>>42088907

It’s a clear day as you pick your way over the rocky coast. Lake Superior is calm as glass, passing out of view in the distance. You live by the ocean, so lots of water isn’t a surprise, but it’s pretty weird to see this much water so calm. No swells or waves. And air lacks the salted tinge you’re so accustomed to. Although there are a lot of seagulls, so that’s something.

You’ve got your jeans rolled up to your shins so they don’t get wet. The warm rocks feel nice under your bare feet. The rocks are smooth, some grown over with soft moss thick as a carpet, giving your claws good traction.

Reeber paddles out into the lake, maybe hunting for fish again. Xan and Vikrama follow behind you a couple paces, while Rowan and Mori bring up the rear at a more leisurely pace.

You pause and take a deep breath, taking in the power of the life and earth around you. You feel the energy pulling forward into ley lines. There’s a well on this shore, probably ahead behind a thicket of trees where the rocky slopes curve out of sight and form a cove.

“For a fear demon, you’re not particularly scary,” Vikrama tells you, her voice carrying far over the calm.

Xan scoffs at the comment. “She carries but a trace of Belphegor,” says the Thultal. “Sierra is chiefly of Infernus’s blood.”

You don’t know if Vikrama really understands the whole concepts of demon archetypes and blood and all that. Although you’re not so sure she really needs to.

>I can be pretty scary when I want, though.
>I don’t know, you were pretty scared when I first showed you.
>I’m chiefly of quit talking about my blood behind my back.
>Fear demons aren’t a thing. That’s just angel propaganda trying to bias you.
>So what, my mom was like three quarters Infernus, so one of her parents was half-and-half?
>Verwelkens aren’t fear demons, they’re shadow demons. Get it right.
>Other (?)

>>42088913
>>I can be pretty scary when I want, though.

>>42088913
>I don’t know, you were pretty scared when I first showed you.
>Fear demons aren’t a thing. That’s just angel propaganda trying to bias you.
>So what, my mom was like three quarters Infernus, so one of her parents was half-and-half?

>>42088913
>I don’t know, you were pretty scared when I first showed you.

>>42088913
>Fear demons aren’t a thing. That’s just angel propaganda trying to bias you.
"...but..."
>I can be pretty scary when I want, though.

>>42088913
>I don’t know, you were pretty scared when I first showed you.
>I can be pretty scary when I want, though.

>>42088913
>I can be pretty scary when I want, though.
>Fear demons aren’t a thing. That’s just angel propaganda trying to bias you.

>>42088913
>I don’t know, you were pretty scared when I first showed you.
>I can be pretty scary when I want, though.
>Fear demons aren’t a thing. That’s just angel propaganda trying to bias you.

>>42088913
>Being scary means being sneaky. And not starting things on fire. It can be fun, but most problems can be solved with fire so why make it complicated?

>>42088913
>I can be pretty scary when I want, though.
>Other: You don't want me to be scary to you, Vik. You really don't.
>Verwelkens aren’t fear demons, they’re shadow demons. Get it right.

>>42088907
Yo Lawnguy, the turning into a shadow thing still isn't on the charsheet.

>>42088913
Zithether sounds neat. Seems like all we really need to do to 'control' it is slam whoever we're fighting with the various Belph debuffs. Terrorizing Glare in particular would be great. It'll go for them instead of us if they're all scared and depressed and in pain and stuff.

>Really? I'd been assuming it was a 25% split four ways. Guess it could be some wonky pie chart instead.
>Wanna lay some family heritage knowledge on me, Xan?

>>42088913
>Negative energy and mind crap does tend to be more subtle than fire and claws and living shadows.
We could offer to use our fear power thing on her. She likes scary movies, right?

>>42088913
What's our human blood type? Just out of curiosity

>>42089144
What, like A/B/O/+/- and all that?

>>42089144
Blood type FFF-

>>42088913

>Fear demons aren’t a thing. That’s just angel propaganda trying to bias you.
>Verwelkens aren’t fear demons, they’re shadow demons. Get it right.
>I don’t know, you were pretty scared when I first showed you.

>>42088907
>You think Ossifera liked your sketch. “This will suffice.” Her words. And she coughed up on her end of the bargain and gave you directions to a nearby well, which you gobbled up. Now you just need to scout her a place on the Pacific, and you’ll be golden.

2 questions,

1.)did Moriah quote the shadowrun mantra at us after this.

2.)did we remember to tell Issac or Wally or Papa C?

>Zithether: A non-physical spectral dementor thing that feeds on fear. Might want to be careful with this one.
>--Summon cost: 30 PP
>--Limit: 1.
>--Space Requirement: 3.

Oh, wow. So this thing is nothing to fuck with.

>>42089156
Yeah, not that it's ever going to be relevant, but it could be amusing to give a smart ass response when questioned on bloodline

>>42089280
Sure seems so. Summon, release into a closed space, stay the fuck out of the way

>>42089333
"what blood type are you Mrs Bheckhoff?"

"my blood type is D for Delicious. just take it and call it AB negative"

>>42089370
>Mrs

>>42089370
"B-, Waldo? Try being positive for once."

"Get it?"

>>42089390
>>42089390
quiet you, I live a rampant and fantastical life inside my own head, that it leaks out sometimes is a small thing.

and for all we know this future event may occur after a marriage.

>>42089370
>Mrs

>>42089409
We'd be just his type

>>42089425
Hoho

>>42089370
What happens if you give a mortal demon blood? Like from a transfusion. Can it cure cancer, or does it just burn them up from the inside, or is it like a True Blood kind of thing where it gives you a massive fucking high from the power

>>42089517
That's an interesting question, actually.

I'd imagine you'd die or mutate horribly, and then die.

>>42089517
I bet Nazi Dad would know.

>>42089517
Or maybe it does the same thing when you give someone the wrong blood type, and it just clots up.

Then again, humans and demons can reproduce in this setting. Also, magic.

>>42089563
Yeah, that sounds like something Mengele would do...

>>42089563
I love how we have Captain America and Red Skull as dads

>>42089517
>>42089547
I'm guessing it'd be a lot like what happens when you do blood transfusions with human blood of incompatible types - it coagulates in their veins. Seems like that'd happen way before magic shit kicked in.

>>42089577
Dad might not have been Red Skull. He might just have been married to female Darkseid.

>>42089590
From some of Ranthix's descriptions Halth does sound a little like Apokolips come to think of it.

“I don’t know about that,” you say, leaping over a little pool between the rocks. “You were pretty scared when I first showed you the whole deal.”

Vikrama jumps across after you. “That was merely fear of the unknown, and now I know,” she says. “You’re too fun-loving and adorable to be fearsome to me, darling, fear demon or no.”

“Okay, first of all, fear demons aren’t a thing,” you answer her, shifting your tail to correct your balance. “Don’t buy into the liberal angel propaganda.”

Vik steps onto the rock beside you and puts her hands on her hips. “I thought angels were conservative.”

“Whatever,” you say, waving her complications away. “I can be pretty scary when I want. I just don’t like scaring people I don’t hate.”

“Aw. I don’t hate you too,” says Vik.

You don’t think she’s taking this seriously. You snort at her silliness and continue on toward your objective, Xan skipping ahead from rock to rock.

“Hey Xanissil,” you say loudly. “You know anything about my family besides my mom? I know she was like three quarters Infernus, so I guess one of her parents was half and half?”

Xan jumps into a shallow pool, stomping down into it with a big splash and a sudden outburst of flame. “Eh. Yes,” she says, pivoting in place to look back at you. “Your mother’s mother, Viviverith the Remorseless.”

>>42089576

I don't think NaziDad was Mengele tier, though.

Have we ever learned whether he was full on 'Hurr-durr Aryan stronk kill all untermensch" or just "I'm loyal to my nation"?

>>42089670

You’ve never heard that name before. “I don’t think they were close,” you say, trying to dredge up stuff you remember from a million years ago. “Viviverith is a kind of badass kind of name though. She’s not still kicking it, is she?”

“They say Corithis killed her,” Xan tells you.

Oh. You were right one the money with that one. If your mom wanted her dead, you’re better off without her. “You know Corithis's dad’s name?”

Xan smiles sharply. “Tathukarix. He marshaled Inferia’s dread legions which sacked Sartal’cu in the Three Hundred Years War.”

“And...”

“It is written that Viviverith murdered him in his sleep,” she finishes.

“Dammit.” Why’s all your family have to be dead all the time?

Vikrama stops beside you and sits down to look down into the clear lake water. She pauses and gives you a sympathetic look. “I think they’d be proud of you raising hell on the mortal plane,” she says.

>For real. I bet they’re smiling down on me from demon heaven.
>Kind of tough to be proud of somebody when you’re dead.
>Yeah, I don’t care. I never even met them.
>You know, potentially I have a Verwelken grandparent hanging out someplace. Or just a human one.
>Other (?)

>>42089690
>>You know, potentially I have a Verwelken grandparent hanging out someplace. Or just a human one.

>>42089690
>You know, potentially I have a Verwelken grandparent hanging out someplace. Or just a human one.
>Maybe I'll go wander around Germany eventually and see if they're living in the woods or something.
The "just" human one is probably a landmaster.

>>42088907
Fuck Yeah, Hellborn Quest!

>>42089690
>For real. I bet they’re smiling down on me from demon heaven.
>You know, potentially I have a Verwelken grandparent hanging out someplace. Or just a human one.

>>42089690
>>Kind of tough to be proud of somebody when you’re dead.

>>42089690
>Kind of tough to be proud of somebody when you’re dead.
>You know, potentially I have a Verwelken grandparent hanging out someplace. Or just a human one.
Dad's parents were probably land masters, given that it's hereditary, so the human one could be alive.
Inb4 it was the Kaiser or something

>>42089680
I'm not saying Dad did it, but injecting demon blood into people is something that Dr. M probably did in this 'verse.

>>42089690

>You know, potentially I have a Verwelken grandparent hanging out someplace. Or just a human one.

>>42089690
>Other (?)
"Are you kidding me? They would probably murder me for being a blood traitor. Kicking it with the Hallows would make them spin in their graves."

>>42089727
>>42089741
inb4 Hugo was Sierra's grandpa

>>42089750
Great. Another deadbeat grandparent who never showed up for christmas.

>>42089690
>You know, potentially I have a Verwelken grandparent hanging out someplace. Or just a human one.

Which makes me wonder... who was our 'grandmother' that we stayed with for a while after mom and Nev died? Because I don't think she was really our Dad's mom.

>>42089680
>Have we ever learned whether he was full on 'Hurr-durr Aryan stronk kill all untermensch" or just "I'm loyal to my nation"?

Well, we do have black hair.

On a more serious note, he came to north america instead of south america, letting us assume the latter, as the hardliners fled to south america, sometimes in hopes of continuing the fight in the future, sometimes just to evade the allies.

>>42089690
>"You know, I probably have grandparents that are still kicking around. Maybe. Did my mom's parents ever bite it?"

>>42089680
I'm more interested in how a man named David becomes a Nazi.

>>42089680
The grave keeper guy mentioned that he was "dealt a bad hand" and chose to emigrate to America, so it's ambiguous whether or not he was fleeing from Nazi Germany because it was Nazi Germany or because they lost the war

>>42089824
Could be that David's what he ended up calling himself later on.

>>42089824

There were a bunch of German-descent people who went back there because of some 'Protect th Fatherland' call Hitler put out in the early 30's. Our dad could've been American/British/Canadian born or something and given a non-German name so he'd fit in better.

>>42089824
While Jewish in origin it's a name that has also been used in Christianity. Sure, it's ironic but it's not unheard of.

>>42089690
>You know, potentially I have a Verwelken grandparent hanging out someplace.
>Kind of tough to be proud of somebody when you’re dead.

I just want to say I knew Vik actually said "sigh", that is the whole damn problem.

>>42089824
It is and actually was a quite popular name in germany, for a long time. It's (sadly) a people sticking to what it's told, and a great many of them are christian.

It wouldn't even be hard just to look up "Beckoff family" on Google or some other record and cross reference some birth dates to try and narrow a list down, it would be helpful to know when dad was born or where he lived of course.

>>42089839
Sounds like the Nazi's may have been demon friendly, or at least demon tolerant. He probably signed up thinking things were going to be better.

>>42089995
If the verwelken was the mother, there's no way they went to any place that'd keep official records. If the human was the mother, I'd still count it as unlikely.

>>42089977
Wasn't it Xan who said it? Anon, please!

Sigh

I'm really curious about just how human David was. Ossifera noticed the shadow energy stuff before anything else. If mom was 75% infernus, you think that'd be the most prevalent in Sierra but instead it just picked up as a hint of infernus.

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>>42090075
It could be that our glamours hide scent, or at least mask it a little, and we don't glamour our shadow self.

>>42090075
well, if David B. was half land-master, and half Verwelken it'd explain the higher than expected concentration of Verwleken things Sierra does. and being half landmaster implies being half human as well, so that neatly encompasses most of our genetics right there. mother was a belph, and an infernal with some human in the mix someplace. father was a verwelken landmaster.

BAM genetics solved; stick that in your punnet square and smoke it!

>>42090075
inb4 0% human.
We are full demon/other we just don't know it yet.

>>42090153
>half land-master
For the millionth time, that's not how it works.

>being half landmaster implies being half human as well
No it fucking doesn't. Anything sapient can be a landmaster.

>>42090153
>mother was a belph, and an infernal with some human
But that's wrong anon, mums was full demon.

>>42090153
The amount of non-understanding in this post makes me think you're just fucking with everyone. Or you're that one Swedish guy, but you capitalized too many words for me to say that with certainty.

>>42090222
But full of human.

If you know what I mean

>>42090246
What? No, Dad was part demon.

>>42090180
>Anything sapient can be a landmaster.
Now I'm not saying you're wrong, but I don't think it's been specifically ruled that you have to be sapient to be a landmaster.
And to be honest the idea of a bear landmaster is pretty great
Only he can prevent forest fires

>>42090286
She ate people
Human sacrifice

>>42090286
y u haff 2 b so mean

So we're.

37.5% Infernus.
12.5% Belphagoran.
25% Verweklen.
25% Human.

>>42090462
Assuming dad was 50-50

>>42090462
125 chapters in and we finally figure out what we are. Dear lord that took too long.

>>42090472
Pretty sure that's a given.

>>42090490
Until we figure out in a new plot twist that it was wrong.

Demon heritage doesn't work the same way has humans' do.

We learned that humans all have some random magic type that doesn't matter to most people because they don't have the raw power to get it to display.

Doesn't this mean that Sierra should have some 4th power tree since landmastery takes everything a person has and boosts it?

I mean, I guess Sierra's human magic could have ended up being fire/shadows/blood/emotion stuff, but that'd be pretty weird if that were the case. Or maybe the human magic for hellborns automatically aligns with their demon heritage.

>>42090462
I still subscribe to the theory that we have no actual Verweklen blood in us. We're only half sisters with Nydalyis, mom fucked another infernian. Possibly a half infernian half Belphagoran.

Then during the boat event dad had to seal Nydalyis inside of us to save her from mortal wounds, giving us the spoopy powers.

>>42090544
or, and this may be a big and/or suspicious step.

it could simply be a coincidence...

>>42090570
getting crazy with the TWINS there I see...

You laugh. “Hell no. Hanging with the Hallows would make them spin in their graves,” you say. “They’d sooner strangle me in my sleep for being a blood traitor.”

“This is possibly true,” Xan says, “but you are the Imperiate, so it is also possibly untrue. There is no greater honor for any great house than to create an Imperiacy. Also the Hallows do not count.”

“How’s that?” you ask. “They’ve got angel blood.”

“They serve you,” she replies. “Their heritage can be overlooked.”

“I don’t know about that. It’s more of a give and take,” you say.

Xan shushes you.

You don’t see a reason to argue against yourself, so you let it drop. “You know, potentially I have another grandparent hanging out someplace. Maybe Verwelken. Or just human.”

“Maybe they’re landmasters?” says Vikrama.

“I guess that could be why I never see them if they’re alive,” you speculate. “Could just be holed up in the woods in Germany somewhere.” Maybe you should consider a trip to Europe sometime. You never had much of a desire to head over before, but if you found some other Beckhoffs, that’d be weird. And cool.

With that thought, you press onward, jumping and stepping along. Eventually you come within sight of the well, silvery and unclaimed, fixed in place amid a cluster of trees and stinging nettle.

You approach the well, ready to do your thing.

But then you hear the telltale clopping of an approaching horse, and you quickly cram yourself back into your glamors.

The horse in question appears ahead of you by the well, its rider guiding it through the trees. Both animal and rider are clad in full platemail armor, stamped with red insignias. The armored plates are dull and colorless, held together by no-nonsense strips of leather and chain.

>>42090544
>maybe the human magic for hellborns automatically aligns with their demon heritage
Probably this. Whilst we were developing ing the womb or wherever/whenever a persons magic develops it formed along the path of least resistance. Just adding into/merging with the rest of our magialignment.

>>42090612

The rider dismounts with a jangle of metal and flips up the ornate metal grill of her visor. Her other gauntlet on her sheathed sword pommel. She has a worn face and sharp, perceptive eyes. Also interesting though is that the irises of her eyes are ruby red.

She pats the neck of her steed and looks down at you. “Ho,” she says, raising the hand off her sword. The woman’s voice is smooth, collected. You can feel some curiosity from her, mixed with a bit of nervousness, but the prevailing taste of her aura is a cool detachment.

Vikrama edges back behind you, while Xan stands by your side and looks down her nose at the armored woman.

A billowing cloud of power smokes invisibly off her person, the dry pressure of its power pressing against you. (Red Eyes: 10/10 HP, 105 PP) “What brings you to Pukaskawa?” she asks, keeping her tone neutral.

>Nice. There a renaissance fair around here? (Feign ignorance.)
>Name’s Sierra. These are my friends.
>Who the heck are you supposed to be?
>Do I have to fight you or make a symbol of betrayal for you or something?
>I like your armor and stuff. Is it magic?
>I want that well.
>Want to be neighbors?
>Other (?)

>>42090629
>Name’s Sierra. These are my friends.
>I like your armor and stuff. Is it magic?

>>42090629
>I like your armor and stuff. Is it magic?
>>I want that well.
>>Want to be neighbors?

>>42090629
>"Honestly? I'm mostly just here for the dragons. Dragons are awesome."

>>42090629
>I want that well.
>I like your armor and stuff. Is it magic?
>Other: Snazzy eyes

That PP. Horey fuck

>>42090629
Friendly, offer to be neighbors, say we want the well.

If she disputes that say we're willing to have a friendly duel for it. Seems like standard practice for landmasters.

>>42090629
>Other (?)

"a little bit of wanderlust, and a margin of adventure; dangers to find and overcome, you know, the usual stuff."
>Name’s Sierra. These are my friends.
>Nice. There a renaissance fair around here? (Feign ignorance SLIGHTLY.)
"and now I've named myself, who might you be, what brings YOU here?"

>>42090629
>Road trip with friends. Goin' cross country and stuff.
>Name’s Sierra. These are my friends.

Maybe we should start using unnatural charm more often. It'd really suck to go and get every powerful thing between Cali and New York pissed off and/or in a precarious situation with us.
>inb4 "no attempting to mind controlling strong mages!!!"
It doesn't do that. UC supercharges Sierra's own mind and makes her good at people stuff temporarily.

>>42090544
>We learned that humans all have some random magic type that doesn't matter to most people because they don't have the raw power to get it to display.

That's just what Roger theorized. Other paranormals according to him believe most humans lack arcane archtype.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/41848773/#p41851623

The more we're getting powered-up, the more afraid I am of the heap of shit that is going to land on our lap afterwards.

>>42090758
think of it like a training montage, when we're done we'll be stomping an entirely different level of previously un-stompable opponents

>>42090629
>Name’s Sierra. These are my friends.
>Doesn't sound like you just now got here, so do you not want that well or are you just not a landmaster?
She's probably a park ranger like Borya is. Hangs out by a well but can't actually claim it. Or maybe she's some kind of wizardy person using it for stuff like Philo was doing with the one on the mountain.

Just promise to not fuck up the environment around here and let her do her experiments and she shouldn't bother us too much over it.

>>42090629
>Name’s Sierra. These are my friends.
>Want to be neighbors?
>I want that well.
>Other (Use Unnatural Charm)

>>42090629
>>Name’s Sierra. These are my friends.
>I like your armor and stuff. Is it magic?

>>42090629
>"sweet mercy girl, it's like staring into sun with all that magic mojo"
>Name’s Sierra. These are my friends.
>I like your armor and stuff. Is it magic?
>Want to be neighbors?

>>42090783
More like we're going to be getting thrashed by bigger opponents. We're getting up to high tier for raw power, but things are setting up for us to be dealing with absolute bullshit-tier enemies.

Hasturr has the entire fucking Pacific well base uncontested. Ossifera has most of North America. Apparently 500 wells is a paltry sum in the West Coast alone, and both of them control far larger territories.

We need to take all the wells in Halth.

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>>42090629

105 PP is a lot. Considerably more than anyone we've met? I wonder who this is.

>>42091012
Joan of Arc

>>42091012
How much did ossifera have?

>>42091012
The dragon from last thread had more. Satt had a fuckton, I think nearly 200 iirc.

>>42091042
We didn't get an exact number, but the description of the feel of the ambient magic definitely indicated that it was more.

>>42091051
If she's only half satt, she's probably a decent threat but not like ruler of canada tier.

>>42091042
it wasn't listed last thread...

not anyplace I could find it anyway

>>42091051
>Satt had a fuckton, I think nearly 200 iirc.
I thought we never got a read on Bronwyn?

>>42091062
she could be a SKINWALKER or a water-panther(the mythic creature pictured here>>42090922)

>>42090629
Was it not possible to get an HP/PP reading on ossifera or did you just forget?

>>42091099

Sierra was overwhelmed.

>>42090629
>105 PP)
How much did Mekor have?

>>42091167
I don't think we could read PP until after our Halloween rampage

>Some anon says that he thinks the wings are going to be skeletal
>Spindle wings happen

>Some anon last thread wonders when we're gonna get a Belphegoran-like summon
>We get one right at the start of this thread

>>42091328
coincidence man coincidence and not more.

is how things is mang.

>>42091328
blatent pandering is what kills quests

>>42091328
Its almost like languid reads these threds

>>42091328
Same thing happened with shadow tentacles.
I like that it happens. QMs working with player ideas is a good thing.

This is theft of my Intellectual property!

>>42091426
until you can present legal documentation your claim is moot.

and if you CAN present legal documentation then this is clearly a parody, and therefore nothing for you to concern yourself over.

QMs doing this is sick and wrong

>>42091450
That's a funny way of spelling "healthy and right".

Don't reply to obvious trolls, hide, and move on.

>>42091480
>not knowing the difference between trolls and people fucking around

>>42091328

I had these things planned for months. I don't make changes when people make correct guesses.

>>42091480
but it fills the idle time while we await the return of the Lawn God, covered in sweat and grass clippings, an update in one hand and a cellulose coated lawnmower blade clutched in the other like the sword it could well secretly be...

“Just road tripping around and stuff,” you say. “I’m Sierra, and these guys are my friends.”

The woman nods at your friends.

“Hello,” says Rowan, coming up with Mori.

Moriah remains silent, staring into the lady’s magical aura. You wonder what it looks like for her.

“What’s your deal?” you ask. “I mean your name. What’s your name?”

“Myth,” she answers, still appraising your group.

“You’ve got some spiffy eyes,” you say.

She smiles. “Thank you. If it were you in my realm, I would say the same of you. Blue eyes are unnatural in my native lands.”

You nod. “So, what’s up with the armor? Is it magic or what?”

“Indeed,” says Myth.

“It’s pretty cool I guess,” you say.

She rests her gauntlet on the pommel of her blade. “It serves its purpose.”

Xan gives you a sideways look, and you feel her impatience. She wants you to get to the business side of things.

“So I want that well,” you say, pointing to the node in question.

“I see that,” says the woman, glancing back at it.

You purse your lips and narrow your eyes. “You okay with us being neighbors?”

“You seem nice,” she says, moving back toward her horse. She leaps up into the saddle without effort, then takes her mount by the reins and begins to turn away.

Rowan frowns. “Excuse me, but you didn’t answer her question.”

“A landmaster needs no permission to claim a well,” Myth replies.

“Then why did you come here?” Ro asks.

Myth hesitates before answering. “I held claim on this well,” she says, more to you than to Rowan. “The force that hold dominion over it would not have me. And it may not have you, either.”

>Wow. I’ve never screwed up so much a well kicked me off of it.
>Never had a problem with a well before.
>What force are you talking about?
>Let me get this straight. You claimed this well, and then it unclaimed itself. Yeah?
>Why wouldn’t it have you? You run over its dog or something?
>Be honest. Should I just keep trucking?
>Other (?)

>>42091544
>Never had a problem with a well before.
>What force are you talking about?
>Let me get this straight. You claimed this well, and then it unclaimed itself. Yeah?

>>42091544
>Oh boy. Am I going to get another facefull of mana sprite if I get near it or something? That last one was annoying.

>>42091544
first.
>Let me get this straight. You claimed this well, and then it unclaimed itself. Yeah?
then if she answers no questions.
>What force are you talking about?
finally
>Never had a problem with a well before.
then claim that shit.

>>42091544
>Other (?)

Thank her. That is very useful information.

Ask what to expect.

>>42091328
People sometimes make the right call*

*And if they do they are always criticized and called retarded.

>>42091544
>What force are you talking about?

>>42091544
Do we remember what the eyes of the people from medieval place were like?

>>42091544
>Never had a problem with a well before.
>What force are you talking about?

>>42091544
>What force are you talking about?
>Let me get this straight. You claimed this well, and then it unclaimed itself. Yeah?
"Is this like a mana sprite or something?"

>>42088907
>You are Sierra
>Beckhoff
I still cant believe we are left with this retarded last name. I had thought anon was just being 'clever' giving a fake back name pronounced as back of. How did we come from there to a thousands of year ol powerful dragon who confused us with father calling us 'back of' ?

>>42092235
More like Back Off, ie what we said to gangsters by going all demon originally.

>>42092235
I still don't get why you think it's such a retarded name.

>>42092235
It's an actual name.

>>42092235
There's nothing wrong with Beckhoff being Sierra's last name.

>>42092235
>back of
That's not how it's pronounced.

>>42092235
I like our name

“What kind of force are you talking about?” you ask. “Because I got a face full of forest sprite a couple days back, and that sucked.”

Myth doesn’t smile. “This is no sprite fallen into a well. You are yet young, so I will tell you this. Landmasters claim and skim from the power of wells, but others take deep root.”

“Let me get this straight,” you say. “When you claimed this well, but then something unclaimed it?”

Myth smiles wanly. “There is power here, but it will not wholly be your own if claimed.” She points out at the endless glass of Lake Superior with a couple fingers, still high on her horse. “I sought to hold it myself for a span, but this power comes with a price.”

“I’ve never had a problem with a well before,” you say, trying to understand her meaning.

“Then may the heavens continue smiling on you,” says Myth, nodding politely. Then without ceremony, she turns her horse and rides off into the woods.

“That was weird,” says Vikrama, peering out from behind your shoulder.

“This is good,” says Xan, stepping forward and trying to gauge where the well is without being able to see it. “Fortunate that mortal was too weak to hold onto this well. Great works follow great power.”

>>42092344
"everyone get ready, I'mma go an poke it. shit's bout to get real."

sprint up and give it the finger, or claim it or whatever...

>>42092344
>Landmasters claim and skim from the power of wells, but others take deep root.
I'm really wondering what those other things are and how we can get in on that.

>>42092545
by being part dryad?

>>42092344

“Maybe we should pass this one,” Ro tells you, her expression wary. “I don’t like how that woman was being all cryptic.”

“You don’t have to take it right now,” Moriah says, circling around the well and staring into its heart, attempting to discern any faults. “If it’s like she said, no one else will be able to hold onto it. And... you have more power than you can manage already.”

“Sierra can manage it,” Vik replies, standing up for you. “She deals with limitless cosmic power on a day to day basis.”

>You guys are forgetting I’m like super landmaster plus, demon edition. I’ve got this.
>I’m not good at this kind of junk. Let’s vote on it.
>Myth sure ran off fast. Kind of weird.
>Maybe I’ll put this one of the shelf for now. Maybe I’ll come back later. Like, when I really need to get dangerous.
>I get the feeling that adding unstable arcane potential to the list of things I’ve got to deal with isn’t the best idea.
>Other (?)

>>42092557
You say that in jest, but now I'm wondering how dryads work in this setting.

They might actually be things that are born from the wells in forests.

>>42092573
>Myth sure ran off fast. Kind of weird.
>You guys are forgetting I’m like super landmaster plus, demon edition. I’ve got this.

>>42092573
>You guys are forgetting I’m like super landmaster plus, demon edition. I’ve got this.
>Myth sure ran off fast. Kind of weird.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>42092573
>>You guys are forgetting I’m like super landmaster plus, demon edition. I’ve got this.

>>42092573
>>Other (?)
Give Roger a ringring ringadingaling and ask about this sorta stuff.

>>42092573
>>Myth sure ran off fast. Kind of weird.
>>Maybe I’ll put this one of the shelf for now. Maybe I’ll come back later. Like, when I really need to get dangerous

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>42092573
>You guys are forgetting I’m like super landmaster plus, demon edition. I’ve got this.

>>42092486
plus "fuck da police!"

>>42092573
>>Maybe I’ll put this one of the shelf for now. Maybe I’ll come back later. Like, when I really need to get dangerous.

Self Rerstraint, is Sierra cabable of it?

>>42092573
Seconding >>42092599
Was going to write this in myself before I saw it. Can also tell him Ossifera's coming to town, it's only polite.

>>42092573
>You guys are forgetting I’m like super landmaster plus, demon edition. I’ve got this.
plus
>Other (?)
>But Myth sure ran off fast. Kind of weird. Maybe you guys should step back, you know? Just in case.

>>42092573

>>42092599

This. We ain't on a time limit, we can take a bit to check things out.

Ask about Myth, too. Give a description, see if he knows (of) her.

>>42092573
>You guys are forgetting I’m like super landmaster plus, demon edition. I’ve got this.

>>42092573
>You guys are forgetting I’m like super landmaster plus, demon edition. I’ve got this.

>>42092573
>Myth sure ran off fast. Kind of weird.
>You guys are forgetting I’m like super landmaster plus, demon edition. I’ve got this.

We should be able to drop the well if things get too wonky, but I'd like to at least come in contact with the well and meet whatever oversees the well.

And clear a blast radius around it before we do anything.

>>42092573
>Other: Try probing the well and see what else is connected to it? Ask help from Mori if need be.

>>42092573
Why don't we try knocking on the well like Roger showed us? Maybe the thingy in it will talk to us.

>>42092599
>>42092573
2nd opinions are good.

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>>42092573
>>I get the feeling that adding unstable arcane potential to the list of things I’ve got to deal with isn’t the best idea.

I'mma trust best sister and best friend on this.

>>42092573
>You guys are forgetting I’m like super landmaster plus, demon edition. I’ve got this.

>>42092573
>You guys are forgetting I’m like super landmaster plus, demon edition. I’ve got this.

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>>42092723

You get the feeling this isn’t something you should just rush into. “Y’know, Myth sure ran off fast. It’s kind of setting off alarms,” you say.

“Yes,” says Moriah. “We should avoid taking risks where we can.”

“I’m calling Roger,” you say, flipping out your phone. Hopefully you have reception out here in Canada land. Thankfully you have a bar. You give him a call.

He picks up a moment later. “It didn’t follow you, did it?”

“Uh. No, not that,” you say, backpedaling. “I mean. I just found this landwell and met this landmaster named Myth.” You explain your story in its entirety to him.

“You might have found a root well,” says Roger.

“Which is?”

“Sometimes metaphysical beings use nodes to anchor themselves to the earth,” says Roger. “It’s where they hook into our plane of existence.”

“So there’s some metaphysical being depending on this thing to stay real?” you ask.

“In a way,” says Roger, “but the more powerful ones anchor in multiple wells. They use root nodes as safe places to store up power.”

“When I claim this thing then, I’ll be able to access its power for myself?”

“Possibly,” he replies. “I don’t know. I avoid them. Claiming root wells is playing with fire. I’m talking about primitive forces of nature here. Whatever force is in that well, you’ll be inviting it into yourself. Whether you’ll be able to use its power or it’ll use its power through you, I have no idea.”

“Sounds dangerous,” you say.

“Like I said. I avoid them,” says Roger.

“Anyway I can draw the thing out?” you ask. “Maybe knock on the well or something?”

“You... could?” he says, extremely hesitant. “You’ll be giving whatever it is an open invitation into the physical plane to answer the call.”

Sounds legit. “So we’ll have a chat and see if it’s okay with me cohabitating its root?”

>>42093851
Fuck you, giant cat, what do you know

>>42093881

“Possibly,” he says again, this time more skeptical. “But these things don’t think like us. It’s idea of answering your call could be tearing out your throat or dragging you to its domain in the spirit world.”

“How do I talk to it then?” you ask. “I mean. Can I even?”

“People figure these things out,” Roger says. “Somewhere along the line, somebody had to have built a relationship with this spirit. Maybe there’s a ritual familiar to it that you can use to communicate peacefully. Or maybe it comes out during full moons or Winter Solstices. They all have quirks.”

You think this over. “On a scale of one to inadvisable, how risky would just claiming the well as it is be?”

“I wouldn’t do it,” Roger tells you, his voice firm. “It could be different for you. A lot of things seem to be. But when I’m dealing with things older than western civilization, I try not to rush.”

“Okay then,” you say, warily.

“I’m stepping out of this plane now, so if you need to know anything else, you’re on your own.”

You can’t think of any other questions off the top of your head. “Thanks for the info,” you say.

“No problem.” He hangs up.

“That sounded like an ominous conversation,” says Rowan.

>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.
>No risk, no reward, right? You guys should take a step back. (Knock on well)
>Don’t sweat it. Sierra Beckhoff, ace Imperiate is the job. (Claim well)
>Other (?)

>>42093900
>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.

>>42093900
>Don’t sweat it. Sierra Beckhoff, ace Imperiate is the job. (Claim well)

>>42093900
>>Don’t sweat it. Sierra Beckhoff, ace Imperiate is the job. (Claim well)


let us try. Nothing could go wrong

>>42093900
>No risk, no reward, right? You guys should take a step back. (Knock on well)

>>42093900
>>No risk, no reward, right? You guys should take a step back. (Knock on well)

>>42093900
>>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.

Unless its the spirit of Fire I don't think we can hold it.

>>42093900
>No risk, no reward, right? You guys should take a step back. (Knock on well)

>>42093900
>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.

We're still a very small fish in the landmaster pond. This has potential to go very, very wrong.

>>42093900
You know, I bet that back home there are probably at least one or two wells like this that dad had. I wonder if those spirits would be on better terms with us were we to go for those later.

>No risk, no reward, right? You guys should take a step back. (Knock on well)

>>42093900
>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.

The well will be here when we're more equipped to handle it. I have an inkling there's a good chance the metaphysical being will cause Sierra to max our her stress.

We don't want that. Ever.

>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.
>Other (?): We can come back later.

>>42093900
>>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.

>>42093900
Back away slowly

>>42093899
>Fuck you, giant cat, what do you know
Everything, it's all-knowing.

>>42093992
That cat doesn't know SHIT. Maybe all-knowing about cat things!

Pompous cat

>>42093900
>No risk, no reward, right? You guys should take a step back. (Knock on well)

>>42093900
>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.

>>42093900
>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.

>>42093900
>Hey, Mori, you're good at spirit things right? What's your opinion on some conceptual lifeform anchoring itself deep in a landwell?

>>42093900
>No risk, no reward, right? You guys should take a step back. (Knock on well)

>>42093900
>No risk, no reward, right? You guys should take a step back. (Knock on well)

And be ready to run like a bat out of hell.

>>42093900
>No risk, no reward, right? You guys should take a step back. (Knock on well)

I wonder if we could shoot Wolgang or someone a text to see if he can do research on the Pukaskawa legends, spirits and methods indigenous peoples used to communicate with said spirits.

>>42093900
>No risk, no reward, right? You guys should take a step back. (Knock on well)

On the one hand, Myth seems to be more or less ok. So if it did try to fight her, it didn't do all that good a job.

On the other hand, she came here in full armor...

>>42094085
Don't we all have smart phones or something? We should google this shit.

Anyway, as best I can tell the name itself is a reference to cooking marrow. So blood and fire. Maybe it'll like us since we kinda fit with its theme?

>>42093900
>Don’t sweat it. Sierra Beckhoff, ace Imperiate is the job. (Claim well)

>>42093900
>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.

>>42094153
>Anyway, as best I can tell the name itself is a reference to cooking marrow. So blood and fire.
That's neat. Also sounds like a horrible way to die if it's strong enough to power through our fire resist.

>>42094153
Well I was more thinking about research that isn't readily available with google search. Not sure if research papers on some extinct native tribes traditions for how to communite with the sky spirit.

>>42093900
>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.

>>42093900
>>No risk, no reward, right? You guys should take a step back. (Knock on well)

>>42093900
>>Don’t sweat it. Sierra Beckhoff, ace Imperiate is the job. (Claim well)

>>42093900
>>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.

“A little too ominous for my blood,” you say. “Let’s back off. I don’t feel like pissing off some Indian spirit and getting all turned inside out right now.” You’ll just do your homework and figure out what spirit you’re dealing with here and how you might talk to it. Myth probably rushed into things and that’s why she screwed up.

Mori walks by you as you’re hiking back the way you came. “I didn’t realize land magic and sorcery crossed paths,” she says. “I knew about anchors, but a spirit using a landwell as an anchor... it’s incredible, but it falls into place.”

>All magic’s connected, circle of life, blah blah blah.
>Hey, were you interested in getting a boon? I mean, I’ve found a couple. If I got another, you could have dibs if you wanted.
>Forget Roger, you’re the one I should’ve been talking to.
>Moriah Crowther, Ace Sorceresser.
>Now all I’ve got to do is figure out where I can find information about ancient Canadian tribal ghosts. Something tells me google will be lacking.
>Can I pay you a fixed rate or something to research this stuff for me? Maybe I can jumpstart your career as a private detective.
>Other (?)

>>42093900
>Ominous as hell. Let’s back off. I don’t feel like getting turned inside out by some pissed off metaphysical being right now.

>>42094389
>Moriah Crowther, Ace Sorceresser.
>Hey, were you interested in getting a boon? I mean, I’ve found a couple. If I got another, you could have dibs if you wanted.

>>42094389
>>Now all I’ve got to do is figure out where I can find information about ancient Canadian tribal ghosts. Something tells me google will be lacking.
>Forget Roger, you’re the one I should’ve been talking to.
>Can I pay you a fixed rate or something to research this stuff for me? Maybe I can jumpstart your career as a private detective.

>>42094389
>Moriah Crowther, Ace Sorceresser.
>Forget Roger, you’re the one I should’ve been talking to.
>Now all I’ve got to do is figure out where I can find information about ancient Canadian tribal ghosts. Something tells me google will be lacking.

>Hey, were you interested in getting a boon? I mean, I’ve found a couple. If I got another, you could have dibs if you wanted.

>>42094389
>Now all I’ve got to do is figure out where I can find information about ancient Canadian tribal ghosts. Something tells me google will be lacking.
Then we can google it and make a joke about how we hope it's not the spirit of Indian wife murderer guy.

>>42094389
>"Any technology, if sufficiently advanced, would be indistinguishable from magic." Means that there's no real difference between one or the other once you get down to brass tax, ya know? It all follows the same basic rules.

>>42094389
>>Hey, were you interested in getting a boon? I mean, I’ve found a couple. If I got another, you could have dibs if you wanted.
>Moriah Crowther, Ace Sorceresser.
>Can I pay you a fixed rate or something to research this stuff for me? Maybe I can jumpstart your career as a private detective.

>>42094389
>Forget Roger, you’re the one I should’ve been talking to.
>Moriah Crowther, Ace Sorceresser.
>Hey, were you interested in getting a boon? I mean, I’ve found a couple. If I got another, you could have dibs if you wanted.

>>42094389
>All magic’s connected, circle of life, blah blah blah.
>Now all I’ve got to do is figure out where I can find information about ancient Canadian tribal ghosts. Something tells me google will be lacking.
>Hey, were you interested in getting a boon? I mean, I’ve found a couple. If I got another, you could have dibs if you wanted.

>>42094389
>All magic’s connected, circle of life, blah blah blah.
>Moriah Crowther, Ace Sorceresser.
>Now all I’ve got to do is figure out where I can find information about ancient Canadian tribal ghosts. Something tells me google will be lacking.

>>42094438
That...huh. Sierra sounding smart for a moment? I guess I'm in.
>>42094389
Seconding.

>>42094389
>>Now all I’ve got to do is figure out where I can find information about ancient Canadian tribal ghosts. Something tells me google will be lacking.
>>Can I pay you a fixed rate or something to research this stuff for me? Maybe I can jumpstart your career as a private detective.

>>42094389
>Forget Roger, you’re the one I should’ve been talking to.
>Other: Speaking of listening you, any chance of you helping me control my powers or whatever better?
>Hey, were you interested in getting a boon? I mean, I’ve found a couple. If I got another, you could have dibs if you wanted.

>>42094389
Can we do the boon thing with Vik? We've got two of them just sitting around and it's bugging the hell out of me. Or at least a vote for whether we want to do a takesy backsy thing on her or go through with the thing like we said.

>>42094389
>Moriah Crowther, Ace Sorceresser.
>Now all I’ve got to do is figure out where I can find information about ancient Canadian tribal ghosts. Something tells me google will be lacking.

Insert obligitory boon hierarchy argument

>>42094518
Just have Vik and Mori do Rock Paper Scissors for it.

>>42094540
This sounds fair

>>42094499
We promised her and Harvey both one, so I assumed we were gonna do that eventually. We try to keep our word, after all

>>42094518
Mori might end up just turning the thing down. She's already expressed multiple times that she doesn't think people with control issues should be going for powerups and she herself has to wear enchanted thingies to prevent her accidentally death magicing everything around her. And it still seeps through even with the items helping sometimes.

>>42094540
>Not having Vik and Reeber do Rock Paper Scissors for it.

>>42094561
Vik would play paper, it's her best skill.

Mori would play Entropy.

The scared fags samefagged into oblivion.

Sierra would have knocked.

>>42094655
I voted to knock and I want you to fuck off. We lost, stay mad, or move on. Either way, don't shit up the thread

>>42094655
Just because we've been reckless before doesn't mean we have to be reckless all the time.

>>42094655
yup.

>>42094655
I voted to knock, but if we eventually come back I'll be good with it.

It'd be less grating if the threads were more frequent. I don't want to wait 4 months to find out what lives in the landwell.

Well, we're actually in luck when it comes to research, the native population of the Lake Superior area is primarily the Ojibwa. Who started by inhabiting the northern shore of the Lake, including our current location, likely somewhere between 500-1000 years ago. We might actually be able to find locals who know what they're talking about.

If we had to research the previously Sioux, Fox, or Iroquois portions of the Lake Superior region we might be kinda fucked. Since the Ojibwa worked with European settlers and booted the others out of the region started around the mid 1700s, it would be a bitch and a half to get much of anything specific about their traditions concerning the Lake.

>>42094849
>Languid doesn't run every day for me, what a cunt for having other more important things to do than entertain some random people on 4chan

>>42094849
There's been a thread like every week this month. I'm not sure what you expect from a guy providin free entertainment.

>>42094926
>>42094945

he wasn't blaming the QM. don't put words in his faggot mouth.

>>42095199
Don't bother defending me. Anons are going to quote things and misrepresent it. This is 4chan.

“All I’ve got to do is figure out where I can get information about ancient Canadian tribal ghosts,” you tell Moriah. “You know anyplace good besides Google?”

“The library,” she answers.

You are not so confident. “Really.”

“There’s a lot of things they write in books that don’t make it onto the internet,” says Mori. “Especially for older things. The internet hasn’t been around for very long.”

“Makes sense, I guess,” you reply. “Is there a better one besides the public one? Or can I just stop in a Barnes and Noble?”

“We have a library at the house, but we don’t have anything about aboriginal history,” she says. “The Civil Assembly has a library that would have more about American myths and legends.”

“Yeah, but their library is in the Masonic lodge,” you say. And Masons generally hate demons.

“No, the Masonic library is in the Masonic lodge,” she says. “San Francisco’s arcane literature is just in the public library. You have to get permission from someone on the assembly to access the collection, but that’s just Ms. Song, my father, or your... Isaac. Or their assistants.”

“So I’ve pretty much already got it,” you say.

Mori looks thoughtful. “I can help,” she says. “It can be hard to know what you’re looking for the first time.”

“Look at you. Moriah Crowther, Ace Sorceresser. Sorceress.”

“I read books,” she says flatly.

“You know, next time I get a boon, I could sling it your way. I mean, I already found a couple. Maybe you’d grow wings too.”

>>42095492

Moriah shakes her head. “I don’t need it,” she says. “Give it to someone else.”

You snicker. “Someone like Ranthix, maybe?”

Mori ducks down a little and says nothing for a moment, focusing her attention instead of navigating the rocky shore. You feel a heated flare of embarrassment from her. “He works hard to protect everyone,” she says after a delay.

>Ranthix is like a force of nature. I think he might explode the universe if I stacked the deck too much in his favor.
> I’m more focused on like pumping up the people who can’t take hits. Like Vikrama or Harvey and whoever.
>I don’t really understand him sometimes. He’s all about the Imperiate and whatever, but it’s hard to tell if he’s loyal to me or if it’s all about some theoretical future me. I think.
>That’s true enough. Maybe I should talk to him about it.
>He’s a real riot. You talk to him much?
>You think he’s hot. Don't lie.
>Other (?)

>>42095509
> I’m more focused on like pumping up the people who can’t take hits. Like Vikrama or Harvey and whoever.

>He’s a real riot. You talk to him much?

>I don’t really understand him sometimes. He’s all about the Imperiate and whatever, but it’s hard to tell if he’s loyal to me or if it’s all about some theoretical future me. I think.

>>42095509
>I'm giving the next one to Reeber.
>Reeber is love.
>Reeber is life.

>>42095509
>> I’m more focused on like pumping up the people who can’t take hits. Like Vikrama or Harvey and whoever.
>I don’t really understand him sometimes. He’s all about the Imperiate and whatever, but it’s hard to tell if he’s loyal to me or if it’s all about some theoretical future me. I think.
>You think he’s hot. Don't lie.

>>42095509
>>I don’t really understand him sometimes. He’s all about the Imperiate and whatever, but it’s hard to tell if he’s loyal to me or if it’s all about some theoretical future me. I think.
>He’s a real riot. You talk to him much?

>>42095509
>>He’s a real riot. You talk to him much?
>>You think he’s hot. Don't lie.
>I don’t really understand him sometimes. He’s all about the Imperiate and whatever, but it’s hard to tell if he’s loyal to me or if it’s all about some theoretical future me. I think.

>>42095509
>I know how weird you can get about these things so I won't push this any further, but...
>You think he’s hot. Don't lie.

>>42095509
>He’s a real riot. You talk to him much?
>You think he’s hot. Don't lie.

>>42095509
>>I don’t really understand him sometimes. He’s all about the Imperiate and whatever, but it’s hard to tell if he’s loyal to me or if it’s all about some theoretical future me. I think.
>He’s a real riot. You talk to him much?

>>42095509
>Ranthix is like a force of nature. I think he might explode the universe if I stacked the deck too much in his favor.
>You think he’s hot. Don't lie.

>>42095509
>You think he’s hot. Don't lie.
> I’m more focused on like pumping up the people who can’t take hits. Like Vikrama or Harvey and whoever.
>I don’t really understand him sometimes. He’s all about the Imperiate and whatever, but it’s hard to tell if he’s loyal to me or if it’s all about some theoretical future me. I think.

>>42095509
>Ranthix is like a force of nature. I think he might explode the universe if I stacked the deck too much in his favor.
> I’m more focused on like pumping up the people who can’t take hits. Like Vikrama or Harvey and whoever.
> But that’s true enough. Maybe I should talk to him about it.

>Harvey
>Can't take hits
Dude's got the same godmode shield that Ro does. And he's really damn good at it - he can apply the thing to a whole car. That and he prefers to stay way the hell away from the things he's fighting and shoot them.

That said, I still wanna boon him. If we can't have functional wings, at least we can give wings to other people.
I wonder what Cass would get. Something to help her sniper better? Who knows.

>>42095724
He got dibs. We'll boon him.

Not poon. Boon.

>>42095509
>Ranthix is like a force of nature. I think he might explode the universe if I stacked the deck too much in his favor.
>Which, to be fair, would be totally awesome.
>That’s true enough. Maybe I should talk to him about it.
>He’s a real riot. You talk to him much?
>Like, he covers it up with a lot of fire, yelling and violence, but he's a lot deeper than he wants people to think.

>>42095509
I'm kinda curious about just what would actually happen if we used the boon on Ranthix. It seems like taking a tank and putting monster truck tires made of guns on it.

>>42096019
he will gain an aura of chest hair growth

>>42096186
Everywhere he goes people around him randomly sprout body hair.

>>42096367
don't they do that already from his sheer machismo?

>>42096019
Instead of being 10 pounds of fire, victory, and unstoppable juggernautness in a 5 pound bag, he'd end up like 15-20 pounds in a 5 pound bag.

He seems like he has found his area of already, so I doubt he'd pick up any new body parts, or much in the way of new tricks.

>>42095724
He's not overly squishy, but he's probably only got like 15 or so HP, doesn't have regen, and we can't always rely on his shield being there and him having distance.

>>42096401
>doesn't have regen
Technically he does, it's just way shittier than what we have. Remember when we snapped Ro's arm in half and it was healed in a week? He's got that too.

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>>42096401
MFW he manifests belphegorean traits and uses them to kiss de gurl.

“Does he?” you ask. “I mean. I know he protects me, specifically.”

“He does things for father and Waldric all the time,” says Moriah. “There’s more to being Thultal than helping the incumbent Imperiate.”

“I knew that, I just... I don’t know,” you say. “I don’t really understand him sometimes. He’s all about me and the Imperiate and whatever, but it’s hard to tell if he’s loyal to me, or if he’s loyal to some theoretical future me.”

Moriah nods slowly. “I think he just wants what’s best for everyone,” she says. “For him, that means restoring hell’s Imperiacy.”

“Yeah, I get that,” you say. “And Corithis was the last Imperiate, so I’m his best bet.”

“The whole idea of the Imperiate isn’t a binary thing,” Moriah says. “It’s impossible for there to be a true or rightful Imperiate. The whole philosophy is that anyone could do it if they had the will to make it happen. It’s a non-heritable position,” she says. “Ranthix believes in who you are right now. If he didn’t, he would have moved on to find someone else.”

“It’s just hard to see some of what he wants me to see,” you say. “I mean, being queen of hell sounds badass and everything, but I don’t know. It’s hard to play it up sometimes. I’m not as scary or whatever as I should be. Nobody takes me seriously. I mean, that as much as anything is why we’re doing this trip in the first place.”

“I know,” says Mori. “I know how Ranthix can sound sometimes. But he knows you. He might seem impatient, but that’s because he recognizes your potential. He’s not fabricating it. It’s not theoretical. You just need to trust him and have more faith in yourself.”

“That’s a load of BS,” you say, smirking.

“It’s like the keystone of an arch,” says Mori. “It stays in place even with nothing underneath it.”

“You’re starting to sound like a Thultal yourself,” you observe.

“I’ve been reading the Book of Chains,” she says.

The Book of Chains is not a light read. And it’s kind of above your Heltic reading level right now.

>>42096977

“I’m supposed to read that when I finish the Book of Suffering,” you say. “Gotta get smart with those Inferian sages.”

“I think the Book of Suffering makes more sense if you read the Book of Chains first,” Mori says, “but the Book of Suffering was written first, so it still works either way.”

“Anything in particular prompt you to get in on it?” you ask.

“We have three Thultal here,” she says. “I thought reading their laws and traditions would help me understand them better.”

“You and Xanissil seem to understand each other pretty well,” you say. “Her brother’s pretty straightforward too.”

“They are,” she agrees.

You smirk. “So it’s more for helping you understand Ranthix better.”

“They’re still acolytes, he’s a seasoned Thultal,” Mori replies, getting a little heated at your continued needling. “They’re not like him.”

“Yeah. Because he’s way more rugged and macho than they are,” you say.

Moriah is without words.

“C’mon. I know you get weird about this kind of thing, but don’t lie,” you say, skipping ahead a few rocks so you can look back at her consternation. “You think he’s hot.”

She stop in place, refusing to make a sound or take another step toward you. She doesn’t need to, though. Her emotions are knotting up in her and her face is turning a bright shade of pink.

>Let her off the hook.
>Wow. I mean. Yeah.
>Might want to be careful with that.
>You talk to him at all?
>He’s into younger women, so. Just a thought.
>Want me to engineer an elaborate hoax that gets him to save your life or vice versa?
>Other (?)

>>42097019
>He’s into younger women, so. Just a thought.

>>42097019
>>He’s into younger women, so. Just a thought.

>>42097019
Poor Mori.

>>42097019
>>He’s into younger women, so. Just a thought.
"Threre's a chance"

>>42097019
>"If it helps, you do seem like his type. I've talked to him about this kinda thing."

>>42097019
>Let her off the hook.
C'mon. At the very least, let's have some mercy on the environment right now. I don't want her leaking death everywhere.

>>42097019
>Let her off the hook

>He’s into younger women, so. Just a thought
"He's into younger women" Do we actually know this? I cant think of any evidence for this being true.

>>42097019
>He’s into younger women, so. Just a thought.
"he told me so while attempting to kidnap me"

"so..."
>You talk to him at all?

"but if you want to drop the subject thats fine too"
>Let her off the hook.

in that order, don't push she's supposed to be sierra's friend, and following that line of reasoning might start a wedge where there needn't be one...

>>42097019
>>Might want to be careful with that.
>>You talk to him at all?
>>He’s into younger women, so. Just a thought.

This is adorable

>>42097019
>He’s into younger women, so. Just a thought.

>>42097019
>Daydreaming about wedding bells, or drums, or whatever plays at weddings with thul'tal?
>It's kind of funny, you having the hots for a guy who shouts that much.
>You talk to him at all?
>C'mon girl! Spill!

>>42097019
>Wow. I mean. Yeah.
>You talk to him at all?
>Want me to engineer an elaborate hoax that gets him to save your life or vice versa?

>>42097019
>Let her off the hook.
>He’s into younger women, so. Just a thought.

>>42097019
>Other (?)
Say Nothing. Just give her a big, stupid, shit eating grin.

>>42097019
>>Let her off the hook.

>>42097019
>Let her off the hook.

>>42097019
>>He’s into younger women, so. Just a thought.
>Let her off the hook.

>>42097204
These are Thul'tal, if their wedding ceremonies don't involve wedding cannons, and other explosions, I will be extremely disappointed.

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>>42097376
"AND BY THE POWER INVESTED IN ME BY THE MIGHTY IMPERIATE i NOW PRONOUNCE YOU THUL'TAL AND BRIDE, YOU MAY ACTIVATE THE DETONATOR"

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>>42097283

>>42097461
Best girl.

>>42097481
from where?

>>42097376
Your head cannon is now my cannon
>yfw Metal is the theme for the band

>>42097495
Akuma no Riddle. It's a show about a dozen or so assassins all after the same target.

>>42097376
Spoilers: They are puritanical in their religious practices, and music is viewed as a debasing display of excess

>>42097531
>a dozen or so assassins all after the same target.
please tell me he's a slippery willy target to get at...or I'd have a brief period of disappointment with the country of japan...

>>42097575
Partly that, partly unfriendly competition. Only the actual killer is rewarded, and the assassination has to be carried out under specific restrictions.
One of the assassins decides pretty much immediately that they aren't interested in the reward and would rather protect the target instead.
Actual spoilers: the entire thing was set up by the target's family as a way of determining if she had the family's knack for quickly winning over and exploiting people under pressure.

>>42097762
so, crazy BS shenanigans and murder. sounds about right.

might look into it when monster musume gets boring(it's still sickens me that I haven't quit that one yet...).

>>42097820
Oh, and they're all lesbians. All of them.

“You talk to him at all?” you ask, genuinely curious.

Mori remains silent.

You smile, trying not to come across like you’re mocking her. “Sorry. It’s just kind of funny with how you’re kind of low key and how he’s definitely not.”

Moriah starts moving again, keeping her eyes on the ground. She even manages to speak up, just a little quieter than before. “I like it when people aren’t afraid to express themselves.”

Huh. You never thought about it like that before. “Well,” you say, dropping you voice low. “He’s kind of into younger women, so. Like. Just a thought,” you mumble.

Moriah’s eyes go wide, though you can’t tell if it’s out of shock or disbelief.

“Forget I said anything,” you mutter, taking a few steps to get ahead by yourself. Too many confusing feelings around Moriah right now. Hopefully you didn’t make her mad at you. Sometimes you can’t tell.

--

Some things are hard. Finding a landwell on the Eastern Seaboard is hard. Maybe it’s just the route you’re taking. Maybe it’s that the only two wells you found belonged to landmasters who didn’t answer their well-knocks and you didn’t feel like spending the time out in the miserable rain looking for more.

And yeah, it’s raining. Since Niagara Falls it’s been raining. Rain everywhere. This isn’t summer, this is a humid cold death.

But on the plus side, you got lots of sweet pictures and stupid souvenirs, like the NYPD jacket you’ve got on right now. Nothing says business like big yellow block letters stitched on a cotton hoodie. And it looks okay with your Eureka hat... kind of. Coast to coast.

Crowds throng about you and your friends, everybody seemingly carrying black umbrellas. It’s like you’re in the Matrix, except instead of Keanu Reeves, you’re like, you don’t know, maybe what’s her face from the movie Juno, except you’re not pregnant and you’re not in Alaska. Although Alaska would be a pretty kickass name for a kid, now that you’re thinking about it.

>>42097897
>>42097762
Oh it's you, Japan. I thought you were someone else for a moment.

>>42097916

You inform Rowan about your epiphany.

She nods, excited at your discover. “It would make a pretty cool name,” she says. “I think America is a pretty name too though, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.”

You take another bite out of your fancy deli meatball sandwich, almost losing a meatball in the process.

“Careful,” Vikrama pleads, shaking her umbrella to the side a little and letting off a torrent of water.

Xan doesn’t seem to mind the rain, but she’s got a big dumb yellow rain coat. She stares up the sides of skyscrapers with her arms out, alarming the crowds of people trying to push by.

Moriah motions everyone over to her, and you go into a group huddle. “The storage place is a couple blocks that way,” she says, consulting her phone again before pointing down the street toward the open skies of the sea.

You swallow your bite too soon, and have to pause for a second in pain while it goes down before you can speak.

>That’s a one ah-spicy meat-ah ball.
>Screw the rain. Let’s do it.
>I hope they didn’t do something dumb like build a park over it.
>I kind of need to do this by myself. I mean. You can check out that museum. I won’t be long.
>Is it usually this exciting to find out you could have a bunch of old junk you have to worry about?
>Other (?)

>>42097934
>Screw the rain. Let’s do it.
>I hope they didn’t do something dumb like build a park over it.

>>42097934
>Screw the rain. Let’s do it.
>I hope they didn’t do something dumb like build a park over it.

>>42097934
>Screw the rain. Let’s do it.
>I hope they didn’t do something dumb like build a park over it.
Too many people

>>42097934
>Screw the rain. Let’s do it.
>I hope they didn’t do something dumb like build a park over it.

>>42097934
>>Is it usually this exciting to find out you could have a bunch of old junk you have to worry about?

>>42097934
>Is it usually this exciting to find out you could have a bunch of old junk you have to worry about?
>Not that I'm excited or anything
What's our best friend doing?

>>42097897
"sigh, god dammit japaaan." (shakes fist in a half hearted way.)

>>42097934
>I hope they didn’t do something dumb like build a park over it.

>Is it usually this exciting to find out you could have a bunch of old junk you have to worry about?

>>42097934
>Other (?)
"What's the architecture like where you're from, Xan?"

>>42098062
..can I second this while maintaining >>42098002
as my vote for things to say/do?

>>42097897
They really aren't. They bait some but other than the poisoner chick absolutely nothing comes close to panning out.

>>42098099
no, on account of being a massive faggot who reacts in parentheses on an imageboard.

>>42088907
So how big is the Zithether?

>>42097916
nobody gonna comment on how Sierra seems to have inherited her mother's taste in names?

>>42098152
Dunno, but it reminds me of Zelathis. I wonder if we're eventually going to get some random lightning critter that Cordelliate named the sword after.

>>42097934
>Screw the rain. Let’s do it.
>I hope they didn’t do something dumb like build a park over it.

>>42098454
I see nothing wrong with the possibility of having a son named Indiana.

>>42098648
Do you want to deal with the fallout of naming your daughter "Idaho"?

>>42098648
Name first daughter India, Vik is the godmother.
Hilarity ensues.

>>42098674
>>42098648
I see we be gettin too AMERICA in this thread...

are we sure we gave the flag back?

>>42098674
Columbia works better, though.

>>42098694
But there's nothing wrong Join with MURIKA Us, Anon.

>>42098674
i think we should stick with the mountain theme, like Appalachia or Cascade