>>33610203

And then there’s the thing about the Crowthers being demons and for some reason keeping that some secret in their heart. You need to check with them how they want to play this out. So many things to keep track of – at least everybody knows all your secrets. Well, except Wally and the kid Crowthers probably don’t know about… about the thing that happened. You don’t really want people knowing about that. You wish you didn’t know about it either.

While you puzzle to yourself, Ranthix passes out. Except for the slight rise and fall of his chest, it would be easy to mistake him for a corpse. You have stuff to do.

>Talk to Moriah. She’s for sure got your best interests at heart.
>Talk to Wolfgang. He seems keen on all this politics business. And he’s a lawyer. You know, in training. And he dances? Whatever, you’re feeling pretty crappy right now. Maybe he can say something to distract you from yourself.
>Go see Mr. Crowther. There’s something he’s not telling you. There’s always something he’s not telling you, but you know.
>Find out what Waldric’s up to. You feel like this may have been a part of his plan since the beginning.
>Enough of this. You’re tired. It’s time to go home.
>Other (?)

>>33610215
>Talk to Moriah. She’s for sure got your best interests at heart.

>>33610215
>Talk to Moriah. She’s for sure got your best interests at heart.

>>33610215
>Talk to Wolfgang. He seems keen on all this politics business. And he’s a lawyer. You know, in training. And he dances? Whatever, you’re feeling pretty crappy right now. Maybe he can say something to distract you from yourself.

>>33610215
> Talk to Wolfgang.
Perhaps some mancandy will put us in a better mood.

>>33610215
>Talk to Moriah. She’s for sure got your best interests at heart.

>>33610215
>>Talk to Wolfgang. He seems keen on all this politics business. And he’s a lawyer. You know, in training. And he dances? Whatever, you’re feeling pretty crappy right now.

>>33610215
>Talk to Moriah. She’s for sure got your best interests at heart.

>>33610215
>Talk to Wolfgang. He seems keen on all this politics business. And he’s a lawyer. You know, in training. And he dances? Whatever, you’re feeling pretty crappy right now. Maybe he can say something to distract you from yourself.

>>33610203
>Talk to Moriah. She’s for sure got your best interests at heart.

>>33610215
>Go see Mr. Crowther. There’s something he’s not telling you. There’s always something he’s not telling you, but you know.
Ask him if Isaac knows about the whole Hellion shebang.
Also if he'd happen to know if Philo has any weaknesses, because last time you met, your attacks were pretty useless in actually hurting her.

>>33610215
>Talk to Moriah. She’s for sure got your best interests at heart.

>>33610215
>Go see Mr. Crowther. There’s something he’s not telling you. There’s always something he’s not telling you, but you know.

>>33610215
Wolfgang

>>33610215
>Talk to Moriah. She’s for sure got your best interests at heart.
This whole thing is going to be like 20 threads of talking to people, isn't it? Because there's no way people aren't going to want to talk to everyone and Ranthix took two threads, so yeah...

>>33610215

>Talk to Moriah. She’s for sure got your best interests at heart.

>>33610215
>Go see Mr. Crowther. There’s something he’s not telling you. There’s always something he’s not telling you, but you know.
Ask him about the whole secrecy thing. It's just to protect his family or something, right?

And the fact that he doesn't seem to care whether we get the fief or Waldo gets it is suspicious.

>>33610215
>Talk to Moriah. She’s for sure got your best interests at heart.

>>33610215
>Talk to Moriah. She’s for sure got your best interests at heart.

I like how everybody is choosing not to talk to wally. Probably a good move, since he'll just piss us off/incite more fieflust drama. I wonder if the hallows have rescinded the offer of adoption. If they haven't we're going to want to print a "My kid rules San Francisco with a burning claw" bumper sticker.

>>33610643
Well, the next Baron/Baroness will be either his future son-in-law or his youngest daughters best friend.

You get up and walk out of the room. You find Moriah standing in the hall, a few paces away. She makes good time in casting her eyes to the floor and acting like she isn’t there.

Well, this is good. You were just about to go looking for her anyway. But why was she already…. “Were you eavesdropping on me?” you ask, planting your hands on your hips. You’re not sure if you should be mad at not. You’re slanting toward not mad, because hey, it’s Moriah.

“I wanted to hear what he’d say to you,” she answers quietly, folding her arms across herself. “I never thought I’d get a chance to meet a Thultal. They’re supposed to be special,” she says. “They’re like Samurai, in Inferia. Father says it’s a great honor to have one as a guest.”

>That’s a good name for a metal band.
>It’s fine this time, but don’t do that again. There’s some stuff that’s private.
>Eh. I probably would have told you everything he told me anyway.
>There’s a whole lot of demon stuff going on. I take it this isn’t the usual.
>Do you know what Philostrathus was? Cause I’ve never seen anything like her. How many kinds of demons are there, anyway?
>If you were in my shoes, what would you do with the whole fief thing?
>Is there like, some reason you guys are so careful about who knows you’re demons? I mean, it’s obvious you’re good people. Isaac’s the Marshal and he doesn’t even know.
>Other (?)

>>33610937
>Eh. I probably would have told you everything he told me anyway.
>There’s a whole lot of demon stuff going on. I take it this isn’t the usual.
>If you were in my shoes, what would you do with the whole fief thing?
>Is there like, some reason you guys are so careful about who knows you’re demons? I mean, it’s obvious you’re good people. Isaac’s the Marshal and he doesn’t even know.

>>33610937
>>Is there like, some reason you guys are so careful about who knows you’re demons? I mean, it’s obvious you’re good people. Isaac’s the Marshal and he doesn’t even know.

>>33610937
>Eh. I probably would have told you everything he told me anyway.
>Do you know what Philostrathus was? Cause I’ve never seen anything like her. How many kinds of demons are there, anyway?
>If you were in my shoes, what would you do with the whole fief thing?

>>33610937
>Eh. I probably would have told you everything he told me anyway.
>There’s a whole lot of demon stuff going on. I take it this isn’t the usual.
>Do you know what Philostrathus was? Cause I’ve never seen anything like her. How many kinds of demons are there, anyway?
>If you were in my shoes, what would you do with the whole fief thing?
>Is there like, some reason you guys are so careful about who knows you’re demons? I mean, it’s obvious you’re good people. Isaac’s the Marshal and he doesn’t even know.

>>33610937
>Do you know what Philostrathus was? Cause I’ve never seen anything like her. How many kinds of demons are there, anyway?
>Is there like, some reason you guys are so careful about who knows you’re demons? I mean, it’s obvious you’re good people. Isaac’s the Marshal and he doesn’t even know.

>>33610937
>Eh. I probably would have told you everything he told me anyway.
>If you were in my shoes, what would you do with the whole fief thing? I mean, this is, like, the first time I've ever even heard the word "Thultal". If I didn't even know that my main supporter is a demon samurai or something, how am I supposed to run anything?

>>33610937
>what exactly is a thultal?

>>33610937
>Man, I don't know enough of anything about all this demon stuff. I didn't even know Thultals were a thing. I still don't even know what the hell Philo was.

>>33610937
>That’s a good name for a metal band.
>Eh. I probably would have told you everything he told me anyway.
>Do you know what Philostrathus was? Cause I’ve never seen anything like her. How many kinds of demons are there, anyway?
>Is there like, some reason you guys are so careful about who knows you’re demons? I mean, it’s obvious you’re good people. Isaac’s the Marshal and he doesn’t even know.

>>33610937
Before we leave I want to tell Waldo that Rowan saved his ass.

>>33610937
>That’s a good name for a metal band.
>It’s fine this time, but don’t do that again. There’s some stuff that’s private.
>Do you know what Philostrathus was? Cause I’ve never seen anything like her. How many kinds of demons are there, anyway?
>Is there like, some reason you guys are so careful about who knows you’re demons? I mean, it’s obvious you’re good people. Isaac’s the Marshal and he doesn’t even know.

>>33610937
>there's a whole lot of demon stuff going on...

I'm not sure how I feel about
>If you were in my shoes, what would you do with the whole fief thing?
>Sierra
>shoes

>>33610937
>"I could totally picture Ranthix using a katana."
>"If you were in my shoes, what would you do with the whole fief thing?"
>Look down at bare claw-feet.
>"Metaphorically."

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>>33611273
>Implying Ranthix would use a bitch stick.

>>33610937
We Should ship Moriah with Ranthix. ASAP!

>>33610937
>There’s a whole lot of demon stuff going on. I take it this isn’t the usual.
>If you were in my shoes, what would you do with the whole fief thing?
>Is there like, some reason you guys are so careful about who knows you’re demons? I mean, it’s obvious you’re good people. Isaac’s the Marshal and he doesn’t even know.

>>33611511
Damn that thiefcat, Ranthix is our husbando.

>>33611511
I don't care how much we like her she goes after Rax and she's getting her skeleton arse kicked.

TG talk about romancing Ranthix.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOIKdkbgxQs
This happens. Feel free to decide who's who.

>>33611573
>Rambrix was in the Crowbars house eating a sandwich
>Moirah bursts out of the closet
>"We have to go to the magical land of skeletonns. "
>Ronthix and Moriah go on a skeletom adventure
>They settle down in a nice skelehouse and then they bone.

>>33611757
I see what you did there

So this is the part where we ask moriah for demon lessons, right?
Just, fuck. We don't know anything.
Language, history, types, ranks, magic.
Can we learn magic? We've got the power, maybe we can learn how to sling spells around.

>>33611231
Uh, dude? Just because there's an E-mail field, doesn't mean you're supposed to actually put your E-mail there. 'Cause some people on 4chan are weird.

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>>33611918
>Some

Once more, The Lawn proves ever-present in the corners of our vision, waiting.

>>33611918
Eh, it's a junk email I forgot to delete from the field.

>>33612161
The will liberate us from are mortal wants. The lawn loves us all.

So what about dropping our sanity so low that we yuri?

These updates that take 2 hours are a bitch and a half.

“Man, I don’t know anything,” you say, leaning on the wall next to Moriah. “Ranthix would like, throw himself under a bus for me. Or more likely he’d like, throw a bus or something for me,” you say to yourself. “What do you think that guy can bench? I saw him throw a grizzly bear one time. Anyway, point is, I don’t know anything. I didn’t even know Thultals were a thing.”

“The plural is Thultal,” Moriah says.

You think about it for a second. “I could totally picture Ranthix with some huge katana or something.”

“They use muskets and a kind of short spear, mostly,” replies Moriah. “The spear’s called an Otukh. The firearms and martial arts take precedence though, usually.”

You nod to yourself. That sounds awesome. “You should write a book of like, real things, and pretend it’s a book of fake things,” you say. “Cause I’d like, totally read that crap and pretend it was real anyway, even if it is.”

Moriah’s eyes light up, though she doesn’t say anything. Instead she walks off and gesturing for you to follow.

You make your way up to Moriah’s room, where you both hunker down for some girl talk. You guess. What do regular people talk about, anyway? Movies? Probably movies. That’s what you talk about a lot. Maybe you’re more regular than you give yourself credit for.

You situate yourself in one of Moriah’s uncomfortable wooden chairs. “Are these like, actually comfortable?” you ask, trying to find a not-sucky sitting position.

>>33612397
“Aren’t they?” Moriah asks, curious. She turns to examine her chair. “I always liked wood chairs.”

“Yeah, but you’re like, a skeleton or something,” you say, giving her rigid posture a hard look.

Moriah returns your hard look with one even harder. “I should be offended.”

“Yeah, maybe,” you say with a shrug. “But it’s this kind of stuff I’m talking about. I mean, I don’t know anything. I was fighting Philostrathus last night, and I don’t even know what she was.”

“Philostrathus is a Tataran,” Moriah says over the table, leaning forward to support her chin with her hands. “And she can see the future. She’s not really that special, though. There are lots of Tataran seers. They don’t interact with reality the same way other people do, so it comes naturally.”

That would explain some things, like how Philo could just be in different places. That was kind of weird. “I got that vibe from her,” you say, narrowing your eyes at the memory of her exploding into sparks. “How many kinds of demons are there, anyway? I don’t know if I can keep track of too many more.”

Moriah shakes her head. “On the contrary, it’s rather simple,” she says. “There are seven kinds of demons. They’re Hellion, Infernus, Belphegoran, Verwelken, Stygian, Tataran, and Nyphican.”

One of those names you haven’t heard before. “Nyphican?” you ask.

“You know. Actually you don’t, but you’ve heard of them before through mythology. Satyrs? Minotaurs? They look like goat people.”

>>33612422
You remember now. Billy and Gruff, those goat things you killed Cordeliate’s house. “The ones with the spicy-tasting blood,” you say to yourself.

Moriah gives you a slightly sickened look.

“Did I… say that out loud?” you ask, feeling embarrassed. That was supposed to be thinking.

Moriah’s not one to mince words. “Yes,” she says.

You whistle tunelessly. “Awkward.” You need to recover from this. Why are you even here? The dull throbbing in your head says you should be in bed or OD’d on aspirin or something. The fief! That’s right. You kick back and try to relax, wood chair or no wood chair. “So, like, if you were in my shoes with this fief thing, what would you do?” you ask. And then you look down at your bare, blackened claw-feet. Maybe that wasn’t the best chosen cliché for the moment. Whatever.

Moriah looks at her hands for a moment in thought. And then more thought. “Father would want me to do it,” she finally says, sounding conflicted. “But I wouldn’t if I didn’t have to. Even if you do just have a title, it invites people to think of you as something more. I don’t want anyone depending on me.”

>>33612448


“Yeah, I get that,” you say. Personally, you kind of are against the whole people depending on you thing too. “I mean, first off, maybe you get people paying attention to you that you don’t want. Especially for a demon fief thing? And then if I am good at it, I think I’ll just… let people down and screw up, you know?” If there’s some way to screw something up, you’ll figure it out. “I mean, I don’t really know, I guess. Maybe I’m thinking about it too much.”

“No, it’s important that you think things like this through,” she says. “Things like this make a difference, one way or another.”

“Speaking of,” you say, “I’ve been thinking about it, and I can’t really see a way for your family to still be anonymous demons. Or. Maybe they can. I guess I haven’t really been thinking about it,” you concede. “Why’s it so important nobody know you’re a hellion, anyway?”

You feel a kind of tangy, bitter ping from Moriah at your question. It’s an uncomfortable sensation.

“It’s safer this way. There are a lot of demonbane in the United States,” Moriah says. “And… maybe a few are different, like Isaac. But most of them are very dangerous for people like us,” she explains. “Father wouldn’t risk the Marshal knowing before. Even if Isaac meant no harm, maybe someone that did would find out through him. But you being with Isaac – that changes things. That changes things a lot.”

>Say stuff (?)
>Other (?)

>>33612314
>wanting to get yuri end theough sanloss
>implying you're ready for loli-loli-okasan eldritch horror flashback sadistic incest on a boat underwater while our other self(i.e.the one we talk to when alone) watches us going to town and givin us encouragement/instructions.

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>>33612497
That is my fetish.

>>33612532
That is an incredibly specific fetish.

>>33612465
>What kind of things does it change?

>>33612465
Changes things how?

>>33612577
I have more specific ones.

>>33612465
>Say stuff (?)
"How many demonbane can there be? I got the impression that they were spread pretty thin, at least around here. Nobody was even willing to come help deal with Meckor unless he actually pulled off his crazy invasion scheme."

And maybe also work in something about asking exactly what this changes? Sierra knows that Isaac isn't exactly very conservative as far as his thinking about hellborn goes, but really how much can be changed by one progressive demonbane dude in a country apparently full of SMITE 'N PURGE demonbane? Is it about Sierra being who she is specifically or is it more of a "this is the first time anything like this has ever happened at all" thing?

>>33612465
"Do you know anything about landwells?"
Gauge what demons know about these things.

>>33612624
this sounds good

>>33612465
>That's a good thing right?
>If I took the fief the local daemon boss and kick ass angel would be living under the same roof i mean that's got to be good right?

>>33612465
>Yeah, the Hallows are kind of, alright, I guess.
>Do you havw, like, a book or something on this demon stuff? At least about the basics of each species.
>Be friendly, but go because we gotta talk with some other folk.(P.S. they ain't as cool as you though)

>Hellion
Magic demon predator skeletons
>Infernus
Rip&tear fire and blood
>Belphegoran
Psionic vampires
>Verwelken
Shadow monsters
>Stygian
Illusions or something
>Tataran
See the future and spam snakes.
>Nyphican.
goat jobbers

Now we can sit around trying to figure out all the coolest combos.

>>33612465
>has there never been a demonbane/demon alliance?

Also
>one time he threw a bear
Gets me every time. Forgot how ridiculous it sounds out of context.

>>33612465
"They're good people. They didn't even mind my Hellhound Reeber, you've seen a drawing of him, just coming home with me one day. Even after all of my fuckups, the people I've hurt and killed, they believe that I'm a good person.

But the rest of them are more of the 'smite first, ask questions later' kind?"

Ask her some more about Angels and Demonbane, the main varieties of Angel, whether Angels/Demonbane going overboard on the SMITE and PURGE is at all like Inferni blood rage, and Demons/Hellborn generally being somewhat unstable and deceptive.

>>33612624
It means that he's unlikely to leak their existance to those conservative demonbane, because they probably wouldn't approve of Sierra either.

>>33612715
>Tataran/Infernus
fire snakes
>Tataran/Verwelken
shadow snakes
>Tataran/Hellion
skeleton anakes

>>33612465
>Say stuff (?)
"What do you know about Corathis? Just from talking to people, I get the impression she was, like, king shit of everything."

>>33612715
Seven Breeds of Demons.
Seven Deadly Sins.

Coincidence? I think not.

>>33612932
Huh. Well, Infernus is almost certainly Wrath.

I wonder which ones the rest are.

>>33612932
>>33612971
Belphegorans are Sloth.

>>33613022
Not Greed or Envy?

>>33612465
>Say Stuff: Ask about Angels and Demonbane


We don't know nearly enough about the other end of the spectrum. Isaac is a happy chappy, sure but how KILL MAIM SMITE is the rest of Holy Legions?

>>33613022
>Verwelken

Envy?

>>33613057
Belphegor is the prince of Hell associated with Sloth.

>>33612880
Oh shit yeah I forgot Moriah might know about her. I dunno about king shit though. We could ask about the lightning sword. Also about the specifics of Ranbro's code of ethics. Maybe don't mention the part where he offered to die by our claw.

>>33613061
Yeah, we need to know about our natural predators.

>>33612465
Ask about magic and demon stuff.
Is magic exclusively a hellion thing? We can kinda work our glamor, maybe we can learn more stuff.

>>33613057
Sloth makes sense considering the most basic of Belph powers seems to be to cause depression, which was just thought of as slothfulness for a long time. Also what >>33613074 said.

>>33612465
Tell me if I'm just going full-aspie here, but is now an appropriate moment to say the thing about how the Hallows are like the closest thing to family we've had in a long time?

>>33613321
Yeah, you're going about half-aspie about now.

>>33613321
Bringing that up would just make things awkward and sad again. We're supposed to be the cool kid, right? Right?

>>33613321
The Hollows are creepy as fuck man.

They have to be ODing on pain killers cause that shit is unnatural.

>>33612465
"I have it on very good authority that Isaac can belch the alphabet. And I spent the better part of an evening watching your Dad pretend to be a kill bot. I think that Isaac and your Dad might be more similar than you think."

>>33613321
Probably very. Then again, A gang can be seen as family even though it seems like a hostile environment from the outside.

>>33612715
I'm guessing Hellions are either Pride or Avarice, but I'm leaning towards Pride.

I think Verwelkens would fit Envy best, I'm not really sure since we haven't met any yet, but it fits that they'd be envious of everyone else being able to stand the light.

Nyphicans might be Lust, this is mainly because Satyrs were mentioned and it sounds a bit like Nymph.

Stygians I'd guess are Gluttony and Tatarans as Avarice, but I'm not really that sure about these ones.

>>33613321
Eh.
She's outright stated that Isaac & Co are not the issue.

On that note. Picture of Ranthix when? I will draw him wielding a mighty lawnmower.

>>33612465
Ok. We asked her what she would do. Maybe we should ask if she thinks taking it would be a bad idea for Sierra.

>>33613520
The hollows are some stagman shit if I ever seen it.

>>33614062
I really love it though. The characterization Languid did for them is absolute genius. For all the other characters for that matter.

“It does?” you ask.

“Marshals are supposed to report demons and demon breed,” says Moriah, “even if you don’t do anything wrong.” The vibe you’re getting from Moriah turns sickly sweet, like a sugar rush, and the bitterness intensifies, though her voice and expression remain even. “They keep track of you in a registry somewhere so when you step out of line, they can deal with you.” She’s quiet for a moment. “Deportation is… the best you can hope for, if that happens. And… deportation isn’t that good a thing either. You don’t… want to be deported, Sierra,” Moriah tells you. “Most of hell isn’t a good place to be for people like us.”

Just hearing her talk about it is enough to sell you on the notion. “That seems… kind of harsh,” you say. This whole topic is weirding you out. The thought of Moriah getting chucked through a portal to the Plains of Ever Lasting Woe or something doesn’t sit well with you.

“The laws date back to the thirties,” says Moriah. “They were important at the time, but they persisted longer than they were meant to, I think.”

“Well, what’s the point of the laws if there’s nobody to enforce them?” you ask. “From what I gather, there’s not enough demonbane to go around. Isaac couldn’t even get anybody to come over and help him with Meckor.”

>>33614549

Moriah looks at you curiously. “The Marshal could have had a dozen or more demonbane here in twenty-four hours if he wanted,” she says. “Demonbane take demons very seriously.”

But… what? “Wait. Why didn’t he do that, then?” you ask. You only ever caught him making one phone call.

“I would imagine he was trying to minimize collateral damage,” says Moriah. “Father says Isaac is a good man. Most demonbane aren’t marshals. They don’t care much for how they do what they do - for the majority, the ends justify the means when it comes to hunting our kind.”

That’s a scary thought. You’ll think about it later. Or maybe never. “Good to know,” you say, beginning to feel nervous.

“It’s important to know,” Moriah tells you, warningly. “And that goes double for you.”

“Why’s that?” you ask.

“Because of who your mother is,” she tells you, her voice low and guarded.

You sit up in your chair. “What do you know about my mom? All I’ve got so far is that she pretty much did whatever she wanted, all the time.”

>>33614575

Moriah thinks about it for a moment. “That’s not a bad way to put it. She…” she drops off.

“What is it?” you ask.

“Well, Corithis was your mother,” says Moriah, embarrassed. “I've never... really thought of her as something other than someone not in a legend or a history book. All I can say is… I’m really sorry you lost her. I heard she was a really brave person.”

You feel a kind of hollowness in your chest at her comment.

>Her and her stupid boat trip plans.
>All she gave me was a weird name and the gift of killing people all the time.
>Whatever. I don’t even remember her.
>Why is it everybody knows my mom better than I do?
>Would’ve been nice to have somebody so brave around when I was growing up.
>Thanks for the chat, Moriah. You’re a good friend person.
>Well, I need to get going. I have to talk to the Hallows about all this mess.
>Other (?)

>>33614614
>>Why is it everybody knows my mom better than I do?
>Thanks for the chat, Moriah. You’re a good friend person.

>>33614614
>Would’ve been nice to have somebody so brave around when I was growing up.

>>33614614
"Can you lend me some of those books?"
>Thanks for the chat, Moriah. You’re a good friend person.

>>33614614
>Why is it everybody knows my mom better than I do?

>>33614614
>Why is it everybody knows my mom better than I do?
Fuck that's depressing.
>Would've been nice to have somebody so brave around when I was growing up.
Fuck, that's even worse.
>All she gave me was a weird name and the gift of killing people all the time.
Being hellborm is suffering.

>>33614614
>Other (?)
"Was she prone to fits of uncontrollable rage? Or is that just me?"

>>33614614
>>Why is it everybody knows my mom better than I do?
>Well, I need to get going. I have to talk to the Hallows about all this mess.
>Thanks for the chat, Moriah. You’re a good friend person.

>Why is it everybody knows my mom better than I do?
>Other (?)
>Got one of those history books?
>Thanks for the chat, Moriah. You’re a good friend person.
>Well, I need to get going. I have to talk to the Hallows about all this mess.

>>33614614
>Why is it everybody knows my mom better than I do?
>Would’ve been nice to have somebody so brave around when I was growing up.
>Thanks for the chat, Moriah. You’re a good friend person.
So, who we talking to next?

>>33614614
>Thanks for the chat, Moriah. You’re a good friend person.
>And thanks for being the only person that seems cool with actually explaining stuff without leaving things out for no reason.

>>33614773
Back to the Hallows.

>>33614614
>Would’ve been nice to have somebody so brave around when I was growing up.

"I still miss her Mor, I don't remember too much about back then but I dream about her sometimes. And I have a sister, I can only hope she's doing alright, wherever she is."

>>33614824
This. This right here.

>>33614824
>>33614804
These, please
>>33614806
This too.

>>33614824
Ms Song pretty much said Neveda was dead in fortune teller speak. I don't think Sierra is holding out hope on that front.

>>33614824
This

>>33614549
>“They keep track of you in a registry somewhere so when you step out of line, they can deal with you.”
Oh god damn it. God fucking dammit.

Mrs. Song doing the whole "oh you're not really a demon" makes a whole hell of a lot more sense now.

>>33613842
>>33614824
These.

>>33614957
Spooky.

>>33614957
God bless old Asian women

>>33614614
>Her and her stupid boat trip plans.
>Thanks for the chat, Moriah. You’re a good friend person.
>Well, I need to get going. I have to talk to the Hallows about all this mess.

>>33614614
>Why is it everybody knows my mom better than I do?
>Thanks for the chat, Moriah. You’re a good friend person.
>Well, I need to get going. I have to talk to the Hallows about all this mess.

>>33614920
We're not likely to see her again, but I don't think she's dead.

>“Twin paths, starting so similarly, are so different yet – split asunder under moon light, one given dark road of tale untold, other great rest one thousand fold unknown. Close to heart and name cherished for all steps till trial of separation she ends in death.”

This doesn't read like either of the sisters being dead to me, one is on a dark road, the other doesn't get to truly rest, and it's hard to tell which is which. But she's out there somewhere, doing something, and I think Sierra would still hope she's alright even if she'll never see her again.

>>33615278
Seems like Nevada is the dark road, what with what her demon name means and the things mom said to her during the flashbacks. There's also the 4th wally part of "tale untold" if you want to look at that kind of thing, but even without that it still looks like Nevada got the dark road.

>>33615278
So we end the trial of separation in death, and Sierra is alive right now.

That doesn't seem to say anything optimistic about Nevada's current status.

>>33615278
>split asunder under moon light
Bad thing happened, but some small mercy was there to save them.
> one given dark road of tale untold
Tough life, lots of stress, no rest.
>other great rest one thousand fold unknown
'Great rest' refers to sleep or stasis. 'thousand-fold unknown' either refers to the method, where they are, or both.
>Close to heart and name cherished for all steps till trial of separation she ends in death.
So, who is 'she' here. Could mean either one of the two sisters or someone else. And death doesn't necessarily mean the death of one (although it could). It could just mean someone dies to end it or someone is killed to end it.

Also, I think I figured out what's going on the Sanity & Bloodlust. Every time we frenzy, we gain a demon weakness related to one of lines we have in us. So next up is Belph, if we do. We might also be able to gain something positive by reaching -100 Stress.

So, yeah

>>33615526
I'd rather not risk it

>>33615554
I actually don't see the 'risk' involved here. If anything, it'd take a fuckton of time and effort to cultivate that much un-stress.

And hard work has rewards. Languid is a cool guy, I doubt he'd screw us (I mean, heck, he even outright explained to us what would happen if we chose Philostrathus over Meckor).

>>33615624
It's just the thought of what if you are wrong? We'd go crazy yet again and gain a new detriment

>>33615526
>Advance to godtier in belph tree
>gain stress siphon
>never frenzy ever again.

I have a crazy theory anon, and I want you to hear me out. Usually, hybrid hellborn explode, and a three-way hellborn is unheard of. What if we have Nevada's powers too? And when we frenzy she comes out to play, but because she's Verwelken, she's insane? Yes I'm aware of the staggering number of plotholes that would introduce. Call me a faggot if you will.

You feel like crap. The headache doesn’t help. “Why’s it that everybody knows my mom better than I do?” you ask, not expecting an answer. You already know, anyway. Your mom was like, the coolest person ever. She did awesome stuff and everybody thought she was great, and….

No. You’re not doing this right now. You clench your teeth and stare hard at Moriah’s table, and force yourself not to make any sounds that might betray how you feel. You glare harder, giving no space for tears, or the fact that it’s hard to breathe through your nose.

But Moriah knows something’s wrong. “Oh…. I’m… you asked,” she says in a small voice. “I’m sorry.”

You lean over the table and dig the heels of your hands into your eyes. A second passes, and the danger’s gone. You’re good. You sit back and look over at Moriah. “Don’t worry about it. I just miss her, I guess,” you say expressionlessly. You feel dead inside, but at least you’re not being all stupid and whiney. “I don’t remember too much about back then. I dream about her sometimes, though, Mori. I can’t remember what she looks like, but I... can hear her voice, and that’s kind of nice,” you say, hesitating for a moment. “She was always really nice.”

Moriah gives you a meaningful kind of look. You guess she’d know how it is, kind of, since her mom’s dead too.

“Anyway,” you continue, “thanks for talking, Moriah. Or listening. Or both. You’re a good friend person.” You go to stand. “I’ve still got stuff to do, though.”

>>33615706

Moriah stands up along with you. “I hope you figure things out,” she says, an earnest look in her eyes.

“Speaking of, those history books you mentioned. Mind if I borrow a couple?” you ask, looking to Moriah’s sizable bookshelf and collection around her computer desk.

Moriah toes the ground, sheepishly. “They’re in High Drathean,” she says. “To be honest, they’re hard even for me to read.”

“Well. Do they have pictures?” you ask.

“They don’t,” she replies. “Are you going back to the Hallows then?”

“Probs,” you say, walking out the door with her.

“I would offer to give you a ride, but my car’s in the shop,” says Moriah.

You shrug. “Don’t worry about it. Maybe Waldric can give me a ride. I kind of wanted to talk with him, maybe.”

Moriah shoots that idea out of the sky. “Waldric’s on bed rest for a few days. Maviel won’t let him go anywhere.”

>I’ll just call Cass.
>Wolfgang can give me a ride again.
>This isn’t even a problem. Just poach your brother’s car keys and we’ll go.
>Well, I kind of still need to talk to Wally either way.
>Other (?)

>>33615332
Likely, and "great rest one thousand fold unknown" seems to fits better with what Mom said about our demon name, the whole indomitable blazing fury of the sun thing. Assuming we take it as great rest being unknown to us, whether that great rest is us being able to relax and calm down or death.

But I try not to look for a single answer for fortunes like this, you get more out of it by letting it mean more than one thing at once.

We could be considered to be walking a dark road in a couple ways, but with free reign to tell our own tale, make our own choices. And Nevada's current state is very much unknown to us.

At the very least we know that we love each other, even when separated.

>>33615554
I really don't think getting to -100 Stress would be bad for us. I mean it'd be difficult to get it that low, if it's even possible, but I don't think it'd blow up in our faces.

>>33615726
>>I’ll just call Cass.
"Ma, come pick me up"

>>33615726
>>Wolfgang can give me a ride again.

>>33615726
>Wolfgang can give me a ride again.

>>33615726
>Wolfgang can give me a ride again.

We can chat with him on the way there. Though give Moriah a hug before we go, I think we can handle that.

>>33615726
>This isn’t even a problem. Just poach your brother’s car keys and we’ll go.

>>33615726
Wolfgang will want us to take it so that he can have powerfulwaifu. Let's call Cass. We could use the sanity boost/d'aww.

>>33615726
>This isn’t even a problem. Just poach your brother’s car keys and we’ll go.

>>33615726
>Wolfgang can give me a ride again.

>>33615726
>>Wolfgang can give me a ride again.

We can get his opinion next.

>>33615726
>I’ll just call Cass.
"It's okay, I get that you don't want to have anything to do with them. It's just... I don't see why everyone is so fucking terrified of them. And if if the Crowther's and the Hallow's can't trust each other, then this isn't going to work."

>>33615726
>>Wolfgang can give me a ride again.

>>33615726
>Well, I kind of still need to talk to Wally either way.

>>33615772
Stop trying to get her to hug people. There is no reason to hug her here. She is uncomfortable with it in any case. People can show affection and care without rubbing all over each other.

>>33615871
This

>>33615726
> Probably should talk to your dad, it felt like he wasn't telling me something.
> This isn’t even a problem. Just poach your brother’s car keys and we’ll go.

>>33615871

/tg/ anons are hug sluts

>>33615871
>>33615939
If we really need to, we can do it if she drives us home.

>>33615939
I have noticed.

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>>33615939
Note: this is what Sierra actually believes

“I’ll have to talk to him before all is said and done,” you say, heading down the stairs. “But I’m kind of done for tonight. Getting the crap beat out of you by a general and…” going on a bloody rampage “…stuff… takes a lot out of… you,” you say, losing enthusiasm by the end of the comment. You feel more tired than you did before, if that was possible.

Moriah smiles. “I bet,” she says, as the two of you hit the bottom of the stairs.

You hear voices from the sitting room. Lounge. Thing. Crowther and Waldric plotting to take over the city, probably. It would sound cooler to you if you didn’t feel so horrible all the time.

“Can Wolfgang shuttle me back home?” you ask. His car was really, really quiet. You could go for that right now.

“Of course. I’ll go bother him for you,” says Moriah. She takes a second to note your appearance. “You might want to put on your shoes back on before you head out,” she advises, heading out into the other room.

You groan. “Right,” you say after her. You zip your hoodie up and fix your features so you can kick your Jordans back on. You probably still look mostly like a corpse, so you throw your hood up, just about when Moriah returns with her brother in tow.

Wolfgang throws his suit jacket back on. “The heroine tires of her exploits so soon?” he asks, raising an eyebrow.

You snort. You’re tired of a lot of things, exploits being chief among them.

>>33616736

A flash of mangled, broken limbs flash before your eyes, but it’s gone. (-1 Sanity: 72/100)

A shiver runs down your spine, and you shove your hands deeper into your pockets to ward off a chill that has nothing to do with the temperature. “Th-that’s… one way to look at it,” you say, trying to fake a grin. You turn quickly to Moriah. “Hey, make sure Ranthix doesn’t do anything dumb,” you say.

“I’ll tell him you told me to watch him,” Moriah says. “But I don’t think he’ll wake up any time soon.”

“I don’t think I know of anyone that deserves to rest as much as big red guy does,” says Wolfgang, smirking. “Really came off hero of the hour, somehow. Without him, Sierra and Waldric could be dead right now.”

“Yeah. That would be pretty terrible,” you say, your tone flat. What happened might not have happened if Ranthix didn’t step up to the plate.

Wolfgang heads to the door. It’s thankfully darker than before outside. He doesn’t catch the intent of your comment, which is probably for the best. “Waldric might seem prickly and snobbish,” he says, opening the door for you. You sense an incoming ‘but’ from his tone.

You head out into the night. “But?” you ask.

There’s a glimmer of confusion on Wolfgang’s face. “What?” he asks, coming out behind you and shutting the door.

>>33616756

“Prickly and snobbish, but?”

“But what?” Wolfgang feigns ignorance.

You snicker to yourself. “Okay, you got me.”

You and Wolfgang have a laugh at Waldric’s expense as you make your way over to Wolfgang’s car, climb in, and drive off.

“Meckor’s dead, we get a protagonist on the judge’s panel. This is almost happy ending territory,” Wolfgang tells you, keeping his attention focused on the road.

>Waldric hardly qualifies as a protagonist. He’s like, at best, a crummy anti-hero – he’s like Draco in the last book, after they get done with all the camping.
>Eh. I’m not feeling the happy ending thing very much right now.
>I asked Moriah what she’d do, but what do you think? Should I like, do the demon lord thing? I don’t know if it’s the best idea.
>Your family’s kind of weird. Like, not bad, I guess. But you always run around trying to look human, even in your house – except Maviel I guess, for some reason. But If I had a family, we’d all run around like, horns and fire and stuff whenever we could.
>Why are you so damn chipper?
>What have you been up to today? Saturday's hardly the time to wear a suit.
>I'm going to pass out for a while. Wake me up when we get there.
>Other (?)

>>33616813
>Waldric hardly qualifies as a protagonist. He’s like, at best, a crummy anti-hero – he’s like Draco in the last book, after they get done with all the camping.

>>33616813
>>Eh. I’m not feeling the happy ending thing very much right now.
>Your family’s kind of weird. Like, not bad, I guess. But you always run around trying to look human, even in your house – except Maviel I guess, for some reason. But If I had a family, we’d all run around like, horns and fire and stuff whenever we could.

>>33616813
>Eh. I’m not feeling the happy ending thing very much right now.
Fuck it, let's confide in him.

>>33616813
>Eh. I’m not feeling the happy ending thing very much right now.
>I asked Moriah what she’d do, but what do you think? Should I like, do the demon lord thing? I don’t know if it’s the best idea.
"I kinda have.... anger management issues."

>>33616813
>>Eh. I’m not feeling the happy ending thing very much right now.
>>I asked Moriah what she’d do, but what do you think? Should I like, do the demon lord thing? I don’t know if it’s the best idea.
>>Your family’s kind of weird. Like, not bad, I guess. But you always run around trying to look human, even in your house – except Maviel I guess, for some reason. But If I had a family, we’d all run around like, horns and fire and stuff whenever we could.
Then
>I'm going to pass out for a while. Wake me up when we get there.

>>33616813
>>I asked Moriah what she’d do, but what do you think? Should I like, do the demon lord thing? I don’t know if it’s the best idea.
>>Your family’s kind of weird. Like, not bad, I guess. But you always run around trying to look human, even in your house – except Maviel I guess, for some reason. But If I had a family, we’d all run around like, horns and fire and stuff whenever we could.

>>33616756
>A flash of mangled, broken limbs flash before your eyes, but it’s gone. (-1 Sanity: 72/100)
That's unsettling

>>33616813
>why are you so damn chipper?

>>33616813
>Waldric hardly qualifies as a protagonist. He’s like, at best, a crummy anti-hero – he’s like Draco in the last book, after they get done with all the camping.
>I asked Moriah what she’d do, but what do you think? Should I like, do the demon lord thing? I don’t know if it’s the best idea.
>Your family’s kind of weird. Like, not bad, I guess. But you always run around trying to look human, even in your house – except Maviel I guess, for some reason. But If I had a family, we’d all run around like, horns and fire and stuff whenever we could.
>What have you been up to today? Saturday's hardly the time to wear a suit.

>>33616813
>Eh. I’m not feeling the happy ending thing very much right now.
>Why are you so damn chipper?
>What have you been up to today? Saturday's hardly the time to wear a suit.

>>33616813
>Eh. I’m not feeling the happy ending thing very much right now.

"I'm getting worse, you know like up in my braincase, especially after today. Less connected to reality, I've started having actual conversations with myself, more bad memories keep piling up, it's slow but it's there.

Probably won't be long before I start craving blood instead of just liking it."

>>33617116
We so dark

>>33616813
Push on the pressure point in our own eye until we pass out.

>>33617500
Kenshiro powers when?

>>33616813
>>Eh. I’m not feeling the happy ending thing very much right now.

>>33617528
>Ranthix: HAHAHA SPAWNLING IF YOU AREN'T CAREFUL I WILL ACCIDENTALLY SIT ON YOU DURING SPARRING
>Sierra:No, you are already my samuraibro
>Ranthix:ORAORAORAORAORAORA
>Sierra:ATATATATATATATA

>>33617729
"SNATCH THE PEBBLE FROM MY HAND, GRASS HOPPER"

>>"This is almost happy ending territory"

Oh crap, now we're really doomed. The NPC's taunting murphy.

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>>33618000
REMEMBER, NO HAPPY ENDING

“Guess it takes a while to kick in,” you say, leaning against the side window and starting at the sidewalk as it rushes by. “I’m not feeling the happy ending thing too much, right now.”

“The Marshal told father everything that happened,” says Wolfgang.

You kind of sink at that statement. “How can you…” you don’t even know what to say. “How are you so damn chipper right now?”

“I can see how it seems bad from your perspective,” says Wolfgang. “Granted, rushing in headfirst wasn’t the best idea. And people got hurt when Meckor went on his rampage. But Isaac, Rowan, and you stopped everything from getting worse.”

“Meckor’s rampage? You mean when he was chasing me?” you ask, confused. “Cause I didn’t stop him from doing anything.”

“Look,” says Wolfgang. “It’s not your fault, what he did. You did everything you could. Sometimes it’s not enough. I can’t imagine what it’d be like to wake up to that kind of news, but Moriah and I are just glad you got out of it okay. The General could easily have done far worse to you.”

You piece it together. Isaac used Meckor as a scapegoat for the crap you did, when you were out. That’s… convenient. So nobody knows, still. That’s something. Good or bad, you don’t know. But you guess people won’t be looking for somebody to blame. You close your eyes. “I’d rather not talk about it,” you say, concluding the matter.

“And we don’t have to,” Wolfgang says. “It’s okay now.”

>>33618505
But… is it? “There was so much blood,” you say to yourself, furrowing your brow. “The people. I….” They were everywhere. The burning. The smell of it all. (-1 Sanity: 71/100)

“Sierra? You okay?” Wolfgang asks from beside you.

You need to keep talking, but not about this. You sit up and put your hood down. “Yeah. I’m good,” you say. You’re good though. Totally good. Really. “I uh. I asked Moriah about the thing with the fief and stuff. She told me her opinions I guess, but what’s your take?” you ask Waldric. “I’ve got issues and… this could put a lot of pressure on me. I’m not really good under pressure,” you tell him.

“If you were on your own, I would say to stay out of it,” says Wolfgang. “But you’re not alone. Waldric will back you up. And my father will watch out for you. H’s cryptic and proud, but you’ll always know what you need to know, when you need to know it,” says Wolfgang, his words firm and reassuring. “They could do a lot of good if they had control of the fiefdom, but with your name to back them up - ” he smiles to himself “ – this city would clean up fast.”

“Your dad seems kind of plotting and scheming,” you say. Seriously though, plotting and scheming out the wazoo.

“That’s just where he grew up,” says Wolfgang. “He means well by it, even if you don’t realize it until ten years later.”

“Your family’s kind of weird,” you say suddenly.

Wolfgang gives you a sideways look.

>>33618525
“Not bad weird, I guess,” you say. “But you all always run around trying to look human, even in your house – except Maviel for some reason, I guess? But if I had a family, you could bet we’d all run around like, horns and fire and everything whenever we could,” you elaborate. That would be pretty damn sweet.

Wolfgang considers this for a moment before formulating a reply. “I’m trying to figure out how to explain this without sounding stupid.”

You snicker at him. “Would it make you feel better if I just came out and said I’d think you sounded stupid, no matter what you said?”

“Oh wow,” Wolfgang says sarcastically. “You really mean that?”

You squint hazily into the distance, then regret not taking your glasses with you when you came over. “I guess not really. You kind of just sound smart most of the time, so I guess you can have your minute to keeping sounding smart all the time.”

Wolfgang tilts his head to you. “Thank you. I don’t need it though. I figured it out,” he says. “So here’s the deal. With you, I think you identify with what you really look like. That’s who you are. Any chance you have, you’re going to want your appearance to reflect that.”

“True enough,” you say, waiting for him to continue.

“Father is big on the when in Rome, do as the Romans do philosophy,” he says. “He lives in California, so he’s a Californian all the time. He’s too careful to even chance a momentary slip endangering our life here.”

>>33618549
You look at Wolfgang, noting his spikey hair and slightly hawkish features. He looks predatory, almost, though it’s a look just like his father’s. And none of it is really how Wolfgang looks. He might look like that, but that’s just as real as your horns not being on your head is real. “What about you?” you ask.

“Well,” says Wolfgang, “at first, it was this necessity. But it was when I was maybe ten that it really clicked. Father used to do our glamors for us, when we were little. Him and mother decided how our family would look beforehand. The paintings of us – the sculptures, it’s carefully defined and thought out.”

>>33618565


“So… your parents decided you’d like, get your mom’s nose and your dad’s chin?” you say.

“Yes and no,” says Wolfgang, his expression becoming thoughtful. “It’s based on what my physical appearance is, to a degree. But what I look like - it’s as personal as my name. I could change it or go by a nickname if I wanted, but Wolfgang will always be the name my parents gave me. It’s the same thing when I look in at myself. My appearance is what my mother and father gave me.” He gives a slight smile. “I didn’t choose my name, and I don’t wholly control what I look like. But when I look in the mirror, I see me,” he says. “So there you have it. An enigma unraveled.”

Huh. That’s a thoughtful tale.

>Cute.
>That’s one lame enigma.
>Do you sleep with your skin on? How is that like, comfortable?
>I guess that makes sense.
>So… can I see your real face for a second, then?
>I don't think Moriah and Maviel feel the same way you do about it.
>Eh. All this mystery solving makes me tired.
>Other (?)

>>33618590
>I guess that makes sense.
>Eh. All this mystery solving makes me tired.

>>33618590
>Cute.
>I don't think Moriah and Maviel feel the same way you do about it.

>>33618590
>So… can I see your real face for a second, then?

>>33618590
>I guess that makes sense.

>>33618590
"I guess that makes sense. Can we stop at Taco Charlie's on the way? I'm starving."

>>33618590
>>Do you sleep with your skin on? How is that like, comfortable?

>>33618590
Wolfy, melkor didnt go on a rampage, ........ I did.

>>33618590
>do you sleep with your skin on?

I'm digging these long updates

>>33618590
>I guess that makes sense.
>Do you sleep with your skin on? How is that like, comfortable?
>So… can I see your real face for a second, then?

>...

>Cute.

>>33618590
>I guess that makes sense.

>>33618590
>I guess that makes sense.
>I don't think Moriah and Maviel feel the same way you do about it.

>>33618764
FUCK THIS. We got a get out of jail free card and by gum, we should use it

>>33618801
>>33618764
I want both of these

>>33618590
>I guess that makes sense.

"And I suppose always wearing a suit is kinda part of this?

Though you missed part of why I like being the real me, claws and a tail make it a lot easier to get around, once I get wings nothing'll be able to stop me."

>I don't think Moriah and Maviel feel the same way you do about it.
>So… can I see your real face for a second, then?

"Not that your face right now is fake, but y'know the one under it."

>>33618764
There is a time for honesty and there is a time for keeping your mouth shut. We'll tell them about the berserking issue later, not the night after we probably fucking ate like a dozen people and destroyed a highway.

>>33618932
Yeah, you got to let the memories fade a little before you let people know it was you.

>>33618932
>>33618954
Besides, if we tell any of them it'll be Moriah first.

>>33618866
>>33618801
>>33618832
My vote for these

>>33618590
>So… can I see your real face for a second, then?

We really need to get a way to recover sanity.

I suppose there's a chance that ranking up meditation would help. Let us take a more philosophical view of things instead of breaking up.

“Makes sense,” you say. That was as good as any explanation you’ve heard for anything. “Though I think it’s kind of funny that most people probably couldn’t explain why they like their own faces as well as you could explain why you like your pseudo-magic face.”

“There’s that,” Wolfgang says. He laughs at the thought.

“So…” you trail off. “Can I see your real face for a second, then?” All this talk has made you way curious.

“Um. No?” Wolfgang says, giving you an incredulous glance. “The whole point of that filibuster was that this,” he pats himself on the cheek, “is the me that I‘m comfortable being.”

“Oh, So. Huh,” you say, kind of disappointed. “Hm. Okay I guess. Wait. Does this mean you sleep with your skin on?” That would be like you sleeping with your horns hidden. That’d be crazy uncomfortable.

“That’s not really a question you ask people,” Wolfgang tells you.

“You totally do!” you say, accusingly. You can hear it in his voice! The deflection gives it away.

“I have a roommate,” he replies. Then he grins mischievously to himself and puts his eyes back on the road. “But I bet what you really wanted to hear is that I sleep bare-boned in the summer.”

>>33619622

“Y-you do?” you ask, staggered. That’s something for your imagination to have a heyday with. What would a hellion look like without a shirt on, anyway? Like. Is it more bones or more muscles? Which would be better? Would it even make a difference? Wait, you were talking about glamors, not clothes. “I’d think you’d be uncomfortable or something,” you say quickly, your cheeks burning.

Wolfgang catches your look of discomfort. “Ha! I knew it,” he says. “That is what you wanted to hear.”

“Laugh it up,” you say, fighting to regain your composure. “Just… I’m starving. I can’t think when I’m hungry,” you say. You haven’t really eaten anything since… the thing that happened. The thought would put you off being hungry, but it’s already put you off being hungry, and as long as the thought that the last thing you ate was horrible persists, it’ll keep putting you off being hungry forever. That won’t fly. You spot a Mcky D’s coming up fast. “Hey, pull in here. I got to eat something.”

>>33619644

The next minute, you’re in the drive through for McDonalds, and Wolfgang pulls up to the little menu sign and electronic order screen thing.

The radio crackles to life. “Hello, and thank you for choosing McDonalds. May I take your order?” asks the McDonalds guy.

“Well?” asks Wolfgang.

You squint hazily at the menu. You recall your usuals and prepare to order.

>Two big macs, large fries and a large coke, no ice. Unless you have cherry coke, then that.
>Six cheeseburgers. No, actually make that seven cheeseburgers and a bunch of ranch. Eight cheeseburgers, actually. Yeah.
>I want thirty five chicken nuggets and a medium chocolate shake and a chocolate chip cookie.
>Don't even say anything.
>You want anything, Wolfgang?
>So... you're footing the bill, right? I kind of don't have my wallet on me.
>>Sorry.
>Other (?)

>>33619672
>>I want thirty five chicken nuggets and a medium chocolate shake and a chocolate chip cookie.
>You want anything, Wolfgang?
>So... you're footing the bill, right? I kind of don't have my wallet on me.

>>33619672

>Don't even say anything
is directed at Wolfgang.

Although you can choose to not order anything too, I guess.

>>33619672
Chocolate shake, those apple pie things, and a soda.

>>33619672
>Two big macs, large fries and a large coke, no ice. Unless you have cherry coke, then that.
>You want anything, Wolfgang?
>So... you're footing the bill, right? I kind of don't have my wallet on me.
>>Sorry.
Burgerlust

>>33619672
>Two big macs, large fries and a large coke, no ice. Unless you have cherry coke, then that.
>You want anything, Wolfgang?
>So... you're footing the bill, right? I kind of don't have my wallet on me.
>>Sorry.

>>33619672
>Two big macs, large fries and a large coke, no ice. Unless you have cherry coke, then that.
>You want anything, Wolfgang?
>So... you're footing the bill, right? I kind of don't have my wallet on me.

>>33619672
>Two big macs, large fries and a large coke, no ice. Unless you have cherry coke, then that.

Get a pile of chicken nuggets as well.

>So... you're footing the bill, right? I kind of don't have my wallet on me.

>>33619672
>Six cheeseburgers. No, actually make that seven cheeseburgers and a bunch of ranch. Eight cheeseburgers, actually. Yeah.

>>33619672
THESE FUCKING PROMPTS
>Horror hunger
>Like a million big macs.
>Wait. Wolfy's here and I maybe I wanna act feminine or something.
>Actually, big macs are delicious. Fuck being feminine.

>>33619672
>EVERYTHING
>Don't say shit Wolf don't you fuckin look at me

>>33619672
>McRibs, motherfucker.

>>33619803
Thank you for being a good example about how free will is a lie.

>>33619803
HAHA! YOU HAVE NO FREE WILL!

>>33619845
And neither do you or me.

>>33619821
>Not wanting the Ribs

>>33619922
>Implying that was the point.

>>33619922
You really are brainwashed if you think that was what was being talked about.

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>>33620206
He's lost to us now. Let him go... Just... let him go.

>>33620206
What are you talking about?

>>33620206
>brainwashed
Mind explaining?

>>33619672
>So... you're footing the bill, right? I kind of don't have my wallet on me.
>Two big macs, large fries and a large coke, no ice. Unless you have cherry coke, then that.

Usually you just get the big macs, but you’re hungry so you decide to get fancy. “Yeah, I’ll have two Big Macs, make one of those a large combo with a Coke, no ice. Except if you guys have Cherry Coke, then that. And… also get me a McRib. Oh, and I guess scratch the Coke, I want a chocolate shake instead,” you shout. “And no pickles on the Big Macs! You always put pickles on the Big Macs.”

Wolfgang watches in silence as the display screen slowly catches up to what you ordered.

“All right, will that be it for you today?” asks McDonalds guy.

“You want anything?” you ask, looking over at Wolfgang.

He turns slowly to the speaker, and leans out a little. “Add a medium fry to that, and that… should do it,” he says.

The drive through guy starts talking back. “All right. So I have a number one combo, large, with a large chocolate shake, and another Big Mac without pickles, one McRib, and one medium fry. That’ll be sixteen dollars and sixty four cents at the first window, thank you very much.”

Wolfgang puts on the gas and you coast up to the car ahead of you in line. “You’re… pretty hungry,” he says skeptically.

“Don’t even go there,” you say curtly. So you eat a lot, sometimes. You have a fast metabolism, you think maybe. But you’re coming up on the window, now. You pad yourself down and come up empty. You give up the search. Wallet’s with the jeans. Ugh.

>>33620617

“So, you’re footing the bill, right? I kind of don’t have any money,” you tell Wolfgang, even though you have more money now than you’ve ever had in your life.

Waldric gives you a long, flat look, then pulls out his credit card.

A few minutes later, you give up on the McRib, with still a few bites left of it. This was just the pinnacle of indulgence, here. You jam it back into its box, then jam that box into the Big Mac box, and then shove that box into the other Big Mac Box, and then shove the fry box with those boxes back into the bag, and automatically you start licking your fingers. And then you notice Wolfgang watching you.

He stares, wide eyed, with a very serious, contemplative expression on his face that’s somewhere between fascination and horror. His fries sit barely touched in the cup holder.

You freeze. Right. Wolfgang’s here. And you’re in his car. And… you shouldn’t be licking your fingers. (+3 Stress: 14/100) You fish a wad of napkins out of the bag and waste no time in ruining all of them. You toss them away when you’re cleanish.

This probably isn’t the most feminine thing you’ve ever done.

>Drive.
>Thanks for the food. I guess I owe you one.
>What? Quit looking at me like that.
>Don’t judge me.
>Take a big sip of your chocolate shake. You don’t want it to melt.
>You… going to those?
>Other (?)

>>33620637
>Waldric gives you a long, flat look, then pulls out his credit card.
OH GOD.

>>33620637
>>Don’t judge me.
>>Take a big sip of your chocolate shake. You don’t want it to melt.

>>33620657
Time for more san loss.

>>33620637
>Thanks for the food. I guess I owe you one.
>You… going to those?

>>33620637
>What? Quit looking at me like that.
>Don’t judge me.

>>33620637
>What? Quit looking at me like that.
>Don’t judge me.
...
...
>You… going to those?

>>33620637
>>Don’t judge me.
>>Take a big sip of your chocolate shake. You don’t want it to melt.

>>33620617
>No pickles
Disgusting.

>>33620637
>Don’t judge me.
>Take a big sip of your chocolate shake. You don’t want it to melt.
>Stare out the window. Refuse to acknowledge anything about the subject.

>Going to eat those.

Geeze, word omission happens.

>>33620637
>Thanks for the food. I guess I owe you one.
>Don’t judge me.

>>33620637
>Take a sip of your chocolate shake
>Damn you're sexy.
>"I... Used to run in the competition circuit. Like, before I was with the Hallows"
>Try not to think about how you met Monster at a hot dog eating contest

>>33620637
>What? Quit looking at me like that.
>Don’t judge me.
>Thanks for the food. I guess I owe you one.

>>33620742
I bet it took a lot of hot dog eating contests to get in the gang's good graces

>>33620637
Offer to treat him to something later, since he paid for us this time.

>>33620637
>Thanks for the food. I guess I owe you one.
>Take a big sip of your chocolate shake. You don’t want it to melt.

>>33620796
Hey man, the cobras were all about organizing community events.

>>33620637
>Other (?)
Try to not think too hard about how the McRib tastes disconcertingly similar to people.

>>33620406
The genesis of that statement wasn't his own, but marketing's.

Marketing shoved their hand up his ass and used him as a puppet.

>>33620637
>>Drive.
Let's go already.

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>>33620711
Don't feel bad Languid. It's cute as fuck.

>>33621001
You're not making much sense, anon.

“Don’t judge me,” you say, beginning to feel way self-conscious. And then you take a big sip from your chocolate shake – it’s a time sensitive beverage. It’s not like you can just stop.

Wolfgang puts his hands in the air, as if in surrender, and then puts them on the wheel and starts the car up again. The plan probably was to chill while you both ate, but the way it wen was you just made yourself look stupid for the better part of fifteen or however many minutes.

You fix your gaze on the view out your window. There’s no need to acknowledge any of what happened. Well, there is some need. Like, sixteen bucks worth of it. “Thanks for the food,” you say. “I guess I’ll owe you one sometime.”

“Don’t worry about it,” says Wolfgang, chuckling to himself. “It’s not every day you thwart a crazy demon general’s invasion plans. That’s one of those rare events that needs to be celebrated through feasting.”

You still feel as if he’s mocking you somehow, so you keep your attention glued anywhere else. But so much eating has dulled your senses, and your attention grows into a fuzzy state of consciousness. And then, without much input from you, you pass out.

--End Part 41--

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>>33621162

Next game tomorrow at 4:30 PM MST. This time I will post on twitter.

Also, check out this thing somebody (not me) made.

>>33621148
He thinks if you want anything you've ever seen advertised, you have no free will.

As if you had any anyway.

>>33621184
>somebody
It was the Nameless NPC Quest qm. Poor bastard doesn't get any players except for one guy.

>>33621184
Thanks for running

>>33621184
Thanks for running, boss.

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>>33620847
You idiot people taste like fish.

>>33621209
I would play his shit if it wasn't fanfiction.

>>33621241
Maybe when they're raw

>>33621184
Hey Languid, if we go heavy into Infernus HP boosts/str boosts etc, will we eventually start getting bigger? Or does Verwelkan/Belphragon sorta balance it out since I assume Verwelkan is sorta small dick ass thief build, and Belph is faggy socialite build.

Also guys, remember how Languid said we would need to pick up some Belph powers to round us out?

And remember how Isaac said we were a mix, which explode if one side gets too dominant?

I think there may be a corelation between those two statements.

>>33621260
>Implying you have more experience on this subject then the kobe killer.

>>33621265
>Also guys, remember how Languid said we would need to pick up some Belph powers to round us out?
We did. Right now, Verwelkan is what we have the least of. Infernus has the most and Belph is second most.

>>33621265
What is going to happen, is us exploding.
Languid hinted at it many times. (with us looking as if we're about to explode)
We need to balance out our verwalken/infernus powers.
Unless you guys are fine with explosion ending.

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>>33621484
>Not wanting ours to be the most final of smashes

>>33621484
Unfortunately, due to the fact this quest prettymuch exclusively starts up at about midnight/1am for me, I haven't managed to participate much.

That being said, I do really want our powers to balance out to avoid explosion ending, but at the same time I don't really like the idea behind being a Verwelkan/Infernus/Belphragon. It seems like Verwelkan and Infernus mix well, with decent sneaky/smashy, but then Belph sort of just diversifies us too much.

That being said, Belph powers are kinda fun, and I can't wait to see whats at its higher tiers.

But Verwelkan/Infernus are by far my top 2 trees/demon skillsets

>>33621745
Only verwalken/infernus need to be balanced.
Belphegoran doesn't need to be. Can be either much higher or much lower, then again this is just my conjecture, since as far as we know there are no problems with belphegorans in the mix.

>>33621782
It's going to be a bitch to try to balance them it that's how it is. Most of our physical features are Infernus and we're getting at least one of those for free nearly every time we have another round of power buy. On top of that, we've gotten a few free infernus powers (Hellbolt and Explosive Flare. I can't remember if we had to buy Fire Whip or if it was free.) We haven't gotten a single free Verwlken power.

This means that the Infernus side is growing so much faster that it actually has the potential to maintain its massive lead over the Verwelken side even if we don't choose anything except Verwelken powers when we get new picks.

>>33621926
I'm fairly sure languid won't want his quest to end too soon either, and'll help us balance the powers a bit if we show that it's what we want to do.

Someone really needs to tally up the voted-on powers (and the not-voted on ones) again. Fire, combat, and health are Infernus, emotional & mind dickery are Belph, Stealth & shadows are Verwalken.

>>33621745
I disagree with you on it diversifying us too much. Diversification, and being a jack is what makes us dangerous.

For example, if we're up against an Infernus, or Infernus hybrid, our Belphegoran traits are going to be the most effective tool we have for fighting them. Shadow stuff from Verwelken isn't that useful against them since they can throw fire around, stealth is an iffy proposition against something with enhanced senses, they'll almost certainly be tougher and stronger than us making a straight fight a bad idea, and they'll likely be resistant to fire, which makes our many of our Infernus abilities far less useful. In this case Belphegoran abilities are generally our best bet, they don't have special defenses against emotion fuckery, it lets us steal their PP, pierce armor, and more.

Belphegoran abilities also ought to give us a serious boost against casting types, stealing PP is nice, things like Inflict Pain and Terrorizing Glare can disrupt casting, and from the looks of it there'll be even more anti-casting things like Spell Eater in the tree. And against someone like Philostrathus our Belphegoran abilities ought to still be useful even when straight up stabbing a bitch or setting a bitch on fire doesn't work.

Basically our goal is to never fight an enemy in a field in which they excel, and Belphegoran is a good way to tip the scales in our favor, weaken the opponent, and hit the opponent in a way they have difficulty countering. It also ought to have synergy with working with the Hallows. Something like Inflict Pain, which we ought to get, or Terrorizing Glare renders them an easy target for Issac's crossbow, Soul Drinker means they can't throw abilities around willy-nilly.

>>33622049
You seem to forget that we'll explode.

>>33622610
No we wont.

>>33621184
Oh that's pretty cool.

>>33622610
Only if we let one side win

>>33621782
That is entirely incorrect. It's Belphagoran/Infernus that are trying to predominate and constantly growing stronger, and Verwelken that's stabilizing and preventing either from predominating. If Infernus/Belphagoran somehow predominates, Verwelken will also be fucked, since it NEVER predominates.

Isaac explained all of this to us in the thread where he said we might explode.

>>33621999
Belph is also PP regeneration, PP capacity, armor-piercing, object corruption, and more.

>>33623935
Actually, Isaac specifically mentioned that Infernus/Verwelkan mixes are special, because the Verwelkan attempts to predominate for some reason, and is able to keep up with the Infernus part until the would-be explosion, even though the Infernus almost always predominates in other hybrids.

>>33623935
>>33623965
How about someone goes and quotes the archives? We've had too many conflicting messages about this.

>>33623965
And best husbando pointed out that was how he knew we were the heir.

>>33623972
That sounds like a job for someone else.

>>33623972
>>33623993
>You decide to change the subject to something else you were thinking about. “So like, I guess Verwelken-slash-other demon hellborn are less rare than pure Verwelken hellborn?”

>Isaac nods. “You’re right,” he says, “but mixes with Verwelkens never have Verwelken traits. And they’re still prone to insanity.”

>You think that over. “Wait. So like, I shouldn’t even have shadow powers unless I’m down-the-middle Verwelken?”

>“Not as far as I understand,” says Isaac. A puzzled look comes over him. “You see, in hellborn with more than one nature in them, all the sides fight it out and strongest side eventually predominates, and that’s the side whose strongest traits manifest. Verwelken traits are almost always passive. Or recessive, maybe. Any other demon type drowns them out when they predominate. If you have more types, that means it’s even less likely for your Verwelken traits to express themselves.”

>Something sticks out to you about his explanation. “You said… almost always passive. So they’re not always passive.”

>“Well, the one time they’re not passive,” Isaac says, “is with Infernus. Infernus, being the most aggressive type, nearly always predominates in a mix. But when you add Infernus blood to something with Verwelken blood, something changes. The Verwelken side goes active. It tries to predominate too.”

>>33624059
>“A Verwelken type can’t predominate,” answers Isaac, “and when it’s active, nothing else can, either.”

>Isaac keeps a very careful, very neutral expression when he continues. “Yes and no. You see, before predomination, all the different types in the mix grow stronger until one comes out the strongest and takes over,” he says. “But. Without predomination, they don’t stop.”

>“When the Infernus side doesn’t stop progressing,” he says, “eventually the body can’t contain it anymore.”

>“They explode.”

>Isaac grimaces. “Everything’s okay though, I’m sure if you were going to explode, you’d have done it by now!”

>“You’re already the oldest Verwelken-Infernus hybrid ever – and if you made it this far, I don’t see why you can’t make it the rest of the way,” she says, putting as much reassurance in her voice as possible.

>“So I’m not going to blow up,” you say carefully.

>“We can’t say for-” Isaac begins, but his wife cuts him off.

>“No, you’re not going to blow up,” says Cassandra.

>>33624059
>>33624067
So, Verwelken prevents anything from predominating, Infernus makes us explode, and Belphagoran doesn't appear to have any effect on predomination or exploding.

That suggests, to me, that the safest combination to have is Verwelken>Belphagoran>Infernus, with the caveat that our sanity and stress might be at risk with that combo.

What we certainly shouldn't be doing, though, is having Infernus as our primary, just to be safe. It would probably be best if we tried to make a serious effort to have more Verwelken than Infernus at any given time, just to minimize the (possibly nonexistent) explosion risk.

>>33624085
In that case, we should do the cutting with shadow mist power, and maybe invisibility, now that we have soul drinker

>>33624628
Agreed. We should bring Verwelken up quite a bit, take Belphagoran whenever we feel like it, and be really hesitant to bring up Infernus more than we have to, if we're interested in minimizing explosion risk.

This discussion is interesting and all, but you don't have to worry about exploding. The comments made at you about looking like you're about to explode stem more from the idea that you have great, volatile power that's always increasing, as well as a habit of going on wild murder sprees.

As to why you don't need to worry about exploding, maybe you'll find out later.

>>33621260
More like when they're rotten. Protein decomposition produces amines/ammonia and such, which gives the smell of bad fish.

Fresh flesh smell like pig products, which is why some firefighters can't stand the smell of stuff like bacon. Sierra being in demonic rage mode will probably stop that association forming too strongly, mercifully.

>>33624692
>>33624649
Well, it's good that we don't have to worry about blowing up, and don't have to refrain from buying Infernus stuff.
Regardleas, however, we should try to keep our powers nicely rounded, as I recall the possibility of one type/tree atrophying if we ignore it for too long

>>33624692
I just assumed we wouldn't blow up because that would be a really crappy way to end the quest. "Okay, tally up the votes, guys. Two Infernus powers? Really? You sure? Okay, Sierra explodes into a shower of fire and gore. Game over, thanks for playing, I'm outta here."

Might be funny, though

>>33624692
Because we are the protagonist and it makes absolutely no sense if we explode out of nowhere.

So is anyone going to write fiction on Wolfgang having his way with an unconscious Serria and then half way though when she wakes up he starts torturing her with bad Boner puns. Like dad tier bad.

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>>33625166
No.

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>>33625166

>>33625220
Sorry, do you mean no to the rape fic, or no to the rape fic including bad puns?

>>33625936
How about no to every part of that.

>>33625936
>Hellborn rapefic
>the rapist isn't Sierra
>it isn't even one of the Hallows
2.8/10 is the best I can do

>>33625936
A rapefic with Sierra as the victim can only end with half the city in ruins

>>33626455
Implying I can get off with the city not in ruins

>>33625166
Wolfgang wached Serrias helples form, as she slep on the family couch. Her almoust naked body awakened somthing primal in him. His bones longed for her.
Knowing that they are only ones in the house for the night, his fateher left for work and Moriah left with him leaving him alone, waching ower Serria.
He wanted to show his dominance, and take her as a mate.
Removing his glamor, and undressing, he quckly was on her, presing his skinless ribcage against her lovemounds.
His trobbing man-bone rose up to atncion. He was so redy for this.
Removing her miniskirt with his bony fingers he saw her demonhood in all its glory.

-----
Also next quest soon ish (about an hour), if the GM stays true to his words.

>>33629325
>All those typos
Also, it's more like two and a half hours

>>33629583
O yea, I converted summer time wrong way, I think. I really hate converting AM and PM's.

Well feel free fix the typos, and continue the story if you want.

Seriously what the hell you expect from Pfunfiction on 4chan?

Also thanks Languid for the awesome quest, but It's in my sleepy time. I will be reading archive.

>>33621184
Thanks 4running

Hellborn 4Lyfe

I hope Sierra had her fangs out while devouring the McFeast. Just going all monster on it.