> [x]Turn off the road.

>>27452864
>[ ]Turn off the road.

woo stabby quest!
>>27452864
>[ ]Turn off the road.
>[ ]Ask for directions.

>>27452864
>[ ]Turn off the road.

>[ ] Turn off road.

>>27452864
Roads are getting boring. You've been walking along them for over a day now. You turn onto the track, and quickly find your sneakers are sinking deep into the mud. Something about the trees surrounding the track between the hills seems odd... the almost seem out of season. You carry on at full pace regardless, the sense of adventure overpowering your sense of preservation as you forge your way towards the small gap between the hills.

As you continue, the surrounding trees begin to close in over the pathway, growing steadily more eerie; soon enough you find yourself completely enclosed in a forest. The daylight now is almost entirely blocked off by the thick foliage, and the hue of the trees gives the vague impression of blood.

You're starting to wonder whether you should have stuck to the road after all when you feel the barrel of a gun pressed to the back of your head.

>>27453453
>you find yourself completely enclosed in a forest. The daylight now is almost entirely blocked off by the thick foliage, and the hue of the trees gives the vague impression of blood.

perfect environment for mushrooms to grow.
score us some shrooms.

>>27453453
"Hey lass. I don't mean ya any harm, but I'm gunna have to ask ya to hand me yer pistol there. Just for safety, y'know?"

[DC12 Perception Check]
>Best of 3 D20s.

>Also,
[ ]Give him your gun.
[ ]Fight him over it.

Rolled 14

>>27453504

Rolled 11

>>27453504
>>27453497
Ignore him and look around for some mushrooms while singing a song about happy shrooms.

Rolled 4

>>27453504
>[ ]Give him your gun.
if he's close enough to touch us with his gun, he's close enough to stab.

> [x ]Fight him over it.

No one steals our spoils!

Rolled 12

>>27453540
Thats more like loli than giving the gun or fighting over it.

Rolled 2

>>27453564
Fuck screwed up roll

>>27453566
good point
>>27453560
change to
>>27453540

>>27453526
You're getting far too used to people pointing guns at you. And you're also completely unconcerned by him. For one, no-one who's pointed a gun at you so far has fired without you being ready to gut them beforehand. Two, he already admitted that he doesn't mean to harm you. Three, he hasn't reacted to Doggy yet, meaning he hasn't noticed Doggy. And Doggy would've done something if he thought the man was threatening.

But the most important reason you're unconcerned is because in the corner of your eye, you notice something different to the rest of the dark wooded landscape around the track - some fungi growing around the base of a tree.

[+1 Perception]

"Mushrooms!" you exclaim, gleefully.
The man is so taken by surprise that he does nothing as you leap away from him to squat down next to the outcrop of white and red spotted mushrooms.

As you begin to pick out some of the cleaner and fuller-looking fungi, you hear a rustling from the foliage all about you; you still remain unconcerned as four more men in near-identical outfits appear from the woodland. You're vaguely surprised that you managed to get so deep into the group without noticing any of them.

"Well, good job Newbie, you can't even coerce a girl half your size into giving up her shooter. Tell me again how you're so badass that we're lucky you want to join us."

"Shut up, Socks. You know full well she's crazy. I'd like to see you have done any better."

You wonder what exactly they're talking about.

[ ]Let them continue.
[ ]Ask them what they mean.
[ ]Ask them to help you pick mushrooms.

Rolled 9

>>27453777
>[x]Ask them to help you pick mushrooms.

MUSHROOMS FOR EVERYONE!

>>27453777
Ask for help in picking mushrooms
If we can tell if any are hallucinogenic offer a few to them

>>27453777
>[ x ] Let them continue.
We got shrooms to gnaw on. Let silly old men to their silly talk.

>>27453824
>If we can tell if any are hallucinogenic test them right away
FTFY

Rolled 17 + 3

>>27453777
>[ ]Ask them to help you pick mushrooms.

>>27453850
If we can tell if any are hallucinogenic test them right away and chase them with some chocolate
Imagine what a bar of chocolate tastes like on shrooms

Ask them what they mean. Let's not be overly silly.

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>>27453887
>Imagine what a bar of chocolate tastes like on shrooms
with a knife in hand we could have the time of our life.

>>27453777
"MUSHROOMS!"

"....what?"

"MUSHROOMS!" You yell again. "Mush-rooms, mush-rooms! Help me pick the mushrooms already!"

"Uh, Otter, you wanna maybe... get her to be quiet? We're not exactly likely to be alone out here." The one called Socks is talking incomprehensibly again. You hate it when adults are talking without you.

"And how am I supposed to do that?" Actually, you realize you haven't had any breakfast this morning. You do like mushrooms.

"I dunno, giver her something? Something girls like!" You quickly pop one of the red and white mushrooms into your mouth. It has an interesting taste to it you can't quite place. You get the feeling this mushroom isn't all it appears to be.

"Hey Socks, didn't Nimble say she seemed to like chocolate?" You discard the thoughts at the mention of chocolate.

"Yeah, he did at that. Anyone got any chocolate on them?" You turn to face them, cradling your haul of 'shrooms.

You beam happily at the assembled group, "I'll trade you for the chocolate?" And upon seeing the bundle in your arms, the group goes silent.

"Hey, lass. You didn't... eat any of those, did you?" asks another man coming out the trees along the path, dressed in a bright yellow suit with a closed see-through face mask.

[ ]Yes.
[ ]No.
[ ]Where's the chocolate?

Rolled 6 + 3

>>27454115
[ ]Where's the chocolate?

Rolled 2

>>27454115

[x]Where's the chocolate?

Priorities here gentlemen.

If friendly, aquire Chocolate.

If Hostile, Stabby Stabby.

Mushrooms ON chocolate :D

>>27454115
>[ ]Where's the chocolate?

>>27454115
"Of course i got a taste. You were saying something about chocolate. I dont like it when people promise chocolate but then dont give me any. I get upset."

I'm confuse so far, probably because I don't know anything about S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Are we just a little girl that's really really desensitized to everything, or are we some kind of monstrosity?

>>27454115
....We Mario now.

>>27454220
Just a regular innocent little girl. What's so confusing about it anon?

>>27454156
this
>>27454115

Rolled 16

>>27454220
Well death and murder follows in our wake...

I mean, we've wiped out a military base and a bandit camp, and had some random newbie blow his brains out...

Pretty certain we rank highly with regards dangerous things in the zone.

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>>27454115
>[ ]Yes.
"I had a taste. It tasted funny. You look funny. Yellow."

>>27454254
>innocent little girl
>stalker

>>27454115
>[ ]Yes.

>>27454115
[x] Yes. Mr. Tentacle Dog.

>>27454115
>[ ] Yes

Rolled 5

>>27454115
Gimme chocolate

>>27454293
>>27454189
both of these.

>>27454115
Don't let them distract you with their useless words. "Chocolate" you state, monotone. "Where is it?"

"Aw shit, someone get chocolate. Now. I don't care who. Chocolate, right now goddamn it." And with that sudden turn in attitude from Socks, you're presented with a wall of hands from the assembled group all thrusting their best (and only) bars of chocolate at you.

You think you could grow to like these people.
You scan through the choices available to you and take your preference, stashing it in your Hello Kitty backpack with your two bottles of water for when you might get hungry again.

"Alright," begins Socks, "now that we've finally established that the little monster isn't going to kill us all... for now... Nimble sent us after you, lass. Seems he's fond of you and wants us to keep you safe. Since we're headed in that direction anyway, why don't you tag along with us?"

You nod brightly. You can't let a chocolate supply like this just go wandering off into the woods alone now, can you? Relief seems to pass amongst the group, then they turn away and begin trekking along the forest path.

Even you can tell they're being very professional about it. One of the men, who has yet to speak and is wearing a much more broken set camouflage with a few bits of foliage sticking from his outfit, is some twenty paces ahead of the rest of the group. He's mostly moving extremely slowly, even staying completely still for some time; but picks up his pace when the main group gets close, in order to keep distance up.
The main group is moving in a dispersed pack along the centre of the road, with Socks in front of you, the bright yellow man and you walking side-by-side in the middle of the group, another man laden completely down with a ridiculous amount of equipment behind you, and Newbie and Otter taking up the rear of the formation. Otter seems to be walking backwards more often than he's walking forwards.

>>27454538
After a few minutes of silence though, you start to get bored.

[ ]Where are we going?
[ ]What are you doing?
>[ ]Insert other conversation choice.

>>27454566
Where is Doggy?

>>27454566
Who is Nimbles

Rolled 11

>>27454566


[x]Where are we going?
[ ]What are you doing?
>[x]Insert other conversation choice.
Why do i taste purple?

Rolled 19

>>27454538
>[] Can Doggy come too?

>>27454566
Ask Otter why he's walking funny. Is he worried about something?

>>27454566
>[ ]Where are we going?

>>27454538
>now that we've finally established that the little monster isn't going to kill us all
Seriously. Do we just think we're a little girl and look like it, but am actually horror from beyond?

Am confusion of such quantity.

>>27454622
You're a little girl who killed a large number of people.

>>27454594
Seconding this.

Are we there yet?

>>27454622
>Do we just think we're a little girl and look like it
we actually are a little girl.

>>27454679
I can tell you're fucking with me and I don't like it.

>>27454707
but i am not. we are a little girl. we have a pet dog. we like chocolate. we walk skipping and like to sing meanwhile.
i dont see whats so unbelievable and confusing.

>>27454707
We are a little girl
Stop being paranoid Stalker

>>27454566
"So where are we going, anyway?" you ask the man in the yellow suit next to you.

He answers you in a jovial tone. "Us, we're heading a long way away. But Nimble wants us to keep you safe, so we're taking a detour to get you to the Barrier. The guys there should be cool with you. On the way though, we think there's an anomaly field, so we wanna check it out for any artifacts."

"Are we there yet?" You ask the bright yellow suit.
"No. We're not."

"Can Doggy come with us, too?"

"...Who or what is 'Doggy'?" The yellow seems to be less happy about this question.

Finally, you ask walking neon stick next to you: "Why do I taste purple?"

"Oh... fu- Socks, she ate a shroom!"

>>27454768
"Of coure i did. Why do you think i come into thick woods if not for shrooms? Thank Nimble for me, i am bored with you old men. I'll go back to traveling with Doggy."

>>27454768
It's happening.

>>27454768
Is this a "what do?" situation here, or are we waiting for the next post?

>>27454836
i support this. we shouldnt stick with these strange men.

umm... wasn't Doggy with us when these nice men found us? have they just not noticed him or...?

>>27454893
waiting for next post

>>27454914
he should be around, close.

>>27454768
You actually haven't had anything to drink in a while, so you stop, sit down and take off your pack. Rooting around inside, you find what you were looking for. Though the hands tugging at you didn't make it easy. You unscrew the lid and taste the sweetest water you've ever had. You wonder how those mean men managed to acquire such a treasure. There's no way they got it through legitimate means. They probably took it from someone. Then you remember the fate you inflicted upon them in order to acquire it yourself, and begin to laugh at the irony.

You're torn from your thoughts by a thundering boom, like the rolling of a very heavy drum. It's a good sound. You like that sound. You want to hear it again. And it comes again. The sky above you, already reddened by the blood red trees about you, quickly seems to be clouding over.
Movement about you turns into a flurry, the hands now snatching at both you and your bag. You try to shake them off so you can stare at the sky some more. That musical booming is still rolling through your head. You become mesmerized by the crackling of light arcing through the strips of visible sky overhead.
You feel fur beneath your fingers. It has to be Doggy's fur, you think. Only Doggy could feel this smooth. This fluffy. As you move your hands about him, you can feel the patches where his fur no longer exists. The gorgeousness of his exposed flesh... He seems to be tugging your hand, so you start to move with him. The hands stop molesting you, and the flurry of movement matches Doggy's place as he runs through the trees with you.

"THE MINE! GET TO THE MINE!"

You don't want to go to the mine, wherever that's supposed to be. You want to stay here. Keep looking up. It's almost here. You know it's almost here. That one revelation you've always been waiting for...

>>27454911
maybe let's wait for the neon sticks reaction? it'd be nice to know how cow we chow asd dfgr asdfv rtrw bni

>>27454966
[ ]Wait for the revelation.
[ ]Go into the mine.
[ ][DC18 "The fuck is going on?" Check]

Rolled 7

>>27455011
>[ ][DC18 "The fuck is going on?" Check]

Rolled 7

>>27455011
we are gonna fail this check.

Rolled 17

>>27455011

>>27455011
>[ ]Go into the mine.
Doggy's pulling us along, so it must be important

Rolled 8

>>27455055
damn so close..

>>27455059
yes trust doggy

Rolled 6

>>27455011
>[X][DC18 "The fuck is going on?" Check]

>>27455011
>[ ]Go into the mine.
Trust Doggy.

>>27455088
Seconding. Doggy knows.

>>27455101
thirding

>>27455011
>Follow Doggy

>>27455028
>>27455029
>>27455055
Between the movements around you, the shouting and yelling, and Doggy pulling you along, you quickly accept that you're not going to achieve the revelation here. You'll just have to try again next time.
In the meantime, you trust in Doggy and follow him into... the... darkness. No. No Doggy. The darkness is bad!

You start to pull away from Doggy, but he digs his teeth into your arm and drags you bodily into the darkness. You don't like it. You really don't like it in the dark. You begin to cry. The red light outside becomes blinding. Like a wave of fire rolling over you. It doesn't reach this far into the darkness.

And then the neon light is next to you again. The light in the darkness has arrived to save you. You leap onto him, bawling incoherently, gripping as tightly as you can. The neon is apparently trying to shake you off. The neon is trying to ignore you as much as it can, all the movement from the rest of the people around you has stopped; instead, the walls now appear to be crawling...

[DC19 "THIS CAN'T BE REAL" check]

Rolled 19

>>27455221

>>27455221

BAD MUSHROOMS MAN, BAD MUSHROOMS!

Rolled 9

>>27455221

Rolled 13

>>27455221

>>27455243
Horray?

>>27455243
sweet.

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>>27455243
Mah Man.

>>27455243
Failing that check could've been fun..

>>27455243
"THIS CAN'T BE REAL!"
Suddenly everything snaps back to normality - well, almost. The sky still appears to be of fire, the neon is still glowing next to you, and the walls still seem to be crawling.
Except it's not the walls that are crawling. It's the mass of bodies clinging to them. As far as you can tell, they're people. Except they're all wearing broken gas masks and ragged uniforms. And they're maintaining themselves vertically on the walls of the tunnel.
You realize you and the group are completely surrounded. Clearly the wall of fire behind you isn't an escape route, and the entire group have their weapons tensely trained on the walls.

[ ]Wait and see what happens.
[ ]Try out your newest gun.
[ ]FLEE.

>>27455384
Try out your newest gun

>>27455384
>[ ]Wait and see what happens.
[ ]Try out your newest gun.
[ ]FLEE.
[x] BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! THRONES FOR THE THRONE SKULL!

>>27455384
try newest gun

>>27455384
>[ ]Try out your newest gun.

>>27455384
>[ ]Try out your newest gun.
"I have been wanting to test this thing. Thanks for the chocolate, in case we dont meet again."

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>>27455384
There is only one appropriate recourse in a situation like this. You pull up the little gun you've had strapped to your back since last night.

[DC16 Shooty check]

Rolled 9

>>27455530

Rolled 19

>>27455530

>>27455530
dice+1d20 may the force be with you

Rolled 13

>>27455556
Aw yeah we gonna get our shooty on

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>>27455556

Rolled 8

>>27455530
may the force be with you

>>27455556
say hello to my little friend

>>27455556
It's just like last night. The things you need dead are all right there in front of you. You don't need to aim, just point it in the right direction. You squeeze the trigger.
[+1 Shooty skill]

A plume of light emits from the end of your gun, illuminating the entire space. You fix your eyes upon the sight. It's glorious. But after just a moment, it's gone. You realise it's because you let go of the trigger, so you pull it again and the beautiful flame lights up your little world again. And that is apparently some sort of signal, as the light appears on all sides of you, of so many shapes and sizes, each light of a different noise, flickering at a different rate. You're engulfed in the glory of the show.

And then, as suddenly as it began, it ceases. You're still holding the trigger, but your gun makes no more light. The people around you are still as well. You notice that the fire outside has completely died away.

And every one of the wall-crawling things lies dead in a pile before you.
When did that happen?

>>27455707
Those are some gooooooooooooooooood shrooms man

>>27455707
Socks places his hand gently on the barrel of your gun, and pushes it towards the floor. "While I admit that it was rather impressive, would you mind avoiding reckless actions like that in the future, lass?" You don't know how to respond.
"Alright, let's clean it up. Ice, looks like the Blowout is over. Check the entrance and see if we can get out of here. Otter, Newbie, watch the back, there may be more in here. Neon, with me. Walrus, look after the loli."

Everyone sets to their designated tasks, the newbie and the man with the big gun fanning out to check the darker corners of the tunnel, while the man in the camouflage moves rapidly to the entrance again. The yellow suit and Socks move to one side and start talking quietly.
The man carrying all the equipment moves to your side.
You notice now that not only is he wearing apparently two oversized rucksacks, but he's festooned with more pockets than you believed a single outfit could manage. And every single one is full to the brim with odds and ends. He's even wearing webbing, which is also completely full. You really can't see anywhere on him where anything extra could fit.
"I've gotta say, girl, never seen someone use a shooter like that before. Where'd you learn that?"

>What say?

>>27455854
Video Games

>>27455854
American cowboy movies!

>>27455875
Ooh I like this one

Rolled 10

>>27455854

my half demon brother taught me of course

Rolled 10

>>27455875
Supporting.

>>27455854
this:
>>27455875

>>27455854
>played STALKER

>>27455854
Going with the notion that she actually learned how to shoot by being taught.

Rolled 9

>>27455921
We're 12. Who teaches a 12 year old girl to accurately shoot an SMG?

>>27455875
American cowboy movies, of course!" you chirp happily at him.

He nods in sage understanding. "Ah, that would certainly explain the lack of sight usage."

He glances over to Socks and Neon, who are now heading back over to you. You hear Ice call from the entrance that it's all clear, and Socks calls the move out. Everyone quickly falls back into their movement routines, and the entire team sets out towards the next destination.

Ahead of you, Socks cocks his head to call back to you: "we're heading up to the claw now, lassy. It should be safe enough so long as we don't piss anything else off."
He seems to be emphasizing something at you, but you can't really tell what...

>>27455967
Someone who wants their little girl to know how not to hurt themselves while handling an SMG.

>>27455967
noone. we learned from old cowboy movies.

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>>27455967
But she didn't shoot accurately at all.

>>27455999
I believe he also said we had a normal family life.

So it's either Cowboy movies or we're actually a controller which deluded itself into thinking its a 12 year old girl.

>>27456015
But we did.

>>27455997
I vote that we part ways with these man.
"Thanks for chocolate weird ol guys, and thank Nimble for sending you, but i want to travel alone with Doggy now."

>>27456030
>we're actually a controller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgETJJHuDHU

>>27456078
Hey, I've never really played the game. The soldiers in the first thread said we were a controller.

I just ran with it.

>>27456030
We are not a goddamn controller.

>>27456158
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgETJJHuDHU
we are a little girl
stop being paranoid stalker

>>27455997
A long while later, the group dynamic suddenly changes. Ice stops in his track and raises his hand to give a gesture you don't recognize. The entire team spread out and moves quickly into a line level with him. Doggy nudges you, seemingly suggesting you should stick close to Ice.

"What've we got, Ice?" Looking forward, you see that you've reached the edge of the forest. Or so you thought. It's actually just a really, really big clearing.

"Claw. Grav anom, like we thought." Ahead of you, in the clearing, there's a huge earthen feature, almost like a claw reaching out of the ground. It seems like the entire thing is defying gravity.

"Alright, let's get to work." Neon moves to the front of the line now, pulls out a strange-looking detector and a bag of nuts and bolts, then slowly starts to creep forwards into the clearing. The rest of the team begin fanning out to cover all sides of the clearing.

[ ]Ask what's going on.
[ ]Watch them, stick with Ice
[ ]Follow Neon.

>>27456239
>[ ]Watch them, stick with Ice
Just watch and wait

>>27456239
>[ ]Ask what's going on.
>[ ]Watch them, stick with Ice

>>27456239
>[ ]Ask what's going on.
>[ ]Follow Neon.

Rolled 3

>>27456239
run out in the open with doggy cuz there are more mushrooms

>>27456239
[ ]Ask what's going on.
[ ]Watch them, stick with Ice

>>27456239
Ask what's going on, watch them, and stick with Ice

>>27456239
You stick close to Ice as you watch Neon slowly continue into the clearing, carefully watching his detector as well as everything around his position. He seems to be looking for something, but you can't tell what.

Unable to work out what he's trying to do, you ask Ice, "what's going on?"

"Keep quiet and you'll see."

"No really, what's going on? Just tell me."

"You need to stay quiet, else you'll distract him."
Ice frowns in disapproval at you. You decide to continue watching Neon.

He stops a little ways in; for what, you can't tell. He then takes one of the bolts from the pack, and gently tosses it through the air in front of him. Less than a yard ahead of him, the bolt suddenly compresses, crunching down into an infinitesimally small speck of dust, before falling to the floor. Now you really don't know what you're looking at...

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>Starting to fall asleep at my desk, sorry for the slow pace.

>>27456558
This sort of process carries on for such a long time that you begin to get hungry again. Luckily, you still have some chocolate left, so you settle down to eat that as you watch Neon making his way all the way around the clearing, tossing a bolt or a pebble from the ground every so often and watching it get crushed. Eventually, he seems to give up as he begins to head back to where you are with Ice. Socks moves from his position to you as well.

"What's up, Neon?" Socks questions in a patient tone.

"There just doesn't seem to be any way in. Not for us, anyway. The anomaly pockets spread all the way around the clearing, effectively creating a wall. There's definitely an artifact right there, the detector's going nuts for it. But we just can't get to it unless we either go under or over it."

Socks sighs heavily, "you're telling me there's not a single gap anywhere in the pockets? I can't believe that."

"That's not what I said at all. There are plenty of gaps, but they're just too small or too low for us to get through in any reasonable manner. And I sure as hell ain't gunna try fitting through a gap I'm not sure I'm gunna make it through. Getting crushed into oblivion isn't my first choice on how to go."

[ ]Stay silent.
[ ]I could fit!

>>27456739
>[ ]I could fit!

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>>27456739
>[ ]I could fit!

Rolled 15

>>27456739
send doggy?

>>27456772
>Doggy has no opposable thumbs. He can't work a detector.

>>27456739
>[ ]I could fit!

Rolled 15

>>27456739
>[x]I could fit!

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>>27456739
>[ ]I could fit!

>>27456739
The three of them stare at you for a moment, and then:

"Don't let Nimble know we did this. He'd never let me hear the end of it. Neon, give her your detector." You look at the device, a brown lump with a circular light-up display at the top. The cover on the display is currently lifted open. You can't make heads nor tails of what it's supposed to be displaying.
"Don't worry, it's really simple. When you get close, there'll be a green light on here that shows you which direction you need to go. Just keep following it until the beeper sounds continuously, then grab it. You'll know it when you see it."

"Oh, and if it buzzes at you, it means you're too close to an anomaly. Just stop moving and I'll try and help you out," Neon adds helpfully.
"Whatever you do, just don't go in blindly."

After this... rather slim briefing, you still have no idea what you're supposed to be doing, but it seems like you're being helpful. You follow Neon as he moves back out into the clearing.
When he stops, he picks up an entire handful of dirt from the floor, then tosses it as a cloud forwards. A large amount of it catches on the invisible fields and gets sucked in, but you can clearly see a gap between them that you definitely could fit through if you crawled.
You drop down onto your belly and start shimmying through the gap.
"Alright, you're pretty much on your own from there, girl. Sorry, I can't scout and further. Be slow, be careful. You should be close already.
Looking at the detector device, you see that he's right. The noise is already pretty steady, and it's apparently a little ways off to your right. Whatever "it" is...

[DC 12 Sheer Dumb Luck check]

Rolled 7

>>27457085

Rolled 9

>>27457085
Derp Power!

Rolled 20

>>27457085

>>27457118
Ha ha!

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>>27457118
"Hey! Is this it?"

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>>27457118
>>27457118
YES

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>>27457118

>>27457118
Hahaha, fucking skipped right to it.

>>27457127
"Hey there's a ton of these everywhere!"

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>>27457118
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>>27457118
YOU!
You deserve an Internet High Five.

>>27457118
You suppose you should keep shimmying in here; you're not keen on getting squished into oblivion either. But crawling about is slow. You decide it's safe enough and stand up. You hear Neon shout something at you, but you're too distracted by something shiny that feels like it's just on the edge of your vision despite the fact you're staring right at it. It's just a short distance away. You take a step forwards, and hear the beeping turn into a harsh buzz. You should freeze where you are, that's what Neon said. But he's slow. You step to your left and the buzzing stops. So you carry on forwards towards the little shimmer. Another buzz, you step right. Two more paces forwards. The device makes a tone sound at you, and suddenly the shimmer in front of you materializes into a really weird... thing. Like, a ball of darkness with beams of light emitting from it.

"What in the hell is that?" you hear Neon asking.

You grab it, "Is this what I'm looking for?"

"Yes. Yes it is. Now, carefully make your way back out the way you came." You comply, walking along the exact same route you came in by, lying down the crawl through the last few feet of space.

>>27457294
I'm not really all that experienced with artifacts, so what did we just pick up?

>>27457333
An object that defies normal reality. Most of them grant a small enhancement to the person holding them, normally also causing a defect as well. Example: you can run really fast, but if you get hit, you'll bleed out a lot quicker.

They aren't very common, and often sell for a good deal of money. The more common ones typically give you enough for a really nice weekend. The rarer ones could set you up nicely for a month.
This are also very important in the crafting of equipment.

>>27457386
I know that. But which one did we pick up?

>>27457400
I THINK we grabbed a goldfish

>>27457386
The field around it (stuff that is making the bolts compress and the dirt shimmer into nothing) is an anomaly field, and is often lethal to humans if haphazardly entered.
Also
>>27457386
these are*

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>>27457416
It's totally a Compass.

>>27457416
I hope it's the good version from the later two games and not the shit version from SoC

>>27456607
Go to bed bro, what time is it where you are?

>>27457448
but that comes from a space anomaly, not a gravity-based one

>>27457500
>space anomaly, not a gravity-based one
laughing_theory_of_relativity.jpg

>>27457560
What I mean is, the anomaly that spawns them is not the ones that are around here.

>>27457400
Night Star perhaps? It fits the description if not the anomaly description

>>27457294
"Alright! Well done, girl! Here, pass that to me and we can get go-" Neon is cut off by a long burst of gunfire from the far side of the clearing, followed by an agonizing scream.

The radio piece on Neon's vest bursts into life with Sock's voice. "Newbie! Newbie what's going on?"

Otter's voice comes back instead, "MAN DOWN. MAN DOWN. I CAN'T SEE IT"

Neon grabs your hand and sprints back for the edge of the treeline.

"OTTER WHAT IS IT?"

"I DON'T KNOW! I CAN'T SEE IT! THE NEWBIE'S DOWN!"

"Alright, pull back! Walrus, Neon, regroup at Ice." Sock's voice is edged with desperation now.

"One step ahead of you!" Neon confirms.

"IT'S OVER THIS SIDE NOW! IT'S A 'SUCKER!" Walrus screams over the radio.

"ALRIGHT PULL BACK. JUST PULL BACK, We'll deal with it here!
Walrus? WALRUS?"

You reach the treeline with Neon, to find Ice on edge - the first time you've seen him like this. You see Socks coming in from your right side, the direction that Walrus was guarding as well.
On your left side, Otter is sprinting through the brush to get to you. He's not more than 20 yards away when a blur of motion tears through the foliage behind him, then disappears into the woodland - dragging him away in a shower of blood.

"OTTER NOOOOOO!"

Ice finally speaks up: "Boss, orders?"

"Grab the Loli and run. Neon, with me! We're killing this motherfucker!"

Ice doesn't hesitate. Slipping one arm around your waist, he lifts you bodily into the air, turns in the opposite direction from the cloud of Otter's blood still lingering in the air, and runs blindly into the trees.

[Part 3 Cliffhanger]

>>27457618
Awshit nigga
YOU CAN'T DISAPPEAR FROM SMELL, DOGE'S GOT YOUR NUMBER MOTHERFUCKER

>>27457618
FUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

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>>27457716
speaking of which where can I find the archieves? Couldn't find 'em on sup.

>>27457733
Hidden under the elusive tag of "Loli STALKER"
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Loli%20STALKER

Welp, good thread folks. I need me some sleep now.

>>27457768
Goodnight, OP.

>>27457618
>running away

bitch bloodsucker just hurt our chocolate suppliers, fuck running away, we shall wear its face as a hat

AFTER IT