>>40744156
You are shivering.

You grab yourself for warmth and lay in the fetal position.

After staying like that, you suddenly remember you're an Adventurer now, and death means nothing to you.

The sudden rush of calm seems to lighten the weight of whatever is inside you, and warmth returns to you.

You stand up once more.

You breathe in.

You breathe out.

You put your hands on your hips in triumph. You have nothing to fear of... whatever is inside you.

The thing squirms. You panic and find yourself running around in circles, try to figure out what to do.

You stop and force yourself to calm down. You need to remain calm.

Nice and calm.

You breathe in.

You breathe out.

You need to do something to distract yourself from that... thing.

You could call King, but... King's in trouble!

The thing tightens.

King's in trouble and you're still here! Should you call her? But what if she's trying to escape right now!? If you call her, you might distract her and get her caught! Then what will happen!? But what if King needs to tell your something, but she can't call you for some reason!? Then you should call her!

You try to calm yourself down. Maybe you should just farm mats like your brother told you to. Maybe he needs something like more intestine or... or... You're not sure. Maybe you should just get a bunch of all kinds of things. Yeah, that could work.

Or maybe you should just take a walk. That could keep you calm. Just take a nice relaxing walk.

[ ] Farm some materials like your brother said.
[ ] Call King. She's in trouble, but how much trouble?
[ ] Talk a calm walk around.
[ ] Other.

>>40744156
TIEM

>>40744159
>[ ] Farm some materials like your brother said.

If there's one thing that can provided me clarity of mind in MMOs, it's farming mats while taking in the ambiance and listening to the background music.

>>40744159
farm mats, see if we can get any use out of our dancer subclass while doing so

>>40744159
>[x] Call King. She's in trouble, but how much trouble?

Kind of meta but I really want to know what's going on over in Big Apple after last thread.

>>40744159
>[ ] Farm some materials like your brother said.

>>40744292
>>40744305
>>40744384

[+1 Mats gathering proficiency]
[+1 Calmness]

>>40744414
can we make sure to try using our dancer subclass? We have seen how our brother is doing all kinds of new shit with his engineering subclass and how chef subclass makes food with taste, we should see if ours can be useful too

>>40744414
yeah, try that dancer subclass. We're going to need every edge to save King.

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>>40744414
You decide to farm some mats like your brother asked you to. Farming has always been a calming action to you. Just you, and the sea of mobs you punch to death.

You look over to the neutral mobs and shrug. Might as well start here.

You go about exterminating the swarms of bats and giant rats, one punch is all you need to take down each of them. It is not much of a fight as the monsters do not attack back, and doesn't really help you gain more combat experience.

Sure, you're max level, but you're still you, Zachery Grant, guy who's never been in a real fight before. You took down the three top PvPers in the <Morning Star>, but you don't think that fight was very legit. You pretty much took two of them out by knocking them off their mounts while the last one you took out with that one technique.

You rub your chin. You pretty much knocked a man into the stratosphere while stun-locking him at the same time. It was completely unfair, but you did it. You can't possibly need anymore more than that, right?

>>40745354
Your brother's words ring in your ears: Are you going to become some kind of PvP god that is capable of winning a million to one fights!?

The solution seems obvious now. You won't be able to get anything done fighting one opponent at a time, you'll need to know how to fight a whole crowd at the same time.

You nod to your own brilliance and run out of the cave, sprinting across the desert. You slap every creature you come across to get its attention.

One by one you grow an army of hostile mobs against you.

Giant tortoises, desert goblins, sand spiders, and earth elementals all chase after you. They want you dead, which is just how it should be.

Once you feel you have run enough, you turn around and charge the battalion of monsters.

You attempt your game breaking technique on one of the tortoises, but a sand spider hits you with a web, and drags you out of the sky, slamming you into the ground.

It appears you'll need to think of something else, but what!?

[ ] Run and try to separate them until you can take them 1 v 1.
[ ] Stun-lock the spiders. See if you can juggle them all.
[ ] Dance.
[ ] Other.

>>40745373
>[ ] Dance.

You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.

>>40745373
>[ ] Dance.

You must be like the wind. At times passing calmly over the opponent, at others with enough force to rip out trees by their roots.

>>40745373
[ ] Stun-lock the spiders. See if you can juggle them all.

>>40745373
>[ ] Dance while hitting

>>40745521
>>40745461
[+1 Formlessness]
[+1 Combat Waltz Mastery]

We capoeira now?

>>40745781
Capoira is more of a left to right shifting of stances to confuse an opponent.(Surprisingly effective vs people on horseback too i think) It was also merely disguised as a dance and designed for use while in chains.(It was made by slaves and you can't exactly openly practice martial arts for kicking your master's ass.) Using that as a base would limit us and Caopierista is an actual job/class in the south american servers.
Actually... I should check to see if it's the "same" class that monk is incase we might be able to sneak in some sort of overlap via lore/flavour abuse in the future.(Double the skills double the fun)

>>40745781

I think it's more Zachary utilizing the dancing job to achieve a sort of body mastery that a person would have to practice martial arts for years to master, on top of having to actually get practical experience by participating in actual fights and cutting out all of the impractical stuff.

Or he's achieved a level of body mastery that enables him to do impractical/impossible stuff that you see movie martial artists do.

Also, once you think about it, the vast majority of the people involved in the databasing probably didn't have much of any fighting experience. To put it in DBZ terms, a lot of the players happen to have high powerlevels and the basic grasp of how to use their attacks and maybe even how to coordinate a group to use their skills effectively, but lack a true understanding of how to actually conduct themselves in a fight. This is interesting to think about, since actual combat is real-time now and you actually have fine motor control of your character; it's a world of difference between the standard MMO combat scheme of "select enemy, hit buttons and quote numbers until dead".

I wonder how a level 50 monk who was an MMA fighter would do in a fight against a level 70 monk who was a data analyst or some other sedentary job?

>>40745781
I was thinking we'd be Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee from movies. Always able to clear a room full of mobs on their own, over and over.

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>>40745683
You shrug. It's pointless. There is no way you could ever take on more than one opponent. It's simply not possible.

You start dancing, the only possible response to imminent respawning.

You take a step back with your right leg and turn. You take a sideways step with your left leg, and then bring your legs together, continuing to turn. You take a step forward with your left foot, another side step with your right, and bring your legs together again. With the turning and changing direction, you end up moving in a single direction as you move forward. You continue this a couple more times and suddenly realize no one has hit you.

You take a moment to stop and focus what was going on, only to take an axe to the face by a goblin.

You are staggered and take a step back. You dance once more, but as you dance you focus on the battle rather than the dance. It then dawns on you that as the follow of this dance, you'd need a lead, and the Dance has somehow proclaimed this mob of enemies the Lead.

Against each stab, you turn out of the way. Against each charge you move back. Against each swing you side step.

Then you start punching.

You punch with each step you take.

Little by little you dwindle down the score of monsters here.

Once the last goblin falls you are left wondering what being the lead would entail.

>>40746818
You gather up another horde of monsters and begin the waltz. You step forward with your left leg and turn. You turn with each one of your punches, but you are getting hit again now. You grow frustrated and grab one of the goblins. It turns and moves with you and you fling it away. You start grabbing more members in between punches. You are laying serious damage to all of them, as well as keeping some of the more powerful locked down by flinging them all over the place. It appears they cannot attack while forced to waltz with you.

Once all the monsters are dead, you are left to ponder what monstrosity of a technique you have just unleashed upon this world. To be the follow in the waltz is to be very defensive, dodging most physical attacks, although you doubt you'd be able to dodge a fireball while dancing. Being the lead, on the other hand, seems to allow you to interrupt a person mid-ability but forcing a dance with them. Either way, with all the turning you seem to be able to hit attack any angle.

In some sense you find yourself quite glad King taught you to love the waltz.

“King...” You murmur to yourself.

Perhaps you should call her.

Maybe not.

[ ] Keep practicing.
[ ] Call King.
[ ] Other.

>>40746843
[X] Keep practicing.
[X] Call King.

Romance her over skype, we miss our favorite dancer partner.

>>40746818
knew it, evasion tank. Not exactly sword dancer, but maybe Zachary can fit in cross-counters with enough practice.

>>40746843
>[ ] Keep practicing.
>think up romantic and reassuring things to say, maybe with a dance theme
>hell, spaghetti might be just as reassuring so go all out
>[ ] Call King.

>>40746843
>[x] Keep practicing.

We've barely scratched the surface. Monsters are predictable. Players aren't.

>>40746843
Try some other dances, maybe one of those asian combat form dances? We are a monk after all, and we need something we could possibly pvp with?

>>40746843
>[ ] Keep practicing.
We gotta try more dances.

>>40746893
>>40746977
>>40747003
>>40747005
>>40747073

[+1 Multitasking]
[+1 Dance Experimentation]

>>40747005

I wonder if these dances draws from what Zachary knows IRL or whatever the Log Horizon devs implemented in the game?

>>40747928
Probably you work with whatever is already in implemented and learned from quest NPCs.

If you dance in such a way that the system recognizes it as a dance, it might get interpreted as a new dance and implemented. The question is how, and what kind of MMO player is a dancer IRL.

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>>40747094
You should practice some more, but talking to King while you're doing it shouldn't be difficult. You just need to learn to flow like water, like Spike Spiegel, or something like that.

As you go about collecting more monsters, you open up your friend list and scroll down to KingAzebo. You hit Call.

RING

RING

RI-

“Zachery!” King answers.

“King!” You respond.

“Are you okay!? Are you safe... M- m-my friend?”

“F-friend?”

“Yes, our friendship is quite a lovely thing, but I must know why you have called.”

“So... You only think I'm a... a friend?”

She remains silent, then says, “No, Zachery. I am simply not of liberty to speak of such things. So, why have you called me?”

“I... I wanted to know if you are okay.” You respond. “I... heard you were being held captive.”

“That would be accurate to say.” She pauses. “We could not possibly make that kind of a discount, even for a friend.”

Being held captive in your guild hall. Just the thought makes your blood boil. Your hits against the random mobs become harder. You outright grab a low level one and slam it against the ground, killing it.

“Is something wrong, my friend?” King asks. “You are not in any danger, are you? I know you have... allergies to dogs, so it would be terrible if that carried over to this world's wolves.”

“I'm going to save you.” You say.

“You should focus more on your allergies, Zachery. You won't be able to make much money if you're sneezing instead of surviving.”

“A man must protect his loved one.” You say.

“Stupidity is not bravery, Zachery.”

You turn to face your adversaries. This time you try not dancing a full dance, but instead mixing parts of dances into your fight. The first thing that comes to mind is the spin. You grab a goblin and spin it, then turn around and kick a member of its kin.

“I've never been very good at telling the difference.” You say.

>>40748641
You turn back to the first goblin and spin it again. You hit another creature then turn back to the goblin to offer another spin. It looks like the creature is completely locked down right now.

She sighs. “That's not-” She pauses. “Zachery. He's a friend.”

You take out another creature. “Who are you talking to?”

“Well, you heard wrong.” She says. “His name? That's none of your business!”

“Is something wrong? What's happening.” You finish off the last goblin before it can stop spinning.

“I do not feel comfortable revealing-” A pause. “F-fine! His real name is Palamon.” Another pause. “I'm not lying! That is his real name. His parents were, no doubt, very well read.”

“Palamon...” You think aloud. “That's from the Knight's Tale, right?” Was that the one who prayed for victory or the one who prayed for love? Or was that the king? You don't quite remember the story that well anymore.

[ ] “King, who are you talking to?”
[ ] Continue to listen silently.
[ ] Other.

>>40748669
>[ ] Continue to listen silently.

>>40748669
>"If you've got nothing to do, try dancing. It has some.....interesting applications for combat."
>"I'll just shut up and listen now."

>>40748669
>[ ] Continue to listen silently.

>>40748669
>[ ] Continue to listen silently.

>>40748669
>[ ] Continue to listen silently.

>>40748669
>[X] Continue to listen silently.

I'm really sorry for taking so long to type so little. It's strangely hard to focus right now.


>>40748714
>>40748761
>>40748806
>>40748827
>>40748828
[+1 Listener]

>>40748843
It's all good Shep, you can't rush quality.

>>40748992
>>40748843
this

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>>40748843
You decide to stay silent, and simply listen.

“It's not very nice of accusing people of lying.”

The other person responds, you assume.

“O-oh. Uhh... I had misspoken, then. I must have had him on my mind when I was talking about that customer from last night.”

They respond.

“Yes, well... I believe I have some business to take care of. If you'll excuse m- Don't touch me!”

Your rage is building. The thing within you squeezes, but you do not calm yourself.

“I said unhand me!”

If your rage could move through phones, it would strike this person down.

“I do not know where he is, but even if I did I would no- GhaAAAH!” She lets out a cry of pain.

You begin to panic. What's happening!? What just happened!? What did he do!? This man. This person. Your very being will end him. You do not know how, or why, but this man, this creature, this monster-in-man's form will be ended by you!

“I should have known a man like you would resort to viole- aaaAAAAAAH!”

Hearing her in such pain shakes you. You feel so powerless. You need to do something, but you don't know what. What can you do!?

You feel the thing inside you. You demand it do something! You beg it to do something! You pray it does something. It does not respond.

“Stop pretending...” She says, “Stop pretending like your threats are real. You can kill us, you can push us around, but at the end of the day you need us to make your money.” She starts laughing. “So make your idle threats, you basin-helmet-wearing fuck; you can't hang us all unless you intend to explain to an angry mob why there is no more tasty food.”

Basin-helmet? What does that mean? That has to mean something. You just know King well enough to know that has to mean something, but what? You don't remember her mentioning anything like that before when it came to Chaucer, so what could it possibly mean!?

>>40750867
“And WHO would you replace us with? Who COULD you replace us with?”

They say something.

“You framed them and then hung them! You think they'd work for you!?”

Who is she talking about!? Who was hung!? What's going on!?

“You wouldn't dare! I- Get off of me! You think this rope can hold me!? I- Gaaah!”

“King!” You can't hold your silence anymore. “King what's happening!?”

“You want to hang us all, I know I can't stop all of you.” She starts laughing. “But you and I both know you were too dumb to actually think this through!” She laughs harder. “Good luck finding us all!”

You are absolutely confused until you notice a message appear before you.

Guild <Swich Licour> has been disbanded.

“Everyone run! They can't catch us all!” She screams, “Anchor Howl!”

You're panicking! You need to do something! You need to do something!

King continues to laugh. “You say I'm the crazy one? You forget, I was the first main tank of this guild.” She lets her laughter subside. “Also, I can do this. Castle of Stone! Call of Home!” She chuckles. “Goodbye, Spaniard.”

That's it! You can use Call of Home! You haven't stepped foot into a single city since you left Big Apple. You can get back there! You need to get back there! But... Your brother will probably be worried.

[ ] Call of Home. It's an emergency! You need to help King escape Big Apple!
[ ] Stay here. It's safe here.
[ ] Other.

Extra time on this vote due to importance and the very long time between updates.

>>40750885
>[ ] Call of Home. It's an emergency! You need to help King escape Big Apple!
We can dance our way to victory. Our brother will hopefully, understand.

>>40750885
>[ ] Call of home.
> [ ] Other: Call Ambrosis as we go, say "I'm Sorry. See you in Big Apple." he will understand. This is just how love is.

hopefully, this will motivate ambrosis to get to work on those railguns.

>>40750885
>Call Ambro. Tell him Switch Licour has disbanded, King has started her revolt, and we're using Call of Home.
>don't forget the rules for dancing mechanics
>[ ] Call of Home. It's an emergency! You need to help King escape Big Apple!

>>40750885

>[ ] Other.
Call your brother or his guildmates. He has a guild at his back and you will need that if what you're hearing is any indication of what's going down in the Big Apple.

.....hey, you don't think this is all an elaborate trap to get Vertigo, do you?

>>40750998
trap or not, we gotta stay IC, and vertigo is a lovable idiot who cares for his waifu

>>40750979
This, but make sure that he informs <Morning Star> about what's happening

>>40751055
FUCK THA POLI-wait no, scratch that, this is actually the sort of situation you want to call in the fucking SWAT team.

>>40750885
>[X] Call of Home. It's an emergency! You need to help King escape Big Apple!
>CALL AmBROsis FIRST

>>40750885
[X] Other.
Call brother, we're going to save our waifu and you hope he can lend a hand afterwards but you have to go.
[X] Call of Home. It's an emergency! You need to help King escape Big Apple!

>>40750885
>[ ] Call of Home. It's an emergency! You need to help King escape Big Apple!
>Call ambrosis during the channel.
IIRC, it has a medium length channel to prevent use as an escape.

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>>40751197
>>40751055
>>40750979
>>40750978
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>>40750935
>>40751296
>>40751330
[Accidentally a whole post]

You are going to use Call of Home. You know it, but you need to call your brother. You need to tell someone what you're about to do.

You scroll down your friend list and locate your brother. You hit the call button.

RING

RING

RING

RING

Your brother isn't picking up.

RING

RING

RING

RING

Why isn't he picking up!? What's happening!? What's going on!?

RING

RING

RING

You end the call.

You... You don't have time to wait! You need to call someone else, but who!?

[ ] Canis. He's your brother's best friend he can be trusted.
[ ] Judicature. She's your brother's girlfriend. If she can't be trusted, who can be?
[ ] Carnegie. You're not sure if he's trustworthy, but he's the only other person you can remember that your brother knows.
[ ] Forget calling anyone! Just go!
[ ] Other.

>>40751395
>[ ] Canis. He's your brother's best friend he can be trusted.
>[ ] Judicature. She's your brother's girlfriend. If she can't be trusted, who can be?

>>40751395
>[ ] Canis. He's your brother's best friend he can be trusted.

He ran off to chase after his waifu so at least he won't judge.

>>40750885
Guild instincts GO. Prep your mats so that you arrive just before castle wears off properly prepared to dish out a beating, Call whatever lv capped freinds you can think of (probably not guild members since members are probably being hung atm and say we need to rescue King at the cathedral.
I'm a little unsure on this last one but get an enchanter as well since we can abuse their warp skills for an unnaturally long period of time in the city /extra dimensional spaces I really should check the wiki for understanding the warp skills better.

Side note. Does call of home take your mount back with you? If yes we can totally get in the tank before activating COH and see what happens.

Plan b.
Ready lots of bombs ala the wwb manga (probably outside of our subclass to do so fast enough?) and use the enchanter port to disappear right before making the place explode with our enemies in it to slow em down.

>>40751395
>[X] Canis. He's your brother's best friend he can be trusted.

>>40751395
>[ ] Carnegie. You're not sure if he's trustworthy, but he's the only other person you can remember that your brother knows.
I can't remember who this guy is.

>>40751395
>[ ] Other.
That dwarf chick

>>40751395
Lilac! She's a scientist! She will know what to do!

>>40751395
>[ ] Canis. He's your brother's best friend he can be trusted.
Clearly best option, known him for years! Also a man with a waifu he'd die for.

>>40751429
The champion. Engineering teacher. Friend of the guy who goes on about JIF. I really need to get some story line going with the other members of <1st Panzer Division>. Perhaps after the time skip is a good time to do it.

>>40751470
It's cool. I'm acting IC by still voting for him.

>>40751395
>[X] Canis. He's your brother's best friend he can be trusted.
If our brother is indisposed, odds are his girlfriend will be as well.

>>40751395
>Carnegie
Who was he again?


>>40751395
Since i was so late in responding. If the mount trick i mentioned >>40751416 when warping back works. Call Judi. Say I apologize but I have to commandeer your vessel for the sake of true love. Grab King and ride out of New York like a goddamn sky pirat.
I'm also half wondering if the people in the ship would be transferred too so half of my enthusiasm is for experimenting atm

>>40751507
ohhh. Interesting. Not sure if it's very IC for Vertigo, but interesting.

>>40751507
I'd love to take the tank with us but there's little hope of maintaining it in one piece or even run it without a decent support team..

>>40751470
>after the time skip
Wait, what?

>>40751395
>[ ] Canis. He's your brother's best friend he can be trusted.
>[ ] Judicature. She's your brother's girlfriend. If she can't be trusted, who can be?

>>40751395
Call the dwarf girl! Ambrosis' gf is with Morningstar, so we can't trust her, Dwarf is with him second most!

>>40751504
>>40751451
>>40751426
>>40751415
>>40751402
>>40751570

[+1 Call to Canis]

>>40751526
In retrospect there was an entire expansion where ships were used so he'd already know if you can warp the ship back with you.
And fair enough. the other half of my motivation was wanting to see her reaction to his sudden declaration as i can see it being nothing but amusing.
I also completely forgot it's a no attacking zone so while i planned for it not going past the rails it actually could work now that i think of it provided noone thinks to sacrifice themselves/time to disable the ship.(due to town guards)

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>>40751620
You scroll down your friend list and hit the call button next to Canis.

RING

RING

RI-

“Zachery!” Canis responds, “How've you been!?”

“Canis! Anthony isn't picking up the phone! I need you to tell him that I'm going back to Big Apple. I... Something's happening and I need to make sure King's safe!”

“Okay.” He responds, “Is there anything you need me to tell him?”

“That I'll be safe and not to worry. King disbanded the guild because... I think whoever is after us doesn't actually know the name of the members, so without the guild tag, they don't know who we are. Also maybe get those <Morning Star> to do their god damn job and help rescue us!”

“I'll make sure he gets the message.”

“Thank you. Call of Home!” The mystical rings flow around you. “When this is over we should all... do something.”

“Get drunk and sing?”

“Yeah. We'll do that.”

You hang up and a bright light blinds you.

When it fades you find yourself in the snow swept streets of Big Apple.

You take a moment to take in your surroundings.

Rows and rows of chairs and tables stretch out before you, but no one sits there, instead they are swarming around the small booth your guild had opened up to sell tasty food. With the guild abandoned, and everyone running for the hills, there was probably nothing stopping anymore from just stealing the food.

>>40752010
“Hey!” You hear someone shout, “That's mine!”

You glance over to see a Swashbuckler and a low level Sorcerer bickering.

“Yeah!? What're ya gonna do about it!? Kill me!?” The Sorcerer shouts.

The Swashbuckler responds by one-shotting the young mage. A fountain of tasty food pops out of him like a disturbing pinata.

Everyone in the crowd backs away from the Swashbuckler, presumably to keep out of the way of whatever town guard will soon show up.

Any second now.

The Swashbuckler himself seems quite surprised he is still alive.

What the hell is going on?

You open up your menu and that is where you see it.

Big Apple
PvP: Allowed
Abilities: Allowed
Destruction: Allowed

A chill goes down your spine.

How the hell has PvP been enabled!?

Before you can investigate further, a rope wraps around your neck and is suddenly pulled back. You stumble backwards, but regain your balance. You look up to see a Guardian by the name of Quixote. His guild is <The Family>.

“Palamon, I presume?”

[ ] Break the rope and run.
[ ] Stun-lock this fool.
[ ] Other.

>>40752022
>Break the rope, THEN stunlock
can't fuck up the order

>>40752022
>[ ] Break the rope and run.
>[ ] Stun-lock this fool.
In order. No one is expecting the stun lock so this will be enjoyable.

>>40752022
>[X] Stun-lock this fool.
>[X] Break the rope and run.
¿Estos gringos estan locos, que fregados es un Polamon?

>>40752022
>[ ] Break the rope
>[ ] Stun-lock this fool into the air
>[ ] Coin trick away

>>40752081
Ha, supporting this one.

>>40752133

I'm just a dude here to buy tacos from people that sell food that taste real, I came all the way from Arizona so don't fuck with me. Where are the tacos!

>>40752048
>>40752062
>>40752129
Going with this.
[King of the Sky]

>>40752081
>>40752133
>>40752170
Special Mention on this one.

>>40752010
There's a suspicious lack of King.
Break Rope .
Stunlock this fool
Announce to everyone that the Family has been Hanging Licorice members to prevent them from revealing the secret of how tasty food is made. (Aka Lie)

If this idea works right the family are going to be stuck battling half of New York. ( aaand I may have accidentally caused a citywide riot but since when did we think things through?)

>>40752278
[+1 Special Mention]

>>40752278
DO IT DO IT DO IT

>>40752278
Yes! YES! Let us light the flames of glorious revolution!

>>40752581

It is as the 5 elite PvPers who tried to threaten an unassuming PvE hero with 40 other dudes on speed dial said: "damn, we should've had more friends."

>>40752278
There had better be some "Ora, ora, ora, ora!" Thrown in there for good measure.

>>40752722
Maybe the dancing lends itself to us ending attacks in interesting poses as well?

>getting to read LH quest live
exciting

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>>40752263
You need to say something that makes him think he has the wrong person. You know, you'll speak a different language!

You look to the man and say the only thing you remember how to say in Spanish. “Tu madre.”

He unsheathes his sword. He does not seem to have bought it.

You grab hold of the noose and rip it in two with your Adventurer strength. “Don't you have some Windmills to go fight?”

“Anchor Howl!” He shouts. “I'm not letting you get away either.”

“Either?” You echo, “Where's King?”

He charges at you.

You flip backwards and launch him into the air with a kick. You follow him up with another kick, and then knock him back even farther.

You repeat it over and over again, this technique you call the King of the Sky Combo. You'll decide if it's too cringe inducing later, right now you need to teach this bastard a lesson.

As you two find yourselves amongst the clouds you shout, “WHERE IS KING!?”

“Fuck you! That's where!”

You let him fall.

You fall after him, and just as you two are about to hit the ground, you follow with a wyvern kick, removing your taking of falling damage.

The body of the wannabe-Spaniard crashes through ground and actually lands in the underground sewers that runs through the city.

After climbing out of the hole, you see the crowd of people staring at you.

You climb up onto a table and begin yelling.

>>40753031
“People of Big Apple! You've been played for fools! <The Family> have been keeping the secret of tasty food from leaking out!” And now it is time for you to do what you do best. Lie. “They've had control over <Swich Licour> since the beginning! They've been buying you all food to recruit more people! How do you think they could afford to buy so many banquets!? It's because the money they spent went back into their pockets! They even have control over the <Morning Star>! Half the people hanging right now are only hanging because they figured out the secret! Even now they're trying to hunt down ex-members of <Swich Licour> who are trying to reveal the secret!”

You hear lots of murmurs from the crowd. Then one person yells out, “Why should we believe you?”

[ ] “I'm an ex-member of <Swich Licour>, and I've come to reveal the secret of Tasty Food!”
[ ] “I am friends with an ex-member of <Swich Licour>! Before they could reveal the secret, they were caught!”
[ ] Other.

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>>40753048
>[ ] “I'm an ex-member of <Swich Licour>, and I've come to reveal the secret of Tasty Food!”
THE CHIPS ARE ON THE TABLE

>>40753048
>[ ] “I'm an ex-member of <Swich Licour>, and I've come to reveal the secret of Tasty Food!”
We going all out tonight.

>>40753048
>[ ] “I'm an ex-member of <Swich Licour>, and I've come to reveal the secret of Tasty Food!”
TIME TO START A RIOT WOOOOOO

>>40753048
>[X] “I'm an ex-member of <Swich Licour>, and I've come to reveal the secret of Tasty Food!”
Nothing to lose, balls to the wall!

If everybody is king, no-one is.

>>40753048

Oh god. It begins.

Goodbye, Big Apple. It was nice knowing you.

[X] “I'm an ex-member of <Swich Licour>, and I've come to reveal the secret of Tasty Food!”

>>40753048
>[ ] “I'm an ex-member of <Swich Licour>, and I've come to reveal the secret of Tasty Food!”

Vertigo: the hero the Big Apple needs.

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>>40753048
>[ ] “I'm an ex-member of <Swich Licour>, and I've come to reveal the secret of Tasty Food!”

>>40753048
Call King so that she actually hears what you're doing and doesn't get completely blindsided? It's a shame we can't call multiple people at once to coordinate our story but King should have enough members on the friend list to warn them if she can talk.
And then
>[ ] “I'm an ex-member of <Swich Licour>, and I've come to reveal the secret of Tasty Food!”

>>40753048
>[ ] “I am friends with an ex-member of <Swich Licour>! Before they could reveal the secret, they were caught!”

Definitely tell King about it, preferably call her and get her to give ideas for what to say.

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>>40753095
>>40753113
>>40753115
>>40753120
>>40753124
>>40753129
>>40753149
[+1 Secrets Revealed to the World]

>>40753219
I think we're too well known for that considering our high rank n the guild.With a game this old you recognize even the people you don't play with. We'd get caught fast by anyone who pays any attention to guilds as well and we're on record as a member back at morningstar hq so this has a much worse alabi if morningstar survives this intact. I kind of suspect that was a bit of a trap by shep but im taking too much glee in the chaos to stop myself atm.

>>40753048
>[X] “I'm an ex-member of <Swich Licour>, and I've come to reveal the secret of Tasty Food!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJjnbhSTuqQ

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>>40753266
“Because I am one of the people they are after!” You shout to the crowd. “I am an ex-member of <Swich Licour>, and I've come to reveal the secret of Tasty Food!”

The crowd gasps.

“The secret is simple!” You continue, “Have chef levels, and cook the food like you would real food! Do not use the crafting system!”

Silence falls over the crowd. Then one yells, “Bullshit! If it was that simple more would have figured it out by now!”

“They did!” Your ability to lie is about to go into overdrive. “Why do you think so many are hanging now!? When I tried to reveal the secret to a Lander, <The Family> murdered the Lander, and then I was blamed for the murder!” You pull out a flame potion. “But if you truly do not believe me, then simply cook a meal yourselves!” You fling a potion onto an empty, wooden table. The table ignites and a fire is formed.

A lone chef comes from the crowd with a slab of meat in a wrought iron pan.

You glance over to his name to see KeeperFury. Your guild's chef, the man who started it all, is standing right here, completely unaccosted. It looks like King was right, the idiots didn't even bother remembering the guild member names.

The steak begins to sizzle in the pan, and the delicious sent of meat wafts about the cold air. Murmurs flow through the crowd at the speed of the scent.

“Do you see now!?” You shout. “Something this simple! You all know more than just one guild would have figured it out! The <Morning Star> have been bought by <The Family>! All those Lander deaths you have been hearing about have been caused by <The Family> keeping their dirty secret! All those hangings of PKers and murderers were fake! Do you really think anyone would really kill Landers now!? Do you really think PKers would actually commit murders!? Your run of the mill asshole is not a murderer!”

>>40753790
You hear angry mumbles of agreement.

“Do not let them get away with this! I don't know who it was, but someone has turned on PvP and destruction! Show <The Family> that their brand of heinous debauchery will not stand! Break down the doors of their guild hall! Kill the smarmy bastards in their home! Take their food for yourself!”

If there is a God of Lies, you feel as though you have been graced by his might presence. Tears stream down your cheeks. “As a member of <Swich Licour>, I wasn't even allowed to have any of the food I helped make! We were so hungry! We were so tired! But we could not speak out! Go! Go to our guild hall!” You point to the building. “Break open our doors! Check our storage! You'll find nothing!”

You feel a cold, sharp pain in your side. You are sent stumbling off the table by the force of Quixote. He has apparently respawned.

“Do not let them get away with this!” You shout.

Quixote lifts his blade above his head. “You <Swich Licour> are REALLY pissing me off!” He shouts.

He swings his sword down and hits you once. Then twice. Then he falls in a rain of arrows and magic.

The Swashbuckler from before stands over the area where Quixote's body dissolved into bubbles. “I was so hungry.” He says to the spot. “I was so hungry and you just ignored me! You kept feeding the hungry, but not me! It was always those that were breaking things and causing a mess! I thought I was crazy, but then I realized!” He turns to face the crowd, “They were only recruiting people like that, because he knew they wouldn't speak out against what they were doing! He didn't feed good people! <The Family> didn't want good people! They only wanted people as wicked as them!”

>>40753801
Someone else in the crowd shouts, “I knew something was wrong with the <Morning Star>! They arrested my friend saying he was PKing people, but I knew my friend would never do something like that! I wasn't even invited to the hearing! I wasn't even allowed to be a witness!”

“I heard those guys who were arrested for poisoning Landers didn't even open their shop before they were arrested!”

“I heard members of <The Family> are never arrested by the <Morning Star>!”

The crowd begins to frenzy. The stories bounce around the crowd, getting more horrific with each new tale.

“Come!” You shout, “We're freeing all those people the <Morning Star> arrested! Once they are free we'll push into <The Family>'s guild hall!”

Your impromptu army marches down the main street, gathering support as it went. Members of <The Family> and <Morning Star> are killed on sight.

When you reach the gallows you see her. KingAzebo's nameplate floats above a woman hanging by a noose, arms and legs restrained, a bag over her head.

Your rage boils over. “SLAUGHTER THEM ALL! DEATH TO <THE FAMILY>!”

>>40753805
The paltry forces guarding the hanged men are no match for your troops. They are overwhelmed before they even know what is going on.

You tear down the gallows. This structure DARED to harm King. You do not allow it to exist any longer.

When your rage subsides with the last plank breaking, you turn your attention to King.

You untie her and take off the bag.

“Zachery?” Are her first words when she sees you.

You embrace her. You are crying again, but these tears are real. “I was so worried.”

She squeezes you tight. “I was too.”

You hear a cough behind you. You turn to see KeeperFury standing behind you.

“No offense.” He says, “But we currently have a very angry, very hungry army destroying everything in the city.”

You help King to her feet.

“I have an idea.” You say.

[ ] Have the army attack <The Family> HQ. Escape the city with your guild in the ensuing chaos.
[ ] Lead the army against <The Family>. Your rage will not subside till you personally destroy each and every last one of them.
[ ] Other.

>>40753812
>[] Write-in
>Find any people from <The Family> and hang them
THE DAY OF THE ROPE COMETH

>>40753812
>>[X] Lead the army against <The Family>. Your rage will not subside till you personally destroy each and every last one of them.
>>[X] Then we have the biggest fucking barbeque in MMO history.
>> [X] Turn King into some kind of focal point of reverence so she can restore order.

>>40753831
This.

>>40753812
>[ ] Other.
Ask King straight up what the Family actually did in your absence. Ask her what she thinks their end game has been this entire time. Get worked into a righteous fury, or ride off into the sunset with King pending her answer.

>>40753812
[ ] Have the army attack <The Family> HQ. Escape the city with your guild in the ensuing chaos.

we accomplished our goal, now let's get the hell outta Dodge

>>40753790
This is totally gonna backfire on us already.
>>40753801
>>40753805
>>40753812
Did we just luck our way into revealing the truth by complete accident?
>>40753812
>Other
No matter what we do we don't know how to perma kill the family so we cant stop them with our current knowledge. Sure we could hang a bunch but the fact that they control part of morningstar means we can't nab em all and they might outgun us. The fact that pvp is suddenly enabled worries me too.
Id like to stop a moment and use that head of ours.
We need to start evacuating landers and/or spread the word to em while we do > [ ] Have the army attack <The Family> HQ. Escape the city with your guild in the ensuing chaos. The landers are the only ones who can really get hurt by what's happening next as far as ingame knowledge is concerned.

I like what >>40753860 is saying too since we need to know what actually happened.

>>40753894
>evacuate the landers
Yes, this is probably the most important thing we can do.

>>40753812

I'll go with these: >>40753894
>>40753860

>>40753894
>>40753920
+1

>>40753812
>[ ] Have the army attack <The Family> HQ.
>Evacuate the Landers in the chaos.

>>40753979
>>40753974
>>40753967
>>40753920
>>40753894
>>40753860
[+1 Knowledge (<The Family>)]
[Go! Evacuation Plan Alpha!]

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>>40753999
“We need to get the Landers out of the city before the get hurt. Keeper, call everyone you can and get them to start telling Landers to get out of here. While they're doing that, I'm gonna try and get everyone to focus on <The Family>. While everyone's fighting each other we can sneak out and head for Brotherhood.”

“I'll get on that.” Keeper says before heading off.

“You've become quite resourceful, Zachery.” King tells you.

“Well, traveling across a continent on foot will do that to you.”

She puts a finger under your chin and guides your face to hers. You kiss and a certain tingling warmth flows through you. “You're still my princess, though.” She whispers.

You can feel the blood rush to your face. “O-o-okay.”

She gives you a soft smile. “No time to be embarrassed now, general. Your army needs you.”

You turn around to see the looting and destruction continuing.

You stand at the top of some nearby steps and cry out, “Enough destroying random stuff! We have freed our brothers and sisters, but we have not yet gotten our revenge! We must march onto <The Family>'s guild hall and tear it down brick by brick! We must take what is ours! Take back your money! Take back the food you have spent all your time gathering! Take back your freedom against those that have brought you low through tyranny!”

>>40754341
“He's right!” Some shout. “Let's get them!”

Much of the crowd goes charging off. You and King follow them at a slow pace.

“So.” You ask, “What were <The Family> doing, exactly? I mean, what was their plan?”

“More recruits.” She says, “And more money. Although, the money might have just been a means to get more recruits. Although the recruits might have been a means to get more money.” She hmms to herself a bit before adding, “I cannot say I know what they actually wanted, however. I suppose it was some form of power. Maybe they wanted enough people to have complete political power over the city. Perhaps they wanted enough economic power to simply control any business they wanted. Whatever it was, the guild leader had a need for control. He always had someone following me at all hours. Even in the middle of the night there was someone in my room. It was very hard to get used to.”

Your rage begins to build again.

You come to a crossroad. One path leads to <The Family>'s guild hall. The other loops around to the main street, and the exit of the city.

[ ] <The Family> must pay! Lead the charge!
[ ] Leave the city. Getting King out of here is top priority.
[ ] Other.

>>40754351
>Go hide and call our bestest brother

>>40754351
Dammit King daft sexy bitch, you make a lick of sense at times.

>>40754351
>[ ] <The Family> must pay! Lead the charge!
Split up, get King to leave with the landers.

>>40754351
[ ] Leave the city. Getting King out of here is top priority.

>>40754351
>[X] Leave the city. Getting King out of here is top priority.

>>40754351
>[ ] <The Family> must pay! Lead the charge!
>Call Canis, let him know whats up

HEY CANIS, YOU AREN'T GONNA BELIEVE THIS SHIT BUT I KIND OF SORTA INITIATED A REVOLUTION! OKAY I GOTTA GO, STORMING THE FAMILY HEADQUARTERS NOW! TELL MY BROTHER FOR ME, AND VIVA LA REVOLUTION!

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>40754405
>>40754403

>>40754547
>>40754398

It's a tie! Surely the Dice Gods will lead us to our proper answer.
1)Leave the City
2)Assault the Hall

>>40754351
They can just call of home out if they want. Half get the hall and half get to run towards the exits while we wait for word of their misdeeds to spread.

>>40754565
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FPELc1wEvk

>>40754565
[+1 Priorities]
[+1 Pawn to Queen's Bishop]

>>40754623
TinyShep, be honest, how pussy whipped is Zachery?

>>40754623
Did we....avoid the trap?

>>40754623
>>40754664
Or is Zachery the Queen and Ambro is now screwed?

>>40754652
I am unsure how to quantify such a large amount.

>>40754676
You will find out before the session ends.

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>>40754623
>QB
Now I'm even more worried

>>40754676
Based on previous threads, Zachery has always been the Pawn, and apparently he just took out something big. Unfortunately, he's still a pawn, which are used to take out important stuff, and be sacrificed immediately afterwards.

>>40754623
You point to the road that loops around. “We should get out of here.” You say, “As much fun as leading a riot is, I'd rather we get somewhere safe.”

“Good idea.” She says, “We need to get everyone someplace safe.”

“We should go to Brotherhood.” You say, “My brother's best friend is there. We'll get drunk and sing songs with him and his girlfriend. It'll be amazing.”

“I see.” She says in a particular voice.

“No!” You respond.

“No?” She questions.

“I know that voice. That's your 'I'm thinking of doing something kinky' voice.”

“I don't know what the problem is.”

“You really think I'm going to let you have sex with my brother's best friend?”

“Me? No. WE are going to, though. Along with his girlfriend.”

You give her a not-so-amused look.

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>>40754962
“Oh, don't worry. I'm going to make sure she entertains you. I'm not going to let her leave you all cold and alone.” She kisses your cheek. “Okay?”

“He's into butt stuff.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah.”

“Well, maybe we can wait for your brother to come around.”

“I'd rather we didn't.”

“But you're family, Zachery. Weren't you taught to share with family?”

“Are you saying you'd share me with your sister?”

“Of course not!” She folder her arms. “She's not legal yet.” Before you can even respond she adds, “When we get back to the real world, remind me to delete those pictures of you.”

“Okay.” Is all you can think to respond with.

You reach the gates of the city. You notice Landers slowly leaving the city in trickles. Some of them catch your eye, though.

They're Luxians; the cultists who worship the Man in Black. It is quite obvious now that you notice their rosaries that shine like beacons underneath their clothing. How strange that you never noticed that before.

You can feel the thing in your chest stir. It seems to be bothering you less now.

You have a sudden urge to head into the sewers.

“Is everything okay?” King asks.

“Yeah.” You respond, “I just... feel like I need to do something.”

“What do you need to do?”

“I... don't know.”

[ ] Fight the urges.
[ ] Believe in His Master Plan.
[ ] Other.

>>40754974
>[ ] Fight the urges.
No Zachery, do not trust the eldritch being with an excessive amount of tentacles and teeth.

>>40754974
>[ ] Believe in His Master Plan.
MiB did nothing wrong
NOTHING

>>40754974
[ ] Believe in His Master Plan.
Fuck it, at least he doesn't turn people into teeth

>>40754974
>[ ] Believe in His Master Plan.
>Call Ambrosis. CALL AMBROSIS.
>IhadadreamofamaninblackandhestuckhishandinmeandleftitthereandIfeelitnowanditstellingmetogoinasewer

>>40754974
>[X] Fight the urges.
I've always be against being manipulated by otherworldly abominations, no matter how nice they seem.

>>40754974
>[X] Fight the urges.

>>40755128
Normally I'd agree, but we've done it WAY too many times in this quest to stop now.

I... I have no idea what to go with.

>>40754974
[X] Believe in His Master Plan.
And so Zachery found religion.

>>40755137
>>40755134
>>40755128
>>40755123
>>40755050
>>40755027
>>40755016
>>40755186
>>40755237

[King's Bishop takes Queen's Rook]
[When is this? This is not now. This was when then was now, but that now is not this now.]
[That previous then, was that now or was that not yet?]

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>40754974
1 - [ ] Fight the urges.
2 - [ ] Believe in His Master Plan.

>>40755238
>Removing my creepy spoilers

God damn it, post, why you gotta do this to me?

Can't a man keep is spooky scariness inside of spoilers? Having it out in the open just makes it look weird.

>>40755239
This is you, right Shep?

>>40755280
>Eldritch Horrors
>Straight forwards feedback

I am afraid not.

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>>40755238
You cannot go against His plans. The urges are too great. You begin walking towards the closest sewer entrance.

“Where are you going!?” King sounds worried.

“I'll be right back.” You reassure her. “I just have to do something real quick.”

“Well, I'm going with you, then.”

“I do not think that is possible.”

The world feels a bit dream like. Each step feels less and less real. Your thoughts feel fuzzy. It's almost like you are acting on instinct, simply doing things without even thinking about it.

King follows your every step. You do not even look at her, but you know she is there, watching you, concerned for you.

The two of you head down into the sewers. There are others here, hiding from the riots above, or using the area to move unnoticed. Such peculiarity these people have. Their every action is suddenly so obvious to you, as are the actions they will take. Fleeing in every direction or proclaiming themselves kings of the rubble. It all feels so simple now, Who they are are like gears in a machine. Each one turns, which in turn turns others. A giant machine of people moving and shifting with one another, like a cosmic dance; no different that the celestial bodies, orbiting and moving about their preordained paths, unable to move themselves out of orbit, for they do not even have the perception to realize they are trapped within such a cycle.

Such peculiarities.

“Zachery.” King says, or perhaps will say. It is hard to tell when she is from where you are looking.

You look at her and your heart sinks. You feel pain. The fuzz fades and you feel clarity take hold. You breathe in your humanity for but a moment before it vanishes again.

You hasten your step away from King.

You must distance yourself from her now.

You touch the bricks which stand then-now-forever.

A passage opens for the now, and you enter.

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>>40755502
now-King pounds upon the barrier. “Zachery!” She cries, “Zachery, stop! I can't- ZACHERY! Zachery, please! Where are you going!? Zachery! Please com back!”

The portal closes. You walk down the staircase that leads to your place of Waiting. No, not your Waiting, but His Waiting.

There is a thing down there. A thing which lacks a then-now-forever. You cannot detect it, but you know it is there, although such a conclusion can only be considered a guess at best. This thing, which owns the city above, you shall foil bellow.

When you reach the bottom of the steps, you rely on your now-eyes. The nonexistent down here cannot be seen with His gifts.

Your now-eyes sees a fountain of gold coins. A near countless number of coins flowing from the sky and into the depths below. Through His gift you know the gold is distributed by His intention once it reaches the bottom.

Standing within the glittering shower is Outis, a Lander without a then-now-forever. He does not seem to have spotted you. You get close to the edge of the structure and see one of the mighty arches which aid in the function of this Distributor.

You look down to see Him stretch his hand out from your chest. He holds a True Lever in his hand of anti-existence. You are compelled to pull out a vial of Fire Oil.

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>>40755512
He touches the lever to the structure and pulls the True Lever down.

The gold stops flowing.

You pour the oil into the True Lever, melting its golden innards, leaving the Distributor inoperable now and forever.

Outis speaks. “I should have known better than to keep you simply broken apart.”

You pull out a fire potion and fling it at the Lander. He is hit, and disintegrates in flame.

“Must you do that, dear puppet puppeteer?” The voice of Outis continues, “I spent quite a while building that puppet.”

Another form appears before you, this time it is a Viking name Niemand.

Your gift cannot detect what course to take. This creature exists outside of the then-now-forever.

[ ] Attack.
[ ] Flee.
[ ] Other.

>>40755520
>Dancelock

>>40755520
>[ ] Attack.
what the FUCK am I doing!?

>>40755520
[X] Other.
What's the cooldown on call of home? Can we use it to get out of here? Otherwise... maybe we should pray.

>>40755520
changing >>40755554 to >>40755544

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>>40755544
Supporting the deadliest of techniques.

>>40755520
>>40755544
DANCE, MAGIC DANCE

>>40755520
>[]Other
We see if we can not-wait his now-then forever.

>>40755544
>>40755520
>[ ] Other: DANCE

>>40755520
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs

>>40755592
>>40755587
>>40755584
>>40755580
>>40755566
>>40755544
>>40755619

[One last Dance]

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>>40755650
Only one thing left to do now.

>>40755650
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5_LxyhCJpsM

>>40755821
Perfect thread theme.

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>>40755650
Before you can even react, you know it is too late.

Teeth and flesh sprout from His hand.

Then the flesh liquifies, and all that is left of the Man in Black is a pile of teeth.

“About time you showed up.” The Viking mumbles in Outis' voice.

You once more breathe in your humanity.

“Well, Lord Vertigo, it appears that you have succeeded in spoiling my plans.” Speaks the Viking, “I must admit merging yourself with the strange puppet to gain access to this room was a brilliant idea.”

You launch yourself at the Viking. You grab hold of him and spin him. You lay as many punches in him as you can before you jump and spin. You fall into a break dance, swinging your legs about, knocking the enemy to and fro in your barrage of kicks. Then you grab hold of him and fling him across the room.

The Viking lands face first and his nameplate shatters across the ground like glass.

“Are you quite done?” Asks Outis' voice from nowhere. “Not that I have much to complain about, I meant to be rid of that puppet ages ago.”

You look around, seeing nothing else in the room with you. “W-What the hell are you!?”

“No one.” It responds, “The Genius of Bodies. And, might I add, that you have already broken two of my finest puppets in this display of wanton destruction.”

“What the fuck are you after!?”

“That is none of your concern.”

“How could it-” Your words are cut off by bubbles coming into your view. You look down to see your finger tips glowing like a slain NPC just before it disappears. Bubbles slowly wafting from the glow.

“Interesting. So you're that puppet's corpse now.” No one says, “It appears your merging with that puppet has done more to you than just let you into this room. I certainly hope the system does not register you as a puppet.”

>>40756346
“W-what would that mean?”

“It means when you die, you won't come back.”

Your feel numb. Your hands begin to shake. The bubbles to not cease, and the glow continues to spread.

“Would be a shame.” No one continues, “I really was interested in what could be harvested from you, but alas, that very well might be impossible now.”

You need to go. You start running up the stairs you came form. The ascent seems to take far longer than you remember going down it. The door at the top opens for you and you see King at the top.

“Kim!” You cry out. You slam into her, wrapping your arms around her and the two of you go tumbling to the ground.

“Thank God.” She says, “I was so worried. You were acting so odd and-”

You kiss her. You don't have time for words. You hold her and feel her.

The two of you roll on the dusty ground of the long-since dry sewers.

You do not want to let her go, but you know she needs to know. You look her in the eyes. “Kim. Something happened.”

“Wh- What happened?”

You show her your hands. The glow now covers half way up your forearm.

“I... I don't understand.”

“Me and the Man in Black... merged.” You try to explain, “And... and he was killed down there by... by something. Some kind of teeth thing.” You're panicking. You're not sure what you can say. “And... Outis was there, but Outis isn't Outis, he's... he's something called No one.”

“But what's happening to you!?”

You know what to say, but you can't bring yourself to say it.

“Zachery! Talk to me!”

“I'm disappearing as if I was apart of the Man in Black. Because he's dead, all of his body is despawning, and I'm apart of him now.”

“You'll respawn, though!”

>>40756355
“Outis said... The system might think I'm an NPC. He doesn't know for sure.”

“What... what does that mean?”

“It means... I don't get to respawn.” You blink and feel the tears roll down your face. “I'm like a Lander now, and I'm dying.”

“We don't know that for sure!” She says, “You said Outis doesn't know, right!?”

You look down at the spreading light. “Can we have one last dance, just in case?”

“Yes. Yes! Of course!” She stands and helps you up. “What dance do you want to do?”

“Waltz, of course.” You respond, “It's our favorite, isn't it?”

She offers a teary smile. “That's right.”

The two of you waltz to no music other than the sound of your footsteps and the sound of battle clashing above.

King suddenly stops. “I-I'm sorry. It's getting hard to see.” She wipes her eyes clean of tears, but every time she finishes rubbing them, they seem to fill up all over again.

You hold her in your arms. “I'm sure it will be fine.” You say, “I mean, the system is going to take a look at me, see my class and level and will just know I have to be an Adventurer. It's not like Landers can have Adventurer classes, right?”

“That's right.” She says trying to hide the sound of sobs.

You kiss her. “Stop crying. You're gonna make me cry.” You wipe a tear from your eye. “Besides I'm going to be fine. I'll respawn at the church and you'll beat the shit out of me for making you worry.”

She laughs. “Don't be silly, Zachery. I'd never hit a lady.”

“I'm no lady, Kim.”

“You're my special kind of lady.”

“The kind that's actually a man?”

“That's the one.”

>>40756362
A thought crosses your mind and you suddenly remember something. “I need to call my brother.”

You open up your Friends List and hit call. You let the call continue to ring as you idly dance with King some more.

“Zachery.” She says.

You can already feel the light covering your body. Your time is almost up. You kiss her one last time. “I know.”

Your brother finally answers with a “Hello?”

“Anthony, I...” What the hell can you say? “I merged with the Man in Black, stopped a machine that distributes all money across the North American server, got the Man in Black killed via teeth-explosion, and am now about to despawn. On top of this the system might register me a a Lander, preventing me from respawning.” Well, that was a lot easier than you thought it was going to be.

“How... How long do you have?”

“Seconds? I dunno!”

“Well, there has to be something someone can do!”

“Pray it recognizes me as a PC instead of NPC? Other than that, I'm out of ideas.”

You feel the rapid dissolving of your body into bubbles.

[ ] “I'm sorry.”
[ ] “I love you.”
[ ] “I don't want to die.”
[ ] Other.

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>>40756371
>[]Oh, if only I could be so grossly incandescent...
>[]Praise The Sun

>>40756371
>[ ] "I may have destroyed a true lever while I was doing this."
>[ ] “I'm sorry.”

>>40756371
>[ ] “I'm sorry.”

>>40756371
[ ] Other.
Rejoin a guild! That's what it took in the show

>>40756494
Supporting.

>>40756494
Landers have classes but only adventurers can join guilds. Tell our bro to invite us

>>40756371
>"Gimme PC-only actions to do, something, ANYTHING!"
>Make/Join a guild
>Dismiss/re-invite as Friend
>Dance
>Mount

>>40756371
>>40756494

>[X] Other.
"I want to drive a tank with you, BROTHERRRRRRRR"

>>40756523
>>40756520
>>40756511
>>40756494

[The Obvious Solution]

>>40756371
>>40756494

If I can't die in the same place as you can I at least die in the same guild?

>>40756371
>[ ]Other
Don't worry. It'll be like I'm just offline. Let's all raid together next time I come on...
(Join 9th Panzer Division.)

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>>40756590
Joining a guild! On top of having an Adventurer class, if you're in a guild, the system definitely won't confuse you for a Lander!

“Invite me to your guild! Who knows it might do something!”

A menu pops into your view and you hit the accept button. You see the <1st Panzer Division> over your head just before the bubbles overtake you.

You open your eyes and see Earth in the night sky above you.

“What the fuck!?” Is all you have to say on the subject.

------------------------------------

You are Anthony Grant, brother to Zachery Grant.

You stare at your Friend List.

Vertigo
Level 90 Monk/90 Dancer
<1st Panzer Division>
Offline.

You have been staring at this screen for an hour now.

You do not think he is coming back.

END SESSION
---- Choices for next Time---
[ ] Swear Revenge.
[ ] Swear to Find Him.
[ ] Swear Hatred against the World
[ ] Other.

>>40756640
>[x] Swear to Find Him.

>>40756640
Swear to put a true lever up the tooth-man's ass and switch it to "off"

>>40756640
>[ ] Swear to Find Him.

>>40756640
>[ ] Swear to Find Him.
Jesus Shep, this was a long session. Can't wait for next week!

>>40756371
Phoenix down phoenix down!

I could have sworn all the gold was in the Appalachians or Mount Rushmore but it's not like there being multiple gold fountains is unreasonable and know about the giant gold vault under NY in RL.
>>40756640
So how long till vertigo base jumps to Earth via sky king combos?

>>40756640
Awesome thread as always shep! Thanks for running!

>>40756640
>[ ] Swear to Find Him.
>Swear to kick those teeth in

>>40756679
I give him a few days.
Will he be invincible when he back since he is already dead?

Is the MiB permadead? He might not be. Earlier on, shep said he spawned as a boss fight that was part of a Halloween event every year. From what happened to Zachary, it seems like his body de spawned since he was killed. Perhaps this means he will respawn when Halloween comes around for his event. We just have to keep pushing our pawns carefully across the board until then.

>>40756685
>Awesome thread as always shep! Thanks for running!
Thank you for participating!

Sorry for anyone I kept awake all night. Hopefully your Monday isn't too bad because of it. Have a nice day at work/class!

Sunday was probably a bad idea.

>>40756640
>[ ] Swear Revenge.
>[ ] Swear to Find Him.

>>40756768
i almost always work sundays, thank god i was able to get someone to cover my shift.

>>40756640
I'm not entirely sure why most of the choices are even there.

Other.
Cry a bunch. Consider not giving morningstar any airships because their idiocy played a part in our brother's death.
Get ready to kick some teeth in.

>>40756880
>I'm not entirely sure why most of the choices are even there.
I don't feel right unless I have three options to choose from.

Also the idea of Ambrosis turning Mad Scientist and Judi following him as some kind of Fallen Paladin seemed interesting.

Weren't we trying to get to Big Apple before the rioting really got bad? Didn't we just cause the rioting to hit its peak destructiveness. As fun as this is, I feel like we just failed a major plot thing.

>>40756934
>>40756640
Lets do this. Some forms of insanity is just genius beyond what others can see. Lilac best lab assistaint

>>40756942
We were trying to get our brother OUT before it got that bad via metagaming. Our latest reasons for getting there weren't even ours so much as they were Judi's orders from up top. Now that i've stopped to think of it it was probably just a ploy by <The Family> to get a hostage thanks to all the shit we've made. If anything we totally just saved our asses from some serious trouble AND got answers on stuff we hadn't put together yet.

>>40756942
We totally did. If we hadn't have decided to take the long route to the Big Apple via Pueblo we likely would have made it in time to stop the riots. It isn't like we weren't given any hints that we should be hurrying either, what with Canis heading out in front of us and the constant hints Shep was dropping about what would happen if we didn't make it.

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>>40756934
Oh fuck yes. Mad scientist route a best route by far.

Disregard waifus, pursue vengeance through science.

>>40757125
Mad science is and always has been lilac route, to bad samefags hate fun

So... what just happened with that MiB scene?

Also, someone should really archive this.

The leader of Morningstar is in for the shock of his life when he gets us screaming an earful at him and learns not only is permadeath possible but boss and unknown monsters have been secretly waging war vs each other while he's been strung around like a little puppet. And then he finds out we gave his stuff to the spider-landers

What the fuck.

Thread archived.

I'm not really sure what to think of today's thread. While Zach seems to be gone, there may yet be some greater knowledge uncovered by him during his travels in whatever world he's been placed in.

>>40758222
I'm not too clear about the anime, but there was some stuff about going to the moon whenever you respawned and losing your memories when you come back, right?

Are subconcious memories remembered? Considering the sheer mental relief of seeing Zach, letting King and Ambro die might make them realize something's up.

>>40758498
Near the end of the anime it seems that memories of time on the moon still linger but it's sort of like (as an example) dreams where it's really difficult to recall the second you wake up and you might not properly remember anything for months. I personally hope Zachary goes exploring the moon for a bit. If my memory of the timeline is correct and that other anon's Halloween theory rings true he makes a return about the same time the genii/etc start plopping down from the moon openly.

...So it's all going to get fixed eventually, right?
Right?
Please?

>>40760589
hahahahaha