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Events Summary:

You disguised yourself as a subordinate of the lich, Magnock, to infiltrate his base and save your friends.

However, before you could escape, the lich Yi Fang appeared, backed by powerful angels, and the forces of the ringed city. Fang destroyed the lich with ease, and you confronted him, prepared to hold out while your friends teleported to safety.

To your surprise, Fang was willing to negotiate, and quickly wrapped you up in a scheme to escape back to Archon right under the nose of the angels.

It wasn't long before you encountered Sandalphon - the Most High, leader of the angels. While Abigail avoided notice, he honed in on you, demanding that Fang, who was pretending that you were his summon, turn you in for study. Unwilling to endanger your allies, you submitted to capture.

The angel Michael, one of the greatest healers in the world, is responsible for your 'examination'. But a curse he received from a Demon Lord twisted his mind into that of a psychotic madman - and you were at his mercy.

Auriel is working with him to restore her powers. You communciated with her telepathically, begging her for help and informing her of Michael's insanity, but you're not sure if you convinced her of the truth.

However, using the power of the two Shards of Darkness you've gathered, you manage to burst free of your cage and attack and consume Michael. Now, you're on the run in the middle of the Ringed City - the beating heart of angel territory.

Rolled 95, 89, 27, 38, 6 = 255

>>25349111
oh yea

>>25349111
Let's do this shit.

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Ringed City will fall.

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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:

http://pastebin.com/zYkUY1zM

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

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Active (intent-use abilities that don't require mana)
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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)

Focus - With a burst of concentration, you can significantly improve your detection of both the mundane and magical, but you also drastically increase the risk of giving yourself away. (think sonic ping)

Berserk - Ignore your defenses and strike all around you in a vicious physical assault. Difficult to determine friend from foe.

Shadow Eater - Eat an enemy's shadow for a small heal. Their shadow will regenerate over the course of a day. They might notice it's missing...

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Doom Aura - Puts out all lights in an area at once. Large penalty to dodge if used during battle.

Compress - By sacrificing strength and defense, you can compress yourself and your aura to the size of a small mouse, greatly increasing dodge and physical and magical stealth. Warning: requires a turn to activate and deactivate.

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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)

Shadow Beam - A concentrated beam of shadow power. Attacks faster than shadow strike/assault, and is more accurate. (Costs 6 mana; 6 base damage)

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

Nightblaze - Cancel enchantments and spells in an area around you. Success and range based on mana spent. (Spend 4 to 10 mana. Radius: 30 feet. Additional 20 feet per mana. Alternate: Spend 10 mana to attempt to cancel any one single spell in sight-range with a greatly enhanced success rate)

Shadowmeld - Magic-based stealth. Pay any amount of mana. Physical and magical stealth increases based on how much mana was spent until stealth is broken. Can be used to re-stealth mid-battle.

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

Spirit Whip - Lash the enemy with a whip of spirit magic. (base power 2. Costs 2 mana)

I'm back! I finally got time for a Shadow Quest!

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

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

Heal - Spend either 2, 4, or 6 mana to heal a target 4, 7, or 10 HP, respectively.

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]

>>25349111
It's SHADOW TIME!

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Oh YEAH

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Current Statistics:

HP: 46/56
Mana: 20/20
EXP: 3
Humanity: 184
Temerity: 178
Shards of True Darkness: 2 (Isolation, Hunger)

Party Members:

None

Summoned:

Wisp (1 mana per order, does not break control, stealths with you)

Equipment:

None

Inventory:

None

Current Location:

Ringed City

>>25349174
Neat

>>25349111
It is time for some major asskicking and nametaking.

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>>25349174

This is amazing.

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>>25349174

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The angels will crumble under the weight of their own corruption!

>everyone pours into the thread with OC images
>son...I am proud

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You grab Ila and fly out the window.

The tower collapses behind you. You dive down, straight into a rising, billowing cloud of pale smoke. You sprint into an alley as a roar of stone crashes to the ground.

You lay Ila against the wall even as the dust rolls over you.

Inspiration strikes you.

<Ila, I'm going to the Great Gardens to find something hidden there,> you lie. <Try and meet me there, if you can.>

If she's captured, they'll make her talk...or at least ask her what she knows. Now she'll give them misinformation.

Points of light dart in the sky above you. More people - both normal, and angelic - are running towards the building. You sprint down to the corner of the alley.

Three things grab your attention - stairs, leading down and out from the gleaming white boulevard you're standing on. A sewer grate. Then, another building across the street.

What do you do?

Vote 1:
>stairs

Vote 2:
>sewer

Vote 3:
>building

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also vote
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Vote A:
>shadowmeld (specify mana expenditure)

Vote B:
>compress

Vote C
>both (specify mana)

>>25349208
That or their own bullshit.

Also, if we try to find the body of Mike's victim, let's take it with us for Fang, so he can use it as blackmail material.

>>25349250
2 b

>>25349250
2 c (10mp)

>>25349250
Shit! Before we go, we need to ask Ila to find the body of Mike's victim in the Great Gardens! She'll definitely try hard to find it!

>>25349250

Sewer has more shadows for us to hide in, but that might also be the most obvious route and the one that they will most likely be able to block off the easiest. Hmm.

Eh, fuck it. Going with 2.

I have a feeling we will want to use Nightblaze in the chamber of souls. So lets save our mana.

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>>25349250
2

C

Not sure how much. 15?

>>25349279
Agreed.

>>25349250
Going with 2-B

>>25349290

That's too much, I think I'd go with 5-10 myself.

>>25349250
2c10

>>25349290
>>25349303
These.
2
C
10 mana

>>25349250
2 B

>>25349250
>2

>C

>10 mana (gotta leave some for nightblaze)

>>25349279
Good idea, man. She knows how bad he was, so she'll try her hardest to find it. She might even knows where it is!

>>25349250
2c

>>25349250
I'd go with 2-C, spending about 5-6 mana. We want to have mana left over for Nightblazes, and I'm fairly sure that stealth is indefinite until we break it.

>>25349279
Let's do it. SM, is this still possible at the moment?

>>25349279
>Shit! Before we go, we need to ask Ila to find the body of Mike's victim in the Great Gardens! She'll definitely try hard to find it!

She's bound in spirit. Unbinding her would cause her to attack you.

People seem to think that if she can't hear their orders, you'll be safe, but it's been made clear that she has several standing orders to default to if no angels are around to direct her.

Just clearing that up; it's stuff that's already been gone over, but it was a while ago back in the battle at Evinbrook.

>>25349250
2 C

5-10

>>25349353

Damn, guess we'll have to hope Auriel looks into it for now.

>>25349250

Cutting off votes.

Hold on a moment.

>>25349250
1. they consider the shadows natural path to be the sewer. i would not put it past them to trap it
and c with 8 mana. that should make it as much as 10 before oneness

>>25349353
Well, we shouldn't unbind her immediately, of course. She should do it at her own pace and free time.

looks like its 2c with 10 mana,

Lets get our stink on!

>>25349372
Actually that raises a question SM.

When we specify mana expenditure for variable power skills, are you going to want the pre-Oneness cost and then you take the 20% off, or do you want us to factor it in beforehand?

>>25349250

You've selected 2-C: head into the sewers, use both compress and shadowmeld.

Some people said 10 mana; others 5-10. I'll average it to 7 mana.

Mana: 13/20

>writing

>>25349401
>>25349410

Oh yeah, you bought it.

You're spending 7 mana. 20% off is...1.4.

So, you're getting a 7-mana effect Shadow meld for only 6 mana! What a deal!

That will always round down, fyi.

>Mana: 14/20

And something else, since oneness will always reduce all shadow magic by at least 1, we should always cast Shadowmeld for 1 (reduced to 0) for a perma stealth boost.

Guys, remember about what Fang said about Sandalphon hiding in the air ship in paranoia? Don't be too hasty, he might be up there. Just sayin'.

>>25349426
hah

>>25349250
1:B&C 10 mp

>>25349426
It will take up a turn, though.

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>>25349426

All spells cost at least 1 mana to be effective.

>0 mana bind sadly, does nothing

>>25349208

Holy shit.

Can we make this out new base form for when we aren't dealing with humans or anything? Because it looks awesome.

>>25349435
From what I understand out plan is to go to the "soul registry" and try to free the slaved mages.
Even if they end up recaptured, it will cause a lot of chaos, and at least a few will probably escape if they can teleport.
there is probably at least one angel there though, of dubious strength.

>>25349512
I agree. Let's call it our Shonen Jump form.

>>25349512
I concur with this anon. We can just replicate the shirt, pants and shoes. Already have a utility belt.

>>25349519

I'd imagine it's going to be very well guarded.

That is, unless they rely on the fact that the enslaved mages are compelled to obey orders and won't even try stealing back their souls.

>>25349435

Also, let's be honest.

If we eat that airship, we're going to kill people. Some of whom won't deserve it. Michael was a monster. Not everyone in Ring City is.

Not that I'd object to use becoming a little more morally ambiguous. Just raising a point here.

>>25349523
Had, you mean.

>>25349512

Thirded.

>>25349541

Yeah, I don't think we would jump at killing a whole bunch of people unless they're attacking us, or they really REALLY deserve it.

>>25349541

unless the ship is currently docked, then removing it's power source will leave the structure intact as the Sky-Sever should not be affecting it...

also, Might I suggest that next upgrade we get Wind Resistance 2, it would allow for less risk running the Sky-Sever...

>>25349512

I like this idea.

There's nothing wrong with out androgynous form for socialising, but between friends we might as well adopt something closer to out true nature.

>>25349512

/a/ pls leave

Now is not the time to stir up trouble. You gather your mana, and swirl it about yourself like cloak, melding into the scant shadows of the alley.

>Mana: 14/20

>you're now in stealth!

But just to be sure...you take your aura...and Compress it.

With an odd -POP!-, you suddenly snap to the size of a mouse.

You skitter across the white stone street and Ink into the sewer grate.

And not a moment too soon! A even thumping of metal armor crashes up the stairs you'd been contemplating and pours out onto the street, braving the smoke. You hear a man shout, rapidly dividing the troops into the search crew. They spread out through the smog of dust with disciplined precision. None of them are angels.

A shout goes up. They've found Ila.

The sewer is dark. A trickle of light filters down through the grate you dropped through. Lines of Light energy pulse through metal wires that are held firm to the stone by adamantium clasps. Your senses tell you they lead to the center of the city, then below, to the various mana pools. The lines themselves spread through the street and out to the buildings.

What do you do?

>go back up; use the cloud to pick off the soldiers
>see if you can listen in on their conversation with Ila
>use Focus; try to get a heading toward where the mage souls are kept
>some other strategy

>>25349512

I agree by virtue of the fact that the little shadow quiff makes us look like Shadow Tintin.

>>25349519

We could be practically sacrificing the free mages to make our escape and to cause chaos and we don't know if it is even possible to free the souls without physically delivering them to their owner or at all. The plan is full of holes and conjectures that's why I originally favored getting out fast. But if we are going to try lets keep our stealth and avoid using focus at all.

>>25349597

>use Focus; try to get a heading toward where the mage souls are kept

>>25349597
>use Focus; try to get a heading toward where the mage souls are kept

>>25349597

Focus. The angels aren't here now, but they can get here quickly.

I'd rather not make a Stealth Roll against Sandalphon.

>>25349597
Focus. We might find Flint and Auriel as well.

>>25349614
we got balanced and compress for a reason.

>>25349512
It would be amusing, but think about how the others would react to it. Sure, Abigail might find it funny, but the others...?
>>25349597
Get further down the sewer then use Focus, don't want to accidentally expose ourselves if Focus does do so.

>>25349597
>use Focus; try to get a heading toward where the mage souls are kept

>>25349597
>use Focus; try to get a heading toward where the mage souls are kept


not enough time to be sitting around listening to conversations

>>25349597

Focus will reveal us. It's like a beacon, as I recall. We don't want to be a beacon as we hide.

>see if you can listen in on their conversation with Ila

then

>Journey into the deep

>>25349512
I like it.

Makes me think that our interaction with Darkxis has changed us a bit.

>>25349597

do any of them seem magically inclined? If not then a quick Ping shouldn't hurt...

>>25349512
Honestly, I'd rather not.

>>25349640
>Get further down the sewer then use Focus, don't want to accidentally expose ourselves if Focus does do so.

I like this idea too. I'm worried about the angels hearing us pinging around with it and will cut us off down here.

>>25349649

we did buy the upgrade to knock the beacon part of it down by 75%....

less of a lighthouse, more of a candle...

>>25349597
>see if you can listen in on their conversation with Ila
if she saw us go down into the sewers, that might suck

>>25349656

Their armor feels magical, but there are definitely no angels among them. The one giving the orders smells like Wind...with a little Fire.

>>25349649
If that happens, let's just leave a shade for them and be done with it.

Damn it people! Focus drastically increases the risk of giving ourselves away! We can get their by searching the sewer below the tower.

>>25349640

We're never not going to be creepy.

We based out human appearance on mixture of doll things that half the anons here agreed to just so that guy would stop posting them, and a Chaos Mage.

Besides, all the people who know us well know as better as a shadow blob than an androgynous guy anyway. They'd be cool.

>>25349640
>>25349597
Thirding this. Gotta put up some distance.

writing

>>25349674

so their commander is the only one who would directly notice the ping then...

modifying my vote to follow >>25349640

>>25349614
Balance cuts away most of the penalty, and we may as well get a closer look at it while we are here. We have super stealth active, so as long as we don't get too close to an angel or really good ward, we should be good.

>>25349597
We can listen to see what they say to Ila, but we should head off quickly and ping focus when we are away from the crowd.

>>25349685
Balance reduces our detectability by 75% when using focus.

>>25349650

I like this idea.

>>25349640
Modding my vote to this as well.

>>25349640

Yeah. Get down the sewer, then Focus.

Changing vote.

>>25349709

No reason to risk the remaining 25% now went we haven't try finding them by mundane means.

>>25349208

Is this new OC? Because it's really well done.

Kinda looks like a Darkxis/Shadow merge.

Can we also buy the first level of light resistance? It only costs 2xp, right, and I can see it being very useful in the near future.

I think multishade leads to proper doppelgangers. Lets get multishade next.

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>>25349756
It's an image from a drawthread a week or so ago. I removed the background and added lines and the "Erebus Rises" to make it kinda propaganda-y.

>>25349776
Check the tree. We already did.

You decide that you need to make distance between yourself and the tower as quickly as possible.

You delve into the sewers, sprinting along a hall. You notice a flight of stairs, and, remembering that the room you sensed earlier was relatively deep, take them down.

You're pretty confident in your stealth...and you can't feel anything nearby. You use Focus.

The sewers bloom to life. You feel hundreds of rats, some in the water, others crawling about in cracks between the tunnels. Further on ahead, toward the center of the city, loom the bright spots of the mana pools. You glance up. As you get closer to the center, the adamantium cables conducting the mana to various buildings also grows thicker, like the trunk of a tree.

Several stories down, you feel the room again. There are hundreds of tiny orbs of light - like shells, encapsulating darkness. Some few dozens hold Spirit, but most are Shadow. The orbs are arranged in regular patterns.

That has to be it.

But it's not the only thing you sense. Above you, people are pouring toward and away from the fallen tower. Angels are flying from all corners of the city. You can feel more down below - none near you, but closer to the soul room, and the central mana-pool area, they rapidly increase in density.

You make your way down, further toward the center.

What do you do?

>continue on toward the soul room
>something else

>>25349782

It's good.

I kinda see it as a form Abigail would like. It;s very 'Mr Shadow'.

>>25349208
>>25349512
I have to say it makes for a very compelling image.
I would like this new form.

>>25349791

>continue on toward the soul room

>>25349791
>>continue on toward the soul room


Wonder if we could smash the wall and drain some mana from the cables.

>>25349791
Onward, we have an ally to free!

Freeing all of them would also cause some nice havoc; making a good distraction to escape, assuming the shadow mages want their freedom.

>>25349791

Ugh. This whole thing makes me feel like a rat in a trap.

I know we're justice and all, but I can't help but feel we should have Supersonic'd out as soon as possible.

I vote to continue to the soul room for now. Full stealth.

>>25349791

When we get to the center of the adamantium cables, we should nightflare it for shits. Cutting off mana to the entire city sounds like a great idea.

Follow the cables

>>25349791
Continue.

>>25349782
Maybe that'll be our form if we get a shitload of humanity.

>>25349791
Soul room.

>>25349791
Euhh. Lots of angels near the soul room means we probably shouldn't head there.

If all the angels are flying to the collapsing tower, we could use this opportunity to slip out of the city, or at least hide ourselves in the outer parts of the city and look around.

>>25349791
>continue on toward the soul room
We can see about sabotaging these cables later.

We should get a better look around before we go charging into the soul room itself.

>>25349826
I support this plan

>>25349825
Once we break that soultrap, the fun really begins. That's when we get to eat the dynamo and break everything.

>>25349825

I have a better idea than supersonic, we want to leave the city we just follow the sewers away from the city they will eventually lead to the sea or a river that leads to the sea. We are less likely to be seem or detected and is unlikely that the angel will come looking at the sewers.

>>25349798
>>25349208
>>25349512

I know that I supported it earlier, but that's just because I think we're going to need a new form for Harry Potter adventures with Abigail.

And that just screams Mr Shadow. Also, it's highly recognisable. So when we go around in stealth, androgynous or 'Shadow Abigail' form, it'll be harder to associate us with the ever grinning Mr Shadow.

>>25349826
Double support.

>>25349791
>get closer to the soul room.
i want a better look at it

>>25349872

I suppose dark, murky water is about as anti-angel territory as we can hope for. Maybe we should scout out an escape route first?

You continue on toward the soul room.

It's an uneventful journey. You're silent, and sneaky. The angels continue to gather around the tower. Nothing senses your movements.

A mere hall from the room, you turn a corner.

A Shadow mage stands in front of you. You're stunned.

But then, they don't have souls to detect.

He takes a step, then stops. He looks down, straight at you. You both sit there, staring at each other.

What do you do?

>note: alarm has not been raised; you are still in stealth

>walk on by without a word
>do nothing
>say something <write-in>
>Shadow attack! (maintains stealth)
>physical attack!
>magic attack!
>CONSUME!

>>25349826
Adding this to my post.

>>25349883
While we are approaching the limit of edginess here, this is still far enough away to be badass.

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>>25349883

>>25349919

>walk on by without a word

>>25349927
Would you say that we're... walking on the edge?

>>25349919

Just to be clear, he hasn't seen us, right?

>>25349919
Walk on by. He's telepathically alerting the angels. We need to move, and fast.

>>25349919

Shit

SHIT

SHADOW ATTACK

>>25349919
>walk on by without a word
Move along! Nothing to see here!

>>25349919
>walk on by without a word
We'll get him free, eventually.

>>25349944

>He looks down, straight at you. You both sit there, staring at each other.

He's seen you.

>>25349919

<If you didn't see me I didn't see you.>

>>25349919
>walk on by.
i am almost tempted to direct pipe whistling inconspicuously into his head.

>>25349919
Walk on by.

>>25349919
We're a mouse now, yeah?
<Squeek>

>>25349950
"the shadow you are looking for is not here"

>>25349919

<Highest Sandaphon Demands your presence immediately>

OR

Just walk on by...

then again, we could just bind him...

>>25349958
Won't work. They're under a compulsion, and I bet some of their standing orders are to raise the alarm.

>>25349883
This is...beautiful. Thank you Anon. We ought to graffiti this somewhere before we leave.

Please tell me this didn't just break stealth and we wasted 6 mana.

>>25349919

Take the form of a fellow shadow mage. Ask for an update.

>>25349976
I imagine this as someone saying squeak in a really deep, masculine voice.

>>25349919
>say something <write-in>

"...Hello."

>>25349955

Well, shit.

Walk on by.

>>25349919
Just bind him like we did Ila. 4 points should do.

>>25350009

He's still warning the angels though, most likely. We need to get moving.

>>25349919
Try to walk on by but if he stops us say hello.

Writing.

>>25350020
Remember that there are lots of angels near the soul room.
They are probably going to come swarming us if we don't get out fast once we get a look.

>>25349991

Shit just went down, it is unlikely that were pass around efficiently or that they know we special broke out, an accident is a more likely scenario. Also its a good sign that he didn't raise the alarm immediately he might be here chilling.

>>25350059

And they're probably going to increase security to make it harder for us to get back in later. Damn.

>>25350101
This is pretty sick

>>25350101
>>25349883
>>25349782
>>25349290
>>25349208
>>25349174
>>25349138
>>25349129
ok where the fuck did all these guys come from? i kinda wish this was one of those quests where drawfags gave a bonus to the character

Guys! Remember that the angel still don't know what the fuck is going on, I don't think it will be conceivable to them that their is a shadow elemental on the lose. They will still be trying to find out what happen and there weren't any angels near Ila so there should be still time before she is made to talk.

>>25350138
The last one at least is from Princess and the Frog from the looks of it.

>>25350152
>they know we were taken to the tower so Michael could experiment on us
>tower blows up
>we're not at the scene

I think they know we've escaped. But they didn't know where we had went to, until now.

>>25350101
That is awesome.

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You walk right on by. You get two feet past when the man speaks.

"...wait."

You stop.

"...are you important?" the mage asks.

Something about his question is odd. You feel compelled to answer.

<Not at all,> you say. <Just a mote of shadow.>

You can feel relief roll off him. "I see. If you're not important, I don't need to report you. In fact, I shouldn't even waste time noticing you."

<No, you shouldn't.>

The man begins to walk away. "...Ila told us the words of a shadow she met. Do you know Ila?"

<We've met.>

The man turns the corner without another word.

Well. No time to waste.

You head toward the soul chamber, walking down the hallway.

You reach the final corner and peak your head around the edge. A short tunnel leads up to a door. It looks to be made of solid adamantium. Minute figures and shapes are carved on its surface in an intricate pattern. Light leading from the thick cables above pulses through it in waves.

Three angels stand guard outside the door. They are the run-of-the mill variety...but still...three at once might be difficult.

You sit there for a moment, contemplating your next move.

The magic on the door stops. You stiffen.

The door begins to creak open.

>con't

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>>25350138
>All these guys

Not quite.
I got bored.

>>25350164

Yeah, it is.

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>>25350171

Shadow mage confirmed for bro.

>>25350101

We've got Isolation and Hunger.

Gotta catch 'em all.

>>25350171
shadow bless you Ila.
though that compelled to answer thing is weird for me. is that a magic we havent seen yet?

and get ready. this will be awsome

>>25350175
please tell me at least one of those is shopped in.

>>25350175
Well, at least I now know for sure that I am not tsun tsun.

That was really weighing on my mind.

>>25350211
I still have the raw .xcf and .sai files for most of those if you really want to see them.

>>25350206

No, it was the tone of the man's question that made us feel like we should answer it. It wasn't a magical command.

>>25350020
Huge protection on door.

Just go through the Wall. If we can eat stone golms a tiny section of wall should be no trouble.

>>25350171
>>25350232
dunno why I qouted that instead of SM's

>>25350232
Can we do that without breaking stealth?

>>25350249

No. But if we stealth kill the Angels, then it might work out.

That's a pretty tall order though.

>>25350219
Didn't you know?
All of /tg/ consists of yourself, the QM, and Snapple...
Every Anon? They're all Snapple..
So every time the thread devolves into a shitflinging contest, it's really just Snapple arguing with all the himselves..

Snapple is what keeps all of /tg/ alive..

Never disrespect the Snapple.

(Using my name to stave of the power of the Snapple. If I'm an Anon, I may too become Snapple.. I.. I don't want to lose myself..)

>>25350249
I don't see why not. Eating things doesn't seem to be noisy unless they scream.

>>25350295
Assimilate. ASSIMILATE.

>>25350284
We can just rush through the door as a tiny shadow mouse.

>>25350324
Smaller. A small shadow roach.

>>25350295
Who the fuck is Snapple?

>>25350333
You are

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>>25350333
We're all Snapple. You, me, everyone.

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>>25350211
It is almost as if you believe shadow quest isn't one schizophrenic person.

>>25350343
GOOBLE GOBBLE, GOOBLE GOBBLE, ONE OF US, ONE OF US

>>25350352
You forgot that he lives in Idaho.

>>25350356

GOOBLE GOBBLE, GOOBLE GOBBLE, WE ACCEPT HER, ONE OF US!

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You feel something emerging from the door. Light...and...

...Lightning.

One presence emerges.

He's an angel - but not like any you've seen before. He walks with a confident, easy swagger. Black hair droops from around his head in an unkempt mane. The room darkens around him - and it's a darkness you cannot penetrate.

But it isn't shadow. No - he's bending the light. You've seen mages use the light...but this angel dominates it.

The other angels immediately salute this newcomer, pounding their fists to their white tabards.

"I hope you'll put the spells to good use," the angel says. "Michael spent decades perfecting it, after the city was first founded. It allowed us to truly begin the empire. A land where shadow was finally, firmly reigned in."

The other presence steps from the door.

>con't

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You freeze in place.

It's Duke Vellik.

Part of you wants to lunge forward and demand an explanation. Another part of you feels betrayed. But mostly, you're just too surprised to do anything.

"I will," Vellik says. "I've a few underlings that could be much more useful as loyal servants than unruly mages. One, in particular, in fact. Highly useful."

"Useful for the Ring City, as well?"

"Of course, Lucifer," Vellik says smoothly. "As long as your support is guaranteed against Kan-Abar."

"The faster you help us repair the Velarion, the faster it will be under your command, for the duration of the war," Lucifer says. "Come. There's plenty more to see."

They walk down the hall toward you.

The door begins to shut behind them.

What do you do?

>wait until they walk by, then behead that backstabbing bastard
>you can't jump to conclusions. Hide, and let them pass
>run back the way you came;
>quick! Slip into the soul vault!
>some other strategy

>>25350381
looks like we found a full fledged edgymancer

>>25350386
>quick! Slip into the soul vault!

>>25350386

>quick! Slip into the soul vault!
I think we found our prey. But later.

>>25350386
Slip into the Vault with our blink. Vellik has his hands in many pies, and loves to play all the sides off of each other.

>Just when I though Michael couldn't be beat

>>25350386

>quick! Slip into the soul vault!

Surprise, the chronic schemer duke is a douche that intends to sell us out. No use blowing our cover now, run for the vault.

>>25350386
>>you can't jump to conclusions. Hide, and let them pass

>>25350386
>quick! Slip into the soul vault!
I'd rather not confront them now. The Duke is almost certainly planning to double-cross the angels and fuck them up at some point in the future. Let's not spoil his deal.

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>>25350390
>edgymancer

>>25350386

Into the vault!

>>25350386

Slip into the Vault!

we can study the soul cages and free the enslaved mages...

>>25350418
You participate in that quest?
It's a full moonblood tonight.

>>25350386
Slip into the soul vault.

We never trusted Vellik from the start. This is unsurprising, at best. It just puts him a little higher up on the JUSTICE list.

>>25350386

Into the vault.

Also.

Lucifer.

Eat Him.

Later.

He's got a Shard of True Darkness. I just know it.

>>25350386
>quick! Slip into the soul vault!
gogogogogogo gotta go fast!

Watch us have to roll for this, roll a natural 1, and then Wile Coyote into the vault door.

>>25350386
>you can't jump to conclusions. Hide, and let them pass

i do not want to be in that vault when that door closes. we have no idea how to get it open from inside. at all. and i dont want to have to figure it out while we are locked in

>>25350386
>"Of course, Lucifer," Vellik says smoothly. "As long as your support is guaranteed against Kan-Abar."
So the Duke is quite literally making a deal with the devil?

Fuck yeah.

>>25350386

Can we use Blink without breaking stealth?

>>25350441

This sounds worryingly possible.

>>25350450
good question.

>>25350443
Once we're inside? We free the mages and smash the door off it's hinges. But we can't waste time or draw attention before we kickstart the rebellion.

>>25350386
>quick! Slip into the soul vault!

now is the time to jump to conclusions

>>25350441
Um, no. You're thinking of the shadowlings bits we've met, Darkxis and Isolate.

>>25350443

We don't have to worry about getting out, if need be they will open the door for us.

>>25350386
>quick! Slip into the soul vault!

>>25350450

hmmm. I don't think so... But having Shadow Master clarify would be nice...

>>25350432

Nope.

>>25350450

Yes.

>>25350445
>So the Duke is quite literally making a deal with the devil?

I'm so clever.

-------------------
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Vote 1:
>duck into the vault

Vote 2:
>try to blink into the vault

>>25350463

now is *not the time to jump to conclusions

>>25350473
Voting 2.

>>25350473
>Vote 2:
>>try to blink into the vault

>>25350473
1

>>25350462
its just this entire room has been made from the ground up to contain shadow. will shadow and spirit. and from the sound of it there is something involved in the actual casting of the spell in there. so i wouldnt put it past them to actually be competent with this room for once

>>25350473
>duck into the vault

Blinking might alert them to magic in the air, considering they're around Shadow Mages a lot.

>>25350464

No, I'm thinking of Lucifer.

Even if he hasn't co-opted a Shard, he's using Light to play with Darkness.

That means he's full of nutrition.

>>25350473
>Nope.
Read it when you get the chance. It was a one off. Pretty fun.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/24636378/

I know it says Zombie Quest int the title. It becomes something more.

>>25350473

2

>>25350473

hmmm, blinking would take us through/past them... and I don't think that would be in our interests...

voting 1

>>25350473
2

>>25350473

2

>>25350473
alright.
2
try blink. i really hope that doesnt make us easier to detect

>>25350496

Samefag here.

>>25350473

I vote 1

>>25350473

2

>>25350473
2

No reason not to blink, really. Just improves our chances of making it in undetected.

We should start keeping a list of people who need to be punched in the dick.

>>25350473

2

>>25350473
2, please.

Blink into the vault it is!

Roll 1d100

>>25350473

Use blink bu try to wait for Lucifer to get out of the way wait for the last possible second if needed.

Rolled 22

>>25350541

Rolled 88

>>25350541

Rolled 62

>>25350541
rolling

Rolled 48

>>25350541
COME ON!

Rolled 5

>>25350541

BLINK SHADOW

>>25350551
>>25350552
Respectable.

Rolled 41

>>25350541
Wile Coyote up in this bitch!

>>25350528

Not enough paper in the world.

Also, Auriel (probably) doesn't have a dick to punch.

Rolled 80

>>25350541

Rolled 73

>>25350541
JUSTICE

Rolled 100

>>25350541

Come one

Rolled 81

>>25350541
Doom to us all!

Rolled 17

>>25350541

this will end in tears...

Rolled 13

>>25350541

incoming nat 1

>>25350555
>Hope I roll high
>5

I'mma stop rolling now.

Rolled 23

>>25350541

>>25350563
Phew

nat 100, 9th roll

We sneaky

>>25350563
AWWW YEAH! ROLL #9 BABY, WE GET A CRIT MODIFIER.

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>>25350563

Based anon.

>>25350563

super blink? lookit that

>>25350563
>100

OH SHIT NIGGA

Rolled 85

>>25350563
ok i just keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. i and it keeps happening>>25350541

>>25350563
Most excellent.

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Rolled 89

>>25350563
come all

>>25350563
Swag

>>25350563

well, a decent result with a positive spin...

Hopefully this means Happy Shadow Time...

Rolled 49

>>25350563
WE'RE IN!

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Rolled 77

>>25350563

>>25350541

Come on.

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>>25350563
Oh, if you insist.

>>25350563

I am so fucking proud of myself right now!

>>25350563
>Come one
>Rolls 100

Oh snap.

>>25350559
Auriel was tentatively removed from the list when she started to mellow the fuck out.

>>25350595
>>25350596

TAKE YOUR DICE OUT OF THE EMAIL FIELD IF YOU'RE NOT ROLLING WHEN SM REQUESTS

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>>25350563

Rolled 70, 52, 85, 4, 20 = 231

>>25350614
why? you buttfrustrated?

>>25350614
Damn. Sorry dude, it was the heat of the moment.

>>25350612

I reserve judgement until I see how she reacts to us releasing the Shadow Mages.

>>25350614
Chill man they weren't linked anyway

>>25350628

we are afraid of the 1's

hopefully the evening we spend recuperating, she spent looking for the body. And found it.

>>25350653
We're already past ten votes anyway, so a 1 at this point wouldn't matter.

>>25350659
Doesn't much matter at this point, seeing as we've already killed Michael.

>>25350659
If not, we'll co-op some Spirit mages we've freed to help us find the body and show her.

>>25350673
Unless we want to keep Auriel and Flint as party members...or break the angels into factions and sow discord in the empire.

>>25350677

Nice idea. But if we free the mages, we're grabbing the two or three closest plus lla and going Supersonic to Scholomance.

Seriously, fuck trying to fight Sandalphon.

>>25350673
Kind of does. I feel a little fond of her, plus Flinty might be heartbroken if she leaves the party permanently.

>>25350673
If she did she won't be as upset to find out what she thought was her friend dead at our hands. I'd hate to have all the work on her we've done wasted because a jerk lied to her.

>>25350673

Yeah, but I'd like the truth regarding his nature to be brought to light (ha) as well. It does more for our own cause if it's known that we killed a guy who totally had it coming, rather than just killing him so we could escape.

>>25350701
>Seriously, fuck trying to fight Sandalphon.
Agreed.

>>25350701
agreed

>>25350702
>>25350709

Oh come on. Even if she finds out Michael is an asshole, we're still about to sow discord in the middle of Ring City.

Auriel is going to hate us by the end of this, no matter what we do.

>>25350701
We're definately getting Flint and Auriel out, plus the shadow-bro we made in the sewers.

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>>25350727
>>25350741

Thirded. That guy scares me in our current state.

>>25350701
We still have to get Flint, and in extension, Auriel. Or at least leave a message.

>Officially done fucking around. World is awful, need to tear it down and start again. Will be waiting with Abigal if you want to help build a better world. Hope you will be there.

>Regards, Mr S