get by.

Might be too soon for them to physiologically change but I can see a lot of behavioral changes that could keep at least some of them around.

>>24687349
Agreed. Besides, if it's going to provoke a fight we might as well do it before Abby gets caught in the crossfire.

>>24687354
sky sever happened too fast. birds couldn't compensate. it doesn't depend on how high up you are, it's all about how long you've been in the air.

<What would you do if you found out what happened to him?>

Auriel pauses, then shrugs. "...an old bit of the past, settled, I suppose. It's not like he's still kicking. I doubt he survived the fight when the four greater elementals finally pinned Hecate down."

<A moment.> You leave her looking curious as you sidle alongside Flint. You speak so only he can hear. <...have you been listening?>

"I got the gist," Flint said. "Can you try to drop the shadow against light discussion? That's the kind of thinking that caused the Elementomachy. We need to put aside differences and focus on how - "

<That's all well and good,> you say, <but what happens when she sees Adavan, still alive, a lich?>

"...I hadn't thought out that far," Flint mutters.

<I'm going to tell her.>

"I don't think that's a - "

<Good idea? Obviously not, if you lied to her about it. But what happens when we find them and Abigail is put in danger because Auriel reacts...badly?>

Flint swallows. He licks his lips, then nods. "...let me do it." He clicks his heels, and trots his horse over toward Auriel. You follow. Joey watches the comings-and-goings curiously, but doesn't say anything.

"Highest, there's..."

"Donovan. For the last time. Auriel."

"Ah...Auriel."

She smiles. "Yes, Donovan?"

"About the alchemist with Abigail...he's...Shadow brought him up with you. His name is Adavan. He'd been sealed under the forest near Jacob's Field for some time."

"...you...let one of Hecate's generals...alone...with another budding spirit mage..." Auriel seems stunned. "Donovan. There is optimism...and then there is stupidity." She grips her reigns so tight the leather squeaks. "...what have you done?"

Flint waves his hands rapidly. "It just turned out that way! I had three thousand Kanians to deal with!"

<I was the one that made that decision,> you say.

con't

>>24687354
Another question would be what niches have openned up as a result of the disappearance of airborne predators?

>>24687220
I think this should be the way to go. Bringing Flint near her might make her more weak in the knees for him, and make her go for the plan.

>>24687417
Hope Shadow's next line is <and I will take full responsibility for the outcome.>

>>24687375
Which is exactly why I stated they would do something similar to what Auriel was doing to chase us. It dp\oesn't take much to realize staying in the sky too long = bad.

It's not like every single bird was in the air and not a single bird egg was unhatched at the exact moment the sever occurred.

>>24687459

<... and if he has hurt her, I will kill him Myself!>

>>24687492
We should use that tone of voice, but remember we're trying to keep her convinced that we are both not murder happy and a voice of reason in this world. It's going to take a whole lot of work to get her to stop viewing Shadow as the element of chaos and source of violent instability and oppression in this world...

>>24687417

"...then you're even more naive than he is," the angel says to you. "Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. I was informed of the trail he'd left us. He'll lead us, alright. Right into the wilderness, then abandon us to our own devices. You're both mad." She stares at you. "You entrusted an innocent little girl to -a lich-. With the time and preparation you've given him, she could be a complete slave by now."

"...no," Flint says. "I don't think he'd do that. Despite his...history...Shadow stopped us from fighting. We came to an understanding."

"And then you promptly turned your backs on him. Hyperion help us."

<If he has done anything, there will be nothing left of him when I am finished.>

"Little good that will do the girl!" Auriel shouts. "For spirits' sake, you're both incorrigible!"

<And yet here you are, riding along side us with the whole rest of the world to get back to in the exact opposite direction,> you say. <In any case, we need Adavan's expertise in dealing with Flint's parasite. Unless you know something about it, and you haven't told us. Because at this rate, it could very well kill him.>

"...I haven't even sensed it," she says.

<Then we don't have a choice. I can see it, but no one else. No one. And I believe following the trail back to its source is too dangerous without guidance.>

"We're going to hell in a handbasket." Auriel clicks her heels, spurring her horse a bid faster. "I only hope I'm strong enough to save you from your stupidity, Donovan."

Flint sighs, and you continue onward.

>anything else you need to discuss, post now. Otherwise, adventure time!

New Theory: It's due to the repression of various elements that an Elementomachy occurs.

You'll note that Shadow and Spirit mages have a tendency to be sealed, enslaved or killed? Maybe that's why we came into being, because the Shadow element is unable to express itself in any other manner.

Either that, or that an Elementomachy occurs every few centuries due to some sort of Magical cycle.

We are not Erebus, Erebus was simply the name of the Elemental Lord that preceded us.

>>24687577
Venturin'

>>24687577

Later on.

<So what exactly ARE tits?>

>>24687577
No words; only Adventure.

>>24687577

<Maybe Adavan's Swimming pool could allow you to regain your magic? It made us feel all tingly...>

>>24687577
Perhaps make a passing mention of Anette seeing the parasite too. Don't make it like "hey there was this demon girl helping me", but I'm really not that good with actual dialogue

>>24687594
"There must always be a Elemental Lord"

And then Abigail became the new Spirit Elemental Lord

>>24687577
Adventure Time!

come along, bring a friend.

>>24687594
The Elementomancy is a war, not a magical imbalance. All eight elements were at full strength when they fought, not repressed.

>>24687636
Naw. That thing's trapped in a hole already.

>"For what reason would you slap a donkey?"

>>24687635
Mentioning that demons could see it easily wouldn't hurt.

>>24687577
Did you know, adavan told me about his history... it was amazingly similar to yours. Family and friends butchered by the light, non combatants slaughtered for their affinity with the shadow. Many years of pain and betrayel.

Also, flint explained to me that magic begets magic. If you truely wanted to prevent all conflict you would have commit suicide and set laws to slay all mages not only those of the elements opposite of yours.

>>24687577
<Well, there was a succubus that could see it. She pledged her loyalty to me before Ila skullfucked her with a dagger. What say you, Auriel? Would you like to assist in a spot of demon summoning?"

>>24687354

Your argument is perfectly valid. Plenty of flightless or less-flying birds still exist. Chickens, domesticated ducks and geese.

The thing is, the Sky-Sever would kill the birds before they got back to the ground. Birds can't observe to learn as readily as we can; they'd fly up, up, and then be dead before they knew what happened.

Birds that you think would survive did survive. Birds that migrate or otherwise fly for long periods while hunting or scoping out their territory for food would die.

>>24687644
In which case the second theory makes more sense.

The Elementomachy occurs on a Magical cycle between the personifications or most powerful users of a particular element.

>>24687682
Please tell me there's ground owls.

Please.

>>24687663

maybe for the next guard shifts conversation, but not now...

>>24687681
despite Shadow not knowing the phrase 'skullfuck' we were also going to ask Adavan to help with that...

>>24687706
<Auriel, what does "skullfuck mean?>

>>24687685
The elementomachy happened the same reason religious wars happen. a bunch of little kids with a lot of power having a shouting match whose element is better and more holy than the other which turns out a little bit more violent than a shouting match.

>>24687682
>Birds can't observe to learn as readily as we can
Depends which kind. If it's up to intelligence crows are definitely still alive. Seagulls are dead. Etc.

>>24687685
Then why are there no other records of an Elementomachy before now?

>>24687738
Hell yeah. Fuck seagulls.

>>24687738
Oh, also add ravens to that.

Everyone! Stop trying to induce spaghetti! You're cheapening the pasta!

>>24687726
Hahahahaha! Yea, ask that.

ASK IT!

>>24687685
I do not understand your hypothesis. Mind explaining more clearly?

>>24687726
>>24687706
>>24687757

How about no.

>>24687738
I don't see how wild birds could survive.
So lets say some ravens are super smart and figuredout flying is insta death. How do they survive? They are NOT designed for WALKING.
They cannot run from predators, their legs cannot handle long walking, they cannot reach their food... they are simply fucked.

>>24687726
we wouldn't KNOW to ask that.
Also she stabbed her in the heart not skull

>>24687726
But we haven't heard that phrase yet. Maybe nested time our light mages get drunk together...

>>24687577
Ask what that sound was.

>>24687799
Same thing as before, thing with ravens and crows is they are low-ground scavenging birds, usually picking out targets from not that high up at all before landing and moving to another spot. If it hurts to fly to long they can hop and glide, which is what those kinds of birds do with slight injuries to legs or wings anyways.

>>24687737
>>24687746
>>24687774

Actually, I didn't mean the Elementomachy, I was speculating on the nature of the existence of beings such as Erebus, Hyperion, etc.

I believe we are the same kind of being as Erebus, but not Erebus himself. Instead, we are the personification of the Element of Shadow, just as Erebus was before us.

Each of these personifications comes into being every few hundred years at about the same time due to some sort of Magical cycle.

<Actually, there was a demon that could see it,> you say.

"...you exhaust me," Auriel says. "First a lich...and not just any lich. And now, demons? Are you insane?"

<I ignored it,> you say. <It spontaneously decided to follow me, and fight alongside me. For what purpose, I don't know. I was toying with destroying it. In any case, it related that it could see Flint's parasite. I have no pretense to ally myself with demons, but under controlled conditions, perhaps a summoning might be worthwhile.>

"...a last resort," Auriel says.

<On a side note - >

"Enough!" Auriel said. "Do you ever shut up? Talk, talk, more talk! I thought shadows were quiet!"

<Does it bother you to confront and be shaken in matters you had long thought black and white?>

"Shut up!"

<Adavan told me a story much like yours,> you say. <Amazingly similar to yours, in fact. Family and friends butchered by the light, non-combatants slaughtered for their affinity with the Spirit or Shadow. Many years of pain and betrayal. Yours is not a unique case, Angel. Have you considered that those you fought felt the same about you as you do about them? I wonder, if they had won, would the world be as it is now, but flipped, with Light mages hunted or made slaves? It wouldn't make the Shadow right. They'd be just as wrong as you are now.

<I suppose 'ifs' and 'buts' are only good for discussion,> you say. <But it was the feelings he related that made me trust him. Even then, they were written plain on his face, as yours are written on yours. Strange, though - I find that an angel has most in common with a lich.>

You fall silent. Auriel remains unresponsive. Her face is clenched tight.

"You've said enough, Shadow," Flint says. "When a lady asks something of you...you should respect it."

<I see. Then silence, until the angel requests otherwise.>

"Don't hold your breath," Auriel mutters.

<I don't have to breathe.>

An ugly look crawls over Auriel's face, but she lets it drop at that.

con't...

>>24687869
but then what about geb?

the earth element never destroyed, wouldnt that kind of magic cycle call for the destruction of the old before the new came into existance?

>"What does 'masturbate' mean?

>>24687799
>>24687855
As an opposite to that, Seagulls rely on high winds, eagles rely on distance/divebombing, etc. So those guys are the ones that get fucked.

>>24687877
><I don't have to breathe.>
Oh Shadow, you cheeky little cunt I love you!

>>24687855

Ravens and crows survived, sure. I'll throw ground owls there for kicks. They have greatly reduced populations, but some have adapted.

However, don't expect me to go out of my way to describe the 53 species of bird that did live. For effective intents and purposes, birds are gone.

>>24687939
Maybe some eccentric mage will have a pet raven.

Water mage pirate with a parrot

Goddamnit, I'm falling asleep on my keyboard. Don't roll 1s while I'm gone.

>>24687894
That is a good point.

Perhaps it's more of an existence issue.

There must always be an Elemental Lord, but nearly all of them were killed during the Elementomachy.

Fast forward a few hundred years, and suddenly, the world has given birth to 7 new Elemental Lords.

Unless... SM did we sense the Spirit of Earth when we were on the Throne?

>>24687939
Oh don't worry we're just world fumbling between your posts. No one expects you to detail the short adaptations of all the biology related to a sky-severed world. Well, maybe some do, but it would be pushing it.

>>24687939
On that note, insects.

Since most insects, such as bees, can fly in bursts or long distance, would they have adapted as well?

>>24687960
>SM did we sense the Spirit of Earth when we were on the Throne?

I believe 7 other 'existences' were noted.

back to writing

>>24687960
Isn't Erebus (and maybe Hyperion) the only 'dead' elemental lord? I thought the others were imprisoned and driven mad, in self imposed exile, or on the winning side of the war and continuing to exist openly?

>>24687960
Geb the Earthen King is still alive, just pissed off to such an extreme degree that it's suicide to release him. Duke Vellik told us that.

>>24687995
>On that note, insects.

Any bug that flies continuously for a minute gets zapped. So, no more bugs? No. But they're vastly reduced.

>>24687982

I appreciate that, thank you.

Now let's get back to pertinent shit.

>>24688032
Greatly reduced spiders too, since they do that spiderling silk parachute thing to float on the wind to new places.

>>24688023
Which is why we make sure he's aimed as something we want annihilated when we pop that lock. The driven mad with rage bit is probably slightly exaggerated propaganda though.

>>24688032
Dude, if people are pestering you about the world, it usually means that they're really interested and want to know more.

Of course, that's why we're playing this game in the first place.

>>24688078
A world without spiders. We cannot be so lucky...

>>24688002

>must...kill...all...misunderstandings

The other three lesser elementals - water, earth, and spirit - fell individually. Water vanished. Spirit also vanished; one PLAYER theory is that Spirit is what is sealed under Jacob's Field, but this is unconfirmed. Earth was driven mad by a curse via Hyperion and trapped in an endless cyclone of winds by Aeolus.

With them dead, eventually all four greater elementals took on Erebus at once. That resulted in what is known as the Mutual Annihilation Event, erasing all five of them, too.

>>24688092
>Dude, if people are pestering you about the world, it usually means that they're really interested and want to know more.
>Of course, that's why we're playing this game in the first place.

I know, I just want to keep things moving. THERE'S SO MUCH STORY TO TELL!!

If anyone has any random questions, write them down and ask me them at the end of the thread. I'll be happy to answer, if it's reasonable for you to have learned something or other about it at this point in the story.

>>24688092
Or some posters like to nit pick the world between content posts (guilty, though not bird anon). Same as the guy throwing out wild elemental lord speculation, just with more logic instead of IDEAS...

>>24688120
>Earth was driven mad by a curse via Hyperion and trapped in an endless cyclone of winds by Aeolus.
How did that remove him, though?

>>24688120
So if the elemental lords are coming back...

...There just may be a good reason why that abilities looks so big.

>>24688180
who said they are coming back instead of brand new elemental lords?

>>24688171
I am now... Bird-Anon! Fear my Corvidae knowledge!

>for the sake of brevity

You arrive a half-mile outside Jacob's Field.

The fortress on the hill is still a hive of activity...you can see the giant earth golem still patrolling the town. You wonder if what you did had any effects.

"Where do we pick up the trail?" Auriel asks.

<The forest on the other side of the village.>

"In that case, we're probably better off avoiding this rat's nest altogether and going around."

Flint nods to her.

What do you do?

>go around the town
>scout inside for information, meet them on the other end
>say you're going scouting...then stop for a chaos-inducing snack after you get your information
>something else

>>24688163
>>24688120
Don't worry bout the small stuff, SM. I come day after day for the story, not the incedentals and theories. Keep up the good work, dude!

>>24688269
>>say you're going scouting...then stop for a chaos-inducing snack after you get your information
CONSUME

>>24688180
Wait, did you just propose an elemental lord fusion? Because if we are/become the lord of shadow I vote we eat/assimilate whoever else we stumble upon.

>>24688179
>How did that remove him, though?

It didn't destroy him outright, if that's what you mean. But it certainly took him out of contention. The winds trap him in the southeastern wasteland, which was blasted to bits by the war anyway.

>>24688269
Say you are going to sow some chaos to help the duke in retaking this place.
Eat their supplies again and maybe a mage or two.

>>24688180
Ehh, wrong language then.
"Lords coming back" as in the conscious forces behind those powers being reborn, and "abilities looks so big" was meant to say "that may be why our ability tree looks so big."

>say you're going scouting...then stop for a chaos-inducing snack after you get your information
We have mages to eat. And possibly supplies and\or horses.

>>24688269
Around. We want to see how Abigail is doing, and the later we are, the less likely we'll see her again, both in character and for this quest thread.

>>24688269
It'd be bad if we make them aware of our presence, we don't want this to turn into a chase. The three of us might be able to take on a lot, but not an entire army and fortress.
IF we go in (and I vote against, but if others disagree), I suggest we make it covert sabotage, something that could be attributed to an accident, and don't overdo it.

>>24688269
>scout inside for information, meet them on the other end

>>24688269
>go around the town
we can come back and eat everyone once we have abigale's trail

Rolled 39

>>24688323
seconded

>>24688269
>scout for info
Try to avoid chaos, we're still trying to keep the angel from backstabbing us...

>>24688323
This. You CONSUME guys are killing me. Let's check on Abigail first, lest Adavan is actually evil. If he is evil, then we'll CONSUME him, OK?

>>24688269
Just pass around the town. Douk has the war well in hand, and they've probably prepared for us after what we did last time. They're not stoopid.

>>24688269
Around, please. I want to check on Abby...

SM, I want to commend you on creating what is truly a naive character. There is so much fun to be had with this.

>"Auriel, why is your chest so much larger than those of other human females?"

>>24688301

so, we Could free him... kite him to the Ringed City, then enact our FREE THE SLAVES plan while the Angels are busy fighting the Mad Earth Elemental... Then we can either calm him down or CONSUME him (situation pending)... then THIRD OPTION PARTY PARTY!!!

<...I might be able to gather some useful information,> you say. <I could meet you on the other side.>

"No," Auriel says. "I want you where I can see you."

What do you do?

Vote 1:
>try to get Flint on your side, push the scouting operation

Vote 2:
>It was just a suggestion. You made a fair point, let's go around.

>>24688466
fine.
2

>try to get Flint on your side, push the scouting operation

I have operated alone several times and I haven't caused the world to go dark... well permanently anyway.

>>24688466
2

>>24688323
I prefer to see Abigail without a legion of pikemen chasing us. Around.

>>24688447
>"I want you where I can see you."
<And I want you to stop being a bitter old meanie>

>>24688466

2. Not worth the drama, especially since we are entering a Tip-Toe the Line section...

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>>24688458
>kite him to the Ringed City

....

....

....

I like it.

>>24688466
2. Abigail. Want to see her.

>>24688466
2

>>24688466
Since when have we been taking orders from her? She is here to accompany flint, she has no authority over us.
Then again, I'm against going in anyway.

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>that feel when Shadow Quest starts earlier than usual and you miss like 2 hours of it

>>24688466
Ask if she has any serious stealth abilities. If not, give the mental equivalent of an aggregated sigh and bypass the town.

Qualified vote 2.

>>24688466
We don't even need Flint on our side. She's going have to learn that she's not an Officer anymore, she's just a grunt among other grunts. She can't tell us what to do, but she can feel free to suggest things.

But I don't want to go scouting either.

Yell at her for being a slunt and then move on.

darnit, no xp

>>24688500
<It hurts my feelings. I expect you to treat Abigail better than how you've treated me.>

>>24688466
I say 2.

Jeeze, fine, 2.

>>24688466
2
as a pro-CONSUME guy i think it would be out of character to waste time with these soldiers when we have shown a stark interest in Abigail

>>24688602
...and that worries me...

>>24688626
why?

I'm surprised that anti waifu guy hasn't started railing yet

>>24688640
he might night be here yet...

>>24688640
I'm pretty sure Abigail is too young for waifuing, even by 4chan standards.

>>24688640
Soon.

>>24688640
dont invoke his name pls, he might show up

>>24688654
>>24688667
>>24688671
I've been here since the start of the thread.

You doorknob chewers just haven't been bad about it yet.

>>24688638
Oh, Mr. Shadow, your teeth are soooaaaaaAAAAAGGHHH (crunching sounds)

>>24688466

<It was only a suggestion,> you say. <Avoiding any potential of conflict is also wise.>

Auriel nods, then clicks her heels. "Press your aura low, Donovan."

"Naturally."

Your group travels around the village, giving it a wide berth. You eventually reach the forest, then arrive at the clearing where you met with Adavan that last time.

...where you saw Abigail for the last time.

It's been too long.

You wonder what it is about her that draws you to her. She's just another human...and yet...pure. Much to grow, much to learn...

Perhaps you see something of yourself in her.

"Shadow?" Auriel asks. "Is there a trail here, or not?"

<...it should be here.> You slink to the center of the clearing and press the ground. The spirit sigil flares. The triangle in its center rotates...and points directly northeast. <Our heading, I'd assume.>

"Then we'd best be off."

>TRAVELING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoZnQNtrO2k

>write in of more burning questions, I suppose

>>24688685
Hey man, I'm with you.

>>24688640
Pretty sure it's Snapple from BFQ. He admitted in yesterday's thread that he started following Shadow Quest, and he has quite the talent for shitting things up.

>>24688704
<So, Flint, what are 'tits'?>

>>24688704
Flint, what's tits?

>>24688702
as if we would eat her that would be immensely out of character then again exp is exp aferall...

>>24688751
>>24688758
titsmind

>>24688704
Nah. Let's just travel.

>>24688704
<Auriel, what is masturbation?>

>>24688704
>We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz!

>>24688725
I'm sorry, but why should an amorphous, asexual elemental blob that doesn't understand human psychology, group dynamics or social relationships all that well try developing a romantic relationship with, well, any of the characters thus far presented. Asking since it hasn't made sense to me yet, unless we're going off /tg/'s affinity for tentacles.

Time for Shadow to learn about the flightless Birds and the now extinct Bees!

>>24688704

to be fair, we Did kind of promise to be quiet...
Maybe impress images of Auriel from when we were helping put her in bed, might lighten his mood....
we could even do the inverse for Auriel and impress upon her images of Flint...

>>24688751
>>24688758
Yeah. I'm gonna go ahead and support these. Mainly cause I really want to see what Sm will come up with.

>>24688811
It wouldn't. But apparently interacting with female characters = waifuing in some people's eyes. Annette the ditzy Succubus didn't help our image.

But honestly let's not talk about this anymore because it just shits up the thread. Just let it be until it becomes directly pertinent to a decision we actually have to make. Then we can all start flinging shit everywhere and drive this crazy train off the rails.

>>24688811
We're just curious about what Flint was saying to us after we brought him back to his room after he went to a bar and drank a lot of ignorence potions.

>>24688704
<The succubus I mentioned earlier gave the parasite a name. Shel'kath. Does it ring a bell?>

Honestly this is getting to the point of trying too hard.
Besides we just agreed to not pester her as much, maybe we can pester flint then.

I am more concerned about the speed of our progress... horses? Maybe we can carry them both and leave the horses behind?

>>24688811
Curiosity is making Shadow ask questions about such things, and if Shadow is taught that all this romance and mating stuff is used as a way of expressing affection, then it will most likely consider that perfectly valid, even if it doesn't quite get the physical appeal of some of the things it's supposed to do.

>>24688896
Probably not until we get Mighty Strength.

>>24688876
>mfw everyone starts asking sex questions and argues about waifu's when there's actually serious shit to discuss.
THIS! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THIS!

>>24688896
>Besides we just agreed to not pester her as much
That means nothing you kurr.

>>24688704
Silence is golden. Let's not pester them too much.

>>24688704
Hey! Flint promised to explain all the Euphemisms to us in exchange for not telling the Duke.

>>24688766

Nothing's stopping you from playing a character that randomly snaps and consumes everything.

Just saying.

No one would vote for that in numbers to make a difference, though.

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It's been five days since you started traveling, and it's been rather uneventful. Flint is noting your progress on a map. You've skirted the towns and villages you've come across the river, not wanting to draw much attention. You're now only half a day out from Detson.

<Flint, something I've been meaning to ask you.>

Flint stops rooting in his bag for his tobacco and looks at you. "Yes?"

<What are tits?>

Flint quickly glances around the spot at the river at which you'd made camp to take a midday break and water the horses. Auriel is some distance away, splashing water on her face. He leans close. "...a woman's chest...ah...has, ah...two breasts."

<I know that.>

"Tits are...those. Slang. It's...rather lewd."

<I find it odd that some words are lewd and some are not, despite the fact they have the same meaning. I suppose that's just humans.>

Flint shrugs. "I guess. You're the only outside perspective I've got." He nods. "Thanks for keeping quiet, the past few days. I think..." Flint glances at Auriel again, then back to you. "I think losing her powers hit her hard. And I think she's giving more thought to what you say than you realize. I get that feeling when I speak with her. I'm glad for it."

<...hmm. Actions speak louder than words.>

"I guess."

"What are you two mumbling about?" Auriel asks. She's walking toward you.

<Tits and outside perspective.>

Auriel flushes slightly, then shakes her head. "And you can stop right there."

In short order, your companions mount up once again.

>on to Detson...

>>24688704
While we are traveling, lets ask Auriel and/or Flint about the history of the world and the state of current nations. Especially what they know about Vampiria and The Ring City.

>>24688876
Also this.

>>24688924
><Tits and outside perspective.>
Teehee

>>24688876
><The succubus I mentioned earlier gave the parasite a name. Shel'kath. Does it ring a bell?>

Consider this asked. Auriel is unfamiliar with it.

>>24688924
Ah, SM, you never fail to deliver.

>>24688924
>tits and outside perspective
L
E
L

Speaking of curious about human stuff. Didn't SM mention something about Shadow wondering about wearing clothing after 50 Humanity or am I remembering something wrong? I at least remember the clothing thing mentioned if not the number of Humanity.

>>24688964
Then we have to convince her that resummoning Annette will have to be done to help Flint.

>>24688979
Hmm, can we construct shadow clothing as part or our humanoid guise? Next time we shift to that form we might find out.

>>24688979
there was no set number given. But it was mentioned yes.

>>24688924
Might as well ask her what her intrest in Flint is. We might get more info out of her by asking why and when she started having her feels.

>>24688979
Moro humanity = more understanding of how humans work and why they do what they do. So at the moment we wonder why they wear clothes, but at X humanity we will understand truly why they do it.

Did we at least stop off at the Mana pool to fill up our mana?

>>24689021
I think that might be possible when we eventually get replicate.

The Tairns has noticeably shrunk by the time you reach Detson, with creeks and streams and other tributaries slowly subtracted on your way north. Vessels are quite absent from it...with the war on, you suppose that makes sense.

Detson looms ahead of you, nestled high in the upper foothills of the Steelback mountains. The mining city is like a nest of dark towers. You can see one of the duke's three remaining airships floating in the air above the towers, patrolling a lazy circle.

You reach the next marker several miles from the city, on the road. It points you northeast...

"Well," Flint says. "I'd like a comfy bed, but we don't know how much ground we've made up, and we were already several days behind. We should probably keep moving."

"No argument," Auriel says.

Joey doesn't say anything. He's been looking very droopy, lately. After the first night, Flint has been drilling him in swordplay with sticks every single day before they fall to sleep.

What do you do?

>yes, let's move on
>I'd like to see the city
>zomething else

>>24689012
Let's wait until after the inevitable blow up between the necromancer and fallen angel before opening up another can of companion worms.

>yes, let's move on

>>24689060
Move on.

While I'm sure you have something nice in the city, we need to get to Abby. She needs us.

>>24689012
>Then we have to convince her that resummoning Annette will have to be done to help Flint.

Aim for the stars, hit the moon, right?

>>24689034

You know, that really should have happened. If anyone asked, that would have happened very quickly.

Consider it happened.

mana: 10/10

>you're gonna need it

>>24689060
We can use Ink to turn ourselves into a Cloak, right?

>>24689084
>>you're gonna need it
You fucker...

>>24689060
Moving on... Looking for more of those symbols.

>Damn it, SM, you're making me nervous...

... dear god we really should have stopped off at the camp to eat some mages.

>>24689091
Hey, we're always going to need mana.

>>24689060
>>I'd like to see the city
Come on guys, adventure!

>>24689103
We have a little girl and a lich to catch up with. Adventure can wait.

We should consider investing in some Spirit magic here soon; as it'll help us in detecting if anything was done to Abigail's mind.

Also, move on. Need to find Abby.

>>24689103
These niggas weren't there to see us fighting on their side in the battle. We'd be likely to meet with an unfriendly welcome.

>>24689060
Suggest to scout ahead to try and find them. We're a lot quicker than them, and there's the possibility that a lich that doesn't have to sleep would simply pick up the child and keep going day and night. There's no way we'd catch up on them like that.

SM, are new Angels ever made?

>>24689147
nope, unless a new Hyperion arises it won't happen.

>>24689084
In before another fanatic angel got the scent of them and him and his fanatic group of zealots has forced an undead army and we needing to cut through both armies.

But I doubt shadow master is that evil.

>>24689140
Actually, I am tempted with the split up option too.
We can fucking supersonic. We can fly there, meet avadan and abigail, and then ask them to wait up or even backtrack a little... Or just make sure avadan keeps on leaving markers for us while we return to flint and whatshername

>>24689150
>implying that flint isnt the new hyperion

>>24689161
Never doubt the depravity of humans.

>>24689150
didn't the darkness explosion after we ate the first dynamo had a being of light in a gate thing talking to high angels?

>>24689168
Flint is a HUMAN not an elemental. Humans don't become elementals.

>>24689168
I wondered why he smelled so delicious.

>>24689196
not that we know of

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<Indeed. Let us continue.>

Another two days pass...

...and you arrive at the edge of Tarun Gakth.

The sheer plateau of the unnatural rock rises from the plain like the stratified bones of the earth.

"Can you sense the next sigil?" Auriel asks. "They probably just went around the edge."

<...yes. Here.> You press into the ground. Adavan's spell reacts to your presence...

The triangle turns, rotates, and points directly into the canyons of Tarun Gakth.

Silence.

"...no," Auriel says. "This is it. This is the part where he throws us off on a wild goose chase. We go around."

<If you're wrong?>

"I won't be, if he truly is the man...or the thing, I should say...that I remember."

Flint looks uncertain. "I don't know what to think. Tarun Gakth is not...a friendly place."

Auriel sighs. "It's obvious, Donovan. Plain as day. He's either running into the Great Forest, or straight to the Black Lady."

<He doesn't know about the Black Lady,> you say. <He just woke up from a 7-century nap.>

"Unless he can dreamwalk, in which case, he absolutely knows."

What do you do?

>camp outside the canyons for the night, make a decision in the morning
>You have to have conviction in your decisions. Press for going into Tarun Gakth.
>As much as you might not like it, Auriel may very well be right. Go around.
>something else

So, anyone else think we might want to invest our remaining two exp in spirit resistance?

>>24689088
>We can use Ink to turn ourselves into a Cloak, right?

You could Mimic a cloak, sure.

>You have to have conviction in your decisions. Press for going into Tarun Gakth.
Fly over Tarun Gakth and use Magic Sense.

Now would be a good time to have Focus and Observe darnit.

>>24689219
>>camp outside the canyons for the night, make a decision in the morning
As if we are not going to go straight in anyway.

>>24689219
<Would You rather I carry you and fly over it?>

>>24689251
Yes. It'll make her so buttfrustrated.

>>24689251
Agreed.

>>24689251
hah! I like it.

>>24689251
Haha! This.

>>24689219
Time for Supersonic and Magic Sense!

>>24689251
I'm down.

... We mimic her wings. Then use those to fly over the place.

Heh, I'm looking forward to the moment Auriel is completely pushed into a corner and has too little power left to protect what she wants to protect and we offer to turn her into an angel of shadow. That'd be the ultimate joy for me right now. Much more than just mocking her into the ground.

>>24689276

You don't need to Mimic wings; with Flight, you have wings on command.

>>24689251

By popular demand,

Writing...

>>24689281
She must change on her own. There is no merit in forcing it on her.