>>33018987
>What happened?
>Who are you?
>Where’s the thing?
All these three!

HI LANGUID

>>33018987
>You should see the other guys.

>>33018987
>Subtley check to see if claws are out
>If yes, put them away
>"Fuck pools."

>>33018987
>You should see the other guys.
>Where's the thing?
>Who are you?

>>33018987
>I’m a lot better now that I’m not at the bottom of a freaking pool.
>Where’s the thing?

>>33019020
Don't metagame!

>>33018987
>>Where’s the thing?

>>33019032
what?

>>33018987
>I’m a lot better now that I’m not at the bottom of a freaking pool.
>What happened?

>>33019032

There's an Other (?) option for a reason.

>>33019020
If our claws are out, it's likely our other stress-related traits are out as well. And those would certainly be noticed. I'm just praying Moriah or Rowan followed us to make sure we didn't do something stupid.

>>33019020
this

>>33018987
>>You should see the other guys.

also what does "Exhausted" stress mean? are we too tired to spazz out?

>>33019085
Correct
Stress was exhausted last time we snapped, too

Reminder that demons and stuff isn't exactly a massive secret of utmost concern to keep.

Even if we did demonify while drowning, it will likely be written off by the soccer goons as getting punched in the face one too many times.

Hell, the Hallows left a big steaming dead infernus and a gaggle of hellhounds just sitting outside some dudes building on a semi-busy street.

>>33019085
It's what happened after our last berserker freakout. Stress is going to apply directly as SAN damage.

>>33018987
>>33019020
Supportan'.

>>33019020
Going with this

>>33018987
>>You should see the other guys.

>>33018987
>Gurgle gurgle
>Cough gurgle
>Where’s the thing?
also >>33019020

>>33018987
>>Where’s the thing?

>>33019107
Pretty much. So long as we don't walk around in full-demon mode and strut around like a white trash backyard MMA fighter going "YEAH I'M A HELLBORN. WHATCHYA GONNA DO, BREH?!?", things will probably be more or less ok.

>>33019107
>>33019147
I don't give a fuck about what may or may not be secrets. I'm just pissed that we're probably going to miss operation Landwell Hunt with Borya.

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>>33018987
>>No! I’m not fucking okay!

>>33018987

this >>33019020

>>33018987
>Where's the thing?
then probably a confused pause, before
>Who are you?

>>33019158
Landwell hunting is too important to the Future Of The Region for us to be excused unless we're literally hospitalized, I suspect.

When we see Moriah/Ro/the rest again, we have to clarify that the soccer squad wasn't the ones that injured us, it was the fucking pool and thus does not count.
>Grumble grumble not eating my jacket grumble grumble pools don't count...

>We have art class later today
>88% sane and likely dropping
I wonder what kind of trippy shit Sierra gonna draw.

>>33019234
I agree 100%.

I dedicate this song to the nameless lackey who came closer to kill Sierra than Xanthix ever did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1mLiBViw0U

>>33018987
>Character Sheet: http://pastebin.com/rNg3Yw8m (picture included)
Maybe we should add another tier below I Don't Even Tier. Call it "Probably Suicide Tier" put swimming on it.

>>33019254
Snake people getting BTFO as a demon falls into a cold pit, I imagine.

>>33019273
Read weaknesses.

>>33019107
Pallid skin and darkening veins would very easily get attributed to almost drowning, as well. A rational observer would know something wasn't right, but when there's someone who almost drowned right there almost nobody is fully rational.

>>33019298
I did, but I feel it deserves its own thing like this.

>>33018987
So, remind me. Did one of those bitches kick us back into the water as we were struggling to get out? Because if so, that's literally all the leverage we need to not get in trouble for beating the shit out of them. Attempted murder and accessories to attempted murder means we fucking own them.

>Where’s the thing?

>>33019315
They didn't stand on the edge and kick us as we almost climbed out or anything like that, we grabbed the leg of the one who fell in with us as she was climbing out to try to pull ourselves to the edge and she kicked us off of her. She probably thought we were trying to drag her back into the pool, and that is a perfectly rational thing to think in the situation, so it wouldn't really help in all likelihood since we didn't even say that we can't swim or something to indicate that we needed help.

>>33019348
Really? The way I read the last thread was that, as we were clawing at the edge of the pool, they literally kicked us back in.

“Fuck pools,” you say, though speaking causes you to collapse into another fit of coughing. You feel out of whack just laying curled up on the ground. You try to sit up, but it’s just not happening. You’re too shaky and weird to do anything.

Whoever it is that’s with you shifts over so that they’re sitting by you, and helps prop you up. Normally you’d be not okay with anybody touching you, but the person is probably one of your friends and they’re here to help, and you’re too tired to feel anything but horrible.

You remember that you were trying to claw the water to death, so you crack open an eye just enough to get a blurry look at your hands. Okay, they’re not claws - you managed to shut everything down when you were going under. Good. You glance over at your (probably) savior and make out a cameo patterned jacket. Hey, it’s Baron.

You vaguely recollect why it was you were drowning in a pool in the first place. “The thing,” you say to Baron. “Where’s the thing?”

“The what?” he asks

>>33019366
It even said the thing about how she probably thought we were trying to drag her back in because we were grabbing her leg in the update itself.

>>33019376

“The thing!” you say, more insistently this time.

“I’ve got your glasses right here,” he says.

You take a second to vomit up another cup or so’s worth of fluid. “The other thing,” you say, your words coming out choked.

“I guess I don’t know things like you do,” he says. “Look – we need to get you to the nurse. You look really bad, as in, the bad way someone looks when they almost drown. Can you stand?”

>Like hell I can! (Hard)
>Listen - the sketchbook thing!
>What happened?
>Is Beatrice still here?
>Other(?)

>>33019376
Alt+S is the new lawn's tool.

>>33018987
>your chest hurts like someone's been punching you like a billion times.
Did we receive CPR? If we did, smart money's on it being Baron or Rowan. or Trixie

>>33019391
>Listen - the sketchbook thing!

>Listen - the sketchbook thing!
>What happened?

>>33019376
>Hey, it’s Baron.
Baron followed us to make sure we were safe when we confronted the soccer team, dove into the water after us to drag us to safety, and personally did CPR to save our life? Well, shit, he just gained some husbando points.

>>33019391
>Listen - the sketchbook thing!

Rolled 6

>>33019391
>Like hell I can! (Hard)

>>33019391
>Where's the book?

>>33019391
>The thing I had to [coughing fit] throw before I fell in the pool.
>Listen - the sketchbook thing!

>>33019391
>Listen - the sketchbook thing!
>Is Beatrice still here?

>>33019391
>Listen - the sketchbook thing!

>>33019391
>Listen - the sketchbook thing!
And this:
>>33019422

>>33019391
>THE SNAKE PEOPLE, BARON. WHERE ARE THE SNAKE PEOPLE?

>>33019417
>Baron followed us to make sure we were safe when we confronted the soccer team, dove into the water after us to drag us to safety, and personally did CPR to save our life? Well, shit, he just gained some husbando points.

I'm kinda disappointed in Rowan. I assumed she would follow us no matter what and back us up. Especially since she knows how easily irritated we can get and what happens when we reach the boiling point. This whole drowning thing could have been prevented if we weren't alone.

>>33019443
>Are they still here? I'll tie their tails in a knot!

>>33019391
>Listen - the sketchbook thing!

>>33019422
>>33019440

fuck that, let Baron princess carry us

>>33019449
Man, whatever, we told her we were going to handle it ourselves, and proceeded to fuck up. Her only mistake was having faith in our ability to handle it.

>>33019422
Guess we walkin out.

>>33019391
>>Listen - the sketchbook thing!

>>33019422
I was going to have us try to stand like a boss after we'd determined where the sketchbook was, but nice roll all the same

>>33019466
lel no
We're a strong demon girl who need no man.

>>33019422
Fuck that, princess carry for princess!

>The sketch book thing!

>This whole drowning thing could have been prevented if we weren't alone.
This whole thing could have been prevented if we listened to our friends, who all said that physically confronting Trixie was a bad idea.

>>33019391
>Listen - the sketchbook thing!

>>33019505
Please don't start.

>>33019505
Truth.

>>33019486
>not wanting to be carried by a hunk of a man with strong arms into the sunset

it like you don't teenage girls at all

>>33019550
Sierra would definitely be resistant to the idea until it's the right moment, like right fucking now.

>>33019486
We're pretty fucked up right now, standing up is a hard roll and we apparently look commensurately shit. Of course unbeknownst to Baron we're a badass half-demon so we'll probably be fine in a matter of an hour or so, but he doesn't know that.

>>33019505
Ideally we should have sent for a teacher while going to verbally spar in case they were just going to wreck it outright before we could get there, but people were pretty up on charging at her. The threat about Rowan never going near her if she damaged the book would have worked quite well if it had been the opening gambit, I imagine.

>>33019550
Oh no, I do get it. But that man is Wolfgang,

Baron feels too brotherly.

Getting laid would probably help with Sierra's stress problem.

Until the inevitable breakup, which would likely send her on a who-knows-how-long murder spree following her nervous breakdown.

I still really want to know who that dude we murdered following that one stress overload was, the same night we put Rowan in the hospital. The degree to which that has been completely brushed under the rug is incredibly distressing.

>>33019578
Baron made outs with us during CPRs, its too late anon

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>>33019578
>Moriah's hot, dashing, successful, good-looking, funny, helpful, hot older brother
For sure.

>>33019600
Don't you fucking say that!

You just... you don't say things like that, man.

>>33019600
Actual CPR doesn't feature mouth-to-mouth anymore, actually, so that's probably wrong.

>>33019608
Dude he's in COLLEGE. Means he's, like, super smart and shit yo.

>>33019588
I've been kind of expecting that to turn up again at some point of high tension, but the way it's vanished does make me wonder about how the police deal with being told to ignore a bloody murder.

>>33019610
[Spoiler]our lips touched[/spoiler]

>>33019624
> Implying Baron didn't kiss us before doing CPR

>>33019625
Definitely. Add smart to the list, somewhere between 'hot' and 'hot.' Seriously, dude seems like the full package, if he turns out to be into us.

>>33019588
>I still really want to know who that dude we murdered following that one stress overload was, the same night we put Rowan in the hospital. The degree to which that has been completely brushed under the rug is incredibly distressing.

Don't worry about it, Anon. I'm sure Languid will have the police come along and arrest Sierra for murder when it's dramatically appropriate.

>>33019624
CPR or not, he was likely trying to force some air into Sierra's lungs and that requires mouth-to-mouth.

Not sure why he was giving heart massage though, unless our heart stopped.

>>33019600
Damn, we're practically married now.
We'll have to make sure that Baron takes the responsibility.

Actually Wolfgang doesn't sound that bad either

>>33019638
I guess Baron's "secret" which we made him tell us is worse than worthless now

>>33019624
It actually depends on the trainer, you can still do mouth to mouth people just don't like to

>>33019651
>Not sure why he was giving heart massage though, unless our heart stopped.
He was trying to force the water out of our lungs. Which is what you actually do when someone's drowned, not blow air down their throat.

>>33019600
>>33019663
More like RUINED for marriage!

>>33019625
And also way older than us

>>33019624
Depends on the situation, and on your level of training I think. They removed it from the standard advice since most people got it wrong and either did nothing useful when they could have kept pumping the chest, or actually caused damage.

>>33019600
If he tried, then we just threw up in his mouth.

>>33019667
Man, my first aid is so outdated it hurts. Hurts whoever I help, that is! Hahhadasdasdas

>>33019679
We also ruined him for marriage

>>33019678
Not that much older. He graduated a year ahead of us, and is currently a college freshman.

>>33019679
>>33019699
Inb4 we envenomated him while he was giving mouth to mouth. that'll sink a ship

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>>33019693
Waka waka!

>>33019678
>And also way older than us
Only a year or two. That said, I'm not sure if that would qualify a relationship between them as 'statutory rape.'

>>33019730
The venom seems to be a conscious act only, fortunately.

Which makes sense for the continued survival of demons in general I guess.

Guys, we don't need to pick and choose husbandos. When we're Empress of Hell we'll be able to have all of them in our harem.

>>33019737
Isn't Sierra like almost eighteen? Most age of consent laws in states stop past sixteen. So long as Wolfgang isn't super old, it's probably fine

>>33019730
>>33019754
Yeah, unless we started gnawing on his face while he was breathing life into us, he's safe.

>>33019737
>>33019782
>implying we wont save ourself for marriage
>implying we a slut

>>33019782
Statutory rape in California is below 16 years of age. So, we're good.

>>33019766
...e-even Daniel Radcliffe?

>>33019803
>implying having sex once in a while is slutting

“Listen,” you order. “The sketchbook thing. That’s the thing,” you say, trying to force your eyes open. You’re just not seeing anything useful right now.

“Worry about it later,” says Baron. “Are you okay to stand?”

At the suggestion, you realize that yes, you’re okay to stand. You’ve been standing all your life, and you’re damn good at it. “What the hell kind of… question is that?” you ask, squinting over at him.

Baron gives a chuckle that’s more out of relief than humor. “You sound like you’re okay then,” he says. He forks over your glasses and you attempt to put them on your face. It takes a couple tries, but it eventually works out. “Let’s go,” says Baron, rising up beside you. While you get up, you kind of cheat a little bit (a lot) by using him for both balance and support. When you’re on your feet, Baron puts one of your arms around his shoulders, and he gets an arm around your side, and you start going, all without very much input from you.

You look around for a second, and find the gym abandoned. “Where’d they go?” you ask.

“Booked it sometime after I pulled you out,” says Baron, starting to lead you off. “I wasn’t really paying attention. What happened? Some of those girls were messed up. Did you get knocked out?”

>Man, it’s a pretty cool story, actually.
>I’d rather not talk about it.
>Why’s Rowan not with you?
>That must be it. Got knocked out.
>One of them pushed me in.
>I uh. Kind of fell in.
>I can’t swim.
>Other (?)

>>33019814
Especially Daniel Radcliffe.

>>33019814
Tape him to the ceiling over our bed instead of some silly poster

>>33019814
Especially Radcliffe. We can even roleplay!
He can wear our glasses while he wields his wand

>>33019844
>I can’t swim.
And then demand a new secret from him, as payment for one of ours.

>>33019844
>I uh. Kind of fell in.
>I can’t swim.

>>33019814
Daniel Radcliffe looks like a strung out junkie. Matthew Lewis, the dude who played Neville Longbottom, is, however, a beautiful man indeed.

>>33019844
>>I was kicking their asses easy but uh. I Kind of fell in. I can't swim...
Anyway I need to find that notebook before we do anything else.

>>33019867
Haha, this

>>33019844
>>I can’t swim.
We are quickly running out of secrets.

>>33019844
Search around for the sketch book.

>>33019844
>I can’t swim.
>Other: And no, I'm not too keen on learning either [Kind of should though].
>Why’s Rowan not with you?

In that order.

>>33019844
>I can’t swim.

>>33019893
We still got a few BIG ones. And who knows how many more are hiding under our sanity covered repressed memories

>>33019844
>Yes, but not by them. By the pool.
>Seriously though where's the book

>>33019885
>Daniel Radcliffe looks like a strung out junkie.
Yessss

Short, dark, and mysterious.

>>33019898
Actually, change
>Why’s Rowan not with you?
to
>Where's Rowan?

>>33019867
>And then demand a new secret from him, as payment for one of ours.
For sure. That's what he gets for turning secrets into a transaction.

>>33019844
>One of them pushed me in.
>I uh. Kind of fell in.
>I can’t swim.

Didn't one of them try to shove us in, and we almost but didn't quite dodge?

Anyway, what kicked it off was them about to drop the sketchbook, and the fight happened when we were trying to lunge for it through them before it could go in.

>>33019844
>>33019867
This is too funny, lets roll with it

>>33019844
>I uh. Kind of fell in.

>>33019844
>I can’t swim.
"And now you owe me another secret."

>>33019844
>I uh. Kind of fell in.
>I can’t swim.

And if you offer to teach me I'll punch you.

>>33019867
Yes, this, before
>>33019898

>>33019885
>Daniel Radcliffe looks like a strung out junkie
Well, he is trying to distance himself from his Harry Potter days. Might be rather depressing knowing that you shall forever be known as a particular character when you just want to continue a career.

>>33019844
>Man, it’s a pretty cool story, actually.
>That must be it. Got knocked out.
>I can’t swim.

Basically they suck and sucker punched us

>>33019867
This is a very good idea!

>>33019898
>>Other: And no, I'm not too keen on learning either [Kind of should though].


>not wanting Baron/Wolfagan/[Your Husbandu] coach us to swim being uncomfortably/arousingly close to each other while wearing only swim clothing

>>33020026
Well, when you put it that way...

>>33020026
Implying sierra could be anywhere near physically close to someone when she isn't stressed to the point of exhaustion

>>33020026
On second thought...

>>33020054
We just to swim a lot then. And Sierra is okay with physical contact if she initiates it

>>33019844
>I can’t swim.

>>33020026
>Husbandu
You fucked up

>>33019844
>I can’t swim.

>>33020132
>correcting Husbandu
>not correcting Wolfagan
You fucked up.

>>33020180
>implying Wolfgang is more important than husbandos

“Not by one of them,” you say. “By the pool.” You exit the gym. Between you looking probably like a wet cat and Baron’s shoes sloshing with every step, your passage turns pretty much everybody’s head. “I kind of fell in and I uh… I can’t swim,” you finish lamely. “Your turn.”

“For what?” Baron asks, not following.

“That’s another secret,” you say weakly. “Pay up.”

“Are you really doing this right now?”

Your gaze falls to the ground, and you just kind of watch as the tiles slip by beneath you. “Are you really trying… to get out of it right now?”

“Give me a second, I’ll try to get a good one,” he says. The two of you walk on for a minute. An idea occurs to him. “This should make up for the last one being bad,” Baron says wryly. “I write fan fiction.”

You laugh, which isn’t really within your air budget. You start coughing again. You’ll have to give Baron hell for that later. “’s a good one,” you say. You still have stuff you need to know about what’s up now, though. “Where’d Ro get to?”

“She didn’t want to get in your way,” says Baron. “Thought you’d be pissed. I don’t know what she was thinking – or what you were thinking either. You just can’t fight a million people at the same time,” he says. “You’re not Liam Neeson.”

You scowl. “Well I doing just fine ‘til the pool showed up,” you say. “I’m more like Bruce Willis in Unbreakable, I guess.”

>>33020357

“I suppose that makes sense. Well next time, check for environmental hazards themed to your weakness,” Baron replies, smirking.

--

You’re sitting in the nurse’s office with Baron nearby. The bell rang a while ago, but he’s stayed around chatting with you, which is pretty okay, because that keeps you from dwelling on the fact you almost died.

You’re done with school for the day. Your stuff’s all wet and you are not in the mood for it. Which is why Cassandra’s here to pick you up.

Cass walks into the room with a bag with some of your stuff stuffed into it. That’s good – you could go for some clothes that don’t smell like chlorine.

She drops the bag on the table next to you and leans over to give you a closer look, ignoring Baron’s presence for the time being. “The office called me about what happened,” she says. “Are you okay?”

>Uh. No? That’s why you’re here?
>Well I’m not dead, so that’s something.
>Thanks for coming down.
>Can I borrow your phone? Ours are kind of destroyed right now.
>Can I like, sue Beatrice? Because I want to.
>Never let anyone play soccer ever again.
>Other (?)

The lawn has claimed him.
> Lawnguid ded

>>33020374
>Well, I'm not dead, so that's something

>>33020374
>Thanks for coming down.
>Can I borrow your phone? Ours are kind of destroyed right now.

>>33020374
>Thanks for coming down.
>Sorry.

>>33020374
>Well I’m not dead, so that’s something.
>Thanks for coming down.

>>33020374
>Well I’m not dead, so that’s something.
>Thanks for coming down.
>Never let anyone play soccer ever again.

>>33020374
>Well I’m not dead, so that’s something.
>Thanks for coming down.
Maybe schedule some swimming lessons. Or invest in floaties.

>>33020374
>other(I hate pools.)

>>33020374
>Well I’m not dead, so that’s something.
>Thanks for coming down.
>Can I like, sue Beatrice? Because I want to.

At the very least what she was doing counts as endangerment, by aggressively provoking someone in a hazardous location. Fights at poolsides are actually pretty srs bznss because slippery, hard pool edge, and drowning.

We better find out what happened to that sketchbook and so forth soon. Also thank Baron for the whole lifesaving and sticking with us.

>>33020374
>Other (?)
"Look, I know I got issues, but Trixie.... Trixie is madder than a sack of rats."

>>33020374
>Well I'm not dead, so that's something.
>Thanks for coming down.

>>33020374
>Other (?)
>I need to find a sketch book.

>>33020374
>>Other (?)

You should see the other girls.

>>33020374
>Well I’m not dead, so that’s something.

>>33020413

Electronics are surprisingly tough, there's a decent chance it'll turn on again if we flush it with filtered water and dry it out properly. They usually switch off fast enough to survive in response to a water short.

>>33020374
>>Thanks for coming down.

>>33020374
>>Well I’m not dead, so that’s something.


I might have missed it but we didn't find the sketchbook?

>>33020484
We tossed it away when we fell into the pool.

>>33020441

Yeah, we really need to flag this up. She was threatening to destroy the property of a friend of a friend of Rowan so that she would... start playing soccer with them again, instead of staying well the fuck away from the psychopath.

She is bugfuck insane, that is evil underpants gnomes levels of stupid.

>>33020515
Sketchbook didn't have any thing to do with h rowan. She's just a standard highschool clique leader- she doesn't like losing face and intimidation and bullying are par for the course.

>>33020374
>Tell Baron that we threw the sketchbook before we fell in and if he could get hat to Moriah, then that would be awesome.

>>33020374
>Thanks for coming down.
>Well I’m not dead, so that’s something.
>Never let anyone play soccer ever again.

>>33020571
this as well

>>33020441
this

>>33020571
This, if it seems that Cassandra wants to talk to us alone.

>>33020571
This

>>33020357
Okay, I am just reading this but we left the gym without looking for the sketchbook... What the fuck?

>>33020357
>“I write fan fiction.”
He would totally fit in with the Crowthers.

>>33020653
>>33020571
Oh.

Oooooh.

>>33020557
Oh yes it did. We asked her why the hell she was doing all this and why she took the sketchbook, and she started gibbering about how Rowan was BORN TO PLAY SOCCER with a mad gleam in her eye. She flickered when we pointed out this stunt would drive Ro further away.

She was pressuring Rowan to get her to play again, to no avail. She tried to pressure us to extort Rowan. And then when it still didn't work, she went after our friend to extort us, presumably in the hope that we'd ask Rowan to play and that she'd listen to us despite ignoring Trixie. It's basically a retarded fetch quest of attempted coercion.

>>33020441
All of this, something is not right with this girl if she's willing to go this far to bully Rowan into rejoining when a normal bully might've just acted like a passive shit if they met someone who physically resisted them

>>33020651
>>33020374
Okay i read it and it's still not too late.
>Go back and look for the damned thing like we should've done before walking away.
also
>Well I’m not dead, so that’s something.
>Thanks for coming down.

>>33020476
Yeah, filter it, then throw it in a bag of dry rice. Usually does an okay job of drying it out

>>33020651
We were fucked up to the point that standing up and not faceplanting had a DC of under 10. We probably could have gotten Baron to fetch the thing before leaving if we'd voted to make a bigger deal of it and say nothing else, but we didn't.

>>33020653
Baron will roll up a sassy R2 unit, to counterbalance Mr. Crowther's super srs droid

>>33020719
If you are fine enough to ask for him to look for it a couple of times, then stand up and walk away even with support, you sure as hell good enough to look around with him for the book.

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>>33020357
>"You’re not Liam Neeson.”
>"Oh I don't know, I do a good reedition of his Taken speech. Strangely though I always talk about lawn and questmaster, I can't help it."

>>33020357
Baron's other secret? He posts on /lit/

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>>33020856
-500 points with [Sierra]. [Sierra] now detests you.

>>33020891
More like
>"Nigga what the fuck is /lit/?"
>Goes home and checks it out
THEN is the part where the point loss happens

>>33020891
>>33020977
>imlying Sierra is too cool for /lit/
You realize it is Sierra right? She is an autistic fuck by any standards.

“Well I’m not dead, so that’s something there,” you say flatly.

“I take that as a yes,” says Cassandra, shaking her head in a kind of motherly, I know what you mean kind of way.

Baron stands up out of his chair. “Sierra’s pretty much fine now. You should have seen her when I fished her out though,” he says. “She looked like a corpse.”

Cass steps over to Baron and gives him a brief, tight hug. “Thank you,” she says.

While you don’t like hugs yourself, vicarious displays of affection on your behalf are hardly any better. “Quit that,” you say, slightly disturbed.

Baron smiles uncomfortably. “Uh. Yeah, all in a day’s work and all that rubbish,” he says, finagling his way out of Cassandra’s grip.

“Just so you know,” you tell Cassandra, “they deserved it. And like, thanks for coming down and stuff too. I mean, it’s… sorry to make you come down.”

Cass laughs. “I’m just glad you’re fine. Don’t worry about it.”

You remember something that does have you worrying. “Baron, the thing’s still in the gym, right?”

>>33021114

“I told you, it wasn’t there,” says Baron.

“You said you didn’t see it,” you correct him.

He’s quick to elaborate. “I didn’t see it because it wasn’t there,” he replies. “Just go with Ro’s mom and get better, okay? We can track down Beatrice’s buddies and have them all expelled later. We’ll get Moriah’s thing back then if they took it.”

You don’t like leaving it at that, but it looks like you’re going to be leaving it at that. “Well,” you begin.

Baron interrupts you, speaking in a phony robotic voice. “I am going to leave now. Goodbye.”

You begrudgingly allow him to escape.

---

You’re laying back in the side seat of the convertible in a dry change of clothes. The roof’s up, which is fine, because you don’t feel like wind in your hair right now. Using Cassandra's phone, you’ve already texted kind of your situation to Moriah and Rowan. Hopefully the heads up will make it so they’re not floored by it when kids start spreading rumors about it during class.

“Do you think you’re strong enough to go landwell hunting with Borislav today?” Cassandra asks from next to you.

You have been reduced to jelly by your recent experiences, but this seems like something important you should do.

>What, he’s rolling around at like, two or something, right?
>I’ll be good to go if I lay down for a couple hours.
>I really don’t trust myself doing anything for the rest of the day.
>Other (?)

>>33021153
>>What, he’s rolling around at like, two or something, right?
>>I’ll be good to go if I lay down for a couple hours.

>>33021153
>If I don't have to get into any serious fights, it should be fine. Maybe I should lay down for a little bit first though.

>>33021153
>I’ll be good to go if I lay down for a couple hours.
>Do I get permission to snag the well if we find it? Cause that would be one hell of a pick me up.

>>33021153
>I’ll be good to go if I lay down for a couple hours.
Just a quick nap. We can't miss our chance to bond with best husbando.

>>33021153
>What, he’s rolling around at like, two or something, right?
>This shit's important. You couldn't drag me away.

>>33021153
>>I’ll be good to go if I lay down for a couple hours.
's'fine.

>>33021114
Seems like Baron saw Sierra without skin glamor.

>>33021153
>I’ll be good to go if I lay down for a couple hours.
>Other: Gotta catch 'em all.

>>33021200
Seconded

>>33021114
Sierra, get over yourself, they ain't hugging you and Baron saved your life you sperg

>>33021153
>I'll be good to go if I lay down for a couple of hours.

>>33021205
Borislav's like an uncle you deviant.

>>33021200
I think they expect us to claim any landwells we find because that makes them unusable to Meckor.

>>33021254
Yes, and...?

>>33021153
>Yeah, it'll take my mind of things

>>33021153
>What, he’s rolling around at like, two or something, right?
>I’ll be good to go if I lay down for a couple hours.

Maybe some meditation as well.

>>33021264
You double deviant!

>>33021269
off*

>>33021153
>What, he’s rolling around at like, two or something, right?

>>33021254
This is /tg/. That kind of deviancy is practically vanilla around here.

>>33021262
How much stress did we take the last time we claimed a well? I don't remember exactly but it was a shitload.

It's probably a bad Idea to tangle with an unclaimed well today.

>>33021291
Noooo, Sierra's pure like freshly fallen snow!

>>33021291
Mostly cuz /d/ itself is just around the corner

>>33021313
...or a corpse?

>>33021153
Get some sleep, maybe meditate a bit, do some wholesome shit before we go out.

>>33021312
Seems like we went over the threshold but didn't explode into rage and fury. [Exhausted] usually follows maxed our stress.

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>>33021336
Dude!

>>33021312
We'll recover from almost-drowning pretty quickly. The exhaustion and stress it causes are mostly down to hypoxia, which gets fixed pretty quickly by just breathing. The rest is largely strain to your lungs and intercostals etc., but given how Sierra heals from actual wounds that will be trivial.

>>33021341
Because we rolled well to stay calm probably.

If nothing else, we didn't let things turn into a bloodbath.

>>33021312
Eh, the stress last time was more because we had no idea what was going on.
I can't imagine a flood of power and energy is going to shock or terrify her a second time.
If anything, she'd be excited to see if her horns get bigger or something.

>>33021153
>I’ll be good to go if I lay down for a couple hours.
>This might sound a bit fucked up, but can we stop by a butcher's shop and see if they have some fresh-ish blood or something.

>>33021410
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.

Though I always considered berserking to be Sierra's body's or whatever's way of making sure she doesn't literally explode.

>>33021420
L-lewd!

>>33021420
I'm hoping for a tail. Or wings.

>>33021425
>Comfort eating
I can get behind it. No idea how much good it will do, though.

>>33021425
Sure why not

>Claws: Sierra's hands and forearms distort into cracked, blackened boney flesh, and her fingers taper off into elongated claws, at will. These claws are razor sharp, and capable of cutting through many types of material. Damage: 1+3d2, Cost: 0 PP (Take one turn to come out or go back in), Type: Slashing, Range: Touch, Stress Sensitive [IN]

Huh. I remember that these used to be [Mix] before this thread. I remember Harvey also saying how since they're black instead of red, that was an indication of the Belphegoran blood, so I don't really see why they're suddenly re-classed as pure infernus.

>>33020825
Oh god I remember posting that.

>>33021509
They changed to black after enough points were invested into the Verwelken abilities. They used to be more fiery and shit.

>>33021551
No they didn't. They were black when we only had one ability from each class.

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>>33021446
>wings

Bueno

>>33021565
Ah man, right you are. In the very first thread it's said they're black. Welp!

>>33021551
>>33021565
First thread. It talks about how our claws are black while Trevon has red claws.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/31933457/#p31940230

And they were still black when we were talking to Harvey/the Hallows about stuff and at that point, Verwelkan was actually our least had power class.

Our claws have always been black. No other color.

The claws themselves are infernus but our whole color scheme is pale skin, black veins/eyes/claws/hair thanks to verwelkian I assume

>Baron gave us mouth to mouth
Huehuehue

>>33021690
>We were his first kiss

>>33021677
Possibly.

I wonder how our appearance would change if were to go Belphegoran?

>>33021677
The black sclera are Verwelken, but the pale skin I think is a mix of Belphegoran and Verwelkan since it does say [Mix] for that. Also Harvey/Isaac did say that us having black claws most likely pointed to Infernus+Belphegoran mix before we knew anything about this stuff.

>>33021703
>I wonder how our appearance would change if were to go Belphegoran?

We have
>Mix: 9
>Inf: 6
>Bel: 3
>Ver: 4

Of the mix powers, the fangs seem to be predominately Belphegoran with some Verwelkan
The Unnatural Countenance seems to be mostly Belphegoran and Verwelkan, but I can't really guess at the mix. I would guess that it's more Belph. if only because pale corpse=vampire and the pure black lines seem to be the Ver. part and the pale is more dominant than the black.
Horns seem to be mostly an Infernus thing, maybe with a bit of Verwelkan, but I'd still call them 80+% Inf.
Blood Taste is going to be mostly Infernus and Belphegoran. We know that Belphs are the 'vampires', but Inferni also do blood stuff so I'll just call this one 50/50. Maybe 60/40 favoring Inf. since they seem to actually have most of the blood-related powers we can get.
Passive Regen seems to be something that all demons have. We saw that Belpegorans have it, so this one is probably a 3-way tie. Could argue that it miiiight be more Infernus since they have the better regen abilities, but I think that the shitty base level is a universal demon thing.


Anyway, the point is that Infernus is our more heavily invested in side, but things are really rather closely balanced once you account for the natures of the mixed powers.

“Well he’s like, coming by after school, right?” you ask.

“Around two,” Cass says.

“I’ll be good to go if just lie down till then,” you say, kind of to yourself. “This is like, top tier crap.” Plus, you can’t help but think it would be pretty awesome to pick up another landwell.

Cassandra accepts your decision with a nod. She’s probably all over the sacrifice personal comfort for communal safety bandwagon.

--

There’s a knock at your door, and you turn in bed. Your lie down for a second must have turned into fall asleep for a few hours deal. You blink blearily and sit up, your hair a mess.

“Borislav’s here,” says Cassandra through the door.

You trip over yourself as you go over and open up for her. “I’ll uh, be down in a second,” you say.

“Don’t forget your sword,” Cass tells you, turning and leaving.

You take a minute to get your contacts in and grab your battle gear, which is mostly Zelathis Lightning Sword in its sheath, though you’re sure to yank your .45 Ruger from your backpack because guns work, no matter how cool doing other stuff is.

You tromp down the stairs in a black, long sleeved shirt, a dark pair of jeans, and your tennis shoes, which you’ll need for running around and stuff if you need to run around and stuff. You wear a light jacket over top to conceal your shoulder holster, because the last thing you want is for Isaac to say ‘I told you so’ when you get arrested for not being careful about flashing weapons at people.

>>33021937
>“Don’t forget your sword,” Cass tells you, turning and leaving.
I love this family.

>>33021937
The sword sheath though, nobody takes swords seriously nowadays so anyone would probably write it off as a joke or something.

Stress: 35/100
Sanity: 89/100
HP: 25/25
PP: 25/25
Zelathis Charge: 5/5
Business: serious/10

You come out and find Borislav and Cass at the table, with Borya eating some leftovers of last night’s mac and cheese, ground beef and tomatoes concoction.

“Here she is now,” says Cass, looking back at you.

Borya waves in greeting. “Hello!” he says through a mouthful of food. He’s wearing a pair of cargo shorts and a bright yellow adidas runner’s jacket. He looks like he shaved maybe like, a week ago. A rough green duffel bag sits by his side.

“Privyet Borya,” you say, walking over and smiling in spite of yourself.

“You are ready?” he asks.

“Da.”

“Good. Let us go,” he says. “Spasiba za yedu, Cassandra,” he says, standing and flashing her the okay sign. “Very tasty.”

“You’re welcome any time, Borislav. Call me or Isaac if you find anything,” she instructs you.

“Obyazatelno,” Borislav agrees, picking up his bag.

You’ve got one question before you go. “Do I have permission to snag the landwell if we find it?”

“If you can,” says Cass. “But not if it’s dangerous.”

“Got it,” you say.

>>33021937

You and Borya head out to his awaiting truck. You’re pleased to find he’s already moved his huge accordion into the back to accommodate your passage. More surprisingly, though, the old truck looks like it’s been washed recently. And by recently, you mean maybe a week or so ago.

You both pop in and start going places.

“We drive,” says Borislav, “pekah… eh. How is said pekah on English? Or, how do you say pekah?”

This is a good question. “Uh….”

>Effective communication. (Dice)
>So, we like, drive down every street till I get a hit?
>How long do you think we’ll be going around?
>So Borislav, tell me about yourself. You uh. Drink vodka or drive tanks or anything?
>Other (?)

Rolled 13

>>33021970
>Effective communication. (Dice)

Rolled 34

>>33021970
COMMUNICATE

>>33021970
>>Effective communication. (Dice)
>>So, we like, drive down every street till I get a hit?

Rolled 28

>>33021970
>Effective communication. (Dice)
>So, we like, drive down every street till I get a hit?
>So Borislav, tell me about yourself. You uh. Drink vodka or drive tanks or anything?

Rolled 70

>>33021970
>Effective communication. (Dice)

>>33021970
>Effective communication. (Dice)
>So, we like, drive down every street till I get a hit?
>How long do you think we’ll be going around?
>So Borislav, tell me about yourself. You uh. Drink vodka or drive tanks or anything?

Rolled 35

>>33021970
>pekah
Pecans? Google is telling me that he either wants pecans or he wants some dead Israeli guy.

>>33021957
is the
>Business: serious/10
a new thing that i missed ? and what dose it mean ?

Rolled 40

>>33021978
>>33021983
>>33021988
Not bad guys, not bad at all.

Rolled 21

>>33021970
>Effective communication. (Dice)
>So, we like, drive down every street till I get a hit?

Rolled 64

>>33021970
>Effective communication. (Dice)
>So Borislav, tell me about yourself. You uh. Drink vodka or drive tanks or anything?

Does Languid really know Russian or is he just Google Translating this shit?

>>33022003
It's a joke, probably. Sierra is a bit of a joker and Languid likes to have fun with things, as you could probably tell from how things are worded on the character sheet.

Rolled 3

>>33022003
It means our business is super serial

>>33021970
>Effective communication. (Dice)
>So, we like drive down every street till I get a hit?

>>33022027
>>33022028
yeah sure i know but when Sanity was first introduced i thought it was a bit un-serious to, but now its very important

>>33021970
>Effective communication. (Dice)
>Other
So Borri, how did you become a Druid? How was it like in your homeland being one? Did the USSR use you as a paranatural super soldier and create bear sized AKs for you?

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So when are we gonna pick up a stupid big revolver? It would probably help when the things we fight are mostly demons that can take dozens of shots to the face from normal guns.

>>33022074
And the transformation to Hellgirl is complete.

>>33021970
how dose our sanity work exactly (do we know)?
i mean is it like "don't starve" (the game) where the "shadow monsters" become more and more real the more sanity we lose or something like that ?

>>33022021

Я руский язык достаточно хорошо знаю.

Now quit asking questions.

>>33022071
>Custom bear operated Kalashinkov

I never knew I wanted this, but now I do so much.

>>33022114
Neat!

>>33022106
We don't currently know how the mechanic works, but from what we can infer it makes our perception of reality a bit wonky (for instance we thought Trixie and her goons were people made of snakes)

>>33022123
second third and forth !

>>33022106
It doesn't seem to be a massively critical resource that we can't afford to lose at all, given that some of the abilities use it as a resource like PP and it regens fairly quickly. So far, dropping to the low 80s has only resulted in screaming at Trixy that she's an evil snake person instead of just keeping the crazy thought to ourself. So long as it doesn't dip below 50, we'll likely be able to function normally.

Yes, this is all just speculation, but we've yet to see anything to the contrary, so this is what I'm going to go with when I have to make decisions about san-related things.

>>33022114
Wow, no need to insult! I was just asking a question!

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>>33022123
This is now a thing that will happen.

>>33022181
Quit asking them, Languid demands it!

>>33022164
>>33022175
i kinda feel that we should try to find a way to actively reg sanity, we'll prolly have need of it at some point, especial if we invent into the vel tree (with i personally think is by far the most awesome)

>>33022234
As long as it's IC.

You know what would be a cool ability to have? being able to see enemy PP reserves. Probably a thing in the Belphegoran tree.

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>>33022223
ALL HAIL LANGUID, THE MIGHTY GOD OF ALL GARDENERS

>>33022234
Well, meditation, drawing, playing with our dog, running and hanging out with our friends seems to help with stress, and over a period of time our sanity heals too so maybe we could some of that shit when we're done landwell huntin'?

>>33022123
Yesss... YESSSSS!

>>33022234
Interacting with friends and doing relaxing stuff during our down time. That's what we do for it.

Just hang out with Ro and Moriah and maybe Baron since he cool now and it'll be fine.

>>33021970
We are taking Reeber right? It would be dumb not to.

>>33022296
Of course

>>33022296
Why wouldn't we?

>>33022296
Inb4 Reeber claims the landwell

>>33021957
question - is it possible that a landwell could clobber our shit and then not accept us? or do we just get thrown around erry time?

>>33022478
that would be awful and awesome at the same time.

>>33022478
>>33022554
giant awesome overcharged hell hound

Wait. This was on last week’s vocab test. You know this one. “While?” you say. “Or are you like, Pekah ni or whatever, because that’s like, until, isn’t it?”

“Ah yes,” says Borislav. “We drive until… nahodeim landwell.”

You nod. “Yeah, that’s about what I was thinking,” you say. Whatever, Reeber’ll enjoy the drive, he’s in the back freaking out right now. You guess dogwalker was more of a walker kind of guy rather than a driver kind of guy.

You drive on for a bit. With Borislav’s no holds barred driving style, you definitely feel like you’re living on the edge without a seatbelt. You’re careful to keep your feelers out there for any wonky nature crap, though everything’s pretty normal for a while.

You’re pretty sure you’d be able to pick up the landwell if you got within a block or so of it, if it’s anything like the one in Muir Woods, so you figure you may as well chat up your chauffer. It’s not everyday you get to talk to Borislav bear transformer. Bearformer? No, that’s pushing it.

“So Borya,” you begin, “why are you so… I don’t know. Russian?”

“Because I am from Russia,” he replies.

>>33022764

You give him a hard look, and he laughs heartily at your expense. “Okay, dumb question,” you admit. “But like, why’d you come here? I mean, yeah, big trees and you’re a druid. But don’t they have like, magic trees and stuff where you’re from?”

Boris gives you an uncomprehending look, and you spend a minute or so trying to break down your question into understandable bits. Eventually you get the point across.

“In mother country, many people say, better in America,” says Borislav. “I say is not… eh. Tot zhe. Or. Odinakovui?”

“Not the same?” you ask.

“Yes,” says Borya. “Is not same. I cannot say one is better. Is razni. Different.”

“Well why’d you come, then?”

“Is eh… Isaac’s price,” he explains.

You furrow your brow. What does that mean, exactly?

>So, you kind of didn’t want to come here?
>Isaac’s price? Like, you’re here for him?
>What’s Isaac doing for you then?
>Well is it like, good different or bad different?
>Other (?)

>>33022775
>What’s Isaac doing for you then?
>Well is it like, good different or bad different?

>>33022775
> how/where do you Isaac (from)

Rolled 44

>>33022775
>Isaac’s price? Like, you’re here for him?
>What’s Isaac doing for you then?

Rolled 81

>>33022775
>Isaac’s price? Like, you’re here for him?
>So, you kind of didn’t want to come here?

>>33022775
>Well is it like, good different or bad different?
>Isaac’s price? Like, you’re here for him?
>What’s Isaac doing for you then?

>>33022775
>Isaac’s price? Like, you’re here for him?

Rolled 15

>>33022775
>Isaac’s price? Like, you’re here for him?
>What’s Isaac doing for you then?

>>33022775
>So, you kind of didn’t want to come here?
>What’s Isaac doing for you then?

>>33022775
>Isaac’s price? Like, you’re here for him?
>What’s Isaac doing for you then?

>>33022775
>Isaac’s price? Like, you’re here for him?
>What’s Isaac doing for you then?

Isaac saved your life or something and now you owe him a life debt eh Chewbacca?

Also, off-topic but what are we gonna do to pay Baron back for saving our life?

No, this is not a husbando thing, this is paying a debt.

He saved our skinny half-demon ass, now we owe him a debt.

Do we do something specific or just tell him we owe him and let him collect when he needs us?

Though we will of course specify no lewd favours

>>33023130
Set him up with Moriah

>>33023185
plsno

>>33023130
We should date him. He clearly have a crush on Sierra.

>>33023130
Maybe produce a nice drawing of him heroically saving us. Or something else, if somebody has a glorious idea. Or treat him to a meal.
But, of course, only use this as a means for the message: 'I owe you'. because, honestly, both would be quite pitiful for him saving our ass, so there's that. But I think it'd be a nice payback of the first rate.

>>33023205
>Or treat him to a meal.

Would he not mistake that for a date?

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>>33023204
We don't give him a date as a reward, but we could do something that accidentally turns into a date

>>33023233
You know, a meal in, like something small and cheap, or a café or something, not to a full-blown restaurant. More an opportunity to say thanks than saying thanks in itself.

>>33023269
>>33023252
And then it turns into a date somehow?

>>33023233
Treat him to a meal as in "I'll treat you to burritos as thanks", not, "I want to try out this awesome recipe, want to come over?"

should we make it clear that it's just as a thank you or will we go the evil route and not clarify if it's a date or not?

I think our Halloween costume got ruined if Baron fished us out of the pool and the Unnatural Countenance was happening, since he did say we looked like a corpse when he fished us out of the pool.

>>33023130
never leave an open debt

>>33023333
Well, but almost drowning also does that. You know, to a normal person. So that might be the reason, too.

>>33023333
Hmmmm
>Halloween
>Repaying a debt
>Baron

I'm trying to put this together somehow

>>33023405
We make some spaghetti for Baron, and try to give it to him Halloween but then trip and spill all the spaghetti

>>33023436
on his nice costume ?! ohhh nooo's

>inb4 Baron had the same idea we did and shows up to the Halloween thing party in some sort of magicy form thing.

“You’re here to pay him back or something,” you say, making your observation verbal. “Like, to help Isaac fight demons and do Marshal stuff. Right?”

Borislav nods. “I am Deputy Marshal of San Fransisco,” he says. He probably says this line a lot, given how confident he is when he says it.

You’re guessing this is in more of an official capacity than your meager deputation is. “So you’re the big man’s wingman,” you say. “Cool deal.”

Borislav smiles brightly. “Cool deal,” he repeats. Then he laughs. “You are fun girl, okay dyevooshka?”

“Yeah, like, that’s what they all say,” you say, trying not to smile or giggle or whatever. (-2 Stress: 33/100) “So… if you’re paying back Isaac, what’d he do? He like, save your life or like, I don’t know, like. I don’t know?”

“Isaac is cool deal also,” Borislav says. “He is friend of dyedooshka moi.”

“So, Isaac was pals with grandpa Zerevskii, eh?” you say aloud.

>>33023643

“Yes. Grampa is big hero,” Borya says, visually displeased with how his vocabulary is limiting him. “Very big hero,” he says again, trying to make it sound more important. “And when I am child, Isaac… this good friend of hero dyed help family. I see such good friends,” he says intensely. Then Boris shrugs. “Maybe is how I am good person, too? So this is why I am happy to help Isaac, you understand?”

Uh. Do you?

>Not really.
>Wait. So, Isaac helped your family when you were a kid?
>What kind of hero is your grampa?
>Is your grampa a druid or like, a wizard or something like you are?
>Why was your grampa friends with like, a twenty year old American guy anyway? They fight demons together or something?
>Other (?)

>>33023594
>Baron talks to Rowan to get ideas about what sort of things we like, she jokes we're into demons
>He turns up dressed as Hellboy

Not sure if sweet, or pathetic

>>33023663
>Wait. So, Isaac helped your family when you were a kid?
>What kind of hero is your grampa?

>>33023664
You misspelled awesome.

>>33023663
>>What kind of hero is your grampa?
>>Is your grampa a druid or like, a wizard or something like you are?

>>33023663
>I think so.
>Wait. So, Isaac helped your family when you were a kid?
>Why was your grampa friends with like, a twenty year old American guy anyway? They fight demons together or something?

>>33023663
>Wait. So, Isaac helped your family when you were a kid?
I'm starting to think that Isaac is actually a lot older than he looks.

Rolled 99

>>33023663
>Why was your grampa friends with like, a twenty year old American guy anyway? They fight demons together or something?

>>33023690
This. I think we would understand, a leetle. I mean, we're trying to be good to and we're doing it based on the people around us

>>33023663
>>What kind of hero is your grampa?
>>Is your grampa a druid or like, a wizard or something like you are?

>inb4 he was a hero in the Communist revolution or something

Rolled 48

>>33023663
Rolling because of this

>33023694

>>33023663
>What kind of a hero is your grampa?
>Is your grampa a druid or like, a wizard or something like you are?

>>33023754
He fought in WW2, you know. The Specialist Druidic Platoon. He fought the advance of the Nazis and their zombified stormtroopers and infernomancers.

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>>33023889