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After an indeterminate amount of time, you begin to slowly become aware of your surroundings. You're laying on cold stone, next to a campfire. You smell stew cooking, and hear three people chatting amongst themselves. Gradually the voices become more distinct.

“Those two have been out for hours. Let's just splash some water on them and be done with it.” That's Profectus, bastard that he is. “No, it would be better to let them sleep. Chryssa received traumatic injuries at the hands of that AI and entering a separate reality is always stressful.” Fulvia responds. “I'm just glad that thing didn't kill us. If I hadn't been wearing this armor I would've been a goner for sure.” Darzi remarks.

You stretch lethargically, yawning loudly as you do so. Despite sleeping on the floor you feel refreshed and restored, ready to face the day and whatever it might throw at you. Pushing yourself up you're greeted by the sight of a makeshift campsite. Darzi is still wearing that Elaudian armor you gave her, though the helmet is gone. Fulvia has put her projection back up. You're reminded imminently of the corrupted AI. They really do look exactly alike. Prof has slid the face cover of his armor up and seems to be happily attacking a bowl of stew.
>Vys Pool: (26/26)

Unfortunately, you don't recognize your surroundings at all. Wherever this corridor is it's nowhere near the metal door leading into the Rhynian facility. For one thing, you're surrounded by wine cask. Seems you're in some kind of storeroom. While still rubbing sleep from your eyes you drowsily ask. “What did I miss?”

(1/2)

Time for powerups.

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Profectus shrugs, slurping down the last of his bowl greedily before he responds. “We carried you and Chryssa out of the facility after the AI went dead. I've got the core-” He pats his bag. “-right here, safe and sound. We continued down a couple more levels but after that set camp, since navigating monster infested tunnels is already dangerous enough without hauling you two around.” Fulvia tacks on. “We're currently on level twenty-six. There are seventy-seven levels to go until we reach the lift. You have been asleep for six hours.” She reaches behind her and picks up your Shockwave Sword from where it had been laying. “Here is your sword back.”

You take it, channeling a point of vys into it while you contemplate your next move. You need to eventually go see 'atma to feed him this AI's core, and you suppose you should probably address the issue of Fulvia going insane and trying to murder everyone at some point in the future. Plus, Chrys really should've woken up by now. It's not good that she's still out of it.

>Level twenty-six? Damn it, you were supposed to meet 'amta on level two! You have to go back up.
>Check on Chrys, you might have missed something when you healed her.
>Address Fulvia's possibly imminent insanity before you do anything else.
>Grab a bowl of that stew, you're starving.
>Write-in

>>32242429
>>Grab a bowl of that stew, you're starving.
>Check on Chrys, you might have missed something when you healed her.
then
>>Address Fulvia's possibly imminent insanity
after that
>Level twenty-six? Damn it, you were supposed to meet 'amta on level two! You have to go back up.

>>32242429
>>Check on Chrys, you might have missed something when you healed her.
>>Grab a bowl of that stew, you're starving.
>>Address Fulvia's possibly imminent insanity before you do anything else.

In that order. 'atma is a freaking spirit, he's gonna show up when he feels like it anyway.

(Also more armor art for you soma, could be an upgrade to the "not Indoril" one you showed a few threads ago.)

>>32242429
Can i have
>all of the above
please.

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>>32242503
And of course I forget the picture.

>>32242513
All of the above works too.

Writing for
>Get Soup
>Check on Chrys
>Address Fulvia's Insanity
>Deal with meeting 'atma
Since it's the most convenient order.

>>32242602
You did, I just forgot to update your vys pool.

It's at 25/26 now.

>>32242614
I got hasty and didn't finish reading the update before posting.

Can we have a character sheet for Fulvia Chryssa and Prof if it's not to much to ask?

Here is hoping people calmed down, and are willing to ask for enchanting or something else other than the knowledge on how to fix Fulvia.we can always ask her, and see if she has any idea on what we can do.

>>32242891
no u, robro will live to rebuild the empire

You produce a wooden bowl from your cloak, ladling some stew from the pot and setting it aside to cool before standing up. “I'll check on Chrys, I might have missed something when I was healing her earlier. It was hard to figure out just what all was wrong with her exactly from a distance.” Your companions nod in understanding, while Darzi looks mildly concerned. “So, wait. Does that mean something might still be wrong with me?” You wave her off. “No, absolutely not... at least I don't think so. You weren't that badly injured anyway, so even if there is something wrong it'll be minor. Besides, don't you know water magic now anyway?” She sighs. “Gods, I keep forgetting. It's weird.”

That issue resolved, you cross the storeroom to check on Chrys, navigating your way between the barrel Profectus is sitting on and the desk pressed against the wall. You may want to consider looting this place, even if the wine has probably turned to vinegar after a thousand years in the cask, if it hasn't evaporated completely by now. Actually you should probably open one of these up just to be sure there is wine inside, barrels of thousand year old water would be completely useless.

You shake your head to banish the thought of loot, if only for but a moment. Chrys was laid down on the floor a short distance away from the campsite, adjacent the wall. It's cooler her, you note. Probably cold air sinking in through the barred windows above. Crouching down you channel some water magic into your palm and place it on Chryssa's forehead, trying to determine what it is that might be wrong with her.
(1/2)

>>32242891
I was thinking of throwing some rhymes at the 'atma demanding he tell us if she is infected, because he failed to tell us about the complete dangers of the ghoul's food (not that he had any obligation to, but we could still try)

The first issue you come across is that she's feverish, she's absolutely burning up. Unfortunately you can't find any reason for her to be feverish. She's not sick, she has a minor concussion but you healed the worst of it earlier. You heal a few minor bone fractures and repair several small broken blood vessels in her brain. Unfortunately you can't find anything that would cause her to be out for this long.

>Check her with your magic sight, maybe that will reveal some tidbit of information.
>She'll wake up when she wakes up, there's nothing physically wrong with her after all.
>Write-in

>>32242891
Actually the knowledge required to fix Fulvia would include understanding how to make AI on top of understanding how to use Delirium.

>>32242939
>Check her with your magic sight, maybe that will reveal some tidbit of information.
Wasn't her entire chest concave?

>>32242930
Eh he told us not to fuck with it ,and to avoid it.
>>32242913
Its a waste, for a mistake since people forgot that we were told to not touch the shit, even after reading it makes people and maybe AI crazy.

>>32242891
I for one have calmed down, I think. But after this I'll be permanently paranoid, or at least sceptical if we can handle everything thrown at us. We shouldn't be so confident in the future.

Also we plan to go down a 15 mile deep mineshaft, it's gonna be pretty __hot__.

>>32242747
Maybe, I've been debating how much I'd want to reveal about them meta-wise. So far I'm thinking I'll just make a pastebin detailing what equipment they have and known special abilities.

>>32242939
>>Check her with your magic sight, maybe that will reveal some tidbit of information.

>>32242939
>Check her with your magic sight, maybe that will reveal some tidbit of information.

She probably has radiation sickn- errr vys pollution.

>>32242939
>Check her with your magic sight, maybe that will reveal some tidbit of information.

>>32242949
I'm ok with this way, but from last thread, it sounded like people just wanted to learn how to fix her and that all.

>>32242939
>Check her with your magic sight, maybe that will reveal some tidbit of information.

>>32242961
We healed that last thread.

>>32242949
>we could get the knowledge needed to create ai
want

>>32242939
>>Check her with your magic sight, maybe that will reveal some tidbit of information.

Whelp, magic cancer here we go.

>Check with magic sight.
Writin'

>>32242985
YOU AM PLAY GOD

>>32242977
Enchanting has already been rediscovered.

>>32242939
>Check her with your magic sight, maybe that will reveal some tidbit of information.
>>32242966
Common sense left the window after Soma left.

>>32242971
That and maybe their character trait/how they feel about their teammatesand Ricky

>>32243008
>Enchanting has already been rediscovered.
Where?
Soma told us its a lost art, that is on par to learning an element of magic, and would have the same DCs, but also have the bonus of letting us enchant shit.

>>32243014
Oh god a character sheet for Ricky would be awesome.

>>32243027
The enchanted armor we found is a modern design.

>>32243004
Man playing that barrel, keep sounding worse and worse, why did it even get suggested again?i reread that thread, and in the text we have seen, we learn this shit is bad for any one not a samanji and, could have fucked with the AI, but still decided on using it.

>>32243036
>its just multiple iterations of SKREEEEE

>>32243050
I blame chrys, it was her dumb ass idea I also blame us for not going against it immediately

>>32243027
We found some enchanted armor that we couldn't determine the date of production which may or not mean it was already rediscovered. Regardless, learning it would benefit us a lot. Even if someone discovered it, i can't imagine them being eager to teach us even if we found them.

>>32243005
So soma is enchanting already rediscovered like this anon is saying, or is it still a lost art, that is super rare?
>>32243044
>>32243008
I feel like calling bullshit, but the armour does hint what he is saying is somewhat true.

>>32243052
>The more you interact with him the more you understand the SKRREEEE.

>>32243050
Because we needed it. How the fuck would we beat the AI without it, we lured it into a favorable position and still almost got wiped out.

>>32243080
>So soma is enchanting already rediscovered like this anon is saying, or is it still a lost art, that is super rare?
That would be telling. I'll let people have their theories on this one.

>>32243080
Soma is not just gonna come out and answer that. He will say what we already know in character. Which is it may or may not be already rediscovered. We would need to research about it and the armor to learn more.

>>32243090
But it did use that stuff to regenerate itself, we (probably) could have had an easier fight.

>>32243090
No, all it did was lure it, and make it momentarily stronger.
Hell we could have used magic sight to tell us where the constructs are, and plan accordingly.
All the barrel did was corrupt an AI and maybe the horned girl.
We came into that fight with low vys on top of it all.

>>32243113
It only healed the wound the other giant-arm-cannon thing gave her. It wouldn't be harmed in the first place if we didn't bring it.

>>32243112
Well i think it should be rarer than metal atleast, and maybe a country or a tribe of people would know enchanting.

>>32243078
>>32243080
The Eastern Pidjatan armor was probably made in the we are heading to.

>>32243156
So another sidequest to find out where that armor came from?

I'm in.

The crazy guy in the academy wanted us to find something deep in the woods. What was that?

>>32243191
Recipe for making some really fancy metal the name of which I forgot.

>>32243191
Something about how to make a certain alloy

>>32243142
No, the small constructs did superficial damage to it, and that trap wasn't really that favorable and would have been better for us to just instead, have kited it from a distance.
>>32243176
Maybe, but then again i can't think of anything other than enchanting, since we can learn metal, and asking about fulvia will probably point us towards another rythian facility that might, just reset her memory, to purge the corruption.

>>32243191
Euladian Steel recipe

You channel vys into your armor's control panel and your vision is tinted blue. Ambient vys lazily drifts around you, but this part of the mine doesn't seem nearly as saturated as the parts of the mine further up did. Probably because you're not nearly as close to the gaping hole in reality.

The first thing you notice about Chrys is that her vys pool has swollen to massive proportions, she's glowing like the damn sun, it almost hurts to look directly at her. After you grow accustomed to the brightness though, you begin to realize that she's not gathering ambient vys from her surroundings. Rather, her vys reserves are growing without any sort of outside input. She's generating her own vys, seemingly without any way to control it. You're reminded of what you'd read in that report about the effects of Delirium, how it infected the miners who discovered it and either drove them mad or killed them. This must be why.

You could try leeching the excess vys, perhaps perforating the connection so that it all drains out into the atmosphere before reaching you and thus sparing you the risk of infection. Of course, that would both corrupt your surroundings and only serve as a temporary solution to the issue. Unfortunately you can't think of many other solutions off the top of your head. Maybe one of the papers you nabbed from the facility will be able to shed some light on how this might be fixed?

>Tell everyone to clear out, then drain her of vys until she's down to somewhat normal levels. You can worry about a permanent solution later.
>Sit down and start reading those reports, a permanent solution to Chryssa's issue would likely help you in dealing with Fulvia's imminent insanity as well.
>Write-in

>>32243191
The secrets of elaudian metalworking. The recipie for their metal to be precise.

>>32243191
Haven't you read the pastebin?
It's Elaudian Steel.

>>32243176
I'd rather not. I want to raid here, cash out when we get a chance and go the temple so we can have grandmaster already. After that I want to find a way to pick up metal.

>>32243220
>>Sit down and start reading those reports, a permanent solution to Chryssa's issue would likely help you in dealing with Fulvia's imminent insanity as well.
>>Write-in
Can we store the corrupted vys in our sword instead of leeching it into the surroundings?

>>32243191
The Character Sheet pastebin contains information about any important task you've been assigned by an NPC.

I should probably make those a separate pastebin, come to think of it.

>>32243203
>>32243205
>>32243217
>>32243221
Thanks.

>>32243220
>Sit down and start reading those reports, a permanent solution to Chryssa's issue would likely help you in dealing with Fulvia's imminent insanity as well.
No clue on wether draining it will make things worse.

>>32243220
>>Sit down and start reading those reports, a permanent solution to Chryssa's issue would likely help you in dealing with Fulvia's imminent insanity as well.
Let's not do anything reckless for a time

>>32243220
>Sit down and start reading those reports, a permanent solution to Chryssa's issue would likely help you in dealing with Fulvia's imminent insanity as well.

>>32243220
>Tell everyone to clear out, then drain her of vys until she's down to somewhat normal levels. You can worry about a permanent solution later.

keep the reports so we can read them later

>>32243243
While possible, it would require the Manipulate effect. You would need to cast Leech and then cast Manipulate to alter the recipient of the drained vys.

>>32243220
>Tell everyone to clear out, then drain her of vys until she's down to somewhat normal levels. You can worry about a permanent solution later.

She's gonna be our portable vys generator isn't she? Hopefully it won't be too damaging to her.

>>32243233
We already figure out a way to pick up metal actually.
>>32243233
No need to be antsy, after three insights we can't do much more, so we will end up there anyway.

>>32243275
Hell naw, her vys is corrupted. I don't want magic cancer.

>>32243270
We have manipulate don't we?
How long would that take to learn?

>>32243296
Hours

>>32243296
You have a book containing manipulate. You'd need to read it and then successfully meditate on it. It would probably take... three to five hours, roughly. More if you failed the meditate roll, which is unlikely since it's only DC 20.

>>32243275
>portable vys generator
I like how quickly you go full retard.

>>32243220
>Drain her somewhere else (so the party and chryssa will not be affected by corrupted ambient vys) and then look for a more permanent solution
Treat her with the immediate solution we have and look for a permanent treatment. A healer magicion should know this shit already.

>>32243220
>Sit down and start reading those reports, a permanent solution to Chryssa's issue would likely help you in dealing with Fulvia's imminent insanity as well.

>>32243220
>Sit down and start reading those reports, a permanent solution to Chryssa's issue would likely help you in dealing with Fulvia's imminent insanity as well.

>>32243337
This, lets drag her out into the hallway or something.

>>32243304
Damn it. How did we not learn one of the most useful and versatile effects the moment we picked it up.

>>32243325
Hmm, I can't tell how immediate this problem is from the information given, but we were able to detect vys building up by just looking at her for a short while, we should probably do something now, so:
>Sit down and start reading those reports, a permanent solution to Chryssa's issue would likely help you in dealing with Fulvia's imminent insanity as well.

But after we've drained her we should try to learn manipulate. I don't want to interact with this stuff too often.

>>32243220
>>32243337
Yeah. Why risk leaving her with toxic vys when we can drain her in a minute and then look for a solution?

>>32243352
>>32243337
>>32243376
This like magic cancer you honestly believe it'll be that easy?

>>32243374
>I don't want to interact with this stuff too often.
We will not. We will release it, not leech it into ourselves.

I'll do a quick final destination vote.

Vote
1
To sit down and start reading the reports immediately.

Vote
2
To first try draining her of vys in a separate, distant location and then start reading the report.

>>32243399
Yes, let let the radioactive shit out into the room.

>>32243399
>We will release it, not leech it into ourselves.
If we don't fumble the roll.

>>32243406
>1

>>32243397
what?

>>32243376
What's to say that it won't contaminate us in the process? or the room we're residing at the moment?

>>32243406
2

So wouldn't draining this shit attract monsters/constructs?
Also final destination?

>>32243406
1

>>32243406
1

>>32243406
2

>>32243406
1

>>32243406
1

>>32243406
1

>>32243429
>final destination?
Refers to a method of voting meant to take advantage of 4chan's anti-spam filter. Vote with a quote and a number only.

>>32243407
>>32243424
Honestly, trying to suck the crap into the sword instead of contaminating the area suddenly sounds like a really good idea.

>>32243458
Except we can not do that.

>>32243458
We can't do that until we learn Manipulate.

Writin' for 1. Pretty cut and dry.

Well at least this shows who has been samefagging their choice.

>>32243471
>>32243484
I mean that we can learn it in a few hours, or we can read reports for a few hours that MIGHT contain something useful, or we can suck a bunch of magic plutionium out of Chrys and then spread it in the room.

>>32243458
Can't to Chrys > Sword as of yet, can only do Chrys > Mik > sword.

>>32243505
It would take at least 8 hours not a few.

>>32243406
1

>>32243489
>There were three votes for >>32243337 before. Now there are two.
>Wow so much fucking samefagging

>>32243531
Read the thread, Soma said 3-5. >>32243325

>>32243406
2

>>32243489
I'm >>32243556 and I voted so late because I'm playing videogames in between updates.

You sigh in exasperation. It increasingly seems as though you should have followed the spirit's advice and left that infernal grey goo alone. You reach into your cloak and pull out the sheaves of notes you retrieved from that strange room with the two giant screens in it. The one you were reading detailed the effects of delirium, maybe it or one of of the others will detail some sort of treatment?

You sit down cross-legged next to the fire and begin to read. Absentmindedly you remark to your companions. “So, Chryssa is poisoned. I think it's because of that grey goo we used to bait the corrupted AI. Her reserves have been growing out of control and it's causing her body to begin deteriorating as a result, people simply weren't meant to control that sort of power without training.” Profectus is the first to speak, obvious concern in his tone. “Is she going to be alright?” You respond with a shrug. “Maybe, I can probably treat it by draining the excess but it will endanger the rest of us. I'm going to read through these papers in hopes of finding a more permanent solution. Oh, and Fulvia. You're going to go insane and start killing everyone according to the corrupted AI. Something about experiencing the power that Delirium can offer.” You wave a hand dismissively, more focused on your reading than what you're saying. “Or something like that.”

(1/2 or 3, maybe 4. Still writing but wanted to get something out.)

Conversation, unsurprisingly, dies off after that. The reports however prove fascinating. It doesn't take long to finish the first report that you'd started reading. The supervisor's report. Unfortunately it basically just wraps up by saying the potential for delirium as a power source is massive, and that more funds should be allocated to researching this remarkable resource. You set it aside, moving on to the next one. This one is simply titled 'Status: M. Servilius, Vat.' on the front. Knowledge comes unbidden to your mind that this stands for 'Marcus Servillius, Vatis'. It's apparently detailing the effects Delirium had one one of the mine's supervisors before he expired.

It's formatted as a simple time line starting at Day 0. Initially, he complained of nausea and headache, but otherwise seemed fine. One the second day after initial exposure he began suffer from vomiting on a regular basis, finding himself rarely able to keep food down. Reports indicate that at this point he started to run a slight fever. Days three and four were marked by rapid deterioration in his condition. He became bedridden, and was only rarely conscious. His fever had reached a hundred and ten and he was obviously delirious. He was also no longer able to eat or drink at all and complained of horrible migraines when he was awake. Finally on day seven he expired, the time marked as 12:31 PM.
(2/3 or 4)

>>32243985
>“Maybe, I can probably treat it by draining the excess but it will endanger the rest of us. I'm going to read through these papers in hopes of finding a more permanent solution. Oh, and Fulvia. You're going to go insane and start killing everyone according to the corrupted AI. Something about experiencing the power that Delirium can offer.” You wave a hand dismissively, more focused on your reading than what you're saying. “Or something like that.”
I love how we just act like this is a monday morning for us.

>>32244031
Well, it is.

>>32244008
Well it looks like she has 5 days left at least, no need to rush after all.

>>32244008
Seems like as soon as she wakes up, we need to see if she can channel her excess vys into the sword.

>>32244078
Might be a bad idea, the main reason i was behind the sword vys, was because it can be a portable battery, plus we have no clue what it will do to the blade itself.also a plot hole with the sword, since soma told us the cloak drains all vys, but we still put it back inside the cloak.

Well, that bodes ill for Chrys. Of course, she's quite a bit sturdier than anyone else you've met but the symptoms have also set in much faster than they did for this man. She's running a terribly high fever only eight hours after exposure. It took two days just for any hints of a fever to appear in this Marcus Servilius fellow. You set that report aside and begin to sift through the remaining three reports, reading the titles for any hint that one might contain information about treating the condition. The best you find is 'Research Log: Sub. 7, 12, 42'.

The report is prefaced by a lengthy document in fluent legalese that, as best as you can determine, merely states that all participants described here-in either volunteered or have no legal rights. The document starts with detailing the attempted treatment of someone referred to merely as 'Subject 7'. Unsurprisingly their first attempts related to draining vys from the subject and seeing if the effects would eventually wear themselves out. Unfortunately it seems that wasn't the case, as repeated leeching, while temporarily improving the patient's condition, served only to contaminate his holding cell in the long run. It then next mentions something entirely unheard of to you. It says they attempted to strip him of his vys reserves. You were unaware that such a thing was possible, a being without vys is dead. However it goes on to say that the process succeeded in curing the delirium poisoning, though the impact on cognitive ability means this method is unsuitable for large-scale implementation. No specifics on what exactly the impact on cognitive ability is.

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>>32244078
I feel it might not be a good idea to store the corrupted stuff, on the other hand

>a sword that shoots CANCER

Great, simply great.

>>32244051
i think we are at the stage were her body is deteriorating though. if it was just like the report she should be awake and only have headaches right now. only reason i can think for it progressing so fast would be her being a farly new vatis compared to the one in the report so shouldnt we worry.

That shit looks like an Insight for grandmaster level, we'd better take note of it to meditate on it late.
>Mikhael Abdul-Hakim MD

>>32244118
>draining vys from the subject and seeing if the effects would eventually wear themselves out.
So that means we would have wasted our time, and spread the cancer around in the area.

>>32244111
>.also a plot hole with the sword, since soma told us the cloak drains all vys, but we still put it back inside the cloak.

I'd say that the sword is probably replaceable, where as Chrys isn't (okay, it's possible that there MIGHT be another rhynian experimental supersoldier woman out there, but there's no gurantee that they'll be as friendly). Plus even if the sword is drained by putting it in cloakspace, it's possible to just wear the sword on a belt instead to keep the charge.

>>32244118
>strip him of his vys reserves
...

>>32244168
Look
>>32244118
Draining her would have done nothing, other than make things worse for everyone else.

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>>32244118
>impact on cognitive ability

So how about puring that corrupted AI core and uploading her mind into it?

>>32244118
>It says they attempted to strip him of his vys reserves. You were unaware that such a thing was possible, a being without vys is dead. However it goes on to say that the process succeeded in curing the delirium poisoning, though the impact on cognitive ability means this method is unsuitable for large-scale implementation. No specifics on what exactly the impact on cognitive ability is.

Fuck, the rhynians made zombies didn't they.

>>32244165
Actually, no. It does pretty much what we taught it would, it makes the patient's condition better for a time and contaminates the surrounding where the vys is released.

>>32244111
Vys contained in artifacts is safe from being drained, otherwise none of your enchanted gear would work. The problem with the lanterns is that they're not really enchanted, they're just containers for what makes them function.

>>32244175
?

>>32244185
*purging

>>32244185
>So how about puring that corrupted AI core and uploading her mind into it?

If we knew how to do that, then we'd probably be able to cure her anyway.

>>32244191
Yes, but ultimately do nothing for her condition, since it said he got worse a bit after that, and right now her condition is accelerated.
Something that should take a week to kill her could take 2-3 days.

>>32244196
She'd no long capable of magic.

>>32244227
It might buy us more time to find an actual cure.

We should leech Chryssa then stick her in the cloak.

>>32244240
It didn't buy him time actually it even said all it did was tire out the mages and spread cancer around in the room..

>>32244185
Hm, that gives me an idea. Would she be safe from the deteriorating effects if her mind is in one of those AI cores temporarily? Could we try pressing Fulvias core into her hand?

>>32244261
>>32244118
>while temporarily improving the patient's condition,
Read, man.

>>32244240
It won't. All it will do it make things worse.
>>32244255
Do you want to kill her?

>>32244278
Treat the problem not the symptoms.

>>32244278
>temporarily improving the patient's condition
Yes his condition improved slightly, but ultimately he still died, and right now she has something worse than he does.

Maybe we should ask atma how to cure her?

>>32244240
there is no air in our cloak.
she would suffocate.

>>32244278
Key word would be temporarily.

>>32244309
Treat the symptoms to give us time to treat the problem.

>>32244278
I read that as: It make him better for a time, then his situation worsened more than if we didn't do that.

>>32244267
I know that you want another robowaifu, but

1) we don't know how to transfer minds
2) The AI core that isn't corrupted is occupied (by an AI that will eventually go insane, meaning that her core is probably corrupted now anyway.
3) The body would still deteriorate, meaning the transfer would likely be permanent.

>>32244314
Maybe, but i doubt it will be anything short of jumping into the lake, since anything else could end in her death.

>>32244310
No, it's just that the way she was infected just jumped her up a few stages

>>32244324
You link the wrong post there?

Also no shit it's temporary, the idea is to buy time to find an actual cure.

>>32244332
Then you read it wrong.

Could we drain the vys into the cloak? It would reduce her vys reserves while not contaminating the surrounding area.

>>32244333
Well then I see no obvious solution to the problem, and the only way I know to drain someone of vys completely is the mask.

>>32244346
We don't know that actually, and we commented in character that she is showing signs of her symptoms being far quicker than what the mans was.

>>32244365
Manipulate or store it into yourself then pour it into the cloak.

>>32244377
>and the only way I know to drain someone of vys completely is the mask.

Then you should go back and reread the past 5-10 threads

>>32244118
So would draining her of her vys accomplish anything other than make some of her symptons maybe vanish for a bit.?

>>32244356
meant to link the guy opting to stuff Chys in our space cloak. * it has no air in there.*

Next the report details attempts to treat someone known simply as 'Subject 12'. It seems to revolve around a device fashioned in one of the lower levels, no mention of which level specifically, that was designed using the same principle as the filters which purified vys produced by the reactor. The woman was placed within the device, seriously these reports are starting to piss you off with their lack of details, and was successfully cured of the corruption. Unfortunately the device also drained her of regular, non-corrupted vys and she was reduced to a withered, quite dead, husk.

Finally you reach the section of the report relating to 'Subject 42'. Considering that the report is stamped with a giant green 'Success!' next to this section of the report, this is probably what you're looking for. If only you'd skimmed ahead, you might have saved time. Apparently all they did here was add in an emergency release button that dropped the filters out of the device. Fairly simple, you're not sure how they didn't think to add something like that to the first draft of the device. The subject was successfully cured of corruption, and once sensors reported that he was clean a technician dropped the filters out of the device.

The report is once more vague, but you're relieved to see a small note scrawled in faded ink at the bottom of the paper. “Device placed on Level 50. Reserved for use on upper level employees only. Workers found to be suffering delirium poisoning to be executed.”

>Well, now you know where you're headed! Level 50, to heal Chrys. It's even on the way.
>You should try draining her of vys before you set out, just to ensure that she can make it that far down.
>This device killed the first person they shoved in it, you're not sure you trust a version that's been only slightly altered. You'll have to find another way.
>This all just doesn't seem worth it. It would be better to put her out of her misery.
>Write-in

>>32244420
It would buy time to find an actual cure.

>>32244377
>sacrificing a very large, corrupted, vys reserve to a dead mad god

This idea is so bad I want to vote for it, just to see what happens. I mean, ideas can only start to get better after a certain pint, right?

>>32244362
>served only to contaminate his holding cell in the long run.
Did I?

>>32244409
I meant stripping the vys reserves, not the vys. iirc we were at -9/0 when putting it on.

>>32244427
>You should try draining her of vys before you set out, just to ensure that she can make it that far down.

>>32244432
I was asking Soma.

>>32244427
>>Well, now you know where you're headed! Level 50, to heal Chrys. It's even on the way.
>>You should try draining her of vys before you set out, just to ensure that she can make it that far down.

>>32244427
>>Well, now you know where you're headed! Level 50, to heal Chrys. It's even on the way.
>>You should try draining her of vys before you set out, just to ensure that she can make it that far down.

Glad I got all of that out before I had to leave. I need to go and pick up new cars from the dealership, hopefully it shouldn't take more than a half-hour or an hour at most.

Sorry for the delay! Be back soon.

>>32244420
It would get her up and walking again, at least for a short while. You're not sure specifically how long she would be functional.

>>32244427
>Well, now you know where you're headed! Level 50, to heal Chrys. It's even on the way.

>>32244427
>>Well, now you know where you're headed! Level 50, to heal Chrys. It's even on the way.
>>You should try draining her of vys before you set out, just to ensure that she can make it that far down.
Speedrun time

>>32244427
>>You should try draining her of vys before you set out, just to ensure that she can make it that far down.
This time could we maybe not just rush down the tunnel and, I dunno, scout ahead?

>>32244427
>>Well, now you know where you're headed! Level 50, to heal Chrys. It's even on the way.
Maybe have Fulvia do some cross referencing or some calculation if this is doable.

>>32244486
>I need to go and pick up new cars from the dealership

What type of cars?

>>32244427
>>Well, now you know where you're headed! Level 50, to heal Chrys. It's even on the way.

>>32244432
>>32244465
Welp it seems like it doesn't buy time, but instead just lets us move easier.
>>32244486
Like says here.

>>32244427
>>>Well, now you know where you're headed! Level 50, to heal Chrys. It's even on the way.
>>You should try draining her of vys before you set out, just to ensure that she can make it that far down.

>>32244427
>Well, now you know where you're headed! Level 50, to heal Chrys. It's even on the way!

Holy fuck how can you be this obnoxious? All anyone believes that draining her would do is to get her in better condition for a time and buy us some time. Nobody is saying it will cure her.

Can we, with our armor and Fulvias help, not just melt a hole in the floor and go down that way without risking running into something horrible?

>>32244427
>You should try draining her of vys before you set out, just to ensure that she can make it that far down

>>32244530
We might land on something horrible or find ourselves falling into a giant hole.

>>32244486
Right, 3 hours then.

Starting to think you're a woman with how you manage time.

>>32244530
YOU AM PLAY GODS

>>32244530
Depending on the thickness of the floor it might or might not save us a lot of time.

>>32244547
The less distance we cover the lower the risk of running into something, also we would obviously not just blindly dig down.

>>32244530
first rule is never dig strait down

>>32244427
>>Well, now you know where you're headed! Level 50, to heal Chrys. It's even on the way.
>>You should try draining her of vys before you set out, just to ensure that she can make it that far down

Worst come to worst we should come back to atma. And have him bestow us the way to heal her before she dies.

* If we ask for anything lets try and be specific and not get screwed. Cause apparently spirits can known to be assholes.*

I don't think we should drain her because it could contaminated us or the air around us.

>>32244530
It makes her feel better it does not improve her condition.

>>32244517
?

>>32244512
Hey, this >>32244517 .

How are you such a dumbfuck?

>>32244584
We need to move everyone out of the area.

It'd be cool if she was awake and just have her pour her energy into our sword. as a good way to contain the vys. and just use it on the biggest enemy we find.
If that's an option i'd rather do that than expose ourselves to the illness.

>>32244530
one of the less retarded ideas we've had
still pretty high up on the scale, might work though

>>32244602
How is that obnoxious exactly.
>It would get her up and walking again, at least for a short while. You're not sure specifically how long she would be functional.
Says that she will be able to move better, but we don't know for how long actually, and how exactly does this buys us time?
We have been arguing mostly on weather this actually buys time.

>>32244635
the potential for success for this i think is extremely low. any where from going past level 50.. from just destroying earth beneath us to fast to stop on a level to landing on the machine we need and destroying it.

>>32244676
Holy fucking shit you are retarded. Go back to huffing paint or whatever it is that made you this stupid, and leave this quest.

>>32244635

Too dangerous, it could end in a free fall of hundred of meters or worse. Also what was with the three creepy vault dudes messing with us last time?

>>32244427
>>Well, now you know where you're headed! Level 50, to heal Chrys. It's even on the way.

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>>32244692
Thank you for being mad then.

>>32244704
Well we were in her mind, she was insane and they dig insanity.

>>32244676
It specifically said that it buys time.

It said that it temporarily cured the patient but the symptoms came back later. That implies an extended time limit.

>>32244722

Yeah, but they say we were doing our task. How could they know about the task with the spirit? Doesn't feel right to me.

>>32244530
DMs do not take kindly to having their carefully planned out dungeon layout trashed by breaking through walls/floors/ceilings.

>>32244733
The way i saw it, was that it just got rid of the symptoms ,but the condition got worse, but there is also that as well.

So, you guys want to purge her, and contaminate the rooms we'll be in with magic cancer while going down?
That sure sounds like an awesome idea.

>>32244757
But it is fun to do.

>>32244781
Obviously not. We purge her away from the other party members. Our race is the least susceptible to this stuff, and we only purge her once and then evacute the room, this is not an ongoing process.

>>32244781
Samjan are immune to it, and we can get others to leave the room before doing a purge. We won't be coming back to the rooms we do each purge in anyway, so it is more beneficial to do the purging.

>>32244835
>Samjan are immune to it
Wrong, we just have a higher resistance to it.

That dude who keeps trying to shoot down the idea of draining vys from Chrys to help her out until a cure is reached must either not be able to admit that he was wrong put of pride, or must really want Chrys dead.

>>32244835
resistance does not mean immune.

And the more we're around it. The more crazy we may get.

>>32244921
who is shooting it down?

>>32244921
I am against the idea of draining Chryssa; there's too much that could happens on the way down there.
True, there might be nothing between us and lvl 50, and she might make the 24 floors in one purge with no problems.
But what if some shit happens?
What if we drain her, she gets fine for a few level then the corruption comes back with a vengeance? you cure her, heal her a bit and go your merry way. Another 5/6 level down and again she needs a draining and a bit more healing and another before we reach our destination.
What if after all that you've got to fight something with 15/26vys?
lots of what if.

>>32244757
> Carefully planned.
I've got the big stuff worked out but the rest is on the fly.

To alleviate bickering I'll simply say purging does buy Chrys time.

>>32245151
You're right, better not do anything to help and definitely let the condition worsen.

>>32244921

I am not that guy but if we try that we most be very careful not to get ourselves or others infected. On another note we most get her a better armor.

>>32244757
>Implying Soma plans anything

>>32245151
>lots of what if.

As if that has EVER stopped us.
The way we've been playing these thoughts would not even occur to Mik.

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>>32245151
>What if after all that you've got to fight something with 15/26vys

>tfw we're competent with our weapons
>tfw our party is stronk

We should've given Chrys the Elaudian armor. It amplifies strength and she's already superhumanly strong.

>>32244773
Then you're dumb

>>32245250
It might hinder her, if it's some sort of mechanical amplification it might slow her down. Also she can't use her mask if she has that on, and she loves her mask.

>>32245181
That's how progress are made.
>Let's see how it goes and try to find something that could counter it.
>whelp it didn't help, better watch it some more.
>okay it did something new, now that we know that let's try another.
>nope, it fucked up even more. back to the waiting game.
>hey, this is new let's try that.
>huh, it worked, kinda, but now if we cure him/her she won't be able to do xyz.
>oh damn dead, better take another subject.
or
>hey what about that? Woot worked.

>>32245250
We can give it to her later.

That artificer at the college knew how to unattune artifacts, didn't he tell us how?

>>32245161
HAH!!!

Checkmate bigger.

>>32245296
the problem is that the first line isn't open to us
Chryssa isn't expendable

>>32245335
If anything, Darzi is the expendable one. Why did we give her the superarmor instead of giving it to Chryssa?

>>32245278
How does that make me dumb?
I saw it differently, based it off from personal experience.unless your mixing me up with the anon that doesn't want to drain the vyss, all my arguing was about weather if it buys time or not.

>>32245408
Because she had the worst armor. Chryssa's was better than her by a long shot.

>>32245414
Then you're not dumb, the other anon us dumb, you're just wrong. No bigge though.

>>32245408
Chryssa already had armor.

Just finished catching up to this quest why does everybody have a Murder-boner for Darzi? Her freaking out didn't really seem like she deserves to die for it. She's been through some shit.

>>32245250
She has horns.

That thing doesn't have horn holes.

>>32245470
They don't.

>>32245470
Opinion of her has gotten steadily better the past few threads. Especially after Soma explained his plans for her

>>32245473
it morphs to the wearer.

>>32245470
I don't get it either man, I kinda like her.

>>32245470
We calmed down.

(I just kinda don't want the party to get too big, less time for each character, less character development overall. 4 companions is acceptable though, so I don't mind Darzi.)

>>32245470
No one really has a murderboner for her, but people think she doesn't really deserve a cut of the loot, since we already rescued her and she hasn't really been that helpful anyway.

Plus out of that deal with that spirit, she got knowledge of our water magic while we just got a little a spear training. She clearly got the better deal out if, so she's already getting out of this whole ordeal way ahead of what she has earned. The whole punching us in the gut and leaving us for dead so that she could escape the plant monsters certainly did not do her any favors with peoples view of her.

I think handing over the super-vaulable elaudian armor to her rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.

If she thinks she can keep it afterwards instead of handing it back, then a murderboner might not be out of the question.

>>32245499
>Especially after Soma explained his plans for her

I wish he hadn't. Character should be judged on the merit of present and past interaction, not by what the GM says about the character and what they want the character to do.

>>32245643
it just shows that she shouldn't be a party member.

>>32245609
She is definitely not keeping that armor, hell no.

Also I can still see her going back to the guard after all of this, she is still a sworn guard captain. And she could be quite a bit more thankful, we saved her from certain death and month long torture.

I have returned! Traffic was bad so we decided to blow it off until Friday, or tomorrow. One of those.

Anyway, writin' for
>Drain the corrupted vys first.
>Then start the trek down to Level 50

I was one of the niggers that was for making a boat to cross the lake and you other niggers went "pishposh what could go wrong with swimming in it"
I'm telling you niggers again that this draining will bite us in the ass later on.

>>32245609
The spear training is useful once you think about it. Considering the fact that we rely on Vys too much at times it allows us some more room to be conservative about it especially if we keep using it we get better and so does our bonuses. Also if we train Darzi she can eome a secondary medic while we focus on the enemies.

>>32245709
Image dump, might interest you
>>32232261

>>32245709
so odd thought to everyone. from my understanding our cap/thing drains vys right? so what would happen if we put her in there for a few seconds(with the stipulation to ricky that he cant bite off anything).

only problem i see is that we will not know what the corrupted vys due to our cape thing.

>>32245763
It's useful, but 13+ years worth of water magic training is far more valuable than the weapon training we got, Especially since we already weren't terrible with the spear.

And it doesn't change how much we rely on the vys. We spend more vys on making rolls better than we do on spells.

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>>32245762
Same ice niggah as you, but i think having her mobile and maybe combat ready is better, plus the side affect will be on the robot or when we go up.

>>32245804
Cloakspace does not drain vys. The lanterns work by absorbing vys from the environment. Cloakspace lacks ambient vys, so there is nothing for the lanterns to draw from inside the cloak. That's why they don't work in cloakspace.

>>32245804
It's a vacuum and she is unconscious, meaning her muscles are relaxed. The second we stick her in there her lungs will evacuate all air and collapse. This damage is permanent and she will asphyxiate in 3 to 5 minutes.

>>32245835
Why do people keep voting to spend? If it isn't a great succes people spend and it's almost like people avoid failures even normal ones. While I'm not saying we should accept all favors it just that a failure won't kill us especially if we're with our party and we spend 2 vys to heal a major wound and 1 turn while everyone else attacks vs the 3 or 4 to dodge. Also it's not like a great succes s is guaranteed to end an encounter.

>>32245920
Short answer: people are mostly shortsighted and a bit dumb.

>>32245920
Because dice roll

>>32245885
ahh my mistake. think i may have misread awhile back.

>>32245887
forgot about that
curse meatbags and there need for air

>>32245920
the last major fight showed that great succes was needed.

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Because it hasn't been posted yet.

>>32245951
But at the same time our gear is good. We got a high level mid tier? Power armor and a bretty good spear. Plus bonus to our spear and sword attack s as well as our dodge attempt. I think.

>>32245920
Not all the time is it warranted.But as we saw in our last fight, a great success might be the difference of a very important side quest * to save our friend* and getting on with our shit.
I am fairly certain had we gotten the great success Darzi would have goten a clean hit. and we could have focused on healing just Chyss. Or something similar.

You stuff the papers back into your cloak and grab a hold of your bowl of soup, tipping it back and pouring the contents into your mouth as quickly as possible. After that has backfired spectacularly and you've wiped your face off using the inside of your cloak (which, incidentally, is just fantastically absorbent), you push yourself up and clap your hands to get your companions attention. “Alright, here's what we've got to do. There is a way to cure Chryssa on level fifty, but before we set off I'm going to need to drain the corrupted vys. It'll buy her some time and hopefully get her moving again so we don't have to carry her. I'm sure 'atma will pop up eventually.”

Fulvia ask, projecting a somewhat timid look. “And what about me? Was there anything in there about fixing corrupted AI?” You shake your head solemnly. “Unfortunately no, we'll need to think of something on our own.” An idea strikes you suddenly. “You mentioned that I could enter your mind and program in new knowledge though, right?” She nods her head. “Fantastic, maybe there is some way to fight the corruption by entering your mind? When I was in the corrupted AI's core, the poison spell I'd hit it with was eating away at the corrupted vys, so it has some sort of presence there.”

She seems to think on it for a moment, and then nods her head. “That would make sense, though I am wary to allow you into my mind. Altering even seemingly unimportant things can lead to massive changes in my outlook, knowledge base, and abilities.” You wave a hand dismissively. “We can discuss it later. You've probably got at least a week or two, probably much longer, before you go on a murder spree. That AI was down here for a thousand years. Now, somebody help my carry Chrys.”
(1/2)

Darzi steps up, since she's now the strongest member of the party with that armor. She picks up Chrys and carries her bridal style, the helmet sliding up from the torso portion of the armor and sealing her away safely. With her carrying Chrys, the remaining three of you set about breaking camp and extinguishing the fire. Once that's done you lead the way out of the storeroom...

...Only to be greeted by a glowing passage way, exactly identical to the one on level two that led to the 'atma's shrine.

>Welp, looks like 'atma's come calling for his payment. Might as well get this over with.
>He's proved that he can appear anywhere whenever he wishes, he can wait a while longer while you set off to heal Chrys.
>Write-in

>>32246361
>Yell down the passage way that he can come get the damned thing, you know he can fucking teleport

>>32246361
>>Welp, looks like 'atma's come calling for his payment. Might as well get this over with.
deal with this, we dont have to come back

>>32246361
>Welp, looks like 'atma's come calling for his payment. Might as well get this over with.

let's get this over with

>>32246361
>>Welp, looks like 'atma's come calling for his payment. Might as well get this over with.

>>32246361

>>32246379
this

>>32246361
>>He's proved that he can appear anywhere whenever he wishes, he can wait a while longer while you set off to heal Chrys.

>>32246361
>Welp, looks like 'atma's come calling for his payment. Might as well get this over with.
I Vote enchantment, also any one have some clever word play?

>>32246379
no need to be rude

>>32246361
>He's proved that he can appear anywhere whenever he wishes, he can wait a while longer while you set off to heal Chrys.

Do head of to see him after Chryssa's up and the situation has been explained to her, though.
'atma's gift is knowledge, so hey, maybe we'll learn how to uncorrupt Chryssa and Fulvia

>>32246341
>>32246361
Drain the corrupted vys from Chryssa first, then head down t see atma

>>32246450
>maybe we'll learn how to uncorrupt Chryssa and Fulvia
We already did.
For Horned chick shove her inside a death machine, and for the robot go inside her mind and don't break anything other than the shadow monster.

>>32246361
>Write-in
I like the yell down the passage part, but instead yell
"If you plan on helping me with my ally, you can have it now, if not, you can wait."

>>32246492
this.
add in she was hurt getting his item.

>>32246492
hey, if he's giving us a wish, we can wish for him to remove the corruption from Fulvia

>>32246506
We actaully asked for knowledge.

>>32246361
>Welp, looks like 'atma's come calling for his payment. Might as well get this over with.
>>32246500
He told us not to fuck with the goo, its our fault for not listening.

>>32246506
>wishing for something you can obtain with a little effort

shiggidy diggidy

>Welp, looks like 'atma's come calling
Writin'

>>32246553
>little effort and a lot of risk
double shiggidy diggidy

>>32246583
So the average day for us?

>>32246614
not really, most of the stuff we do seems lower risk than this would be, though I might be overestimating the difficulty.

>>32246663
most does but we have more prolonged fighting generally. so it evens out.

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You sigh in exasperation. “Alright, hang on. Give me the AI's core.” Profectus passes it over. “Careful Mik, this passage wasn't here when we first got here.” You nod your head. “I assumed as much. I believe it is my spirit friend come for his payment.” You glance over your shoulder at Darzi. “You should probably come with me, since you're marked as well.” She nods her head, setting Chrys down gently to the side. “Profectus, Fulvia, you two stand watch.”

With that the two of you set off down the tunnel. You're pleased to see the path is much shorter this time than it was last time. He doesn't make you wander through the twisting tunnels for a ten minutes this time. You find yourself staring at the shrine after taking only two turns, and sitting atop the central pillar is a familiar little fire spirit with a clay pot for a head.

The holes in his face meant to represent his mouth flare to life as he sees you.
{Has the delivery arrived,
Will I at last be revived?
What knowledge do you wish,
In exchange for this gift?}

You feel yourself, or perhaps the room itself, shifting in place until you're standing before the shrine itself. You're momentarily dizzied by the experience, and 'atma popping into existence next to your head isn't helping your sense of ease. He seems awfully eager, but then again a deal is a deal.

{I could offer you help,
In fixing her health.
I could offer you tips,
Bringing her to grips.
I could even grant you a boon,
and teach you the runes.
Simply ask, kind goon,
and do it soon.}

>Ask for help curing Chrys.
>Ask for help curing Fulvia
>Ask for knowledge of 'the runes'.
>Ask for knowledge regarding a school of magic.
>Ask for unlimited cosmic power.
>Write-in

>>32246840
I want the knowledge to tame a dragon.

>>32246840
>Ask for knowledge regarding a school of magic.

>>32246840
>Ask for help curing Fulvia

>>32246840
>>Ask for unlimited cosmic power.

>>32246840
>Ask for knowledge regarding a school of magic.

Grandmastery ho!

>>32246840
>Ask for knowledge of 'the runes'.

>>32246840
>>Ask for knowledge of 'the runes'.
>>Ask for knowledge regarding a school of magic.
I'm surprised there isn't an All the knowledge option.

>>32246840
>and teach you the runes.
What are the runes?

>>32246840
>>Ask for knowledge of 'the runes'.

>>32246840
>Ask for help curing Fulvia
You guys seem to be forgetting that if she rampages she can probably kill us

>>32246872
you really want to get stuck in a lamp?

>>32246875
>>32246860

Guys, the Rune knowledge might be about enchantment.

We can become a grandmaster by ourselves.

>>32246882
Asking for unlimited cosmic power would basically be asking to know everything. However, I'm going to limit it otherwise to one choice.

>>32246840
>all of the above in no specific order

But seriously:
>Ask for help curing Fulvia

>>32246910
aRE RUNES ENCHANTMENT?

>>32246840
>>Ask for knowledge regarding a school of magic.
Enchanting

>>32246901

Sure, but we already have a method for dealing with that.

>>32246840
>Ask for knowledge of 'the runes'.
Ask what can be accomplished with 'the runes'

>>32246933
Mik doesn't know, he only knows of runes as meditation focuses.

>>32246910
>Asking for unlimited cosmic power would basically be asking to know everything.
He does technically owe two people.

Before choosing any of it, better use that silver tongue to sweeten the pots, have him cure Fulvia & Chrissy without using our wish.

>>32246840
>>Ask for help curing Chrys.
>>Ask for help curing Fulvia
>>Ask for knowledge of 'the runes'.
>>Ask for knowledge regarding a school of magic.
All of these

>>32246955

That sounds promising in its own right.

Even if it wasn't enchantment, getting enhanced meditation out of it is better than just getting a one-off knowledge boost.

>>32246840
>>Ask for knowledge of 'the runes'.

How else are we going to kill the Shah?

>>32246840
>Ask for help curing Chrys.
>Ask for help curing Fulvia
>Ask for knowledge of 'the runes'.

These.

>>32246996
with a spear
or not at all