>>34651268


Amidst the cover of the wood, you put yourself to the test, simulating that strange spell from before.
You summon the doppleganger to the riverside, it turns and destroys you. With a blink, you're standing on the other side
You do this again, and once more as you blink to new awareness you've moved and the body vanishes.

A strange and unnatural spell. But it's just like that, with a blink... Blink. That's a good name for it. The burn is less now than even last night, and it's getting faster. Looking through the wood, you pick a spot and say the word.

“Blink” Your alter ego is cast to the other side, a snap later and you're partially trapped between thorn bushes. With a rustle for comfort, you feel a thorn drag across your skin, “Shit...” stings like hell.

“Blink” Casting yourself out to tte riverside again, you free yourself of the thorns. There's still a sting. Looking down, you still see the beading of blood from where the thorn cut you. You suck at it, wincing. Seems that it's not a get out of injury free. Pulling away, you stare at it. What if this is because you didn't do it to yourself? You'll need to be sure. Pulling up a series of stones from the river with a wave of your hand, you pick out a nice sharp one. Using it to put a small cut on your skin, you blink again.

The injury's still there. One more test. You begin to blink while holding the stone. Just before your copy kills you, you inflict a third slash before it all ends again.
This time, the mark vanishes.

So when blink starts any damage you suffer after is negated... Cool.

There's a rustle at the brush edge of the river, you turn out fingers at the ready to snap, a switch to astral perception to track whatever might be out there. Is it just you or did you become rather paranoid at some point?

>>34651303


“Woah! I'm good, promise!” A familiar voice calls back. You see a fox-person with two tails from beyond the brush. Echo.

Lowering your fingers, you relax,”Scared me for a second, thought you were Overwatch or something.”

The girl nods once and rolls her eyes, “Yeah, Marcus told me about that too.” She puts a hand up in that weird handsign from before.
~Marcus is happy because of Sapphie!~
Your brow twitches and she puts the strange magical handpuppet down, “So, why are you killing yourself out here?”

You cross your arms, a befuddled look as to how exactly you justify assisted suicide teleportation. You come up with an eloquent answer, “None of your damn business.”

Echo stares at you with scrutiny glazing over her eyes, raising up the hand-puppet gesture.
~Asher kills himself to gofast!~

You stare at the little tattling fox in the astral, annoyed and confounded.

Echo stares back at you with a cheesy grin, her hand shakes. ~Fox kisses?~

“No.”

After that, Echo pesters you for a while. She keeps talking and asking you questions and whenever you don't answer something Fox gives her the answer. You find that maintaining a conversation while blinking intermittently is rather disorienting but not impossible. Good to know, you guess.

While you're taking a break from the accumulated burn getting to be too much, Echo finally hops up. “Can I show you what I learned now?”

“Go for it, you lean back against a chair-like rock formation. Not natural of course, but definitely looks it.

She flicks out fox and snaps her fingers, the orange hue of her magic bursting out into blue flames. The strange part about it though is that from what you see in the astral, it's not combustion, it's just her aura getting juiced out and converted into flames. To be honest you'd never seen how a vein fights outside of the shit that Emilia would put herself through until Echo and Saphira.

>>34651335
The girl performs a dextrous no-hands flip while sending out the flame, some of it coming back to tickle along her arms, wrapping her body up into a burning cloak. “I figured this out too!” With her arms and legs coated in indigo flames, she drops into a four legged run. Despite the awkward position, she manages to get some pretty good speed. With a flip, she digs a heel into the loamy soil to stop herself, “I learned that one from Marcus!”

“He train you our something?” You say, and Echo perks her head up, a confused and then mischievious look.

“Oh, no. I was just watching.”

“You a copycat like Saph?”

She shakes her head, “No, Fox says that she's a mirror, we just like to learn neat things that we see. That fire thing was good for that monster of yours. Oh, and I didn't tell the others that it was yours. By the way, did you know that Gertrude drank Roseanne's blood?”

“She wha-” You begin to react, but withdraw for a moment of thought. Right. Bones aren't supposed to be able to eat souls... Friend said that a while back. But she drank the blood... Could that have been a medium to... make it easier?

Echo leans in, looking you at in the eye, “Say, you're why we're going to the parade, right? I'm from around here, well not here but there, Chicago. You know, I've never actually been to the parade before. How exciting, thank you.” Her face goes through a bunch of expressions and for lack of a better word you have to call it cute.

You find yourself nearly petting her on the head, but you restrain yourself, thinking against it.
“Yeah... No problem. It was Emilia's idea anyway. Then again, it was between that and a fashion show.”

Echo stares at you, the fox-hand comes up, ~Asher likes Anna Swan!~

“That's really annoying, you know?”

Echo smiles, a knowing grin, “I know.”

>>34651474
> By the way, did you know that Gertrude drank Roseanne's blood?
How the fuck does the fox girl know that

>>34651474


There's not even a rustle as Marcus appears at the edge of the brush, walking on over to the two of you by the riverbank, “Hey cupcakes, I'm going to move the door again, call it a paranoid habit but you two best get back on through, I'll be in soon as I find a good spot.”

You head on back to Chicago, a surreal step through the door in the forest to the apartment complex.
It's sometime in the afternoon, you still got some time to fuck around. But little miss Echo is following after you, likely she's going to follow you wherever you guy, like it or not.

>[] Get Emilia and go to Navy Pier, pick up some cash on the way.
>[] Wander around looking for some kind of witchy shop. Might be cool.
>[] Confront Gertrude about what she did. You need to know if this woman can be trusted.
>[] Check up on Hydra. She's still an enemy convert and precarious at that.
>[] (other)

>>34651681
>[] Wander around looking for some kind of witchy shop. Might be cool.

>>34651681
>>[] Wander around looking for some kind of witchy shop. Might be cool.
mite b coo'

>>34651681
>[] (other)
Meditate on a mythos summon if possible

>>34651681
>[] Get Emilia and go to Navy Pier, pick up some cash on the way

>>34651681
>[] Wander around looking for some kind of witchy shop. Might be cool.
Anyone else ever actually been in one of those places?
I used to go all the time. There was one down the row from my middleschool and I'd go in there and they'd talk to me about the different properties of crystals and read my aura and shit and then I'd go to subway a little further down the road. It was fun.

>>34651681
>[] Wander around looking for some kind of witchy shop. Might be cool.

>>34651756
That. We need more summons

>>34651765
There is one where I live that is also a cafe. Waitresses dress in black cloths and shit. It's really weird. I hang out there with some bros once in a while.

>>34651756
Would be nice.
How long are you planning to run Dranzy?

>>34651681
>[x] Wander around looking for some kind of witchy shop. Might be cool.

>>34651812
If I had to guess, he's probably leaving at 20:00 or shortly after

>>34651681
>[] (other)
Summon time?

>>34651765
>>34651811
Those places are guaranteed to help us with our magic.

>>34651681
>>[] Wander around looking for some kind of witchy shop. Might be cool.
>>34651756
Do both. Get a new power that isn't gimmicky.

>>34651876
>Get a new power that isn't gimmicky.
What are you meaning with "gimmicky"?

>>34651681
>>[] Wander around looking for some kind of witchy shop. Might be cool.

>>34651902
Sorry. I meant a teleport that is kinda cool until it's outclassed by enemies with the same ability.

>>34651872
It's probably going to be someone blabbing on about the mystical properties of wood/crystals/symbols/tattoos/animal parts/other shit that we can use for a magic focus.

>>34651872
Wiccan powers soon.

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>>34651962
>enemies with the same ability
Don't blab to Tony and there's a 0% chance of that.

>>34651987
Wiccan isn't realy our type.

>>34651962
>outclassed by enemies with the same ability.
Not really.

>>34652026
In case you haven't noticed, we don't have a "type". We're a mishmash of whatever we want.

>>34652076
I was kinda suprised that the rule of 3 even worked on us.

>>34652026
There is nothing wrong with learn it to improve our magic.
>>34652076
>We're a mishmash of whatever we want.
The technical term for that is chaos magic.

>>34652076
Wiccan is good aligned. Asher is neutral leaning towards evil at best.

And don't say "alignments a shit DnD shit!!", because that's not what I'm talking about. This quest has a karma system thing. Asher can't get heroic/good summons/magic because he's an asshole. Good people aren't going to get evil summons/magic.

>>34652145
I'm pretty sure we could get "heroic" summons.
Even if that would depend on your definition of heroic.
Most heroes are complete assholes

>>34652255
I was going by the fairytail good because it's the right thing type of hero definition, but I guess you're right.

>>34652255
>Most heroes are complete assholes
That is so very true.

>>34651681
>[] Get Emilia and go to Navy Pier, pick up some cash on the way.

>>34651681
>Hey cupcakes
Was he calling Echo or Asher or both of them 'cupcakes'? Is 'cupcake' just what he calls new people and so more than one is plural cupcake?

>>34652617
Marcus isn't even that bad when he isn't pissed about us for some reason

>>34652617
Its an insult, its old but still pretty common, hes calling us sissies or wusses or something around there

>>34651681


With Echo in tow, you head on outside looking for some kind of witchy shop. There's places like that right? You've heard of them before back in high school at least. The kind of joint that would have Tarot cards, spiritual stones and other shit that would've been insanely cooky before. Well now? It's more like another kind of science, isn't it?

Echo follows close enough for association, but far enough that you don't actually need to talk to her. You find that the Zeitgeist apartment's area actually isn't too bad of a place. Could be worse. There's the occasional grafitti here and there and the occasional sagging black man on the street but her, shit could be worse, they could be trying to rob you in broad daylight.

After a while, Echo increases her step, and puts in a word, “Hey, so where are we going anyway?”

You look at her, and she smiles, raising her hand. With a roll of your eye, “Some spiritual witchy shop I guess. Just gotta find one first.”

Echo seems to think for a moment on that, “Huh. We should ask Saph about that. She does wicca, you know?”

You stop fast in your tracks. Goddamnit, she's right. You about face, and walk right back to the apartment. Saphira gives you the directions and you're on your way to.. a place. Apparently most witchy stores have been getting closed down for various reasons by the government. At this point, it's almost an underground trend kept on the hush.

For one reason or another though she knows a place and she sends you there.

On the way you discretely borrow from an ATM and hail a damn cab, walking's for chumps.

In a back alley according to your instructions you walk down a little stairwell to some kind of basement door. There's nothing discerning it from any other back alley drugdeal. You follow the instructions that Saphira gave to you.

>>34653103


“Three knocks for the rule of three, then wait three moments before saying blessed be.”

You knock three times, wait three seconds, lean in and then say the password. A shutter slides open. “What do you come here for?”

Squatting down, you peer into the shutter a bit, “Oh you know, get an aura reading, maybe some taror cards, that kind of shit.”

“Who sent you?”

“A lady in blue.” You cut the shit and snap your fingers, showing the illumination of the nerves in your thumb. Saphira told you that they're in the know as far as real magic is concerned.

The shutter instantly closes, deadlocks are unbolted and the smell of burning incense wafts through the door as it opens, “Come in,” a woman in blatantly mystical garb hums from the counter.
You step in, and are greeted by the presence of many dangling wares, spiritual stones on display, various wands and even a few staves among other things. You look back at the door, a bit perturbed that the woman got behind the counter so fast.
A black cat looks back at you, “Mind yourself, lest I cross your path.” The feline says with a slight growl.

“Solace, mind them. Our blue darling sent them.” The woman from behind the counter ushers the two of you forward, “Blessed be, how do you find yourselves? I am Dorothy, and this is Solace, my familiar.”

“I go by Faust-”

“And I'm Echo!” Your companion steps forward, sniffing out all the wares with shimmering eyes.

>>34653129
With a sniff, you push back a sneeze. Place makes your eye water. Astral perception reveals that this place is charged to hell, lots of crazy shit hanging around here.

“Faust, Echo, it's so nice to meet you. How's Saphy doing, still fighting the good fight?” Dorothy leans over the counter, a wide grin on her older face. She's got some years on her but she's got a strange bewitching beauty about her. Hell, you wouldn't mind if she turned cougar on you.

>[] “Luciferian, got anything good for that?”
>[] “Fire, spirits, and so on, anything good for that?”
>[] “Familiars, huh? Well that's a thing.”
>[] “So, what are you?”
>[] (other)

>>34653159
>[] “Fire, spirits, and so on, anything good for that?”
Assuming that spirits count as summons

>>34653159
>[] “Familiars, huh? Well that's a thing.”
How do you get one?

>>34653159
>[] “Fire, spirits, and so on, anything good for that?”

>>34653159
>"Oh yeah, Saph is doing great."
>[x] “Luciferian, got anything good for that?”

>>34653159
>[] “Fire, spirits, and so on, anything good for that?”
Also foci

>>34653159
>[] “Fire, spirits, and so on, anything
good for that?”

>>34653159
>[] “Fire, spirits, and so on, anything good for that?”
Especialy summoning.
Maybe a bit of infodumping on ritualistic spells

>>34653159
Ask about potential sacrifices or spell components for our eye healing

>>34653242
Seconding

Are people saying Fire and Spirits because they think we'll get better stuff than if we say Luciferian or do ya'll still think that Luci=evil and saying it will result in wicca lady turning on us?

>>34653340
I don't even know what we would get throug Luciferian.
Also we don't have to tell everyone whose payroll we're on.

>>34653373
Our chosen name is Faust, no one is going to be surprised at a Luciferian connection, and Echo either already knows or can find out without much trouble.

>>34653460
Not to mention astral sight shenanigans. I really wonder what Asher looks like, whether or not that's a great big "yo this nigga work with Lucifer" flag

>>34653460
It's more about what we would get.
I mean asking for fire or spirit(summon) related things is clear.

>>34653483
What that even be? Black wings and blone hair? I don't know what the fuck would mark us as working for the fallen angel

>>34653159
"She's been doing well, though us new folks may end up trying her patience with our antics."

>[] “Familiars, huh? Well that's a thing.”
>[] “Luciferian, got anything good for that?”

Take a look at Solace under Astral vision, see if there's anything we can glean from that.

>>34653159
Yeah, but bit too peace loving for my taste
>[] “Fire, spirits, and so on, anything good for that?”
>[] “Familiars, huh? Well that's a thing.”

Apparently traditional Luciferian witchcraft includes ritualistic sex magic.

>>34654017
>fucking any but luci
disgusting

>>34654140
Lucia wouldn't mind, she knows Asher's heart belongs to her, and Asher is an utter horndog so he'd probably be all for it.

And it's a pretty versatile ritual from what I can tell, not difficult to perform, and enjoyable as well. Would Lucia want us to reject such a useful tool?

Oi, is the anon here that brought up the magical properties of wood?

I've been looking for a site that has all the stuff chilling there.

>>34654206
The question really is, does the ritual actually do anything?

>>34654242
http://wicca.com/celtic/celtic/sactrees.htm

http://www.dragonoak.com/Magical-Wood-Properties.html

It's pretty much just celtic there, but you might find more if you poke around the sites.

>>34654269
I would certainly expect it to help, if done/channeled properly, given that belief and symbolism are vastly important for magic usage.

And even if it doesn't help it'd still be fun.

>>34654371
You just want to fuck someone don't you?

>>34654389
Of course he does. Loves those fade to blacks.

>>34653159
>>[] “Luciferian, got anything good for that?”
>[] “Fire, spirits, and so on, anything good for that?”

>>34654389
Asher wants to fuck pretty much every girl he sees

>>34654455
I'm trying to think of someone he doesn't want to fuck and I can't actually think of one

>>34654475
Gertrude both pre and post vampirism

>>34654475
Gertrude when she was still old?

>>34654371
What does fucking someone actually have to do with Lucifer?

>>34654475
Belila

>>34654569
Fuck her with Chlor-Trifluorid

>>34654582
I don't think that counts

>>34654389
Well, yes. And Asher probably feels the same way.

But I try to have practical reasoning behind things as well and try to keep flirting to the right times and places.

>>34654475
Tony, sleeping with Tony just seems like a bad idea. Though I could see Asher going for Marcus on a very drunk and strange night.

>>34654565
Sexual practices in magical or mystical rituals is far from uncommon. And there's a lot of carnal and self-indulgent aspects to Asher's brand of worship.

>>34654801
Yeah, but what does it have to do with Lucifer?

>>34654801
>Tony, sleeping with Tony just seems like a bad idea
Why do you distrust the only person besides us that aknowledges how nice murder is?
Should he die let's summon him to get shadecraft carrier

>>34654852
>implying his shade wouldn't murder us and summon us as his shade

>>34654852
Sure. Why not. I'd be down with a Tony shade

>>34654801
I'll bet money the ritual was made up so some guys could get laid.

>>34654801
Faust is fucking Lucifer daily. The ACTUAL Lucifer. Who can change into anything she/he WANTS. Faust shouldn't need to fuck anything else. There's LITERALLY no need.

>>34654952
>There's LITERALLY no need.
It's usefull for aplying emotional pressure.

>>34654980
You mean getting called a dirty hedonistic human? Because Luci doesn't actually care.

>>34655012
No emotional pressure on the one we are fucking.
For example Helia

>>34655037
I fail to see how ritualistically fucking someone is gonna put emotional pressure on them, maybe you should explain what you mean by emotional pressure

>>34655037
>For example Helia
The worst.

So is Echo's fox thing turning into a familiar now or what?

>>34653159


You play it kind of smooth and saunter up to the lady at the counter, “She's doing well, though us new folks may try her patience a bit-”

A sudden hiss from Solace, causing you to look back as he's licking his lips, fur raised on his back, and another hiss. “Too close,” he growls.

Dorothy waves it off, “He doesn't much like new people, feline personality, dog guardedness.”

You nod, for a momemt, swallowing a bit as the cat's stare actually manages to be unnerving. A step back and the demonic growling ceases. He kind of reminds you of someone...

“So, uh... I didn't really know what to expect from a place like this.”

“What are you practicing? Are you an Evoker, Invoker or do you use chakra?”

“Excuse me?” The terms confuse you for a moment. “I'm not quite familiar.”

“Evoker, your nerves glow, you externalize magic. Invoker, you internalize magic, bones glow. Chakra, you use your own body's natural ki, chi, aura, whatever your preferred term is. If I know what you are, then I can see to it that you find something relevant.”

“Evoker, I prefer to just say Nerve though.” You show the glow of your eye, deep from the optical nerve.

“Nice color, you've been touched by something, haven't you?”

A smirk from you, more ways than one you muse, “I use pyromancy and dabble in the summoning of mythology, got anything good for that? Oh, and where do I pick up one of those?” You point a thumb back to Solace, another low growl from him.

“Oh, a familiar?” Dorothy smiles, “You need to be close to an animal, involve them in your work. Something changes in them from the touch of the spirit world and they're blessed with new awareness and even their own gifts.” Dorothy throws a little smooch out to the feline, “My Solace has a bad temper but he's an amazing assistant in my work. He even doubles as a bouncer and doorman.”

“Right.” You nod. It's something to consider, even if you've got enough on your plate regarding summons as it is. “So about the goods.”

>>34655191


“Oh, right. This way.”

Dorothy steps from behind the counter, and Solace hops up onto her shoulder, keeping one golden feline eye on you.

Giving him a look in the astral, you see that his aura is actually heavily concentrated. A pitch black body with shadows running off it in deep rivulets, shining white eyes in a stark contrast. Dorothy's own aura appears.. strangely subdued.You'd expect there to be more, but for all in all, she appears as a normal person. How... odd.

{Rude to stare you know.} Solace's astral voice passes over your conscious mind.

“What are you talking about? You've been staring at me the whole-” At this point you realize that you're trying to argue with a cat in an underground witch's shop. What are you doing with your life?

Dorothy runs you over a great many trinkets as you define your purpose. When it becomes clear that you deign to use destructive magics she shifts focus to small ritual daggers and other little trinkets flooded with ill intent and equally malicious karma.

Of note, you find a small medallion of a serpent coiled around an apple, A wand of blackened poplar, a ritual dagger with a crossguard, a selection of flint stones, an actual human skull, and fingerbones.

That very last bit is conspicuous as fuck.

“Well then, what'll it be?”

You notice that there's no price tag on... well, any of this shit. “What's any of this going to cost?”

>>34655215


To that, Dorothy smiles, “I provide service for a service. In this world stockpiling hard money is foolish. We're on borrowed time till this age comes to its end. I grant you my service in exchange for a service in the future. Nothing like a first borne child or anything.” Dorothy returns to her counter, leaning in a bit too low for the cut of her dress.

You almost like the idea of a “Service.”

>[] The serpent medallion. It bears old blood and is infused with the sex magick of several rituals. You should be able to find something to bind to it.
>[] The blackened Poplar wand. Snapping for fiend all the time is kind of annoying. This bears the memory of a forest burned down and the rage of old lands
>[] The ritual dagger. You can see the shimmer of shades in the wave of the blade. Drawing blood with it is sure to suffuse any ritual with corrupt and evil magic.
>[] A bag of the flint stones and a few other choice gems that feel right. You'll be able to use them as a reagent or medium.
>You... pass on the human skull.

>>34655241
All of them.
The dagger.

>>34655241
>[] The serpent medallion. It bears old blood and is infused with the sex magick of several rituals. You should be able to find something to bind to it.

>>34655241
>You... pass on the human skull.
I hate you Dranzy.
Atleast say what it does
>[] The ritual dagger. You can see the shimmer of shades in the wave of the blade. Drawing blood with it is sure to suffuse any ritual with corrupt and evil magic.

>>34655278
That's a choice too.

>>34655241
Am I right in thinking that the medallion would let us bind a Summon from Luci to it and make summoning the whatever it is easier?

>>34655241
The dagger, also I really don't like owing people favors

>>34655292
Would be to expensive
>>34655241
>[] The ritual dagger. You can see the shimmer of shades in the wave of the blade. Drawing blood with it is sure to suffuse any ritual with corrupt and evil magic.

>>34655292
Alright then. I'm going with ALL OF THEM.

>>34655241
>All of the above

>>34655332
>>34655336
>Owning a strange witch multiple favors
No thanks
>>34655241
The dagger

>>34655241
Not really a vote so much as trying to figure out what each thing does

>[] The serpent medallion. It bears old blood and is infused with the sex magick of several rituals. You should be able to find something to bind to it.
Buff to a future summon, probably some kind of demon or something recommended by Luci
>[] The blackened Poplar wand. Snapping for fiend all the time is kind of annoying. This bears the memory of a forest burned down and the rage of old lands
Obvious Fiend buff
>[] The ritual dagger. You can see the shimmer of shades in the wave of the blade. Drawing blood with it is sure to suffuse any ritual with corrupt and evil magic.
No fucking clue.
>[] A bag of the flint stones and a few other choice gems that feel right. You'll be able to use them as a reagent or medium.
Even less of a clue.

>>34655336
>>34655332
You do realize we will owe this crazy bitch 4 services, owing 1 is stupid enough but 4 is fucking window licking retarded

>>34655241
>[] The blackened Poplar wand. Snapping for fiend all the time is kind of annoying. This bears the memory of a forest burned down and the rage of old lands

>>34655385
So. I want mystical magicalness.

>>34655215
>>[] The blackened Poplar wand. Snapping for fiend all the time is kind of annoying. This bears the memory of a forest burned down and the rage of old lands

>>34655372
Dranzy said on Ask.fm that we can infuse gems with spells and then use them in fight without experiencing the burn.
Would be one time uses though

>>34655241
>>[] The blackened Poplar wand. Snapping for fiend all the time is kind of annoying. This bears the memory of a forest burned down and the rage of old lands
>[] The ritual dagger. You can see the shimmer of shades in the wave of the blade. Drawing blood with it is sure to suffuse any ritual with corrupt and evil magic.

>>34655241
Don't go for the most flashy stuff. Black Poplar helps with summoning, water, fire and divination. That thing was made for us.

>[] The blackened Poplar wand.

>>34655446
Thinking about it that guys correct.
Rage of old lands can surely be used to draw forth a nice celtic/norse/other pagan summon

>>34655241
>[] The serpent medallion. It bears old blood and is infused with the sex magick of several rituals. You should be able to find something to bind to it.
>[] The blackened Poplar wand. Snapping for fiend all the time is kind of annoying. This bears the memory of a forest burned down and the rage of old lands

>>34655241
>[] The serpent medallion. It bears old blood and is infused with the sex magick of several rituals. You should be able to find something to bind to it.

>>34655241
Honestly, any of them except the flint is good. If I had half a clue about what the dagger actually did, I'd probably be more willing to throw my vote behind that. It sounds like it's some kind of general power boost to spells that take a while to do?

It'd probably be pretty good for when we start having to do human experiments and big crazy shit with Alchemy and Summoning.

>>34655563
I'm thinking it lets us do blood magic, which is fucking cool as shit

>>34655241
>[]All of them.

>>34655594
Pretty much.

I love how there was a whole big argument about whether or not sex magic was related to Lucifer or not and then we walk into the shop and get offered a medallion with a snake curled around an apple (Lucifer as fuck) that's charged with literal sex magic.

>>34655241
>>[] The serpent medallion. It bears old blood and is infused with the sex magick of several rituals. You should be able to find something to bind to it.
>[] The ritual dagger. You can see the shimmer of shades in the wave of the blade. Drawing blood with it is sure to suffuse any ritual with corrupt and evil magic.

>>34655594
>>34655693
And blood magic is...?

I feel really dense here, but I'm just not getting it.

>>34655693
Tell us what the skull and the fingerbones do

>>34655745

Blood sacrifice to empower spells.

>>34655759
The skull and the fingerbones actually come separate.

The skull bears the lingering apparition of a murdered scholar. It scrutinizes you and tells you to put remove your hand from his profile when you touch the skull.

The fingerbones seem to each be from different people. They're inscribed with runes and seem to be a perverse method of fortune telling. Dorothy tells you that they should be able to alter fate in the hands of the right person.

>>34655705
What its charged with might have nothing to do with an actual connection to Lucifer, but you're right, signs point to yes.

>>34655896
I feel bad for forgetting his name, but maybe tell Australian guy that the finger bones might work good for him.

>>34655896
>The skull bears the lingering apparition of a murdered scholar. It scrutinizes you and tells you to put remove your hand from his profile when you touch the skull.
I want this. I want it a lot. Can we name it Morte?

>>34655896
>in the hands of the right person
Gift for Luci?

>>34655940
Is he still with us?

>>34655241
>[] The serpent medallion. It bears old blood and is infused with the sex magick of several rituals. You should be able to find something to bind to it.

>>34655995
Why would a divine spirit need fingerbones.

>>34656032
I don't know, fuck you

>>34656002
He's in Zeitgeist, but he went for Eloc instead of Malevolence. His magic isn't really good for fighting.

Okay, so based on the number of multiples, I want to let you guys know that Dorothy assures you that her favors are often toward the procurement of new merchandise. Many of these items are mage-made and thus need their involvement.

When she deigns to collect a service Asher will feel an annoying buzz and be contacted. Should he fail to perform the service... well let's just say that there tends to be a streak of ill fortune to be had afterward.

>>34655241
>[] A bag of the flint stones and a few other choice gems that feel right. You'll be able to use them as a reagent or medium.

>>34656303
What did we end up going with? I can't make heads or tails of the thing.

>>34656303
collecting fingerbones or imprinting shades into stuff should not be too much of a problem.

>>34655241
>>34655241 #
>[] The serpent medallion. It bears old blood and is infused with the sex magick of several rituals. You should be able to find something to bind to it.
>[] The blackened Poplar wand. Snapping for fiend all the time is kind of annoying. This bears the memory of a forest burned down and the rage of old lands
Sorry for late vote, just got home.

>>34651268
Can we summon a shade then lock it in an astral prison, let it out someplace nearby whenever we want, and get a free 'Get out of any level of injury instantly' card?

>>34656529
When you summon yourself it's not a shade, it's a doppleganger.
It knows everything that you know- including how to get out of astral prisons.

You can't trick yourself.

>>34656614
What if we have someone else seal the doppelganger in a gem or something set to release it in the event of real Asher's death?

It'd be like a pseudo-phylactery.

>>34656641
That would assume that we wouldn't be able to break out.
And I don't think Doppelgänger can be inprinted in gems

>>34656641
YES!

We could even use the medallion for specifically this purpose.

>>34656713
It doesn't have to be a gem. It could be a magic circle array in a basement somewhere.

The only important factors here are that it can contain the doppelganger and that it can release it conditionally.

>>34656720
That medailion would trigger as soon as we blink

>>34656641
The biggest problem with this is that it makes it so we can no longer Blink at all while we have the pseudophylactery active.

>>34656750
Wouldn't that Phylacterie be triggered as soon as we use our blink?

>>34656751
We leave the medallion at our home base, or someplace discreet. Tie the binding on it to our life-force, the moment we die the doppleganger is let out.

>>34656785
We literally die as soon as we blink.
We would seal our mobility

>>34656751
That's actually part of the caveat of a case like that. Blink requires the original to die for the doppelfanger's effect to trigger.

>>34656641
This idea seals away blink and effectively makes it so that Asher respawns somewhere on death. Not a bad idea but it could screw anyone that's counting on Asher being somewhere.

Medallion sucks. Dagger and Wands till the end.

>>34656854
Medallion is for summoning, wand for pyromancy, and dagger for blood magic / the more fucked up parts of alchemy.

All three are good. Wand is probably the biggest immediate power boost, dagger the biggest long term, and medallion could let us get a nice summon bound earlier than normal, thus being the medium term power boost.

>>34656821
Eh, we could use it to get someone off our tail.

>Give Medallion to Emilia
>If we don't come back, break open the medallion.

>>34656908
Wand can also be used for summoning.
>and the rage of old lands
Sounds kinda up our alley for summons

>>34656821
>it could screw anyone that's counting on Asher being somewhere.
I'm pretty sure that Asher being dead would screw them over just as bad as him respawning in a cave way far away.

>>34656920
...this gets around it.

If we die, it won't matter, because that's not the condition. The condition is that the medallion gets busted open.

>>34657008
That's not how our blink/doppelgänger works

>>34657008
We would still seal our blink with that.
And I don't think that's worth it

>>34656920
>>34657008
Bad idea. If it takes too long for the doppel to absorb Asher's soul, then it goes to the death layer and is permanently gone.

So what's going on Dran?

>>34657093
Bingo. That's the second caveat.

>>34657175
Almost done.

Is there a quest with more ability spergin going on than this one?

>>34657228
Can we ask for an aura reading when we're done with our purchase? Plenty of people have been curious about it, and here Asher can ask about it with a wry smile. It's funny, we're around people that can see auras all day, but that's something people would do here before magic.

>>34657228
It takes a dopple 3 seconds to kill itself, right? Then the timer is 5 continuous seconds of us being dead.

>>34657228
What did we even buy now?

>>34655241


You consider things for a moment, everything honestly looks like it could have some use, and you feel that testing it all out could prepare you for future bargains like this.
Pointing out the items you want, Dorothy readies a contract upon vellum with the appropriate list of items for trade. The medallion, the wand, and the dagger. In exchange for those items you'll be granting her three services of her choosing.

Signing off on it, Dorothy immediately gives you a wink, “I'll be asking for my first service right now.”

“Already?” You squint your eye in scrutiny.

“You'll always be polite in my shop, and courteous to me and other patrons.” She gives you mystic smile, and you already feel obliged to return it.

“Certaintly my dear Dorothy, as you ask of me.” What the hell just came out of your mouth? You grin with subdued worry.

“Don't worry, it's only for when you're in here.” She gives a light chuckles, and holds up two fingers, “And since you're trusting me enough to commit three services on your first trip, as well as a discount for a friend of Saphie's, your second service is to give me a kiss on the cheek.” She turns her face, and points to where she wants it put. You lean over and give her a kiss, thus completing your second service.
“The last one, I'll save for when I need it, a pleasure doing business with you.”

Echo finally comes up to the counter, with a small trinket from the far east. A yin yang symbol portrayed as two foxes chasing each other's tails. “I like this one a lot but... I'm not sure if it's really right for me.”

“And what sort of token might you be looking for?” Dorothy leans against the counter, eyes full of interest and ears quite open.

Echo describes kind of what she's looking for, and Dorothy seems to get the picture, “Alright, I'll see if I can't get something like that by next week. See me then, okay?”

Echo smiles, “Thank you, that's really awesome of you!”

>>34657419
Debt. No matter what we just got, it came with a nice hunk of debt.

>>34657577
And two of them are just payed off. HOLLA!

>>34657608
Well that was easier than expected

>>34657569

Before you leave, Dorothy tells you that since you've been to her shop, performing the routine on any door will take you back here... However. Her shop is not a sanctuary and to send you back to a place it must remain connected for the visit.
In other words, Solace will not open the door if he senses that you're under threat.

“Oh, and if you continue business with me, I'll see about getting you a dimensional bag.”

With that, you leave with your bartered purchase. A little bag full of items with ineffably bad karma. When you walk out, it turns into a Jewel bag, a local grocer.

Maybe next time you'll just go in for an aura reading?

>>34656641
The problem with that, even if it would work, would be that that would be the us from the time it was summoned, not the time we died. Still better than the alternative though

>>34657726
>dimensional bag
Oh god I want it

>>34657734
It's possible to merge the mind with the soul. That would be hard to do, but it would fix that problem.

>>34657682

She's a businesswoman. Good deals, and every mage that passes through is an investment as much as a patron.

Should also mention that she's willing to free up services if she's given curious items.

With MF at Adept, it can, with a ritual, apply its effects to any object permanently.

Would we be able to use the dagger to make a blood sacrifice and produce a super-pumped cloak that is really damn hard? Magic bulletproof robes are cool.

>>34657830
Yes.

>>34657848
How hard would making our own bag of holding be?

>>34657848
Shouldn't you be posting the last part of the update?
Also who will be our first sacrifice?
Some animals should be enough with the dagger to heal our eye.
maybe making it a evil eye

>>34657848
Can we use MF to give ourselves a permanent boner?

>>34657848
Did you ever decide whether you were going to rework enchantment grades so that Adept is the highest for them?

I'd be cool with buying MF Adept if that was the highest level.

>>34657848
Welp. Let's get started.

>>34657848
If we asked Morgan or Luci to pump up our dagger...how would it go?

>>34657872
We will get one from the witch why should we make our own?

>>34657918
Science mang

>>34657899
There so much shit we need to do including a new summon we've been waiting for some time now

>>34657848
How pissed off would a phoenix or a dragon or some other fire creature thing be if we were to bind it into our wand?

>>34657872
Asher would need to learn dimensional magic. This is something that the witch apparently has a hand in.

>>34657949
Depends on if you take them out to dinner first.
What sort of offering you'd give them.

>>34657949
We should better never let it out again or try to summon something that likes the bounded creature

>>34657987
I was thinking it;d be more of a "GET IN THE STICK" scenario, but I guess it would probably be less stupid to bribe them first.

>>34657987
>what sort of offering you'd give them
I found a use for emilia

>>34657987
>dimensional magic
WE STILL NEED TO LEARN SPACE MAGIC, DRAN

NUETRON STARS, BLACK HOLES, WORM HOLES, UPQUARKS, COSMIC SUPERSTRUCTURES

>>34658027
Okay Mr. Hernandez. We are aware of your Aztec heritage.

>>34658027
>I found a use for emilia
Should get even better if we use the dagger we bought

>>34658027
Sounds good.

>>34658027
except we can't harm her while we are all part of zeitgiest

>>34658100
Won't be a problem with a phoenix in our wand

>>34658100
Who said anything about "harm"?

>>34658100
I'm pretty sure Marcus would approve.

Marcus is all firey and stuff.

What if we stuffed him into the wand?

>>34658108
We should tell Lucia that we have a phoenix in our wand ;)

>>34658159
Damn anon that is a terrible idea

>>34658159
>Hey marcus come here for a second

>>34658159
What if we talked to Luci about making the wand a way for her to directly influence the world. A conduit for her power, at her discretion? She can get a taste of the physical world through it, scratch that itch she has...

>>34658231
And now step into that circle

>>34657726


You make it back by dusk, and you're tired enough of Echo talking your ear off to fall right into bed, the items of malicious power gently put to the side. You'll deal with them later, everyone's going to head to to the parade pretty early anyway...

You're woke up with a change of clothes thrown onto your bed, a shower later and you're wearing something less uniform to stagger up your association with the others. All black turtlenecks and jeans kind of give a hint of cult personality, doesn't it?

You all make it there early enough, and you drop mention of the fingerbones to John whom kind of pales at the thought. “I'll consider it maybe, old son. That kind of thing seems like worse luck than it ought to though. Ever heard of a monkey's paw? Find shit like that there.?”

To be honest, you did see a few dried animal parts but you'd rather not get John any more spooked of the place before he meets good ol' Solace.

Emilia sticks close to you, though never really looks you in the eye. Neither of you have really talked about the other night but it seems that she's forgiven you. Or maybe now it's pity? Either way, she's there for you, like she's always been. Saph and Marcus almost replicate the gesture as a couple. Hydra's left back at the apartment to tend to her own devices. The little one doesn't complain much or really seem to have an opinion... on anything.
You can tell that Emilia cares about the kid despite her origin. Hell, even Saph's treated the clone nicely. It's... Kind of strange but, you're kind of starting to like the kid too. Not a mean bone in her body, just mild mannered and willing to help everyone out.

>>34658249
Now, I'm gonna throw some virgin's blood on you and start chanting. It's totally innocuous, don't freak out or anything.

>>34658247
I'm pretty sure that would break the wand immediately

>>34658249
And now speak you True Name.

>>34658281
You all make it to the front to get a pretty good view of the procession. There's a bunch of dorky historic floats with the odd bit of injun dancers. It's really kind of an odd parade but it's nice to be doing something normal for a minute. In retrospect, you've probably killed yourself around twenty times or more in the last couple days... Oh yeah, crazy stuff.

As the parade makes its way around, there's a sudden explosion from a nearby building on the upper floors, fire bursting out and glass falling onto the crowd underneath.

>[] Do something to help those people, win points with Saph at least, eh?
>[] Stand and stare. Why the fuck can't you just have a normal day?
>[] Walk away in a hurry. We can't get involved.
>[] (Other)

>>34658303
>[] Stand and stare. Why the fuck can't you just have a normal day?

>>34658303
>[] Do something to help those people, win points with Saph at least, eh?
Lets start a cult with the people we save

>>34658359
Aren't we supposed to be low profile at the moment?
>>34658303
[] Stand and stare. Why the fuck can't you just have a normal day?
maybe something interesting will happen

>>34658303
>[] Stand and stare. Why the fuck can't you just have a normal day?
This shit again.

>>34658388
Old habits die hard, seriously when was the last time we didn't do magic shit in a place we were at?

>>34658303
>[] Stand and stare. Why the fuck can't you just have a normal day?
The same procedure as every day

>>34658303
>[] Do something to help those people, win points with Saph at least, eh?

>>34658417
10/10

>>34658303
>[] Stand and stare. Why the fuck can't you just have a normal day?

Take a look at it with Astral Perception, see if there's anything funky going on.

We aren't going to be that helpful for saving people unless we start pulling out magic, and I'd rather not risk drawing attention to ourself.

>>34658303
>[] Stand and stare. Why the fuck can't you just have a normal day?
No need to rush in before we have the details. If Saph/Marcus want us to et involved, we can go from there.

>>34658303
>>[] Stand and stare. Why the fuck can't you just have a normal day?

>>34658303
Can we subtly use pyromancy to extinguish the flames?

>>34658515
If you want to ping every Over in the area.

>>34658515
we glow whenever we do magic

So what's more likely to happen here
>The explosion was caused by an Over
or
>The explosion is going to awaken an Over from the people trapped inside and undoubtedly freaking out

>>34658708
Nothing. Turns out the explosion was caused by a gas leak. Nothing to worry about.

>>34658708
The explosion was cause by fae.
You which fae

>>34658769
I'm gonna laugh my ass off if it turns out it really was a gas leak.

>>34658800
Oh fuck didn't Morgan/Nora set a few of them loose before going to prison?

And now we have to deal with getting bitched at by Saph and/or Emilia

>>34659203
If Emilia says shit she is getting given away to whatever fiery beast we first come across

>Tony standing there staring at the fire, grinning manically, thinking about all dem shades

>>34658303


You watch the scene unfold coming as close to being stunned and dumbfounded as you possibly can. Saphira closes her eyes and looks away, some of the others do the same while Toy and Marcus stare on eerily unflinching.

Through the astral, you can see something drawing inward, fuzzing up the sight layer some. Makes you think of a bone's consumption, or maybe it's from all the people watching?

You look over at Saph and Marcus, looking for either a go ahead or something. Marcus gives you one look and it tells you to stay put. Her lowers his body as though to pray. With everyone's eyes on the destruction, his body dissolves into smoke and travels along the ground.

Low profile doesn't necessarily mean inaction, does it? Blink is too flashy to move in, but Morgan or Donneth could do something about whatever's up there.

Emilia swallows, wishing that she could do something discrete to assist.

>[] Sick Donneth on whatever's up there. He doesn't like fire but he can deal with it.
>[] Send the Ravens up there to locate the cause.
>[] Ask Morgan if she knows what this is about.
>[] Remain content in your inaction.

>>34659297
>[] Ask Morgan if she knows what this is about.
I have a bad feeling about this

>>34659297
>[] Send the Ravens up there to locate the cause.
>[] Ask Morgan if she knows what this is about.

>>34659297
>>[] Ask Morgan if she knows what this is about.

>>34659297
>Ask Morgan
If it's bad, give Donneth the go-ahead to remove any hostiles.

>>34659297
>[] Ask Morgan if she knows what this is about.

>>34659297
>[] Send the Ravens up there to locate the cause.
>[] Ask Morgan if she knows what this is about.

Even if we don't really care about the civilians there's something odd going on, and I'd rather not have whatever caused the fire end up trying to kill us, so let's get some intel.

>>34659297
>[] Ask Morgan if she knows what this is about.
and if she doesn't know
>[] Send the Ravens up there to locate the cause.

>>34659297
>[] Ask Morgan if she knows what this is about.

>>34659297
Based Tony

>>34659297
Are our ravens still ice ravens or do they look normal?

>>34659400
They always looked normal, we just used Ice as a medium to summon them.

http://strawpoll.me/2501447
http://strawpoll.me/2501444

>>34659558
Worst as in weakest or worst as in "should be exterminated"?

>>34659583
As in exterminated

>>34659558
Best as in most OP or best as in personal favorite?

Because Bones are fucking stupid for early-mid game.

Nerves are fucking stupid in the endgame (>70LIMIT) if and only if the Nerve has put all points into a couple synergistic high-tier spells.

>>34659605
veins get pretty bullshit too at high levels. Like Saphira who can pretty much act like a nerve anyway or priest bad touch.

>>34659558
Personality wise Nerves are far better, but skill wise they are pretty shit

>>34659603
Gas the Bones. Magic war now!

>>34659297


(Morgan, do you know anything about this?) You propose the question to the astral.

{Why would I know about a fire in chicago? Perhaps a cow kicked over a lantern.}

(This isn't funny Morgan) You curl your fists. Exposure now means you'll have to run again. You don't want to fucking run anymore. You don't want to run, and you don't want to be imprisoned.

{Oh but it is. As I said before T'is a crime to have power and not use it, no? You deign to not save those poor people from the shards of fallen glass? Such ill karma ones that have restraint show.} The Fae's voice is as mocking as it is condescending, though not to you. It's Saph that she's speaking to.

“Please...” She shudders down to her knees, her pretty face contorted and morose, “I can feel them. Please make it stop.”

Morgan just laughs throughout the astral. {I abide by your word so that Faust isn't put to blame and neither are you lot. I abide so far as that, yet all else is by my will.}

Goddamnit.

>[] Make her stop.
>[] Walk away.
>[] Wipe away the flames as quickly as possible.
>[] (other)

>>34659941
>>[] Make her stop.

>>34659941
I don't quite understand what morgan is saying

>>34659941
Never
Trust
A
Fae

>>34659941
>[] Walk away.
I realy don't want to piss of our most powerful summon

>>34659941
>[] Make her stop.
Filthy, dumb fae scum. I said this the moment we got her.

>>34659941
>[] Walk away.
Morgan is best fae.

>>34659941
>outright mocking us
Nah, fuck you bitch, quit yo shit

>>34659941
>[] Walk away.

>>34659941
>[] Walk away.
Or just stay.
It's not like we expected anything else when we summoned unseelie

>>34660075
>>>outright mocking us
>Nah, fuck you bitch, quit yo shit
She's mocking Saph dumbass.

>>34659941
>Make her stop
Little shit, even dumb ass donner knows when to not be a little shit

>>34660104
>Oh but it is. As I said before T'is a crime to have power and not use it, no? You deign to not save those poor people from the shards of fallen glass? Such ill karma ones that have restraint show.
Thats mocking us

>>34659941
>[] Walk away.
Well Fae stuff.
It won't lead back to us.

>>34659941
>>[] Walk away.

>>34660126
>though not to you. It's Saph that she's speaking to.
Read the next fucking sentence.

>>34660126
Way to leave off the part saying that it's to Saph.
>The Fae's voice is as mocking as it is condescending, though not to you. It's Saph that she's speaking to.

>>34659941
>[] Make her stop.

>>34660126
>The Fae's voice is as mocking as it is condescending, though not to you. It's Saph that she's speaking to.

>>34660126
>as mocking as it is condescending, though not to you. It's Saph that she's speaking to.
I repeat you're a dumbass.

>>34659941
Marcus is gonna kill us now.

>>34659941
>[] Walk away.
Why do people want to agonize our strongest and most important summon?

>>34659996
Basically:

She's specifically using her power because she believes that to have power and not use it is ridiculous. She's generated a scenario in which Zeitgeist's members could make a difference by using their powers and thus forcing them to choose between action and inaction.

Her point is, "Use the power, to do not is sinful." She's basically saying this to Saph as something of a challenge.

She's also made sure that it can't directly compromise them unless they choose to act as you and the others have been instructed.

>>34659941
>>[] Walk away.

>>34660171
they let the soul eating vampire bone get away.
I think we would have to fuck up more
>>34660179
I realy like her style
>>34659941
>[] Walk away.

>>34660174
>Why do people want to agonize our strongest and most important summon?
Because she's being a piece of shit and causing a bunch of carnage that will no doubt lead back to us.

>>34660174
Marcus gonna kill our ass for it

>>34660224
>Because she's being a piece of shit and causing a bunch of carnage that will no doubt lead back to us.
See >>34660179

>>34660222
Yeah, but that didn't have an affect on Saph, this does

>>34660224
>that will no doubt lead back to us.
Reread
>>34660179
>She's also made sure that it can't directly compromise them unless they choose to act as you and the others have been instructed.

>>34659941
>[]Make her stop.
I don't really care too much, but it's good to keep Morgan on her toes so...
Catch her on a technicality. Saph is an empath, so she is harming one of our allies by causing pain in front of her. I think the whole "no harming allies" clause is still in effect.

>>34660264
I don't think that applies.
It would make her unable to attack anyone within the Saph's empath range

>>34660264
I'd rather not bar our summons from fighting in Saph's presence.

http://strawpoll.me/2501626

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And here I'd almost forgotten why I had raged against summoning so much in the beginning.

>>34660289
>>34660299
Easy. We can freely drop/add people to ally status. If we need to fight in front of Saph, we drop her as an ally. Morgan will still be unable to attack her, since she would harm us by violating our contact.

>>34659941
>[] Walk away.
Well gonna prepare for a long talk with Saph back in the base

>>34660350
The real problem is she does it because its fun, we do horrible shit because it will make us stronger

>>34660433
Actualy she does it to prove a point

>>34660449
Shes unseelie m8, shes creaming her pants right now

>>34660449
Points that don't need to be proven. At all.

>>34660465
She's Morgan la Fey

>>34660478
>that changes things
>at all
Nah

>>34660474
You don't seem to understand how fae and mages in general work.

>>34660433
Meh, the bigger problem is that she makes us look bad for not being able to keep our summons in check. She left of hanging because she gave us no advanced warning.

>>34660522
Technicaly we don't violate anything.
But yeah we could ask for a warning the next time she wants to pull one

>>34660522
Actually by not telling us we look far better.

>>34660522
Every contract with summons has holes.
There will never be a mythos that agrees to be a complete slave.

>>34660575
True, but there's probably a limit to how much shit our allies will let us pull before they start wondering if we are more a liability than an asset. If someone's summon pissed Asher off, we'd probably blame the summoner alongside them.

>>34660575
Donny boy came damn close

>>34660575
I believe if we get summoning high enough we can pretty much just strong arm any summons. Probably can't do that with Morgan quite yet though

>>34660643
Full moon rampage

>>34660659
I said close, not there

>>34660179
Clever.

>Other, sit back and watch Saphira squirm with a small smile.

"Every philosophy has its faults, Saph. If you truly believe inaction is the best possible answer, then you will accept these screams as the due payment for your faith. It should not come as a surprise; this is exactly what you wanted. This is the future you chose."

>>34660648
That's a terrible idea.
And I don't think it would work

>>34660676
Probably the stupidest thing we could do.
Rather just tell her that the contract allows her to play untraceable pranks

>>34660720
Better yet: "The exact terms of the contract state that no amount of mischief she does can be traced to me, directly or indirectly, in any way that might be harmful. So likely, she actually had very little to do with this, other than keeping her mouth shut and maybe leaving a jelly roll at the top of some stairs outside a fat person's room.

>>34660775
I hope thats what happened

>>34660775
>leaving a jelly roll at the top of some stairs outside a fat person's room.
That made me chuckle.

>>34660179
Still there Dran?

>>34661113
I don't think he expected us to just walk away.

>>34661350
Wouldn't we have technicaly violated our contract with Morgan if we made her stop

>>34661350
Why not? It's been made pretty clear we're an asshole, our companions are sadists, and we intend to practice human experimentation for fun and for profit.

>>34661350
Why?

>>34659941


You make to suck it up and start to walk away from the crowd, the screams of victims and Saph mixes in with them. Some of the other Zeitgeist members carry her off to a safe distance. You rendezvous with them, silent and a bit distraught. You aren't much sure what you can really say at a time like this.

Morgan chuckles in the ether now and then, riding the example that she's forced Saph under. The pain the little lady endures.

After recovery, Saphira beckons you forward and you oblige her, “Look, I'm sorry” you start, but she raises a hand for your silence.

“Please, it's okay. I know that you aren't involved with that mess, and I know that your ally is possible, I can't hold you responsible. Marcus will do what he can as the most discreet amongst us and accidents happen.” She sighs, “I just want you to be aware the power that you give to these beings is damning the rest of us. Yes they are powerful, yes they are old, but now is the time that we create new legends.” She takes a deep breath, closing her eyes for a thought.

“What I want you to ask yourself, Faust. Is- Do you want to bring back the old, or become the new?” She opens her eyes, “I want to become a gentle goddess, Saphira. Are you content being some toy for the legends of the last age?”

As Saph stares at you, goosebumps prickle up at the back of your neck.

She wants to become a goddess? What the hell is she evem talking about? A human ascending to divinity? What- “Is that possible?”

>>34661419

“Of course it is. It's just a matter of how you carry yourself and the choices you make. Draw the difference however. Prophet, Sage, Ascetic, Hero, Villain, Immortal, Spirit, Diety. We can make ourselves in the images that were never before imaginable. We can make the world a better or worse place.” Her eyes shift, regarding the astral, “And those with power should use it, right? I choose the wisdom of when.”

{Oh? She's got some spirit.} Morgan laughs, {Asher, I like her. So ambitious.}

Ambitious, that's the word. The others seem a tad thoughtful of the situation suddenly. Such a prospect after all.

The question is: what would you become?

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>>34661419
Well, we were already planning on doing some magic transhumanism bullshit.

This sounds right up Asher's alley.

Maybe he can tear apart the old mythos for parts.

>>34661456
Alright, let's shoot for the stars.

>>34661456
>The question is: what would you become?

>Play for free at foe.tv

>>34661456
I love Morgan.

>>34661419
Old World 4 lyfe.

>>34661488
>the old mythos
Don't forget the people. We need test subjects, parts for research, and we should stockpile some organs. Livers are useful, since we need things. Like heally bits and living parts.

>>34661456
We are a mythos summoner.
Of course we use the old.
>>34661488
>Maybe he can tear apart the old mythos for parts.
Isn't that just thoughtform summoning?

>>34661419
>dis bitch
>a goddess
Nah

>>34661456
Are you going to add Blink to the sheet or are you going to make me sweat about it for a week while I pester you on ask.fm?

Already posted a thing you can just copypaste into the charsheet for it last thread if you don't want to write it yourself.

>>34661554
>>34661488
What do you think Donneth is?

>>34661456
Any idea on the next thread?

Also someone Asher has to challenge the gods.
Even the new ones.

>>34661582
A gangsta ass nigga

Did Saph just subtly tell us to throw away our most valuable asset because "muh hurting innocents"?

>>34661554
>Isn't that just thoughtform summoning?
Nope. I'm talking about literally tearing apart the old mythos and doing experimental alchemy fuckery with it.

Prometheus/Luci stole fire from the gods? Well, let's one-up him/her. Let's steal the gods.

>>34661621
Saph is a crazy bitch who is trying hard to guilt trip us into being a normal person.

>>34661621
Saphira isn't even our commander in chief.
But yes she did. As expected of the empath bitch

>>34661635
That is a very dangerous action, Anon.
>>34661621
Saph is trying to become a physical God. There has never been a person who wasn't crazy who wanted that.

>>34661621
Did you forget the drug trip in which she tried to brainwash us?