>>32956049

You immediately step backward and rub your face, trying to scrub the lingering pins and needles from her touch from your cheeks. The whole thing probably lasted no more than ten seconds, but it seemed to drag on impossibly long to your perceptions. Nothing about the interaction felt abnormal, except for your hyper-sensitivity to people poking and prodding you, but that’s par for the course.

“What happen to you, girl?” Ms. Song asks. Her voice has lost its imperious tone, and her expression is saddened. “Why you so gloomy?”


You glare at her. “Lots of stuff happened to me,” you say, your words harsh. “Not the least of it is you putting your hands all over my face. I said make it quick, not take your time – and I’m not gloomy, I’m just, like, tense right now, okay?”

“Call it what you want,” Ms. Song says, walking away. The way she does it tells you to follow, so you do. She leads you through a doorway and into a room with a table and a few chairs. “Sit down, sit down,” she says, doing the same herself.

You take a seat, and take a second to look at the table. It’s made of like, marble or something, and features a long, ferocious dragon curling and twisting through the air and burning a serene villiage with its fiery breath. The whole scene is beautifully rendered in appropriately colored stonework. Man, this table was probably really, ridiculously expensive. Like, as in, costs more than a car expensive. Or maybe more than a couple cars.

>>32956054

Ms. Song looks inquiringly at you from where she sits, even as she starts setting weird bowls and cups and jars labeled in Chinese on the table before her. “Who are you really, girl?”

“Uh,” you say. “Sierra?”

Ms. Song’s expression is reproachful. “I call you girl, sure, but I am not deaf I hear your name when you say it first time,” she tells you. “Why you want work with Marshal?”

Right. Job interview. “Because,” you say, trying to think of reasons.

>Money. Like, as in, I like money.
>Because I can do all kinds of stuff, and this is like, the only productive way I can use it right now.
>I don’t know. Feels like the thing to do, I guess.
>Usually I’m doing stuff wrong. I thought maybe I’d try doing stuff right for a while.
>Saving people is kind of cool, maybe. Like, to me as a person?
>Well I’m… all this demon stuff seems like it’s related to me, somehow.
>I’m doing all this crap anyway, might as well get paid for it.
>Other (?)

>>32956066
>I’m doing all this crap anyway, might as well get paid for it.

>>32956054
Man, that touch sensitivity is going to be a massive social problem.

>>32956066
>I’m doing all this crap anyway, might as well get paid for it.
>Saving people is kind of cool, maybe. Like, to me as a person?
>Other: It's pretty damn fun, you know?

>>32956066
>Feels like the thing I should do, I guess.
>And I’m doing all this crap anyway, might as well get paid for it.

>inb4 her response to Sierra's answer is something like "YOU WANT SAVE PEOPLE? BE FIREFIGHTER. YOU WANT MONEY? BE DOCTOR OR LAWYER." or something along those lines

>>32956066
>> Usually I’m doing stuff wrong. I thought maybe I’d try doing stuff right for a while.

>> Honestly, I never really thought about my reasons on why. Just went with the flow.

>>32956066
>Money. Like, as in, I like money.
>Well I’m… all this demon stuff seems like it’s related to me, somehow.

>>32956066
>Because I can do all kinds of stuff, and this is like, the only productive way I can use it right now.

>>32956054
>Usually I’m doing stuff wrong. I thought maybe I’d try doing stuff right for a while.
>Saving people is kind of cool, maybe. Like, to me as a person?
>Well I’m… all this demon stuff seems like it’s related to me, somehow.

>>32956066
>>Usually I’m doing stuff wrong. I thought maybe I’d try doing stuff right for a while.

>>32956066
>Because I can do all kinds of stuff, and this is like, the only productive way I can use it right now.
>Usually I’m doing stuff wrong. I thought maybe I’d try doing stuff right for a while.
>Saving people is kind of cool, maybe. Like, to me as a person?

We know perfectly well that Sierra is getting massive kicks from this whole hero schtick, even if she isn't as BATMAN as Rowan. Add to that the warm fuzzies and feeling of "rightness" from using the shadow powers to make pretty pictures to music? And Sierra knows she needs to be honest here.

But we need to maintain our street quotient, so also mumble something about money in a self-conscious fashion at the end.

...also I had to get into bed before I passed out last night, I thought we were going to raise that we had another name as well?

>>32956066
>Saving people is kind of cool, maybe. Like, to me as a person?
>I’m doing all this crap anyway, might as well get paid for it.
Both of those.

>>32956113
Goddamn ancient asian ladies and their annoying know-it-all ways.

>>32956066
>>Well I’m… all this demon stuff seems like it’s related to me, somehow.
>>I’m doing all this crap anyway, might as well get paid for it.

>>32956066
>Other (?)
>Because being with the Hallows and doing what I've been doing for the last few weeks felt right. It's the first time in a long time that something has felt right.

Cmon guys, you have to insert a little bit of >angst into the situation!

>>32956066
>Usually I'm doing stuff wrong. I thought maybe I'd try doing stuff right for a while.

>>32956138
If Chinalady specifically asks for it or providing the name is useful, sure. I don't see much reason otherwise.

Not that it would cause trouble as long as we don't make pacts on our name.

Though, Isaac was wrong about landwells so he could be wrong about truenames as well.

>>32956066
>>I don’t know. Feels like the thing to do, I guess.
>>Usually I’m doing stuff wrong. I thought maybe I’d try doing stuff right for a while.
combined with >>32956155 because it more or less says the same thing but its the kind of sappy/angsty shit that Sierra would totally say and I'm a sucker for.

And mention the thing about getting paid as well. I wouldn't, but I'll be damned if Sierra wouldn't. She's wearing fucking Jordans to this interview; get that dolla dolla.

>>32956155
Remember the strong sense that "this is how these powers were meant to be used" when we did shadowpuppets for Rowan? That's some prime angst material right there, though maybe for a later conversation.

>I’m doing all this crap anyway, might as well get paid for it.

>>32956066
this >>32956155 >>32956168

>I’m doing all this crap anyway, might as well get paid for it.

>>32956167
We might be able to get more informed about that from Waldric, to be honest. While I wouldn't trust him to just tell us right now, we can still ask if it really holds any power, and if he says no then we can force his hand by pushing a demonstration.

The fact that we can't just wreck the people we already have names for does strongly imply there's no intrinsic power though.

>>32956066
>Because I can do all kinds of stuff, and this is like, the only productive way I can use it right now.

>>32956195
Also, if backlash for a pact is proportional to the content, we might want to verify he has given us a real name by setting and breaking a teeny tiny one.

>>32956167
My main motivation for bringing up our name was that as someone who oversees supernatural crap in our area, there's a decent chance she knows something, about our family or even about their murder.

>>32956430
>murder
>implying it won't turn out to have been a righteous cleansing, trying to protect the world from our future apocalyptic potential

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>>32956066
>Because I am the night.

>>32956066
>Because I can do all kinds of stuff, and this is like, the only productive way I can use it right now.
>Usually I’m doing stuff wrong. I thought maybe I’d try doing stuff right for a while.

>>32956430

Sierra would have shared it had the conversation been more appropriate, since that's what the votes wanted.

>>32956591
How about now that Ms Song asked "who are you really?"

>>32956671
It really doesn't seem like an appropriate time.

>>32956688
It does also seem to be an express ticket to a Bruce Lee-ing. Or a Jackie Chan's Uncle-ing. I just want to see what she knows.

>>32956798
>>32956688
It does seem like something we should bring up eventually.>>32956688

>>32956527
This

>>32956831
Yes, but now is not eventually.

>>32956066
>Usually I'm doing stuff wrong. I thought maybe I'd try doing stuff right for a while.
>I don’t know. Feels like the thing to do, I guess.
Mention demon name, fairs fair, she asked if indirectly, and she is kinda in charge it could be important for her to know. Also gunning for the very very slim chance she recognizes it, stranger things have happened (Reeber).

Either Languid has fallen to the grassy foe or this is gonna be a loooong update.

>>32956838
I didn't say we should talk about it now, just eventually

>>32956983
It implies the opposite when you post what you did in reply to a post saying that now isn't a good time.

>>32956983
ideally sooner rather than later, we've been caught out once or twice due to our ignorance of demons and our own history, and piecing it together some more should help avoid this in future.

>>32956946
LawnQuest 2: Photosynthetic Boogaloo

>>32956946
I hope it's the latter, but I expect the former

There’s a lot of reasons, now that you think about it. None of them are like, outright wrong, but none of them seem to paint the whole picture as to what’s actually motivating you. You were never good at figuring out why you do the stuff you do. You just kind of do it and deal with the consequences?

“Well,” you say, “I mean. I didn’t know there was a job or work or anything. I was just kind of going with the flow. And then I’m like, killing demons or whatever? I mean, and then I was thinking about it and like, Isaac’s doing good stuff. The stuff we’re fighting is all like, evil and whatever. It’s… cut and dry,” you say.

“So you want do what you do because it simple?” asks Ms. Song, sounding appalled. “You don’t like thinking so much about things, do you?”

“No!” you say. “You’re like – don’t just jump to conclusions, I’m not done talking.”

“Well maybe you should talk better, I thought you done already.”

>>32957056

You take a deep breath and try not to let her needle you. (+2 Stress: 47/100) “No. It’s like this. I’m like… not the best person, right? And I’ve done some stuff that’s probably not, you know, stuff I should have done,” you explain. “So like, now I have a chance to kind of… I don’t know, be the good guy for a while. And it’s kind of better than being the whatever guy that doesn’t really care. Does that make sense?”

Ms. Song looks at you carefully. “You have butterfly in your head? Because you not make sense at all. You want to be good, be police officer or post man,” she instructs you.

“Well maybe I will,” you say. You really won’t, though. “But right now this is what I’m doing, so I might as well get paid for it while I’m at it, right?”

“Maybe you not make sense, but I see you are not stupid,” Ms. Song says, sounding a little proud. “Okay, you can get paycheck to fight yaoguai, girl, but that is not mean you aren’t also seventeen year old teenager too, understand?”

You rub your forehead. You don’t understand anything right now, but at least you got the job? Maybe? “What?”

>>32957056
>“Well maybe you should talk better, I thought you done already.”
Fuck you, you old raisin.

>>32957066
Ms. Song finishes setting up her weird oriental tea set thing. She picks up a little porcelain cup, pours a splash of steaming water from a kettle into it, and then crumbles a handful of leaves into the liquid. She covers it and begins shaking in a gentle, rhythmic motion. The smell from the crunched leaves is pungent and overwhelmingly bitter.

“I don’t really like tea,” you say, trying to breath through your mouth until the smell passes.

“Is not for drinking is for fortune telling,” she tells you impatiently. “Usually charge one hundred dollar for fake reading, and one thousand dollar for real reading, but for you, maybe free this time,” she says thoughtfully. “Tell me something about yourself, girl. I cannot read if I don’t know what it is I am reading.”

>Wait. Am I getting the real reading or the fake reading?
>Mention your other name.
>Tell her about being hellborn.
>Tell her about your family.
>Tell her about you.
>Tell her about your dreams.
>Uh… what do you need to know?
>I don’t know if I want to know my future. I mean. What if it’s… bad?
>Other (?)

>>32957090
>Tell her about your family.
>Mention your other name.
Family sets up a good segue into the name. "My mom and sister and blah blah blah oh and mum used to call me Sakheris when she was still around."

>>32957090
>Other (Lie)

>>32957090
>I don’t know if I want to know my future. I mean. What if it’s… bad?
>Mention your other name.

>>32957090
>Tell her about your family.
>Tell her about your dreams.

>>32957090
>Uh… what do you need to know?
>Mention your other name.

>>32957090
Dreams. Tell her about them.

>>32957090
>Mention your other name.
>Tell her about your family.

>>32957090
>Uh… what do you need to know?

>>32957090
>Wait. Am I getting the real reading or the fake reading?
Then if the former,
>Mention your other name.
If the latter, talk about your powers or something

>>32957090
>Mention your other name.
>Tell her about your family.
>Tell her about your dreams.

To know the future, one must know past. YOOOOOOOO!

>>32957090
>Tell her about your dreams.
Use dreams to explain what you know about your family, since they're pretty much the same thing, only dreams also cover how you feel about stuff as well. You only recently remembered the name your mother gave you.

>>32957090
>Tell her about your family.
>Tell her about you.
>Tell her about your dreams.

>>32957090
>>Mention your other name.
>>Tell her about being hellborn.

>>32957090
>Mention your other name.

>>32957090
>Uh… what do you need to know?

>>32957090
>Fucking Land Wells how do they work?
If not for the reading, for an after question.

“Well… what do you need to know, exactly?” you ask.

Ms. Song puts the cup down on the table, and then lights a couple sticks of incense that are set in elegant little jade holders on her left and right. “I’m not playing twenty question with you, girl. If you want good fortune, you tell me what I need to know,” she says.

So… if she’s going to like, look at your fate or future or whatever, you figure a good way to start is with your dreams. That’s what mystic kind of people want to hear about, right? But for any of your nightmares to make sense, they’d probably need to be put in context, so you figure you’ll start by talking about your family people.

“Well, I guess you probably need to know about like, why I’m with Isaac in the first place,” you say.

“Maybe I do, why don’t you tell me then,” she says. She begins humming something quietly as she pours another cup of tea, and begins stirring it around with a long, thin bone.

“Yeah, I guess,” you say. You don’t really like talking about anything, but so long as you stick to the facts you can get through it pretty much without issue. “Well my mom and sister died when I was, you know, like, five or something.”

“Mm, who killed them?” Song asks, curious.

“Uh. Nobody?” you say, kind of staggered by the weird question. “They just. We were on this boat and it… you know. Sank. They uh. They drowned.” You try not to recall your hazy memories from that night. (+3 Stress: 50/100)

>>32957638

Ms. Song glances up at you. Probably wants to know why you didn’t go with them.

“My dad he – you know, saved me,” you say.

“Where your dad now?” asks Song.

“He… uh. Kind of disappeared,” you say. “But he, you know, left me with my great aunt or something. But she was… kind of really old and. You know. Died like, a couple weeks later and uh… so I went into foster care, then.”

You used to like to imagine your dad would show up one day and take you home with him, but he never did. You kind of learned to stop hoping for that, after a while. Some people have told you that he probably had his own reasons for leaving, and that maybe he was a bad guy or whatever, but you’re certain he meant to come back. He was the best. And the only reason he wouldn’t come back is if he couldn’t, and the only way he couldn’t is if he were dead.

“Okay, very good, I think I see now,” says Ms. Song. She stops stirring with the bone and produces another pinch of tea leaves from another jar, and begins peppering them into the two cups she has prepared. “Anything else?”

>>32957652

“Well I mean. I dream about them a lot,” you say. “Like. All the time. But they’re not really… good dreams? They’re all kind of more like nightmares. And I get the same ones all the time, usually. Like. One with me on the boat, and like, then I look into the water and I see… things,” you say, feeling the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. “Dead people. And then I’m like, drowning or… you know, and then the thing with the shears shows up and starts hacking people apart.”

Ms. Song nods. “Those definitely are not good dreams,” she agrees. “When’s last time you dream like this?”

“Well,” you say, “not so much, recently. I had this one where I kind of remembered this other name I used to have from my mom, though.” You figure if you’re going to get a good fortune telling, Song will need to know your magic demon name thing. “She used to call me Sakheris,” you say.

Ms. Song slows down in her preparations for a fraction of a second. If you didn’t have quick eyes, you probably would have missed it. “That is strange name,” she says. “You say you had sister. She have other name too?”

>No, just me.
>I really don't remember.
>I uh. Think so. Just. I can’t remember it.
>She did. It was Nydalis.
>Be evasive.
>Oh yeah, and I’m a landmaster. Is that important?
>Other (?)

>>32957668
>She did. It was Nydalis.
>Oh yeah, and I’m a landmaster. Is that important?

>>32957668
>She did. It was Nydalis.

>>32957668
>I uh. Think so. Just. I can’t remember it.

>>32957668
>She did. It was Nydalis.

I kind of feel like not telling her but fuck it, leap of faith and all that!

>>32957668
>>She did. It was Nydalis.

>Strange how?
>She did. It was Nydalis.
>Oh yeah, and I’m a landmaster. Is that important?

>>32957668
>She did. It was Nydalis.

>>32957711
>>Strange how?
This

>>32957668
>She did. It was Nydalis.

>>32957668
>Strange how?
>She did. It was Nydalis.
>Oh yeah, and I’m a landmaster. Is that important?

>>32957711
>Strange how?
Second this in addition to mine >>32957705

>>32957668
>I thought we weren't playing 20 questions.

>>32957668
>She did. It was Nydalis.

>>32957668
>Nydalis

I think we just got keikaku'd

>>32957957
i wonder what the Japanese word for lawn is....

>>32957668
>Strange how?
>She did. It was Nydalis.
>Oh yeah, and I’m a landmaster. Is that important?

>>32957974
According to google translate, the romanji for it is shibafu. Also, you probably want the chinese translation, given this women is likely chinese... y'know, cause she lives in China Town. That's Cǎopíng

“Well actually, yeah,” you say. “She called her Nydalis, sometimes.”

“And your mother, she die twelve years ago?”

“Something like that,” you say. “What’s – how’s Sakheris a strange name?” There was something in her voice when she said that.

“It is yaoguai name,” says Song. “You know what it mean?”

“I thought you said you weren’t doing twenty questions,” you say, a little miffed at her prying.

“Well that was before I find out you are interesting,” says Ms. Song, smiling.

“Well whatever. Anyway I do know what it means, it means blood,” you say. You could figure that much out at least.

Song laughs to herself. “It mean much more than blood, girl,” she says. “It is from word ‘sakherith’, which can mean essence of life. Or priceless jewel, maybe.”

“Do you know what Nydalis means?” you ask.

>>32958116

“I would hope so if I do this for money,” Song says. “It is from ‘nydalith’, which mean soul, or essence of being. It mean other things too, but I do not know word in English. Maybe ‘highest point’, such as top of mountain or something.”

That’s kind of interesting, you think. And it makes you think your name’s kind of better than you did before. It’s kind of… girly, maybe? Do you have like, the demonic name equivalence of like, Precious or like, Gem or something? You wonder if your mom just liked the name or if she really did think you were that great. (-4 Stress: 46/100) “Why’d you ask when my mom died?” you ask, following your train of thought.

“Because,” says Song, “there was certain yaoguai who die twelve year ago. And most people think she had no children, but I have suspicion that she really had two twin daughters, and that she name them Sakheris and Nydalis.”

You freeze up. “Wh… what?”

“But this is unimportant!” says Song, dismissing the whole thing with a wave. “is just coincidence – you would need to be at least half yaoguai if you were that Sakheris, and you are just plain American white girl with attitude, aren’t you?”

>How do you respond?

I'll be back in an hour.

>>32958135
>Reveal horns

>>32958135
Horns.

>>32958135
>Reveal our eyes

>>32958135
Well, the rest of the truth.

>>32958135
>Isaac didn't tell you?
>Stop concentrating on all the normal people appearance stuff.

>>32958157
pls no

>>32958135
>drop illusion, reveal our true self

>>32958135
Drop the whole façade, ask who exactly our mother was, and why she died.

>>32958157
HAHA TIME FOR ARGUING

>>32958135
Go full demon
>INB4 Never go full demon

>>32958135
Reveal everything!

>>32958232
Ms. Song best waifu

>>32958135
>Tell her about being Hellborn.

>>32958277
Your waifu a shit, Nevada4life

>>32958135
Did Isaac skip the part where I'm hellborn?

>>32958250
We can just tell her, and probably will. Sierra probably wants to know anything she can about her family. If see wants to see our unaltered appearance, then we can show her. Hell we're probably freaking out enough for some features to slip through anyway.

>>32958135
>Reveal horns

>>32958135
>not exactly
>what happened to my mother

Don't just break out the full demon regalia, it will not impress her in the slightest. She clearly already knows from how she's phrasing everything.

Besides, this is a topic that has tended to make Sierra introspective and vulnerable, it punctures her usual bravado.

>>32958135
???
I thought she knew we were a hellborn

>>32958353
She does. She's just making us say it because she's a cryptic old chinese lady the size and texture of a raisin. Behaving like this is the source of her mystical ability.

>>32958135
>Laugh defensively, then lower glamor. Dodge inevitable oriental magic lasers.

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>>32958135
>Worried laughter

>>32958418
For gods sake do people really think she isn't just playing dumb like every mysterious fortune teller ever

Even after the deliberately leading question about our sister and the blink and you'll miss it flicker when she heard our name the first time

Are we really this incompetent

>>32958135
>The fuck this isn't important! That's my MOM you're talking about! I need to know this!

Fucking chinaladies I swear

>>32958444
Yes, it seems we are.

Question is, is Sierra in the right set of mind to see through Song's ruse? I mean, Sierra's clearly a smart girl but a bit flustered now.

I think you're right.

>>32958412
then let's not play into her tricks and simply state that we know that she knows exactly what we are.

>>32958135
>I think we both know what I am. Cut the crap and tell me about my mom already.
>...
>please...

>>32958135
Tell her you don't want any trouble for Isaac before you reveal your nature.

>>32958486
Sierra already noticed her pause at the mention of her name, and the leading questions about our sister were before the talk about our mother. Sierra will know.

>>32958497
That's not how fortune teller/oracle types work. You try to get smart with them and they'll shut you down, try to impress them with your swagger and they ignore you. Say that, and she'll just carry on pretending to think we're a regular old human. Notice how she suddenly waxed lyrical once we opened up and gave out the names? If you're honest and direct with a fortune teller, they will reward you with what they really know.

She must know who we are _Isaac has already told her, else we wouldn't be here.

She's just trying to provoke us into letting on how much we already know.

>I AM a half-demon
Oh so you a one-type half-demon, well Sakheris and Nydalis more than 1 type of demon so obviously not you

>I am 3 types of demon, Belphegoran, Verwelken and Infernus
Oh so you very luck girl, but Sakheris' mother legendary Landmaster, you just half-demon

etc etc.

It's not so much a fortune teller con as it is a questioning technique.

Anybody else interested in her use of the term "yaoguai"?

I want more lore dumps, damnit!

Cmon, Lawn God. Water me with your lore.

>>32958714
>yaoguai
It's just chinese for "monster" or "demon"
Like youkai

It got used for bear monsters in Fallout for Yogi pun reasons.

>>32958714
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoguai
It's just the Chinese word for 'demon.'

>>32958714
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoguai

>Yaoguai (妖怪 pinyin yāoguài) or yaomo (妖魔 yāomó, literally, "demon") or yaojing (妖精 yāojīng, literally, "sprite" or "seductive") is a Chinese term that generally means "demon".

She's either calling us a demon, or....'seductive'.

>>32958755
>>32958756
I'm aware. I still want to know how demon stuff plays out in the East.

>>32958771
More accurately 'seductive animal spirits.' Chinese demons are animal-ghosts who try to seduce people into sinning.

So.....about Baron being best Husbando.....

>>32958879
Don't fucking start.

>>32958879
>Baron
That's a funny way to spell 'Moriah's hot older brother.'

So does anyone else think that Sierra might eventually develop acid spit?

It would be pretty badass.

>>32958984
I'm still holding out for demonic strength

>>32959005
I don't know why, but I much prefer the idea of not having super strength and instead just having claws that are stupid sharp and using guns in conjunction with stealth.

>>32958984
Maybe. She already has poison spit.

>>32959084
Venomous.
Yes, there's a difference. Poison is ingested, venom is bad when it gets into the blood. Yeah, a lot of things are both, but you can just drink some venoms and be mostly fine.

>>32959123
So you're saying, kissing someone won't hurt them unless they have a cut on their tongue or something?

>>32958984
She should get one of those snake/spider milking things.

It would be funny to have Isaac or Harvey or Rowan walk in on Sierra biting a jar with some rubber stretched over the top and they just stand there looking at eachother while venom drips and Sierra goes "what" in a muffled voice.

>>32959123
That's not the difference, actually. Venom is a class of poison, produced by animals for injection. Toxin is a class of poison produced within living cells. Poisons are anything that's poisonous. It's like squares and rectangles.

>>32959188
if we can end up poisoning Rowans sword, Isaacs crossbows bolts etc this could be useful

>>32959165
Don't bite, also the release of venom is conscious.

>>32959249
Our own sword would be a good start.

>>32959267
I don't know about you but i tend not to stick electrically charged sabers in my mouth.

>>32959343
Did you even read the reply chain about getting one of those snake milking jars to collect the venom? We'd paint that shit on with a brush.

>>32959343
currently, getting a charge out of it would be too much of a shock?

>>32959363
Carlos, school doesn't let out for another hour.
Stop posting from your phone.

When did Languid's legend evolve from wacky lawn adventures to him being a veritable lawn god? Did the conflicts with his lawn finally bring about his ascension?

>>32959451
What mere mortal could battle the green beast this frequently and not only survive, but -win-?

>>32959465
If he had won we wouldn't be waiting like this. He lost and is making the proper sacrifices to ensure the lawn is placated and does not consume him and his loved ones.

>>32959616
The lawn will consume all. We will become whole within the lawn.

If he ends the thread when he comes back...

Why do people talk about who Sierra should husbando when she'd have by far the messiest breakup ever? Relationships aren't good for that level of crazy.

>>32959788
I can see what you're trying to do. Nobody was talking about that shit now, but you're trying to get them to start.

>>32959788
>implying they would ever break up

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>>32959690
Hell hath no fury like a neckbeard scorned?

>>32959797
>trying
He succeeded. Sierra should husband Harvey because /ss/

>>32959850
>/ss/
Harvey may be 14, but the dude is built like an angelic linebacker.

My lawn has sap will.

>>32959836
>That 40 lbs of neck
Disgusting.

Everything is going to be okay.

>>32959893
It is his protection from sanitation

>>32959867
He's still younger
Besides, we're infernus so we'll probably have a size upgrade available at some point.

>>32959933
HE LIVES!

>>32959933
You say that, but I don't believe you

>>32959798
Indeed, the D shall restore Sierra's sanity

>>32960053
No, it just makes her crazier.

>>32959788

Maybe it's not a good idea, but it sure would be fun while it lasted. Maybe it is a good idea?

>>32960079
he lives

>>32960079
It wouldn't be a good idea. It'd be a great idea.

>>32960079
It's not a good idea.

>>32960079
Yes, let's have a shipping subplot in future, your loyal fans want it!

>>32960079
Nice try lawn, we're not falling for that.

>>32960145
see>>32960142

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>>32960146

>>32958135
>Drop the glamour
and
>"Look, I've been wondering what happened to my family for 12 years. Please don't me in suspense, I ain't got the fucking patience."

>>32960160
I guess if you want threads filled with more waifu/husbando shitposting than they are now, then yes that is a good idea.

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>>32960079
Of course it's a good idea. Could make some cool storytelling.

>>32960222
>Implying we haven't reached maximum shipping already.

>>32960079
I honestly think it's at the very least healthy. She needs to learn how cope with intimate relationships, flirting and crushes. Better now where she can use the Hallows for council then when she might be living alone

>>32960222
I do

>>32960189
I don't give a fuck about shipping. I just think getting Sierra in a relationship will end up so horribly for all involved parties I just have to make it happen.

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>>32960240
She looks like the world's most retarded dragon

>>32960288
All she wants is A lovely man who will look at her true form and still call her beautiful. Maybe hold her hand, hug her, and stroke her horns.

>>32960298
Jeez, you're right. Needs a lot more improvement on my part. Drawing on a tablet is hard.

>>32960334
That sounds pretty nice. Her hyper sensitivity to touch is a problem that needs to be resolved though.

>>32960339
>Drawing on a tablet is hard.
Really? I find it far easier than drawing with pencil and paper.

>>32960334
Lewd, but yes some emotional intimacy would probably be beneficial to her sanity

>>32960356
But how? It's way easier to on paper where you can see the drawn lines come from the pencil directly rather than on a separate screen.

Unless you're using one of those 1500 dorra ultratablets.

Or maybe two days isn't enough of practice for me?

>>32960397
Two days practice wouldn't be enough practice for anyone.

>>32960351
Problem? Depends on the situation really...

>>32960397
>Unless you're using one of those 1500 dorra ultratablets.
Nope. Cheapest tablet I could get my hands on.

>two days
It gets easier really, really fast.

>>32960426
Well, it seems like whenever anyone actually touches Sierra's skin it causes physical pain to her. First when Rowan tried to console her a couple of threads back and now with Ms. Song. And as far as I can tell, Sierra's not into pain.

>>32960419
Right you are. I'm just so impatient and want to be good now now now. I know it's a retarded way of thinking but I can't help it.

>>32960445
Yeah, I figured all I really need to do is keep at it.

>>32960457
I don't think that's pain, bro. It sounds like anxiety/panic, which can seem like pain but isn't

>>32960457
>Sierra's not into pain.

Not into feeling it herself at least.....

You drop the glamor on your horns, and let your appearance slide toward the demonic end of the spectrum. You tap your claws on the table, careful not to scratch it or anything. “I think you already knew the answer to that question,” you say darkly.

Ms. Song pauses to take in your appearance. She doesn’t look impressed. “You so pale. I thought your Californian boys like tan girls?”

“Well they – I look fucking great, shut up,” you say angrily. (+4 Stress: 50/100)

Ms. Song tilts her head to look at you at another angle. “So you already find nice boyfriend then who likes ghost girls?”

You hold your head in your claws. “That’s none of your business!” (+3 Stress: 53/100)

“Oh so you haven’t yet? Maybe you should listen to Ms. Song and spend more time out in sun, girl.”

This is completely outrageous. “Maybe I should spend more-” you can’t even finish restating her ridiculous advice. Your blood’s boiling now. “What the hell, do you know about my mom or not?!” you exclaim. (+5 Stress: 58/100)

Ms. Song takes a moment to finish preparations on her tea ceremony thing deal before answering. “I know of your mom, yes,” she says.

You stare at her expectantly. “I really don’t have patience for crap right now,” you say.

The old lady shakes her head, disappointed. “If you don’t have patience you should get some,” she says. “But before you get angry and break my shop, I will tell you some things.”

>>32960457
It's not physical pain, she just gets really uncomfortable

>>32960750

You listen on, barely able to stay in your seat.

“First thing, your mother ruled mighty Diyu nation when she was alive,” she says. “It is called sometimes Heiguo in Asia. I do not know name in English, but translation is like Black Kingdom.”

“She was like… the queen?” you ask, your mind reeling.

“She was not like queen,” Song tells you sternly. “She was like empress.”

Holy hell. Your mom was a big deal? “Wait,” you say, trying to puzzle together how this effects you. “So… does this make me like, heir to the throne or something?” No way you’re a literal fucking princess. (+7 Stress: 65/100)

“Maybe if your mother was still alive,” Song says. “Nobody care now she is dead. And Heiguo is gone anyway, the other nations eat it up when empress fell. So there you go. Tragic story. You want fortune now?”

>There’s like, countries in hell?
>So. Cornelia’s probably not my mom’s real name, is it.
>How big was Heiguo or Black Kingdom or whatever?
>You asked me who killed her. You think… but it was just like, an accident. I was there.
>Let’s… skip to the fortune, yeah.
>Other (?)

>>32960750
>“If you don’t have patience you should get some,”
Ms. Song is fun

>>32960770
>You asked me who killed her. You think… but it was just like, an accident. I was there.
REVENGEEEEE

>>32960770
>>You asked me who killed her. You think… but it was just like, an accident. I was there.
>So. Cornelia’s probably not my mom’s real name, is it.

>>32960770
>So. Cornelia’s probably not my mom’s real name, is it.
>How big was Heiguo or Black Kingdom or whatever?

>>32960770
>So. Cornelia’s probably not my mom’s real name, is it.
>You asked me who killed her. You think… but it was just like, an accident. I was there.
>Other: Fortune comes after history. You started this, now finish it.

>>32960511
Furthermore, Sierra likely has PTSD, given her panic attacks triggered by certain things(the Hallows reminding her of foster care, the tree reminding her of her bio family, and scissors something elsr), her being uncomfortable and stressed by being touched, etc. It's pretty sad

>>32960821
Actually, cancel that
>Other: Fortune comes after history. You started this, now finish it.

Fucking Ms.Song would just start getting extra annoying.

>>32960770
>How big was Heiguo or Black Kingdom or whatever?
>Let’s… skip to the fortune, yeah.


Haha! We are a princess!

>>32960770
>You asked me who killed her. You think… but it was just like, an accident. I was there.

>>32960770
>So. Cornelia’s probably not my mom’s real name, is it.
>You asked me who killed her. You think… but it was just like, an accident. I was there.
Then if she answers that, I guess we can get on to the fortune.

>>32960770
>You want fortune now?

"I thought the 'have patience' bit was the fortune since it sounds a lot alike what you find in a fortune cookie."

>>32960770
>You asked me who killed her. You think... but it was just like, an accident. I was there.

>>32960770
>You want fortune now?
"I thought you wanted me to get some patience. I can wait a little bit longer for that."
>You asked me who killed her. You think… but it was just like, an accident. I was there.

>>32960846

More like Empress Sakheris/Sierra now

>>32960770
>Let’s… skip to the fortune, yeah.

>>32960846
>>32960894
Royalty with no nation and no followers. Just a peasant with an interesting family history at this point.

>>32960894
>Empress Sakheris

And now we know what Sierra's next sketch gonna be

>>32960894
Titles are bs. There's no empire, it's gone...

>>32960894
Empress of Nothing, woooooo.
So how big are the odds of Meckor being someone that served the family, now?
3:1?

>>32960910
>>32960924
>>32960933
Don't be so negative, we have an empire to rebuild

>>32960770
>So. Cornelia's probably not my mom's real name, is it.
>You asked me who killed her. You think... but it was an accident. I was there.

>>32960894
Are we the oldest sister?

>>32960910
>>32960924
>>32960933

Sierra's totally going to recruit a badass army and take back her throne.

And then she'll purge you pessimists

>>32960955
I like the way this guy thinks! We'll rule all, you'll see!

>>32960979
Yes

>>32960955
>>32960981
>>32960988
Literally the stupidest thing I've read all thread.
Gonna go out on a real limb here and say she's got no interest in hell whatsoever, especially seeing how people kill to get out.

Everyone who said Sierra wan't nobility just got BLOWN THE FUCK OUT.

>>32961012
People kill to get out so that they can have an easier time killing things here.

>>32961012
That sounds like Meckor talk!

>>32961012

All three of those comments were clearly tongue-in-cheek.

No, this probably isn't going to turn into the Hellborn Empress Quest.

So, if Meckor can't use the landwell to open a portal to hell if we claimed it, can we?
Can Nydalis?

>>32961049
Says you, I could totally see us going going back to Hell

>>32960750
The old lady shakes her head, disappointed.

Fucks sake I said breaking out the appearance stuff and trying to get smart wouldn't be helpful.

>>32960770
>So. Cornelia’s probably not my mom’s real name, is it.
>You asked me who killed her. You think… but it was just like, an accident. I was there.

>>32961142
There's probably more landwells nearby.

>>32961169

>Implying your Chinese grandma won't be disappointed no matter what you do or accomplish in life

>>32961188
Unless it isn't needed, because twins and shit.

>>32961040
Except now they're moving the goalposts and saying stuff like 'so what if she's royal, it doesn't matter anyway because reasons and FREEDOM'

>>32961169
She's trying to push our buttons. It's working. People need to calm the down and realize that she is doing this. The reason is because others will do it to, and we should get used to it happening.

“You told me to get patience, so I got some fucking patience woman,” you say. “Questions first, fortune later. I mean. Like, I figured my mom was a demon but… I never really thought…” you trail off. “Her name wasn’t Cornelia, was it,” you say.

“You are clever sometimes when you want to be,” says Ms. Song, smiling slightly. “Your mom’s name was Corithis. She was very powerful yaoguai. Very scary. You don’t make own country in Diyu by sitting in room and talking about it,” she says.

Corithis.

Wow. You never knew your own mom’s name until right now. This is like. Serious stuff. Like. Heavy. Like, you don’t even have words right now. It’s a really cool name. You bet your mom was really cool, even if she was a badass demon empress. Wait. Maybe that’s why she’s cool? Or maybe she was so cool she had to just like, be destined to wreck everyone up and make up her own country. You bet that’s it. (-9 Stress: 46/100)

You remember something Ms. Song said earlier. “When I told you that she… kind of died, you asked me who killed her,” you say, screwing your face up in confusion. “It was just like, an accident. I mean, I was there.”

>>32961260

“Mm, maybe I am mistaken,” says Song. “Maybe yaoguai empress of Heiguo really died in tragic boating accident.”

She kind of has a point. Like. A fucking good one. You still can’t really budge from what you know, though. “B-but,” you stammer, “I… was there. I saw it,” you say, frowning. You look at your claws, and find that they’re shaking. “I…” you swallow. “I remember it happening.” (+5 Stress: 51/100) (-1 Sanity: 99/100)

Song’s expression is unreadable. “Maybe you don’t remember so well as you think you do.”

That’s…. there’s no way that’s right. You just – that’s not right. Everything makes sense. It’s all right there in front of you, she’s wrong. Everything’s fine. Everything’s going to be just fine. (+9 Stress: 60/100) (-3 Sanity: 96/100)

>She’s wrong.
>You’ll have to think about this later.
>Maybe you just… like if you just remember… what… happened…?
>L-let’s the fortune thing. Why don't we... let’s do that now.
>Other (?)

>>32960770
>So. Cornelia’s probably not my mom’s real name, is it.
>You asked me who killed her. You think… but it was just like, an accident. I was there.
>Other: Just get to the fortune. I'm tired if being manipulated by someone who is supposed to be an ally.

>>32961236
It's working super well. I want to punch her in the face and burn her store.

>>32961277
>Maybe you just… like if you just remember… what… happened…?

>>32961277
>>Maybe you just… like if you just remember… what… happened…?

>>32961277
>Maybe you just… like if you just remember… what… happened…?

Be very, very careful about stress. Take your time.

Crazy theory time: Ms Song is lying, the Black Kingdom is still around, and Nydalis is keeping dad in the palace. Granny has every reason to keep us from starting a scuffle.

>>32961277
>Maybe you just… like if you just remember… what… happened…?

>>32961277
>Maybe you just… like if you just remember… what… happened…?

>>32961277
>Stress 60.
>Wanting to do this now.
The fortune thing.

>>32961277
>>Maybe you just… like if you just remember… what… happened…?

>>32961277
You know the last couple of people that tried to push my buttons are't doing so well.

>>32961277
>Other (?)
>Realize that mom was probably too badass to get killed by a fucking boating accident. She probably could have made a new boat out of shadows. Either someone set things up to make an assassination look like an accident or there was some mind fuckery going on or something.
>Whoever did this is gonna pay.

>>32961277
>>You’ll have to think about this later.
>Other (?)

Ask her if she knows our dad

>>32961306
Nah man, Black kingdom got taken over by angels. It's the White kingdom now, and Isaac got sent out to hunt and destroy the last heir to the throne.

>>32961277
>Maybe you just… like if you just remember… what… happened…?

Sanity be damned, facing truth pays off in the long run.

Or makes us lose it right here.

>>32961277
>Maybe if you just... like if you just remember... what... happened...?

So you want to remember that bad, eh? Roll dice.

>>32961277
>Maybe you just… like if you just remember… what… happened…?

Rolled 31

>>32961336
Your paranoia is stupid and it has manifested as stupid.>>32961359
fuck

Rolled 95

>>32961359

Rolled 74

>>32961359

Rolled 54

>>32961359

Rolled 11

>>32961359

Rolled 26

>>32961359
>remember
>get stressed, lose san

>can't remember
>get stressed

Rolled 36

>>32961359

Rolled 86

>>32961306
I don't think she's lying, but there's every chance our sister survived, and a lesser chance that dad is also surviving but trapped/forced to hide.

There is even a slight possibility that mom survived if she really was that badass, though if so it would only be very narrowly and probably winding up with some form of extended imprisonment.

>>32961370

>>32961349
Remove that.

>>32961334
Seconding this!

Rolled 77

>>32961359

>>32961371
>95

We melt our brain trying to think

lets hope the Chinese lady has a calming powder or something in case we start going berserk

>>32961370
Please no demon freakout.

I dun wanna wake up nomming grannies.

>>32961359
maybe give fair warning to be ready to deal with us freaking out if we possibly can

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>>32961370
ten billion hours in paint

>>32961415
I wouldn't be surprised if she actually had some sort of binding runes or whatnot around for just such an occasion.

>>32961410
And then set the store on fire...

>>32961386
>>32961142
Twins are always supernaturally significant.

If there isn't another landwell, my monies on using Nydalis to open up our landwell.

>>32961434
probably, I doubt she's dumb enough to push a demon/hellborn's buttons without some very good safeguards

especially the daughter of someone meant to be extremely powerful

>>32961463
If motherfucking Meckor has motherfucking Nydalis as some sort of puppet or prisoner, then so help me... whatever, he's extra dead.

>>32961371
M-muh trauma!

Holy shit, all these edgelords trying to intimidate the old lady who runs the fucking supernatural police.
Im not in the right time zone for this, did school just let out or what?

>>32961292
Focus on getting her back. Hit her where it hurts. If she's the wise old shopkeeper, point out what she isn't doing. How she's failing at getting a measure of us, and is making an enemy instead.

>>32961509
What in the hell are you talking about?

>>32961509
Nobody tried to intimidate her.
Except this guy I guess >>32961515.

>>32961509
Implying Sierra's even trying to think straight now.

Also I really want to remember, and Ms. Song knows things!

>>32961515
Are you super retarded, or what?
Getting someone angry is one of the easiest fucking ways to get a measure of someone.
You see how they deal with stress, anger, how they interact with people, what they focus on.
Just stop already.

>>32961410
>>32961415
>>32961441
Relax guys, we got a 35. That's not bad

>>32961463
>>32961496
If our sister is alive, then when we meet her there's probably going to be some shouty-angry reconciliation. Followed by impressive amounts of retribution against whoever killed mom, I imagine.

>>32961515
jesus wept, this is a stupid idea.
>>32961529
>>32961544
instead of just saying "actually I'm a hellborn" people were saying to go with a flashy reveal of our demon features and pushing that we were impatient, which is pretty fucking tryhard. Languid's post even explicitly stated that she was unimpressed by this stunt.

>>32961588
I very much doubt we remembered. We got something like a 15 to not snap at Rowan while at the log and that still failed. Memory/emotional shit has tough DCs.

>>32961602
>instead of just saying "actually I'm a hellborn" people were saying to go with a flashy reveal of our demon features and pushing that we were impatient, which is pretty fucking tryhard. Languid's post even explicitly stated that she was unimpressed by this stunt.
Nobody expected it to impress her. Nobody expected it to intimidate her. I'm utterly confused where you're getting the impression that that's what anyone was going for with it.

>>32961602
Just had gotten back after that choice, or I would have pointed put how stupid it is.

>>32961602
>instead of just saying "actually I'm a hellborn" people were saying to go with a flashy reveal of our demon features and pushing that we were impatient, which is pretty fucking tryhard.

It's really not, hell it's the same as saying your hellborn, and not a single post implied that it was anything other than that. Stop freaking out over nothing.

>>32961607
So then it might be a partial success, I'm waiting until the juries out

>>32961645
Not the same guy, but if it's the same thing then why didn't we just say it?

>>32961692
Some people prefer actions over words.
Others might have just wanted to let the veil drop because it takes up energy.
But not a single post implied intimidation.

>>32961692
Same reason you might wave instead of saying high.

>>32961645
>>32961621
In conversation, we use our words. Getting the things out on top of that is just posing.

If you get asked if you've been going to the gym more often, a normal person might say "yeah" while someone who's attempting to impress would flex, and probably look like a bit of a douche.

>>32961692
She's an impulsive person steadily getting more stressed out. Snapping at someone was pretty in character, so I guess that makes lawnguy the edgelord?

>>32961692
Yeah, I just wanted to provide physical proof; it seemed more Sierra to let the veil drop

>>32961725
>You drop the glamor on your horns, and let your appearance slide toward the demonic end of the spectrum....“I think you already knew the answer to that question,” you say darkly.

I took it from Languids writing that it was meant to be. I don't mean to say that you implied any intimidation, but it can easily be interpreted as such.

>>32961771
You only do that if someone is a fair distance away from you, to catch their eye. You don't wave to someone sitting across from you at a table when you're already mid conversation.

>>32961792
Plus, Sierra might feel more comfortable that way too

>>32961802
Fine, sup-nod instead of saying Hi.
>>32961799
Languid will interpret actions as he does, perhaps more explanation in the choice of action would have changed that.

>>32961799
I thought "darkly" was meant to imply that Sierra was gloomy - not cheery. Unless she was trying to be spooky.

>>32961838
Speaking from a slightly academic perspective on the study of body language and psychology, the scale of the physical gesture is of critical importance. Within spoken conversation, anything more than a small movement tends to project brashness and aggression. Suddenly summoning claws and bigass horns is not a neutral gesture in any sense; especially given that horns are all about increasing apparent size - which does in fact play a large role in projecting dominance and aggression in human body language.

>>32961964
Curse you, psychologists!

>>32961877
Darkly tends to imply glaring, and a threatening tone.
Gloomy is depressed.

>>32961994
I'll darkly gloom you!

But I guess you're right.

The reason I voted for just showing her was because it seemed like the most simple way to do it. Anyone can claim to be a demon, so why not just prove it?

>>32961775
Kind of a busted metaphor. If you're asking if someone goes to the gym, presumably they look muscular. There can be multiple reasons for that which aren't gym membership, so flexing does not answer the question and it only reiterates what has already been noticed.

The hellborn thing wasn't a visible thing. Sierra looks like a regular person. Dropping the glamor instantly answers the question, unlike flexing.

It's closer to if Ms Song had said something like "well the only way you could be that person is if you only had one arm" and then Sierra responded by taking off her prosthetic.

>>32961964
People were overwhelmingly in favor if the brash gesture. Combine that with our stress and the Magistrate's deliberate and obvious goading, and it was a stupid idea.

>>32962037
Most of our ideas are.

>>32961964
Which is why such a gesture was interesting in a cinematic sense. It evokes the idea of clever camera angles to make the transition and makes Ms Song's nonplussed attitude humorous.

Why exactly are people upset? They think that we just blew our interview?

>>32962086

People are always upset when everything doesn't go picture perfect in a quest.

>>32962086
>>32962118
Nah.
It's just the inevitable bit of questing. When there's so many people playing, inevitably someone who did not vote for a decision will feel irritated at how it turned out, and will bring up the reasoning for it in an attempt to bring people around to their side of an argument.
All the rest is just froth, people trolling back and forth while waiting for the next update.

Shitstorms are ,obviously, their own thing, but that's neither here nor there.

>>32962086
They don't like that Sierra's a bit of a douchebag. Things are just getting to the point where it's not the start of the quest anymore and people get antsy every time the mc does something that's not bland and inoffensive and safe.

Standard operating procedure.

>>32962016
Not under a shirt. One of the most ripped looking guys I know, you'd never be able to tell till he gets his shirt off since he doesn't go for aesthetics instead of strength.

>>32961877
That would be "sullenly", or gloomily like you said. A dark expression is frowns and glares. Think about the difference between "his face fell" and "his face darkened". "Face like thunder" is also related, c.f. turns of phrase like "the skies darkened with thunder"

>>32962071
It was an inherently aggressive gesture, so it's odd to see all the people saying there was no way to know that wheeling out bigass natural weapons could possibly be interpreted as an attempt at intimidation.

>>32962186
It's not so much being bland and inoffensive, it's trying not to shoot ourselves in the foot when we're trying to get exposition.

>>32962174

Which is dumb because what good will bringing people to their side of an argument do?

The argument's already over, the decision has been made. It's beating a dead horse. It's extra pointless because everyone's anonymous and there's no "credibility" to win anyway.

Honestly, I wish people would just make their best arguments during the voting stage and let things go once the decision is made.

>>32962222
Did it stop us from getting exposition? It looks like people are just getting pissy that Sierra is acting like Sierra.

>>32962253
You say that it's Sierra acting like Sierra, but it's mostly just the voters deciding to do something cool or funny.

>>32962253
It doesn't really fit with her previous behavior to be honest. Sierra is snide and sarcastic, grandiose physical gestures are more chestbeating and puffing yourself up.

It’s not like that. You can remember. You can remember everything right now, if that’s what it takes – you can prove it!

Part of your brain notices that Ms. Song looks worried, but the more part of your mind is tying itself into knots trying to prove to itself it has a valid perception of reality. If you can… that night…. (-4 Sanity: 94/100) (+5 Stress: 65/100)

---

“It’s… going to be fine, you’re fine. Everything’s fine,” says dad, clutching you to his chest. “Everything’s going to be just fine, Sierra, it’s okay. We’re okay, don’t worry.”

It’s cold. You’re wet. It’s dark. Dad’s cold and wet too. You stare off into nothing. Your eyes can’t see anything. You’re crying, but no sound comes out. You can’t… you can’t stop seeing everything. It’s just… there. (+5 Stress: 70/100) (-1 Sanity: 93/100)

You don’t know how long you’re there. Dad’s looking at you. You don’t know what’s happening. You don’t understand.

“Sierra? Can you… say something, princess? Please just… can you… you don’t have to say anything but… can you just look at me? Just so daddy knows your okay, okay? Look at me, sweety, please just... can you look at daddy?”

You can’t unsee anything. It’s right there. It’s still happening. Time means nothing to you. Whether a minute or an hour passes, you can’t say. It’s meaningless. (+5 Stress: 75/100) (-1 Sanity: 92/100)

>>32962289
>grandiose physical gestures
Letting her horns show isn't grandiose.

>>32962289
>Has repeatedly said that she dislikes having to keep the glamor up
>Brags about how awesome she is at every opportunity.
It seems like a perfectly in character action.

>>32962307

You don’t know where you are or what time it is. But at some point dad gets an idea, then. You can feel his presence brighten, even if you’re not consciously paying attention to the fact. “It… it’s not real,” he says quietly. “It. It didn’t happen. Okay? Listen to daddy. None of that was true, okay? It was… you were having a dream, princess,” he says.

You barely process his words. (+5 Stress: 80/100) (-1 Sanity: 91/100)

“You were. That’s right. A bad dream. But you woke up, okay? You woke up and it’s all gone now. Dreams can’t hurt you. It was all a dream, okay? Are you still listening, Sierra? It was just a dream and you… you can just forget it ever happened. Because we forget dreams, don’t we? Don’t… wouldn’t it be nice if it was just… all a dream?” he asks you, placing himself in front of your eyes.

It’s hard but… you focus on dad. “A… dream?” you ask, vaguely confused. The cloud of… things… starts to press back around your understanding. (+5 Stress: 85/100) (-1 Sanity: 90/100)

He smiles broadly at you. You did something good. “That’s right,” he says. “You were just having a really bad dream,” he says hurriedly. “But I’m here now and you… you can go ahead and wake up now.”

It’s… what you’re seeing. It’s. It’s not real. That’s what dad says. It’s a dream. It was just a dream. (+3 Stress: 88/100) (-4 Sanity: 86/100)

Rolled 92

>>32962334
>(+3 Stress: 88/100) (-4 Sanity: 86/100)
HIGHWAY TO THE DANGERZONE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwpn14IE7E

>>32962334

“That’s right. Come back to daddy,” he says, picking you up and hugging you. “Stay with me, Sierra. Stay with daddy, I’m right here, everything’s okay.”

You struggle with what you’re seeing. It’s pulling at you. Dragging you back to the weird place where reality doesn’t mean anything. (+2 Stress: 90/100) (-1 Sanity: 85/100) Dad’s words give you something to latch onto, though. You find them pulling you back from the weird place you were stuck in before.

After a long time, he parts briefly to look at your face. “Let’s see a smile on my little princess,” he tells you, giving you one himself.

His smile is infectious. A weak smile breaks on your face. You shiver then, realizing the full extent of the cold. Your smile disappears. “I’m... cold,” you whisper.

“I know sweety, we’ll get you warm again,” he says. “Let’s find somewhere to stay for the night.”

You burry your head in his shoulder. “Okay,” you murmur.

>>32962361
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“Girl, you having stroke or what?” asks Ms. Song.

You blink. Your eyes are wet. Have you been crying? You feel shaky and weak, though at the same time supercharged, like you drank a Red Bull or something. You exhale, and feel a kind of weird, inexplicable calm come over you. (-12 Stress: 78/100)

“So you not burn up my shop now, yeah?” she asks. “What happen with you?”

Things aren’t really making. It’s not really quite so clear exactly, though you do know where everything is. It’s fine. You just need to breath. Breathing is important. Play it cool.

>Ms. Song. Right. We’re… here. Right now. Got it.
>Your shop’s going to. It’s going to be safe I think, that's what it is.
>I uh. I r-remembered the something.
>Let’s. Why don’t. The fortune thing. The… that.
>Other (?)

>>32962361
>90 stress
>Bleeding sanity like we're in Eternal Darkness.
UH OH

>>32962387
>>Let’s. Why don’t. The fortune thing. The… that.

Rolled 51

>>32962387
>>Ms. Song. Right. We’re… here. Right now. Got it.
>I uh. I r-remembered the something.
>Let’s. Why don’t. The fortune thing. The… that.

>>32962387
>Let’s. Why don’t. The fortune thing. The… that.

>>32962387
>>Let’s. Why don’t. The fortune thing. The… that.

>>32962387
>>I uh. I r-remembered the something.

>>32962387
Huh. Looks like shenanigans.
>I uh. I r-remembered the something.
>Let’s. Why don’t. The fortune thing. The… that.

>>32962388
It'll get better. There are powers that spend SAN as a cost. It fixes itself.