>>35051565
>Perhaps you should take a little peak from the balcony.

>>35051565
>Go check up on the neighbour at the door.

>>35051682
This, lets be a good neighboor

>>35051565
>Perhaps you should take a little peak from the balcony.
We can go check at the door if things seem dire. If it's something we should actually care about in the long term, they're just going to stop when we knock at the door anyway.

>>35051980
fair enough, changing >>35051729
to this.

You do want to play, but you'd rather not have your game interrupted by policemen ripping your AR-set off to question you about some homicide next door. You could try the front-door but chances are that wouldn't get much more done than quieting them down for the evening, and any ways... you're a little bit curious.

You step out onto your balcony, it's small and not much good for any thing. Your tiny table out here has an old ashtray that Lloyd brought over during a visit, but other than that the place has nothing but wear and spider-webs decorating it. You climb up part way over on one railing, and peek your head across the half-meter of distance between your balcony and your neighbours'.

There's scattered glass on a worn carpeted floor, a computer screen facing away from you blinks blue light in what's mostly a dark room, only illuminated otherwise but what thin sun escapes the clouds outside. The room inside is small but homely despite the dimness, and in the centre of it all, a short Latino girl is throwing a tantrum all of her own.

"FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!" Her hair's dark and messy, curling on the ends. She's got dark skin and features more aptly described as frail than fragile. The tee she's wearing is oversized grey and stained in spots, you can't tell what's underneath it. She's tossing whatever she can grab around, the plastic cups fared better than the glass ones. Though the real survivors are the stuffed animals strewn across the floor.

Well, it looks like she's safe at least. You've done all a good neighbour ought to do. But geez, it's going to get loud when her parents come home and see this.

>Step inside and calm her down.
>Tap on the window lightly and escape.
>Leave it alone, go play games.
>Write-In

Was half-way through writing then started re-writing, if you're wondering about the slowness.

>>35052263
>Ask if anything's wrong before entering, try to calm her down from where you are.

>>35052305
Seconding

>>35052305
This

>>35052305
Pretty much. Knock first, see what's up. Get her to at least stop actively tantruming before we do anything of consequence so as not to get pegged in the side of the head with a glass and fall over the balcony to our death.

Hey while we're waiting, how many people are in this thread?

>>35052691
Boop.

>>35052691
some

>>35052691
It's only you.

You have multiple personality disorder.

>>35052691
None

>>35052736
WHAT A TWEEEST

>>35052691
a few.

>>35052691
more than expected?

You give the window a light tap with your knuckle, the head of the girl pops up, jolting left and right in surprise. The gentleman that you are, and you totally are because fuck Ervin for implying that you aren't--you pull your eyes back and away before asking, "Is anything wrong in there?"

The girl returns a noise of surprise, but not a word. The banshee-howls have become little squeaks.

"Do you need me to come over?"

"N-n-n-no..."

"Are you sure?"

"Y-y-y-yes..."

"You were making a lot of noise, is everything okay?"

"E-everything th-thing is just f-f-f-fine." Stuttering is a lot cuter in your JRPGs than it is in life. She's making communicating a little difficult.

"I'm coming in to check up on you, okay?" You hop over from your side to hers, and push the window open. The girl stands there, wide eyed, frozen stiff. You take care to step around the broken glass as you look over the place, doing your best not to look like a criminal. "Do you have a dust pan? I'll help you clean up the glass."

She nods...

...It wasn't so bad as you imagined to get the place looking as how you imagine it should look. You haven't been inside your neighbours' before, but you imagine fallen house plants isn't part of their design choices. What really caught your attention here was the AR-set sitting by the computer screen, laid upside-down and off the charger.

"So what was it that had you wailing like that earlier?" you ask. She just stares you, still wide-eyed, still frozen stiff the whole time you were here. Kid doesn't seem too used to people, though you can't blame her with your sudden entrance.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT THOUGH, IS THAT YOU'VE RESCUED YOURSELF FROM AN AFTERNOON OF TEENAGED YELLING AND AN EVENING OF ETHNIC COMPLAINTS. You leave through the way you came, like some kind of Janitor Batman.

Time to go play some games.

>CONT

>>35052880
>Janitor Batman.
I'd read it.

>>35052880
>Janitor Batman
The best kind

>>35052880
>Janitor Batman
new nickname acquired.

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Your slime pets, Gold and Silver have grown quite a bit in the short time you had them. Not quite as big as regular slimes yet, but getting close.

The Tamer skill-tree seems to only grant a point every five levels, and the skills are more for show than for use. But from the first tier, you did unlock...

>[Odd Collector] You gain a bonus on obtaining strange monster eggs, such as slimes and horrors.
>[Animal Trainer] You gain a bonus on obtaining beast monster eggs, such as wolves and birds.
>[Fishmonger] You gain a bonus on obtaining aquatic monster eggs, such as sharks and mermaids.

You also have two skill points to spend on your class. You have access to the entire tree.
>Pick two skills to train.

And you have three stat points to spend.
>You currently have 3 STR, 0 DEF, 3 SPD, 1 MAG, 1 RST, 0 LUK
>Allocate up to three points, no more than one point in a stat.

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>>35053014
Whoops, forgot to update the image.

>>35052880
>Janitor Batman
How would his parents have died? Disease? Giant garbage man?

>>35053041
LIKE THE SUN
LIKE THE EARTH

TWO IN DEF
ONE IN RST

>>35053014
>>[Odd Collector] You gain a bonus on obtaining strange monster eggs, such as slimes and horrors.

Pack leader + Wolf fang

+1 STR, SPD, LUK

>>35053014
>[Animal Trainer] You gain a bonus on obtaining beast monster eggs, such as wolves and birds.
The path to mammoths and rhinos has opened!

>>35053041
>Hard Armed
>Improve Lion Fist
can we do that?

>DEF
>LUK
>SPD

>>35053081
This.

>>35053014
>[Odd Collector] You gain a bonus on obtaining strange monster eggs, such as slimes and horrors.

stats:
+1 Def
+1 Luk
+1 Rst

skills
Still Existance
Hard Armed

>>35053081
Seconding this, odd collector please.

>>35053081
>>35053128
you can't put more than 1 point in a stat

>>35053081
>>35053128
>>35053162
I said max of one in each stat, but honestly it was mostly for organizational purposes. I don't actually mind you guys putting two in defense if this gains traction, but we'll see. I'm really disorganized today even compared to usual, since my usual prep-time was interrupted by a sudden visit in the morning. So my bad on that.

>>35053041
>Hard-Armed
Boosting Stone Wall's use seems useful
>Bear Hammer
This seems like a nice finishing move.
Allocate:
>1 STR
>1 DEF
>1 SPD
Seem like the most useful for a Karate Guy.

>>35053182
Having 2 DEF and 2 RST seems like a good move to me

>>35053081
So why all passives?

>>35053014
>[Animal Trainer] You gain a bonus on obtaining beast monster eggs, such as wolves and birds.
+1 STR, +1 SPD, +1 DEF
Like the Earth
Hard-armed

>>35053226
So whenever we gain balance we become a monster, why else?

Actually change my vote here
>>35053194
To this
>>35053081
Also Odd Collector please.

>>35053014
Odd collector and >>35053081

>>35053241
what? Getting all the passives just means we constantly get 1 bonus. Isn't that a bit under specialized?

Closing votes shortly, counting, and working it out. I don't like stat stuff going on very long.

>>35053113
Skills in other classes will improve skills you have in Warder, but you can't stack points into pumping out Lion Fist.

>>35053241
Do note that [Like the Sun] only activates while you're in [Balance] state, not every time you gain [Balance].

>>35053113
>>35053301
then I'll add

>Still Existence

>>35053014
>Like the Earth
>Lion fist
I'm down for the two points in defense

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Although the skills and points help, your fights so far have been more about how well you punch things and how well you take punches. You opt for more passive skills, not wanting to spend too much time managing yourself. It seemed wrong to take anything but [Odd Collector], you're already the uncrowned Slime King, so you thought to continue onward until you became the crowned Monster King.

But that's neither here nor there, what is here, and there--is that you're level 15 and it's time to change classes! Ervin gave you a run-down on your choices, Brawlers which specialize in melee combat, and Diviners who specialize in buffs and debuffs.

"Go Brawler," says Lluthiana, your friend Lloyd's avatar, "you want to punch things right? Just do it."

"Diviners are better, you'll get into any group and the Harbinger class is OP," Ervin tells you.

"W-why am I here..." Raven mumbles to himself. The four of you have gathered by the Church in the centre of Granrose. You meant to invite Pixie too, but it doesn't look like she's online. You're logged in a lot earlier than usual though, seems it's not her hours.

"This is very important Raven, the class I pick could determine the rest of my virtual life! You wouldn't want me to make a mistake would you?" If only you'd put this much thought in before picking up a degree in anthropology.

"But I don't see what it has to do with me!"

"Oh quiet down cutey, the adults are talking." Lluth ruffles Raven's hair, a visible blush creeping up his pale skin. Pixie had quite the reaction to discovering Lluth's real gender, but maybe you should wait a bit before telling Raven. It could be fun to watch.

You've already picked up the quests for each of the classes, it's just a matter of doing them and turning them in. You're thinking to...

>Become a Brawler, going out and winning a Fight Club tournament in the Anman Capital.
>Become a Diviner, travelling to the Elman capital and undergoing a ritual.

>>35053750
>Become a Diviner, travelling to the Elman capital and undergoing a ritual.

>>35053750
>>Become a Diviner, travelling to the Elman capital and undergoing a ritual.

>>35053750
>Become a Diviner, travelling to the Elman capital and undergoing a ritual.
Gotta stack dem buffs

>>35053750
>Become a Diviner, travelling to the Elman capital and undergoing a ritual.

>>35053750
>Become a Diviner, travelling to the Elman capital and undergoing a ritual.

although i kind of wanted to pick the most anti-powergaming option available just to continue the trend, seeing as we picked warden to start with.

>>35053750
Diviner
Buffs are op. And playing support class is actually really fun once you get into it. Plus, it doesn't look like we're ever going to be wanting for a party, cause playing healer does suck if you're alone

>>35053750
>Become a Diviner, travelling to the Elman capital and undergoing a ritual.

>>35053750
>Become a Brawler, going out and winning a Fight Club tournament in the Anman Capital.
>>35053775
>>35053790
>>35053801
>>35053835
>>35053855
>>35053856
>>35053859
>All these people not wanting to puch shit with our fists
What the actual fuck

>>35053951
I bet you think saying "I cast punch" and being a "muscle wizard" is cool too

>>35053951
>Wanting a Brawler

Stay Plebian

>>35053951
i suspect we still punch stuff, its just our fists cause debuffs instead of defaulting to just more damage.

>>35053998
No, puching shit is just cool.

>>35054027
>Punching shit is just cool
go back to the gym

>>35054023
Oh, well it's okay then.

>>35053951
Calm yourself, Punchy. We can still do that as a Diviner, we just won't be having shit-wrecking punches.

>>35053951
Punching shit is not particulary interesting.

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"Alright! Let's go become a Diviner," you declare, Ervin smirking at Lluth after hearing that. Punching things is great, but punching destiny is better! You keep that thought to yourself, you don't need your friends making fun of you for the next six months. "Come on Raven, let's go."

"Whyyyyy?"

"You're an Elman, and we're going to the Elman capital. I need you to speak bird at them."

"Good luck with that." Ervin and Lluth aren't joining you it seems, some kind of event out of your level range is happening. Regardless, you set out for the Elman capital of Tallune...

"So what's Tallune like?" you ask Raven, heading east to the city above the clouds. Apparently there's some place on the east-coast that'll fly you over. The Elman race's back story as you recall was that their civilization was destroyed, making their capital the only city they still have.

"Never been there."

"Aren't you some kind of deposed Elman prince or something?"

"My uuuh... memories are worn from countless cycles. I recall my ancestral home, but not the capital city of Talon any more."

"Tallune, it's Tallune."

"I know that!" Raven coughs into a balled hand, the two of you making chatter as you head forward... until you hit a fork in the road. Up until here, you'd just been walking on the open road through low level fields, but it seems there's a bit of opposition getting to Tallune. You can take one of two ways fairly safely...

>Take the north path through The Singing Mountain, slightly above your level where the harpies, ancient enemies to the Elman live.
>Take the south path through The Dancing Bog, thinly populated by well-known as a PVP zone.
>Write-In

Wow, this is a shock to me. I thought it'd be nothing but Brawler votes. Honestly I'm a little disappointed but, so life goes on.

>>35054217
>Take the north path through The Singing Mountain, slightly above your level where the harpies, ancient enemies to the Elman live
Vulture harpies?.

>>35054217
>>Take the north path through The Singing Mountain, slightly above your level where the harpies, ancient enemies to the Elman live.

nothing says we cant punch stuff to death, just have the punches do massive debuffs instead of massive damage.

>>35054217
>Take the north path
we don't want Yzz to PK us just yet.

>>35054217

>Take the north path through The Singing Mountain, slightly above your level where the harpies, ancient enemies to the Elman live.

>>35054217
>Take the north path through The Singing Mountain, slightly above your level where the harpies, ancient enemies to the Elman live.

>>35054317
Speaking of Yzz, what are the odds that the neighbor girl throwing a fit at the start is her player?

>>35054575
About 67.3957%

>>35054710
Thats... an odd number. How the hell did you calculate that?

>>35054710
or its Pixie, who seems to be absent today.

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>>35054747

Well it sure ain't an even number, is it?

"Alright, let's head to the Singing Mountain."

"I don't know about that, I hear harpies really hate Elman..."

"Don't be so lame, you're The Bloody Raven, a wielder of great power and keeper of ancient knowledge. If they pick you up and take you back to their rape-nests, you can hold onto one of my slimes as you cry." You open up your tunic slightly, and your pet Silver leaps out onto Raven's shoulder.

"They have rape-nests!?"

"Maybe? I don't know." You don't know anything about the sex cultures of virtual monsters, but you do have a deep and organized harpy folder on your computer, and when has the internet ever lied to you? "I hear The Dancing Bog is filled with tentacle monsters any ways."

"That doesn't sound so bad..."

"Oh, you don't even know. Come on." You grab Raven by the collar, dragging him along...

A quiet hum greets you as you ascend The Singing Mountain, where the high-winds whistle through numerous caverns laid out and about, carved by ancient kings to capture nature's choir. Or at least, that's what the description you read said, one way or another the background music in this zone is pretty pleasant. It's the kind of noise you'd relax to, not the battle theme more common in this game. Why it's so relaxing...

"Fishing, fishing, I love fishing." An off-tune voice grabs your attention. You turn your head over to an outstretched cliff-side where you see an Imman seated on a flat rock. There's a pond in the middle of it, a string and stick connecting it to the stranger. He's appropriately in a fisherman's vest and a sun-hat, a dark grey moustache decorates his dry grey lips. "Oh, hello there," he says, noticing you, "passing through? Or would you keep this old man company?"

It's an odd sight, this fellow fishing on a mountain. You have some business, but...

>Sit down with the old Imman, keep him company.
>Invite him to walk with you, this area is pretty dangerous.
>Keep walking, harpy-girls are better than goblin-men.
>Write-In

>>35054816
>Sit down with the old Imman, keep him company. Be alert though, could be a trap.
If all goes well, and it isn't a trap....
>Invite him to walk with you, this area is pretty dangerous.

>>35054816
>>Sit down with the old Imman, keep him company.
We got time, time for sidequests that is

>>35054816
>>Sit down with the old Imman, keep him company.

What could go wrong

>>35054816
>Sit down with the old Imman, keep him company.

>Youcantotallytrustme.jpg

>>35054816
>Raven confirmed having tentacle fetish
>Sit down with the old Imman
But do it with caution. Way too suspicious of an encounter.

>>35054816
Wise old dudes are always important.

...but I guess it's a good idea to see if he's a PC or an NPC before jumping to that conclusion.

>an outstretched cliff-side where you see an Imman seated on a flat rock. There's a pond in the middle of it, a string and stick connecting it to the stranger.
Wait, is there a pond in the middle of the rock he's sitting on? That seems like an awfully small pond for it to be worth fishing in.

Unless it's a weird engine thing where someone forgot to set a flag and you can actually fish just fine anywhere there's natural water.

"Let's sit down with him."

"What? Why!? We should get out of here quickly! This could be a trap!"

You focus on the old man, his name is Humbert and it looks like he's a player. You'd thought for sure he was an NPC. "What could possibly go wrong? Worst case scenario, I'm sure we'll get an awesome reward for whatever dynamic quest falling into a trap gives us."

"B-but, rape harpies!"

"I'm glad you agree." You make your way over to the old Imman, taking a seat with Raven following behind you like a baby chick. The pond is small, and your limited knowledge of nature tells you that there's no way any fish could live here, but sure enough, some small yellow fish with feathers sticking out where their flippers should be and beaks instead of lips swim around.

"So, what're your names?" he asks.

Couldn't he just look at you? "Aster."

"The Bloody Raven, keeper of the Cursed Hand and Psyshocker Striker!" Raven's titles just keep on growing.

"That's nice, I'm Humbert." He hums to himself, waiting for fish to bite. "You boys are a ways from home aren't you?"

"Granrose isn't that far, neither is Tallune."

"Hahah... I mean, you're in a whole 'nother world right now. Crazy ain't it? We didn't have these things when I was your age. For games, we had a grey block that we stuck inside another grey block." What is he talking about. Are you really listening to 'back in my day' in an online video game? "Fish didn't have beaks and birds didn't swim back in my day either." Oh god, you are.

"Uuuh... so, what's this about? Any reason you invited us over?"

"I just wanted some company, that's all. I don't get to talk to people like you very often."

"People like us...? There's got to be a hundred players that pass through here every day."

"Yeah, but not like you." Old people are so cryptic, your grandmother used to hide snacks behind riddles and not feed you unless you could solve them.

>CONT

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>>35055242
>limited knowledge of nature
>small yellow fish with feathers sticking out where their flippers should be and beaks instead of lips
Aster, these are called ducklings.

"So, what're you doing here exactly?" you ask Humbert.

"What does it look like? I'm fishing." This, this is a waste of time. Humbert reels in one of the odd Feather-Fish, he puts it away still flopping into a pocket, vanishing it into his inventory. "There's a rare catch here, I'm trying to complete my collection."

"You might want to finish up before harpies catch you."

The Imman pauses, he raises an eye at you before calmly speaking. "I'm not too worried about that... oh, here it comes. Fight it for me, would you?"

"What." You don't have time to say anything else, the Imman reels his rod back pulling out from the tiny pond an impossibly large thing. Beady fish eyes, big red scales, wet feathered wings, a beak drawing rows of sharp teeth, and talons coming out from the bottom of it.

"WHAT THE FLIP IS THAT!?" Raven yells, grabbing a hold of Silver and clutching the slime tightly.

No time to answer him, it's coming straight at you. The hook still caught between its beak, the 'thing' swoops down on its wings with its maw opening wide.

>You are [Balanced]. Combat is 3/3d20.

>[LIGHT] Dodge the fish and [Balanced Strike] it.
>[HEAVY] [Lion Fist] into the upcoming fish-bird-thing.
>[GUARD] Erect a [Stone Wall] and have Raven retaliate.
>[2/2d20] Run away, you aren't dealing with this!
>Write-In

>>35055473
>[HEAVY] [Lion Fist] into the upcoming fish-bird-thing.
Gotta get all those buffs up.

>>35055473
>[HEAVY] [Lion Fist] into the upcoming fish-bird-thing.

>>35055473
>[HEAVY] [Lion Fist] into the upcoming fish-bird-thing.
Haha, LIKE THE SUN BONUS

Rolled 8, 3, 19 = 30 (3d20)

>>35055473
>>[LIGHT] Dodge the fish and [Balanced Strike] it.

>>35055473
>[HEAVY] [Lion Fist] into the upcoming fish-bird-thing.

Rolled 4, 6, 12 = 22 (3d20)

>>35055473
rolling for the Heavy

Rolled 19, 18, 12 = 49 (3d20)

>>35055473
>[HEAVY] [LION FIST]
I want to see just how hard we hit.

>>35055634
awesome roll man

>>35055473
We are going to punch you until you squirt out your horrifying egg, fishbeast. (We probably don't have max compatibility since he's Aquatic first and foremost, but there's no way he isn't also some sort of horror.)

[Lion Fist] is a bit of a misnomer, a lot of your abilities are. You scratch the dirt on the edge of your [Bamboo Lance] as you lift it upward into the fish, slamming the shaft into the bottom of its belly and slicing into its body as your swing ascends. Light comes to, forming the translucent shape of a golden lion that tears into the monster's body before fading just past it.
The monster spins into the air before slamming against the dirt, [Stunned] from the successful hit. Its fish eyes swirl, its wings flapping helplessly.

"I'm not going to be able to eat fish, or chicken for a week..." Raven groans, pointing a hand at the strange creature. Repeatedly, he fires blasts of blue magic at it as it flounders on the ground. Ugh, do you even want an egg from this thing?

>Free round!

>You are [Unbalanced].

>[LIGHT] Just hit the fish as many times as you can.
>[HEAVY] Burn your [Lion Fist] again while it's grounded, keep it down.
>[GUARD] Regain some balance through [Stone Wall], while setting up for its counter attack.
>Write-in

>>35055869
>[GUARD] Regain some balance through [Stone Wall], while setting up for its counter attack.

>>35055869
>[GUARD] Regain some balance through [Stone Wall], while setting up for its counter attack.

>[LIGHT] Just hit the fish as many times as you can.

>>35055869
>[GUARD] Regain some balance through [Stone Wall], while setting up for its counter attack.

Rolled 3, 10, 8 = 21 (3d20)

>>35055869
>Ugh, do you even want an egg from this thing?
Probably not, but it's the principle of the thing.

>[GUARD] Regain some balance through [Stone Wall], while setting up for its counter attack.

Make sure that we're in its line of sight when it comes to, otherwise it might end up going after Raven, and we don't have any really good ways to chase down something that can fly if it decides to ignore us.

Rolled 18, 15, 13 = 46 (3d20)

>>35055903
Woops forgot roll

Rolled 14, 3, 14 = 31 (3d20)

>>35055869
rolling

>>35056007
We need to roll to guard while its stunned?

You stomp your foot on the ground, and from the ground in front of you a [Stone Wall] erects, bringing you to [Balanced]. Shuffling to side, you stomp and call forth a second one aligned with the first, making yourself [Diminished].

The fish-thing is bounces, coming out of its dizzied state, shaking droplets off its feathers as it sways side to side. It's more hovering than flying really, but those're some details that you're not too concerned with at the moment. You step past your summoned barriers, and gesture for the fish to come at you. "Chacaw-chacaw," it cries, before 'swimming' through the air at you, ignoring the shots of fire and lightning that Raven unleashes on it.

You bend your knees as it nears, and backflip over your wall as it rushes in. Your foot reaches the ground, behind and between the two walls you've set--and a third raises up from the ground connecting them, lifting each up higher. The fish-thing's body slams into the center between the three of them, smashing aside stone but not without taking damage itself. Its health bar shrinks to nearly nothing.

You reach for your weapon but not fast enough, the fish carries its might through what was the wall in front of you--its beak digs into your body and carries it into the wall behind you, smashing you against the side of the mountain where the cliffside juts out of. Your health bar drops, you're at 50% in one hit.

[Still] from your skills, you go to finish the fight. You slam your leg into the bottom of the fish, a [Balanced Strike], and lift it off of you and pushing it just slightly into the air, giving yourself just enough room to whip your make-shift lance forward, and tear it into the fish-thing's flesh. Your [Lion Fist] forms, tearing sideways through the creature.

Combat ends.

>CONT

I was writing off of the one poor roll, but then the good roll popped up. Hope you don't mind that I decided to just split between them to save myself time instead of re-writing.

>>35056296
Jesus. 50% off even with two defense bonuses.

The body of the fish turns to blocks of silver light and golden coins. From the air falls a silver egg, and a brown sack.

"Nicely done!" Humbert steps off his rock, you'd nearly forgotten him in the conflict. He leans over the brown sack. "An egg and a drop, that's some luck ain't it?"

"What was that!? What just happened!?" Raven's still shaken from the surprise.

You pick up the egg and the sack, the former is listed a [Flying Fish Egg] and the latter [Crimson Flying Fish Trophy]. "You wanted this, right?" you say, putting the egg away into your hammer-space inventory and pulling the trophy out from the sack. It's the fish you'd just beaten, mounted on a wooden plaque. Surprisingly light.

"Yessir, that'd be it. Now if you'd just hand it over kindly..."

>Give Humbert the fish trophy. You have no use for it.
>Keep the fish trophy, you did all the work.
>Throw away the fish trophy, Humbert is a jerk.
>Write-In

>>35056272
Since combat is done in exchanges rather than rounds, stunned is largely an advantage for set-up and a roll bonuses under this system. It's treated as an automatic trump in addition to narrative changes rather than a free success on following actions.

>>35056412
I wrote the damage with the 8 defense roll and the bonuses, fish hits hard. You would've more or less squeaked out of it with the later 13. Differences of 5 are generally pretty big. If you guys want in-depth about the combat mechanics, ask after the thread.

>>35056490
>Give Humbert the fish trophy. You have no use for it.

>>35056490
>>Write-In
What the heck, guy. Do you just sit around siccing fishhorrors on people all day? That ain't cool.

...though we did sort of run Yzz over with a quest mob so we could lose aggro, so it's not really like we have the moral high ground here. Something to reflect on later, perhaps.

>Give Humbert the fish trophy. You have no use for it.

For now, we've got some harpies to probably not get molested by.

>>35056490
>Give Humbert the fish trophy. You have no use for it.
You know it'd be kinda mean to be a dick to an old guy.

>>35056618
Well, considering he was the one who made the fish mob appear in the first place... But yeah,
>>35056490
>Give Humbert the trophy
We don't have much use for it. Maybe if it was a crown...

>>35056490
>Give Humbert the fish trophy. You have no use for it.

Rolled 3, 14, 18 = 35 (3d20)

>>35056490
>>Give Humbert the fish trophy. You have no use for it.

You shove the trophy into Humbert's hands roughly. "What the heck," you say, "do you just sit around here all day throwing fishhorrors are people?"

"Horror? It's a beautiful catch." Humbert sighs. "I guess you wouldn't understand, I'll take you fishing some time and you can learn to appreciate it."

"I'll pass..." You grab Raven, and go to continue your travels further into the mountain, when Humbert suddenly speaks.

"The harpies won't attack you if you pass through wind tunnels, have trouble keeping their balance there." With that said, he starts off in the opposite direction from you...

You avoid approaching the peak of the mountain, taking slower, safer paths along the edges. You have to take care to keep your footing where gusts of air blow loose of the holes in the mountain. You're most of the way through to the other side where you can begin your descent, but you've ended up on a tightly squeezed, thin ridge that's taking some work to cross. Otherwise it's an easy enough journey.

"Are we there yet?" Easy, if Raven would stop complaining.

"No Raven."

"I want to get off of here! We're going to fall!"

"You can fly Raven."

"Not for long! And the harpies might find me if I fly!"

"If you keep complaining I'm going to sell you to them for safe passage." It was a joke, as you'd tell Lluth and Ervin, but Raven seems mortified at the idea. Well, he's quieter now...

"What do we have here?" Girlish giggles emerge from the harpies lowering down beside you, three winged ladies with wings replacing their arms, the feathers stretching over their chests. "Care to play, boys?"

"OH GOD, HARPIES!"

"There're going to be more if you scream like that!" One of the harpies lifts up, and swoops at you fiercely with the talons on her feet outstretched.

>[LIGHT] Continue moving, striking as they approach.
>[HEAVY] Tackle a harpy! In the air!
>[GUARD] Extend the platform you're on with [Stone Wall] and prepare to fight.
>[2/2d20] Escape to a wind tunnel.
>Write-In

Rolled 14, 16 = 30 (2d20)

>>35056951
>[2/2d20] Escape to a wind tunnel.

Rolled 7, 7 = 14 (2d20)

>>35056951
>[2/2d20] Escape to a wind tunnel
Goblin guy said wind tunnels screw them up.

>>35056951
>[2/2d20] Escape to a wind tunnel.

We earned that knowledge

How long does it take for health to regenerate?

Rolled 12, 2 = 14 (2d20)

>>35056951
>>[2/2d20] Escape to a wind tunnel.

Rolled 20, 17, 6 = 43 (3d20)

>>35056951
>[HEAVY] Tackle a harpy! In the air!
TIME TO GO ALL OUT

>>35056951
>>[2/2d20] Escape to a wind tunnel.
>>Write-In
Try to bait one into following you into one of the wind tunnels rather than just trying to keep them away. If we can get one into a detrimental situation, we can probably pump them for information about the area in exchange for us letting it escape safely.

Rolled 1, 6 = 7 (2d20)

>>35056951
>[2/2d20] Escape to a wind tunnel.

"Sure, let's play." You pull Raven with you as you dash further along the shallow footing, the first of the harpies missing your white-haired friend by a hair. "My rules though, all right?"

"I'M GOING TO DIE! OR WORSE!" Up ahead of your party, you see one of the bellowing tunnels that give the mountain its name. You toss Raven in first, and wait for one of the three harpies to follow you. It swoops in, talons aimed at your neck. One hand on the entrance-way, you duck and grab it by a leg with your other before pulling yourself and the harpy inside. The place small place is filled with rounded stone, jutting out the top and bottom, they chime with the gales striking them. You manage to push pull yourself along on the stone, holding onto a piece. The two harpies outside peak inside, but they quickly part, giving up. "YOU BROUGHT ONE WITH YOU!?" Raven screams, his arms and legs hugging one of the rocks tightly.

"Yes. Yes I did."

"Let me gooooo!" The harpy is swinging up and down, only managing to avoid being blown off by the wind on your firm grip of her chicken legs.

"Sure, sure. Just answer a few questions first." She's got short and messy pink hair. Her eyes are big and black like a bird's. "We'll help you get out, but you need to help us get out. Tell us the way off the mountain."

"You fly down, duh."

You lift her up slightly, her head bumping into a hanging stone once before you lower her back to a safe level. "A method that doesn't involve flight, duh."

"Ow. Take the stupid trails, duh!"

You bump her into the rock again. "What's the best way to get down without getting caught by your... sisters? Cousins?"

"I don't know, you could like, take the slide," she says. You ask her more about that...

It seems that a little further up is a smoothed side of the mountain, people've ridden down before on smoothed stone or slick skills, but it sounds a little bumpy. If what she says is true, you could take it down though. You...

>CONT

>Will take the harpy at her word and slide down the mountain-side.
>Will make her fly you down, Raven has his own wings.
>Continue the way you were going slowly, harpies aren't a big deal.
>Write-In

>>35057377
>Will take the harpy at her word and slide down the mountain-side.

>>35057410
>Will take the harpy at her word and slide down the mountain-side.
And we take her with us

>>35057410
>Will make her fly you down, Raven has his own wings.

>>35057505
This.

>>35057410
>Will take the harpy at her word and slide down the mountain-side.

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>>35057410
>>Will take the harpy at her word and slide down the mountain-side.
>Will make her fly you down, Raven has his own wings.
It's time. Throw that harpy up on our shoulders like we're going to play chicken, and make it a team effort.

Harpy flaps wings to make sure we stay upright (and to help catch sweet air) while we sled down on either a stone slab or a particularly docile rock-like enemy.

Half the fun of VR is doing fun things with it, after all.

>>35057505
Second.

"Alright, let's go slide then." You let go of the stone slab and leap out of the wind tunnel with both hands around the harpy's legs. The rushing air carrying the two of you out. The harpy shrieks, flapping wildly as you're blown into the open before you guide your legs down to stone, dropping her with your weight.

"Give me a warning first!"

"Come on Raven, get out, you can do it." Ignoring the harpy, you goad your other winged companion. He takes baby steps forward, if you weren't holding down the harpy you'd probably be clapping for him.

"So like, let me go would you?"

"No," you tell her, "you're coming with us." Raven exits, and you start dragging the birds to your destination...

Good, it looks like she didn't have the head to trick you. Some distance down and some distance ahead, you see the slide she referred to. It's smooth and shiny, and it looks like it'll take you all the way to the bottom. You manage to make yourself some neatly sized slabs by summoning them up with [Stone Wall] and chiselling away at them with your little used sword.

"Are you sure this is a good idea!? Are you sure!?" If you'd known Raven would complain this whole time, you would've left him home.

"Can I gooooo yet? You don't need me for this right?" You'd let go of the harpy awhile ago, but she seems a bit too dim-witted to fly off.

"Not yet. Now get on my shoulders." The harpy gives you an odd look, before chicken walking forward and following your instructions. There's a slight tickle on your neck when the feathers of her waist brush over it.

"How... how did we get here?" Raven sighs defeated, he brings one of your clumsily crafted sleds towards the edge before getting on it. "I can't believe we're really doing th-" His words are interrupted when his weight brings the ride over the side, in instants he goes from still to staggered, zooming down the side. His black wings spread out behind him in reaction.

That chicken got a head start on you!

>CONT

With a huff, you jump onto your stone sled and kick forward against the ground. The harpy's wings spread over your head as you tip over the side...
And you fly, or ride more like. You have to use your hands to keep a grip on the harpy's legs, but her outstretched wings manage to keep you standing upright as the winds catch your hair.
You draw lines in the mountain as you swing left and right, if you had a lighter board to work with you might be able to do some tricks but you'll just have to deal without. Still...

"Raven! This is awesome!"

"I'M GOING TO PISS MYSELF!"

"That's silly! You can't pee in-game!"

There're a few bumps here and there, but all-in-all you manage to reach the bottom quickly enough. Raven, unlucky as he is, hits a tree near the bottom and ends up launching himself into some branches. You pull yourself into a gradual stop, your slab digging up dirt at the base of the mountain. You let the harpy off your shoulders once you've set foot onto some grass past the dirt, and she does a few twirls through the air before flopping against the ground. All things considered, this was a successful mission.

"Raven! That was awesome!"

"I don't ever want to do this, ever again..."

"Can I goooooo yeeeeeeeeet?"

You help Raven out of the tree and the harpy up to her feet. Well, just a little to go before Tallune.

>Talk about...?

>Send the harpy home and continue.
>Take the harpy with you and continue.
>Write-In

>>35058039
>>Take the harpy with you and continue.
>>Write-In
"No, you're mine. Now get in my Pet Window."

>>35058039
"No, you're mine. Now get in my Pet Window."

>>35058039
>Talk about...?
What Sub-class Raven's gonna pick.
>Send the harpy home and continue.
She's had her fun.

>>35058039
>Take the harpy with you and continue
Time to add to our monster girl numbers.

>>35058039
>Try to convince the harpy to stay
no use having a party member who hates us

>>35058039
>Send the harpy home and continue.
not a monstergirl quest.

>>35051565
The "archived" first thread has no images. Link suptg instead if you're going to put important information in them.

>>35058039
>Send the harpy home and continue.
>Talk about...?

Ask Raven for more of his backstory

>>35058039
>>Send the harpy home and continue.
I figure she'll tell other harpies that we're kind of a lunatic, and it'll keep them out of our hair for the duration.

And if there is a harpy that would be more amenable to Player Character absurdity, they'd know where to go if they want to get away from the squawking and monotonous ledge-sitting.

Hell, maybe she'll realize after leaving that getting dragged around to do interesting stuff is way better than sitting around waiting to get bopped by another PC who's just in the area to grind levels.

>>35058039
>>Talk about...?
"Raven, you could've just flown down, you know."

>>35058188
This.

>>35058153
this, suptg is far more reliable, and foolz/moe have lost images or purged images after a set period of time.

>>35058039
>To harpy
Did you have fun?

>To Raven
You have wings.

>>35058153
It's probably a good idea to put link both suptg and a FoolFuuka archive (probably 4plebs if .moe is going to keep being flaky about images) just for ease of use. Being able to view the whole archive of a quest at a glance is great, but the suptg browsing experience isn't the best. The one extra line of text can't hurt.

>>35058039
>>Take the harpy with you and continue.

Nope, consider yourself my new companion

"No, you're mine. Now get in my Pet Window."

"What." Her eyes sharpen, and her lips curl downwards as she takes steps away from you.

"You can't do that Aster!" Raven protests. You open your Tamer window... darn, you can't make pets from grown monsters for at least another ten levels. "Just let her go, they hate harpies where we're going any ways!"

"Come on, she wants to stay. You want to stay don't you? You had fun didn't you?"

"It was fun, but uuh, I think I'm going to go get dinner."

"Will I ever see you again? Harpy?"

"Name's Peony actually, but... maybe?" The harpy starts to flap away, back to the home where it belongs. Well, you know what they say, if you really love something, let it go, and if it was truly yours, you can come back in ten levels and capture it... with your heart heavy but still kept, you resolve to move forward onto Tallune...

"So Raven, you know you could've just flown down at any time there," you say, making idle chatter for the last stretch of your journey. The Elman caster pauses, he looks to you with shocked eyes. "You do have wings."

"I... I was afraid of leaving you behind. My stalheart companion."

"Stalwart. But I think I would've been fine." You spent more time protecting Raven in the last while than he did you.

"No need to be strong, The Bloody Raven always protects the few that earn his respect. In a past life, I gave my wings to protect my companions... it would be a dishonour to lose to myself then, as I am now."

"Okay... so, what're you thinking of changing your class to?"

"I will become a Sorcerer, and then a Destroyer... the power of the Cursed Hand must can only be kept by an equal might!" Raven clutches his arm dramatically, bits of lightning crackle off of his held-up finger-tips.

"You're a real character Raven." Everyone you meet is so odd.

Raven looks at you, his expressive face goes flat. "And you're not, Aster?" What's he trying to imply? You are the most normal!

>CONT

>>35058457
>You are the most normal!
Never in a billion fucking years with /tg/ at the wheel.

>>35058457
>us the most normal
as if
that's Ervin by a long shot

Bakko is a medium-sized town, and the only known 'port' to Tallune. Balloons and kites hang over the low stone walls of the town. It's coming into the evening and the sky glows orange, but high sculptures of decorative glass sit on pillars, catching the light and refracting it into different colours that dress the settlement.
Walking around inside of the place that sits on high cliff-sides against the ocean beneath it, you can see the ever-present image of your destination. Tallune floats over the sea, a giant city on a floating island with the gargantuan statue of an angel facing Bakko from the front.
You make way towards the docks, more eager to class-change than to sight-see.

"How do we get across?" You ask one of the men manning the docks, browsing over the various airships sitting over thick netting--which sits over the waters and rocks.

The man in question is a Human NPC, thick armed but nothing notable. "To Tallune? We can send you across on an airship, you can borrow a gryphon from the aviary, or you can take an airlephant."

"Airlephant?"

"Yeah. Like an elephant, but it flies." Your curiosity is piqued.

"No Aster, we're not doing that."

"Not all of us have wings Raven."

"Yes, but all of us can take airships. Let's just go normally..."

"You Noman sure like airlephants," says the dock-worker, "just a moment ago this Black One arranged to fly on one. Kind of angry looking."

"We are definitely not going on an airlephant." Raven says.

"Well, the nearest airship is leaving soon. So if you want to catch it, you better rush on over."

"See, that sounds good, doesn't it Aster? Help me convince my friend would you?" Raven's so polite with strangers.

"Well... it does have an open bar."

>Take an airship
>Take an airlephant
>Take a gryphon
>Write-In

>>35058676
>Take an airlephant
Don't be a bitch Raven

>>35058676
Yzz? Fuck that.
>Airship
Time to get drank

>>35058676
Like this is actually a question
>Take an airlephant

>>35058676
>Take an airlephant
Lets do it man

>>35058676
>Take a gryphon

>>35058725
Drunkquest is best quest

>>35058676
>Airship.
Let's grab some drinks, take the airlephant on the way back.

>>35058676
Whatever is cheapest man

>>35058676
>Take an airlephant
Lets hijack one to go then

>>35058676
>Take an airship

>Write-In
Casually send a message to Yzz about how we're taking an airship and see if she gets the bloodlust and conducts an elephant boarding action.

Even if she doesn't, it's always fun to rile her up a bit for when we run into her around the Warden quest hub when we land.

>>35058676
>Take an airlephant

>>35058676
Airship

>>35058676
>Take an airship
open bar is far better then some flying elephant.

"Stop being a wimp Raven, airlephant!"

"No Aster!" Raven protests, but a snarling in his ear from your trusty pet Silver brings him in line. It was a good idea leaving him on Raven's shoulder this whole time. You drag him off, he doesn't resist for fear of having his ear nibbled on...

The airlephant is a magnificent beast, or so you imagined it'd be. In virtual reality, it's really more of a giant balloon. Its ears are massive; tall and wide, the trunk significantly shorter than the elephants you're familiar with, fat black eyes bulge on its body. "They suck in air through their trunks and it gets under their skin, letting them fly," the dock worker says.

"I don't trust any of that, but I'm willing to suspend my disbelief." You board the airlephant, climbing up a ladder hanging off its side. The top of it as a 'deck' of sorts cobbled together from wood, how it holds on is beyond you.

"We will fall off this thing, we will definitely fall off this time." Raven's forgetting that he has wings again, if anything you should be the one afraid.

"YOU!" From the corner of your eye, a black blur charges, screaming at the top of her lungs and waving a glaive over her head. She swings it at yours, but an invisible field catches the steel inches off of your eyes and bounces her over onto her back.

"Hey Yzz. Safe zone."

"Fucker! What're you doing here?"

"Getting my class change, you?"

"...getting my class change." She gets up, brushing herself off. You hear the ladder behind you being pulled up as the airlephant sets off, making loud cooing noises as its ears flap, bringing it into the sky.

"Thought you'd get it sooner, you've been grinding a lot haven't you?"

"This stupid Slayer kept ganking me in The Dancing Bog! AAAAGH!" Yzz stomps her feet up and down, tapping the blunt of her weapon against the back of the beast.

"C-careful... you might pop the airlephant," says Raven.

>CONT

"Well, good timing any ways. I need to blow off some steam." Yzz points her glaive at you. "I can't kill you, but we can still duel! COME ON! COME ON-COME ON-COME ON!"

"I don't know..." She seems excited and all, but you've already had a few fights coming up here. You don't really need this right now, and Raven's already scared stiff being stuck between this woman and a balloony floating place.

>Accept Yzz's challenge
>Go relax, talk to about...?
>Figure out how you can get your own airlephant
>Write-In

>>35059034
>making loud cooing noised as its ears flap
HNNNNNG
>>35059080
>Figure out how you can get your own airlephant
Top priority starting now

>>35059080
>Figure out how you can get your own airlephant
WE ARE THE KING MAN

>>35059104
I concur

>>35059080
>Figure out how you can get your own airlephant
THIS SHALL BE OUR MOUNT INTO BATTLE
also
>Go relax, talk to about...?
What subclass Yzz is getting.

>>35059212
>What subclass Yzz is getting.
she getting the same as us i think
the other one was to fight somewhere else wasnt it?

>>35059230
Think so. Didn't peg her for a support type though. Actually, I'm pretty sure that we would have bumped into her if we'd gone the other class too, but that's just meta

>>35059080
>Go relax, talk to about...?
C'mon, if we fight now then we're just gonna have to do it again after we get our class changes. There's no point.

What class change is she getting anyway? Strikes me as the "i want to hit everything" type, even if it's not the "better" class.

>Figure out how you can get your own airlephant
Adorigibles.

>>35059247
yeah she our rival char
wonder if she tamed anything yet?

>>35059275
Don't know if she took tamer as a job, I don't think so.
Hopefully she's not going to be just an angry copy of us

>>35059275
Oh yeah also introduce our pets too her.

>>35059344
I thought the kid next door is being foreshadowed as one of the players we know?

>>35059382
Yeah I wonder who. Could the REALLY ANGRY GIRL next door be the REALY ANGRY GIRL in the game?

"Well, I'm going to go get my own airlephant. You go relax Raven." You reach into your tunic and pull out Gold, tossing your other slime at the Caster. He stumbles onto his back in a panic, the two slimes crawling over his skin. "Cute aren't they?" You turn to Yzz.

"Well ye- wait, fight me!" Yzz follows behind you, as you go to mingle with the... whatever airlephant workers are called...

After a few scared passengers and a couple confused NPCs, you find someone who might be of help. Seated between the eyes of the airlephant, a Deman NPC steers it by giant chains attached to its trunk. "So you wan' an airlephan'?"

"Yes. How do I get one?" Someday you will be huge, and you will need a huge mount to go along with you.

"Well, the airlephan' come from the Deman lands. Wes'ward, as i' were. You gonna need to be a li'l bigger still to catch one of them though. Gotta bea' tha' Sky King."

"I barely understand your accent, but okay. Beat Sky King, get airlephant." You make a mental note to ask Ervin about that later, he's probably familiar with the quest or dungeon.

"Fight me!"

"Not now Yzz... hey wait, you're becoming a Diviner? Thought you were more the Brawler type."

"Huh? Well yeah, of course I'm becoming a Brawler."

"That quest is north, Anman zone. You're in the wrong place Yzz."

Yzz's jaw drops, she squints at you. "You're lying to me right?"

"Nope, you got ganked all day for nothing." The girl starts shaking, vibrating even. Both of her arms fall off, and she drops down to the back of the airlephant. She pulls her knees into her face. One of her arms climbs and pats her on the back, the other one rubs her red hair softly.

"But I... the quest says class upgrade... and-and, I spent all day doing iiiiit..." Well, shit.

>Try to comfort Yzz
>Offer to duel Yzz to make her feel better
>Back away, slowly
>Write-In

>>35059475
>Try to comfort Yzz
We aren't dicks.

>>35059475
>Try to comfort Yzz
>Offer to duel to make her feel better

>>35059475
>Offer to duel Yzz to make her feel better

>>35059475
>>Try to comfort Yzz
I mean, dueling would probably take her mind off it temporarily, but I really don't want to see what kind of state she'd be in if we ended up winning. The whole Brawler advancement quest is a fighting tournament anyway. Rather than a duel (which totally implies the winner is the tits and the loser is just that), maybe offer to spar with her so she can get ready to breeze through the Brawler quest.

That way we'll both totally be in top shape for when we do our duel afterward.

"Okay, okay. Calm down, it's alright. If I duel you, will that make you feel better?" Yzz nod, still hiding her face. "Not today though, okay? First, you should go calm down, and when you're ready, message me and we can duel, okay?" Yzz nods again. The arm one on her head flops off, and crawls along the ground by its fingers. It lifts up, sticking a pinky out towards you. "Okay, pinky promise." You wrap your little finger around hers and shake it a few times for good measure.

"Going to kick your ass so hard, your limbs will fly off..." Yzz mumbles...

Yzz logged out after that. Hopefully she'll spawn on the airlephant's back instead of miles off the coast of nowhere when she returns, but well... you have other things to worry about. The airlephant has docked in Tallune, and you collect your pets--and Raven, before continuing onward.
The city is much alike Bakko, but built on a grander scale. The buildings are built tall but thin, with countless stairways leading up and down. It's late now, but that doesn't seem to discourage the Elman denizens from flying place to place. Small bird-like creatures shrouded in light join them, bringing life to the grounds near you and illuminating the skies above like dancing stars. Their light draws rainbows off of the coloured glass they flap through.

"Wow, it's beautiful..." Raven comments, "But uuh, a denizen of darkness like I have no use of such frailties."

Following your quest marker brings you to the city cathedral, a three-tiered building with naught but a lift and pillars connecting each, you're forced to take the lift to get to the top floor of your destination. It's built from glass, you can see the floor shrinking beneath you as you raise.

"Aster... and Raven? I have foreseen your arrival." The lady that meets you has an NPC marker over her, 'Cressida', she looks like an angel.

>CONT

"She knows our names!?"

"Well, they do appear above our heads." Also she's programmed, but you don't need to tell Raven that.

"I am Cressida, teacher of Diviners and Harbingers. You have come to open your eyes, yes?" Her hair glows golden, the locks covering her right eye, her left is perpetually closed. A white dress flows long behind her, her wings spread to each end of the room.

"I have come to become a Diviner, yes."

"Come then, bow down and let yourself be blessed. The eyes of your mind shall open and too, will your heart lend ear to the Gods above."

"I don't know about digital gods, but sure..."

"Hmph, my Cursed Hand burns in this sanctified quarter. The demon within me wishes it torn down." Now's not the time Raven.

"GASP! You bring darkness into our sanctuary!?" Cressida's eyes pop open, they'e pure white. "Heathen!"

"You don't have to play along with him, give me my class upgrade."

"Stay away angel, less I turn you black as well!"

"Your wretched soul must be cleansed, I will see to that you're freed for your curse."

"No, really. Don't play along with him."

"I FEEL MY CURSE UNLEASHING..."

"Come then fallen one! A child of gods and kings, I will destroy you!" Cressida strikes a pose, imitating a crane. All the grace you saw leaves her. Raven points a palm at the Diviner, the arm shaking in grasp of the other.

You... you just really want your class upgrade.

>Hit Raven, get back on track.
>Play along, it'll be faster.
>Log off, you can just finish this later.
>Write-In

Ending after this.

>>35059996
>Hit Raven, get back on track.

>>35059996
>Play along

>>35059996
>Hit Raven, get back on track.
What the fuck are you doing

>>35059996
>Play Along
Seems like the most fun option and a good mood to end the thread on.

>>35059996
>>Play along, it'll be faster.
Such is this is the price we pay for the company we keep. We make this poor bastard barrel downhill on a stone slab, and he tests our ability to try not to roll our eyes. We both get to shake our heads while recounting the story to Isaac and Leah later.

Hey, maybe getting bonked around a little bit by a high-level quest NPC claiming they'll free him from the curse'll help him get past this part of his gimmick!

>>35059996
Stand there and do nothing.

>>35060074
You know what, change my vote to
>Play along, it'll be faster.
This seems more fun.

"Hahahah... we've come to steal your powers. With the power of divinity, I will become Monster King with The Bloody Raven at my side!" It'll be faster if you play along, you better steer this in the right direction.

"Wait, but I'm the boss," Raven mumbles, "no matter! Hand over your light, Divine One!"

"No! I will protect the sanctity of my sanctuary, and the hearts of my people. Do what you will to my body, but the light is mine!" She clutches herself defensively. This might be leading to the wrong kind of role-play. But if she's offering...

"We don't want your mortal husk, we demand the magic of the Goddess you uphold! Hand it over, or we'll set the city aflame!" Raven declares, stealing the words that you were definitely going to say. "Chaos Break Judgment!'

"Nooooo!" Cressida folds her wide wings over herself, and the room fills with light. When it fades, her wings have shrunk and light envelops your body...

>You have become a [Diviner]!
>You have learned the skill [Foresight], in [Any] position, gain [Balance] and during your next round, gain [Speed].

"You've done it, my magic has been stricken away... now you are a Diviner. Tell me evil ones, what darkness do you foresee?"

You try your new skill, but all it doesn't seem to do anything but blur your vision. Guess even in an altered reality, you can't see the future. "Nothing," you tell her.

"Then that's it, the world is ending... you have doomed us."

"You are mistaken, angel. We are the ones who will save the world from chaos, bringing darkness unto darkness." Raven strikes a pose, holding his hand over his face and revealing his eyes through his fingers. In five years, he will look back on this and cry in embarrassment. Right now, you'll let him have his fun. "It's nothing personal, kid." He leaves the sanctuary. You give the awed Cressida a shrug, before exiting yourself.

"So Raven, short break and I'll help you with your class."

"Sure," he says, beaming to you a childish smile.

>LOGGED OUT

>>35060259
pssh, nothing... personel kid

It's oveeeer, thanks for playing. My apologies on no Pixie, it was a QM fiat decision I made to try and get more out of the other cast, but then it ended up being The Bloody Raven Show. My bad.

As usual, I wish I could run more often because I was hoping to get enough threads through that we'd feasibly be wrapping up soon but... I guess we'll have a few more months together here. Let's hope my schedule doesn't complicate any more, blahblahblah, not my blog.

Any ways, any feedback is appreciated. Thank you for playing. Leah was totally on the airship. Ecetera.

Also thank you one anon that pointed out the archive.moe image thing, I actually use 4plebs so I never noticed but I assumed archive.moe was identical and didn't check. I'll fix that for following threads.

And now, I must see my love tobacco.

>>35060259
my god he is so chuuni

>>35060346
suptg is the most reliable one by far, as long as someone remember to do the archive interface for the thread.

>>35060346
Thanks for running, and as long as you do at least once a week, I'm sure people will be happy.

>>35060346
Is Yzz the neighbor?

Just saw this thread and am reading thread 1, but is there any place with the images saved? archive.moe doesn't seem to be working for the images, and I believe they have info about races, classes, character sheets, etc.

>>35063288
look for it on suptg. It's also archived there.

>>35063511
Thanks mate, didn't think OP would leave out a link there if it was also archived there

>>35061584
I wouldn't be surprised if she was.