>>31905740
>[] TREMOR SENSE. Feel the approach of others by the minute vibration they cause.

>>31905740
[X] HYPNOS ELIXIR. Your body secretes a poison that, when ingested, increases suggestibility for thirty minutes.
Mindbreak semen.

Rolled 16

>>31905740
>[] TRAILSEEKER. Become able to pick out targets by scent.

but if that does not win, i'll throw in a backup vote for
>[] TREMOR SENSE. Feel the approach of others by the minute vibration they cause.

>>31905812
woops, ignore dice

>>31905740
He is alive!

I really like HYPERSLEEP. We will probably fuck all and go alone most of the time so finding a place to hide for a few hours and getting rid of everything sounds really useful.

> welp, looks like I accidentally my quest not quite that accidentally really
> imma leave this open a bit more, then just write and hope it doesn't die entirely

>>31906087
this is what happens when you have no sense of schedule and just randomly fuck off for days

>>31906113
> I'm not blaming anyone but myself

Science girl is WEIRD.

>>31905740
[x] TREMOR SENSE. Feel the approach of others by the minute vibration they cause.

>>31905740
[] TREMOR SENSE

>>31905740
>[] HYPERSLEEP. Remove all negative status effects by entering a deep, coma-like sleep lasting five hours.
This seems handy as fuck.

Damn dude, you had to put this up as I am turning in.

>>31906509
>Damn dude, you had to put this up as I am turning in.
Hex got wasted with his/her bros. TFW NTR.

OP is kill?

>>31907237
Nope. This is his normal speed. He is a zombie. He is always kill but never actually is. And he is slow as fuck.

I have faith in OP.
He was probably just fapping to FQ.

>>31907571
> sleepy weeb zombie
Cute.

Hex you useless git, where ya at?

>1 update in 4 hours...
Akun might be better for this...

>>31908294
Remember that happened the last time? I really don't want OP to pull another Angelic.

>>31908322
Well he's got the slowness and drunkeness down and is already pretty moe so I could see it happening.

>>31908322
he really needs to tell his siblings to fuck off its questing time, and get a stable connection

>>31908285
>>31908294
> he's not in the Hugbox
RIP in pieces.

Well i have lost all hope and interest in it at this point. I will just consider it dead. Which it probably is.

>>31908894
Don't lose hope anon!

Hex will be back, like he always is, just at a glacial pace...

[X] TREMOR SENSE

You contemplate for a while, weighing the different choices.

“Honey, I think you shou-”
You shake your head no and Catelyn falls silent, fuming. Well, she’ll survive.
At worst she’ll learn how to control herself better. Which she’ll need to, if there’s to be any hope of the entire situation not becoming untenable very, very quickly.

“Well doc, those all look quite fascinating but I think I like this one the most”.
You point to the entry for TREMOR SENSE hovering between you, earning you the barest hint of a surprised expression.

“Your choice, it is peculiar. Your wish, it shall be granted”.
A hole in the ground beside her opens, presenting a slowly ascending platform with a violet liquid inside a clear crystal ampulle.

With a clearly practiced motion the scientist switches it into the injector.

“The genemod, it is virus-based. Symptoms, you will report them to me”.

Well gee, talk about late warnings.
Once again the injector hisses against your arm, pain travelling along your veins.

“Our meeting, it is finished. Your report, it is expected soon”.
You beam at her, forcing the discomfort into the back.

“Thanks doc, I’m sure we’ll see a lot more of each other. Come along cat, I think a couple other folks wanted to see us”.
“Command, show us out of this labyrinth”.
<Yes, master>.

You help your wife to her feet and turn, the two of you leaving Salima behind without a further word.

“You handled yourself pretty well back there, Cat”.
“I--”
“Who should we visit next? Kleinsman’s probably not happy right now, but somehow I find it hard to care”.

[] The armoury.
[]The AI lab.
[] Kleinsman’s office.
[] Testing area.

> sorry for the delay, <medical bullshit> happened

>>31908352
> b-but...

>>31909138
HE LIVES

>>31908894
TOLD YOU SO BITCH I jest, come back anon

>>31909138
>[] Kleinsman’s office.
lets not keep the boss nerd waiting too long,, and we want to get Cat that ZEPHYRUS suit too

>>31909156
>> sorry for the delay, <medical bullshit> happened
wut

>>31909171
>wut
Hex is crazy paranoid and basically doesn't share anything about himself. So <medical bullshit> could be anything from cutting himself on a can of beans to having a heart attack and we'd never know.

>>31909138
[X]The AI lab.

>>31909138
Holy shit we're rude to waifu.

[X] Kleinsman’s office.

>>31909211
>Holy shit we're rude to waifu.
don't worry, we'll make it up to her, hell the makeup sex might put us in hospital after we get her the ZEPHYRUS suit

>>31909211
>Holy shit we're rude to waifu.
She's canonically stabbed Clark a couple times. It balances itself out. Besides he's rude to everyone as long as he gets away with it.

>>31909138
[X]The AI lab.

> closing and writing, please wait warmly

>I'm 8 hours late to quest we still haven't gone anywhere
Good to know that the qm is as slow as always.

>>31909924
Some things don't change. Somehow it's weirdly reassuring.

>>31910113
>Somehow it's weirdly reassuring.
it is odd, that no matter how long updates might take or how frequent delays are, that I can feel like I can trust Hex will deliver

>>31910153
He's like the seasons or the tide.

What do you people do while waiting?

>>31910417
go about my everyday business

for about 3 days

[X] Kleinsman’s office

“Oh, seriously now? The world’s gonna end before you care about anyone’s feelings”.
Now that’s just unfair, you do care, even if you disregard them most of the time.
This woman can be seriously touchy.
Speaking of touchy, your arm hurts like hell which honestly does little to improve your mood.
That shooter will have to wait.

You push open the door and the two of you blink at the sudden brightness of the corridor. All gods and saints, how does that witch even THINK in that cave of hers?

“Sure I do. Let me show you”.
“Command, navigation to Doctor Kleinsman’s office”.
<Yes, Master, navigation commences>

The screen in your hand tings and floods with new information. Apparently the good doctor resides two ground levels below your current position, situation his office the lowest point in the entire building.

Curious, if not entirely unexpected.
Government types do tend to be paranoid and you suspect that being a civilian among soldiers only makes it worse.
Yet another interesting detail to mull over later.

“So, when are you telling me how you got in here?”
You glance back at Cat whose shorter (oh so deliciously shapely) legs work hard catching up with your longer strides.
[1/?]

“Connections”.
She’s beside you now, and, though you haven’t slowed down, is doing an impressive job keeping up.
As expected, she did always keep in shape even while carrying Delilah.
You glance at her, questioningly, but she only returns your gaze with a slight widening of her eyes, a shrug and the faintest of smiles before returning to a more moderately annoyed expression.

Well, it’s not been the first time she has surprised you like this and rarely has she been very forthcoming about the whys and hows of her methods.
Somehow you suspect that might be part of her allure.
After a sheer endless journey through the labyrinthine complex you finally find yourself in front of a bomb-proof security elevator -- the type used either in presidential fall out bunkers or near space ship launch sites -- fitted with several scanners.

Yep, paranoid, but not paranoid enough to not show off the full extent of his paranoia.

“Command, uh, send a fucking knock or something”.
<Master, this one has been transmitted a one-use access key>
“I never expected a thing inside my head to be this fucking imbecile, go send it and be quick about it”.
<Master I-->
“Now”.
<Please step on the yellow area and press your palm against the blue rectangle>
[2/?]

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You follow the instructions, and behold, the heavy doors glide open with a grace belying their weight. Waving for Catelyn to follow suit you step inside, doors closing on you as the lift descends like the Shechina upon Kleinsman’s Sanctuary.

“You owe me, you know that?”
You step outside, throwing cat a glance, then shrug.
“For what?”

There is a second, slightly less heavy set blast door a few metres down the blueish-white tunnel and you hurry towards it, Cat in tow.

“You know exactly what I mea--”
You shush her with a raised hand, palming the sensor beside the door which, to your irritation, only makes an old-fashioned buzzer go off.

“I swear if he’s going to keep us waiting I’ll take the suit and gun his fucking door down”.
You’re not at all sure its current armaments would suffice, but it feels good saying it.

You like to think that your threat did worked, because the moment the last word leaves your mouth the locks click open, the thin luminescent paint strip beside it flashing from Red to Green.

…
The inside of the good doctor’s office is… spartan. That’s the only word you find for the white, sparsely-furnished room that seems to contain little besides a wall plastered with certificates behind a functionally designed white holo table and three chairs, the largest of which is occupied by the man himself.
A space as dull as the person inhabiting it.

[] Greet him politely. Angering those in power is only wise when you can get away with it.
[] Greet him neutrally. You’re here and you might as well try to keep a minimal level of cordiality, but it won’t do if you’re being seen as too complacent.
[] Greet him boastfully. He made you walk all the way here, your arm still fucking hurts and cat’s being catty. Fuck this.
[3/3]

>>31913158
>[] Greet him neutrally. You’re here and you might as well try to keep a minimal level of cordiality, but it won’t do if you’re being seen as too complacent.

>>31913158
>[] Greet him neutrally. You’re here and you might as well try to keep a minimal level of cordiality, but it won’t do if you’re being seen as too complacent.
No sense in being an overt cunt, but not being a doormat seems important as well.

>>31913158

>>31913290
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>Brevity, son.

[x] Greet him neutrally. You’re here and you might as well try to keep a minimal level of cordiality, but it won’t do if you’re being seen as too complacent.
I'd tell you to go to Akun if I didn't consider the layout to be awful.

>>31913158
[X] Greet him politely. Angering those in power is only wise when you can get away with it.

By the way I like the power dynamic the two have.

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>>31913118
>“Command, uh, send a fucking knock or something”.
><Master, this one has been transmitted a one-use access key>
>“I never expected a thing inside my head to be this fucking imbecile, go send it and be quick about it”.
><Master I-->
>“Now”.

>>31913417
>By the way I like the power dynamic the two have.
I'm not sure if Clark is a genuine misogynist or just an asshole.

>>31913464
AI-chan can't handle the banter.

> 2 minutes, then closing and writing
> I'm incredibly happy people didn't just leave wholesale

> closing, writing etc
> by the way, what do you think of ((>>31913477))?

>>31913883
He is in not shown to be a misogynist at all.

>>31913883
>>31913917
Yea, the only vaguely misogynist statement he's ever done was the "yea she's a girl that's why she's jumpy" statement he made at the very beginning.

>>31913477
I think he is just an asshole. And he seems a-ok with bullying AI-chan. I am sure anyone else he knows he could get away with bullying, he would do so to them too.

>>31913961
Honestly unless your in tumble mysongony is not as wide spread of a word.
Sexist maybe, but it baffles me that instead of using better real words people stretched the definition from the hatred of women, into anything mean spirited or can be viewed as mean spirited towards women.

>>31914351
>>31913961
>>31913477
>>31913917
Well, now we know why waifu stabs him...

>>31914518
And yet she came to find him. She comes because she loves him, she stabs him because he deserves it.

>>31914799
Sounds like a good arrangement.

>>31914351
I was against kawaii AI at first cause it seemed shitty and not fitting the tone but OP handles it well.

Don't be another five hours please.

Bumps for the bump god.

>>31918127
Isn't it 2AM in Hexland?

>>31918374
He's been up at this hour before.

>>31913464
The interactions with ARISTEA are the best part of the quest.

>>31916495
>Five hours

Where do you think we are?

>>31921974
I a quest that unfortunately happens to my be among my current favorites. Seriously, all the quests I like are either slow as shit or dead.

>>31922030
speaking of dead quests what happened to that new superhero quest where we were breakpoint or something like that

bamp

bump

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>>31922112
i think it is kill
or at least way out of my tz

>>31922112
Explain.

glacial bump

>>31930672
inb4 it's like iteration four. I HAVE FAITH.

Sorry, been way distracted and unfocused, but this won't be a repeat of last time's five days of silence.
>>31914411
>>31914351
>>31913961
Pretty interesting thoughts...
I just write him the way he talks to me with little in the way of conscious consideration so I really had to know.

bump

bedtime bump, can some other anon keep this alive?

>>31934837
I'm on it.

>>31935139
I will just let it die and save you from this nuisance hex.

>>31937593
I really think Hex should move to Akun.

>>31937698
It'll die there.

>>31937698
>>31937716
Why bump it anons? Why keep the suffering going?

>>31937734
Because Hex spikes his quests with drugs. Only way I can explain how this has not dropped to zero players yet. Maybe I need to git gud.

>>31937897
Him being slow is not even a problem for me. It is the fact that he can't stick to anything resembling a schedule. If he said i will only update once today and did it, it'd be all fine. Saying an update is coming and then letting the thread die three days later without an update is NOT okay.

Bump.