>>40369825

Announcements: twitter.com/REQMX

Q&A: ask.fm/REQM

Character Sheet and Misc:
http://pastebin.com/u/REQM

Archive:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Re-Monster
or
http://archive.moe/tg/search/tripcode/!!7fb3j+Ac+pZ%20/type/op/
or
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rD-MZe51wYI63xxl-tG8dsxj-RWVtJu3S6Gzd6OTJSw/edit?usp=sharing

>>40369825
>>Do you want me to ask 'Are we there yet?' I can do that, instead.

>>40369825
>Do you want me to ask 'Are we there yet?' I can do that, instead.
>Anything is better than this. Maybe you could train Ezzy?

>>40369825
>Do you want me to ask 'Are we there yet?' I can do that, instead.

>>40369825
>There has to be something you can do to pass the time.
>Anything is better than this. Maybe you could train Ezzy?

>>40369825
>Anything is better than this. Maybe you could train Ezzy?

>>40369825
>>Anything is better than this. Maybe you could train Ezzy?
Turn her into Semisolid Snake.

>>40369963
Plasma Snake

>>40370015
Bose-Einstein condensnake

Activate snake training and caravan bothering subroutines!

Writing!

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>>40370037

I'm late, did i miss something?

>Anything is better than this. Maybe you could train Ezzy?

>>40370458
Not much, youre safe anon.

>>40369825
>Sinking is bad, yes.

Train Tiny Snake is important. We need a strong little sneaky poison drone.

>>40370707
>Drone
I am now imagining Ezzy using a tiny gyrocopter like that dude in Mad Max.

>>40369825
>Anything is better than this. Maybe you could train Ezzy?

Or Nin. For some reason I feel like I read her being able to sense magic somewhere. She could probably cast.

>>40370458
Oregon Trail references.

>>40370746
Maybe if she spins her tail really fast, artificers won't be needed.

>>40370779
It worked in Robin Hood.

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>>40370746
>I am now imagining Ezzy using a tiny gyrocopter like that dude in Mad Max.
>Flying Ezzy.
Ever since we heard about Jin taking her for a flight I want Ezzy to evolve into pic related later.

>>40370458
i too, am late. I just got here.
I feel like we shoul bother jin about flying, as we did it once but are now too big.

>>40370838
Ezzy the Thunder snake?
I can dig it.

>>40370838
>Quetzalcoatl evolution
Thank god I wasn't the only one obsessing over that idea.

I wonder if she got over her fear of heights, what with liking flying so much and all.

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>>40370746
Evil King needs to be killed. His castle is heavy protected. An harpy flies above the castle and a tiny snake descends in a parachute.
>Tactic Snake deployed.
Tactic Snake goes to the king's bedroom and bites him. King=Human. Poison Kills human.
>Mission complete

>>40370838
Now imagine those dragonsnakethings being roughly the size of a long scarf.

>>40370907
Tiny snek demands mint leaves and a headpat as a reward.

>>40370902
I wonder how we can get her to evolve into feathered serpent direction, make her a tiny snek parachute to drop down on her enemies?

>>40370928
Even more awesome.

>>40370907
It's too late to turn back and ask Elle to make a Solid Snake outfit to Ezze?

>>40370984
We will have to make the outfit ourselves.

>>40370984
Lyra could make one, it would just take way longer to do it.

>>40370984
>>40371001
>>40371003
Hey, it's not a bad idea. That outfit can help Ezzy to camouflage her ''human'' part better.. and it's awesome.

You groan, one hand coming to your forehead, chitinous fingers sweeping your loose hair back. It might be time for another braid? Even Nin is busy nowadays, running around the caravan and doing odd jobs to fill her time.

You'd join her, but you've signed on as a guard.

So your job is to guard things.

Which is why you walk beside the wagons and stare into space. And pray for something, anything, to attack. Or make noise.

You shake your head again to dispel your worsening attitude, scowling at the small woman.
"If you would prefer- I can ask 'Are we there yet', yes?" You say sweetly.
She stares.
"Over and over again." You continue.

"You couldn't."
You smile, all childlike innocence.
"Oh, but I am not even a year old. I could not possibly contain my bursting curiousity-"
"You wouldn't dare."

You point your finger accusingly.
"You have forced my hand, yes."
She folds her arms sternly, bracing herself.
"I didn't want to have to do this, child- But I am ready and willing to speak nothing but puns and terrible spider jokes until we arrive in the city."

You hiss.

"Don't be like that. Can't you see that you're trapped in my web?"
"Are we there yet?"
"We'd arrive faster if you didn't have two left feet-"
"Are we there yet?"
"It must suck to eat things wrapped in web-"
"ARE WE THERE YET-"
"SO WHEN YOU FISH, IS IT ALWAYS FLY FISHING-"
"ARE WE THERE YET ARE WE THERE YET-"

Kenzington forcibly separates the two of you.
And puts you both in time-out.

Which leaves you with little to do, once more.

So you start by spreading the misery around a little. Or at least acquiring a conversational partner.
It doesn't take much work to wake up Ezzy.

>>40371083

Or maybe it did, but at this point you could do just about anything for hours without realizing it.

"Mngh. Mmmn. Wha?"
The little snake slithers slowly upright, stretching int eh way only a snake can. You wonder if her upper body has the same sort of flexibility? It seems like it, but it might just be Ezzy. It's hard to pinpoint what the characteristics of a species are compared to an individual.

"Good morning, yes."
"Moooorning." She smiles sleepily, eyes drooping.
"I was thinking, yes?"
"Yes?"

You nod, careful not to dislodge her. Which you couldn't do anyway as her tail wraps a few times around your neck, but caution never hurt anyone.
"That we could start your training. What do you think?"
"...Maybe tomorrow?"

You snort, the burst of air blowing her hair about.
"It has been 'tomorrow' for days now."
"It isn't tomorrow yet, though."
"Which is why it is starting today."

>Drop little snake! Gimme 50!
>Don't let her use her tail. Pull ups! On your arm!
>Laps, maybe? Even circling your arm over and over would be exercise, right?
>Other (?)

>>40371102
>Don't let her use her tail. Pull ups! On your arm!

>>40371102
>Laps, maybe? Even circling your arm over and over would be exercise, right?
Speed is the way.

>>40371102
>Other (?)
PULL UPS BOTH WAYS!
arm AND tail!

I mean, that tail needs training too.

>>40371102
>Laps, maybe? Even circling your arm over and over would be exercise, right?

>>40371102
>Don't let her use her tail. Pull ups! On your arm!

>>40371102
>>Don't let her use her tail. Pull ups! On your arm!

>>40371102
>>Don't let her use her tail. Pull ups! On your arm!

>>40371102
>Don't let her use her tail. Pull ups! On your arm!

>>40371102
>Laps, maybe? Even circling your arm over and over would be exercise, right?

>>40371083
>"I didn't want to have to do this, child- But I am ready and willing to speak nothing but puns and terrible spider jokes until we arrive in the city."
Kenzington married a good woman.

>>40371102
>See if her upper body is flexible. Our curiosity has be piqued.

>>40371102
>>Don't let her use her tail. Pull ups! On your arm!
Feel the burn, snake!

>>40371083
>>Laps, maybe? Even circling your arm over and over would be exercise, right?

She need speed, not Strenght

>>40371102
>Laps, maybe? Even circling your arm over and over would be exercise, right?
She should train her tail primarily, ots her main tool and weapon.

>>40371083
>Even Nin is busy nowadays, running around the caravan and doing odd jobs to fill her time.
Now I'm curious.

>>40371102
>Don't let her use her tail. Pull ups! On your arm!

>>40371169
currently her size is her biggest limit to her speed.

Personally I think she needs all the exercises

>>40371102
No tail! Chin that bar, strawguts!

>>40371102

>Don't let her use her tail. Pull ups! On your arm!

Yaaaaay spider quest

>>40371102
>Laps, maybe? Even circling your arm over and over would be exercise, right?

>>40371102
>Laps, maybe? Even circling your arm over and over would be exercise, right?

>>40371102
>>Don't let her use her tail. Pull ups! On your arm!

>>40371102
>Don't let her use her tail. Pull ups! On your arm!
Followed by
>Laps, maybe? Even circling your arm over and over would be exercise, right?

Gotta get that upper and lower body workout going.

Arm ups it is?

Give me 1d100, please!

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>40371293

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>40371293

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>40371293

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>40371293

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>40371293
What a waste of time, her upper body strength won't be good enough to be relevant anytime before her evolution, it doesn't matter at all compared to her main method of movement.

>>40371102
>Laps, maybe? Even circling your arm over and over would be exercise, right?

79 it is!

Writing!

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>40371293

>>40371327
Yes, she need more strengh in her tail. But at least she uses a spear.

>>40371327
Don't really see why people voted for it myself, but I suppose training it might necessary to unlock options that benefit from upper body srtength in the first place.

>>40371385
She moves with her tail. She naturally builds muscle when she's not being lazy. The upper half actually needs work, unless she goes constrictor route.

>>40371509
But Anon, she is ALWAYS being lazy

>>40371509
>when she's not being lazy
Thats pretty much the problem.
She primarily needs that tail, and she is not in good shape, its the first thing that should be trained.
>unless she goes constrictor route
Which would be pretty ideal for her, honestly.
She already kills things by constriction.

I think upper body is good for the snake, she needs to work more than her jaw and tail.

Aw yess! It's time to be a Giant Spider once more!....Hey REQM I've got a question....what would Lyra's reaction be to a young kobold, a dragonling, and a kitsune traveling together?...well other than pet.

>>40371557
She doesn't work her tail either. But she needs the tail for a lot more stuff than her uppder body, she can do everything perfectly fine without upper body strength, there is nothing she can do without tail strength.

>>40371568
There is no answer besides pet

>>40371582
Lets just agree to train everything.

>>40371568
Train with them.

>>40371608
The question was what needs to be trained more, and its definitly the tail, and I'm not convinced we are going to have much more time for training sessions after this one with her.

Whatever, the vote is over.

>>40371186
Uh oh. Nin is on the loose. Who knows what she'll have done by the time the caravan is done.

I still think that she needs to train her poison. Turn into a Tiny ultra poisonous snake. We don't need more powerhouses, now we need tactic infiltration

>>40371568
Introduce them to Nin, Jin, and Elle? especially Elle.

>>40371629
By the time we arrive everyone on the caravan will be convinced they traveled with spider royalty.

>>40371637
see, that's the part we have the least knowhow on how to train.
What, do we just make her eat deadly plants like the monarch to sharpen her poison/

>>40371659
>we have the least knowhow on how to train
We probably need to rely on evolution for that. Make her use it often so she meets the requirements for a more poisonous evolution.

>>40371659
I think she needs to poison things. Last time with the bunnies she didn't poison any because then nobody can eat them.

>>40371626
Considering she can train while we are on the move, since she is tiny, i think she can train everything plenty. We just have to force her to.

>>40371650
inb4 a rich merchant want's to marry his son to Lyra.

>>40371692
Three words: weighted training sock.

>>40371637
Why would we need tactical infiltration? We dont seem the type to need a spy or a thief.

>>40371706
I kind of want to see this, Also the look on his face when Lyra brings up her age.

>>40371724
We've only barely left the prologue, which consisted almost entirely of wild monsters incapable of thought. There's no telling what kind of things we'll get up to in cities.

>>40371706
Thats not as funny as it would have been at home with Mom around, imagine someone goes and asks for Lyras hand to her?

>>40371724
>>40371724
Until someday we need it and then we need to send Nin painted in green to infiltrate because we don't have a sneaky expert.

>>40371692
She could have done that literally since she came to us and it didn't happen.
That seems like wishful thinking to me unless you get people to custom in ordering Ezzy to do that at some point.

>>40371759
Kind of imagine other male Arachnea trying that after hearing of her exploits.

>>40371568
I would not willingly inflict those three on Lyra. God, can you imagine the poor spider after a full-power question barrage?

>>40371795
Thats pretty unlikely since they would know how young she is, and if they would just ask Lyra herself.

>>40371799
Pet them into submission, recieve cuddles. identify with being absurdly young and doing dangerous things

>>40371795
Is monster courtship more Wild Kingdom or Monster Musume?

Operation ''Tiny Animal Death Arena 2.0'' needs to happen. That way we can train her in poison. Capture some small animals with webs and make pokemon combats.

>>40371831
Depends on the family and so forth.

We have no idea about monster courtships, and we could be propositioned by one of the more 'noble' blood line ones.

>>40371799
But imagine Lyra corralling Shezska, Nadia, ana Emma at bathtime :P

>>40371900
She has silk. That's cheating.

>>40371886
>and we could be propositioned by one of the more 'noble' blood line ones
I heavily doubt there is such a thing among arachne, its one of those things we can heavily assume would have been mentioned.

>>40371917
[Distressed Awooo Intensify]

>>40371930
Red arachne. There are clear eschelons of power that are - or were - generational. Even if title alone dictates it, there are probably spider broods more highly regarded.

>>40371882

We leave small circles of upwelled earth at every stopping point. These confuse the more educated travellers while the regular folk use them as fire pits.

Nin starts a betting pool with the caravaneers.

>>40371930
Considering our utter lack of interaction with the rest of our race outside of our family, or any questions about them, we can assume nothing of the sort.

>>40371831
We marry him if he remembers ALL the titles of Lyra.

>>40371886
Arachne don't have much of a organised community to begin with, there is no real place nor need for any sort of nobility, they most likely give respect to merit and strength more likely.

>>40371974
>Red arachne.
Are a evolution and were a military unit composed of arachne with it.

>There are clear eschelons of power that are - or were - generational.
No, there is nothing indicating any such a thing.

>>40371974
Except that's not hereditary, that's divinely given.

>>40371843
>>40371886
I would assume monster courtship among most species is more like humans, either arranged or individual courtship depending on species.
I doubt monsters, at least spiders have nobility, spiders dont seem social enough, even the "queen" was elected/

>>40371987
All I want to see - once - is Fastball Special: Lamia Edition.

>>40372011
So, in theory, the world's strongest, most highly-evolved arachne will spawn low-level, base evo arachne?

>>40371795
It really depends on if he can keep up with us in adventuring

>>40371991
Considering Nins obsession with the history of the city, and since arachne nobility if it exists would definitly hail from that time, yes we can totally assume such a thing.
Arachne soceity as we know it, meaning that it doesn't really exist, simply doesn't lend itself to nobility as concept. Maybe a few broods that take particular tasks, like Moms, but since there was no mention of her being spider nobility thats pretty much it.

>>40372040
>So, in theory, the world's strongest, most highly-evolved arachne will spawn low-level, base evo arachne?
There is a bit about that in the ask, REQm hasn't really decided how he wants it to go, for all intents and purposes right now, yes.
All monster start back from the base. Until REQM decides otherwise.

>>40372040
That seems to be the theory, Mom was a widow arachne and we were born as the base form.

>>40372011
Hence why mother is the leader of the raiding force earlier on.

Arachne did have an organized society in the city though. And someone pompus enough about their bloodline is bound to show up if you look around, even if they live in a tree like everyone else.

Again, you can't make those assumptions.

>>40372084
>Hence why mother is the leader of the raiding force earlier on.
She wasn't the leader actually.
There were other arachne who organized it, she was just among the leaders because of being one of the strongest arachne around and having called the gathering.

>>40372084
>Again, you can't make those assumptions.
At this point speculating ona spider nobility with not hint on their existence nor reason for them to exist is the assumptiom.

>>40371987
Some years in the future lamias travel arround the world participating in ''Tiny Animal Death Arena''. A new sport that now is the main spectacle of the entire continent. In every gild you can see fighting rings for Lamias and a leadderboard.

>>40372084
arent you also making an assumption by assuming someone will be pompous about their bloodline? maybe take pride in an ancestor, but nobility is also an assumption.

>>40372084
>And someone pompus enough about their bloodline is bound to show up if you look around, even if they live in a tree like everyone else.
Someone having a high opinion of themselves doesn't make them nobility in any socially meaningful sense.

>>40372036
>even the "queen" was elected
Was she? I thought she was just the spider that brought everyone else together and forged the forest 'kingdom'.

>>40372159
Yes. Hence, "pompous of their bloodline" instead of "pompous of themselves."

>>40372200
I could be remembering it wrong, but I thought it was elected? or volunteered? something along those lines

>>40372200
She was. And also beat the wolves into submission.

The Queen was so because she was strong, not because of popularity.

I now realize the thing we strongly need but don't have.
A polaroid camera.
because if we ever see a noble, first thing I want to do is go "Oooh, a noble" and take a picture.

>>40372245
Isn't dad sort-of elvish low-nobility?

>>40372200
It was a mock election. Everyone knew she would be chosen.

That is, they gave her the illusion that there was a chance she wasn't going to be queen. Ha!

>>40372245
Nah we should poke'em with a stick!

>>40372263
shit, that's right.
We're SLIGHTLY PART NOBLE

>>40372264
>It was a mock election.
Where was that mentioned? I don't remember having read that.

>>40372263
Merchant family, so technically not at all, just wealthy enough for it not to matter.

>>40372268
Gotta make sure it's not too sharp. You don't want to explain those blue stains on the red carpet do you?

>>40372245
When we do meet them, its going to be amusing how dismissive the group is of them

>>40372277
I was joking, anon.
It wasn't mentioned anywhere.

>>40372282
The term is nouveau riche.

>>40372312
Elf grandma did try to marry up by marrying a mage.

>>40372311
I wasn't sure if it was, and it was possible I overlooked it somewhere.

>>40372348
Shit, I forgot how much we need to deliver the news to elf grandma that now she is part of illustrious ARACHNE family lines.

>>40372282
>Merchant family
Not quite, they are landowners, but I don't think they were nobility, I think there was a bit on elven nobility somewhere at some point.

Anybody remember which thread it was that Lyra had the dream where she talked to some maybe fate god? I swore it was immediately after the Wendigo, but I can't find shit.

>>40372361
She did marry a mage because mages in the family increase the status in elven society, so we can deliver the good news she got two wonderful mage granddaughters.
I'm sure she will be thrilled with Saras enthusiasm.

>>40372361
If we want to make a good first impresion we need to let Nin do the talk. Just once.

>>40372380
Nah it was when we got drunk with moth cider.
https://archive.moe/tg/thread/39281335/#q39281335

>>40372380
It was after the moth party.

>>40372400
I dislike how true this is

>>40372311
Actually...

"Empress implied a ruler-ship over the other members of the forest, which she wanted to avoid.
She was the sorta elected representative of the arachne- Though she wound up being treated like a literal queen, and was dismayed to find that more than a few problems- from all different races- wound up falling on her shoulders."

http://ask.fm/REQM/answer/125951409245

>>40372414
>>40372424

Thanks brahs.

>>40372442
>She was the sorta elected representative
Now we only need to know what "sorta elected" means.

>>40372461
I think "sorta elected" means more like she gathers up everybody with her "LETS MAKE A CITY" idea and asks who's going to be the Main Spider and everybody gives her a weird look ">implying it won't be you"

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>>40372461
She was huge, therefor had huge constituency?

>>40372442
>>40372461
>"Empress implied a ruler-ship over the other members of the forest, WICH SHE WANTED TO AVOID.
She was the sorta ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ARACHNE- Though she wound up being treated like a LITERAL QUEEN, and was dismayed to find that more than a few problems- from all different races- wound up falling on her shoulders."

Maybe she had her own Nin?

>>40372496
I imagine it was something like that, or just they all directed people who wanted to have the arachnes opinion to her, and she just wound up being the boss because the other races kept shoving the responsibility on the arachne.

>>40372511
Flawless logic.

>>40372511
>nanospiders, human.

>>40372521

REQM's mentioned that the moths back then had their own concerns - no little hype dust maker for the old queen.

>>40372496
Pretty much: she came up with the idea, then realized too late that she was the only person of her race that was invested enough in the idea to act as part of the governing body. Then realized too late that she was the only person impartial and/or strong enough to get a bunch of monster races to get along enough to establish a community together. And then the lizards and the humans cocked it all up anyways.

That's my guess, at least, based on what we know.

>>40372263
>>40372282
>>40372312
>>40372348
>>40372365
>>40372384
Urgh, this again.

They own land, are no merchants and are elven nobility.
They just aren't particularly high ranking ones.

Elf-grandma was planning to have her son marry up even further, because he had the luck to be a mage.
The only mage in their family to be specific.

Elf-grandpa isn't nearly as invested in climbing the social ladder as elf-grandma.

Elf-aunt married an elven merchant and they've been (unsuccessfully) trying for kids for a while.

Elf-great-grandpa vaguely remembers hearing about the spiders ruling an empire in the forest a few centuries ago and therefor thinks they are still in charge over there.

>>40372551
Her Nin doesn't mean it must have been a moth, could have been a werewolf who wanted someone to put and end to the fighting among the wolves.

>>40372551
Maybe another race-Nin. Like a Lamia-Nin. Somebody that wanted a queen and the Arachne didn't wanted to be a ruler but ended up ruling.

>>40372563
Thank you for clarifying.

>Inb4 Nin says Lyra is a queen. Grandma and Great-grandpa are really happy.
>All the elf family want's to go to the Arachne forest to see ''the queens land''

Dammit Nin

You pry her off your neck even as she complains, scrabbling at your skin to try and stay comfy.
You aren't having any of it.

You hold the little pouting lamia out in front of you, her shoulders poking her jaw, arms hanging wide with your hands holding her up beneath them.
"I don't- I don't really need it."
"Oh?"

She nods, trying to find affirmation.
"I am already strong, aren't I?"
"You could be stronger."
She whines ineffectually.
"But Lyraaaaa-"

"No butts. For every day you want to sleep through, you have to do some exercise, yes."
The raw look of horror across her face is more comparable to a girl being told she needs to eat the family pet, rather than someone told they have to work out a bit.

You roll your eyes.
"Stop with that face, yes. I will start with something simple."
She eyes you warily, tongue flickering out distrustfully.
"Simple?"

You switch to holding her one handed, offering your other arm above her- For all Esmerelda's complaints, she isn't stupid.
Just a little lazy. And very much wanting to go back to sleep.

Her tail snaps up to try and hold her up, and you pull your arm out of reach.

"Hey!"
"Hey yourself, yes. Use your arms."
"But they're so smallll-"
"They will have to get bigger, then."

She pouts again, but you're immune. Immune!
You just need to turn away because there's something interesting on the plain. New grass. Yes.

She surrenders, reaching up and holding your wrist, her tail half-spooled beneath her. She looks to you, shaded beneath your wrist, already puffing lightly to keep hanging on.

"Now what?"
"Now, you pull yourself up."
"That's it?"
"And then you do it again and again, yes."

>>40372660

She groans.

But she still sets herself to work.

It's impressive, honestly. You didn't think she had that sort of upper body strength- Chin-ups are one thing, but you maybe sort of forgot that her lower body is significantly larger (proportionally, of course) than a humans.

You'd think that you of all people would remember that some people have large bottom bits, but here you are.

Still-

Ezzy manages a respectable thirty-five chin ups, though she's wheezing and sweating pitifully afterwards.
She manages a weak glare when you pick her up, though it turns into a look of abject thankfulness when you wind her into the water-filling backside of your shield.

>Praise her a bit
>Ask her about her strength. Get an idea of what she can do.
>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath?
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.
>Other (?)

Sorry about that. A bit of miscommunication had me hopping in the car to pick up someone who was already at home.

>>40372679
>>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.

>>40372679
>Praise her a lot

>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath?
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.

>>40372612
The most hilarious thing over this entire setup is that Erics disappearing for decades because he wanted to explore ruins is more or less something that upset elf-grandma, but also something she considers to be nothing more than a phase he'll grow out of in the next century or so.

The fact that something actually meaningful might have happened in his life by now isn't really something that occurs to elven mentality, especially not since Erics has totally forgotten to write anyone anything at all.

Showing up and announcing that we're Erics' daughter is also going to be the very first time Elf-grandma will be confronted with the thought that she might not get to marry Erics off at all.

>>40372679
>Praise her a bit
>Ask her about her strength. Get an idea of what she can do.
>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath?
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.
all of it.

>>40372679
>Praise her a bit
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.

>>40372679
>Praise her a bit
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.
Snek is proportionally superhuman! Not that that's news.

>>40372679
>>Praise her a bit
>>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath?
Give the snake a reward.

>>40372679
>35
holy fucking shit
>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath?
She deserves it

>>40372679

>Praise her a bit
>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath?

Connect exercise with praise and warmth. Get that psychological association going.

>>40372679
>Praise her a bit
>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath?
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.

Lets get her in a good mood first then ask about TAMA again.

>>40372679
>Praise her a bit
>>Ask her about her strength. Get an idea of what she can do.
>>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath

>>40372679
>Ezzy manages a respectable thirty-five chin ups
>35! Chin ups
Wohow
Okay.

>Praise her more than a bit
>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath?
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.

>>40372679
>Praise her a bit
>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath?
And when she is relaxed
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.

>>40372679
>Praise her a bit
>Ask her about her strength. Get an idea of what she can do.
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.

Start with distracting praise, lead into some questions about how awesome she is to get her lost in daydreams and then whaack her over her head with the proposal before she can see it coming!
There is no way this can go wrong!

>>40372679
>Praise her a bit
>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath?
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.

>>40372679
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.

>>40372679
>Praise her a bit
>Propose Tiny Animal Murder Arena again.

Time to re-evaluate project TAMA.

Can we even do a single pullup?

>Tiny Animal Murder Arena.
I don't know why but I LOVE how that sounds.

>>40372694
This.

>>40372783
Definitly, the main problem would be finding to pull ourselves up on, and that we don't really have a "lower body" in the same way Ezzy and a human got.
But Lyra is definitly strong enough.

>>40372783
We do have disproportianate strength, though our body shape, and size, would make it more difficult for other reasons

>>40372679
>>You could heat the shield a little. Tiny snake bath?
>>Ask her about her strength. Get an idea of what she can do.

>>40372679
Snek sauna and murder arena are go

I just realised something.

Did Lann ever give us a answer on if we should look for her parents?

Distract the snake, spring your newly(tm) devised TAMA plan on her.

Writing!

>>40372896
I think we forget to ask again.

>>40372896
I dont remember, we can contact her through the guild though so its not too bad.

>>40372897
So Spider/Lizard/Bold crossover when?

>>40372896
She didn't, which I just took as no.
more likely REQM just forgot, but it is as it is.

>>40372896
I think she said it was okay to let them know she was still alive. I'll double check.

>>40372932
We didn't have a opportunity to ask again, at least 'we' as the players.

>>40372950
It didn't come up again after she told us she needs to think about it.

>>40372963
Yeah, you're right: we asked her twice in the space of five minutes, and she said she'd think about it. I suppose it's up to REQM whether or not to retroactively say Lann asked us to drop them a line.

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>>40373290
Are we talking about inconsequential things now?
Because I still want to get us some coffee.

I'm reading this and RE: Lizard. Do you recomend me to read the kobold one?

>>40373352
No. It's terrible.

>>40373316
The time for coffee will come anon, be patient.

>>40373352
Not really actively following it, but its okay. Readership is a bit, yeah. But not really much worse than this one.

Recommending giving harpy a try if you like cute.

>>40373352
no, and nothing is happening in harpy

>>40373352
I recommend giving it a try at least.

>>40373352
Yea it's pretty good, You should also check out the recently start RE:Harpy one aswell

>>40373352
I've only read up to about half of kobold and it had some weird attempts to juxtapose cute awoo and srs drama and I think it didn't work out so well.

Go check out the Harpy, it's maximum adorable.

>>40373352
Kobold is OK, but the QM's a raging fuckwit so skip his non-story posts.

>>40373396
>>40373403
Harpy has had basically no development, which speaks to BAD pacing issues on the QM's part. Might be worth an archive binge in a month or so, not really worth reading live.

>>40372040
>So, in theory, the world's strongest, most highly-evolved arachne will spawn low-level, base evo arachne?
A bit late, but I found the entry by accident while looking through the ask

>
How does the parent's evolution tier affect their offspring? I mean, obviously our mother gave birth to base form Arachnes in spite of being Tier 2, but picturing i.e. ogres giving birth to goblins or the children of gods being base form monsters seems a bit wierd.
From what I remember from the LN (a much later and mostly machine translated part) Monsters do have evolved offspring, though the kids themselves were all over the place.
I kind of ran with it in a couple of ways- Arachne to Widow Arachne isn't a jump like goblin-hobgoblin-ogre is.
Mostly though, I approached it from a meta perspective- It's a great deal more satisfying for players to be the ones causing evolutions, and giving them a form of control over it makes them that much more excited for it.
I was thinking of handwaving it in the future- things like 'higher evolutions breed tru-er' sort of thing. So any future siblings might be widow arachne, or even hatch with horns. Because, again, from a meta perspective- Having evolved monsters birth evolved monsters would really, really fuck up the 'ecosystem'.
If evolved monsters are being born, then unevolved monsters basically have no chance. And this would continue, till the point where monster civilizations would be nothing but highly evolved turbo monsters, and that's something I'd rather avoid.
We'll have to see.

In case you were still curious.

>>40373352

Kobold's good, and Harpy's a bit too soon to tell but's started out well.

If you're going to read Snek, just be sure to stop at 17.

>>40373432
The "fuckwit" comment is 100% true.

>>40373449
perhaps its because the goblins etc evolve into different species of monster entirely, if they evolve, whereas the spiders are still spiders, just better.

>>40372040
Well, if high level monsters spawned higher tier children, then eventually everyone would be born one level below the max. It would be simple evolution.. the mundane kind though.

>>40373489
>I kind of ran with it in a couple of ways- Arachne to Widow Arachne isn't a jump like goblin-hobgoblin-ogre is.

Ty everyone, I'm going to give it a try and i'm going to read the harpy one too. I have too much free time.

>>40373511
Harpy is great. Kobold is meh. YMMV.

>>40373452
Now I'm courious. Why stop at 17?

>>40373352
Eh. It deviates from the others, as the QM starting planning it before reading much (any?) of the other quests. But if you treat it like a Darths and Droids take on the setting, then it probably won't bother you.

>>40373552
Old QM quit and his friend tried taking the reins.

He fucked up. He fucked up real hard.

Unless high level monsters only have a very very rare chance of birthing high level's and a high chance of low levels.

>>40373552
Change in management. The whole thing kind of goes paff.

It's not Kap's fault, just happens with a chage in directors.

>>40373552
Things get messy, QMs switch, things get buggered. quest ends almost immediately after.

>>40373570
That still doesn't really work because they more competitive ones, like werewolves, would still end up all being high-evolved at birth to the most part.
All starting base-form with maybe some cosmetical traits from a very highyl evolved parent is a elegant enough solution I think.

I'm not super clear where we're getting a constant flow of dangerous tiny animals for tiny animal murder arena.

I'm also not sure I'm entirely awake.

Ok, I'm not reading the snake one, I hate when a story just ends like this.

>>40373599
You have a lizard you aren't using, right?

>>40373599
From the forest nearby, seems likely.

>>40373599
Go bask, come back once you wake up

>>40373599
Were in a place where tiny animals live, they are all around, also tremorsense

>>40373552
Also if you'll like ScrewHues' after-session intermissions, check out Mimic Girl Quest by him.

>>40373599
Giant spider webs. And when the sport turns national farms are going to start grow their own little murder animals.

>>40373637
Bunnies aren't the most threatening thing in the world.

>>40373624
Too cloudy

Am I the only disappointed we never got around to hunting in the forest in a night with New Moon? Its such a missed opportunity.

It doesn't take long for Ezzy to make herself comfortable- Clearing a little pool-space in the centre of her tail to lay her human body in. She tightens her coils, creating a little cup of her own to hold more water, letting her submerge herself in the cool water.

She sighs gently, shaking her shoulders side to side, trying to worm her way into the perfect position.

You let your hands start to glow, the metal and water gradually conducting your heat to the little reptile. Her smile turns sleepy, arms propped up on her own tail, dopey eyes meeting your own as you grin down at her.

"You did well, yes? You are stronger than I thought."
She smiles back up, even wider- Her fangs visible as her lips pull back, a light blush of exertion on her cheeks still.
"I can hunt! Of courssssse I'm strong."
You nod along with her proclamation.

She has come a long way, really- Not just in being able to do things. When you met her, the lamia was scarcely able to speak without hiding her face after every accidental hiss.

And now it's just kind of cute, though it only happens when she gets wound up.
Or Sleepy.

Maybe 'only happens' is a weak phrase.

"I thought- I do not know how strong you are, yes? What can you do now?"
She nods seriously.
"I can lift-"

Her hands are up in front of her face, lips mouthing words as she counts down her fingers, proudly displaying six of them for your approval.
"Six stonessss!"
"I was suprised that you could lift yourself, yes? Your tail is very big."
She blushes lightly at the 'compliment'- Really, anything being described as big for her is it's own little joy.

But she snaps her head side to side.

>>40373687

"I do not weigh ssssix ssstone!"
You have no idea what that even means, or how much a stone weighs. Is that a measurement? You assumed she was talking about the little rocks she'd work out with at the nest.
No, she was definitely talking about rocks.
Now you're just confused.

You shrug it off, though the snake snorts, tongue flickering in her displeasure.

She seems pretty happy now, so-
"Well, there is something else we can try."
"Hmm?"

"What if we made a maze, yes?"
"A... maze?"
"Yes! And then you could go in, and we could put little-"
She comes awak all at once, glowering at you from her position in your hands.

"No tiny animal whatever!"
"Arena! We could just call it animal arena. It doesn't need to be tiny-"
"I Refussssse!"

Curses.

>There's people shouting up ahead. Are you at a town already?
>You can't stay like this. And Ezzy is going to be asleep again soon. Find something you can do to occupy your hands.
>Locate moth. She's.... probably not caused trouble. Yet.
>Other (?)

>>40373703
>Locate moth. She's.... probably not caused trouble. Yet.

>>40373703
>>There's people shouting up ahead. Are you at a town already?
>

>>40373703
>There's people shouting up ahead. Are you at a town already?

>>40373703

>There's people shouting up ahead. Are you at a town already?

>>40373703
>Locate moth. She's.... probably not caused trouble. Yet.

>>40373703
>There's people shouting up ahead. Are you at a town already?

>>40373703
>Locate moth. She's.... probably not caused trouble. Yet.
Head off the coming coronation before it can happen, then

>There's people shouting up ahead. Are you at a town already?

>>40373703
>Hunt moth
>Acquire moth
>Go see to shouting

>>40373703

>There's people shouting up ahead. Are you at a town already?
>Locate moth. She's.... probably not caused trouble. Yet.

I have a feeling that the two are related.

Or that she'll have gone towards the shouting because she knows we'll go there.

>>40373703
>>Other (Insist)
>You want to get bigger. You get bigger fighting things and in the arena you can fight a lot of things an get bigger faster.
I want Tiny Animal Murder Arena

>>40373703
>There's people shouting up ahead. Are you at a town already?

>>40373703
>Locate moth. She's.... probably not caused trouble. Yet.
>Use Moth-dar
>Grab moth
>locate shouting if moth not responsible already

>>40373703
>Locate moth. She's.... probably not caused trouble. Yet.

>>40373703
>>Locate moth. She's.... probably not caused trouble. Yet.
SHe probably has.

Nin has been alone more than 5s. I'ts imposible that didn't tell everybody that we are a queen.

>>40373703
>There's people shouting up ahead. Are you at a town already?
Surely moth has not caused trouble.

Moth location, A noble profession!

Writing!

>>40373906
>Moth location, A noble profession!
>noble
Now you're doing it on purpose.

>>40373936
Archery 'would' actually be a good idea for Ezzy.
She could use it to deliver poisons and stay on the spider-weaponsplatform.

Question:
>Favorite character
>Why

>>40374289
Jin.
I'm Biased.

>>40374289
Shezka
Because Shezka

>>40374289
>All of them
>Because

>>40374289
Nin
Moth power and best girl.

>>40374289
Lyra
Because of the way she speaks

>>40374289
I like all of them, but Nin is my favorite because of her energy and her ability to fluster Lyra, among other things.

>>40374289

Ergh.

>Shez, because I'm a sucker for dogs and her/wolfpack psych fascinates me

>Old laughing gate guy whose name I can't recall, because duh

>>40374393
Oh, yes, that guy is epic. And why nobody likes Lann more?

>>40374289
Lyra, ADHD spider girl, also adorable.
Shezka close second, dat fluffy tail.

>>40374418
He asked Favorite Character.
Not "which characters do you like"

>>40374418
Dude, you're asking people to choose their favorite ice cream flavor. Of course the answer will be "all of them, but if I HAD to choose..."

>>40374393
Old gate guard is best.

>>40374289
Nin.
Whenever she's not doing her royalty thing, she's being really cute with Lyra. MOTH ROUTE BEST ROUTE

Lann is also bro-tier. Next time we go through home, we have to bring our elf with us on adventures.

>>40374289
Murdered lizard number 3
Bias

>>40374289
Sara, best little spider sister and banisher of sad dreams

>>40374457
Lamb, It's not murder when they started it. Also they're your Feral inbred cousins. They probably don't even bask.

>>40374451
We are going back home in spring to the festival, right? After the elflands.

>>40374289
Elf
Ears and fangs

>>40374504
Its in Fall.

>>40374289
Sheszka.
I'm a sucker for awoooo I admit it.

>>40374488
That was a typo. It was supposed to say "murderer lizard number 3"

With your current conversational partner- and part time student/potential arena star- halfway back to hibernation, you're free to divert your attention to other things currently occurring. Like the voices being raised at the head of the caravan, shouts indistinguishable from one another.

But no screams, or horses going wild- Something small, then?

In any case, this is the point where you should find Nin, you think.

Ezzy is dozing off in the miniature hot tub- Removing her, drying her off and returning her to any of her preferred sleeping zones is easy enough. The snake has some sort of automatic instinct to get closer to warmth, and to coild up as she sleeps.

You imagine that that is how she stays attached to you through thick and thin.
Unless you forget her under Lann's pillow, but that neither here no there.
Literally not here, in any case.

Your moth is easy enough to find- hanging off the back of a caravan, trying to look around the ones in front of her and see what's going on. Though she swaps her attention top you easily enough.

"Having a good day, Lyra?"
You make a thoughtful face.
"Maybe? I had a small argument with Sanny, yes. And then I had Ezzy exercise."
"Wasn't that tomorrow."

"Every day will be tomorrow for you, yes."
She giggles a bit, shaking her head.
"I do not sleep my days away, thank you."
"No, you cause problems."
"For who?"

You shoot the moth a flat look.
"For me, yes. Always for me."
"My lady, I would never-"
"See, this is what I am talking about. What are you up to?"

She shrugs, still smiling, and drops to sit at the edge of the wagon, kicking her feet idly.
"Dust. Bandages. Helping out with little things. Mostly, I am an extra pair of hands in the wagons."
"Ah."
"Mhm."
You scratch at your hair guiltily.
"I would do the same, yes? But I-"

>>40374559
Notice he's not arguing over the fact that they're inbread. Or can't bask.

>>40374603
"But you would never fit in the wagon."
"I could... probably fit in a wagon."
"You and what else?"

You roll your hand around your wrist, flopping it around to cut her off.
"Yes, yes. You are behaving then?"
She blinks, once, twice- Then she turns to face the fron of the caravan, then back to you.
"Did you come because-"

"Yes?"
"You thought I had done something!"
"In my defence, you usually do something."
"I do not!"
"You had adventures playing betting games on which cup was laced with what dust."

"That was a game!"
"You laced all the cups with sleeping dust."
"They guessed wrong. And one of them was laced with healing dust."
"Which one?"

"Mine, of course."

You stare her down for a moment, but the moth is immune, a proud smile writ all over her face.

"Beside, Georg thanked me."
"He has trouble sleeping, yes."
"I helped!" She states proudly.

You groan.

>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling.
>No more betting on dust.
>Stay put till someone calls you, you're a guard. Dammit.
>Other (?)

>>40374504
>going back home
The protagonist in an RPG-like setting going back home after leaving to go on an adventure? That's just silly.
Genre-savviness suggests the forest will be on fire or under quarantine by the time we we made it back to Oakring.

>>40374620
>>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling.

Voting period is ten minutes- I've gotta grab someone from the bar, be back shortly.

>>40374620
>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling.

>>40374620
>>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling.

>>40374620

>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling.

>>40374620
>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling.

>>40374620
>>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling.

>>40374620

>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling.

>>40374620
>Stay put till someone calls you, you're a guard. Dammit.
We are a guard, and we protect wagons, protect wagons, protect wagons.

>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling.

>>40374620
>Check on yelling

>>40374703
Isn't the first option telling Nin to check the commotion while we stay and guard?
I think that's what most people read it as.

>>40374620
>>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling.

>>40374620
>>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling.

Can we bring the moth?

>>40374757
I.. didn't actually. I took it as "Nins not making trouble so "you"(meaning us) have no more trouble to takle care of.

>>40374620
>Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling

No captcha, a Starbucks latte is not Ice Cream

>>40374780
That kind of trouble is easy, we can solve it with murder. We sadly cannot solve the nin problem with murder, as that would be wrong.

>>40374780
Switching "you" from Nin to Lyra in the same sentence would be confusing and not something I would expect from ReQM though.

>>40375115
On the other hand it makes no sense for Lyra to send Nin while she herself is currently bored.

>>40374620
>other
Lyra stays put as a guard, Nin goes to check out the commotion and report back.

That was, uh.
That was badly worded.

My bad.

Back and writing!

>>40375466
Well, how was it meant?

>>40373571
Kap cannot be exonerated for that. It could have died quietly and without a fuss. What he did was awful.

>>40373511
I'd say read the first two threads or so of Kobolds see if you like it.

Lizard is really hit or miss for me.

>>40375526
It's because we don't bask enough isn't it. Don't worry, I appreciate your honesty. We need more basking.

>>40375710
We spent several Lizard episodes inside of a crab. I'm getting basking drawbacks lamb :( get us a rock to bask on please.

>>40375736
And now we're going to spend several episodes trying not to die instead of basking ;_; the horror

>>40375526
Now I'm reading the harpy one first (just 2 treads), seems that everybody liked it and kobold brings mixed opinions.

I love lizard quest btw

>>40375526
Meh, there was much more hesitant expectations than there were objections when the handover was announced, at least going by what was expressed in the threads. That said, between the fact that there were several people (before and after Kap's attempt) who expressed interest in trying to continue it, and how the quest supposedly had a terribly bad ending planned for it anyway, I'd say we got about as good of an ending as we could have hoped for. It's just a shame that we couldn't have hoped for happier.

>>40375736
But anon, we don't need the sun and a good rock to bask. Search your heart, and you'll find that the basking was inside us all along.

>>40374634
1)Remember Smokey the bear in Lizards? Well we can do that too.
2)Broken bridges are also powerless in the face of our spider.

>>40375859
>and how the quest supposedly had a terribly bad ending planned for it anyway
IIRC it wasn't that Dr. U specifically planned for bad end, he just made a lot of plans for potentials and Kap took all those notes as book of canon that must be.

You shake your head, locks of hair sweeping side to side.
"Hah. Well, if you're mostly out of trouble, you can check on the yelling, yes."
"Oh? Sure!"
"Mhm."

Nin flares her wings wide as you step out from behind the wagon, catching the fuzzy edge in the the side of the head.
"What?"
"Huh?"
"Hey- What are you-" "I just said-"

You both stare awkwardly at each other, the moth looking confused, you raising an eyebrow. You wave your hands before you both start talking at the same time again, giving you time to start.
"What are you doing, yes?"
"What am I doing? You just asked me to check on the yelling?"
"Wha- No, I am going to check."

She crouches down, antennae bouncing with the movement, even more confused.
"But you just said?"
"I said that I knew you weren't the cause, So I can go look now?"
"No, you said that if I wasn't in trouble, I could go look."

You frown, eyes glancing down at the hand at your chin. Did you say? No. Definitely not.
"I didn't-"

A man sitting in the wagon, firmly pressing corks down to seal bottles of whatever shakes his head, voice raising over yours.
"You did."
"Really?"
"Yup."

Nin chimes in as well.
"You did."
"Um."

She hops easily from her seat to her preferred ride.
"Now that that is settled- Onwards!"
"I am not a horse, yes."
You shrug, heading for the commotion at the head of the caravan.

>>40376075
"Centaurs are half horse, right?"
"What?"
"Centaurs."
"Yes."
"They are half horse."
"Yes." You reply slowly.

"And you're half spider," She follows.
"The other half is not horse."
"But what if-"
"No," You cut her off.

You skitter up the side of the wagon line, back onto the road at the front- There's a few adventurers a few merchant, and even Kenzington standing around and arguing.

In the middle of them all, there is a dead horse.

"Is this what they call beating a dead-"
You clap a hand over Nin's mouth in a heartbeat, muffling her atrocious sense of humour, though her eyes still sparkle with happiness and pride.

>Insert yourself into the conversation. Spider stealthy.
>Grab someone not arguing and ask what happened.
>No arrows, no monsters. You can just head back to the most boring job ever now.
>Other (?)

>>40376075

Damnit REQM I was drinking tea

>>40376092
>>Grab someone not arguing and ask what happened.

>>40376092
>>Insert yourself into the conversation. Spider stealthy.

>>40376092
>Grab someone not arguing and ask what happened.

>>40376092
>Grab someone not arguing and ask what happened.

>>40376092
>>Grab someone not arguing and ask what happened.
Do you need something spider'd up?

>>40376092
>>No arrows, no monsters. You can just head back to the most boring job ever now.

>>40376092
>Other
Ask if monsters, bandits, or animals did this. If not the case, give a level look and turn around. Maybe you can sneak a midday snack or something?

>>40376092
>>Grab someone not arguing and ask what happened.

>>40376092
>Grab someone not arguing and ask what happened.
Detective Lyra is on the case

>>40376092
>>Insert yourself into the conversation. Spider stealthy.

>>40376092
>Insert yourself into the conversation. Spider stealthy.
Like a ninja. A conversational ninja.

>>40376157
Well... She can eat the horse. I mean, Lyra is a growing spider and the horse isn't going to do anything else.

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>>40376075
>She hops easily from her seat to her preferred ride.
>"Now that that is settled- Onwards!"
>"I am not a horse, yes."
>You shrug, heading for the commotion at the head of the caravan.
Onwards!

>>40376221

Oh god dammit now I have to clean my screen

>>40376092

>Grab someone not arguing and ask what happened.

Grab someone!

Writing!

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>>40376221
Onward~!

>>40376092
>>Insert yourself into the conversation. Spider stealthy.

>>40376221
You got the original image of that? As in a full sized one of the spider girl?