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Suptg Archive: (scroll to bottom)

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=Shadow+Quest+

Archive compiled using with only story posts for easier read-through (up to thread 30):

Book 1: http://pastebin.com/iaag8N6Y
Book 2: http://pastebin.com/JcexH2Jv

>thanks to Herald of Shadow for compiling those

Twitter (quest times, cancellations, updates):

https://twitter.com/ShadowMaster_tg

Theme music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTQ5PlEWko

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Notes on Rolls and Voting:

When I request rolls, each set of three rolls counts for one action. For example, a two-step plan would take the first 6 linked rolls. A particularly bad failure can stop your plans early.

When rolling 1d100, I will consider criticals within the first ten linked rolls. Only criticals that occur in the first three rolls will be counted as "supercrits". This is still the case even if you'd have plan long enough to require more than ten rolls.

When I roll 1d20, the rules are the same, but I only consider criticals for the first five rolls, rather than ten. Criticals in the first three are still "supercrits".

When a plot choice results in extensive debate, I'll try to weed out the most popular trains of thought, and then call a vote on them. When voting, please respond with only a link back to the post and the number corresponding to your opinion. Other votes are discounted.

Finally, note that this is not a democracy; it is a benevolent dictatorship.

>>26360968
wat

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>>26360968
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>>26360968
SM still the best waifu

>>26360968
A Yugioh the abridged series reference?

In my Shadow Quest?

I love you.

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Recent Events Summary:

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 Blackwater'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.

Abigail's entrance into the Archonium was sudden, and not what you expected. She lost herself 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.

You met with the elf queen, Ellendra Kalladar, your Humanity, and your Temerity. Queen Kalladar split you before you could fully recover in order to give you what she termed a "choice", after informing you that the elements were an illusion and that fundamentally, there is only Order, and Chaos.

Your Humanity is something new that has coalesced inside you over time, thanks to the opportunity she granted you. Ultimately, you joined forces with it to defeat and reign in your Temerity, who has grudgingly accepted your dominance.

You managed to escape your own visions, and Humanity directed you to Abigail's location within the vast dark of the Archonium that lies between the gateways. Within her vision, 11 long years have passed. In a strange world in which she was the only source of magic, she united warring clans of monsters and beasts and ruled over them as empress. However, after forming that empire, her personality split in three, and have since been locked in an uneasy stalemate.

>con't

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You've met the Abigail that still sits on the throne of the Empire. She is ambitious, effective, ruthless, and disturbingly in awe of you. She sees you as the long-awaited anchor to help her defeat the other two sides of herself and escape back to the real world.

You tried to gnetly introduce the topics of your concern, but she avoided the subject, asking you to stay the night so that you could take in more depth the next day. You decided that a night of rest and meditation was a good idea, and that in the morning you would attempt to gently confront her.

The moment of confrontation is now.

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

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

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/c3g2q9X7

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/6C1xSt58

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Current Statistics:

HP: 54/81
Mana: 24/48
EXP: 17

Shards of Erebus:
(Isolation) - Normal
{Hunger} - Strong
(Silence) - Empowered
{Temerity} - Weak

New Shards:
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

-none-

--Automatons--

Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Moonsong Shards x 3
Sun-Moon Key
Lightning Key
Succubus Reagents x 1

--Current Location--

Within the Archonium

>Last time...

Abigail pulls you out of the ball, her head down, ducking between the guests. For some reason, no one notices you leave. You're not sure if they're ignoring you, or if she wants them to ignore you, and so they do.

You're guided into another garden. It's similar to the first - another square of green buried in the walls and towers of the palace. She lets go of your hand and crunches a few steps away across the gravel. One of her hands pinches the cloth of her dress and works it between two fingers.

<...what's wrong?>

"...I didn't say anything was wrong."

<You're tense.>

Abigail turns back to you. Her eyes are wet. She bites her lip. "Shadow...are you really...on my side?"

<Of course I'm on your side. What is this about? What's got you so worked up?>

"...you told the dragon you'd speak with the Banshee, soon."

<...how do you know about that?>

"Because it was my dragon." She looks up at you. "...so...were you planning on going to her, next? When you said you loved me...I guess that didn't mean just me. It meant all of us. Is that what it was? I'm not good enough alone."

<Abby,> you say gently, <that's totally off-base. I just wanted to try and resolve this all peacefully.>

"She sent a dragon to burn down one of my towns for no reason!" Abigail shouts. "We've never attacked her, not once! What made you think she wanted to resolve this peacefully?!"

<Abigail - >

"Don't!" she says. She has to shout the words to get them through her tears. "Don't start. Don't lecture me again."

<I had to try,> you say, more forcefully. <Why did you set me up? What are you trying to prove?>

A long silence follows.

"...you love me too much," she says. "You don't care what I think."

>con't

"You don't trust me," she says. "I...when I came here, I was all alone. They thought I was some kind of god. Some of them tried to kill me. I killed so many of them, Shadow. I was forced to learn my magic inside and out to survive. And then I realized the only way I could stop the fighting, stop being attacked, was to force it to stop. And so I did, and then the Archonium split me into pieces as a reward!" She's backed another few steps away from you. "I waited...waited 8 years since then. I thought that once you arrived...I thought you would trust me. I thought you would understand what I had to do. But at the first opportunity, you...she's...my other self is weak...but the Banshee - she's just totally wrong! She's not even me!!"

<Abby - >

"Don't Abby me! I'm not 9, Shadow! I can think for myself!" She points an accusing finger at you. "You...you think I'm crazy. You really think I'm nuts, and that the solution is a compromise between me and those two other things."

<If you'd just listen to me for - >

"I've already listened to you!" She takes a long, shaky breath, and wipes her eyes with the back of her hand. "If you had the chance...you'd do it. You'd go behind my back to put me back together the way /you think/ I should go! Tell me I'm wrong!!" She shakes her head. "You can't. Because I know you. You'll do what you think is best. What if I don't think that's best? Did you consider that?!"

>con't

<They said she was a witch,> you say. Abigail is momentarily thrown by the words - so you keep speaking before she can object. <They said she had to be burned at the stake. I thought differently, Abigail. I did what I thought was right.

<The things you experience in the Archonium will stay with you. I wanted to make sure you didn't leave here any less than the girl I cared for when you came in. Can you blame me for wanting to be sure? Can you blame me for at least wanting to see that side of you for myself? The choice to abandon a piece of yourself is not something you should take lightly.>

"I'm not taking it lightly," Abigail says. Her jaw is so tense she's practically spitting the words between her teeth. "I waited like this precisely because I'm not taking it lightly!!"

<...you are right...about what I assumed,> you say. <Maybe I had already made up my mind that if all of the parts came together, things would work out. But I would never force you to do something you don't want to do.>

"If you justify doing whatever you want because you think it's for my own good...then you're already trying to do something I don't want to do. Then you could do whatever you want, and claim it's just because you had to do it."

<That's not my intention. I want the best solution possible that you can accept, not to push something onto you.>

"...then...will you listen to what I think is best?"

>con't

She seems to have calmed down slightly. You've got to run with it. <And that would be?>

"...we find the weaker side of myself..." Abigail trails off. She clenches her fists, and a fierce determination grips her. "And I will subjugate her. Together, we can take the Banshee."

<There's that word again,> you say. <Subjugation. As if they're something to be put in cages. But because you think that she's in the wrong, you think you can just cut her away and be done with it?> You show her visions - visions of yourself tangled with Isolation, Darkxis, Silence, and Temerity. Even suppressing the flames of Humanity, when it nearly overwhelmed Temerity. <I fought for every inch of ground. I fought to achieve a balance. You need to pull yourself together and do the same, but you have to let me help you. Trust my judgement.>

"I don't want...a balance," Abigail says. Her voice falls to a whisper. "I want to stay me."

<I have faced those demons - that demon - and won. You can, too.>

"...how would you know?"

>con't

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnvDu5yB998

<Watch.>

You show her a girl vanishing through a rippling archway. A shadow waits for her. There is rage and terror when she does not appear, and then the shadow leaps after her in desperation.

You show her an elf, and a truth - that there are no elements, only Order, and Chaos. The shadow was Erebus, and after systematically destroying the elemental lords, it positioned itself to finish the job 700 years later. The only thing standing between it and that mission is the spark of Humanity lit by the girl.

You show her a valley, and in that valley a simple turnip farm, and on that farm a simple farmer and his wife. They're deeply in love; they go about their days in peace. But they can't have a child together.

The wife is kidnapped by bandits and brutally beaten. The farmer manages to save her, but not in time to save her life from the fever that follows her injuries. He throws himself from a cliff.

You try to stop him. You try to grab him. But he slips through your fingers.

And then the shadow was him, and it's as if the world reset. But the shadow ignores the temptation, and move on. It isn't looking for false comfort. It is looking for the girl.

The shadow was locked in a labyrinth. It tamed the flame of Humanity, and then Isolation, and then Silence, and then Hunger. It mediated a war of words between Humanity and Temerity, and Temerity refused to budge - and so it fought to forge a new balance. And when on the brink of defeat, Humanity saved the shadow.

It could have let Temerity be erased. But but it held Humanity back, and let the other half of itself stand again.

There is a desert, and sun that burns the shadow, slowly killing it. It flies to the core of the world and challenges the light - and puts it out.

>con't

When the visions fade, your breath comes hard. You don't have to breathe...but you do so anyway. And your breath comes hard. It was like watching it all from a distance...and reliving it at the same time.

Abigail is crying again. Weeping.

<You see...> you say. <...I...I know.>

She looks up at you. Her eyes stare at you between fingers clutching her face. You see a battle of thoughts play itself out through her expressions as she fights her nature to come to some conclusion.

Roll 1d100

>>26361164
HAHA TIME FOR 1'S

Rolled 67

>>26361164
It wouldn't be complete without rolling a one.

Rolled 59

>>26361164
s-swag

Rolled 76

>>26361174
>>26361164
Fucked that up I did.

Rolled 42

>>26361164
god damn it

Rolled 8

>>26361164

>>26361034
More like straight up lifted from Yugioh abridged...

Rolled 27

>>26361164
>natural 1

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>>26361180
>>26361193

Rolled 53

>>26361164

>>26361217

I just copied that bit and changed the names for kicks. Got the idea from someone last thread that said "I'm tired of this soap opera"

WRITIN'

>>26361248
..we did ..good?

Rolled 1

>>26361164

Rolling

Rolled 14

>>26361282
nahh, it is the 67 76 thing. we never do good anon

>>26361278
plznobadend plznobadend

>>26361298
>dice+1d1OO
Please leave.

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>>26361248

>>26361298
I love those 1OO's.

Rolled 26

>>26361298
LIES AND FALSEHOODS

Rolled 22

>>26361298
ok this is an honest question. why do you do this? is it funny to you? please i want to understand this.

Rolled 66

>>26361164

>>26361298
Any other day
But not today.

Rolled 73

>>26361164

>>26361282
There is only failure here, anon.
Temerity doesn't like us, so he's being passive aggressive and un-randoming the dice so that we get low rolls

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>>26361316
>>26361320
>>26361325
>>26361327
>>26361338

Honestly I was just a little bored & wanted to see the inevitable freak out.

I'm done doing that for this thread, though.

Rolled 81

>>26361164

Something stops.

She lowers her hands.

She runs up to you. She throws her arms around you, and you hold her tight.

"...you do love me, Shadow. You really do. You...Erebus."

<...Erebus is dead. I'm Shadow, Abby. The name you gave me.>

"...huh..." She buries her face in your chest. "...guess I did."

You stand there like that for a time. Eventually, Abigail's tears dry up.

"...not now...but later, let's talk about that. What you are. What we should do."

<Alright.>

She turns her face to look up at yours. "You shouldn't have come after me. It hurt you so much."

<I had to save you.>

"...I feel as though your whole life has been throwing yourself in harm's way to shield me," she says. "I won't let it happen any more. I'll be stronger. I'll protect you."

Those words from the girl you have strives so hard to protect, for so long, force you to crack. Suddenly, you're crying, too.

"...I'll trust you, Shadow," Abigail says. "But if I go with you...she might be scared away. Go to her. Tell her...to remember the Red Day. Tell her I said: 'no more'."

<What's the Red Day?>

"She'll know what it means." Abigail steps away from you. "...there's no time to waste. You should hurry. Go. Please. I..." She puts a hand to her forehead.

<What's wrong?!>

She raises her free hand. "No...it's like...I understand what you mean. It's right. But something...it's like...fighting against...me. You. I'm not right. When you're not near...it doesn't matter. I'll hold myself together until you get back. Go."

<Abby - >

"Go, Shadow!"

What do you do?

>go
>stay

>>26361298
Get out of here lone voter.

>>26361327
I just want to up the threads post count with filler while I wait for SM to finish writing his next update. You can take it personally but I wouldn't recommend it, these things require a measured vagueness after all.

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>>26361375
D'awwwwww.

>>26361375
>go
Fly you fool.

>>26361375
Go. She isn't whole, and until she is she will not be safe. We must do this.

For her.

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>>26361365
We just told Abigail that we are Erebus, on top of that we have surely given her some major daddy issues.

>>26361375
>go
I knew that would work!

>>26361375
go

>>26361375
Is there a third option? She's obviously struggling with something. Temerity talked about "seeping" into her and rewriting her... can we use Humanity shield her from herself?

>>26361417
DESCARTES! You don't belong in this world monster!

>>26361445

You pose the idea to Humanity. Unlike Temerity, it refuses to interfere with Abigail's on principle. It is also worries it is less a shield and more a flame to burn something away.

Theoretically, you could force Humanity into trying this anyway.

>>26361375
>go

>>26361417
She had a dad and only knew Shadow for 3 months, most of which she spent traveling with a lich bodyguard/teacher and then being adopted by her uncle. Pretty sure Shadow is the only one who saw himself as a father figure and he isn't even sure.

>>26361496
don't then. trust our shards to know their limits.

She's going all broken shard on us. Better we do what we have to do, eh?

>>26361375
>Suddenly, you're crying, too.

Now listen to me Judgement, this is why we can't have orderly manipulation of your organic assets within the presence of the putrid flame. I appreciate your vigor for fooling her with a convincing mimic of her tear ducts but it isn't actually a necessity and may I remind you that we have a job to do here? Eventually you are going to have to realize you won't find a method that works if you respond so deeply to Humanity.

-T

>>26361496
Better not, then. Changing to >go.

>>26361496
Yeah, lets not force any more on her.

We've done what we can to steer things in a good direction, now we just need to help things resolve as they should.

>>26361523
You're a faggot.

>>26361496
We could tell her Temerity's plan, but make sure to say that we're wary of it. She saw the 100% vision thing. She knows how much we don't really trust him, but it would be good to present the pros and cons and see how she reacts.

>>26361375
>go

Fly like the wind!

>>26361523
>>26361548
You're both faggots.

>>26361548
Impossible, you are projecting.

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>>26361476

>>26361553
Temerity's whole plan for Abigail is basically "oh, I lost like a bitch but if I tell Judgement he can have his waifu and end the world too maybe he'll agree with me."

No.

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>>26361375
>go

>>26361569
Your faggots! Haar haaar!

Writing to GO

>>26361569
Faggots they may be, but it still made me chuckle.

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>>26361599
>red day

>>26361523
p.s. seriously, it's getting everywhere. what an egregious waste of resources.

p.p.s. also this is gross; what is that, even? is it ACTUALLY tears and you're producing them through some sort of rudimentary water magic? because if so, c'mon, we've talked about this. shit's chaos. not cool.

p.p.p.s. actually, on second thought, this isn't costing you any mana, is it. maybe this is worth looking into.

Isolation is the only shard that is 0% faggot.

>>26361669
>>26361669
>>26361669
>>26361669

You hold Abigail one last time, then let her slip away. <...you can do it.>

"I know."

You leap of the ground and fly away. When you're above the castle, you draw in your aura, and it explodes behind you.

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BOOM
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You reach the edge of the forests where Abigail suspects her other self is hiding out. How do you search?

>search from the air, pinging with Deep Focus
>land in the area you haven't yet searched, look around on foot
>some other strategy

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>>26361627
Why do you have that... Why...

>>26361697
>land in the area you haven't yet searched, look around on foot
Analyze, deep focus spam everywhere.

>>26361669
We only think that because he can't talk. If he did we'd probably consider him just as much of faggot as the rest.

>>26361697

>search from the air, pinging with Deep Focus
scream out.
<ABBY - SABBY>

>>26361697
Broadcast telepathically that we are shadow and want to speak with abby

>>26361697
>land in the area you haven't yet searched, look around on foot

>>26361523
>>26361548

If I kill the little flame, will you let me go once we overthrow Judgement?
But I won't leave until you answer a riddle

>>26361715

>>26361697
>land in the area you haven't yet searched, look around on foot

>>26361594
It is the best plan. One aligned with spirit in a position of great political power, in love with us. I fully support our continued relationship with Abigail to endeavor towards the further elimination of chaos.

By the way, the three Abigails remind me of the powerpuff girls. The themes fit, but in reverse.

-T

>>26361697


>>26361718
>>26361721

Eh, might as well give this a try.

>>26361697
>>land in the area you haven't yet searched, look around on foot

>>26361697
>land in the area you haven't yet searched, look around on foot

>>26361697
>land in the area you haven't yet searched, look around on foot

>>26361723
It's "Rainbow," isn't it?

>>26361732
now i can't shake the image of BUG EYED ABBY

>>26361697
>>some other strategy
420nightblaze it.

Every time we used it ever Abby's response was "WOW SO MUCH MAGIC!!!"

So blaze it, faggots.

>>26361697
>land in the area you haven't yet searched, look around on foot

>searching on foot

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>>26361732

>>26361800
...Why did you post this?
And why do I find it even more unnerving than that ink dragon episode...

>>26361732
You're still a faggot, but at least you're a faggot with good taste in children's cartoons.

>>26361800
That explains so much.

Also, does anyone have that thing that explains how the powerpuff girls were homonculi and Chemical X was actually red water / philosopher stone / souls / whatever the fuck that stuff is?

>>26361816
Because we are Aku, and he brougght up the powerpuff girls.
Tangential enough for me.

>>26361850
That sounds about as freaky as the Ed Edd & Eddy "everyone is dead american kids from different decades" theory.

>>26361870
Since when are we Aku?! IDGI.

>>26361887
Is it freakier than that one comic where Ed and Double Dee get turned into werewolves?

SM, come back before our conversion to /co/ is complete.

>>26361906
Erebus was Aku, and we are Erebus. We don't really act like old Erebus anymore though.

Long ago in a distant land, I, Erebus, the shape shifting master of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil. But a foolish eleven queen wielding a magic staff stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, she broke me into pieces, and pushed me into the future, where Chaos is law. Now I seek to return to the past, and undo the future that is Chaos!

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>>26361375
Aww god I'm just crying bitch tears and my flatmate doesn't even know what the fuck

Damn you SM, you ruined my macho image

>>26361921
Erebus was old and busted.

We're the new hotness.

>>26361921
We can still shout "FOOL" at people.

>>26361921
I dunno man I mean we really are the only person in the setting that could act like an Aku expy. Maybe for intimidation purposes? Would be hilarious.

>>26361918
It ain't that bad. We're not discussing flash vs. vectorfuck or anything yet.

>>26361930
So we're like, the lovechild of Aku and Samurai Jack?

>>26361967
>Samurai Jack x Aku slashfic
God, no, pls

>>26361939
You post on /tg/, anon. You probably don't have one, unfortunately.

Ok, my 4chan won't load again. Does anyone have amy suggestions? There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to this. My connection to the server just keeps timing out. Connection to all other websites is fine and unhindered. Randomly starts working again at random times .

In meantime will compose posts for faster updates.

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>>26361964
>It ain't that bad. We're not discussing flash vs. vectorfuck or anything yet.
But that's /a/. And Accelerator would totally win.

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>>26361939
>flatmate
>macho image

That made me laugh loud enough to wake the neighbors.

>>26361984

Disconnect from your modem and reconnect?

>>26361984
You could try clearing your history but otherwise iunno. I have the same problem time to time.

>>26361984
Stop crying in to your computer.

>>26361984
I have no idea. I always just clear my history when 4chan spazzes out on me and it works 99% of the time.

>>26361984
Empty Cache, reset history, reset network adapters.

If that doesn't work, somebody is fucking with you.

>>26361984
Clear cache
Load through a proxy

Those are the two that I can think of off the top of my head that don't involve dicking with the router. Dicking with the router is annoying to do yourself, instructing someone on how to dick with their router is frustrating.

>>26361984
>Shit tier intertubes disrupting the quest
SM is femcock?

>>26361984
stop looking at gay horse porn

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>>26361984

>>26362013

Tried a battery of resets and reconnects yesterday. Nothing seems to help until it decides to start working again for no discernable reason

>>26361984
Clear your cache, post from a different browser, or open your my computer and paste the thread link in the address bar (activates IE explorer), reset router/modem. There's lots of other stuff that can go wrong though.

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>>26361984
Jesus. The thing that finally kills Shadow isn't anons voting for dumb ideas, but SM's shitty connection.

Goddamnit.

>>26362063
If you're desperate to get things done, you could type it on your comp and then email it to yourself and post from the phone.

Or just say fuck it and come back in a week and hope that it sorts itself out.

>>26362063
Open cmd.
Type
Ipconfig /flushdns
Then
Ipconfig /renew

>>26361984
Try clearing your browser cache, cookies and history

If that doesn't work, open up command prompt and do ipconfig /renew

>>26362046
Don't mention that awfulness here.

>>26362080
>The thing that finally kills Shadow isn't anons voting for dumb ideas, but SM's shitty connection.

SHADOW

THE GREATEST OF ALL CREATURES! CAN EAT ANYTHING AND KILL ANYONE!

HIS WEAKNESS.... EARTHLINK INTERNET MODEMS!

>>26362037
>>26362102
>>26362106
Pretty much these.

1) Clear your browser cache, delete cookies and history
2) Reset your network adapters and dns cache.
3) Reset modem
4) Restart PC
5) Yell at your ISP about it
6) Check for saboteurs

>>26362102
This

>>26362063
Have you tried opening firefox in safemode?(either firefox safemode or computer in safemode, can't hurt to try both), and you may also want to try activating private browsing/clearing cookies.

You can also try going to your C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\
There you can find three(usually) folders that have temp assets for things, go to the firefox one and nuke it.(there may be a firefox one in all three of them, do the same to them all) Maybe save your bookmarks to html before you try it though.

>>26362113
DAMN SHADES OF CHAOS

Rolled 51

Rollin' to fix SM's intertubes.

>>26362178
Oh yeah, one note on the AppData thing, the folders would be titled "Mozilla" rather than firefox.

Withdrawal, man. I need my Shadow fix.

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>two nights in a row

>>26362102

Tried this, did not work. Tried using IE, no luck. Going to reset hardware and try safemode and etc

>>26362063
Have you tried using a different browser?

If you get the same problem, then it's an ip configuration issue.

>>26361417
slightly off topic, but what is the base gif from? I know Descartes, but not what he has been super-positioned into...

>>26362257
How is that show anyway?

>>26362260
if all else fails CCleaner,Defrag

...SM.

Are you lying to us?

Be honest.

>>26362260
I've had lots of unique problems with 4chan, but nothing like what you're experiencing SM...

I seriously hope you haven't been infected with the Chinese censor flu.

this is all part of the Archonium and we must endure to make it through!

>>26362260
Well, shit, if it's not a browser issue and ipconfig did nothing, then I'm out of ideas.

What is the exact error you are getting?

>>26362295
It makes me cringe harder than the manga did. Episodes are only 20 mins, but it takes me 2 or 3 hours to finish one because I keep pausing and "OH GOD WHYYYYYY" every 30 seconds and having to psych myself up to unpause.

Anime of the year, I really love it.

>>26362312
>the chinese censoring our Shadow Quest
They've crossed a line they never should've crossed.

>>26362260
Okay so, that means there's nothing yoy can do about it on your end, as it's likely a node somewhere along the line going down.

Open cmd again, do tracert www.4chan.org
Usually the broken network node will drop packets or have a high response time.

Not much I can suggest, short of using your phone as a wireless hotspot. If you're posting from a desktop or something that doesnt have wirless capabilities, get something which does, then bridge the connection.

>>26362228
#YP3R!0|\|: DEFEATED YOU, FAGGOT I HAX U TROLOLOLOL

>>26362321
I recall the controversy about the OP, and heard little to nothing else, so I was hoping it turned out well. I really liked the manga, and wish all the success in the world for the creator. To make up for the whole thing where we sent her penises, but mostly because it's a good manga.

>>26362324
Well it's an old thing really, was a problem for Russia/India in 06/07, the Chinese government "contracted" programmers to make spyware-like bullshit to backup their "hard" internet censorship, so people connecting to Chinese web servers would get mild censorship based on IP/Web lists. Pretty vile stuff.

>>26362353
Some people mad because the OP doesn't fit the show. Other people say that it's ironic / it fits because it's the kind of edgy thing that Tomoko would herself make if given the chance.

I just thought it was funny. Laughed the entire time I first saw it.

WOOOOO

Modem hard reset seems to have worked

WRITING

>>26362307

BY GOD SHADOW QUEST WILL CONTINUE

>>26362410
The first time I saw it, it was a cringeapalooza. So, I'm pretty sure I'm in the camp thinking it's ironic.

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>>26362448

You land in the deep forest. Searching from the air seemed relatively ineffective. Perhaps, on the ground, you'll find something you would have otherwise missed.

Roll 1d100

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Rolled 39

>>26362508

Rolled 88

>>26362508
Any luck?

Rolled 90

>>26362508
Well, that was anticlimactic.

Rolled 74

>>26362508
'ere we go!!!

Rolled 41

>>26362508

Rolled 53

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>>26362448
I'm so happy right now

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>>26362448
>shadowquest resumes
>how I feel

Rolled 82

>>26362508

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>>26362448

>>26362526
>>26362525
>>26362522

We are on a roll here.

Rolled 35

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>>26362448
Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to inform you that the feeltrain has been placed back on the rails, and will be operational again momentarily.

Please enjoy your trip, and remember, Mr Bones says: The ride never ends

Rolled 11

>>26362508

Rolled 70

>>26362508

Rolled 82

>>26362508

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You search through the forest. Giant mushrooms are interspersed with the trees. Fog covers the low patches of ground, and it all seems lit with a strange glow that emanates from no source in particular. It's the dream of a real forest.

You make good time, when suddenly, a heavy presence approaches.

>con't

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You duck behind a thick outcropping of mushrooms and draw into yourself. The thing lingers. You feel its attention slowly cast about the nooks, the crannies, eventually turning to the trees. It passes over you.

Slowly, it fades away. There are no footsteps or sounds to mark its passing...but you can tell just evaded something you'd rather not have met.

>con't

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When you feel safe, you keep going. The trees grow thicker. The fog clouds your view. You continue unabated into the heart of the forest. The branches and shrubs loom over you, almost forming a sort of cavern...the arch of a grand hall made of leaves and shoots rather than wood and stone.

A sensation lingers before you. It is similar to the presence you felt before...but it isn't animated. Isn't alive. It merely sits there...a sort of wall. A barrier. You hesitate.

"Hey!" shouts a voice. "You gonna come in, er' you gonna just sit the hell out there and rot? She's been waitin' on you ages!"

What do you do?

>go in
>turn back
>say something (write-in)

>>26362729
go in, you fool

>>26362729
>go in

>>26362729
>>26362729
>>go in
throw caution to the wind! and hope the updraft doesn't bring it smack down onto our face

>go in

>>26362729

>go in

>>26362729
>go in
Welp.

>>26362729
>go in

>>26362729
>>go in

>No way SM expected any other answer to win
>stalling for time

Rolled 100

>>26362729
>>go in

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>>26362765

>>26362729
>go in
Do you even need to ask?

>>26362765
we enter like a boss.

>>26362765

Don't roll unless you're asked to roll, faggot.

>>26362765
why do you do this?

>>26362762
I had to play catch up after my tubes fisco what what WHAT

>>26362765
We're REALLY going in now.

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>>26362765
dangit!

>>26362765
wasted why

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>>26362762
It was possible that we would just be overly-cautious and/or talk the thing to death like we always do.

>>26362765
Can we get something good for this? Or can you at least write it like you were going to and then pretend that the 100 did something important?

>>26362765
Seriously. What the fuck.

>>26362807
I would feel much more fulfilled if he at least pretended the 100 did something cool.

>>26362765
><But I'm already inside. In fact, I'm right behind you.>
>"Wait, WHAT?"

Hey, SM. Here's an idea. Every time someone rolls a 100 when there is no need to, it counts as a critfail for the next action we do.

>>26362807
>Can we get something good for this?

No, it's wasted.

>>26362762
...I do feel like perhaps SM wants to take a break. You can just say it, SM, we can understand.

>>26362772
>>26362777
>>26362779
>>26362794
>>26362807
>>26362816
>>Implying that I didn't save you from the trap!

>>26362842

I like this idea.

>>26362860
>Implying that I didn't save you from the trap!

You didn't because SM didn't ask for a roll.

>>26362842
>>26362862
Trolls would just take advantage of it. I know I would and I love this quest...

>>26362860
Can't we all treat this rationally.
The diceroller doesn't "queue" rolls, they're determined when you post. You're being superstitious, /tg/.

>>26362903
>Trolls would just take advantage of it.

How?

>>26362923
Spam rolls all the time when they aren't asked for.

Rolled 66

>>26362923
By always leaving the dice on when no roll was called for.

>>26362929
>>26362930

People do that already.

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>>26362860
No. You didn't. And stop pretending like you did something important.

>>26362938
I would start doing it every single post just to fuck with the autists.

>>26362842
>>26362862
This would just make everyone always have dice on at all times, which is just silly.

Just let people get angry at "wasted" 100s and wipe their brows at "dodged" 1s all they want; there's no need to change the rules to keep people from overreacting to them.

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You step forward and pass through the barrier. A powerful wall of...something...washes over you. It's not quite spirit magic. It's not quite real. But if it wanted to keep you out, you definitely wouldn't have gotten through.

You emerge from the middle of the cavern and find a place where a river meets the ocean. The edge of the forest battles its way along the rocky cliffs, trailing to brush and then moss that clings to the rock. Ancient, huddled towers cling to the edge of the shore. Seabirds flit and flicker in and out of the sunlight peaking down into this hidden refuge.

The voice tears your gaze away from the beautiful scenery. "You Shadow?"

You glance down. Standing in front of you is a man - only he's rather short. Actually, very short. And extremely stocky. His arms as as big around as his legs, and a thick beard wraps his chin.

<...ah...I am. Who are you?>

"Ben. I'm a dwarf. I've been keeping an eye on the girl while you've been mucking around trying to get here and not be swallowed up by that crazy bitch in the palace that thinks she's an empress. Let's go." It turns and stomps off toward the ruined buildings without another words. You hasten to follow, rather bewildered.

<Ah...Ben. Where are we?>

"A hidden place," Ben grunts. "This Abigail wanted a place secreted away so thoroughly she could never be found. Well...probably, subconsciously, not to be found by anyone but you, I'd wager. Their subconscious effects how their visions shape this reality more than they realize."

<Abigail made this place?>

"She ran a long time ago," Ben says. "This place was here waiting when she got here. It made itself in response to her will."

<...and...she's aware of this?>

"She's got no friggin' clue, idiot.>

Do you ask Ben anything else before you reach the buildings?

>>26362963
GET OUT LONE VOTER

>>26362974
<Well you seem oddly coherent for a shard of a shard of Abigail's consciousness.>

>>26362974
You seem to be more aware then most. Why is that?

>>26362974
Ask him how the weather is down there

>>26363007
agreed

>>26362972
>there's no need to change the rules to keep people from overreacting to them.
This.
You guys are honestly sometimes worse than a soccer mom attending an education board meeting.

>>26362974
<Am I to assume that you too are a subconscious projection of Abigail's mind? You'd seem rather well informed otherwise.>

>>26362974
you seem awfuly aware of your on existens

>>26362974
<You seem to be more aware of what's going on here then Abigail from what I can tell. Any insight on the nature of this vision's test?>

Rolled 100

>>26362974
humm. the archonium is older than archon. whose to say it wasnt made by dwarfs. though it seems pretty damn spirit aligned, it might just be possible

>>26362974
...wait. If you know that their subconcious affects reality, are you actually from outside the Archonium?

>>26362974
>Do you ask Ben anything else before you reach the buildings?
So wait, what's YOUR deal then? Were you manifested along with it and just know everything subconsciously for some unrelated reason, or are you like some kind of weird Archonium information booth?

>>26362974
<How is she?>

>>26362974
>Do you ask Ben anything else before you reach the buildings?
Ben seems realer than the rest of the monsters here. Ask him if he's just another product of the archonium.

>>26363033
It keeps happening!

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>>26363033
You're in for some shit, mate. I'm sorry.

>>26363033
how! again!

>>26363033

.....

Are you some kind of NoFun Wizard?


also, I lament the fact that both 100s mean nothing except more 1s when we need good rolls...

>>26363033
Fucking dice gods, man. This has to be like the 6th or 7th wasted 100 since this whole Archonium thing started.

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>>26362974
>subconscious effects
>not Their subconscious AFFECTS
i'm sperglording like mad and that made my feet all tingly SM
I know that you can use effects there, it just sounds off because of how I was taught.

>>26363066

asking questions

>>26363066
>also, I lament the fact that both 100s mean nothing except more 1s when we need good rolls...
They mean the exact same odds of rolling 1s or 100s when we need good rolls.

Seriously, keep the dice superstitions confined to actual polyhedra, please. We don't need /tg/ giving birth to Dice Skynet.

>>26363066
>>26363078
I'm fairly sure /tg/'s dice don't actually roll randomly.

From what i have heard, the outcome of the roll is actually partially time-based, so theoretically someone could crack the algorithm and roll whatever they wanted.

>>26363017
See this shit here? >>26363033
DO YOU SEE IT?

BECAUSE EVEN IF THERE IS NO CURSE OR OTHER BULLSHIT LIKE THAT, IT'S REALLY FUCKING ANNOYING TO SEE 100'S ON FUCKING NOTHING AFTER ROLLING SHIT FOR AN ENTIRE THREAD.

>>26363140
We've rolled pretty well this thread. There was a previous thread where we rolled nothing but shit and got 2 wasted 100s though.

Rolled 56

>>26363140
I hope I roll a 100 just to see you shit a whole fallout shelter.

>>26363140
Yeah. I see a guy that cares more about dice than the health of his capslock key. What a shame that it can't be helped.

>>26363140
You do realize you're giving these people exactly what they want right? They want you yelling at them so they can laugh at you.

Calm down and ignore them.

>>26363092

making statements

....

but seriously. Those 100s won't do a damn thing, will they?.... not even grant a slightly less rapey fail....


>>26363122
>>26363125
True. Random number generators have repeat cycles. Though the more variables you throw into the equation (Such as time, post number, cycle count, date, letter count, word count, line count....) the harder and harder it becomes to crack. Especially when the time is in micro-seconds...

>>26363184
GODDAMNIT YOU... Actually, that would be pretty fucking cool. Shame you didn't, and that I'd probably couldn't, though...

Rolled 32

>>26363233
>Those 100s won't do a damn thing, will they?

Nope!

Wasted! Both of them.

>>26363222
Oh hey, look guys, a new name.

Let's see how long this one lasts. Tick tock.

>>26363222
And then there's this faggot...

... im still here.

>>26363250
im still alive

>>26363265
We've gotten used to you, you're like an annoying puppy we kick from time to time but mostly just ignore.

>>26363194
CAPSLOCK KEY IS FOR THE WEAK. REAL MEN KEEP THEIR PINKIE ON SHIFT THE WHOLE TIME!

>>26363222
>You do realize you're giving these people exactly what they want right?
Please. Just... don't namefag. It's not because I hate namefag, it's because 4chan is dicks about namefagging.
Thread was filled with anti-Nevermore shit, once. I don't want that again.

Still amongst the living. Just avoiding rolling, though.

>>26363250

Is this the part where we all use his name and call each other 'Knob Gobblers' and 'Latch Lickers'?

>>26363284
Ahhahaha, god. We do, don't we?
I remember making an mspaint about Redaeth going on for buying observe for 22 threads and then as soon as we do he goes "let's get poison!" and then does that for a while.
I'd post it but it honestly feels petty.

Rolled 40

>>26363322
Nobody cares.

Rolled 47

>>26363322
>Just avoiding rolling, though.

Alright.

<How is she?>

"Gee, I dunno. As good as a third of a person can be after 8 years stuck in a dream."

<You seem extraordinarily well-aware for what I assume is a part of this vision.>

"I'm just what she needed me to be," the dwarf grunts. "She never said it. But she wanted it - someone to help her out. Someone older, smarter, someone to look out for her. She wanted someone to rely on."

<...and you became self-aware?>

"It's a mite more complicated than that, you moron."

"Benny!" calls a girl's voice.

Ben sighs an scratches the back of his head. "...but it'll wait till later, besides."

You hear something drop in the grass. A basket rolls down a slope and ends up at your feet. You pick it up, and stand straight.

"...Shadow?" You glance up. Standing on a short rise ahead of you is Abigail. Identical to her other self...but she's entirely difficult. It radiates from her like an aura you can almost touch.

<Abigail.>

"Shadow!!" Abigail sprints down the hill and throws herself at you. It feels like deja vu. But unlike the composed Empress, this Abigail devolves into a blubbering mess in seconds, shivering and sniffing back the tears.

Ben starts to walk towards the nearest building. "Come see me later."

"Buh...Benny?"

"You catch up," Benny says. "I'll fix dinner."

Abigail manages to pull herself back together somewhat. "Mushroom stew?"

"Sure, darlin'."

"Kay." Abigail turns to face you, then hugs you again. "...it's really you."

<...sorry I'm late.>

>con't

>>26363338

I do... Does that count anon?

>>26363279
I don't even know who the fuck you are, never seen you before, or you've never made an impression. I filter most other namefags/tripfags.

>>26363322
Who the fuck cares?

>>26363338

You responded.

>>26363284
Puppies are cute. Is Redaeth cute?
Redaeth x Nevermore smut wen
Sage because spam and the thread is already kinda long and I don't want to fill it up
Like Nevermore gets filled up by Redaeth :3
lel

Rolled 39

>>26363359
>I filter most other namefags/tripfags.

Good for you!

>>26363290
ProTip: Never search for Muscular Pinkie on the web. Kind of fucked up.

Rolled 17

>>26363380
>Redaeth x Nevermore smut wen
I don't draw guro.

>>26362872
He was joking, faggot.

JESUS CHRIST SM DO SOMETHING MAKE IT STOP.

>>26363354
Benny...

I'm suspicious about the origins of Benny.
Anyone related to Abigail seem similar to this Ben character?
The way he is is REALLY fucking familiar and I think it may have been something in foreshadowing.

>>26363427
Reminds me of Adavan.

Rolled 12

>>26363417

IT NEVER STOPS

>>26363380

You. Take all the money, and make it a reality.

Bonus if it has all the names trapped with anon being a phone constantly spouting abuse with SM watching the whole fiasco via CCTV laughing whilst enjoying a glass of broken hopes and dreams

Are there really only three pieces of Abigail?
If Judgement is core of Shadow as we know him, then what if there is Core-Abigail that's hidden away?

Rolled 54

>>26363427

Adavan the Dwarf.

>>26363364
>>26363338
Apparently you two did, enough to tell me you didn't give a shit.

Ironic, I suppose.

>>26363354
So I suppose she's the one who kept all our "Treat others like you would want to be treated" Abigail?

Rolled 25

>>26363486
Benny is core