>>38264080
>9. Talk to Yonsul

>>38264080
>9. Talk to Yonsul
>Mental Contact with Rainya, and have her talk to Yonsul
Obfuscation HO!

>>38264080
>9. Talk to Yonsul

>>38264097
Or we could just bring a Rainya with.
We should do that

Does mental contact with Rainya mess with spider-bitch's predictions? I thought she needed to be standing near us. Can't see it in ally powers section.

9. Talk to Yonsul. Mirror bitch is main threat right now. Kulrathe's threat is dispersed amongst all the Reunited.

>>38264139
>Does mental contact with Rainya mess with spider-bitch's predictions?

Yes

>>38264104
It would actually be a even better protection, since she is more likely to scry on Shee then on Rainya or Yonsul.
Its just making sure, 1/5 are decent but not exactly perfect odds.

>>38264139
Since we could talk to any Rainya, and the way it works, I'd think so.

>>38264153
Should we strive to have a Rainya each with each of our allies?

>>38264172
Probably better to keep all our allies close as possible, since Rainya does get malus on all rolls from being divided.

>>38264172
Not a bad idea

>>38264197
As long as they have a Rainya

>>38264224
There could be just one Rainya for the entire group and four with us, and It'd be the same thing.
And significantly better in case fighting actually happens.

>>38264245
Doesn't it give her a 4 in 5 chance to scry us correctly. I think I need to read last thread again...

>>38264259
The whole thing is rather vague, and the way it works mechanically doesn't really add up with the way its explained.
For example, we get the full protection if we have 5 Rainyas around while talking to Yonsul, even though all Rainyas would be around to hear the same thing.

Just roll with it, I guess.

>>38264278
I will, if cthulhu mom says it works like so, so be it

>>38264278
Its just that the power doesn't actually duplicate the possibilities through each Rainya.
It just multiplies it by the number of Rainyas in existence, it doesn't really matter much what they do.
Otherwise the enemy could just scry Shee herself, and being near Rainya would make no difference if it would just switch between Rainyas 'actual' activities.

>>38264278
>>38264303
Thats the right attitude, just trust in Sea Mom.

You send a text to Yonsul saying you want to meet her and you arrive at the Waystation just moments after she has arrived. One of the wait staff tells you which room she is in, and that she has just ordered lunch. You head up to meet her.

“Well I found her” says Yonsul without preamble, as you sit opposite her “Or I think I did anyway. That sort of cybernetic enhancement is rare and once you factor in her gender and appearance it narrows the field a lot. There is in fact only one woman matching the description you gave in Hive 39. Jane Vindell, age 29, lives on Level 38” Yonsul gives you her address “Her late husband was an investment banker of some kind, about 30 years older than her, she was his second wife. He died about a year ago in an accident, circumstances were suspicious enough that she was investigated, but there wasn’t enough evidence to say that she killed him, even though he *was* having an affair so she was never charged. She had the implants put in shortly before he died.” Yonsul hands you some printouts with Ms Vindells contact details, as well as a list of known associates, favourite places and shops she frequents, and her doctors details. The file includes a photo which matches the appearance of the woman you saw.

“Thanks Yonsul” you say “you’ve been a great help, really, thank you.”

“I’m glad to help” she says, shaking her head sadly “sorry I couldn’t do more.”

Inside you the ball of rage and grief grown from Ashs threatens to overwhelm you, you push it back down “you’ve done plenty” you say “this is more than enough, really.”

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Hell Dad is still my favourite of the Five.

Baalzamon is second

“Its strange though” says Yonsul “her getting a modification that’s usually only done on the sort of people who work on maintaining and repairing the Hive exterior – I mean the whole point of those legs is to be able to climb anywhere as well as having extra *hands*, why would the wife of a rich banker get that? And where? Her regular doctors notes don’t list the clinic she got the mod at.”

You shrug “maybe I’ll find out”

“Yeah” says Yonsul, as her starter arrives she starts eating “you wanted to know anything else?”

Your response?

>No (ends conversation)
>Yes (info on what?)
>Other (what?)

>>38264338
>No (ends conversation)
>Unless she has anything new on Garrax

>>38264338

Other, Offer her one of those blood fruits, advise her what it is first however.

>>38264346
Supporting this. She's already got feelers out on Kulrathe, not much else we could have her doing.

>>38264338
>Yes (info on what?)
>Anything she knows about Jade Crimsonthorn, she shouldn't look anything up, but if she personally knows something, favourite Clubs or similar, that would be helpful

>>38264365
We should not get her hooked on blood... stupid idea

>>38264365
Whry?

Dhampir don't drink blood.

>>38264338
>>Yes
>anything more on Garrax, Kulrathe or Jade?

>>38264338
>Anything she knows about Jade Crimsonthorn, she shouldn't look anything up, but if she personally knows something, favourite Clubs or similar, that would be helpful

>>38264365
Fairly sure the fruits don't do anyting for her. They are blood fruits, not vitae fruits.
As dhampir she can't make blood into vitae, they need vampire blood.

The poison custom ammo don't actually come with the poison, that comes separately, so I was thinking that we could get some poison rounds and then grow some kind of really nasty poison plant and use that for the round.

>>38264472
That could work. Or we could mix several poisons together to make it really nasty.

“Anything more on Kulrathe, Garrax or Jade?” you ask hopefully.

Yonsul responds “Garrax no, as far as I can tell, he’s just tending to his business, legal and otherwise. His comm bill spiked massively a few days ago though. It seems he’s been sending a lot of messages offworld somewhere but without a warrant I can’t read what he sent.” Who could Garrax be talking to off-world that might be a danger to you?

“Kulrathe” Yonsul shakes her head in frustration “I have to be careful there, but it seems like he’s gearing up for something, he’s requisitioning a lot of long-distance vehicles, especially ones hardened for deep-desert use and enough desert gear for a hundred or more people, his own assault crews plus support staff. There was a report from an orbital monitoring station about an unidentified craft or crafts, landing about four hundred miles away. If he’s after that I don’t know why, it should really be the military’s thing.”

“And Jade?” you ask.

Yonsul shrugs “What can I tell you about her?”

You nod.

“Rich girl” says Yonsul “a long list of arrests for the usual stuff, drinking, public order offenses, stuff like that, but unlike many rich vamp kids Jade has quite a few arrests for illegal mental influence – most kids stop doing it, or stop getting caught after the first time and their folks yell at them. Hell, Jade almost did prison time after making a guy walk in front of a car and nearly die, but the Crimsonthornes offered him enough money to forget his injuries. Seems she likes messing with peoples heads. As for her friends, who she hangs around with? I can’t say, her last arrest was over a year ago so anything in the file could be out of date by now.”

“Well thanks anyway” you say “that’s plenty for now.”

“Alright” says Yonsul. You stay and chat with her as she eats her lunch and bitches about her job. After finishing her lunch, Yonsul says goodbye and is on her way.

In the back of your mind Rainya asks –So, are we going after her now?-

-Maybe- you say –But is she’s a mage with precognition or whatever, then her home will likely be full of traps.-

What are you doing?

>List of tasks as above

Plus option of

>Find info on downed spacecraft

>>38264586
>Ask Tenley after blackmarket cybernetics surgeons
If she has a complex machine as her only mode of movement, she needs someone to install and maintain it, and clearly she isn't doing that herself

>>38264602
>>38264586
This

>>38264586
>Find info on downed spacecraft
The demon guy already told us didn't he?
We have his card, lets hit him up on the comm or in person.

>>38264610
>lets hit him up on the comm
It was explicitly not a comm number.
We'd have to visit Hell again.

>>38264617
No biggie?

>>38264586
>Ask Tenley after blackmarket cybernetics surgeons

>>38264628
We can't visit Hell without disturbing Hell Dad yet, since our only route there is trying to contact him. Even that might've just been because he was too busy in Hell to not have a part of himself in Hell for a second.

I don't think disturbing him to find out more about a scrub demon is a good idea, and we can find shit out through non-scrub sources.

>>38264648
The question is, do we wait for Tenley to get the info we need, and go after the Syrnians in the meantime, or do we try to scout out our enemies home?
It sounds like Garrax has been in contact with the Syrnians, so taking care of them or at least getting info about their situation, might be prudent.

>>38264648
Do we have to disturb Hell dad?
Pally, how freely can we enter hell?
Do we need interdimensional teleport to do so?

Talking to Tenley it is, writing

>>38264688
>Pally, how freely can we enter hell?
Entering Hell is something we could do with high-level Form of the King of Hell, so its definitly not easy.

>>38264675
If Kulrathe is out of his place, then maybe we should try to plan an ambush

>>38264688
>Do we have to disturb Hell dad?

Currently? yes

>Pally, how freely can we enter hell?

Form of the King of Hell is one way to do it or...

>Do we need interdimensional teleport to do so?

Is another way to do so.

Blind teleports into Hell are...reckless...though.

>>38264675
Spider-bitch has the absolute highest priority due to her bullshit precognition.

>>38264693
He's not yet, and when he goes, it will be with a veritable army.
And if we slaughter all those cops, then Reaper will be happy to send the army after that dangerous terrorist.

>>38264707
I meant wait at his home, and wait till he came back

>>38264702
While true, running blindly into her base would be pretty stupid.
So caution can require us to wait for a bit longer, until we have more information.

Anyone want to explain to Tenley that we have some custom-made fruit that produces deliciously sweetened blood?

>>38264732
Enough with those stupid blood fruits already. Stop trying to tell everyone about them.

Jane Vindell can’t be maintaining her implabts herself, and even if sge is you think, she must have had someone put them in. If its not listed in her doctors notes, then perhaps she had it done illegally?

You head down the kitchen to see Tenley massacring some vegetables, dicing them rapidly into tiny pieces, he’s good with his knifes.

“I’d like to ask you about something” you say “if I’m not distracting you too much?”

He grunts and looks around for Gambon, who is across the other side of the kitchen berating some of the other chefs.

With a sigh Tenley says “what?”

“I need to know about clinics that implant cybernetics” you say “specifically, those that do so outside the law.”

Tenley sniggers “fancy an upgrade do you?” he gestures towards your modest chest with his knife, why that little-

“No” you say after taking a moment to calm yourself “I need to know which ones can do a complete rebuild of the lower body into spiderlegs.”

“Ah high-rise mod” says Tenley “not much use for that and most of the workers get the mod paid for by their employers, yeah there’s a few, why?”

“I need to know which one did the mod for a particular person, and find out what they know anbout this person” you say “how would I find that out?”

Tenley stops chopping vegetables and gives you a frank look “I can find out” he says “but it’ll cost money to bribe the right people, say maybe, 50k estimate, and it’ll take a few days too.”

Give Tenley 50,000 credits to find which the chop-shop that gave Jane Vindell her legs, and what they know about her?

>Y/N

Tell Tenley about the Blood Fruits?

>Y/N

>Say something else (what?)

Might as well put it to a vote...

>>38264801
>N
>N
Few days is too long. We don't have that time.

>>38264801
>N
>N

>>38264801
>Y
>N
We should ask them if they need any other expensive plants tho.

Am I the only one you thinks the mirror gal might have gotten legs as a reunited power?

>>38264801
Y
Mention it as a hypothetical, but
Y
If he asks, say we did botany before we did this.

>>38264801
>Y
>N

>>38264801
>N
>Y

>>38264837
Yes, because that's stupid and not even part of Mirror's domains.

>>38264801
>N
>N
>Anything that could speed up the process? If you give me a few names, I can take care of the rest myself

It would be hilarious I admit if he ends up asking if we can make something that falls in better taste with vampires.

>>38264844
>Yes, because that's stupid and not even part of Mirror's domains.
Depends, maybe she did it with Adaptive Mutation, the main problem is that she did it a year ago, and the contest only started recently.

>>38264844
>Yes, because that's stupid and not even part of Mirror's domains.
It would evidently be from before she was mirrors avatar (if she even is that now), and there is nothing preventing us from branching out from one god. Why should she be limited to mirror?

>>38264801
>N, but thanks, but I don't have days
>N

Appears to be a double no, writing.

>>38264860
Adaptive Mutation is limited to biologically possible changes, IIRC.

>>38264865
Because multi-god Reunited like us are theorized to be uncommon, so it's somewhat likely she was a devotee of the Mirror before Avatarhood, though possible she wasn't.

More relevant, what god would she even have gotten it from? Artifice could only give us cybernetic implants because of our Impossibility domain.

>>38264885
Its like you people don't even want to find her...

>>38264889
>Adaptive Mutation is limited to biologically possible changes, IIRC.
Multiple legs are biologically impossble how?

>>38264891
Yes, we would like to find her soon, not in a few days.

>>38264891
More like we don't want to fuck around for three days for a lead of debatable value at best when we already know where she lives.

>>38264896
When they're explicitly mechanical implants, yeah, I'd say so.

“I’ll keep that in mind” you say, after all that’s a lot of money, and you hope to confront her faster than that. You consider telling Tenley about your blood fruits but decide against it. Whilst you do get vampires dining here, you wonder if there’s enough of a market for them to make it worthwhile. You thank Tenley for his time and leave the kitchens and wonder what you’ll be doing next. It’s currently early afternoon.

>Next task (what?)

>>38264896
And if that fails? bacause we don't really have a plan do we.
We not have this as a backup. I don't even..

>>38264901
>When they're explicitly mechanical implants, yeah, I'd say so.
You mean when they look like mechanical implants.
Did it occur to you that when someone suddenly gets multiple legs, thats a bit suspicious and might be something they will want to hide, using illusions?
You know, because she can do that.

>>38264904
>Go to where the MirrorA lives, and scout out the place

>>38264904
>Go after Jade Crimsonthorne

>>38264904
>Go to where the MirrorA lives, and scout out the place
Or

>Find info on downed spacecraft

>>38264904
>Go after Jade Crimsonthrone
She'd be a good source of information on Mirror Bitch, and isn't protected by Mirror Bitch's precog traps

>>38264912
Apparently I am to perplexed to write.
It should have been
>Why not have this as a backup. I don't even..
I mean we have not exactly been effective time wise or that proactive with our other tasks

>>38264904
>Go after Jade Crimsonthorne

>>38264934
>>38264920
How? Do you have any plan as to how we get into the Crimsonthorn mansion?

Guys, I just had a thought. What if Baalzamon is actually a hardcore Lawful Light guy, but has been cursed to always say the opposite of what he wants to say, and after so long he's now a shadow dragon because he said yes to things he wanted to say no to, and no to things he wanted to say yes to?

>>38264904
>Go to where the MirrorA lives, and scout out the place

>>38264944
Attack her when she's not in the Crimsonthorne mansion.

>>38264944
Is she a NEET?

>>38264934
>She'd be a good source of information on Mirror Bitch
No she wouldn't, the Mirrors servant clearly had nothing but contempt for her, she wouldn't tell her shit.

>>38264954
How do you find her? When she isn't in there?

>>38264912
Because Tenley has no protection against precognition and she probably had her surgeon mind-slaved.

>>38264919
Then how would it have affected us when we looked at her in future vision? I don't think that's how illusions work. It might be the inverse - she has mech legs but makes them look organic with illusions because organic spider legs are creepier. Intimidation factor.

>>38264904
>Go to where the MirrorA lives, and scout out the place

>>38264904
>Find info on downed spacecraft

>>38264986
>Then how would it have affected us when we looked at her in future vision? I don't think that's how illusions work.
I see no reason why it wouldn't work like that.

>>38264986
Because Tenley has no protection against precognition and she probably had her surgeon mind-slaved.
>Lets take no risks ever, no matter how minute or improbable

>>38264960
They'd made an arrangement that if she helped take us out she'd be turned into a Reunited. That means they must have negotiated before. We don't know how close they are to each other but she is a good lead which we can follow up on. She's also one of the few people we know who've seen Mirror in the flesh. And she's on our to kill list.

Pretend to be someone else with shapeshifting abilities. Don't enter, ask a servant. We can pretend to be an unlimited number of people in order to find out where she might be.

>>38265013
Yes, because clearly servants to paranoid vampires will gladly hand out information about the mindrape happy scion of the family to complete strangers. And will not inform anyone that we asked.
Brilliant plan 10/10.

>>38264912
>Tenley has no precogtection
>Surgeon is mind-raped, probably live-in
>Cost a bunch of cash
>Would've taken way too long for it to be viable (<24 hours or bust)
>If the surgeon wasn't enslaved they wouldn't know much
>She might just have a robot for it, or maintain them with magic
>Probably killed her original surgeon post-installation
>I don't even know what we'd get out of it from him, no way is she stupid enough to have a guy that knows shit about her walking around when there's a psychic Reunited out for her blood, so anything decent he knew has probably been torn from his head

>>38265007
>Let's take moderate-high risks for a worthless lead that won't pay off for far too long if it could even pay off to begin with because it was *my* idea.

>>38265007
Her spying on our staff is not improbable.
Especially since we have used them for taks before.

>>38265026
Again, shapeshifting abilities. Observing the place for a little while isn't difficult. Pick out targets to pretend to be. Read the target's mind beforehand to get context.

ok, going to scout Jane Vindels place it is.

Who?

>Just you and Rainya
>With (who?)

And plan?

>Walk up and knock on the door
>Just watch the place
>Other (what?)

Go in disguise?

>Y/N

I'm assuming at least 1 Rainya goes with you and 1 stays at the Waystation, unless write-ins specify otherwise.

>>38265038
No it was actually my idea to ask Tenley, but I had hoped he would have a limited number of names we could hit up.
Waiting days for that bit of information isn't worth it.

>>38264904
>Go to where the MirrorA lives, and scout out the place
Make sure to bring a Rainya.

>>38265051
>Us, Rainya and Kae
>Just watch the place, look for neighbors whose minds we can search
>Y

>>38265051
>>Just you and Rainya
>Just watch the place

>Y

>>38265043
We can't read minds.

>>38265038
>Let's take moderate-high risks for a worthless lead that won't pay off for far too long if it could even pay off to begin with because it was *my* idea.
I wasn't my idea, and what other formulated plan do we have?
Besides if you are so sure we will be done with her in a matter of a few day, then the risk is even less

>>38265043
>Observing the place for a little while isn't difficult.
Clearly they don't have precautions against spies.
That sounds like something rich and powerful vampires do, be unprepared for shapeshifters, when illusion using fae are their Nr.1 threat.

>>38265051
>Us, Rainya and Kae
>Just watch the place
>Y

>>38265072
Lirael can. Gestalt.

>>38265051
>With Kae and Rainya
Need Kae for chaos magic
>Just watch the place

>>38265076
Only on their own grounds. Preventing observation of people entering and exiting the premises is a lot more difficult.

>>38265051
>you, Kae and Rainya (2 of her, 3 at home)
Can we gestalt with Lirael at home or in the realm?

>Just watch the place

>>38265099
So, you want us to stand around there for a few days until we chance on someone who happens to have the clout that him asking after Jade isn't suspicious?
Especially since the majority would be servants, who either know, or have no business knowing where she is?

>>38265051
>>38265093
adding
>Eat a few blood fruits to fill our vitae pool
Might need that

>>38265075
>What other formulated plan do we have?
>Poorly thought out low-tier lead
>Formulated plan
We don't have any in the first place, but scouting is better than hoping we don't get screwed over by, say, spider-bitch mind-raping our cook and turning him into an anti-magic suicide bomb. You know, like she's been shown to do before.

>Besides if you are so sure we will be done with her in a matter of a few day, then the risk is even less
I'm not sure, but if we aren't, the risk is present and near-pointless due to the fact that the surgeon probably doesn't have anything worthwhile for reasons I mentioned, and if we do, then the information is meaningless since we didn't need it.

Even if she hasn't mind-wiped him, she would when she saw the future that Tenley would get info on her from her surgeon, because precog.

>>38265113
Jesus Christ. You're acting like this is some immense task to work out the bare-bones schedule of a vampire socialite with an arsenal of demi-god powers. And this is neither here nor there now, the vote is over.

>>38265108
>Can we gestalt with Lirael at home or in the realm?

Yes, Gestalts can only be initiated whilst in mental contact but can be maintained across planar boundaries.

Adding, 5 minute vote, Gestalt with Lirael?

>Y/N

>>38265137
You think she has mind-raped everyone she has been in contact with in her past? really?

>>38265158
>Y

>>38265158
Y

>>38265159
This particular person who could have had vital information about her when there's a highly dangerous PSYCHIC Reunited with a confirmed Avatar kill? Yeah, yeah I do.

>>38265158
Y

>>38265159
Yeah considering we offed the last avatar so easily, she better be paranoid.

>>38265158
>Y

>>38265158
>Y
Disguise us as guys, no one will suspect

>>38265171
Your arguments are not all bad, but I really think you're blowing the risks out of proportion and neglect the insight we might gain, it might not be her only implant for example, she might have other shady underworld dealings. We will never know.

>>38265205
If we had cybernetic implants, I sure as hell would mindwipe the surgeon.
I see no reason why she wouldn't.

>>38265205
She has no family in the area, she knows we're looking for her. If she hasn't mindraped or wiped him then she's an idiot. Relying on your opponent's stupidity only highlights your own.

Rolled 1 (1d5)

ok, gestalt w/Lirael, Rainya and Kae with you (1 Rainya back at the Waystation) and you're all under illusionary disguises.

Please roll me 6d20

Enhance Senses
Shee Perception
Rainya Perception
Kae Perception
Shee Psychic Sense
Kae Detect Magic

Rolled 16, 18, 7, 16, 19, 5 = 81 (6d20)

>>38265237

Rolled 15, 8, 18, 8, 9, 1 = 59 (6d20)

>>38265220
>She has no family in the area
How do you know?

Rolled 20, 15, 19, 3, 9, 17 = 83 (6d20)

>>38265237

Rolled 16, 1, 5, 5, 2, 18 = 47 (6d20)

>>38265237
rolling
>>38265241
Cause her husband died and Yonsul would have put other family info in the brief?

If we're going to constantly be rolling for whether or not MirrorA picks the right future, maybe we should up Rainya's duplicates potential asap

>>38265253
agreed.

>>38265253
Optimally MirrorA is dead before the end of this thread.

>>38265237
Heh, I hope it's 5 that means Mirror Bitch divines the truth.

Fortunately she should be in perpetual uncertainty, even if she chooses the right vision, she'd still have lingering doubts.

>>38265258
I very much doubt things will go optimally here. If she isn't dead, I'm sure as hell voting for plurality.

>>38265258
I still want more Rainyas.

>>38265269
>I'm sure as hell voting for plurality
I'd be voting against that, because it would be a terrible use of our XP.
We need to actually have those Rainyas manifested for the bonus, and manifesting with Plurality 1 basically cripples Raynia with mali onever d20 roll.

What if, for Pluralityall of the d20s were added together per check, instead of each one having to do it individually if they're all doing the same action. (such as firing the bow at the same target)

>>38265327
Then it'd be broken, and wouldn't make much sense anyway.

You link minds with Lirael and head out with Rainya and Kaelyn, after Kae covers you all in an illusionary disguise. Rainya leaves one of her duplicates back at the restaurant.

You approach the address Sergeant Yonsul gave you for Jane Vindel. It’s high up in the Hive in a very clean-looking neighbourhood. A lot of the houses are large and ornate, some of them looking very old. Many of the driveways each have one or more expensive cars even in mid-afternoon, this is the sort of place where loiterers are noticed quickly and any crime means the police will arrive in minutes. How the other half live eh?

An old lady, walking a tiny dog that yaps incessantly, gives the three of you a dirty look and mutters something about “gangs moving in” and hurries past you.

The Vindel residence is no different, surrounded by a high wall and sturdy-looking gates. A box on the side of the house boasts the effectiveness of its alarm system and tinted windows make it difficult to see what’s going on inside the place, clearly the resident values her privacy.

Still, you’re in luck the house opposite hers is empty right now, a quick scan of the place reveals no minds present and no chaos magic beyond the a simple privacy ward. Its garden is protected by thick undergrowth and high hedges – a perfect place to conceal the three of you whilst you watch the Vindel house.

“That’s a lot of magic” says Kaelyn conversationally as the three of you lurk in the bushes.

“Yeah” you agree, whilst trying to get a feel for the place with your own senses even as you experience Lirael playing hologames back at the Waystation.

You can sense a lot of magic on the Vindel house, lots of different auras, too many to easily puzzle through.

>>38265284
There's currently a 20% chance every couple posts that MirrorA figures out what we're doing and starts counter-planning. A five-fold increase in blocking MirrorA's abilities is well worth losing out on her perception rolls while she follows us around.

Kaelyn breaks some of them down for you “detection spell, alarm, another alarm, anti-scrying spell, explosive trap, teleport trap, mind-wipe trap, alarm, some sort of summoning trap...” She lists too many for you to count, either way the message is clear. That building is well protected.

“I can see someone moving inside” says Rainya “but not any details.”

“Same” says Kaelyn, both of them peering at a figure that occasionally walks past a window.

You can see far clearer however, there’s only one person in the house and it looks like Jane Vindel, spider legs and all. She’s just doing...normal stuff. As you watch she finishes a sandwich and washes the plate in the sink, sits reading from a datapad and performs exercises as shown by a holo. Just normal everyday boring stay at home stuff that a woman living on her dead husbands wealth might do. Could this be an illusion? Or an act to draw attackers in?

>Actions (what?)

If we got Plurality 4, and there were 250 different Rainyas running around...could we drive MirrorA insane with all the possibilities she were seeing at once.

>>38265346
Blast the fuck outta the house. Go full rampage.

>>38265346
>Leave for now, we can use Clairsentience to watch over the street

Okay...
Say we have one Rainya with us and 4 Rainyas at home.
The four at home combines into one.
This leaves 2 Rainyas, one at each place.
Can the 1 We have with us then split into 4, effectively moving 3 Rainyas from one place to another?

>>38265346
>Leave for now, we can use Clairsentience to watch over the street

>>38265387
Obviously we can.
Why wouldn't we?

>>38265346
>Subtle Mind Reading on one of the neighbors

>>38265346
>>38265383
changing to
>>38265413
>Subtle Mind Reading on one of the neighbors

ok, roll 2d20 and vote on extra PE/Vitae used for Mind reading

Rolled 11, 16 = 27 (2d20)

>>38265459
9

>>38265459
5 either is fine

Rolled 12, 5 = 17 (2d20)

>>38265459
7

Rolled 2, 17 = 19 (2d20)

>>38265459
0/0

You continue to watch as you reach out and probe the minds of the residents of nearby houses. They’re full of concerns about themselves: do their husbands or wives still love them, are they getting fat, will that bitch next door ever stop making eyes at their husband, small worries from your point of view.

You start looking specifically for information about Jane Vindel, it’s not much: Quiet, polite, keeps to herself a lot, seems she never got over her husbands death all that time ago. Keeps odd hours sometimes. I could have sworn I saw her in her kitchen one day and then not two minutes later she’s walking down the street headed home, huh, I must be imagining it, why does he have those legs, so strange, still, she is grieving. She is up late a lot, trouble sleeping? I know a great therapist maybe I should recommend him to her?

As you do this Kaelyn and Rainya keep an eye upon the house. Jane Vindel goes about her normal activities.

>Actions (what?)

>>38265543
>Leave for now, we can use Clairsentience to watch over the street
Okay, so this is a illusion.

>>38265543
>Leave for now, we can use Clairsentience to watch over the street
We too can play this game

>>38265543
>I could have sworn I saw her in her kitchen one day and then not two minutes later she’s walking down the street headed home
Guess that more or less confirms that the thing in the house is probably an illusion.

>>38265591
Considering its Mirror, it might a Duplicate too.

>>38265598
If it's a duplicate, she's going to be extremely hard to kill.

>>38265543
Looks like we will have to take drastic measures and Subtle Apport one of the mercenaries we saw to us.

>>38265543
Have we seen any of the mercs faces Pally?

We really should have kae put up some wards of our own

You’ve seen enough, whatever is in there isn’t Jane Vindel, it’s an illusion or a duplicate or whatever, just there to fool the neighbours. The hard knot of emotion in your chest that you didn’t want to acknowledge eases a bit, as much as you want to burst in there, guns blazing, it would accomplish nothing, and just give Lord Reaper the excuse he needs to hunt you down.

“I’ve seen enough” you say to Kaelyn and Rainya “I can watch over this place at a distance now, let’s go.”

“Aren’t we going to capture her?” asks Rainya

You shake your head “no point” you say “it’s an illusion or a double or something else, it’s not really her, when I kill her it has to count, it has to be real, this...this is nothing. I’ll watch this place just in case she visits to maintain the spells here but for now, lets go home.”

You slump a little in defeat, you were hoping for a quick victory over Ashs murderer, but it was not to be. You feel Liraels concern for you through your joined minds. Rainya puts an arm around your waist and you all head back to the Waystation, feeling only disappointment.

What do you do next?

>Tasks as above or write-in

>>38265693
Yes

>>38265719
>Have kae put up some wards of our own
Ask Kae if she knows which nightclubs Jade goes to

>>38265719
>Find info on downed spacecraft
Tonight, after we the customers left, we can try Apporting one of the mercs into the basement of the restaurant, going into the desert will probably make the range too long

>>38265719
Send a message to the Kenleys. Give them the name and address, say that this is the person who arranged for Ash's death. Warn them that they are a powerful Champion, and if they're going to act use appropriate force.

>>38265719
>Find info on downed spacecraft

>>38265749
And they are going to believe this, why?

>>38265736
Cool, have you prepared any?
You think we won't need Kae for a few days, since making wards takes hours?

>>38265749
>Kenleys
Kellens, how did I get Kenleys.

>>38265759
She can't take a break once in a while?

>>38265719
>Go to Tenley again, someone hired a large number of mercenaries a few days ago and brought them to a warehouse, that can't have gone noticed by the underworld

>>38265777
Seconded

>>38265719
>>38265741
Changing to
>>38265777

>>38265759
>Cool, have you prepared any?
He can't, because Kae can't make those kinds of wards yet.

ok, writing talking to Tenley

>>38265759
Does it matter if they do?

Back at the Waystation you head down to speak to Tenley, releasing the gestalt you have with Lirael.

You find Tenley threatening one of the chefs in the kitchen for cooking something the wrong way, after Tenley has finished haranguing the poor man he sniffs at your presence and beckons you to follow him into the pantry “changed your mind huh?” he asks.

“Not about that no” you say, adding “a few days ago there was a lot of mercenaries and gangs in an ambush low-hive, what can you tell me about it?”

Tenley shrugs “The vamps” he says “the oubliette or whatever they are called, they bring a lot of off-world muscle with them weeks ago as *security*, the gangs they hire a few days ago, they attack someone, a lot of people die, the vamps and their soldiers leave, the gangs...go back to being gangs.” Hmm, seems like the shadow vampires were doing most of the underworld stuff, still, it might be a connection to the follower of the Mirror, weak as it sounds.

“Which gangs?” you ask Tenley, he gives you a few names, places they hang out at and then goes back into the kitchen.

What now?

>Actions as above
Plus new
>Go talk to gangs

>>38265918
>Go talk to gangs

>>38265918
>Go talk to gangs
I love how Tenley has warmed up to us.

>>38265945
I like Tenley. I hope we can get him demonhood one day.

>>38265918
>Go talk to gangs
In case we don't get to do specifics until then
>Have Kae disguise herself and Rainyas as big tough looking guys
I dont want to have to kill anyone because they didn't take us serious

Gangs it is

Going alone?

>alone (except 1 Rainya)
>Other

And disguise?
>No disguise
>Generic disguise
>Tough guys
>Other (what?)

>>38265918
Leak Jane's address to Kulrathe. Best case they kill eachother. Worst case Kulrathe gets an avatar kill, but at least then Jane's dead. Ok case is the Kulrathe charges into the house and gets killed by the traps.

>>38265989
>Rainyas and Kae
>Tough guys

Lirael needs to stay out of gestalt, so she can check on the street the MirrorA lives from time to time.

>>38265991
>Worst case Kulrathe gets an avatar kill
No, worst case they recognise a common enemy and team up.

>>38265989
>Rainyas and Kae
>Tough guys

>>38265989
>Rainyas and Kae
>Tough guys

The power trio it is.

This is an interesting write-in >>38266006

Have Lirael watching Jane Vindels house whilst you're out talking to gangs?

>Y/N

5 minute vote

You'll be at this all afternoon

>>38266068
>Y
Not the house, the street the house is in, we can't scry on the house

>>38266068
>Y
Not the house, the street the house is in, we can't scry on the house
Sounds a bit risky tho...

>>38266068
>Y
I assume one Rainya stays at the Waystation, like before?
Have Lirael stay in Mental Contact with us, so we know if something happens

>>38265989
Take Rainya and...dunno who else. Also, Pally, can we put 'Find ways to improve the Restaurant' on our to-do list?

>>38266091
We have to wait until Pally has written that up.

Rolled 2 (1d5)

Sorry yes, watch the area around the house is what I meant, and yes, one Rainya is staying behind as usual.

>>38266091
Sure

>>38266097
Why? We've got 300k+ in the bank. If we talk to our secretary, she could probably give us a list of ways we can invest in the business, with capital like that.

>>38266119
Because Pally hasn't written the possible purchases for improving the restaurant yet.

>>38266144
We haven't asked? Also, I think it'd be straightforwards. Musical entertainment, improve the kitchen, hire more folks, advertise, and possible options using our botany.

>>38266158
>We haven't asked?
Yes we have asked Pally several times.
His answer had always been, he hasn't decided yet.

>>38266176
Ah. Well, shit then. Maybe I can work with AA or Pally on getting some business maths down.

You grab Kaelyn and Rainya again, Kaelyn covers you all in illusions of tough-looking street thugs, the kind of guys people do *not* want to mess with. Though you don’t have much to fear from an ordinary gang, three teenage girls don’t present an intimidating front. Constantly fighting off would-be assailants will get tiring after a while.

You swagger out of the Waystation and start asking around, trying to find out anything you can about the whole ambush.

You spend the rest of the day looking up the different gangs Tenley told you about. Most don’t know anything about any *Spider-legged bitch*, or are too difficult to find. One gang however, the Iron Hawks, is all too eager to see you, finding their hideout and talking to their leader isn’t the problem, it’s how things go after that...

The leader of the Iron Hawks, a bulky tough named Rengel is willing to trade information about *that bitch* in exchange for...

“You tell me about the red-haired bitch that took out my boys that day, and I’ll tell you everything I know about that freaky spider-bitch” says Rengel.

You’re in a rundown building in Rengels *place of business* around you are a half-dozen guys all carrying guns, and their logo of an iron hawk does look familiar, yes, just like the ones you and Rainya killed.

You Rainya and Kaelyn are there looking like very tough guys.

Your response?

>I don’t know any red-haired bitch
>Oh yeah, she lives at uh...(make something up)
>This guy knows something? Attack + interrogate!
>Other (what?)

I'll see if I can write up some restaurant stuff before next thread.

As always, if you want to get involved, hit me up on twitter

>>38266210
>Oh yeah, she lives at uh...(make something up)
Give him the street where the spider bitch lives

>>38266210
>This guy knows something? Attack + interrogate!
This sounds like a Jaggie option to me.

>>38266210
"She's a Duster, but after her place got shot up in a police raid, she went into the hive. I have no clue where, but there's only so many places a duster can hide out in here."

>>38266210
>Oh yeah, she lives at uh...(make something up)
>Give him the street where the spider bitch lives

>>38266263
Are you stupid or something? if it were, it would say so, like it always does.

>>38266241
>"She's a Duster, but after her place got shot up in a police raid, she went into the hive. I have no clue where, but there's only so many places a duster can hide out in here."
> I might be able to find out more.

>>38266263
Next post, lets see how far we can take them without attacking.

>>38266241
Thats pretty stupid, why would we give that adresse?
Also we don't want to send them to our enemies, they might just team up.

>>38266281
>always does
It doesn't always. Sometimes we have to ask for clarification.

>>38266263
good point, yes, that would please Jagganatha

>>38266210
>Dominate.

>>38266210
>Oh yeah, she lives at uh...(make something up)
>Give him the street where the spider bitch lives

>>38266281
>>38266300
You are aware that if he has legitimate information he might already know the street, correct?

>>38266210
Tweet sent. You prefer Skype or email?

>>38266303
Thats a problem how?

>>38266290
No, it always does unless Pally has forgotten it, which has rarely happened. Clarification is for write-ins.

>>38266288
>Also we don't want to send them to our enemies, they might just team up.
They already worked together with her.

>>38266210
>Oh yeah, she lives at uh...(make something up)
I'm still worried about the idea of anyone that isn't AA getting that involved...

>>38266327
So they might already know the adresse as >>38266303 said and instantly call our bluff

>>38266327
>No, it always does unless Pally has forgotten it, which has rarely happened.

Thank you for your faith in me, however in this case I did forget.

>>38266344
In which case we beat them up and have lost nothing.

Please roll 1d20+12 to lie

telling him Jane Vindells address it is

>>38266342
I actually agree with that sentiment, yeah, I think we had that talk already before.

Rolled 4 + 12 (1d20 + 12)

>>38266365

Rolled 20 + 12 (1d20 + 12)

>>38266365
Not her adress, just the street.

Rolled 9 + 12 (1d20 + 12)

>>38266365

>>38266381
Utterly based.

>>38266356
We have nothing to win by telling that adresse, its even worse then just a random one

>>38266401
Yes we do, if they go after that place, that distract our enemy and weakens her defenses.
We don't want to give a random adress, because we don't want them to smash into the houses of random people.

>>38266417
We will see how it played out, I hope you are right.

“Yeah I know her” you say “or rather, I heard of her, she lives up hive at uh...” you give him the street Jane Vindel lives on, though not her exact address.

Rengel stares at you for several long seconds and then shakes his head “yeah, figured she must be some rich up-hiver. Ok, the bitch with the spider-legs is weird man, I don’t even know, ok, lemme tell you about how we got hired.” He relays his tale.

“Well I always insist on meeting whoever hires us just in case they crazy right? Well I meet with the freaky vamp, off-worlder ya know, and there’s the spider bitch wit him, so I start asking questions about who we fighting, what they armed with shit like that. His answers don’ make a lotta sense but I need ta know, anyways, the bitch starts giving him attitude ya know? Like why we gotta hire all dese trash? bitch is dumb anyway, I ignore her cuz hey, ain’t my bitch, an’ he paying money, so I nod an’ I smile as she calls me trash. Anyway, he musta lost his temper or somethin’ cuz he turn on her and he give her a smack so fast I din’ even see him move and she fall down and don’t move, now I know her neck broke, I heard it snap. But even dead this bitch still talking” he affects an upper hive accept “very mature, I can just make a new one” he continues his tale “anyway tha freaky off-world vamp don’ like that so he says to her *I can still reach into the Astrobleme and pluck you out* well this getting kinda freaky so I take my cut of the cash and I head out, next thing I know, lots of my boys dead, my advice is this: Don’t let the spider-bitch hire you, she trouble man, she trouble!”

That doesn’t really tell you much that you don’t already know but Kaelyn twitched a little when he said *Astrobleme* so maybe she knows what that is.

Actions?

>Ask other questions (what?)
>Drop disguise, want a piece of me?
>Ask them how much they hire for
>Leave
>Other (what?)

>>38266575
>Ask other questions (what?)
>"I assume you don't want to be hired against her either? A pity"
>Use the time to Psychic Surgery into him a reluctance to go after "the red-haired bitch", too much up-hiver trouble, and she's probably just as freaky

>>38266575
>Ask them how much they hire for

>>38266575
>>38266605
seconding

>>38266575

Did she hire any other toughs at the time?

>>38266575
You know anything about this police guy Kulrathe? I hears he is a rising star in da police and might course trouble here in the underhive soon

>>38266575
>Did she hire anyone else you know?
>Use the time to Psychic Surgery into him a reluctance to go after "the red-haired bitch", too much up-hiver trouble, and she's probably just as freaky

>>38266575
>>38266605
Adding that
>Did she hire anyone else you know?

>Multiple bodies that don't die when you kill them
Oh, this is going to be fun...

>>38266575
>Use the time to Psychic Surgery into him a reluctance to go after "the red-haired bitch", too much up-hiver trouble, and she's probably just as freaky
Not voting, but I assume not invasive enough for Baalzamon favour?

Psychic Surgery+ Did she hire anyone else is is

Please roll 2d20 (subtle, psychic surgery) plus vote on extra PE used.

>>38266696
Correct

Pointing him at Jane and making him attack her would though.

>>38266696
Baalzamon favor would probably be something like convincing him to lead a crusade against the spider bitch and suicide all his guys into the house.

Rolled 3, 20 = 23 (2d20)

>>38266714

Rolled 16, 9 = 25 (2d20)

>>38266714

Rolled 15, 9 = 24 (2d20)

>>38266714

>>38266717
Get out of my mind anon!

>>38266714
>>38266717
I don't think it needs suiciding.
Just making him develop a immense hateboner to want to help us against her would probably be enough.

>>38266734
I meant it more as "they'd all get killed in the attack", not "we'd have to make him want to kill his own men".

Goal isn't suicide, but prompting them to attack would just end up with them killing themselves.

>>38266754
I understood what you meant. I don't think having them do it in a stupid fashion in which they die is necessary.
If we would make them offer to help us in our own assault, that would probably suffice to please him.

>>38266770
That's still suicidal. These dudes entering the fight is like throwing mice in a blender. It doesn't matter whether you send them in first alone or send them in later with a couple rocks accompanying them, it's still going to be a mouse smoothie.

“Did the bitch hire anyone else?” you ask. Rengel shrugs and starts listing off gang names. As he does you carefully reach into his mind and chip away at his desire to see you dead, convincing him that you’re too much trouble for him to want to have to deal with.

Once that’s done you ask “other than the attack though, has she hired anyone for other stuff, like guards?”

Rengel shrugs “Dunno” he says “No Iron Hawks tho, thas for sure.”

“Aight” you give him a nod and are on your way. Once you are far enough away you ask Kaelyn “Astrobleme?”

“It’s a canyon” she says “A big one, I read about it in school, supposedly started by a falling asteroid, and then carved out by water long ago.”

“Water?” you ask “Apollyon has always been-”

“Dry I know” says Kaelyn “but my teachers are convinced that once, it wasn’t. Anyway the Astromobleme is a deep Canyon, maybe a half-mile down, a few miles wide in places, and over 200 miles long. In the depths there are some odd creatures living. My father said that sometimes they dump the failed experiments there, new types of beastmen and such.”

You nod glumly, a massive canyon full of monsters in which a mage lives who can see the future. Still, at least you know where she lives, you hope. “Where is it?” you ask Kaelyn

“About six thousand miles away” says Kaelyn “give or take a few hundred? I can show you on a map.”

Its late evening as you head back to the Waystation and you’re all feeling hungry.

What do you do next?

Shee's To Do List

1. Go after Kulrathe and/or his officers (plan?)
2. Talk to Garrax (reunited)
3. Seek the favour of one of the Five (which?)
4. Contact the Rebellion (about what?)
5. Research the Fae Court/Palace, is there a way in?
6. Make some more stuff for your Realm
7. Take Research Facility back (how?)
9. Talk to Yonsul
10. Go after Jade Crimsonthorne
11. Head to the Astrobleme (hunt Jane Vindel)

It is assumed that you will be doing the chosen task tomorrow morning, unless write-ins indicate going tonight.

>>38266913
>11. Head to the Astrobleme (hunt Jane Vindel)
Unless Kae can hand out darkvision to everyone, we kinda have to do it tomorrow.

>>38266904
that explains the legs

If Rainya got FotDM, Flight 15, and maxed out Duplication+Plurality then she could turn into 500 90m tall sea monsters that fly around at just under mach 2.

>>38266913

Can we give dev a budget to trick out his warmech? Sounds like things ahead may get dicy.

>>38266913
>11. Head to the Astrobleme (hunt Jane Vindel)

>>38266949
Sure you can, but it will take him time to get the parts and trick it out

>>38266949
We can't really bring Dev.
Lirael can carry Kae and Rainya if it comes to it, but not the warmech.
And I wouldn't like to have to leave him behind.
Unless he finds way to give the mech flight very fast.

>>38266904
>“Water?” you ask “Apollyon has always been-”
Cmon, Shee. You heard Mom say that she was going to have you bring the oceans *back* if you'd taken her deal instead of Baalzi's. You know that there were oceans.

and by miles, Kaelyn meant kilometres

>>38266982
I think when we talk about "hundreds" that isn't really a relevant difference.

>>38266971

Well, we can buy more hp for him, and bring him with rifle + sword + armor, which would help. His armor is pretty robust.

Otherwise, we wait till psychics and let adaption get him like 30 more hp with mastery.

Toughness x3 and some straight hp is about the only way to do it currently.

>>38266913
>Ask favour from mom
We need water

>>38266982
Can Adaptive Mutation grow us wings when we fall, or just something to float with?

>>38267002
Buying more Hp for him is pretty ineffective, his Armour is already very good, carrying him will be a problem, although if absolutely necessary, Lirael could carry all of them.
Its just that without the warmech, Dev doesn't do anything relevant for the upcoming fight.

>>38266913
>>38266926
Before we forget it again
>Have Shee fill her vitae pool with blood fruit
We are going to need the extra PE

>>38267021
>Its just that without the warmech, Dev doesn't do anything relevant for the upcoming fight.

He is still a sniper and good with a sword.

>>38267021
it would allow you to glide more than fly.

Ok, so off to a distant canyon in the morning. I'm taking a 30 minute break, please plan who is coming and what you're bringing, as well as how you intend to find her in the length of the place.

>>38266913
>Have Shee fill her vitae pool with blood fruit
>11. Head to the Astrobleme (hunt Jane Vindel)

Idea:

Oceanic reality summons a cube of water that doesn't expand beyond the boundaries, but inside of the boundaries it still acts like regular water.
Now that we have Shadowcraft, we can open up portals of shadow that link two areas.

What if we were to use Oceanic Reality to summon up a cube of water and then put a shadow portal in the middle of it at the bottom just above the boundary with the other end of the portal above the canyon?

Sit there sucking down bloodfruits and spamming OR with the vitae to flood the place.

>>38267050
He isn't weak, but not on the level of what we are going to need, and he is far too vulnerable to mindfuckery.

>>38267062
Did you miss the part where it doesn't leave its place? It doesn't leave it place, it will not go through the portal.
Leaving aside we don't have oceanic reality anyway.

>>38267061

Should load up the armory with fruit, to recharge.

>>38267089
It does not extend beyond the boundaries, but it could still flow through a portal.

>>38267100
Would fresh fruit count as 'living matter' in that case?

>>38267054
I'm not sure about Dev, if he can get free for the day without problem, he could come with the warmech, but its not such a pressing need he would need to risk his job for it.
Lirael, Rainya and Kae are a must, of course.

I would suggest we use Clairsentience to scout the place, and have Kae look for signs of chaos magic.

>>38267089
>He isn't weak, but not on the level of what we are going to need, and he is far too vulnerable to mindfuckery.

Yeah, i was thinking about clearing through the trash, less boss fight.

Too bad can't make a tinfoil hat with those anti magic slivers imbedded in to resist mind fuckery for him.

>>38267104
No it can't. Because then it would be leaving its designated space.

>>38267135
It's not something that prevents the water from ever leaving the space, it's a force box container thing around it. If there's a portal, it will flow.

>>38267104
No, it doesn't say anything about not leaving its boundaries, you are trying top use wording that isn't there.
It says we can fill a designated space, such as a canyon, or make a free floating cube.
The water does not flow anywhere.
We could spam OR to flood the canyon, but that would take such absurd efforts, that just making a single cube and then smacking her in FotDM is way better.

>>38267155
>it's a force box container thing around it
No it isn't.
The water simply doesn't go anywhere else.
There is no boundary it doesn't cross or anything like that, its just that the water doesn't go anywhere else.

>>38267168
>a single cube and then smacking her in FotDM is way better.
FoTDM is bigger than every body of water created by OR save for the last one, and even then it's still 90% of the height of the cube. The submerged stats of FotDM are irrelevant unless we get to a not-desert planet, we flood this one somehow, or we're in our realm.

>>38267196
>At Oceanic Reality 4 the maximum size of your summoned ocean extend to 50 metres on each side, and up to 50 metres deep.
>to transform into sea monster 30 metres tall

>>38267196
Hydrokinesis is an Ichor thing, under Creature of the Deep, IIRC.

>>38267222
Aaaaaaand I'm dumb. I thought it was 90m for some reason.

>>38267226
It is.

>>38267232
Mind, the point is rather irrelevant, since we don't even have OR4, and won't for a very long time, but even the Dry State is plenty intimidating.
Although Ruler of Shadow might be better.

>>38267253
RoS is better against pure magic and it's essentially godmode against shadow users. FotDM is (currently) better for pretty much anything else, especially if it's in water. Being able to run around at 50kph on land is hella good compared to RoS only being able to blob around at leisurely-stroll pace.

I really wanna do FotDM+Blink and run around at 300kph as a giant sea monster

>>38267304
>RoS is better against pure magic
Its actually bad against magic, because it doesn't have any innate defense against magic, and has less HP.

>>38267334
Its better against purely non-magical stuff though, because of the 5*(Willmod) DR.

Looks like Shee, Rainya, Lirael and Kae are coming.

I was for Dev, however it appears that won't carry the vote regardless.

I was mostly worried about him being an easy target while we are the fuck away from the hive.

Ate we going to like rent an air car or just teleport there?

>>38267392
>just teleport there
Probably that. Would have been good to have these airbikes now, but too late for that.

He'd be useful with the warmech, but too vulnerable for mindfuckery, I understand wanting to bring him with us, and let him contribute, but its not really viable here.
I really hope we get Psychic Infection soon.

>>38267427
We could offer to turn him vamp once we get PoB if he wants. He probably won't, and I don't really like the idea either, but it is an option.

>>38267453
There are a lot of things that are options, but still not good ideas.

Even talking to him about worshipping Jagganatha is better than that.

>>38267427
>He'd be useful with the warmech, but too vulnerable for mindfuckery

Sadly. We have put off that stuff a lot.

We should then speak to him tonight and give him a budget to upgrade the mech. Turn it into a command mech for drones and shit to help scouting too.

>>38267461
Hell, we could probably turn him into an AI with enough corruption and artifice.

That'd actually be pretty sick if we could have make an antinite whatever that antimagic metal is called robot body that we can plug his core into.

I think that would be pretty kick ass. Can't imagine anyone would actually go for it, though.

>>38267485
A power armour using antinite would probably be viable for him.
We need to see what sort of stuff those syrnian hunters use, thats what Dev needs.

Back and writing update, will put prep to a proper vote because yes, it is important, vote will be at the end of next update.

>>38267453

There is.

Vampire
Imbued, need to convince Kae
Dhampire
Psychics.
Cyberentics.
5 worship, one of them

We likely going with psychics though. Times like this make me wish we had a few more allies.

>>38267519
We barely know what to do with those we have.
We don't really need more, as such.
Yonsul is probably going to join our band at some point, provided she doesn't die.
Except for Cybernetics, we already got one of each kind.

Also, Imbued is not just a matter of talking to Kae, she currently can't do it.

>>38267519
Most of those aren't contradictionary, cybernetics might be an option, but I have the feeling Dev won't like enhancments like that.
He definitly won't like any vampire or fae stuff.
Not even sure he will be okay with Psychic Infection.

>>38267519
None of those are mutually exclusive except for vamp and dhamp

>>38267534

Mostly talking about having backup in case stuff goes south.

Like if we had another psychic, they could have focused on that and unlocked infection or other abilities.

Having 1 or 2 back here at the hive as backup for dev or such would not be bad.

I wonder if Jade would still target our fri3nds, probably.

>>38267604
So you mean allies, not directly companions?
That I can agree with yeah, having more of those would be nice.
But, we're working on it, and if Pally ever stops strangling us with plot threads (as if), it would be nice to reach out a few tentacles to other Reunited.

>>38267630

Most reunited are going to be a conflict, unless we can get them to swear fealty to Shee.

I kinda prefer companions due to enhanced growth rate, even if they are used more like allies.

After dinner you sit down with your friends and try to figure out what the plan is. Kaelyn manages to find some holos of the Astrobleme canyon and you all examine it, trying to figure out where your foe could be hiding, as well as what defences she could have.

“It’s useless” says Kaelyn in dismay “the place is huge, the bottom of the canyon is riddled with caves, any one of which she could be hiding in, it’s full of monsters and experiments, not to mention the spells she has cast to protect it.”

“Is that a way to find her though?” asks Rainya “wherever there is magic, so is she?”

Dev shakes his head “More like *wherever there is magic, so is a trap*, if she’s been there a while she’ll have found safe spots and dangerous ones, she’ll have trails leading into monster lairs and the like.”

“The sheer size is daunting” you say “I mean, how are we supposed to search something this big?”

“Why not make her come to us?” asks Lirael “like, pretend we went hunting for her and now we’re all lost and helpless and when she attacks you turn into a ginormous monster and gobble her up?”

You all pause and look at Lirael for a moment.

“What?” she says.

“This mage has been preparing for you though” says Kaelyn “and whilst she can’t predict what you’ll do now” you hope “she does still know your tricks, a ward against teleportation is normally very hard to spread over such a large area but with the Mirrors help....” Yeah and with the Mirrors help even your own Aspect of Impossibility might not be foolproof.

“I need to decide” you say “who is going, what we’re taking with, and how we find her.”

Who?
>Alone (except for Rainya)
>With (who?)

Again, it is assumed at least one Rainya will be going with

Prep/supplies
>Nothing, I can teleport after all
>Backpacks with clothes, shelters, food etc, full camping gear
>Hire a hovertruck packed full of goodies
>Other (what?)

And searching the place?
>Just walk down it
>Clairsentience and Chaos magic
>Hire (or buy) some scanning gear, radar, thermals, the works
>Other (what?)

This is a general plan vote, there will be other decisions when you’re closer.

>>38267690
Yeah no, I don't like looking at it in such a game-y perspective.
Companions should be taken for people we hold close to us and that are a direct part of our team.
Our family, as it were.

>>38267713
>Everyone, if Dev wants to come
She is prepared for most of our tricks, she will be expecting magic, psychic and mutations, tech however, we barely ever use
>Backpacks with clothes, shelters, food etc, full camping gear
>Fill yourselves and Lirael up with blood fruits
>Clairsentience and Chaos magic
>Buy some scanning gear, radar, thermals, the works

>>38267713
Who
>Everyone

Prep/supplies
>Backpacks with clothes, shelters, food etc, full camping gear
>Hire a hovertruck packed full of goodies
Can Dev fix up an EMP?

And searching the place?
>Just walk down it
>Clairsentience and Chaos magic
>Hire (or buy) some scanning gear, radar, thermals, the works
>Other
We know she is scrying us, can we counterscry, trace it back?

>>38267713
>With (Kae, Rainya, Lirael)

Prep/supplies
>Hire a hovertruck packed full of goodies

And searching the place?
>Hire (or buy) some scanning gear, radar, thermals, the works

>>38267783
>Can Dev fix up an EMP?

Unfortunately there is no *shut down* EMP available, there are electron grenades though.

>We know she is scrying us, can we counterscry, trace it back?

Yes

>>38267713
>Everyone, or alone
>Backpacks with clothes, shelters, food etc, full camping gear
>Fill yourselves and Lirael up with blood fruits, and pack a few of them for the journey
>Clairsentience and Chaos magic
>Buy some scanning gear, radar, thermals, the works

>>38267713
Who
>Everyone, dev if he can get the time off.

Prep/supplies
>Backpacks with clothes, shelters, food etc, full camping gear
>Hire a hovertruck packed full of goodies
Can Dev fix up an EMP?

And searching the place?
>Just walk down it
>Clairsentience and Chaos magic
>Hire (or buy) some scanning gear, radar, thermals, the works
>Other
We know she is scrying us, can we counterscry, trace it back?

This is a major operation, should not half ass it.

>>38267783
>We know she is scrying us, can we counterscry, trace it back?
We don't have any actual scrying ability.

>>38267713
>Everyone, or alone
>Backpacks with clothes, shelters, food etc, full camping gear
>Fill yourselves and Lirael up with blood fruits,
>Clairsentience and Chaos magic
>Buy some scanning gear, radar, thermals, the works

>>38267844
Damn...
Here I thought I was being smart
Clairsentience doesn't count?

>>38267812
>electron grenades
Lets get some of those then, for her legs

>>38267885
Its not really scrying.

>>38267819
>>38267794
>>38267783
And how do we get the hovertruck there?

So everyone, including Dev if he can get time off work.

Backpacks *and* hovertruck and blood fruits

Magic and scanning gear

Ok, writing

>>38267913
Pretty sure its a tie on the Hovertruck, I haven't voted, and I'm heavily against it , because how do we get them there?

>>38267929
Drive it..? I assume Dev or Kae can drive

>>38267929
...drive it?

>>38267913
>>38267929
I agreew ith that, unless someone has a really good plan that doesn't involve driving the thing there, I'm against it.

>>38267936
Of course they can't. When would either of them have learned it?
And wasting the hours to drive will just make it more likely our enemy discovers we are on the way.

>>38267929
Fair point, I'll put that in the update as everyone discussing in character the merits thereof.

>>38267936
>>38267939
Driving 6000+ km instead of being there in seconds, possibly letting her know we're up to something by our disappearance and giving her a long amount of time to bypass our protections once?

>>38267961
Can anyone of them drive?
Last I know Dev and Rainya couldn't.
Neither can Shee, so unless Kae can drive, its not actually a option.

>>38267903
Does none of you fags pay any attention whatsoever? We already have electron grenades.

>>38267967
Okay, maybe its not a good idea.
But assuming we can't teleport home or out, then we are really out of luck

Maybe we could have a backup Rainya bring it there as a backup

>>38267994
Except that Rainya can't drive.

>>38268003
How hard is it to drive, really? If this thing is anywhere near the difficulty of a real car, she could learn all she needs to drive across empty desert in about 5 minutes.

>>38268023
A truck? No you can't.
And the desert is everything but empty. There is a whole bunch of dangerous shit living there.