>>31397623
>sit back and enjoy the day

>>31397623
>talk with Abigail about something

Ask her if she feels anything from touching a Shadow Dynamo. Let her hold one.

>>31397623
Wait till she takes a bite, then
<So I found your uncle in Melody's room the other day>

>>31397623
>talk with Abigail about something
"What do you think of... this plan to recharge the portions of myself;" ->Explain to her our ability to immediately power up our shards with chaos magic

Just to get her thoughts & suggestions...

>>31397623
>sit back and enjoy the day

>>31397697
>>31397712
Seconding these.

>>31397697
I concur

>>31397697
Do it do it do it

Abigail fetches a skin of water from the basket and her own sandwich.

"So the other day, I went to see Melody."

"Mmhmm." Abigail take a big gulp of water.

"I found your uncle in her room. She was wearing a blood red dress."

Water prays out over Abigail's traveling clothes. She leans up off the hill and hacks her lungs clear.

You grin. "You doing ok over there?"

"...I'll...ugh..." She clears her throat. "Live."

"I could have sworn a smelled a little wine in the air," you say. "I guess their relationship went faster than we were thinking."

Abigail smiles. "No. I just think Melody was lying to herself. She was afraid, you know? Afraid my uncle was really...bad. But he's not like that."

"No. I guess not."

"Hey, Shadow?"

"Yeah?"

"About...us." She rolls on her side and looks at you. "Um...I..."

"What?"

"...no." She puts her hand on your arm. "I'm just glad you took me out here. I wanted to spend some time with you, before...the battle. But afterwards...after we beat the demons, and everything's fixed, and we have some time...I want to tell you something."

"...ok."

"Yeah." She nods to you, or to herself, maybe, and scoots herself until she's closer to you. You put an arm around her. And for a little while, you don't have to worry about everything that's wrong in the world.

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>>31397712

You ask Abigail about that idea. She says that she'd be happy to test it out with you, but isn't sure how much energy she'd have to put in to charge up one of your shards.

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You return to Arland.

There are about 34 hours until the day of Fang's attack. Time is short, now.

What do you do?

>strategies

>>31397943

Music of the moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgFsZ9PcPug

>>31397943
Meditate one more time, collect munitions?

>>31397943
>Meditate.

Finish with Breeze.

>>31397975
MUNITIONS. Ahahahaha, yeeess.

Nyx-KBM Program: ONLINE.

>>31397943
>She says that she'd be happy to test it out with you, but isn't sure how much energy she'd have to put in to charge up one of your shards.

Hmm, I see I see, after another meditative session let's get her to spirit bomb us!

>>31397943
>"...I want to tell you something."

WE DIDN'T DO IT SM
WE DIDN'T DO IT YET

WE CANNOT BE THE FATHER I'M TELLING YOU

>>31397943
>"About...us." She rolls on her side and looks at you. "Um...I..."
I'm sorry Abigail, we do not know what a penis is.
We cannot sate your needs.

>>31397943
"Tell me now."

>>31397943
>"...no." She puts her hand on your arm. "I'm just glad you took me out here. I wanted to spend some time with you, before...the battle.

>But afterwards...after we beat the demons, and everything's fixed, and we have some time...I want to tell you something."
Abby, look, I know you don't have any way of knowing this, but these are what we in the real world call 'death flags', and it'd be a load off all of our minds if you'd kindly refrain from flipping any more of these in the days to come.

You decide to meditate in the Shadow mana pool.

What two shards do you strengthen?

>>31398112
What are they all at now?

>>31398080
>It finally happening
>Passionate lovemaking
>Steward's standing there watching
>Abby getting kinda creeped out
>"Shadow, could you tell him to leave or something?"
>"He's just watching."

>>31398097
Ila is the undisputed leader in Death Flags, I think Abigail is fine.

>>31398112
Did we get the stuff?
also meditate on the lowest powered shards

>>31398112
hammer and maker

>>31398112
Hammer and something else.

>>31398127

(Retribution) - Empowered
(Maker) - Empowered
(Silence) - Strong
(Peace) - Empowered
(Breeze) - Normal
(Hammer) - Strong
(Ardor) - Empowered
{Resolve} - Strong
{Humanity} - Resonant

>>31398112
Breeze is normal, so that. And Resolve.

>>31398112
The ICBM shard pls.

>>31398097
>death
>not corruption
>not turning on us somehow now that we know she can kill us in like 5 hits

>>31398112
Breeze and Hammer.

>>31397943
This >>31397975

>>31398097
"Shadow, I'm thinking about retiring the day after the war. Also, if something happens to me, ask my uncle about my diary."

>>31398180
Breeze and Resolve then.

>>31398187
But anon, the whole world is one continent.

>>31398180
Breeze and Resolve.

>>31398180
Breeze and Resolve

>>31398180
Just Breeze. We can use the rest of the time to grab 1 more airship.

>>31398180
Breeze and hammer.

>>31398219
Then let us make it two

>>31398112
if we were to marry Abby we would be named Shadow Fang, just like one of our abilities. SM HAD THE WHOLE THING PLANNED FROM THE BEGINNING, WE WERE JUST PASSENGERS ON THIS WILD RIDE

>>31398219
We'll just have to fly out to Erebus's island to launch it then

>>31398180
Breeze and Resolve

Breeze and Resolve

Roll 1d100

>>31398180
Personally I'm still behind that idea of getting our allies to chaos super attack us to supercharge up a shard to be strong as all hell.

>>31398180
Double down on Breeze.

Wouldn't her scythe not damage us because of hydra?

Rolled 57

>>31398275
Swaggernormous

Rolled 14

>>31398275

Rolled 73

>>31398275
fuck this, let's go to xile and get some annihilator tech.

Rolled 68

>>31398275
Dice pls

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>>31398249
NO ANON PLEASE, NOT AGAIN.

Rolled 18

>>31398275

Rolled 31

>>31398275
DARKNESS

>>31398278

None of them will get up to Resonant, if that's what you're thinking.

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>mfw that fucking spar

Why do we do this to ourselves? The dice are never kind in sparing Shadow.

>>31398297
Hydra doesn't stop damage from cutting attacks, it just heals it completely during the next round.

And you have to be in a dark area, but once we get Pure Darkness, it will work even if we're in an area of pure light.

>>31398314
goddomot essem

Still worth a shot for anything left as normal or strong I feel.

What passive would Hammer possibly give?

>>31398331
i wonder if pure darkness will stop that light shit angels pull to stop our regen

>>31398391
Cant Touch This synergy with Breeze?

>>31398391
We're quicker to judge things as nails.

>>31398398
PD makes it so all abilities that require being in shadows no longer require shadows. So yeah, it should work.

>>31398391
Better dance moves and the ability to proclaim "hammer time" which is a form of order based time magic

>>31398408

Well, aren't most things? The world consists entirely of food and nails as far as I'm concerned.

>>31398391
Passive bonus to gaining attention in courtroom enviroments

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>>31398263
>Erebus's island
I had to make this.

>Angels see Abbytron2000
>Start getting Dave flashbacks

(Breeze) - Strong

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You make significant progress on Breeze, but Resolve is strengthened so much is proves difficult to reinforce further.

(Retribution) - Empowered
(Maker) - Empowered
(Silence) - Strong
(Peace) - Empowered
(Breeze) - Strong
(Hammer) - Strong
(Ardor) - Empowered
{Resolve} - Strong
{Humanity} - Resonant

>>31398303

You think back to Xile.

If there was any technology that you could integrate into the Nemesis, it would either be in the city, in the underbelly of the island near the engine, or up above in the control tower, near where the natives lived.

The city was almost completely destroyed. You doubt you'd find anything of worth there. That leaves the control tower and the main engine.

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It's about midnight. There are 24 hours remaining until the positioning for the battle. Fang aims to attack at about 3 in the morning, sharp. The rising sun will be behind your armies as the battle takes shape.

You'll go with Sandalphon to Kan-Abar once you confirm with Fang that the enemy forces have taken the bait and have been maneuvered into your trap - that could be an hour or two after the battle starts, but you'll need to be ready the whole time, regardless.

What do you do?

>strategies

>>31398471
I can't wait.

Oh yeah, I'll write a scene to collect munitions from Steward while you discuss things for the DAWN OF THE FINAL DAY.

yessh munishions...

and make myself a sandwich, and get a beer, cause dammit bitch writing makes me hungry

yessh delishious pumpkin beer

>>31398476
I wonder if we feel or look any different to people around us with our shards all powered up...

>>31398476
Steward time.

>>31398476
Collect munitions! They should be ready.

>>31398476
How long would a Xille excursion take (travel time wise). If not too long, let's go to the control room.

>>31398544
Hell fucking no. The whole point of our current activities is to -stay grounded-. Going to Xile again would make the Skysever even ANGRIER.

>>31398544
Seconding. After all the natives couldn't reach the control IIRC, as they had people.. uhh.. climbing rope to death right below it.

And we could just fly the cloaked Nemesis ABOVE it, instead of docking anywhere else. It'd be pretty quick and direct assuming getting to Xile doesn't take too long.

>>31398476
Nothing to do except a quick visit to Xile.

Maybe bring Arcturis along, to hammer home the fact that he needs to save his sons.

>>31398476
>What do you do?

I want to ask the same question we did to Raphael to Sandal.

"What is Hyperion like?"

We're going to have some alone time with him it seems. Might as well make the most of it.

>>31398476
manaport into kanabar and eat some mages and demons for EXP eatem reel gud

>>31398476
Can we put some Shadow Totems on the Nemesis?

>>31398571
We'd be in the Nemesis, so no sky-sever accumulation. We aren't able to just fly to Xille on our own, just FYI.

>>31398516
I believe we passively suppress our aura as a side effect of being shadow, maybe we can take to the field after our infiltration and take on a big scary form with our power unleashed and stomp on their infantry.
Like Shadow Godzilla

>>31398593
Now I want to know too. Dammit anon.

>>31398314
Not even on a 100 for an Empowered shard?

Imagine how asshurt Aeolus would get if he came back and found out about the Nemesis.

>>31398660
If the Nemesis ate Xile how mad would he be?

>>31398650

I think I've said before that the Resonant state is plot-related only. You can't make a shard resonant by normal means.

Abnormal means are in the obvious location, but it's a little too far for you to get there and back at the moment, even if you had the exact coordinates.

You said there was one other ship with a Wind dynamo, right SM? I wanna steal that thing eventually.

>>31398714

I want one of every type.

>>31398714
I would rather go for the one with the Spirit Dynamo.

>>31398685
What are the exact coordinates?

>>31398476
What about Kan-Abar castle?

We can spy on them on the eve of battle.

And find out what the fuck deal is with Kullia and company.

Find out how much they know we know and what nasty surprises they intend to spring on us.

>>31398746

It's the Void.

>>31398714

There's a heavily armored fire gunship waiting for us first.

>>31398744
But Wind gives enhanced skysever resistance. That other ship might be able to make it to Xile, and we can't have that.

>>31398746
>where is Flint being kept?
stupid questions QM's never answer for 200

>>31398746
47°9′S 126°43′W

>>31398476
>strategies
Mind giving us a prompt or something to build in? I feel like you're feeding us a hint so we'll be better prepared and we're missing the chance to give ourselves a better advantage

>>31398746
L̢̘̱̘͙͈̠͔̮̯̮͓̟̹̬̏ͩ̈́̓̏̈͗͊ͤ̃ͦ͒̔̐̍ͯ̀̄̀͜ͅO̶̺͎̟̳̞͈̖̺̫̞̼̫̟̠̱̦̳̮ͥͤ̃͆͊ͬ͆̆͗̈́̓ͪ̀̚͟͠͠L̵̶̢͇͉̼̼̳̖̯̙̖̠̙̖̺͓͉̲̤̫̟̐ͦͤ̋̓̏̅̍ͫ͆͗̎̒ͥ̍̚͢͟ ̻̝̲̱̜͕̥̼͔̮͚̥͓̗̤̹ͪ̌͗ͦ̽ͪ̔̑̑͐̐̌͢͟N̨̻̼̤̖̦͂ͥ̽̃ͨ̀ͮͣ̋̿̓̎̅̽͘Ǫ͙̫̼̹̗͍̅̓ͣ̏ͬͮͤͭ͑̍ͯ͊ͮͤ̾͟͡͡

Rolled 9, 2, 9 = 20

>>31398735
>I want one of every type.

Its this kind of thinking that's gonna open another portal for the avatar of chaos. i figure 7 dynamos of each element in one place/vessel, linked up and coordinated and feeding each other is roughly equivalent to the multi-element sigil, or the uber-element sigil being used by sandalthong.

just sayin. May want to avoid all of em.

>>31398781
Oh god, Dave's in the void isn't he.

>>31398774
not even about flint

>>31398804
No, he's still stuck in the Nether.

>>31398770
It survive the trip.

>>31398804
"If you look long enough into the void the void begins to look back through you."

>>31398814
....duh?

It is a stupid question because it is exactly like asking that.

Play And Find Out. Jesus. asking for meta knowledge about plot relevant secrets is stupid.

>>31398816
no hes in the wind mana pool outside Arland

>>31398825
*Wouldn't

>>31398816
>>31398848
>>31398804
DAVE IS LEGION

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>>31398871

>>31398825
why not.

the buried airship we crashed would've been fine if it hadn't been torn open.

>>31398896
That airship was enchanted to survive the skysever.

>>31398896
Xille airships were the only ones able to get to Xille.

>>31398896

Speaking of Dave/Legion was he the demon that wreak Micheal? Lets trying talking about him with Auriel many try to get a better understanding of what happen to him and maybe find a way to deal with him once and for all.

You arrive in Haven to collect your munitions. One of the constructs at the mana pool sprouts another speaker-like device. It approaches you. "Hello, Shadow. We have finished manufacture of the shaped charges for use in kinetic detonation."

"Lead on."

"Follow me."

Steward leads you out of the fortress, across the man yard, and out of a gate in the perimeter wall. You follow a well-trodden path past the wall and into the mine shaft.

The shaft is strictly functional, and has no lighting - apparently the robots don't need it. You don't, either, so it's no trouble. You step along the wood-reinforced shaft that curves down through the bluff.

You reach a series of metallic cargo lifts - elevators. Steward's chosen representative steps inside. You duck in after. The construct pulls a lever, and you start downwards with a slight hum of Earth.

The elevator travels a good distance, then stops. The path splits into a T-shaped intersection; the elevators are at the center of it. You can hear the sounds of mining and the movements of constructs echo through the tunnels. They've been hard at work.

>con't

>>31398982
She already told us as much as she knows. He was an Arbiter of Erebus that was locked in the Nether shortly before the Annihilation Event.

>>31398996
hey SM, back when we rolled a 1 on diplomacy with Steward... was that what caused Steward 002's supremacy?

Steward leads you down the straight path. It isn't long until you reach a wide chamber carved in the stone. To your left is stacked several heaps of raw ore, piled almost to the ceiling. You only gave permission for the mine, not the factory, so it seems that for the moment they're just collecting and storing materials.

But on the right is something else.

There are stacks and stacks of long, metal tubes, shaped into rounded points on one end. There are so many that they reach the ceiling. There are hundreds - maybe even over a thousand. The top section of each tube bristles with barely-contained earth magic. Fins adorn the thick, blunt end of the tubes.

"...wow."

"I hope you will enjoy using them as much as I enjoyed making them."

"...heh. So, what are those fins for?"

"Aerial stabilization," Steward says. "You will want to release the missiles at least fifty feet from the ground. We recommend that you immediately teleport a safe distance away. The charges are designed to reduce collateral damage. However, safety is paramount."

"You seem concerned."

"They will be highly destructive."

"Good."

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You need to make good use of your remaining 24 hours.

You could travel to Xile, and look for something to give the Nemesis an edge. But it's not exactly a safe place, and there's no guarantee you'll find anything that will be useful to the airship - but there's also a chance you could find something amazing.

Or, you could attempt to further strengthen your shards. While a little more mundane, it would definitely help in the upcoming conflict.

Or, you could try to attack and capture or destroy another of the enemy's airships. While it's likely they have prepared harsher defenses for any such advance - especially if the demon lords are involved - every strike against their airships is one less danger for your ground forces.

Or, maybe something else?

What do you do?

>>31399067
Ask Steward if he has anything that we could feed to the Nemesis. Such as a bunch of repair droids. Or a stack of ore. Or a magical shield generator from the server farm.

>>31399064

When Steward first contacted you, 002 had already taken over the city. Steward was trying to find allies; he was gauging if you were trustworthy, and if you would be any help in getting him out of his predicament. Your roll did not effect the overall situation, as it were.

>>31399051

Yeah, maybe we should discuss with with her how to put him out of his misery permanently (So he doesn't show up again to ruin our day). Or maybe with someone more experience with the Nether, summoning and demons.

>>31399067
>You could travel to Xile, and look for something to give the Nemesis an edge. But it's not exactly a safe place, and there's no guarantee you'll find anything that will be useful to the airship - but there's also a chance you could find something amazing.

The control room! We can reach the floating control room easily enough with the Nemesis stealthed to reduce any major dangerous threats.

>>31399067
>travel to Xile

seems the most useful course.

>>31399067

Lets travel to Xile with Arcturis. But ONLY if Arcturis wants to go. He might know something that could assist in finding something useful.

>>31399101
The only way would obviously be to take him out of the Nether and destroy him completely. It's not something for now, anon.

>>31399067
>travel to Xile

>>31399067
>attempt to further strengthen your shards

An expedition to Xile is too risky with such a short time.

>>31399093

The Nemesis already self-repairs over time, and its magical shielding can't really get much better.

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Seems like these are the two most popular choices.

Vote 1:
>travel to Xile; the rewards are worth the risk
>you will roll to determine search success, and I'll summarize the trip

Vote 2:
>meditate; it's a sure thing to make yourself stronger

>>31399067
Would we benefit at all from training? I'm not sure we have ever studied our own abilities, we just kind of do it.

>>31399137

Just explore the possibility, I am not saying we do it now. Just ask if its possible and how we could do it in the future.

>>31399129
>with Arcturis
that's interesting, sure lets see about it. Him leaving might not be viable though.

>>31399203
1

>>31399204
Probably not. It'd be like learning how to walk faster; no real conscious though goes into it so there's nothing to train.

>>31399203
1

>>31399203
2

>>31399203
1

>>31399067
infiltrate Kan-Abar castle.

find out all their secrets..

>>31399203
1

>>31399203
1

>>31399203
1

>>31399203
1

>>31399203
1

>>31399203
2

>>31399203
1

>>31399219
If you wanna know how to summon a specific entity from the nether that was put there by Erebus then you'll have to ask Sandalthong about it.

>>31399270
oh yeah.

I assumed the plot twist would be he'd actually just summon not Hyperion, but the Avatar of Chaos, but Dave makes more sense.

>>31399203
1

Pretty heavily in favor of Xile.

Alrighty, roll 1d100!

We'll try to recruit the aid of Arcturis. Surely, that shall help our glorious quest!

anyone else here read Quest for Arcadia? Goddamn, the Pieces of Arcadia upgrade system is like crack cocaine. I've been catching up on the side. I'm really considering putting something like that in my next quest, it's great fun

Rolled 83

>>31399316

I call upon the great shadow of FUNK ONE LAST TIME!

Rolled 86

>>31399316
>>you will roll to determine search success, and I'll summarize the trip

>>31399316

ONWARD TO GLORY

Rolled 31

>>31399316
Here we go!

Rolled 93

>>31399316

Rolled 62

>>31399316
oh god rolls

Rolled 64

>>31399316

Even if we get nothing, showing Arcturis to Xile will raise his favor with us.

>>31399328
>>31399329
>>31399335
Hot diggity damn.

>>31399316
>spoiler
I swear to god m8 if this turns into another pgq

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>>31399316
GET OUTA HERE

>>31399328
>>31399329
YES

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>>31399328
>>31399329

>>31399328
Rejoice brethren, Funk has not abandoned us yet.

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>>31399329
>>31399328

Not bad.

Rolled 38

>>31399316
>We'll try to recruit the aid of Arcturis

Well, we'll need someone with the gene/blood thing to unlock shit there so....

>>31399403
>Alright boys, the trap is set. Let's see if we can catch us an airship.

Rolled 58

>>31399316
>We'll try to recruit the aid of Arcturis

>Shadow barges into a last minute logistic meeting
>"HEY ARCTURIS, WANT TO GO TO XILE BEFORE THE WAR!?"
>"MIGHT BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE!"
>He strokes his beard for a moment.

>>31399403
pls SM

arcturius' reactions to Xile ive been waiting for since we told him donny went there

Rolled 20

There's two more spots to roll.

Dare I go for the crit hit?

>>31399608
Dare you link your roll?

>>31399608

Lets just avoid the crit fail. No need for anyone else to lose a limb to Xile.

Then again, that ultimately proved useful.

Would it be jarring to see the people that you descended from as tribal wonkies that sacrifice each other to the sky sever?

>>31399648
Judging by Donovan's reaction to the execution via Skysever, probably yes.

>>31399648
The sky sever is powered by souls after all

Arcturis will see Xile as Arlands newest greatest bid for independence. Calling it now.

>>31398836
Its a sarcastic question, no one thinks that SM will answer it, dont get so assmad

>>31399697

A shattered, abandoned land inhabited by loons and tainted with ancient shadow magic?

Doesn't exactly strike me as prime real estate.

>>31399739

Not to mention to requirements for the commute.

>>31399668
>>31399685

We should ask Melody how she fooled Skysever, maybe her method could help us fly untroubled by it.

>>31399739
Yeah well this is also the guy that thought using his own son to power an elemental summoning ritual was the BEST idea ever.
We'll use this as a basis to see if he's learned anything.

>>31399697
once it cleared of all the murderous tribesmen, shadow blood magic abominations, basement packed with demons, killer fog and the engin is patched up and not falling apart like a wet biscuit then yes xile will have been reclaimed in the name of the wind people

>>31399776

I think she used some teleport spell if I remember correctly. But the method must have been extremely taxing, since she was stuck there for a LONG ass time.

>>31399824

Lets just ask her to be sure.

You think you'll have trouble pulling Arcturis away from his lords and generals, but he proves the complete opposite once he hears you mention Xile.

"Xile?! Now?"

"...yes."

He looks at his men. "Continue without me."

"But, my lord - "

"This is history!" Arcturis says. "Be damned if I die in this battle, but I will set foot upon the land of my ancestors before it regardless!"

And with that, he storms out of his own meeting.

The Nemesis takes several hours to reach the massive spherical storm that is the core of the skysever. The ship shakes as you enter the driving winds. Your Wind and Shadow dynamos power on at the same time, and you cruise through without losing your course.

You break through to the other side. At midday, the islands below almost appear peaceful. There is a gaping cutaway where the city once stood on one side of the main island. Most of it is completely gone.

Auriel guides the Nemesis through the silent skies and up to the control tower, keeping the stealth in place. You, Abigail, Ila, and Arcturis disembark. You invite Adavan along, but he begs off. You think that dying last time probably turned him off to the place.

The control tower is a dusty ruin. Aged consoles and crumbling display screens fill the halls. You wander for a time in silence. There aren't even rats or spiders up this high.

Eventually, you find something. A box of devices, square, with a grate like one of Steward's microphones on top. There is a dial with several numbers positioned on the bottom. A very tiny power core of Wind sits inside each one.

"Strange." Arcturis lifts one out of the box, blows it clear of dust, and turns it over in his hand. "What do you imagine these to be?"

"Let's find out," Abigail says. She takes another of the devices and plays with it. When she turns the dial from zero to the number one, a green light flicks on the top. You here a sound like crackling wind come out of the speaker.

>con't

"Hmm."

"Let me try mine," Arcturis says. He flicks his to the number one as well. The same sound emits from his. "Hmph. Useless. Must be broken."

"Aww." Abigail pokes and prods at her device. "That's too bad, I was hoping for - "

"I was hoping for - "

Everyone stops. Abigail's voice just came out of Arcturis's device.

"...I think," Ila says, "it worked when you pressed the thing on the back. The trigger."

Abigail presses the button again and speaks at the device. "Uh..."

A crackled version of her voice echoes from Arcturis's speaker. "Uh..."

"Well, that's something," Arcturis says. "It's like telepathy, I suppose. But without the Spirit magic! My ancestors were incredibly innovative, you know. The Sky Engine was the prototype of all dynamos. Just another one of their creative feats."

"Maybe the Highest will know more," Ila says.

"Maybe."

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You continue searching for a time. You split up and use the devices to communicate. There are 12 of them, in total.

You don't think you'll find much, but Arcturis manages to open a door - in a manner of speaking. Like other passages on Xile, it reacts to his touch.

Inside, you find a crystal sphere. A dynamo shell.

That will be useful.

Shortly afterward, you return to the Nemesis. Ariel is excited at both your discoveries - the devices are, apparently, called radios, and were used by the Xylian airships to communicate over vast distances, giving them an edge over enemy fleets. They have a range of several hundred miles - incredible for such small pieces of technology. You agree to distribute them amongst your army. You put yours in your Pocket.

By the time you return to Arland, it's the afternoon, but at least it was a successful venture. Fang is quite pleased with his radios. You immediately start to see the gears turning in his head.

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You have about 12 hours until you need to be in position. What do you do now?

>>31399884
>"This is history!" Arcturis says. "Be damned if I die in this battle, but I will set foot upon the land of my ancestors before it regardless!"

>And with that, he storms out of his own meeting.
Basedturis

>>31399913
Nice.

I suppose there's nowhere we can go grind for EXP?

>>31399913
Call the first Hecate Containment Council.

You know, just in case.

>>31399913
Hypersonic the projectiles.

>>31399913

>Dynamo shell

Get it to Hecate and charge it with Spirit. Then feed it to our ship.

6/8. 2 more to go.

>>31399913
Take a radio to Steward immediately. If anyone could figure them out, he can.

>>31399972
Seconding

>>31399913
Ask Hecate to power up the empty Dynamo shell. We could integrate it into the Nemesis pre battle.

>>31399972
so this

Rolled 52

>>31399980
>Take a radio to Steward immediately. If anyone could figure them out, he can.

WE HAVE A WINNER.

Give him two.

>>31399980
Ahh, even if it's Wind Magic, steward may be able to figure something out from it.

>>31399913
That dynamo shell... could we possibly get Hecate to power it?

>>31399980

The radios are pretty much figured out. This actually relieves Steward of the burden of providing all your long-distance communication needs.

Wind magic is not very compatible with Earth magic. He will require a longish amount of time to reverse-engineer one of them.

>>31399980
>>31399972
These.

>>31399913
Have we used Hypersonic on the KBM?

>>31400028
>>31400020

Hecate would tell you that she will do it in the future, but not on the eve of battle because she doesn't want to weaken herself.

>>31400045
Ah, I see. Let's hold onto ours for now then so we can use it when we need it.

>>31400045
Not everything has to be useful immediately SM cmon

>>31400070
Hmmm,

Do we have time to steal an Airship?

>>31400058
>>31399971

You want to attack with the projectiles now?

I thought the plan was to use them right after retrieving Donovan.

I mean, you can do it now, sure, and it would be devastating, but it would give them time to replenish their demonic hordes.

>>31400070
WELP.

Time to initiate a test of our water cannon and Conversion Factor!
CHARGE UP THAT SHARD.

>>31400070
Well that's interesting. Shadow didn't seem too weakened by the ordeal.

>add another thing to the list of weird differences between Shadow and the rest of em.

>>31399913
No spare parts for the Nemesis? A shame.

>>31400095
We have to prep them.

>>31400087

Sure, you've got time. They've almost certainly set up some means of defending themselves from your attacks, however.

>>31400095
Can we go eat some people at Jacob's Field? I want more EXP. It might work as a distraction, too.

>>31400118
um.

prep them?

they don't keep momentum when Pocketed.

Save the shell for now then since Hecate is being a stingy bitch,

Lets go hunting for a fire dynamo ship(or a light one if we can get away with it).

>>31400095
We do it right before we leave for Kan-Abar.

>>31400122
Go for either the Wind or the Spirit ship.

>>31400132
They do.
That was the entire point.

>>31400122
recon?

forget the ships. hit them where they don't expect us. in the castle.

i want to sit in on their war meetings.

>>31400140
Did you not hear him? All of the Kanian airships are probably going to be packed to the gills with onboard demon security teams.

>>31400132
Yes they do.

>>31400122
We're going for one of Kanabars Fire on

>>31400134
>Lets go hunting for a fire dynamo ship
Yes. The one with the bigass cannon would be best.

We can put Abby in the pocket and then let her and Shade rip n tear in the engine room.

>>31400140
>>31400134
>be told that they will have countermeasures
>let's go do it anyways

Hrrrm.

>>31400095
>Save Donovan
>Put him in pocket
>When dropping bombs accidentally drop Donovan
>Well... shit.

>>31400150

No they don't. You'll have to divebomb the enemy forces and release them from your Pocket at the desired speed.

>>31400122
Can we do some Stealth consumptions?

Try to pick out easy targets and harass the human mages.

>>31400171
why in the world would we be doing this NOW when we chose to fuck off and meditate earlier?

i hope they aren't the same anons who voted to meditate.

>>31400178
No you said they would.

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>>31400166
>>31400155
>>31400140

Did SM not just say they've had two days to prepare countermeasures?

>>31400155
>>31400150
>delusion

that wouldn't even make SENSE.

what direction would it fly off into? would we have any control over it?

>>31400171

We just need to use an entirely different strategy. We fly in projecting a massive shadow aura from above, while Auriel fly's The Nemesis in close from below for the consumption.

>>31400204
No, SM never said this.

>>31400204

I'm pretty sure I said the opposite.

Things in your Pocket to not keep the momentum they had when you Pocketed them.

If I misstated, then I apologize, but you'll have to physically deliver the missiles. It's not like they won't be an incredible weapon of mass destruction anyway.

>>31400166
how about we sneak into Kan-Abar and see if we can steal something ELSE valuable to their war effort, yet not derailing the whole "sacrifice Flint" plan.

like information, or some random powerful royal artifacts.

>>31400178
That is what we said.

The items that are leaving the Pocket will keep the momentum that we have while moving at supersonic or whatever.

>>31400241
Why not just pick an easier target? Like, say, a few scrub-level demons at Jacob's Field for easy EXP.

>>31400241
we'll almost certainly give them far too much info on our airship

>>31400263

Because I want a fire dynamo for our ship.

>>31400249
Let's Pocket their Mana Pool!!!!

>>31400253
>we
Maybe it's what YOU meant, but other anon is clearly meaning the exact opposite.

did you not see them say "prepare"? as if the speed of the missiles when Pocketed is important?

>>31400253

Well, yes. So if you're flying at supersonic speed, and unpocket something, it will be moving with the same speed and direction you have.

Pocketing something removes all of its momentum.

>>31400178
SM, in a completely unrelated note, please don't forget our HP and mana regeneration when we're fighting. It seems you've neglected it sometimes and this could be the difference betweeen life and death.

>>31400280
The Nemesis can eat ships by ramming into them.

>>31400253
then why did you disagree with
>they don't keep momentum when Pocketed.

it said POCKETED, not unpocketed.

>>31400292
I move that we test one of them.
I'd like to get a feel for what we can expect.

>>31400279

I'm starting to think our ship doesn't give a shit. It's basically 5 ships in one at this point. Plus
its jump drive is still charged so if it's about to get fucked, it can still run.

>>31400280
And I don't want to risk getting jumped by a demon lord because we got cocky.

>>31400288
See>>31400292

I was right, neiner niener niener.

>>31400331
yeah, they don't have many ships. they can probably afford to have one at each.

>>31400327
That jump drive charge is for changing the Nemesis' position to Kan-Abar in case Sandy Sigils the pentarch there.

>>31400211

We could be careful while doing it, they have next to none survivors of the airshipjaking so they have no idea where or how we are doing it. And we could only cannibalize it after making sure its safe to do so.

>>31400317
That term can be used to imply both sides or it.

>>31400316

You want to do that in the middle of battle?

Even if they notice the ship, it still has Auriel at the helm and is a fucking beast. Think 6-12 hours is enough for them to come up with a perfect countermeasure for a ship with 6 cores?

>>31400340
...is this Bizarro World?

the speed when Pocketed is unimportant.

the speed when UNpocketed is.

either you're not actually disagreeing or you are completely delusional.

>>31400327
Every last bit of intel kept secret from the enemy helps. Let's not show them the Nemesis's shiny new upgrades.

>>31400358
It takes a hell of a lot longer for Nemesis to consume an enemy airship than it does for a demon to send a telepathic message to a demon lord.

>>31400320

This is what would happen:

>you fly downwards at high velocity
>you unpocket the missile
>you pull up to escape. The missile continues downward at high velocity and blows up upon impact with the ground

That's all she wrote.

What it is NOT:
>fly at high speed
>unpocket and repocket missile
>missile now has massive velocity vector despite being locked in pocket
>chuck supersonic missiles at will

I mean, shit, it's already broken enough as it is. I'm not giving you the ability to chuck hypersonic boulders.

We'll save that for Shadow Quest 2: Master Quest

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Vote 1:
>meditate one last time

Vote 2:
>go airship hunting with the Nemesis

Vote 3:
>go to Kan-Abar, sneak around for intelligence

>>31400428
3

>>31400428
2

>>31400411
>>It takes a hell of a lot longer for Nemesis to consume an enemy airship than it does for a demon to send a telepathic message to a demon lord.

We don't have to stay in the same place while making sure its safe, man.

>>31400428
2

>>31400428
3

>>31400428
3

>>31400428
3

>>31400428
3

>>31400428
3

>>31400428
1

>>31400457
Ultimately, trying to get another airship is an unnecessary risk we shouldn't be taking before the battle.

>>31400428
3

>>31400428
1

Has Sandalphon already warned them that we're coming?

If he has, and we trip an alarm, we might trick them into complacency.

>>31400327
>I don't care about keeping tactical secrets vital to our success in rescuing our friend

ok should we everyone we're the reincarnation of the lord of darkness? we're so much stronger than everyone so who cares right?

>>31400457
I don't think we can fly very fast while eating an airship. That would seem awful broken.

>Neme-chan, you're going to be late for the first day of class!
>EHHH??
>*runs to anime airship school with toast hanging from its mouth*

>>31400528

He wouldn't. His plan is to drag the 4th demon lord to him so he can capture it and drag it to his summoning spell.

>>31400534

I will admit I may be becoming a bit obsessed with getting The Nemesis 8/8 cores. But I will submit to majority vote.

>>31400428

cutting off votes

>>31400543
>with toast hanging from its mouth

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.

There are a lot of good anime, but shitty overused anime tropes are the worst tropes in existence.

>>31400590
>He wouldn't. His plan is to drag the 4th demon lord to him so he can capture it and drag it to his summoning spell.

Uh, where did SM write that?

>>31400590
it's cool we have the rest of the quest to beef up our ship anyway

>>31400590
...Sandys plan is to drive the demons into a corner long enough for them to attempt summoning a fifth demon lord, with a pentarch. He intends to place the sigil over that pentarch to further power the spell to summon Hyperion from the nether.

>>31400591

>A buttered & jam covered airship in The Nemesis mouth
>It turns an intersection and is about to run into another airship
>It plows straight through and consumes them both

>>31400543

Not that it matter now, but what I was thinking was getting into the ship, check for any obvious traps, do our thing and pocketed it, get far way, find a safe location, unpocketed it on land, have experts check it out, get the "OK", feed it to the ship.

Hey SM I have a question. On the power levels chart you made where is Shadow?

With 12 hours left to go, you decide you need intelligence. You don't know what the enemy forces are thinking, what they're planning, or if they perceive your own preparations. They have to, to some extent - but the exact extent is the heart of the question.

You travel to the Arland Water pool, apply all stealth measures to your person, including Compress, and manaport to Kan-Abar.

You appear near the Earth mana pool in the royal gardens. It's a bright midday - and hot as hell. Well, this is the desert.

There are a number of demons perched on the walls of the gardens - one imp, and a few crow demons, flitting from roost to roost. You sense mages behind you in the public side of the gardens.

What do you do?

>head into the palace. You need to listen in on the bigwigs
>see if you can pick up gossip from the mages
>your first priority should be to locate the summoners within the palace
>some other strategy

>>31400654
>"AHHHNN!"
>(Flustered flailing) "IMSOSORRYIDIDNTMEANTOINTIGRATEMYSYSTEMSWITHYOURS"
>"BAKA!" (slaps nemesis fifty feet into the air)

>>31400728
>head into the palace. You need to listen in on the bigwigs

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>>31400697
>where is Shadow?

>>31400591
should i have said 'toaster hanging from its mouth'? or just another airship obviously.

>>31400728
>see if you can pick up gossip from the mages

>>31400728
>>head into the palace. You need to listen in on the bigwigs

>>31400728
the bigwigs probably ARE the summoners anyway. Kullia and whassisface

and their bastard son maybe

>>31400728
>head into the palace. You need to listen in on the bigwigs

>>31400728
>your first priority should be to locate the summoners within the palace

>>31400807
>and their bastard son maybe
Obis has been away from Kan-Abar for long enough, hasn't he? Including all the time that's passed since we've found him.

Oh dear.

Time for some bigwiging

Roll 1d100 general stealth performance

>>31400840
Where the fuck are those two anyways?

Rolled 28

>>31400873

>>31400728
>pass by the gossiping mages on your way to the meeting of the bigwig royal summoners

>>31400728
>>your first priority should be to locate the summoners within the palace

Rolled 85

>>31400873

Rolled 80

>>31400873

Rolled 15

>>31400873

Rolled 64

>>31400873
CUMMON DEMON SUMMONERS

Rolled 78

>>31400840

>>31400873
Cmon sneak sneak sneak.

Rolled 56

>>31400873

Rolled 40

>>31400873
IT'S TIME

TO DIE

stop rolling you fools, don't tempt it.

>>31400904
noice

>>31400904
>>31400910
That's pretty O-K right there.