>>36877235
Announcements: twitter.com/REQMX

Q&A: ask.fm/REQM

Character Sheet and Misc:
http://pastebin.com/u/REQM

Archive:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Re-Monster
or
http://archive.moe/tg/search/tripcode/!!7fb3j+Ac+pZ%20/type/op/
or
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rD-MZe51wYI63xxl-tG8dsxj-RWVtJu3S6Gzd6OTJSw/edit?usp=sharing

>>36877235
>Start waking people up. Then demand they clean up. Somebody in this pile is starting to smell.

Can't slow down wolf is hurt.

>>36877235
>Sneak out. See if you can make breakfast.
The best time of the day is here.

Saw Sara's sheet.
I'm glad she's now the 3rd best web crafter in the family (surpassed us) but she doesn't have her enchanted tunic in her inventory.

>>36877235
>Other (?)
Can we retcon that we set some web traps last night to catch some breakfast? I was going to suggest this last thread, but got sidetracked and forgot. Setting breakfast traps around our temporary nests seems like a god idea.

>>36877235
>>Start waking people up. Then demand they clean up. Somebody in this pile is starting to smell.

>>36877235
>>Start waking people up. Then demand they clean up. Somebody in this pile is starting to smell.
We got time for a bath and food, then back on the road! We got a wolfu to save!

>>36877235
>Start waking people up. Then demand they clean up. Somebody in this pile is starting to smell.

Time to be a grumpy giant spider.

>>36877300
Don't you mean a waifu?

>>36877235

>Start waking people up. Then demand they clean up. Somebody in this pile is starting to smell.

Let's see if we can make Sara terrified at the idea that we really are like a younger, more evolved version of mom.

>>36877235
>>Start waking people up. Then demand they clean up. Somebody in this pile is starting to smell.

>>36877235
>>Start waking people up. Then demand they clean up. Somebody in this pile is starting to smell.

>>36877235
>Start waking people up. Then demand they clean up. Somebody in this pile is starting to smell.

>>36877235
>Start waking people up. Then demand they clean up. Somebody in this pile is starting to smell.

>>36877293
We'll have to ask REQM

>>36877235
>>Start waking people up. Then demand they clean up. Somebody in this pile is starting to smell.

>>36877311
Not yet. Wait a decade for that, mang. Or at least a year.

>>36877235
>Start waking people up. Then demand they clean up. Somebody in this pile is starting to smell.

>>36877235
>Sneak out. See if you can make breakfast.

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>>36877374
Hey now, be nice. It's not Sheska's fault she's sweating up a storm with the poison fevers.

Get up, clean up.

Writing!

>>36877293
I don't mind. Point support here and roll 1d100.

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>>36877442
this guy had a good idea

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>>36877442
lets go with it

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>>36877442
Rollin' to have caught breakfast.

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>>36877442
Wee!

>>36877430
No excuses wolfu must learn to be cleaned, before she learns her ice abilities and fights us over the solidity of the water.

>>36877454
We aren't an orb spider REQM? Are you sure?

>>36877504
We melt ice, we win because we are Alpha and Alpha's baths are warm.

>>36877521
We *are* a pretty fast weaver, only topped by mom (yes, Elle is a bit slower. We do it in the heat battle a lot I suppose).

>>36877521
We're a giant spider, yes? Why is this so hard for you to remember. We tell everyone all the time.

>>36877442

So, seems breakfast is taken care of. We should bathe Sheszka carefully and check for swelling or bruising. Then we should make a paddlewheel for the boat. Two concentric circles plus a couple of simple joints and rectangles will make our labor 200% more efficient.

>>36877728
Which would be nice, except we aren't an engineer and we don't have time to muck about.

>>36877728

It's the same principle as a laser cutter, if we use wood. Lyra just has to super heat her finger and cut quickly to make rectangular holes for the blades just smaller than the blades themselves. A few thumps from a hammer, and you have a press fit mechanical device as the wood expands in socket.

>>36877749
No, we're a giant spider that is exhausting herself dragging a barge the length of a river. Lyra has shown she can rapidly put together a wheel over an axis using spider silk before, with that asshole merchant looking for silk. And if it will save us much effort and thus time, I think it would be worthwhile giving it a go.

Supporting a spider powered paddleboat.

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hey, I'm here in time for spiders!

We never figured out how to dance, did we?

You've got webs to check and stuff to do.

And somebody smells.

You start to stand, carefully rolling people off you, out of the way. Carefully enough not to hurt people, anyway. You want them awake. Eyes start to crack open, people yawning, scratching, stretching.

Your friends dogpile out of the boat/nest, dropping down to the forest floor, and you follow them swiftly, pulling your transport loose from the tree and letting gravity help you down.

Your drowsy circle of friends has arrayed themselves at the bottom of the tree, waiting. You snap a firm nod at them.
"I will take care of breakfast, yes? And the rest of you-"
You can't help yourself, wrinkling your nose slightly.

"Please bathe. And help Sheszka, as well. Someone smells."
There's laughter, and more than a few people checking their on scent as you scuttle into the woods.

Your web has a trio of rabbits, and a pair of wolves to boot. One of them somehow managed to get itself stuck upside down.
You're not sure how that works, but providence is providence.
Let noone ever say that a giant spider turns down food they don't have to work for.

You pitch your catch over one shoulder and make for the river, setting a fire and starting the meat sizzling even before they've left the river behind.

They show up soon enough, hair damp and all smiles. Sheszka is even awake, though she's already been buried under a small pile of blankets.

With fat spitting from the swiftly roasted meat, you pull your catch from the fire and start passing it around- Between a pair of arachne, not to mention everyone else, it doesn't go far. At least Nin eats plants.

>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.
>Launch ship!
>Isn't it bad luck to not name a boat, or something?
>Other (?)

>>36877869
>>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.
How ya doin', wolf girl?

Once that's over, we can get to launching/naming/building waterwheels/whatever.

Spending most of the day trying to make a paddle wheel, attach it to a boat not designed for a paddle wheel, then ironing our all the bugs that crop up will probably wast more time than it saves.

I vote we just continue dragging the boat. But this time, just walk along the bottom of the river or along the shore, instead of earthbending the riverbed to rise up and meet our feet. Much lerr tiring that way.

>>36877869
>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.

>>36877869
>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.
have to keep moral up

>>36877869
>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again
>Isn't it bad luck to not name a boat, or something?

>>36877869
>>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.
Gotta make sure the doggy's okay!
>Isn't it bad luck to not name a boat, or something?
Also this, for the hell of it.

>>36877869
>>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.
>>Other
Build a basic paddle type propulsion system for your boat.

>>36877869
>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.
>Isn't it bad luck to not name a boat, or something?

>>36877869
>Check in with Sheska before she passes out again
>Other (?)
There's a lot of paddleboat discussion going on. I'll get behind that
See
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>>36877869
>>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.
>Isn't it bad luck to not name a boat, or something?

>>36877869
>>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.

>Launch ship!

>>36877869
>>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.
>>No to paddleships
It's a waste of time.

>>36877896
I think just walking the boat WOULD probably be faster.

Though, I'm surprised we can't actually reach the bottom.

>>36877869
>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.

Some people are voting to name our boat; so, what do you guys want to name it?

Might as well start the vote now, it'll save time later.

I propose S.S. Web Wave.

What are your suggestions?

>>36877896
Along the shore wouldn't work, because then we drag the boat along the side of the river, and I don't think the river is shallow enough for us to walk on the bottom.

Using the paddle worked well.

>>36877952
We can hold our breath for hours at a time, so it's a non issue just to walk below the surface.

We should be sure to give them a tug-line so they can get our attention if they need us.

>>36877963
The G.S. "Pack"

>>36877997
We can hold our breath for hours while not actively doing anything else. Something tells me that strenuous physical activity is going to whittle that time down signficantly.

>>36877963
what if we name it
"The Boat"

>>36877981
>Along the shore wouldn't work, because then we drag the boat along the side of the river,
It would work find. Someone just needs to work the rudder. Horse drawn barges are a thing IRL.

>I don't think the river is shallow enough for us to walk on the bottom.
Air is optional for us. We can walk under water just fine.

>>36877997
Wouldn't walking along underwater be counter-intuitive? I mean, it's hard enough walking underwater as it is, but it's also a flowing river.

>>36878019
So, we come up for air once or twice an hour. I don't see that cutting into our schedule too much.

>>36878022
Oh, it's LDQ all over aggain.

>>36878037
>Horse drawn barges are a thing IRL.
Correct me if I'm wrong, aren't those drawn by two horses?
Thats how I imagine it would work, anyway. Constantly shoving the boat away from the shore seems tiresome to me.

>>36878065
LDQ?

Check in with the wolf and name the boat.
Got it.
Writing!

>>36878070
Actually, just one. They were typically used for pulling boats through canals, but it doesn't seem illogical to have it pulled for further than that.

>>36878053
It's hard for humans to walk under water. Buoyancy makes us float, lack of traction plus 4 times the resistance of air.

An Arachne wouldn't have those problems.

>>36877869
>Check in with Sheszka before she passes out again.

>>36878070
Usually just one horse. Just need to keep the rudder at an angle away from the river bank. It takes no more effort than steering it in a straight line.

>>36878070

Sara drags one end, Lyra drags the other. Terrain isn't an issue (which was the Achilles heel of the horse drawn boat). Both are heavier than the combined weight of the craft. Science anon here, with a recalculated weight of some 300 kg for our not so little sister.

Static friction on the water is low, the depth set lower for the remaining cargo, and while a paddlewheel would be cool, the drive mechanism is too complicated to be done on the fly. Sorry for suggesting it. We lost that opportunity when I missed that thread and we left town.

How do Arachne fuck?

>>36878244
From what I recall of the ask.fm, carefully.

>>36878072
>>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=Lamia+Daughter+Quest

>>36878229
>with a recalculated weight of some 300 kg
This looks far more reasonable to me.
And apparently two aren't necessary, although I'm not sure we have a rudder.

>>36878244
Carefully.
Unless its with equally hardy wolfubuts or spider buts, in which case, hard.

>>36878229
Don't be down anon, we can always tray again when we set sail for Elf island. Cockney lamias, ho!

>>36878286
Tiny Lamias, I think you meant, Anon.

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>>36878305
Pygmy lamas?

>>36878305
Tiny cockney lamias, yes.

>>36878286
Elf island has a landbridge though. Unless we sail there from the other side of the mountains.

>>36878276
We'd have to have some kind of steering. If not a rudder (which I think we do), then some sort of pole.

>>36878305
We will wake up covered in tiny Lima's who worship us as their goddess who provides warmth in the winter. Without us so many would have died in the snow. But now.. they have shelter in the harsh months.

Wait, I just realized something. The healers we're looking for, right? We're totally going to end up adopting one into our growing pack, aren't we.

>>36878319
The tiniest. They shall wrap themselves around our spider butt and the harpy, moth, and wolf will have to fight for their right of habitation.

>>36878276

I don't believe a rudder would work, nor is it necessary with two giant spiders handy. Suffice to say torquing from the backend might just spin the boat. The opposing moment generates a force in the wrong direction (toward the bank).

If there is historical precedent to the contrary, please try to find a picture. I am not infallible by any stretch of the imagination.

>>36878363
they're scary wendigos, so are immune to our normal methods.

>>36878367
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a03O0-pU7xE

>>36878333
We did use a pole for the first day if I remember right. First we paddled anyway.

>>36878363
They are wendigos, they eat too much. Far too much.
We are still so gonna do it, if we can

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>>36878414
You actually think thats going to stop us from trying?

>>36878361
"Tiny lamia great spellcasters. But not even greatest lamia can make heat spell long enough to last through all winter.
But now we have eternal warmth! Give praise to the living furnace! All praise to the living furnace!"
"Hail the furnace! Hail! Hail!"

"Well, I guess I don't need to rely on you for magic anymore, yes?"
"But I don't think your 'friends' will like having their sleeping spots covered in snakes, yes."
"They will adapt."

>Jin is spreading her wings to scare off lamias
>Shezka is adopting threat postures
>Nin is dropping sleep dust and moving lamias
>Lann is trying to gently remove lamias that have infiltrated her underwear.

>>36878477
>"Well, I guess I don't need to rely on you for magic anymore, yes?"
You monster, not relying on Sara.

>>36878477
Come on, Lann, let them be.
Panties are a foreign concept to them, they're just curious.

>>36878535
>Oi Miss Lyra's Mum! One of da dock boys called me a 'trouser snake' on ma way ere. Wot's dat?
>[Nialla throws herself over the side of the boat]

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>>36878417

I concede my mistake here, though I also admit I don't know how these forces work out to equilibrium perpendicular to the bank. Oh well, always something new to learn

Still think if we have the extra spider power, we should use it. That goes double if we don't have a rudder.

>>36878604
Thing is, we can put both spiders on the same side of the bank and then have Lann on the rudder, that will make it easier as we can trade of with Sara as our slightly less giant spider of a sister gets tired.

You see how the boat is always angled away from the bank with the horse on it? That's how it works.

>>36878604
Since the horse in the video was clearly under no strain, having a second Arachne would probably be redundant.

Letting her stay rested should we need her to start throwing miniature suns around might be a better idea.

>>36878604
Well I don't know, do we have a rudder?
I would think they eschewed it for the sake of getting the boat done faster, but, I dunno.
We should however not rely on Sara for dragging, she is not nearly as strong as we are, so it would be a lot slower, and she probably can't keep doing it for a entire day. So just paddling or using a pole might work better.

>>36878477
>>36878535
Pulling them out of the her cleavage

>talking about panties again
Everyone we know but us arachnes gets to wear panties.
It's not fair.

>>36878687
>everyone gets to wear panties
>Elf-dad wears panties
>old gate guard wears panties
>blacksmith wears panties
>Jin's Dad wears panties.

Um anon... this isn't a magical realm... at least, it's not that magical realm.

>>36878638

Okay, now I get it. The angle offset produces a counter torque about the then exposed hull being placed against the flow. You increase drag this way, but you also produce a counter force and counter torque.

I wonder if they also have front rudders on these things.

>>36878687
Only because anons are for some reason violently opposed to the idea of unlocking an evolution that lets Lyra transform into a humanoid and back whenever she wants.

>>36878727
Its kind of a medieval fantasy setting, I don't think they have much in the way of genderspecific smallclothes.

We're Boats and Panties now.
I love this thread.

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>>36878739
I too am violently opposed to that.
I can confidently say that a huge majority of the things I've ever played are human-shaped, and I enjoy this break from pattern.

On this note, people can STILL see up our tunic if they're at the right angle below us.

It wouldn't be a problem except we're so much taller than everyone. Don't get in the habit of walking over people.

>>36878766
>Boats and Panties

We're Kancolle?

Gate Guard> That's a very nice necklace you've got there Miss Giant Spider.
Miss Giant Spider> This is not gold, this is snakes.
Many Tiny Lamia> *begin moving back into the warm nooks and crannies of the LIving Furnace.*

>>36878899
>"All hail the living furnace, all hail the living furnace, all hail the living furnace."
>Gate guards "Ummmmm"

You rearrange yourself, planting your spider half between your sister and your wolf, leaning over the furry bundle.
Sheszka looks up at you from a gap in the sheets, one ear popping free from the confines of the blankets as she waits for you to speak.

You reach out, placing one hand delicately on her forehead, and she closes her eyes slowly, letting a smile curl over her lips.
Still hot. Too hot.

"How are you feeling?"
She opens her eyes again, turning her head so your hand catches her ear. You acquiesce, scratching gently and waiting for her answer.

"Hot. Tired. Slow. Everything feels slow."
"Mmm. Not dizzy?"
"If I go too fast."
"Then you can stay down, yes."

She nods, slowly, and you pry her out of the blankets, increasing the temperature around you for a moment.
Nothing swelling, no sores. Whether that's because your friends are careful, or Sheszka's superhuman toughness doesn't really matter. You wrap her back up, running your hands through her hair till she slips back into sleep.

It's one less worry, at least.

You've got the boat mostly into the water- and full of idiots- when Lann speaks up.
"What did you name the boat, anyway?"
"Hah?"
She raps her knuckles off the hull.
"The boat. Ship, whatever. It's yours, right? What did you name it?"

>>36878928
You blink.
"I didn't, yes?"
She stares back.
"Really? That's... kinda all sorts of bad luck, isn't it?"
"Is it?"

Jin nods.
"The people say they have to crispen the boats, yes."
"Christen, Jin."
The harpy shrugs at Lann.

They both look back to you.
"It needs a name, then."
"Before it sinks, yes?"
"Fine, fine. I know when I am outnumbered, yes?"

"Lyra, can you not count?"
"Wha- What is that supposed to mean?"
"You have been outnumbered many times, yes? Wolves and kobolds and-"
"Jin."
"-lizards and-"
"Jin!"
"Yes?"

You rack your mind for something to throw her off course. Before she takes another figure of speech literally, preferably."
"Do you have a suggestion, yes? For the boat?"

She spreads her wings, looking down at the wood clenched in her talons.
"...Brightstar."
"Brightstar?"
"I like stars."

"Should I name it furnace then? Or forge?"
"I am not obsessed!"
You laugh as your friends look on in confusion, and Sara cuts in.

"What do you think about comet, yes?"
"I think you two definitely belong in the same boat."
Nin interrupts before your sister can retort.
"The Queensway!"
"I'm not a-"

The boat dissolves into squabbling.

>Brightstar
>Comet
>The Queensway
>Other(?)

>>36878953
>>Brightstar
I like this. And it's nice to hear from Jin again.

>>36878953
Whatever we name the boat, it has to have an H.M.S. in front.

Only we will know what that means, and we can laugh at nin behind her back for not knowing that we've let her "win".

>>36878953
>>Brightstar

>>36878953
>Brightstar

>>36878953
>Other(?)
Quibbble-bourne.

Or the argumentor.

>>36878978
>H. M. S. Brightstar.

When Nin asks, we will just laugh!

>>36878953
>Brightstar
After our two brightest stars.

>>36878978
She'll just say that means this is an extra-special boat and only boats crispened by Her Majesty Supreme can have H.M.S. in front of their name.

>>36878953
>>36878969
Here, add >>36878978 's idea about H.M.S. But don't be overt about it. Just the next time we have a chance to write the name on the ship, add H.M.S. and laugh at Nin when she asks what it means

>>36878953
H.M.S. Brightstar!
Take that Molthfia! We're onto your tricks!

>>36878953
H.M.S. Brightstar

>>36878953
>Brightstar

>>36878740

You would actually be surprised.

>>36878953
>Other
˝Boat˝

>>36878953
Gonna have to back up
>HMS Brightstar

>>36878869

Do you even realize how retarded a person has to be to do that to a giant fucking spider?

At that point, not even the God of Pacifists would object to us filtering the gene pool out a bit.

>>36878953
>Brightstar
Not sure if H.M.S. makes sense. Maybe you should take the designation they used wherever Sara is actually from.

>>36878953
>HMS Brightstar
this sounds good

>>36879049
The Mothia has actually ran afoul of some Spiders recently, Din never told them what happens when spiders drink caffeine untill it was too late

>>36879090
Retarded, or BOLD DREAMER DARING TO DO WHAT NO ONE CAN?

>>36879107
What was their reactions the first time meeting/hearing about arachnes?

>>36879107
http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/spiderdrugs.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

Something like this?

>>36879137
Those aren't mutually exclusive.

>>36879137

Retarded, because the BOLD DREAMER realized that he was going to die before actually doing it.

>>36878953

THE S.S. Totally-Not-Sinking-Guys-Seriously

>>36879157
Pish posh, you can probably pass it off as an accident.
I'm going with my hero-of-the-people who took his chance theory.

>>36878740
Panties (or at least the general design) have been around since 4,400 BC. Roman subligaculums were also pretty close to modern panties, and we can't forget about loincloths.

>>36879107
It'll be funny when the MC finds coffee for the first time and drinks it thinking it'll keep her alert.

>>36879151
well, more like this one.
http://www.endalldisease.com/nasa-studies-spiders-injected-with-marijuana-caffeine/

Caffeine fucks spiders RIGHT up. More than alcohol.

>>36878869
>Erm... Miss Giant Spider, can you move over me? It's kind of hard to move when I'm impaled on your legs.
>Oh, I didn't see you there. It's hard to see such small things when you're this big, yes.
>I-I-I suppose.
>But before I do, tell me, did you see anything from that angle?
>Like-?
>You know what I'm talking about.

>>36879206
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

HMS Brightstar, then?
Gimme 2d100 for smooth sailing, please!

>>36879228
that... was the video I just responded to, anon.

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>>36879228
That was literally just posted.

>>36879203
Those were nearly always non-genderspecific, which was the point i was making. Underwear has been around for a long time, genderspecific underwear, is far more of a rarity, and did not exist for the average medieval peasent.

Rolled 18, 34 = 52 (2d100)

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Rolled 3, 26 = 29 (2d100)

>>36879242

Rolled 65, 80 = 145 (2d100)

>>36879242

Rolled 14, 32 = 46 (2d100)

>>36879242
We are best sailors!

Rolled 36, 18 = 54 (2d100)

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>>36879252
>>36879247
Sorry, just had caffeine.

Rolled 2, 8 = 10 (2d100)

>>36879242
Oh dear

Rolled 55, 78 = 133 (2d100)

>>36879242

>>36879282
thank you, you just saved us from a disaster.

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>>36879295
Stop posting spideranon, you're drunk.

65 and 80 then?

Writing!

>>36879090
>how retarded a person has to be

They have to be about dickass thief levels retarded.

Or, more technically, "charming rogue" levels of retarded.

I know many a bard that would leap into suicidal danger for an attempt at weird girl parts.

>>36879151
I don't know what to say to that video...

Anyway, Din was keeping track of his market in the city as it expanded. He has 3 guys working for him now with Mr. Atlas running security, he then decided to needed to tackle the Arachne Coffee it was. The city had not had caffeine before so it wasn't illegal and they advertised it in public as the wonder drink! And then the chief of police decided to try some. The chief is a giant spider. Hilarious hings happened The police force is majority Arachne and has a personal vendetta on the Mothia on behalf of their chief, fine times ahead

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>>36879375

Then they die, or they don't die and we spend a great amount of shiny-things that the PIG-STUPID AND UGLY -HUNAMS- and Elves think are valuable to have them brutally murdered, or get their soul ripped from their body, either works.

>>36879443
inb4 we marry the one who does that

>>36879443
We don't even need to do that. We're a giant spider. Do the Giant Spider, but with seduction instead of webs, and poison instead of poison.

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>>36879443

We and our Butts Collection become these guys on him and the people he loves.

>>36879495
More realistically, we sort of blush and think they're a jerk.

And then mention we're only two months old very loudly and in a public place.

>>36879464
I'm almost certain Nin already has.

>>36879443
The only charming rogue in our vicinity is Nin anyway.
And considering how she is already seeking out our lewd-spots, she will do that as soon as she realises it might fluster us.

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>>36879464

Unless it's Nin, or another of our Butts or potential future butts, we cleanse.

>>36879540
I don't particularly feel that way, anon.

>>36879556

As expected of Filth that cannot comprehend the Eternal Doctrine.

You shake your head with a sigh.
"The HMS Brightstar then, yes. Is that fine with the two of you?"

Sara and Jin look at each other suspiciously, but nod.
"What about me?"
"Nin, you are too spoiled by half."

The moth giggles, and you take the mooring ropes, slinging each over your shoulder.

The first piece of the mornings trip isn't nearly as easy as you'd like- You've made it to a hilly section of the forest. Which means that you're dragging five people and a boat uphill, against the current.

That's not to say that you can't, of course. You're fairly certain at this point you could hurl a car with the same kind of effort you used to use to make lunch.
It's just a pain in the ass.

Also, you probably shouldn't have thought about lunch. Now you're hungry.

You grumble a bit, slogging your way through the river. It isn't steep, but you're happy when you crest the hill nonetheless.
You can see mountains now, misty peaks towering over the forest below.
Maybe you should bug Mom for a map when you get back. There's more and more that you don't know.

The river current seems to be slowing, the banks widening as you head forwards. Gentle curves lead you through the woods as the trees grow larger by the hour. Even the ruins don't feel this... ancient. There's a stately slowness to nature here.

Even the birdcalls seem more respectful. Not that they are. You have yet to meet any respectful birds.

>>36879832

You let your mind wander while your legs churn away.
Actually- How old is Jin's village? The forest doesn't seem particularly cleared, even around the logging village. Certainly clearer, but not to the point you'd expect.
Or maybe that's just modern sensibilities? It's not like they have chainsaws or anything.

Or maybe plants grow faster here? Or maybe-

The river widens far beyond the reaches of it's banks, opening to a clear pane of water that stretches are far as you see, the banks lined with trees greater than you've seen. Rushes buzz with insects- the only sound to be heard amongst the oppressive silence of the ancient woods.

You've reached the lakes.

>Call a break. Hit the shore.
>Keep moving. Follow the bank. Stay in the shallows.
>Get some food, make a decision before you head forwards.
>Other(?)

Rolled 19 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>36879850
>>Get some food, make a decision before you head forwards.

>>36879850
>Keep moving. Follow the bank. Stay in the shallows.
We gotta get our wolfubutt to the healers.

>>36879850
>>Call a break. Hit the shore.

>>36879832
>"What about me?"
You got your wish. You just don't know it.

>>36879850

>Get some food, make a decision before you head forwards.

>>36879850
>Keep moving. Follow the bank. Stay in the shallows.
I heard there's no monsters in wendigo forest, and I think we're almost there. So the best we can do huntingwise is setting up a web for bugs.

Start calling for the wendigos when things get thick, too.

>>36879850
>Get some food, make a decision before you head forwards.

>>36879850
>>Keep moving. Follow the bank. Stay in the shallows.
>Snack on some of Jins fish if we're hungry.

>>36879850
>Keep moving. Follow the bank. Stay in the shallows.
>Snack on some of Jins fish if we're hungry.

>>36879850
>Keep moving. Follow the bank. Stay in the shallows.

MOving forward, asking Jin for a snack
Writing!

A bit of delay incoming- food is happening.

>>36880426
I wish I was not-sick enough to eat food.

>>36880461
I wish I had more food than an egg and noodles

>>36880426
I notice whenever we get to a point about food in this quest you always seem to have to walk away to go eat yourself

>>36880645
She's getting inspiration, so she has to spin a web and catch something.

Mom said there was a ring around the wendigo lands, right?
That they drove all the monsters out.

This really isn't the place to stop, is it?
You shake your head. You're tired, certainly. But there's nothing like fear to propel muscles just a little further.

You shift directions, guiding the boat to the shallows, and beginning your circle of the lake. You're closing in. Not there yet, but-
Its a step forwards. And another and another. The thought speeds you just a little further, brings a smile to your face.

And then your thoughts are sidetracked by a far more important- or at least demanding- organ.
Your stomach growls loudly enough to draw snickering from behind you. You can hear Lann trying to stifle her giggling, and you make a face.

"Jin?"
"Yes?"
"Can I have some fish, yes? I need a snack."
"Yes, you do."

There's a minute of shuffling while you scarf food down, tying the rope around you waist as you move.
Which is actually super-awkward, but you need both hands to eat this fast.

You leave a trail of demolished fish bodies in your wake, quickstepping to pick up the pace as you slip the ropes back into your hands.

The Sun is starting to set, dipping below the horizon (trees) casting long shadows over your surroundings (More trees). You can see the other side of the lake, but there's a very large difference between 'within sight' and 'within walking distance'.

And now you find yourself in dimming light, trapped between a rock and a hard place. Or a lake full of monsters and a forest full of monsters. Neither of which you're keen on dealing with.

The fading light is breaking the silence of forest- growls, howling, and other noises you can't quiet name are starting to echo.
Your friends are growing uneasy.

>Get yourselves up a tree. It's worked so far.
>Anchor the boat, Sleep in the shallows. You can probably escape in either direction as you need to. If you need to.
>Burrow somewhere. Beneath a tree maybe?
>Other (?)

>>36880841
>>Get yourselves up a tree. It's worked so far.

>>36880841
>>Get yourselves up a tree. It's worked so far.

>>36880841
>Get yourselves up a tree. It's worked so far.

>>36880841
>>Get yourselves up a tree. It's worked so far.

>>36880841
>Get yourselves up a tree. It's worked so far.

>>36880841
>Get yourselves up a tree. It's worked so far.

>>36880841
>>Get yourselves up a tree. It's worked so far.
Maybe we can get more tribute.

>>36880841
>Get yourselves up a tree. It's worked so far.

That's a little unanimous.

Can I get 2d100, please?

Rolled 2, 51 = 53 (2d100)

>>36881111

Rolled 39, 30 = 69 (2d100)

>>36881111

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>36881111
dat get

Rolled 90, 62 = 152 (2d100)

>>36881111

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>36881111
>>36881121
woops, forgot the 2nd one

Rolled 32, 34 = 66 (2d100)

>>36881111

>>36881139
Thank you.

Alright!
Give me 1d10, then panic as I vanish for a while, letting you all stew in your fear!

I'm serious about the vanishing bit. Ill be back shortly.

>>36879832
>"What about me?"
we called it her majesty's ship, I would think nin would be all over it

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36881177

>>36879832
did we try the net fishing idea from previous thread??

>>36881191
she doesn't understand abbreviations.

And I missed voting while eating.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36881177

>>36881211
I'm not panicking

>>36879905
>I heard there's no monsters in wendigo forest
except for the lake waters themselves, we were firmly told by mom to stay the fuck out of those.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36881177
Here comes a 1 to make up for that 90 I got earlier.

>>36881261
wuh oh.

For some reason I am imagining a scenario where Lyra Dies At The End and ends up going full Dagoth-Ur-Minus-The-Death-Of-The-World-Bits on reality.

>>36881327

What does that mean again?

The time for another Morrowind Marathon is coming, for my memories have dulled and dispersed.

>>36881327
what if this whole thing was just a dream happening right before lyra (well, sarah) dies completely just like a certain legendary wolf in a freezing river

>>36881476
then that would be unnecessarily sad.

>>36881476

I don't recognize that reference, but that is the sort of thing that makes the most pacifistic person in creation slaughter a thousand others in anger and grief.

>>36881476
Its not. REQM already said he hates that kind of twist.

>>36881476

Don't even joke about that anon, please don't ever bring such a thing up ever again.

My mortal heart and my immortal soul cannot bear such a concentrated amount of sad.

>>36881526
wolf quest
but that was just a troll from the QM, a nod to the bad end we got on the first run of that quest

Well, I'm back and writing and

>>36881211

Oh.
Ahaah.
AHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHA

>>36881600
>AHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHA
NOW WE FEAR

>>36881600
>worried

>>36881578

That hit me with a warhammer made of concentrated sad just from reading your post man.

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>>36881600
>AHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHA
QM is laughing. PANIC.

>>36881600
OH SHIIIIIIIIT

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>>36881600

>>36881637

I love that .gif, because it is completely true.

>>36881600

So, what? We found the Cockney lamia? I agree, that would be hilarious.

>>36881637

What's even going on in that gif?

>>36881889
PANIC

>>36881600
Eep.

You're basically a professional boat/tree nest construction worker at this point.
And with an undercurrent of panic sweeping through the group, you push yourself that much harder, getting yourselves into the branches of a massive oak- well, it's probably not an oak. That's not the point, though.

The point is that you have a modicum of safety, as allowed by your height from the ground.

Your friends cuddle for heat, and you close your eyes, buying back what sleep you can.

______________________________________________________________


Tremors. The thick sounding snap of branches, rather than just twigs.

One eye flips slowly open, trying to focus as you wrestle your conciousness back from the abyss of sleep.
A glowing orb dominates your vision, and your eyes pry open one after another, staring into the light.

The orb blinks. Branches crunch beneath unseen weight.

You come awake all at once, your spear nearly appearing in your hands as you stand, rocking the boat side to side in your web. Your friends roll away from your rising form, knocking not too gently into wood and web alike.

The creature growls, pupil widening, and you answer in turn.

>>36882099
...
crap.
Someone get Sheszka to safety.

>>36882099
That's it for tonight! Haha!
Our next thread will be monday, probably. 2-3PM EST. I'm out of school, and into a holiday rush, unfortunately.
Comments, questions, concerns, all answered in thread!
You didn't think you were going to get through the giant monster perimeter just like that, did you?

>>36882125
But... But things were just getting interesting! You can't stop here!

>>36882099
Ah, it's just some kind of giant. Everyone go back to sleep while we murder the shit out of it.

>>36882125
CURSE YOU

Good game!

>>36882125
and here I thought we got past it already.

>>36882125
Thanks for running.
And No, I was hoping we wouldn't!
Little sister evolution here we come!

>>36882125

Hey REQM, I was looking at Lyra's levels and was wondering.

Did you ever decide what to do if we ended up over-leveling the limit before evolution?

And was that Hydra *really* worth only 6 levels?

Granted, it was mostly Sara, but still, fuckin' Hydra.

>>36882190
We are really high level right now.
6 levels was pretty appropriate for us.
We probably could have taken it solo with a few good rolls.

Don't forget to archive again.

>>36882135
I don't think I could call myself a QM if I didn't occasionally end on an absolutely rage inducing cliffhanger.

>>36882142
>>36882152
Thanks for playing!

>>36882190
Overleveling makes the next few easier to get- You leveled faster after your evolution because of it.

And lets be honest here- You probably could have soloed the hydra.

>>36882211
Probably true, but we were standing right in front of its face and tanking the thing, while Sara stood in the back charging her Spirit Bomb for five episodes.

I mean, even Shezka got 9 for getting herself posioned.

This is so depressing.

>>36882266
Since the protagonist is usually the one who charges the spirit bombs, does that mean we are a supporting character?

>>36882266

I never said it was -depressing- mind you, but more or less sobering that such a -Mentally Formidable- Enemy was not only such a Weakshit that he only gave us SIX levels, but also ended up being the catalyst for SECOND QUEST HUB ADVENTURE GET.

>>36882303
Of course we are.
We are that older sibling character whos shadow Aria has to overcome, and then travel the world searching for her after she disappeared, only to realise she was the Dark Lord all along.

>>36882334
just wait until major encounters only give us one level.

Or HALF a level!

>>36882357

And then once the battle is over and done Aria realizes that Lyra never actually wrought a shadow over her, it was all her own doing and Lyra encouraged her potential and growth.

>>36882357
We'll redeem her by showing her the shiny rocks we were collecting for her on our journeys, for her collection.

>>36882303
Nah, we're the one dragging everyone else into battles with superpowerful opponents we could probably solo, where they end up roughed up enough that we have to go on a quest to restore them.

We're Goku and Shezka is Krillin.

>>36882412

Lyra is the Dark Lord in that scenario.

But I like the Pretty-Rock collecting for Aria, let's do that, forever.

>>36882334
>>36882266
The big thing here is that you're an arachne.

Sheszka, and Jin as well, are both basically 1-2 tiers below you.
They'll get more exp from fighting the same things as you, because you're much stronger than they are.

Also, I never understood the spirit bomb thing.
I mean, I do now-
There's the whole narrative pressure as the cast falls one at a time to the big bad while they try and let the MC build up a super attack.

It always struck me as odd to have the MC sit out of the fights, is all.

>>36882468
Sadly we don't know yet about Arias collection.

>>36882491

Anon, we are the Eldest Sibling.

We know these kinds of things, it's a fact.

>>36882484
Shouldn't the power tier equalize as the races progress through evolutions, since everyone ends at mythical?

I'd kind of have assumed that after two evolutions they're not a whole effective tier behind anymore

>>36882560
The implication seems to be, they don't.
Or maybe they do at mythical, but its very possible they never do.
Its probably just even more unheard of for something like a arachne to get that far compared to a harpy or moth.

>>36882560
The last three will be where it really starts to close in.

It's not all their fault, anyway. Someone keeps getting blessings.

>>36882560

Not really, even Mythical beasts have different levels of badassery.

It's like comparing Medusa to the fucking Kraken, or the Bull of Heaven with the Nemean Lion, Lamia with a Minotaur.

>>36882611
>Bull of Heaven with the Nemean Lion
Those are actually pretty even.
The Lion would probably take the victory.

>>36882632

Nah, the Bull would probably win, the Lion has invulnerability, the Bull doesn't need a fancy fucking gimmick, it just wrecks shit.

>>36882606
Yeah, Jin and Sara are really greedy with those.
I mean, we go ahead and share ours with Shezka and they hog up theirs all for themselves.
Shezka's not much better herself though.
Didn't even return the favour.

>>36882664
Kind of hard to tell since the Bulls only real appearance in myth was to job for Enkidu and Gilgamesh.

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>>36882697

To be fair, that is all it really needs.

Because Gilgamesh was all kinds of fucking broken at that point, and Enkidu was his equal on the broken scale.

>>36882744
Enkidu and Gilgamesh weren't really more broken than Heracles.

>>36882778

But they -weren't- whiny bitches like Heracles.

>>36882805
Gilgamesh kind of was though.

>>36882805
was he actually a whiny bitch in the original mythos?
I don't recall enkidu and gilgamesh getting disneyfied

>>36882805
Thats kinda true I guess.
Gilgamesh kinda was in the second half though.

>>36882824
Yes.
Pretty much all greek heroes were.
You can blame greek theater conventions for that.

>>36882842
>>36882821

I thought he only became a whiny bitch because his Best Friend / Brother / Possible Man-lover / Definite Orgy-Buddy / MY GREATEST RIVAL was killed because they killed the fuck out of the Bull?

>>36882873
That was the reason.
Doesn't really change him being a whiny bitch about the mortality thing.

I wonder if we'll be allowed to make up monsters that we may fight later on.
Like a contest with REQM as judge.

>>36882910
That would just end up in people proposing cute girl monsters we can take into our tender care.

>>36882824

Look man, if Greek Mythos, EVERYONE was a whiny fucking faggot, The Heroes, the Gods, the Titans, the only people that actually HAD a legitimate reason to be distressed and sad were the Monsters, like Medusa, who got raped by Poseidon in nearly every scrap of lore about her and was either turned into Snake-lady because he was mad she wasn't a virgin, or was turned into Snake-lady because Athena didn't like the fact that she got violated by one of the most powerful Olympians in her temple.

I'm not even going to touch on Arachne.

>>36882873
This >>36882904

I mean, crying manly tears at the death of your Best Friend / Brother / Possible Man-lover / Definite Orgy-Buddy / MY GREATEST RIVAL is definitely acceptable, but the death thing just doesn't pass.

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>>36882910
>>36882937
>propose monsters

AEGAGROPILON

>>36882980

Is that the Legend of Mana?

>>36883003
Secret of mana, but yes.

>>36882937
I mean *actual* monsters to fight, not monsterfolk.
Like a Blind Wyrm (actually senseless except for magic detection/navigating) that seeks out strong sources of magic and leaves everything else alone, so long as they're not in its way when on the ground and get trampled.

this is just an example.

>>36883016

From a distance I thought it was Chrono Trigger.

All these old RPG's get mixed up in my hea, man.

>>36882980
>>36883003
the trick is that after we kill it, it turns out to be a plant.

Only nin can eat.

>>36883028

Time to dig out my Monster Hunter collection.

GIANT CRAB is already crossed off the list.

>>36883028
I got what you meant. Doesn't change my answer.

But to not be a buzzkill, I would love for Lyra to fight a kraken at some point. Or something else gigantic she can climb on to fight.

>>36882948
Yup.
When Typhon, the biggest, baddest monster in classical mythology and sire of most famous monsters with Echidna, came the the gods' doorstep, all of them except Zeus (and in some versions Athena) ran away to Egypt and hid by pretending to be animals.
Then Zeus got his shit kicked in.

>>36883085

Totally-Not-Jhen-Mohran-Or-Ceadus-Guys coming our way!

>>36883085
It seems like we're getting that monday.
Im excited.

>>36883085
Kraken, Leviathan, Chimera, Giant Worms a la Shai Hulud, Jormungandr...
So many giant monsters to kill, we might start a bingo.

>one of nin's level entries is her missing her mom

WE HAVE TO TAKE HER TO VISIT GODDAMNIT

IT'S JUST A DAYTRIP FOR US

>>36883562
No, that entry is from when she left the village.

>>36883637
We still need to take her to visit every so often.
But that's not as bad.

>>36883683
I'm sure she does miss her, but we said we bring her back to the village once we have seen the world together.