>>41735966

You head over to where Roger’s letting off steam. Or... whatever. You can feel a knotted kind of tension within him as you approach, but you’ve felt worse in people. “So...” you say, trailing off.

Roger wipes his nose and hurries to get back on his feet, though his breathing is still belabored from the effort of banishing your masked attacker. “It won’t bother anyone again today,” he says, averting his eyes so he doesn’t have to look you in the face. “You said you wanted some sage landmaster wisdom over the phone? I didn’t really understand the texts you sent after midnight.”

>I thought it’d be more of a back and forth. We’ll get all collaborative up in this.
>We probably shouldn’t hang around all these dead Mermenes. I don’t know about you, but I’m trying to stay off the magic cop radar.
>Wow. You’re pretty good at pretending like we didn’t just get straight up attacked by the boogie man.
>So what the hell was that all about? This thing’s after you? Why is it after you? And how the hell did it know my name?
>The King in Yellow is way hot and bothered over you. You beat him at Checkers or shoot his dog or something?
>Wyatt and Nemo do a pretty good job covering for you. You shouldn’t be so paranoid about them screwing up.
>Other (?)

>>41735975
>Wow. You’re pretty good at pretending like we didn’t just get straight up attacked by the boogie man.
>We probably shouldn’t hang around all these dead Mermenes. I don’t know about you, but I’m trying to stay off the magic cop radar.
>I thought it’d be more of a back and forth. We’ll get all collaborative up in this.

>>41735975
>Wow. You’re pretty good at pretending like we didn’t just get straight up attacked by the boogie man.
>The King in Yellow is way hot and bothered over you. You beat him at Checkers or shoot his dog or something?

More Hellborn already? Fuck yeah.

>>41735975

>>I thought it’d be more of a back and forth. We’ll get all collaborative up in this.
>>Wyatt and Nemo do a pretty good job covering for you. You shouldn’t be so paranoid about them screwing up.

>>41735975
>>We probably shouldn’t hang around all these dead Mermenes. I don’t know about you, but I’m trying to stay off the magic cop radar.
>I thought it’d be more of a back and forth. We’ll get all collaborative up in this.

>>41735975
>Thin Mint knew me, apparently. What's the deal with it?
>The King in Yellow is way hot and bothered over you. You beat him at Checkers or shoot his dog or something?
>Wyatt and Nemo do a pretty good job covering for you. You shouldn’t be so paranoid about them screwing up.

And let's ask what the squid thing was. It looked really shadowy. I'm interested.

>>41736127
>>Thin Mint knew me, apparently. What's the deal with it?
Or maybe something more like
>Any idea why that thing would know me? Cause I sure as hell didn't even know it existed before today.

>>41735975
>I thought it’d be more of a back and forth. We’ll get all collaborative up in this.
>Wyatt and Nemo do a pretty good job covering for you. You shouldn’t be so paranoid about them screwing up.

>>41735966
>57 minutes ago
WHY DIDN'T I SEE THIS EARLIER

You decide to humor Roger’s sudden shift in topic. You’ll even look over him lambasting your texting abilites. “I thought it could be more of a back and forth,” you say. “We’ll share tricks and trade secrets, you know, get all collaborative up in this.”

Roger gives you a once over. “You do look like you’ve picked up a couple wells since last time,” he says.

“You calling me fat?” you ask. You can’t help it. It’s not even funny anymore, but it is tradition. “Seriously though. It’s not all biscuits and gravy in the sunshine kingdom.”

“How so?” he asks.

“Well, I’m kind of on this vision quest right now to get as many landwells across America as possible –“

He straightens up a bit at mention of that. “Really. Have you found any so far?”

“Several,” you say, cryptically. “But I’m kind of not really getting the whole landwell deal from new wells. You know, like all the power or all the badass landwell perks.”

“Out of the ones you’ve found, how many have you claimed already?” he asks.

You decide to be chancy. “Four,” you say.

Roger chuckles, weakly. “How long have you been on this trip?”

“Still week one,” you say. “Most is coming up though, hopefully.”

“You claimed four wells in less than a week,” he says, a confused look on his face.

You shrug. “I mean, I was probably passing some up, but I’m kind of going for strategic positioning or ease of locating right now.”

Roger shakes his head. “You don’t just claim four wells in a few days,” he says flatly. “If you’re serious, then... forget the power. I’m impressed you’re not in a coma.”

That catches you off guard. “Excuse me?”

“A physical body, human or not, can only take so much change at a time,” says Roger. “You need to give yourself time to acclimate to increases in power, or you can end up smothering yourself.”

You look yourself over. “I don’t feel smothered,” you say.

>>41737008

“And that’s not normal,” he replies. “Frankly... it’s a little bizarre.”

“Wow,” you say. “You’re pretty good at pretending like you weren’t just straight up attacked by the boogieman two seconds ago. And you’re calling me weird?”

“It’s that kind of life,” Roger says, fatigue in his voice.

“Now we’re mentioning it, your best bud knew me, apparently,” you say.

“So your name is Beckhoff,” Roger says.

“Last name,” you say, brushing your hair out of your eyes so you can keep closer watch on him.

Roger grows pensive. “Is your dad’s name David?”

You figure it’s obvious enough it’s not worth beating around the bush. “Pretty much,” you say, now curious. “You’ve... heard of him?”

Roger furrows his brow. “I think your dad knew my dad,” he says, carefully. “But... we’ve got to get out of here. Too many deep dead spoil the broth.” He nods over at the Mermene corpses hacked and strewn all over the place.

“Uh. Right,” you say, remembering where you are. “Probably best to fly under the magic cop radar.”

“Definitely.” Roger whistles and waves for his friends to follow, and starts trekking toward the edge of the park.

Within a couple minutes, you leave all smells and scenes of carnage behind. Now only peaceful redwoods and shrubs surround you.

>Say stuff (?)
>Other (?)

>>41737042
>>Say stuff (?)
"So how long does one usually acclimatize to one landwell?"

>>41737042
>Say stuff (?)
"So would it help that my body isn't strictly physical? I mean, I kinda just thought the sprite a couple wells back was mooching."

>>41737042
>>Say stuff (?)
So what did your dad do? I have no clue about mine.

>>41737042
A few things I wanted to mention.
>So about that shadowoctopuss... What's up with it? As far as I can tell, summons are related to the person who summoned them.
>Mention the well sprite thing. He ever seen anything like that?
>Ask if our body being not strictly speaking physical, at least half of it, would have something to do with the well tolerance? Or maybe that we tend to grow/change every time we claim one (don't have to tell him we're a demon right now, but he already knows we ain't human so saying that much can't hurt)

>>41737042
Let's run Harvey's theory by him, see what he thinks.

We should probably work a question about our sprite into this somewhere too.

>>41737042
>>Say stuff (?)
"Did anyone bring anything to eat? Who's in charge of catering?"
Also
"Sorry for stealing your shoes. You're not getting them back though,"

>>41737042
>>41737096
+1

How come we don't just tell him we are Hellborn? Rowan is already known to be part angel so we can't be all bad.

>>41737042
>Say stuff (?)
"Would being Hellborn affect how many landwells I can claim before passing out?"

>>41737139
>shadowoctopus

>not shadoctopus

>>41737042
>>41737205
+1

>>41737205
He already knows our father was David Beckoff, I'm pretty sure he can connect the dots from there.

>>41737042
>I could totally handle, like, twice as many wells in half as much time. Or three times. Yeah. Probably. You sure about that coma thing? 'Cause I feel great.
>Wait. Why would I have to acclimate to these wells at all? The first few I got was full power right out the gate, no problemos.

Rancheria Falls was the well we got the wings from, right?

>>41737205
For one, if word gets out that Isaac is harboring a hellborn, people might lose trust in him, come investigate what else he has been hiding and then everyone will end up in the demon registry.

>>41737243
You mean like crusty gravekeeper did? The guy was a friend of David and he didn't know about demon side.

>>41737285
We don't know whether or not graveman knew, he just never mentioned it.

>>41737285
I don't think he'll talk about it

>>41737042
>Say stuff (?)
>So, I already knew I was awesome and super tough, but you're telling me I'm even awesomer than that.
>How long will it take?

>>41737205
I'd rather put the vote to reveal our nature to Final Destination vote so there won't be any issue with what we go with.

>>41737042
>Say stuff (?)
Would not being human affect how manywells i'm able to claim?

>>41737336
I'm fine with that. Hell (heh) he knows we have a hellhound at our call.

>>41737327
>>41737309
After spesifically saying we knew nothing of our dad and asking for any information on him? I call unlikely.

>>41737042
>Say stuff (?)
"What do you know about Isaac Hallow? Your friends told me that he put a crossbow through King Fishman's eye, but then they got all squirrelly and clammed up."

>>41737270
It was in Redwood National Park. It's not listed in the Char sheet yet.

Rancheria Falls was where we got the ashwight and let our summons play in the lake.

>>41737405
Well that's weird. We have the wings on there and not the well they came from. Languid should really put it on the sheet.

>>41737393
*crossbow bolt.

>>41737364
These guys told us what they were. They seem pretty trustworthy. Plus it's good to have allies you can call when shit goes down. We can't be paranoid forever, especially if we ever wanna be Imperiate. Rodgers group seems like a nice powerful group to give a call to in case of emergency, and we can't do that if we don't tell them what we are.

>>41737434
We still don't know what Roger himself is thou.

>>41737465
He seemed ready to reveal himself though. We're just too public right now

>>41737465
He's a Canadian.

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>>41737481
Right file this time.

>>41737205
Are you fukken crazy

>>41737763
Probably. Why don't you tell me why I am.

>>41737778
>"Hey, you know those unstable, psychopathic spawns of hell that like to spend most of their time killing people and/or going insane? Yeah, I'm one of them."
>"Oh, and my dad is sort of obligated to off me, but he's cool about it. His pals would probably get pissed though."
>"Anyway, why don't you tell me all your secrets so I can become even stronger?"

>>41737901
Das racist.

>>41737763
Take what you know about demons and take what you know about Hellborns minus the "hey, they're actually people" if a bit prone to undiscriminate violence, blend it through popular wisdom and the fact that demonbane is not seen as an insult, and then think a little more about revealing to a guy who trust us as far as he can throw his shoe who we are.

These guys seem pretty reasonable. I trust Roger.

Yall need to stop being such overly paranoid fucks. /tg/ is always like this.

>>41737998
/tg/ cannot into trust

>>41737998
What are you smoking?

>>41738120
Tobacco.

>>41737998
Just roll with it. It's gonna be like every other Hellborn quest reveal where we pussyfoot around it for 5 threads and then it turns out to not be anywhere near as big a deal as people acted like it was gonna be.

>>41737998
>These guys seem pretty reasonable.
Doesn't mean they're okay about demons.

>>41738185
True, we've been through this like 4 times already huh.

>>41738201
Seem pretty chill about Hellhounds. One of them already commented on how we got this demon and angel motif with Ro. Like fuck man its not a big deal.

>>41738201
Demons are people. I seriously doubt everyone has bought into the whole angels propaganda. Especially the powerful magical community.

Remember the satyrs we had dealings with? They had no problem with it.

Buh buh guys, Wyatt is clearly an angel which means he wants to murder us for sure! No other explanation ever ever.

>>41738225
>>41738236
I wash my hands off this.

Why not tell everyone we went full on murderhobo too, uh?

>>41738201
>implying everyone falls for the lies of elitist angels

>>41738236
>Remember the satyrs we had dealings with?
Those were demons.

>>41738249
Hey you can say 'I told you so' if it makes you feel better anon.

>>41738255
Which lies?

>>41738249
Because that was actually a bad thing. Being something is not a bad thing.

>>41738263
satyrs =/= demons

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>>41738249
>Claims to leave the conversation
>Doesn't

>>41738272
>Being something is not a bad thing.
Except when being something implies bad things, both because of the culture (demons are murderhobos) and because of nature (see: Sierra).

>>41738270
demon/hellborn = evil

Fuck look at the crowthers. Demons have as much potential for good or bad as any other species. Just a bit more on the violent side due to the environment they evolved from.

I'm sure there's some fucked up angels.

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>>41738272
>satyrs =/= demons
In this setting they are. Nymphicians (or however you spell it, I can never get it right) are goat-people demons and their powerset is based around stealing other powers from other people. They have an easier time if they're engaged in sex or other close shit with the person they're powerstealing from.

>>41738236
>Remember the satyrs we had dealings with?
Nope.

>>41738302
>I'm sure there's some fucked up angels.
Like Satt.

You’re curious about what Roger might know about your dad, but your dad’s been gone forever. Your immediate concerns gravitate more to how to fix problems in the here and now, namely, the problems you’ve been having with your wells.

"Would it help if I wasn’t really set in stone from a physical standpoint?” you ask. “I mean, there was this sprite mooching off one of the wells I claimed and I thought it was stealing my thunder or something. “

“Once you’ve got a node, you control the power in it,” Roger says. “And what do you mean by not being set in stone?”

“Well. I’m not a hundred percent ‘physical’ physical, I guess. Maybe the extra power has room to expand without me exploding?”

“That could be, depending,” he replies.

“Plus whenever I claim wells, stuff about me kind of changes a little bit. Or more than a little. I mean, I’ve never really had an issue with sucking down landwells. It’s pretty intense for like, a few minutes, but it always passes.”

Roger nods, a little more involved than he was a moment ago. “I’ve heard about that happening.”

Except you can tell by his feelings on the subject that he’s talking about something more personal than an acquaintance. “You mean with you,” you say.

“That’s not what I meant,” he says, cautious.

“Whatever, man,” you say. If he wants to be all secretive, that’s his deal. “So what’s the deal with your octopus? Shadow octopus? Shadoctopus? As far as I’ve seen, summons are related to whoever’s summoning them.” Sattler’s landmaster had a huge moose. Hugo the landmaster had his ram and cougar and eagle thing. Both were straight mortal, probably. Roger’s octopus... well it wasn’t exactly an octopus.

“Landmasters summon animals because that’s what most landmasters understand instinctively,” says Roger. “Summons are personifications of your own comprehension of power or your will. There’s nothing stopping you or me from summoning figments of imagination.”

>>41738306
That should get you tax exempt status for your public service.

>>41738296
Not everyone are assumptive assholes.

>>41738311
nymphicans are not satyrs. Satyrs are a race native to Earth.

>>41738328
We had to go intimidate them for wally. We brought along priest dude.

>>41738330

“So that thing is a figment of your imagination?” you ask, not buying it for a second.

“Just as much as your hellhounds are,” says Roger.

You reach the street, with the occasional car driving past. Vancouver’s not as busy as San Fransisco is. Maybe it’s the fact there’s more room to spread around.

“Let’s shelve the big talk and take a power break for lunch,” you say.

Roger nods. “That’s not a bad idea.”

You wind up dining out at some hole in the wall Chinese all you can eat buffet. You like hole in the wall establishments though, and you like Chinese, so it’s a win win.

Everybody seems to be getting along for the most part, but there’s a kind of awkward secretive atmosphere going on the whole time that kind of makes you set your teeth on edge. You and Roger wind up being probably the least talkative out of the table, with even Moriah getting drawn into magic discussion amongst everybody more than you.

Honestly, magic’s kind of over your head. You know enough to read, but that doesn’t mean you know any of the words.

You’re left pushing sauce-soaked rice around your plate with a fork, while Xanissil goes on a huge tirade against flight-capable persons, much to the chagrin of Nemo and Rowan. The others in the restaurant give you and your party a wide berth, afraid that whatever fantastic delusions you’re suffering through are contagious.

Once the check’s paid, Roger stands and heads outside on the excuse of grabbing fresh air. You’ve kind of been waiting for a chance to continue your previous conversation away from prying ears, so you excuse yourself in turn and beat him outside by cutting corners.

Vancouver’s downtown towers up in the distance, compact, efficient, and glowing with light. It’s a different kind of sprawl than what you’re used to. Everything’s new and optimistic.

>>41738249
Ok, fine. We don't tell him we're hellborn. And then he won't know.
I mean we only summoned a ton of demonic critters right in front of him, told his friends about our hellhound, and admitted to being David Beckoff's daughter.

No reason at all to think that he might figure out we have demonic ancestry.

>>41738351

The street you’re on is well lit, with numerous groups of people walking to and fro. Despite the warmth left over from the day, there’s still that chilly seaside wind that you’re familiar with. Guess some things don’t really change no matter where you are on the coast.

Roger is only briefly taken aback by you already being outside when he comes out the door to wait on the others.

“Surprise,” you say lamely, leaning against the wall

Roger settles down on a nearby bench. “I’ve seen better,” he remarks.

>Your friends seem like good people. It’s pretty cool you’ve got wizard and dragon cohorts. 10/10 landmaster marks from me.
>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.
>It’s cool stomping around on your turf and all, but we’re headed on tomorrow. I mean. I kind of wanted this whole interchange of ideas and whatnot, but that kind of thing takes time, I guess.
>After you got rid of thin mint, I saw you kind of shut down for a minute there. That kind of thing happen often, you know, overheating or whatever? Because I get it, if it does.
>You said our dads knew each other. Not to be a jerk or anything if you don’t want to talk about it, but is your dad available for comment?
>Why were your buddies so freaked about Isaac coming up here? If anybody needed help with fish problems, it’s you guys.
>Just curious. How many glamors are you wearing right now?
>Other (?)

>>41738386
>Your friends seem like good people. It’s pretty cool you’ve got wizard and dragon cohorts. 10/10 landmaster marks from me.
>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.

>>41738386
>Your friends seem like good people. It’s pretty cool you’ve got wizard and dragon cohorts. 10/10 landmaster marks from me.
>Just curious. How many glamors are you wearing right now?
>You said our dads knew each other. Not to be a jerk or anything if you don’t want to talk about it, but is your dad available for comment?

>>41738386
>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours
>Just curious. How many glamors are you wearing right now?

>>41738386
>>Your friends seem like good people. It’s pretty cool you’ve got wizard and dragon cohorts. 10/10 landmaster marks from me.
>It’s cool stomping around on your turf and all, but we’re headed on tomorrow. I mean. I kind of wanted this whole interchange of ideas and whatnot, but that kind of thing takes time, I guess.
>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.

>>41738386
>You said our dads knew each other. Not to be a jerk or anything if you don’t want to talk about it, but is your dad available for comment?
>Why were your buddies so freaked about Isaac coming up here? If anybody needed help with fish problems, it’s you guys.
I want to know more about our dads.

>>41738386
Why were your buddies so freaked about Isaac coming up here? If anybody needed help with fish problems, it’s you guys.
>You said our dads knew each other. Not to be a jerk or anything if you don’t want to talk about it, but is your dad available for comment?

>>41738386
>>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.
>Just curious. How many glamors are you wearing right now?

>>41738386
>>Your friends seem like good people. It’s pretty cool you’ve got wizard and dragon cohorts. 10/10 landmaster marks from me.
>>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.
>You said our dads knew each other. Not to be a jerk or anything if you don’t want to talk about it, but is your dad available for comment?

>>41738386
>>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.

>>41738386
>Why were your buddies so freaked about Isaac coming up here? If anybody needed help with fish problems, it’s you guys.
>You said our dads knew each other. Not to be a jerk or anything if you don’t want to talk about it, but is your dad available for comment?
>Just curious. How many glamors are you wearing right now?

>>41738386
>Why were your buddies so freaked about Isaac coming up here? If anybody needed help with fish problems, it’s you guys.
>Just curious. How many glamors are you wearing right now?

>>41738386
>>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.

>>41738386
>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.
>After you got rid of thin mint, I saw you kind of shut down for a minute there. That kind of thing happen often, you know, overheating or whatever? Because I get it, if it does.
>Just curious. How many glamors are you wearing right now?

>>41738386
>Your friends seem like good people. It’s pretty cool you’ve got wizard and dragon cohorts. 10/10 landmaster marks from me.
>>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.

>>41738386
>>Just curious. How many glamors are you wearing right now?
>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.
"You still owe me for the dragonblocking."

>>41738386
>>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.
>>Just curious. How many glamors are you wearing right now?
honesty is the best policy

>>41738386
>>Other (?)
Do you still play drums? Me and Ro are starting a band and we need someone with rhythm in their blood.

>>41738386
>Your friends seem like good people. It’s pretty cool you’ve got wizard and dragon cohorts. 10/10 landmaster marks from me.
>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.
>You said our dads knew each other. Not to be a jerk or anything if you don’t want to talk about it, but is your dad available for comment?

>>41738386
>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.

>>41738512
Oh lord, yes.

>>41738386
>>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.
I don't care how the rest of the conversation goes as long as we do this.

>>41738550
Why?

Calling it now, Roger's our cousin or some shit.

>Shadow octopus
>Our dads were friends
>His friends get all nervous about Isaac coming around
>He goes through well claims similarly to how we do

>>41738330
>“Landmasters summon animals because that’s what most landmasters understand instinctively,” says Roger. “Summons are personifications of your own comprehension of power or your will. There’s nothing stopping you or me from summoning figments of imagination.”
Bullshit. Bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit.

Roger's lying his ass off to try to make us think he's not a whatever it is that's related to shadowtopusses.

Sierra's summons are all real things that she's never heard of before. Every single one of them is some sort of exotic Halth wildlife. Maybe summons /can/ be figments of imagination or power interpretations, but that's not all there is to it.

Classic landmaster lying-your-ass-off on Roger's part here. I bet his family wrote that book that says wells can't be within 100 miles of one another.

>>41738572
Because everything else is easily gotten to. If we don't do this here then we probably wont do it at all.

Anons are notorious procrastinators. Remember how long the friend reveal took.

>>41738622
Could be your summons just naturally gravitate towards things relating to your nature.

And summons aren't solely a landmaster thing. It's a magic thing.

>>41738625
Would you not rather ask him
>Just curious. How many glamors are you wearing right now?
before that to test the waters?

>>41738649
No. Cause that pointless and im not waiting an hour just to confirm something we all already know.

>>41738649
We have like 4 maybe 5 posts like tonight. If we're lucky. Let's not waste them.

>>41738622
>Sierra's summons are all real things that she's never heard of before.
It's very possible she learned of them when she was very young (like children learning about barn animals/other earth animals), forgot about them, and now the summons are being brought in from her subconscious. The memory of Reeber was sitting in her subconscious, as was parts of Heltic, that Creepy Mask Guy, and the nursery rhyme.

>>41738649
>before that
>>41738667
hello retard

>>41738667
What are we supposed to know?

>>41738696
left tonight

>>41738386
>Your friends seem like good people. It’s pretty cool you’ve got wizard and dragon cohorts. 10/10 landmaster marks from me.
>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.

>>41738719
That he's not entirely human.

Like a 90% chance he isn't 100% human.

>>41738708
True, I guess, but it seems kinda unlikely. Tiger isn't even native to her mom's country and Crowther didn't even know what half of them were off the top of his head. We had to go look through books for the names.

>>41738734
>he isn't 100% human.
Well, yeah. He's Canadian. That much is obvious.

>>41738386
>>Your friends seem like good people. It’s pretty cool you’ve got wizard and dragon cohorts. 10/10 landmaster marks from me.
>>This whole neighbors thing isn’t going to work if we’re going to be all squirrely about stuff. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.
>You said our dads knew each other. Not to be a jerk or anything if you don’t want to talk about it, but is your dad available for comment?
>Why were your buddies so freaked about Isaac coming up here? If anybody needed help with fish problems, it’s you guys.
>Just curious. How many glamors are you wearing right now?

>>41738734
Oh, really?

How many glamours are we wearing?

>>41738787
>Horns
>Tail
>Crown
>Wings(?) We can hide it in our shadow, but I think we might have just set up a glamour
>Spines

The black eyes, corpsey skin, black veins, claws, and raptor legs are all capable of shifting without a glamour.

>>41738787
>>41738839
Oh, and fangs don't need a glamour either.

>>41738839
Forgot teeth. I think those take a glamor.

>>41738787
Eyes, ears, teeth, horns, crown, wings, tail, shadow, claws, spines, fire, foot-claws, pale-ass skin, creepy cracked-up skin, freaky ossified skin, and extra freaky Verwelkin "something."
And maybe some other stuff I forgot.

Remember that we have venom guys?

We haven't use that since the fight with Ranthix

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>>41738877
>ears
What's wrong with our ears?

>pale-ass skin
We got pale-ass skin with or without glamors or demonic enhancements, m8.

>>41738839
Forgot about our fire aura.

>>41738925
Hugo fight.

>>41738946
We bit him?

>>41738962
Yes

>>41738877
Half of those don't need a glamour to conceal at all.

>>41738925
Why would we use it? Biting shit's a desperation move. If we can bite something, we can SoS our hand and tear them in half.

>>41738941
You're right, but it's still not a glamour. That one can turn on and off by itself.

>>41738937
Sierra's skin is even paler when fully demony.

>>41738937
>Ears
Sierra's ears are pointy and jagged. Ranthix's ears are the same.

>>41738974
When? I don't remember ever grappeling with him.

>>41738937
We've had jagged pointy ears for a lobgass time now. Before the tail, I think.

>>41738982
Our venom can paralyze though good for nonlethal takedowns.

>>41738937
>What's wrong with our ears?
Belphegorans are basically not-drow with psionics.

Some inferni also have weird pointy ears that are all jagged and stuff.

2+2=?

>>41738986
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/39381023/#p39393163

>>41738986
He went stone-mode right after to cut off the poison.

>>41739015
Fish!

>>41739007
No it can't. We never got the paralytic venom upgrade. Currently our venom is straight damage with a side of making people sick as shit. The only reason nobody we've bitten has died is because they were all tough as fuck.

>>41739052
ahh, then we should get that.

>>41739073
Compared to the alternative picks, paralytic venom was pretty crappy. The choice was between buffed fire damage, buffed claw damage, or paralysis venom. I mean, I'd love to get it, it's just that I don't regret voting for the others instead of it.

>>41739114
Damn you scarcity.

>>41738386
Just . . . Ask for help. We have this whole HISTORY and we could use a friend. Someone who understands that this is all weird shit, and despite all the power we have it's just so much to deal with. We have angels and demons and dragons and Roger is the most normal dude we know who is also dealing with this.

Could he be the one person who talks straight to us and isn't cryptic as fuvk because God have we had enough of that.

“Your friends seem like good people,” you observe. “It’s pretty cool you’ve got wizard and dragon cohorts, and they actually give a crap about you. Ten out of ten landmaster marks from me.”

Reeber emerges from the night, coming over to sit at your side, tail wagging. You couldn’t do to lock him up, and it looks like he’s managed to handle himself once more. You reach down and scratch his furry head.

Roger takes a breath. “Really couldn’t ask for more from them,” he says, wistfully. He glances back toward the restaurant’s front door, maybe wondering why he’s out here instead of in there. But the feeling seems to fade, and he looks back over toward Reeber and you. “How long have you been with the Hallows?”

You don’t want to answer. Answering means you have to think about your life before you were adopted. You answer anyway. You can’t forget the past forever. “Coming up on a year,” you say.

“Before that?” he asks.

“They’re my family now,” you say, sounding harsher than you intended. “Except... about our dads. You said they knew each other? I mean. Not to be a jerk if it’s a touchy subject, but is your dad, you know, available for comment?”

Roger sighs. “He doesn’t typically stay in touch,” he says.

“Well. How do you usually reach him?” you ask. “You got an address or something?”

“No,” he says.

“But he’s not dead,” you clarify.

“You know, it is a touchy subject,” says Roger.

“Well hey, probably beats having a dead dad,” you say. You might have come across more bitter than ironic, though.

Roger doesn’t give you any resistance on that front. “Sorry.”

“Look man,” you say, impatience seizing you, “I want this whole neighbor thing to work out. Really, I do. Especially since there’s apparently some history going on here. But it isn’t happening if you and me act all squirrelly about it.”

There’s a brief silence. “Some things are better left unsaid,” he comments.

>>41739416

“And some things are better left said,” you reply. “I’ve spent too long hiding who I am from everybody. But the louder I get, the better things get. Maybe keeping everything to yourself is why you’re so miserable all the time.”

Roger doesn’t even argue the point. You feel the heavy weight of weariness hanging over him. “Okay,” he says, quietly.

“Okay?” you ask, unsure of what he means.

“You get a question, I get a question,” he says.

“Okay,” you say. You can get behind this. You don’t really get the crazed anti-demonic vibe from Roger. For all you know, he could be your cousin one Verwelken removed or something stupid like that.

You smirk to yourself and try to pick a question from the many at your disposal. Better to start with something simple, you think. “How many glamors are you wearing right now?”

“None. I can change shape,” Roger says, his tone dour. He looks up at you. “Are you a Belphegoran?”

He must have understood what your halo really was. “I’m Hellborn,” you say, trying the waters. Best not to do too much at once.

“So you’re half human too,” says Roger.

“Close enough to it, I guess.”

He narrows his eyes at you. “Quarter?”

“I’m not exactly sure, but I think so,” you answer.

Roger nods. “All right. Your question.”

>Questions (?)
>Other (?)

>>41739445
What are you?

>>41739445
>>Questions (?)
Do you play drums?

>>41739445
What do Canadian shape shifters do for fun around here?

>>41739445
"What do you know about David Beckhoff? Even if you didn't meet him, he sounds like someone who made waves."

>>41739445
>Change shape
Unlimited shifting to whatever or is it a back and forth between a couple forms thing? Cause we do the latter too but the former is way more impressive.

>>41739445
What's everyone got against Issac?

>>41739528
>>41739445
That sounds like a winner.

>>41739445
Did you ever actually call in for help with the fish people or was that just bluster?

I'm hoping Languid just takes a handful of not-shit questions and works them all into the next update instead of doing it one at a time.

>>41739445
What's the octopus called?

>>41739445
Ever had to deal with people out to get you only because of your heritage?

>>41739445
>Questions (?)
>So you're some kind of Were-Canadian?
>Are both of your parents the same thing? Or are you some weird hybrid like me?
>How long have you been actively doing Land-Master stuff?

>>41739445
Back when Nemo was about to go all dragony and you flipped out saying something about how your mom would get mad or something, what was the deal with that? I just severely underestimate dragon size or what?

>>41739628
I kinda figured he use all of these questions as long as they are reasonable

>>41739445
Something about David.

Something about why everyone pisses their pants over Isaac. Mad crossbow murderer first impressions were totally wrong.

What he actually is that changes shape.

>>41739445
Is Nemo your dad?

>>41739752
Oh come on.

>>41739752
You're an idiot.

>>41739761
>>41739803
Yfw

>>41739528
im late, but supporting

>>41739475
Backing.

>>41739528
Kek
Is this a EYE reference?

>>41739528
Supporting

>>41739445

>>41739475
>>41739528
These two

>>41740195
>Are your Legs OK?

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>>41740889
>You Gain Brouzouf

So can we actually use our wings as stabbing implements ala Kerrigan? Or are they pretty much just decorative? Because by the looks of them they have a much larger range than our claws

>>41741236
We could probably use them to get some extra reach with our shadow tendrils, but I can't see them being useful for much actual combat. I'd rather just get a sharp stick if we need to stab from further away.

Should be awesome for grabbing things at home, though.

Wow. Being direct actually worked out just like you imagined, for once. Now it’s time for the hard questions. “What’s the octopus called?” Well, almost time for the hard questions.

“It’s a Yevanok,” he says.

“You were so full of crap about that imagination stuff,” you say.

“It’s true, even if it didn’t apply to that particular situation,” he says. Then he tilts his head to the side, just an inch. “What were you doing before you landed in Williams Lake last winter?”

“Dueling some landmaster for a well in Cerra, which itself was actually part of a job for a couple Ferran rebels I know,” you reply. “So what kind of shapeshifting do you do, like eagle, bear, hawk, then snake, or is it just whatever the hell you want?”

“Not exactly,” says Roger, though he doesn’t seem to know exactly how to answer your question. “I don’t control it. But I can direct it, if that makes sense.”

“You go hulk?”

“Let’s go with that,” he says.

“How much hulk can you go?”

“I don’t know,” says Roger. “I spend most of my time making sure I don’t push myself that far.”

That explains his little shutdown earlier, which kind of reminds you of you, actually. “That sounds familiar.”

“Do you go hulk?” Roger asks.

“I’ll just say yes,” you say. “But I also spend a lot of time making sure that doesn’t happen, so.” Hmm. More questions. “You some kind of were-Canadian, then? Like. You’re not human, you said.”

“I don’t know if there’s a name for it, really,” he says. “My mom is human. But my dad’s not from here.”

“Not from... Canada?”

Roger nods.

“Not from this plane?” you ask.

He nods again.

“Which plane is he from?” There’s seven, but you don’t want to go through each one.

“He’s not really from any of the planes,” says Roger. “He’s from a sort of different spatial realm.”

“What, like some kind of trans-dimensional alien?” you ask. You knew watching the science channel had to pay off some day.

He spreads his hands, helplessly. “Pretty much,” he says.

>>41741236
Need to practice with controlling them alot before we can depend on them in battle

>>41741282

“You’re a freaking alien,” you say, grinning.

“In my defense, my dad’s been here longer than a lot of people, so he’s about as alien a family whose grandparents immigrated from China. And my mom is Native American, so I’m less of an alien than you, by heritage.” Roger can’t handle the bench any longer, and takes a stand. There’s too much energy in this conversation to stay seated. “How can you be living with the Hallows if you’re a demon? They have to know who you are.”

You snort. “They’re way solid,” you say. “They’re not crazy fundamentalists or anything like that. I mean. I’ve done some crappy things, that’s a given. But they see past that kind of crap. They’re real like that. I just met ‘em and one thing led to another, and I didn’t have to leave, so I just stayed and it’s cool.”

“We’re talking about the same Isaac Hallow here, aren’t we?” asks Roger.

“Look. He did some stuff in the war, I get it,” you say. “But that was fucking seventy years ago. Give him a break. Sometimes people die and you regret it, but he’s literally the best person I know, so don’t judge.”

Roger lets you vent without interrupting. “Touchy subject?”

“A little, maybe. Yeah,” you say. “Forget it. Anyway. Did you even call in for help with any of your fish related problems?”

“No,” says Roger. “I can’t afford those kinds of risks – I’m not bashing Isaac, either. The more people I have trying to help me, the more targets the Yellow Serpent has.”

“And let me take a wild guess here, but I bet you have to deal with people after you just because of what you are.”

“I’m the kind of thing people’d rather not have living on sovereign Canadian soil,” Roger confirms, his expression aloof. “What about you?”

>>41741302

“Not so much,” you say. “I mean. Maybe a little bit, but I wasn’t really demon enough before I started picking up wells for anybody to notice. And I didn’t even know what I was anyway. It’d be worse now, but I’ve got super mafia-style family protection, so that’s a thing. How long have you known... what you are?” Whatever exactly he is.

“Since I was a kid,” says Roger. “I got into landmaster stuff early. My mom was big on learning family heritage, even if it included things on my dad’s side.” He pauses. “Do you have horns?”

You laugh a little. “Pretty gnarly ones,” you say, glancing around at the random people walking to and fro. “I’d show you, but those children aren’t going to think about themselves.” But as much as you like chatting about horns, you want to chat about your freaking dad. “What do you know about David? I know maybe you didn’t ever meet him, but the more people I talk to, the more it sounds like he made some pretty damn big waves.”

“I know he used to be the landmaster of a big part of everything up and down the Pacific coast,” says Roger. “There’s always small time landmasters, but he was a large time landmaster. My mom said he used to drop by every once in a while a long time ago, trying to get information on my father or just get in touch with him. When I started getting out there in the beginning, I thought I’d run into him, but I never did. I just assumed....”

“You assumed right,” you say blandly.

Roger looks pained. “I can’t imagine losing your dad like that,” he says. “That must have been hard.”

>It was a long time ago.
>It was pretty hard, yeah.
>People die all the time.
>Well, Isaac and Ro and everybody make it easier, sometimes.
>What’s hard is your pal from earlier today knows something about it, I swear.
>I’m kind of done with this whole questions thing.
>You have anymore slick landmaster tricks I should know before we peace out of here tomorrow?
>Questions (?)
>Other (?)

>>41741268
Maybe, unfortunately the pastebin doesn't clue us in one way or the other.
Also i think we're missing a landwell, it says we have 7 total, but we should be at 8? We had 4 before and have gotten 4 on the trip?

>>41741330
>It was a long time ago.
>You have anymore slick landmaster tricks I should know before we peace out of here tomorrow?

>>41741330
>>Well, Isaac and Ro and everybody make it easier, sometimes.
>You have anymore slick landmaster tricks I should know before we peace out of here tomorrow?

>>41741330
>It was a long time ago.
>What’s hard is your pal from earlier today knows something about it, I swear.
>You have anymore slick landmaster tricks I should know before we peace out of here tomorrow?

Oh, Roger's half eldritch space monster. Neat.

>>41741330
>It was pretty hard, yeah, but it was a long time ago.
>Well, Isaac and Ro and everybody make it easier.

>You have anymore slick landmaster tricks I should know before we peace out of here tomorrow?
>Questions (?)
Where do Yevanoks come from?
I'd really like to know if there's anything we should know to prevent accidentally turning ourself into a vegetable.
Also is there anything we can do to direct whatever we get from the well? We sorta bribed a couple of our friends with promises of getting one of the transferable powerups if we got another one.

I'd like to go over the various different things we've each gotten on the well roulette.

And lastly, maybe set up an "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" type deal thing before we scram? Obviously not in public.

>>41741330
>Well, Isaac and Ro and everybody make it easier, sometimes.
>What’s hard is your pal from earlier today knows something about it, I swear.
>You have anymore slick landmaster tricks I should know before we peace out of here tomorrow?

>>41741330
>The timing made it worse.

I thought I could stay awake long enough for another update, but I was sorely mistaken.

Thread sometime over the next few days. Maybe Monday or Tuesday, schedule permitting.

>>41741330
We should see if he knows how to do that thing where you turn a well into a portal to another plane. We've had one person do it to us offensively and specifically sought out a well to have another person do it, so we know it can be done.

>>41741330
>It was a long time ago.
>What’s hard is your pal from earlier today knows something about it, I swear.
>You have anymore slick landmaster tricks I should know before we peace out of here tomorrow?

>Questions (?)
>You know anything about other large time landmasters I might walk into on my trip?

>>41741504
Thanks for running.

>>41741504
Well, g'night.

>>41741330
>>Questions (?)
How do you fight a puppet if it comes after me?
How can I use landwells to move multiple people? I imagine Wyatt didn't turn his arms in to wings even if Nemo might have.

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>>41741330
>>Questions (?)
Drums Motherfucker! Do you play them?

>>41741330
>You have anymore slick landmaster tricks I should know before we peace out of here tomorrow?
>Questions (?)
"Do all Landmaster's have to be careful they don't hulk out or are we just lucky?"

>>41741330
>Questions (?)
Maybe ask about transferable boons, how common they are and if there are side effects we got to watch out for.

Perhaps we could continue LC2015 if on our way to east we stop by Rogers Landwells. He can just port to them with his buddies and we could continue our discussions. We wouldn't claim them anyway so we'd have stuff to do until we reach Rogers borders.

>>41741330
>It was pretty hard, yeah.
>Well, Isaac and Ro and everybody make it easier, sometimes.

>>41741302
>And my mom is Native American
Don't they call that ethnic/cultural group Native People, in Canada, not Native Americans?

>>41741330
>It was pretty hard, yeah.
>What’s hard is your pal from earlier today knows something about it, I swear.
>You have anymore slick landmaster tricks I should know before we peace out of here tomorrow?