“Shee you’re bleeding” says Kaelyn in a concerned tone “your hand.”

“It’s nothing” you say “it just hurts a bit, anyway, we need to be moving, they could still find us.”

Kaelyn takes hold of your hand “Shee you’ve got bits of metal in you ha-AAAAAAAAAAAAH!” Kaelyn screams as she pulls a sliver of metal from your hand with two fingers, tossing it away.

“Shit, fuck, fuck, shit, fucking shit tits, fuck!” says Kaelyn eloquently as she shakes her fingers “Shee are you alright?”

“I’m ok” you say “what the hell was that?” Lirael and Rainya give Kaelyn identical shocked looks.

“Antinite” says Kaelyn “anti-magic metal, very effective against magical creatures, including vampires.”

No, no she can’t no, nononono.

“No!” you scream, hugging Ashs body to you “No, dammit he’s going to come back, no I don’t believe you, Ash, Aaaash!” Tears run down your face as you hold his body close to you.

“Shee, Shee we need to move” says Kaelyn “We can mourn later, but right now, we need to leave.”

Your response?

>Ash, please come back...(exclusive, take no action)
>I’m bringing him back! (which Aspect?)
>I guess we should go, yeah....
>Other (what?)

>>38194743
>I guess we should go, yeah....
Take the corpse, give him a nice grave

>>38194743
>I guess we should go, yeah....

>>38194743
>I’m bringing him back! (which Aspect?)
>Imposibility

>>38194743
>Ash, please come back...(exclusive, take no action)

>>38194743
>I’m bringing him back! (Impossibility)
Time to fuck reality again.

>>38194743
>I guess we should go, yeah....

>>38194743
>I’m bringing him back! (Impossibility)

>>38194743
>I guess we should go, yeah....

I owe it to myself to at least try.

>>38194763
>Take the corpse, give him a nice grave
We should do that, after removing the metal.

>>38194743
>I’m bringing him back! (Impossibility)
Kinda hope we fail a little, since it would make things a lot simpler, but I don't think it'd be in-character for Shee to not try after that display when she knows she can cause impossible thing.

>>38194743
>I guess we should go, yeah....

>>38194743
>Ash, please come back...(exclusive, take no action)

>>38194743
>I'm bringing him back! (Impossibility)

>>38194813
I'm somewhat leery of using Imposibility here, we should at least remove the metal before attempting it.
Anti-Magic stuff will probably make it impossible to use Imposibility to fix him.

>>38194743
>I’m bringing him back! Imposibility

>>38194844
>>38194841
>>38194833
You guys do realise we had a normal IP/vote relation before you posted?

>>38194743
If we leave, we need to bring his body with us so we can remove the antinite and bring him back

>>38194842
Yeah, this is probably one of the situations where we want to use Family instead since Impossibility gets fucked extra hard by anti-magic.

>>38194842
That's a good point.

>>38194743
>>38194813
Changing my vote to:
>Remove anti-magic metal from Ash's body
>I’m bringing him back! (Impossibility)

>>38194743
Bring back (umpos)

>>38194743
>>38194777
Changing to
>I guess we should go, yeah....
Take the body to the waystation

>>38194743
>I guess we should go, yeah....

>>38194743
>>I’m bringing him back! (which Aspect?)
Impossibility

>>38194842
anti magic makes it even more impossible, which is good, no?
What kind of story gets turned around by saying "it's almost certainty but it might just work"?

>>38194743
>I guess we should go, yeah....

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>>38194858

>>38194743
>I’m bringing him back! (impossibility)

I really like this idea.

>>38194897
No, our Imposibility is weak to anti-magic stuff, thats the one thing we can't cheat.
I'm glad if it fails, make no mistake. But I felt I should at least point it out to those that actually want him back.

>>38194926
Anon, if you samefag a OP post, you should realise its immediatly obvious when your vote doesn't raise the IP count.

>>38194743
>I guess we should go, yeah....
>Take the corpse, give him a nice grave

>>38194950
It's literally my only vote on that issue. To be fair I don't vote too often, usually just make an offhand comment here and there, like this one >>38194663

>>38194743
In light of the anti magic point I would like to change >>38194844 to Family.

>>38194991
Family can't bring people back.
Really only Corruption would have been the other thing that could.
And honestly I'm not sure I want to see that.

>>38194950
Alternatively, he posted before voting as one of the non-vote posts.

>>38194957
Take the corpse, yes, but why would we give him a grave? We just need to dig out the antinite and we can then use Impossibility.

Ok, vote is tangled especially with write-ins to remove antinite or not.

So I'm calling Final Destination in 5 minutes, sorry to slow things down but currently I'm seeing more votes than IPs

It will be simple yes/no vote regarding bringing him back, removing antinite and which aspect to use.

If removing antinite, then it is assumed you will not be doing that here, but instead taking him back to the waystation.

Each Aspect has potential flaws if it works in bringing him back.

>>38195022
Because I don't want to bring him back?
I find it cheap from a narrative point of view, since losing someone dear to her is a great opportunity and far better than trivializing character death.
That being said, I understand people voting to make the attempt, since its something Shee could try if the thought comes to her.

And in case he can be brought back, its better to bury im in our realm and then have Shee weep at his grave and him rising then. From a "how cool it is" point of view.

I doubt any of them will bring back the real Ash. They'll all probably change him in some way.

>>38195064
I don't see it as particularly tangled, but if you want to give people a chance to revote after realising the anitinite thing, I'm fine with that.

>>38195110
Thats pretty much guaranteed.

>>38195064
Which of these leads to him being devampirised? I imagine impossibility might, if it was antivampirite that was killing him, or perhaps corruption.

>>38195010
Aspects are pretty open-ended in what they can do, so it might be able to, but Family is weaker than Impossibility right now. Though it might be more relevant, I'm not sure if relevance gives bonuses or if it's just a Y/N as to whether it can be used at all with only Aspect level being taken into consideration.

>>38195125
Ironically, before a few threads ago, Corruption could have done it.

>>38195127
I will be so fair to remind people Ashley is not affected by Family Aspect right now, so while seemingly appropriate, its the one least likely to work.

FD vote, 5 minute timer from now.

Post only numbers, nothing else

Do not quote this post

No write-ins

No greentext.

Not following these rules will result in your vote being discarded

Options

Try to Bring Ash back

1 - Yes
2 - No

Remove Antinite

3 - Yes
4 - No

Aspect Used

5 - Impossibility
6 - Corruption
7 - Family

>>38195110
Rather than bringing him back, I'm hoping impossibility circumvents the anti-magic effect on ressurection. I doubt it will actually.

I still want Shee to try. If she fails, she fails (Can we then go Punisher or something on those responsible?)

>>38194910
>>38194858
Also I have no idea why the IP account didn't increase, considering that was my first post in this new thread.

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>>38195165
>circumvents the anti-magic effect
Our Imposibility Aspect is specifically weak to anti-magic stuff. Whatever plan you go with, hoping on it doing anything to work against the antinite is doomed to failure.

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>>38195177
>>38195186
why bother taking the stuff out if you want to let him go? Salvage for future use?

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>>38195193
redo without the link please anon

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>>38195222
No, its for the people that do want him back, I don't want to sabotage their chances.
I do think Corruption and removing antinite has the best chances.

>>38195222
No, that makes sense. He might ressurect if there's nothing suppressing that power.

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>>38195241
>>38195247
I see, cheers

>>38195161
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closing vote

>>38195241
Corruption is a little over half Impossibility's strength, though. Even if Corruption would normally be a lot better for this than Impossibility (which is debatable, as a magical creature resurrecting magically after being slain by anti-magic is so many levels of impossible), it probably won't exceed Impossibility.

>>38195282
No, but Imposibility is bad against stuff done by antimagic.
If the antinite gets removed, using Corruption to force the body to be what Shee wants (alive), seems like the best option, since having been slain with anti-magic might make Imposibility still less effective.
So supporting the natural rising ability, especially since Shee is sort-of vampire now too, seems like our best shot to me.

>>38195177
1 - 6
2 - 4

3 - 10
4 - 0

5 - 4
6 - 4
7 - 2

I guess we're using Corruption *and* Impossibility.

What does everyone see ash as to Shee?

I kinda see him as a younger brother, who is very naive and tends to fumble at the worst times. But he largely means well despite screwing up.

>>38195327
I think doing it in Shees own Realm, would have made it work better.
But we might be on a time limit.

>>38195346
A good friend. He meant a lot to her when she was younger. They're not as close now but there's still a fondness.

>>38195346
Very close friends whose different paths in life made them drift apart, honestly.
He is still a good friend, but not really more than that. Three years, especially 14-17, are a long time.

>>38195346
The next love interest once Rainya tragically dies

I wish

>>38195346
If we have to put it in terms of family relations instead of just saying "really good friend", I'd have to say that he's closer to a cousin who lives in the same area than a brother.

>>38195372
Seriously, considering the topic, sans the samefagging, this whole thing was surprisingly civil, don't be a faggot now.

>>38195343
Really? I count five 5's

Still, I could be wrong, I'll give it a few minutes for anons to check my count before posting the roll

>>38195346
I personally see him as any of the following without strong preference for any: an old friend, a bro or a love interest.

>>38195387
Its 5 fives.

>>38195275
>>38195233
>>38195218
>>38195212
>>38195187

>>38195386
I'm not being serious.

Dev is a much better husbando

I just don't like Rainya. I don't spite vote or anything though.

One of those has a quote, meaning it's invalid.

>>38195432
Ah, yeah, you're right..
>>38195203
Not sure about this one, but as tie-break it works, I suppose.

>>38195432
>>38195416
what about >>38195203
it does satisfy the criteria

>>38195458
It's not formatted in the same way we all collectively decided on a subconscious level, though.

>>38195483
Yeah, it fits definitions more than it fits convention.

>>38195431
That's cool, I want Kae but me and Kae might be alone in seeking that.

>>38195431
>best girl didn't win
I still don't get it.

>>38195518
You're not alone.

>>38195507
Eh, it's good enough as a tie-breaker, at least.

I'd rather do both at once because I have no self-control and want to see what happens, but I'd prefer Impossibility alone to Corruption alone.

Impossibility it is then, either its a tie, in which case I chose Impossibility, or it won.

Please roll 1d20+5

Rolled 13 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>38195580

Rolled 11 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>38195580
Dicks.

Rolled 14 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>38195580
impossible dreams etc

Rolled 5 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>38195580

>>38195518
Best girls never win ;_;

Rolled 14 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>38195589
>>38195591
>>38195599
If it's DC 20, I'm going to be mad.

>>38195589
>>38195591
>>38195599
well good bye ash, it's been nice knowing you

Hopefully if this fails, it only fails. I'd hate to fuck up his afterlife or something.

>>38195589
>>38195591
>>38195599
>not even above 20

I'm sorry guys. I really am.
Ashley. You might have been a obnoxious faggot 90% of the time, but for that one time being a alright guy, we will avenge you.

>>38195613
I don't think we can expect raising the dead with anything less than DC20, I expect more, honestly.

>>38195612
>>38195518
We can make it happen still

Who else is expecting Baalzamon to start cackling like crazy?

>>38195613
I half expect it to have been 25

pity, it could have been moment of Awesome. But I guess Sad works too.

>>38195650
THE FIVE WILL BECOME THE FOUR IF THAT FUCKER SO MUCH AS GIGGLES

>>38195636
Oh, fuck off, he wasn't bad at all. Quinn is the obnoxious faggot.

>>38195665
You mean three, unless you plan to let Mirror get away with this shit.

Are we at least going to use this as an excuse to kill the shit out of that bastard Mirror Avatar? Fuck that guy. Girl. Whatever. It's probably both anyway. Fucking mirror.

>>38195650
Pretty all of the four will be very, very interested in assisting Shee toget revenge. For a price.

>>38195680
When we kill the Mirror's Avatar, it should please pretty much all of the Four, giving us more favour.

When are we getting revenge?

>>38195680
I'd like to begin a crusade against the Mirror's followers.

Or at least against his avatars.

>>38195613
I guess its finally time for Shee to have that breakdown.

And to think we spent the afternoon preparing for sexy time..
Damn you plot!!

>>38195203
>>38195458
Through the powers of autism and literalism I have flouted you all! Hyuck hyuck hyuck. The pain of being disconnected from the hivemind, it stings

>>38195680
I hope so. We've been too merciful for my taste (With the exception of that mirror kid. That was good)

>>38195715
I really want to deal with the shadow vamp thing first so that we don't get slammed between Reaper and Mirror avatar at the same time. That would suck major balls.

>>38195740
>(With the exception of that mirror kid. That was good)
That wasn't even us. We were going to just sit there content to do nothing, and then Rainya shot him in the head.

>>38195742
Obviously we need to do the shadow vamp thing first.

Haha, the irony of Shee becoming a vampire shortly after Ash dies, this keeps getting better.

>>38195728
>>38195769
Aka Rainya ruined everything

>>38195742
+1

>>38195775
She isn't becoming a vampire, she's becoming a progenitor.

Close enough.

>>38195788
Nah, Rainya will make everything better tonight.
Shee needs comforting now.

>>38195788
Tom needed to die.

>>38195809
>suddenly ninjas out of Rainya's pussies

>>38195788
Well he did just kill her a couple times. It's understandable.

So, how are we going to bury Ashley?
Would it be inappropriate to cremate him?


>>38195769
We explicitly stood there because we were content to let Rainya decide, actually. We might have shot him ourselves otherwise.

“I’m going to bring Ash back” you whisper “He’s not dead, I refuse to let him be dead, I want him to not be dead.”

“Shee are you crazy?” asks Kaelyn “that’s a spell so powerful even Elder fae need days of preparation before trying it.”

“I am impossibility!” you scream “I Am That Which Should Be! I can do this and I will!”

“Alright, alright!” says Kaelyn, taking you by the shoulders “but not here alright, besides, we need to get that stuff out of him”

“Yes” you say, nodding “yes, you’re right” and with a thought you are back in the Waystation, on the stairs up to your Realm, your allies with you.

You run up the stairs, Ash held in your tentacles.

“Shee that’s not a good idea!” says Kaelyn running up after you, to Rainya she says “grab a plate from the kitchen would you, and a medical kit, and lots of tweezers.”

To Lirael she says “can you help Rainya please.” They both accede to her requests.

“Why not here?” you ask Kaelyn, bursting into your realm and creating a table for Ash, along with a rack of surgical tools.

“Because” says Kaelyn, taking one of the tools and touching it to the slivers in your hand, the tool...blurs when it touches the shards of metal still burning your hand. When Kaelyn draws the tool back, the tip is just...gone.

“Your realm is magical” says Kaelyn “normally that’s a good thing, but here...”

“Oh” you say “I didn’t, I wasn’t, I don’t know how to, Kaelyn please, help me.”

“Of course I will” says Kaelyn, as Rainya and Lirael return with the supplies. One of Rainya takes Lirael elsewhere as the rest of you work on Ash, with him lying face down you work as fast as you can, removing all of the bloody slivers of metal you can from him and dropping them onto the plate. To get at some of them you need to cut into his flesh, by the end of it, Ash’s back is a bloody ruin, many of the slivers went into his heart.

I'm not giving up hope until I see an OP post confirming it was >19

better to see the world as it should be!

>>38195866
No, we wanted to interrogate him instead of killing him, but Rainya shot him before Shee finished the first question.

Once you are satisfied you reach down inside yourself and focus on the part of you that break boundaries, that defies limitations, that accomplishes the impossible. You place your hands on Ash and combine your aspect with your healing powers.

“Live” you whisper to Ash “live..”

For a long time, nothing happens, then Ash twitches and rises from the table, sitting up “Ash!” you yell in joy, hugging him, “Ash you’re back!” He doesn’t respond.

“Ash, Ash say something” you say to his blank face “Ash..?”

“Kaelyn what’s going on?” asks Rainya.

“Ash” you say, shaking him a little “Ash speak to me, please?”

Ash says nothing

“Shee” says Kaelyn quietly “Use your powers, try to contact Ash’s mind.”

Of course, maybe its damaged from being dead for so long, you can use your telepathic abilities to fix that!

You focus and your mind reaches out to Ash and finds...nothing. No mind, not even an empty one, just, nothing.

“Ash” you say, not quite ready to believe it “Ash, please, say something...Ash...please..?”
---
Several hours later and many attempts to restore Ash’s mind, you’re curled up in a ball on the beach, still crying, Rainya, Lirael and Kaelyn are all around you, hugging or stroking you as you cry. Your hand still burns, the slivers still in there, you don’t care.

Nearby, Ashes body is still sat up on the table you created, not speaking, not reacting, doing nothing except...living, somehow.

Actions
>I’m not done crying yet
>I guess I should...put Ash back to sleep
>Ask the Five for help (which?)
>Other (what?)

>>38195898
No, I very much remember a lot of us voted to ask him, but let the decision be Rainyas.

>>38195905
>I guess I should...put Ash back to sleep

>>38195898
I wanted to kill him afterwards.

>>38195905
>I’m not done crying yet

>>38195905
>I guess I should...put Ash back to sleep
Fuck, he deserves better than this. Thats just not okay.

>>38195905
>Ask the Five for help (all of the four)
Fuuuuuuuuck.

>>38195905
>I guess I should...put Ash back to sleep

>>38195905
>I guess I should...put Ash back to sleep

>>38195905
>I guess I should...put Ash back to sleep

>>38195905
>Ask the Five for help (which?)
King.

>>38195905
>I’m not done crying yet

>>38195905
>I’m not done crying yet

>>38195905
>I guess I should...put Ash back to sleep
The last thing we need is to owe yet another major favor to one of the five before we've even paid for the one we got already.

>>38195905
>Ask the Five for help Mum
or we could try to pull him back with family.

>>38195905
>I guess I should...put Ash back to sleep
Put him back, destroy the body, its better for everyone.

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>>38195905
>Ask the Five for help (King)

I feel like pic related right now.

>>38196013
Fuck you're an idiot.
What do we gain and what do we lose by doing this?
We gain nothing. Nothing except a vamp that is stupid and can't keep his fangs to himself.
What do we lose? We have to do yet another task for one of the Four, the Goddess knows what they want us to do.

>>38195905
>>I’m not done crying yet

>>38195905
>I guess I should...put Ash back to sleep

>>38196067
Anon, not now.
I gladly shitpost about Ashley all day, but its really not appropriate now.

>>38195905
>Grow some kind of life-support tree thing. We can still fix him. It'll just... be a while. All we need to do is put him in a pod that grows blood and some kind of nutrient stuff and feeds it to him.
I mostly just want to see what happens when Shee starts trying to do crazy bullshit.

>>38196067
What a fucking cunt.

>>38196102
We're in a war. A war with Reunited and their followers. The best thing we can do is to keep the body alive and imprint a fanatical devotion to us in it.
Other than that, we don't need him.

>>38196100
That sounds really cool. That could be his grave!

>>38196053
Changing to this. Probably too late now though anyway.

>>38196121
>That could be his grave!
We probably get to design his grave anyway.

>>38196120
You're not really disproving the accusation of you being a cunt. Friends aren't tools, they don't *have* to be useful for you to want to save them.

>>38196067
I agree we should not seek help and just deal with it, but it's not like the option is even winning. There's no need to be mad.

>>38195905
>I’m not done crying yet

I hope we use the infernal focus rifle Ash got us to kill the Mirror person. Use Ego Humbling Strike and crank the damage so high that they vaporize.

>>38196137
In real life? That's completely right.
But this is a game of survival. We can't be weighed down, we can't have weak points. And Ashley, a man who -presumably- went against our advice and caused this to himself, and became emotionally invested in a vampire that was a sadistic prick that wanted to rape us with all his friends. Do we need him? No. Is he a liability is we fix him? Yes. Is he worth it? I highly doubt it.

We should do something with those shards. They could be really useful.

>>38196230
In before mirror dude has some special ability that automatically reflects one attack back on its opponent.

>>38196247
Nah. You're just a cunt.

>>38196268
Use our new jaggie thing that gives us godmode against one attack. It blocked Reaper's scythe and that thing was way more powerful than anything we can do.

>>38196247
That guy was right. You're really a cunt.
>>38196255
I second this motion. Those are bound to come in handy, and it would be nice if we could seize stockpile of them when we raid those faggots in retaliation.

>>38196247
>a man who -presumably- went against our advice and caused this to himself
I honestly don't think this has anything to do with the Crimsonthorns.
Far more likely Mirrors Avatar satisfied his patrons hateboner for us here.

Once the tears stop flowing you get unsteadily to your feet and wander over to Ash.

“Shee you don’t have to do that” says Kaelyn, Rainya catches on too “Shee don’t” she says “We can do this.”

“No” you say “no, I should do this, I did this, its my responsibility.”

You walk up to A- up to the body, sat on the table, still living somehow.

“Ashley Kellens” you say, your voice a hoarse whisper “I’m sorry, if I had been a better friend, if I had kept you out of this somehow I...I’m sorry Ash...goodbye.”

You release the hold your powers have on Ashley and he falls backwards, you catch him before he hits the table, laying him down gently, and closing his eyes.

Your friends come up beside you and hug you as you stare at your friends body, dead because some unknown person wanted to use him against you.

“Do you want to bury him here?” asks Rainya quietly.

Lirael is silent, Kaelyn says “Not to sound cruel but shouldn’t he go back to his family, I mean if we bury him here, there will be a missing person investigation won’t there?”

Your response

>I’m burying him here
>I’ll take his body back to his folks
>Whoever did this will pay, this I swear (this pleases the Ichor in the Depths)
>Other (what?)

>>38196280
Heh, that would be a cool scene. Constantly negating each other's attacks until attrition finally sets in.

>>38196296
>I’m burying him here
>Whoever did this will pay, this I swear (this pleases the Ichor in the Depths)

>>38196296
>I'll take his body back to his folks.
>Whoever did this will pay, this I swear.

>>38196296
>I’ll get his body back to his folks
Somehow get it back
>Whoever did this will pay, this I swear (this pleases the Ichor in the Depths)

>>38196247
In game he might be the best way to find out what happened and that could be useful.

>>38196296
>Whoever did this will pay, this I swear (this pleases the Ichor in the Depths)
>Other (Send his body back to his parents, maybe ask Yonsul)

>>38196333
I was thinking that too, but we don't want people to track Yonsul back to us, and I bet the evil vampire wants to track how his parents got the body back

>>38196296
>Whoever did this will pay, this I swear (this pleases the Ichor in the Depths)
>(Send his body back to his parents, maybe ask Yonsul)
They might be assholes, but we have no indication they are that bad they don't deserve to know their kid died.

>>38196296
>I’ll take his body back to his folks
How though? This is going to look suspicious. Maybe we should just put him in his apartment and make an anonymous call to the cops?
>Whoever did this will pay, this I swear (this pleases the Ichor in the Depths)

>>38196296
>Whoever did this will pay, this I swear (this pleases the Ichor in the Depths)
>We worry about his body later

>>38196345
Doesn't need to be Yonsul herself who rbings him back, but she can help us make sure he is "found".

>>38196296

>Whoever did this will pay, this I swear
>I'm burying him here (Fed blood by a blood tree) ala >>38196100


.

>>38196296
>Whoever did this will pay, this I swear (this pleases the Ichor in the Depths)
>I’ll take his body back to his folks

>>38196255
Make a blade edge for the warmech?

>>38196294
>Far more likely Mirrors Avatar satisfied his patrons hateboner for us here.
Too bad they've given us (me, at least) a hateboner for the Mirror and this Avatar in particular. Feud eternally.

If the Five are only allowed one avatar each, why kill this bitch?

Lets capture her and psychically lobotomize her. And maybe physically do it too.

Fuck mirror out of an avatar and get us our own personal mage slave. We could probably even steal a few spells or mirror abilities from her by having her hit us with min-power gifts/spells and using absorb spell to take any good ones.

>>38196331
As far as it's been implied, Ashley doens't have any mind, that means zero memories. So I don't see how he could help us in any way. It'd be nice if we had some advanced technique to mind-heal, or something, but we just don't have that.
Like I said before, it'd be most useful to keep him as a puppet.

>>38196296
>I’ll get his body back to his folks

Somehow.
>>Whoever did this will pay, this I swear (this pleases the Ichor in the Depths)

>>38196393
Horrifying gaze her for a day or two?

>>38196389
>Make a blade edge for the warmech?
Thats actually a pretty good idea.
I wonder if we could make a antinite alloy.

>>38196393
>Lets capture her and psychically lobotomize her. And maybe physically do it too.
That would probably intensly creep out our allys, not a bad idea, just saying.

>>38196435
I'm scared to use any eye-based power on a Mirror avatar.

>>38196389
>Make a blade edge for the warmech?
I was thinking make it into bullets for our rifle and using them to kill the Mirror bitch.

>>38196398
He meant the hypothetical circumstance where it had worked as we wanted it to.

>>38196398
We have ways round that but they cost.

>>38196451
Do you mean asking the Four for assistance?

>>38196437
>That would probably intensly creep out our allys, not a bad idea, just saying.
Just another day on the gauntlet of fellowship.

We could almost certainly get them somewhat OK with it if we explained that it's in an attempt to delay Mirror sending more avatars after us.

>>38196393
(This would be greatly pleasing to Baalzamon.)probably

>>38196393
I think that Gods can withdraw Avatarhood from people. Not to mention that subjugating her like that is also a loss condition for the contest.

Ok, Willpower roll to shape Gift

DC20

>>38196393
I'm so in favour of this. Make them into a mewling slave. Laugh at mirror. Talk about how pathetic mirror is. Tell him that for every loved one of ours he takes, we will take something of his

Let us battle Mirror until there is no one left alive. Then we can gloat at how he was so foolish as to never realise that we were following his tenants all along

The next thing we need to do is send out Kae and Lirael to get Dev from work.
Until we devised a way to shiled our allies from mental influence, no one goes alone.

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>38196494

Rolled 14 + 17 (1d20 + 17)

>>38196494

Rolled 8 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>38196494

Rolled 4 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>38196494

Rolled 16 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>38196494
Should it be +13 or +12?

Just throwing it out there, but the Five can hear our thoughts. At least Baalzamon can, since he commented on a couple things Shee was thinking about that she never said aloud.

Mirror's probably sitting there smug as fuck gloating to himself about how much this hurt Shee.

>>38196526
Forgot to post the modifier so using all rolls

It passed

>>38196460
I'm sure someanon could find another but that's one way.

>>38196498
Too fucked up and cruel. I'd rather not strip Shee's humanity just for some revenge.

>>38196560
>I'd rather not strip Shee's humanity
You are roughly 23 threads too late for that.

>>38196577
You know what he meant when he said humanity.

>>38196558
I favor finding whoever did this and making them fix it (or killing them)

I don't think we should lobotomise them. If what one anon said earlier is true -and I'll ask Pally to confirm- in regards to each of the Five only being able to have one Avatar, then we should just use Dominate on the one that attacked us and took Ash away from us. We'll subvert them to our will and keep them tied to us, fanatically devoted.

Your oath of vengeance on the one that took your family member from pleases the Ichor in the Depths, she offers 1 of 4 Gifts

Blood Control – You gain Blood Control 3 and Poison the Mind

Strength of the Mothers Love – You gain Strength of the Mothers Love 3

Wishcrafting – You gain Wishcrafting 4

Form of the Deep Mother
You can spend Psychic Energy to transform into a massive sea monster, increasing your strength and durability. This form can breathe air, but is more powerful in the sea. Higher levels include increasing its strength, size and durability.
Whilst in this form the costs of many of the Ichors gifts are reduced.

10 minutes to discuss, then a vote

>>38196677
I like wish 4

We fucked up when we did not evac. I voted to fight but should have voted evac.

I thought we could do a quick check on him there, but due to fight voting never really had a chance.

Maybe apporting him out right away was the right choice in the end.

>>38196677
I want Form of the Deep Mother, I want it so bad,

>>38196677
>Blood Control 3 and Poison the Mind
Sounds really good

>>38196677
What exactly do these Gifts do for us, again?

>>38196701
Have ever used wishcraft?

>>38196677
How much PE is FotDM?

>>38196713
We'd never use it just like we never use RoS because it's about as subtle as turning into a giant sea monster. Also it makes us a huge target.

>>38196740
No, because rank 1 is kinda bad. It gets a lot better at 2+

>>38196677
Poison the Mind is still not very good, but BloodControl for Infectious form 'might' be worth it.
I will never be a fan of SoML, and it would be sort of cruel irony to take it now.
Wishcrafting is okay, but we never use it, and I don't think we will use it more now.
Form of Deep Mother makes me hope for future Imposibility stuff where we merge it with Ruler of Shadows, for maximum "Eldritch Thing that breaks the Mind".

>>38196677
either new giant monster for or blood control plus poison the mind

poison the mind will let us fuck up people in semi permanent ways, i believe right now it would last more than a week

I'm not particularly fond of the lack of synergy that comes with having two battle forms. That said the other options are only upgrades to what we could already buy. Anyone have any good arguments for one or the other besides coolness factor?

>>38196744
12 at base level, rises as you level it up

>>38196773
>Impossibility + Ruler of Shadows = Ruler of the Void
>Family + Form of the Deep Mother = ???
>Corruption + [some crazy demonic form King surely will offer at 10+] = ????

>>38196730
Blood Control 2 adds the following ability:
Corrosive Blood Spray: Whenever you are injured with a non-energy-based melee attack your blood sprays your attacker. You can affect anyone who attacks you in melee and deals 1 or more hip points of damage to you with Corrosive Blood. This lowers the cost of increasing the damage of Corrosive Blood to 2 psychic points per 1d6 additional points of damage.
Blood Control 3 adds the following ability:
Toxin Resistance: Your unusual blood makes you more resistant to poisons and diseases. You add your Favour of Ichor in the Depths rating to any Constitution check to resist poisons or disease.

Blood Control Additional Powers

Poison the Mind: You can inflict derangements and insanities on those you damage using Corrosive Blood. This costs 5 psychic energy and you do not choose the specific mental disorder the target suffers from but you can pick the general theme (i.e. addiction, hallucinations, phobia, memory loss etc). The target gets a Willpower roll to resist and the effect lasts for a maximum of 1 day per point of Willpower you have.
Requires: Blood Control 1

Strength of the Mothers Love
You gain strength from the proximity of those you care deeply about. These can be close friends, family you care about, or anyone you want to help and/or protect strongly enough.
The bonuses are limited by the number of those you care about and the number of times you have selected this talent. To be counted as in proximity you must be able to perceive them (typically within 3 metres plus 1 metre per +1 you have to perception checks based on sight or sound) or in your line of sight. All bonuses are morale bonuses.
At Strength of the Mothers Love 1: As long as you have one or more of those listed below nearby you gain: a +2 bonus to Will checks to resist any mind-affecting powers or abilities; and a +1 bonus on all skill rolls and ability checks.

>>38196677
>Form of the Deep Mother
I'll be choosing for this for Rainya. It'd also be useful in our dream realm or our world, and I like transformation powers.

>>38196729
It's really, really not.

>>38196730
You know those pastebins in the OP? Read them.

>>38196740
Nope.

>>38196765
Still not very good to me.

>>38196773
>merge it with Ruler of Shadows, for maximum "Eldritch Thing that breaks the Mind".
Yes. I want it.

>>38196779
Too bad that that only works if they drink our blood and if they fail their saving throw.

>>38196807
At Strength of the Mothers Love 3: As long as you have three or more of those listed below nearby you gain: a +3 bonus to all defences and to Will checks to resist any mind-affecting powers or abilities; +2 to strength, fellowship and constitution; and a +3 bonus on all skill rolls and ability checks.

At Wishcrafting 2 you can nominate a single psychic power or gift you posses. All willpower rolls when using that Gift or power benefit from a +5 bonus when being used to grant wishes. You can make a Fellowship check against any creature that can see, hear and understand you; if successful the targeted creature must make a wish immediately for something they want. This is a telepathy effect. You can choose to grant this wish or not.
At Wishcrafting 3 you can nominate a further 2 powers or gifts (3 total) to gain the bonus from Wishcrafting 2, and the bonus rises to +10.
At Wishcrafting 4 you can nominate a further power or gift (4 total) to gain the bonus from Wishcrafting 2, and the bonus rises to +15. You can twist wishes – when granting wishes you no longer have to thematically follow the wish to use Wishcrafting, only the wording of the wish. The QM is the final arbiter on what constitutes following the wording of the wish, but the whole point of this ability is to allow the players to subvert the intent of the wish, twisting it to their own ends.

>>38196783
We don't have SoML yet, so there is that.
FotDM has the advantage over Ruler of Shadow that it isn't dangerous to our allies.
Titanic Form is the better warform 90% of the time though.

>>38196677
Ask mum to give Ash back his mine instead? I'm not seeing a must have.

The only thing we should ask the King for in relation to Ash is maybe a goodbye message, but he might not take well being treated as infernal secretary. I guess we'll have opportunity to raise the topic at some point in future, maybe post-ascension.

>>38196836
I don't think all people go to Hell.
Possibly all vampires to to Baalzamon, actually.

Poison the Mind would be fun to use on Mirror Dude. Capture him and make him insane by force-feeding him our blood.

Yup.

>>38196825
Wishcrafting would be good if we had Psychic Infection, since it would reduce the penalty to -5, and its something that can be easily wished for.

5 minute vote

>Blood Cntrol
>Strength of the Mothers Love
>Wishcrafting
>Form of the Deep Mother

>>38196885
>Form of the Deep Mother

>>38196885
>Wishcrafting

>>38196870
Wouldn't it be dangerous for Lirael, though? She feeds on our blood, so it could be bad for her.

>>38196885
>Blood control

>>38196885
>Form of the Deep Mother

>>38196885
>Blood Cntrol

>>38196885
>Form of the Deep Mother

>>38196898
Works only with corrosive blood.

>>38196885
>Blood Control

>>38196885
>>>Form of the Deep Mother

>>38196898
It only works on corrosive blood, which we wouldn't feed to Lirael anyway, and it's an active power. That being said, you still shouldn't vote for it, because it's pretty awful.

>>38196885
>Blood Control

>>38196898
we chose to activate this stuff, its not always on

>>38196885
>Form of the Deep Mother
I assume we can't get Wishcrafting now and pick the psychic power later?

>>38196885
Strength of the Mothers Love

>>38196885
>Blood Cntrol

>>38196926
Its not worth voting for Poison the Mind, but saving those 10XP to get Infectious Form could be worth it.
In theory, anyway.

>>38196885
>Form of the Deep Mother
Oh Rainya, we have something to show you~

>>38196885
>Blood Cntrol

Infectious form later

>>38196885
>Form of the Deep Mother

>>38196930
>I assume we can't get Wishcrafting now and pick the psychic power later?

Correct, but Wishcrafting 5 offers further choices

ending vote here, counting

>>38196993
Duck hunting season, I mean form got the last word in.

“Whoever did this” you snarl “no matter who, or what, no matter what I have to do, I will hurt them, I will make them pay, this I swear.”

“Shee don’t you think it’s a bit early to-” says Kaelyn

“I swear it in the name of the Five” you say grimly “They will pay!”

You can feel a new shape growing within you, one you can call upon when needed.

[Form of the Deep Mother gained]

“Alright, alright” says Rainya “Ok, but not now, ok Shee?”

“No” you say, calming down, realising that storm clouds have begun to gather overhead you concentrate, and they thin out, until the sky is a clear blue again.

“As for...as for Ash” you say quietly “I’ll deliver his body to his parents, in a bit, I just want a moment to be alone for now.”

“Of course” says Rainya quietly “We’ll get dinner started, won’t we, c’mon Lirael, Kae. let’s go.”

The three of them leave and you’re left alone with Ashs body. You wonder where it all went wrong. Should have pushed him away more, so that he was never involved at all?
Should you have taken him up on his offer to hunt the Gouger with you, perhaps training hin and teaching him would have kept him alive?

You slump down on the sands, your mind running through all the what ifs, the choices you made, how they could have been different, how it could have been better.

The light in your realm has gotten quite low before you notice, shouldn’t it be lighter in here?

The shadowy black dragon drifting slowly down from the sky answers that question.

“Baalzamon” you whisper, scrambling to your feet “What do you want?” you’re in no mood to deal with him right now, but your pain at losing Ash could do with a convenient target.

“Want? Why nothing my dear” says Baalzamon, his massive claws doffing into the sand as he lands, his long body coiling around you until you’re in a small circle of his body, his head looking down on you.

“I simply came to chat” he says “about...how Kaelyn will be such a *good* servant to me.”

“What are you talking about?” you say “Since when is Kaelyn your servant?”

“Oh in about an hours time” says the Darkness, grinning down at you.

“I don’t understand” you say.

“Our bargain” he chortles “you kidnap one of the shadow vampires and they teach your friend the powers of the shadows.”

“And I’m going to do that” you say “I have days left.”

“Their shuttle leaves in an hour” says Baalzamon with a grin “They’re at the station right now, waiting, now you could attack a major shuttle port to capture one, but that would be quite a risk wouldn’t it?”

“You didn’t mention this!” you snap at him “this would have been really useful to know!”

“You play your games” says Baalzamon with a grin “I play mine.”

“Even if I don’t grab one of them” you say “Since when is Kaelyn yours?”

“Since the bargain was about her” says Baalzamon, shaking his great head in amusement “She was what you bought, her freedom with our bargain, if you fail, then her freedom is what you lose.”

“There could be other ways for Lirael to learn shadow powers” you say desperately.

“Hmm, not the deal we struck” says Baalzamon, examining a claw “not the deal at all.”

“Then I could go to one of the others” you say “Jagganatha, the Ichor in the Depths, The King of Hell!”

“You’re free to do so” says Baalzamon in a casual tone “but you spurned them once, their prices may be higher now, or...we could renegotiate...”

Your reaction

>What do you want?
>I guess I’m attacking a shuttle port, right now
>I’m going to speak to one of the others of the Five
>Fine, take Kaelyn, she’s been nothing but trouble
>Other (what?)

>>38197270
>I guess I’m attacking a shuttle port, right now
Oh wow, Baalzamon, fuck you.
And here were getting along so well.

>>38197270
>>I guess I’m attacking a shuttle port, right now

>>38197270
>What do you want?
Make it quick

>>38197270
>I guess I’m attacking a shuttle port, right now
I suggest we buy Shadow of the Dephts 3 for it, so we can do
>At Shadow of the Depths 3 you can change your appearance to that of another person

>>38197270
>I guess I’m attacking a shuttle port, right now

>>38197270

The bargin that keeps fucking us over.

>>38197270
>I guess I’m attacking a shuttle port, right now

>>38197270
>I guess I’m attacking a shuttle port, right now
Hah, watch us get massive favour with Jagga now Baalzi.
This is the exact wrong moment to push Shee if you wanted to bargain.

>>38197270
>What do you want?
If he doesn't answer promptly
>I guess I'm attacking a shuttle port, right now

>I suggest we buy Shadow of the Dephts 3 for it, so we can do
Supporting this.
Shee is a master of tTeleportation. I bet we can totally kidnap a vampire from a major shuttle port.

>>38197356
We deserve it for letting it get picked in the first place.

If we strike the shuttle port with some bombs or something, they'd have to cancel the flights.

>>38197398
We don't need bombs, we get in their in disguise, and subtle apport the vampire out.

>>38197270
>What do you want?
>I guess I’m attacking a shuttle port, right now
Hah, he never ceases to amuse me. Even if he is a dick, he is the most fun of all.

>>38197398
>Apport plasma grenades into the engine

>>38197413
>>38197371
>>38197329
You do realise he will stall to make it even harder for us?

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>When Pally was saying "go get shadow vamps now, you won't regret it", he was actually saying that going would be a good idea. He wasn't saying that it would be bad to go then.
>We all voted to keep fucking around

>>38197391
AA gave us a decent out, at least.

>>38197445
Can't he talk on the way?

>>38197476
Does he want to?

>>38197488
He will, if he wants an even better deal.

>>38197476
We aren't going to ask. The vote is over and the option chosen is not that.

>>38197468
People should really start to act on Pally subtle hints and nudges, but for some reason they never do

>>38197471
Kind of. We'll still have to go through with making Lirael do things we otherwise wouldn't want her to.

>>38197527
They assumed it was a subtle hit that going now would pulp us because we had around 20hp at the time.

>>38197513
He will still offer that one if we fail to get the shadow vamps, since in theory we could still follow them, as long as the week isn't over.

>>38197527
Anon, if we would have gone then, we would have gotten fucked too.
Following Pallys nudges, is not a guarantee of being a good thing.
Quite the opposite.

>>38197468

Pally stated that if we want to do Slice of Life plot will attack us instead.

We did goof around too long. Again.

>>38197391
Can't do anything about it. We suddenly had a bunch of new voters.

Despite him fucking us over with Quinn one time by twisting the deal.

>>38197471
Only if we pull this assault off.

ok, attack on a public shuttleport it is, writing.

>>38197536
That's why I called it a decent out and not a good out.

>>38197553
>Despite him fucking us over with Quinn one time by twisting the deal.
That didn't happen at all.

>>38197553
>Despite him fucking us over with Quinn one time by twisting the deal.
The dreamworld deal? That wasn't twisted at all.

>>38197567
Can you make it so we take the weird anti-vampire metal with us?

Can't we just infiltrate and hijack the shuttle?

Would be nice if we could fly it into our realm somehow but that's out of the question I guess.

>>38197553
Did he? That sucks. SoL is fun. Makes everything else worth it really, imo.

>>38197581
Its anti-magic, and its just as bad for us as it is for them. Especially since we will want to teleport out of there.

>>38197586
Artifice 2 gives touch-range technomancy if we wanted to go that route.

>>38197581
We've got our locket.

>>38197586
I dunno, but I'd like to do some neat Jagganatha tricks here.

It's been a few hours that Shee was sobbing. I think she'd have gotten a couple HP worth of regen in that time?

Also, what's our PE at right now?

>>38197567
I would still like a vote on purchasing Shadow of the Dephts 3, so we can take a different form for this.

>>38197574
>>38197580

It was expected by most anons that he would be the same person afterwards.

So instead we had to make a choice on new personality or quirk. He still died cause we did not hide him however.

>>38197591

Yea, it is in the ask questions.

>>38197624

Can we avoid excessive civilian casaulties though? I don't mind Shee Hyulk, but I'd rather not slaughter too many innocent people along the way, and considering *public* port this would probably be hard to avoid.

I want to remind everyone that at no point Baalzamons deal specified Lirael has to LEARN the shadow powers from the vampire.
Only that we have to capture one, and Lirael has to learn the powers, he never said she has to learn them from the vampire, nor that we need to keep the vampire for any amount of time.

>>38197270
>“Hmm, not the deal we struck” says Baalzamon, examining a claw “not the deal at all.”
I hope we say the exact same thing to him when he gets pissy about us Voiding Lirael instead of letting her learn his shadow secrets.

>>38197635
Me too.

>>38197678
Sure. As long as we get to wreck shit, preferably vampire shit, I'm all for it. It will be a great opportunity for Shee to vent.

>>38197720
We should probably tell someone we are going

>>38197685
If we don't keep the vamp and have her actually learn from it, then we'd have to find another Shadowcraft master within 4 days.

That'd be even harder than kidnapping one of these shadow dudes in an hour, and if we're already going to have to capture one of them for any amount of time, we may as well use him.

>>38197678
Its best to do this as quietly as possible. Get in, find vamp, Subtle Apport him somewhere outside where Lirael and Kae wait for him.

>>38197739
I'm just saying we should keep that in mind, we could for example read his mind with Psychic Surgery to get that info and teach Lirael ourselves after getting FoL.
We don't NEED to keep him, if it comes to that.

>>38197591

Here is the quote.

>Question: It feels like Shee is running from crisis to crisis. Is this a reflection of the choices /tg/ makes or the planned feel for the quest?

>Pally: Little of both. Quest players appear unlikely to seek out plot and so I bring the plot to them. If the players actively try to solve problems they can confront them on their own terms as it is they appear to be content to just react.

/tg/ likes slice of life, but in the grimdark of this world it seeks to strangle all life.

Possible plans of action so far:

>Storm the place with wanton disregard for civilian life
or
>Shadow of the Depths upgrade, do...something. Be sneaky.
or
>Artifice 2 and do...something. Maybe break into the control center and ground all the ships or directly just fuck up the electronics in the shuttle.

>>38197797
>do...something
Just apport him out, its not that hard..

“Alright” you say, getting to your feet and walking towards your Realm entrance “I guess I better get ready to attack a public shuttleport, if nothing else this is going to be interesting.”

Using your tentacles you scramble up the coils of Baalzamon and down the other side.

“Are you sure you don’t want to discuss another bargain?” asks the Dragon of Darkness

“You’d just draw things out and delay” you say “So there’s no point” you’re almost to the door.

“But this one is simple” says Baalzamon “you just need to-”

“Not interested” you say, closing the door behind you and heading down to explain the situation to your friends.
---
“So let me get this straight” says Dev “We need to infiltrate a shuttle port, where people going off world or coming here arrive, with all its security and fae magics and guards, grab a shadow-using vampire and take him alive, and get out again, without getting killed?”

“That’s about right yes” you say.

“What the hell” says Dev with a shrug “I’m in, what do you think, warmech or power armour?”

“You can’t” says Kaelyn “don’t put everyone in danger again just for me!”

Rainya rolls her eyes “Shee is going to do it” she tells Kaelyn “Her martyr complex is quite developed, guess I best go get my armour again.”

“Can we steal a spaceship?” asks Lirael curiously.

What is the plan?
>I sneak up to a vampire and teleport him out
>We go in guns blazing and grab a vampire
>The customs guy says “anything to declare” and I say “I’m the Ruler of Shadows, start running!”
>Other plan (what?)

Who is going?
>Alone
>With (who?)

Also, buy Shadow of the Depths 3?
>Y/N

>>38197270
>I guess I’m attacking a shuttle port, right now

Reminder that these shadow vamps are fucking powerful and we needed Ruler of Shadows to stop the last one we met from beating our ass.

>>38197817
>The customs guy says “anything to declare” and I say “I’m the Ruler of Shadows, start running!”

>With (who?)
Errybody

>N

>>38197817
>I sneak up to a vampire and teleport him out
>Kae comes with us, Lirael and Rainya stay ready outside
>Y

>>38197817
>I sneak up to a vampire and teleport him out
As much as that third option tempts me...

>Kae comes with us, Lirael and Rainya stay ready outside
>Y

>>38197817
>>I sneak up to a vampire and teleport him out
>With everyone? maybe everyone but dev?
y

>>38197817
>Other plan (what?)
Me and Dev get into the system for the port. I shut it all down. Or the shuttle itself if the port systems are inaccessible.

>Buy Artifice 2

>>38197817
>The customs guy says “anything to declare” and I say “I’m the Ruler of Shadows, start running!”
Too awesome.

>>38197817
>I sneak up to a vampire and teleport him out
>Kae
>Y
The third one is hilarious though.
>>38197821
One of them was powerful, and he was apparently special among them.

>>38197817
>Her martyr complex is quite developed
Gee, thanks Rainya

>I sneak up to a vampire and teleport him out
>Kae comes with us, Lirael and Rainya stay ready outside
>N

>>38197817
>I sneak up to a vampire and teleport him out
>Alone
>Y

>>38197887
Everyone here has a martyr complex bigger than Quinn's asshole complex.

>>38197817
>Hay Baalzy, make it quick, What's the other offer?
>I sneak up to a vampire and teleport him out
>Alone
Y

If Lirael were to gestalt with us, would that make our Dominate more powerful?

Could we smack the shadow vamp with it and have him walk out of the place, then beat him unconscious and go?

>>38197906
>Hay Baalzy, make it quick, What's the other offer?
I really wanna know too.. But I am afraid its too late anon

It seems anons are bend on going in shooting and get everyone killed. Today is fight day

>>38197817
>Sneak and teleport
>Alone (Others wait nearby in case shit hits the fan)
>Y

Attempting sublety is best. Guns blazing should be a plan B. We don't want the others coming because we don't want them identified, linked to us, or targeted. Impossibility should help us with teleporting the guy out, but it doesn't lock us into a particular action.

>>38197932
Fuck Baalzamon apologists.

>>38197946
Basically what I had in mind too.

>>38197946
this

>>38197817
>Sneak and teleport
>Alone (Others wait nearby)
>Y

>>38197946
I thought of taking Kae with us, if we don't take anyone with us, they should wait at whatever part of the desert we teleport to, so they can help us subdue him.

>>38197953
I did not ever vote for Ballz, just so you know.
But even seen in the light of everything that has happen, we have no excuse for not think things through or hearing him out.

>>38197922
I think we'd be using her Telepathy modifier and access to mastery bonuses (not the number bonus, just the pseudo-feat benefit) backed by Shee's Willpower score and Corruption aspect with an additional +2 on top of that.

So a +51 with a bonus of Corruption, which doesn't have specific numbers.

>>38197994
My only issue with taking Kae is that it's impossible to conceal her from other fae. Fast acting backup is good, but there is a cost to taking her along.