Rolled 7

>>31842876
Well, ain't this is a surprise.

>Inspect the drawers and shelves

>>31842876
AW SHIT NIGGAH

>>31842927
Also this seems like a good idea instead of just doing a timeskip.

>>31842876
>Inspect the drawers and shelves

Nice twist!

>>31842876
>Inspect the drawers and shelves

I have no idea whats going on.

>>31842876
>Inspect the drawers and shelves
Have I told you I love you? Cause I fucking love you, and the way you write and run this quest

>>31843009
>>31843136
if you anons have any idea whats going on, care to elaborate?

Rolled 9

>>31842876
>Inspect the drawers and shelves

Rolled 10

>>31842876
>Inspect the drawers and shelves

What the balls is this? Looks awesome.

Rolled 5

>>31843136
Yeah, I haven't enjoyed a quest this much since Blatant Fetish Quest.

>>31843144
we are currently not playing maka

>>31843165
I gathered that much...

>>31843144
Instead of just a timeskip, we're having a PoV switch to a different character, like we had with Tia that one thread.

This time we seem to have switched to an unknown Dusk caste Abyssal exalted; the equivalent of a Dawn caste solar - a warrior type.

OTOH, He seems to only be on a par with Maka as far as XP goes - Tia would wipe the floor with him.

>>31843144
We're playing as an Abyssal. At first he thought he was newly exalted because he's not remembering much, but his character sheet doesn't look like that.

Judging by his stealth charms, that's the guy lurking around in Tianna

Rolled 4

>>31843225
Phoenix? Doubt it. He has a silvery breastplate and seems social-focused. This is some kind of warrior with a secondary focus in sneaking.

Rolled 6

>>31842933
>>31842958
>>31843009
>>31843130
>>31843136
>>31843144
>>31843165
>>31843170
>>31843175
>>31843180
>>31843225
Hey, guys? Turn on your fucking dice.

>>31843225

He's a Dusk caste, which is basically the Abyssal version of the Dawn caste. I.e hardcore warriors.

He's picked up a secondary skill set in stealth and sailing.

Rolled 7

>>31843269
but what if I want the Abyssal to fail?

Rolled 1

>>31843269
thanks for the reminder anon

>>31843269
I only roll once per update.

>>31843269
Hey guy? Turn off the fucking stick in your ass.

Rolled 5

>>31843279
then roll like me anon>>31843281

>>31843269

We should have an image macro. Someone yelling at everyone else at the start of the quest to turn on the dice is starting to get a bit grating.

Rolled 6

>>31843286
EF says he wants everyone rolling all the time so he definitely has enough rolls to use each update. Just stick the dice in your email field and leave them there.

Rolled 3

>>31843292
not him but I'm pretty sure the sticks in your ass seeing as the QM of this has said several times we should always have dice turned on when posting

>>31843308
not him but i'm pretty sure he doesn't need to be a fucking cock about reminding people though

Rolled 2

>>31843325
And how was he a cock? Because he used the word 'fucking?'

Rolled 8

>>31843332

Yes.

>>31843332
Fuck yes. Tone is implied through word choice in a textual communication medium.

If he'd been polite about it, it wouldn't have gotten anyone's back up all over it.

Basic communication 101.

>>31843332
Partially that, partially his phrasing, which comes off as aggressive. It's hard to convey tone here, especially without an image for context.

Rolled 5

>>31843346
>>31843347
>being this mad about someone casually cursing on 4chan

Rolled 8

>>31843362

Please don't devolve into shitposting.

Rolled 10

>>31843372
It devolved into that as soon as someone got called a cunt for reminding people to use dice.

>>31843362
Situational context, bro. This isn't the ass-end of /b/.
Screaming bloody murder just because, in a thread that's generally polite as hell (excluding the strawpoll war)? Not such a great idea.

>>31843383
By that logic, the started it by calling people cunts in the first place himself.

Because the post you're referring to is a carbon-copy of his, presumably for ironic effect.

Goes both ways.

Rolled 10

>>31843397
>By that logic, the started it by calling people cunts in the first place himself.
He didn't call anyone a cunt. He casually inserted the word 'fucking' in a polite reminder to turn on their dice, and people instantly started shitposting in response because their widdle fucking feelings were hurt.

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You (with great effort) stand up from your uncomfortable bed and walk up to the wall, which now reminds you of a gigantic cupboard in fact.

You find scissors and scalpels, various liquids and fluids, herbs, powders, potions, ingredients, small animals and organs under formaldehyde (some of which you recognize, some not), metal plates, nails, hammers, saws, axes, nuts and bolts and wrenches, bones, stitching wire, wire used for something else you can't recognize but definitely not stitching, sacrificial knives, enchanted gemstones, alchemical components, talismans, and a plethora of off little components and gizmos that just scream "magitech".

You can only presume this is some kind of hospital-

"Oh, you're awake."

You turn around by instinct, trying to draw your swords and put up a guard, and the quick spin is far more painful, for your head, than you'd have anticipated. You almost lose your balance, blacking out from the sudden, unexpected pain, and fall to your knees whimpering.

"Come on, you're still like that? I thought Doc had sewn you back together just fine." The woman sighs, walking up to you. She looks graceful and beautiful, clad in a black and white dress and with long, silky pale gold hair hanging around her like a gentle curtain. Her skin is pale and almost porcelain-like, almost making her look like an real-sized doll.

Her wine-red eyes, though, are different. They are frightening.

She stops by you. You expect her to hold out a hand and offer to help you back to your feet, but instead, she asks first:

"...Do you need a hand?"

>Yes.
>No.
>(also ask:) Who are you?
>(also ask:) Who am I?
>(also ask:) Why am I here?
>(also ask:) What is this place?
>(also:) You'll remember on your own.
>(other)

>>31843404
>He didn't call anyone a cunt.
Neither did the second guy.

And by definition, the moment he stick 'fucking' into it, it stopped being a polite reminder and became condescending at the very least.

>and people instantly started shitposting in response because their widdle fucking feelings were hurt.

This is /tg/, not /b/. There are standards here. Low ones, admittedly, but we have them.

Rolled 7

>>31843411
>No.
>(also ask:) What is this place?

>>31843411
>No. what is this place?

Rolled 10

>>31843411
>No.
>What is this place?

Rolled 10

>>31843411
>>No.
>>(also ask:) What is this place?

Rolled 10

>>31843411
>No.
>(also ask:) What is this place?

Rolled 8

>>31843430
How about you turn on your dice there, chum?

Rolled 1

>>31843411
>Yes.
>>(also ask:) Who are you?
>>(also ask:) Who am I?
>>(also ask:) Why am I here?
>>(also ask:) What is this place?

Rolled 1

>>31843404
>He didn't call anyone a cunt.
The other guy didn't either, and yet
>>31843383
claimed he did.

What, turnabout isn't fair play?

Rolled 3

>>31843435
>>31843437
>>31843443
>>31843454
>>31843461

>/tg/ dice

Rolled 6

>>31843461
>>31843419
Huh, you're right. He called him a cock. I was wrong on the word, but otherwise entirely correct.

Rolled 10

>>31843471

The dice seem to think this guy is a morning person.

Rolled 5

>>31843444
I'm going to shank you nigger

Rolled 4

>>31843444
We cordially thank you for your reminder and will endeavour to improve in the future.

>>31843411
>Yes.
>(also ask:) Who are you?

>>31843444
I'm not bothering turning on dice every time I want to post in this thread, then off again when posting other places. I'll put it on if I really want to make sure my post is counted only.

Rolled 5

>>31843484
Cheers. I'll try not to cuss in future reminders so that ass doesn't jump down everyone's throat trying to defend me.

>>31843490
>Who are you?
not enough eyebrows, I don't care

Rolled 7

>>31843490
>I'm not bothering turning on dice every time I want to post in this thread, then off again when posting other places. I'll put it on if I really want to make sure my post is counted only.
Then why participate at all instead of just lurking?

Rolled 10

>>31843476
From a certain point of view.

Certainly, the original response >>31843292
didn't.

While >>31843325 is indeed name calling, it's as a result of the escalation provided by >>31843308

So really by the point the word "cock"is brought out it's already devolved into an ad-hominem clusterfuffle anyway.

Rolled 5

>>31843525
The first ad hominem was definitely saying the guy had a stick in his ass. It instantly devolved into shitposting. Someone casually used the word 'fucking' in an otherwise polite suggestion to turn on their dice, and the thread immediately lost its fucking mind.

Rolled 5

>>31843516
...are you *really* asking that question? Really?

Do you not realise how absurdist that sounds?

"Your convenience and freedom of action is inferior in importance to my insistence on the enforcement of an ultimately immaterial convention on an anonymous imageboard"

The guy can do as he likes, bro.

Can you fucking stop squeakguing about petty shit, you goddamn fucking retarded menstruating ducks with a degree in semanticsmology?
thanks.

>>31843516
Because I can still come with suggestions and affect other anons' voting.

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Cut it out.

Roll dice if you want to, don't roll them if you don't want to, and don't fill the thread with endless arguments.

From now on, if you want to remind people to roll, do so with a minimum of politeness, or shut up and let them figure it out on their own.

The alternative is that I remove the dice-rolling mechanic and just do all the rolls myself, if you prefer.

Rolled 1

Well that escalated quickly.

Rolled 9

>>31843578
When you take more than half an hour to update - which is no fault of your own - people are going to become increasingly likely to start a petty argument because they're bored. The actual subject of the argument is completely fucking arbitrary, and nobody in this thread actually gives that much of a fuck about these dice. If you have a problem with petty fucking arguments, you have a problem with the quest format.

Rolled 7

>>31843605
>Bitching at the QM for reasonably enforcing a modicum of order

What. Seriously?

>>31843605
We've had plenty of threads where the space between updates was used for discussion, planning, or people explaining exalted to newcomers to the system. Don't try and justify shitposting.

Rolled 6

>>31843639
Hey, it's true. We've had dozens of petty, bullshit, pointless arguments for exactly the reason I stated. It's not going to stop, it's just going to be a different bullshit reason next time.

>>31843648
Right - when we have material to talk about instead of getting bored. When there's nothing to plan or discuss, people get bored, shitpost, and start fights. Because we're all terrible, terribly people with tiny attention spans and entitlement complexes.

So what is an abyssal exalted, and can someone give me a refresher on Coral?

Rolled 7

>>31843658
>Because we're all terrible, terribly people with tiny attention spans and entitlement complexes.
Speak for yourself.

Do you really think people are just sitting here staring at the thread waiting for the next update?

Rolled 2

>>31843665
http://whitewolf.wikia.com/wiki/Abyssal_Exalted

>Abyssal Exalted, also called deathknights, are the champions of the Deathlords and their Neverborn masters. The Abyssal Exalted have only recently appeared, and appear to be dark reflections of the returned Solar Exalted, with twisted mockeries of the Solars' caste marks, animas and even Charms. They are a form of Exalted created from the corrupted Sparks of Exaltation of Solar Exalted. Abyssals are arguably as powerful as the Solars, but are constrained by operating largely in a hostile environment (Creation) and by their enslavement to the Deathlords.

tl;dr colour pallette-flipped Solars

Rolled 5

>>31843665
An Abyssal exaltation is a Solar exaltation that was stolen by the Neverborn (undead Primordials trapped in perpetual pain in the Underworld) and warped into a dark inverse. Zenith to Midnight, Dusk to Dawn, and so forth. They're basically Solars, but with powers focused on murder, destruction, darkness, and death.

They're goth/emo Solars.

Rolled 4

>>31843665
They're darker and edgier Solars.
Their charms are version of solar ones, except with more murder, death and negative intimacies.

Rolled 2

>>31843675
The ones who get into bullshit shitposting fights that keep cropping up? Yes. Absolutely. That or their attention spans are even shorter than I thought and they get into shitposting fights despite also having other entertainment sources available to them because they're impatient about the next update.

People are all terrible and all of us are pathetic. We will keep getting into fights, because we're awful - except the people who ignore all the fights. They're halfway decent, but silent, so we don't know how many there even are of those.

Rolled 1

>>31843701
>People are all terrible and all of us are pathetic. We will keep getting into fights, because we're awful
Again, you seem to be referring to yourself, since you're arguing this so obsessively after the QM ordered a general STFU.

Rolled 6

>>31843701
Anon, I'm ignoring the shit out of you and now you're just shitposting for no reason, so shut up and stop derailing the thread after the QM asked you to stop being a faggot.

Rolled 3

>>31843665
>Coral
It's a semi-puritanical Victorian Britain. Money is king there, the person in charge is almost always the richest, they're sexist and repressive as fuck, and half the pirates in the West work for them on Letters of Marque issued to make them 'privateers' for Coral. They're bad people, but profitable to work with, and a great place to set pirate games.

They also mint half the coins in the West because, again, rich as fuck. So, us having a Coral Dinar means basically nothing aside from the fact that we're probably in the West.

You struggle back to your feet on your own, refusing the woman's help. Something about her... and this whole place... makes you a bit uncomfortable.

The things that worries you the most, though, is that it's not making you as uncomfortable as it should.

"...Where am I?"

A small smirk dances on her lips in response.

"Still a bit confused, are you? Well, not a big surprise, with the way your head was messed up and all."

"...Messed up...?" And you instinctively lift your hands to your face and head. And now you understand a bit better.

A large cloth eyepatch covers the right half of your face. So that's why you were feeling disoriented. The eye hurts, but it's a dull, distant pain.

Slowly, the idea that you lost an eye sinks in. You touch your brow just above it, and a pang of pain shoots down your spine.

You follow the line up, into your head, and find with your fingers the bumpy feeling of a large, skull-splitting blow, skillfully sutured with very close and narrow stitches.

The wound goes all the way almost to the back of your head, but you imagine your hair hides what the large eyepatch doesn't.

A sword blow to the head, splitting it in two like an open watermelon. Probably from behind.

A ship. A crew. Three hundred talents of Coralian silver in the hold.
Too much money, in the same place, at the same time, for sanity.

"...I died." You realize.

"You nearly did." The woman replies. "We put you back together. You're in Shadowsteel Fortress. Our base."

>Who is "we"?
>Why did you save me?
>What happened to my ship and my crew?
>(other)

>>31843689
I assume they're supposed to be legitimate threats to creation, but all I can imagine from your description is a teenagers first Mary sue edgelord character - 'here stands prince edgelord murdermaster, wearing 2 trench coats and a stunning 76 belts, he has killed everyone in the village, especially the children!'

Rolled 4

>>31843713
>>31843712
Hey, just saying, we're going to get in another pointless bullshit fight - just look at how you're responding to me right now about this fucking retardation! It won't be about dice next time, and it was barely about dice this time. We're argumentative asses who can't turn down a fight over some semantic bullshit or a point that someone has half-wrong or some other nonsense.

>>31842876
Oh what's this now? This is a surprise.

Rolled 8

>>31843723
>What happened to my ship and my crew?
First thing's first.

Rolled 8

>>31843723
>>Who is "we"?
>>Why did you save me?

Rolled 10

>>31843723
>>Why did you save me?

>>31843720
They also want an empire, but have so few essence wielders that the Realm could easily crush them. They also have so few essence wielders they don't realize how badly their lack of essence users weakens them.

Rolled 10

>>31843723
>>Who is "we"?

Rolled 4

>>31843665

They are basically evil(corrupted) Solars. They even have Lunar Mates. They are forced to hate everything or else their Deathlord or Neverborn master will make their lives really shitty really fast. The only way they can avoid that is, I shit you not, the power of love.

>>31843723
>Who is "we"?

Stop replying. Shitposting is bannable, report and continue the thread.

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>>31843723

>What happened to my ship and my crew?

We LeChuck now

Rolled 1

>>31843730
Here's the thing. That actually have to do all that edgy bullshit or the bad juju inside of them builds up and kills people, aborts babies, and blights the landscape with necromantic radiation. Most of them don't actually give a rat's ass about that deathy nonsense, it's just an aesthetic they're forced to wear.

But yes, they're a real threat to Creation. They're the dudes that smashed through Tianna's wall with a soulsteel airship and an army of skeletons in Thread 1. The ones who - if Maka wasn't there - would have conquered Tianna and killed the entire royal family in one fell swoop. They're every bit as powerful as solars, just deathy and in black and red instead of white and gold.

Rolled 5

>>31843723
>¿Quién es "nosotros"?

Rolled 7

>>31843723
>Who is "we"?

the "why did you save me" seem a little off, considering that we actually died. that means we weren't saved, you see...
also
>A large cloth eyepatch covers the right half of your face
just like my japanese anime! I'm excite

Rolled 9

>>31843767
>They are forced to hate everything or else their Deathlord or Neverborn master will make their lives really shitty really fast. The only way they can avoid that is, I shit you not, the power of love.

WW Writes some brilliant shit sometimes.

It's such a pity they can't do mechanics for piss.

>>31843804
disregard that, I skipped last line

>>31843411
>No
Stay there for a minute.
>(also ask:) Who are you?
>(also ask:) What is this place and why am i here?

Rolled 2

>>31843723
>Who is "we"?
He's newly exalted then? But how did he get so many charms?

we're the psycho admiral, aren't we

Shut the fuck up about the dice already. I will (and others) will turn it on whenever the hell i feel like it. You can roll as much as you like, roll in my place too if you want. Just stop being autistic about it, telling people to turn it on a gazillion times.

Rolled 7

>>31843894
What psycho admiral?

Rolled 2

>>31843723
>Who is "we"?

>>31843894
Dunno about that. Looks like we're a(n) (ex) privateer

Rolled 10

>>31843903
We shut up about that, like, half an hour ago. You're either really slow or trying to stir shit up again.

>>31843906
Tianna's psycho, one-eyed admiral

We're seeing why he hates them

>>31843928
What, Rajan?

I highly doubt it.

>>31843906
Capt. Schetino got promoted?

Rolled 5

>>31843903
what >>31843925 said, also, if you turned your dice on to start with, the argument would not have happened...

>>31843894
Nope. Exalted can't exalt into other types of exalted.

Rolled 2

>>31843928
>Tianna's psycho, one-eyed admiral
Oh, no, definitely not. Tianna's admiral got his balls cut off by the Lintha, not his head chopping in half by a mutiny. This is an Abyssal exalt - Tianna's admiral is a Dragon-blooded.

Rolled 7

>>31843928
Rajan ain't an Abyssal...

"...I may not be a doctor, but I've seen a lot of fighting in my life." You reply. "This wound" and you point at your head, "Is lethal. No one would survive this. I should be dead."

She smiles.

"...Who the hell are you?"

The woman bows with a flourish. "Feurdelis of Eternity. Midnight Caste Abyssal, and Deathknight of the Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine."

Every hint of courage or bravado instantly leaves your body. These people are the emissaries of Death itself.

If you were a religious man, you'd start praying. If you were a smart man, you'd start running.

But, since you are neither, you just stand there, dumb-founded, as the enormity of that revelation sinks in as well.

"...Why? Why me?"

"Because you called out to Her." She explains. "And she heard."

"To...Her? But... I'm not a priest or a necromancer. I didn't even know her before you mentioned her name just now. How would I..."

"She knows. When people die badly, she knows."

"Badly?"

"Betrayed." She smiles. "Mistress knows a lot about betrayal. That's why she feels compassion for those who have been betrayed like she was. She has seen you, backstabbed, wounded, tossed at sea by a mutinous crew that called themselves your friends only until your hold was full of silver, then threw you away like an old shoe."

"And... she saved me?"

"She made you an offer. Do you remember that?"

Yeah, now you remember. You were sinking in the ocean. You could feel seawater seeping inside your head and eye, both split cleanly open.

You felt powerless. You were willing to do anything for revenge.
Anything.

>Will I get to have my vengeance?
>What happens now?
>Can I meet this Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine?
>What if I want to refuse her offer?
>(other)

Rolled 3

>>31843982
>What happens now?

Rolled 10

>>31843982
>Can I meet this Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine?

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>>31843969
>>31843948
>>31843945
>>31843937

Have we just been told he is a Dragon-blooded? Or do we have absolute proof?

Rolled 5

>>31843982
>If you were a religious man, you'd start praying. If you were a smart man, you'd start running.
>
>But, since you are neither
I like this guy already!

>What if I want to refuse her offer?
Regret, go!

Rolled 6

>>31843982
>>What if I want to refuse her offer?

Rolled 2

>>31844009
Well, he has the markings, people have seen him using DB charms, and we were told. Also, the latest post confirms it's definitely, beyond a shadow of a doubt, not him. So, yeah.

Rolled 7

What is it with sailors and lost eye(s) anyway? Is it some type of occupational hazard?

>>31843982
>Can I meet this Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine?

The first time in forever that I miss the beginning of Exalted Quest and it was something super interesting

Rolled 2

>>31843982
>What if I want to refuse her offer?

Rolled 1

>>31843996

>Grab Eternity Flour in the shoulders and "Can I meet this Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine"?
my dreams are being fullfilled in sequence

Rolled 2

>>31844009
According to the portraits we were given, i think (not sure) that they have different eyes covered by their eye-patches.

>>31844050
>1
FUG

Rolled 2

>>31844037
Originally, dudes wore eye patches because they didn't want to have lit flames below deck, because it was dark as balls down there. So, while above deck, you would wear an eyepatch to preserve your night vision, then flip it up when you went below so you could still see. That and, yes, fighting, snapped ropes, and so forth tend to lose people eyes.

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Rolled 1

>>31843982

>Will I get to have my vengeance?
Time to gather a ghost and skeleton crew!

>>31844073
Mythbusters proved this one.

Also, deck prisms are a real thing.

Rolled 6

>>31843982
>>Can I meet this Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine?
>>What if I want to refuse her offer?
Both of these.

Rolled 6

>>31844073
I meant the injury part. I know about the night vision bit. But i don't see soldiers or hunters or with lost eyes as much. Just an observation about sailors and lost eyes.

Rolled 8

>>31844107
Oh, that's because pirate movies thought it would make them look tougher. There's literally no other reason than that - eyepatches weren't all that common during the actual heyday of piracy.

Rolled 2

>>31843982
>What if I want to refuse her offer?
At least I didn't miss too much

>>31844107
A few famous pirates happened to have eypatches, so popular culture jumped all over that and made them almost a standard feature.

Rolled 4

>>31842876
>All those stealth charms
So he's a sneaky fighty guy

Rolled 2

>>31844159
Sneaky, saily, fighty guy. He's a pirate.

"...What if I want to refuse this offer of hers?" You ask, already knowing it's a bad idea.

"Really?" Her teeth shouldn't be so sharp. "That's awfully convenient, to agree to a deal when in trouble, and then back right out of it once you're safe. Didn't I tell you how Mistress feels about betrayal?"

You take one step back.

She takes one step forward.

"But, I guess it can be arranged. You'd, of course, go back to the condition you would have been if she wouldn't have saved your life." She explains.

"You mean she'd kill me."

"We put the "death" in deathknight." She giggles lightly at her own joke. "Think of it as a fair deal. If you go back on it, you lose what you gained."

"...And since she saved my life..." Your head starts spinning again. "...Can I meet this Tyrant?"

"Oh, you should, in fact." She invites you to follow her. "Come with me."

>Follow her
>Ask another question first/along the way (what)
>Stay here

>>31844210
>>Follow her

YARR

Rolled 5

>>31844210
>Follow her
>Ask her where we are

Rolled 5

>>31844210
>Ask another question along the way
And you are? A name isn't much.

Rolled 1

>>31844210
>Follow her

>Her teeth shouldn't be so sharp
this gets better at every update

Rolled 2

>>31844210
>Follow her

Rolled 1

>>31844210
>Ask another question first/along the way (what)
Make some kind of cruel, sarcastic crack. I want this guy to be an asshole for no other reason than that it's easier than being friendly. An absolute dick with a heart of silver.

Rolled 2

>>31844210
I just realized this is a good time to see what we have to fight as Maka
>Are there others like us here

>>31844271
>>31844268
>>31844261
>>31844259
great job dice

Rolled 10

>>31844268
Oh, I'm on board for this. I've been watching a lot of House lately, so playing a dick too competent to get rid of could be fun.

Rolled 4

>>31844285
Blame the guy who didn't roll. I bet he would have gotten a 10.

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Rolled 6

>>31844210

>Follow her
The sooner we meet the person that saved my life, the sooner we can get me undead crew.

Rolled 5

>>31844268
>cruel, sarcastic crack
Are we witty enough for this? If so, I like the sound of a pirate with a heart of gold, a tongue of silver, and a personality of gravel.

Rolled 1

>>31844210
>Follow her

we're so betraying them once we meet Maka

Rolled 4

>>31844327
I think that EF would have predicted this, and made it so that betrayal will be CAPITAL-D Difficult. Or it might be as easy as getting into Tianna and then blowing resonance all over the place.

Rolled 1

>>31844319
>witty enough
If we're not, just say something like, "You look like a tart in that dress, and your stitchwork is criminal." Be a dick for no other reason than that we're a dick, and we're in a scary, unusual place.

Rolled 4

>>31844327
>we're so betraying them once we meet Maka
I hope so, this guy would wreck our army, he's throwing around 11 dice in combat and has a charm that let's him one shot mortals and another that doubles damage for fighting mass combat units when he's alone

Rolled 1

>>31844327
>we're so betraying them once we meet Maka
Deathlords have something called a Monstrance - it's an artifact tied to each Abyssal exaltation. It stores it when the exaltations aren't in use, and can be used to remotely kill the Abyssal it's bonded to at any time with no save. If any of the Abyssals go rogue and join Maka without first destroying or stealing their Monstrance, they're dead. No save, no take backs.

Abyssals have a somewhat shorter leash than Solars.

I'm so used to The Maka in the OP that this thing sat here for a couple hours without me noticing
>>31844210
>Follow her

>>31844366
>>31844319
Uhm, my opinion is that planning things beforehead is boring. just let things run naturally with the quest.

Rolled 6

>>31844387
really? I thought there were traitor deathknights. Did they all destroy their Monstrance?

Rolled 6

>>31844403
They either destroyed their Monstances or their Deathlords don't give enough of a fuck to kill them (this describes about half the Deathlords). Considering how this one feels about betrayal, though, Captain Funnypants is probably fucked if he doesn't blow his up first. I SO want him to steal his monstrance with his crew of ghost pirates, though, giving his deathlord a big middle finger and a shout of, "I'm a fucking pirate!" as he sails off into the night.

>>31844403
It kills the Deathknight, which wastes all the resources the Deathlord has put into them. Experienced Deathknights can get away with more than new ones, as their Deathlord patrons are more likely to try to get them back than kill them.

Rolled 6

>>31844387
>>31844426

Oh yea, back in 1E Monstances could be used to remote kill the Abyssal if the Deathlord got fed up with him.

Good thing they retconed that in 2E.

Rolled 3

>>31844444
>Good thing they retconed that in 2E.
No, it didn't.

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You follow her along the corridors of the complex you're apparently in. Everything is iron and steel, machinery, chains and wheels and clattering mechanisms. It feels more like being inside a machine than inside a castle, tower, or whatever this is supposed to be.

As you finally come across a window, you briefly stop to check outside.

"...What the heck..."

The scenery is brutally alien. Hostile and desolate, with a blood-red sea and blood-red sky. It's hard to tell if it's day or night, despite being dark. Nothing seems to make sense.

"Yes, we're in the Underworld." Feurdelis nods passing by.

"So we ARE dead?"

"We're still alive. We need to breathe and eat. Our heart beats and pumps blood. But the Deathknight's blessing means we are at home here, even moreso than Creation."

"Delightful."

You stare at the barren landscape outside for a few seconds. Utterly devoid of color, life and joy. Soul-crushingly depressing.

"...still beats Azure."

"She's waiting for you." You're distracted by Feurdelis calling to you. She's at the far end of the corridor, standing in front of an enormous steel door covered in spinning gears and machinery.Pipes run along the roof to and from that room, and one has a window for inspections. You really hope that that red fluid you see flowing there is not blood.

You walk up to the door and mentally prepare. You have no idea what to expect.

>I should act natural.
>I should seek approval.
>I should be grateful.
>I should be suspicious.
>(Other)

>>31844380
Tia would completely thrash him, though.

>>31844444
Oh yeah, in 2E doesn't remote killing a Deathknight cause the Deathlord to lose control of the Exaltation, meaning that they either have to waste resources hunting it down, or risk losing it to a Rival Deathlord (most Deathlords HATE each other)
>>31844467
>I should be grateful.
Let's not piss off one of the most powerful entities in creation the instant we meet her, okay?

>>31844467
>I should act natural.

Rolled 2

>>31844467
>I should be suspicious.
>No one saves peoples lives for no reason, she wants something

Rolled 9

>>31844467
>I should act natural.

Rolled 8

>>31844467
>I should be suspicious.
I really want this guy to be a dick.

Rolled 9

>>31844467
>I should be suspicious.

>>31844467
>I should be grateful.

Rolled 2

>>31844467

>I should act natural.

Let's just not do anything fancy the first time around, after all she does know that we're a pirate.

>>31844467
>>I should act natural.

Au Naturél.

Rolled 1

>>31844467
>I should be suspicious.
We're literally walking into the domain of death itself. Anything but suspicious would be foolish. Do we want to seem like a fool?

Rolled 8

>>31844467
>>I should act natural.

also bgm for underworld's blood red skies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtnW8w3e-7Q

Rolled 1

>>31844467
>I should be grateful.

Rolled 4

>>31844483
Forgot your dice dude.

>>31844467
>I should be grateful.
>>31844515
>We're literally walking into the domain of death itself.
That would be the Neverborn, dial it back a notch. just one notch though, the Deathlords do serve the neverborn

Rolled 8

>>31844467
>>I should be suspicious.
Not acting suspicious is what got us killed in the first place.

Rolled 6

>>31844467
>I should act natural.

Rolled 1

>>31844548
Forgot dice

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>>31844461

Oh yea.

>>31844467

>I should act natural.

Rolled 4

>>31844210
>Grateful
being suspicious seems pretty silly, considering that we've been brought back to life...

>>31844599
You lack sufficient shadowruns

Rolled 1

>>31844599
>considering that we've been brought back to life
According to THEM. We're taking them on their word. Which is stupid after getting sneak attacked by your own men and thrown off your ship. Be suspicious. We're not Maka, we're a career pirate.

Rolled 1

>>31844599
>considering that we've been brought back to life
That's totally a rason to be suspicious
>You brought me back to life
>why
>what do you want

Rolled 9

>>31844622
See>>31843982
The wound we took was 100% lethal, and we know that, don't be a shit

Rolled 7

>>31844644
My point is, as far as we know, we're a zombie, or a ghost. There are a ton of other explanations - all of them horrible and shitty - that don't involve us actually being alive. Until we know more, it only makes sense to be suspicious.

Don't call be a shit, you assmuncher.

Rolled 5

>>31844662
I phrased that poorly, I meant don't have our character be a shit. We should at least talk to The person who (supposedly) saved us before we start throwing around accusations

Rolled 1

>>31844676
We're a career criminal in the land of death itself coming off of a recent massive betrayal.

We should take NOTHING at face value, and NOBODY at their word.

And I apologize for calling you an assmuncher, I misunderstood what you were saying.

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You don't have time to properly rehearse lines: As soon as you're there, Feurdelis opens the door and you're ushered in.

And there you find yourself in front of the Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine.

"Come in." She says. Her voice is rough, slightly mechanical, almost artificial. At the same time, it still manages to be beautiful, so much so that it makes you want to hear it again.

Everything here is iron and steel, rust and blood. She sits on a throne of horrible machinery, slouched, staring at you with eyes that shine with an unnatural red glow.

"Is your head alright?" She asks you, with a dry smile. "If you're ready, you'll have to do the journey. I'll show you the way. If there is anything you need to do or know first, say so."

>What journey?
>Why did you save my life and made me a Deathknight?
>I want vengeance on my crew.
>What are your aims?
>(other)

Rolled 10

>>31844687
>What are your aims?

Suspicious.

Rolled 8

>>31844687
>What are your aims?
>Why did you save my life and made me a Deathknight?

Rolled 10

>>31844687
>What journey?
>Why did you save my life and made me a Deathknight?
>I want vengeance on my crew.
>What are your aims?
>(other)
"Why should I believe anything I've been told so far?"

Ask everything. Trust nothing. People lie - assume that everything and anything she says might be a lie too.

Rolled 4

>>31844687
>What journey?
>What are your aims?
>Why did you save my life and made me a Deathknight?
>I want vengeance on my crew.

All the questions, in that order of importance in case we get interrupted before we can get through them all

Rolled 1

>>31844687
>What journey? I've been told that our pact was about my vengeance...
>>31844686
>career criminal in the land of death
>already dead once
and about what we could be suspicious exactly? being backstabbed and thrown to the fishes?

Rolled 1

>>31844687
>What journey?

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Rolled 6

>>31844687

>What journey?

Well. I looks like they are going to launch a full scale invasion of Tianna

Rolled 9

>>31844743
>and about what we could be suspicious exactly? being backstabbed and thrown to the fishes?
Being used to do something we don't actually want to do. Being strung along with promises of power when we're really a zombie. Being kept around only as raw materials and lied to to keep us from running while we have a chance.

There are a TON of things that can still go wrong, that they could still be lying about. The fact that YOU can't think of them doesn't mean that this career criminal wouldn't.

Suspicion is how people like this stay alive and free - and a lack of it is how this one died and got enslaved.

>>31844747
Well, those kids are dead, no escape route.

Rolled 5

>>31844687
I'll let Kusocolle slip this time...
>Why did you save my life and made me a Deathknight?

Rolled 9

>>31844686
I bit of Paranoia is normal and healthy given our situation, but I'm willing to give these people the benfit of the doubt until they do something to us, given that they haven't Stabbed us in the eye and thrown us off our own ship to drown, and are probably the ones who saved us from that fate

Rolled 1

>>31844747
>Well. I looks like they are going to launch a full scale invasion of Tianna
No, all Abyssals go on a journey through the Labyrinth to throw their names into the Abyss after exalting. We just don't know that in-character. It's super meta knowledge - same as knowing about invading Tianna.

>>31844776
...I actually didn't knew.

Rolled 10

>>31844771
>give these people the benfit of the doubt
That's not what a career criminal, pirate, or thief does. They nod and smile and PRETEND to give them the benefit of the doubt while ACTUALLY doubting everything they say and planning for contingencies, just in case.

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Rolled 9

>>31842876
I just noticed, this guy is a lot ore powerful than we were when we just exalted, and I don't just mean having artifacts, which is to be expected from Abyssals. His stats, and abilities being a bit higher could be explained away by having a more dangerous lifestyle, but he has literally twice as many charms as we did, which I just don't get

Rolled 9

>>31844884
maybe he had xp left over from his live as a mortal?

Rolled 2

>>31844927
Enough to buy 5 charms?

>>31844884
I thought abyssal exaltations ate stronger cause they aren't cleaned after death or something?

Rolled 5

>>31844884
My guess is that we got supercharged by our Deathlord, or at least got a temp boost in powers for the journey ahead.

Rolled 6

>>31844957
Solar and Abyssal Exaltaions themselves are 100% equal.
Abyssal tend to have access to better Backgrounds, giving them armies and artifacts for free that Solars would have to quest for

You clench your teeth, stand your ground, plant your feet, and ask the Deathlord: "...Journey? ...Why should I trust you?"

She seems intrigued by your reply. She steeples her fingers and responds in kind: "I like that question. And I have several answers for it."

You fight your instinct of just turning and running away.

"First of all, don't you think that, if I wanted you dead, I would've just let you drown, instead of saving your life?"

"...How do I know that you really saved me?"

"Well, you're alive, aren't you? After a lethal wound-" She stops, and turns to Feurdelis. "...Are you sure it didn't make him stupid?"

The Abyssal shrugs. "Doc told me he'd be fine."

She returns her attention to you. "Why me, then?" You ask her.

"Because I like you." She replies. "And because I can use you."

"That wasn't part of the deal." You protest.

"It was. Weren't you saying that you would have done ANYTHING? I granted you life and even made you my champion. Now, since last time we talked we were a bit strapped on time, I'll ask again."

She stands up. Even not counting the fact that her throne sits on a slightly raised platform, she's very tall - more than two meters, towering above you.

"I have given you power, the ability to have your vengeance, life - even immortality, in fact. And I will continue doing so. In exchange, I ask you to serve me, and aid me in my quest."

"...What quest?"

"One of vengeance against those who betrayed me. So, what do you answer? Decide now."

>I will serve you.
>I will not serve you.

Rolled 8

>>31844988
>I will serve you.

Rolled 1

>>31844988
>I will serve you.

Rolled 9

>>31844988
>I will serve you.

Rolled 6

>>31844988

>I will serve you.


let's not piss off the Giant Scary Lady guys.

Rolled 5

>>31844988

>I will serve you.

Well, we gotta do some evil before we start our redemption arc. Not to mention that we are right in front of a deathlord.

Rolled 5

>>31845038
>redemption arc
This guy is an ass, I want to kill him, not redeem him.

Rolled 1

>>31845061
>This guy is an ass
He hasn't even done anything yet anon

Rolled 9

>>31845070
His attitude pisses me off

Rolled 6

>>31844988
>I will not serve you.

"...I will." You reply.

"We'll see how honest you are about that." She walks up to you. "For now, you have to make a journey."

"...What is this Journey you're talking about?"

"All deathknights must do it." Feurdelis explains. "We travel across the Labyrinth that lies under the Underworld, and bring your name to the Neverborn for them to devour."

The way she said it, so casually, sends shivers down your spine.

"As much as I hate doing it, it is not something that can be avoided." The Deathlord says. "So, what is your name? You should enjoy it while it lasts. Like all good things in life."

>(Name?)
>I don't remember my name.

Rolled 3

>>31845108
>I don't remember my name.
We got stabbed in the brain, be lucky we remember how to form coherent sentences

Rolled 9

>>31845108
>I don't remember my name.

Rolled 6

>>31845108
>I don't remember my name.
I barely remember how I died, much less my name

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Rolled 8

>>31845070

It needs to be a cute/Moe girl before /tg/ can even consider redeeming them

Rolled 8

>>31845126
>be luck
BE thankful, it's LUCKY

Rolled 3

>>31845108
>I don't remember my name.
Brain damage.

Rolled 10

>>31845141
It's a shame, I still like Phoenix enough to hope we can get him to switch sides, this dude too if we can swing it, it's actually the female Abyssal that can suck Tia giant multi-cock

Rolled 5

>>31845141
I would redeem Feurdelis or the Maybe-A-Lunar-But-Palbably-A-Day-Caste guy whose name I can't remember before this guy, he's basically been a cunt since he woke up

Rolled 4

>>31845108

>I don't remember my name.


We should get our hands on a journal to write in.

Rolled 6

>>31845159
>this dude too if we can swing it
Why? He's done nothing but be a dick to everyone since he woke up.

Rolled 4

>>31845108
Wouldn't not remembering our name kind of put a damper on the whole tossing it into the Abyss deal?

Rolled 6

>>31845187
He's done basically NOTHING since he woke up. What the fuck is your problem, guy?

Rolled 10

>>31845187
>Why? He's done nothing but be a dick to everyone since he woke up.
No he hasn't, he's been fairly neutral if anything

>>31845199
>>31845196
They're projecting.

They are cunts, so the character they're making decisions for is by definition also a cunt.

"I..." Now that's troubling. "...I don't remember my name."

The deathlord and the abyssal look at each other, and then back at you.

"...I don't think he's lying." Feurdelis points out. "That blow to the head must have been harder than we thought."

"I guess that means there's no name for Them to devour." Tyrant smiles.

"Mistress, I think that's a dangerous view to have. He should still do the journey. I don't like the Neverborn any more than you do, but They might punish him, you, or us all if we don't."

"And yet, we have no name to offer to their insatiable hunger." She points at you. "Now this is interesting. It must be a first."

"Do I get to pick?" You reply, defiantly.

"Mh. Yes, why not?" She humors you.

>I will do the journey.
>I will not do the journey.

Rolled 4

>>31845248
>I will do the journey.
Might be cool

Step 1: Give the name we can't remember to the Neverborn.
Step 2: Find our Lunar Mate.

Rolled 5

>>31845248
>I will do the journey.
Because we're as ballsy and reckless as we are suspicious. We don't trust anything, and like to push buttons to see what happens.

Rolled 9

>>31845248
>I will not do the journey.

Stay away from the insane, ommicidal elder gods people.

Rolled 6

>>31845196
>>31845199
They saved this guys life, and in return he's been basically trying to figure out a way out of the bargain without even asking what they want from him, and overall acting extremely hostile for no reason
>>31845223
I realize this is anon's fault, doesn't mean it isn't happening.
>>31845248
>I will do the journey.

Rolled 2

>>31845248
>I will not do the journey.
I'm more interested in seeing what the Abyssals are up to

Rolled 4

>>31845293
>They saved this guys life, and in return he's been basically trying to figure out a way out of the bargain without even asking what they want from him, and overall acting extremely hostile for no reason
No, he's been acting untrustworthy of necromancers with massive leverage over everything. And he acted that way for exacly one post. He hasn't even been awake for half an hour yet.

Chill the fuck out.

>>31845248
>I will not do the journey.
Metal tits seems to think that it would be a good thing if we don't go on the journy, lets go with her as she seems to want good things for us.

Rolled 1

>>31845248
>>I will do the journey.

Rolled 1

>>31845309
so you're saying he has prejudices against necromancers?
What a dick

Rolled 9

>>31845323
>prejudices against necromancers
Super justified in Creation. This is not one of those settings where necromancy is ethically neutral and doesn't hurt anybody.

Rolled 1

>>31845248
>I will not do the journey.

>I don't like the Neverborn any more than you do

It's nice to see them being so open about this

>>31845248

>I will not do the journey.

If they take offense to it, we'll deal with it when we get there. If we regain our memory, do the journey if it comes up. We can't give them anything we don't have, and it's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission.

Rolled 1

>>31845330
Definitely. I like Deathlords who are nuanced and out for other things (like vengeance) and not just "RAR DESTROY ALL THE CREATED THINGS"

Rolled 7

>>31845352
Agreed. This is already one of the coolest deathlords.

Rolled 3

>>31845323
Not just necromancers
Our dude recognized the name Deathknight, emissaries of Death, he knows these are THE bad guys of Creation, and they brought him back to life and want something from him

Rolled 6

>>31845248
>I will not do the journey.
Weakly wisecrack "What's the worst that can happen?"

Rolled 8

>>31845248
>I will do the journey.
Only because I want to see what EF does with it. He's already taken a slightly different stance on UCS.

And maybe our guy, despite being suspicious, does want to show a little gratitude for not being dead.

Rolled 6

>>31845362
>THE bad guys of Creation
But anon, that's not how you spell Green Sun Prince

Rolled 8

>>31845383
>Green Sun Prince
Those guys aren't trying to destroy Creation, they're trying to put the old bosses back in charge. Also, unlike Abyssals, nobody knows that they exist yet in-setting. The Neverborn, Deathlords, and Deathknights are THE badguys of Creation - ESPECIALLY as far as the common man knows. They're the epitome of Anathema.

Rolled 3

>>31845383
I'm still hoping for a Yandere Infernal with Adorjan charms to show up and fall for Maka.

Rolled 10

>>31845404
Don't Infernals have and easier time being free of their masters anyway?
At least I'm pretty sure Yozis don't have an instant death button for their GSPs

Rolled 4

>>31845405
>wanting to lose Maka's super amazing body
But no that sounds kinda fun

Rolled 3

>>31845367
Nah. Gratitude goes out the window when it's a exchange.

Your life for eternal service. The sane deathknights tend to do everything they can to find some sort of loophole or break the leash in some way.

>>31845248
>I will not do the journey.

Rolled 7

>>31845447
Yeah, that's a fair point. Especially if we want this guy joining Team Maka one day (which I also guess depends on who this Deathlord wants vengeance on).

Rolled 9

>>31845420
yes, basically every Infernal is expected to desert sooner or later.
That's why the yozi gave them VERY short lifespanns

Rolled 8

>>31845420
>Don't Infernals have and easier time being free of their masters anyway?
Yes. A super easy time, in fact, since their only leash is circumvented by acting like a supervillain/superhero.

Rolled 7

>>31845486
>That's why the yozi gave them VERY short lifespanns
Well, very short for a Celestial exalt. Still long for a human, and it gets longer the higher their Essence goes.

>>31844988

>I will not do the journey.

Anything to keep us out of their grasp.