>>41484758
Your eyes flutter open, the world swimming around you.
"I suppose in hindsight, the last trial can wait."

You are sitting down on a small couch. It is red and richly embroidered while across from you is Tanni sitting on her own chair. Standing next to her is one of her Ishmin, currently holding a two ceramic mugs and a teapot instead of a sword. The image is so strange you almost laugh right then and there but you manage to hold it in.

Well that and because you feel like complete shit. That helps too.

"I must admit," Tanni said. "That did not go the way I had planned. And I feel a little culpable."
A little?
"I hope you accept this gift."

She slides over a small wooden box, one filled with dead and broken Ishmin bugs. Is this a joke? Why the fuck would she lock you in with them anyway?

"I assume you can use them for something alchemical. I really do feel bad."

"Mrnrnrngh," you say. It's probably because of the pain but her charm has none of its usual impact.

"I will give you what you seek as well," she says. "But first, this should help the pain."

The Ishmin pours you each a mug of thick brown tea. You have to admit, it smells pretty good.
Before anything can be done however, a second Ishmin enters the room and whispers something into Tanni's ear. She flinches.
"Forgive me once more, there is business I must look to. Stay here."

She departs from the room, both of her Ishmin leaving with her. The door locks behind them.

> Just sit and wait.

> Brew

> Inspect self.

> Inspect the tea.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>41484788
>> Inspect self.
> Inspect the tea.
then if there is time
>Brew
>Soulsights and Ids.

>>41484788
> Brew
Soulsight. Drink it to confirm if Tanni is a snake. Then make a few more healing potions

>No thread number

Dagnabbit.

>>41484788
>> Inspect self.
> Inspect the tea.
>> Brew

>>41484788
> Brew
identification potions and soulsight
> Inspect self.
> Inspect the tea.
> Inspect the Ishmin
> Inspect Tanni's soul

>>41484788
> Inspect Self
> Inspect Tea
> Brew
Let's do Soulsight and ID brews, please!

>>41484788
>>41484950
This, plus healing potion.
ID tea and ishmin first, then healing potions and then soulsight (if Tanni asks its another healing potion)

>>41485027
I'm sure the brews look different and lying to Tanni is nearly impossible

>>41484891
Haha drink some coffee and wake up fully then

>>41485074
Then we drink the soulsight before she arrives.

> Inspect Self
> Inspect Tea
> Brew

You check yourself down, tracing the wounds where the insects bit you. Luckily it looks like those heal-alls you took had an immediate effect, leaving only knots of stiff scar tissue running down your arms. If you drink more heal-alls, even those should vanish.
Your face, on the other hand...

You're not under any of your disguises so it lets you see it clearly, a twisted scar that runs up your cheek towards your eye. It doesn't hurt but you're not really appreciative of your new look.
A few more heal-alls should put that away.

You sit there considering your appearance for a moment more before the rich aroma of the spiced tea makes you hungry. What's that for, anyway? Is she trying to trick you into something else?
You do your best to inspect the two cups that Tanni left behind but you can't find anything with the naked eye. But if that tea has what you're worried about, you have more than the naked eye to rely on.

Hoping that she doesn't come back too soon, you take your cauldron out and begin to brew as quickly as you can. You rush the job, you can't help it, but in the end the Identification potion and the Soulsight Brew produced should be viable. You drink the Identification potion immediately, giving yourself awareness of the alchemical properties of everything in your immediate vicinity. It's mostly dull, due to the stone of the wall not being alchemically exciting but it does tell you exactly what you wanted to know.
There's a brew in these cups, hidden in the tea. It's only in your cup somehow, despite having watched both of them being poured from the same source. It's the minor love potion that you brewed earlier! Good thing you didn't drink this.

Whatever is occupying Tanni, she doesn't seem to have come back yet.

> Drink the soulsight brew.

> Tip your cup out so you won't have to drink it later.

> Tip your cup out and pretend to have drunk it.

> Switch your cups.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

So Ouro, whaddaya mean you put bananas in the frying pan? Like, fried bananas or an accidental mix-up?

>>41485288
I cut some bananas in half lengthways and put them in my skillet. No oil or batter or whatever, I was just out of things to eat.
They don't cook too well it turns out, too much moisture. Either that or I wasn't patient enough.

>>41485283
> Brew up some restorations and some heal-alls
Leave the tea and drink some fresh restorations instead.

>>41485283
Is there anywhere we can dump it out where it won't be noticed?

>>41485283
> Drink the soulsight brew.
> Leave the cups alone, have the antidote for the love potion at hand.

>>41485283
Add antidote to neutralize the potion and drink the tea.

>>41485283
How long is the love potion supposed to last?

>>41485350
I think a touch of light oil might've helped too. Maybe go for a banana's foster style breakfast and top with a little honey and cinnamon?
You got me thinkin' now. Heheh.

>>41485350
Fried bananas are a popular recipie in brazil, I think

>>41485283
>> Switch your cups.

>>41485383
>>41485406
>>41485427

They're testing it on us, we need to show them that it works.

>>41485383
Failing all else, you can bottle them into your pack.

>>41485283
> Drink the soulsight brew.
> Tip your cup out and pretend to have drunk it.
Pretend to be obsessed with her when she returns

>>41485283
First we should identify the ishmin remains
> Drink the soulsight brew.
> Tip your cup out and pretend to have drunk it.
Bottle it up

>>41485455
>>41485505
We can't lie to her

>>41485533
Not to be dumb, but why not? Is she too smart, or are we incapable of lying?

>>41485533
Well drinking it isn't an option. And we're already attracted to her so pretending to be obsessed should be possible

>>41485455
>>41485505
We can't lie to her better to say we're not drinking it.

>>41485567
She has the human version of Tash's serpent voice and can read people like a book.

>>41485587
Thanks for the info. So we refuse to drink it. Shall we neutralize it?

>>41485283
>> Drink the soulsight brew.
>> Switch your cups.
Wait till she comes back, then start sipping the tea. After she drinks, tell her that we switched the cups.

>>41485627
We probably should. or switch cups.

>>41485567
I think she's abnormally perceptive. Might be branded or training, but she can tell when we're trying to hide something, that's why the only times we're able to fool her is when we say the truth.

Rolled 3 (1d6)

Looks like a tie between trying to fake drinking it and switching the cups. Even the former, odds the latter.

>>41485676

Excellent. Let's see where this goes.

>>41485676
shit. it'll be obvious that we did it if she drinks it. and I don't particularly want her to be obsessed with us anyway.

>>41485696
Didn't we brew up antidotes and pass them off as duds? Just give her one of those, if need be.

>>41485676
>>41485696
We can give her the antydote. With this we show her that we know the game she's playing, but that we're willing to cooperate. Plus we show her our versatility.

> Drink the soulsight brew.
> Switch your cups.

Alright, well you're not drinking the stuff. But what do you do with it? And why is this even before you in the first place? Is it another test of your abilities? You're not sure how useful that would be but then again she also thought it'd be a good idea to throw you into an Ishmin Trap so who knows. You entertain the idea of just pretending you drank it but you're not sure how well you can fake the effects of the potion.
No, you think you're best suited by simply switching the cups around. They look exactly the same after all.

You carefully change the cups, making sure you don't spill anything. And then, since she still hasn't shown up, you drink the Soulsight brew. Better to drink this now than to be questioned about it later.

Your sight expands in ways that are becoming now familiar, the walls fading away and becoming indistinct layers of light. You pierce the veil and see the souls beyond the door. There's two human souls right outside, probably the Ishmin. And in the room just down the corridor from your current location is the unknown serpent soul once more, a jeweled wonder girt by enslaved souls. The serpent is with several human souls and one of the damaged souls that you saw earlier, a placid human soul with holes bored all through it. And new holes are opening before your very eyes, the snake-soul twisting and devouring it further.

You don't know how long you watch it for, a voyeur peering through the walls. There's something inherently beautiful and intimate about the process, an elegant violation of the soul. Twists of ephemera hang in the air as the soul is expertly shredded before it winks out entirely, one more human consciousness subsumed forever within the serpent.

And with that done, the serpent makes its way back towards you...
You blink furiously, banishing the sight lest you are taken by surprise in the physical world. The door creaks open and Tanni steps in, accompanied by two Ishmin.
1/2

>>41485893
"I hope you were not kept waiting beyond your patience?"

You shake your head, not trusting yourself to speak. If Tanni notices anything strange about your demeanor she gives no sign.
"I really meant it, you know. I made an error with that trial."

No shit.

"I simply wanted to see how you would react when faced with an Ishmin Trap," she continues. "But in my haste I forgot that a foreigner such as yourself would not be able to recognize it for what it was. The test became far more dangerous as a result and for that, I am truly sorry."
Her words put you at ease, soothing you despite your best attempts to stay on-guard.

Lacking anything better to do, you lift up your cup and take a sip. The tea is still warm and it tastes great, a mix of different flavors all coming together as one.
Tanni nods approvingly and lifts her own cup up, though how she plans to drink it through her mask is a mystery to you. She smells it and then sets the cup back down again.
"You've been busy, have you not? Changing the cups?"

You can't stop yourself from giving the answer away.

"I expected as much. Why else do you think I'd leave you alone? That's the third trial passed."

> "Can I see your mistress now?"

> "Why?"

> "I know you're a serpent."

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>41486111
> "What happens now?"

>>41486111
> "I know you're a serpent."

>>41486111
>So where do we go from here? Since I passed all of [bold]your[/bold] tests.
>Remove glove

>>41486111
> "Can I see your mistress now?"

>>41486193
Why would we reveal our brand? Not a good idea.

>>41486111
>> "Why?"

>>41486111
> "Does this mean your mistress will see me now?"
Anyone else suspect "Tanni" is a shared identity? With the mask and robes like that, the snake could step in or out at any time. Just mark the human "Tanni" with a snake-speak art.

>>41486111
Now what?
The fact that she's a serpent will be easier to exploit if she thinks we don't know. Unless she reveals it to us now that we've passed the trials I suppose.

>>41486357
It's not really relevant since the Tanni we know has been the constrictor all along

>>41486296
Because she's going to mark us now, you want to end up like the snakecatcher?

>>41486391
We don't know that, and the snakecatcher had a shit ton of brands.
We can wait and see what happens.

>>41486391
I'm not certain that she'll mark us though.

>>41486111
> "Why?"
whats all this leading up to anyway
>>41486391
we'll have a chance to react if that happens hopefully, no need to jump the gun on it.

>>41486444
Except we could not stop Hiss once she started.

>>41486447
If a serpent takes us a servant directly? Mark.

>>41486465
We couldn't stop Hiss, how would we stop her without it getting violent if we don't do it now?

>>41486391
Would two of them really be so bad? Maybe we could give ourselves a snake essence with a modified Eugene potion and handle the multiple snake arts more easily

>>41486497
She's trying to make us think she's not a serpent, there's no way she would brand us now.

>>41486505
Ouro said getting more than one fucks a human up. All such potions aren't permanent either. Plus a snake soul means that we would get wishbonded.

>>41486532
That brew is permanent. We've had a plant essence for ages

> "Does this mean your mistress will see me now?"

You have some fairly incriminating ideas about the identity of Tanni's 'mistress' and the relation between the two but you keep them to yourself. Instead you simply drink the rest of your tea.
"If those are the tests, does that mean the lady will see me now?"

"Perhaps," she says, an undertone of amusement as present in her voice as ever. "Do you not recall what I told you yesterday?"

"You said a lot of things yesterday?"

"The lady will you tell you what you should call her when she wishes. And until then, she will not see you."

> "But you already told me your name, Tanni."

> "What else must I do?"

> Show her your brand. "I already have one."

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>41486579
>> "But you already told me your name, Tanni."
and
> Show her your brand. "I already have one."

>>41486579
> "But you already told me your name, Tanni."

>>41486532
More than one gets unstable. Did you see the character sheet of the snakecatcher? Each of his skills was a brand, and he had more than 20. We're still part plant, those potions affect our body, not our soul.

>>41486579
> "But you already told me your name, Tanni."

>>41486566
>>41486634
Still opens our soul up to wishbond.

>>41486634
We would technically be a snake in all aspects but physical. Meaning we could probably handle two snake arts.

>>41486579
> "But you already told me your name, Tanni."
enough games

>>41486579
>> "But you already told me your name, Tanni."

>>41486579
> "But you already told me your name, Tanni."
She'll probably take us more seriously now.

Inb4 the person she ate was Oster who got outted when Aashenpreet's wishbond kicked in when we got hurt.

>>41486809
Aash's wishbond is still all fucked up from that wizard. It's not connected to her but it's still active somehow. And we probably would have recognized osters soul.

>>41486579

> "What else must I do?"

>>41486579
> Show her your brand. "I already have one."
> "But you already told me your 'name', Tanni."
Activate full smarm mode.

>>41486853
It still being active is why she would get outed.

>>41487035
No, there's no connection to us but since the wishes weren't all used the first wish is active. Since its not connected to both of us she can't tell when we're in danger

>>41487063
Did Ouro actually confirm any of that?

>>41487102
Yeah. Might have been on his ask.fm. I can't remember

> "But you already told me your name, Tanni."

Well you suppose you've danced around this for long enough. And you're a fucking awful dancer, as Hiss can attest. You look her directly in the eye. Or as best you can anyway, the mask makes it hard.
"But you already told me your name, Tanni."

"And there it is," she says, seemingly unfazed. "I was wondering how long it would take you to try that."

You stop.
"Wait. You knew I knew?"

"Not as such, no. But I was hoping you would. My apologies for the deception but I only have one Vtriya and he is absent."

"In hindsight, it was pretty obvious. That magic you use sort of gave it away?"

"Magic?"
Tanni laughs, making you feel somewhat foolish.
"I'm sorry Cennen but such an Art doesn't exist."

"But-"

"I'm very interested in humans, you know. To watch them twitch, to squirm. Why else pretend to be human myself? No magic involved, just centuries spent observing you people."
She sets her cup down, still full.
"And when you've spent long enough doing so, you learn that it flows both ways too. There's so much in the voice and in the body that you people pick up on without even noticing that it influences you. All you need is the right tone, the right situation and you can make someone feel what you want them to. Isn't that right?"

She leans closer to you and her voice takes on a lilting, seductive tone. You find yourself responding without ever intending to, a sweat breaking out on your forehead.
She laughs once more and you find yourself relaxing, the brief rush of excitement passing as if it had never been.
"Needless to say, I am very old. I've spent more time coming to this understanding than any human has ever lived and I've eaten many of you that are knowledgeable on the subject. I think that makes the foremost expert on the ways of humanity, far more so than any actual human."

"I...see," you croak. As long as you keep yourself calm, she can't influence you. You have to believe that.
1/2

>>41487126
I just realized that she probably already knows that we came here with tash since she knows we're from taldenral

>>41487217
She knows that because we told her

>>41487265
We never said anything about tash

>>41487276
She has only said her Virtya is absent

>>41487276
>>41487126
well then let's do it now

>"why's Tash such an ass?"

>>41487334
I know. But its tash.

>>41487348
>>41487377
We might suspect that IC but we can't be sure.

>>41487409
what's the downside of asking?

>>41487377
Yeah, he might have gotten here early and all this could be a plot, but we can't be sure yet.

>>41487442
His interlude said he was going on the pilgrimage.

>>41487126
"What do you want from me?"

"Is the desire for an alchemist really so hard to understand," she asks, putting on an act of innocence that sounds so downright reasonable that you have to stop yourself from just agreeing with her.
"It is a hard Art to find since it is less natural and inherent. You're not like seers or wizards who manifest their powers and can be thus tamed afterwards. Alchemy requires learning and outside education, most alchemists aren't even aware of what they are as a result."

"No," you say. "I don't believe you."

"Good. I'm afraid I possess an ulterior motive. The truth is that I require an alchemist for their ...truthfinding abilities."
Images of interrogation, torture and truth potions spring to your mind unbidden.
"No, not even truth potions. Even substances like this love potion can be used to extract the truth from an unwilling subject. Seers can be used but they are often unreliable and the one I seek has means of defense against them. So that's it! I want you to practice your Art against this particular man."

"And who is that?" you ask, trying to regain control over the conversation.

"He's called Tash and oh! Excellent. You know him already. Do you like him? No? That's a shame. I consider him my foremost apprentice. He's such a darling."

For some reason that doesn't surprise you. Hell, knowing that Tash and this serpent are related doesn't even seem that strange. They are similar, after all.

"He's my Vtriya and before that he was my musician. I took him on because I felt sorry for what had befallen his father and because he was very pretty. I thought he would make a fine adornment and so I compelled him to fall hopelessly in love with me."

2/3

>>41487541
You think back to the ambassador and his self-professed predilections.
"If you did that to him, does that mean the two of you have ever, uh..."
For some reason just asking the question embarrasses you. Come to think of it, why do you care if they have or not?

"Oh of course not and he probably never will. I just thought it would be funny."
A rush of relief flows through, dampening down a sudden surge of jealousy before it even starts. No seriously, why do you care?
"But he eventually turned out to be very useful and so I made him my human right hand. And that was great! But now I fear he's hiding something from me and I want to know why."

"Well, I guess I co-"

"But first," she interrupts you, her tone making you sit bolt upright. "Why do you even know of him? Tell me everything you haven't already told me."

> Tell her about Tash but not about Hiss.

> Tell her everything.

> Make up a plausible lie about how you met him.

> "How can you trust me with this? You only just met me a day or so ago."

> Other

>>41487722
> "How can you trust me with this? You only just met me a day or so ago."
> Tell her everything.
>nobble something to drop her in case this goes bad.

>>41487722
>> "How can you trust me with this? You only just met me a day or so ago."
Desire to nobble, rising

>>41487722
> Tell her everything.

>>41487722
>> "How can you trust me with this? You only just met me a day or so ago."
Hackles are up.

>>41487722
Well it all started when I was a boy...

>Everything

>>41487722
>>41487793
This, in its entirety. The Nobblometer is reaching critical levels.

>>41487722
> Tell her everything.
Including what Aash told us recently

Can't she just take his memories?

>>41487887
She trained him to resist it.

>>41487722
> "How can you trust me with this? You only just met me a day or so ago."
Let's not spill the beans yet...

>>41487902
Ah, thanks

>>41487930
It's time. She has no reason to have a problem with Hiss and shes probably gonna help us with our tash problem

>>41487874
How would we do it? Didn't we use the knockout brew on the ishmin?

>>41487722
> Tell her everything.

Rolled 4 (1d6)

Looks like a tie between spilling the beans and asking why she would trust you. Odds former ,evens latter.

>>41487955
Where there's a will, there's a nobble. Beyond that I only meant to say I could feel the urge to nobble rising.

>>41488028
Oh come on just do both

>>41488080
No

>>41488080
We can tell her everything after hearing what she has to say

>>41488124
the fact that she doesn't know Tash is up to something is quite interesting, assuming its not misdirection.

Can't hurt to play the cards close to the chest though.

>>41488071
She has the constrictor strength, to dominate her we could use potence or just drug her. We could try to combine the snake oil with incense, so that we don't have to force feed her a knockout brew. That'll surely catch her off guard.
Although I think we should refrain from nobbling her for the time being.

>>41488324
Nobbling is the way forward, just need a good chance too.

> "How can you trust me with this? You only just met me a day or so ago."

No, something's not right here. Even if she's telling the truth about Tash, why would she trust you with this? You've only just met! And while you've undertaken some tests for her, none of them prove anything about trust.
"Hold on, we just met! How can you trust me to do something like this?"

"Trust is a strong word Cennen. But I guess you could just call it a hunch. I have faith in you."

Her words soothe your suspicions, calming you as you stare into her eyes. It's true, you realize with a giddy rush. She believes in you. And that makes you feel fantastic. Just the idea that she has faith in you, that she needs to be protected by you...
"And," she purrs, "When you succeed, I will reward you greatly. You can don the mask and stay by my side forever."

Your imagination is set alight. She believes in you, she trusts you. She wants you to stay by her side. The idea is incredibly alluring. To help her and to grow more potent under her tutelage, to become even closer to her than that...
She hasn't moved but your heart is beating a mile a minute as you consider her proposal.

Hiss would disapprove. That thought brings you down to earth. What the hell are you thinking? Why would you ever consider this appealing? But then again, Hiss isn't here and her hard-edged love seems so harsh compared to Tanni.

/'I compelled him to fall hopelessly in love with me'/
That's what she had said just a few minutes ago. Something is wrong.

> Agree and tell her everything.

> Agree but only so you can get out of this later.

> Disagree. She'll have to find a different reward.

> Disagree. You aren't doing this.

> Nobble her.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Pray

> Other

>>41488356
> Disagree. She'll have to find a different reward.
> Show your mark.
> "I'm afraid I can't don your mask, or anyone else's, save my Lady's."

>>41488456
m'snakelady's

>>41488356
>> Disagree. She'll have to find a different reward.
"Not interested. Don't try that again."

>>41488356
>Disagree. She'll have to find a different reward.

>>41488356
> Use Potion (Specify)
Love potion antidote?

>>41488356
>> Disagree. She'll have to find a different reward.
I don't want to become like Tash.
Also lets be careful about this, she has clearly got us well within her power.

>>41488356
> Disagree. She'll have to find a different reward.

>>41488356
>> Disagree. She'll have to find a different reward.

>>41488356
> Disagree. She'll have to find a different reward.
I'm still interested in helping you find out what Tash is planning though
> Show mark

>>41488356
>> Disagree. You aren't doing this.
>Laugh
>I may be a fool, but you must think me an idiot too. You are doing the to me what you did to Tash minutes after admitting it.

>>41488356
> Nobble her.

>>41488482
I assume you'll ship me my fedora priority overnight airmail?

>>41488816
Only if you tip

>>41488840
Oh, Anon... I like you.

> Disagree. She'll have to find a different reward.

You imagine just what Hiss' reaction to all of this would be and the scowling face conjured by your memories almost makes you laugh, breaking whatever enchantment she had placed you under. And really, what can Tanni offer you that compares.
"No thank you. Do not that try that again."

"Oh, was I too hasty?"
She doesn't seem too put off by your refusal.
"I suppose that if I possess any flaw at all, it tends to be a lack of patience. It's best when I get to speak with you everyday for weeks."

You're a little shocked about how candid she's being about her own attempts to strip you of your free will. You can't fault her for her honesty, you suppose.
...Unless that's what she wants you to think! But what if she wants you to think that and thus do the opposite? But what if she wants you think that she wants to think and so on and so on. Should you just act rude?

"In that case, I will give you gold. Or glass. Or whatever else you desire. Just tell me what you want and I'll pay it, if there's anything that interests you."

> "My freedom."

> "Gold is fine."

> "I want _____" (Specify)

> Other

>>41488947
>reveal mark
>Every piece of knowledge on the compact and these lands you have, oh also everything on Attaran, he's become a thorn in my mistress's side. Of course also letting me walk out of here after I pay Tash back for trying to get me killed to start a serpent war.

>>41488947
> "I want a favor"
We'll know what in the future.

>>41488947
>To nobble you

>>41488947
Freedom and protection for myself and my companions as well as gold and alchemy tools.

>>41488947
>Leave with friends

>>41488947
seconding
>>41489063

>>41488947
> "My freedom."
> Gold
> Glass
I'm hoping its feasible to carry a few parts of their alchemy set in our bag

Yo Ouro can you combine all of these to get us as much as we can get away with? Theres probably not gonna be a strong concensus.

>>41488947
> Reveal mark
> Alchemical equipment, my companions, and information on the compact.

>>41488947
also seconding >>41489063

>>41488947
> "My freedom."
I will serve you if I want to but my companions and I are not your property

>>41488947
>>41489121

>>41489391
>>41489036
Don't forget she's not bound to us. She can (and there's a significan't chance she will) turn back on her word. We're just a human for her. Right now we're useful, a novelty. But if we push it too much she might decide we're not worth the trouble.

>>41489536
I understand that, it's why the only thing of material value I asked for was alchemical equipment.

> "I want a favor"
> "Freedom."

"I want freedom for me and my companions. We may serve you if we choose but we are not your property."

"Really? And yet by asking me for your freedom, are you not admitting that I am your owner? And that thus you are property?"

Your face burns with sudden humiliation but this time you are protected by your knowledge that this is no natural emotion but one forced on you from the outside.
"Perhaps. But the offer stands."

"Granted," she says in a bored tone. "I don't know why you make such a big deal of it though. All humans are enslaved to something. Even if they don't know it."

"And one more thing! I'd like to request a favor, something I can ask of you at any time."

"Oh," she says playfully, "getting a little ahead of ourselves are we? And just what do you plan on using it for?"
Sudden images and ideas of what she must be like beneath the robes flash through your mind. To take what Tash had never been able to touch.
You shake your head. She's trying to make you waste it.

> Call in your favor immediately to help nobble her.

> Who cares if it's her idea? You might as well.

> Call in the favor for something else (Specify)

> "Then what do I need to know about my task?"

> Ask to see your companions right away.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>41489670
>I'll know it when I think of it.
> Ask to see your companions right away.
> "Then what do I need to know about my task?"

>>41489670
> Call in your favor immediately to help nobble her.

>>41489670
> "I don't know yet, I'll tell you when I do"
> "What do you want me to do, exactly?"

>>41489670
> Catch her up in your arms, as if you were enchanted with her
> Whisper "Caught you" into her ear.

>>41489670
> Call in your favor immediately to help nobble her.

>>41489798
>>41489670

This is a vote for knobbling, if it isn't clear.

>>41489822
>>41489743

Why waste the favour when we can do

>>41489798

>>41489670
>>41489733
This one.

>>41489670
"Stop it."
>> "Then what do I need to know about my task?"

>>41489670
Does catching snakes only count when they're in snake form? If so, ask to see her beautiful real form.

Then knobble away.

Pretty sure constrictors don't have a defense against that, especially when they don't even know about getting caught.

>>41489798
That's not how it works, we need to restrain her against her will. She could easily brush us off and fuck our shit.

>>41489877
One thing to keep in mind - this is an old constrictor.
It would not surprise me to learn that she's quite sizable, and thus difficult to nobble.

>>41489877
Nah it counts no matter what their form is

>>41489877
It doesn't we've caught both Hiss and Aash in human form.
And there's still her strength to consider. We caught Aash using alchemy, not overwhelming her.

>>41489670
> Call in your favor immediately to help nobble her.
Use the Hissbrew with our nonlethal venom if necessary

>>41490040
We can't use Hissbrew.

>>41490056
yes we can.

>>41490056
We can, but we might kill her.

>>41490085
Nope. We can make it so we only excrete our nonlethal venom.

>>41490074
>>41490085
It'd kill us too.

>>41490085
We do have antivenom

>>41489886
Wait, what about that knock-out drug that we promised to never brew for Hiss again?

Or we could get her to take a hot bath with us.

>>41490120
The snake-opium thing?

> Things Tash would kill for.

Hey, does Tash know about wishbonds?

>>41489798
Alright, looks like this is the winner.

You get out of your seat and move towards her, as if you were letting yourself be moved by the desires she'd just planted in your head. And by hell, you still feel them and perhaps that is why that when she looks at you approaching, she simply allows you to.

She stands to receive you and you throw your arms around her, feeling her form beneath the bulky robes. It's all you can do to restrain yourself as you brush a strand of hair aside to whisper into her ear.
"Caught you."

She tenses and you suddenly remember that she is probably exceedingly strong. Did the ideas she gave you cloud your mind after all? You're already jumping back when she whips her hand around, her palm brushing against you with enough force to send you flying back against the couch you had been sitting in. The couch topples, sending you to the ground as the two Ishmin draw their swords and advance!

A potion rolls out of your pack and into your hand.

> Use Potion on Ishmin (Specify)

> Use Potion on Tanni (Specify)

> Drink Potion (Specify)

> Flee

> Beg for mercy

> Pray

> Other

>>41490120
This might work, If we do end up trying to nobble her.
I'm still against it, though.

>>41490145
Nope we never told him about them. Wisdom for once.

>>41490145
I think it was a point in a previous thread that Tash should not, under any circumstances, learn about the wishbond

>>41490161
>> Drink Potion (Specify)
Potence,


Ouro there was one vote for that.

>>41490200
There were five for nobble

>>41490161
I think you miscounted again m8

>>41490200

Wait. Is this >>41489828 a vote for it or a vote clarifying it? Shit.

>>41490218
But only one for that retarded write in.

>>41490229
clarifying by the looks of it.
and the other "vote" was someone trying to change their minds.

>>41490229
seems like clarification

>>41490229
Clarifying, from the looks of it.

>>41490229
Either way, the total 'nobble' vote was the biggest vote faction and that was the most popular of the way suggested.

>>41490255
I assumed that using our favor would make it more feasible than just trying to hug her in front of her ishmin

>>41490255
there was literally one vote for it ouro.
>>41489828
Clarifying

>>41489846
Was trying to convince people.

>>41490161
> Drink Alteration Potion -> GO FULL DRAGON

>>41489733
>>41489757
>>41489860
>>41489864
against

>>41490040
>>41489877
>>41489822
>>41489743
>>41489798
for

nobble won

>>41490255
Saying we caught her was the worst possible thing to do in this situation

Alright damnit, I'm not letting myself fall for an accidental miscount AGAIN so soon after the last one. Consider that last update verboten. Gone. A look into an alternate timeline.
I've learned my lesson about trying to keep on with these things.

Writing for the nobble vote now instead.

>>41490255
So, uh, that didn't count as catching her?

Because if so then we should have used the favour to knobble her. I mean we were in the middle of discussing ways to do it.

>>41490040
>>41490120

>>41490296
And that was the most retarded way to nobble idiot.

>>41490337
thank you.

>>41490337
This is probably still gonna fail but maybe it will fail less spectacularly?

>>41490337
Maybe we need a vote time-limit now that the quest is getting somewhat popular?

Or not, it's your show and I ain't pouting.

>>41490337
Can we first discuss ways to do it?
>>41490120
This one was good

Why are we even trying to nobble her? We have our freedom and we can put an end to Tash's plans without doing so.

>>41490337
Okay, can we clarify just how we are going to use the favour to knobble her? Because I like the idea of asking her if we can show her our true value and brew up the potion that got Hiss right fucked up, and offer it as a trade deal.

>>41490391
I'm against nobbling, but we are free as long as she feels like it, and that might change once she hears Tash's version of the story

>>41490382
Yep, either we play it off as trying to impress her with our value as an ally that is more useful than as a slave, or we make her think we are succumbing to our charms.

Note to self, do not actually succumb to charms.

>>41490391
Wherever we go, Anon, we must Knobble. After Alchemy, it's the second thing we do in this world that we are meant to. We don't question why we Knobble, we do it because we are.

>>41490436
Better start preparing them sacrifices for the dice god.

>>41490161

> Use Potion on Tanni (Specify)
soulmender
Assuming I understand how this is supposed to work, that being it disconnects souls, if not then disregard

We can always get kinky and ask to tie her up bondage-style
This is a joke by the way

> Call in your favor immediately to help nobble her.

The path is clear to you. You need to take her out, to do what is now second nature to you. You are a Snakecatcher, are you not? You need neither rhyme nor reason to nobble snakes, it is simply what you DO.

But how best to go about it? Those two Ishmin are going to be a problem. Sure, you could tell Tanni to make them stand down after you take her but they might cut you down before that.
How to best use you favor?

> Act as if you are succumbing to her charms and tell her that you want to bathe with her.

> Ask her for the chance to prove your true alchemical value and brew something up for her(Specify)

> Tell her that you wish to be alone with her.

> Drink a Potence potion and go hog wild.

> Other (Suggest own tactic etc)

>>41490507
> Act as if you are succumbing to her charms and tell her that you want to bathe with her.

>>41490494
I, uh, I don't think that will do much about the suddenly very angry big constrictor and her guards that we're stuck in the room with.

I suppose we could challenge her to a game of tag, playing it off as a game played between men and women in our home village. Just to see if we can catch her, of course.

If she's dead set on flirting, she might not try to get away as hard as she usually might.

She seems to like games quite a bit, at least.

>>41490381
You may be right.

>>41490382
Don't worry, all the ways of nobbling are open to discussion.

>>41490391
Cennen has nobbled snakes accidentally before. Wherever he is he must also nobble.

>>41490507
> Act as if you are succumbing to her charms and tell her that you want to bathe with her.
While bathing, activate a brew with the water and snake scales to make snake oil.

>>41490507
>> Act as if you are succumbing to her charms and tell her that you want to bathe with her.

Safest

> Ask her for the chance to prove your true alchemical value and brew something up for her(Specify)

Most impressive. Also, since she can apparently detect brews somewhat just by smelling them she might be extra willing to drink it. Just think of cookies and opium all wrapped up in a nice package.

Get her to try a little sip, and tell her that she'll be able to sell the crap out of it to other snakes and use it to curry favours in the courts if she's the only one who knows how to make it.

So,

> Ask her for the chance to prove your true alchemical value and brew something up for her(Specify)

has my vote.

>>41490507
>> Act as if you are succumbing to her charms and tell her that you want to bathe with her.

>>41490578
Oh shit that's pretty smart. This. Do we have snake scales or hiss hair in our bag for brews? Or we could use whatever skin cells Tanni releases into the bath to make it. We almost tried that on hiss once.

>>41490555
>Wherever he is he must also nobble.

Yep, gonna try and get a drawthread to do a pick of an African Cennan quoting this while holding a blushing snake.

Changing >>41490599
to this

>>41490578

Holy fuck that's clever.

>>41490599
She's not going to fall for that. She knows we can make potions that mess with the will.

>>41490507
I like that
>>41490599
has some plausible deniability built into it, and so that option also has my vote

>>41490627
We have extra hiss scale yes.

> 35.-Shed Snakeskin: Acquired from Hiss. Just a spare you have sitting around.

>>41490578
This. Idk if we should sneak our own snake scales in or just ask her to actually wash herself in the bath first.

So, Ouro, where does Cennen stand regarding older, experienced snakes?

>>41490641
Dude, I changed my vote. Do I gotta delete that shit for you?

>>41490507

Yeah?

>>41490693
Hadn't seen it, sorry.

>>41490692
In what fashion.

Anyway, calling the votes in favor of the bath as part of my new 'actually tell people about when I stop accepting votes' initiative.

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>>41490752
> For you, I've stepped back into the world of MS Paint. I swore I would never go back, not after last time. But you deserve this.

>>41490864
>Knobble
it's nobble m8
also I never knew that cennen was a pirate

>>41490901
I use the British spelling, thank you very much. We speak proper English up here in Canada land.

>>41490901
> Not recognizing Baldrick, the best Batman ever.

GTFO faggot.

>>41490864

> Checks spelling online

Oh fuck off.

Uh, I mean for >>41491034 to be that
It's because Cennen is doing it with his dick.

>>41490901
>pirate
Shame on you, sir. I bet you've never had a cunning plan in your life.

>>41491107
I'm just a filthy american who doesn't care for blackadder

>>41491107
Well, we do come up with cunning plans. And Baldrick was surprisingly apt at knobbling. And he did serve a cruel, amoral Black Adder who nonetheless had a torrid physical affair with him. A love that could not be spoken of, but from time to time he would reach out and hold his hand .

I guess Aash could be Percy, foppish noble with no real sense at all. Oster could be played by Hugh Laurie.

>Bathtime

"Uh, actually...I would like very much to bathe with you."
You drop your eyes and hope that she mistakes you for still being driven by the desires that she had planted into your mind. And they are still there and she seems to see them because she does not refuse.

Instead she laughs.
"You're a little predictable, aren't you? But that is absolutely one favor I can grant. Follow."

She rises from her seat, the two brightly-colored Ishmin falling in behind her. You follow her, this time without the blindfold as she seems sure that she has you under her power.
It is only a short journey to the bath chamber, a low room set in stone, with a wide shallow pit filled with water dominating the room. Steam is everywhere, braziers filled with rocks filling the room with an almost oppressive heat.
"I will enter first, if you find it pleasing. And do not worry, I have spent entire summers in the Ti. Heat does not lay me low."

Tanni takes a step into the water, still entirely clothed. There is a tone of mischief in her voice when she speaks again.
"I hope you don't mind if I slip into something more comfortable..."

"Uh-"

She doesn't disrobe. Not as such. Instead she discards her entire body. And what coils out is gigantic, an emerald green serpent with a mouth bigger than your head and a width nearly wider than your waist.
The steam obscures your vision, causing coils to loop back down into the darkness but she has to be at least thirty feet long. And nearly all of that is pure muscle.
The snake hisses, revealing its mouth to be filled with backwards saw-teeth. There are no fangs, no poison but this thing could kill you just as easily.

> Get in the bath.

> Activate the water now. It's a lot of it though...

> Stammer out something and leave.

> Other

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>>41491191
> YFW you realize you're playing Baldrick.

Sorry, I have not the dank memes so . . . .

>>41491256
> Get in the bath.

>>41491256
> Get in the bath.
BATHE HER CENNEN
WE NEED MORE SCALES IN THIS BATH

>>41491256
>> Get in the bath.

It might not lay her low, but I bet it relaxes her.

Can we slowly change the water? Cup it in our hands and run it over her as we do so?

> Engage fearboner.

>>41490864
kek.

Cennen does often find himself with a surfeit of Cunning Plans, it is true.

>>41491191
...you magnificent anon. I'm going to be hearing their voices all through the quest, now.
Does this mean Tash is Melchett?

>>41491256
>> Activate the water now. It's a lot of it though...

>>41491323
To clarify, I mean cup some water and scales in our hands and activate that water so it's not suddenly a giant fucking bathtub of snake opium causing an overdose.

Even better if we can get some soap or bubbles and shit to help hide what we're doing.

>>41491256
> Get in the bath.
Holy shit this snake...
>>41491354
Actually, considering how big she is, this might be a good idea.

>>41491322
Haha this
inb4 hiss somehow stumbles across this scene

>>41491256
>>41491354

Please get in and start soaping up the lady snake.

I guess we also have the option of poisoning her with our weak knockout poison. But that seems riskier than the opium.

>>41491256
> Get in the bath.
Gotta be subtle as fuck. If this fails I still want to work with her

>>41491256


> Activate the water now. It's a lot of it though...

also try and make sure the pack is within reach if we need it.

>>41491256
> Get in the bath.
Cennen has balls of steel.

>>41491322
kek this reminds me of kangoku gakuen
doing lewd things to further our mission

>>41491521
that manga is 2lewd4me

>>41491330
Hey man, could I get an answer on if we can try to do >>41491354? Or maybe there's a cleansing bucket around for when you step out of the bath, or a dish for soap or something?

I mean, that way we can use our slight of hand skills to just make more until she seems appropriately dopey. We can get her to change back, and THEN nobble her right as she falls asleep.

> Get in the bath.

Well, what else can you do? Back down now? Of course not. You know that she's mocking you, she thinks that you wanted to bathe with her human form. And that is more or less true. But that doesn't mean you can let her scare you.
You ARE considerably less excited than you were before however.

You step into the bath, discovering with some surprise that despite the heat in the air, the water itself is tepid. The bath itself seems ill-suited for humans, being a bit too shallow even if you were sitting down. That and the fact that it is huge, almost twenty feet across tells you that it's made for the convenience of Tanni's true form before anything else.
You take your clothes off before venturing further, not sure how to go about this. What do you even do here?

Tanni is everywhere, the giant snake's body practically circumnavigating the pool. You pick your way past her as best you can, her coils bumping up against your legs.
Soap...is there any soap? You'd like there to be some for your plan to work. But there doesn't seem to be any.

Of course there isn't any soap. You curse your own ignorance. What would a snake need with such a thing? Their human forms are always as clean and perfect as they desire, you know that from long experience travelling with Hiss. There's no scrubbing brush either.

Alright. You're in the bath. You're in the bath with a giant snake. Your enthusiasm is rapidly draining to nothing. What do you do?

> Continue the plan. If there's no scrubbing brush you'll just have to improvise.

> Try to run some water over her, activating each handful as you do so.

> Try to activate the whole thing.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> If you mess this up, the snake wouldn't even need to do anything to kill you, they could just tighten their coils. Flee.

> Other

>>41491619
> Giant snake passes out on you in the bath.

> You have to strain frantically, bobbing down beneath the water to rest before pressing up with all your weight desperate to get your nose back above water to grab another breath.

> Pray like mad.

> Hiss comes to save the day, waits until you're almost dead having caught you in Flagrante Delicto

> Realize you could have just wished for Tanni to wake up and get you off, er, get off you.

>>41491766
> Continue the plan. If there's no scrubbing brush you'll just have to improvise.

>>41491766
Why is use potion still an option? Are we wearing our bag?

>>41491766
>> Continue the plan. If there's no scrubbing brush you'll just have to improvise.

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>>41491766
So dead.

>>41491766
> Continue the plan. If there's no scrubbing brush you'll just have to improvise.
> Try to run some water over her, activating each handful as you do so.

>>41491770
Whyboner.jpg

Seriously, this isn't even a fetish wtf.

>>41491766
>>41491817
worst comes to worst we get scrunched. Probably she doesn't murder us because she wants us for something but our leeway could decrease massively.
I'm so tempted by flight, however

> Continue the plan. If there's no scrubbing brush you'll just have to improvise.
but by god keep that pack nearby if at all possible

>>41491766
Dude, why don't we just use our words and ask if she'd like us to wash her with scented oils, or rub her down or anything.

After all, just because we can't be her slave doesn't mean we can't serve her.

>>41491766
>> Continue the plan. If there's no scrubbing brush you'll just have to improvise.
we shouldn't activate the solution yet we need to build up a critical mass of snake scales in the water

>>41491766
>>41491941
yeah i'll add this to my vote
>>41491912

>>41491766
>> Try to activate the whole thing.
Heavy risk.

>>41491766
I'm at a loss here...
> Continue the plan. If there's no scrubbing brush you'll just have to improvise.
> Try to activate the whole thing.
Gradually

>>41491766
Deleting my post and changing vote to

> Continue the plan. If there's no scrubbing brush you'll just have to improvise.

+

>>41491941

I mean, we aren't actually an autist in this game despite what we are like IRL.

>>41491982
But the priiiiiiize

>>41491766
> Continue the plan. If there's no scrubbing brush you'll just have to improvise.
Rub all over her with your hands and constantly secrete nonlethal venom into the bath. It'll probably still make a snake knockout brew if combined with snake scales

>>41491876
Nah you're just keeping the pack at the edge of the bath and you're not in immediate danger so it's pretty easy to jump back and grab something.

>>41491766
> Thank her for changing and tell her that this intimacy is even better than sex.

Just kidding. But seriously we should still start complimenting her as well. She's so big, she must be a very strong snake indeed, very high ranked. And such beautiful scales, such a bright and vivid pattern. Truly the Creator couldn't have meant these forms as a curse, but as something to grow to appreciate.

IDK about that last one.

Whatever we do we need to make sure she doesn't see our brand

>>41492028
So, compliment her a bit, start rubbing her down as per >>41492027 and when she seems kind of dopey start talking about Tash and then ask if she would like to change back so that she can ask any questions she might have about him. Try to avoid getting our soul bit, as it bites right back and these snakes venerate the spirits.

>>41492205
She can't talk when she's a snake

>>41492051
I think that revealing our experience with snakes is a bad plan

>>41492218
> then ask if she would like to change back

>>41492288
Yeah, that's why I wasn't sure about it.

>> Continue the plan. If there's no scrubbing brush you'll just have to improvise.

You keep going forward, doing your best to hide your branded hand. You can't let her see that, not yet. And you keep on walking, stepping past lengths of snake until she surrounds you. Can you truly be surrounded by just one creature? Apparently so, provided that they're fucking huge.
"Uh, do you want any help? To rub you down or wash you in some oils or something?"

Tanni's huge head breaks the water just long enough to hiss derisively. Of course, she can't speak with you right now. She doesn't seem to want anything either.
Well if you don't have a scrubbing brush, you guess you'll make do with your hands.

You reach out and tentatively grasp a coil that slides past you, the casual movement nearly knocking you off your feet as it almost drags you with it. You wrap your hands around it, feeling muscles beneath the scales tense and contract as you begin to scratch. You run your hands down the length, scratching at the scales.
"You're, ah, um, very beautiful. Very strong. Very big."

Whatever it is, she seems to like it or at least tolerate it so you continue on, moving from one coil to another as you see fit. And as you rub and scratch, more loose skin sloughs off and makes the alchemical qualities of the pool stronger and stronger.

And while she might be immune to being heatstruck, this much warmth does seem to be loosening Tanni up a bit as she starts to become playful.
This is not a good thing.

It starts as a playful shove from the side, one with enough strength to bowl you over and send you facedown into the water. You try to get up, water filling your mouths only for one of her coils to be in the way! She's impossibly heavy and you almost can't escape, breaking the surface with your lungs begging for air.
1/2

>>41492380
The snake leaves you to your impromptu massage for a few minutes after that before coming back around, her mouth gently swallowing up your right arm entirely to the shoulder. You can feel her teeth scrape against your skin, each tooth large enough to be a dagger. After a few long terrifying seconds she lets go.
You might not die here but the chances of you taking some sort of injury as the snake becomes increasingly frisky seems alarmingly high.

> Keep to it!

> Activate the water now, surely that'll be enough.

> Ask her to stop.

> Slap her on the nose the next time she tries something.

> Other

>>41492458
>> Activate the water now, surely that'll be enough.

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>>41492458
> Activate the water now, surely that'll be enough.

>>41492458
> Activate the water now, surely that'll be enough.
Damnit cennen, you had the perfect chance to use your nonlethal venom on her!

>>41492458
>> Keep to it!

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>>41492458
>> Keep to it!

Not because it's my fetish or anything . heh . heh

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>>41492458
>her mouth gently swallowing up your right arm entirely to the shoulder.
Aaaaand there's the childhood trauma. I'm out for the night.
>> Activate the water now, surely that'll be enough.

>>41492518
wasn't the brand on our right hand? It's a good idea , though we'd risk getting our arm bit off

>>41492458
> Keep to it!

Balls. Of. Steel. Besides, we can always guzzle healing potions.

>>41492621
Our blood would fuck up the brew!

>>41492458
> Activate the water now, surely that'll be enough.

>>41492458
> Activate the water now, surely that'll be enough.

>>41492458
> Activate the water now, surely that'll be enough.
I'm scared ouro
Man I hope Hiss is doing something that isn't super dangerous

>>41492458
> Activate the water now, surely that'll be enough.
Even if it isn't, it should slow her down. Enough to prepare the rest of the potion.

>>41492458
> Keep to it!
Move towards the cloaca end

Remember those disapproval senses Hiss developed last thread? Surely they must be tingling.

>>41492735
Damn it anon. You just had to make it even weirder didn't you?

>>41492751
"Hello, Cennen... I know, what you did..."

>>41492751
I hope this Nobbling is worth it.

>>41492780
More or less what I'm expecting to happen. Jealous Hiss Raid Boss.

>>41492458
>her mouth gently swallowing up your right arm entirely to the shoulder
kek that reminds me of this chick who always put my finger in her mouth when we were getting freaky

>>41492795
we definitely need to think about what we want to do with it. I don't think the compulsion can stop her from telling her minions to just murder us. I bet a serpent this old will be pissed

>>41492795
It is always worth Nobbling

>>41492836
if anyone tries to murder us they'll be murdered by her

>>41492795
It already is, Anon. It already is.

>>41492836

The compulsion not only keeps them from harming us, but compels them to protect us from harm.

So no, no it will not allow her to take any action that has intent to kill/harm us.

Also, wishes.

>>41492836
She'd be compelled to kill them though, and if she failed her soul gets torn to pieces.

> Activate the water now, surely that'll be enough.

Oh no, hell no. You can't keep going. This is getting fucked up. What if she had bitten down while your arm was in there? How many heal-alls would THAT take?
This is way too dangerous. You have to do it now. Now!

You reach into the water and start stirring, doing your best to will the entire thing into one giant Snake Oil concoction. The water clouds and then begins to disappear, the water level going down as you set alchemical processes into play.
A sudden gush of steam announces the brew and Tanni reacts immediately, the giant snake going limp, her head falling to the edge of the pool.
She's alive, just unconscious. And you don't know for how long.

Now here's an even weirder problem. How are you supposed to 'capture' something this huge? With Hiss you could just pick her up but you can't even move Tanni's head, let alone the rest of the snake. You can't exactly tie her up either.
What are you supposed to do now?

> Just put your clothes on and flee. You don't need to nobble her, you can just this time to escape with your friends.

> Devise a nobbling method (Specify)

> Use a potion (Specify)

> Pray, since Tanni should no longer be able to hear it.

> Other

>She knows about Nobbling knows all the loopholes

>>41492884
> Use a potion (Specify)
Make her drink one of eugene's potions to shrink her and then tie her up.

>>41492884
> Use a potion (Specify)
Potence
Then lift her out and tie her up in a knot.

>>41492884
> Potence!

> + Eugene's Shrink potion!

>>41492884
>>41492943
This could work. We don't even need to tie her up, just drop her in an empty bottle.

>>41492943
>>41492993
>>41493018
Why don't we try potence first? She might hold an eternal grudge for the soul morphing bit.

>>41492884
> Devise a nobbling method (Specify)
Nonlethal venom to make sure she stays unconscious
Eugene's potion to shrink her
Potence if she's still too big
Tie her up/stuff her in the bag if she's small enough

>>41492884
What does Shapestealer brew do again?

>>41492884
> Use a potion (Specify)
shape steal, switch her into our form, then tie up, have knockout ready to deal with ishmin

>>41493027
She'll never know she's actually a plant

>>41492884
What if we used the alteration brew to turn into a larger snake and overpower her?

>>41493056
Alteration is only human forms.

>>41493052
>Assuming
I really rather not take the change since a potence puts us at Hiss strength as is actually replicable.

>>41493056
Or a giant mongoose

Everyone check this pastebin if you're wondering what brews do
http://pastebin.com/hcK81hKL

>>41493033
This

>>41493035
Lets you assume the shape of something that's also drunk from the bottle.

>>41493056
Alteration only lets you change superficial details. Actual big transformations like that require a shapeshifting brew.

>>41493086
>>41493122

right, shapestealer, then

>>41493039
She would be a human if we used shapestealer on her, it wouldn't count.

>>41493144
Still have a snake soul. Or we could use potence to hoist her and it'd be no issue.

>>41493033
Seconding this

>>41493163
Don't you remember how we became a true snake after using that? She would become a normal human and it wouldn't count.

Why are you guys wasting an irreplaceable potion? We don't need to use Eugene's stuff and we can't replace it. We can replace potence and use it to nobble her.

>>41493201
We got some of her powers? just ty her up and dispel it with the soulmender.

>>41492884
> Pray, since Tanni should no longer be able to hear it.

First time SCQ has hit the bump limit I believe. Nice.
Anyway looks like Eugene's potion is in the lead. Writan'

>>41493144
its an interesting question of metaphysics, but i believe we've snakecaught hiss in human form. Now whether this counts as the same thing, given she's not being transformed by her own magic is an interesting question. Eugene's potion might be the safer option, but then again we have no idea what plant status will result in for her. That being said ill stick to my vote and see how it splits

I will laugh if we can't capture her for bond because her soul no longer reads as snake.