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Recent Events Summary:

You've spent the past two days on Xile, the kingdom of Aeolus. The floating island is surrounded by the massive skysever spell. You just might be able to make it alone - if you're lucky - but until you can find some form of protection for your allies, attempting to traverse the barrier is suicidal. Immediate confrontation has been avoided, but Lucifer and his handful of angels are still somewhere on the island.

In the short time you've been there, you were assaulted by a shadowy abomination that could vaporize water, attacked by the largest dragon you've ever seen, and spent the night sprinting away from terrible creatures lingering in a living black fog. After weathering through the night and allowing your party to recover to a safe strength, you journeyed toward Aeolus's palace. The gargantuan castle was silent, but suspicious of traps, you stuck to the main hallways, relying on Sir Flint's ancestry to open magical doors for you.

In the throne room, you met an intimidating construct holding the Staff of Winds, the reason you journeyed to Xile in the first place. It took Flint as a knight of Aeolus's Order, and communicated that it would relinquish the staff, but only after being defeated in battle. It claimed Flint could use any means nessecary to do so, but after hearing Adavan's negative prediction on the outcome of a battle, you decided to back down and search for a way to counter the staff before attacking the construct.

Adavan theorized that the Moonsong, and ancient weapon created by Erebus, might be able to do just that. You've been collecting the shards of that sword along your journey, and, from a diary you viewed earlier, concluded that the shards were used by the Black Hand to catalyze the terrible magic that still lingers in Xile. Auriel balked at the prospect of repairing the Moonsong, but eventually gave in on the condition that, after using it to supress the Staff of Winds, you would destroy it.

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You then found Aeolus's legendary treasure room in the bottom of the palace, completely unguarded. The party split up to investigate the golden horde. You briefly spoke with Abigail, but she had an unfortunate reaction to the succubus reagents you've been keeping on your person.

After spending the night, you found a scrap of paper in the palace library indicating that the key to creating new dynamos was their unique housing. It referenced a research center in the city located on the edge of the island. Anxious to investigate, and possibly find some form of functioning transport, you set out for the city.

You found the research center within the city, and a dynamo housing. It lay in the center of a room filled with torn and sundered skeletons. What appeared to be more shards of the moonsong rested within the globe.

You picked up the globe, and a terrible abomination left behind by the Black Hand immediately began to hone in on your position. At first, you planned to lure it back to the palace, so as to pit it against and weaken the construct guarding the Staff of Winds, but the plan proved too risky, and it engaged you in a brief and lethal battle. Just before it overwhelmed you, Temerity's power turned the tables. Abigail used her demonic abilities to destroy the dynamo house, releasing the shards, and destabilizing the magic keeping the creature whole.

Unfortunately, your earth dynamo was lost in the confusion of the battle, and Lucfier beat you to its location.

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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/BCgtZZFe

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/aPNv4aM7

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>>27269998
oh,
FUKK
here we go

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Current Statistics:

HP: 47/81
Mana: 17/58
EXP: 14

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

New Shards:
(Ardor) - Strong
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Moonsong Shards x 3
Sun-Moon Key
Lightning Key

--Current Location--

Xile

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You see the dynamo ahead - already Lucifer's hands. He's eyeing it carefully, holding it in his palm. Crackling lightning shields his hand like a glove, protecting him from the pain of direct contact. He looks your way as you rush forward, and smiles. "I'm impressed you held onto this through the skysever. I know exactly how I'm going to use it."

You start to Blink -

But he warps away in a spike of light and lightning. You sense him briefly about a half-mile out, and then he's gone, too far for you to sense.

You slam a nearby tree in frustration, hacking off a branch. Auriel leans on it, heaving her breaths after the long sprint. "...sorry, Shadow. I slowed you down."

<...it's not your fault.> You shake off the anger. <What do you think he meant by that?>

"I have a feeling we'll find out at some point. Let Abigail down, I'll heal her." You do so, and Auriel sets to work.

A moment later, you feel two points of magic in the distance. One is earth, and one is wind. They're both huge.

"Or, we'll find out right now," Auriel mutters. She sighs. "This child has a penchant for getting herself hurt."

The rest of the party catches up with you. All heads are turned in the direction of the rising power. "That's back at the palace," Vonnegut says. "Is that the earth dynamo?"

"And the Staff of Wind," Ila says. "Lucifer beat you here?"

<He did.>

Auriel guides an awakened Abigail back to her feet. Abigail glances at herself, as if checking that she's normal again. Her eyes briefly flick to you, then away. Auriel doesn't notice - she's also focused on the distant magic. "He probably thinks he can use the dynamo to counter the staff," Auriel says. "He must have found the construct in the palace while we were in the city."

<What do you think his chances are?>

"Too close for comfort. We need to get over there."

"It'll take us all day to walk back!" Vonnegut protests. "There's no way we can get there in time!"

"If Shadow sprints..." Auriel looks at you. "I doubt you could make it there in time carrying all of us."

You shake your head. <...no. Two at most.>

"Then I suppose you get to pick." She glances at Adavan, then sighs. "Put the skeleton against the tree, Donovan. I'll fix his little headache."

Who do you take with you back to the palace?

Or do you suggest another plan?

>Previously suggested arguments on who to bring:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/27250224/#p27256198

>>27270100
Auriel and Flint. Adavan is down and Abigail is messed up after her banshee invocation back there.

>>27270100
Can we get a update on everyone's condition?

Also will Adavan be able to go?

My choice so far is Adavan and Abby since they have the most advantages over Lucifer.

>>27270100
Ila x2

>>27270124
She's the only one I don't think would be useful here.

>>27270100
SM do we have all the shards to complete Moonsong now? If so, we should hurry up and put it back together. Could come in very handy VS Lucifer.

>>27270100
Abby because stronk.

Auriel because heal Abby when she tards up.

>>27270121

Auriel - functional, but tired from healing; less available magic

Vonnegut - good

Adavan - woozy from being knocked around, but good

Abigail - ok, still recovering from a lack of control over banshee abilities

Flint - good

Ila - good

Note: no one is in peak condition

>>27269998
>>27270011
>under 1 minute

>>27270168
Take Adavan and Flint then.

>>27270168

Flint for sure

>>27270168
I'd leave Auriel behind then unless Moonsong is available and she's capable of/willing to wield it.

Abby and Adavan are still my choice. Vonnegut can't be trusted and Flint and Ila just don't have the kind of power we need.

>>27270168

Flint and Ila are in the best condition voting for them

Can we buy some lightning resistance right now?

If Adavan is in fighting shape shortly after Auriel attends to him, he's the best choice to bring along by a mile. He's a powerful spirit mage who is familiar with his abilities, and we've Servanted him on top of that. It's just a matter of whether he's good to go after Auriel rouses him. We know he's capable of mental attacks that proved effective against Lucifer in the past, at the very least.

Auriel, Flint and Abby are the second tier of choices. Abby is probably the most potentially powerful given who we're up against, but she's likely somewhat exhausted after what she had to do to save our asses from the Erasure construct, and flesh-and-blood people are probably substantially slower to recover than magical skeletons.

Auriel and Flint are similar, with Auriel being more skilled and Flint having more to prove, plus legitimacy that might be capable of turning the construct holding the Staff of Winds against Lucifer exclusively while we are fighting him as well.

I'd lean toward Auriel + Adavan for Elementomachy Rematch, but it's a coin flip for me between Auriel and Flint.

>>27270221
They're also the lowest power, we need some right now.

>>27270168

Further note: most temporary afflictions (headache/dizziness/nausea) will resolve on the way to the palace

>>27270150

You quickly grab your pouch, open it, and put the remaining shards you just collected in close proximity with the larger pieces you've had on hand.

They hum with black power. It reminds you of Temerity...absolute in its darkness.

The blade is completed. You can read the full inscription etched into the blade. There was a second part hidden from you, but now that you have the last shards, you can see the entire thing, two separate lines:

-The Song of the Moon, the Void Twixt Stars-
-The Destruction of Chaos-

The hilt is missing. Despite your efforts, the shards are still separated; the cracks remain. You must need all the pieces in one place to fully complete it.

You return them to your satchel.

>>27270221
They're the least likely to be able to stand up to Lucifer though. Flint because of parasite and Ila because she's all stealth and no power.

>>27270243
>Further note: most temporary afflictions (headache/dizziness/nausea) will resolve on the way to the palace
Adavan and Abby then.

>>27270166
I would have sworn that Adavan knew healing magic. In which case I'd say bring him, because Auriel has just used a lot of her.

>>27270243
Worth a shot then. Seconding Adavan/Abby.

Was really hoping that'd be Moonsong but that would be too easy for us wouldn't it?

>>27270168
Flint and Adavan ftw

>>27270243
If that's the case then Abby and Adavan. They're the most powerful options.

>>27270243
So what did Auriel just do when we floatied the moonsong shards back together right in front of her.

>>27270233
>Auriel + Adavan for Elementomachy Rematch
My nigga.
I cannot resist this combo.

>>27270243
What's the cost to purchase another rank of Lightning Resistance before we rush in to fight with Mr. Edgy?

>>27270337
I think 6 exp.

>>27270337

might be a good idea, but we are saving up for pocket

>>27270298

She flinched slightly, and then made a tight, angry grimace, but didn't say anything.

You did convince her it was necessary, albeit while promising you'd destroy it afterward.

>>27270362
I know, just an option I thought I'd float out there since we aren't in great shape to begin with.

>>27270298
Really hoping she was still preoccupied with getting Adavan back on his feet, now that you mention this.

>>27270243
>most temporary afflictions will resolve on the way to the palace
Ok, then definitely confirming my vote to bring Adavan along.

Any of Auriel, Flint or Abby is an acceptable second party in my books, but I'd prioritize in the order listed.

>>27270362
We can buy pocket when we eat Lucy.

>>27270349
>>27270337

6 experience is correct

So, sounds like Abigail/Adavan is popular.

SPIRIT SERVANT TEAM GOOOO

Y/N

>>27270393
Y

>>27270393
Y

>>27270393
Y

>>27270393
y

>>27270393
Y

Oh and I can agree to buying lightning.

I wonder where the sword hilt would be?

>>27270421
Firmly wedged in some greater demon's ass, I'm sure.

>>27270421
Back in the shitholw cave we crawled out of in thread 1

>>27270393
I'm seconding/thirding/whatevering Lightning Resists, too. It's a boost for us and the servants, since they get half of it.
Lucy will be worth enough XP to make up the deficit.

>>27270421
If I remember correctly, there was some kind of ping of darkness in the belly of the island. Not sure if that's gone though.

It might be involved with Kan-Abar's demon army, though. David is very obviously collaborating with or using the demons.

also before running off to slay the angel it might be a good idea to get max HP and as much mana we can gather

No more spending mana on heals. We'll need it for the battle.

Pity there wasn't a mana pool in the research center. You'd figure a place where they were experimenting with dynamos would have had one.

>>27270527
Probably got eaten by that hellspawn abomination. Wouldn't be the first time that thing surprised me.

>>27270539
even WE can't eat a mana pool

>>27270496
Ask Auriel to give us what she has left for healing, I guess. Flint and Ila can't do anything on that front, sadly. And IIRC SM shot down having mages transfer us mana - that was a plot event only.
We don't have time to regen naturally. We have to get there now.

>>27270557
We just weren't trying hard enough.

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>lightning resistance purchased

>EXP: 8

>>27270581
What's that land our Lightning Resistance at?

>>27270366
>You did convince her it was necessary, albeit while promising you'd destroy it afterward.
I kind of like the idea of trying to repair it with Humanity that was brought up in the previous thread, all the more so because its power seems similar to that of Temerity, and Humanity has already offered to reforge other fragments of Erebus, and this would be a good secondary test run, both for Humanity and to set Auriel's mind at ease in advance for the inevitable reveal that we were actually a part of Erebus.

Maybe offer to destroy it only after she sees what it becomes post-reforging. She's worried about what the old Moonsong was, and if we make it something different, maybe it gets easier to convince her to let us keep our new toy afterward.

>>27270421
>I wonder where the sword hilt would be?

From an earlier thread:
>"It broke when David died, before the annihilation event,"
You honestly think Dave would've let go of the sword his idol Erebus gave to him, even in death? Even if the blade had shattered into a billion pieces? You'd have to pry that hilt out of his cold, dead hands.

I'd put good money on him still clinging desperately to it in the Nether.

I just realized that with just Abby and Adavan they can go all out with the Shadow servant thing. Not only does that mean using Shadow powers like crazy, but busting out the black wings may be a good psychological hit to Lucy to.

>>27270595
Erebus took it from him an broke it. Dave couldn't do sit about that.

>>27270595
>Reforging Moonsong with Humanity

I dunno man, I mean anything is possible but it seriously worries me what that would do.

At last! I've finally caught up, and just in time for a new thread!

>>27270634
Only one way to find out.
SCIENCE

>>27270675
Welcome to shadow quest, and before you say it: No, your body is not ready.

<Adavan, Abigail, I want you with me,> you say. <I want as much spirit power as possible. And if the other angels are with him, summons will come in handy.>

Adavan just nods at you. Abigail bites her lip. "...are you sure..." She hesitates. "Maybe Auriel ought to - "

<If I didn't think you could handle it, I wouldn't have asked you to come. You have my power, and your own. I trust you in battle.>

Abigail draws in a breath. Her face sets itself. "Alright. Let's do this."

You grab your two friends, hoist them into a relatively comfortable position, and set yourself on the ground.

"Well try to find shelter near the entrance to the city," Auriel says. "If things look bad, get out. That staff is too powerful to take chances with."

<Understood.> You sprint off through the forest, exploding between the trees at top speed. The wind whistles by you.

-------
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What do you do?

>take a detour to the lake, try to heal up as much as possible
>head straight for the palace
>some other strategy

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>>27270675
>New namefag

>>27270675
You're just in time to watch us fight proto-Satan.

>>27270605
>busting out the black wings may be a good psychological hit to Lucy
This is probably a good idea, but we have to keep in mind that the rest of the group isn't just going to be staying behind in the middle of the forest. They're going to be heading back to the palace as well.

I can imagine them catching up nearing the end of the battle, and having Auriel walk in on that completely unprepared has the potential to be a total shitshow.

Maybe just show the wings for psychological warfare just before engaging Lucifer, and then put them away again immediately. It's not like they're going to be using them to fly or anything.

>>27270626
Auriel said during the same conversation I quoted earlier that it broke during a confrontation with Hyperion.

>"He tried to take on Hyperion. He escaped, but his sword didn't - not in one piece, anyway. We never found the remains."

It's a little contradictory (it broke when dave died/it broke and dave escaped), but the latter is an even better reasoning for thinking Dave still has the hilt.

>>27270720
>head straight for the palace

>>27270720
>take a detour to the lake, try to heal up as much as possible

We NEED hp before fighting Lucy.

>>27270730
Auriel also said that nobody knew Legion's true name.

Dave was screaming about how Erebus broke his sword and threw him into the nether back in the Archonium.

>>27270720
>>head straight for the palace
More healing would be nice, but we'd much rather get there while Lucifer is still occupied with the construct.

>>27270720
>take a detour to the lake, try to heal up as much as possible
I'm worried what this might do but being at full HP is very useful.

>27270720

>>27270691
You think I haven't figured that out yet?
>>27270722
Hey, I just use this for writefaggotry.
>>27270720
>take a detour to the lake, try to heal up as much as possible
And we're going to need some way to keep Jumpin' Jack Flash from getting away.

>>27270741
>>27270745
It depends.

Will delaying result in Lucifer fighting a little more and getting a little weaker, or in him winning and recovering a bit?

>>27270775
>Hey, I just use this for writefaggotry.
That actually makes it more likely that you will be targeted.

>>27270720
>head straight for the palace
Gotta get there before Lucifer finishes whatever the fuck he's doing with the Earth dynamo.

>>27270775
>And we're going to need some way to keep Jumpin' Jack Flash from getting away.

Adavan and Abby should be able to pin him with mind magic and the neutralizing power of a banshee shriek. He also seems to be casting Shadow's on himself with his bent light barrier thing so we may be able to take advantage of those by slipping into them or shadow dominating to keep him from getting out of our range.

head to the palace. The more time we waste the more likely Lucy is going to get that staff.

Hmm, this is a little close.

Vote 1:
>detour to lake

Vote 2:
>straight for the palace

>>27270870
2

>>27270870
1

>>27270870
1

>>27270870
1

>>27270828
Agreed. It's a shitty situation all around, but none of us - Shadow, Lucifer, the Keeper - are going to be in top shape when this gets going anyway. I don't like rushing headlong into a boss fight (with two bosses, no less) but delaying and risking victory for Lucifer... I don't think we'd have a chance at all once he gets the staff.

>>27270870
2

>>27270870
2

>>27270751
>Auriel also said that nobody knew Legion's true name.
This was because David probably WASN'T his true name. Part of Legion's Archonium-babble was talking about how Erebus named him.

>Dave was screaming about how Erebus broke his sword and threw him into the nether back in the Archonium.
Considering how he started seeing everything as being a test, I'd imagine he'd have viewed the sword breaking as Erebus abandoning him even if it was just because he was outclassed against Hyperion.

Or he was actually being truthful, and Erebus caused it to break for some reason while Dave was fighting Hyperion. Either way, I still like the theory.

>>27270870
2

Shit. How are you going to carry your allies through a forest and dodge those things at the same time? This could be a bit more than you can chew. If only you had some way of keeping them safe, just for a moment. Flint's new cape flaps against your arm, stinging your 'fingers', as if trying to mock you.
The cape could have protected our allies from the shadow monster while we tried to slow it down. What the hell are you guys doing? THE QM GAVE YOU THE ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEMS IN THE SENTENCE AFTER HE LISTED OUR PROBLEMS!!!! WAHGRHHGRGHG

>>27270870
2

>>27270923
>270923[]
rainbows

>>27270923
I brought that up last thread. They just wanted to eat it.

Wouldn't have stopped that nat 1 anyway. There was enough mad about that shit last thread. Just drop it.

>>27270923
There is only CONSUME in our hearts, VoidBearer.

Do we know what Ardor does yet? Because if not, this might be a good time to find out.

>>27270870

straight for palace wins

writing

>>27270974
It has the same effect as Hunger when used to bolster consume rolls but it has different passives.

It also might have other uses though. Just like how we've used Isolation to stop the Vog's hivemind and Hunger to eat Micheal's spell like an inverse nightblaze.

>>27270945
A thousand times worse.

Past mistakes were single decisions that went badly, last thread was a continuous and conscious choice to ignore utterly blatant tells and even try to deny things written to try and force the LOLRANDUM plan that someone -by their own admission- suggested as a joke.

>>27271005
You forgot the stubbornly clinging onto the dynamo we could have destroyed at anytime to stop the whole mess and the super nat 1.

>>27270952
Another stupid thing people were doing there.

Arguing to eat the anti-shadow cape while fighting a shadow, even disregarding the fact that it would attack -us- if we tried.

And basically on the justification of "it annoyed me"

>>27270870
2

>>27271033
That was part of the ignoring tells and denying fact.

It was all but spelled out that the dynamo shell was the core of the monsters from the moment we touched it, and plainly obvious that we wouldn't have been able to get the shards out anyways without breaking it, because crystal doesn't just unscrew.

But we had people arguing that it was somehow utterly irreplaceable and that breaking it would mean losing everything forever, claiming that us being able to study what's left of Xile's engine is meaningless, and trying to argue that there was no correlation between the shell and the monsters.

The sheer amount of stupidity last thread hurt my head, all because people couldn't conceive of their narrative being wrong.
Fuck, there were even people saying that things would have "gone fine" if we haden't rolled a 1, despite the 1 putting us in a save-or-die state (they usually don't) and a DOUBLE SAVE only bringing us back to "imminently fucked because Lucy now has what he needs"

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You briefly think to recover in the lake, but you can't waste time. You surge forward to the palace.

>while in the shadow of the forest, you regenerated somewhat
>HP: 54/81
>Mana: 20/58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9upQviK-k1A

While you're running, the two opposing elements continued to grow in power.

And then the earth magic stopped. To your senses, it rotated fiercely, a point of hard, unshakable Earth like you've rarely felt - but it grows no further.

The Wind continues to rise.

When you emerge from the trees, you have to stop and stare.

The islands holding the palace and its associated structures are gone. They've been swallowed by a cyclone of wind. The massive tornado rotates on the ground, kicking up a huge cloud of dust. It stretches up into the sky, where it meets with the barrier of the skysever, like a giant column supporting the sphere of wind that encompasses all Xile.

In the core of the mighty wall of wind, the earth dynamo still lingers. The protective field it creates is tiny bubble of salvation holding a few points of Light. It feels like a little candle about to be blown out by a hurricane.

"By the goddess," Adavan says. You can only hear him over the roar of the cyclone because he's so close. "I'd forgotten what that looked like."

"There's no way they'll survive!" Abigail shouts. "We've got to take cover!"

Something flies out of the winds, too fast for you to see - a point of Light. It slams into the forest next to you, tearing through the trees.

What do you do?

>forge through the winds into the palace
>leave your allies, then push through the winds alone
>hang back in the forest; Lucifer has surely gone too far
>investigate the Light that struck the forest
>some other strategy

>>27271247
>investigate the Light that struck the forest
At least send a Focus at it. Abby has better senses so see if she knows.

>>27271247
>investigate the Light that struck the forest
If it's Lucy, and he's hurt, then I'd like to finish him off.
Just a quick detour.

>>27271247
>investigate the Light that struck the forest

>>27271247
>investigate the Light that struck the forest
Oooooh? Is it time for a snack already?

>>27271247
>leave your allies, then push through the winds alone
+
>some other strategy
Have Adavan and Abby lay down nightflares to try to lessen the winds around you.

Also, I'm thinking we can use Temerity to wield the Moonsong in some way. Temerity basically assumed direct control of Monstrosity, which was tied to the shards, and the shards were outright said to feel similar to Temerity.

>>27271247
Is he expecting to "wear out" the staff?

Can that even be done?

>>27271247
>investigate the Light that struck the forest
Looks like Lucy just got his ass handed to him.

Rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for the grub.

>>27271247
>>investigate the Light that struck the forest
But before doing so, check whether the signature of the Earth Dynamo is still going strong within the palace. If this is Lucifer that got thrown clear, we need to be prepared for the cyclone to be coming our way to follow him.

SM IS BAITING YOU FAGGOTS. THE LIGHT IS A TRAP.

>>27271351
>>27271247
DO A DEEP FOCUS TO SEE IF THE LIGHT-POINT IS LUCIFER / EVEN STILL ALIVE / CHECK IT'S CONDITION.

>>27271378
Seconding.

You run over to investigate the point of light. <Hold on!>

It's struggle to move. The winds resist your steps, even though you're still a hundred yards from the base of the cyclone. However, you're strong enough to make it around the edge of the woods.

An angel lies at the end of a crater, impacted inches deep into the trunk of a tree. Its body is pulverized. A leg is jutting out the wrong way - the rest of the limbs are gone. It was shredded, and then ejected by the wind. Unfortunately, it died long before its body got this far. Consuming it wouldn't do you any good.

You feel another point of light in the distance, shooting out of the winds like a meteor. It plummets into the ground, just like this one, far in the distance.

<They're dropping like flies!> Adavan switches to telepathy to be more easily heard. <We should fall back!>

What do you do now?

>>27271433
Can we use the Moonsong with Temerity in anyway? He did say it was our power and he managed to basically make the monster hit itself.

>>27271433
Push forward. All three of us slam nightflares at the winds + staff and Shadow tries to push through.

>>27271433
yolo

>>27271433
>No options.

Well this doesn't seem very good then. I really don't think there's much we can do but wait.

>>27271433
Wow, those angels are getting TROUNCED.

Let's wait this out. No way we're gonna be able to get in there with the wind like this.

>>27271460
Or we could Nightflare the Earth Dynamo and make sure Lucy loses.

>>27271491
Then the dynamo would get fucked by the winds.

NO DYNAMO LEFT BEHIND

MUH DUHNAHMIOSSSS

>>27271433
Use our absurd strength and pull a Vog.

Dig under the ground and tunnel toward the cyclone in order to avoid the driving winds.

It keeps us safe from the tornado while still getting us closer so that we're in range to turn the tables in case Lucifer outlasts the staff.

>>27271491
Hah, I like it. Don't know if we can do that from here though.

>>27271508
>Digging into the floating island of questionable floaty status
Either a good idea or profoundly retarded.

>>27271491
He's going to lose anyways, and the dynamo is probably going to break no matter what we do.

And i doubt our magic would even reach that far in.

Plus, if he does manage to somehow bullshit the storm away with it, we can jump in and steal the staff like planned.

we really should have eaten that gem and gotten pocket. Now that entire treasury is at the very least scattered across Xile.

>>27271508
If we're set on getting into the cyclone, this is a good idea.
I'd rather blow up the dynamo and let Lucifer get torn to pieces, though.
I couldn't give fewer shits about the Dynamo, to be honest. I'm reasonable sure that there are more, or instructions for making more, on the island.

>>27271491
If he fails normally and gets chucked out with the dynamo (maybe broken) he will probably be critically injured.

But he's a top angel, he might survive with a sliver of life.

For us to eat him.

>>27271551
Xile has been nothing but near-death experiences, dumb mistakes, and lost loot. We'll probably not even get the Staff or Moonsong at this rate.

>>27271598
we should CONSUME the Moonsong! Just so we don't lose it!

Vote 1:
>Sit this one out. It's only a matter of time before Lucifer gets pulverized.

Vote 2:
>Try to dig under the winds to get close enough to use nightflare on the dynamo, thereby ensuring his defeat.

Vote 3:
>push into the winds, take an active role in the struggle. This is your opportunity to get the staff.

>>27271566
Why are you so adamant on trying to blow the dynamo?

Even if our magic could reach in there, it wouldn't do anything that isn't going to happen from him being overwhelmed by the winds.

And if we just throw a sphere of antimagic out, it could push back the winds too eneough for him to take control of the staff.

>>27271433
Use Adamantize and plow through that shit with nightflare/Moonsong assistance.

>>27271615
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>>27271621

While incomplete, the moonsong is ineffectual.

>>27271615
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>>27271617
Call me cautious, but I want to make SURE he's losing. And the easiest way to do that - which puts us in minimal danger - is breaking the only thing keeping him competitive.
I don't view his lackeys dying as indicative of his failure.

>>27271615
2

Holy shit you people learn absolutely nothing.

We can't do anything about the winds, This is way, way, beyond us.

Just let lucifer get his ass handed to him by the wind and wait for him to get blown out.
We might even get to eat him like >>27271567 says.

>>27271686
The only problem with that is that we still have to get the staff of winds and this is a prime opportunity to do it.

>>27271615

time to go Vog

Roll 1d100

>>27271718
Aye. I would advocate that we stop once we burrow in and reassess before continuing, but it's not a voting option.
Hopefully SM see the discussion about it though.

Rolled 32

>>27271761
ROLLIN TO VOG

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>>27271761
POWER OF FUNK I CHOOSE YOU

>>27271718
This is in no way a "Prime Opprotunity"

Lucy isn't wearing down the golem, he's getting his ass handed to him.
We aren't going to do any better than him .

But everyone here seems deadlocked into NO AM RIGUT U DUMB, so fuck it, I hope we all die.

>>27271761
team hat
I rolled the super 1

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>>27271761
Rolling.

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>>27271790

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>>27271761

Quick show of hands, is there a single person here who still thinks that the shadow monster would have been able to do shit against this kind of power?

Because we knew that the staff was this strong from the start, it was spelled out for us by Adavan and Auriel

>>27271777
>777
>95

The Funk is strong with this one.

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>>27271761
>nat 1

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>>27271761
100, 1 or bust.

>>27271854
It's basically a wind super weapon.

>>27271854
It burns through pretty much anything, I honestly think it might have at least posed a problem. Not the one who originally suggested that action though. It was pretty stupid at best.

>>27271861
And of course, I originally invoked the Power of FUNK back during the...Dave escape I think? Got us a 100, good times.

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>>27271896
I think it was while fighting those Summons during the Banshee showdown.

Either way, keep on Funking. It seems to work for you.

There's no way you'll make it through the winds - not with Abigail and Adavan, and in once piece.

But if you went under, where the winds don't reach...

<I'm going to dig under the ground. I want to get close enough to try and take out the dynamo and make sure he doesn't get the staff.>

<Anything we can do?> Adavan shouts back.

<Use my power. If the winds try to reach us, blast it back.>

<Got it!> Abigail says.

You burrow into the earth, forming several pairs of front arms into large scoops. You dig through it easily. You dig deep enough until the sound of the wind fades, and then forward. You keep Adavan and Abigail near the roof of your makeshift tunnel. The lower half you turn into a sort of makeshift conveyor of shovel-like arms, sealing yourself in as you go.

It isn't long before you run into an unforseen difficulty. <Shadow, it's really hard to breathe!> Abigail shouts. <How long are we going to be down here?!>

<Are you alright?>

<Maybe for a little while!> You hear her coughing.

<If you're going to do this, keep moving,> Adavan says.

You feel the orb of earth in the center of the massive winds beginning to slow. The wind jabs at it constantly, like a knife searching for the weak point in the armor. Once it fades...it's gonna be bad for whatever's inside.

What do you do?

>push forward, take no chances
>head back. Lucifer isn't winning this battle

>push forward, take no chances

>>27271976
PUUUUSSSHHHH

>>27271976
>push forward, take no chances
Onwards!

>>27271976
>push forward, take no chances
God damnit Abby needs air... Why did we have to bring someone who actually needs to breathe.

>>27271976
>head back. Lucifer isn't winning this battle
Suffocation and a losing Lucifer. I don't see a reason to continue.

Rolled 45

>>27271976
>>push forward, take no chances
Well, except the chance of suffocating Abby.
ONWARD!

Lucy isn't a fool. He wouldn't have gone into this without a plan.

>>27272036
He's probably charging some sort of godly spell using the dynamo's output as both a shield and a veil to cover his magic.

>>27272032
My good sir, I think you are mistaking that text to be a declarative statement of fact. It is, in reality, a line of reasoning which justifies the decision but does not necessarily reflect the actual reality.
We have no fucking clue if Lucy is winning or losing.

>>27271976
>>head back. Lucifer isn't winning this battle

And neither will we when the earth dynamo collapses.
Aside from all the force of the winds crashing in, there could be backlash from the dynamo breaking.

Shounen Hero antics are not going to work here, think smarter, not harder.

>>27271976
>head back. Lucifer isn't winning this battle
We're going to get everyone killed if we keep going on, and lucy is going to die anyways.

In the event of a surprise tactic, get back outside and in positon to blink in and intercept the staff.

>notice: shorter thread tonight

Looks like we're pushing forward.

Roll 1d20

>>27272028
>Why did we have to bring someone who actually needs to breathe.
On the up-side, at least she has all the air to herself.

I also kind of figured we'd be consuming some of the dirt we shoveled out of the way so as NOT to seal ourselves in completely, especially in case the tunnel didn't hold up to the cyclone above, but hey, that's what I get for not bringing it up.

I mean, it's not like it'd have tasted any worse than a bed.

Rolled 3

>>27272125
Oh boy I knew it

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>>27272125
>Get 1
>Abby dies

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>>27272125
Not even going to give time for me to convince them to not be stupid hunh...

Oh well, rolling for Abby to die.

>>27272136
>>27272141
>>27272144
Well then.

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>>27272136
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>>27272144
Great. Abby's dead.

>>27272136
>>27272141
>>27272144
WELL THEN I'D SAY THIS IS THE END MY FRIENDS. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

>1
>2
>3
We can't catch a break can we?

>>27272136
>>27272141
>>27272144

>Countdown to death

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>>27272144
COUNTDOWN TO DEATH

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>>27272144

God damnit. I knew this wasn't a good plan the second Abby seemed to have trouble breathing and you assholes kept pushing for it anyway.

>>27272195
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yw5jkAHgME

>>27272195
There's not even a Doompaul.

I'm scared.

>>27272156
>>27272164
So we've learned a grand fucking total of NOTHING from the last thread, and just pushed on expecting EVERYTHING TO FUCKING GO OUR WAY LIKE SOME SHITTY ANIME OR COMIC.

WELL WAY TO FUCKING GO SHITHEADS, YOU'VE PROVED YOU CAN'T EVEN DO BASIC PATTERN RECOGNITION.

AND FUCK YOU TOO SM, BECAUSE YOU JUST FUCKING JUMPED AT THE OPPROTUNITY TO FUCK US ALL OVER WITHOUT A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT OR EVEN A VOTE, JUST LIKE EVERY MAJOR PIECE OF SHIT YOU THROW AT US.

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Abby sucks so fucking much.

>>27272195
I have never been this sorry.

>>27272222
Please get the fuck out.
We don't want you here.

>>27272223
FUCK YOU. IT'S NOT HER WHO KEEPS CHOOSING THE ABSOLUTE STUPIDEST OPTIONS AVALABLE AND ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE BECAUSE PROTAGONIST!

ACTAULLY, I HOPE WE DIE TO, BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD BE A PERFECT PARALLEL TO THAT ONE JUKASHI QUEST WHERE THOSE SHITHEAD TGCHANNERS DECIDED TO RAW RAW PUSH ON NO MATTER WHAT WHEN GIVEN AN OUT FROM CERTAIN DEATH, AND THEN WHINED WHEN THEY GOT ONE-SHOT-KILLED.

>>27272222
>>27272235
I mean, for what it's worth there's no way she's ACTUALLY dying here, since there should be enough air in a space at least one person tall and two people deep to survive for two hours or so, even taking into account thinner air way up in the sky.

>implying Shadow Quest cares about physics or biology

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>>27272222

>people jump for ideas that have potential but are difficult in execution
>you happen to get bad rolls
>FUCK YOU TOO SM

>>27272310
Surely you can sympathize with our shitty fucking dice luck tonight.

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>>27272299
>being this mad

>>27272299
We're choosing options based around the assumption that we'll get rolls that aren't critfails every once in a while.

Abby: Official bad luck charm.

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>Find this pic a while ago
>Never post it
>Recent bad rolls remind me

IT IS THE CURSE OF ABBY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw

So, Cone of Destruction straight up for insta-air?

>>27272328
No, we seem to be choosing option based on the assumption that we will roll 100's/20's if anything goes wrong.

I've got no fucking clue why everyone here has degenerated into slavering morons in the past few threads.

I wish we had Fate Points to burn.

>>27272335
Abby, the bringer of bad luck.

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>>27272371
>Dat apple bottom

>>27272392
That is implying that a crit fail is suffocation.
I'm thinking more like the cyclone rips up the ground and flings us screaming into the void.

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>>27272136
>>27272141
>>27272144


>3
>2
>1

>>27272392
>Opens us up to the staff's power.
Well, it'll be air, i tell you that.

>>27272310
Oh, and if you do anything other than instakill abby from this, then you will have just vindacated the "hue yolo" shitheads and risk will mean nothing for the remainder of the quest, hopefully short.

>>27272393
>I've got no fucking clue why everyone here has degenerated into slavering morons in the past few threads.
Longish delay before it came back + pacing not as good to maintain appropriate feelings as it has been in the past + Xile being a general shitfest

I actually don't have a suitable reaction image for this.

>>27272445
>Xile being a general shitfest

Fucking AMEN, I want to be off this rock almost as bad as the Archonium. We seriously cant catch a break when we need it. The Temerity save from abomination doesn't count, stupidity got us into that.

We can certainly agree that bringing Abby was a bad idea. Hell going alone or bring only Adavan and maybe Ila( For indirect support) could have being a more sensitive choice.

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>>27272493
Yes bringing Abby was a bad idea because we pushed forward on a dumb plan and got shit rolls.

Fuck you, I don't agree at all.

Rolled 57

>>27272444
Well it wasn't two critfails or anything... I'd say the tunnel crumbles and Abby is buried alive, but we could still try to save her and GTFO.

>>27272547
And I don't think it was a bad plan.

>>27272444
>instakill abby
More likely she's going to pass out, forcing us to give up our forward progress and leaving us at 2/3 power for our inevitable confrontation.

Instakills as punishment for crit-fails doesn't exactly seem sporting, and similar situations in the past have generally left us with people out of commission at important points rather than permanently incapacitated.

>>27272547
Because most of the players have developed a mentality of "any plan will work and if it doesn't the dice will save us".

>>27272547

Look I am just saying that abby is made of paper compare with ever other companion we got. We were going into a battle between Lucifer and Super Golem. Being able to take hits should be consider essential for this particular endeavor.

>>27272636
>Look I am just saying that abby is made of paper compare with ever other companion we got.
You're kidding, right? Abby is Fang+ tier. Problem is that the dice fucking hate her for some reason. She is the strongest of any of our companions.

>>27272636
No she isn't. She has a shit ton more power and defenses compared to Ila, for instance. She is not made of paper at all.

>>reading archived thread,
>>next thread will b tomorrow at 10
Think, "aw shit il miss it"
>>realize what day and time it is

Holy fuck todays a good day lol

>>27272607
Instakills are completely fair when used as punishment for deliberately and continuously choosing options blatantly flagged as horrible and dangerous, then ignoring the chance to turn back.

In fact, that's the best time to instakill someone, to remind us coldly that we can't just be shitheads all the time and expect things to just go perfectly because we are the protagonist.

>>27272636
I think I'm going to dig through the archives and work up a spreadsheet of our roll results over the last 65 threads.

>>27272693
Holy shit thats quite the challenge

>>27272686
Today is a sad day, anon.
A sad day.

You press closer to the palace.

The winds crack the earth above you. You feel the dead air brush your skin.

<Adavan, Abigail!>

You feel them grab for your magic.

They're both entirely inexperienced with using your power. They might as well be throwing feathers at the growing presence of wind. It begins to slice into you. They abandon their efforts with shadow and raise barriers of spirit to protect themselves. The wind grows stronger. Abigail is already taking the brunt of it - she can hardly draw a breath.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHQvSlwPf2U

And then the earth dynamo flickers, stops, and collapses.

The earth around you vaporizes.

You're flung into the cyclone. It's as if you're back in the skysever. Wind knifes at you from every direction, pulling, pushing, cutting, stabbing. Adavan is ripped from your grasp in a heartbeat. His soul spins into the air, and is gone.

You feel a brief flash of lightning out there, somewhere. Lucifer?

Abigail is being pulled away from you. You strain. You struggle.

A beam of green wind slices your arm in two. Abigail flies into the void.

-----------
-----------

>con't

>>27272687
You're just an angry dumbass, man. You might have some sort of point underneath all your stupidity but you're just calling for blood just because you're mad at a bunch of people.

>>27272687
>Have arc drag on and be generally miserable
>Instakill as punishment when players try to push it through and get smacked with tgdice.

Remind me to never follow any of your quests.

fwwwssssSSSHHHH
BOOM

>HP: 10/81

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb9mbBYyzrg

Your vision flickers. You put your feet underneath yourself, slip, fall. You grab at the air and find something rough - the bark of a tree. You use it as leverage to climb to your feet.

Abigail. You've got to find her.

Spirit. You can sense it - you can sense her. You walk forward. It hurts to move. Your shadow is slowly knitting back together, but you haven't been hurt this badly in some time.

A quick glance into the sky tells you you're far from where you were - the opposite side of the island, on the other side of the palace. The cyclone is slowly dissipating. The silent calm is returning.

You pick up speed. It hurts, but you force yourself to move faster. You've got to reach her.

You find her out on the plain between the forest and the palace.

One of her hands is gone. The flesh is bloody and torn where it was ripped out of her arm. One of her legs is broken at the thigh. You can see the white of bone protruding from her skin.

You fall over her, exhausted.

What do you do?

>all possible magic into healing Abigail
>some other strategy

>>27272726
ripip Adavan and Abby

>>27272760
Great heal

>>27272760
Kill her.

>>27272760
dig up a hole in the ground and pray to hyperion that we arent killed. Back tot eh start we go

>>27272760
>all possible magic into healing Abigail
I think we have enough for a Great Heal. After this, retreat to the lake.

>>27272760
>all possible magic into healing Abigail
We don't even know where Auriel is right now, so it's not like we can bring Abby to her for a heal.

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>>27272474

This is my moment! NOW I do have a proper reaction image!

>>27272760
CONSUME HER FOR MANA TO HEAL HER

>>27272760
A quick heal just to make sure she stays alive and we need to try and head to a water source to do a proper healing

If this shithole wasn't floating above our base, I would say to sink it.

Fuck Xile.

>>27272760
>all possible magic into healing Abigail
God damn it, I hope Adavan is okay.

>>27272760
>>all possible magic into healing Abigail
>>some other strategy

Can Fast Blink save us now?
We better use Isolation to cut the wind off from us

The only way out of this is to stop the skysever, and that means the staff of winds.

Rolled 3

>>27272760
>all possible magic into healing Abigail
Smells like time to roll more 1s

>>27272760
>>all possible magic into healing Abigail

>>27272850
Good thing he's a Lich.

>>27272760
>Gentle Breeze
I see what you did there.

>MOST of our magic into healing Abigail
12 into a Great Heal, then 6 into a 10-HP Heal.
This leaves us 4 mana for a 7-HP heal if she still needs it, or we can save it for Adavan or ourselves if she seems stable without it.

>>27272886
Oh yeah, he'll just pop up wherever his phylactery is... Speaking of, where is his phylactery?

>>27272889
Also I can't into math, and we'd have 2 mana left, not 4.

Rolled 8

>>27272897
I pray he wasn't carrying it.

Maybe we should have listened to Adavan, the guy who had fought the staff, when he said that it was too strong and that we should retreat.

But no, we're invincible aren't we?

>>27272847
No, fuck you, and every other shithead in this thread who wants to blame it on the dice, the setting, or SM.
This is your fucking fault, all of you.

>>27272897
>We fight and claw our way out of xile, with the staff of winds.
>Adavan is chilling on a beach, drinking a margaritta.

>we fuck up with the Earthforge
>get everyone on airship hurt
>we leave Abby behind to chase after Lucy
>get ambushed by wind mages
>we try to do a stupid cage match plan
>fuck everything over
>we try to press on even though it seems like a bad idea and fuck up the rolls
>Abby almost dies

How many bad ideas and bad rolls can we make in one fucking arc?

>>27272897
Shadow's SCIENCE corner!

Would a lich that we Servanted (e.g. Adavan) still be our Servant after dying and being resurrected at his Phylactery? Inquiring minds want to know! But don't want to have to test it, because that shit would be dangerous!

>>27272889
>>27272880
>>27272760

Remember what happened when we healed her earlier? Auriel had to break Abigail's arm again just to heal it. Now imagine what happens if we do the same with a limb that's completely missing.

Of course, there's the fact she might bleed out completely.

>>27272941
I have it on very good authority that if we come up with another bad idea we get a free sundae.

>>27272965
She needs to be healed, regardless. She isn't going to do well if we don't

>>27272941
More, because we are still alive and so is the rest of our party.

We still have the opprotunity to fuck up even more and kill the rest of them.

Doing all possible seems to be more popular than any other of the various scattered opinions.

Roll 1d100 to heal.

Great Heal will be followed two medium-strength normal heals.

I'll just take 6 rolls.

Rolled 20

>>27272986
ROLLIN FOR NOT BOTCHING UP THIS HEAL AGAIN

Rolled 8

>>27272986
Fuck Abby, obtain critfails

Rolled 35

>>27272986

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>>27272986
>2

Rolled 99

>>27272986
how bout another nat 1 guys?

>>27272969
If we leave through the Skysever around Xile, we can come in right into the eye of the storm from the top of the cyclone, since the tornado itself stops at the barrier!

GENIUS!

This was a purposefully bad idea, please don't do this.

Rolled 60

>>27272986
>inb4 natural 1

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>>27272986

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>>27272986
Nat1 ahoy

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>>27272998
>>27272999
>>27273004
Great Heal a shit
>>27273006
>>27273010
Med Strength heal pretty ok

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>>27272998
>>27273004
Ugh.

>>27273006
>>27273010
At least that went well.