>>33512642
You steel yourself, and continue. “I used to have a friend like you. And I hurt her. I uh… don’t think she got better,” you say. “I mean, I could be the best person around but I’m always… I’m always going to do stuff like this. I don’t want to, but sometimes I just can’t control myself. I can’t….” you choke on your words, and hunch closer over Reeber, using him for support. “Maybe what your grampa said about people like me was right.”

As you speak, Rowan seems to wilt. That weird, inexplicable copperiness becomes more distinct.

“Me being here,” you continue, “the same thing’s going to happen again, and the more stuff I start to do, the worse it’ll be when I lose it. Isaac should have just finished me off.” (-1 Sanity: 71/100)

There’s a knock at the door, and you look over. Isaac leans in the doorway. “Ro, honey, would you give us a minute?”

Rowan looks up at her dad, then back to you. She stands and walks out, head hung low.

>>33512647
Isaac steps in and closes the door behind him. He takes a second to examine your floor and find a clear path from where he stands to your bed. He walks over and sits down at the far end.

The copperiness is still there, though now it’s coming from Isaac. It’s mingled with a bunch of other weird tastes that you can’t quite place. There’s a hard, bitter edge of something, along with a cool, smooth tone. They all run together and confuse you.

“Do you really mean what you said?” Isaac asks, looking at the closed door. “Would you really rather I just… ended, back there?”

You don’t answer immediately. It’s not an easy question to answer.

>I’m just… I’m scared, Isaac.
>What else am I supposed to want?
>Why didn’t you kill me?
>I wish you did.
>Other (?)

>Level 7 Butcher of the Innocent
Sheeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttt

>>33512662
>Why didn’t you kill me?

>>33512662
>What else am I supposed to want?
>I’m just… I’m scared, Isaac.

>>33512662
"Of course I don't want to die, but how is it fair that I keep on living?"

>>33512662
>What else am I supposed to want?

>>33512662
>Why didn’t you kill me?

>>33512662
>I don't know what to want... I don't know if I deserve to...

>>33512642
>You ended half his lieutenants.
Ok. We got Tweedy and Cordeliate for sure. I wonder which one(s) we killed during the freakout.

My money is on the hipster. Maybe Philostrathus. I'm sure she'd have run out of PP eventually and stayed dead if we kept killing her.

>>33512662
>Other (?)
>I just don't want... this... to keep happening.
>What else am I supposed to want?

>>33512662
>No
>Fuck no
>I want to liiiiiiiiiiiiive!

>>33512662
>I’m just… I’m scared, Isaac.
>What else am I supposed to want?

>>33512642
>You feel a coppery flavor weakly emanating from Rowan. It’s not really something you physically taste, but… you’re pretty sure you’re actually sensing something here.
>>33512662
>The copperiness is still there, though now it’s coming from Isaac. It’s mingled with a bunch of other weird tastes that you can’t quite place. There’s a hard, bitter edge of something, along with a cool, smooth tone. They all run together and confuse you.
THE BLOODLUST IS REAL

Anyway, I guess I'll second >>33512829
I like that one well enough.

>>33512819
Possible. Those snakes cant be free and she was spamming them constantly. Plus she did that teleport thing at least 4 times.

Maybe Ranthix really is dead and Rowan's giving us credit for it.

>>33512662

>*I just.... ended it

Also, your crazed rage has left some remnant of unholy power inside of you. You are now stronger.

Max HP: 27
Max PP: 27

You have gained the following abilities:
>Terrorizing Glare: Make eye contact with a target, filling it briefly with horrific, all-consuming fear.
>Empathetic: You can feel the emotions of those around you. Your heightened senses can also detect magical energies.

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)
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)

>>33512882

-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)
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. (Now 5 PP/Second, was 6 PP/Second)

-Belphegoran-
Stain of Sin
>Corrupting a weapon (or claws) changes damage type to corrupting for the next attack. (Very effective against physical armor)
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)
Spell Eater
>Parry incoming magic and absorb it, negating its effects and gaining a part of its energies. (Arcane defense, Cost: ~ varies on spell being countered)

>>33512662
>>I’m just… I’m scared, Isaac.

Rolled 9 + 11

>>33512882
Terrorizing Glare is obviously Belphegoran, but is Empathetic a Belph+inf mix?
selected abilities may change depending on the answer, I don't want our Belphegoran options to close up, we should try to balance our powers somewhat

>>33512882
Oh wow, Empathic is going to be great. Things like the hipster in the hallway won't get the drop on us ever again.

Inflict Pain and Spell Eater

>>33512819
We're probably the only one that knows about their infighting, for all they know we killed Ranthix.

>>33512897
Spell Eater
>Parry incoming magic and absorb it, negating its effects and gaining a part of its energies. (Arcane defense, Cost: ~ varies on spell being countered)
Stain of Sin
>Corrupting a weapon (or claws) changes damage type to corrupting for the next attack. (Very effective against physical armor)

>>33512897
Red Quickening
Whisper of lightlessness

>>33512897
Jesus Christ spell eater looks crazy. And I had forgotten about Bloodletting. That looks crazy.

I... I don't entirely know what to vote for now. I wanted Inflict Pain and Soul Drinker before this.

I guess I'll vote for
>Soul Drinker
>Spell Eater

>>33512897
>>33512882
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.)

Stain of Sin
>Corrupting a weapon (or claws) changes damage type to corrupting for the next attack. (Very effective against physical armor)

>>33512882
>>33512897
>Stain of Sin
>Whisper of Lightlessness

Spell eater doesn't automatically work. It's skill based.

>>33512897
>Soul Drinker
>Inflict Pain
Voting these

>>33512918
>wanting Whisper of Lightlessness when it costs as Sanity
>we were talking to ourselves before even reaching our present 71san
yeah, no, too risky now that sanloss is a regular thing for us
I really thing you should put the sanity loss thing in the descriptions of WoL, Languid.

>>33512897
>>33512882
>Soul Drinker
>Inflict Pain

>>33512662
>Why didn't you kill me?

>>33512897
>Soul Drinker
>Spell Eater

We seriously need some defence.

>>33512948
Meaning we need to roll for it?
Or do we need to choose to cast it beforehand?

>>33512897
>Soul Drinker
>Inflict Pain
We Belphegoran now.

>>33512882
>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.)
>>33512897
>Stain of Sin
>>Corrupting a weapon (or claws) changes damage type to corrupting for the next attack. (Very effective against physical armor)

That's insane. It turns our claws into armour piercing and it inflicts DoTs on hit.

>>33512882
>>33512897
Soul drinker and blood curse.

>>33512897
Soul Drinker and Inflict Pain.

>>33512897
Whisper of Lightlessness
>Sometimes, you can hear the shadows speaking to you. They tell you what they’ve seen, if only you listen.
Soul Drinker
>Rip power from a target opponent at touch, and add it to your own. (Drain: 10 PP, Cost: 3 PP)

>>33512953

Oversight.

>>33512961

You roll for it. It's not a passive. You don't necessarily need to declare you're going to use it, but you'll have a better chance of it being successful if you're anticipating the spell in question.

>>33512897
>Inflict Pain
>Whisper of Lightlessness

>>33512953
Yea, cuz we were all the way up at 72 san when we did that.

It's not that risky. It comes back, for christ's sake.

>>33512897
Stain of Sin
>reks armour
Voice of One Thousand Teeth
>reks unarmoured

This just seems like the perfect combo to me. Razorwire shadows for the squishies, corrupted guns for the big fuckers.

>>33512882
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)
>>33512897
Whisper of Lightlessness
>Sometimes, you can hear the shadows speaking to you. They tell you what they’ve seen, if only you listen.

>>33512882
>>33512897
Stain of Sin
Soul Drinker

>>33512986
Can you elaborate on what you mean by
>gaining a part of its energies
?

Is that meaning that it recoups some of the PP cost by using the spell's energy? Does it mean that if someone shoots lightning at us, our next attack might deal a bit of lightning damage? Some other thing?

>>33513003
>It's not that risky. It comes back, for christ's sake.
Depends on our current sanity. It would be a bad idea right now.

>>33513043
Not even him, but we can choose when to use the thing. Obviously we wouldn't use it willy nilly if we're already suffering from a chunk of San being gone. Wait until shit gets better and then talk to the shadows.

>>33512897
Soul drinker
Spell eater

>>33513037

You recouperate some of the PP cost. But if you don't have enough PP to begin with, you can't counter the spell at all.

Your success at using Spell Eater also determines how much of the spell's energy is returned to you as PP. For example, you might do a bad job at countering a spell and not regain any PP.

>>33512897
Stain of Sin I really want to get a shotgun and use that thing with this. Sneaking up on a burly lookin' thing and blowin its head off with a corrupted shotgun sounds awesome
Soul Drinker

>>33513043
Because obviously we're going to choose to use it at low sanity.

Think a little dude, it's an active.

>>33513051
Yeah, but there's no reason to jump on it when we're already in sanity trouble. We can pick it up later, when we'll be able to use it.

>>33512662
>I’m just… I’m scared, Isaac.
>Why didn’t you kill me?

"I don't think I would have tried to stop you."

>>33513074
It's not like we're going to be using anything we pick right now anyway. We're not going to be going out until we're better.

>>33512949
Changing from Inflict Pain to Spell Breaker

>>33513091
That's not a safe assumption to make. Trouble doesn't wait for us to be ready for it. Remember dogwalker?

>>33513074
You mean later, when we might need it and not have the option to select it?

>>33512882
>>33512897
>tfw want all of them but can only take 2
Oh well.

>Soul Drinker
>Invisibility
It's a verwelken power we can use without darkness. And it probably opens the way to better invis. And it looks like the PP/sec is going down as a we get stronger too.

Rolled 3 + 5

>>33513091
If something happens while we're on low sanity, then it'd probably be better to have something besides WoL so as to not risk it, it has less of an immediate potential return because we'd be avoiding using it.
Also, I have a horrible inkling in the back of my mind that if we're low enough on sanity we might use WoL unintentionally if we have it. please tell me I'm being stupid, Languid.

>>33513121
You mean like with any of the other situational powers that don't cost us san points to use?

>>33512897
Stain of Sin
Inflict Pain

>>33512917
I vote these.

>>33513198
We do have like ten of those already. If shit went down, we could probably get by without any new powers at all.

>>33512897
>Soul Drinker
>Inflict Pain
Remember guys, full belph this time, we've been neglecting it.

>>33512642
>Character Sheet: http://pastebin.com/rNg3Yw8m (picture included)
When did the claws and tail and stuff start to be classed as Infernus instead of mixed.

>>33513063
So, how much Stress does Inflict Pain cause Sierra to go up when she uses it?

And what about Terrorizing Glare? Does it have a PP and Stress cost?

>>33513051
You actually think anon will be able to resist using it at all times?

>>33513309
They're doing a pretty damn good job of resisting buying it, so yeah. I think that if we ever find ourself in a situation where every single other available power is so bad that we pick WoL, then people probably won't vote to use it much.

>>33513309
With everyone pissing themselves about a skill costing san it will probably be a fight to get anon to use it ever.

>>33513320
Languid's been trying to show that minor san loss isn't he end of the world, but people aren't going to believe him unless he starts posting "MINOR SAN LOSS ISN'T A BIG DEAL AND IS MORE THAN WORTH IT IN MANY SITUATIONS!!" all the time.

>>33513294
>So, how much Stress does Inflict Pain cause Sierra to go up when she uses it?
Could be wrong, I'd think that successful use of Inflict Pain might refund a few stress points.

Tallying it up, so far we are at:

Soul Drinker: 13
Stain of Sin: 8
Inflict Pain: 7
Spell Eater: 6
Whisper of Lightlessness: 5
Bloodletting: 2
Blood Curse: 2
Red Quickening: 1
Voice of One Thousand Teeth: 1
Invisibility: 1

Someone else adding them up would also be good to make sure I didn't fuck up anywhere (anons changing their votes and me forgetting to re-calibrate, for instance), but Soul Drinker is an obvious winner for first.

>>33512897
woah, hope im not late!

>Stain of Sin
>Spell Eater

>>33513388
I'm ok with this, to be honest. I'd like to get more points though. Two just doesn't cut it ;_;

>>33513426
Find another landwell.

>>33512897

>Whisper of Lightlessness
>Spell Eater

>>33513426
Well, we did just get 2 freebies besides the ones we're choosing right now, so I think that's plenty enough for now.

>>33513433
Shit, son, we really need to do that. There might still be that landwell Meckor was going after, maybe.

>>33513341
The thing is, we need Belph shit right now, and we're not really in a position to use Whispers right, since we're already in SAN trouble.

>>33513426
We just got two other useful skills for free and a new demonic feature. Asking for more is probably a little greedy at this point.

>no bloodlust meter in the character sheep
I SO LOOKED FORWARD TO IT THO

>>33512897
>Inflict Pain
>Stain of Sin

>>33512897
A bit late too the party, but I vote for

Stain of Sin
>Corrupting a weapon (or claws) changes damage type to corrupting for the next attack. (Very effective against physical armor)

Spell Eater
>Parry incoming magic and absorb it, negating its effects and gaining a part of its energies. (Arcane defense, Cost: ~ varies on spell being countered)

>>33512897
>Whisper of Lightlessness
>Inflict Pain

>>33513388
current tally according to me

Red Quickening
1

Bloodletting
2

Blood Curse
2

Voice of One Thousand Teeth
1

Whisper of Lightlessness
5

Invisibility
1

Stain of Sin
8

Soul Drinker
13

Inflict Pain
8

Spell Eater
7

>>33512985
This

i think it's safe to say that soul drinker wins one spot

for the other one languid could call another vote between spell eater, inflict pain and stain of sin

yes, let's fill half the thread with voting

We need more information before going in. Whisper of Lightlessness would maybe I hope provide us with some.

>>33513514
>>33513388
Man, people like drinking souls. Delicious.

>>33513545
Might as well. Not like these aren't important things. We all knew what we signed up for when Meckor died.

>>33512897
>Soul Drinker
>>Rip power from a target opponent at touch, and add it to your own. (Drain: 10 PP, Cost: 3 PP)
Spell Eater
>Parry incoming magic and absorb it, negating its effects and gaining a part of its energies. (Arcane defense, Cost: ~ varies on spell being countered)

Yes please!

come on guys, did you forget the last fight we were in already? we really need stain of sin so we have another damage type

>>33513642
But.... we gotta eat everyone's souls now.

>>33513651
it wont help us the next time we fight against something resistant to fire

>>33513642
>>33513651
Wouldn't Soul Drinker and Stain of Sin be good? I do like me some Spell Eater but we've not had that much trouble with spells... yet.

>>33513545
The thing here is that Spell Eater is anti-caster, but we already pretty much picked the anti-caster option with Soul Drinker.

And it's not like casters are giving us the real problems anyway. It's the armored brick shithouses that are giving us problems. Inflict Pain and Stain of Sin are both good for armor. IP makes it harder for them to hurt us but doesn't let us actually hurt them while SoS makes it easier for us to hurt them while not stopping them from hurting us.

>>33513676
i would prefer stain of sin+spell eater, however stain of sin+soul drinker works similarly though a little bit worse

lets just hope any mage we fight against will let us touch him

>>33513688
So basically you're saying that inflict pain and stain of sin are both good for the big guys, but ip is more defensive while sos is offensive?

Add a vote for Stain of Sin and Soul Drinker. I want those bad.

>>33512882
>>33512897
Am I too late? Anyways;

>Blood Curse
>Soul Drinker

Did we lose the Lawnmaster again?

Lawn or caught up in writing + counting?

>>33513746
Lawngourd

>>33513699
Well mages are sad lonely guys living in their attic-towers so getting touch by a qt demon grill would be a dream come true.

>>33513746
Do not fear, that cursed lawn can only delay him for so long until he comes to our aid.

I don't care what we get. We got Terrorizing Glare for free, and that's what I was planning on voting for anyway.

>>33513798
But at what cost, Anon? Every time you use that ability, you remember all the people you massacred. Is that what you want, Anon, to remember?

>>33512897
>(Very effective against physical armor)
Does that mean it's not very effective against magical armor? Or is anything that armors the body a form of physical armor?

>>33513820
Hey I voted 2 - it's not my problem.

I wonder if with enough time, we could get Soul Drinker to be semi-passive like Dark Heart.
That'd be cool.

“I’m just… I’m scared. I’m really scared, Isaac,” you say. “I don’t… I don’t want to die, but how’s it supposed to be fair if me living means other people don’t?”

“It’s not fair,” says Isaac, simply. “Life’s not fair. But this… everything that’s happened recently with you, these things are because of decisions I made.”

You shake your head. “Don’t give me that crap,” you say. “I made the call to go in there without you being around. I’m the one who got in over their head.”

Isaac gives you a hard look. “And I’m the one who put you in the position where you had to make calls like that,” he says. “Working with the marshal – it gives my family some way to use their abilities in a positive way. When I met you, I suppose a part of me thought it would do the same for you. I rationalized that the only difference between us was that I had someone steer me along one path, while you didn’t.”

You stare at Reeber’s unmoving form.

“But we’re not the same. My children and I – we thrive in extremes. The harder you push a Seraph, the harder they fight. The stronger they become. You’re not a Seraph, Sierra. You’re a good person, and God knows your powerful, but your strengths are different than ours, as are your limitations.”

“Limitation is a kind of clinical way of looking at it,” you say lowly. Murdering people isn’t some charming idiosyncrasy. You can’t deal with it. You shouldn’t be able to deal with it.

>>33513820
>Every time you use that ability, you remember all the people you massacred
You're just pulling that out of your ass.

>>33513845
dont we already have a passive power leech

>>33513848

“The only times you’ve lost control have been in… abnormal situations,” says Isaac. “Two of them are because of you being involved with my work as marshal, and with your responsibilities as a deputy marshal.”

“Well you can’t fire me,” you say flatly, without real enthusiasm. “I quit.”

Isaac smiles, though it doesn’t reach his eyes. “You helped stop the greatest threat this city’s known for some time,” he says. “People died, but there’s no counting how many more you’ve saved. And it’s enough. I’ll handle everything from here. For you… you just need to spend some time learning to control the things you can do. To come to terms with who you are.”

You look questioningly at him.

>>33513866

Some real life comes into his smile in response. “Listen. You have the potential to make things better than they are now. It might seem like you already failed, but give it time. You’re still young,” he says quietly. “One day you’ll be stronger, and you’ll be able to do things I can’t even imagine.” There’s a faint light in his eyes as he speaks. “A hundred Meckors will see you and never crawl out from under their rocks, because they’ll know they’d have to deal with you,” he says. “That day is a long ways from now, though. Until then, let people like me worry about things like them.”

That's... a whole lot of stuff he said right there.

>Doing good stuff doesn’t cancel out doing bad stuff.
>… how are you so confident that everything’s going to turn out okay?
>Why are you so keen on second chances? I don’t deserve this kind of crap.
>I’m tired.
>Other (?)
[TALLY THE POWER VOTES]

>>33513864
Dark Heart is much weaker.

SD drains 10 on hit.

DH drains 1d6 on hit and causes stress gain if it rolls more than 2.

>>33513866
Time for a trip? I hope so.

>>33513866
Yeees Sierra, embrace your inner murderer, there's no point in not enjoying killing!

>>33513886

And they stack.

>>33513885
>>… how are you so confident that everything’s going to turn out okay?

>>33513885
>Why are you so keen on second chances? I don’t deserve this kind of crap.

>>33513885
>… how are you so confident that everything’s going to turn out okay?

>>33513907
Sweet Jesus.

>>33513885
>Why are you so keen on second chances? I don’t deserve this kind of crap.
>… how are you so confident that everything’s going to turn out okay?

>>33513886
but it happens passively and doesn't cost power to activate

>>33513885
>Or maybe I'll do terrible stuff even a hundred Meckors wouldn't dream of. Time will how I guess...
>>I’m tired.

>>33513885
>… how are you so confident that everything’s going to turn out okay?
>Why are you so keen on second chances? I don’t deserve this kind of crap.
>Doing good stuff doesn’t cancel out doing bad stuff.

Here's what I got, counting vote changes and the people just linking to a post and saying 'this' or these'. Think it's correct, but might not be.

Soul Drinker: 17
Stain of Sin: 13
Spell Eater: 11
Inflict Pain: 9
Whisper of Lightlessness: 8

>>33513885
>I’m tired.

>>33513943
That's what I got too.

I wish we were getting SoS + IP. Both of them together would absolutely destroy armored and beefy targets. One of them alone is a lot more risky.

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>>33513907

>>33513885
>… how are you so confident that everything’s going to turn out okay?

Fuck picking the third option. Self pity is for the weak. Trust in Isaac.

>>33513885
>Doing good stuff doesn’t cancel out doing bad stuff.
>… how are you so confident that everything’s going to turn out okay?

>>33513885
>… how are you so confident that everything’s going to turn out okay?
>I’m tired. (unless this is an I'm tired of everything/life/trying thing, not just an I almost got killed twice yesterday and have a compound fracture tired)
>>33513907
>1d6+10 PP on each hit
aw shit nigga

>>33513885
>Doing good stuff doesn’t cancel out doing bad stuff.

>>33513885
>I’m tired.

Kind of sad we're quitting, but there's no helping it. Less chances to fight and gain power. On the other hand, we're no longer anyone's subordinate. We'll need something to sate our bloodlust, anyway.

so basically we leech more than half our mana pool on hit now

>>33513998
Quitting deputy marshal - for now. Maybe we'll return later on.

inb4 a few year timeskip

>>33513885
>… how are you so confident that everything’s going to turn out okay?

>>33513848
>The harder you push a Seraph, the harder they fight. The stronger they become.
I think the same thing is probably even more true for Sierra, it's just that control flies out the window to make room for the power.

>>33513998
>Less chances to fight and gain power.
not really. We can fight freelance now. Go Landwell searching. I am really tempted on the last one actually, going around claiming landwells.

>>33513980
I'm with this Anon.

>>33513998
>Kind of sad we're quitting, but there's no helping it.
Pft, like it's going to work out that way. Some time learning to control ourselves and coming to terms with who we are would be pretty cool though.

>>33514015
Yeah, exactly my thoughts. She becomes god damn powerful if you push her and she becomes more powerful each time, she just loses control for a while.

>>33513885
>>… how are you so confident that everything’s going to turn out okay?

>>33513907
I think this makes Invisibility actually usable now.

>See target
>Pop Invisibility
>5 seconds to run up on the target
>Once we reach them, bite em and jam a claw through their throat
>Drain back power while doing it
>Explosive Flare

>>33513885
>Why are you so keen on second chances? I don’t deserve this kind of crap.

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>>33514066
Oh man that's some delicious overkill.

>>33514066
honestly the only way i see invisibility being useful if its a prereq for a better type of stealth

what you described is a gimmick that spends an entire power pool for not even close to winning a fight... unless we're fighting mortal mooks where we don't need such things anyway

>>33514066
>5 seconds to run up on the target
I still do not see it being used for 5pp/second. You are risking the whole reserve with no gain. If for some reason we fail at biting/stabbing, get detected or trip and fall; we just wasted our entire reserves. If other abilities fail we lose some PP and keep fighting and try another way.

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>>33513907
>That's some nice PP you have there. Real shame if something happened to it.

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>>33513885
>… how are you so confident that everything’s going to turn out okay?
>Why are you so keen on second chances? I don’t deserve this kind of crap.

REDEMPTION TIME. CRUSADE HO!

>>33514154
>>33514115
>>33514066
Yeah all this. Verwelken really needs a decent stealth option of some sort. It's silly how the demonbane talk about Verwelken in hushed tones and how "you never see them coming" and so on when there's nothing like that in the power set.

The shadow stuff is only good in dark areas, otherwise it costs too much and random shadows for no reason are obvious as fuck anyway. And invisibility is just a split second thing.

>>33513885
More mourning. She feels like shit. Mope around in bed petting Reeber. until too hungry to stay.

>>33514296
It ain't never gonna get bought. At least not unless leveling up more causes the cost to decrease.

If it was 2-3PP/second invis would see a lot of good use. We could use 1-3 seconds of invisibility through out fights. It would even become a huge part of our way of fighting. Right now, it just is worth it.

>>33514328
I know. Invisibility is useless and I'm in no way advocating taking it.

What I'm saying is that Verwelken needs a decent stealth option of some sort.

I vote we spend time with the Moriah and her family soon. Since they're demons, and seem to live with humans just fine, they can probably be something of a model for us. Also they might know more about demons than Isaac and specifically what our malfunction is.

>>33514346
I don't think Hellions deal with the same rage issues.

>>33514365
they still might know more about it

moriah daddy is sure to know what happened already so we may as well ask him

>>33514365
They're demon wizards from what Isaac told us. Old man Crowther probably knows all kinds of weird shit.

You take a second to formulate your thoughts into words. “How are you so sure?” you ask, genuinely curious. “How do you know everything’s going to turn out okay?” Isaac speaks with such resolve that there’s no doubt that he knows.

“Because He led me to you,” he answers. “And because I believe you’re doing your best. In the end, it’s always enough.”

“But… I haven’t done anything. I’ve only like, screwed up, over and over,” you say, confused. “I don’t deserve it. I haven’t earned it.”

“Everyone deserves a second chance,” Isaac tells you. Then he stands up, slowly. “You look tired. Get some rest. I’ll send Harvey up with some food if you’re hungry.”

“I don’t think I can eat anything for a while,” you say remembering the taste of blood on your tongue. You lie back down and sink into your pillows. You’re vaguely aware of Isaac leaving before you sink into a dreamless sleep.

---

It’s night.

Stress: 15/100
Sanity: 71/100
Bloodlust: Subdued
HP: 18/27
PP: 2/27

You limp up to the Crowther’s door and go to knock. It swings open before you get the chance, revealing Mr. Crowther standing before you. “Ah Sierra. Come in, there is a matter I would discuss with you.” He sounds almost enthusiastic, if emotion was something he was capable of showing.

Though you’re no longer a deputy marshal, the Magister has requested an audience with you. It’s been several hours since you woke up in your bed, and you still feel like crap. Isaac said you could refuse if you liked, but you decided against it. He still doesn’t know they’re demons – that’s they’re business, you guess.

Anyway, the way Isaac wrote up his report used Meckor as a scapegoat for your rampage, so Crowther may or may not really be in the loop as to what happened. But knowing him, he probably is. Sometimes it seems like he knows everything.

You look back and see Cass in the van looking over at you. Rowan’s with her. You weren’t sure if you wanted anybody with you in this meeting or not, though Ro volunteered herself to come along before you could say anything to the contrary.

>Motion Rowan to join you.
>It’s probably better if you keep the demon stuff between the demons. Unless this is like, not about demon stuff? Whatever, wave Cass and Ro off, they probably have stuff to do.
>So uh. I guess you know what happened.
>Let me guess. You need me to steal the Constitution back from some gargoyles or something now?
>What’s this about, Mr. Crowther?
>So you knew all along I was hellborn, so why keep it a secret you're a hellion?
>Other (?)

>>33514697

Also, you now have Stain of Sin and Soul Drinker.

>>33514679
>Bloodlust: Subdued
Fuck meeee!

>>33514697
>It’s probably better if you keep the demon stuff between the demons. Unless this is like, not about demon stuff? Whatever, wave Cass and Ro off, they probably have stuff to do.
>What’s this about, Mr. Crowther?

I'd really like to have Ro with us but, yeah, demons.

>>33514697
>>It’s probably better if you keep the demon stuff between the demons. Unless this is like, not about demon stuff? Whatever, wave Cass and Ro off, they probably have stuff to do.
>What’s this about, Mr. Crowther?

>>33514697
>It’s probably better if you keep the demon stuff between the demons. Unless this is like, not about demon stuff? Whatever, wave Cass and Ro off, they probably have stuff to do.
>What’s this about, Mr. Crowther?

>>33514697
>Ask if it's okay if Rowan to joins you.
>What’s this about, Mr. Crowther?
>So you knew all along I was hellborn, so why keep it a secret you're a hellion?

>>33514697
>>It’s probably better if you keep the demon stuff between the demons. Unless this is like, not about demon stuff? Whatever, wave Cass and Ro off, they probably have stuff to do.
>What’s this about, Mr. Crowther?

>>33514769
This

>>33514697
>Motion Rowan to join you.
Yeah, yeah. I know that we probably don't need her here and it might impede conversation, but I'm paranoid and muh Ro and Crowfather can just ask her to stand in the other room if he needs to say something confidential.
>What’s this about, Mr. Crowther?
>Let me guess. You need me to steal the Constitution back from some gargoyles?
>Or maybe the the real Liberty Bell was taken by necromancers back in the 1800s.
>Oh wait. A gang of amateur slayers has located the nooses used at the Salem witch trials and we need them because they're be damn good at killing magical things.
>More US history magic item jokes.

>>33514697

>So uh. I guess you know what happened.
>>What’s this about, Mr. Crowther?
>So you knew all along I was hellborn, so why keep it a secret you're a hellion?

>>33514679
>>Bloodlust: Subdued
Hnnnnngh.

Seeing Sierra suffer is a sick pleasure of mine.

>>33514697
>It’s probably better if you keep the demon stuff between the demons.
>What’s this about, Mr. Crowther?

>>33514697
>Motion Rowan to join you.

>>33514697
>Motion Rowan to join you.
>So uh. I guess you know what happened.

>>33514697
>t’s probably better if you keep the demon stuff between the demons. Unless this is like, not about demon stuff? Whatever, wave Cass and Ro off, they probably have stuff to do.
>So uh. I guess you know what happened.

>>33514711
Cool

>>33514711
What was Empathetic classed as anyway? Belph?

>>33514819
I'm worried how that shit can be kept in control without horrible end results.

Also you're an awful person.

>>33514911
We need a willing blood source maybe multiple depending on how much we need.

Didn't this last incident happen mostly because Sierra went and rushed off to a place by herself?

I dunno, maybe I'm wrong about things, but would she really wanna go somewhere by herself right now? I mean, yeah, it's the Crowther's house, but still.
Also it could be a chance to try to make Moriah less hostile towards Ro.

>>33514911
I just like conflict!

>>33514892
Dunno, but that makes the most sense. If so, that brings our amount of Belph powers from 3 to 7. Out of curiosity, I counted how many powers we had from each type. Here's the results.

Infernus: 10
Verwelken: 5
Belphegoran: 7 (if Empathetic is Belph)
Mix: 9

>>33515077
Infernus has a bit of an advantage on account of most of the physical feature things counting for Infernus.

>>33514697
>Let me guess. You need me to steal the Constitution back from some gargoyles or something now?
He will see through the glamour we put on to hide how much we still feel like shit.
He's probably asked us here so he can test our abilities. I hope he doesn't have any pets around that he'd miss.

Rolled 15 + 5

>>33514892
I think it might be a belph+landmaster mix if that makes sense (possibly with a bit of infernus thrown in for good measure)

>>33515077
>(if Empathetic is Belph)
what else would it be

hmm, lets see, if it doesnt fit into the emotion vampire powerset... is i punching or clawing someone with fire? is it making shadows or stealthing oneself? hmmm, i really cant tell

>>33515128
Should probably do a reference for emotion smells.

Like how, uhhh, sadness (?) is coppery.

>>33515171
Pretty sure the coppery was a Bloodlust meter thing. Y'know, cause blood is coppery. We were smelling the blood inside of Isaac and Rowan.

>>33515185
That's what I was thinking but the more miserable Rowan got, the stronger the smell.

Or maybe we smell WEAKNESS!

>>33514711
I guess we're gonna wanna git gudder at guns. Anything that's tanky enough to require using SoS on is going to be something we really don't want to be getting into melee combat with.

>My children and I – we thrive in extremes. The harder you push a Seraph, the harder they fight. The stronger they become.
Are you using us to make you and your family more powerfull Isaac?
I feel bad for the guys that'll come to take over the world in a few years if he's doing that, though it works both way the harder the fight the stronger and madder we become.

>>33515128
Might be landmaster+belph because of sensing magic, as I mentioned.

>>33515463
yeah, it could be, but i dont see any reason for something like that since it already fits belph perfectly

>>33515463
Gaining Terrorizing Gaze and Empathetic was specifically mentioned to be the result of "unholy energy staying after the rampage", which makes it far more likely to be oure Belph than LM at all.

You wave to Cass to take off, and turn your attention back to Mr. Crowther as you walk through the door and into his big, weird and kind of cool house.

He closes the door behind you.

You feel an odd cadence coming from Crowther. It’s kind of an energetic, lemony twang, like Sprite or something. You don’t get it. You’ve been getting weird vibes from everybody since you woke up, and you feel too scrambled to figure it out.

“So what’s this about?” you ask, half joking, and half suspicious. “Gargoyles snatch the Constitution? Liberty Bell gone missing?”

“Thankfully not,” says Mr. Crowther. He turns and looks down on you. “And it’s not about your incident, either. The fewer that know of it, the better. Come.” He turns and walks off toward the study. Or parlor. You don’t know your Victorian era room names very well.

You follow behind him. You’ve got a bad headache, and you feel mostly like crap. “So what is it about then? All you’re saying is what it’s not about.”

“It’s about Meckor’s death,” he says simply. He walks into the room where you were playing games the other night, but when you follow, you find it full of conflicting vibes and mingling not-tastes and flavor stuffs. It kind of throws you for a loop before you recognize the sources.

>>33515605
Waldric’s here. He’s got a bunch of bandages on him, and he looks like he’d rather be lying down. His long hair is mussed, and he wears a partially buttoned dress shirt and pajama pants with slippers. The clothes don’t quite fit him, though he pulls them off well – probably Mr. Crowther’s stuff. He has dark bruises and cuts all over his body, and one of his eyes is dark and swollen. (Waldric: 4/22 HP)

A skull-faced Hellion with long dark hair, a red pentagram inscribed in her forehead, and long, curved horns sits by Waldric on the lounge chair. She’s clad in loose, dark clothing that looks artsy and expensive. She has an arm around his waist, and Waldric has his arms draped over the back of the chair. He runs his fingers across her scalp in tired, slow motions. It takes you a second to recognize the Hellion as Maviel, Moriah’s sister. A miasma of… something burns off of her like an invisible cloud. (Maviel: 10/10 HP; ?/? ??)

Moriah sits by her brother on the couch. Wolfgang and her both have their human glamors in place. Wolfgang wears a vest and slacks, and has a suitcoat draped over the back of the char. Moriah, meanwhile, wears a dark blue sweater with stars stitched into it and a flowy black skirt.

Mr. Crowther waves you to sit by Moriah, while he takes a seat in an antique leather chair.

>>33515629


“Looking sharp there, Sierra,” says Waldric, his voice choked. He finishes his quip with a pained cough.

You just threw on a hoodie over your PJs and kicked on your Jordans before you came over. Between that and your numerous bruises and cuts, you’re not much to write home about.

“Don’t exert yourself,” says Maviel, pressing a skeletal hand to his chest in a restraining motion. Her voice has a croaking, watery quality to it when she speaks. She then turns her attention to you. “I’m glad you’re all right,” she says to you. You can’t read her expression, but you feel a kind of warm, deep kind of impression from her. “I heard about what happened. You’re a lucky girl to have survived.”

“Heh. Lucky,” you say flatly. You don’t feel lucky.

“You’re hurt,” says Moriah, turning to look at you, her brow knit with concern. “I apologize for father’s behavior. I told him not to summon you until you might have had a chance to rest, but he insisted.”

“It is a rather pressing concern,” says Mr. Crowther, his tone impassive.

>Say stuff (?)
>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.
>Other (?)

>>33515629
>?/? ??
We're about to see PP! Yes!

>>33515605
>lemony twang, like Sprite or something
Hmmm. Lick Crowfather, it sounds delicious.

>>33515657
>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.

Yay for chilling with the demon junk out!

>>33515629
Maviel looks scary as fuck.

>>33515657
>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.
>Other: Don't feel like bothering with glamoring right now.

>>33515657
>I'll be back healthy before the day's over.
>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.
iirc, it causes us stress to keep up the glamours. No need if everyone around is also a demon.

>>33515657
>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.
Fuck glamours.

>>33515657
You want me to assume Meckor's place in order to fill the vaccuum left by his demise? No thanks, not ready for that. Unless it involves landwells and meditation, in which case, I'm all in.

>>33515657
>Say stuff (?)

Let Moriah know we'll be fine in the morning.
Also, what happened to Ranthix?

>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.

>>33515657
>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.
>Nice to see you're still breathing Waldo.

>>33515657
>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.

>>33515657
>Say stuff (?)
>It's fine, I could've just called in sick but I'd rather come here.
>Besides, I hoped I could spend some time with you afterwards.

Rolled 15 + 3

>>33515657
>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.
>Other
Ask if they found/know anything about Ranthix. We have some questions for him (also, depending on how they react to this, mention that he might have kind of saved us).

>>33515657
>Say stuff (?)
To Moriah: 9 or 10 hours and I'll be tip-top.
To Crowdad: So what exactly is so pressing? I thought Meckor and a chunk of the Legion of Doom kicking it would make things calm down. At least for a day or two.

>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking

>>33515702
yeah, and who knows, we might see some changes in appearance

>>33515657
>>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.
Was Ranthix killed? He saved our life that night.

>>33515657
>Say stuff (?)
"Why do you smell like Sprite?"

>>33515865
>"Why do you smell like Sprite?"
If he had smelled 7-up, we could of added bubbly too.

>>33515657
I need to find a monastery for hellborn where we can master our powers.

>>33515657
>>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.

>>33515657
>I'm not the best at glamours and I feel tired. Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.
Also seconding >>33515701 >>33515772 saying we'll be physically fine soon.

>>33515657
>Other
Groan.
"I thought it would just be something about the Hallows' house. Wally, you wanna help me out with the whole emotions-tasting thing? It's kind of gross."

>>33515990
>Wally, you wanna help me out
better change it to gonna help me out.

>>33515657
>Mind if I let my hair down? Like, figuratively speaking.
And >>33515701. So I quess just >>33515701

>>33516153
We might want to take off our shoes and socks, if letting down our hair involves making our arms and legs transform as well

The Lawn has returned, it seems.

>>33516456
It's lawnchtime in MST

>>33516456
The Lawn never goes away. It is aways there, watching, waiting, for the perfect time to strike. The perfect time just so happens to always be durring voting periods.

>>33516617
There's an urban legend about it, you know. When you're not looking, you can get a hazy, fleeting vision of a lawn at the edge of your vision, but when you look, it's not there.

>>33516920
>>33516946
We thought it came with the empathetic, but it actually came with Bloodlust. We started to smell how they would taste if we drink their blood.

>>33516974
He deleted it and I can't see because I use vanilla because reasons. What did he saaayyy?

>>33517000
>Why do you guys smell weird? Like food?
>Why do you guys smell weird? Like food?
Why does everybody smell weird?*

>>33517000
Not telling.

>>33516994
Yeah, thought so, but i thought we should tell it to the Crowther. But then i thought naw.

>>33517032
You seriously thought that?

You have brain problems anon.

>>33517032
Not exactly the kind of thing we want to be saying to people. We might say it anyway, since we're going crazy.

>>33517046
Which thought is the weird one? Anyways, i thought telling the Crowthers might be a good idea in case bloodlust comes with sudden death to everyone around us, so they might help Sierra contain it or something related.

>>33515990
top kek

>>33517000
Oh god now it's getting deleted to oh god im losing it guys!

>>33517017
Uhuh! Totally normal thing to ask.

>>33517018
Wow you jerk.

>>33517092
>Which thought is the weird one?
Thinking it was an effect of bloodlust. It is obviously the effect of empathetic. Sierra is tasting their feelings/mood.

>>33517199
That's what I was thinking. Rowan's sinking mood is a pretty clear evidence of this.

>>33517104
If you don't want to use 4chanX maybe you should just use foolz instead of sperging out.

>>33517199
i agree with that

the tastes are obviously from the empathy, they change when peoples feelings change

>>33517199
Maybe it is a mix.

>>33515990
I'm not against this in general, but maybe now isn't the best time.

>>33517233
>using 4chanx

>>33517240
yeah, it would be pretty retarded, it just feels like huge mood whiplash and not anywhere close to what sierra would do

>>33515990
Very meta-gamey.

“Well, first thing’s first,” you say, suppressing a yawn, “you mind if I like, drop out of full human mode? Because I’m whipped, and it’s kind of uncomfortable.”

Mr. Crowther nods once.

You kick off your shoes, which you didn’t even bother tying, and sink back into the couch. All of your muscles are sore, and breathing hurts slightly from Meckor’s trying to strangle you. You drop the glamors on your tail and horns, and allow the rest of your body to shift into its regular form. You feel a weight lifted from your chest. (-3 Stress: 12/100)

“By the way, Wally, I’m glad you’re like. Not dead and stuff,” you say.

Waldric gives a feeble smile. “Thanks to you. I didn’t mean to lead you into a trap but… if you didn’t show up when you did, I wouldn’t be here. At least, that’s what I’ve had told me.”

Maviel swats him on the arm. “You’re far too paranoid. This isn’t hell. Not everyone’s trying to kill you all the time.”

Waldric closes his eyes for a moment. “Of course. Or so you say,” he says wryly.

Maviel shakes her head, then looks back at you. “You really do look like you’re about to explode,” she says, surprised.

Wolfgang smirks, and then leans forward and looks at your clawed feet. “Why didn’t you use those in your costume last night? Afraid of stepping on somebody’s toes?”

“Eh. Something like that,” you say. You don’t know if you want Wolfgang to know that the clawed feet thing is a new development right now.

HE HAS VANQUISHED THE LAWN

>>33517342

The flavor you can only interpret as Sprite continues emanating from Mr. Crowther. “Hey, I guess you’re a demon and stuff so you’d know, but why exactly do you taste like Sprite? Like. I’ve been having these weird kinds of vibes from everybody and I think it’s getting worse,” you say.

“What, this is new to you?” asks Waldric, raising an eyebrow. He speaks quietly and carefully, to avoid causing himself undo pain. “I thought you were part Belphegoran.” A splash of sourness comes at you from him.

“Well,” you say. “Yeah? But the fight with Meckor kind of uh. Knocked some stuff loose in me, I think.”

A subtle, earthy sensation wafts off from Maviel. “I heard about something like that happening with a Spiritwalker, once,” she provides, thoughtfully.

Moriah jumps in to explain. “You’re empathetic,” she says, her words punctuated by a bout of that same Sprite-ish lemony flavor that’s coming from her dad. She gives a slight smile. “You can sense the emotions of those around you.”

“Huh,” you say. “So Sprite means….”

“Excitement, as is expressed by Belphegoran scholars,” says Mr. Crowther, in a flat tone.

Huh. Well. That’s new, you think to yourself. “So,” you say. “Why did you call me here, anyway?”

“As you know, the San Fransisco Bay Area has been designated as a fief of Halth,” says Mr. Crowther. “The holder of this fief, Meckor, is dead. By rights of inheritance his holdings pass to his designated heir.”

>>33517364

“The designated heir being Nabuth’shazzar,” says Waldric. “And you killed Nabuth.”

“Which means, in lieu of an heir, the fief is given to the jurisdiction of Meckor’s conclave.” Mr. Crowther knows you don’t understand, so he continues explaining. “His conclave has been reduced in size as of late. Khel died last night in your battle. And of the remainders, two are claiming rights of leadership.”

Waldric gives you a flat look. “One of which is me. The other is Philostrathus,” he says. “The problem with our current situation is that primacy is determined by the majority.”

“So what?” you ask. “There’s nothing here to be king of or whatever. Everybody’s dead.”

Crowther tilts his head a fraction of an inch. “Not quite,” says Crowther. “There is a great deal of influence that comes with the position. And there are many in Halth that would flock to the power and prestige of a new demon lord, wherever the fiefdom may be.”

You snort. “Well sucks to be Philo, then. Nobody gets to be demon lord if nobody votes.”

“Again, not quite,” says Mr. Crowther. “If a new demon lord does not arise, a greater conclave than this one will appoint a new leader. We will be put into much the same situation as we were before, when the new conclave arrives.”

“Although,” Waldric allows, “probably without the full-scale invasion clause that Meckor introduced.”

>>33517386

“So I guess somebody’s gotta pick up the slack on killing Philostrathus then,” you say blandly. That’s not your problem anymore, as far as you’re concerned. Isaac said so, and you’ve had it with snakes anyway.

Waldric laughs, and then starts coughing again as Maviel berates him. “It would be neater that way, but we don’t need to risk waiting for it. There’s actually a third member of the conclave still alive,” he says.

You space out at the news. “Wait just a second,” you say. No way.

Mr. Crowther does not wait a second. “Fortunately, he is opposed to Philostrathus. Unfortunately, he is also opposed to Waldric,” Mr. Crowther explains, narrowing his eyes at you. “He is advocating a… third party… for the lordship.”

The way he says it leaves no doubt in your mind who he’s talking about. “Me?” you squeak out.

“Yeah,” Waldric says with elaborate slowness. “We kind of need you to talk to him about it.”

There’s something in his tone of voice, and the emotional you guess flavor you’re picking off from him that clues you into what’s going on. “You mean. Right now?” you ask. “He’s here?!”

“Oh boy, you can bet your buckets on that one,” Wolfgang says, rolling his eyes. His expression is one of complete exasperation.

And then a huge red demon in an open Hawaiian shirt and a pair of cargo shorts stomps into the room. He has to duck the doorway, and take active precautions against his horns hitting the hanging light fixtures on the ceiling.

>>33517407
>huge red demon
>open Hawaiian shirt
> pair of cargo shorts
HE LIVES

>>33517407

Most of his exposed skin is charred, swollen, and unnaturally purplish, and you can see bloody footprints from where he’s walked into the room. (Ranthix: 3/52 HP)

“I HEARD CHIT CHAT, IS HER ARRIVAL IMMINENT OR WHAT?” Ranthix shouts, eyes roaming the room. He focuses on you, and then a tidal wave of unidentifiable sensations washes through the room at his entrance, so thick that you can’t even distinguish any of it. You see Waldric twitch in discomfort at the same time you do, as he turns and glares at the demon.

Ranthix ignores him. “AHH!” he yells. “WHY DID NO ONE INFORM ME?!”

“Because you’re supposed to be in bed,” says Maviel. “We talked about this.”

>>33517440
And he wants us to be his boss...
This is awesome

>>33517465
>>33517407
Fucking awesome.

Ranthix, you won me over.

>>33517465

“NEVER AGAIN!” Ranthix proclaims, stomping toward you. He accidentally smashes aside the center table and kneels before you, though him kneeling is still taller than you sitting down.

He looks down at the ground, more humbly than you would have thought him capable of. “THESE HETHENS MUTTER TO THEMSELVES OF POWER, BUT I HAVE ASSURED THAT THIS FIEF, WON THROUGH COMBAT AND BLOOD, AWAITS TO BE CLAIMED BY THE RIGHTFUL HEIR,” he says. Then he looks up, giving you a fiery eye-to-eye look. “THAT’S YOU! YOU’RE THE RIGHTFUL HEIR. THAT IS THE THING WHICH I AM INSINUATING CURRENTLY.”

You can smell burnt blood on him, and despite his resolve, he looks kind of wobbly, like he might fall over any second.

>How are you not dead? Can you die, even? I mean, geeze.
>You threw me out of a window.
>Uh. Thanks? I guess?
>Yeah uh, I kind of need you to just let Waldric have it.
>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something.
>Say stuff (?)
>Other (?)

>>33517480
>Uh. Thanks? I guess?
>How are you not dead? Can you die, even? I mean, geeze.

>>33517480
>>How are you not dead? Can you die, even? I mean, geeze.
>>Uh. Thanks? I guess?

It's Empress time.

>>33517407
>And then a huge red demon in an open Hawaiian shirt and a pair of cargo shorts
Are you wet Sierra? Because if you are not, it means you are dead down there.

>>33517480
>Uh. Thanks? I guess?
>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something.

>>33517480
I know this is probably a horrible idea and Waldric would do a less shit job of things, but I kinda want to take it ourself.

>How are you not dead? Can you die, even? I mean, geeze.
>Uh. Thanks? I guess?

>>33517480
>Marry me

>>33517480
>Uh. Thanks? I guess?
>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something.

>>33517480
Counting down the seconds until Ranthix starts screaming about the Imperiate and Waldo shits more bricks.

>>33517480
>>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something.
>How are you not dead? Can you die, even? I mean, geeze.

>>33517544
Also thank him for saving us and tell him we're glad he's okay.

>>33517480
>Uh. Thanks? I guess?
>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something
Ranthix is the broest, we have to make sure he lives (and later becomes oir general)

>>33517480
>Uh. Thanks? I guess?

>>33517546
He can be our lieutenant and do all the stuff that isn't killing, like Nabuth was to Meckor.

>hawiian shirt and cargo shorts
I can't vote. Too busy laughing picturing the scene. We should talk about this over a hot pan of bacon.

>>33517480
>>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something.

>>33517480
>I do not want it. In fact, right now, I'd rather not have it. I have other things to deal, we can talk about this more later.
>I care not who rules it, though if I had a vote I'd choose Wally over snake lady. Because god damn snakes, man. Fucking snakes...
>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something.

>How are you not dead? Can you die, even? I mean, geeze.
>You threw me out of a window.
>Uh. Thanks? I guess?
>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something.

>>33517480
>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something.
>Thanks for... helping? Back there, I mean. Maybe be less subtle about it next time.
>Heh, subtle.
>Question: Does the fief have a landwell?
>Also, how important is this to you, Waldric?

>>33517480
>You threw me out of a window.
>That was... yeah... Thanks for that. It was a good save.

>>33517643
>Question: Does the fief have a landwell?

good question

>>33517480
"Thanks for the help back there. You should tell me about my mother after you've had some rest."

>>33517480
>Uh. Thanks? I guess?
TIME FOR SOME REAL POWER, FUCK YEAH.

>>33517480
>>Uh. Thanks? I guess?

>>33517656
I don't think anyone in the room knows about the landmaster thing

I'm not sure if its even a good thing to bring up

>>33517648
Seconding thanking him, maybe we could even say he proved his loyalty to us, but we have a lot of questions.

I'd rather not take this, honestly. I want to go clain landwells and maybe go back to hell some time? Maybe go to other worlds? Go fight, solve problems and get stronger? I want Ranthrix as our minion and we can just have him abandon his duties in this court or whatever and come with us.

Basically what I want is to go have adventures and become stronger before we go into business of politicking and ruling.

>>33517480
>Say stuff (?)
"I just realized that I have absolutely no idea what I would do with the fief if I got it. Probably shouldn't be this excited about the idea of getting it."

>majority accepting the offer to rule here
Why must you people choose exactly what I want not to happen at every junction?

ALL HAIL THE EMPRESS OF THE SAN FRANSISCO FIEF

>>33517696
>Mr. Crowther not knowing about landmastery

Oh you Anon!
No but seriously, I'm pretty sure they're aware.

That aside, as terrible friends we are with Wally, I'd rather not just push him aside. I'd at least like to know why having the fief would be so important.

>>33517734
Because 4chan is stupid like that

>>33517734
We can go have a private convo with Ranbro and decide then, we didm't exactly say "ye, sure, I'll take it" we just thanked him thinking us worthy and shit

>>33517744
fuck him, he called us into a trap just to save his sorry hide

>>33517753
>EVERYONE IS STUPID
>LEAVE ME ALONE MOM

>>33517705
I think this is the best path to do that. We don't need to sit around ruling, it seems like a mostly honorary title that will give us a claim on local landwells and influence when we get to Hell.

Waldric probably just wants a stable environment to live his life.

>>33517734
What? None of the options are even 'HELL YEAH SIERRA FOR PRESIDENT'?

>>33517802
>'HELL YEAH SIERRA FOR PRESIDENT'?

I vote for this option. Except, not have her yell that out loud of course.

>>33517799
I don't think Waldric gives much of a shit about it to be honest, as long as he doesn't have to deal with hell politics anymore he's probably golden

>>33517792
I agree, he IS a fuckup, and a demon. A demon fuckup. No offence, Moriah, your bones are qt. But still, I'd feel a little bad for denying him something like that. I'd like to know his reason for wanting it at least.

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>>33517802
>>33517817
I dunno, we're kind of in a depressed "I didn't ask for this" self loathing mood.

>>33517480
>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something.
>Seriously. You're actually closer to dying than Waldo is right now.
>At least sit on the couch. [pat cushion]

>>33517480
>How are you not dead? Can you die, even? I mean, geeze. Not that I want you to be dead.
>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something. Seriously, you saved my ass from Meckor twice, I don't you to keel over from table splinters.
>What does ruling a fief even involve? Because I'm not so good at making good decisions.

>>33517480
>How are you not dead? Can you die, even? I mean, geeze.
>Yeah uh, I kind of need you to just let Waldric have it.
>Dude maybe you should like... go lie down or something.

>>33517848
the only reason not to dispose of him or exile him for his treachery, is coz Maviel got a crush on him

>>33517904
And then the Crowthers needed a new couch.

But I like this. It's pretty cute.

>>33517899
sad but true

>>33517480
>How are you not dead? Can you die, even? I mean, geeze.
>Uh. Thanks? I guess?
And "You are insinuating very correctly."
We are after all, an heir.

>>33517951
Please, they probably already did the horizontal monster mash

>>33517929
I like this one

>>33517951
Why would that excuse him? Who the fuck is Maivel to Sierra? She is pretty much nobody.

We should take over the fief. Then we abdicate and put wally in charge.

>>33517799
The way I see it, claiming the fief will advance the "figure out what's up with the boat dream" plotline. Giving the fief to wally would give us a chance to do landwell-y shit and maybe run around as a landsknecht of his or something.

>>33517990
Maivel is Moriah's sister, and we kinda like Moriah, so we cant just piss off Maivel

>>33518011
>go around doing nature thing with Borya, Rantrix and Reeber.
>choosing anything else

How many people know we are Sakheris, Heir to the Throne of the Fallen Empire, or something like that?
I know Waldron nicknamed us Sakheris, but does anybody else know?

>>33517991
Why?

>>33518045
Everyone in this room is about to know if Ranthix does what I think he's about to do.

>>33518034
Yes we can. I very much doubt not picking Waldric will piss off Moriah even remotely.

Waldric is neither competent nor strong. I don't see any point to support him other than the fact that the alternative is snake lady. I guess Papa Crowther could keep Wally on a leash, so he could be the better pick.

>>33518037
as if we cant do both, for all we know taking the fief brings us closer to more landwells

>>33518045
He nicknamed us Sakerith, actually, helrith or whatever for blood Mrs. Song knows, for one, thanks to the anons who decided to tell oir demon name to some antidemon official we just met for shitty fortunes

>>33518083
>Yes we can.
No, because that's not something Sierra would do unless she was having a psycho episode.

>>33518057
As much as I want intrigue, sierra is not cut out for politics.

>>33518065
Oh yah. That's not gonna be a secret anymore once he goes all "THE FEIF MUS GO TO THE TRUE HEIR OF MY GLORIOUS EMPRESS!"

>>33517991
But that's dumb. We can just give the damn thing to him right now.

>>33518045
>>33518065
They might already know. Hallows don't know, nor does Borya - probably.

I have a feeling Mr. Crowther knows but his children might not.

>>33518083
no i dont mean that, i men punishing him for treason

>>33518102
the nickname is sakherith, the real name is sakheris

>>33518114
He's probably been going on about it since they got him here.

>>33518123
I think papa Crowther might just know everything. Including the fate of our family.

>>33518135
>punish him
It's not like he had any kind of choice. He was tortured to near death. You don't punish people for that.

>>33518123
Ranthix has obviously been here long enough to annoy everyone. Do you really think he left anyone in doubt as to why he would be supporting us?

>>33518113
You say that now, but wait until we staple the US constitution to our chest. SAKHERIS PRIME, ONLINE

>>33518123
Actually, right before we passed out, Philosomething said "Kill the heir!" with Isaac there. He might suspect something.

>>33518112
What are you even talking about? Again, not picking Waldric to rule would not piss of Moriah at all. I don't even care if he is picked or not, and considering the alternatives he is the best pick obviously but it has nothing to do with Moriah.