>>34457317
You snicker a little at the sight.

Moriah pushes her hands deeper into the jackets of her big, poofy jacket, seeming to withdraw into herself against the cold. With her coat and scarf and beanie, she kind of resembles a turtle, a little. “It’s already quite beautiful, Borislav,” she says.

“Yeah, what she said,” you say, not really adding anything to the conversation.

Borya beams, still facing the trail ahead. “You can feel spirit of nature all around. It is magic place, do you understand? Life everywhere.”

She glances off to the side, through the branches of the towering redwoods which surround you. “There are a lot of things going on here, Sierra,” she says, thoughtfully.

>See? You’re getting all philosophical and crap. I bet you’re glad you came.
>What’s going on? I don’t feel anything.
>You know, you should totally like, hang out with Borislav more often. I bet he could teach you all kinds of stuff.
>By the way, have you heard Waldric let anything slip about when his demons are getting here?
>After this, I was thinking we could all do magic stuff. Like, maybe you could show me what you can do too?
>Don’t be distracted by your thirst for blood. (Dice)
>Other (?)

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>34457320
>See? You’re getting all philosophical and crap. I bet you’re glad you came.
>What’s going on? I don’t feel anything.
>Don’t be distracted by your thirst for blood. (Dice)

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>34457320
>See? You’re getting all philosophical and crap. I bet you’re glad you came.
>You know, you should totally like, hang out with Borislav more often. I bet he could teach you all kinds of stuff.
>Don’t be distracted by your thirst for blood. (Dice)

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>34457320
>let's do magic stuff when we're done here!
>I just have to not get distracted (dice)

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>34457320
>Don’t be distracted by your thirst for blood. (Dice)

>See? You’re getting all philosophical and crap. I bet you’re glad you came.
>You know, you should totally like, hang out with Borislav more often. I bet he could teach you all kinds of stuff.
>After this, I was thinking we could all do magic stuff. Like, maybe you could show me what you can do too?
>Like say, just totally for example, how you might open a portal to Halth?

Rolled 5, 3 = 8 (2d6)

Rolling to see what our next demonic appearance change is.
http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Zettai_Reido_RPG#Demonic_Traits

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>34457320
>See? You're getting all philosophical and crap. I bet you're glad you came.
>What's going on? I don't feel anything.
>Don't be distracted by your thirst for blood. (Dice)

>>34457414
>53: Undead
Where were you when Sierra was kill?

>>34457320
>Other?
Hey Borislav? Do land wells form in other planes as well? Or are they an Earth only kind of deal?

Rolled 3, 4 = 7 (2d6)

>>34457414
Rolling again!

Rolled 1, 6 = 7 (2d6)

>>34457480
>tentacles
Rolling to see how many

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>>34457372
>>34457373
>>34457381

>>34457403
Wrrrryyyyyy?

>>34457515
It always happens. If the first three rolls are poor, the fourth will be single digit.

>>34457515
All we're gonna do is probably creep Moriah out at the worst. Might be a superlow DC because we're not that bad yet.

So what you guys think gonna happen from failing that roll? Staring at Moriah's skinny neck while making a very creepy that-would-be-an-awesome-throat-to-claw-at face

>>34457317
Would you say that Bloodlust is closer to being hungry or being horny?

>>34457320
>See? You’re getting all philosophical and crap. I bet you’re glad you came.
>After this, I was thinking we could all do magic stuff. Like, maybe you could show me what you can do too?
>Don’t be distracted by your thirst for blood. (Dice)

>>34457372
>>34457373
>>34457381
Now I imagine Sierra trying to say something, but just ends up drooling while looking at the most tasty creature around.

>>34457731
Yes.

“See?” you say, laughing. “You’re getting all philosophical and crap. I bet you’re… uh.” You lose your train of thought. Your mouth’s kind of dry, and you can’t help but notice the gnawing emptiness in the pit of your stomach. You stop for a moment to compose yourself, flexing your claws to give your hands something to do. (+5 Stress: 18/100)

Moriah pauses and looks back at you, curious as to why you’ve stopped. “What’s wrong?” she asks, seeing your expression.

You feel uneasy. You know it’s going to go away in a minute, but it doesn’t make it any easier. You lick your teeth, almost grossed out by the taste. You shudder and force the issue out of your mind. (+5 Stress: 23/100)

You can feel the worry coming from Moriah, even with your eyes closed. You make yourself look at her and smile. It’s hard, but you can feel your focus coming back. “I’m good. Just… you know,” you say, rolling your shoulders. You walk around Moriah to catch up to Borislav.

>>34457754
"I don't drink... Wine."
"I'll keep an open mind so long as you keep an open collar."
"You seem to know an awful lot for a demon who has lived only one life, Doctor van Crowther"
[Sparkles internally]

>>34457791

Moriah keeps pace with you. “Actually, I don’t know,” she says. “What happened? One second you were fine and the next you weren’t.”

You really don’t want to talk about this right now. (+2 Stress: 25/100)

>I don’t want to talk about it.
>Just got dizzy for a minute there, I don’t know.
>I’ve just got some things I’m dealing with.
> I’ll meet up with you guys later. (Go deal with your problems)
>Mori, do you ever have… I don’t know. Issues? Like. Demon issues?
>So uh. We’re doing magic and stuff after, right? Because that’d be awesome.
>Get a hold of yourself. (Dice)
>Other (?)

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>34457808
>>Get a hold of yourself. (Dice)

>Mori, do you ever have… I don’t know. Issues? Like. Demon issues?
> I’ll meet up with you guys later. (Go deal with your problems)

>>34457808
>>I’ve just got some things I’m dealing with.
>> I’ll meet up with you guys later. (Go deal with your problems)
Then go Quickly murder something

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>34457808
>woah momma( dice)
>infernus thing. Don't worry about it.

>>34457808
>Get a hold of yourself. (Dice)

> I’ll meet up with you guys later. (Go deal with your problems)

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>34457808

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>34457808
>Get a hold of yourself. (Dice)
>Just one of the many boons my my heritage, Inferni shit, don't worry too much

>>34457808
>I’ve just got some things I’m dealing with.
> I’ll meet up with you guys later. (Go deal with your problems)

Do >Mori, do you ever have… I don’t know. Issues? Like. Demon issues? At the campfire later.

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>34457808
>I don’t want to talk about it.
>So uh. We’re doing magic and stuff after, right? Because that’d be awesome.
>Get a hold of yourself. (Dice)

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>34457808
>I'm not sure if it's an infernus thing or a verwelken thing.
>Probably both.
>I'm good now tho.

>Get a hold of yourself. (Dice)

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>>34457838
Moriah's face when

>>34457808
>I've just got some things I'm dealing with.
>I'll meet up with you guys later. (Go deal with your problems)

>>34457808
>I’ve just got some things I’m dealing with.
>I really don't want to talk about it right now. Maybe I'll talk about it later.
>I’ll meet up with you guys later. (Go deal with your problems)

>>34457506
I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going.

>>34458027
>>34457506
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0URLGsf1e0

>>34458042
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0URLGsf1e0
Y-yes, that's... that's what I meant.

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>>34458056
Everyone needs their daily dose of tentacles.

>>34458056
Tentacles!

>>34458116
>>34458200
Well... at least there's no need for dildos, I guess.

>>34458027
The question becomes how many points do we need to put into belph powers before we can satisfy ourself using other bodily fluids?

You skirt around the issue. “I’ve just got some things I’m dealing with,” you say. You still feel the compelling desire within yourself to cause pain, and though you finally get a handle on it and banish it into the dark recesses of your mind, you know it’s not really gone. You’ll have to really deal with it sooner or later, and you figure sooner is better. You drift away from Borislav and Moriah.

“I’m… I’ll meet up with you later,” you say, heading off. “Borya, go show Moriah the spirit tree. She’d probably like that.”

Borislav nods. “Good luck,” he says.

Moriah is obviously unsatisfied with your explanation, or lack thereof, but she doesn’t pry.

“This way, come, come!” Borya says, leading Moriah away.

Once you’re out of sight, you take off, summoning your imp to help you locate something to maim.

--

Awhile later, when the sun has already begun its downward descent, you continue your search for Moriah and Borislav. You rely on your summons to do most of the searching for you, since the shalbaan has a much better nose than you do.

Stress: 2/100
Sanity: 97/100
Bloodlust: Satiated

Eventually though you don’t find them so much as Reeber finds you.

“Hey boy,” you say, kneeling to give the ferocious hellhound a big hug when he comes bounding up to you. You do your best to avoid his tongue, but he’s very friendly and very big. “You know where the guys are?” you ask him.

>>34458474

Reeber barks roughly in answer, and then turns tail and runs off for you to follow, which you do.

A minute later you come into a picturesque glade. Borislav stands in the center of the clearing. He hums to himself and makes a slow, rhythmic motion with his hands. The surrounding ferns seem to wave with him, responding to his movements as if somehow connected.

Moriah stands nearby, focusing her attention especially on one such plant. It’s small and comes up about to her knee. She stares at it and mutters darkly to herself. She replicates Borislav’s movements, but hers are less fluid and lack the softness of the druid’s. The fern before her doesn’t so much as sway with her motions as it does tremble.

A number of birds and small animals ring the glade, as if playing spectator to the scene.

“Heyo!” you say, walking over.

Moriah glances suddenly in your direction. “Hello, Sierra,” she says, briefly smiling. “Are you feeling better?”

But when she turns her direction away from the fern, its trembling ceases, and the color drains from its leaves. It blackens, dries up, and curls in on itself, root, stem, and leaf withering together.

>>34458486

The birdsong that fills the clearing ends, and all of the creatures turn tail and flee.

“Uzhas,” Borislav says, breaking out of his plant-dance and waving at Moriah. “Stop!”

Moriah notices what’s happening, and takes a quick step backward. It’s too late for the fern, though. It’s left a brittle skeleton of its former liveliness. Curiously, she reaches out and touches a branch, as if hoping it might turn green again. Instead, though, it falls off. Pieces break off of it when it hits the ground. She gives the dead plant a flat look.

Borislav chuckles at the scene, clearly enjoying himself.

>That was awesome.
>Let me guess. Harder than it looks?
>Does this kind of thing happen often?
>Let me try! Show me the secret of plant dancing.
>Uh. By the way. I am feeling better, so.
>You want to go back to the cabin?
>Other (?)

>>34458500
>Does this kind of thing happen often?
>And, uh, sorry for just kinda running off like that.

>>34458500
>>34458525

>>34458500
>That was awesome.
>Other (?)
"Just a stab in the dark here, but I guess that's the reason you wear gloves all the time"
>Uh. By the way. I am feeling better, so.
>You want to go back to the cabin?

>>34458500
>Does this kind of thing happen often?
>Uh. By the way. I am feeling better, so.

>>34458500
>Let me guess. Harder than it looks?
>Other: Even Third-Eye doesn't let you master Boryamagic.

>>34458500
>Mori has trouble not killing shit with her magic
>Sierra has her bloodlust/stress/insanity thing
Looks like this is gonna be Bonding over Demon Problems thread.

>>34458500
>That was awesome.
>Is this what happened to your bean plant in bio class?
>Teach me! Maybe I'll get a circumstance bonus from being a land master! (Or use a more appropriate star wars RPG reference)

Taking mine
>>34458557
and adding
>And, uh, sorry for just kinda running off like that.
from
>>34458525

I'm not making this needlessly complex at all!

>>34458500
>Let me guess. Harder than it looks?
>Let me try! Show me the secret of plant dancing.

>>34458569
We should start a demon support group. Our twelve step program starts with accepting a higher power (such as the imperiate).

>>34458632
I aprove of this anon

>>34458500
>Does this kind of thing happen often?

>>34458500
>>Let me guess. Harder than it looks?

>>34459042
>>34459072
I don't even. How can you be this late and still think it matters?

>>34459102
chil gurl grab a Starbucks

>>34459125
il fite u m8

>>34459143
what they had no low fat chai mokka left ?

“That was awesome,” you say, walking over to Moriah’s side. Making something wither and die pretty impressive, even if it wasn’t what she meant to do. “So. This is just a wild guess, but I’m guessing that’s why you wear gloves all the time.”

She examines her current gloves, which have black roses patterned on them. “I like wearing gloves,” she says quietly.

“This kind of thing happen a lot?” you ask.

“No. I’m good at avoiding situations where it could,” she replies. Then she asks a question of her own. “Where did you go?”

“It’s complicated,” you reply. “Sorry for running off like that, though. I mean. It just kind of turned out that way. Was Borya showing you the ropes?”

“She is very good learner,” Borislav provides, sitting down on a stump and withdrawing an apple from his pocket. He gets out a knife and starts cutting pieces off to eat. “Much better than you, dyevushka,” he adds, giving you a sly look.

“Yeah whatever,” you say, ignoring him and his silly jabs. “So, is it harder than it looks?”

>>34459244

Moriah puts her hands back in her pockets, and looks over at the druid. “Everything he does looks easy until you try to do it yourself,” she says, her expression showing equal parts excitement and frustration. “I haven’t looked into natural magic and druidism before now. It’s given me a lot to think about, even if it is a field I’m never going to excel in.” She gives a pointed look at the dead fern.

>Yeah well, you can do other stuff too, you know. Just because you can’t do one thing doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world.
>I’m sure you could talk to trees if you put your mind to it. Like you said, you’ve never tried this kind of thing before.
>Hey Borya, what do you think? Does Moriah have the spark of the wild?
>Make Borislav share his apple. He’s got another one, you just know it.
>If it’s personal and stuff don’t answer, but are you… how hard is it for you?
>>Because you know, I have things too. Like. Upwards of just horns and claws and stuff.
>Other (?)

>>34459265
>>I’m sure you could talk to trees if you put your mind to it. Like you said, you’ve never tried this kind of thing before.
>>Hey Borya, what do you think? Does Moriah have the spark of the wild?
>If it’s personal and stuff don’t answer, but are you… how hard is it for you?
>>Because you know, I have things too. Like. Upwards of just horns and claws and stuff.

>>34459265
>I’m sure you could talk to trees if you put your mind to it. Like you said, you’ve never tried this kind of thing before.
>Hey Borya, what do you think? Does Moriah have the spark of the wild?
>Make Borislav share his apple. He’s got another one, you just know it.

>>34459265
>If it’s personal and stuff don’t answer, but are you… how hard is it for you?
>>Because you know, I have things too. Like. Upwards of just horns and claws and stuff.

>I’m sure you could talk to trees if you put your mind to it. Like you said, you’ve never tried this kind of thing before.
>Hey Borya, what do you think? Does Moriah have the spark of the wild?

>>34459265
>ask Moriah to explainfurther.jpeg
>I don't think you should give up on yourself so easily!

>>34459265
Admitting to bloodlust stuff to Moriah will be good practice for telling Vik about our hellborn-ness.

>>34459265
>If it's personal and stuff don't answer, but are you... how hard is it for you?
>>Because you know, I have things too. Like. Upwards of just horns and claws and stuff.

>>34459386
It's not just bloodlust, it's the extreme bloodrages + insanity + bloodlust.

Even if Sierra lucked out and isn't going to spontaneously explode because Verwelken+Infernus heritage, it's still doing a number on her.

>>34459418
>insanity
Bruv, we at 100 now AND FOREVER SHUT UP!
I get that the whole bloodust is embarrassing to say the least but sharing it with someone like Moriah might be a good thing.

>>34459418
now is a good time tho, nearly full sanity and low stress + safe area

and it's better to get it out the way then keep building on the lie

>>34459454
100 sanity isn't even sane by normal person standards. Sierra's a high-functioning schizophrenic on a good day. She's been hearing voices since she was a little kid and it never really stops even though Languid doesn't bother to include them in the updates.

>>34459265
>If it’s personal and stuff don’t answer, but are you… how hard is it for you?
>Mori, do you ever have… I don’t know. Issues? Like. Demon issues?

>>34459544
Anon no, don't ruin my happy days!

>>34459544

That's because he doesn't have to. Who do you think we're supposed to be?

>>34459625
Man, that would be so disturbing, having voices in your head talking about how wierd it is that they're voices in your head.

>>34459265
>If it’s personal and stuff don’t answer, but are you… how hard is it for you?
>Because you know, I have things too. Like. Upwards of just horns and claws and stuff.

>>34459625
I think we're Nevada.

How do you think Corithis managed to pull off making a successful [VE]+[IN] hybrid? All of the stuff said about Nev just screamed "SHADOW STUFF" and all the stuff about Sierra was all "BLAZING FIRE AND GLORY".

Mom went and did some experimentation on her daughters.

>>34459663
Having your voices say web addresses and having image macros form in your mind would also be freaky. Not to mention the /u/boaters.

>>34459713
Well, the /u/boaters would just be a completely normal teenage questioning of sexuality. Not that odd. The image macros would be terrifying though.

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>>34459713
>Give Moriah the tentacle.

>>34459663
>"Moriah, today I'd like to talk to you about schizophrenia. No you don't. Shut up! Let her speak!"
>MoriahWorriedLaughter.jpg

>>34459618
It's cool. She's good at ignoring the crazy and acting sane. You don't have to worry about full-blown loony toons until the san gets low.

Moriah totally accidentally killed her mum with death magic and that's why she's all skittish and sad about it.

I am ready for the feels.

>>34459768
Thank you, Anon, you're a kind man.

>>34459784
That's what I've been thinking too. It's a very sad thought.

>>34459735
>my tentacles are moving on their own!

>>34459846
Let's imagine that you're straight. Imagine how horrifying it would be to have tentacles that constantly felt up members of the same sex.

>>34459933
Anon please. Reaaal close to the line.

>>34459933
Sierra is too vanilla. She needs more [Corruption +1]

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>34459933
Depends on how corporeal the tentacles are. I suppose they're pitch black, but are they solid or smoke-y?

>>34460083
Solid. They were smacking the condapedes away when we fought Philo round 2.

>>34459933
Try tentacle gang bangs.

>>34460091
I know, I was asking if they were clearly defined and had an outer covering, or if they maybe had a solid core but and are surrounded by thick smoke/shadow.
If they are how I imagine the former, then that could be quite fun indeed.

>>34460281
They're all shadow all the way through, except solid. There aren't layers or fleshy bits or anything like that.

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Please lawn no, not today

>>34460281
>>34460310
Yeah, it's demon magic shadow.

“If you really wanted to talk to trees you could figure it out,” you say, having a seat on a nearby fallen tree. “You’re smart and stuff, sure, but you can’t expect to be good at everything the second you try it out.”

“I know. With enough effort I could probably do most of what Borislav can,” says Moriah. “I just don’t know if it’s worth it when I can spend my time elsewhere.”

“Oh come on,” you say. “Everyone has to get out of their comfort zone for something.” You look for someone to back you up, and since Borya’s the only one there, you turn to him. “Borislav, what do you think? Could Moriah have the spark of the wild or what?”

Borya pops an apple slice into his mouth. “Hmm,” he says, screwing up his face in thought. But he just isn’t seeing it. “Voobshe… nyet,” he says, shaking his head.

You groan. “You’re the worst,” you say.

“You ask question, I tell answer,” he says, shrugging. “I am honest man.”

“Well… honesty sucks,” you reply.

He laughs at you, and you glare at him.

Moriah doesn’t join in. “It’s not his fault,” she says. “I have limits, and I acknowledge them.”

You look at Moriah, skull-faced with her hair pulled back into a pony tail, with her neat black rosed gloves and puffy gray jacket. There’s nothing about her that seems extraordinary, except for the fact she happens to be a Hellion with death powers.

>>34460323
The Overgrowth holds no power here! Long live the Master Gardener!

>>34460499
“I don’t want to like, be all prying and stuff, so don’t answer if it’s personal,” you say. You kind of play around with the clover sprouting out by your feet with your shadow, absentmindedly sorting through them for one with four leaves. “But… how hard is it? You know, like. In general.”

Moriah doesn’t answer immediately. She instead conjures a ghostly tendril of light, and slowly weaves it around her fingers like a piece of string. “Not very hard,” she says, watching the pale light. “So long as I’m alone I don’t have any reason to worry. There aren’t many people who like being around me, either, so that makes things simpler.” She looks over at you, allowing her magic to dissipate. “Sometimes I wish I could be a more like you, though,” she says. “You make it look easy.”

You feel dishonest, somehow. (+2 Stress: 4/100) “I uh. I don’t know about that,” you say, kind of to her, but kind of to yourself.

“Don’t be like that,” Moriah chides. “You always… everyone likes you. And you’re so… you’re so at ease with whatever you do. You’re good at everything. The things you’re not good at are because you don’t care,” she tells you plainly. "The only thing you can't do is take a compliment."

You had no idea that Moriah has such a high opinion of you. You’re not sure you want that.

>Say stuff (?)
>Other (?)

>>34460516
"I can too take a compliment! Lay one on me, I'll show you!"

>>34460516
>It's... It's not easy, Moriah. Trust me. It's not easy at all.
>Tell her about the need to sate bloodlust, though not about berserk rage and 20~ people killed.

Honestly, as much as I'd like to tell her, I don't think it's the best time. I'd also like to know why Mr.Crowther didn't tell the truth about those people and how it was Sierra who killed them.

He probably didn't say shit for Sierra's sake but still...

>>34460516
'I...usually worry a lot about things, but I guess you're right. I am pretty badass at stuff.'

>>34460516
>Say stuff (?)
"Well, shit, this is a 'grass is greener' kinda situation, isn't it?"
>Other (?)
"Well this is depressing as shit. I didn't bring you here to be all sad n' stuff. Hey, I know something that's fun to watch. Hey Borislav! Turn into a Bear!

>>34460567
Maybe tell her that our abilities are still developing and sometimes we get positive stuff, but at other times we get negatives.

>>34460567
Maybe not the Meckor rampage specifically, but we could say that the bloodrage thing gets really bad. Maybe mention how we put Ro in the hospital after killing Nabuth.

>>34460516
>Say stuff (?)
"Well, Trixie doesn't like me . Fucking bitch that she is."

>>34460516
>Say stuff (?)
"Remember earlier when I had to walk off? It was because I had to go kill something and every second that I wasn't was pushing me closer to flying into a bloodrage. And it's not even normal one's, apparently. According to Ranthix, they're like weird more-violent-than-normal ones. Hell, I put Ro in the hospital once and I don't even remember doing it."

Oh god time for angst. It's my favorite part of the quest, really.

>>34460516
>say stuff
It was tough before I ran into the Hallows. Most of "this" is luck and a side of awesome.

I'm sperg as fuck, so tell me if bad anon, but would now be an appropriate time to recount the story of the first time we met Borya and the events that led up to that?

>>34460683
I will second this.

>>34460683
Also mention the thing about waking up naked on a roof somewhere.

>>34460516

Supporting >>34460683

>>34460683
supporting but leave out the Rowan hospital thing

>>34460967
Why?

>>34460974
Because I don't want to tell her? Why should we. it might just raise question we don't want to answer. I think the whole need-to-kill-things-and-cause-pain is plenty enough, it's not like she confessed her biggest secret to us. We already knew she had death powers, now we know she can keep it under control and it's easier when alone.

>>34460683
I guess it might as well come out sooner rather than later.
Supporting this option.

>>34460683
Supporting this anon. Consensus is fun.

>>34460683
This

>>34461006
So does Moriahquest need dice whenever she goes to parties to keep from sucking years off of partygoers' lives? Moriah may be more hardcore than we were expecting.

>>34460758
There is generally no good time to bring up the time we blacked out,accidentally put our friend in the hospital and killed a guy.

Thanks for admitting your "sperg as fuck" it gets frustrating some times on /tg/.

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How I imagine Ranthix with the girls at the gym.

Moriah’s wrong. She thinks you’re something you’re not. And while you are cool, and you are awesome virtually all the time without exceptions, there are exceptions. Everything about you – who you are and everything – sometimes, it wears thin. “All of that stuff,” you say, not sure what you’re saying, “it’s not… I mean. Sometimes it’s a show, you know? I mean. Who I am right now – if you met me just like, a few months ago? There’s some… things I have to be really careful about,” you say.

Moriah waits for you to continue, still not seeing exactly what you’re getting at. But what are you getting at, even?

“Just earlier today, you know?” you say, drawing on the most ready example. “I was getting fidgety because I had to go kill something. I was putting it off and it just… I slipped up a little. If I don’t hurt something every once in a while, I start freaking out.”

“But… you don’t have enough Infernus in you to get blood rages,” Moriah says, doubtfully. You can taste the confusion on her.

“They’re not normal blood rages,” you say. “According to Ranthix they’re more violent than normal ones. I mean. This one time I put Rowan in a hospital,” and killed a guy “and, you know, I don’t even remember doing it?” You focus on the clovers at your feet. You still haven’t found one with four leaves, but that doesn’t mean you’re going to stop looking any time soon.

>>34462119

“I think it’s to do with me being part Verwelken,” you say. “I’m told it’s pretty much a miracle I don’t just blow up at any second.”

Moriah has enough pieces to get a picture out of it. “So you come up here all the time to deal with it,” she says.

“Better here than there,” you say, suppressing a shiver. Thoughts and images come unbidden to your mind. Horrible things. (-2 Sanity: 95/100) (+4 Stress: 8/100) “It… it used to be worse but I’ve been good lately,” you say. “The Hallows are nice and I’ve got friends and stuff, so.”

That gives Moriah something to think about for a minute. When she speaks, her voice carries a note of question. “How long have you been having blood rages?” she asks.

“Pretty much since I was a kid,” you answer. “It’s mostly if I just get overstressed or angry or something. The killing things is a more recent thing. “

Your answer illicits a kind of unexpected reaction in Moriah. She looks at you carefully, and steps closer. “How old were you when they started?” she asks.

“I don’t know,” you answer, leaning a little away from her. “About eight or something?”

She gives you a kind of frowning expression, even though she doesn’t have lips to frown with. “That’s really young,” she says slowly. “Strong demonic traits like that don’t manifest before puberty in down-the-middle hellborn.”

>>34462149

“What?” you ask, squinting at her.

“It’s just a guess, but I think you’re a little more than half demon,” Moriah tells you. “Nobody ever recorded Corithis possessing Verwelken magic. It makes the story simpler if your Verwelken blood came from somewhere else.”

You stare at her for a second, trying to understand what she’s saying.

>What?
>I don’t know if I’ve been following all the rules of demonic development to the letter.
>Why hasn’t anyone else been able to figure this out when I talked to them?
>You think my dad was hellborn?
>How much more does ‘a little more’ mean?
> If I’m more demon than human, why the hell didn’t I always look like I do now?
>Other (?)

>>34462168

>What?
>I don’t know if I’ve been following all the rules of demonic development to the letter.
>Why hasn’t anyone else been able to figure this out when I talked to them?
>You think my dad was hellborn?
>How much more does ‘a little more’ mean?
> If I’m more demon than human, why the hell didn’t I always look like I do now?

>>34462168
>You think my dad was hellborn?
>How much more does ‘a little more’ mean?
>Is this going to end up with you taking samples of my blood to like, test in a magic lab?

>>34462168
>How much more does ‘a little more’ mean?
> If I’m more demon than human, why the hell didn’t I always look like I do now?

I'm not always a fan of combining multiple responses, but I think this fits well.

>>34462168
>What?
>How much more does ‘a little more’ mean?
>You think my dad was hellborn?

>>34462168
>You think my dad was hellborn?

>>34462168
>I don’t know if I’ve been following all the rules of demonic development to the letter.
>You think my dad was hellborn?
>How much more does ‘a little more’ mean?
> If I’m more demon than human, why the hell didn’t I always look like I do now?

>>34462168
>You think my dad was hellborn?
>I mean, I guess I don't really have any proof that he -wasn't- all human. I'd just been assuming he was.
>If my dad was a Verwelken hellborn, though, how come he didn't burn up in the sun? I'm pretty sure I remember him going out during the day.
Hell, why don't -we- burn up in the sun?

>>34462168
>You think my dad was hellborn?
>I don’t know if I’ve been following all the rules of demonic development to the letter.
> If I’m more demon than human, why the hell didn’t I always look like I do now?

>>34462045
I see him as a Drill Sargent.

>>34462326
We need to get him a drill sergeant hat.

>DO YOU SUCK DICKS, PVT. SPAWNLING?

>>34462360
Occasionally.

>>34462168
>Other
"If my dad's hellborn, where does the landmaster thing come from then?

I think I'm going to cut it here, seeing as I don't have the time to finish another update with quality.

Next thread Sunday. Or Monday? I'm getting ready to go back to college, so my schedule should be going pretty skewampis. Stay tuned on Twitter.

>>34462168
>If I’m more demon than human, why the hell didn’t I always look like I do now?
>No, like, really. A few months ago it was just the claws. And they were smaller than they are now.

>>34462360
>Only one I wanted to was attached to a guy who already has a girlfriend!

>>34462553
Thanks for running Languid

What're you studying?

>>34462553
Thanks for running.

>>34462553
Make sure you post more on Twitter, good luck with school!

>>34462553
Thanks for thread.

Pls don't drop.

>>34462285
I'm guessing it's a combination of us not having too much Verwelken blood, not being made out of shadows, and our Infernus heritage mitigating some of the weakness to sun.

If I remember correctly Issac said that usually Verwelken traits are recessive so a half-human half-Verwelken would be prone to insanity, but might not be that vulnerable to the sun.

I think our Mom was going for some serious eugenics here. Get some Infernus blood and Verwelken blood in the same body so they force everything to compete for predomination, using Belphegoran and Human to round out the mix and keep us from literally exploding. Landmaster came from either one of our parents, not sure which. We might not be the most powerful demon around yet, but we have a lot of versatility, can claim Landwells, and have a lot of longterm potential. And we're immortal, so if we manage to live long enough we'll be one of the most badass Demons around.

>>34462553
Thank you, king of lawns.

>>34462677
>I think our Mom was going for some serious eugenics here.

Mom had demon powers that let her conceive a child with multiple fathers maybe.

She tried for more, but only got the current 3 demon + Landmaster mix

>>34462677
[VE] is goes dormant (but still gives insanity) when paired with any non-[IN] demon. When paired with [IN], both try to go dominant and power boost continually until the body gives out and explodes.

[VE] hellborn still get shadow magic and they still die to the sun.

>>34462677
>not being made out of shadows
Technically, Sierra is partially made of shadows now. The shadow self is like an organ or something.

>>34462741
Mom was already highborn IN and highborn BE, she just needed VE and human/landmastery

>>34462798
Those are the powers we know of right now, we could have other undiscovered powers

>>34462677
Corithis in a lab coat drawfagging when?

>>34462168
>What?
>You think my dad was hellborn?
> If I’m more demon than human, why the hell didn’t I always look like I do now?

>>34462553
>I think I'm going to cut it here
HAAAAAAAAA MAN I WANTED TO KNOW I WANTED TO KNOW I WANTED TO KNOW I WANTED TO KNOW I WANTED TO KNOW I WANTED TO KNOW I WANTED TO KNOW I WANTED TO KNOW