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GIT HYPE
Recent Events Summary:You flew to Evinbrook to collect a key to Hecate's prison, but found the castle city locked in a battle for survival. Kan-Abar's armies returned, with two demon lords in tow. Duke Vellik made a plan to stall the demons with patched-up dwarven technology. You brought him to safety in exchange for the key, and offered him further sanctuary, but he chose to remain with what forces he has left and make the Kanians pay for every inch they take.In order to permanently resolve this situation, you need the rightful king back on the throne of Kan-Abar - Obis Vin. You followed him as far as Port Vanta, where he was looking for an old ally, a pirate captain named Vidar Blackwater. Blackwater, however, made an enemy in a particular crime lord - Damian Vonnegut. You learned that after asking around too much, Obis vanished, and you suspected Vonnegut was the culprit.You were able to locate Vonnegut's base of operations under the city, and as you snuck in, you encountered Freja Blackwater, the infamous pirate's daughter. After a brief confrontation, you figured out that your goals were the same, and joined forces. You were able to find Obis, and after forcing Vonnegut into a corner by consuming nearly his entire crew, he struck a deal with you for the king's release.Auriel sees great opportunities ahead. She wants to try to bring together Felnoir, Kelvere, Arland, and Archon into an alliance to turn and face the Kan-Abar army and the demon lords currently consolidating their position from Evinbrook.To that end, you met with Felnoir's de-facto leader, the mayor of Maven Lake - and Freja's father, Vidar Blackwater himself. He's promised to get in touch with Auriel. Meanwhile, you flew back to Archon to explain the situation to Yi Fang, Sir Flint, and Adavan.>con't
We are the Shadow who made himself human.
>>26243119HAHA TIME TO SAVE THE PRINCESS
woo
Abigail's entrance into the Archonium was sudden, and not what you expected. She is lost somewhere within the enchanted gateway, stuck between bits of her personality given life and pitted against one another. With no other recourse, you dived in after her. The archonium transported you to the deep recesses of your own mind.Within your visions of self, you discovered a new shard that had never existed before - your Humanity - and were able to fully embrace it. Your Temerity did not approve of this decision, and you had to subjugate it by force. For the moment, your internal workings have fallen into line.You made it out of another strange vision, a desert seared by a burning sun. You found yourself back in the void between the Archonium's many gates, but before you could move on, Humanity stopped you and directed you further into the void, claiming that it could feel Abigail's presence...
>>26243119Two threads in a row!You're the best waifu, SM.
Ability TreeGREEN 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.All Revealed Ability Descriptions:http://pastebin.com/c3g2q9X7Books the Main Character has read:http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gPCharacter Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:http://pastebin.com/6C1xSt58
>>26243134No, we are The Nameless One, who woke up in another universe but was actually a terminator sent from the past
>>26243175I-it's n-not like I like you or anything...Current Statistics:HP: 38/81Mana: 32/48EXP: 11Shards of Erebus:(Isolation) - Normal{Hunger} - Strong(Silence) - Empowered{Temerity} - FragileNew Shards:{Humanity} - Resonant--Summoned---none---Automatons--Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)--Equipment--Utility belt with purse--Inventory--Moonsong Shards x 3Sun-Moon KeyLightning KeySuccubus Reagents x 1--Current Location--Within the Archonium
Oh man we had so much awesome in-character writing from last thread.You guys are all awesome and I can't wait to rescue Abby and bust this joint.
... we have those succubus reagents, I wonder what would happen if we summonned a demon in here hah.
>Last time...It's just a giant ball of light, right? Like any light. Just big.You try to Snuff out the sun.The sun vanishes.FUURRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUWHOOMPHYou reflexively put your hands to your ears to cover the sound...but then, you don't really have ears.You glance down at yourself. In your panic, you assumed that human form between John and the human you created. You allow yourself to melt back to indistinct shadow.You're floating in a void. The darkness is complete. Another gateway, another endless blackness between visions.You can't believe that worked. You suppose not every puzzle has a complicated solution.There's a door far ahead of you - an Archonium gateway. It twinkles with light. You head for it, flapping to propel yourself through the dark nothing.<Wait!>You bring yourself to a halt. <Humanity?><...turn to your right. Keep turning. Aaaand....stop!>You're facing only more blackness. <What is it?><Abigail is that way.><...are you sure? There's nothing there.><...I sense them,> Humanity says. <...other people. Other doors. Hidden. Locked away. Hers...it's there. Go. Go!>You fly forward as fast as you can.You're about to ask Humanity if you're going the right way when the world flips around you. The bottom drops out of the world. You feel a sense of vertigo, as if you just passed through an archway. But then...maybe you did.The world settles back around you.
>>26243227>implying we won't be here for 5 more threadsI want to get off Uncle Yi's wild ride
ok so with the creation of humanity we have proven ourselves capable of creating shardswould it be possible for Judgement to defuse like Erebus did? I'm curious as to what Humanity would look like when released into the world.
>>26243215>reading through last thread>we snuff out Sun of Chaotic energy>dat foreshadowing
>>26243200I-I was trying to make a joke...
You land in a bright green field. A river runs through a shallow valley. A small farmhouse lies in the middle of the pastures; you can see several cattle idly grazing.Mountains rise on either side of the valley, tall and proud. A strange-looking fortress peaks out from the shelf of the cliffs ahead, all spindly supports and thin towers. You gaze at the scene, taking it all in.<Which way?> you ask Humanity.<...hmm...I'm not sure, now. It's...the same in every direction. But this is definitely the place.><Some sort of ideal? Like our vision?><Maybe so.>You hear a tremendous roar.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJDyv-YVPgwA heavy flap of wings - a wind like death - you remember that. It's a more physical memory than anything, but you still remember the image of the giant dragon that attacked you, and the elf queen, back when all this started.A huge dragon flies over your head at high speed. It reaches the fortress in short order. A heavy bell tolls out over the valley in warning.The dragon shoots its fiery breath down onto the fortress. A globe of spirit magic deflects most of the blast, but many flames linger, hopping on the stone, searching for wood to burn. A barrage of arrows leaps out from the towers, but falls short of the dragon.What do you do?>fly up and attack the dragon directly>run on the ground, fire magic at the dragon>hang back and observe>some other strategy
>some other strategylets go talk to it.
>>26243272Honestly, at this point I'm thinking the whole thing was more of a meta-test to tell us to stop worrying about wasting xp and just use it so we can make some fucking progress.
>>26243275Oh. Sweet rip brah, get rekt
>>26243272I figure we had three viable options. Break the ShellSnuff the SunCONSUME the SunWho knows what each would have done.
>>26243302...Except that it was solved with one of the least expensive methods possible, just flying up and using a 2 exp move.
>>26243281Can we use deep focus to try an find Abigail or did we already try that I can't remember because I missed most of the thread last night and reread it this moring...
>>26243281Supersonic to the fortress, get a quick grasp on the situation, then bolster their defenses if needed, or assist the dragon if the occupants are of the unsavory variation...
>>26243281I'm betting the spirit magic shield is Abby, or whatever represents Abby in this place. Go investigate while trying to avoid the dragon.
>>26243334we haven't used deep focus here yet, we did use it in the desert though.
>>26243330Correction, a 1 exp power.>>26243281Lets try and get closer, see what's happening.
>>26243281Why not stealthily approach and observe? I'm not keen on instantly interfering in a vision that doesn't take us in to account, but we need to be close by if we decide we want to take action.
>>26243281>implying we don't want to talk to everything we encounter
>>26243348>>26243352>>26243361>>26243370Building consensus...Do you try to talk to the dragon, or just stay on the periphery and investigate the situation?
>>26243352I'm betting both the spirit mage in the castle and the dragon are Abby.
>>26243399Can we use deep focus?
>>26243399Get the dragon's attention. If it attacks mindlessly then we should proceed to kill it.
>>26243399Periphery first, to get a better grasp of what is happening. Intervene if it looks like the dragon is about to break the shields.
>>26243399Let's just investigate for now.
>>26243402>>26243427Eh, actually, I retract my statement. This anon has a point, we don't know what's what yet.Let's fly to the castle and investigate a little more carefully first.
>>26243399Investigate, if the dragon doesn't respond or seems feral then we should deal with it. Deep focus and keep an eye out for possible Abby
>>26243420Sure, who wants to use Deep Focus?>>26243334You haven't used Deep Focus here yet. Humanity, your resident Abigail-detection device, says he can't make out anything specific now that you're in this vision, though he is confident this is indeed Abigail's vision.
>>26243455Lets use Deep Focus.
>>26243455I vote we use it
>>26243455couldn't hurt i guess
>>26243455can't we just use normal focus as we investigate
Roll 1d100 for Deep FocusFirst three for focus effectivenesssecond three for sneaky investigation
>>26243455Worst case, everyone notices us and we learn nothing.Do it.
>inb4 shitty rolls leave us completely clueless again and we just have to guess our way through like always.
>>26243455Sure, what's the worst that could happen?Archonium notices the foreign contaminate in the vision and eliminates it.But yeah no, we're good, go for it.
Rolled 43>>26243514nah, Abigail, the real Abigail could be miles away, deep focus is a better choice in this situation.>>26243520
Rolled 54>>26243520
Rolled 53>>26243520here we gooooo
Rolled 70>>26243520Focusing.
Rolled 57>>26243520well then
Rolled 7>>26243520
Rolled 14>>26243520
Rolled 35>>26243520We find a Dragon, a Fortress and a Spirit Mage...
>>26243540>>26243545>>26243547not bad>>26243552>>26243553>>26243554still pretty sneaky
we actually got above 50 for most rolls, a big change from last time.
>>26243573I expect horrible things from the dice gods this thread.
>>26243573I know, right? Jesus the rolls were horrible in the last thread, if it wasn't for that crit on the test for Humanity, things would've gone far differently.
Rolled 51>>26243568We're a shadow of average prowess.
Sweet merciful Jebus its time for shadow quest
>>26243624Ah, but also crazy high bonuses. Average prowess, but insanely, insanely high bonuses.
>>26243624at least we have improved from the BEST SPY EVER!<SNEAK SNEAK SNEAK>
Rolled 1>>26243653Your hope won't keep you sane you for too long.
>>26243215>EXP: 11So what are we saving for next?Note the total cost for all the abilities in the Water tree is 57 Exp...
>>26243692>whose sane anymore?
>>26243710>fine saving for pocket or darkness within, would like to finish poison tree or Automaton as well
>>26243710i kinda want to get fast blink next,and of course robust immunity
>>26243749main reason for fast blink is we've been flubbing dodge rolls quite a bit.
>>26243710Now that we have Magic Regeneration, getting Darkness within + Tao seems a popular option.A lot of people can't stand the idea of even having it without Tao, so we are going to need 40 exp to get that.
Rolled 97>>26243710i am contractually obligated to say tao.but after that, all aboard the eclipse train
You sprint across the fields toward the clifftop spires. You wings bring you from hilltop to hilltop, then over the river. You land while churning your legs, maintaining top speed and staying low.The dragon unleashes another blast of fire, but this time, better prepared, the defending mage manages to meet it with the force of his own magic. The fireball splits, and globs of flame plummet into the valley. The structure of the fortress is spared, but the grass is quick to catch fire. The dragon breaks off and dodges a second blast of Spirit from the magician.You reach the base of the cliffs and use Deep Focus.You feel presences scurrying about inside the fortress. There's several thousand people, many inside the mountain - what feels like mines stretch into the mountain range. But they don't feel like people. You can tell that immediately. Souls, presences...but not human.There's no mages but the one powerful force of Spirit. The dragon itself is probably stronger than the magician.A fleet of griffins launches from a parapet. They fly out in formation to intercept the Dragon before it makes another pass. A third of them are incinerated before they get close, but the rest make it, and begin to scrape and claw the giant winged beast from every angle. The harassed lizard loses altitude rapidly, though you don't think it's taking all that much damage. The griffins, on the other hand are losing people fast.You've been half-flying, half climbing up the cliffs, and you've reached the outer walls of the town. You snake and claw and slither up around the edge of a tower and peer out into the town.The residents didn't feel like people because they aren't people.>con't
They're monsters.Every kind of monster. You see snakes with human heads, one-eyed, muscle-bound behemoths, winged creatures with bird-like features mixed and matched with those of other animals; you see skinny, horned devils, and floating, tentacled orbs; a fat worm-like monster wriggles through a tight alley. Even what appears to be a walking frog with a large bowl of water for a head. It's a city of monsters, rushing about in panic because of the dragon attack.More Spirit magic is being prepared - the magician is in the town's center, in the top floor of a castle. The dragon has landed on the valley floor. The griffon fleet's tight discipline keeps it distracted, but it's only a matter of time.What do you do?>sneak over and check out the mage>continue to observe the battle from your current vantage point>blend in with the crowd, >some other strategy
>>26243797>sneak over and check out the mage
>>26243710I think now would be a good time to start going into summoning but I lost that bet with that ponce so I will be voteing for tao for now
>>26243797Hmm, interesting.>check the magehello representation of Abigail.
Just a reminder: the Archonium makes you face yourself and all that. The Abigail we encounter may not be the one we knew.
>>26243797check the mage.the denizens of this fort may be the representation of Abby's mothers peoples...
>>26243797>disguise self as some ridiculous creature How about a owlbearataur
>>26243797A city of demons when Abigail is half demon hmmmmm>sneak over and check out the mage
>>26243797Sneak to mage
So the mage wanted to create some sort of society out of summons? And dragon is doing somethingsomething evil/good?Actually, basing upon what I wrote before. Are we even in Abigails fantasy? Or is it someone elses?
looks like Abigail found the perfect place for her. A city that accepts everyone... and needs her help against a dragon.
>>26243797>>sneak over and check out the mage
>>26243746to finish poison tree we would also need spirit abilities such as spirit siphon and spirit lash so estimated cost is above 21 exp soooo if I had to guess the max exp to finish the poison tree I'd say high 40's to low 50's
Since Abigail is supposed to be some kind of super summoner. This whole thing may just be her powers completely out of control. The dragon may even be from her.
>>26243894We've reunited with all our pieces and faced down those aspects of ourselves. I think we're in Abby's mind now.
>>26243894Well, we know it is abagails trial, but we don't know what the particular parameters of it are, or how to solve it.It might be as simple as fighting the dragon, but it could just as easily be more complicated.
>>26243894The only thing we know for sure is that it's Abby-Sabby's vision. Assuming Humanity isn't just insane/stupid.
>>26243955>>26243957Now I've got a second thought.She's half-human, right? What if she herself split into two aspects, just as we did. Human one- the summoner, and demon one- the dragon.Food for thought
>>26243957Judging from the first conversation we had, we THINK this is an idealized fantasy world she's created. She may have gotten stuck here, like what would've happened to us if we chose to remain as John.
You decide you need to investigate the mage. You eye the chaos below, the many townsfolk fleeing into the mines. You take wing, mimicking the vague shape of a griffon. There's so many monsters gliding about, shouting, pushing, that no one pays any attention to you.You land on the balcony of the castle's top floor. A few steps over, and there's a door leading back inside. You Ink a tendril under the door and peer into the room.The mage marches about the room - it's an odd creature, a lion with a bear's head. A large sigil is rapidly expanding on the floor as it mutters to itself - it looks like complicated magic. It must be trying to put something together while the griffins hold it off.You're not sure what to do - you don't know who's in the right here. The dragon appears to be the aggressor, and it seems the griffins are sacrificing themselves to give the mage time to protect the civilians. But then, perhaps this country provoked the attack themselves? You don't have very much information.What do you do?>stay hidden; remain neutral>speak to the mage>fly out and slow the dragon so the mage has time to cast his spell>try to take out the mage, then go speak with the dragon>some other strategy
I wonder if we should try freeing all those others trapped here... or just CONSUME the Arconicum once we get out so this never happens again,
Rolled 19>>26243957the thing is, this is abigail's fantasy. and not only that, this is one where she failed. this is the one that we good enough for her that she didnt want to leave, or could not figure out how to.i picture something like she cant leave, or the dragon will kill all of these nice monsters. of she leaves, they will die. so we kill the dragon to death and then she has no reason to stay. and make sure to eat it
>>26244013>this is Abby confronting herself like we didU a smert guy
>>26244013I think your on to something Anon
>>26244020>stay hidden; remain neutralThis isn't our vision, we need to figure out what this represents first before we make a move.
>>26244020>Speak to the mageonly way to learn
>>26244023>and make sure to eat it
>>26244020speak to the magethenspeak to the dragon.
>>26244020>speak to the mageGot to get some info somewhere.
>>26244044I think it's best to start talking seeing as she evidently already failed
>>26244020speak to the mage whilst staying outside of the room. a single tendril and our telepathic communication ability should suffice...
>>26244049Got to keep Darkxis happy.
>>26244020Talk to the Mage telepathically, something along the lines of "The fuck is goin down here"
>>26243930So out of everything that people want ( I only included the things more than one person said they were interested in)Water tree total: 57 expDarkness Within + Tao: 40 exp (cheapest)(most support)Poison tree estimate: high 40's to low 50'sLooks like Darkness Within+Tao have the most support out of all the popular options so the question is what order do we get them in?
>>26244020Wouldn't speaking to the mage break his focus, more or less?
>>26244110I'd rather not eat anything that may very well be an aspect of Abby's mind.
>>26244049...I wonder if we could use Darkxis to track tasty and powerful things...
Rolled 31>>26244123tao first. we sure as hell arnt going to use darkness withen without it. we are to nice for that. and i hope we get enough xp for it before we leave. because achieving enlightenment in this thing seems thematicaly right.
>>26244151><Go get it Darkxis, go get it boy!>
>>26244123A lot of people want to get tao first so that Darkness Within is "safe" from the get-go.I personally feel like we should get Darkness Within first, then work towards Tao, that way we have a super move that we can use, just not around allies until we get Tao
>>26244165>>26244172Additionally, if we are going to buy Tao, it would be worthwhile to add shadowrage to our shopping list, seeing as then we would have all the powers that benefit from it.
>>26244172Oh man, thanks, I'm not the only one.
>>26244123Im only going for tao and then attempting to kick up some support for summoning
>>26244172We don't even really use berzerk and that's less dangerous and we've had it forever.
<Hail, mage!>The lion-bear turns about, facing the door. A spirit mage /would/ know where a telepathic thought came from."...what are you doing here? Everyone needs to get to the mines, now!"<I want to know a few things,> you say. <Why is the dragon attacking?>"...why? Are you some kind of idiot? We've been at war with the Wastes for 8 years!"<Who do you serve?>"...who the hell are you?" The mage turns to face you fully. "In the name of the Empress, I demand you show yourself!"What do you do?>show yourself...slowly>slip away>some other strategy
>>26244272>show yourself... slowly
>>26244172I've thought we should've bought this a long time ago as well the ability can't hurt our friends if we warn them to stay away/run away or not use it around them
>>26244225true, but we don't really use it because we either have companions around or it would dull our battle options, tao would help that is all
>>26244272>show yourself...slowly
>>26244272>>show yourself...slowlyassume Human/John form with some "demon" parts to blend in i guess
Rolled 27>>26244272blast a feeling of intese focus. not anger, or any other emotion, just the feeling that something ungodly large has suddenly given you its full attention. <you will tell me of the empress. now.>
>>26244272>show yourself...slowly>Abigail is the Empress isn't she?
>>26244272Reveal self<I am not 'of' this place, so forgive my ignorance.>
>>26244225It's paranoia mostly. The defense reduction isn't too big a problem as long as we cut off the power when we start to get low on HP.And the rampaging part really only means that it has the effective condition of "unusable around allies", which isn't too bad considering we do spend a good bit of time exploring on our own.
>>26244290That was my response to wanting DW first over Tao. Our next course of action after this is a war against Kan-Abar/Demons. We're obviously going to be surrounded by allies. I believe that if we get DW first, we'd probably never even use it before we get Tao because of this.
>>26244272I was going to say bind and try to get more inforemation, but that might not work as well on a spirit mage?
>>26244272So 8 years have passed in her dream. Or in real world. Oh my, what if she's grown to hate us in her fantasy? Showing ourselves'd be a huge mistake as we'd be hated. But what if we're idolized because we've been a paternal figure for her. I don't knooooow.
>>26244313Why wouldnt we blend in as we are?
>>26244272>In the name of the EmpressCalling it now, this is Abigail.
>>26244272>>show yourself...slowly
>>26244371I'm just not sure how well shadow blob would blend in with city of monster people who arent shadow blobs is all
>>26244272>show yourself...slowlyYes, made it in time for SQ!
>>26244319>>26244373Not saying you're wrong, but see these:>>26243863>>26244013
>>26244373That's what I'm betting too.
>>26244394The whole place is full of different types of monsters, I dont think anyone really cares
>>26244272>Hah, they think the world's real>Imagine their surprise when we tell them its not>And then we'll end this world...Wait a secondOh shit, is the world outside the Archonium fake too?
>>26244442Welcome to CHIM.
>>26244442>Cue inseption theme
>>26244442To us, why not? Erebus of old clearly disliked its appearance and tried quite hard to be rid of it.
>>26244442>The Legend of Shadow: Erebus's Awakening
>>26244471And then Shadow was the Chaos and the Order lifted her skirt.
>>26244508Its not rape. Its divine interactions between the true gods and greater demons.
>8 yearsHas this war been going before Abby showed up? Because otherwise she's been here a pretty damn long time. That make her 17 in this vision, I think.
>>26244442https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXLDv-fUINM
>>26244561look at:>>26244363
You slowly Ink under the door and mny magic. You notice something different about morph up into your full height. You aura wraps you, reacting to your caution, on-guard against magic. It's different, though...tinged with flecks of purple fire. Humanity's influence?No matter. Time enough for it later."...what...what are you?!"<I am not of this place,> you say. <I've come...from a long way away, seeking an old friend>"...you're him," the lion says. "Changer of Forms! The Foretold Savior! The Great Shadow!"<...what?>"Mighty Shadow," the lion says. It prostrates itself before you, burying its bear head to the rug. "Please. The Empress has told of your coming for many years. Help to save our humble city with your power. Please slay the dragon!"<Back up,> you say, raising your arms. <Who is this Empress?>"The Empress is the Empress, may She live forever! The Great Lady of Spirit! Ruler and Guardian of the Empire!"<What's her name?>"...one as lowly as myself is not privileged to such familiarity with the Empress Herself," the lion says.<Pretend I don't know a thing, and give me the short version of why this dragon is attacking you. Quickly.>"...ah...well, the Empire was established to guard and maintain the borders of our peace-loving lands against incursions from the Blasted Wastes. That is a desolate place, ruled by a mad witch we call the Banshee. She often sends her summoned beasts on incursions into our territory. She is a wild and unpredictable force. Were it not for the Empress's efforts, we would have been wiped out long ago. It is the Empress, may She live forever, from whom I draw my own powers."There's a very sudden roar from just above you. A huge hunk of the roof is ripped away. The dragon's head leers into the hole it made.What do you do?>run>grab the mage and run>attack the dragon>try to talk to the dragon>some other strategy
>>26244442>The entire world is just an illusion and isn't real>We've just said that staying in an illusion isn't the right thing to doOH GOD IT WAS FORESHADOWING
>>26244607>ruled by a mad witch we call the Banshee.That other parent that was part of the humanization project?Ahhhh daaaaaamn. How the fuck we handle that?!
>>26244629TEMERITY WAS RIGHT
>>26244607>try to talk to the dragonWell if this guy reacted so well to us I'd imagine that the Banshee's servants would react in a similar way.Either that or we get an excuse to rip the dragon a new one without feeling guilty.
>>26244607>You slowly Ink under the door. You notice something different about your aura as you morph up into your full height. It wraps you, reacting to your caution, on-guard against magic, but it's different...tinged with flecks of purple fire. Humanity's influence?That first bit was really fucked up. Lost in the editing. ^Here's how it should read.
>>26244607Pull the Dragon away from the fortress. we can engage in conversation then. Even if this side is the 'bad' one, little will change in the short while we will be talking.also, Empress and Banshee confirmed as opposing sides to Abby?
>>26244607City of summons kind of confirmed?Knowing how summons work in the first place NOPE just stopping now I'm hurting my brain.>>26244629And now SM is just trying to make us paranoid. Or does he even need to try at this point? We do a pretty damn good job of it ourselves.
>>26244607Yep. It's proven now.Abigail split into two forms, just as we did with shards.Empress and Banshee.Time to help them combine.
>>26244607Grab dragon, Talk to Dragon while dragging it away from mountain. If dragon doesn't respond peacefully or tries to eat us attack dragon.
>>26244607Supersonic tackle that fucker and talk to him as well.
>>26244607Take the mage, jump on the dragon, and hijack it.More intelligently, try to talk to it.
>>26244607>grab the mage and runYep, Abby is the Empress. Now we need to figure out what the Blasted Wastes and the Banshee represent and get Abby to realize that this is an illusion. We Persona 4 now
>>26244607grab dragon, attepy diplomance, pile drive
>>26244607>attack the dragonLess kill kill and more pushing it away.
>>26244607Wait....so....Half of Abby (The human half)....might be fighting the other Half of Abby (Her banshee heritage)...well...that's interesting.
>>26244666Or kill one, or subjugate one, etc.
>>26244692OH SHITWhat do we dooooooo
>>26244683Banshee is her demon heritage.
>>26244665Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity...all it takes is a little push
>>26244692>inb4 we fuck up and kill the wrong side or something
>>26244705Yes, just as we did with ourselves.No, seriously, it's better off if she's not half-dead.
>>26244660Seconding, lets get the dragon away from everyone here and -then- start talking.
>>26244607>>try to talk to the dragon>>some other strategySend the mage to send word to the Empress while we confront the dragon.This gives us the opportunity to draw the dragon away and get the bigger picture. If their side of the conflict is anything like Temerity, we might have to do a little bit of shadow boxing to get the dragon to talk, but that's fine.
>>26244666Empress is clearly dependent on Shadow to save her since >"Please. The Empress has told of your coming for many years. Help to save our humble city with your power. Please slay the dragon!"she has been waiting for us for YEARSI think we need a more independent Abigailwe should see what the other half of Abigail is like as well though
>>26244607Sounds like we've got some peacemaking to do.
>>26244607Try to talk to the dragon
Confirmed for non-intentionally lethal dragging of dragon away from city so you can try to talk?
>>26244742I am the guy you're quoting. I personally think we should talk to both of them and help them recombine. She needs both of her parts if she is to succeed in ruling archon.
>>26244734We shouldn't be killing anything. This is still Abby's test. We may need to jolt her a little to wake her up and focus, but ultimately what happens needs to be her decision.
>>26244766Confirmed.
>>26244766CONFIRM
>>26244766confirmed.
>>26244766confirm
>>26244766Go for it.
>>26244766grabit and supersonic it away screaming<Im sure this is all a big misunderstanding, lets talk over here>
With all this talk of the years she's been waiting, keep in mind that it's possible her vision started for her some time in already.Possibly.>>26244766Yeah, let's do that.>>26244771You. I like you. Me and this guy, we think alike.
>>26244767I agree we shouldn't kill anything we just need to tell Abigail to quit waiting for us and finish the damned vision tests
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Rolled 48>>26244799I have the horrible feeling that we just spent eight years dealing with shard bullshit.>>26244826
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Yi told her we would help her as part of his ruse to get her to go in, so naturally she set up shop and waited for us, right? It's unlikely she knows the banshee is herself, we likely need to broker their peace
>>26244836>she was in here a full day before we were, and i sure time moves differently every vision
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Rolled 61>>26244826Rollin'
Rolled 60>>26244826Nat 1 incoming
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Rolled 16>>26244849nah, we need to get both parts of her to decide which one will lead. The one who attacks or the one who defends?Or better yet, get them to see they need BOTH to succeed in life.
>>26244767The recombining part i think was unique to us. For abby to "win" i think she needs to lead her nation to victory against the armies of the banshee. Her power is summoning, so of course the conflict would be played out as a conflict between controlled units.Symbolically, it means making her power and nature subservient to her mind, rather than becoming slave to her heritage.
>>26244880you aren't getting it Anon, the banshee IS abigail too.
>>26244849Very much possible, she arrived at a very young age and was most likely confused, I wouldn't be surprised if both of them thought the other one as the big bad. But it's also very much possible that one is good, other is evil, and both are required.
>>26244880That's a good thought too.Maybe we should all just stop thinking about it until we deal with the dragon, this is all too confusing.>>26244891This is something I've thought too, but we don't know ANY of this for sure.
>>26244911>Abigail's mum was a banshee>She's half-banshee>The main opposition to the empress is the BansheeHMMI WONDER WHAT IT COULD ALL MEAN
>>26244911Which is why we're going to take the dragon for a talk.To figure it out for sure.
She nods, but only picks at her food. "Um...Shadow?"<Yes?>"...um...if something happens...will you come help me?"You smile. <I'll always come to help you, Abigail.>She smiles, and nods. "I'm glad."She really took this to heart. And apparently her faith was well placed. Might also be why she didn't conquer this herself, though. Too dependent. But that could just be because she's too young for this shit
>>26244891I know that it is Abagail, and Temerity was us too.I'm mostly saying that they probably won't literally fuse, and that the "Win Condition" is probably Abby's armies beating Banshee's and abby checkmating, rather than us just swooping in as forcing Banshee to surrender.
>>26244932YA KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ASSUMING.It can sometimes lead to bad outcomes if we just think the most obvious explanation is right!But only if it isn't actually right.The obvious is wrong only rarely.Except for when it isn't.
The dragon's head looms back. Fire builds in its mouth.You explode off the floor, leaving the carpet vaporized in a neat circle and the stone cracked where you jumped. You slam into the dragon's neck, wrapping it about with your shadow.You know it didn't expect so much mass or momentum from a small shadow like you. You drag it down through the sky, then begin to slap with your wings, dragging it downward. Massive claws scratch for you, but you Ink out of the way while maintaining your grip, and it isn't long before you're back on the valley floor.You attempt to slow somewhat, but not that much. You let go of the dragon, and it slams into the ground on its back, letting out a long groan. You alight a good few yards away and let it climb to its feet. It shakes its head.<I don't want a fight,> you say. <But now that you know I'm stronger than I look...I do want to talk.>A low rumble escapes the dragon's throat. "...talk...with monster-folk? Hmm...why don't I just burn you instead?"<I want a peaceful resolution,> you say. <It has to start somewhere.>"Peace? Bah." The dragon rears up on its hind legs. It towers over you. "We need nor want no peace with the /Empress/. My lady will have no peace!"<It has to start somewhere. Why not between you and me?>A fireball explodes out the dragon's mouth!Roll 1d100 to dodge
>>26244981look at:>>26244937
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Rolled 11>>26245003TO DOGE
Rolled 14>>26245017>>26245028>>26245019not bad>>26245003we might actually make a dodge check for once. Its about time.
Rolled 85>>26245003DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODGE
Rolled 21>>26245008And if you go back to my original post...>Maybe we should all just stop thinking about it until we deal with the dragon.>>26245003
>>26245017>>26245019>>26245028STOP ROLLINGI don't trust this spate of good luck to last.
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Rolled 2>>26245003>natural 1
Rolled 56>>26245003Let the good times roll.
>>26245003>pacify it><You remind me of a friend I met recently, lot like you actually. Always killing first and never talking things out.>
Time to slap the shit ouf of this dragon, should make him more reasonable!
Rolled 6>>26245072hah, so close
>>26245003That's it, let's CONSUME it.
This time, you were on guard. You flicker to the side faster than the fire can reach you. It explodes into the grass behind you, setting it alight, but you're far and away.The dragon's head swivels, but you keep on your toes, circling it rapidly so that it can't get an easy bead on you.You're on a flat plain leading down to the river. The river itself is about 100 yards (91 meters) behind you. The dragon's fire is rapidly spreading...if you're going to make a ground strike, it would have to be quickly.What do you do?>physical attack>berserk>point-blank Schattenkrieg>use magic (specify)>some other strategy
>berserk
>>26245102>roll for animal tame
>>26245102>point-blank SchattenkriegLets knock it into the river
>>26245102>berserkWe haven't used this enough.
>>26245102>berserk<Why you gotta make me beat you!>
>>26245102Tidal Force. Get that fire out and hit this fucker hard.
>>26245102>physical attackPUNCH SNOUT TO ESTABLISH SUPERIORITY
Rolled 62>>26245102Drag it into the river and apply head-into-river treatment until satisfied.
>>26245102>>physical attackSmack him hard on the nose <NO! Bad dragon!>
>>26245102berserk/schattenkrieng it into the river>use surge/tidal force
>>26245102Shadow control his bitch ass
>>26245102cripple the dragon with Hit and Run style tactics.Then we can make it give us a rundown of the views and policies of it's Mistress...
>>26245102>tidal force and physical/berserk
>>26245102>physical attack
>>26245155Wait no minus one berserk let's do this first.
How aboutHit and Run tacticsfollowed byTidal Force?
>>26245224>i can dig it
>>26245224Sounds good.
>>26245224sounds good, keeping our mobility up will help with a big target like this.
>>26245239he can dig it
>>26245224Sounds unbad.
>>26245224Yes, gogogo.Wanna do the fighting fast, need moar exposition/plot. Get the mook outta the way, killkillkill.And then eateateat.
>>26245252We can dig it
>>26245224why not... also this is a summon, you can't reason with summons since they follow their programming.We might have to go directly to the Banshee to see if she is a true Banshee or an amalgam.
with this kind of positive consensus we're going to be rolling 6 nat 1s in a row
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>>26245269YOU SKIPPED THE SHE CAN DIG IT!
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Rolled 58>>26245292>>26245293why>>26245282
well, we slightly flubbed the hit n run, lets see how we do on tidal force.
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>>26245297>>26245303>>26245314not bad, we are the master of water it seems.
>>26245322DAMMIT SO CLOSE
Rolled 51>>26245286>>26245292>>26245293so kinda flubbed hit n run>>26245297>>26245303>>26245314with a pretty boss tidal wave
Rolled 41>>26245322FUCK>>26245282
>>26245297>>26245322>so close why?
99s that don't even count have been taunting us for a while.
Rolled 58>>26245282Rollin'
You flicker into and out of the reach of the dragon, constantly on the move. You never give it enough time to spew fire, but it's faster than it looks. You gash it under the arm, but it manages to swipe you back, hard. You barely avoid landing in the middle of the growing fire.The exchange of blows continues for a few moments. You keep focusing on the right arm, and soon it's covered in slices and claw marks from your attacks.>you've taken 4 damage (34/81)swings its tail in an attempt to catch you, but you saw that coming. You grab the end of the tail and tug hard, pulling its legs out from under it. The dragon thumps to the ground, wind knocked from its lungs.You use the opportunity to cast Tidal Force, drawing upon the river.A wall of water answers your call. You fly up just as it arrives. It slams into the dragon, sending him sprawling and spluttering. The fire that threatened to cut off your movements is completely doused.The dragon struggles to recover. You have the initiative.What do you do?>physical attack>berserk>schattenkrieg>go for a CONSUME (Gaping Maw, Hunger shard?)>some other strategy
>>26245426Either BERSERK or CONSUME
>go for a CONSUME (Gaping Maw, Hunger shard?)Gaping Maw.
>>26245426>physical attack
Rolled 9>>26245426Shadow control
>>26245426>>physical attack
>>26245426CONSUME
>>26245426Shadow control for interrogate attempt, then either finish it off or CONSUME
>>26245426Guys I don't think we're making out point that we want to end this peacefully if we keep beating the shit out the dragon. Try talking to it again, if it still won't listen, punch it some more though.
>>26245426Consume.It's a summon. It is confirmed not capable of listening to us.
>>26245468we're gonna have to approach the Banshee to get a reasonable conversation, Summons only follow their programming.
>>26245426Gaping Maw.I'm not very interested in berserk, TBH. I'm perpetually afraid of hurting someone we don't want to hurt.
>>26245468This.
>>26245426>berserkBeat the shit out of it until it's actually willing to talk.
>>26245426definatly Shadow dominate, could help with interrogate and boost our CONSUME
>>26245426voting CONSUME, use the Maw
Rolled 64>>26245426Shouldn't we regenerate? Or is that only in darkened areas, I forget.
>>26245426>physical attackPunch him until he is willing to talk.
>>26245516only in darkness.
>>26245467>>26245468It's a summon, it's not going to listen.Also, peace really isn't going to work here, this is like us vs Temerity, we have to help the part of abby that we know become the dominant part.
>>26245468Not everything needs/wants to be talked down, and we've learned from experience with Xylla that summons literally cannot fight their nature.
>>26245504Yeah, I think this sounds like a good idea too.
>>26245527>>26245524true, thats why I said Shadow Dominate. even if we don't talk, CONSUMING with it immobilized can only help
Vote 1:>punch until it wants to talkVote 2:>attempt Shadow Domination
>>26245524>the part of abby that we know>Implying she hasn't split into two parts that are equally "Abigail," leaving each as a specific extreme like Humanity and Temerity.
>>262455752
>>26245551True, though i would rather simply cripple it so it can't escape by breaking control.
>>26245585>i don't think a summon can be crippled considering it'd either repair or simply disappear from to much damage
>>26245551Is interrogating it even worth the effort? We're going to meet both halves of Abby-Sabby anyway. I say we finish the dragon, eat it for mana, and go meet the Empress.Also, I think we should encourage Abby to solve this on her own. Help her as necessary - like in her duel with the Earth mage - but try to get her to solve this.
>>26245626I agree, we should encourage her to deal with her Banshee side like we did Temerity. Beat it up until it submits then USE it.Not destroy it.
>>26245626maybe not this time, but people often forget the advantage Shadow Dominate puts us in. Targets can't move and puts us in prime Diplo/CONSUME position>like Darkxis did to us
also I know this is probably gonna get shot down... but one way to give her a boost is to servant her.
Roll 1d100 for SD
>>26245582From the little that we know, she seems to be split into an Abagail that is representative of her demonic heritage and one that is closer to the one we know.I'm not advocating destroying either, considering that this probably has to end with one of them...>>26245645More or less this.I need to type my posts more concisely.
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Rolled 98>>26245664god fucking damnit dice, why you do this?
Rolled 36>>26245664COOME OOOON 100!
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Rolled 60>>26245661She's gonna have her own country to run, man. Also young, etc, blah blah blah, you all know how it goes.>>26245645Okay, yeah, this looks better.>>26245664
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Rolled 99>>26245676>>26245678>>26245679Oh come on!>>26245664
>>26245676>>26245678>>26245679Ah, there's the /tg/ dice we all know.
Rolled 61>>26245664Rollin' for dominate
Rolled 27>>26245664Well it looks like a failure so far.>havinci wrestles
>>26245685... and its taunting us with high rolls that don't countjust great.
>>26245696>>26245685
>>26245685>>26245696Oh COME ON. SO CLOSE.
>>26245661We can't without a mana pool, and there probably aren't any real ones in the Archonium.Outside, it depends on whether she actually aged the time she spent inside.Actually, if she hasn't aged, then she's going to be mentally 17 with years of commanding armies, while in the body of a 9 year old.
>>26245661Can't do it here, no mana pool.But, if time passes for humans here, she may come out of this an adult. And then It's worth consideration, because I will no longer fear trapping her in the body of a child. Annette was a Bad Thing.
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>>26245731servant can be taken back, and with only a 7 xp cost it isn't as bad a hit as it once was.
Your shadow stretches across the ground and latches on to the shadow of the dragon.For a moment, you think it's going to break your control - but with it disoriented, bleeding, and soaked, you're able to affirm your grip on your foe. You force the dragon to face you, then manipulate its shadow to force is flat to the ground.You walk up and stare it in the eye. <It's time to talk.>"...will not...speak to you!"<Why are your master and the empress fighting?>"...the witch...commands...I...fight...I do not question."<Where can I find the witch?>"I...won't tell."You use your shadow to slam the dragon's head into the ground. <Don't make me repeat myself.>"...I...won't."You raise the dragon's head again - Fire rages out of its mouth!Roll 1d100 to dodge
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Rolled 34>>26245783time to consume after this.
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>>26245783Can we just CONSUME this guy now
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Rolled 58>>26245795>>26245798>>26245803>>26245808>>26245814The fuck.>>26245783
Ahh. /tg/ dice. Everything is back to status quo.
>>26245823ayup
>>26245783CONSUME THE FUCK OUT OF HIM
Rolled 66>>26245783DOOOOOOOOOODGEAlso, let's just CONSUME the fuck out of him now.
>>26245783
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Rolled 49>>26245863Trainwreck.
You leap back, but the point-blank explosion of fire is too quick! You're thrown backwards, escaping the worst of it, but not without a few nasty burns. Luckily, the grass, still wet, doesn't light.>you've taken 4 damage (30/81)The dragon scrambles to get back up as your control over it snaps loose. A barrage of spirit magic in the form of a dozen small needles hammers it back into the ground. The lion with a bear's head is riding on the back of a griffin - a sight you never thought you'd see, but one you sure are glad you're seeing now."Go, Great Shadow! Attack now!" Another magic blast strikes the dragon's head, throwing it sideways.You have the initiative.What do you do?>Consume>Consume + Gaping Maw>Consume + Hunger Shard>Consume + Both>berserk>physical attack>magic>something else
>>26245916>Consume + Gaping MawOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM
>>26245916>>Consume + Gaping Maw
>>26245916>Consume + Gaping Maw
>>26245916>>Consume + Gaping Maw<Remember, I tried to talk. Let's hope the Banshee thinks differently>
Rolled 29>>26245916>Consume + Gaping Maw
I think we're in agreement.
>Consume + Gaping Maw
>>26246003Roll 1d100TO CONTINUE THE DEBATE
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Rolled 90>>26246027OKAY
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Rolled 79>>26246027ROLLIN FOR THE GREATEST OF DIPLOMACY
>>26246027are you sure you have enough for consesus
Rolled 49>>26246027NAT 100s!
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Rolled 45>>26246027Can I eat it?
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>>26246080sure you can>>26246038>>26246039>>26246041
>>2624liab u .
You open yourself wide, until your body forms a mouth in its entirety.>mana: 18/48You envelope the dragon and crunch into it. It writhes inside of you, but it's too late. It's exhausted from a long battle. Your magic rips and tears its flesh as your continue to chew, snapping its scales and bones like twigs. The scraps are vaporized by a dark swirling core of magic at your center. Eventually, it stops struggling, and begins to disintegrate. You quickly clean up the rest, piece by piece.>you've gained 6 EXP (17 total)>you've gained 6 mana (24/48)>you've gained 2 HP (32/81)The griffins land, depositing a crew of a variety of monsters. The lion-mage takes the lead. "Thank you, Lord Shadow! You have saved our fair city!"<...it had to be done.>"The Empress will want to speak with you immediately. Please, allow my men to escort you to the capital. It is but half a day's flight from here."<She will?>"Ah...well, you see, there have been...imposters," the lion says. "But after your display of greatness, I have no doubt you are legitimate. Her edict is: 'if the Great Shadow appears, bring him to court that I might speak with him'. If it pleases you, you should travel there immediately."<What sorts of imposters?>"It isn't for me to say," the lion says. "I have only heard rumors. I'm sure the Empress, may She live forever, will enlighten you."What do you do?>go to the capital and meet with the empress>something else
>>26246262>go to the capital and meet with the empressWell, we're off to see the Empress!
>>26246262>go to the capital and meet with the empress
>>26246262>>go to the capital and meet with the empressask our new "friend" about this world and the war
>>26246262>something elsePick our shadowy nostrils.
>>26246262>go to the capital and meet with the empressI wonder if this means she got rid of vision!Shadow or something. Though it could also have been the Banshee's summon.
Rolled 91>>26246262To the capital!Also, inquire more about the banshee.
Rolled 20Thread needs to be archived, guys.
>>26246427It is.
>>26246427It's there, just at the top of the archive list for some reason.
>>26246262>go to the capital and meet with the empressSo....she has actually been here for 8 years....I wonder if she will stay 8 years older after we leave this infernal contraption.
>>26246483>tfw when loli abigail with the mind of a 17-year-old>this is just like my chinese cartoons
>>26246483Shadow didn't stay as a human once he traveled through the Archonium portal now, did he?I'm sure she will be fine.
>>26246483Either way, kid or not, she's experienced 8 years of life that she shouldn't have normally.
>>26246502>loli sorceror gets stuck in another world and comes out as a 17-year old
>>26246483It's thoroughly possible that she is completely unaging, acknowledged by the constant "may she live forever"s.It could also be typical "long live the Queen" jargon, but the wording they're using wouldn't be terribly surprising if they've noticed that she DOES seem immortal thusfar.
>>26246532>sorcerorShit, I meant Summoner.I'm up entirely too late.
>>26246513Eight years experience controlling an empire and fighting a defensive war against a powerful foe. I'm sure fang would be proud.
>>26246595I think you mean 8 years of watching her people die for her while waiting a shining black knight to come and rescue her.Abigail is a shit tier empress so far.
So is SQ just slow today or is no one posting because the option everyone wants to take has already won?
>>26246632I think we're just waiting on SM.
>>26246611Probably why she didn't pass. This was to test her ability to rule just like Fang was tested but she's just a 9 year old.
>>26246611Hopefully the situation will end with Abby gaining the memories of both the Empress and the Banshee.
>>26246611In that case. what do we do? Because if we save her from this vision then she's learned nothing.
>>26246659Well she can't be totally incompetent if she's survived here for eight subjective years.
>>26246679>>26246678>>26246659We obviously need to force her to participate in the front lines.You cannot win a chess game without moving the queen after all.
<Then I will see her.>"I will escort you personally," he says. "If the witch is turning her attentions to this regions, she must be informed, and our city reinforced."<What is your name?>"Dev'hue, Great One, Mayor of Talisa." I prostrates itself before you, half in tears. "I am honored...I cherish your recognition!"<...relax. Stop with the bowing and scraping.>Dev'hue snaps back up. "Of course, Great one! Come, we fly swiftly!"Dev'hue mounts his griffin, which bows to you, and then to him. It occurs to you that the griffins themselves are their own individuals, not just beasts of burden. What a strange world.You soar high over the valley. Their 'swift' is only a third your flight speed. You keep up easily, taking in the scenery. You head downriver, and it slowly widens as it takes in tributaries from the surrounding mountainsYou fly close to Dev'hue. <Tell me of the Banshee.>"She is wild, reckless, and unthinking," Dev'hue says. "Barely a sentient being, by the Empress's word. She has attacked unceasingly since the great wars ended and the Empire was formed."<And the Empire? How did it come to be? Was this all recently?>"Yes, of course," Dev'hue says. "Forgive me. Let's see...11 years ago, the Empress appeared - younger than she is now, of course, just a child. But in all the world, only she was blessed with magic. Her kindness enraptured all, and her power defeated those whose greed blocked their ears. The times of endless war between the clans were ended in but 3 years, and the empire was founded.>con't
>>26246683>Well she can't be totally incompetent if she's survived here for eight subjective years.SHE ISN'T EVEN CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINES, THE ONLY THING THAT COULD HARM HER ARE ASSASSINS
>>26246679I kind of don't see the point of forcing a kid to try and pass a test she was obviously not ready for. If the option was there maybe we can explore it, but our goal is to get her out and nothing else. If passing the test is such a big deal she can take it again when she's older and actually prepared.
"Soon after this, the Banshee appeared - how, or from where, it is not known. The Banshee, too, could use magic, but she doesn't challenge the rule of the Empress - she merely seeks the destruction of our order, of a return to the chaotic wars and battles of the past." Dev'hue shakes his head. "I fought in those wars. I am blessed that my child has, so far, grown up in a world without them. My life is the Empress's, for as long as I live, as long as I can serve."<...I see. Why doesn't the Empire strike the Banshee down?>"The empress's compassion keeps her defensive," he says. "She says many more lives would be lost in attacking, then in securing our position, as things stand. She seeks a great source of power to ensure that our eventual victory is swift."<Me?>"Well," Dev'hue says, "it is more that you are said to be the one to find this power for her."<What sort of power are we talking about?>"I know only the magic granted by the Empress," Dev'hue says. "She did not trouble one such as me with the specifics. But if she, so great in magic, seeks it...it must be great. With your arrival, the coming of victory is near." His voice grows more excited. "This is a grand time - the greatest of times!"You feel a bit awkward under his glowing, anxious gaze. Apparently there's a lot riding on your shoulders.But isn't this just a vision? But then...perhaps this is why Abigail is stuck here. The war was never won. She's been waiting - for you. To find some sort of power.You need a lot of answers.Eventually, you reach the head of the valley. A castle sits on a rocky hill protruding from the center of wide floodplains. The river forms a huge lake that sits around half the castle.You fly down with the griffin escort and skim the surface of the water, ducking between ships. You see a huge sea monster dive under the water. A few moments later, it comes back up and deposit a handful of fish onto one of the boats.
>>26246713Well from what we know, there -have- been assassins, and i was speaking more to the fact that she didn't just get overrun by the banshee's army immediately.
Rolled 92>>26246694Yes you can. Are you daft? The only piece you MUST move to win a game of chess is the Pawn, since you literally cannot checkmate with knights only.>inb4 missing the pointAnyway, I agree with you. Get the Coward Queen to do something.
>>26246721>"The empress's compassion keeps her defensive," he says. "She says many more lives would be lost in attacking, then in securing our position, as things stand. She seeks a great source of power to ensure that our eventual victory is swift."><Me?>>"Well," Dev'hue says, "it is more that you are said to be the one to find this power for her."I just puked.Gee, Abby. You couldn't be a worse leader even if you tried.
>>26246753She's eight, jackass. Cut her some slack.
>>26246753It could be some meta or plot shit. Don't just go straight to her being a failure.
>>26246714And when she's older, Archon may be doomed. Yi Fang might have pissed us off, but he still cares about her and wouldn't have let her do it unless he felt it necessary.Though I still prefer we just get her out alive and worry about her ruling Archon later. If we can even get out without her passing the test.
>>26246721>"The empress's compassion keeps her defensive," he says. "She says many more lives would be lost in attacking, then in securing our position, as things stand. She seeks a great source of power to ensure that our eventual victory is swift."Wow Abigail.>"it is more that you are said to be the one to find this power for her."-100 Anon points
>>26246753this is the side of her that seeks to end conflict, she needs the Banshee to gain the resolve to do what must be done to end the conflict
>>26246765>She's eight, jackass. Cut her some slack.SHE LIVED IN THIS DREAM FOR 8 YEARS, SHE ISN'T 8 ANYMORE
Rolled 100>>2624680411
>>26246721So she could have won, but our promise to always help her (and whatever fake shadow may have said) ended up being her downfall.Was kind of worried about this, actually, making someone who was to be a future ruler reliant on us. Oh well, time to fix shit.
>>26246815whyyy nowww
>>26246815>that 100
Rolled 71>>26246821Because I hate you, anon.
>>26246804And some how without a proper teacher she almost unified the land. pretty good for a failure.
The palace looms before you. Griffins aren't the only winged beasts that patrol its skies - you see small flying lizards and wyrms, creatures that seem half made of steel, and normal birds of all shapes and sizes.The sun is setting behind you. It seems time mores more or less normally in this place.Dev'hue lands on a large platform that seems built for the exact purpose. He is quickly recognized, and holds a brief conversation with the guards that move in to attend to you. He ushers you forward along the platform. As you step into the palace, you see a large fleet of Griffins dispatched up river, likely to reinforce Talisa.The inside of the palace itself is quiet, and once you pass a certain point, your escort leaves but for Dev'hue. A motley collection of servants attends to orange flowers and scrubs the surfaces of the marble halls, but it's otherwise empty. You think that this section, with its vaulted ceilings and painted windows, is just for show.A huge door looms before you - heavy solid oak carved with an image of the palace itself. Heavy gears sit at the corners of the door. Dev'hue's magic flickers, and the gears move in response, opening the portal into a long throne room.>con't
>>26246815YOU GOD DAMN MOTHER FUCKER
>>26246815Why do you guys leave dice in the email field
Rolled 33I'm not sure how to fix this, TBH. Do we just straight-up say "No"?
>>26246721>She's been waiting - for you. To find some sort of power.Oh, clever girl. Clever, clever girl.She's been waiting for us because she wants to leave here whole. She NEEDS outside interference to become one with the Banshee again.
>>26246801Considering the Banshee was described as "The Banshee, too, could use magic, but she doesn't challenge the rule of the Empress - she merely seeks the destruction of our order, of a return to the chaotic wars and battles of the past." I highly doubt but one thing at a time.First we need to make Abby grow some balls and became a leader in order to leave this vision.>>26246815Nice job fucker.
Rolled 49>>26246837>>26246826People who get upset over random 100s unrelated to anything are autistic.
>>26246853Don't get too hopeful. I'm thinking it's more along the lines of >>26246817SHADOW WILL HELP ME HE PROMISED
>>26246853Don't be retarded.Did Shadow need any outside interference? Did Fang need one?Abigail is just scared of fighting and leading.
>>26246862/tg/ dice, man. We have every right to be superstitious about these things.
>>26246832lets all remember that while we've protected Abby and taught her to avoid conflict, we never really taught her that sometimes action must be taken to truly end it.>give the girl a little slack
>>26246874>The Banshee, too, could use magic, but she doesn't challenge the rule of the Empress - she merely seeks the destruction of our order, of a return to the chaotic wars and battles of the past.>"The empress's compassion keeps her defensive," he says. "She says many more lives would be lost in attacking, then in securing our position, as things stand. She seeks a great source of power to ensure that our eventual victory is swift."What I'm getting from these two lines is that neither party is all that eager to actually kill the other.>>26246890We're not human, and actually left in more pieces than we came in. And Fang killed his other self.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtaCrXpNT4YYou step into the room. Your 'feet' are silent. Dev'hue's paws clomp pad along quietly.Light streams in from open windows on either side of a long carpet that leads to the throne. The throne itself is situated at the top of a steep stair, high above the emptied audience chamber. You feel a strong presence of Spirit on the throne - strong, but sharply contained. A disciplined force of magic.>con't>brief updates cause I wanted to get the concept pics in
I find all this anger over whatever's up with Abby to be kind of really odd. Especially when we know she already failed. >but 11 yearsShe already failed. There is no way out without Shadow now.
>>26246906What I'm thinking is that they know that if they fight it'll be mutually assured destruction. What they're waiting for is outside interference, something to tip odds in their favour, in order to win the battle and survive.
>>26246906>And Fang killed his other self.Exactly.
>>26246874>Don't get too hopeful. I'm thinking it's more along the lines of >>26246817>SHADOW WILL HELP ME HE PROMISEDNot sure this is the case, seeing as she did the whole "unifying the warring clans" bit in three years without any prompting, and has only been held up once confronted with the existential challenge.Not to say that resorting to delaying tactics when faced with a trial meant to solve an internal conflict is a GOOD plan, but still.
>>26246933It's more of a disappointment really for me.
>>26246939Ps. But I suppose you people are too busy chewing on knobs to figure this obvious shit out.
>>26246954I meant "disappointment instead of anger">>26246964Opinion invalidated.
SM YOU STOLE ABBY'S INNOCENCE AND ACCELERATED HER AGE HOW COULD YOUWHERES MY WEETLE GIRL NOWWW
>>26246954I don't see how it is. Fang and us did everything for her. She didn't even win a duel with her own power. She has literally never been trained to do shit on her own.
>>26246954Same here, man.
>>26246939>>26246964Sometimes in order to survive, you need to be ready to die.
>>26246940I'm not sure that he killed him, just defeated and suppressed him.
>>26246977It's not like it's the only logical solution. Chewer.
I think the part from 3 years ago was the first part of her test to see if she could stop the fighting, while the part with the Banshee that she failed was to have to resolve to start the conflict to end the danger instead of just sitting back and stalemating
Rolled 100>>26246949At least she doesn't appear to be attempting to reconcile the two extremes of herself into one being peacefully.Unlike /tg/ trying to change Temerity's mind through words -.-
>>26246992>like with Humanity...
>>26247010>two 100s!?
>>26247010wasted
>>26247010Oh you're fucking kidding me.
>>26246985>She didn't even win a duel with her own power.She did actually, Shadow only directly acted when that Jun asshole banished her remnant that was fucking up the other person.
>>26247019>>26247021>>26247022waah
>>26247010>Unlike /tg/ trying to change Temerity's mind through wordseven if the idea was flawed, our might makes right anon
>>26247010Stop fucking posting Nevermore
>inb4 the empress is the splinter-mind and Abby has long since gone mad and become the banshee
Rolled 19>>26246985She was winning that duel on her own. We only interfered because one of the Chengs banished her revenant right before is smashed the enemy mage to bits.
>>26247010>>26246815
>>26247024Did she knock the guy down for the count? Did she herself recognize it as her own victory? She wasn't even aware that someone was rigging it.
We'll never see those 100s again.
>>26247012Exactly>>26247010>Wasting 100s>emoticonsCongratulations Nevermore, you found a way to be a faggot even as an anon.
The reason for this long update is because SM has a really hot HD picture of grown up Abby getting uploaded.
>>26247053Go read the duel again.
>>26247069>inb4 anons want to bang our Daughteru
Rolled 49>>26247035Yeah, though I wanted to skip right to smashing his order-loving face in.
>>26247083i hear you, but Humanity kicking his ass was worth it
Rolled 73>>26247082We were banging our not-daughter in one of our visions, if you recall. It actually made me fairly uncomfortable, from a character-perspective.
>>26247053>pretty sure she felt Jun fuck with her spell, and yeah Chen was getting beaten down harder than he could defend against by the Revient. even his sister said so
>>26247103>me to, lets just pretend it never happened for the sake of Shadows sanity
Abigail.She's aged.But you can feel her. That familiar spirit. That familiar presence. It's her.<...Abigail.> You walk forward, reaching the base of the stairs. <Abby!>"Stop!" she shouts, raising a hand. You freeze, stock still. "You," she says to Dev'hue. "Leave us."Dev'hue bows and scrapes all the way out of the move. You look up at Abigail. <...what is it?>"...what...what was my father's name?"<...Jen. Jen Fang.>"...the knight. What was the knight's name?"<Sir Donovan Flint,> you say. <Abigail, what - >"If you're real, then you know my nickname!" she shouts. Her hands are shaking. "What's my nickname?!"<...Abby-Sabby,> you say gently. <You told me that yourself.>"...are you real?"You smile. <Abigail, I just spent a month wandering through visions trying to find you. I'm more concerned if you are.>Abigail is already down the steps. She throws herself at you. Her hands grip your shadow. "...you'd better be real.""I'm real," you say aloud. "It's me.""...I've been in here...11 years...I tried to..." Her voice cracks. She sobs into your chest. "...but...I couldn't...I really never...thought that you'd - "<...it's fine,> you say. You hold her close. <You don't have to explain. Just take a minute.>"...ok."After a long moment, Abigail composes herself. She takes a step back, and smiles through her tears. "...you said you'd come. I...almost gave up."<Here I am,> you say."Here you are. I...won't doubt you ever again, Shadow."<...eleven years...I half thought you'd have forgotten about me. I expected you to be caught up by this place.>>con't
"I'd never forget you!" she shouts. "...if it wasn't for your words...I wouldn't have lasted this long." She lets out a long breath. "Let's sit."You turn, and - to your surprise - a table, and chairs, are set in the middle of the throne room. A steaming pot of tea is on top of them. You didn't feel any magic - or any presence come in.Abigail smiles at you - and it's a big, evil grin that, for a startling second, reminds you of someone else. "I can change things here. My perceptions can become real. Setting a table is just a thought away."<I see.>You both take a seat. Abigail pours tea for you. You sip it gingerly. It's good - sweet, with a hint of cinnamon."Do you like it?"<Mmm.>"I'm glad." She sets her cup down. "...I guess you have some questions for me."
>>26247103>It actually made me fairly uncomfortable, from a character-perspective.Same here, man.Shadow still has much to learn about love, namely the fact that there are different kinds of love and emotional attachment and getting them confused is not a good thing.
>>26247103I would rather forget that "John" even existed. I don't want my shadow traveling form corrupted buy him.
>>26247151by him*
>>26247103>It actually made me fairly uncomfortableIt was supposed to.
>>26247151inb4 SM has us roll for traveling form and we get a nat 1
Rolled 59>Curious about why our Order-shard is called Temerity>Decide to double-check the definition and see if I can make heads or tails of itMy god. I have literally been thinking that the word "temerity" means the opposite of what it actually does for almost twenty years.
>>26247146....so it turns out the evil grin runs in the family. Who knew!
The one question we need to ask... <What keep you here?>
(ahem)What questions do you ask?>write-in, I don't want to sit here and type all night without a break
>>26247151>even though he was created from our mind and an important part of our Humanitynot with you one this one Captain, John is merely an extension of our idea of Humanity and i like how he fused with our early slate of being human
>>26247148Considering that was a completely direct version of our desire that may not be the case. It's confusing. Then again. Shadow's only real experience with love has been romantic. And in both cases with couples, or potential couples with age gaps.Shit's even more confusing when you remember that Shadow was more like some lost pet who barely knew how to communicate when he first met Abby and 3 months later he's suddenly a parental figure.
>>26247173Oh wow, same here. Huh.>>26247163A+ job there. Not that the rest of this thing isn't.SM best waifu.
>>26247146"You have become aware that the witch is most likely just another part of you? And that either befriending or defeating it would end this illusion?"
>>26247216<Are you aware the Banshee is you?>
>>26247216Seconding this:>>26247204"What keeps you here?"
>>26247173>dice wasting anon not knowing what a word critical to the quest meansSomehow I'm not surpised.>>26247146>"I can change things here. My perceptions can become real. Setting a table is just a thought away."Why haven't you ended the war then?
>>26247216<What has kept you here?><Tell me what happened> war, founding empire and bansheegive her the biggest hug and helicopter her around the throne room
Rolled 77>>26247163Well, good job. Is there an awkward scene coming in which we tell Abb-Sabby that we don't have sexual feelings for her, too? Because if there is, goddamnit SM.Also, quick question: Did our cabin-in-the-woods vision name himself john after the pastor from Jacob's Field?
>>26247230Or at the very least an aspect of you. We need to impress upon her that this is a TEST, and while we can help her, ultimately the only way she's getting out of here is through her own will and decisions.
>>26247244>and helicopter her around the throne roomShe is not 8 anymore.
when we leave the Archonium will Abby-Sabby have aged emotionally eleven years?
>>26247251DON'T GIVE HIM IDEAS
>>26247261so? its been 11 years and we never got to do this before
>>26247146"How are you?"
>>26247256A bit late for that.Promising a to-be ruler that we would always help her may have been a bad decision.Not that it was a lie, but relying on someone else to always be there isn't exactly nation-guiding material.
>>26247146>"I'm glad." She sets her cup down. "...I guess you have some questions for me.">>26247204This is the big one, yeah, though the answer is probably more or less "Didn't beat the Banshee yet."More important is what has actually happened while she was here; we heard the idealized version from the foot soldiers, and given that they idolize her completely, their perception of what is going on is probably not exactly reliable.This will probably explain what led her to believe that there is a mysterious power out there that she needs us to go find, which is the next big thing we need to know.If she's just waiting and stagnating because we said we'd come, that's kind of not so good. If she's waiting because the construct the Archonium made from her psyche genuinely NEEDS us to come, that's another thing entirely.
>>26247270I can tell for a fact that grown women don't appreciate when their father figures (that they have feelings for) treat them like they are still little girls.
>>26247230>>26247244>>26247256combo of these<Abby, you know what this world is right? You remember why you are here don't you? This place is a test, for you and you alone just as my own were mine. Your perceptions chance this world, only your will can complete these trials>>>26247280toss this in>>26247216
>>26247216<Abby-Sabby, These people you are protecting are fictional. They exist to test you. As soon as the door opened and you did not come out I charged in here. everything that has happened till know has only lasted a day.>
>>26247298>but wouldn't a daughter want their father figure to show his affection and how much he missed her after 10+ years of hell?
>>26247308Man there's no way she knew any of this already.
>>26247298>that they have feelings fornot sure if canon, what we saw may have just been isolated to our vision>i don't doubt she loves us, just not romantically
>>26247256>We need to impress upon her that this is a TEST, and while we can help her, ultimately the only way she's getting out of here is through her own will and decisions.This is probably a good thing to say. We're glad to help... after all, we wouldn't have come if we weren't, but if the internal change she is going to get from the Archonium that way is just an assurance that "Shadow will always do what I need to do for me", that's a terrible thing to do to her.She has had the time to grow into the role the Archonium expects of her, now it's time for her to seize the opportunity our presence here opens up.
>>26247318>>26247329Let's be honest here. There is a good chance that Abigail doesn't see Shadow as a father after she reached puberty.
>>26247308I think we should drop the child names. It's not really appropriate anymore.>>26247318You know, I can't really see Shadow as a "father figure" to abagail. When we met her, we were about as mature as she was, even less so in terms of experience with the world.
>>26247347true, but unless these changes are permanent then she'll be a little girl again once we get out and i for one am not looking forward to >little girl trying to jump her shadow daddy's junk
>>26247363I've always saw him as more an older brother. Technically just an older child but trying his best to be an adult for her sake.
>>26247216<What happened after you first dove into the Archonium?>
>>26247363more a brother assuming the father role in her life maybe
>>26247372>little girl trying to jump her shadow daddy's junk
>>26247372I suspect that the changes are indeed permanent.Either way, let's all agree here and now that Shadow-Daddy never shapes shadow junk, ever.That's what tentacles are for. I kid.
<..what has kept you here?> you ask. <What happened? If you can change reality, why haven't you escaped?>"They can too," she says. "A lot happened. More than a lot."<We've got time.>"We do," she says. "First...I was me. We were one...person, I suppose. I don't...think I'm alright, Shadow. I think something's wrong. No. I know it's wrong. I can feel the pull - toward both of them."<Both of them?>"I was...young, in the beginning," she says. "I thought the test was to stop the wars. It seemed like a good idea. It took me three years. In this world, only I was blessed with magic...but it took time for me to master my powers. Especially without my uncle's help, or your backup. A lot was riding on it. But once I did, the war ended swiftly."But that wasn't the real test. When the war was ended, I...split. Into three. I'm only a third of me. One of the others is the Banshee."<I'm familiar. What about the other third?>"Good. The remaining one...I don't know what to call it. Weakness? Hesitation? Procrastination?" Abigail's face changes. Lines she didn't have when she was young crease her face into hard, angered angles. "Whatever she is, she's pathetic. She's gone into hiding - and with her powers, like mine, I haven't been able to find her all this time. The Banshee makes no secret of her presence, but then, we're evenly matched. My plan has been to subjugate my weaker self to somewhat bolster my strength, and then move on the Banshee. That's where you come in."<It is?>>con't
>>26247381Are you trying to say that she should call us her onii-chan. ARE YOU.
>>26247395more like
On one hand, Fang nearly died again from the shock of losing Abby.On the other, when we bring her out, she's gonna be full-powered and unstoppable.Seems the archonium did its thing. Unless she chooses to leave the experience behind somehow. Although I think this is really happening because SM wants the quest to continue without us playing nanny every other thread. Having Abby magically become competent in a day is a way to do that.
>>26247420Fuck yes, Voynich Hotel.>>26247422Speaking of Fang, I think we should do the asshole a favor and not let Abby know that the Shadow was a fake. It should come from him if anyone.
>>26247409its obvious what we must do then, find all three and make them work together before daddy gets pissed an grounds them
>technically only three months old>only knowledge of love comes from a couple with like a couple hundred years age gap>encountering adult version of little girl he's basically in love withI have no idea what is right and wrong anymore.
>>26247409<so why have you not gone to talk to your two other thirds? Or have you not even thought about talking?>
>>26247440>I think we should do the asshole a favorI agree with you. Fang needs a break.
>>26247455IT'S NOT THAT KIND OF LOVE AND WE LEAVE IT AT THAT
>>26247455Neither does shadow, anon. Nor does 8 year old who grew up in a fictional world and is now 19 yo.
>>26247469>Fang needs a break.IN HIS SPINE
>>26247455Put away the shadowy appendages, abby is Non DTFThis is the one rule we must abide
Hmm. So Abby hasn't just been sitting on her ass. A third of her is forcing the stalemate.
>>2624747920. She was 9 when she entered.
>>26247409>>26247446Pretty much, we can not fix this for her (Most likely the idea of us coming to help hinder her), but we can advice her on what to do. This is going to sound harsh but its time for her to stop playing at ruling the kingdom.
>>26247492and she was 20 when we entered>i need to stop
>>26247381>I've always saw him as more an older brother. Technically just an older child but trying his best to be an adult for her sake.This seems pretty close to how I was interpreting things as well.also for a bunch of people who claim to have been put-off by the construct that showed Not-Shadow and Not-Abigail in a non-platonic relationship, you guys seem to like talking about the specifics a whole lot.>>26247409>"Good. The remaining one...I don't know what to call it. Weakness? Hesitation? Procrastination?" Abigail's face changes. Lines she didn't have when she was young crease her face into hard, angered angles. "Whatever she is, she's pathetic.Jeez, no need to beat yourself up about it. There's two whole other Yourselves to go out and beat up instead.>>26247456><so why have you not gone to talk to your two other thirds? Or have you not even thought about talking?>Because this worked out so well with us and Temerity.When your own indecision incarnates and walks off into the woods to hide forever, it's not going to be possible to convince it that it needs to act. We couldn't talk Temerity into not being Temerity, so I can't see how you can expect her to be able to talk a manifestation of procrastination into taking decisive action.
>>26247492Even better.
>>26247469After all this I have to say I'm not "quite" as angry at him as I was when we first went in. I mean sure, not happy about what happened to Abby, but at least we were able to sort our own stuff out.In short, I also think Fang deserves a break especially if he is still at the entrance when we get back.
>>26247523>and she was 20 when we enteredI see what you did there.
To pull an oft-quoted phrase from another quest...ABBY IS NOT FOR LEWDS.
>>26247440indeed, and relevant to the conversation even
>>26247529Yeah like his legs, give him a good reason to sit down and think while his legs heal.
>reading the direction the anon conversation is going>my god
>>26247409>Good. The remaining one...I don't know what to call it. Weakness? Hesitation? Procrastination?>My plan has been to subjugate my weaker self to somewhat bolster my strength, and then move on the Banshee.I dunno, you seem to be pretty on top of indecision and procrastination already, Abby-Sabby.
>>26247491I am not so sure about that...she git a nice place going right now and all part are herself. Most likely the kingdom and war have been distractions.
THE COMMANDMENTS OF SQ, READ AND REMEMBER1. Abby is pure daghteru 2. Dickpunching is always an acceptable course of action3. Angels r gay4. Avoid knobs at all costs5. Stop hoping for good rolls6. Never trust fang7. Read rule 6 again8. Read it one more time just in case9. i'm out of rules
>>26247575She's been holding off her dark self while competing to find the part of her power the would let her win.She's hardly been procrastinating. Well, this her hardly has.
>>26247592>Angels r gayBut Micheal was straight
>>26247592What about Vellik? Can we trust him?ALSO ANGELS CAN'T B GAY BECAUSE THEN AURIEL WOULD BE A LESBIAN AND NOT BANG FLINTS.
>>26247612largely up for debate
>>26247529>>26247570more like <Hey Fang, grit those teeth!>
>>26247613She stopped being an angel, and stopped being gay.
>>26247613>Implying Auriel isn't a dickgirlSM, please post. We quickly devolve between plot-posts.
"You...we have..." Abigail avoids your gaze. "...certain, feelings...because of...our relationship." She coughs. "Um...what I mean to say, is that while she hides from me, you might be able to lure her from hiding. I know she is probably in the east, in the untamed forests beyond the Empire."<...lure her in...and then...?>Abigail's eyes flash. "And then I do what is necessary."For a moment, it's as if you can see Fang himself overlaying her, saying those exact words to you just after Abigail herself vanished into the Archonium.<She's a part of you, Abigail,> you say. <You should try to make peace with her.>"I won't make peace with a weakness like her," Abigail says sharply. It's not to you, but to the air - to herself. "She's pathetic. Someone like her - she could never rule. She could never lead. Did you notice the lack of personnel in my palace?"<I did, actually.>"I've spent these years in caution," Abigail says. "Too dangerous to go against the Banshee directly - we're too even. I needed just a bit of help from my other self. In the meantime, though, I strengthened my position, in case contingencies were needed. My empire runs on a well-oiled bureaucratic meritocracy. I separate the good apples from the bad and bring them into the fold. Even without me, the Empire would run like clockwork. It's been a fun diversion...but frankly, I'm beyond happy you've arrived. You're the balance to tip the scales."Separating bad from good? Empires like machines? Something feels...off. It just doesn't sound like Abigail.But before you can say anything, she keeps speaking. She gestures around herself. "But my point is, that other self...weak, cowardly, only thinking about tomorrow, not about a year from now...she could never do all this. She couldn't build it, or maintain it. She would fail our duties. She could never stand with you and - " Abgail stops. "I don't need her. I have my uncle. I have you.">con't
>>26247607The palace and the empire don't speak on her favor. She has being playing at being empress.
She looks up at you. And then you see it. Something is wrong with her. She is only a third there. Not the Abigail you know - someone else."I have you," she says slowly. "That's all I need. Promise me, Shadow. I..."The doors to the room open. Abigail frowns, and looks over your shoulder. "...what?""I lower myself, Great Lady," comes a familiar voice. You glance back at Dev'hue's groveling form. "But Talisa is in danger. I fear that the dragon - ""I'm aware of the details of the attack. They outpaced your arrival.""Of course, my Empress is aware," Dev'hue says. "But Talisa - ""Is already being reinforced. Your apprentice has been granted full magical authority. He noted that you did not maintain the proper wards which would have warned you of an attack this deep in our territory nearly an hour in advance. He also noted that you sacrificed personnel safety to bolster mine production. He also noted that you used your position to gain access to unwilling..." Abigail blushes slightly. She studiously avoids looking at you. "...partners. Your judgement was faulty. It has already been arranged for him to replace you.""...please..." Dev'hue's voice falls to a whisper. "...my son...I cannot be - ""There will be no appeal," Abigail says sharply. "Do you deny these charges?""...no.""Then I can make no exception. Your son will be well cared for.""...all I could wish for...Great Lady."And suddenly, Dev'hue is gone.<Where did he go?>"I removed him," Abigail says. "He was a rusted cog. Such things happen."<...do you think that might have been a little extreme?>Abigail shrugs. "He ignored proper protocols to put more iron on the barges. He neglected the wards. He should have known better."<Not even a funeral?>"It wasn't necessary," Abigail says. She takes a long sip from her tea. "Much cleaner to just erase him.">con't
>>26247656WE'RE TRAPPED IN THE ROOM WITH THE CRAZY LADY OH GOD
>>26247648I don't like this at all.People aren't machines - you can't program them. They're not summons.I like this Abby less and less.
Well, fuck.
>>26247648>"You...we have..." Abigail avoids your gaze. "...certain, feelings...because of...our relationship."FUUUUUCK NO SM NO STOP PLS
>>26247656Not cool, Abby.
Protip: BAD IDEA TO LET THIS SIDE WIN
>Go to sleep after last shadow quest>Sleep for 22 hrs>Wake up to a new Shadow Quest
>>26247656Well crap.One abby is a psychopathic demon, another is icehearted fang 2.0, and the last is cowering somewhere and no better off than she was when she entered.
<I will go find her then. Good bye Abby-Sabby. I hope to see you whole once more.>Next to the Banshee.
>>26247687LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!
>>26247656I think we need to go about reunifying all the various Abigails into one cohesive whole. Then again, this is probably in line with the purpose of the Archonium. To separate the various parts of one's personality. I don't know if we should keep this Abby or try to fiddle with the archonium.
>>26247699She is Abby's temerity, weak scared abby is going to need her if she wants to survive.
>>26247656no@stahp.pls
>>26247656<And that is what I feared, the Banshee is what you refuse to accept what you fear about yourself. But the third part of you is your compassion your humanity. Plans and well oiled machines are great and save many lives, but whats the point when you lose yourself in the process? Lose everything you fought for in the process, like your Uncle...>
>>26247656...You know i'm beginning to like this Abby.
HEY ALL GUYS WHO SAID THAT WE JUST NEED EMPRESS ALONE TO SURVIVE.FUCK YOU.Clearly, we need all 3 of them to unite, unless we want a psychopath/monster/failure.
>>26247607Amusingly, both she and her dark self are too busy taking action against their opposing fragments to hunt down inaction.If either one blinks to try and split their forces and bring Indecision to heel, the other proactive Abby would be able to overpower them.Kind of an amusing stalemate.>>26247656>"It wasn't necessary," Abigail says. She takes a long sip from her tea. "Much cleaner to just erase him."Well then.>She looks up at you. And then you see it. Something is wrong with her. She is only a third there. Not the Abigail you know - someone else.>"I have you," she says slowly. "That's all I need. Promise me, Shadow. I...">"First...I was me. We were one...person, I suppose. I don't...think I'm alright, Shadow. I think something's wrong. No. I know it's wrong. I can feel the pull - toward both of them."<You told me over tea that you thought... knew... something was wrong.><I promise that I will help you make things right again.>>>26247724That's not very middle-of-the-road of you, y'know.
>>26247711>One abby is a psychopathic demonWe don't really know that.All we know is that she's doing her darndest to take this Abby down.And honestly I can't blame her for that.
>>26247718This isn't Abby's Temerity. The psychopath is obviously Abby's temerity.
>>26247718Pretty much, destroying her is BAD ROAD.Not to mention that things would be much worse off if she wasn't here.
Cryptically say something on the lines of <Frightening..>See how she reacts.
You're not sure how to respond to that."So," she says, "the plan is thus: you find this other me, earn her trust - which will be easy enough - and then lure her back here. I'll be well-prepared."<...prepared for what?>"She needs to be removed," Abigail says simply. She smiles, and stands from the table. "But let's talk about the details later. Shadow...I've missed you. Tonight, I want you to rest, and tomorrow, we'll spend the day together. A feast in your honor! I'll even cook for you. Does that sound good?"<...ah...I didn't realize you knew how.>"I could just think it all up from thin air, but that wouldn't be fun. I've had some free time, after all." She claps her hands. Immediately, servant monsters bustle in from a dozen entrances you didn't notice. "They'll escort you to your room. We'll talk more tomorrow, alright?"<Abigail, there's...Abby, this isn't - >"Don't worry about it! Tomorrow!" She waves a hand at you and vanishes through a side door.The servants bow and scrape. You don't bother telling them off. You hardly notice them.It's like another person is wearing Abigail's personality. Sometimes it rings true...and other times...like an ugly string of a broken violin.What do you do?>rest, for now. This needs to be approached delicately>try to confront Abigail immediately. There's no time to loose.>sneak off during the night>some other strategy
>>26247656since everything is a dream right now maybe we should break this Abigail's toy of an empire.
>>26247734>Empress is Fang 2.0 electric boogaloo>Banshee is Abby taking after us completely and becoming Magical Batman>The third one is the little girl
>>26247733To be fair i'll most likely say that about the other two parts as well.
>sneak off during the nightTo the Banshee! We must see how her personallity has been shaped
>>26247745Pretty much.
>>26247739>>try to confront Abigail immediately. There's no time to loose.>>26247721something,like this
>>26247745Banshee is her becoming an unfettered demon, chaos unbound.
>>26247739Get the fuck outta there, bitch be crazy
>>26247739asdfFang will obviously want his perfect ruler, but I don't think we're letting that happen.Rest for now, I guess?
>>26247744Spiteful much?Despite the social darwinism, we don't know how much worse it is over the other side.
Fang DID say the archonium would remove all doubt and weakness. Perhaps it has. This is Abigail, without any fears or worries. Only confidence and determination. I guess it really IS the flaws that make us human.
>>26247739>try to confront Abigail immediately. There's no time to loose.
>>26247739>>rest, for now. This needs to be approached delicatelyWe need to meditate on this long and hard. I believe that many of the mages that go through this fail even though they come back to the world.
>try to confront Abigail immediately. There's no time to loose.<Its time to stop playing at being empress young lady.>
>>26247756We haven't actually SEEN her yet. All we know is that she's trying to take out crazy Empress Abby.
>>26247739>>rest, for now. This needs to be approached delicately
>>26247739>rest, for now. This needs to be approached delicately
>>26247739>>rest, for now. This needs to be approached delicatelyIt's been 11 years, we can wait a little longer.Also, immediately running off seems overly spiteful to me.
>>26247762That nail just got a fucking concussion.
>>26247739Confront Abby. We're not going to "fit in" with her machine, frankly after fifty quests I'm pretty sick of following orders - and I'm sure as hell not taking orders from Abby - she's the one person I thought we could go to just to have some fucking peace from this nonsense.No, we shake things up. She can' dismiss us, she can't program us. She's been dealing with machines for over a decade, let her deal with something more human.
>>26247739rest, we'll have plenty of time to discuss her regime tomorrow
>>26247739>sneak off during the nightFind the scared Abby,
>>26247761you and I both know that's not JUSTICE
>>26247739either confront or find little abby now
resting is a bad idea, gonna switch my vote to confronting her now instead of running off.
>>26247739>sneak off during the nightWe should see Banshee Abigail next, then Scared Abigail last.
>>26247739Sneak off during the night. Confront all 3 of them separately. Inevitably we'll side with the weak one, provide her moral support as it were. When we'll be confronted by either banshee/empress we'll surprise her by being immune to world-shaping powers due to narrativum and force a merger.
>>26247781This.
>>26247756no banshee is her experamental humanised mothers side who was an actual banshee if i remember right ITS ALL CUMIN TOGETHER, I C RIT TRU U SM U CHEEKY FUGER
>>26247656So, this part of Abby is the Fang-Abby. The side that reviles her own weakness and procrastination, the side that will do what is necessary, even if it isn't kind... and the side that wants to jump our shadowy bones.We gotta get the weak half back.
Since this is Abigail's Temerity I doubt she will listen to everything we say. We need to find the weak third part and tell her to take action.
>>26247784Not a good idea.Do remember that Empress Abby's plan is to use us as bait then ambush Scared Abby. We should NOT look for Scared Abby until we're ready.
>>26247807>and the side that wants to jump our shadowy bones.But all sides of Abigail want to do that.
>>26247798>the side that wants to jump our shadowy bonesSomething tells me this is more the desperate side
Here is my plan: grab the three Abigails by the ear and make them understand that they most reconcile with each part of themselves. The time for playing pretend is over. We have being giving Abigail love and care but now I realize we never did much on discipline.
>>26247818No, she needs to prepare first. If we sneak out NOW, find weak aabby and confront Fang- Abby at the same night she won't be prepared.
>>26247739>rest, for now. This needs to be approached delicatelyThough mention to her that traveling the same path as her uncle will lead to the exact same pain that it took him to.
>>26247831That rather depends on what Banshee-Abby is like.If she really is bad as we fear, then I'd rather put her down as a mad dog deserves than let her run around Abby's head.
>>26247808>weak third part>Taking actionWe should probably visit the banshee first as at the moment weak Abby is safe and in hiding.
>>26247831I doubt that Fang-Abigail and Demon-Abigail would listen to us considering how talking to temerity was like talking to a wall.
>>26247819No. Nononononono.
>>26247774>>26247773>>26247771>>26247769>>26247764Idiots, this is another test in itself. How can you not see that?
>>26247806>her experamental humanised mothers side who was an actual bansheeJesus christ that wasnt subtle at all and I didn't see that at all.
I really think resting - which is going along with Abby-Fang is a bad idea.Downvoting it.
>>26247849>at the moment weak Abby is safe and in hiding.Which she is.Right now.
Vote 1:>rest up; you'll have your words with this Abigail tomorrow Vote 2:>force a confrontation with Abigail nowVote 3:>sneak off and try to find the BansheeVote 4:>sneak off and try to find the third Abigail
>>26247739>sneak off during the night
>>26247863No, pretty sure this is another test entirely that we've forced our way into. Remember, we ignored the other doorway earlier in favor of this hidden one.
>>262478882
>>262478881
>>262478883
>>262478884
>Inb4 we have to do some serious abby murder
>>26247873What part of "Approaching this delicately" don;t you get?Nowhere does it say that we're siding with her.
>>26247888 2
>>26247831This is her world, -and- she has a lot more power that when she entered. I don't think we have it in us to just force all three of them back together.>>26247863It's not our test, we left those behind.We're off the rails of the archonium.
DO NOT LOOK FOR THIRD ABIGAIL RIGHT NOWSHE IS PERFECTLY SAFE WHERE SHE ISSHE HAS BEEN HIDING FOR EIGHT YEARS SHE CAN KEEP HIDING FOR A FEW MORE
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>>26247847>>26247851Live is hard and sometimes things don't go our way. We aren't and we shouldn't fix everything for her. But this thing she is trying to pull calls for a spanking.
>>26247888whatever our choice we should ask Humanity what he thinks/feels, any clues about this abby or the other two it can feel
>>26247888l
I don't know why everyone is voting to confront her.Even sneaking off is better than that.
>>26247936Unless she realizes that her subjects are just part of the vision and her machine mentality comes from the fact that none of it is real, and when given control of Archon she would treat people with proper respect.I don't actually think this I am just being difficult.
>>26247919Actually, I think Hiding Abby is the REAL Abbey.Indecision Abby is the Abby that needs to make a choice on which side of herself to "kill".
This Abigail is the best Abigail. The whole point of this magic door bullshit is to make you a badass. This Abigail is a badass. The other thirds are shit tier- one's batshit insane, and the other's a whiny bitch that hasn't grown up at all in 11 years.
>>26247893>>26247915I didn't not mean a literal test made by the archonium, taking our sweet time right now and playing along with the fantasy for Abby is a pretty dumb chose.
An important thing to remember is that all aspects of Abby value our opinion. I think convincing them will at least be a little easier than convincing aspects of ourself.
>>26247985We didn't throw out any parts of ourselves.Neither should she.
>>26247888cutting off votes
>>26247985This Abigail is basically what our Temerity was to us.
>>26248001We're not human. It was explicitly stated that the magic door doesn't work properly for us.
>>26247981>Real Abby>Split into piecesI'm pretty sure we were the exception, since we were actually split up already with Justice in control. The impression I get is that each part is it's own portion of the person, and none is more "real" than the other.
>>26248009Ehh. I don't think there is a straight comparison.We don't know how crazy Banshee is yet.
rest: 12confront: 10Banshee: smallother Abby: smallResting to speak with her tomorrow it is.Last post of tonight coming up.
>>26248016Mhm. It's been stated that the archonium was working very differently for us, because of what we are.
>>26248002guys, if all three are equal parts the even the "weak" abby is strong she just lacks the drive to fight while this abby lacks humanity. Regardless of what the Banshee is like we need to get these two to accept each other. Power without drive is useless and Drive without Compassion is monstrous and leads to Fang 2.0. Only with both can she be the Abby Archon needs to survive
>>26248011It explicitly stated that we don't know how it will work.Other than the wonky stuff with the elf, it can be assumed our trials are the same as hers.Especially if she has also been broken into different pieces
>>26248030Goddamnit
>>26248040Yes, that's what I've been pushing for. We need all 3 of them to reunite.But those chucklefucks refuse to listen.
>>26248016Pretty much, apparently things got kind of weird because the Archonium was designed for humans, not nascent Elemental Lords.
You know what? Fang probably doesn't even want this Abby to win. Remember? His whole deal is that he wanted her to grow up to be a ruler NOT like him.
>>26248030I hope this doesn't get taken as "herp derp you chose to rest so you are going to go totally along with her plans"Because i'm certain that isn't what most people were voting for.And it might be worthwhile to add in a sentance about falling to the same fate as her uncle if she keeps along this path.
>>26248040>>26248056agreed, the Banshee may or may not be salvageable but the other two WILL work together if Shadow has to put his foot down to do it
>>26248062>this fucker knows what we've been trying to say all along
>>26248030We don't even rest, though. I don't think we've "slept" since that time on the boat when we left Jacob's Field.inb4 Abby sneaks into our room for sexy time
>>26248062Basically this is the part of Abby we already warned Fang about. The part that would come up if he kept not practicing what he preached.
>>26248066>did SM say this was taking her side? no this is resting til tomorrow instead of rushing out to try and do everything right now
>>26248069We sure as hell don't want her to come back in only this piece, a person who has literally gone mad with power.She has been manipulating reality itself for such a long time that it's corrupted her in some sense.
>>26248056If we want to make comparisons to our trials, I would say that best case scared abby accepts empress abby while retaining her heart (like us accepting Humanity but not going full crazy), and subjugates the destructive power of demon abby (like taming Temerity)
>>26248094This is exactly what'd happen if you'd give 9 year old power over reality.
>>26248062Agreed.But which side should be dominant? I don't think we're quite in a position to answer that, yet. The only info we have is from Empress Cunt-Lord, and she's not exactly unbiased.
>>26248086I have no Idea how this works. Where does this go?What the heck am I supposed to do? Does it go there, no I poop from there...
>>26248094>this is like every Japanese anime with kids as the hero/villains
>>26247985Killing other parts yourself is not the wises of choices, Fang being the prime example of that living to regret much. The easy way out of destroying "weaker" selves is akin to cutting an arm or a leg. You are less because of it, not more. We had the same choice but we came out as more intend of less thanks to our determination not to destroy parts of ourselves.
>>26248086We meditate on the shards in place of sleeping. The Temerity shard is Fragile, so to we should work on that.
>God mode Abby>Turned into a monster that wants perfect orderShe'd be a perfect waifu for Erebus
>>26248102>This is exactly what'd happen if you'd give 9 year old power over reality.that made me lolI don't know why
jesus damn it the archive title for this one tricked me into thinking we were done with the damned archronium, so i caught up and now were stuck in the middle of the damned thing. wanted to read through this in one solid chunk. oh well..
>>26248123>Erebus>allowing anything but himself to existDo you even Order?
>>26248100Yes.
>>26248040>>26248056>>26248069>>26248094>>26248110>>26248121Ideally the weaker abby would join with the Empress abby while keeping her good self in control and subjugating the Banshee so she has both the Will and Power needed while avoiding becoming just another Fang
Not that I think about it Banshee opposes this abi for her most cruel policies.
>>26248158>>26248146>>26248157
>>26248151more like>Erebus:<Damn girl, that's some fine looking Order you've got yourself there. Wanna come back to my place, vast nothingness, absolute Order you'd love it>
>>26248121Mhm. Hopefully we are able to reach the runaway abby, and have her temper herself with the growth of the empress without losing her heart.>>26248146It's not a perfect statement, she isn't totally a sandbox god. She had to work for three years as a whole to piece together the initial world, then spent the next 8 in competition with another her.
>>26248030>Resting to speak with her tomorrow it is.<The way you are now, had you been in charge, you would have had yourself executed back in Jacob's Field... you must be able to see that, right? The fact that you are able to stand here now—able to think, to laugh, to love—should stand testament to my feelings on the matter.><Somewhere, deep down inside, you know that this is not the way things should be. After all, at tea yesterday, you told me that you thought...no, KNEW that something was wrong.><I promise you that I will help you make things right again.>
You start to form the words, but then let them drop. You're tried from your journey through the Archonium - exhausted, in every sense of the word. You've argued with, battled against, and run through the crevices of your own mind, and the effort of it all seems to hit you all at once.A safe room, for one night, might not be such a bad idea. And that will give you time to compose words that might get through to...this Abigail.You're not sure what bothers you more - the sense that she's like a mirror of Fang, or the creeping awareness that she might regard you as something more than a...father-figure?You don't even know what to call your relationship with her. You're afraid she's too eager to define it herself.You have a lot to sort through.You let the monsters around you hustle you up through the maze-like palace and into a luxurious sweet. Apparently it's reserved for only the most honored clan leaders. You don't really pay attention to the details.You sit in the bedroom, on the bed. It's down-soft. Comforting.>HP: 54/81 from regeneration<Humanity. What do you think?><She's been waiting on us 11 years,> Humanity says. <...in this...you got us this far. I trust your judgement. What you say, goes.><...understood.>You get to do everything. Great.You have time before dawn. What do you do?>meditate on a shard (specify)>something else
>>26248169what? not getting what you were trying to imply here
>>26248191>Temerity
>>26248189sounds pretty good, save it for later
>>26248158Speaking of Fang, what do you think he's doing? I'm not sure how much time has passed on the outside since we came in; we spent a good couple of inside months following John around.I swear, if Archon has gone to hell in a hand basket while we were inside, I vote that we shattenkrieg SM's genitalia. Man's gotta give us a break, every once in a while.I love you SM please marry me ;_;
>>26248178I hope that one day SM does a joke session with ebonic shadow/Erebus. Would make me chortle quite a bit.
>>26248178More like>Damn girl, that's some fine looking order you've got there, wanna become nothingness with me?
>>26248191Oh god, she's gonna molest us while we're in our meditation trance.
>meditate on a shard (specify)Temerity.
>meditate on a shard (specify)Might as well strengthen Temerity
>>26248191>something elseAsk Temerity? I dunno
>>26248191>something elseask every shard what they think for shits and giggles
>>26248191Temerity needs a polish.
>>26248191>Meditate on TemerityGonna need that strength.
>>26248217see>>26248113
>>26248191>meditate on a shard (specify)Temerity.
>>26248224Yes. Let's drag it out as long as possible. I'm just getting to that bit where you're so tired you don't actually feel tired anymore.
>>26248191Meditate on temeritypls no midnight molestation. She will inevitably be rejected and then there will be crying and oh god my feels
>>26248224>I'm hungry>STARE>Why should I help you?>Kill her she is against order. Her very nature is demonic>Love her
>>26248191Strengthen Isolation. It might help us find where Hidden Abby is.That or silence, for when we have to get out of here.Not sure why everyone thinks we need temerity though.
>>26248191>we start "polishing" Temerity>Abby walks in><Abby, I swear its not what it looks like!>
>>26248191Meditate on Temerity. No use having a near broken shard.
>>26248224>Eat her>...>Fuck you you're not the boss of me>Destroy everything>Waifu
>>26248191>meditate on a shard (specify)Temerity
>>26248198I'm just saying yes to both of you again. Agreement.
>>26248253Wait, she's on the road to becoming like dick-ass Fang. Silence is already a dick-ass. Let's ask Silence how this Abigail plans to dick us over.
>>26248191>meditate on a shard (specify)Meditate on Temerity.
>>26248224>I trust you, Shadow. You know what's right.>I'm so alone>I wish to be free of you>EAT HER>Side with the Empress.
>>26248268ah, makes much more sense. carry on anon
>>26248253>Ask the girl from before for FOOOOOOOOD!
And just caught up reading through the thread..This is like some kind of horrifying Abby-shaped trainwreck.But I think that we should do the "smash them together until they merge" plan. Just pick up Fang-Abby, Scared-Abby, and Banshee and smash them into eachother.
>>26248265>Fuck you you're not the boss of meI like to imagine silence wearing a leather jacket and smoking a cigarette
>>26248191You seem mighty tired SM, I can tell from the mistakes. Go to bed asap.
>>26248252The perfect ending-post
>>26248289>Silence doesn't need you, Silence doesn't need anyone
>>26248252
>>26248288This makes me giggle. I don't know why. I like you, anon.
>>26248302>Fuck you, I'm going to go make my own Erebus!>With blackjack! And hookers!
>>26248252>midnight molestation>dat alliteration>>26248293I am tired.If you meditate on Temerity I promise there won't be any unexpected surprises.>this time
>>26248288>End up with a mess of blood and broken flesh<Why don't MERGE together?!>
WAITGUYSGUYSWHAT IFWHAT IFWE CONSUMEALL OF THEM?
>>26248314>In fact, forget the Erebus and forget the blackjack!>Aw screw the whole thing...
>>26248315>this time>next time we meditate on TemerHOSTILE TAKEOVER
>>26248323>who let Darkxis use the computer again?
>>26248315oh you.
>>26248323PERFECT IDEA FRIEND I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT
>>26248316"WHAT ARE YOU DOING SHADOW, YOU'RE HURTING ME""I JUST WANTED YOUR LOVE SHADOW""I'M SCARED"
>>26248315>If you meditate on Temerity I promise there won't be any unexpected surprises.>>this timewhat!? so powering our find the other shards shard that has bent to our will can fuck us, dick move SM
>>26248315Well, fuck. Guys. Keep Temerity on low power. Just meditate when we need to use him to find a shard.
>>26248341shh, let it happen
>>26248288>>26248313<Trust me, I know what I'm doing.><Now hold still.>>>26248314>>26248324>(Erebus + Blackjack + Hookers) - (Erebus + Blackjack) = Hookers >Hookers => Screw the whole thing.It's about goddamn time at least ONE of our shards has gotten Human Copulation™ figured out.
>>26248315WELL IF YOU LET US GET AWAY THIS TIME.I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth.Not even a trojan one.Let's meditate on temerity.
>>26248341you mean like this?
silence is a dickbut he's our dick
>>26248348Let's try to keep Temerity at >Normal.Honestly, I'm only comfortable having Isolation be Resonant. Humanity gives me the heeby-jeebies a little bit.
>>26248355But Shadow and Humanity figured that out on a vision quest already.
>>26248348I was talking about midnight molestation time, not a sudden hostile takeover.I'm tired, I don't have the will to write complex interactions right now. I just figured everyone would be all "hey let's mediate on a shard alrighty roll 1d100 ok it's slightly better of we go thread ends bada-bing bada-boom"So roll 1d100 to meditate on Temerity because I said so dammit
>>26248367A dick that wants children....I don't like our dick!
>>26248315>need Temerity to find other shards>says giving it the power to do so can have repercussions>mfw
>>26248252It is inevitable, anonLet the feels flow freely. Let them wash over you like rain over tears.
Rolled 45>>26248383onwards to oneness
Rolled 17>>26248383
Rolled 32>>26248383
Rolled 10>>26248383
>>26248367We should talk to silent one day and ask him what exactly was he doing apart from eating people before we came along.
Rolled 62>>26248383wagaagagaga
Rolled 65>>26248383
Rolled 62>>26248383
Rolled 84>>26248398>>26248399>>26248401Fuck you, and fuck me.
>>26248383>>26248395then I retract my previous statement SM
>>26248398>>26248399>>26248401so i guess that would boost it to normal?
Rolled 7>>26248383I was kind of anticipating midnight molestation + inevitable rjection. I wanted some heavy feels before bed.But it's okay, I can feel the impending feels from this clusterfuck. I know you won't let me get away with my soul unscathed.Sleep now, my lord. I'll see you again in a few nights.
Rolled 94>>26248383
Rolled 44>>26248420Yeah it should boost it to normal.If not break it outright.
>>26248383>midnight molestation timeI would almost vote for this to happen if that line was used, almost
>>26248383So no midnight molestation leading into rejection and Fang Abby going completely off the deep end and deciding that destroying everything is a neat idea?
>>26248404Being a dickBeing silent
>>26248428My sentiments exactly. I was almost looking forward to getting my heart torn out and stamped on.
>>26248363Someone is still using my image! Yaaaay.
Rolled 89>>26248404><Hey Silence, what were you doing - aside from eating?>><...>><So talkative.>><Slavery does not foster friendly relations.>><Well, we could break the ice with a game. How about you ask me some riddles?>><Fuck you.>
>>26248444This sounds like one of those would-you-rather questions.>Would you rather fuck your adopted daughter, OR let the world be destroyed.
>>26248444>>26248383>midnight molestation>reject abby with akwardness and torrent of spaghetti>she destroys everythingHumanity<That seemed uncalled for>Shadow<Women.>Temerity<it's not like I like her now or anything>
Isolation - broSilence - edgy teenTemerity - hellbent on fulfilling his purposeHunger - hungersHumanity - wants everyone to be happyJustice - getting real tired of everyone's shit
>>26248464always
>>26248398>>26248399>>26248401[insert flavor text here]Temerity recovers slightly.STATSHP: 54/81Mana: 24/48EXP: 17Shards of Erebus:(Isolation) - Normal{Hunger} - Strong(Silence) - Empowered{Temerity} - WeakNew Shards:{Humanity} - Resonant--Summoned---none---Automatons--Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)--Equipment--Utility belt with purse--Inventory--Moonsong Shards x 3Sun-Moon KeyLightning KeySuccubus Reagents x 1------------------------------End of thread 53Now, I know some people here have trouble with that whole 'social' thing...so let's spend the interim thinking carefully about how not to fuck up.>>26248428>>26248461I know. I want to be in top form for even the possibility of impending FEELNAROK. I am most assuredly not in top form.Everyone have a good night.
>>26248479>Silence - Benderfixed it
>>26248467Well she is hot.
Waited until the thread was winding down since it's completely unrelated to the plot arc at hand, but I ran across a bit of information in the early threads that seems INCREDIBLY interesting in retrospect. That said, My whole post is Unlimited Speculation Works.From exposition after our first meeting Flint in Thread 3:>Legends speak of a time before ours that lacked magic. It wasn't born with the world, but introduced afterward. Why, or how, is not known. This means that if Elemental Magic is the main force of Chaos, neither the world itself, nor its occupants, are necessarily things of Chaos after all. (Assuming that these legends were documented and not just random speculation that started arbitrarily from some guy going "Y'know, there USED to not BE magic." to get his kids to do manual labor out of spite because he wasn't magically capable rather than letting them use their rudimentary earth magic to till the fields so they could get back to goofing off.) He did say "Why" and "How" weren't known, but perhaps the "When" IS known, which could yield some interesting information.If it WAS introduced, it seems likely that some greater force of Chaos akin to Erebus introduced magic to the world at an indeterminate point in the past. And/or, potentially more interestingly, the seven Greater Elementals may all be shards of A Governing Chaos, much in the same way that we are a shard of Erebus. But, Chaos being Chaos, they decided to quarrel when separated rather than devoting themselves to a greater work.cont.
If we ever do go for Chosen, I think getting the middle tree branching from Shadow Aura would be best for Tree Gift.It gives all our stealth, Shapeshifting, and our aura abilities are what defend us from magic. And it has Blink and some other good abilities.And who cares if Servanting / Chosening will stop Abby from aging if she can shapeshift?
>>26248486time of next thread if its no trouble?
>>26248475Oh holy fuck, I can't imagine Erebus as anyone but Aku now.>Erebus and Aku both come from space/the formless void.>Both sought the destruction of the world.>Both had to carry out some unnecessarily complex plan to achieve 'victory'.
