>>33586949

>What are you going to do?

[] Pay your ‘friend’ in the hospital a little visit.
[] Take a more in-depth look through the purse.
[] Get more familiars. (Where and what kind of?)
[] Prepare a spell. (Which?)
[] Read about…(What?)
[] Talk to Cecil, see how she’s doing.
[] (Write-in)

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>>33586963
>[x] Read about…(What?)
Is there an overarching Council of wizards and mages that is supposed to police this sort of thing?
Are we going to get hunted down by a Wizard SWAT Team?
Or rather, can we sic the Wizard SWAT Team on the Doctor and his cronies?

>>33586963
Prepare some decent offensive spell. Can we make tentacles lash out from vectors not directly outward from us?

>>33586963
do >>33587034

>>33586963
Can we call up some animal shelters to see what kinds of dogs and cats they have?

I'd like to get a few dogs and maybe a pair of cats; they'll be easy to feed with our flesh affinity, and they can keep Cecil company.

I think we should also consider getting some mice, a snake (for infrared vision), and somehow capturing an owl (for nightvision).

>>33586963
>[] Get more familiars. (Where and what kind of?)
Lets get some with a bit more punch. Like dogs.

>>33587351
You're supposed to provide where we're going to get them and how.

>>33586963
>[] Pay your ‘friend’ in the hospital a little visit.

>>33587034
>>33587095
>>33587185
>>33587198
>>33587351
Reading if there's some kind of official authority that deals with this, and seeing if you can get some animals from a shelter seems to be the general consensus.
Writing...

>>33586963
Look through the purse, and can we prepare a binding to go off when we want it, say like with the rune staff? That way we can bind her in the hospital without leaving a bloody mess everywhere.
We need her under our control pronto.

>>33587505
If there is an authority, I'm betting it's very biased towards mags and the established status quo. Won't be much help and might be an enemy....

All for the dog pack of familiars though, and the bloodless binding of >>33587519 if we can do it.
or if we can rune it, give the bitch to Cecil.

>>33587505

[X] On mages and dogs.

You flip open the grimoire and read up on magical society.

It seems there isn’t a magical police that deals with situations like this, but the local communities usually band together to get rid of any trouble in the area. The highest authority on everything magical, the mages’ council, assembles once a decade to make any important decisions regarding the global community as well as work to resolve any conflicts between arcane bloodlines. You find the sheer lack of any rules beyond “don’t have significant effects in global population, keep magic away from the media and governments and don’t step on anyone’s toes unless you’re looking for a fight” baffling.

Still, the last assembly was six years ago and you should have a seat in the council inherited from gramps so if nothing else, you can bring the matter up there… in four years.

You put the book down, letting it fall back to its place by your hip and take your cellphone out of your pocket. A quick search finds you the numbers of local animal shelters and most of them do invite you over when you express the interest to adopt something.

>Now you…

[] Go check the shelters out.
[] Talk to Cecil.
[] Go to the hospital. (Take Cecil along?)
[] See if you can come up with a better offensive application for your magic.
[] Read some info on… (What?)

>>33588110
take cecil with you to the shelters so she can pick out a pet

>>33588110
by the way, did cecil ever decide if she wants to be our familiar or not?

>>33588110
take cecil along with us to the shelter, see if we can also ask where they often pick up the most strays off the streets, grab some dogs there are well, so if any enemy goes after us, and researches, they will think we only have a couple of dogs from a shelter, when we will actually have a decent amount through strays

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>>33588110
Talk to Cecil, both about her thoughts on being our 'familiar' and in the woman. We can hit the shelters in the morning, and it leaves us the night to prep for the hospital.
Where does Cecil always get coffee from in a flesh forest?

>>33588110
As the Mage of our bloodline, shouldn't there be a power structure left over from gramps?

>>33588110
[] Go check the shelters out.
[] Talk to Cecil.
Bring Cecil with us to help pick out the cats and dogs (stealth/recon team and assaul/defense teams), and talk with her during the rides about her financial situation and if she wants to pick up her stuff.

>>33588287
this

>>33588166
>>33588201 she hasn't said anything yet.
>>33588231
>>33588232
>>33588286 That's something i should have addressed in the last update but forgot.
>>33588287
>>33588592

You seem to want to go to the shelters now, before they close and make some small talk with Cecil.
Writing..

>>33588614

[X] Getting ‘pets’

You check one last thing from the book; any possible information on friendly or allied mages. You find some names, though most of them are either crossed over and the remaining are from various parts of the world. Most of them are apparently circles of Rune casters and Alchemists your grandfather provided runes and mana to, listed as ‘vassals’. Unfortunately, no one thought of writing down a phone number so you don’t have a method of contacting them right now.

With that out of the way, you signal Cecil who walks over to you.

“Where do you get all this coffee?” You ask the question that has been on top of your mind for quite some time now.

She points to the shelter. It takes you a moment to realize that the back wall is absolutely covered in dark packets of pot coffee powder. You don’t remember getting THAT much of it.

“Okay.” You say dazed by the sheer amount of caffeine filled drink before napping out of it to get into the actual business you had. “Anyway, we’re going to animal shelter to get some animals.”

The girl nods and you walk out of the Sanctuary, towards the hiding place of your moped.

“So how do you feel, about the situation in general, about what I asked you yesterday? I managed to catch the woman who attacked us and she’s in hospital now.” That’s where she interrupts you.

“I want to see her.” She says, in considerably louder voice than her usual muttering and mumbling.

>cont.

>>33589595

“Alright but first we’ll drop by some animal shelters for reinforcements. Wanna help me pick some out?”

She nods with more enthusiasm than usual.

You arrive at the first shelter where an employee tries to act cheerfully but the long day behind her is clearly visible on her face.

“Hi. You must be the guy who called just now. Looking for a pet for your girlfriend?”

“Sure. Why don’t you pick something out, dear?” A slight blush appears on Cecil’s face as she stumbles deeper into the building where the animals are being held.

While Cecil is busy with that, you make some small talk with the employee. You find out that they get a lot of animals that the students can’t take care of, this being a university town. You repeat the same with each of the four shelters you drop by, picking up an animal or two from each.

By the time you walk out of the last shelter you have a total of eight animals prepared, two cats, one black and another white; four large, mean looking mixed breed dogs and a black and white kitten Cecil took liking to. You can’t exactly ride with all these animals.

>What next?

[] Go to a park and prepare bindings. (Specify bonds)
[] (Write-in)

>>33589630
[] Go to a park and prepare bindings. (Specify bonds)
Harbinger for the cats, servant for the kitten, 1 Host in the dogs, 1 Harbinger, and the rest Servants.
That gives us the most ability to give orders, keeps them all independent, and doesn't interfere with their natural born instincts too much.

>>33589630
Leave the choice as to what to do with the kitten to Cecil, harbringer dogs, cat servants.

Huh. Could we bind a bee hive into being familiars?
Use their honey and wax as the material reagent?

I know some people probably left to do something else when i spent around 45 minutes writing the last update, but getting a consesus is easier when there are more than two votes, especially if those two are different.

>>33589630
can we see if there is a way for cecil to bind a familiar to herself with the runes?

>>33590327

[X] Fuck it, you can decide later.

You take the animals to a park that’s out of the way and begin preparing the circles. It takes you almost the whole night to get them all bound, with occasional breaks in between to make sure nobody accidentally stumbles in. By the sunrise you’ve got the dogs bound as [insert bond here] and the cats as [insert another bond here]. The kitten you left unbound to Cecil’s care.

>Now you…

[] Go to the hospital.
[] Return to the Sanctuary and (Write-in)
[] Talk to Cecil about something. (What?)
[] (Write-in)

>>33590467
Considering that the sun just rose is the hospital even open to visitors yet?

>>33590569
No, but you could always sneak in.

>>33590635
is her room accessible from the bottom floor?

Are there any people here anymore?
If everyone's gone to sleep while i wrote i can pick up from here earlier tomorrow.

I seem to be the only one :(

>>33590837
im here

>>33590837
Just sort of slow to respond.

>>33590467
for the bonding, apart for the kitten,
>>33589747
is really solid in terms of bonds and variety
so we should do that

I just got done with PACYOA, sorry.

I'm here.

>>33590837
I hit a patch of dead zones on my commute, but I'm back.

Talk to Cecil about why she wants to see the woman.

>>33590467
Talk to Cecil while grabbing breakfast

Lets wait until visiting hours for gonig to the hospital

Okay, we're live again.
>>33589747
Seems to be the most popular bonds so we'll go with that.
Writing talking with Cecil and getting breakfast.

>>33590467
Talk to Cecil about her while eating breakfast.

>>33591545
But kitten stays free?

M-muh kitten

>>33591545

[X] Breakfast, or is it lunch?

You order the familiars to scatter, making them hide in the small alleyways and eat the evidence of your recent casting.

Meanwhile, you take Cecil and walk to a gas station where you refuel your vehicle as Cecil picks up some sandwiches and coffee for the two of you to consume. You take a seat opposite of her and try to make some small talk.

“So, why do you want to see this woman so much?”

She thinks for a moment. “I want to talk.”

“Talk to her? About what?”

“Things…?” She offers, obviously not wanting to talk about it.

You read the newspaper a bit, finding out that the police have not made much progress with ‘The skinner’, a serial killer who strips flesh of his victims. He has stricken at least thrice in the last week; two times in some apartments downtown and once in a small neighborhood not away from the first scene where burned flesh was found. No victim has been identified or bodies found but both of the samples are presumed to be from a young man around the age of 19 to 23.

>What now?

[] Just wait until the hospital opens.
[] Try to pressure Cecil into talking.
[] Talk to Cecil about…(what?)
[] (Write-in)

>>33592011
>[] Talk to Cecil about…(what?)
Does she remember any of the other people who she was taken with?

>>33592011
>Talk to Cecil about what she plans to do with things like becoming our familiar, and if what she plans to do if we manage to stop the people after her

>>33592011
>[] Talk to Cecil about…(what?)
"Oh hey, they think I'm a serial killer."
point out the bit

>>33592173
>>33592217
>>33592606
I can write about this.

>>33592011
Haha! Magical Heir Quest! What a wonderful thing to come home from work to.

>>33592706

[X] Talking.

“Apparently they think I’m a serial killer.” You point out jokingly.

“Please give yourself in.” She deadpans.

You put the paper aside, switching to a more serious subject. “You spoke of ‘us’ so I assume there were others. What can you tell me about them?”

The girl’s expression darkens. “Not… much. A lot of people came and went… many not coming back after leaving.” She takes a deep breath. “They let me out because… I lasted the longest.”

“It’s okay. So, what are you planning to do afterwards? Once all this is over, I mean.”

“Hmm…” She mumbles as she thinks. “Sleep? I don’t know.”

It’s getting light outside. You could head to the hospital now, unless there’s something you want to do first.

>What do you want to do?

[] To the hospital.
[] (Write-in)

>>33593050

Hug Cecil. "Don't worry, we'll get these guys and make sure they never can do this again"

Then go to the hospital

>>33593050
Did we bring the purse with us?
Now would be a good time to look through it more, memorize the woman's name and face.

>>33593050
to the hospital

>>33593050
Trap the purse, make it explode, tell cecil to leave it there if she wants. Also take the runes out since they could be useful

>>33593050
>[X] To the hospital!
Do we have any more weapons? Probably not.

>>33593094
This is a good idea, though. Crazy serial killer mage lady might have a hidden compartment in her purse, or something.

>>33593151
Trap it with what?
We don't have the runes to do it.
And you're going to leave a bomb in a hospital?

>>33593191
It's not difficult to boobytrap it with magic to make it explode in spikey fleshy things.

>>33593080
>>33593094
>>33593147
>>33593151
>>33593152
To the hospital then.
Writing..

>>33593258
Then which spells do you plan to use.

>>33593336
The ones we've learned obviously.
Your thinking is too limited m8, we can make things happen with a bit of research, we're in no haste here. Can spend an hour or two looking through the book.

>>33593408
None of the spells we know can do that, and bombing a hospital is a stupid plan when we know that one of the only rules for wizards is to not have magic be shown in the media.
Bad enough that we've attracted the attention of the police with our flesh-casting, but a bomb would be even worse.
Especially as it would be trivial to see where the explosion occurred and who was in the room.

>>33593504
But we're not bombing the hospital, we're bombing her. And it'd not be an explosion, it'd be shrapnel of flesh.

>>33593567
Not sure a purse-bomb would work, really. She's already seen who we are, and if we tried to return her purse, she'd be pretty suspicious.

Having it just turn up after being stolen by a murder of birds is also highly suspect.

>>33593610
Fair enough.

>>33593567
>But we're not bombing the hospital, we're bombing her
And where is she? At the hospital.
Do you plan on just leaving the purse lying around for her to find?
You think the police wouldn't question who returned the purse, when the purse then exploded and killed the woman?

Are you trying to get us caught by the police or do you just not see the consequences of our actions?

>>33593654
This is why we don't leave it randomly around, but give it to her.

>>33593682
>I tried to kill this guy a few days ago, and I know he's a mage since he blocked my magic with horrible flesh abominations
>Now he's returning my purse to me like a good Samaritan
>Totally trustworthy guise!

>>33593713
I don't see a problem here.

>>33593332

[X] Hugs and hospitals.

You move to Cecil’s side of the table and pull her close. “Don’t worry, we’ll handle this.” She leans on you for a moment before you get up and head to the moped. You check the ID one last time:

Name: Mariana Jones
Age: 33
Sex: F

When you arrive to the hospital it’s a bit over 10am and visiting hours have just begun. You walk through the corridors, noting that there’s one camera on each one. You find the room you’re been looking for easily and just as you approach it a nurse steps out.

The rooms on this floor seem to be a single patient per room and a quick peek into one reveals that there’s no security in the rooms themselves. The room next to your target’s is also empty but not locked.

>How do you approach this?

[] Just walk in.
[] Enter, cover her mouth with a rag to stop her from screaming while you threaten her with a knife.
[] Enter the room, conjure flesh to cover her mouth and take the time to cast ‘submission’ before asking any questions.
[] (Write-in)

>>33593682
First, why would she accept the purse from a person that she knows is a mage and saw us attack her with a Bolt spell.
Second, you think that the hospital won't have cameras or record who visited this woman last before she died?

Rolled 55, 67 = 122

>>33593768
[] Enter the room, conjure flesh to cover her mouth and take the time to cast ‘submission’ before asking any questions.

>>33593770
This is a good point. When we were walking through the hospital, did we notice security cameras? How tightly is this place watched?

If trying to Submission her is going to land us in jail later, avoid it.

>>33593768
>[] Enter the room, conjure flesh to cover her mouth and take the time to cast ‘submission’ before asking any questions.
I don't like this but it is probably the best option

Suggestion requires an hour to cast.
Do we really have that much time?
If a nurse tries to come into the room, or her doctor, we're fucked.

Also, did anybody think to check to see if the woman is one of the Doctor's Familiars?

>>33593768
matrix that shit
flesh mouth and submission

>>33593872
*Submission
Submission takes an hour, Suggestion requires 15 minutes.

>>33593768
>[x] (Write-in)
Bail. Abort this entire thing.
We're on camera now, and using the Submission spell will leave flesh residue, meaning that the police will be able to make the connection between us entering the room and flesh being there afterwards.
The video evidence from the cameras would be probable cause enough for a warrant.

>>33594016
This.
But then what'd they Warrant on? They've already sealed off our place, and probably Ciel-Senpai's as well.

>>33594016
shit dude has a point, though I'm not sure we should bail, maybe we should bring our familiars to the window (assuming we are on the bottom floor) and threaten her with them to give us the information

>>33594016
thats a good idea actually

>>33594093
They see us enter a room, that was clear when the last nurse left.
Then the video shows us leaving.
When the next nurse arrives, there's flesh and blood everywhere.

That's probable cause, enough circumstantial evidence to arrest us.

>>33594093
Well, the flesh we would summon up to subdue her would be genetically the same as the flesh at previous crime scenes. They'd peg us as the Skinner, and would have us on camera, presumably with our future-victim.

We'd get a warrant damned quick.

So bailing seems to be the consesus.
Writing...

>>33594166
We also have to lay low because if the Council gets wind of this, we are right fucked for letting this hit the mundane news.

If we're going to question this woman, then it needs to be done properly.
We need to get her to a place where we can cast Submission without the police finding the flesh.
We need to get her there without the police seeing us.
We need to do this in this modern, near-panopticon society where if there's even the slightest bit of struggle and there's a witness, it's going to get uploaded to Youtube and Facebook.

We need to do this smart, accounting for all of the handicaps we have because of our affinity.

>>33594291
Eh, they just think it's an unhinged serial killer.
You know, nothing out of the ordinary.

>>33594369
There's one fire mage out there that knows we've got the flesh affinity, and as soon as we Awaken, there's this story about a serial killer with all of this flesh being left around.
I don't think he's stupid enough to not connect the dots.

>>33594420
Yes and?
Why would he bother to do anything?

>>33594420
At the moment, it's just a serial killer doing serial killer things.

But if we get caught doing magic on camera, we'll have a real problem.

>>33594466
Because he doesn't want a newb punk like us bringing attention to his sanctuary, and he'd rather just have the Council discipline us.

>>33594281

[X] You’re glad you read that newspaper.

You stop. There’s a camera right behind you. Your exit and entrance both would be recorded on it and whatever you do, the cops would be able to pin it on you.

You poke Cecil on the shoulder. “We’re leaving.” She gives you a questioning look and hesitates before following.

Doing your best to pretend like nothing is wrong you exit the building. Once you’re out you let out a sigh of relief. A familiar by the room’s third story window gives you a questioning “Kaw”.

>Now you…

[] Try to find another way into the room.
[] Drop by Cecil’s place, pick up some stuff.
[] Have your familiars do something. (What?)
[] Go somewhere else. (Where?)
[] Return to your Sanctuary.
[] (Write-in)

>>33594571
>[X] Try to find another way into the room.
If we can stealth our way into the hospital, so much the better.
Let's consult our Book. Does it give us any options?

>>33594571
find a secluded area and cast hide on ourselves

>>33594619
We definitely have a spell that makes mundanes ignore us.

>>33594571
Is the window to the room open?
Can our familiars get in there?

We made one of the crows a Host for a reason.

We need to get the woman to someplace where we can easily dispose of the flesh we create.

>>33594642
>>33594658
Hide requires that we specify each person it affects. It is not a general purpose invisibility spell.
We already went over this.

>>33594658
That'll help with the hospital staff, but it doesn't do anything against electronics.

We need a way to take care of those cameras.

>>33594667
Actually, this gives me an idea. We should research a way to unsummon--or at least easily dispose of--the flesh that we create.

>>33594619
>[X] Have your familiars scout out alternitive entrances too see if we can fit a crow host in or a way we can sneak in
>[X] Drop by Cecil’s place, pick up some stuff also bring some crows with you for help sneaking in

>>33594722
i believe OP has said before that there isn't a way to banish stuff so it would have to be disposed of

>>33594696
That's not how I remember it working.

>>33594722
No, it works on cameras too IIRC

>>33594786
You've a shite memory mate.

>>33594811
I guess I must. Time to reread old threads.

>>33594786
>That's not how I remember it working.
It says right in the description
>Makes selected individuals ignore the target.
Also
>(1 hour preparation)

Working against camera's only affects targeted individuals.
>No, but if you use the spell on yourself, the targets cannot perceive you even through a camera, on recordings or drawn pictures that were recorded during the spell.

>>33594571
>[x] Try to find another way into the room.
Use the crow we bound as a host to communicate through a window or something to the woman.

>>33594867
Why the fuck would she open the window instead of frantically calling for a nurse?
The hospital staff know that she was attacked by crows, so her getting panicked about a crow at the window won't be too strange.
And she'll already have informed the Doctor, who is probably on the lookout for us.

>>33594784
Ah, I think you're right. Forgot about that.

Welp, let's possess our Raven host, and send Cecil in there alone. We'll fly into the room after she gets in there, to give her backup.

Have some Harbingers watch our body, to make sure no one fucks with it while we're possessing the familiar.

So possessing a crow seems to be winning.
Do you want to send Cecil in there alone while you come through a window?

>>33594967
No.
Also, about how much flesh will a Submission spell create?
The only place we could potentially get rid of that much flesh would be the incinerators in the basement for disposing of biohazardous waste.

>>33594923
No need to get so worked up, I'm just throwing out ideas m8.
>inb4 ur ideas r stoopid

>>33594967
Before we do anything, can we at least look into the room and see what state the woman is in?
If she can be wheeled around in a wheelchair, we can take her some place where we can more easily dispose of the flesh.

>>33594967
I'd say yes.

>>33594967
Is the window into the room even open?
How are we going to get inside the room while possessing one of our familiars?

>>33594967

[X] Warnings and possessions.

You retreat into the hospital yard and take a seat on a bench.

You quickly flip your grimoire open and check to see if it has any tips on disposing of the remains of your spells. There you read of a flame mage who accidentally burned down major cities, of a cold mage who caused land to be covered in eternal ice, of a blood mage who made rivers run red, of a magma mage who covered whole islands in ash and rock by accident, of a mage of insects who caused crops to die from nearby villages and of a water mage who drowned a whole continent without intending to. There is no answer to your question.

You opt to possessing your crow host and seeing if you could enter through a window. Closing your eyes, you focus on the link between you and the familiar. Mana flows through the link…

You are now a crow, sitting on a window sill by the room of the woman you are going after. The woman is reading a magazine, there’s a wheelchair in the room. The window is closed.

>What do you do?

[] Have Cecil move in and open the window so you can slip in.
[] Try to open the window as the crow.
[] (Write-in)

>>33595419
What is required for the Highjack spell?
An item of the target, right?
What's the range on it?

If it's fairly long, then we should just retreat to somewhere where we can easily dispose of the flesh residue, and take a day to Highjack the woman, have Cecil go in and put her into a wheelchair, and allow us to take the woman to a place with no cameras where we can then cast Submission on her and interrogate her.
Then bind her as a familiar because she can't disappear; Cecil would be on-camera as the last person with her and would become a prime suspect.

>>33595419
>[X] Have Cecil move in and open the window so you can slip in.
We should also consider having an alternate route, just in case she can't open the window.

Have the crows look around. Are there any alternate points of entry?

>>33595602
The range of it is very short, requiring the target within the same general area.

>>33595807
Like, within 10 feet short?

>>33595844
That sounds about right.

>>33595419
[x] (Write-in)
Have Cecil and the crows look for a secluded spot where we can cast Submission and get rid of the flesh.

Will Submission allow us to order the woman to forget that she was questioned?

I'll make something from what we've got now. Probably writing just a couple more updates as people seem to have disappeared again.
Writing...

>>33596138
I think part of it is that people are only now realizing that they did not think any of their plans through, and that they're mostly bad.

Can we make like, flesh disguises? Or is all the flesh we make just really raw and ropey? Because an Iron Man suit with tentacle arms should be fine, right?

>>33596302
No such spell currently known, nor hinted to in any of the currently known spells.
We'd have to spend time to research the grimoire to see if there's anything like that.
It will likely involved a combination of spells, runes, and alchemy to create a construct.

>>33596138

[X] Entrance.

Cecil opens the door to the room while some of your servants look around for a secluded location to cast.

“You…” The woman begins just to be interrupted by Cecil, who rushes over with impressive agility and lies your knife on her throat. “Quiet.” She mutters to the woman with a mad glint in her eye.

“Wh-what…” The woman panics and Cecil strikes her face with the handle, drawing blood. “QU-I-ET.” The woman’s face goes white as blood escapes from it. The girl moves to open the window before mounting the woman, once again putting the knife at her throat and you step in through it. Some blood drips from the woman’s neck.

>What do you want to do?

[] Cast ‘Submission’ here, take her out of the room and interrogate her somewhere a bit more out of the way.
[] Have Cecil drag the woman out of the room somewhere where you can cast ‘Submission’ without worrying.
[] Have Cecil interrogate her here.
[] Have Cecil push the woman out of the window.
[] Tell Cecil to calm down.
[] (Write-in)

>>33596434
>[x] Have Cecil yell, "Where's Scarecrow!?"

>>33596434
Have Cecil calm down, and interrogate her here
I doubt we can get her out of the hospital without attracting attention

>>33596434
Really should have seen this coming, what with how Cecil was acting.
Also, this is the third floor; pushing the woman out the window is ill-advised.
Not to mention, Cecil DID get caught on the cameras, so we need to make sure that the woman forgets any of this happened.

[x] (Write-in)
Use Conjure Flesh to close the woman's mouth.
Then tell Cecil to calm down and get the woman into the wheelchair. Then use Conjure Flesh to subtly bind her to the wheelchair.
Use a blanket to hide the flesh restraints.
Then have Cecil bring the woman out to somewhere secluded where cleanup will be easier, and then cast Submission and begin interrogation.

Make sure that Cecil is careful to not get caught by the nurses; they will probably know not to let this person out of her room.

>>33596563
Seconding this, Cecil's got this

>>33596434
We have a staff/ wand, so cast submission as a light based spell instead of with flesh so we don't leave a trail

>>33596706
little late for that

Leaving the interrogation to Cecil seems to be winning. Writing...

>>33596706
We would need to find the correct runic formula for the spell, assuming that we even have the right rune cylinders for it, and that it's even a spell that can be cast using runes.

>Various rune cylinders. (2xForce, 2xStrength, 1xFlame, 1xWater, 3xDeath, 4xLife, 3xPower)

>>33596819
This is going to go badly, what with how unstable Cecil is acting.
If she kills the woman, then we're fucked because her face is on the video cameras, and her fingerprints on the window.

>>33596819

[X] That’s gotta hurt…

You take flight but end up falling on the floor. Not that anyone notices it; the ladies are too busy with each other. After a couple of tries you manage it, landing on Cecil’s shoulder. She turns to look at you and you barely manage to keep your balance. There was always something unsettling about her eyes but now you don’t even want to be in their general direction. With a soft “kaw” you try to calm her down. She takes a deep breath and nods. “I can’t kill her yet… not yet…” Her voice is shaky.

“Now, I w-will ask questions a-and you’ll answer them.” Her voice shakes with excitement. The woman tries to inch away from her, only resulting in more blood seeping from her throat.

“Now… H-how many of you are there?”

“Tw-twelve.” The girl sinks the knife into her leg as Cecil covers the woman’s mouth with a piece of cloth, silencing her screams.

“Is that so?” The woman nods. “Good.” Cecil pulls the knife out of the wound.

>cont.

>>33597379


“Wh-what can you tell me about th-the doctor?” The woman doesn’t answer, too busy whimpering in pain. “I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!” Another blow hits the woman’s face. You hope nobody heard that.

“He does it for money.” The knife slides across her face as Cecil’s grin grows wider. “Money.” The knife sinks into her broken arm. “More.” You’re beginning to feel sick.

“H-he teaches us and in exchange we do what he says.” Cecil licks the knife before slicing the woman’s shoulder. You see the blanket grow wet. “More.” You avert your eyes from them.

“H-he specializes in plants, vines to be specific.” You hear muffled cries.

>Now…

[] Cecil asks a question. (What?)
[] You’ve gotten what you wanted.
[] You’ve had enough of this, leave.
[] You try to lead Cecil away as a crow.
[] You end the possession and rush to the room.
[] (Write-in)

>>33597401
first cast a spell on the door so noone pays attention to it and the nurses/doctors just walk on by
when cecil is done, cast submission on her so that she starts acting like a maniac, screaming and shit, in a few hours and runs out the door and stabs the first person they see in the leg and then kills herself

this is the only way we can get cecil out of here without suspicion, it would make her look like she stabbed herself for all the cuts, and it might make people think she was the "serial killer"

>>33597517
that sounds pretty serial killer logic, so lets go with this, also make her reopen the cuts before she runs out screaming, so they look fresh

>>33597517
ah i mean she starts screaming/runs out in a few hours just to make myself clear

>>33597517
I can get behind this

>>33597401
I'm not sure if >>33597517 is a good idea, but it is probably our best bet so lets do it

>>33597401
>>33597517
this one

>>33597401
>[X] Cecil asks a question. (What?)
Where is the doctor based out of?

Alright, writing...

>>33597401
I go to a dnd session and look what happens, so much for binding the woman up as a familiar to properly interrogate and use her against the doctor.

>>33597756
I've got to get to bed, work in the morning and all. You're doing good with the quest, keep it up, and I hope we can both stabilize and comfort Cecil, preferably through emotional bonding or familiar bonding, or both.

Also, we really need to get to work on the political situation in town, at least two other mages we know of in the area (how many bloodlines are there? Crowded meetings eh?) and start working on flesh constructs to supplement our familiars.

Crimson conquers all.

>>33597756

[X] Covering tracks.

You begin preparing a submission as Cecil keeps doing her thing. “W-where’s the doctor?”

“…At the facility…” The woman whimpers.

Having run out of questions, she keeps slicing the woman until your spell is ready. The woman’s eyes are already hollow by the time you finish and get Cecil’s attention with a “Kaw”.

“Hmm? Ah, thanks. I always knew I could trust you.” She smiles happily and kisses you on the head, the loose collar of her white T-shirt now stained with red giving you a look under it.

She waltzes out of the room, putting the knife back into her pocket as you stop possessing the crow…

You open your eyes, cold sweat covering your head. “Are you alright?” A passing nurse asks you.

“I’m fine.” You mumble as you head to the entrance, where Cecil gives you a kiss on the cheek as you put your coat on her to cover the evidence.

>End of thread 6

And that's it for the night. Feel free to give comments, questions, feedback and what have you.

>>33598108
Bitches be craaaaaaaazy.

Didn't realize Cecil was the type to kill a bitch

>>33598079
cecil best girl points +50

>>33598190
just means we won't have to worry about her being freaked out when shit goes down
>>33598358
yes

>>33598358
>>33598385
>Magical Girl Stabitha

>>33598190
Well, she did say that they were forcing her to go out and kill people.

So she's definitely done so before.

Watching it happen is a bit more disturbing, however.

We're certainly taking Cecil going all murdery rather blithely.

I think we might be crazy.

>>33598541
She's not only all murdery, she's also showing more sex appeal.

>>33598615
Sexy murdery appeal

>>33598108
Cecil's behavior is problematic. She's showing signs of actually being a sadistic serial killer. She's more talkative and more emotionally active right after a kill. She might only have a problem with killing the people she did because she didn't have control when she did it, not out of any horror at the killings themselves.
She's likely to kill that old friend we coerced into setting up our electricity. Guess she was right to be afraid that she would become the victim of a serial killer.

And we're probably going to end up enabling Cecil, too. We're just as bad as the Doctor.

>>33602492
We should ask Cecil when we're in our Sanctuary "Do you like hurting people?" And "Did you enjoy killing others?"

>>33598079
We will double check on the woman and make sure that our cover up went off correctly without a hitch. This is required.

>>33598124
>>33598190
>>33598441
>>33598541
Keep in mind, we don't know how long this has been going on. Cecil could just be feeling like she's finally removed the one thing ruining her entire life, with our help. If this had been going on since the accident with her folks, she's going to be emotionally stunted and acting more like a victorious child who just slew a monster under her bed. As to our reaction, this woman was clearly fine using other people as tools to commit murder for personal gain.

>>33598615
>>33599615
Means she's opening up at least a little bit, or at least more conscious of it. Real test will be to see if she goes back to the shirt and panties routine when we get to the sanctuary.

>>33602492
>>33602611
We'll make sure she doesn't slip, killing is only for enemies that leave us no other options. This makes me want to bind her as a 'familiar' all the more, both for the emotional connection so we can help her out, and for the small bit of control so we can make sure she doesn't go stab happy.
Though if it turns out she just has a thing for knives and blood, well, there are worse places for a girl like that to be than a fleshy, ready to bleed forest.
And she picked out a little kitten, we should keep a close eye on that. If she's kind and caring, then there is a good amount of hope. If we catch her wearing a kitten skin hat, then well.. time to take drastic measures.

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So when is Cecil going to ask us to make her go all fleshmaiden?
I approve, though we should really have her bound to us before we do something so drastic, even with her blessing.

>>33602809
We should have demanded the PIN to Mariana's bank card before we killed her.
And as for the coverup, Cecil kept the knife so I don't think the coverup happened, or is going to work.

>>33603325
Really hoping that we left a familiar behind to keep track of things then, and intervene to remove the woman if things go bad.
Though I am still tempted to bind her to our will, if only for her usefulness and to give Cecil an (sexy) outlet.

>>33603582
I'm not sure that we want to encourage Cecil's slasher streak. While the apparent affection is nice, I hope it's because we helped her get closure and trust, not because we bring the bloodshed.

>>33604134
Not to mention, Cecil still got her face on a security camera feed, and odds are good that the police will investigate everyone who entered Mariana's room before she died.

>>33604212
I hadn't thought of that, crapit. Well with luck we can pull it off as Cecil visiting her shrink to see if their appointments would continue, then getting weirded out by her and leaving.
Ideally we can keep the cops off of our trail and out of our hair... but I sense that we're going to have to use some magical suggestion on a few officers/detective to be sure of things.

>>33605255
>magical suggestion
Remember that it takes 15-20 minutes to cast Suggestion, 1 hour to cast Submission.
And it leaves behind obvious residue.

It may simply be unfeasible to do any of that.

>>33605353
Still thinking we can put it into runes to prep it up, and while residue is left behind, cops and detectives go into strange places and alleyways all the time.

And nobody questions a crow following them around, assuming they notice in the first place.
We need more practice in crow bodies.

>>33605388
Well, our crow can't use the rod; that thing is two meters in length and made of metal.

We need to see what spells can and can't be cast with runes.
Like, the Binding and Hide spells required making circles in order for them to be cast. I don't think that can be done with a staff and runes.

Next time we're doing magical research/practice at the sanctuary, we should see about putting some calling traps down, set to trigger on anyone not us or let in by us.

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>>33598079
>>33598358
Cecil might be shaping up to be a monster, but as long as she's our monster and we keep her on a happy leash, it's okay.

>>33606085
That leash is going to have to be very tight. We also have to be careful she doesn't try to hurt or kill our physics friend who is going to install our electricity; she'll try to rationalize it as protecting us.
Since the girl is smart and already suspects we will kill her as soon as her usefulness is over, she probably set up information packages to be mailed to the police on dead man switches.

>>33606219
We'll have to talk it over with her, and note, this all gets much much easier and safer if Cecil agrees to be familiar bonded to us.
As to Elisa, we'll ask her if she's alright getting a minor memory wipe, just for our protection? Failing that, if we can figure out how to stealth bond a familiar then I would heavily suggest it for her, just for the good feelings and such towards us so she's less likely to spill the beans, on her own or under pressure.

>>33606219
Cecil did say she was lonely, maybe she'd like a 'sister' that drinks as much caffeine as she does.

>>33607902
That's what we got the kitten for.
Elisa has friends, a promising career, a family to wonder what happened to her.

So this is still alive...
I'll eat something, then type the next post.

>>33608942
Maybe this time we can actually think our actions through instead of lurching from one disaster to another like a drunken sailor.

>>33607902
Good point, let's try to get her out of this in better shape than she entered.
>>33608942
Awesome, let's see if Cecil is creepy, sexy, or adorable, or all three.

>>33609314
>let's try to get her out of this in better shape than she entered.
By ruining another person's life, one which was going just fine until we dragged her into this world of flesh, blood, stabbings, and death?

>>33609339
I would not exacty call her life just fine with her getting mind controlled and forced too kill peapol

>>33609339
No, by paying her and leaving her with a Mage friend to call in emergencies.

>>33609368
That's Cecil. The original post of >>33607902
>maybe she'd like a 'sister' that drinks as much caffeine as she does.
That's talking about binding and forcing Elisa to keep Cecil company.
Elisa, the college physics student who we told that there would be consequences if she talked to anyone about what she saw in the woods.

>>33609370
People want to bind her and make her into a 'sister' for Cecil. A number of players aren't sure we can trust her not to talk or have our secrets divulged if someone leans on her or casts Submission.

Which begs the question, why did we bring her in when she's a potential security breach, instead of getting a couple of Time-life's Home Improvement books and DIY Youtube videos?

Your body feels heavy as you lie on the fleshy ground of your Sanctuary, its rhythmic heaving matching your heartbeat and the gentle flow of mana calming you down. You haven’t gotten much sleep, your thoughts going back to what happened earlier whenever you closed your eyes. Cecil is currently clinging to your right arm and sleeping soundly still dressed in the bloody t-shirt. You suppose you should do something about that sooner or later.

After the incident at the hospital you rode back to the Sanctuary, though you don’t have much recollection of what happened between now and then. The two of you ate… something, you lied down and Cecil followed you, having abandoned the cargo pants in the shelter.

You don’t really know what to think. You killed a person after Cecil tortured her for over an hour. Sure, she had it coming but… You need to stop thinking about this.

>What do you do?

[] Practice. Work should get your mind off of things.
[] Study. You need something else to think about.
[] Go for a ride. That should help you relax.
[] (Write-in)

>>33609368
What are you talking about?
This guy >>33609314 and this guy >>33607902 are talking about ruining Elisa's life to improve Cecil's life.
So this guy >>33609339 is right.

>>33609547
>Practice. Work should get your mind off of things.
we need to be stronger

>>33609547
>[] Practice. Work should get your mind off of things.

>>33609547
Practice and study, the better we get with magic the easier life will be at this point.
Do we have a confirmed positive via familiar on the coverup?

>>33609547
[x] Study. You need something else to think about.
We need to know: can we use runes and a rod to cast Submission without leaving a flesh residue? Will that get around the 1 hour preparation time, or do we still need an hour to create the circle? Can the circle be created ahead of time and the target later lured into it?
Will Submission let us force a target to forget certain events?

Can Fire, Death, or Acid spells be used to get rid of our fleshy residue, and what are the runes necessary to cast those affinity spells?

>>33609597
>>33609612
We need more spells, not get better at the ones we have. The ones we have still result in large amounts of leftover flesh and blood which we still can't get rid of.

>we need to be stronger
Then we need better spells, an understanding of Rune-casting, and an understanding of Enchantments, not just getting better at casting the 3 combat spells we have.

>>33609559
sorry thought we were still talking about Cecil yea I agree don't do that too Elisa
>[X] Study. You need something else to think about.

>>33609559
I'm >>33609314 and I vote to be good and trust Elisa, we have to walk a careful line here. While the other woman was an Enemy, Elisa is a friend. We're good to friends.
>>33609547
Practice, and we need to talk with Cecil about both the familiar bit, her history, and the state of Us.

>>33609747
>Elisa is a friend. We're good to friends.
And yet you agreed with >>33607902 who suggested we make Elisa into Cecil's 'sister' because it would be a convenient way to keep Elisa from blowing our cover.

You and >>33609693 need to read posts a little more closely.

>>33609799
That was supposed to be for >>33608381
On a phone at work, hard to post, sorry for the mix up.

>>33609837
Oh, alright.
Just, you know, that gave a completely and utterly different message than the one you intended.

I use a phone to post from work as well, so I know how difficult it is. But you must realize that you then have to be extra careful about which post you link.

Practice
>>33609597
>>33609612
Study
>>33609628
>>33609693
Both
>>33609614

I can work with this. Writing...

>>33609888
Sorry, spotty net and work make for bad double checking.
Let's try to stay at least a not-evil Mage, if not a good one.

We should be questioning WHY Cecil lasted as long as she has as a magically controlled killer.
The other subjects did not, but she has.
Maybe because she was going to become a serial killer anyway is why her mind hasn't broken under being forced to kill people.
Her hating it was only because she wasn't the one in control when she killed.

I mean, did anyone else notice just how emotionally expressive Cecil was after killing Mariana after an hour of torturing her?

>>33610066
Yes. Hence the worry, need to talk, and my want to bind her for both a measure of possible control and giving her emotional stability via us in the link.

Wait when did Cecil kill Mariana?

>>33610278
It depends on if Mariana bled out before we could order her to commit suicide, I suppose.
There were a LOT of knife wounds, and a lot of bleeding.

>>33609992

[X] Experimentation seems like a happy medium.

You need to do something to occupy your mind and maybe get some mana into your body. You carefully detach yourself from Cecil’s grip and get to work.

You conjure a blob of flesh and carefully cut it open with the knife. It bleeds as its insides get revealed. You inspect the small blood vessels that run through it, its composition, how it reacts to your mana and you do find some interesting things.

The first thing you notice is that while the conjured substance remains solid within the Sanctuary, outside it slowly erodes into almost mush like substance. Pouring more mana into this causes it to come back to life, becoming more solid and continuing to beat. Pouring newly conjured flesh onto another piece makes them melt together into a larger blob.

The second thing you learn is that you have some control over the structure of conjured flesh. You can make the blood vessels larger but fewer or smaller but more numerous. There seems to be a certain ratio of meat and blood in the flesh you conjure but you don’t have the equipment to measure this accurately.

The third thing you learn, after some practice making the flesh whip, is that you can make a small hollow to fit mana into which allows you some clumsy control over it by restoring parts of it. This does take quite a bit of precision so you need to have some active mana already to manage it.

[Level up! Whip of flesh: minor control]

>cont.

>>33610489

It may be because of all the mana you used but you’re feeling better already. Returning to the heart of your Sanctuary, you notice Cecil already up and the sun is starting to rise. You stayed up almost the whole night.

>What now?

[] Talk to Cecil.
[] Go get her some clean clothes.
[] Check your phone.
[] Go... (Where?)
[] Read about… (What?)
[] (Write-in)

>>33610520
[x] Go get her some clean clothes.
[x] Check your phone.
[x] Talk to Cecil.
"Cecil, I need to talk with you about yesterday, and what you were like.
"Do you like hurting people? Do you enjoy killing people?"
[x] Read about… (What?)
We never got the answers to those questions about runes, though. Read up on rune-casting.

>>33610520
Talk to her, and let's not offer her clothing. Her response to her current state and any stares we happen to give will be telling of intention and her own emotional state.
We need to bring up, in order of importance:
Familiar bonding her
Her actions yesterday
Her past in general
Making sure that Elisa will be safe.

>>33610520
this guy >>33610566 seems to have a plan set

>>33610489
Let's see if she tries to come on to us while we talk.

>>33610520
Phone check won't take more than a min, even while we talk with Cecil.

>>33610520
[x] Check your phone.
[x] Talk to Cecil.
[x] Read about… (What?)
Talk to Cecil about whether she will become our familiar, about yesterday at the hospital and her behavior. But less accusatory than "do you like hurting people?"
More, why did you do that?

As for reading, runes and casting spells without preparation or flesh residue.

>>33610566
>>33610594
>>33610599
>>33610733
>>33610785
>>33610798
Writing...

>>33610866

[X] Talks

As you approach the girl, she is pouring coffee into a cup which she hands to you as soon as you take a seat next to her. The expression on her face is slightly more stoic and controlled than the last time you saw her, though there’s still a faint smile on her lips. “Morning.” She whispers while pushing herself closer to you.

“Good morning. Do you have an answer for what I asked you the other day?”

She gives you a nod, accompanied by an enthusiastic “Umh”.

“That’s good. Now, we need to talk about yesterday. I want to know how you felt, how you acted, how you feel now. Do you mind telling me?” You make sure to keep your voice firm yet gentle.

She shakes her head before locking her eyes with yours, the remains of mana from your recent casting helping you to not flinch. “She had it coming. All the suffering… all the pain she caused…” Her smile grows into a grin. “It all came back. She had to suffer.” She leans on you. “You helped. You kept me safe. You gave me the chance…” The girl closes in on your ear, practically breathing into it. “Thank you.” She licks some of the fleshy mush you didn’t notice you had on you from your cheek. She’s breathing into your ear, excited.

>You…

[] Say something. (What?)
[] Kiss her.
[] Push her away.
[] Suggest that you study runes together.
[] Suggest getting the familiar binding started.
[] (Write-in)

>>33611459
>Say something
"Y-you too..."

>>33611459
Get the familiar binding started after giving her a light kiss.
We've become her safety, time to live up to it while also keeping others safe from her.

>>33611459
>Say something
"Is this going to keep happening, are you going to keep killing people, or is this a one time thing?"

>>33611459
Business before pleasure.
Binding first, then we can feel out her emotions and be sure of things before we commit to anything, be it dragging our feet or giving her what she wants/needs.

>>33611459
Don't stick it in the crazy!

That said, if we bind her we can use that to help "fix" her, and keep her under control, right?

>>33611523
yea going with this she is our friend but I don't want her compleatly unhinged serial killer

>>33611459
Look at this from Cecil's point of view.
Her parents die, we leave her life for the most part.
her life starts to suck hardcore, with her being turned into a murder tool.
out of nowhere we come back into her life and all of the sudden, freedom, revenge, safety, companionship, all springing from us.

we are her jesus, and we had best use that if we want to help her or keep her under control.

>>33611459
[x] kiss her
[x] say something
[x] get the binding started
Is killing and hurting people going to be a thing now? Does she like the sight and smell of blood?
If it's just against the Doctor, I can understand it. But next time I want Cecil to give us a chance to bind the Doctor's apprentices as Servants; it will mean a steady source of income and getting others to do stuff so the police aren't always following us.

Just a heads up, my toilet broke on its own and i need to do something about it before it floods out of the bathroom. May take a moment before i can start writing again.

>>33611730
OP please don't drown in shit water

>>33611703
Second

>>33611730
Yeah, that's important. First thing to do is turn off the water to the toilet using the valve that should be on the water pipe/line from the wall to the toilet.

>>33611730
Good luck!
Had that happen to me once, 2am and the tank on the toilet just spontaneously snapped in half, flooded a third of the house before it woke anyone.

Luckily the landlord knew it was an ancient toilet and paid for the replacement/fixing of things.

>>33611459
Kiss her! Kiss the girl!

Alright, situation is under control. Expect slower updates due to having to make sure nothing is leaking.
>>33611911
That's funny becase i live in UTC+3, meaning it's 2am for me too.

Writing...

>>33611459
>[X] Kiss her.

It must happen

>>33612038

[X] Make a contract with me.

“Is this going to be a thing now? The whole cutting people up thing, I mean.” You barely manage to keep your voice relatively neutral

“They have to pay.” She whispers to your ear.

You turn your face towards her to give her a quick kiss on the lips. She comes on to you with all her weigh, her arms wrapping around your body with surprising strength and her tongue awkwardly trying to part your lips. You interrupt this by raising a finger to your lips. “Shall we get the binding done first?”

You disinfect the knife again and begin your work as Cecil keeps eyeing you, blushing. You ignore the occasional wet sounds and sighs she lets out. As you request something from her body, expecting a hair or something similar, she bites into her left ring finger and hands you its tip up almost up to the first joint.

You finish the circle, the bloody chunk in the middle and the girl with a tied up finger in the side, and feel the familiar tug in your mana, this time slightly stronger than before, as you activate it.

>Now you…

[] Bind her as a Servant; it gives you emotional connection and that’s all you need right now.
[] Bind her as a Harbringer; it gives you more control over her.
[] Bind her as a Host; a human host could be useful.
[] Bind her as an Extension; you can’t trust her with the control of her own body.
[] Bind her as a Hive; you can’t have her dying.
[] Keep her just bound, do something else now. (What?)

>>33612759
[] Bind her as a Harbringer; it gives you more control over her.

>>33612759
Holy shit man, shlicking herself to us and biting off the tip of her finger....
She is in love with our carnage.
We had better make damn sure she's tightly bound to us and our intent, no running off doing things 'because we'd want her to' and such.

I would say Harbinger given those options... but Servant emotional connection might be more useful.
And Hive because, well, if she's like this we can bind the others under the Doctor like this to her and let her have her revenge while keeping them for our use.

A mix would be best, this bears much future experimentation and research, but for now...
>Harbinger

>>33612759
[] Bind her as an Extension.

Then immediately look through the grumpier on healing spells and how to reattach a finger.

And admonish Cecil for hurting her body like that. Distinguishing marks like that make it harder for her to do stuff for us.
If she behaves then we can downgrade to Servant.

>>33612759
>She bit off part of her finger
Why would she do that? Why do I have a boner from this?

[] Bind her as a Harbringer; it gives you more control over her.

>>33612931
We take full control of her body with extension so I don't think that is a good idea

>>33612038
Don't know what it is about 2am and toilet troubles.

>>33612759
I have no face for what just happened.
Host, though will we know how she feels/thinks while we're in control, or does she just kinda go into a mental coma?
mfw she likes it when we take full control.

>>33612920
>>33612872
>>33612948
Guys, Harbinger doesn't allow for remote control. She can still totally do stuff independently of us, including killing Elisa when Cecil gets jealous.

>>33612759
>Bind her as a Harbringer; it gives you more control over her.
holy shit what the fuck
look for healing spells

>>33613001
I was going to check in the pastebin for the specifics, but the pastebin is gone!

>>33612759
We need control, and an in to her thoughts/emotions. Also, time to learn a healing spell and admonish her for.. I don't think self-harm will matter to her, so admonish her for hurting something that belongs to us, which is her.

>>33613038
paste bin is the second post but here's the link anyway
http://pastebin.com/X9xxjULQ

>>33612759
>[] Bind her as a Servant

>>33613001
Good point, changing vote to
[] Bind her as an Extension

I'm
>>33612948

>>33613071
That needs to be updated...
But with that, Host, definitely Host, and I agree that we need to research more about familiar bonds, because merging some of these would be very very very useful with Cecil.

>>33612759
>[] Bind her as a Harbringer; it gives you more control over her.
We need to be able to control her

>>33613038
Only Host and Extension allow for remote control.
The difference is that's be is independent and the other dependent (Cecil can't sneak off and do something regrettable when we're asleep), and Host requires us to not move our body, while Extension lets us move as well and do it at will instantly.

Remember that we can always change these later if Cecil proves she can be trusted.

>>33613197
God dammit, actually read what Harbinger does, it doesn't give us control over Cecil's body, it only gives us an empathic link which is just a warning that she's going to do something stupid.

For actual control we need Host or Extension.

>>33613276
>>33613186
With that in mind..
Harbinger instead of Host.
Emotional link, she can't run off while we're asleep, and we would have a small bit of control to stop her if she tried to do something we don't approve of.
Worth chaning later on of course, once she's been "fixed" to our standards I see Hive on the horizon, using the Doctors serial killers.

>>33613343
Harbinger gives us a little bit of control, enough to trip her up or make her flinch and pull a strike.

Explanation time:
Harbringer gives you little control over the familiar. Examples of these are making it turn its eyes or head or talking through its mouth. The familiar can resist these.
Extension is full on bodyjacking which gives you 100% control over the familiars body though it lacks emphatic link and has just non-verbal communications.
Host gives you the same benefit as Extension, only temporarily and you lose control of yourself but can use magic while possessing.

>>33613343
Harbinger is still superior we need to know what she is thinking we don't need to wear her skin to control her.

>>33613426
Easy solution then.
>Harbinger
AND
>2-3 hours worth of Suggestion to make sure she doesn't do things without us/our express approval or fly off the handle.

This way we get in her head to figure her out and start making her balanced and healthy, while getting to know her more, and keeping her on a firm but gentle leash.
Though at this point I'm not sure she wants the gentle bit.

>>33613426
Alright voting for harbinger.

>>33613426
still harbinger

Now then, this vote has gone on for long enough.
Harbringer seems to have the most support.
Writing...

>>33613720
wait does harbinger make her pass out when we go to sleep?

>>33614235
Yeap, means she can't go off while we're napping. Shouldn't be an issue given how close we're keeping her.

>>33613720

[X] My little Harbringer.

You instantly begin drawing more circles, a larger one with your own and a smaller one with Cecil’s. Slightly annoyed you get some blood from her bleeding finger on a saucer after failing to draw with the finger as she rubbed her body against yours, causing you to botch the circle twice. You connect these circles with three lines; arc from one circle’s the center of the circumference with your blood and another with hers. In the center you draw an even smaller circle with a mixture of both of your bloods, connected to the centers with a line. Then you draw symbols along the lines and pour mana into the spell.

Once again the creation comes to life, wrapping the two of you in fleshy tentacles. You think you hear a moan from somewhere as you feel the link between the two of you widening. A flood of emotions and feelings rush through it, not even your mana-enhanced mind having enough time to analyze them all. As the time the spell melts, you fall on the ground sweating and breathing deeply. At the corner of your eye, you see Cecil doing the same, though you’re pretty sure her eyes are almost at the back of her head, her mouth is open, droll dripping from its corner and there’s something mixed in with the blood… Well, at least she’s happy.

>Cont.

>>33614369

The two of you just lie there for a while before you have to change clothes and you make Cecil put on one of your shirts to cover herself. While you feel a hint of disappointment from her, she doesn’t complain.

>What next?

[] Get her stuff.
[] Read up on runes.
[] You didn’t check that phone yet.
[] (Write-in)

>>33614391
>check the book for a healing spell for her finger shit

>>33614391
have sex right now
she wants it, we want it, and our new link will make us feel it double

>>33614391
Check our phone, feel up the link that we have with her now.
Feel her up, just a little so she doesn't feel neglected.

>>33614391
>>33614411
please

>>33614411
This then read up for a healing spell

>>33614391
give cecil a little fun, a reward if you will
then check the phone

>>33614391

[X] I intended to save this for end of the thread thing.

You call Cecil over. As she approaches you, you give her a deep kiss which makes her stiffen up for a moment but she soon relaxes before jumping on you with all her weigh, making you fall on the ground as she hungrily devours your lips…

---

You are lying on the soft ground with still unconscious Cecil still on top of you. Both of you are covered in blood with the bloody knife on the ground and you hurt all over. You have no idea of how long that took or how many years of your life it shaved off but the sun is already high in the sky and the finger is not bleeding anymore, at least from the same wound. Turns out you can do that by pouring a bit of your mana into them.

>Healing, 1st circle (at will): Stop a wound from bleeding by pouring mana into it.

You get up and clothed, letting Cecil rest a bit longer.

>What do you do?

[] (Write-in)

>>33615087
>use magic
>get swole

>>33615087
check book on a way to restore her finger, then look into rune casting as a way to increase our offense

>>33615087
Yay for a lewd at the end.

Let's walk around our sanctuary, laying down some Calling traps and trying to arm them to grab anything that isn't us, Cecil, or another familiar. Leave a small winding pathway so we can lead Elisa in when we need to.
While we work, poke and feel around at the emotional link to Cecil, and check the book occasionally since it seems to show us what it thinks we want or need.

>>33615087
check the phone, look up electrical runes
see if you can power things off them, with some crude copper wiring and electricity 101
get them to absorb ambient electricity and lightning
time to set up this base properly
we are a mage, we dont need to rely on others for simple things

>>33615087
this is how i picture cecil, except of course with more blood now, how close is it?

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>>33615372
fuckin captcha

>>33615169
I like this idea, though we still may need some help from Elisa for the wiring. I would still say defense and learning more from the book/our sanctuary is priority at the moment though.
What sort of mind blowing atrocity of sex just happened here?

>>33615411
the bloody kinda
but yeah
treat the electrical runes as batteries
they are a source of energy, and we draw the power they absorb

>>33615401
thats a child, im pretty sure cecil is college age

>>33615494
that isnt a child, the hat is just that huge

>>33615401
I'm still picturing more >>33603146
for her, though currently minus the flesh dress.
Currently, doubt it'll stay that way.

>>33615087
[x] Read up on how to restore Cecil's finger and check our phone
Guys, what the fuck? Cecil is missing an entire third of her finger and you choose sex over fixing it?

>>33615538
So did she, and it's not like we're a flesh mage specialized in the creation and manipulation of flesh and bonds.

>>33615560
She's yandere crazy, and we're supposed to be the voice of reason and rationality.
Our control over flesh and blood is not living up to expectations.

I just realized that considering that our affinity is flesh and blood, we may be able to be like Shou Tucker from Fullmetal Alchemist and just make chimeras

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>>33615401
Not completely inaccurate, though she has a lot longer hair. I don't like to post images because i consider it to be my job to make you imagine things as you want (also, half the things may end up getting me banned, with the flesh and all).
Google gave me this, which is not 100% on spot but close enough. >>33603146 Isn't bad either, mind you.

>>33615411
The kind that requires a knife and taught you how to stop bleeding wounds.

Checking the book, trying to come up with a way to harvest electricity, trying to fix the finger and checking the phone seem to be stuff you want to get done. Writing...

>>33615730
It would be the girl from The Ring wouldn't it.

I know you said early on that you wouldn't write smut, are you reconsidering for the end of the thread, or just going to give a bullet point type 'Here is what happened and why, X was said/done that is important'?

>>33615730
in comparison to my image, is the hat sillier or not? this is the most important thing

>>33615730
We need to go back and look up anything else on constructs. Some to guard, some to serve, some to help make the sanctuary better, last time we looked all we got was

>You put the staff back down while opening the book to do some reading on constructs.

>Constructs are created through Alchemy and Enchantments to serve specific purposes. Examples of such would be enchanting an eyeball to give show image on a reflective surface, much like a camera, or making statues that lift things.
>Some more complicated constructs can be bound with a familiar bond instead of enchantment or even added directly on a subject body.

>There are blueprints of various types of creatures and tools but you aren’t sure if you have the fine control, hand-to-eye coordination and the materials to pull most of them.

And we've gotten a bit better since then, also, given our dreams, I think that it's a good direction to focus on.

Plus, things to take care of the place and Cecil while we deal with job/school/family/police things before we decide if we're going to live a masquerade once the Doctor is dealt with, or go full hermit within our sanctuary.

>>33615730

[X] On healing.

You open the book which licks its lips and gives you a wink with its sole eye before opening at a page of that explains healing.

Turns out that there are no real devoted healing spells but rather it consists of clever applications of other spells. Much like ‘pure’, it’s a label stuck on spells that have certain property, in this case that being their ability to cure and heal.

>Restore, 2nd circle: Used to make objects more like when they were created. Used on people it recovers small wounds and cuts.
>Renovate, 3rd circle: Slightly improves an object, making it work slightly better. Used on a person it can recover broken bones through a painful process.
>Fix, 3rd circle: Removes imperfections from an object. Should be used on people with caution.
>Improve, 4th circle: Makes an object better at selected thing. Used on a person with ‘healing’ it improves their natural healing.

There are also multiple ways to replace or change parts of one’s body through alchemy along with a notice to be really careful about how you put things together and where, as separating living things alchemically can be extremely painful and is generally not recommended.

>Cont.

>>33616505

As you begin to close the book, you notice a page of men and women mixed with various… things to make them serve certain purposes better. You’d need some practice with a dead body before trying anything on a human. You close the grimoire and it gives you a knowing look before you let go of it and check your cellphone.

You have two missed calls from your dad, one a couple of days ago and one last evening, along with a text from Elisa saying that a gas generator would cost 1 to 2 hundred, plus gas.

>What’s next?

[] Lay traps.
[] Try to put together something that produces electricity.
[] Call dad.
[] Read about runes.
[] (Write-in)

>>33616529
>Lay traps

>>33616529
> Lay traps

> If Cecil's awake, see if she's up for a round 2.

>>33616529
>[] Call dad.
>[] Lay traps.

>>33616529
read up on runes and then try to put something together that produces electricity
we must channel tesla

>>33616529
Lay traps while calling dad, and then move on to trying to put a power source together. Hope that we haven't given away our sanctuary location via cellphone gps.
When Cecil wakes, we'll try holding the finger bit and her finger together and push renovate/improve on it?
What does Fix consider imperfections in a person?
If we start flesh crafting, I'd be much more comfortable growing things from scratch or working with animals than with live humans.

We've still got some crows etc watching the facility right?

>>33616529
[x] Call dad.
[x] (Write-in)
Prepare and cast Renovate with Cecil's bitten off finger to reattach it to her hand before the finger completely rots.

>>33615846
Let's put it like this: I've written some things before, smut is not one of them. I may try to put something together when i feel like it/am drunk enough but don't expect anything.

>>33616557
>>33616588
>>33616591
>>33616600
Guys, keep in mind, Cecil is missing 1/3 of her finger. Is that not something that needs to be re-attached before the finger rots to the point where it can no longer be used?
I mean, it's been hours already, and that finger has not been placed in any kind of refrigeration.

>>33616529
>Call dad and Lay traps

>>33616666
We'll try to get it back on her, but she's the one that bit it off in a fit of yandere, she might not want it back, considering the missing digit something like a perverse wedding ring.

>>33616666
She's too scary. I don't want to get involved.

>>33616666
QM said it was only the tip. I imagine that means, like, the tippy-tip, and not from like the top-most joint up.

>>33616745
>I imagine that means, like, the tippy-tip
What the fuck?
No, he was pretty clear that it's up to the first knuckle.
>>33612759
>she bites into her left ring finger and hands you its tip up almost up to the first joint.
>up to the first joint.
Were you voting this entire time, not realizing just how serious this injury was?

>>33616714
>I don't want to get involved.
We're already involved, since you chose to fuck her instead of healing her finger and checking our phone, losing us the entire morning.

>>33616703
>she might not want it back
That's first, unhealthy, and second, bad for us because it's a distinguishing mark and we need her to be able to blend in to crowds so that she can move around the city for us without attracting attention.

>>33616870
>implying I voted for that

I was >>33611485

>>33616964
So you made a joke vote which people ignored because it was stupid and did absolutely nothing.

>>33616992
Yes. But I was amused by it, and that's what's important.

>>33617027
Well, you were kind of agreeing with Cecil's whole 'blood and sex' thing there by saying "You too", so you did agree to this.

>>33617099
It's a joke. Lurk more.

Laying traps and calling dad seem to be the dominant options.
Writing...

Will be the last update for the night, clock's 6 and i gotta go pester a plumber.

>>33616529
>[x] Call dad.
>[x] fix Cecils finger, talk with her
>[x] Lay traps.

>>33617163
Well shit. Is Cecil going to permanently losing that finger, then?

>>33617131
And you don't understand satire.

>>33617196
You're probably just bad at it. Poe's law also factors in.

>>33616745
>I imagine that means, like, the tippy-tip, and not from like the top-most joint up.
This got me thinking: who here actually believes this, and that's why they voted to ignore Cecil's finger?

>>33617163
Waitin for the update. Good luck with the plumber, and should we expect the pastebin to be updated by you?
Next thread when?

The real question here is, who is going to write the smut for this mornings escapade?

>>33617163
Can we fix the finger, since a lot of people apparently think it's only the finger tip and not an entire section including her nails and cuticle?
Or does this fall under the players' fault for not reading the post correctly?

>>33617163

[X] So you remember those cameras…

You begin walking around, setting up calling circles between the entrance and the heart so that you can trigger them in case of an intruder.

As you work, you hold the phone at your ear, giving dad a call.

“Hey, what’s up?”

“Son, what the fuck did you do?”

“Can you explain?”

“The police paid me a visit yesterday asking for you.” You accidentally trigger one of the circles.

You should have seen this coming, you really should have…

>End of thread 6, session 2.

>>33617355
Welp. There's that warrant for our arrest.
We're basically going to be unable to go into the city now.
Same thing with Cecil since her face is plastered all over the security camera feeds in the hospital and she walked out covered in blood on-camera.

And is her finger a lost cause at this point?

>>33617355
cliff hangers noooo!!

But thanks for the thread op, see ya next when?
Good luck with the plumbing.

This is it for tonight, i'm afraid. Would have preferred running a couple more hours but shit happened.

>>33617244
>>33617419
I'll get to the pastebin once i have time.
Next thread either next night or the one after that.
Saturday and sunday are unlikely, mostly because saturday's my tabletop night which means i'll consume copious amounts of alchohol and be hung over all sunday but i'm not shutting out the possibility of running on them if something happens.

>>33617307
>>33617406
The finger is not permanently lost, it'll just take a bit more effort.

This means that we can't use our cellphone or mobile wifi unit anymore.
The fact that we didn't clean up after the Submission spell left it's residue, we were caught on camera entering the hospital, then Cecil entering Mariana's room and leaving an hour later covered in blood (and possibly caught on video putting her knife away), and the police are going to have a ridiculously easy time convincing a judge to issue a warrant for our arrest and subpoena our cellphone carrier and mobile wifi carrier for our last cellphone location.
On top of that, they can subpoena our credit card company and bank, meaning our cards are now a liability since any time we use them can be tracked.

>>33617524
OP, how seriously should we take things in-game? Will actions have lasting consequences, or will they be more wacky sitcom type stuff that will have temporary inconveniences but no real lasting consequence?
Because I get the sense that some people think it's the latter.

So, at the moment our resources are:
>Familiars:
Cecil: Harbinger, Waifu, BatShitCrazy ?Yandere?
Edgar: Servant
2 Crows: Harbingers
1 Crow: Host
4 Crows: Servants
2 Cats: Harbingers
1 Kitten: Servant
1 Dog: Host
1 Dog: Harbinger
2 Dog: Servants

>Sanctuary
With tons of coffee, currently be trapped up.

>Backpack etc:
225 cash
A Laptop and charger
Two t-shirts.
A hoodie.
One pair of jeans.
Two pairs of cargo pants.
Socks.
Textbooks.
$500 on a card, originally meant for rent.
A small pocket knife.
Your cellphone, dad might have a solar charger for us.
A box of matches.

>Magical materials
That Smart Ass Book.
PHX.meat (fine red powder)
A.tears (yellow liquid)
”Nature” (green liquid)
Acid
Eyeballs (elk’s)
Spider legs
“stuff” (transparent powder)
G’s tears (blue liquid, the jar is half-empty)
Feathers
C:SPESC (ball with scorpion tail and spider legs, in red liquid)
Metal rod, staff
Various rune cylinders. (2xForce, 2xStrength, 1xFlame, 1xWater, 3xDeath, 4xLife, 3xPower)
A black and white robe
Expensive looking blue robe with small gold and silver chunks hanging from it
Plain brown robe
A pointy hat (changes color to match the outfit)
A comb

>Other
Mariana's purse, ID, and haircomb

And we know:
Dad, currently pissed/worried
Sister, little brat by the looks of it.
Elisa, frightened physics girl with electrical knowledge.
Dan, scummy drug guy we havent talked with yet.
Land lord, upset at us for the apartment
Teachers/Employer, currently on sick leave from them.
Cops, at least 2, suspicious as fuck, possible warrant out for our/Cecil arrest and worse
Fire Mage, not the best talker, unknown factor and location
'Doctor' Vine/plant mage, 11-12 minions, assassination ring using mind controlled subjects like Cecil. Supposedly based out of a facility that we're currently watching with crows.


I miss anything?