>>40136567
Through the main streets, into the inn, up the stairs, and into Lilac's room.

A wall in front of the dwarf is covered in ink, numbers, arrows, and pictures cover the entire thing.

Without even taking her eyes off of the scribbles, she points backwards and proclaims, “Math!”

“Somehow,” You remark, “I knew you wouldn't be asleep.”

“The bed is too far away.” She responds, now moving her hand to her chin. “Someone will need to carry me.”

You do not want to deal with this right now, so you change the subject. “We did that thing.”

“Did it work?”

You hesitate. “Yes.”

She turns around to finally look at you. She looks you up and down before asking, “What happened?”

“It didn't die.”

“Huh?”

“It lived through the entire process. Without a heart, lungs, intestine, it continued to live. It also would not be quiet.”

“Oh.”

You remain silent.

“Well,” Lilac responds, “You'll get used to it.”

Anger wells up in you. “I do not think I want to get used to that.”

“No one wants to get used to things like that, Ambrosis, but someone has to do it. Just think of all the great things that will be possible because of it! Dragon Hearts with a 100% drop rate! Hundreds, maybe even thousands of Wyvern Scales from one wyvern! Behemoth leather by the cartload!”

The sound of the creature returns to your mind and you feel a bit ill.

Judi suddenly interjected, “Why don't you just take the stuff for now and we think about that later?”

“Oh! Yes!” Lilac replies, “So, how much did you get?”

You open up your inventory and drop the three broken intestine you got from fighting monster normally.

“Is that it?” The sorceress responds, quite saddened.

>>40136574
That is when you begin to pull the vivisected intestine from your bag. It does not seem to end, this fleshy substance just continues to pour out of your bag.

The dwarf looks quite impressed. “And you got all of that from one monster!?”

“Yes.” You say as the last bit falls out of your bag and flops on the floor.

Lilac smiles. Perhaps it is the bags under her eyes, but this smile looks quite dark. “If we could find a way to farm those monsters,” She says, “We could begin mass producing airships like nothing!”

You look away from the blacksmith, not quite sure how to respond.

“Okay, Lilac, you need to get to sleep.” Judi says, picking up the small woman.

“But the math!” Lilac protests.

“The math will be there when you wake up.”

“Yeah, but-.” The dwarf is placed onto the bed. “Who made pillows so comfy? Is this new?”

Judi pulls the comforter over Lilac.

“Don't forget to...” The tiny sorceress yawns. “Get more... stuff.” The real-life engineer curls into her sheets and snuggles into her pillow.

You glance over the wall-notes.

“What should we do now?” Judicature whispers.

[ ] “Set up the electrolyzer somewhere.”
[ ] “Take a break.”
[ ] “Yell at my brother.”
[ ] Other.

>>40136614
>[ ] “Take a break.”

>>40136614
>[x] “Set up the electrolyzer somewhere.”

We're on a timetable. Gotta keep focused and stuff, we can chat and talk about it while we're working.

>>40136614
>[ ] “Take a break.”
We can't keep going like this.

>>40136614
>>[X] “Take a break.”
The trauma is a bit high.

>>40136779
>>40136743
>>40136696
[-10 Trauma]
[+3 Sanity]

>>40136614
>[X] “Take a break.”
We need to recover from that mental trauma.

>>40136865
Also, welcome back Tinyshep!

>>40136962
>Also, welcome back Tinyshep!

Thank you, anon!

It is nice to be back. I hope this will be entertaining for all of us.

>>40136865
I can't remember all the stuff that we discussed to make this humane.

There was CC effects, checking what happens upon brain death but not body death, acupuncture(impractically high/obscure skill requirement), and....?

>>40137971
Bolt pistols (no not those kind of bolt pistols) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_bolt_pistol

Same thing we use in the real life. Or we could do the same the thing with kitchen knives and just kind of lobotomize the subject.

Oh, and does anybody else remember those subtle hints Shep was dropping last night that Lilac's tumor was making a rebound?

>>40138094
>spoiler
pretty sure the dice gods told him not to do it. 3 times.

All in all, it's in the realm of Game Mechanics Not Discussed by Source, so it could be benign, it could also be REALLY REALLY BAD.

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>>40138172
“Take a break.” You whisper back.

The two of you tip-toe out of the purple woman's room and close the door as quietly as you can, despite the squeaky door hinge.

You take a moment to sigh. You do not like this predicament. You do not like what is happening. You did not ask for this.

You feel Judi kiss your cheek. “Let's go somewhere.”

“Yeah?” You say with a smirk. “Like where?”

She shrugs, “I dunno.” She tugs on your arm. “Let's just walk around and look at things.”

“Okay.” You respond.

The two of you leave the inn and begin to walk the ground level.

“There's not much to see here.” Judi points out.

“I think only houses are on the first level.” You reply.

“Okay, then let's go up a level.”

Judi climbs a ladder and you follow after her. Had she been wearing a skirt, you probably would have had a much more interesting view, however she wears chain pants, which is not as entertaining.

Your thinking is interrupted by the sound of wood snapping.

The rung Judicature's foot was on gave way, and she falls down onto your face. With one leg on either side of your head, and your sight obscured by her, you can only tease, “Well, this feels familiar!”

The duelist quickly springs up onto the second floor of the city.

You are grinning and chuckling all the way up the ladder, but the Judi who greets you there is mostly embarrassed and a bit mad.

She whispers, “You shouldn't say those things in public!”

“What things?” You play dumb.

“Things about the...” She gets extra quiet, “Sexy things..”

“OH!” You exclaim, “YOU MEAN YOU SI-” She covers your mouth with her hands, her face now completely red.

“Stop that!” She whispers.

You begin kissing her palms.

>>40138690
“No!” She says taking her hands away, “No hand kissing. I'm mad at you.”

“How mad?”

“Maximum mad.”

You kiss her lips.

“Thank you.” She responds.

The two of you walk hand in hand through the second level of the city. Spider people walk along the walls over and below you on their own special walk ways.

Shops line the walkway, all manner of weapons glisten on racks, all kinds of potions form a rainbow of options on their stands, and blankets...

The blankets and cloth still form mountains. Some designs are quite breath taking, being like murals formed in cloth. A couple catch your eyes, which seem to depict historical events.

The first depicts a group of spider-people following a much larger spider-woman. Opposite to the spider-woman are humans with scowling faces pointing way from buildings quite similar looking the ones in Pueblo.

The second shows a group of spider-people cheering around a giant structure you are quite certain is Pueblo.

The third makes you feel quite unnerved. It depicts a group of spider-people and humans killing each other in quite vivid detail. In a corner, the giant spider-woman from the first blanket can be seen weeping.

“Interesting, isn't it?” You hear from within the shop. An aging spider-man hobbles out to you. His hair is white and bald, and his beard is long and silvery. “You know, not many people care for history nowadays.”

“Well, I've always enjoyed history a bit.” You respond.

“Yes, yes, I can tell.” He smiles, “Would you like to hear the story?”

You look to Judicature, who nods. “Yes, please.”

You nod as well.

“Well,” The old spider-man says, “I'll be happy to tell you the story of any... that you buy.” He grins.

You do not look so entertained anymore.

“Come now, a man has to make money somehow, doesn't he?”

[ ] “No thanks.”
[ ] Purchase First Blanket
[ ] Purchase Second Blanket
[ ] Purchase Third Blanket
[ ] Other.

>>40138717
>[ ] Purchase Third Blanket

>>40138717
>[x] Purchase Third Blanket

>>40138690
>however she wears chain pants, which is not as entertaining.

Tiny, sometimes I think you forget who inhabits this board.

>>40138717
>[x] Purchase Third Blanket

>>40138717
>[ ] Purchase Second Blanket

>>40138717
>3rd blanket

>>40138817
>Tiny, sometimes I think you forget who inhabits this board.
You have a point there.

>>40138172
>3 times.
This part is correct

>>40138717
>[ ] Purchase Second Blanket

>>40138914
>>40138823

>>40138860
>>40138817
>>40138799
>>40138786
They are not mutually exclusive, so I'll go with both.

[+2 Knowledge(History)]

>>40138094
>spoiler
you mean her max MP going down? I thought that it was because of rear constant lack of sleep.

We should also mention to Lilac that MP seems to have a connection to mental exhaustion.

>>40139910

It was proposed that since MP represents mental capacity, that something that disabled the conscious mind may make max MP drop to zero. A digitized brain tumor may do this. But then again, if you stay up long enough without sleep, you will eventually won't be able to do anything but pass out after a certain point in time. This may also manifest as max MP decreasing.

>>40140012
>digitized

This ain't digital. This is a real world that happens to conform with game mechanics.

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>>40138996
You sigh. “I'll take the second and third one.”

The old man grins and holds out a hand.

You place some gold in his hand. He closes his fingers around the coins and moves over to a small chest, which he places the gold into.

He then hobbles over to the blankets, taking them down from the display and handing them over to you. He replaces the two with identical blankets and then clears his throat.

“Now,” He begins, “After wandering the desert for longer than anyone could remember, we finally reached our destination.”

“Pueblo.” You say.

“It was not Pueblo just yet.” Say the elder, “At the time it was but a field of dirt and bushes. Then Grandmother Spider told her followers to close our eyes and not to look. The people did so, except for one young boy, who was too curious.

Nothing happened for so long that the boy grew bored, and he too looked away, then Grandmother Spider asked them to look again. When everyone looked, all of the earth had been replaced with wet clay.

The boy was quite astonished and asked how the clay could appear so quickly, yet at the same time take so long to show. Grandmother Spider scolded him and told him it was because he would not look away. For his transgressions, the boy was told that he would not be able to sleep until a city had been created from all the clay in the field.

Now, Grandmother Spider was stern, but she was not cruel, and on the first day she asked her people to aid the boy so he would not feel alone. On the first night she asked the stars to come to earth, so the boy might use them as light to continue working in the dark.

On the second day she asked the clouds to drizzle rain on the unused clay, to keep it from drying out. On the second night she asked the stories written in the sky to inspire the boy so he might not feel hopeless.

>>40140804
On the third day she asked the wind to blow cold, so that it might cool the brow of the boy and keep him from exhausting. On the third night she asked the wind to blow warm and keep the boy from freezing.

Finally on the forth day she asked the sun to burn hot and bake the clay, for the boy could not possibly bake the clay on his own. And finally, on the fourth night the city was complete. The people rejoiced, and the boy slept.” The man finishes off his story with a grin.

“Let me guess, you were the boy.” You respond.

He laughs, “I may be old, but I am not that old, Adventurer. Not all of us can live as long as you.”

“Hmm...” Is all you reply with.

“What about the other one?” Judicature asks.

“Ah yes,” The old man looks to the third mural with a more somber look. “After Pueblo was founded, many of people lived happily and safely in its walls. Soon Other people began to come to the city for trade. Some were happy with this, but many hated these new people, as they resembled the ones that pushed them from their home so long ago. It did not take long for violence to erupt.

One summer, a youthful man had his fill of drink, as the young men do, and he stumbled along the walls looking for trouble.

He soon came across an Other who wished help reaching the higher levels of the city to do buisness.

The young man smiled and offered to help the Other. He placed the Other on his back and began to climb the walls. Up and up he climbed, all the way to the top of the city. The Other told him that they were very grateful of the young man, but did not want to be up so high, as their business was only on the second level.

>>40140839
The young man nodded and told the Other that he will get them back down, and he threw the Other off. The Other fell all the way down to the ground and died.

All the Others in the neighboring kingdom were furious and demanded justice for their own who was slain. An army formed on the border of Pueblo and the leader of the army demanded the young man be given over.

Grandmother Spider did not wish to hand over one of her children, but also knew that there was no other way. She ordered the young man be handed over, but the young man knew that he was not the only one that hated the Others. He shouted for everyone that also hated the Others to join him, and together they would be able to defeat the army.

Many people, young and old, joined the young man and they formed their own army and marched out to meet the Others.

A terrible battle ensued and many were dying, but the Others were losing.

Grandmother Spider knew that although they may win this battle, a war would spell the end for her people, and so she wept. She wept and wept and wept, and sang a sorrowful song to the sky.

The sky grew sad and it too wept. It wept tears of Star-water and soon the young man's army was decimated by the torrent of falling stars.

The Others had won, but the young man was not completely defeated. He took what remained of his army and fled into the mountains where he pledged his undying hatred of the Other. Some say that his hatred is so strong, that he cannot die until he has killed every Other in the world.” The old man nods at the end of the story.

“Interesting.” Is all you can think to say.

“So,” The elder asks, “is there anything else I can help you with?”

[ ] “No thanks.”
[ ] Purchase First Blanket
[ ] Other

>>40140868
>[ ] Purchase First Blanket

>>40140868
[ ] Purchase First Blanket

>>40140868
>[ ] Purchase First Blanket

>>40140868
>[ ] Purchase First Blanket

>>40141085
>>40141078
>>40141019
>>40140901
[+1 Knowledge(History)]

>tfw players suddenly go silent and you're not sure if you did something wrong again.
It was that last spoiler, wasn't it?

>>40141176

Well, I kinda wanted to ask the townsperson how life was doing, but then I remembered that the town is in an abrupt economic downslide until we get the airship thing going again. I didn't want to make him depressed over how the town might become deserted or worse due to zero funds and dwindling lack of essential supplies because of funding problems.

>>40140868
>[X] Purchase First Blanket
ho can we not?

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>>40141176
“Alright, now I gotta know about that first one.” You respond.

You hand him the gold and he hands you the first blanket.

“Long, long ago...” The old man begins, “Our people lived peacefully in a lush land, but Auberon our king, did not like our kind. You see, our kind were new to this world, and our appearance coincided with the that of the many monsters in this world. The king called us Beastmen, and viewed us all as suspicious. He proclaimed us to be a promise of betrayal, and that should any Beastmen exist in his kingdom, there would be no safety.

The king ordered all Beastmen banished from his land. It is ironic because the only ones who complied were the ones who would not betray the king.

Just as many Beastmen were being forced from their homes, the Adventurers appeared. They became protectors of us all, and some were Beastmen no less.

The king made one more proclamation, that all the Beastmen who had Adventurers to represent them were of no threat. Many of us were happy, until it was realized there was no child of Grandmother Spider amongst the ranks of the Adventurers.

It was then that Grandmother Spider took all her people into the desert to found a new kingdom, one where her children need not fear.” He smiles, “And you already know the rest.”

You nod. “Thank you for the history lesson.”

“Thank YOU for your purchase.” He responds.

Judicature grabs hold of your hand.

You give her a nod and the two of you are back to meandering around the market level.

“Hey!” You hear a feminine voice come from behind you.

You turn around to see that seamstress you met what feels to be so long ago.

“Oh,” You respond, “Hello.”

She holds up some cloth. “Tada!” It takes a second for you to realize it's boxer shorts.

>>40142542
“Oh!” You take the pair and examine it. The material is quite comfy, but it lacks the elastic band. Instead there is a string where the band would be and two ends hang out the front, like swim trunks. “Huh. I didn't even think of doing that.”

“I noticed it was either hard to put on, or hard to keep on how I was making it, so I added the rope.”

“I also have this!” She produces a similar thing, but it appears to be panties rather than boxers. This one is far more frilly, with the rope ending in tassels instead of knots. “I felt just the first design was too manly, so I made this! I rather like it.” She then whispers, “I'm wearing some right now, in fact.”

“Uhh... Good job?”

“It IS a good job!” Judicature says, “Much better than I expected!”

The seamstress smiles, “I'll pretend like that doesn't mean you didn't believe in me!”

“No, no!” Judi responds, “I didn't mean it like that! I just meant that I didn't think... you could...”She pauses. She takes the other pair from the seamstress. “Thank you for your hard work.”

“You're welcome!” She responds, “I think this might actually save my business. You Adventurers really wear this stuff, right? I mean, you're not just playing a joke on me, are you?”

>>40142567
“Nope, we really do wear stuff like that.” You respond, “Go find that guy in the heavy armor. Uhhh... What's his name again?” You look to Judicature.

“TheRook.” The Swashbuckler responds. “High Officer of the West.”

“Yeah. That guy.” You say, “I bet he'll be begging for something like this. Who knows how many times he's gotten his junk pinched by his armor?” You imagine it for only a moment, and yet that was far too much for you to bear.

The seamstress nods. “Thank you again for this! If this works, I will be indebted to you!” With that she runs off, probably to sell underwear. Perhaps the economy of this town can be saved.

You take in deep breath.

[ ] Keep walking around with Judi.
[ ] Go set up the electrolyzer.
[ ] Other.

>>40142602
[ ] Keep walking around with Judi.

>>40142602
>[ ] Go set up the electrolyzer.
Say lewd things to Judi regarding the underwear to embarrass her

>>40142602
Think about how cool it would be to be a giant spider, so many legs to activate levers with.

>>40142602
>[X] Keep walking around with Judi.
This is break time, it's as much for us as it is for Lilac

>>40142602
>[x] Keep walking around with Judi.

waifu quality time

Also Lilac needs to sleep.

>>40142772
>Think about how cool it would be to be a giant spider, so many legs to activate levers with.
>>40142602
This while walking around with Judi.

>>40142898
>>40142893
>>40142799
>>40142626
>>40142772
[+3 Sanity]
[+1 Spider Daydreams]

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>>40142955
You take Judi's hand. “So, when do I get to see you put those on?”

“W-what?” She stammers.

“Well, I can't see you take them off unless you put them on first, right?”

She blushes. “Stop that...” She says, “We're in public.”

“Oh, so only when we're in private?”

“That's right.”

“Oh, okay. I'll keep the on-off panties talk till we're back in our room.”

“Stoooop~!”

“Stop what? Talking about how I'm going to take off your panties?”

“I'm gonna slap you.”

“But you're so cute when you're mad and embarrassed.”

She mumbles something.

“Hm?” You inquire.

“You're lucky I love you so much.” She repeats herself clearer.

“Or else you'd beat me?”

“That's right.”

“But I thought that's how you show your love.” You laugh.

She raises a fist and very lightly taps your cheek with it. “Pow.” She says meekly.

You gasp. “I can't believe you've turned so abusive!” You joke.

“Well, there's more were that came from if you don't stop.”

“Oh, please have mercy, Judicature.” You whisper.

“Pow pow pow.” She hits you with three more taps.

You laugh and the two of you kiss.

“Thank you.” She says.

The two of you go back to walking around the market level, looking at all the bits and bobs that are about. Your mind begins to wander.

If you were a spider-person, you could control 8 different levers at the same time! Just think of all the things you could do with that! Why, you could control altitude of an airship with one, steering with another, throttle with a third, and have five left over to open and close doors on the ship! You'd be the absolute master of the ship! No door could open without your permission! You would be the spider-lord of the sky!

>>40144319
All would fear Ambrosis, the Sky-Spider!

Judi squeezes your hand. “What are you thinking about?” She asks.

“Sky-Spiders.” You respond.

“Sky...Spiders?” She questions.

“Sky-Spiders!” You clarify. “Spiders of the Sky!”

She still looks confused.

“Just imagine a spider in an airship!” You say, “He'll be able to control eight levers! Eight!”

“What would he do with all those levers?”

“Open and close doors.” You state proudly. “Maybe... Maybe he'll shoot chairs with a door cannon! Of course!”

“Door... cannon?”

“It's a cannon that uses doors to throw things!”

“Oh...” She looks quite concerned. “Why don't you just use normal cannons?”

“Normal cannons? Well, there would be seven levers left, and with facing and firing, that would leave one lever left over... Unless the one lever is for firing ALL the cannons and the other four are for aiming the cannons!” You ponder. “That's just crazy enough to work!” You start to talk faster, “Where's Lilac? She needs to help me design this!”

Judicature pulls on your hand. “Lilac needs to sleep.” She tells you.

“Oh. Right.” You start to calm down. “Sorry. I guess I got too excited.”

“It's okay.” She responds, “You're cute when you're excited about inventing.”

You can feel your face go red. “T-thank you.”

She giggles, “Did we just swap places?”

“That depends,” You say, “Do you want to talk about me taking off your panties in public?”

“Stoooop!” She begins to pummel you with soft taps.

You hold her and smile. Like Pavlov's dog she cranes her head up slightly, expecting a kiss. You reward her.

You know what she's going to say next and say it with her. “IThlaonvke you.”

>>40144336
You blink. “What?”

Her face goes crimson. “I love you.”

“Even in public?”

She nods.

You kiss her again. “I love you too.”

You hear a cough behind you.

You turn around to see Brimstone. “I reckon you're takin' a break from all your hard work, then?”

“Y-yes sir!” Judi shouts. “We've been working hard this entire time!”

The old man laughs and pats you on the back. “Just keep your 'test piloting' in private from now on, okay?”

[ ] “Of course.”
[ ] “Love shouldn't be hidden away.”
[ ] “So how are things going on the server?”
[ ] Other.

>>40144319
>“Pow pow pow.” She hits you with three more taps.

What a qt.

>>40144361
>[ ] “So how are things going on the server?”

>>40144361
>[ ] “So how are things going on the server?”

>>40144361
>[X] “So how are things going on the server?”

>>40144361
>How are things on the server

>>40144361
>[x] “So how are things going on the server?”

>>40144501
>>40144462
>>40144408
>>40144405
>>40144396
[+1 Knowledge(Server)]
[Super short response]
[+1 Panic]

>>40144560
>[Super short response]
>[+1 Panic]
Well....that's not good.

>>40144560
Shit, we should get someone to check to make sure that Lilac is actually asleep.

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>>40144560
“So, how are things on the server?” You respond, making no promises about test piloting.

“Oh, same ol' stuff.” He responds, “PKing is up in the East, but I reckon you know that already.”

“Yeah.” You respond, “Anything specific?”

“Well, as a matter of fact,” He pulls out some papers from his bag. “I did find somethin' you might find intrestin'.”

“Oh?”

“Y'see, I've got a recent report about a certain indivijal that's been implicated in a Lander disappearance case.” He shuffles through the papers some more. “Y'see, as it turns out, this indivijal belongs to the guild <Swich Licuor>, the people who make that food with taste.”

“Ah.” You respond, trying your best to look calm.

“Now, this indivijal's been missin' from Big Apple fer a while now and he really could be anywhere.”

You nod silently.

“So we started askin' around an' then these reports comes across my desk.” He pulls two sheets of paper from the stack and begins to read them. “Indivijal from the Central Park killing is most likely Vertigo of <Swich Licour>. Witness states seeing the indivijal leaving the park covered in blood.” He looks up, “Now that alone don't mean much, I mean maybe he was just grindin' an' didn't care to wash 'imself off. But then the report goes on to say...” He looks back to the paper, “Investigation on indivijal turned up with him havin' disappeared right after the event most likely took place.” He looks back up again. “Now that's some suspicious soundin' stuff, I reckon.”

>>40144616
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1cs2lXXOuU&hd=1

Welcome to a TinyShep thread.

>>40145258
You do not respond.

“Now, we started askin' around for this guy all over an' as it turned out some guy in town saw him. Started talkin' about drinkin' star-water and goin' down a level. Personally I thought the guy was a few apples short of a bushel, but I thought it was still important to do some lookin' around. Course, we didn't find nothin', the boy wasn't anywhere in town.” He holds up the other paper, “Then I got a look at this report by your test pilot there.”

You look over to Judi. You can see the panic she is trying to hide.

“This officer, in an attempt to get to her designated station, embarked on an experimental land-galleon.” He looks to you, “Now that's some exciting stuff, I tell you hwat.” He looks back to the paper, “The other crew consisted of Ambrosis, Tarot, Carnegie, Takeshi, Trove, and Edifice of <1st Panzer Division>, Symbology and Lilac of <Sweet Cake>, and...” He puts down the paper, “Vertigo of <Swich Licour>.”

[ ] Custom Options Go

>>40145286
>ask if they have any actual proof he did anything. Sounds like all they got is a coincidence.

>>40145286
Shit, this is even worse than I thought.

I don't support it, but we could tell him that our brother witnessed the murder, and ran to get away from retribution from the murderer. However that would lead to Morning Star wanting to question him, which could lead to serious problems.

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>>40145286
>And so the sins of the brother doth reveal themselves....

>>40145286
>"We needed intestines for the airship, tried to get a person with a chef subcass to remove them from a mob without killing him. It succeeded, but because Vertigo was holding the mob down he got all bloody."

>>40145286
I've been looking through the archives trying to find where vertigo explains what happened but it's taking too long

>>40145435
The witness was in Big Apple, though. Unless you're implying we should lie to him about why he was bloody (burying the lander)

>>40145435
>>40145404
>>40145335

3 way tie on completely different things?

Let us put this to a vote.

[ ] "Do you have any actual evidence?"
[ ] "He witnessed the murder, but he ran because he was afraid."
[ ] "We needed intestine our experiments. He was gathering mats for us, that's why he was bloody." Keep in mind they were investigating a crime that took place all the way up in Big Apple.
[ ] Tell the truth: "The murder was Lander on Lander violence. My brother blamed himself because he's an idiot and so he left thinking the entire thing was his fault and that you'd arrest him. Again, because he's an idiot."
[ ] Other.

>>40145679
>[ ] Tell the truth: "The murder was Lander on Lander violence. My brother blamed himself because he's an idiot and so he left thinking the entire thing was his fault and that you'd arrest him. Again, because he's an idiot."

>>40145679
>[ ] "Do you have any actual evidence?"
Stand by my initial suggestion. Somehow this will backfire. I'm not allowed to vebthe party face in D&D anymore for a reason.

>>40145679
>[x] "He witnessed the murder, but he ran because he was afraid."

Did Vertigo ever tell us not to tell anyone what went down? Were there any possible repercussions that he feared if we told anyone about this?

>>40145679
>[ ] Tell the truth: "The murder was Lander on Lander violence. My brother blamed himself because he's an idiot and so he left thinking the entire thing was his fault and that you'd arrest him. Again, because he's an idiot."
I see no way this could backfire on us whatsoever.

>>40145679
>[ ] Tell the truth: "The murder was Lander on Lander violence. My brother blamed himself because he's an idiot and so he left thinking the entire thing was his fault and that you'd arrest him. Again, because he's an idiot."

>>40145679
>[X] Tell the truth: "The murder was Lander on Lander violence. My brother blamed himself because he's an idiot and so he left thinking the entire thing was his fault and that you'd arrest him. Again, because he's an idiot."
Don't forget the "he's my idiot" parts.

>>40145639
The story was as follows:

King noted that there wasn't enough chefs to fulfill all the orders the guild was getting so she started mentioning that they should recruit some people and tell them the secret of tasty food.

Zachery mentions that they should probably use Landers because an Adventurer would just as likely work with them as they would turn around and open a rival business. While Landers could be threatened, there isn't much Adventurers can do to one another.

Zachery puts forward the idea of threatening to kill the Chefs and their families should the secret get out as extra incentive that they never reveal the secrets to anyone no matter what. King hesitantly agrees under the basis that Vertigo take full responsibility if something goes wrong.

Flash forward to the day and an unknown Lander shows up in the middle of the guild's kitchen. Fearing for his family if the Lander tells the secret, one of the chefs beats the random guy to death before Vertigo can stop him.

In an attempt to cover up the murder, your brother hides the body in the in-game equivalent of Central Park in the middle of the night.

Afterwards he told you, then King, then fled the city while King talked with the <Morning Star> to figure out a way around this.

>>40145810
>>40145776
>>40145727
[+1 Truthfulness]

>>40145879
>Zachery puts forward the idea of threatening to kill the Chefs and their families
King also makes sure that Zachery understands the threats would be empty, which he agrees would be the point as neither of them wanted anyone hurt.

Felt that should be mentioned.

>>40145918
It was never clear to me whether or not the threats were actually empty, or King was just telling him that.

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>>40145879
Perhaps it is time to come clean about this. “The murder was Lander on Lander.” You say. This gets a surprised reaction out of Brimstone. You continue with, “My brother blamed himself because he's an idiot. He left thinking that you would blame him because he thought the entire thing was his fault. Again, because he's an idiot.”

“Well, I didn't know he was yer brother.” The other Cleric responds, “I reckon you know where he is, then. Mind takin' us to him? Y'know, to ask him some questions.”

[ ] “You can find him yourself, I've already told you enough.” Refuse.
[ ] “Fine, but only you come, no one else.” Specify only Brimstone may go.
[ ] “Sure.” Take him without any stipulations.
[ ] Other.

>>40146099
>[ ] “Sure.” Take him without any stipulations.

>>40146099
>[X] “You can find him yourself, I've already told you enough.” Refuse.

>>40146099
>[x] “Fine, but only you come, no one else.” Specify only Brimstone may go.

Does Pueblo have an "automatic" guard force that interrupts PvP like Akihabara?

>>40146171
Yes. All major cities do.

Unlike other cities, though, Pueblo's Town Guard are spider-people.

>>40146099
>[ ] “Fine, but only you come, no one else.” Specify only Brimstone may go.

>>40146099
>[X] “Sure.” Take him without any stipulations.

...Why are we doing this?

Whatever wins, we need to immediately call Zach and let him know what's up with explicit instructions to stay put. If he freaks out and tries to run he's only going to make himself look worse.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>40146205
>>40146140

>>40146190
>>40146171

Tie of 2 votes.

1) No Stipulations.
2) Brimstone Only, Final Destination.

>>40146303
>>40146235
Definitely call zach and let him know we're fixing his mess. There's no way in hell we're going to let them pin this on him.

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>>40146303
[Brimstone: Trust(Ambrosis)+1]
[+10 Reputation(<Morning Star>)]

>>40146213
Because you hate your brother.

Won't betraying his trust feel so good?

That look in his eyes when he realizes you've sold him out.

And on some level, he will think he must deserve it, because certainly if someone who loves him would do this to him, he must deserve it, right?

Silly Zachery, no one loves you.

Neither King nor your own brother actually love you.

Who do you think was the witness Zachery? You know no one was on that road.

They hate you, Zachery.

You can't trust them anymore, Zachery.

You can only trust me.

Come back to Big Apple, Zachery.

Or, you know, because people didn't want to make Vertigo look even more suspicious to the <Morning Star>.

>>40146478

GO AWAY STATIC MAN

GET SOME BETTER RECEPTION YOU LOOK RIDONKULUS

>>40146478
SHOO SHOO STATIC MAN

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>>40146478

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>>40146478
This is why following this quest is an exercise in masochism.

>>40146478
Sigh.
And here we go.
I'm really not happy with this part of the Quest...

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>>40146478
WE DON'T TAKE KINDLY TO YOUR KIND ROUND HERE

>>40146478
OH GOD IM SO EXCITED FOD YOUR CRYPTIC SCARY SHIT. I LOVE YOU SHEP.

>>40146478
You're a monster Shep, but you're our monster.

>>40146478
Is this the last post for tonight, or are we still going?

>>40147484
TINYSHEPS WILD RIDE DOESN'T END UNTIL TINYSHEP SAYS SO.

>>40147484
Thread isn't over until we get a post that ends with END SESSION.

>>40147554
unless he falls asleep at the keyboard
In which case, we keep it alive til he wakes

>>40147484
The story is not yet over.

>>40147607
Ok then, I was confused because all the paranoia inducing stuff usually comes at the last post of the night.

>>40147761
Who says the paranoia inducing stuff is over? Shep's prolly crafting the perfect ending right now.

>>40147827
Or I could be wrong...

TinyShep here. My internet went out and. I am on my phone. Not sure what to do.

>>40149024
Post with a trip and write more shit

>>40149024
shit, we could try to keep this thread up until tomorrow, but I personally need to get some sleep.

>>40149024
Just call it for the night. We'll pick up from here.
I'm sure it's not as suspenseful as you want, but just save for next time.

>>40149024
Well, we could try keeping this thread alive with shadowruns and theories on post databased butchery techniques, and you could try again on the morrow.

>>40149024
I'm not sure if having all this time to keep writing was a good thing or a bad thing. Massive post incoming.

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>>40150148
You nod. “Sure.”

“Wwell, that's mighty nice of ya.” Brimstone responds. “I'll just be takin' some people with me.” He turns around and puts his hand to his ear. It appears he is getting in contact with some people that are going to back him up, most likely his two bodyguards.

You decide now would be a good time contact Zachery and tell him what will be going on.

You open up your friend list and hit the [Call] button under Zachery's name.

RING

RING

RI-

“Hey...” Your brother responds. He sounds quite out of it, but you can't really blame him after what he went through a couple hours ago. First butchers in the Database, hurray?

“Hey.” You finally respond. “So, the <Morning Star> know you're here.”

“What!?” He shouts, “We gotta get out of here! You round up everyone, I'll... I don't know... Inferno Kick the boiler or something till you get here!”

“Calm down! They only want to ask you some questions. All you need to tell them is the truth!”

“What, that I got a Lander killed!?”

“That the Lander was killed by another Lander and you blamed yourself.”

“But that's not the whole truth!”

“It's the truth and they need to know it.” You say with a special emphasis in hopes that your brother understands what you are trying to say.

“But what if Outis tells them it was my fault!?”

“If the Lander lies, you stick to the truth.”

“But... But they'll talk to the other chefs! Then they'll know!”

You ponder a moment. “Well, it will all blow over soon enough, and by then we'll probably find ourselves someplace calm to relax for a long time. Maybe we'll explore the South American server. Ever wonder what NASA is like in the game?”

There is a long pause. “Okay.”

>>40150179
You hang up and hope your brother understands you mean to flee to the other server should things turn belly up.

“Ready to head out?” Brimstone asks.

You turn around just in time to see Judicature take a step back from you. Was she listening in on your conversation? You're glad you at least had the sense to anticipate someone would be listening in, but you didn't expect Judi to pull something like that.

The duelist avoids eye contact with you, turning away with a hand to her ear. You wonder who she is talking to, and then you suddenly realize her want to listen to your conversation.

You look to Brimstone with a nod. “Yeah, let's go.”

You, Brimstone, and Judicature travel out through the city gates and off towards the spot you hid the Manifest Destiny.

“So, where are those others you contacted?” You inquire.

You hear no response, so you turn around to see if Brimstone is even paying attention. You see him pointing upwards and you look up to see two giant eagles circling above you in the orange dusk sky.

“Lot of force for just asking someone questions.” You comment.

“Well, I reckon just in the off chance he tries to run, we can get 'im.”

“You sure reckon quite a bit of things, Brimstone.”

“That just makes me a man obsessed with reckoning, I reckon.” He chuckles.

You remain silent until you reach the land-galleon and wordlessly climb the ladder. When you reach the top you call out for your brother. “Zachery? You here?”

“Here.” You hear your brother from the small table set up on the deck. It wasn't much of a table so much as it was barrel with some boxes set around it. You remember drinking your brother under the table at that very spot.

>>40150191
You walk over and sit down next to him. “Zachery, this is-.”

“Brimstone.” He says, “Three time 4th of July champion for team PvP.”

“Well,” The old man sits down opposite to your brother, “Looks like you've got me at a bit of a disadvantage, Vertigo of the <Swich Licour>.”

“I'm nothing special.” Your brother responds, “Just some tank for a lesser guild.”

“I see. Well, if you don't mind, I'd ask that you answer some questions.”

Zachery looks to you and you give him a nod.

“Okay.” He says.

“Well, first thing's first...” He glances to his side and you notice Judicature pull out a sheet of paper and some pen and ink. “What is your character name and guild.” You notice Judi writing as the man speaks. She's transcribing this conversation.

“I am Vertigo of <Swich Licour>.”

“Good, good. Next, what are you doing all the way down here in Pueblo? Last I heard all y'all Licorices live up in Big Apple. Got yourselves one giant guildhall you all share as a living space.”

“Licorices. I like that, I think I'll use that.”

“Yeah, that's what we've been callin' y'all for a while now.” The old man pauses. “So, what're ya doin' down here?”

Your brother stays silent for a moment then says, “I wanted to spend time with my brother.”

“Ah. I understand that.” Brimstone smiles. “If I had family in here with me, I know I'd be spendin' my time with them.” Brimstone looks to Judicature. He waits till she is done writing before continuing with, “So, a lot of Landers have gone missin' ever since y'all Licorices started up your business, and I gotta ask... Is the secret of tasty food Lander blood?”

“Wha- No! No! God, no!” Zachery shakes his head, “No!”

>>40150201
“It's just a joke.” The Cleric says with a smile. “But that does put to rest a little rumor that was being spread about. Didn't make much sense on account of Landers disappearin' when prices when up, not when tasty food started bein' made.”

“So, then what did you really want to ask me?”

“Do you know anythin' about any Landers disappearing?”

“Disappearing? No.”

You sigh. “Zachery-”

Brimstone holds a hand up to stop you from talking, which makes you silent, but very angry.

“I reckon I oughta restate the question, then. What'dya know about the murder of a Lander?”

Your brother remains silent.

“Your brother already told me you were apart of it, so jus' tell me what happened.”

“One of our chefs, Outis, killed a man.”

“Now why do you reckon he'd go and do a thing like that?”

“We've told them that the secret is incredibly important. I might have joked that it was more important than our lives a few times because...”

“Because?”

“Some Lander... I don't even remember his name... He was just.. THERE! In the kitchen! No one knew how he got there, he wasn't on staff, he was just there! And... And Outis killed him so the secret could be kept.”

“Then what happened?”

“I... I panicked. I took the body of the Lander and I buried it in the park that night.”

“So then what happened?”

“I... I went home and tried to forget about it.”

“I see, I see. And why did you REALLY leave Big Apple after that?”

“Because... I was afraid.”

“Of?”

>>40150211
“Of being blamed for it.” Tears start streaming down your brother's face, “If I had just been more vigilant that guy never would have made it into the kitchen! If I had maybe not said those things, Outis never would have killed that man! If- If- If maybe I had just not said anything, and pretended not to notice the guy, he wouldn't even be dead. He's dead because I wanted to protect the secret! He's dead because I didn't have the skill to protect anything!” Your brother grasps for air. “I-I'm sorry.”

“It's okay.” Brimstone responds. He watches Judi write, but says nothing as she does. You notice her pen stop and her eyes start watering. Perhaps she understands Zachery's distress.

She continues to write again for a while, but then stops and gives Brimstone a nod.

She blinks and a tear falls onto the page.

“So, Vertigo,” The Cleric begins again, “About those jokes again; you never answered why you were making them.”

“I... I was responsible for any information that might have gotten out because I was the one that recruited the chefs.”


“Ah. I see.” He stands up, “Well, I suppose that is all that needs to be said.” He waits for Judi to stop writing. The judge holds out his hand and takes the transcript. He looked them over and places it into his bag.

Your brother stares at his feet, wiping tears from his eyes.

Judicature walks to you and puts her face to your chest. She whispers something over and over again. You can't quite make it out, but she seems quite upset.

You wrap your arms around her, “Come on, no need to be sad. They'll arrest Outis and everything will be okay, right?”

>>40150225
“I reckon that's a great idea. We'll probably need to talk to the whole guild while we're at it. Seein' as we're in such good standin' with each other, it would make sense to talk before we start arresting people.”

You nod, “Yeah, that makes perfect sense.”

Judicature wraps her arms tight around you. Very tight in fact.

“Course, we already did all of that.” Brimstone continues. “Your jokes weren't really jokes, now were they, Vertigo?”

“The hell do you mean by that!?” You shout. You try to take a step forward, but you can't. Judicature is holding you in place.

“I'm sorry.” You finally understand Judi. “I'm so sorry. I didn't know until now.”

It does not take you long to realize what is going on.

“Vertigo of <Swich Licour>, you've used intimidation to control Landers, resultin' in the death of an innocent. You have hid evidence and tried to escape arrest.”

“This is bullshit!” You scream. “He's just a dumb kid that made a single mistake!”

“Your crimes have been witnessed by the Landers Outis, Alden, and Galilee.” Brimstone continues.

“He's just an idiot, not a monster!” You are livid. “You can't do this!”

The Cleric ignores you. “For the reasons stated above, and with permission from your guild leader, you are hereby under arrest in the name of the <Morning Star>.”

Zachery finally looks up. “King?” He stands. “You're lying.”

“I'm 'fraid not, Vertigo.” The Cavalier says. “Now come quietly or you will be taken in by force.”

Your brother reaches into his pockets. “I don't recognize the jurisdiction of thieves and liars!” He retrieves a coin from his pocket and lobs it towards the horizon. Before Brimstone can even react, your brother has taken flight.

>>40150243
“It's always the hard way.” The old man says to himself. He pulls from his bag a whistle, and blows into it. A giant bald eagle swoops in and takes the guild leader in its talons. With one aerial flip the old man is now riding on top of the bird.

Your brother starts tossing his coins upwards, gaining as much height as possible while the two who were previously circling above now dive.

The three <Morning Star> all begin to shoot all kinds of magic, but your brother being a monk, he is mostly immune to their attacks.

Higher and higher your brother climbs with his coin travel trick, but soon Brimstone realizes the error of his ways, and goes into melee.

Zachery spins around to meet the melee Cleric. Your brother curls up into a ball, and just as Brimstone draws near, Zachery straightens out like a spring and slams his legs into the old man. You know that animation, it's Zachery's knockback.

And knock back it does indeed do. The Cleric is knocked back a few meters, but those few meters are where the eagle's saddle is not.

The <Morning Star> leader goes tumbling down. With an unbridled joy you shout, “SUCK ON IT, BRIMSTONE!” You doubt he heard you, but it was fun to yell it.

The old man hits the ground and his HP instantly drops to 0.

The two eagle riders remaining seem to not make the decision their boss made, and stay away from the monk, but they have given up spells in favor of lassos.

Although it takes them a few tries, Montgomery gets a rope around your brother's leg. In response, your brother grabs hold of the rope starts to climb towards the Fox-Tail.

He makes it half way before the other <Morning Star> gets a rope around your brother, this time around his neck.

>>40150255
The two eagles fly in opposite directs and the ropes snap taut. Red 1s pour out of your brother. They are hanging him in mid air.

“FIGHT FAIR!” You scream, “HAVE SOME GOD DAMN HONOR!”

You are not sure if it was your screaming, or your brother's determination, or his raid-tier armor, but your brother pulls on the rope binding his foot again, now pulling the bird closer and closer to himself. Montgomery beings firing spells upon your brother, but each one is nullified by your brother's passive abilities. Your brother is built to withstand spells from monsters twenty levels above him. These men may have been the best PvPers in America at one point in time, but in this world they cannot contend with your brother's blinded, idiotic determination.

The Fox-Tail turns around just in time to see your brother's boots slam into his face.

Down tumbles another <Morning Star> and the there was one.

BurstBerry the Spell Sniper, you recall Judi calling him. The man dives his eagle towards the ground. Perhaps they finally realized they are finally at a disadvantage in the air. For so long they must have looked down on others who did not have a fly mount, and now they fought a man who could actually fly.

The sorcerer leaps from his eagle and lands firmly on the ground with minimal fall damage. Your brother, on the other hand, attacks a coin on the ground and takes no fall damage.

“KICK HIS ASS, ZACHERY!” You cheer from the sidelines.

The two of them stare each other down. You think they might be talking, but you cannot tell from here.

BurstBerry blinks forward and then unleashes a torrent of spells before blinking back to his original position. You don't know how, but this man had somehow figured out a way to ignore the global cooldown!

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>>40150265
Despite what is obvious cheating, your brother is completely unphased by this.

Zachery and the sniper have some more words you cannot hear. The sniper is visibly shaken by whatever your brother has said.

The monk jumps into the air and goes flying directly at BurstBerry. A leg connects and Zachery flips back, dragging his leg upwards and into the sorcerer's jaw. The sniper goes airborne and another flying kick connects the two of them once again, this time in the air. Two legs kick into the man's stomach, pushing him even higher. Another Wyvern Kick and the two are together again. Then Zachery starts the process all over again with another back flip kick. Up and up the two go and it only now dawns on you that the initial kick that put him up in the air applied knock up, and from a programming perspective, the most obvious solution to ending something like that would be to end it upon contact with the ground.

In other words, BurstBerry is stun locked.

It gets to the point where you can't even see them. Somewhere up in the clouds is a stun locked man and your brother. Your inner engineer wonders if he could reach the moon at this rate.

You hear a sudden crash to your right, and you look to see a giant pile of rubble where there once was a mountain overlooking your land-galleon.

Out of the cloud of kicked up dirt walks your brother, covered in frost, 12 HP left, and 2 MP.

“I AM KING OF THE SKY!” He cries before falling falling flat on his face.

END SESSION

>>40150283
Oh fuck.
Did he die from fall damage?

>>40150307
>spoiler
Nah, but he fell unconcious from near-0 MP and HP.

Unless you mean BurstBerry. Then yes. He's dead from falling damage and other things.

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>>40150283
Well that's one way to do it.

>>40150283
>In other words, BurstBerry is stun locked.
CUHRAYZEH

how long until people learn to cancel attacks is that even a thing? and we get style tournaments?

>>40150283
>Your inner engineer wonders if he could reach the moon at this rate.
Is it weird that this is the part I find the most interesting?

>>40150428
>Is it weird that this is the part I find the most interesting?
It is not weird at all, anon.

>>40150283
Kek, Morning Star? More like, Rekt Star. I didn't know Zachery was strong as fuck.

I feel bad for Judi though and we are probably going to be fugitives forever now.

Damn, what an ending. Who was Judi calling before the "arrest"?

>>40150512
See >>40146478

>>40150512
She wasn't calling anyone. She was called by the one of the guild's operators. The operators are more or less people who sits in a single room and gives out information to designated people.

Brimstone called the main operator to call his vanguard to circle him on their mounts. On top of that he asked for a delayed order to Judi to keep Ambrosis out of the way.

Brimstone's activator for delayed orders is calling and hanging up on the main operator twice. That's how he can give orders without even needing to speak.

Judi was called early and was told to simply sit in the call with the operator till she received her orders. When the main operator was given the signal, she handed off the orders to Judi's operator, who then read Judi her orders.

This is why she stops writing and gets teary eyed. When she gets her orders, she understands what is about to happen.

>>40150201
>So, a lot of Landers have gone missin'
Wait, have landers been going missing even after Zachery left the big apple? If so, that would work against King, rather than against our brother.

>>40150620
Maybe Swich Licuor has been making food from Lander blood now.

>>40150595
Judi is always stuck between a rock and a hard place isn't she?

>>40150659
>Judi is always stuck between a rock and a hard place isn't she?
Always and forever.

I think the Dice Gods might be Lilacfags.

>>40150283
FUCK DA POOLEECE

We need to dump Judi for doing this to us.

>>40150729
I think the dice gods might be right. What sort of no-good backstabbing woman tries to get our family arrested on bullshit charges?

I personally hate Morning Star anyway and think they need to be taken down a peg or 30. Damn self appointed rulers.

>>40150283
....hey, did we get those supplies from Morning Star already?

>>40151032
Yes, they are safe and secure in Lilac's room.

hangon, if this was Judi's "Betrayal", are we in the clear now? Do we not have to worry about any more traitors?

>>40151103
cool, no problems for the airship.

>>40150963
Agreed, betrayals of trust don't get any bigger than this.

>>40150963
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2YgZX9Thm0&hd=1

FUCK THA MORNINGSTARS COMIN STRAIGHT FROM THE UNDERGROUND
A YOUNG ADVENTURER GOT IT BAD CUS I COOK

Databased anarchist chef adventure quest when?

>>40150283
Aw man, I was waiting for Judi's betrayal for so many thread now I've lost count, and this was everything I could've hoped for. Bravo Shep, masterfully done.

>>40150729
You know I've wanted to say this for a while now.
FUCK Lilacfags.
Constantly bitching and whining months after they've lost.
They can go fuck themselves, if I hear more of this shit I'm going to start hoping horrible things happen to Lilac purely out of spite for the jackasses.

>>40151847
>Constantly bitching and whining months after they've lost.
you know, I get that, I really do. It's why I've been against them even though I personally like Lilac more.

But that last line? With the irony that entails from saying it NOW of all times? Fuck you, man.

>>40150963
No we goddamn well do not, you goddamn dwarf lover.

>>40151895
They've done this over multiple fucking threads and then gone "n-no, we were totally just joking around, hahaha".
Forgive me for being frustrated as hell over how these fucking assholes keep doing this.

>>40151923
and now I'm caught between two sides who have BOTH threatened to shitpost. How wonderful.

>>40151973
One has mentioned there's temptation.
The other one has actively done it.

>>40151923
You are the worst variety of waifufag. You are the bottom of the barrel, the epitome, the exemplar of why waifuwars are the bane of legitimate questing.

>>40152036
I'm not the one who kept going on about how CLEARLY Lilac is ever so superior to all else.
The Lilacfags who bitched are the worst.

>>40152036
>bottom of the barrel
>the epitome
>the exemplar
one of these is not like the other.

>>40151903

Look man, let's forget about Lilac for the moment, let's just talk about Judi and what she's just done. What she's done is taken information given to her in confidence and used it to arrange the arrest and detainment of our brother behind our backs. And I hope you realize what 'detainment' consists of to the MorningStars. It consists of LYNCHING, only the convict in question doesn't just die after the first hour or so, oh no. Lynching in MorningStar doctrine is ultimately inducing the subject into an indefinite state of asphyxia, basically strangling them continually. That's what MorningStar wanted to do with Zachery with trumped up charges, and that's what Judi implicitly supported with her actions.

Right now, I don't care if Lilac fell of the face of the Earth (or databased equivalent), but you cannot seriously expect Ambrosis to maintain his heretofor level of trust after her betrayal here. Regardless of her qtness, she has displayed a colossal conflict of interests here, and appearently placed her loyalty to MorningStar over her loyalty to Ambrosis. In most all relationships that sort of thing is a deathblow. Love is founded on trust and she's completely undermined that which she has built up with our protagonist.

>>40152385
She had this dumped on her in less than a minute.
Hell she was being manipulated by it, thanks to the shit this guy pulled by making sure she didn't get any information until right when it was going down.

All this proves is that Judi isn't 100% absolutely perfect in all ways when under massive amount of stress.

Hell.
Even if we did interfere, what would that have done?
We're low level, they outnumbered us - if anything, Judi stopping us likely made sure we weren't made to suffer.

>>40152385

We'll give her a choice and explicitly explain just what she did. If she still chooses Morning Stat over Ambrosis and his crew, then she'll get what Brimstone got.

Remember, Morning Star was pretty much the only home she had and the only friends she had until Ambrosis came along. Even if her love of him is genuine, it can be a hard thing to betray something that you've been a part of and that's supported your for so long.

>>40152512
Yeah this; we can sit behind our screens and be calm about it, being able to think things through. Different for Judi.

>>40152535

It doesn't help that she has all the social graces of a potato, either.

>>40152481
>Even if we did interfere, what would that have done?
a buff from us would probably have been extremely emotionally encouraging to Vertigo, as little as that would affect the battle.

but yeah, we're not instantly judging her for dropping the ball.

>>40152576
I like to think we're helping with that.
I mean looking at the start (when we were obsessing over levers and such) compared to now?
There's some improvement there.

>>40152481
You're still very much understating what Judi was nearly complicit in subjecting Zachery to. She tried to have him subjected to a continual state of torture on trumped up charges out of loyalty to her guild. Circumstances aside, there is no rational way you could expect Ambrosis to continue trusting her as he has up till now after that. If Judi really wanted to maintain his trust and confidence, she could have attempted to prevent the arrest or at the very least warn Ambrosis of MorningStars intentions. She must've known about the charges that his guild was using lander blood to make food. But she went along with their deception from beginning to end and only managed a single 'I'm sorry' over the course of the entire event. Hell she even took freaking notes of the arrest proceedings.
How do trust someone who does that to your family?

>>40152748

It's hard to fight against indoctrination, anon. Especially when that person is lonely and probably hungry for acceptance and companionship.

>>40152748
Trust her right now? No. Shut her out completely, with no chance of redemption? Sounds fucking familiar, so let's avoid the irony.

>>40152748
She stopped writing as soon as she was told, and then started weeping.
And it can't have been more than a minute until everything went down.

>>40152797
Morning Star is sounding more and more like a cult...
Need to get Judi away from this.

>>40152867

It's not a cult. It's merely a huge organization that likes to have a lot of useful idiots around.

We don't want Judi to become a useful idiot, much less *their* useful idiot.

Whether or not we lose Judi to all this, how the fuck are we getting anything done with MorningStar on us all the time now? I mean we're perpetually going to be on the run. Probably won't have time to finish any of our crazy inventions.

>>40153140

Fortify Pueblo?

Find powerful backers who don't like Morning Star?

Since King screwed over our brother, there's very little reason to keep the secret of how to make food with taste. We can spread it all over the server and weaken his guild's influence. Then we play a propaganda game with Morning Star.

>>40153140
Sorry, I couldn't hear you MorningStars over the sound of us SAVING BIG APPLE WITH AN AIRSHIP FULL OF FOOD.

But honestly, we've got a few options if we buy enough time to finish the airship, whether or not we stick around Pueblo.

>>40153167
I'm loving the idea of screwing King over. We should attach a lever to her fucking genitals.