>>33204664

You check yourself in the mirror, and aren’t sure how to react to what you see. While you expected to look pretty dang freaky, you look even freakier than normal. You recall Derek yelling at you about how your skin was cracking, but you didn’t really get it at the time because of weird flag magic or whatever. Really though, your skin is like, chipping away at the seams. Like, your veins are usually oil black, but now the flesh above them is like, blackened and cracked up. Fortunately, you’re still able to reverse it and look normal again, though it takes a little more effort to change than it has in the past. That’s something to worry about, but you’ll do it later.

Anyway, as you drive to your meet up place, Frederic and Zote have a big discussion in the back in their home language, which as you understand it, is not understandable. You do what you can to explain the situation to Borislav, who has simply rolled along with the idea of two unknown dudes hitching a ride in his truck, because why not.

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>>33204681

The whole time, Derek’s friend Zote never removes his officer’s hat or weird mask thing, despite the latter seeming to garble his voice somehow so it doesn’t come out quite naturally. Not to mention the look kind of garners curious glances from some drivers that happen to notice him in the backseat.

>Remain silent. You’re kind of tired out.
>Is there like, a good reason your buddy has for keeping on his gas mask thing?
>Whatever boats his float.
>What are you two yapping about back there?
>So, have you ever like, been to this world before? I mean, you speak English, right?
>What’s the deal with Zote? Is he like, normal or not? Because I’m not picking up the normal person vibe from him.
>Other (?)

>>33204723
>So, have you ever like, been to this world before? I mean, you speak English, right?

>>33204723
>So, have you ever like, been to this world before? I mean, you speak English, right?

>>33204723
"So, Derek... how did you come to know of our flag's existence? It can't be that easy to look into another plane."

>>33204723
>>So, have you ever like, been to this world before? I mean, you speak English, right?

>>33204723
>So, have you ever like, been to this world before? I mean, you speak English, right?

>>33204723
Daydream about the awesome laptop you're going to buy with ten grand.

What would you guys think about an idea where if Dereck can't negotiate acceptable terms for borrowing the flag, then we could enlist him to assist against Meckor in return we'd help him liberate his nation after Meckors taken out?

>>33204929
Hmm, nahh. At least not before we get that other orb thing we originally went on this trip for. Even then, we have a paid job and might not be able to.

If Derek didn’t look good when you were in a dark goblin warren, he certainly doesn’t look any better in direct light. Especially the huge gash on the side of his head. Between the dried blood on his face, the lines of fatigue worn in his face, and the grime of living in a cave for at least a few days, he certainly doesn’t look so great. And he definitely doesn’t smell great either.

The guy kind of piques your curiosity, though. “So Derek,” you say, unable to endure any more foreign languages for the time being, “you’ve been here before, right?” you ask, turning around in your seat to face the guy. “I mean, you speak English pretty damn well for somebody from another planet.”

Derek turns and laughs at your assessment of his language ability, but keeps talking with Zote for a moment, perhaps to explain that he’s going to talk to you now for the time being. “I did a year of college in Montana before our revolutionary war started,” he tells you. "It's not too complicated a story."

“Huh,” you say. That explains that, you guess.

>That’s pretty damn cool, now that I think about it.
>Have you ever been to like, other worlds?
>So what’s the difference between Earth one and Earth two?
>How about that. Okay, you can go about your business.
>Other (?)

>>33205105
>>That’s pretty damn cool, now that I think about it.
>>So what’s the difference between Earth one and Earth two?

>>33205105
>That’s pretty damn cool, now that I think about it.
>So what’s the difference between Earth one and Earth two?

>>33204664
You forgot to announce thread on twitter

>>33205105
>That’s pretty damn cool, now that I think about it.
>Have you ever been to like, other worlds?
"Ever heard of the black Kingdom?"

>>33205136

My internet sucks so much right now that I can't even load twitter. I'm stealing my neighbor's internet.

>>33205169
As an Australian living on 1.5 gigs a week, I approve of your internet stealing abilities.

>>33205186
>>33205169
Another Ausfag here. I approve of your Larceny.

>>33205105
Begin to wonder how many ordinary people I see on the street aren't native to our plane...

Consider the implications. Ask Borislav how often they cross over.

>>33205105
>So what’s the difference between Earth one and Earth two?

>>33205169
>>33205186
>>33205213
Third world Asianfag here. I know your pain.

Did Languids lawn eat his neighbours house so he lost connection to the internet?

>>33205642
He got eated by a lawn spider.

>>33205642
Maybe his neighbor found out about his internet pilfering, and is currently in the process of being beaten to death?

Study abroad would be a much cooler idea if you got to go do it in an alternate reality where like, the only world superpowers were the French Empire and Texas. “That’s a pretty sweet deal, now that I think about it,” you say.

A nostalgic kind of look comes over Derek. “It wasn’t easy, but it was the best decision I’ve ever made,” he says. “Good people up there.”

“So,” you say, “speaking as an interdimensional traveler, what’s like, the difference between our place and your place? Like, did Abraham Lincoln let the south get away in your world?”

Derek looks out the window at the scenery of towering buildings and traffic. “It doesn’t work like that,” he says. “I’m not from another dimension, I’m from another plane. Three are earth-planes populated by humankind. There’s Cerra, then Terra, which is here, and then Ferra, the place I’m from.”

“What’s the difference between Terra and Ferra, then?” you ask.

He thinks about it for a minute. “Magic is a secret here, somehow,” he says. “It’s just another science in Ferra. Besides history and geography, all the important differences stem from that.”

Zote interjects something that sounds negative, and Derek goes back to arguing with his colleague. You look back to the road, and the people walking around. You wonder how many out there aren’t from your world. If you think about it, you’re not really from this world either. Like, you’re half from this world. You were born here though, so that’s got to count for something.

>>33205748

“So actually, it’s not really a small world at all,” you say, kind of to Borislav, kind of to yourself.

Borya laughs and shrugs. You don’t know what that’s supposed to mean, or even if it is supposed to mean anything.

Anyway, you go to the predetermined meeting place – the parking lot of a grocery store – and park nearby a black Mercedes Benz. Crowther steps out of the car, and your lot does the same and goes to meet up with him.

Derek walks forward and extends a hand. “Frederic Jaegerstraud,” he says. The fully armed Zote stands back, looking way menacing. He doesn’t give off the vibe of intending to do anything dangerous, though.

Mr. Crowther doesn’t acknowledge Derek’s handshake, and instead performs a slight bow. “Welcome to our city,” he says drily. He turns his attention to you, and gives a satisfied smile. “Well done, Sierra. The bounty will be deposited in your bank account within one business day. Now. The flag, if you will,” he says, holding out a hand.

>Fork over the flag.
>Goblins weren’t so bad.
>You know, you said not to let anybody touch it, but I don’t even think I should have touched this thing.
>You said it belongs in a vault, but let me tell you that's probably not as secure as you'd think it would be.
>You’ve got Fred and Zote guy from here then?
>So what’s the likelihood that you’re going to let these guys borrow the flag?
>Other (?)

>>33205761
>You know, you said not to let anybody touch it, but I don’t even think I should have touched this thing.
>Fork over the flag.

>>33205761
>>So what’s the likelihood that you’re going to let these guys borrow the flag?
>>Fork over the flag.

>>33205761
>Fork over the flag.
>You said it belongs in a vault, but let me tell you that's probably not as secure as you'd think it would be.

>>33205761
>Fork over the flag.
>You know, you said not to let anybody touch it, but I don’t even think I should have touched this thing.
"Seriously, I wore it as a cape and then I went all "America, Fuck Yeah! Here to save the motherfuckin day yeah!"

>>33205761
>Fork over the flag.
>So what’s the likelihood that you’re going to let these guys borrow the flag?

>>33205761
>You said it belongs in a vault, but let me tell you that's probably not as secure as you'd think it would be.
>Fork over the flag.

>>33205761
>>Fork over the flag.
>You know, you said not to let anybody touch it, but I don’t even think I should have touched this thing.

>>33205761
>>Fork over the flag.


wait, what happened to that one goblin who was with us?

>>33206063
Went through his own door.

>>33206063
He went through another mirror.

>>33206063
He bailed through some random mirror.

You happily turn the case and its contents over to Mr. Crowther. “Okay, there’s a lot to say about what happened back there, but the main thing is that the flag works, and it works pretty damn well,” you say. “Like, if somebody uses that thing, they become like, Captain America or something. So don’t just like, leave it around the house.”

“Duly noted,” says Mr. Crowther. “Thank you for your assistance in this matter. You and Zerevskii are free to go.” He turns to Derek. “As for you and your associate, I will be managing your stay here in the US, until such a time as to when you may return to your place of origin.”

“About that,” says Derek.

Crowther cuts him off with a raised hand, and then says a couple sentences of something you don’t understand. You think it matches the language Fred and Zote were speaking on the way here.

The Magister’s words take Derek back for a second. Then his expression goes kind of stony. Zote walks up by his side and pats him on the shoulder, and follows Crowther back to his car. Frederic flashes you a kind of disenchanted look, and without saying anything to you, goes after the other two.

>Say nothing.
>Glare at the back of Derek’s head.
>Yeah, well, whatever.
>Let’s go home, Borya.
>Good luck, Freddy.
>…sorry, man.
>Other (?)

>>33205748
>Cerra
Is that a hard or soft "C"?

>>33206108
>Say nothing.

>>33206116

Soft. I could have spelled it Serra, but we already have a Sierra, so that's a no go.

>>33206108
>…sorry, man.

>>33206108
>>Good luck, Freddy.

>>33206108
>…sorry, man.

>>33206108
Tell him, "It wasn't my call, man, sorry."

IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!

>>33206108
>Good luck, Freddy.

>>33206108
>>Good luck, Freddy.
then
>Yeah, well, whatever.
>Let’s go home, Borya.

>>33206108
>Good luck, Freddy.
>…sorry, man.

>>33206108
>Good luck, Freddy.
>Let’s go home, Borya.

Rolled 68

>>33206108
>Good luck, Freddy.
>Let’s go home, Borya.

>>33206108
Ask Borislav what the last thing Crowther said was.

>>33206342
Or just ask Crowther at a later date. Dunno if the Rusky speaks it.

>>33206108
>...sorry, man

>>33206419
Sure, just have to remember to do that.

>>33206419
We won't know if we don't ask him...

You take it Derek’s not getting what he came here to get, then. “Oh,” you say, now understanding where all the disappointment is coming from. “I uh. Sorry, man,” you say to Derek’s back. “Good luck though.”

Frederic gets into Crowther’s car and they drive off.

There’s nothing you can do, really. “Well whatever. Let’s get out of here,” you tell Borya, heading back toward the truck.

--

HP: 21/25
PP: 15/25
Stress: 49/100
Sanity: 88/100

You are back at the Hallow house, and Isaac has called in a late night. Apparently there were more skeletons than he had believed initially. You are in the family room with an xbox controller in hand, living it up with a grenade launcher in COD. Harvey’s doing better than you, but you’re on the same team so you can forgive him.

Then you get shot by some guy while you’re trying to run up and knife him. “Argh!” you growl, mashing buttons until you respawn.

“You can’t barrel face first into every fight and expect to live,” says Harvey.

You scowl over at him. “It works in real life! These guys just don’t have any way of not getting shot – like, if they could like, do shadows or something it would work great.”

“There is one way that just might work,” he says, giving you a disturbing look.

“Well quit giving me that look and spit it out,” you shoot back. You respawn, turn a corner, and then die. This game is stupid.

Harvey nods, as if coming to some grand conclusion. “Are you ready to change the face of the battlefield? There are some dark secrets that once learned, you can never unlearn.”

Geeze, what’s he trying to get at?

>I’m all about dark secrets. Lay it on me.
>If it means killing people more than they kill me, I need to know.
>What are you talking about?
>Screw your secrets, I’ll hammer through this the old fashioned way.
>This game is dumb. You’re dumb. I’m going to bed.
>Other (?)
Sorry about the slow speed. My (somebody else's) internet isn't working so great.

>>33206867
>I’m all about dark secrets. Lay it on me.

>>33206867
>I’m all about dark secrets. Lay it on me.

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>>33206867

>I’m all about dark secrets. Lay it on me.

Tell me your secrets Mr. Rogers Jr.

>>33206867

>I’m all about dark secrets. Lay it on me.

>>33206867
>I’m all about dark secrets. Lay it on me.

>>33206867
>>This game is dumb. You’re dumb. Dreddy is dumb. Highschool bullies are dumb. I’m going to bed.

>>33206867
Ask with incredulity, "How do you know about dark secrets?"

>>33206867
>>I’m all about dark secrets. Lay it on me.

>>33206867
>I’m all about dark secrets. Lay it on me.

Your recent gallivanting in goblin warrens has worn you down, but be it your exposure to the insatiable power of Old Glory or just the fact that you got a real workout, you now feel stronger.

Max HP: 26
Max PP: 26

Choose two new abilities.

-Infernus-
Red Quickening
>While in battle, tasting fresh blood sends you into a frenzy, making you faster, stronger, and more violent than before. (Gain bonus to damage and physical checks for one round after imbibing blood)
Fire Resistance
>Most fire isn't hot enough to phase you.
Bloodletting
>You reflexively know where to hit to cause the most bleeding possible. (Melee attacks cause damage over time at a rate of 1d3 per round on top of any other wounds or status effects inflicted, if left untreated.)
Blood Curse
>You cause the blood of your target to become unstable, greatly weakening it. (Target takes increased damage, loses any buffs and suffers penalties to healing)

-Verwelken-
Voice of One Thousand Teeth
>You can push shadows farther than they like, and cause them to bristle. Turn a space of shadow into a cloud of cutting darkness. (4 PP, area effect, effective against unarmored targets)
Child of Night
> Darkness gives you a bonus to armor.
Whisper of Lightlessness
>Sometimes, you can hear the shadows speaking to you. They tell you what they’ve seen, if only you listen.
Invisibility
>You can disappear from sight for a short period of time. (6 PP/Second)

>>33206867
>Make creepy shadows around the room
>Make creepy sounds
> "I am here to master the dark arts"

>>33206867
>What are you talking about?

>>33206950
Red Quickening
Whisper of Lightlessness

>>33206867
>>I’m all about dark secrets. Lay it on me.

>>33206950
>Blood Curse
Debuffs are fucking great. Always get them.
>Child of Night
It lets you live.

>>33206950
>Red Quickening
>Child of Night

-Belphegoran-
Stain of Sin
>Corrupting a weapon (or claws) changes damage type to corrupting for the next attack. (Very effective against physical armor)
Terrorizing Glare
>Make eye contact with a target, filling it briefly with horrific, all-consuming fear. (Very low cost, ranged debuff)
Soul Drinker
>Rip power from a target opponent at touch, and add it to your own. (Drain: 10 PP, Cost: 3 PP)
Inflict Pain
>Ignite an opponent’s senses with a crippling overload of pain. (High cost, powerful debuff)


Additionally, you may now summon a creature but hold it in reserve until you will it to manifest physically. In layman's terms, that means you can pay for an imp now and have it appear whenever you want.

>>33206950
>bloodletting
>child of night

>>33206950
>Whisper of Lightlessness
If the shadows can report what they see reliably and accurately, this sounds mind boggling useful.
>Red quickening

>>33206997
In other words, please let us always have an imp at reserve and always assume we refresh it any time we go to sleep.

>>33206950
Fire Resistance
>Most fire isn't hot enough to phase you.
Child of Night
> Darkness gives you a bonus to armor.

>Soul Drinker
>Red Quickening

>>33206950
When you say darkness for the armor buff, does that include when we pull shadow blankets over us?

>>33206950
>Fire Resistance
>Child of Night

>>33206950
>Blood Curse
>loses any buffs
>Target takes increased damage
>suffers penalties to healing
We should get this. Definitely.

>Whisper of Lightlessness
Sounds nifty.

>>33206950
>Fire Resistance
>Whisper of Lightlessness

>>33206950
Fire Resistance
Whisper of Lightlessness

>>33206997
>>33206950
Blood Curse
Inflict Pain

This means we can deal with buffers/regen and get a serious debuff of our own.

>>33206950
>Fire Resistance
>Child of Night

Defensive abilities this time around.

I can see teenage Sierra trying to bury her insecurities by being edgy and showing off how cool she is, doing knife tricks and pretending she can stick her hand over a candle and ignore the pain.

>>33206950
Fire Resistance
Child of Night

>not picking blood curse
What are you guys doing? It will be very effective against the big ones and they are pretty much only ones that can cause problems to Sierra at this point.

>>33206950
True, but I'm thinking it would be good to pick abilities that don't drain more PP. Could render them useless in the long run especially since we can explode now.

>>33206997
>Fire Resistance
fireproof yeah yeah

>Child of Night
more defense bonuses? Yes please

>>33207270
We're being smart and picking good abilities

>>33206950
Blood Curse and Whisper of Lightlessness please.

>>33206997
>Red Quickening
>Whisper of Lightlessness

>>33206997
>Fire Resistance
>Child of Night

After the shit that went down in the warrens, it's probably wise

>>33206997
Blood Curse
Child of Night

>>33206997
>>33206950
These all sound like MTG card names

>>33206997

>Terrorizing Glare
>Child of Night

Eye powers are the coolest.

>>33207377
What doesn't?

>>33206997
>Terrorizing Glare
>Child of Night

>>33206997
Fire Resistance
>now lighting ourselves on fire and going as the Human Torch for Halloween isn't just a fantasy

Child of Night
>shadow armor?

>>33206997
>Fire Resistance
>Child of Night

>>33206950
Could Bloodletting combo with Voice of One Thousand Teeth to inflict DoTs at range?

>>33207551
I don't see why it wouldn't.

>>33206950
>>33206997
Child of Night
> Darkness gives you a bonus to armor.

Terrorizing Glare
>Make eye contact with a target, filling it briefly with horrific, all-consuming fear. (Very low cost, ranged debuff)

>>33207551
No

>>33207569
You need to read better then.

>>33207569
Bloodletting specifies melee hits is why I was wondering. It could go either way depending on how Languid wants to do things, since quests tend to fast and loose their rules quite a bit, but if we by-the-book it then things would point to no.

>>33207603
If you stab someone in the gut with a solid shadow it is a melee attack.

>>33206950
>>33206997

>Child of Night
>Terrorizing Glare

Maybe next time people give us shit in public, where we can't solve it with delicious ultra-violence, we can use Terrorizing Glare without having to actually fight them.

You kind of squint at Harvey. Here you are, a half demon with horns and black eyes and like, fangs and your skin chipping off, and he’s warning you about dark secrets. You make the shadows of the room waver ominously to back up your words. “I’m like, the master of dark secrets,” you say flatly. “Lay it on me.”

“Let me see your controller.”

You hand it over, and Harvey proceeds to the equipment screen. Then he sets you up with some loadout that’s on the bottom. It has all kinds of stuff the likes of which you’ve never deigned to use.

“What the crap is this crap?” you ask, getting impatient when he hands you your controller again.

Harvey takes a second to switch to the same load out. “So here’s what you do.”

A short time later, you’re camping in a corner and a guy comes down the hall. He looks at you and starts shooting. All the bullets bounce off of your impenetrable riot shield. And then you walk up toward him and hit him in the face with it. He tries to back off, and then you finish him off with your throwing knife.

You walk over his body and retrieve your knife. He never had a chance.

“That guy was like, totally freaking out,” you say, laughing to yourself.

Another guy comes down the stairs and sprints at you to do the gamey knife-around-the-side trick, but Harvey’s got it covered. He triggers his C4 and explodes your attacker. He then walks over the body and obtains another pack of explosives. “Wash, rinse, repeat ad infinitum,” Harvey observes.

>>33207628
By that logic if I stab someone in the gut with a knife it's a melee attack, whether I threw the knife or not.

“This is not how you’re supposed to play this game,” you say to yourself. This has changed how you play so much that it doesn’t even register to you as the same game anymore. People are cussing you and Harvey out over the group chat. Harvey goes to mute them, but you stop him short.

“No, it’s better when they complain,” you say, grinning to yourself. The sweet sound of people getting mad. It is almost delicious to you. (-5 Stress: 44/100)

Your guy explodes from taking an RPG to the shield, but you respawn like, ten seconds later and run back down right where you were before and continue your elite knife throwing shield wielding tactics.

One player goes off an especially rank denunciation of your style of play.

>>33207700
huehuehue

You and Harvey both have a good natured chuckle at his expense over your mics.

As the unknown gentleman launches into a crude rebuttal, Harvey glances over at you. “Don’t get too used to it,” he, a note of caution in his voice. “It only works so long as you have a good connection. Any lag and the shield won’t register as being where you think it is. And then you die a lot.”

“Well, nothing’s perfect in life I guess,” you say, throwing a knife into the back of some guy’s head. You back into a corner to avoid his friends, and set them up for Harvey to come in behind them, toss the satchel into their midst, and explode them for you while you laugh stupidly over the voice chat. Teamwork. (+1 Sanity: 89/100)

>It’s probably time to go to sleep.
>Video games.
>Crap, wasn’t there some assignment due tomorrow?
>Other (?)
Bloodletting works with handheld or your innate weapons (e.g. claws, horns, teeth, Zelathis, Lightning Sword). In other words, non-ranged attacks.

Also, somebody tally them votes.

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>>33207673
>>33207700

That sounds suspiciously how I used to play Cawwadoody Modern Warfare 2.

I love it.

>>33207884
>>It’s probably time to go to sleep.
>>Crap, wasn’t there some assignment due tomorrow?

>>33207884
>Crap, wasn’t there some assignment due tomorrow?

>>33207884
>Crap, wasn’t there some assignment due tomorrow?
>It’s probably time to go to sleep.

>>33207884
>Crap, wasn’t there some assignment due tomorrow?

>>33207884
>Video games.

>>33207884
>>It’s probably time to go to sleep.
We need to rest and recollect our wits.

>>33207884
>>Crap, wasn’t there some assignment due tomorrow?

>>33207884
>Crap, wasn’t there some assignment due tomorrow?

16 for CoN
10 for Fire Resist
7 for Whisper
5 on Blood curse and red quickening
4 for TG

>>33207884
>Crap, wasn’t there some assignment due tomorrow?

>>33207884
I was going to count them all up, but Child of Night and Fire Resistance won it handily. Whisper of Lightlessness got an honorable second place and BC+RQ got a couple, but I dunno if I should count the half of their votes that came before you finished posting all the choices. Even if you do, though, it doesn't change the first, second, or even third placings.

>>33206997
How bad would it hurt someone to stack a Sap Will, Terrorizing Glare and Inflict Pain on the all at once?

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>>33207884
I'm happy that Child of Night won, now we can continue our path to becoming a full on Jackie Estacado.

>>33208019
CoN and FR were pretty popular after the last power choice, so I'm not really surprised they got chosen here.

I was surprised Glare managed this many votes. I guess the scene at the pool got people thinking about another psychic brushoff move.

>>33208183
I voted for Glare, and I figured that it would be good. It's basically a "Fuck off, regular people" power that also does pretty damn well in real combat. (forgot her name/ The chick we took Zelathis from) hit us with it and it stunned us for a turn while we had to roll to overcome fear. Seems like it's well worth it if it has a low cost.

>>33207884
Beg off from school tomorrow. Claim that the drowning needs to be recovered from.

More vidya.

>>33208181
It's not bad, but honestly I would have preferred a lot of other things over it.

Sure, we're tougher in certain circumstances, but we don't really get any extra utility out of it. We STILL don't have any serious debuffs, and we didn't get any new tricks up our sleeve from this.

So, for the love of all that is holy and unholy, can we please get Inflict Pain and/or Blood Curse next time around. We don't have anything to fuck with people who buff themselves or their allies, we still don't have anything meant to deal with regenerators other than trying to deal enough damage to overcome it, we still don't have anything that can lockdown a tough enemy and leave them open to other people's attacks. Passive defenses and resistances are good, but not what we really needed.

Also, in a 1v1 situation Inflict Pain ought to be fucking hilarious, we drop that on someone they are unlikely to be able to fight back effectively while we claw them apart and steal all their PP.

>>33208230
That seems to be exactly what Glare has going for it, I was just surprised that some people finally cared enough to vote for it. I think it got more support now that it ever has before.

>>33207884
Hey Languid, did we ever get that piece of metal from the trap taken out of leg?

>>33208299
Part of it is that we're allowed to vote for two powers at once. There's no way in hell I would vote for Glare if we were only allowed to pick one thing. At least not until we get through most everything else first.

So, which powers did we get?

>>33208291
I agree that we need more debuff powers, but considering "certain circumstances" seems to be at least over half of the fights we've had so far, I can see us getting a lot of mileage out of it. My preferred combo would have been CoN and Blood curse or Gaze, Fire resist seems a little redundant and even more situational as a defensive power.

>>33205105
You know, I figured that half the people in this state are actually from another planet, but now I have confirmation.

>>33208291
>Inflict Pain
>Hilarious
We have been at least trying to avoid earning dark side points.

>>33208404
>Use our new AoE firbomb ability
>Claw people while they're trying to escape the now-on-fire room.

>>33208291
>Weak or Expensive utility vs. Staying alive longer
We can buy that other stuff later.

>>33208404
Redundant how? We haven't resistance to fire or heat, and that shit would help with explosives I bet. Maybe not the concussive force but at least heat

>>33208404
We personally have like four powers that set things on fire. The bad guys have been shown to like setting things on fire.

Fire Resist might be situational, but the situation where Fire Resist is useful actually happens to us pretty often.

Teamwork aside though, you’ve just remembered something dreadful. You have homework. And you’ve been so busy saving the American flag from goblins and almost drowning that you’ve nearly forgotten. “Crap,” you say, exiting yourself out of the lobby. “I have stuff to do. Like. Important stuff,” you say. There’s at least one essay that’s due on Wednesday, you’re fairly sure. You check your phone, which is still inoperable. “What time is it?”

Harvey looks at his watch. “Eleven o’clock,” he says. “Go do your thing.”

“Yeah,” you say, getting up and heading to the door. You actually have a few things to do before you can write your essay on a book you haven’t read, which is an assignment you can’t ignore, since you’ve ignored other things and your grades are kind of precarious right now. While you don’t really care about your grades, you do entertain ideas of graduating high school, and you’d rather not have Cassandra sit you down and talk about priorities and making time for school or whatever.

>>33207700
Last time I played the riot shield could tank and rpg, provided you didn't aoe around the side.

>>33208598

You wind up staying up way late on the family computer, spark noting web-surfing Wikipedia delving your way through your analytical essay. Eventually you have your three-paged report written up and finished, despite never having touched the book in question outside of class. Even Isaac came back and dropped by to see what you were up to before heading upstairs. He seemed kind of pissed – probably because Mr. Crowther had you barge into Boneskin’s pad and fight goblins for freedom – but seeing as you and Borislav came out of it more or less all right, he just told you not to do crap like that without letting him know beforehand.

Anyway, when you finish all the lights are all off and the house is quiet. You print your report, staple it, and slog your way upstairs into your horrendous mess of a room, and face plant on your bed.

----

(Stress: 50/100)

You feel pretty crappy when your alarm goes off. How can it already be time to go?

First of all, you were up until like, two in the morning. Second of all, you had all kinds of horrible dreams about Benjamin Franklin chewing you out for not bringing down the goblin monarchy and then chasing you down with a pair of those freaking shears their shroom harvesters were using, and then Beatrice cut you off and shoved you into a pool until you drowned. Horrible.

>>33208507
Redundant in terms of defensive power right now, if we get Child of Night. Note I didn't say useless, its far from it, but I'm wary of just stacking defensive powers right now and then just getting shut down because we don't have any disables/debuffs.

>>33208551
Oh yeah, its not a bad power at all, but I don't particularly want to pick up two defensive powers in the same tier, and given the choice between fire, which happens as a par for the course for some of the enemies we fight, and shadow, which happens almost all the damn time, I'd stick with Child of Night. It's useful, but not something I'd pick over CoN

>>33208623

Anyway, you are very tired. You go to roll out of bed to wake yourself up, but something impedes your rolling motions. Something that’s a part of you, but that’s not a part of you that you’re familiar with. You stop, sit up, and blink down through the darkness at your back. You widen your eyes, and pull up the back of your shirt to get a better look.

You hit the lights and dash to the bathroom to get a better look in the mirror, falling along the way because of the weird way it throws off your balance.

You do manage the journey, though, and lock the door behind you. You examine it in the mirror. It sprouts out of about the base of your spine all willy nilly like it’s got business being there. It’s thin but powerful, and its serpentine form is made up of obsidian black, boney segmented sections each razor sharp at the edges. It’s long enough to brush the floor when you’re standing upright, and its tip ends in a fork of ragged spines.

Itl twitches in conjunction with the wall of bemusement and trepidation that slams into you at the realization. You have a tail.

>>33208644
New physical characteristic:
Tail
>Assists in balance related tasks. Gain innate tail whip attack, which deals 1d6 slashing damage.

How the hell are you supposed to deal with this? (+10 Stress: 60/100)

>Well, if you can hide your horns, maybe you can figure out the same thing for your tail? (Dice)
>Tell an adult.
>Maybe you’ll just stay home today.
>Well you don’t want to worry anybody by not coming to school the day after you almost drown. Maybe you can like, wind it around your waist under your shirt or something.
>Other (?)
You are now flame resistant and gain armor bonuses from being in the shadows. Belphegoran tree is getting no love.

>>33208472
We weren't really having trouble staying alive. We've got a fair bit of health and can get it back by killing and drinking people. We're sneaky, and prefer ambushes over direct confrontation.

Being able to lock down our most dangerous enemies with crippling pain would simply prevent us from taking big damage in the first place, rather than trying to lower it through shadow armor.

Let's think about fighting Ranthix as an example, Child of Night isn't all that useful against him due to all the fire around taking out shadows, and since we're both pretty resistant to fire and he's probably as fast or faster than us, far stronger, and likely has just as good senses and can track us down, a fight against him is going to end up as a brawl. And in all likelihood if we end up in a brawl with him he will kick our lily white ass and beat us black and blue, assuming he doesn't rip out our spine.

Blood Curse would let us weaken him, it might let us use hit and run tactics on him and have him not heal up in between ambushes, Inflict Pain would give us enough of an edge to take him in melee without getting shredded.

We're a Jack of all Trades, we NEED utility and debuffs like that so we can face enemies on our terms rather than their terms.

Rolled 12

>>33208665
>>Well, if you can hide your horns, maybe you can figure out the same thing for your tail? (Dice)
>Tell an adult.

Rolled 34

>>33208665
>New physical characteristic:
>Tail
>>Assists in balance related tasks. Gain innate tail whip attack, which deals 1d6 slashing damage.
FUCK YES

>Well, if you can hide your horns, maybe you can figure out the same thing for your tail? (Dice)
>Tell Cass anyway.

>>33208665
>Tell an adult.

Rolled 18

>>33208665
>Well, if you can hide your horns, maybe you can figure out the same thing for your tail? (Dice)

In b4 nat one ruins the horns illusion too

>>33208665

Totally stay home today. They will understand, a young girls body goes though changes sometimes.

Rolled 2

>>33208665
>>Well, if you can hide your horns, maybe you can figure out the same thing for your tail? (Dice)
>>Tell an adult.
>>Maybe you’ll just stay home today.

>>33208665
> I need an adult

>>33208673
I voted for Blood Curse and CoN. Inflict Pain I rejected because of cost concerns.

Rolled 10

>>33208665
>Well, if you can hide your horns, maybe you can figure out the same thing for your tail? (Dice)

Well, first play around with our tail a bit, get used to it. Then try to hide it. And no matter what we should tell an adult, something between excitement over having a motherfucking tail, and annoyance that we have to keep hiding more and more of what we actually look like.

>>33208665
For me , verwalken is where its at.

Rolled 9

>>33208709
Shit wrote d20 out of muscle memory

>>33208711
If we're Inflicting Pain on someone in all likelihood we'll be able to recoup at least some of the cost with Dark Heart without much trouble.

Possibly even make the entire cost back and more if we manage to cripple them while they're too busy screaming in agony to stop us, and are less able to defend themselves afterwards.

Rolled 56

>>33208665
>Well, if you can hide your horns, maybe you can figure out the same thing for your tail? (Dice)
>Tell an adult.
>Well you don’t want to worry anybody by not coming to school the day after you almost drown. Maybe you can like, wind it around your waist under your shirt or something.

>>33208754
I assume the system is balanced enough to make this exploit null.

>>33208665
>Belphegoran tree is getting no love.
Well, it is overwhelmed by other trees. It just is not good enough. It's whole deal is debuffs and right now Blood Curse is the best debuff, so it is weaker than the others even at what it is best at.

>>33208744
I always get weirded out buy the low rolls being good after being away from this quest for a few days.

Rolled 45

>>33208665
>Tell an adult.
>Well, if you can hide your horns, maybe you can figure out the same thing for your tail? (Dice)

>>33208665
>Well, if you can hide your horns, maybe you can figure out the same thing for your tail? (Dice)

>>33208665
>Belphegoran tree is getting no love.
We need to fix that next time we level up.

>>33208665
>Belphegoran tree is getting no love.
There are several factors to blame for this.

>There are no passives.
>The active use abilities are not nearly as cool as those in the Infernus or Verwelken trees
>The powers do not do any physical damage at all on their own, meaning that their effective cost of use goes even higher by making us spend more time and possibly PP to actually finish off an enemy in a fight to the death
>It's a tree focused on debuffs, but it's not the only tree that has debuffs and it doesn't even have the best debuffs available to us.
>Every single power from it causes our stress to shoot up, which isn't cool when we're usually trying to avoid berserker rage states and we end up circling the drain at the high end of stress fairly often.
>I'm going to reiterate the stress thing. It makes the Belph tree ridiculously expensive to use. Even if the PP costs are fairly low, +stress means we can usually only safely use a Belph ability once in a thread, twice if we want to get risky.

>>33208892
Oh, and add
>Complete lack of any defensive abilities
to that.

>>33208665
>Belphegoran tree is getting no love.

The opportunity cost of getting a Belphegoran skill is not getting one from the other two, and the other two are and always have been better.

>>33208931
Should add that the whispers of lightlessness, stabby shadows, killing spree and melee dot, all look better then any of the belphegoran skills.

>>33208892
It's not all debuffs, Stain of Sin for one is the only ability we have available to us, at least so far, which is good at dealing with armor.

And you're an idiot if you think massive debuffs aren't useful. If we're with the Hallows for example and we use Inflict Pain on a serious threat they are suddenly an easy target for Issac's crossbow, Rowan's sword, and everyone else filling it full of lead.

I fucking assure you, we'll be more efficient with PP by dropping Inflict Pain on someone tough and everyone having an easier time murdering them than by dropping our PP into damage abilities. And if we're alone against someone we can render them a lot less of a threat by Inflicting Pain on them instead of having a straight-up brawl.

>>33209047
yeah I was about to say, stain of sin sounds super useful against enemies with tough skin or armor, and for what terrorizing glare does the pp cost is negligible

One thing about debuffs. Blood Curse is a pretty cool debuff, but it is a physical debuff. The debuffs in the Belphegoran tree are psionic debuffs, and behave differently.

>>33208623
I wonder if the Hollows are okay with Sierra having a messy room. I imagine Demonbane being like Asian parents when it comes to thinks like that.

Also, guys, stop fighting. You're making me sad. I'm seeing good points on both sides here but the voting has already been dealt with. Maybe we can go Belphegoran next time around. Terrorizing Glare and Soul Drinker look pretty great. In the mean time, we won't be setting ourselves on fire.

>>33209178
>we won't be setting ourselves on fire.
But we got fire resistance. We could totally self-immolate and walk it off if we wanted to.

>>33209178
n-no Johnny Storm?

>>33209178
What fighting? Fuck off.

>>33209205
Not that there'd ever be a reason to do that outside of a combat situation.

>>33209303
i dunno, we want to go all out for halloween don't we?

>>33209303
Party trick?

>>33209128
I suspect that the Belphegoran tre has more of a use in social combat than physical combat. If we were to invest more in the Belphgoran tree, we'd probably end up like a nWod nosferatu vampire, cowing people through sheer force of supernatural terror.

>>33209205
>>33209225
Man, we should invest our earnings in a super cool mission suit that's fireproof now that I think about it. We get this and pull that off, we'll leave every mission with singed clothes/assnaked.

>>33209231
O-okay

>>33209334
Johnny Storm

>>33209346
Problem is that a lot of people here think that's 'wrong' or something.

I want to see what Waldo looks like when he drops the human guise.

>>33209334
All i can imaging is us making stupid puns while engulfed in flames and I have no issues with it.

We could totally do that game where you see who can hold a lit match the longest and win every time now.

This is gonna be a fun Halloween.

>>33209424
Think fucking bigger.

We can eat fire.

>>33209436
Remember
Ninja's can't grab you when you are on fire

>>33209303
Fire probably cleans dirt and grim off the body faster then water.

>>33209527
Fire showers. Brilliant!

>>33209348
Racing suits are generally fire proof and sleek in design, let's go for that.
>>33209436
I'm a bit worried about doing showy party tricks when we're already thinking of just going as we are. I have qualms about that as well now, actually. What with the tail and all.

Is Sierra's hair (including body hair) resistant to fire too now?

>>33209540
One of the ideas that I had floating around, cause I want to do my own quest one of these days.

>>33209555
We did just take that perk.

We can eat all the spicy food.

>>33209553
>I have qualms about that as well now, actually. What with the tail and all.
What? Tail makes it all the more awesome. Twitching natural looking tail would be legendary.

>>33209366
True. Very few of our our powers seem to have positive applications. We can terrify people, but we can't assuage fear. We can set shit on fire, but we can't douse the flames.

Sierra want's to be a good person. Funny then, that she can't seem to stop killing people

>>33209577
What if people find out and the magic police get us? ;_; We need to act professional now. That being said, I acted like a dumb ass at 17, so I don't mind going with the idea still. Just worried is all.

>>33209661
We are the magic police.

>>33209553
If the claws, freaky skin, pointed teeth, weird eyes, and horns don't tip them off, I don't think the tail will change much unless we start using it in a prehensile manner in front of people.

I'm thinking that we should wear the dress we got at the thrift store, and a jacket, to go with our demonic traits. It ought to look pretty nice, though we might need to modify it a bit to work with our tail.

>>33209661
We've already been deputized by the local magic police.

>>33209669
Internal Affairs, man. I bet they're a right pack of cunts.

>>33209669
Made me laugh so hard. Hell with it, let's fucking do it.

>>33209709
Don't you mean infernal affairs?

>>33209709
The magic police consists of Isaac, Rowan, Borya, and as of last week, Sierra.

There isn't enough manpower for IA. People who can do that would just be regular officers. Hell, they wouldn't even send more people to help with this Meckor bullshit.

"They're targeting my family!"
>Sorry, Isaac. You gotta just deal with it yoself.
"They're trying to bring a demon legion through a landwell portal and take over the state!"
>Call us if things get bad.

>>33209739
Ohh you. I'm 'avin a giggle, m8.

>>33209773
Nah, Internal Affairs is Cassandra, she doesn't even have to get mad, just disappointed at you until you explain yourself.

Although Borislav is the one who set up the illusion that hides your horns, you’ve spent enough time screwing around with it that you could probably reinstall it should you need to. And what’s really the difference between hiding a tail and hiding horns, anyway. You look your pale, fissure-ridden self a steadying glare in the mirror before turning your attention onto the matter of putting a glamor on your tail.

This is not an easy process, and you take some time doing it. Rowan knocks on the door, probably to start doing stuff to get ready for school, but you turn her away with a vague excuse. You will not let your concentration be broken right now.

A few minutes later, you look at the kind of smooth, fractured skin of your lower back, and can find no traces of your tail, though you can still feel it wrapped up in the same stuff that crushes your horns into nonexistence. It wasn’t easy work, but you did it. Hide tail: check. (-7 Stress: 53/100) (-12 PP: 11/26)

You drop the glamor and finish doing all the things you need to do before doing stuff, and then come out to go finish getting ready. You head downstairs and find Cassandra busying herself with her bowl of Special K, the worst cereal ever made, while reading the paper. She’s all ready to go off to work and stuff.

“I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news,” you say, coming down the stairs and walking over into the dining room.

Cassandra looks up at you. “What’s the good news?” she asks.

>>33209860

You kind of give her a half smile and drop the glamor on your tail. Its tip sways contentedly at your side. Not to say like, it’s doing it on its own, but it kind of has a weird way of just kind of doing what you’re feeling like. You could stop it but it’s kind of weird, like, you wouldn’t really be comfortable keeping it still.

“Good news is,” you say, “I have a tail, and I figured out how to hide it.”

Cass looks at your tail. “When did you get that?” she asks, surprised.

“Woke up with it,” you say. “Do you want to know the bad news?”

Cassandra smiles and raises her eyebrows. “Do I?”

“Yes you do. The bad news is I have a tail but I have to hide it,” you say. You go over and sit down at the table, allowing a moment to situate your tail through the back of the chair. “Seriously, like, I’m not even against having a tail. I mean, it even looks kind of good, don’t you think?” You take your tail and lay it in your claws, then wiggle it around. It’s got a lot of strength for something so thin.

“I think your tail is just fine, Sierra,” Cass says, obviously amused that she’s having this conversation right now. She’s overcome her surprise for the time being. Maybe she’s just not surprised by you surprising her anymore.

>>33208665
>Belphegoran tree is getting no love.
Not trying to start anything here, just giving my thoughts on this.

The Belphegoran tree feels disjointed and clunky. Buying things in it is like slapping more keys on a key ring while the other trees are like making your one or two keys fit more locks or perhaps getting better at lockpicking.

None of the powers build off of or improve core concepts. They're all individual base things. Sure, they're all PP / corruption / psionic emotional and debuff fuckery stuff, but they're not -really- linked. They're in the same category, but they're all just floating around in the same general area instead of being tied together.

They don't make Sierra better at the things she is already going to do or give new interesting avenues to apply her abilities, they provide entirely new things which compete for use and add to the pile. Don't get me wrong, new stuff is great, and it can be useful, but a lot of the things we already have just don't feel complete. I don't like just slathering more and more incomplete powers onto the pile when we can make what's already there better.

>>33209879

“That’s the thing,” you say. “Right there. I’ve got this perfectly good tail that’s like, way freaking cool, and I have to go through the effort of like, hiding it and stuff. And it’s not like it’s getting easier to hide stuff. If this kind of crap keeps up, you know,” you say, letting your skin pale and crack, “like, if I grow wings or like, I don’t even know, it’s going to get to a point where I can’t keep everything hidden all the time. It’s like I’m playing Jenga. I am literally a Jenga tower, right now, and people are just like, pulling pieces out and stacking them up on me all the time.”

“You don’t always have to hide who you are,” says Cass, smiling reassuringly. “Do you know the record tower height for Jenga?”

“No?” you answer questioningly. “What was it?”

Cass pauses for a second. “Well, actually I don’t know. But it’s probably really high,” she says meaningfully. “My point is that the reason Jenga towers fall over is because they’re out in the middle of the table, trying to do everything on their own. You’re not in that situation at all – you have me and Isaac and, well, Rowan and Harvey.”

“And Borya,” you add, kind of impulsively.

>>33209893

“And Borya,” Cassandra agrees. “We’re all here for you,” she tells you, looking you in the eye. “So basically, yes, maybe you can’t always let people see your cute horns or your cool tail, but you can be whoever you want to be in this house, or when you’re with us,” she finishes.

That’s a lot of stuff she just said.

>I don’t know. I guess I just wish I was just normal. Like, it was normal for me to just be who I am all the time.
>I kind of feel like playing Jenga now.
>Yeah well, maybe when I’m a ten foot tall monster covered in spines you won’t be so keen on that idea.
>Geeze, sometimes you sound like you’re my mom.
>Yeah, I know. Just... thanks, I guess. I know Rowan’s always telling you to shut up and whatever, but you’re a pretty cool person.
>Do you uh... really think my horns are cute?
>Other (?)

Rolled 66

>>33209909
>Yeah well, maybe when I’m a ten foot tall monster covered in spines you won’t be so keen on that idea.

>>33209909
>Do you uh... really think my horns are cute?
She said it!

>>33209909
>Do you uh... really think my horns are cute?

>>33209909
>Geeze, sometimes you sound like you’re my mom.
>Do you uh... really think my horns are cute?
>Yeah, I know. Just... thanks, I guess. I know Rowan’s always telling you to shut up and whatever, but you’re a pretty cool person.

>>33209909
>Do you uh... really think my horns are cute?
>Shit eating grin

>>33209909
>Nobody said my horns were cute before.

>I don’t know. I guess I just wish I was just normal. Like, it was normal for me to just be who I am all the time.
>Yeah, I know. Just... thanks, I guess. I know Rowan’s always telling you to shut up and whatever, but you’re a pretty cool person.

>>33209909
>>Yeah, I know. Just... thanks, I guess. I know Rowan’s always telling you to shut up and whatever, but you’re a pretty cool person.
>>Geeze, sometimes you sound like you’re my mom.
>>Do you uh... really think my horns are cute?

Mother/Daughter bonding moment go!

>>33209773
Honestly you would think the government would have the FBI and military on this.

>>33209909
>Yeah, I know. Just... thanks, I guess. I know Rowan’s always telling you to shut up and whatever, but you’re a pretty cool person.
>Do you uh... really think my horns are cute?

>>33209909
>Do you uh... really think my horns are cute?

"Could you close your eyes for a couple seconds, and, uh, not tell anyone about this?"

Give her a hug, not for too long because we're not good at this whole physical contact thing, but at least try.

>Just... thanks, I guess. I know Rowan’s always telling you to shut up and whatever, but you’re a pretty cool person.

>>33209909
>What about everyone else? Why should I get all this support when there are probably a hundred other hellborn just like me who are still running in gangs and living on the street? You and Isaac and Borya and Mr. Crowther and I are all supporting a status quo that makes us into monsters. Derek's from a place where that's all normal. Everyone knows about it and accepts it. Is it that wrong to want that for myself? To have people accept me for who I really am?

We social justice warrior now.

>>33210144
If you want that, don't call it that, bad marketing and all.

>>33209909
>Yeah well, maybe when I’m a ten foot tall monster covered in spines you won’t be so keen on that idea.

>>33210026
This. A million times this.

>>33210026
My vote for this

>>33210026
L-lewd

>>33210144
Keep in mind, Sierra seems to be one of the more stable and rational Hellborn. So it'd be nice if we could help out others like us, give them second chances and non-criminal opportunities, but even with that you'd probably end up with a good number of Hellborn in less than legal enterprises, gangs, merc groups, hit men, thieves, that sort of thing.

>>33209909
>>Yeah well, maybe when I’m a ten foot tall monster covered in spines you won’t be so keen on that idea.

>>33210026
d'aaaw, I like this. As for sjw, just by being a better person and striving to do right we could probably improve opinion on Hellborns

>>33210026
>tfw you haven't hugged a maternal figure in a long time. and not being thought of as a freak

>>33210522
Well, we -are- aiming to be the President of the United States.

>>33210994
>first female and hellborn president
>forms Sierra political party, pushes to repeal copyright law and push legislation to make Captain America our national mascot

>>33211102
It would make more sense then having a state gun.

“You… think my horns are cute?” you ask, kind of confused. Like, you like your horns great, but you always kind of assumed that everyone kind of frowned on them behind your back.

“Of course I do,” she says, laughing at your surprise.

You don’t really get comments on your appearance very often – it’s not like you go fishing for them or anything – but hearing someone confirm your stubborn belief that you look damn good at all times is a good way to start the day. (-4 Stress: 49/100)

You smile despite yourself. “I know Ro’s always telling you to shut up and stuff, but you’re a pretty cool person. Like. Chill, I guess, but like, nice too. Maybe you’re not that cool as you are the other stuff I just said, actually,” you say

Cass rolls her eyes in a way suspiciously similar to the way Rowan rolls her eyes. “Oh please. Is it really that hard to come out and say I’m cool? I haven’t been cool in years.”

That’s such a lame thing to say, and also the reason you won’t say she’s cool, right now, even if maybe she is. You lean over without really planning on what you’re doing and give Cassandra a hug. You close your eyes and try not to think about what’s happening.

>>33211202

If you use your imagination, she’s not Mrs. Hallow or Rowan’s mom or Cassandra anymore. It’s like she’s yours, specifically. Or maybe like you’re hers. Like you belong with somebody. (-25 Stress: 24/100) “You know,” you say, pressing your cheek to her shoulder, “if I pretend, sometimes you sound like… you’re my mom or something.”

She shifts and puts an arm around your shoulder, though doesn’t say anything. You’re there for about a second before you can’t really take all the touching anymore. You pull away. (+3 Stress: 27/100)

About then Rowan comes down the stairs in a batman t-shirt and a pair of kapris, a backpack slung over one shoulder and her hair wet. “I don’t know what took you so long in the bathroom,” she says loudly enough for you to hear, “but we have to go now if we’re going to get to school on time.”

>>33211224

You stand up, and pick up your own bag from the ground. “Right,” you say, hurrying around the table to get to the garage and your (Rowan’s) bike. Maybe you should make a point to buy yourself some wheels so you’re not always mooching. Add to that picking up a driver’s license, because hell, you can afford a car now.

Cass catches your attention from the table. “You know Sierra, if you wanted,” she says quietly so that only you can hear, “maybe you wouldn’t have to pretend anymore.”

You stop in your tracks. Did she just…?

Rowan looks back at you from down the hall, where she is currently strapping on her rollerblades. “Let’s move,” Ro orders. “Because with you or without you, I’m not going to be late again.”

>Say nothing and flee the scene.
>I’ll uh. I’ll… have to get back to you on that, I have to go.
>That’s… but I’m turning eighteen in like, just a couple months.
>Look, Cass, you’re important, but I just… it’s complicated. I’m sorry, I gotta go.
>Other (?)

>>33211236
>>I’ll uh. I’ll… have to get back to you on that, I have to go.
>>That’s… but I’m turning eighteen in like, just a couple months.
Flee~

>>33211236
>That’s… but I’m turning eighteen in like, just a couple months.
>I’ll uh. I’ll… have to get back to you on that, I have to go.

>>33211236
>Look, Cass, you’re important, but I just… it’s complicated. I’m sorry, I gotta go.

>>33211236
>Warm smile
>Say nothing and flee the scene.

>>33211236
>I’ll uh. I’ll… have to get back to you on that, I have to go.

Rolled 37

>>33211236
>That’s… but I’m turning eighteen in like, just a couple months.

>>33211236
>Add to that picking up a driver’s license, because hell, you can afford a car now.
Just think, Sierra, a couple more flag ops and you could walk onto the lot and buy a fancyass car with cash which is probably not a good idea.

>>33211315
She would need insurance.

>>33211236
>I’ll uh. I’ll… have to get back to you on that, I have to go.

>>33211236
>I’ll uh. I’ll… have to get back to you on that, I have to go.

Eh, I'd rather not have the Hallows as our legal guardians honestly. Kinda pointless since we're about to become an adult.

>>33211407
Its more about having family than it is about having legal guardians. She'd be 18 shortly.

>>33211407
Its not pointless, as its just a way to signify yes, this is our home now.

Its more of a symbolic thing

>>33211442
This.

So, what ever happened with that goblin mushroom we stole?

>>33211236
>>Say nothing and flee the scene.

>>33211407
It's a symbolic gesture, not a legal one. It's basically 'yes, Sierra, you're officially a part of our family."

Despite how she initially treated them, the fact is that Cass, Rowan, Isaac and Harvey like Sierra despite the quirks of her heritage. I think as a kid coming from foster care to foster care, that's probably a big thing for her

>>33211236
>>I’ll uh. I’ll… have to get back to you on that, I have to go.
>>That’s… but I’m turning eighteen in like, just a couple months.

>>33211442
>this is our home now.

Not for long, hopefully. One of her character traits is self sufficient. I'd rather have a house to call our own.

>>33211501
Heh, we probably still have it stashed somewhere

>>33211549
>Still doesn't get it.

You are hopeless

>>33211549
It's not so much that the Hallows house has to be our home, but it could be a place with people we consider family. To use a Harry Potter metaphor (Sierra likes those) the Hallows are in a similar position to the Weasleys

>>33211567
No need to throw insults around, anon. We all have our own opinions.

>>33211549
>self sufficient
Since when? We started relying on a gang in order to be close to someone who was like family to us. That's the opposite of self-sufficient, and we've only learned to rely on people more since then. Sierra puts on a tough face, but she isn't even remotely someone with self-sufficient tendencies.

>>33211615
Its not really an opinion thing. Yes Sierra is self sufficient but you miss the point of the gesture in general.

Its not that we're going to live with the hallows until we're thirty, its that they're our family now and its a place we can always go back to.

>>33211615
As insults go, that was pretty tame, especially on tg

>>33211636
We do like to do our own thing, but I get what you mean. I think what Sierra says and what Sierra wants are two different things, and she has to balance that. Truth be told, I bet Sierra wants a family, but is really jaded about the whole thing; who wouldn't be? But that doesn't mean she secretly doesn't want one, even if subconsciously

>>33211636
Only thing I know is it's on the character sheet, so I assume it's true.

Your mind is reeling. “That’s… but I’m… my birthday’s just a couple months off,” you say. You don’t need legal guardians or foster parents or anything, really. You’re virtually your own person already anyway.

“It doesn’t matter if you need it,” says Cass. “I’ve already talked to Isaac about it so… what’s important is if you want to. And we know you hate foster care – that’s not what I’m talking about here.”

Cassandra’s talking about adoption. That’s… that’s a really big deal. (+10 Stress: 37/100)

It’s such a big deal that you can’t even think about it right now. “I’ll uh… I have to… go,” you say, backing off. You turn and join Rowan. “Wouldn’t want to be late to school!” you exclaim, fleeing into the garage to get your bike ready.

You click the garage door opener so your avenue of escape opens. A cold fog envelopes the outdoors.

“What were you and Mom talking about?” Ro asks, rolling along side you as you mount the bike and get ready to ride.

“Stuff,” you say. “Let’s go.” You head down the driveway and pedal off with Rowan in pursuit.

--End Part 31--

>>33211736

Sorry we didn't cover more. My internet was shoddy for the first half.

Anywho, next game tomorrow at 5:00 PM MST.

>>33211685
It's probably what Sierra considers to be true, but all the stuff on her sheet, especially things regarding her likes/dislikes and skills, seem to come from her perspective and it's really only a face-value kind of thing. Like, we know she's terrified of scissors, but we don't know the reason why or where it comes from.

>>33211766
Thanks for the run.

Anyway, does the Belph tree actually git gud at any point?

>>33211766
Thanks, Based Languid

>>33211766
Thanks for running man shame about your internet.

>>33211766
That's alright, the meat of what you covered was bruddy gewd, and that's all that matters to me

>>33211766
Is it a QM thing to have shitty internet and or computer problems?

>>33211844
It's because QMs are all poor creative types, starving for their art

>>33211777

It's already pretty good. It gets better. But just so everyone is aware, some situations are going to be become more difficult down the road if you overspecialize.

>>33211844
I remember FemCOCK had the shittiest internet of any QM I've ever played with.

>>33211876
Would you care to clarify whether specialization will also have benefits to other things or if it's a 100% negative?

QM reluctance to outright state their philosophy on jack of all trades vs specialist is a problem in too many quests.

>>33211876
I certainly think so, I'm definitely voting for Terrifying Glare next time, and maybe Touch of Sin

>>33211844
Read up on the Curse, Anon.

>>33211912
A theory posited by Isaac is that if we overspecialize in one part of heritage too much, we might lose other parts of our heritage.

We don't know if that's true or not, as a part of his other theory is that we should explode right now, but it couldn't hurt to balance our ability picks so there's an even spread between our heritages

>>33211930
>implying the curse isn't just lazy QMs making increasingly outlandish excuses to get out of running their quest.

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Languid is gone, post lawns.

>mfw lawn is building some sort of siege weapon.

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>>33209334
>>33209303
>>33209350
>>33209436

Holy shit, we can become a fire type Pokemon for Halloween!

>>33211876
It's good enough that I'll be voting for at least one power in it at the next choice. Heck, maybe two with the the QM throwing that hint at us.

Stain of Sin sounds like a demon version of that power we saw Harvey use, that could be awesome as hell.

And I'm just guessing here but I think Inflict Pain is what Cordeliate used to subdue Borya. Which would mean that power is pretty badass.

>>33212654
I'm probably going to vote for a belph power and the Voice of 1000 teeth, because making umbrakinetic barbed wire / woodchippers is badass.

Anybody else notice that Unnatural Countenance got replaced/upgraded?

>Corrupted Countenance: Black, jagged cracks form along the lines of Sierra's veins. Her eyes darken and her features become more gaunt, and her skin takes on a deathly pallor. She can hide or exhibit these traits at will, which features are generally frightening or disturbing to regular people. Cost: 0 PP (Take one turn to assume transformation) Stress Sensitive. [Mix]

I wonder how long until it's full-blown "Demonic Countenance".

>>33213414
Proboly when we get the wings

>>33213414
Yeah, its been there since he added Explosive Flare a couple days ago.

He did an update highlighting the change in this thread.