>>37265830
>[ ] Thinkin’ about ‘oni’.

It's Typhon.

>>37265830
>>[ ] Thinkin’ about [insert].
Laura and by extension, the Facility

>Thread 99

One minute to midnight.

JJ's motto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs-E8EfW_DI

>>37265859
this

>>37265830
>[ ] Thinkin’ about the Facility.

>>37265830
>[ ] Thinkin’ about [insert].
Looking at Laura's ass. To copy her stealthy walk of coarse why else would JJ stare at her ass.

>>37265830
>>[ ] Thinkin’ about Laura and the Facility].

>>37265859
This.

>>37265944

Seconded, spoiler part especially.

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>>37265830
>[ ] Thinkin’ about ‘oni’.
panicking more really

also finished pdf of 26-50.

but I got some bad news

the mobi versions formatting is kinda wonky (hyper links don't work and the text is all the same color, still readable)
http://www55.zippyshare.com/v/2264314/file.html
http://www55.zippyshare.com/v/94671531/file.html

>>37265830
>>37265859
Laura.

>>37265830
>[ ] Thinkin’ about 'oni'.

>>37265944
JJ has already watched it a little, but I'm not sure how much "study" muscle memory requires.

>>37265830
think about creeper, its about time we moved the plot along instead of doing sidequests

>>37266043
It's all plot, and frankly we need to try resolve some of it before charging off like a damn fool and letting it bite us in the ass.

The only thing stopping the facility waltzing right into the scar is the large number of mutants,
The only thing stopping the clear our of the mutants is the gang war.
Funnily enough, without the gang war the mutants would be in real trouble, but with it, they are supplied with jack. Folks really need someplace to go that is not the scar before said little war ends. Something we can probably ask the phantom agency about since we can pay for a minor job from them.

Huh. That's quite a lot votes for 'thinking about Laura and related stuff'. Okay then.

>writan'

Sorry about the short delay, by the by. I had to go dump the biggest shit ever, you can't even comprehend.

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>>37265982
pdf of 1-25

>>37266118
its all plot but not all plot is equal, and besides assuming the facility knows we are in the scar theres really nothing stopping them from sending in a team, they are perfectly capable of stealth. besides were supposed to be playing a good guy, letting a gang war and jack production continue to save our own asses is out of character

>>37266277
Bringing it down knowing it will bring in a bigger threat is more out of character. Taking steps before bringing it down is just good planning.

We know the gang war is providing cover that is stopping mutie control from sweeping them up.

As for the facility, even though they have stealth, that does not mean they could extract the prize once they had it. Not to mention their aversion to publicity and the likely hood any team would end up in a brawl. They've just been content to set traps for us at the moment, but if we do not at least force their base of op further afield than the city its just begging for a major operation to come sooner.

>>37266366
we dont actually know for a fact the gang war is stopping mutie control, it might just be reluctance to fight a whole bunch of entrenched mutants with unknown powers, and honestly the facility has to face the problems you mentioned no matter what, if anything there inactivity means that creeper and his active jack production is simply the better choice.
besides the situation in the scar isn't sustainable at all and its been hinted to be coming to a head anyways.

>>37266543
Well, the thing is, as long as the gang war is going on, all the gangs are hankering for extra manpower and extra firepower.

If mutant control tries to swoop in, all of the mutants are going to just join in with the gangs for protection and BAM you've got over 100 new supervillains with unknown powers overnight.

>>37266543
Not exactly. The facility wins by default if they wait for mutant control to wipe the area and then pick us and laura up without a bolt hole.

I will give you the not knowing, but we do know things are going to come to a head with the mutant population in the new year when they start to rebuild the scar anyway, so the point is still one that needs addressing.

We don't know if the facility is working with creeps or not, the jack drug was leaked by typhon for cash, probably totally independant of them. As such, its just a side issue they are probably investigating.

Your final point is what im trying to get at. We need to sort out moving people. An abandoned warehouse district would be ideal.

Kimura could beat Laura in a fight, but Laura has the upper hand when it comes to both stealth and speed. That's the reason they keep setting traps. Every time they've tried to bring the fight to Laura she would just run away.

Lady Deathstrike Is the only person working for the facility that can match Laura's speed. Which is probably why they've called her in. But now that we have Agility lvl 5 we might be able to actually fight Deathstrike instead of just running away.

>[X] Laura
>seemed like the right time

The snow falls over the Scar in dribs and drabs, tumbling faintly through the dark. It falls over the broken swathes of apartments, over the burnt-out school sitting in the middle distance. It falls, you suppose, on Creeper, wherever he is. You imagine it sweeping across the city in bright, nearly intangible waves, something spectral and huge, so soft and quiet that it could be little more than a shared dream. Like a dream, it will be gone soon.

Ahead of you, the snow seems to move through Laura as it falls over her, as if she’s part of it, or it’s part of her. She’s so pale. She seems like she could have just risen out of it, a traveler from somewhere insubstantial and thin, her presence displacing the world around her with only the gentlest of impressions. Her footfalls are tiny, acoustic ripples, glowing in your audio-sight only for an instant before they fade away and disperse.

You can’t believe that there are people, people out in the snow, that want to hurt this creature.

“Laura.”

It’s quiet. You almost whisper it. The closing night seems to permit nothing more.

She turns around, her back arching sinuously, her cheeks glowing ever so slightly with the rosy touch of blood struggling under the surface. She stares at you for a moment while you catch up, waiting. Her breath shimmers against the cold.

Maybe it’s that slight buzz, and maybe it’s the omnipresence of the snow, but you feel something pushing at you from deep within. Something a little stronger than usual, a little more courageous.

“John?” She blinks. “Is something the matter?”

>[ ] Kiss the girl.
>[ ] Don’t kiss the girl.

>>37266703
>fight Deathstrike instead of just running

I know that wasn't you're main point but I just want to put out there that us going toe to toe with Deathstrike is never going to be a good plan.

>>37266780
>[ ] Kiss the girl.

>>37266780
>[ ] Don’t kiss the girl.

Timing doesn't feel right.

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>>37266780

>>37266780
>[ ] Don’t kiss the girl

>>37266780
>[x] Don’t kiss the girl.
ABORT ABORT

>>37266780
>[ ] Don’t kiss the girl.

Timing.
It is not the right time.

>>37266780
>[ ] Kiss the girl.
I don't to wait 40 threads for Laura to realize her feelings on her own

>>37266780
>[ ] Don’t kiss the girl.

>>37266780
>>[ ] Kiss the girl.
just do it already

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>>37266780
>[ ] Kiss the girl.
WTF. Is this really happening?

>[ ] Kiss the girl.

>>37266866
Then your going to be sorely disappointed.

>>37266780
>[ ] Kiss the girl.

worst case scenario is she blinks and doesn't react

>>37266780
>[ ] Don’t kiss the girl.

She won't chalk it up to feelings, but rather the booze.

>>37266780
>[ ] Kiss the girl.

>>37266866
>her feelings
already knows about it
>realize how JJ feels about her
I think there would be a huge crossover event between the Star Wars and the Star Trek universes sooner than that.

>>37266780
>[ ] Don’t kiss the girl.

Really doesn't feel right at the moment.

>>37266780
Kiss the girl

Seriously, wait at least until the next bash up or something, this is just randomly walking up to her and kissing her. The fuck. Its like your a 5 year old with no impulse control.

>>37266780
>[ ] Kill the girl.
Do eeeeeet.

You'll probably die before getting another chance.

>>37266780
>[ ] Kiss the girl.
happiness isn't guaranteed and there's so many things that want to it away from us.

carpe diem

OMG /tg/ quit being beta there will never be a "right moment"

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Am I the only one that want's Crusty to call for a roll. Because crit crack bitching this situation would be hilarious.

>>37266989
they're both pretty socially retarded, especially Laura

>>37266780
>>[ ] Don’t kiss the girl.
We've been drinking. We might not be drunk, but still not the best time for a first kiss.
Hug?

>>37266780
>[ ] Kiss the girl.

>>37266780
>[ ] Don’t kiss the girl.

Not now, please.

>>37266999
Pretty much this. There's never going to be a 'right moment'

On an unrelated note:
>>37266952
Star Trek universe would own the shit out of Star wars universe.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>37267061
Not even Buzzed, Tigger. It's a perfectly fine time.

Looks like a very slight majority for

>[X] Kiss the girl.

And one guy voting kill the girl.

Writing.

>>37266999
Well, there's the new year's eve coming soon.
There's also thread number 100 coming soon.

>>37267152
>Well, there's the new year's eve coming soon.

That has already passed in HMQverse.

Otherwise, why would the kids be at school right after Christmas?

So, predictions people!

We kiss her, WTF moment and she runs off?
Emotional break down?
Kiss back?
Cast ye votes. Cause im putting imaginary money on no.1

>We're drunk

>hey let's kiss Laura now!

No. Dammit, no.

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>>37266860
>>37266959
>>37267061
A smooth operator can make any time the right time, but this is JJ so...
Worst case scenario >>37266937 just blame the drink. we'll take a hit on our relationship score but we can tank it.

>>37267113
>>37266999

The romantic soul of someone who is going to end up with a very long lecture on the concept of timing by any future spouse.

>>37267169
Because they needed to catch up for lost time due to hulk/hydra/alien conflicts?

>>37267181
Had to ruin the relationship sometime anon.

>>37266780
>>[ ] Kiss the girl.

>>37267170
1. either no reaction/confusion
2. kiss back
3. judo flips because misunderstandings

>>37267181
hardly even buzzed
read don't skim

>>37267152
>Well, there's the new year's eve coming soon.
No there isn't it's already January in the Crustyverse.

>There's also thread number 100 coming soon.
Good point. But I have a feeling they'll be plenty of happenings in that thread.

>Facility attack
>Gang war comes to our door
>Typhon shows up
>Mutant control finally steps in.
>Creeper shows his slimy face
>Joyce and company finally finds JJ
>Sinister six shenanigans
Crusty could pull any of these out of his ass at will and it would fit the story.

>>37267284
what about popping Laura's cherry?

a little sudden perhaps but I wouldn't take it off the table

>>37267170
>'John, your breath contains 3.2ml of alcohol'

>>37267334
That is reliant on a very optimistic view of how this could turn out.

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>>37267334
anon plz stop

>>37266780
>>[ ] Kiss the girl.

Wow... just got here. I agree with anons that there isn't really a perfect moment, and that sometimes you've gotta gamble in love, just not sure how well JJ pulls this off

At least it isn't his first kiss, so less chance of mashing Laura's teeth against his. Fucking hate that

>>37267219
it least i'll have a spouse because i didn't wait for some supposed right moment.

>>37267334
>popping Laura's cherry
Crusty said that Laura was dtf around thread 40. JJ just needs to be the one to initiate it. The only reason this hasn't happened sooner is because anons keep saying it's not the right time or they want the relationship to develop naturally.

Can JJ go ninety and Laura go ten? Would Laura even know what to do at ninety?

>>37267456
And I'm sure she will be very patient with you.

>>37267439
>mashing Laura's teeth against his. Fucking hate that
Can't say I've had this problem. Also, JJ's teeth win. He can literally bite through steel. Probably not a good thing in this situation.

>>37267461
>develop naturally

See this feels natural, it took nearly a hundred threads for JJ to fall in love and want to kiss her. I think when they mean by natural, they mean Laura has recovered from the trauma of the facility (never happening) and having her initiate a kiss so there isn't blowback by fucking up

>>37267580
>See this feels natural

No it doesn't.

They talked to some mutants near their home, JJ was drinking and now they're walking home together.

How does this feel like a natural romance point?

>HMQ finally here
>mfw I see what people voted for
>mfw I have no face
There is nothing worse than a badly-timed first kiss. Fucking hell, guys.

>>37267638
Welcome to the shit pile.
We can only hope this does not blow up.

>>37267593
Laura and JJ are walking home under snowfall in the evening, sounds romantic enough for me

>>37267671

But nothing else happened.

Nice scenery does not a romantic moment make.

>>37267671
Sure, if they were walking alongside each other talking.
0 to kiss in 3 seconds does not romance make. Unless your a bastard cousin of sonic the hedgehog like quicksilver.

>>37267714
Or sonichu

>>37267671
Anon, I don't think that you have a good grasp of what "romantic" means.

>>37267671
let the pessimistic anons shadowrun and cry.

some anons don't want to make a potentially serious decisions without knowing 100% that it will succeed.

also
>all these implications that Laura has a sense of romance.
kek

>>37267691
What the fuck do you want ? Frogs and crabs to sing to kiss her while boat riding? Does it even make sense for a homeless awkward dude like JJ to have an understanding of romantic timing?

Its perfectly within character for JJ to awkwardly kiss Laura

>>37267593
You sound like someone that has never gone out drinking and decided to kiss someone.

>>37267691
>Nice scenery does not a romantic moment make
Yes is does as long as you're with someone you love.

>>37267768

You have to have something else happen to make the mood right.

Booze isn't it.

>>37267766

I want it to be the ending to a climactic, emotional or tense scene.

This ain't it.

>>37267799
Guess what, most kisses and relationships don't start that way

I like you tg but if there's one thing I'll never ask advice for from you it's dating advice.

>>37267766
Considering he dated a girl with napalm for bodily fluids for a few years, yes.

holy crap i left the thread for just a little while after complaing about no forward movement and i come back to this, way to go /tg/ dont fuck this up

>>37267764
>>37267766
>>37267768
The problem is that doesn't make for an interesting, cathartic scene. There is minimal build-up and emotion, which makes it rather boring after all the time it took to build this relationship since people are just jumping on the chance.

>>37267852

See

>>37267892

Well the ship is already sailed. So lets just wait to see the crusty magic unfold, what ever it may be.

>(1/3)

Her eyes track you as you move closer, a hint of confusion playing at her brow. You can’t look away from them – if you do, you’ll lose your nerve, let it flitter away into the earthward rush of the snow, or into the night behind it. And you won’t get it back. Not tonight, or the night after, or the night after that. You feel light, every inch closer lifting you a little – just a little – bit further off the ground. You’re such a weightless, flimsy thing right now, you think you might shatter if you bottle it and run.

She sniffs at the air. She does that when she’s not sure what’s happening.

“…John?”

You lean in, and you feel her heart seize in her chest, and then… and then your lips are on hers.

It’s strange. It passes through the two of you like lightning. You feel her tense immediately, her hands rising to your chest, her shoulders scrunching up, her breath catching in her breast and circling madly for a second or two, uncertain of where to go or what to do. For a moment you feel like she might fall apart, bones and arteries flailing out at the behest of disparate, mad impulses. Then… she disentangles. You feel the shock and the confusion drain out of her. Her heart pounds in her chest, blood thrashing in her veins, bleating against the cold and the night and against you, but slowly, gradually, she seems to step back into herself, and you feel a wave of something, something equal in delight and surprise and awe, as she moves her lips against yours, pushing back against you, into you.

The hands that seemed ready to push you away just a second ago stretch their fingers, splaying across your chest, as if trying to hold on to as much as you as possible. Responding without thought, your hands course down her back, pulling her closer.

>>37267934
>she kisses back

Shadowrunners get fucked

>>37267852
>Guess what, most kisses and relationships don't start that way
This argument doesn't even make sense. Why would you purposefully aim for a boring and plain development when you could take some time to make an interesting and cathartic one?
Making a story boring for the sake of "realism"is stupid.

>>37267934
Hell yeah!

>(2/3)

Eventually, after what feels like ages, you come apart. Her breath is hot and wet and drawn from her lungs in long, cautious heaves. You breathe it in and feel your blood glow in response, pummeling at the borders of you, urging you to take her again.

“I…” She shifts awkwardly on her feet, looking up into your eyes with an expression you don’t recognize. “I will… I will have to… think…”

You nod. Yeah.

The two of you linger a moment longer, your breath mingling, your skin quivering at the slightest movement of one another.

The snow falls around you, and over you, and throughout the night.

>>37267892
This is a good argument. Too many people are complaining by saying this isn't realistic enough. Deciding to kiss a girl because you like her is very realistic. I don't know any relationships that started off like a Disney movie.

But this is a story after all and I'll agree it's a little anti-climactic. But I'm OK with it the way it is.

>>37268019
Dunno anon, crusty damn well did done good on this one.

>>37268045
>Dunno anon, crusty damn well did done good on this one.
We all trust Crusty and know that he will deliver something damn good (and he did). My complaint is that is could've been even better, had we waited for a more appropriate time.

>>37267934
>>37267974
right moment my ass.

now I only wonder what will come along and piss on our parade?

>>37268019

Same.

Kissing Laura turned out better than I thought, worse than I hoped.

>>37267974
Yep, she's definitely going to rabbit.

>>37267957
>implying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRUD2Daz5q8

>>37268133
So JJ is a robot?

>>37268168

No. He's a real human bean.

>>37268100
Eh, whats done is done, i would have liked it to have come after the next fight or something as well, but this works, so it all good.

>>37268186
thread 99, JJ kisses Laura
thread 100, Laura will kiss JJ

>>37268186
True. I'm just kinda bitter since I hoped for it to happen during Laura's next breakdown or a similarly emotional scene.

>>37268186
No you see this is the confession, then Creeper and the Facility will raid the scar and capture everyone and JJ will free them and Laura'll be like 'i thought about it and--mwahh.'

>>37268220
>thread 100, Laura will kill JJ

FTFY

>>37268295
Why?

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If Laura seeks/sought dating advice, I wonder who'd she get/got council from?

Noriko?
Layla?
Pixie?
Aunt May?

>>37268295
death by Snu snu ain't a bad way to go

>>37268330
>Aunt May?

I hope so. That'd be fucking adorable.

>>37268330
I think she already 'had the talk' with Layla back before Typhoon, but when we came to question her she said they talked about hardcore motherfucking gangsta shit like killings and stuff.

You can't fool me x23

>>37268330
>pixie
How2getshitadvice.exe

>>37267974
>(2/3)

Where's (3/3)?

>>37268360
The convo would be hilarious though.

She might ask miss hardy to be honest.

>(3/3)

That night is a frenzy of displaced thought. You dream of fire and ash from the top of grand mountains, boiling through the sky in dark, volcanic clouds. In your wake stride the Star, the Tower, and then, finally, Death. They follow you like shadows, kissing your feet and idolizing you. Sometimes she is the Star, sometimes she is the Tower, and sometimes she’s Death. Either way, the cycle always ends the same, with her folding into you, and you into her, screaming together and sweating and choking one another with your lips. There are snakes everywhere, birth from the roots of the mountains like children from the womb of the earth. They surround you and clothe you, and bite you only in the most gentle manner possible.

You are not afraid of them.

Slowly, the torrent parts, and you feel your eyelids heaving open. Sunlight cuts at your vision, drifting over you like a veil, slowly describing the world to your bleary eyes. The stark edges of the stairs confuse you for a moment, and then you call back to yourself the recollection of last night, of the snow, of settling down to sleep in the mouth of the station, where the sun will be waiting, and of –

Your heart skips. She lies against you, her hair matted against your chest, her breath sighing in and out in quiet, rhythmic heaves. You stare at her for a moment, at her lips, and her cheeks, and the tiny string of drool soaking into your jacket, and you almost can’t believe it.

This is… this…

Well.

You glance down again. You think she’s actually asleep, not simply resting as she’s prone to do. Shifting carefully, you glance at your watch.

>9:25 AM
>Hunger Level: 5

You remember, at the end of it all, there was one thought that went with you into sleep. You are going to find Kimura, eventually.

And you think you're going to kill her.

>[ ] Wake her up.
>[ ] Let her sleep, try to carry her in.
>[ ] Check your messages.
>[ ] Go for a walk, clear your head.
>[ ] Eat.
>[ ] Write in.

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>>37268186
>>37268249

See >>37268220
We as players know JJ is in love. But we're not 100% sure about Laura. Laura finally returning JJ's feelings seems pretty damn climatic to me. As far as story telling goes this is an excellent set up.

Maybe not next thread tho.

>>37268411
>>[ ] Let her sleep, try to carry her in.
>>[ ] Eat.
>>[ ] Check your messages.
>>[ ] Go for a walk, clear your head.

this order

>>37268411
>>[ ] Let her sleep, try to carry her in.

>>37268439
this

>>37268411

That night is a frenzy of displaced thought. You dream of fire and ash from the top of grand mountains, boiling through the sky in dark, volcanic clouds. In your wake stride the Star, the Tower, and then, finally, Death. They follow you like shadows, kissing your feet and idolizing you. Sometimes she is the Star, sometimes she is the Tower, and sometimes she’s Death. Either way, the cycle always ends the same, with her folding into you, and you into her, screaming together and sweating and choking one another with your lips. There are snakes everywhere, birth from the roots of the mountains like children from the womb of the earth. They surround you and clothe you, and bite you only in the most gentle manner possible.
WHAT

>>37268411
>[ ] Let her sleep, try to carry her in.
>[ ] Eat
>[ ] Check your messages

while doing

>[ ] Go for a walk, clear your head.

Sorry about how long those posts took, guys.

I figured if you were gonna go for it, I was gonna have to write it up right.

>>37268411
>>[ ] Write in.
Sleep.
Cuddle.
Also, am I reading this wrong? Did we fuck Laura or am I just way to high right now?

>>37268420
No. We have had plenty of indications for JJ to pick up Lauras feelings. I disagree with you here and i doubt we will see eye to eye.

>>37268411
>>[ ] Let her sleep, try to carry her in.

>>37268411
>[x] Check your messages.
>help with breakfast, did the Laylas pick up some cocoa?
>chat with the gang, do not bring up Laura unless they ask

>>37268411
>[ ] Let her sleep, try to carry her in.

>>37268490
You didn't have sex with her.

You held hands and went to sleep on the stairs.

You had a dream that involved vague elements of fucking.

>>37268487
your effort shows and is appreciated.

>>37268490
I think we just had a nice make out session.

nothing past 2nd base I'd wager.

>>37268411
>[ ] Let her sleep, try to carry her in.

Shit that's cute

>>37268330
In order-
Fun
Yes
Ohfugnopls
Best

>>37268406
>miss hardy
We're going to get our blood stolen again.

>>37268411
>>[ ] Let her sleep, try to carry her in.
>>[ ] Eat.
>>[ ] Check your messages.

>>37268524
D'aaaw, that's cute as fuck

>>37268568
wait what?
when was the first time? or are you thinking of spiderguy?

>>37268524
Not that guy but the lines where it goes;
>and you almost can’t believe it.
>This is… this…

That made me think they might have slept with each other instead of just next to each other like they do every night.

Thanks for clearing that up.

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Also
>The Tower
Murderrific. But I think The Magician suits her more, sans the ambition. Really, it's all vague bullshit so you can self-insert easily.

>>37268420
Sorry anon, but I maintain my stance that it could've been even better.

>>37268411
In this order:
>[ ] Check your messages
>[ ] Wake her up.
>[ ] Eat.

I really don't believe Laura would like us carrying her around for no pressing reason in front of the others. Plus Layla will be worse than ever

>>37268627
Didn't Typhon take a crapload of our blood at one point? Am I misremembering?

>>37268693

>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/28005288/#p28011822

>>37268411
>In your wake stride the Star, the Tower, and then, finally, Death.
Huh. Why you gotta be so prophetic, JJ?
For those not up to date on their Tarot (didn't you people pay attention in wizard school?!):

The Star is the card of Hope. 'Bout it, really.

The Tower generally represents Chaos, Entropy, and "Wiping the slate clean". Symbolic of hubris, laying low even the mightiest of men, etc. etc. Literally the nastiest card in the deck, invariably a worse sign than the Devil or Death. Speaking of which...

Death is the card of Loss, but also the changing of cycles, where one ends and another begins. Also represents "Just desserts" - good folks might catch a break at the end, sinful folks GET IN THE FUCKING BAG.

>>37268774
Oh yeah... that was more unspecified 'samples'
So i do presume blood was part of that sure.

>>37268805
Yerr a lizard JJ

>all this tarot card stuff
>my Ravenloft Tarroka deck (Forbidden Lore boxset) just came in the mail

Hypercrisis?

>Everyone voting to carry her in.
>She wakes up while being carried
>Murder instincts kick in

It's been nice knowing you JJ

>>37268490
She's not pregnant

I checked

It does occur to me, that Julian will be really pissed when he finds out.

And that brings a smile to my face while warming the cockles of my heart.

Yeah… You lean a little closer, studying the way her eyes move behind their lids. She’s asleep.

Okay then.

Moving with utmost care, you fold your arms around her, pushing yourself up against the stairway wall. She’s light – you forget how small she is, sometimes, what with her being a badass and such. She shifts minutely, curling up a little tighter in your arms, and her lips move, mouthing out some tiny, indecipherable syllable. You wonder what kind of things she dreams about.

Probably not snakes wrapping around everything. Yikes.

Carrying her in, you lay her down beside her tent, reaching in to fetch her blanket. You hear a muffled “mwah?” from Layla’s tent, and a moment later her head emerges, staring at you with only the bleary, furthest fringes of cognition evident in her expression.

“Mfghle?”

“No.” You shake your head. “You’re dreaming.”

“Owf.”

She collapses back into her tent, going from vertical to horizontal in one smooth motion.

Laying the blanket over her, you leave Laura to her slumber, and go check out some eats.

Fortunately, it would seem that your friends have made the most of your money. A small forest of Wal-Mart bags lies in clumps near the entrance. You don’t imagine you’ll be seeing any of the green you lent them for their shopping trip anytime soon.

You snack for a while, enjoying the early-morning quiet, and go over your messages.

>3 Unread Messages

You have one from Peter. He says he’s sorry he had to bail so quickly yesterday, and he’s super grateful and stuff. The second is Agency business. Apparently Mr. Kamar is being weird, and… you have to read this bit twice… he wants his info from you directly. Huh.

Well. You’re kinda just glad there’s nothing about Laura.

>Hunger Level: 3

>[ ] Message back the Blonde Phantom [insert].
>[ ] Stick around for a while, hang out.
>[ ] Get started on one of your objectives [insert].
>[ ] Pulse.
>[ ] Write in.

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>>37269122
>IT WAS ME JONATHAN
>IT WAS MEEEEEEEEE

>>37269137
Wait, what's the third message?

>>37269131
Why would he even care? They never had anything going on in this universe..

>>37269137
>[ ] Message back the Blonde Phantom [insert].
>[ ] Stick around for a while, hang out.

What's the third message?

And what the fuck is the Pulse option?

>>37269137
>[ ] Message back the Blonde Phantom [insert].
Payment first, besides, we can fit it together with
>[ ] Get started on one of your objectives [insert].
Asking blonde phantom about possible moving scar mutants somehow.

Note: If we do agree to meet Mr. Kamar we should make sure we know either who the hell he is first or do it someplace very public.

>>37269182
Teeny tiny bit of Jealousy.

>>37269181
>>37269182
Yessssssssss you caught it.

Okay guys, stop.

Extra post incoming.

>>37269137
What was the third message?
>>[ ] Pulse.
And I've chosen this purely because I have no idea what it means.

>>37269137
>[ ] Pulse.
hello mystery box

>>37269137
>>[ ] Stick around for a while, hang out.
See what the rest of the hobo family is up to.

>>37269137
>[ ] Message back the Blonde Phantom [insert]
Ask if he stated a reason and whether it would be just us or Remy as well, seeing as he was around, too.


Also: what's the third message?

>>37269263

Seconded.

wait a fucking second CJ
you say three messages
did tumorbro send more garbled text?
>[x] Message back the Blonde Phantom/
"Understood. I will meet wit Mr. Kavar as soon as possible."
>[x] Pulse.
Shower yo lizard ass JJ

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>>37269229

Careful,
Karma is coming for your ass JJ.
Something good happened, now something terrible is going to. It just has a Mr. in front of the name.

>[x] Pulse.
Whose pulse?

>>37269137
>[ ] Get started on one of your objectives [insert].
Try and set up a meeting with all of the mutant factions.

>>37269137
>[ ] Pulse.
>[ ] Message back Phantom
>[ ] Hang out

"Sure, but what about Remy? He was there too."

>>37269229
>Yesssssssss you caught it.

Huh, guess I shouldn't have assumed that was a typo on your part. Sorry OP, will try to remember to assume trickiest on your part for the future.

Regardless, my vote is going to be cooking breakfast for Laura before we head out.

>>37269137
>[ ] Message back the Blonde Phantom [insert].
"If it's an ambush, I'll expect a bonus."

>>37269361

Seconded so fucking hard.

>>37269299
>mfw its Laura saying she needs help
>mfw we kissed Mystique

>>37269383
Yes Laura eat all the eggs

Tumorbro or Assholedemon.

Both are horrifying prospects.

>From:Stark Wireless
>Subject: LIMITED TIME OFFER
Free one day (24 hours) sample of Extremis

>>37269181
>>37269185
>>37269239
>>37269283
>>37269263

Hmmm. Weird. You guess you better –

Hey. Wait a minute.

You rub your eyes.

>3 Recent Messages

…Was that always there? Did it just come in?

Shrugging, you open the message… and are mildly annoyed when it’s literally just lots and lots of nothing. As in, you can scroll down for ages, but there’s nothing there. Just blank message space. No text whatsoever.

“Stupid…”

You close it.

You –

Your head throbs. You feel an immense, instantaneous headache cluster up at the base of your neck, forcing its way along your spine and up into the dome of your skull, where it bursts open like a storm in the frenzy of being born. The pain subsides quickly and without warning, but it leaves you with the sensation of… something you’d describe as static.

Everything seems to shift and flicker, as if viewed through the lens of a dream. The concrete bubbles under your feet, and shifts, and shuffles.

In the corner of your eye, you spot Laura moving.

“H-hey, are you”–

Your words trail away when you notice the weird, artificial way her back is arching away from the floor. She strains up at you like a beast looking up from its meal, like something impelled upon strings, and her mouth opens into a huge, slack void.

Her eyes are pools of starry light.

“THEY COME WILLINGLY.” It tumbles out of her mouth but it’s not her voice. It’s not any kind of real voice. It stretches and twists and shifts up and down in pitch like something being conveyed from all angles. “MOSTLY.”

You blink.

Reality snaps back. You see the world clearly again.

Laura hasn’t moved. She’s exactly as she was when you left her.

You glance down at your phone.

>2 Recent Messages

>[ ] Message back the Blonde Phantom [insert].
>[ ] Stick around for a while, hang out.
>[ ] Get started on one of your objectives [insert].
>[ ] PULSE.
>[ ] Write in.

>>37269558
>[ ] PULSE.
and the thread started off so happy...

>>37269558
>[ ] PULSE.

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>>37269558
>[ ] PULSE.

>>37269558
the fuck is happening?

>>37269558
>[ ] PULSE.

>>37269558
>>[ ] PULSE.
oh god oh god oh god

>>37269558
>[ ] Message back the Blonde Phantom [insert].
I can do this, but I need help from your magical girl in return.

>>37269558
>[ ] PULSE.
>[ ] Message back the Blonde Phantom [insert].
Ask if Remy will join us.

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>>37269558
>[X] PULSE.

>>37269558
>[ ] PULSE

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>>37269558
>>[ ] PULSE.

>>37269558
http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php

>>37269558
These

>>37269361
>Try and set up a meeting with all of the mutant factions.
Something we really need to get on top of. Even if nothing gets done this would make it easier to set up future negotiations.

>>37269385
>"If it's an ambush, I'll expect a bonus."
I Like this.

>>37269558
>[X] PULSE?

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>yfw this thing has found it's way to JJ's pocket?

>>37269446
>Mystique
>Not a Cylon

>>37269726
is that doops second cousin

>>37269726
OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD

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Great. more occult bullshit.

at least we have a mage as a co-worker we can ask for help this time.

>>37269726
>implying its not pic

>>37269726
But JJ is allergic to the idea of evil

>>37269840
No evil is allergic to JJ. Remember the demon.

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>>37269558
>>[ ] PULSE.

God save the Queen, Crusty.

>>37269840
I somehow doubt that.

>>37269872
>>37269893
None of you got the joke and it makes me sad

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What if its Demons selling the jack now?

>>37269926
It wasn't very funny.

>>37269935
Why would demons need to sell drugs?

>>37269935
well, goblin is ugly enough.

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>>37269926

Jokes are funny.

That was not.

>>37269963
>JJ's spirit animal sucks its own dick

>>37269941
>>37269963
Then do you know what it was referencing?

>>37269955
Because they have too many?

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>>37269978

That's a tail.

And a spirit animal sucking its own dick would be Tony Stark's, not JJ's.

>>37269983

I don't think so.

>>37270005
Tony Stark's would be sucking a bottle of Jack

>(1/2)
>[X] PULSE.

Wha – what was that?

You clutch at your head, the echoes of the pain subsiding, and for a moment you almost expect it to happen again. It doesn’t, but… but you feel something else.

It moves through you like a kiss, like the touch of something warm and familiar, like wind over the lake and the smell of grass and the touch of sun. It is like all of these things, but like none of them; it exists inside you, pure and without infringement from the world beyond, a budding, a transforming, a pupating, a thing growing beautifully.

You feel yourself get up and head to the stairs. You feel yourself shudder and wrap your jacket in tighter against the cold. You feel yourself move across the Scar.

You arrive at a squat, ruined house near the edge of the devastation. The walls are slashed with long, black burns and it half-sinks into the ground, one end seeming to have melted partway into the concrete and earth and stone below. It stinks. It godawful stinks. The air here is thick with bile and rot. If anything smells like death, this smells like death.

You feel yourself enter.

>>37270005
The Idea of Evil is the big bad and metaphysical manifestation of the idea of evil from Berserk, and was the one who created the behelts, that thing that one anon posted.

>>37270072
Typhon or the demon?

>>37270089

Nope. Only vaguely aware of stuff in Berserk.

>(2/2)

The tilted world inside is cut in shades of dark, all windows boarded shut. The floor is wet. Something thick and slippery sloshes against your boots, and you think you smell something like cyanide through the rot, or nightshade. The spillage thickens as you move, inexplicably, toward the dining room. Eventually you might as well be trudging through ancient, crusted mud.

In the center of the room, where there should be a dining table, a thin, gnarled shape sits, half-cocooned in unidentifiable, fleshy muck. It's wound around itself like a fetus, its arms coiling awkwardly, as if too soft to be fully formed. Its features are bare and nigh translucent, like something aborted, hairless and thin and wretched. It has an expression, though, written in sockets without eyes and in a mouth without teeth or a tongue or even gums. It looks terrified.

Ah.

>Metastasis Failure
>[bzzzzzzzzzzzt–]

Your stomach turns.

>Willpower Check
>DC15

>>37270072
oh dear....

>>37270115
Onii-chan

>>37270023
Tony Stark's would BE a bottle of Jack

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>37270121
Rolling

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>37270121

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>37270121

Rolled 5 (1d20)

Oh poop

>>37270121

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>37270121
not sure if im rolling correctly, haven't done it since they got rid of email field

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>37270121
Urk.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>37270121

>>37270136
Nice

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>37270121
This is bad

>>37269672
>The Black Flame

Oh shit this motherfucker. This motherfucker right here.

Just remembering this motherfucker is sending me into fits. Oh shit.

This guy.

Everyone should read BPRD.

>>37270136
phew

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>>37270136
JJ stronk, barely.

>>37270136
Now that's the kinda of "well, I guess you passed the check" success I've come to hope JJ manages.

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>>37270121
I'm scared.

>I bet Spiderman never has to deal with this Silent Hill bullshit.

>>37270383
There was Judas Traveller, but that was mostly just plain stupid.

>>37270383
>Doesn't know about Ultimate Spider-Man meeting Doctor Strange for the first time
>Or the Ultimate Clone Saga

>>37270415
I immediately thought of the issue with Dr.Strange as well.

>>37270383
And none of JJ's arch enemies fucked JJ's girlfriend. Take the good with the bad.

>>37270437
that we know of, our former girlfriend does still work for creeper

>>37270437
That's a good point.

>>37270136
>15

You –

>Hunger Level: 10

You – you feel your jaw snap.

>Hunger Level: 20

The smell is terrible. It crowds in on you like a smog, almost tangible to you, offering you fine wines of blood and rot, raising glasses to you, their edges spilling with the froth of genocides. It clots every inch of you, stuck like a cough in your throat – you hack and hack and hack as you feel yourself drawing it in, breathing deeply, reaching past the aroma of the filth into the true, inner scent.

>Metastasis Failure
>Hunger Level: 100

Your chest burns from the inside out and you feel steam leaking through your jacket. It’s almost sexual, the lure of it. The smell of cracked genetic pathways, of raw material, of things left to rot, things still brimming with the blessing of information, with the writings of God, of –

Your jaw unhinges.

You grab a clump of flesh from the figure, tearing it away in long, stringy bands. It’s dry. Like clay.

You –

You –

You throw it aside, your eyes bulging in disgust, and stumble out of the house.

You get as far as you can before the urge to heave overwhelms you, and spend the next five or six minutes vomiting uncontrollably into the snow.

And something – something inside you – feels unsatisfied somehow.

>Hunger Level: 3

>[ ] Get back to the station, rest, fucking, try not to freak out and shit.
>[ ] No no you have shit to do, send a message back to the Agency.
>[ ] Just… stay away from people for a while, you don’t feel like being around anyone.
>[ ] Go back in, see if you can understand any of this.
>[ ] Write in.

>>37270459
She actually said she's going to bunker down until this thing blows over.

>>37270477
>[ ] Get back to the station, rest, fucking, try not to freak out and shit.

its okay to take a personal day when you need to.

>>37270477
>[ ] Just… stay away from people for a while, you don’t feel like being around anyone.

>>37270477
>>[ ] Get back to the station, rest, fucking, try not to freak out and shit.

>>37270477
>>[ ] Get back to the station, rest, fucking, try not to freak out and shit.

>>37270477
>Get back to the station, rest, fucking, try not to freak out and shit.

>>37270477
>[ ] Go back in, see if you can understand any of this.
JJ needs to process this shit with help.

>>37270477
>[ ] Go back to eat that stuff

O shit, it's on, caught up in literally two days. Druidfags are fags.

>>37270477
>[ ] Just… stay away from people for a while, you don’t feel like being around anyone.

>>37270477
>>[ ] Go back in, see if you can understand any of this.

>>37270477
>go back in, see if you can understand any of this
come on people, this is clearly something and the cocoon makes me think that "something" is typhon

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>>37270477
>[ ] Get back to the station, rest, fucking, try not to freak out and shit.

So demon dickery, psychic douchbaggery, or Typhon being Typhon?

place your bets

>[ ] Write in.
Call to agency and ask them if that girl can check his body for supernatural tampering.

>>37270477
>[ ] Go back in, see if you can understand any of this.

>>37270549
Hello to you too fellow faggot

>>37270477
>[x] Just… stay away from people for a while, you don’t feel like being around anyone.
Get a new phone soon.

>>37270569
And we almost lost control and barely managed to stumble out. We might not get so lucky again.

>>37270572

Why do people keep thinking it's the demon?

>>37270572
I'm going to cautiously say that this might be the beginning of Tier 3. Or some other awakening in JJ.

>>37270572
Demon dickery
We need help

>>37270590
What if it not eating it means we stop getting x points?

>>37270555
>>37270569
>>37270578
>>37270544

Why?

>>37270572
Obviously Typhon. Why would this be the demon?

>>37270600
There is a good chance of that.

question is, why the hell were we drawn to that house? the fact we could smell a dead corpse? Or was that just our mind going bonkers and overlaying an image over a person?

>>37270642
>>37270598
why do people think its the same demon?

>>37270625
X-points or tier 3 powers nigga. What part of unlocking the language of God did you not read?

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>>37270549
Druid sagacity would help us understand the situation I'm sure. But noo, people wanted the lizardbooty.

>>37270477
>[ ] Go back in, see if you can understand any of this.
WE NEED TO GO BACK!
FOR THE PLOT!

>>37270625
because this means that typhon might be experimenting on other mutants in the scar? and we have no other clues or leads to figure out this mystery while going home to cry in the fetal position would feel good it doesnt get anything done

>>37270477
>[ ] Get back to the station, rest, fucking, try not to freak out and shit.

>>37270664
Anon, your bollocks is showing.

>>37270477
>[ ] Just… stay away from people for a while, you don’t feel like being around anyone.

Nope.

>>37270549
no one cares fag.

>>37270649
Your not me fucker, don't quote pretending to be me

>>37270477
>[ ] Get back to the station, rest, fucking, try not to freak out and shit.

>>37270477
>[ ] Go back in, see if you can understand any of this.
Fortune favors the bold.

>>37270676
>because this means that typhon might be experimenting on other mutants in the scar? and we have no other clues

Read the last thread.

That fucking Oni thing.

You dumbass.

>>37270696
>>37270549
this is 4chan and specifically /tg/ were all fags here

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>>37270619
>>37270663

I guess I should be straight for the sake of educated responses.

Eating the corpse/something will not activate Tier 3 Mutations. That is a long way off.

>>37270572
My initial thought was telepath, but... why not all of the above?
We had a run-in with the Sinister Six not long back. And since when has JJ been lucky enough to have problems show up one at a time?

>>37270477
>[ ] Go back in, see if you can understand any of this.

>>37270477
>[ ] Just… stay away from people for a while, you don’t feel like being around anyone.

Shit's going down and we need to be away from people.

>>37270477
Changing >>37270543 to
>[ ] Get back to the station, rest, fucking, try not to freak out and shit.
>>37270703
Sorry Anon, thought I clicked my post, clicked yours.

>>37270720
yeah because y'know thats a solid lead, "oh know, something sometimes comes out at night maybe and does things!" i bet your one of the people who chickened out of dragon breath

>>37270477
>>[ ] Go back in, see if you can understand any of this.

>>37270769

Read it. It describes Typhon pretty well. He also was the origin for the Jack formula back when it was a failed super soldier thing, so him stealing mutants to cook up Jack for funds is a good fucking case.

>>37270724
So?

>>37270707
>>37270684
>>37270690
>>37270765
>>37270649
>>37270588

Seconded.

Guys, I think I know what we saw.
It's a discarded body used in jack production.

That's fucking evidence right there that Jack is made out of mutants.
We need to tell others.

and the reason why it triggers this sort of response on JJ? Well, I'm guessing it's Typhon's fuckery.

Serious point though: we should probably get someone to investigate that house that is not us.

Just incase that really is a body and not our mind going coo coo.

If it is, we are going to have to move that mutant meet up to asap.

>>37270769
Not that anon but fuck dragon breath and its unmodded 18 to roll it, I'm glad that shit got walked back for a more effective offensive power

>>37270792
...im not arguing it isnt typhon, and ive read all the threads you dont need to explain this to me, my point is that its not alot to go on while this is much more damning evidence right in front of us. and even if it isnt typhon its still somet fucked up shit worth looking into, despite my hate of all the sidequests

Looks like

>[X] Get back to the station, rest, fucking, try not to freak out and shit.

It in the lead.

Writing.

>>37270839
I agree

>>37270843
As someone who voted for optic blasts both times around I'm still kind of shocked that sonic scream didn't win.

>>37270897
It would have been nice if it had, but frankly I'm just happy we have a power we can use.

>>37270769

You don't like me because I have the good sense to not want a stupid power like DB for a guy with pyrophobia?

Good.

>>37270879
>all these niggas running from the problem
I'm dissapoint.

>>37270897
I honestly think a couple votes for optic blasts were shitposters tired of hearing arguments about why we should get sonic, not that I have proof or anything

>>37270915
dont be ridiculous, i dont like you because of the opinions stated in this thread, i just think your the type to overturn a previous vote because you dont like hard mode. just because your disappointed by a decision other made in a communal game doesnt mean you should whine till the decision is changed

>>37270950
Quite allot were just people annoyed at sonic fags.
Something about constant grating complaining tends not to endear your point of view.
Optics have worked out fine though so its fine.

>>37270920
Next post I'll vote for getting a team or agency back there, just not JJ by himself

>>37270979
same

>>37270965
He wasn't the only one who wanted it overturned or voted for it to go away, as I recall little to no one balked when Crusty voted if DB should be refunded

>>37270979
Fetus blob thing will be gone by then. It's the price of playing conservatively.

>>37271074
>Fetus blob thing will be gone

I'm okay with that happening

>powersperging AFTER the DB vs Sonicfag civil war
It's legacy lives on!

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>>37270911
>>37270950

VIBRATIONAL FOCUSING
Requires: Level 3 Sonic Scream, Level 4 Enhanced Senses, Level 3 Enhanced Agility
Cost: 2
JJ may refine the normal kinetic force of his physical attacks into focused vibrational waves. These pulses can pass travel through materials to deliver the force of his attacks to a particular part of a system, rather than spreading it across said system’s surface area.

This was my main reason for wanting it. But ya, that vote had way more voters than normal, so someone was probably spamming. Nothing we can do about it tho.

>>37271098
Vote phasing.

>>37270975
As someone who voted for Sonic Scream the first time I can tell you that's the very reason I voted for optics the second time.