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You take a few hesitant steps towards the pillar the three skeletal figures hover around. Each of them has turned to stare at you through their empty eye sockets, the acid spilling from their wounds sizzling as it touches the stone steps leading up to the golden basin at the top of the pillar. As you draw near, the figure's voices once more invade your mind.

{It seems to me to leave you free}
{Is a recipe for... hang on a moment.}
{Rhyming was a silly gimmick two thousand years ago and it's a silly gimmick today.}
{It's a tradition!}
{Screw tradition.}
{What were we talking about before this?}
{We were going to admonish him for ruining the cloak.}
{I don't know if I'd call it ruined.}
{Shut it.}

You're having a little trouble keeping up with which of them is speaking to who, why they need to use your mind as the medium through which they argue you can't be sure. Regardless, they fall silent for a time before once more their voices fill your head. This time, they seem to have reached some sort of agreement.

{You ought to take greater care with our gifts.}
{Indeed, had you managed to damage-}
{Stop that.}
{It wasn't even intentional!}
{Quit squabbling, we have a guest.}
{Where was I?}
{Had he managed to damage...}
{Right, right. Had you managed to damage the cloak any further,}
{You wouldn't be here to hear our nagging.}
{Now you're doing it to.}
{Regardless, one's day of birth is a special time.}
{A fortuitous time.}
{We offer you a gift, a show of good faith.}
{To express our gratitude for the entertainment you've given us.}
{To ensure that you continue to prove entertaining.}

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One of the figures extends one of its distended, skeletal hands and beckons you with a finger covered in desiccated flesh. Another points to a small platform just in front of the basin. It's fairly easy to figure out what it is they're asking.

>Ascend the stairs and stand in front of the basin. Might as well see what they're offering.
>Thank them for being so considerate but excuse yourself, you've had quite enough of spirits and their dealings.
>Write-in

>>40278841
>>Ascend the stairs and stand in front of the basin. Might as well see what they're offering.

>>40278841
>Ascend the stairs and stand in front of the basin. Might as well see what they're offering.

>>40278841
>Ascend the stairs and stand in front of the basin. Might as well see what they're offering.

When have they ever steered us wrong?

>>40278841
>>Ascend the stairs and stand in front of the basin. Might as well see what they're offering.
No fear, it's just otherworldly creatures.

Welcome back Soma

>>40278841
>Ascend the stairs and stand in front of the basin. Might as well see what they're offering.

Lets check it out. If its too crazy we can back out.

>>40278819
Where my pastebins at, nigga?
>>40278830
>>{It seems to me to leave you free}
>{Is a recipe for... hang on a moment.}
>{Rhyming was a silly gimmick two thousand years ago and it's a silly gimmick today.}
>{It's a tradition!}
>{Screw tradition.}
>{What were we talking about before this?}
>{We were going to admonish him for ruining the cloak.}
>{I don't know if I'd call it ruined.}
>{Shut it.}
I love them.
>>40278841
>>Ascend the stairs and stand in front of the basin. Might as well see what they're offering.
I can't resist, they're so bro tier.
And it's not like we're too sane for their liking anyway.

Welp. Let the spergfest begin.

>>40278841
>Thank them for being so considerate but excuse yourself, you've had quite enough of spirits and their dealings.

I would use shockwave sword if cloak wasn't damaged.

>>40278922
You're a dick. Skelebros 4lyfe

>>40278902
Shit, I forgot to link those. Hang on a second.
I updated:
http://pastebin.com/Tu1sVEnQ
http://pastebin.com/tWc3Zjje (Slightly)
http://pastebin.com/rzD5PPsU (Slightly)

New Content:
http://pastebin.com/dh2TySCZ

I'm still tweaking the omake.

>>40278841
>Ascend the stairs and stand in front of the basin. Might as well see what they're offering.
luv u santa

Writin' for
>Ascend the steps.

>>40278975
Get on IRC you ultrafag
>>40278957
>He begins by remarking that he's been transferred to a temple in Marqash. He goes off on a long rant about how he's a veteran of the wars and yet his superiors are treating him the same as any other new monk. He's being forced to scrub the floors and tend the gardens and cook for the others. Always the last to be allowed to sit.
>He talks about how he could rip the spines from everyone in his temple and feast on their hearts instead.
Damn, Varvar was hardcore.

>>40278819
FINALLY A THREAD!

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Well, you might as well see what it is they're offering. After all, they gave you the cloak and it's practically never left your shoulders since then. Hopefully whatever gift they have to offer you will be just as useful. As you ascend the steps you're careful to avoid the streams of acid pouring down from the gaping maws of the spirits. You realize, consciously, that the substance probably wouldn't hurt you. It didn't harm Suresh when he walked through it. However, even if it's not necessarily harmful you still have no desire to touch it.

As you reach the top of the steps and come to stand upon the platform before the basin, the three figures array themselves in front of you, on the opposite side of the basin. The liquid inside, a mercurial white substance which seems to swirl endlessly, cast each of them in strange shades of black and white. The one on your left is the first to extend one of his hands, drawing from the pool his offering.

A gauntlet rises from the substance, covered in stone plates to serve as armor. It seems as if it ought to be part of a full suit of armor, but only the gauntlet is offered. It comes to float just above the figures palm, and the figure's voice comes to pervade your thoughts as it makes its pitch.

{An artifact from a time long forgotten by mortals. Stone will flow as water under your direction, and nothing will be able to whether to storm of your fury.}

The central figure is the next to draw their offering from the basin. What rises from the semi-ethereal substance within is far from what you'd expect. A robe, black and slashed with red velvet, comes to hover just in front of you. The robes are decorated ornately, all manner of silver bobbles sown into the fabric and each one embedded with a red gem stone. You must say, there are a few more spikes than you're comfortable with.

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{Armor is for small minded individuals without the power to protect themselves by other means. With these robes the Vys which permeates this world will leap to your defense with barely more than a thought. None shall dare to question your authority. Of course, such fine control does come with a cost. A sacrifice will be necessary.}

The figure on your right is the last to reach out his hand and draw from the basin an artifact. He brings forth a ring, carved from a substance you can't quite place. It seems to be some sort of scale. On the outside of the ring is carved a heart, a very realistic heart you might add, and wrapping around the band are two twining snakes, twisting endlessly together before meeting on the side opposite the heart. On the inside of the ring is a carving in a language you don't recognize. It's neither Rhynian nor Samjan, you can say that much with certainty.

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{Death is a time consuming annoyance. Trust me. Why bother with it, if you don't need to? This ring will ensure that, even if you do meet an unfortunate fate, you'll not remain dead for very long unless extraordinary measures are taken. Of course, life must be paid for with life.}

>You'll take the gauntlet.
>You'll take the robes.
>You'll take the ring.
>You're not so sure about this, thank them but excuse yourself.
>Write-in

>>40279616
>>You'll take the ring.

We a Lich now

>>40279616
>>You're not so sure about this, thank them but excuse yourself.

>>40279616
>Write-in
Ask what the cost of the robes are, if severe then just the gauntlet.

>>40279616
>>You'll take the gauntlet.
Least likely to fuck us

>>40279616
>You'll take the gauntlet.
No catches are the best catches.

>>40279616
>You'll take the gauntlet.
Probably won't screw us over.

>>40279673
gauntlet's price is that if we ever get angry, then it'll take a long time for us to calm the fuck down. think of the context.
>and nothing will be able to whether to storm of your fury.

>>40279616
>robes
No. They will probably fuck us over quite alot no matter how useful they are.
>gauntlet
Seems great. A straight power up. Not as mysterious or as fancy as others but more of a solid choice.
>ring
We are bound to find ourselves in shitty situations, and this would be a great back up. Paid with whose life though?

Hard to decide between ring and gauntlet. I guess its better to go with solid choice at this point.

>Gauntlet

>>40279578
So a huge boost to Earth manipulation and Erosion.
>>40279597
Boost to magic in general, I suppose, or direct Vys control.
>>40279616
And a ring that lets us exchange someone else's life for an extra life, I guess.
>You're not so sure about this, thank them but excuse yourself.
If we must take something, then Gauntlet>Robes>Ring

>>40279616
>You'll take the gauntlet.

>>40279711
>and nothing will be able to whether to storm of your fury.
means no being will be able to defend itself, not that we will go rage crazy

>>40279616
>You'll take the gauntlet.

>You'll take the ring.

>>40279597
Well, not taking anything is just boring, since both the cape, while it sounds awesome, and the ring requires sacrifices... I say
>gauntlet

>>40279616
>>You'll take the gauntlet.
Earth a best

>>40279616
>I suppose telling me the sacrifice for the Robes' power would be spoiling the surprise and ruining your fun?

Guys, there is no such thing as "no catch" when dealing with the Stooges.
The Gauntlet has a downside, we just don't know what it is.

>>40279616
>gauntlet pls
cue dickish shenanigans where protrusions of earth erupt and nail thugs in the groin.

>>40279802
>>40279673
Yeah. Could we get the answer to this before this vote is over Soma?

>>40279802
Good point anon, ask about the sacrifice first, supporting this idea, probably can't be any harm in askin

>>40279616
No doubt about it, the ultimate safeguard ring. Why worry about whose life has to be forfeit to save ours anyways?!! We must live! We are Mik the Magic! The Magic must continue at all costs!!

The RING it must BE!!

>>40279747
>>40279733
>>40279706
>>40279700
>>40279691
>>40279764
>>40279745
>>40279790
>>40279792
>>40279828
>Gauntlet

>>40279768
>>40279653
>>40279843
>Ring

>>40279654
>>40279745
>Nothing

>>40279673
>>40279802
>Ask about the robes.

Writin' for the gauntlet.

>>40279616
>>You're not so sure about this, thank them but excuse yourself.

>>40279825
They would say if there was a catch.

>>40279616
>>40279673
Ask that - the robes seem the best since we need to wear all the pieces of our current armors to get the best effect, which cuts the stone's usefulness. The ring is gonna be our life for a companions life, which will just be a shitstorm. .

>>40279873
[20:31] <~Soma_QM> There will never not be a catch when dealing with the Stooges.
[20:31] <~Soma_QM> It's just that their catches are usually designed more to entertain them than screw you over.

>>40279873
The catch will have to be found within the context of what they say.

>>40279616
>>You'll take the ring.

>>40279899
>>40279910
With all the other choices they have given they have clearly said there is going to be a catch.

>>40279853
The answer to robe question could change the votes though Soma.

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>>40279951
Still the least catch.

>>40279853
You guys must be gnu to this quest. There is ALWAYS a catch with these guys. You think the stone gauntlet is the easy choice...muhahahahhaaaa....you will find out your folly soon enough weedhoppers!!

The gauntlet has a catch, just like the cloak has a catch. It's just that it's not particularly invasive. Hell, you only figured out the cloak's catch ~100 threads after you got it.

>>40280021
>Paranoia Intensifies

>>40280021
Non invasive is the best invasive.

>>40280021
What's the cloak's catch?

>>40280041
Jeez you are dense anon. There is a price to be paid with anything like these items. We can heal ourselves of any damage they do. The key is what type of value does the item bring to the game.

The fricking ring could have brought us BACK TO LIFE!!

Nothing else in the game, literally nothing, has been available that could do that.

You guys suck.

>>40280126
But it means we would have to kill one of our friends so fuck that. Anything able to kill us will still be there when we come back to life and we will be down an ally.

>>40280126
shitlord pls. sperg moar. make yourself look more shitty. we already made our decision. deal with it. pleb.

>>40280126
We just need to be good enough to not die.

>>40280178
We don't know whose life it would've wanted.
Maybe we could get it to tank up on our enemies' lives.

>>40280178
It didn't say anything about friends. We could probably used anyone.

>>40280216
>>40280226
You know it would be our friends though.

>>40280178
There's some more clear thinking! Sure, it would absolutely, positively have to be one of our friends! That's the only way it could possibly happen!!

Moron.

You let the most valuable thing to every pass through our hands slip away. And, this ring could have possibly kept this quest going for another year or more.

Now, we die, we DONE.

Idiot.

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>>40280226
>>40280216
Yeah. I bet we could sacrifice random asshole #38 and come back to life.

>>40280256
We know nothing.
I think in won't be our friends, Soma doesn't give trap choices.

>>40280290
>>40280298
Look at who is giving it too us. They are assholes who are doing shit for the giggles. This is their daytime television. Of course it would be someone we know. Its not a trap if we explicitly know its going to need to kill someone to work and if we fight something strong enough to kill us coming back to life wont make it go away.

>>40280296
It would probably be played out as an ethical dilemma, like we would learn he had starving children waiting for him at the last minute.

Just to head off an argument here, and because the ring will never again make an appearance in this quest, I'll spoil it for you.

You would've needed to eat the heart of an innocent. Once a week. To sustain the magic in the ring. Can't be a criminal, can't be one of your enemies. Monks, children, virtuous individuals, all those would've been fine. For instance: You could eat Darzi's heart and satisfy the requirements. However, if you ate Skull Kid's heart you wouldn't satisfy the requirements.

Thus, the best candidates are people you know, but they're not the only candidates.

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>>40280370
>mfw

>>40280370
Well thats even worse then I imagined and I already imagined it to be bad.

>>40280370
Do threy have to die? Or can we just make em a new heart?

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>>40280370
Tell me this shit before the vote man. Now I definitely want the ring.

>>40280370
Wow yeah, that's pretty bad. Glad we didn't take it.

>>40280370

We made the right choice.

>>40280370
How about the robe?

>>40280420
Holy shit, what a perfect loophole.
GOD DAMN IT WHY DIDN'T WE PICK THE RING

>>40280370
Holy shit Soma.

Once a WEEK! My god, if it had been once each time we had to USE it....maybe...but once a WEEK!!?

Least I was right about it not having to be one of our FRIENDS.

Still think I would have taken it. Keeps this quest going longer for damn sure.

>>40280420
That's the loophole. You just have to eat their heart, and you're a GM water vatis.

>>40280445
Bringing yourself back to life is pricey man.

>>40280370
fuck thank god.
So we have another chance at the robe?
Sounds like point defense with a fraction of the cost of point defense.

>>40280370
Fuck, we passed an incredibly useful item item.

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>>40280420
B R I L L I A N T!

We keep their blood pumping with water magic while we make the new heart and BOOM...requirement satisfied.

NOW I'M REALLY PISSED AT YOU NO RING FAGGOTS!!

>>40280491
Its only useful if we die. Just don't die, boom.

>>40280457
That shit is sick and awful. Growing them a new hearth doesn't make up for eating an innocent hearth every fucking week. This would also fuck our party up and probably cause most of the people to just say "alright, good luck" and leave.

>people want to eat an innocent hearth every week
I know you faggots are stupid but you can not really be this stupid, can you?

>>40280491
Do remember it has to be an innocent. Shit's evil as fuck.

>>40280509
I can't believe you are seriously sitting here at your computer typing stuff like this.

Really? R E A L L Y?????

Let me make it clear for you. Mik will die. This quest will end. There are enough morons playing this thing to ensure that this will happen and probably sooner rather than later.

So, the ring was the only failsafe we have ever seen in this game to keep it going past the idiocy of the player base.

Gone...poof....we will never see it again.

Jeez.

For the robe, which you'll also never see again:
You would've found people flocking to you, treating you as a sort of semi-religious figure. Eventually the robe would grow powerful enough to weaken reality such that void creatures could slip into your reality. They'd serve you. Then eventually you'd start finding that your little cult was doing things on your orders, except you didn't remember giving the orders. It would turn into a sort of Fight Club-esque dual personality thing.

>>40280540
There are no brakes on the stupidity train.

>>40280557
Tune down your faggot, anon. Keep it under wraps.

>>40280514
Implying that anyone other than Mik would have to know that he was eating an innocent's heart weekly.

You show a disturbing lack of faith in Mik's skills at stealth, subtlety and deception anon.

>>40280557
If people are stupid enough to make him die once they will be stupid enough to make him do it again. Better to take something useful most of the time instead of something useless almost all of the time.

>>40280370
does it have to be human?

>>40280604
Well, no. It could've been elven or samjan as well. So long as it's sentient.

Anyway, it's not particularly relevant at this point. As I said, you'll never see the ring again.

>>40280576
That actually sounds awesome.

>>40280576
That shit is way cooler than the ring. I still wouldn't really want it in the long run though. We are already stretching the limits of sanity by ourselves.

>>40280576
Well. Fhat could have bbeen awesome and not awesome at the same time. Perfect outlet for the entity.

>>40280576
Thats... pretty cool honestly. Guess I should have guessed the 1st part with a title like "messiah's Robe".

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>>40280576
meh

>tfw when mik shaped void creatures

>>40280576
Well that's much better but seeing as we are going through so much trouble to clear ourselves of shit affecting our mind I am glad we didn't take it.

>>40280576
>You would've found people flocking to you, treating you as a sort of semi-religious figure. Eventually the robe would grow powerful enough to weaken reality such that void creatures could slip into your reality. They'd serve you.
That's not a downside at all. I wouldn't even call that a sacrifice.
>Then eventually you'd start finding that your little cult was doing things on your orders, except you didn't remember giving the orders. It would turn into a sort of Fight Club-esque dual personality thing.
Now THAT'S a downside, if we couldn't just take it off.

>>40280604
I dunno, if we could just use any animal we find out in the wilderness it wouldn't be much of a drawback.

>>40280576
Dodged a bullet there.

So, now it is abundantly clear that the ring was the correct and only choice.

Anyone who thinks otherwise can immediately place yourself in the massive moron faggot category and dismiss yourself from any future selection process.

Of course, this would be all voluntary but surely you can recognize its for the good of the game.

Surely.

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>>40280659
>making such assumptions when we don't even know what the gauntlet actually does

>>40280681
[Spoiler]Anime name?[/spoiler]

>>40280686
Shit badger cunt, I swear to god I had the spoiler case ticked...oh well

>>40280713
somethingsomething Park

>>40280687
I don't give a flying fortress absolute fuck what the gauntlet does.

I can personally guarandamtee you that it is NOT a "Get out of Death" free card.

All I need to know.

>>40280713
.... welp. Fuck my phone

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>>40280713
Amagi Brilliant Park.

>>40280731
So. Serious question. If we become powerful enough, that we can prevent our death simply through healing through damage like we did with the Solid spear of fire, why would the fucking ring matter?

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>>40280659

Haven't caught up on the archives yet, but while I'm catching up I wanted to know if our cloak was gone for good? Or is it just taking time to heal?

>>40280790
You can never be powerful enough to prevent death for sure.
Even the ring can't do that, though I think the ring would be able to resist everything below Progenitor level shit.

>>40280762
Gentlemen and a scholar~

>>40280806
Read the damn thread.

>>40280806
no
yes

>>40280790
We could be surprised, swarmed by more enemies than we can fight, encounter an enormously powerful enemy or simply ran out of energy.

>>40280806
It's healing

>>40280790
Serious answer.

You think there might every be a time when we do something really stupid that accidentally kills us?

Say...like, trying to put an entire dragon's tail in our cloak and reverse polarity of the cloak to cut off the dragon's tail?

Not saying we would ever do anything so stupid like that because our player base is eminently intelligent and careful. But just for the sake of argument, lets say that somehow something like that happened.

Ring would matter.

And I can think of about 10 other scenarios it would matter in. Not hard to do if you actually THINK about it.

>>40280790
We can only heal things we can survive. Brain damage is one of these things we can't survive.

>>40280836
Thanks anon

>>40280812
And it took willingly walking into the void to kill the strongest mage we! Or anyone else for hundreds of yyears, knew. As long as we dont willingly wwalk into to some seriously ffucked up bullshit!I get the feeling we'll be fine.

>>40280834
All of those would still be there when we come back to life.

>>40280869
Exactly, people need to realize that while the ring may bring us back to life, it doesn't mean it will get rid of the thing that killed in the first place.

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>mfw i can't even tell who is on whose side
>mfw i can't tell if people are being serious or trolling

>>40280837
anon, look, I get where your coming from but we made our choice which is why Soma told us these important facts in the first place. It's done, there's no mulligan here, especially since you're the only whose so vocal about it

>>40280837
>>40280844
Please read >>40280863
As long as we don't say,willingly look at a Child, or swim in a lake of lava, we'll be ffine.

>>40280936
You're wrong.
Simple enough if he had targeted our head instead of body it would have been gave over.
We can heal our selves if he lose the process to think about healing ourselves.

The ring was about BRINGING Mik back to life. Not about helping stop it.
>even if you do meet an unfortunate fate, you'll not remain dead for very long unless extraordinary measures are taken.

>>40280621
Soma, could Mick make an item that just floats forwards forever with the right runes?
Like if he just enchanted say, some of skull kids (already withdrawn) blood with repeal iron and sustain then enchanted pieces of iron with attract and sustain so that as it hovers forwards the iron just keeps following it. Could something like this just keep moving until something finally stops it?

>>40280926
I certainly understand there are no do overs.

Just really irritating that a choice that impacts so many things so powerfully was made with so little time for discussion and so little discussion. Probably all of 5 minutes before it was locked and done.

That choice literally affected how long this quest will continue, imo.

Now that I'm on the record, I shall not remark further on it.

Unless someone wants to shitpost more about it..other than me that is.

>>40280869
Yea but we would get another chance rather than an ending. And we don't know the specifics so maybe we could reborn at a later time or another place, which would solve many problems as people would think we were dead until we struck back at a adventitious place.

>>40281007
Once a week.

>>40280936
We can't heal brain damage.
Don't really care about the ring just pointing out the facts.

>>40280936
1. We easily won't run into a child ever again.
extremely small chance. Of course it can happen.
2. Just means we need to keep increasing our metal magic. Easily with our trait + another passive we gain with GM with a mind reinforcement. As can be around it, like we were last time.
But for it to actually look at us, we would defiantly need to use vys to fortify our mind. And spend like 10 vys into the mind barrier at GM level.

>>40281028
Get on the irc we'll shitpost/discus tthere.

>>40281021
I think perpetual motion is still a bit beyond Mik's capabilities. I can't think of a way to make it work off the top of my head. Anyway, ask me on Ask.fm and I'll get to it in a little more detail, want to finish off this post.

>>40281033
If we died and moved somewhere whatever killed us will most likely kill all the people we have with us at the time. The ring really isn't that useful. 99.9% of the time its useless, better to get something to help prevent us dying in the first place. The ring is the worst option in my opinion.

>>40281089
>Easily with our trait + another passive we gain with GM with a mind reinforcement.
Wrong even with that stuff we would risk death.

>>40281072
We can -prevent- brain damage. Say,maybe, with metal magic and our warlock srmor?

>>40280837
>Ring would matter.
You know what would matter far far more? Mik not going with the most insane option because he’s insane.

There had been people asking to use something small to test it first. If Mik had been mostly sane (like 2-3 on the scale) he would probably have tried that first.

Also people being lolrandom is the biggest risk to Mik right now. Not only can a few idiots control Mik because of his insanity, the majority of players seem to go for !!FUN!! options just because they think it is amusing. That’s what will kill Mik if anything ever will.

You know what would happen if we had the ring? The risk-takers would take even bigger risk until even the ring’s limits are tested. It would not help keep Mik alive at all.

>>40281121
>We can -prevent- brain damage
Look, he is talking about physical damage you idiot.
But yes, metal would be effective in that we could reinforce the armor.
And armor in general would be effective because it is..Armor.
But I believe you are just referring to being mentally attacked. Which I believe is much more likely to happen. For that case we have our ring that helps with insanity.

>>40281112
Listen, if you want to post more of this kind of massively stupid faggotry, please get on the IRC.

I can't take much more of it in here.

>not going for the ring
plebs

>>40281164
Prevention of a problem in the first place is always better than trying to fix a problem.

THE RING IS THE BEST WAIFU

>>40281180
I would have much rather the robes.
Void entities protecting us > anything else

>>40281028
>That choice literally affected how long this quest will continue, imo.
Only if you're a complete moron who wants to keep making idiotic decisions. Because all the ring would effectively do is give more leeway for doing so.

>>40281230
The robe would have been fun as shit.

>>40281257
To be fair the only place the ring would have been really useful is the Pa'vala.

>>40281259
I agree.
Don't think the robes would have been very powerful till at least a couple of weeks, or so.
And people seem to be forgetting that it is basically a passive point defense, with a smaller vys cost. if any.

>>40281324
I doubt we'd find many innocent hearts in Pa'vala to eat on the way, unless it'd turn out that Darzi has a very specific fetish.

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>>40281384

>>40281384
Darzi is confirmed innocent.

>>40281421
That's my point, anon.

Playerbase confirmed for stooges

I just got here, and are there any theories about the gauntlet?
It seems the robes would have created a split personality/cult and given us void creature pets.
The ring had an easy loop hole to do, we just had to find some one innocent/willing.

>>40281471
The effects are probably much slower and harder to stop.

>>40281471
Sounds like it just boosts earth bending.

Also the ring also had no benefits unless we died. We should be trying to avoid dying anyway.

>>40281471
I still think that the gauntlets make us unable to control our emotions.

>>40281549
anon all the things offered always had negatives, the gauntlets are not going to magically not have no negatives.

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Alright lads, lets get something productive done. Soma has confirmed via IRC that we hav e a rough outline of how Rhynian Vys generators work and can build a small man's version of one. He also confirmed we need special crystals, crystals with "regular structure," for storage of said vys. "Magical" crystals, sorta like the ones that are growing right outside the vault at this very second. We need to collect samples on the way out.

>>40281571
I have a feeling the gauntlet will cause the most problems for us.

>>40281471
Sounds like we could control water as liquid.
Seems like it may just give us a + to earth based rolls.
Anything that may have to do with earth, wouldn't be surprised. Sort of like the dragon staff but with just a + to rolls or something. making it more viable for other things.

>>40281571
As long as we dont have to fucking eat people or develop a split personality I am down. Seeing as they seem to have the least fancy effect they probably have the least detrimental downside. Whatever it is soma confirmed it is non intrusive at least.

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>>40281571
you don't think someone would do that right?

just get onto spiritchat and lie?

r-right?

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>>40281588
And here's the last part of the log.

>>40281595
>my name is Ferrus Mikhealus, check out my metal hands

>>40281605
>judging its affect based on whats siad and not actually using it.
People said the same things about the boots and the death ring( when we first got the cloak), and that shit either ate at our vys or sanity.

>>40281747
Only an idiot would think the gauntlet don't come with something bad.

>>40281747
Soma said it wouldn't be intrusive. Now I don't know what he considers non-intrusive but I am willing to bet its less sever than eating hearts and split personalities.

>>40281800
>its less sever
It's not going to be less severe it's going to be more subtle.

>>40281832
What could be more subtle than eating hearts and split cult leader personalities that is still equally severe while at the same time being non-intrusive?

>>40281800
Just saying that don't take it lightly because it sounded the least harmful.
the boots sounded harmless compared to the other two and that shit ate away at our max Vys.
>>40281800
eating hearts once a week to keep the death protection up doesn't sound that intrusive honestly( we could always not keep the protection up for a time a well).

>>40281884
I couldn't think of something that could possibly be more intrusive than having to track down an innocent person every week and eat their heart.

>>40281874
Maybe taking a hit to sanity.
Earth is all about making people go crazy.

>>40281912
well, at least we got that ring.

>>40281874
well it's earth shit, maybe it erodes our vys pool or something

>>40280099
Assassin and Corruption

The robes look downright comically evil and the ring will require that you kill people to sustain your own life. You don't like how that sounds, not one bit. The gauntlet is suspicious because it didn't have a price named. However, it also seems fairly simplistic. It's just a gauntlet which enhances the power of Earth magic. You could probably enchant something similar based solely on what you already know of enchanting.

You focus your thoughts, your mind brushing against something vast and unknowable. {The gauntlet. It seems the safest choice to my mind.}

The other two artifacts vanish into the pool in front of you, sinking away into the ethereal substance, as the gauntlet floats away from the palm of the figure on your left. You grab it as it gets close, turning it over in your hands. Stone stone is rough, but the coating beneath seems to be some manner of leather, though it feels odd. Not like any leather you've handled before. The inside is lined with silk, presumably to make pulling it on and taking it off a bit easier.

As you're inspecting the gauntlet your attention is drawn by light pouring from the basin. Just how does this thing work? Do the three spirits guarding the vault create the artifacts as they draw them from the liquid within, or are they drawing from some sort of vast reservoir of ancient artifacts? You're inclined to think it's the latter, but you suppose you can't really be certain.

(1/2)

>>40281908
Like i said you only need to do that if you want to keep the protection up, i believe we could lapse in the protection and not do the heart thing for a while.
Speaking of which i wonder if we could store hearts of innocents in our cloak for it.
Also i was talking about how it affected us personally, it seemed to be the one that didn't negatively affect us in any real way personally.

Regardless, the gauntlet seems harmless enough. You undo a clasp around the wrist and pull the gauntlet over your right hand. There's some extra space at the tips of your fingers but it's not a real issue. That done you redo the clasp and feel something prick the palm of your hand. A moment later the gauntlet reshapes itself, the flared stone plates on top coming to rest flesh against the back of your hand and the entire gauntlet adjusting to better suit you. Strangely enough, you almost feel like the stone plates are a part of you. You can move them independent of the rest of the gauntlet. It's as you're starting to experiment with the gauntlet that the voices of the three worm their way into your thoughts.

{A wise choice.}
{The robes would've been better.}
{More entertaining, certainly.}
{Fools. The ring would have provided the greatest amusement.}
{Too much drama.}
{There's no such thing as too much.}
{Shall we tell him?}
{I don't think we should.}
{Better to let him figure things out on his own.}
{Funnier that way.}
{Indeed.}
{Well, Mikhael. We do hope that you enjoy our gift to you.}
{Do try not to hurt yourself.}
{And if you do hurt yourself, at least have fun with it.}

With that the voices cut off, and the three figures rise towards the ceiling. They assume positions hovering motionlessly in front of three stone overhangs. You don't feel that vest presence lurking just beyond the edge of your thoughts anymore. Seems they've lost interest in you, for now.

>Seems like you're free to leave. Make your way back to Hayes Workshop.
>As above, but try to snap off a piece of that crystal you saw growing outside on your way back.
>Write-in

>>40281874
>non-intrusive
When Soma say non-intrusive he means it'll take a hundred threads for us to figure it out.
>>40281932
>>40281912
I don't think Earth is just about erosion.

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>>40281954
>Stone stone

THIS STONE IS MADE OUT OF STONE

>>40281975
>As above, but try to snap off a piece of that crystal you saw growing outside on your way back.

Then go MEDITATE ON THE FUCKING GUANTLET

>>40281975
>As above, but try to snap off a piece of that crystal you saw growing outside on your way back.

>>40281975
>>As above, but try to snap off a piece of that crystal you saw growing outside on your way back.

>>40281975
>>As above, but try to snap off a piece of that crystal you saw growing outside on your way back.

Should we test out our gauntlet?

>>40281995
I need more caffeine, I suppose. Also, shit. I haven't eaten today. Might run out for a lunch break soon-ish.

>>40281975
>Thank them for the gift before leaving.
Why do quest characters always have to be reminded of basic politeness?

>>40281975
>>Thank them for the warm welcome and fun discussion.
>>As above, but try to snap off a piece of that crystal you saw growing outside on your way back.

>>40281975
>As above, but try to snap off a piece of that crystal you saw growing outside on your way back.

>>40281975
>As above, but try to snap off a piece of that crystal you saw growing outside on your way back.
>{Shall we tell him?}
>{I don't think we should.}
>{Better to let him figure things out on his own.}
>{Funnier that way.}
well something is up with the gauntlets.

>>40281997
addendum

>>40282016
this as well.

>>40281997
Seconded on mediating on the gauntlet to give us a hint at what it does.

>>40281975
>As above, but try to snap off a piece of that crystal you saw growing outside on your way back.
what could possibly go wrong?

>>40282038
No shit.
>>40281975
Take the gauntlet off right now, we have no idea what the downside is, no reason to have it on when we aren't even using it.

>>40279578
>It seems as if it ought to be part of a full suit of armor, but only the gauntlet is offered.
Anybody think it's odd that Soma would point this out?

>>40281975
>>As above, but try to snap off a piece of that crystal you saw growing outside on your way back.
But also >>40282016 and >>40282053

>>40281975
>As above, but try to snap off a piece of that crystal you saw growing outside on your way back.
Also thank them for the gift.

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>>40282092
>implying soma would intentionally give us false information so we can worry ourselves over it

>Break you off a piece of dat.
>Thank the nice Skellies for the gift.
>Head back to Hayes' place.

>>40282117
>implying Some isn't actually one of the Stooges

It seems pretty likely that the gauntlet is going to grow over us. The hints that it's a part of a whole set and we can move the stone like it's a part of our body are hints that fit that idea. We should probably be prepared to amputate our arm if necessary.

We should meditate on the gauntlet right away.

>>40282321
>We should probably be prepared to amputate our arm if necessary.
as a Water vatis..that doesn't mean anything.
We can regrow it.

>>40282321
>We should probably be prepared to amputate our arm if necessary
We're always prepared to do that.
Even when not necessary.
Remember what we did when we got here and sneaked into Demetrios' class?

>>40282117
>>40282092
I bet you the glove grows into a full suit of armour that grows more powerful the more of it there is.
>>40282124
Can we mediate on the glove?

>>40282321
We cut off our arm for a laugh once thats no problem.

>>40282321
We've discussed that and it might cause further anger management issues I say we continue on like the latter, because at least the former we can more easily prevent.

>>40282344
We should cut off our own limbs for laughs more often.

>>40282321
If this is true.
This would be the best cost. Nothing to taxing.
That would be like 1-3 vys and A few minutes of our time max.

>>40282321
>We should probably be prepared to amputate our arm

we did that like 5 threads ago for a laugh

>>40282393
Depends on if the gauntlet turns back into a gauntlet once chopped off.
If it doesn't, then we can't use it any longer.

>>40282424
we can rot the flesh and bones out of our gauntlet and reuse it.
>Step your game up.

>>40282321
>We should probably be prepared to amputate our arm
We're always ready to do that It's like are favorite joke.

>>40282368
*Cuts off legs*
"Hey, Darzi"
"What Mik?"
"I'm kinda in trouble here mind helping me a bit?"
"What did you do this time?"
"Uh... Well..."
"Mik. What did you do?
"I cut off my legs at the hip"
"YOU WHAT?!"
"It's nothing to worry about! I can grow them back easily, but..."
"But...?"
"I'd rather be on m bed when I did it. Could you pick me up and put me there?"
"Mik. You could easily move yourself, we both know it. So just do that"
"Darzi, IIf I'm to regrow my legs i need to make sure I have as much vys as possible.
".... fucking idiot"
"What was that?"
"Nothing nothing I'll be there in a second"
"Great! Love you Darzi~"

>>40282340
>>40282344
>>40282361
>>40282393
>>40282409
I think if we did that with the gauntlet on (and if my suspicions are correct) then we wouldn't be able to remove the gauntlet from our severed arm, rendering it useless.

>>40282448
You're assuming there will be flesh and bone left.
If the gauntlet itself grows, then that's stone. Like imagine a whole arm's worth of an armor.

Hey guys, what if we had Profectus put the gauntlet on his stone arm?

>>40282502
We can erode stone as well.

>void fuckery robes
>cannibal ring
>earth magic crutch

Come on skelebros step it up, where are the cloak tier artifacts?

>>40282523
Wrong hand

>>40282523
Well we don't know if are suspicion is correct yet, so he would probably just get really good at earth magic.

>>40282523
Gee Prof how come your lord and savior Mikhael lets you have TWO stone arms?

>>40282541
I totally would have taken the void robe.

Void creatures under our command OP.

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>>40282461
Is this some sort of fetish?

>>40282578
Keep up, Soma.

>>40282578
I think it's just Mik bothering Darzi with stupid shit but her still helping him out and anon finds it cute.
Or he thinks she'd have to touch his crotch to carry him to the bed?
I dunno, could be just amputee fetish I guess, but that's boring.

>>40282541
>Wahh, I want a better amazing magical item then what you're offering
Be thankful they care enough to fucking with us.

>>40282541
The Robe was Cloak tier.

>>40282758
easily.

>>40282541
>void fuckery robes
1.This shit let us control OP void creatures.
2.Get a sizable cult to control
3.Made vys our bitch
4.the robes themselves had protective properties as well.
>cannibal ring
Easily resurrected us, and had many loop holes.
>earth magic crutch
Seems to either grow on us and/or affect us emotionally.
>>40282578
Did we figure out what the armour did soma or will we do that when meditating on it?

>>40282865
Robe the best option.

>>40282812
but much more likely to fuck us up the ass than the cloak. At least with the clock we can find loopholes around the kill contracts. The robes were guaranteed to turn us into dualpersonality bullshit, and pulling the robes off wouldn't have mattered once it got to a certain point as the gem would embed itself in our chest.
If we had a way around that, robe BEST choice period. hands down.

>>40282898
Only real downside was that we developed a different personality.

>>40282898
your waifu a shit

>>40282865
>thinking we will figure it out
>thinking the players will vote to meditate on it
kek

>Meditate on the gauntlet.

This is bait.

>>40282972
Good B8

>>40282972
It makes mustard gas.

>>40282935
Nigga the robe was way better than the cloak what gave you the idea it would be eaiser to get around it not fucking us too hard.

>>40282997
>the robe was better than the cloak

>>40282997
>Nigga the robe was way better than the cloak
I know right. It's only artifact so far that actually gets stronger with time.

>>40282997
>the robe was way better than the cloak

Nigga please.

Cloak is love cloak is life.

>>40283032
>>40283047
Literally have command over void creatures, a big cult, control vys like its our bitch, and on top of what ever protection the robes gave.
the cloaks empty space could and would have been easily filled up by another void creature or people of the cult.
I do admit the image of Mik walking around while a cult caravan follows him is an amusing thought, and also i wonder what the void creatures could do , and if they could store items in the void as well

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>>40282935
>would embed itself in our chest.
You're an ass.
The robe has spikes, does it mean we can't take it off? We don't know.
Our warlock armor has spikes and we can take it off.

IT doesn't really matter though. Since it will never be an option again. so just move on, and accept you are an assumptious ass.

>>40283118
You are leaving out the split personality you know.

>>40283118
We have control over a Void Creature.
Ricky.
Who is a Progenitor at least.
Who is really fucking powerful.
And we have literally infinite storage space.

>>40283152
>Elder
Has been confirmed

>>40283144
Yeah like they left out the vys corruption and void assasin shit.

>>40283143
Soma said that shit himself fuckwit.

>>40283152
We don't control him he just holds shit for us.

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Its over
Does it really matterp at this point?

>>40283166
When?

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You reach out to the stooges, trying to get across a sense of gratitude. {Thank you, for what it's worth. You three have been some of the only otherworldly entities I could say I genuinely enjoy interacting with.}

They don't respond, but you felt obligated to say it. Besides Ricky, these three are the only ones that haven't seemed like they're actively trying to screw you over. Sure, they're not exactly what you'd call kind. They're really just in it for their own amusement. Still, the simple fact that they're not actively malicious seems to make them exceptional amongst strange entities from outside your reality.

You make your way through the darkened chamber, a thousand pillars surrounding you and each of them shrouded by bloom. You feel briefly compelled to go wandering off the beaten path, to explore this vast, apparently empty, vault. However, something tells you that you and the stooges are not the only things in this place. The brush of foreign minds against your own. You decide against exploring.

You step through the doors into the entryway and shut them behind you. The presence of those foreign minds vanishes, and you make your way to the portal at the end of the hall. It's perfectly black, impossibly black. A hole in reality which you stride through confidently, without so much as a moment's hesitation. You emerge only slightly disoriented on the other end, in the vast chamber containing the massive stone doors which protect the vault.

The sound of stone grinding against stone fills the chamber as the doors begin to close, so you take a few steps forward to ensure you don't get crushed. The doors shut themselves with a heavy thud and there's a flash of light as magic courses through the carvings on the door's surface, then the chamber returns to seeming normality. Well, as close to normality as one can expect this close to a portal to an impossibly ancient vault guarded by creatures of the void.
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You elect to try out the gauntlet, so long as you're here. With a thought you wrench a chunk of stone from the wall. You hadn't even really intended to take as much as you did, the chunk you've got is larger than your head. It wasn't even particularly costly, vys wise. You can only imagine how powerful this gauntlet would be if you were a Grandmaster in Earth magic.

The stone chunk you've torn off turns to sand when you will it to do so. You draw more stone from the wall, this time trying to be more careful. It takes a little bit of practice, but eventually you actually do manage to get solid stone to flow like a liquid without turning it into sand. The best you can tell you're constantly breaking it in a thousand places only to repair it a moment later.

Turning the stone and sand you've gathered into a solid sphere you set it down and attempt to use Earth magic to erode the stone. You find that you have a high degree of control over just how strongly and where you erode the stone. You're able to eat tiny, barely noticeable holes through the center or turn the entire thing to dust in a matter of a few seconds if you try. Turning your attention to the crystals sprouting from the ground around the vault doors an idea occurs to you.

You have all the runes necessary to create some sort of vys collecting device, except for a container. You know that crystal works better than most substances, and this crystal seems purpose built to contain vys, based on the information provided to you by Nature magic. Making your way over to one of the crystals you grab hold of it with the gauntlet and will it to snap off. The segment of crystal you're touching, and the crystal above it, suddenly dims while the base continues to glow a rich blue.
(2/3)

>>40283118
I wish we could set up a deal with the stooges so that our future son would get it.
>>40283170
Where?

>>40283218
IRC. I'll grab a screenie in a second, tryina find somethin' else first though.

>>40283183
He holds the shit we tell him to.
We can literally kill a whole gang by telling Ricky to take them into storage and let him eat them.

You pull away the long spike of crystal and tuck it into the woven bag Suresh made for you, before removing the gauntlet and putting it away as well. That done you make your way slowly and carefully through the gloom on your way back to Hayes' workshop. You hear him hammering away at something or other long before you see him. He's seated in front of his furnace, a fire blazing within, carefully repairing some sort of golden breastplate.

>See about selling him the dragon scales, to pay off Aylin's tuition fees.
>No reason to bug him, find a servant and ask if rooms have been prepared for you.
>Write-in

>>40283218
IRC, the crystal at the center of the robe would've imbedded itself in your chest once it grew powerful enough. Spreading tendrils through your body, corrupting you, attempting to replace you.

>>40283170
You are one shity person.
where did he say it?
Not in chat or in this thread.
just went through it, to make sure I wasn't ASSUMING SHIT.
crtl+f not once has the word embed been used in the rizon chat.
and it has been used three times in this thread. twice by you.
Get your head out of your ass.

>>40283241
>No reason to bug him, find a servant and ask if rooms have been prepared for you.

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>>40283218
>future son would get it.
For what purpose?

>>40283250
>not once has the word embed been used

that's because he's drunk and uses an i

>>40283241
>>See about selling him the dragon scales, to pay off Aylin's tuition fees.

>>40283250
I guess I was wrong.
But he didn't say it before this point. So it proves my point, about you assuming shit.
You just so happened to assume right.

>>40283241
>No reason to bug him, find a servant and ask if rooms have been prepared for you.

>>40283241
>>No reason to bug him, find a servant and ask if rooms have been prepared for you.

>>40283241
>No reason to bug him, find a servant and ask if rooms have been prepared for you.

>>40283241
>See about selling him the dragon scales, to pay off Aylin's tuition fees.

>>40283241
>No reason to bug him, find a servant and ask if rooms have been prepared for you.
Can we meditate on the gauntlets Soma?

>>40283241
>See about selling him the dragon scales, to pay off Aylin's tuition fees.

>>40283241
What time is it? Do we have time to visit Deme?

>>40283241
>No reason to bug him, find a servant and ask if rooms have been prepared for you.

>>40283241
>>No reason to bug him, find a servant and ask if rooms have been prepared for you.

>>40283241
>>No reason to bug him, find a servant and ask if rooms have been prepared for you.

>>40283241
>>See about selling him the dragon scales, to pay off Aylin's tuition fees.

>>40283241
>No reason to bug him, find a servant and ask if rooms have been prepared for you.

Scales are for fulvia and SK

>>40283241
>See about selling him the dragon scales, to pay off Aylin's tuition fees.

>>40283356
>>40283372
>>40283331
>>40283321
>>40283281
>Sell some D scales

>>40283260
>>40283284
>>40283311
>>40283314
>>40283322
>>40283347
>>40283349
>>40283354
>>40283365
>Find your rooms.

Gonna run out and grab some lunch, a cup of coffee, then get writin'

>They chose the Earth artifact
Oh god it has to have something to do with the Entity or the dead Earth god.

Maybe this will cause the revival of Earth God? Or it grows into a suit around us and once it's complete we either become him or he revives and we become some sort of High Priest/Prophet of him.

>>40283512
Looking to much into it dude.

>>40283512
>>40283561
>not knowing that Entity is the false prophet and Prthvi is literally Jesus
Confirmed by Soma

>>40283597
Ok, but that has nothing to do with the gloves

>>40283619
>implying the gloves don't let us heal people because they channel Prthvi's/Jesus's healing powers
Get with the program, anon, gosh

>>40283512
>Still being a retard
Seriously man stop it.

>>40283651
Jesus was a water vatis you liar.

I think we should Athena the entity out of our head and raise it like a daughter.

>>40283708
A wine vatis, you heathen. Do you even bible?

Fucking Vatis.

Pani's Sweet Tits, anons, get it together.

>>40283780
And how exact would we do that? It would be possible to wipe the thing's memories but how do you intend on getting it a body and rising it?

>>40283825
Iunno anon, how did Zeus do it?

>>40283867
He was a god?

>>40283867
Do you intend on making a deal with a spirit?

>>40283876
Then we should just do that.

>>40283898
becoming a god is a long and tedious journey

>>40283898
>Just be a god, man. Come on. Quit fuckin' around.

Anyway, back and writin'.

>>40283915
We can just ask our new daughter where she fucked up and not make the same mistakes.

>>40283942
If you want her as a daughter she can't keep her memories.

>>40284034
Can we fuck it?

We should have asked the three stooges for the Armor of the Chieftain of the Al-Hikar.

>>40284418
Heh, yeah, good luck with that.

>>40284418
You dont really ask them for things.

>>40284418
>implying what we got isn't just that

>>40284458
instead of the items they offered.

>>40284458
Well we asked them to save our ass from the dracolich and the entitty, although they said it was a one time deal.

>>40284480
You dont really get a choice, they make an offer and you take it or you dont.

>>40284511
We did that with the other entity. We could have offered, i think they would have said yes.

>>40284817
Nah, they only offer things for shits and giggles.

Hayes seems occupied by his work, so you leave him to it. You can always come back later, or get a loan from Demetrios, or do some odd jobs around town. You could also simply wait for your cloak to repair itself, though you don't know how long that is going to take. It seems to have made a fair amount of progress already, based on a cursory inspection.

Instead of interrupted Hayes, you make your way to the double doors that bar entry to the Workshop and slip out, shutting them behind you. This particular section of the halls is sparsely populated, so you make your way towards the bank of tall windows that line the wall nearer the entry hall. You're looking for a servant of some sort. In the end, you simply decide to head to the front desk. There's always a few attendants there.

Navigating the press of students you soon find yourself standing in front of a desk where a young human woman occupies herself playing with a child. You don't think she's the mother, but you can't really be certain. All humans look so young to you until they start to lose their hair and shrivel out like a date left too long in the sun. You rap your knuckles against the wood to draw her attention.

She pulls her attention away from the child, smiling when she notices you. Whilst bouncing the child on one of her knees, an activity the child seems to find endlessly entertaining judging by the way it begins to giggle, she addresses you. “Is there anything I can do for you, sir?”

You nod, leaning your weight against the top of the desk. “I was wondering if rooms had been prepared for one Mikhael Abdul-Hakim. I was hoping to meditate and perhaps perform some experimentation with an artifact of mine and I'd prefer to do so privately.”

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Recognition dawns on her face. “Ah! Of course, the Archmagos sent word that a room ought to be prepared for you a few minutes ago. Room three-oh-six has been made available for you. It's in the Faculty Quarters. All our guest rooms are occupied by Rex Aelius of Agrealla and his entourage.”

You recall hearing something like that from Suresh when you spoke to him before departing to Khmedi. Something about an exchange program, or something like that. You wonder if you'll get the meet this foreign king before you leave? It might be interesting to find out how the practice of magic differs across continents. He'd also be the seventh ruler you've met since you were banished, give or take.

Regardless, you thank the woman and start to make your way towards the faculty quarters. However, you wonder if you ought to see about meeting with Demetrios so long as you're here. You kind of want to ask him how things went with that elf he was trying to bang, and then ply him for money.

>Head up to your rooms and meditate on the gauntlet.
>Meditate on an element instead.
>Elements are gay, meditate on an effect.
>Metamagic is where it's at.
>Wander the campus, see what you find.
>Go see Demetrios.
>Write-in

>>40284972
>Head up to your rooms and meditate on the gauntlet.

>>40284972
>Wander the campus, see what you find.

>>40284972
>>Go see Demetrios.
Let's get some money to pay off the tuition fees.

>>40284972
>Go see Demetrios.
Ask him about the elf chick he did the deed with.

>>40284972
>Head up to your rooms and meditate on the gauntlet.
First order of business.

>>40284972
>>Head up to your rooms and meditate on the gauntlet.

>>40284972
>>Head up to your rooms and meditate on the gauntlet.

>>40284972
>Head up to your rooms and meditate on the gauntlet.

>>40284972
>>Go see Demetrios.

>>40284972
>Metamagic is where it's at.
>Elements are gay, meditate on an effect.

>>40284972
>Head up to your rooms and meditate on the gauntlet.

>>40284972
>>Head up to your rooms and meditate on the gauntlet.

>>40284972
>>Go see Demetrios.
So, did the shadows slipping through the cracks in reality end up getting to him?