Going back to Coral Gate, to reclaim Lightmare and check on the Salt Court, you made some unpleasant discoveries.

You found that the entire Salt Court, 'King' Trevor as well, had vanished. The scene being remade into looking as if there was no one there in the first place.

You also discovered a secret message left for you. It was from Jessi, one of Robin Goodfellow's partners. They had been captured by the Dramatae, had masks forced upon them, and were now being forced to work for them.

What was worse was that, while Jessi was securing the Salt Queens, and Robin was aiding the main assault on First Wood, the note said that Ryan was orchestrating an attack on the returning mer army.

You rushed to what you thought was one of the most likely ambush spots and you were correct. You managed to stop masked hunters from capturing or corrupting the rest of the mer army.

Unfortunately, the REASON that was the LAST of the mer army was that Ryan had set up a triple staged ambush. With hunters all along the coast line, picking off the mer as they traveled back to their home. You had just managed to stop the last group.

This was a problem. The Dramatae had finally replaced their numbers with people who were smart, creative, and very competent. What was worse was that you considered them friends, too.

You traveled to White Tree, hoping to find some clues at the Conclave, and to collect the Woodsman's Compass that Jessi's message said that you needed in order to reach the Dramatae's Grove. What you found was a teleport seal, one that took you to an underground 'thought laboratory' that belonged to Rage. You found his old plans for the Lightbringers, records of his actions, and a journal detailing his decision to turn upon the Dramatae, and how by involving you would cause things to change.

A little spying revealed that Rage's apartment was below the Holting manor. Lord Holting, along with being the last descendent of the Bear Tribe, was a powerful grain baron of the Citadel Kingdom. His house was full of servants, petitioners, guests, and a lavish treasure room that held the Woodsman's compass you were looking for...as well as a metallic Tragedy mask.

Right we need to get up there. Secret passages. Stealh, something. Someone should also stay down here and flip through Rage's notes. They should look for the True Names of the Dramatae for spell reversal as well as anything else of use.

Ah, hello again echo.

So, what is our order of priorities for today?

We want that mask, we need to save julian and the other captives, free white tree, warn granny the dramatae know about her, find a compass, meet? lord holting, and if possible, hug some little lamia sisters. Probably a lot I'm forgetting.

>>24827729
we could come back when it's night time and people are sleeping.

Or we could contact lord holting directly and play some kind of crazy diplomacy cat/mouse game.

Hey Echo, 47 threads later and I've finally caught up with the reading, I saw your quest and thought i'd have a look at it from the beginning, and I got sucked in completely! This quest is amazing and you should feel proud man.

Anyways, first time contributing to a thread so.... are there any insects strong enough to say... lift the mask and move it at all? If so, we might be able to use that to our advantage (a group of ants can be SO strong together).

>>24827760
if we are going to wait till night time we should spend that time going over Rage's notes. I doubt anyone is going to come down here.

>>24827829
I considered that, but what kind of self respecting maid wouldn't notice and annihilate ants carrying a mask?

With surgical cleaning precision.

>>24827729
"Right we need to get up there. Secret passages. Stealh, something. Someone should also stay down here and flip through Rage's notes. They should look for the True Names of the Dramatae for spell reversal as well as anything else of use." You say.

"Maybe we should wait until late night." Peri says. "House will be quieted down, less chance of us running into servants."

Mari shakes her head. "Higher risk of Holting showing up, we know the masks give powers. I don't want to know what a full Dramatae mask can do. Also, it's a typical weakness of security that they get weaker during daylight hours. Because no one thinks that someone's going to try and break into a treasure display room in the middle of the day."

"Holting may not be here for a while." Peri says.

"Those teleport spheres that Tricia saw negate that possibility." Mari says.

"So...what? We just charge in, swords drawn, spells blasting?" Mage says.

Mari shakes her head. "No, someone would call for help. Holting's probably got warning spells, or ways to contact him."

"Then what?" Tricia says.

Mari shrugs. "I'm working on it. Give me a bit, I'm open for ideas."

>>24827864
what do we want to look for then? These are all quite old. Also things like peace's location have probably been destroyed out of here.

>>24827872
Well we don't necessarily have to bring them to us... maybe just stash them somewhere for us, somewhere where, when we make a surprise visit later on today or something along those lines (on behalf of the Old one, or some such thing), we can snag it.

>>24827964
Peace isn't imaginitive and they haven't had to worry about operational security for Seven Ages.

>>24827947
Then our best bet is to take any secret passages we can find or take the less travelled routes. A place this size can't have a maid in every corridor.

>>24827947
Man, why do all these wonderful opportunities have to be stymied by maids and junk?

We'd have to teleport back, get on our horse, and RIDE here if we wanted to talk to them, right? They'd get suspicious if we came out of the basement all howdy doo?

Well, we could try to sneak it, but that would almost certainly fail and start combat.

>>24828008
Hmm. That has some merit. Where would we be able to get into on a legal-not-inspection? Since an actual warrant requires two paladins, if I remember cita-law correctly.

>>24828076
I'm not sure, it might be good to see if Tricia can scout out some little hidey-holes for the mask first though, before we think the rest through. But the big idea is that if he thinks it's stolen, he won't think to look in his own house for it. We'd have to make sure no maids etc could stumble on it though

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>>24827947
"Well, we could try to bust in on an inspection, but I'm not entirely sure on the legality of that. Do you have a count on how many maids there are, Tricia? Also, is there any way we could create a distraction to get them out of the area?"

Dear god I hope these aren't the other kind of maid.

>>24828042
"I doubt Rage cleaned up after himself." You say. "And this place can't have a maid in every corridor." You look at Mari. "Secret passages?"

"No..." Mari says. "But there might be servant passages."

"Aren't those the same thing?" Lea says.

Mari waves her off.

"Rage was a really bizarre human being." Mage says, still working through his journals. "He doesn't so much as acknowledge the mansion, just referring it at to the Background Noise. This is his storage space...and the mansion he lives in...if I'm reading this right, is the 'Mansion of his mind.' Wow." Mage shakes his head. "The only other person he acknowledges as existing, apart from Peace, is his daughter...and he just refers to her as 'loyal staff, due to her biological tethers to myself, her capability and trust are of higher variances than others. I admit I find myself valuing her functions as well. She is efficient and professional." Mage says. "How touching...in a cold, weird, way."

>>24827947
If there was a window in that room could Tricia use her insects to open it and carry the items out?

Oh, this is when we discover that it's just a masquerade mask, and not the ACTUAL Tragedy mask, isn't it?

Calling it now.

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Guys, I have a plan that's stupid as hell.

We could have mage try to palatte-swap Ssen with the camo spell, take her armor off so she looks like a wild lamia, and have her scare the servants away. If they are servants and not bodyguards. And no meddling kids show up.

>>24828288
That is a terrible plan, not even Dawnchaser terrible, just terrible terrible.

>>24828288
That still means a warning gets out and reinforcements come to kick our ass.

>>24828220
Considering Mari/Peri is the most "normal" of us, maybe she can try and steal a servant uniform and scout out for those passages.

>>24828220
"Do the servants use the passages all the time, or only when there are nobles to stay out of the sight of?"

>>24828288
Hmmmm.... only if we burst in through the front door... But... if we go with >>24828008, we could cause a distraction for the moving of the mask.... hmmmm... Personally, I'm not sure if we should risk something like that, but I suppose we COULD use that effectively. Still, I doubt the Dramatae will fall for it if they hear of it (which they will).

>>24828160
"Well, we could try to bust in on an inspection, but I'm not entirely sure on the legality of that. Do you have a count on how many maids there are, Tricia? Also, is there any way we could create a distraction to get them out of the area? Any place you could stash the mask? A window?"

"Well, even if I could get the mask up to that window, the mask is inside a glass display case. I guess so people just think it's another one of Holting's treasures." Tricia says. "I can't get at it."

"As for staff...give me a bit." She concentrates. "30...at least." She shrugs. "They have a board full of names and tokens to show who's in, out, and if they're assigned attending to a guest. There could be more...but I see thirty."

>>24828288
I'd imagine Tragedy also has some guards in addition to the servants, so not sure that would work.

>>24828321
"Do the servants use the passages all the time, or only when there are nobles to stay out of the sight of?"

"That, or when they need to get from point A to Point B quicker than the usual way." Mari says.

Lea's already been searching the walls. "They wouldn't be too hidden would they?"

"Discreet, not hidden. Look for distinctive paneling in the walls." She shrugs. "I'm just going by what was at my house."

"You had servants?" Peri asks.

"Just two...I think they were let go after the poisoning incident." Mari frowns. "I hope they ended up okay."

"You cared for them?" Lea asks.

Mari shrugs. "They were servants. They have their place, and I had mine. I was polite to them...usually." She sighs. "I could have been nicer, but I never went out of my way to make their lives a misery."

>>24828331
What about scaling the building from the outside? Would Peri be able to do that?

>>24828331
Thirty servants who are most likely entirely innocent and have perfectly legitimate reasons to defend their homestead. Not to mention whatever magical warning systems these dramatae have. Great.

So, to counteract the magic detection, we can use Ssen's eyes to see where the trip is and avoid it heist-laser-grid style. To counteract the staff, I dunno. Send only one person using the stalking spell? Perhaps mage rides Ssen and refreshes the spell/applies sleep spells to servants as necessary?

>>24828331
Actually describe the mask and see if it looks like the one Tragedy wears. I mean if its is power source then why in the name of the gods would he just leave it out in the open when it is not in use?

>>24828444
well, it IS in his study, the place you display your treasures if you are rich and have guards.

>>24828472
But is it the REAL one? If it was my source of ULTIMATE BULLSHIT POWAHS, i know i wouldn't just leave it out there.

>>24828498
The Dramate arn't exactly bright.

>>24828498
the only way to tell, really, would be to get mage or ssen to it to look at it. And maybe doing something clever with our lantern coin.

Rubbing it on the mask?

Well, whatever happens, we need to get into the room somehow. How strong is our acid? What rooms are adjacent to the room we're after?

Okay. fact one: Mage can weldcut through lantern metal, as per the compass.

Rumored fact two: A piece of the dramatae mask can uncorrupt lantern metal. Possible if smelted together.

Which means that we can test if it's the real mask by chipping some of it off and melting it together with a lantern coin.

>>24828414
"What about scaling the building from the outside? Would you be able to do that, Peri?"

Peri shrugs. "Maybe...but first we need to get outside." She gestures. There aren't any windows in Rage's lair. The light comes from small spheres filled with that same luminous fungus they have in Bronze Peak.

"Are we sure that's the same mask?" You ask Tricia. "I doubt Tragedy would go far without it."

Tricia shrugs. "I've never met Tragedy. I'm just telling you what I'm seeing. It's a metal mask in the classic tragedy shape."

"Ah!" Lea says as part of the wall in Rage's sleeping quarters swings open. "Found it." She brushes away some cobwebs. "Looks unused."

>>24828587
Following this logic, we only need to steal a small portion of the mask. If we weren't noticed on the way in, and weren't noticed on the way out, it could be several hours before anyone noticed anything was wrong with the mask.

>>24828615
good job. Lets see where it leads.

>>24828627
part of why we want to steal it is to deny the Dramatae its powers.

>>24828615
"Marvelous, we have a path. Tricia, could you keep a fly on the wall ahead of us, so that we can avoid any servants who might be coming our way?"

while we're walking
"Servants, huh, Mari? Wow. Were you just wealthy, or am I in the presence of a genuine noble?"

Why does part of me want to start up a small terror campaign against the people of the house... sneak around passages, scraping our claws against the walls, or otherwise making creepy noises?

>>24828615
"Well, we don't have any better ideas. Tricia, would you mind looking ahead for us so we don't accidentally run straight into some unlucky servant without warning?"

>>24828780
because that would be quite fun if we pulled it off. maybe we'll do it on the way out if this specific set of servant's entrances are entirely forgotten, so as to blame the mask theft on ghosts.

>>24828780
That would take WAY too much time to successfully pull off. We need to secure The Mask at all costs.

>>24828730
"Marvelous, we have a path. Let's see where it leads. Tricia, could you keep a fly on the wall ahead of us, so that we can avoid any servants who might be coming our way?"

Tricia nods and a few flies come out of her sleeve. She holds up her hand. One of her fingers on her left hand is now skeletal. She frowns.

"That's never going to be not creepy." Mage says.

Tricia sighs. "I know." She adjusts her robes so her hand is hidden. "Can we no make a big thing about this?"

Mage nods. "Ssen is a Lamia. Mari/Peri are almost a lich. I'm a Ghoul. And Lea's...okay, she's the normal one." He squeezes Tricia's shoulder. "Creepy's no big deal for us."

"Thanks Mage." Tricia says. "You know, I'm not saying that your new haircut is bad, but were my cuts really THAT bad?"

"Yes." Lea, Mari, and Pari say at once.

The passage has really obviously been unused for a while. It's straight, and leads to a flight for stairs.

"Servants, huh, Mari? Wow. Were you just wealthy, or am I in the presence of a genuine noble?" You ask.

"Mostly rich." Mari says. "I think Grandma might have been slightly related to nobility. Dad was nouveau riche. Granny never liked him...or mom...but she was fond of me." She rolls her eyes. "I think she was just glad to have a new body waiting for her."

"How long has she been doing that?" Lea asks.

"You know." Tricia says. "Trivalon was so calm before we said he fucked up, his story about a new Overseer 'replacing' him...you think this is what the Dramatae do to useful people they want to keep around?" She holds up a hand. "Okay...other side of this door is a hallway. There's plenty of other doors with labels. I just saw one servant go through."

"Central traverse." Mari says. "It's for the big ones. These are the passages that lead all over the house."

Well, it'd be fun to do on the way out, just scrape out claws on the walls, and just spout gibberish in our lizardspeak.

Also, perhaps we should do something to the other end of the teleport when we come out, just to make sure nobody tries to come back this way?

>>24828950
Is there a door that leads directly to the treasure stash? If so, how many guards are on it?

>>24828802
And then at the end, we step out of the passages and reveal...the monsters were real all along!

"It was really Paladin Serpent!"
"And your master would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for us meddling paladins!"

>>24828950
"Hmmm... what way do the doors swing? "

>>24829017
"Is there a door that leads directly to the treasure stash?" You ask.

"Kinda. The display room is in Holting's master study. But it's a separate room with a large locked door protecting it." Tricia says. "Ugh...all these eyes at once is giving me a headache...anyway...yeah there is a passage to his study."

"Which way do the doors swing?" You ask Lea. "Outward, into the traverse room."

>>24829077
"Hmm...Mage, you got any spells to shape wood, for example into convenient doorstops? If they all swing into the traverse, you could block the doors from opening, and since they'd all be on the hallway side, the servants wouldn't even know what was blocking them."

>>24829169
"Hmm...Mage, you got any spells to shape wood, for example into convenient doorstops? If they all swing into the traverse, you could block the doors from opening, and since they'd all be on the hallway side, the servants wouldn't even know what was blocking them."

"Thought you said you'd ease up on the requests?" Mage says. He's smiling as he says it. "Yeah...I could warp the wood a little. That's easy enough to do, and would jam the doors a bit." He says. "Anything more and...well...it's risky."

>>24828950
Risky? How so?

>>24829298
"Jam should hopefully be enough. If we move fast, we could be through before they think of bringing any real power to bear against the doors; hell, there might not even be anyone trying to move through the traverse while we're there if luck's on our side, this is just insurance."

Before we go barging into heavily trafficked areas, perhaps we should get Tricia to see how many bugs she can contact in the area? Holting is a grain baron and landowner, right? Complacent or unsanitary farming practices could lead to huge pest populations nearby, especially if they're relying on Citadel's power to keep the problem in check. It wouldn't be the first time.

If they do have a lot of food nearby, I imagine there would be a lot of moths and flies nearby, and the spiders that prey on them. They wouldn't have to be the dangerous kind, and Tricia wouldn't even need to keep perfect control over them. Just bring as many swarms of any of those into the mansion as possible and it would drive everyone sqeamish (AKA everyone from Citadel) outside rather quickly.

>>24829077
"Tricia, headaches means you're probably overexerting. We have enough layout, I think. Bring back everyone but the flies in front of us why not?"

>>24829369
Thing is, that might send them through the corridors we're currently in. Probably would've been better timed to execute that before we left the study. We can see what the others think though.

>>24829429
"Tricia, headaches means you're probably overexerting. We have enough layout, I think. Bring back everyone but the flies in front of us why not?"

Tricia nods and gestures. She relaxes a little. "Ugh. I need practice for that."

You look at Mage.

"Jamming the doors should hopefully be enough. If we move fast, we could be through before they think of bringing any real power to bear against the doors; hell, there might not even be anyone trying to move through the traverse while we're there if luck's on our side, this is just insurance."

Mag nods.

"Ready?" Lea asks.

Tricia concentrates. "I don't see or hear anyone coming."

So: We jam these main doors, move as quickly as possible to the study, get into the display room, get the case unlocked, and then book it.

That's the plan?

>>24829623
Seems that way.

>>24829636
do we want to make sure we know how the teleporter works first, or are we just goin'?

>>24829661
Is there any way to find out before going?

>>24829669
We could test the route between white tree and here, if we really wanted. We've not tripped any sentries yet.

>>24829669
>Is there any way to find out before going?

You can always go back to Rage's quarters and spend time looking over his notes.

>>24829699
would take quite a while proceed with the plan. Even if the Mask proves fake we'll at least get the compass we need.

>>24829699
Yeah. So the choice is go back and secure escape route and then do plan, or do plan and wing escape route with bonuses for not-waiting-for-things-to-go-even-wronger.

Both of these options are tempting.

>>24829715
yes. Compass is the primary objective. And it's in that treasure room too, if I understand reports correctly.

Anyone care about checking the way out, or are we going to just keep going? Because it will probably work, and checking is mostly paranoia.

>>24829896
It'll be fine. Rage wouldn't dare risk stranding himself and risking having to interact with /people/ to leave.

>>24829939
Okay, time for gamefaces. We're going to CERTAINLY have to avoid some laser-tripwires here. Magic laser tripwires.

Because this is a heist film.

>>24829699
Too bad we don't have any specific ideas on which parts of the notes to peruse.

>>24829724
If we don't secure this route, we could end up handing the Dramatae a vital strategic asset. On the other hand, we can make use of it ourselves as long as nobody knows about it (Rage seems to have kept this pretty well to himself).

His writing about the "mansion of his mind" reminds me of a bit from 1984: "Nothing was your own except for the few cubic inches inside your skull." And if Citadel has its way, not even that.

>>24830064
I don't know if we really CAN secure this route, other than with sneakery.

>>24829579
"As we'll ever be, I suppose. Jam the door and we'll continue. Hopefully nobody will notice our intrusion until we're long gone and have re-sealed rage's room."

Rolled 15

>>24830210
"As we'll ever be, I suppose. Jam the door and we'll continue. Hopefully nobody will notice our intrusion until we're long gone and have re-sealed Rage's room."

Mage nods. The five/six of you enter the hallway.

"Start with the kitchen." Mari says directing Mage. He quickly goes t the closed door and taps his staff to the door frame. You can hear the creaking of wood. He gives to door an experimental tug. Then a harder one. "Yeah. That should hold a bit."

"Coach house next." Mari says.

Quickly, they go through all of the doors. The rest of you simply holding the doors closed as you wait for Mage to do his work.

You really really hope no one comes in.

>>24830271
>15 people try to bust open the doors

... is high good or bad? Its sometimes hard to tell.

>>24830271
please tell me this is a good thing

>>24830301
it depends on if it's a travel roll

>>24830271
No one. Mage finishes up calmly and smiles. "Okay, that should buy us a minute or two...maybe." He says.

"Come on." Mari says and you go through the passage to Lord Holting's study. It's a very expensive looking room. Walnut walls, large paintings of tasteful art of Citadel skylines and parks hung around the room. It's almost as if you're inside Citadel and looking out onto it. There's a desk, with ledgers, and notes. Boring things filled with numbers about grain yields and territory. You have a feeling that the Princess and the Harpies would like to see these, get a sense of what's actually happening, rather than what Holting just says.

The door to the treasure room is off to the side, subtle and unassuming. An iron door with a little chestnut paneling. A heavy duty handle, and no key hole.

"Now...how do you work?" Mari says, looking at the door.

"Hidden keyhole?" Peri asks.

"Maybe...damn. This thing isn't lightweight, and I don't know if there' spells or not here." Peri/Mari says. "Give us a second."

... try the bracelet. Or magic sight to hep them out.

>>24830401
get to sealing the non-servant doors to this room. Or at least holding them closed.

"I hope you can figure it out Peri, I'd hate to have to smash in"

>>24830463
>>24830414
You lock the normal door to the study, and Mage warps the doorframe a little, just for insurance.

"I hope you can figure it out Peri, I'd hate to have to smash in" You say.

"Alright. Hold on...hey see if that bracelet works." Mari says.

You put your hand with the bracelet onto the handle. Oh! The handle suddenly feels warm in your touch.

You hear a hum and a click. There's then another soft hum...and then one of the decorative brass trumpeter statues that line the door turns slightly so that the bowl of the trumpet is pointed right at your face. There's a pause followed by click...click...click...and then a THUNK.

The handle goes cold and the trumpeter turns back into place.

"What was THAT?" Tricia asks.

>>24830414
Yeah, this first before the barricading then.

>>24830622
"I'm just glad it didn't shoot arrows. I hope whatever crazy thing we have to do here isn't going to make those trumpeters go off."

Wonder if we have to like... stick something into the trumpet? I'm terrible at puzzles.

>>24830622
a security system. Remember that dangerous thing our dear friend was working on? The hand cannon? Those might be similiar.

>>24830634
"I'm just glad it didn't shoot arrows. I hope whatever crazy thing we have to do here isn't going to make those trumpeters go off."

"Don't say stuff like that." Mage says. "The universe screws with us enough. It doesn't need you tempting it."

>>24830705

Try to look at where the trumpeteer was aiming at. It was in Ssen's face, but perhaps her face was blocking line of sight to something? Or perhaps the trumpeteer was indicating something to look at?

>>24830729
perhaps there's something in the trumpet itself?

>>24830750
>>24830729
also, it COULD be a distraction trumpet. though I'd expect that more of comedy.

>>24830729
Maybe it was scanning us. I don't know how detailed the scan could be, but I bet "Lamia" is not on the admit list.

Is this where Lea's token normality saves the day? (This looks like a job for...the normal woman!)

Open the door.

>>24830775
You, sir, could be a genius.

First, though, pitch it to the group.

Err guys the reason why the trumpets returned to their normal positions instead of shooting is because we passed. The door is unlocked.

>>24830831
hmm. Maybe try to open it, if it doesn't work have lea scan?

>>24830831
The 'THUNK' kinda signaled that, not sure why no one posted that before you though.

>>24830851
the thunk could mean any number of things.

>>24830836

I suppose we could try to open it very gingerly. Wouldn't hurt (?).

>>24830896
yeah, I'm for it.

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>>24831008
very real possibility. me might be facing Tragedy on his own turf.

>>24830865
You try to open the door. Nothing. The door's still locked.

"Found something." Tricia says. "Holting stuck a note in this ledger."
- - -
Remember: Changed it again.
Speak clearly, or the damn door wont open.

* Complain to Peace that changing every three weeks is nonsense and annoying. Also that it is is NOT too simple. No one's seen the mask, let alone the Dramatae.
- - -

"No idea what this means." Tricia says.

>>24831043
ah damnit, password protected.

Try.... Tragedy.

>>24831043
"It means there's a password, my dear Tricia. Anyone have any good guesses? Feel free to try them while I look around and hope he was sloppy enough to write it down to help him remember."

>>24831043
So the trumpet is listening for a password.

"The password for the air shield is: 12345."
"Swordfish" and "friend" are also classics.

"Changed it again" -- could be that he's just reminding himself that he's changed the code, or this could be a clue itself.

"Damn door" sounds like it has potential, or maybe "Open up!"

The clue is in the note.

"No one's seen the mask. Let alone the Dramatae"

>>24831043
>Also that it is is NOT too simple.
So it's a simple password and Peace is annoyed he would make the encryption so weak.
Should have remembered to use a capital letter and at lease one number in the PW.

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>>24831193
It's time to hack the megaframe for the encryption locks

Anyone got any good guesses?

Speaking loudly and clearly isn't good for stealth, so we need to get it right.

Tragedy is my guess. Since he mentioned the mask and the dramatae.

>>24831253
1984This is a joke.

>>24831266
Rage might be a good guess since he's the traitor.

I dont' think its someone elses mask since he said 'the.' He would have said her mask, or his mask. But The makes it more personal to him. To him theres The Mask. His Mask.

>>24831339
Fair point. Anyone else for Tragedy as first guess?

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Bear tribe?
Mask?
Dramatae?

>>24831376
>overthinking trap
Shit, they've developed anti-lamia doctrines

>>24831362
Sure, go ahead.

Hopefully our teammates have guesses too, if ours fail.

guys.

what if it's "password"?

>>24831515
That's guess two.

I think for these guys the answer is always "Citadel"

>>24831506
>>24831362
>>24831266

You grab the handle again. It goes warm. The usual sounds and the trumpet turns towards you. You look directly into the horn.

"Tragedy." You say clearly into the horn.

CLICK.

The handle no longer has any resistance in your hand. It swings downwards and the door opens.

"Wow," Mage says looking at the Trumpet. "How in the Myriad Darkness does THAT work?"

"No way Tragedy made that. Peace?" Tricia says.

"Mayb-holy...guys come in here!" Peri says. "Ohhh, you dream of days like this!"

The room is like an elegant museum. Little display cases and small alcoves carved into the wall. In these displays are gems. Diamons, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, clear orange topazes, pink diamonds. The works. The smallest is as big as a fig, the largest is as big as your fist.

There's also a collection of four compasses in one display case.

And in the center of this room, the piece de la resistance, is a silvery mask within a glass cube. You know that mask. You stared it down when they attacked you in Bronze Peak and almost killed Barney and Lea.

"How'd they get that glass so perfectly straight and clear?" Mage asks, looking at the mask.

"Huh." Tricia says. She's looking up higher on the walls. There's a series of, what look like, family portraits.

>>24831691
Loot the room

>>24831691
"Mask first, looking at all the interesting stuff later." See about opening the Mask case, look with Magicovision first. If we get it out, feel free to check out the pictures.

>>24831691
Draw moustaches on the portraits. Make Dana proud.

>>24831691
>get snack
>come back
>treasure room
best snack all day.

"Well, priority is the compasses- one of them is the one we need. the mask after that. I don't know about these gems. We're probably already doing enough stealing without 'em."

Give a look at the portraits, while we're here. They're of minor interest.

Also, magic vision UP. I want to be bedazzled.

the password was tragedy?

Fucking amazing. This, my friends, is a citadel world.

>>24831827
inb4 Magic Vision turns out to be Dragon Vision and Ssen feels the urge to STEAL EVERYTHING

>>24831864
I already kinda do. Gonna have to settle for his mask and all the compasses.

>>24831877
>>24831864
My first impulse is STEAL EVERYTHING.

That is the dragon impulse.

I must only steal what we need. I think.

>>24831877
we should grab a few of the gems to make it seem less like it was us that broke in

>>24831691
"Hey mari, any of these the kind you need for your soul thing?"

>>24831851
It actually makes sense though when you use Lamia Logic.
>Mask never seen by Tragedy
>Have to be wearing mask to /be/ Tragedy
It's still Citadel level foolishness and his previous passwords were probably '12345' and 'password'.

>>24831691
Along one side of the wall are a similar collection of spheres on pedestals that were in Rage's private study.

"Is that Lord Holting?" Tricia asks. Pointing at a painting that looks newer than the others.

"Yeah." Mari says. "It's from way back. He's much older now." She points. "That girl standing next to him? That's my grandmother, Lydia Glenn."

"THAT was the old hag?" Tricia says. "How old is Holting then?"

Mari shrugs.

"Creepy at how she's got a hand on Holting's knee." Lea says. "It's a little high up for my taste."

"Oh...oh! Eww." Tricia says.

"What?" Lea asks.

"Okay...this is Lord Holting, and that's his ancestors, right?" Tricia points to all the other pictures. "Look, they're all perfectly the same. Each time. Same chair, same flower, same look on his face...five generations, and three different painters."

Lea shrugs. "It might just be a family tradition. The painter sees the other older portraits and goes from that."

"Maybe." Tricia says. "But look at these last three...Holting's 'father' and his wife, look at her arm."

It's put exactly in the same spot that Lydia Glenn has her hand. It's the same as Holting. She's exactly the same in all the pictures.

>>24831864
>STEAL EVERYTHING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4om7AuID6BY

Dawnchasers! Today, we will steal the enemy! We can take anything!
Ghouls!
>Wot?!
Mer!
>Our direction is no longer clear.
The foul Dramatae!
>Rage! Stick to the plan!
>...No. I think not.
>METAL MASKS!
No.
>Ah...Dawnchasers.
Yes.
Dawnchasers! Today, we have the enemy. We have not failed!
>NOOO! YOU WILL FAIL!
We have failed.

>>24831926
Clearly they are all the same people.

Now deface the images

>>24831908
"Hey Mari, any of these the kind you need for your soul thing?"

"They're perfect actually..." Mari frowns. She looks back up at the pictures and then back to the gems. "Oh...this might be bad. Very bad."

>>24831962
Oh...they're souls of previous snatched bodies?

>>24831962
the eyes of the paintings are following us arent they...

>>24831926
"I guess they really do play the long game. I can't wait to tell (someone think of a clever name to make fun of Mr Srs Bzns dragon here) that he got played."

>>24831962
"Oh. Oh, so this room is actually horrifying. Thank you for pointing that out.

What do you suppose we do about... a room full of trapped maidens?"

peri very nearly was stuck in here.

>>24831926
... has Peace been swapping bodies?

>>24831962
Just draw moustaches on the paintings already, we know Dana would.

>>24832055
>moustaches
Only on the holtings. The wives are all stolen bodies, which I don't want to muss up.

The real question is what the fuck do we do with these soulgems.

>>24832050
No, holton's been. Also, this was the "personal issues" we foiled for tragedy. We killed his woman.

>>24831962
Get ready to channel quick-quick. We may have to slap down some dramatae time-stop shit.

>>24831988
"I guess they really do play the long game. I can't wait to tell Moldy-Oldy that he got played."

"No," Lea says. "The last descendant of the Bear Tribe hasn't betrayed him." He points at Peri. "She's been holding up the traditions of her family quite well actually."

"What do you suppose we do about... a room full of trapped maidens?" You say.

"Not just maidens." Mari says. "Holting's sons as well...he has to get his new body from somewhere."

Peri checks the glass. "Well...here's the deal. The mask and the compass have these doors." She opens the case for the compasses. "Voila." She grabs them and stuffs them in her pack.

"The gems..." She shakes her head. "The glass is a solid pane. The only way we're getting them is if we break them out."

"There's wards on those panes too." Mage says. "I can see them. We smash them, they'll know we're here."

"Could we just teleport out?" Tricia asks.

The necklace that Rage's Daughter gave you has no reaction at all to Tragedy's teleport spheres.

>>24832185
How did they get them IN if it's a solid pane?

>>24832222
Magic.

>>24832185
See if Mage can dispel the wards. If not, we leave them for now. We really REALLY don't want Holting to know we've been here.

>>24832185
"Marvelous work on the mask and compasses, either way. These gems though... I can't let this stand, but I also have no idea what we would DO with them once we got them. Would breaking them free the people in there? Do they even want us to do that?"

>>24832222
>How did they get them IN if it's a solid pane?
The put the gems in the alcover first, THEN put the pane in.

>>24832185
smash the teleport spheres. It will hopefully prevent Tragedy from teleporting in while we're breaking out.

As for the gems... anyone have a sack? We can use those as proof that Lord Holting is, well scum. And Mari might just get everything.

>>24832185
What's the pane set in? Just into stone?

>>24832266
>smash the teleport spheres. It will hopefully prevent Tragedy from teleporting in while we're breaking out.
This.
>As for the gems... anyone have a sack?
Everyone else back to the teleport room then we smash the glass, bag everything then quick-quick downstairs?

>>24832261
Forget the gems. Guys Mari even said a natural, uncut imperfect gem was better for their purposes.

If we could just sort of... melt the alcove, we might get in there without triggering the ward.

Though, we probably still would.

>>24832380
>forget the gems
we don't need them for mari. We need them because they are full of souls. Captured souls.

Lets not touch the Tragedy mask directly. It might put a bunch of Citadel magic into us.

>>24832344
hmm might work. We could have everyone grab as many Notes of Rage as possible. But this involves Splitting the Party. So its risky.

>>24832402
Oh my well isn't quartz a stone?

Stone to mud.

>>24832404
I don't think anyone is wearing gloves except for maybe Lea. Have her handle that.

>>24832324
Forgetting to ward the brackets holding the pane in place does seem in character for the not-terribly-security-conscious Mr. Holting.

>>24832402
Even if we do grab the gems, what do we do with them? It's not like we have spare bodies to dump them into.

I still think it's way too much risk for a nonexistent gain.

>>24832448
The only real thing we could do for them is use them as evidence, and then break them so they're no longer trapped. Or keep them until we figure out something bodywise, or a way to talk to them to ask what they want us to do.

>>24832448
Well, we were thinking about magical prostheses for Princess Mumei...why not build whole bodies?

>>24832448
Only solution is if Mage can stone-to-mud them all so they can move on to the afterlife in peace. It's really doubtful we can get bodies for them because that's as immoral as kicking them out of theirs in the first place.

>>24832492
Let's not break them right away though. Let's make sure we do whatever need be done in order to correctly free them.

>>24832259
"Marvelous work on the mask and compasses, either way. These gems though... I can't let this stand, but I also have no idea what we would DO with them once we got them. Would breaking them free the people in there? Do they even want us to do that?"

"We can't just leave them here!" Lea says. "This is an abomination of the highest order!"

"Mage, can you dispel the wards?" You ask.

Mage shrugs. "I can try."

"How about the stone then? Can you turn it into mud and get around the glass?"

Mage tilts his head from side to side. "Maybe."

You turn to the Teleport Spheres. They're made of stone, plus covered in magic. That's going to be a job that's a bit more than just smashing it with Beacon.

Peri pops the glass case around the mask open. "Okay...it's all yours Ssen." She says. It's obvious that the pair don't want to touch the thing.

>>24832516
if we find a way to talk to them, we could offer them jobs as, say, watchmen.

>>24832551
use anti-mind control potion

>>24832506
Maybe.

>>24832551
>>24832571
yes.

>>24832560
I wonder if theres such a thing as golem bodies in this setting.

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>>24832551
Pick it up, but use a handkerchief to do it.

You know, that frilly handkerchief we've been keeping secret from everyone else.

>>24832571
>>24832590
Handkerchief is enough, no potion.

>>24832622
If we start tripping Citadels, we'd better have Tricia or Lea ready to knock us out and force-feed that potion (if it works that way).

>>24832551
"Well, here's hoping I don't go all citadel-nuts on you guys. Probably won't happen at all."

>>24832689
>Tasty_bunny_hunting.Ssen.dream
Not sure they want to be anywhere near Fanged Death.

>>24832622
Take the whole damned thing. With the compass gone, they'll already know we were here, and particularly with the stones.

>>24832723
To clarify, i meant take the whole mask.

Why haven't we defaced the portraits yet? We need revenge for the terrible decision that we made involving that "flattering" painting back in citadel.

>>24832701
"Well, here's hoping I don't go all citadel-nuts on you guys. Probably won't happen at all." You say.

Lea hands you a piece of cloth. You gingerly take the mask in hand.

Roll 1d20, lower is better

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>>24832723
>>24832749

yell, duh we take the whole mask. We're just using some protection is all.

Rolled 12

>>24832786
No whammies.

Rolled 11

>>24832786
nat 20.

Rolled 14

>>24832786
I told you guys we should have used the potion

Rolled 7

>>24832790
What could go wrong?

>>24832821
hey, it's only the tragedy mask. We'll probably be hit with THE SADS.

hopefully 12-13 is low enough

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>>24832807
>>24832809
>>24832821
Ugh. 12.33 average. Piss.

>>24832844
and now Ssen goes :C and gives everyone the sad puppy face.

>>24832871
It is a failure for attack rolls, so there's that.

>>24832622
>You know, that frilly handkerchief we've been keeping secret from everyone else.
That one that smells of... snake?

>>24832844
Brace for knowing what it feels like to lose everything we've ever loved. I doubt it'll hit suicidal despair depths, since we didn't nat 20, but still this is gonna get us right in the feels.

>>24832916
If you asked Tricia, yes.

>>24832935
I'm actually surprised we didn't nat 20 this.

>>24832807
>>24832809
>>24832821

You're next to Father's bedside. He's gone. You have to go get Father Uriah and Uncle Alexander...you knew this day was coming for a while...it's no surprise.

Father said that passing in bed, family at his side, was one of the finest ways to die.

You need to leave...you need to move...you need to stop the tears that are running down your face.

Right now though...you don't think you can move at all.

>>24832981
we're saving the nat20 for when we touch peace's mask.

Comedy is fine too.

>>24832966
Search fold of armor for handkerchief, find it missing, "What? Where's my-"
>Trisha pulls it from robe sleeve and thrusts it toward us while staring at her toes.
>Most awkward of silences.

>>24833013
"This isn't the hard part"

>>24833013
Oh man, THIS memory.

Well, I suppose we can be sad next to him for a little while. Until we can stop crying.

>>24833013
Death is not an end, but a change. Change is inevitable, terrifying and yes, painful, but we welcome and conquer it. We wouldn't be our father's daughter if we didn't.

Father's last words:

"You're a dragon"

So, the thing that would break ssen out of crying at this point in time is probably something along the lines of
"I'm a dragon"

right?

>>24833137
Honestly, who said we need to stop crying? sometimes life hurts. If losing Dad doesn't hurt like hell, we don't have a heart.

Tricia: still be "sworn enemies" with Ssen, so we can't use you to cheer us in this memory.

its the not moving part... we can cry but we need to move too.

>>24833178
yeah, true enough. Keep crying a time.

I'm just kind of confused how we're going to get out of dreamzone.

>>24833101
You take a deep breath, and remember Uriah's words, the words of the Teachings.

Death is not an end, but a change. Change is inevitable, terrifying and yes, painful, but we welcome and conquer it. We wouldn't be our father's daughter if we didn't.

"This isn't the hard part." You say.

"Could have fooled me." Mage says. You're back in Holting's treasure room. The mask is in your hand.

Mage and Mari are trying to figure out the wards on the glass.

Lea is watching the teleport spheres.

Tricia is using her swarm to deface the Holting family portraits. She looks at you. "You okay Ssen? You're crying." She holds open a sack to hold the mask.

>>24833206
yes. Okay. Keep crying, but go get uncle alexander. Or uriah. Whichever is closer.

>>24833223
just remembering a bit of tragedy. But I'm alright.

Dump the mask in the sack.

>>24833223
"Yes. Don't touch the mask."

>>24833223
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Thank you hon. Just thought of Dad. I suppose I still miss him more than I thought I did."

>>24833223
"The mask lives up to its namesake. Here."
put the mask in the bag, and brush away your tears
"I just need a minute here"

Take a minute. Because jeez, tragedy mask, we had nicely buried that memory behind layers of goofy adventure. The entire point of the adventure, in fact.

>>24833223
"I-it's nothing, just some memories is all." put the mask in the bag and watch Mage and Mari work next to Tricia.

>>24833276
>don't touch the mask
An important point.

>>24833223
Would there be a way to leave a flower where the mask was? I'm feeling a little Dramatic

>>24833360
I -knew- we should have collected those blank masks for something. It would have been so perfect!

>>24833360
Leave a paper trollface mask.

>>24833395
We could've even painted it! With Venom.

After we take some time, we should probably help mage with whatever the crap we told him to do. Melting stuff.

>>24833423
No poison. Poison positively identifies that we were ever here.

>>24833449
Not if it's Tricia's.

>>24833223
>defacing the portraits
I fucking love you echo

So, say the dramatae reversed our enlightenment on us with spell reversal.

Would it actually make us more powerful?

>>24833449
Who else in the myriad darkness would break into Tragedy's treasure vault and steal everything in the middle of the day?

>>24833288
"The mask lives up to its namesake. Here." You drop it in the sack. "Don't touch it. Anyone. I need a minute."

You walk back out into the study. And take a deep breath. You feel a hand on your shoulder and Tricia is there.

"Just some old tragedy. I thought of Dad. I suppose I still miss him more than I thought I did." You wipe your eyes.

Tricia pats you on the shoulder and goes back into the treasure room.

A deep breath, a stretch, and a little bit of holding the medallion, and you're okay to stop being little Ssen Patrick, and go back to being the Paladin Serpent.

"Alright." Mage says. "So I think I have a solution." He points at the gems. "It's a clear Dawnchaser plan, and it involves putting magical energies directly on flesh. If I can do it right, I can put a localized spell of stone to mud around a person's arm and hand. They'll reach through the wall, which will melt at their touch, and they'll be able to grab the gem and pull it back." He says. "The list of things that can go wrong with this are enormous. Like 'lose your entire arm' would be in the middle of the bad things that could happen."

>>24833489
Would be nice if we just destroyed the woman's face in each painting. Twist the knife hard for Tragedy.

>>24833497
"Strike me down and I shall become more powerful than you have ever imagined!" True Strike for 5 turns

>>24833520
sounds like a plan. Hopefully Jeremy can replace arms.

>>24833520
I wonder if we extend our claws if he can just cast the spell on them instead...

>>24833520
"Do you mind if I ask why we don't just... melt an arm sized hole?

I'm sure there's a very good magic reason, I'd just like to hear it before risking my arm. Unless any of you guys want to volunteer."

>>24833582
Ooh, we can grow back our claws. Good idea

>>24833520
Tricia can replace the bugs in her body right?

If so, she's our candidate

>>24833520
Could we cast the spell on e.g. Beacon or some other weapon, use that to dig a mud tunnel, and then reach through?

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>>24833609
if our claws are long enough to chopstick-grab the gems, this is feasible.

>>24833617
she can't replace her skeleton.

>>24833617
No. We don't even want to know how crazy the magic interaction could be.

>>24833617
Flesh, maybe. She admitted to Granny that she couldn't add to her swarm, whatever that entails. Bones, I dunno.

I like the claw option.

>>24833659
>>24833649
>>24833648
Disregard my idea then, sounds a bit too stupid

>>24833696
>696
claw option is good, but only if our claws are long enough.

We might consider using the tip of the tail too, or getting peri to do it. Because peri wants to get a new body anyway.

>>24833600
"Do you mind if I ask why we don't just... melt an arm sized hole?" You ask.

"I can try, but it's less accurate." Mage says. "I could get a small hole, or I could melt the entire wall, or the shift in the stone would crack the glass and set off the seal." He says. "This way is more accurate and wont set off any alarms." He shrugs. "Personally...I say we just smash, grab, and book it."

>>24833721
Your claws can extend about three inches out at their fullest.

>>24833757
Alright, I'm willing to risk an arm for them. Lets do it.

>>24833782
fuck it, smash it and leg it

>>24833757
"Would... would it work on hair?"

HAIR LASSOS.

>>24833757
Honestly yeah smash, grab and haul ass.

>>24833823
"Would... would it work on hair?"

Mage shrugs. "Maybe, but you can't move your hair on your own. You can't just throw it into the stone. It's mud, not water. You need to push through it." He shrugs.

"What about a fork or a pair of sticks?" Mari suggests.

Mage shrugs. "Possible, but we go back to the big risk on cracking the glass, plus if we lose the grip on the stone while it's inside the wall, then it'll be trapped in solid rock when the spell expires."

>>24833757
Could try melting a very small, arrowshaft-sized hole to see if we can get it right, then widen the hole once we've got it placed properly.

And if we set off an alarm, blow the joint and book it. But I am NOT in favor of risking ANYONE'S arm on this for the sake of stealth.

>>24833757
"Alright, smash-n-grab it is. Everyone ready to go?" after a pause " Who would like to do the honors?" Roll out.

smash and grab almost garuntees a battle. I'd rather risk an arm.

>>24833893
How about a few bugs to carry the hair loop?

>>24833895
Yep. try melting a hole, if it fails, GRAB AND RUN SO FAST.

How fast can we loot a room of gems?

>>24833935
>>24833963
Combination: small hole for the hair rope, bug carries it through and loops it around, then we recover it.

>>24833963
no, wait, wait, wait.

We still need to sabotage the teleport first.

>>24833926
Well, lets not forget that we have 3 options.
Smash and Grab (guaranteed grab, high risk to escape)
Arm-in-mud (Risk of losing arm, silent escape if successful)
Mage makes a hole (No personal risks of bodily harm, moderate risk to escape)
Forks-n-stuff (Essentially same as Mage making a hole except possibly leaving behind obvious magic signs)

>>24834031
hurr forgot "more than"
Can't type tonight

Smash and grab.

Subtly is for those who hide in the dark

>>24834001
>bugs grab all the hairs on ssen's head
>tie several to each gem
>OKAY PULL SSEN
>most painful hairdressing

So heavy, so comical. Relies on bugs strong enough to swim through mud.

>>24834071
>burrowing insects aren't a thing

>>24834120
no, they are. I just mean that's the foibling point of the plan.

>>24834071
>>24834120
btw deliberating on our plan is costing us precious time during which the help comes ever nearer to discovering something is up with the doors. I say we smash and grab.

>>24834205
Yeah, we need to make a move.

>>24833935
"How about a few bugs, carrying a hair loop?" You say.

Mage nods. "It could work." He sighs. "Although that would take a lot of concentration and focus. Not to mention time."

Lea looks at the sphere. "We've been here for close to two hours. The sun will be setting in about an hour, hour and a half. If Holting's coming back to his house...it'll be soon."

"It'll take longer than that to do the bug-rope plan." Mage says.

>>24834205
I say try mud manipulation to make a small hole, when that fails and sets off the wards, the plan becomes smashgrab.

Good?

SMASH AND GRAB

>>24834224
alright then, if hes coming back soon anyway... Smash And Grab.

>>24834224
"Okay. Melt a hole, mage. If the ward goes off, get ready to smash and grab. Get our loot sacks ready, we'll have to be fast. Fast fast."

>>24834261
>fast fast
Quick quick.

>>24834261
you mean quickquick

I think we should risk an Arm or try a stick in the mud

wouldn't it be yanno... bad if a paladin is caught stealing from a noble?

>>24834280
redeath is slow slow

>>24834276
>>24834280
yes. my mistake.

>>24834224
We need chances of success on the arm thing. Because if we lose an arm, that's a liability. Especially since whatever alarm is in place will likely go off if we fuck this up.

And make no mistake, we're not risking someone ELSE'S arm. That's not something a good leader can ask someone else to do.

Rolled 7

>>24834261
"Okay. Melt a hole, mage. If the ward goes off, get ready to smash and grab. Get our loot sacks ready, we'll have to be fast. Fast fast."

Mage takes a deep breath and puts the end of his staff against the wall.

"Let's see what goes wrong NOW." He mutters.

>>24834302
FUUUUUUCK

>>24834302
piss fuck shit.

>>24834238
That has my vote. Arrowshaft sized at first, then widen.

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>>24834302
SHIT COCK

>>24834344
don't worry, if we run fast enough the hired help won't see us. Only the dramatae.

>>24834302
The wall starts to give a little and a small amound of mud drips from the wall. Mage lets out a sigh of relief...then he growls in the back of his throat. "It worked, but the other magics in this place are slowing it down. No way I can do this quickly for all eight of them."

(5 Lord Holtings and 3 Lady Glenns)

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>>24834302

I'm not sure if echo was aware of time being a factor until that one anon said something

fucking shit man, might as well smash and grab now

>>24834378
grab 1 holting and 2 glenn, then smash the rest. As we should be able to hit two simultaneously ourselves and our companions can hit the other four for a complete grab. Then we run for Rage's Study.

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Well, if we HAVE to smash and grab to get out of this in a timely fashion, let's at least do it quietly.

Is anyone here profecient at cutting glass? Peri maybe? Or can we do it with our claws?

It would trip the ward, but not the servants.

>>24834427
I agree. We need to get at least one holting and one glenn gem and get the hell to Rage teleport area.

>>24834449
It would also take longer, giving the Dramatae more time to react.

>>24834420
>>24834427
how many can Ssen snatch at once?

We should get the rest out with the mud trick, and then have Ssen grab like, five and quickquick out of there. Or however many she can carry.

Just smash and grab and get the fuck out

>>24834486
Isn't that where the Dramatae would come in through, if they responded?

I mean, maybe we should just take what we can then run. No smashing, no alarm/ward triggering.

>>24834514
they come through the TRAGEDY teleport ring.

Or just fucking appear.

The rage one seems to be in misuse.

>>24834514
I really hope this isn't an auto-teleport ward

That'd be all kinds of suck

>>24834536
>>24834559
I'm still not really comfortable triggering the wards. We get a few out, don't risk losing anyone, AND we got the Tragedy mask.

That should be enough for now. Let's not get greedy now.

>>24834378
Seriously smash and grab now.

>>24834509
You sigh and shake your head. "Alright. Enough of this." You say. "Everyone pick a gem. On three."

"Now THIS is a proper Dawnchaser plan." Tricia says.

Lea gets a small stone paperweight from the office. Everyone else gets ready to use their weapons.

"Before we start to run like headless chickens because the Darkness is on our heels. Who's getting the last three?" Lea asks.

>>24834655
THIS IS A RETARDED PLAN

ABORT! ABORT! ABORT!

>>24834629
its not being greedy, its attempting to save lost souls who have been trapped for far too long.

>>24834655
Since we aren't using beacon or clang we can use quick quick for the last three I think.

>>24834655
ssen, tricia, and peri.

Or all of 'em are ssen, if we're putting the gems in a sack. Since ssen has the highest weight carrying power.

>>24834655
I will
>>24834681
Do you want to deal with Lord wassit face for sure?

>>24834655
quick quick from the get go. stretch for a second or so to get ready before the burgling, don't wanna pull a hammy.

>>24834722
we lack hamstrings... no legs.

>>24834722
yes. Be sure to stretch out while you are giving your answer on the 3gem issue. I already gave my answer earlier, and don't want to doublevote.

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>>24834695
It's greedy to want to win all the time, and it's foolish to expect it.

>>24834722
>>24834712
>>24834695
"I will." You say. You stretch your quick-quick muscles and get in position. You can actually break another glass open with your tail pretty safely.

"Okay..." Mage sighs as everyone gets ready. "On your mark Ssen."

>>24834737
Don't want to pull a quickie then?

>>24834805
1

2

3

>>24834805
"Get crackin!"

this is the best pun I could come up with.

>>24834805
"Light, don't let us fuck this up. Three, two, one."

Rolled 5

>>24834881
"Light...don't let us fuck this up." You say.

"Amen." Lea says.

"Three, two, one. Get crackin!"

SMASH!

Glass and blue sparks everywhere. The others all grab their gems and make a break for it. You have a gem in one clawed hand and a gem in your tail which you quickly toss into your hand the gems go into a bag. You shift quick-quick over to the other gems and again, SMASH SMASH.

You grab the last two gems.

>>24834980
... high is good right? Right? RIGHT?

>>24834980
I hope that check is for the dramatae, and not us.