>>42483290
The four of you stand clustered together in the middle of the atrium as Ishmin march in from every doorway. In front of you, Tanni takes a step back and places herself behind her advancing soldiers.
“I want both the girls and the alchemist alive. You can kill the other one, he’s not very important.”
You do your best to glare at her, still confused. She shrugs.
“Don’t be like that. We’ll have a nice long chat after you’re all firmly chained down. I think after that you’ll understand where I’m coming from.”

Your head swims. What does she want with you? Why now? There are four doorways leading out from the atrium and there are soldiers in each one. Behind you is the passage leading back into your rooms but that’s a dead-end, there’s nothing for you there. And in front of you is Tanni.
There’s no easy way out.

Oster is in front of you, his arm shielded out protectively over you and the princess. You can’t see Aashenpreet but you can feel her just behind you all the same. Hiss snarls beside you, her eyes fixed on the constrictor. If you don’t do anything it looks like she might make the decision for you soon enough.

> Run back to your rooms. It might be a dead-end but at least it’s a defensible position!

> Try for one of the doorways.

> Charge straight at Tanni.

> Just follow Hiss and support her.

> Lay down your pack and surrender. It’s what Tanni would want you to do.

> Make a wish (Specify)

> Use a potion (Specify which one and for which purpose)

> Other

>>42483302
Throw the weakening brew and then the explosive brew. Then
> Run back to your rooms. It might be a dead-end but at least it’s a defensible position!

>>42483397
This.

>>42483302
>>42483397
Can't think of anything else so Ill put my vote in for this as well.

>>42483302
> Lay down your pack and surrender. It’s what Tanni would want you to do.

>>42483554
What the fuck is wrong with you anon?

>>42483573
What? She's already told us she'll explain everything and more violence won't help this situation. I'm sure she only wants the best for Cennen.

>>42483302
Throw weakening brew and standard explosive, as we retreat throw the snakebreaker once we get to where we can dive behind some thick cover. Also tell Hiss that anti-plant thing will work on Tanni.


>>42483594
You're a bloody moron.

>>42483594
Oh I get it. You're just retarded.

>>42483609
>>42483610
You're both monsters. She's been nothing but kind to us and we're throwing it all back in her face.

Changing
>>42483517
To
>>42483609

>>42483631
Did you miss the part where she's trying to kill Oster and put the rest of us in chains?

>>42483609
It seems a bit redundant to use explosive and then snakebreaker. Maybe we should just skip the first explosive and use the rest of your plan.

>>42483631
>"I don't care about the hospitality. One doesn't get here by caring about pride. And I quite enjoy all of you. But...on the flipside, one doesn't get here by caring about affection either. Do you even know the prices on your heads? Or what I could do with you? "

>She takes a step back as the two Ishmin flanking her draw their swords and advance. >Behind her, you can see even more.
The other four doors opening into the atrium slam open, armed Ishmin in each one.

>"I want both the girls and the alchemist alive. You can kill the other one. He's not very important."
>She shrugs as you do your best to glare at her, still finding it hard to find any genuine hatred.
>"Don't be like that. We'll all have a nice long chat after you're firmly chained down, I think after that you'll understand where I'm coming from. Sorrrrrry."


She's either going to turn us in for the bounty or enslave us with her voice mindfuckery.

>>42483671
Well she said she doesn't need him and he doesn't really seem to be happy with his own life thus far.

While she's said she needed to chain us it might be necessary. Instead of just conversing with her you're all resorting to bombs and gas.

In her position it seems prudent.

>>42483702
Ok yeah you're definitely retarded

>>42483699
Why didn't we just give her to his or something.

>>42483702
No one can be this stupid. Fuck off troll.

>>42483696
Explosive is a lot less dangerous than the breaker. By an order of magnitude.

>>42483699
It's not enslavement if you agree to it anon! Just relax and let her calm this whole situation down.

>>42483726
She'd need to fear Hiss first. She doesn't.


>>42483750
>It's not enslavement if you agree to it anon!
Except you know she'd mind rape us and possibly rape rape us until we comply. shut up troll.

>>42483729
Right but the plan is to use the snakebreaker after we're safe from any shrapnel

>>42483787
Coulda wished for that though probably. Possibly.

>Weakening Brew and Explosive Concoction
>Run back to your rooms.

"Don't breathe!"
You toss the Weakening Cloud right at the feet of the advancing Ishmin, hoping to catch Tanni behind them as well. You can't tell if you're successful or not due to thick white smoke.
The soldiers coming in from the sides speed up at the sight, their hands out and ready. They won't use their swords on you, not yet anyway. They've been told to take most of you alive.

The four of you run back towards your rooms while you shake your explosive concoction, tossing it behind you to buy time. You know it kills at least one of them, probably more.

Oster kicks open the door to your room and runs inside.
"Here, we can hole up inside here! We can hold any number of men with the doorway as a chokepoint and we can use the window to escape."

"Fuck that," Hiss grouches. "Let's go right back out there! I'm going to kill her!"

"I agree with Oster," Aashenpreet says. "We just need to get out."

"Your opinion doesn't even matter!"

> Throw a Snakebreaker back down the hallway.

> Fortify up inside the room.

> Hiss has it right.

> Make a Wish (Specify)

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>42483799
Yes, which is why we get to cover then throw it. They're in the open we wouldn't be.

>>42483819
Only wishbond we have is with Aashepreet.

Would Aashenpreet's death rattle work on ishmin?

>>42483833
> Fortify up inside the room.
Wait for the hallway to fill up with as many of the enemy as possible then
> Throw a Snakebreaker back down the hallway.

>>42483833
> Throw a Snakebreaker back down the hallway.

>>42483833
>> Fortify up inside the room.

>>42483833
> Throw a Snakebreaker back down the hallway.
> Fortify up inside the room.
Doesn't the weakening brew only work on humans?

>>42483845
Not very well. It's pretty hard to convince an Ishmin to do something that isn't their orders.

>>42483833
Just a thought, but what if we gave Hiss the Hissbrew?

>>42483931
Halo Hiss re-appears. Decides to smoosh that funny little spec of dust named.. cen? Something before she irrationally decides to give up power again.

>>42483931
We'd die, Aash would die, Oster would die. Remember she'd be at auto-max poison output, and she can't control venom lethality like Cennen can.

>>42483957
What are you even on about anon?

>>42483978
I don't know man. I've had too much to drink and should probably stop voting.

>>42483931
Everyone but Hiss would die.

>>42483978
>>42484000
Wouldn't our brand protect us? Aash and Oster could go out the window

>>42484093
Nope. We'd resist it but that much venom would definitely still kill us

>>42484093
HaHa no. We're not poison immune by any stretch, just slightly resistant and when we had a chance to be totally immune, anons went and voted for being turned into the snakecatcher.

>>42484118
Ouro said on his ask.fm it won't ever turn us into a snakecatcher. There are very few similarities between what happened to him and what's happening to us.

>>42484146
That doesn't mean we won't get turned into an aberration anon, just one that's different from the one we fought.

>Fortify up inside the room.
>Throw Snakebreaker down the hallway

You don't say anything and just get inside the room, Aashenpreet following you. Oster and Hiss stay outside, Oster clearly unwilling to leave her side.
"You too, Cennen?"
Hiss doesn't sound very happy.
"Well I'm not going off on my own!"

She reluctantly joins you inside the room, just as the Ishmin regroup from the explosive and come charging down the hallway.
"Get clear!"
You toss the Snakebreaker down the hall towards them as Oster jumps inside, slamming the door behind him as he does so.
The walls rattle with the force of the explosion, stone dust raining down on all of you.

Oster doesn't waste any time, moving to the closest window. He does his best to hack at the wooden shutters covering it while Aashenpreet joins him and starts prying it off with her bare hands.

> Join them. The sooner you get out the window the better.

> Open the door and investigate what the Snakebreaker did out there.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Make a Wish (Specify)

> Other

>>42484208
> Open the door and investigate what the Snakebreaker did out there.

>>42484208
> Open the door and investigate what the Snakebreaker did out there.
How many snakebreakers do we have left?

>>42484208
> Open the door and investigate what the Snakebreaker did out there.
Just take a peek

>>42484242
Zero. The inventory pastebin is in the first post for a reason anon.

>>42484242
Last one, hence why I wrote in to wait until the hallway got filled before using it.

>>42484208
> Join them. The sooner you get out the window the better.

>>42484224
>>42484242
>>42484247
If we do this can we at least draw our sword first?

>>42483915
No it works on snakes. The dulling cloud doesn't though.

>>42484341
I agree
also, I'm pretty sure Tanni altered it so that we can't use it against her or her ishmin

> Open the door and investigate what the Snakebreaker did out there.

"Hold on guys, I just need to check..."
You draw your sword and open the door, Hiss right behind you.
You notice the smell before anything else. The reek blows in as the door opens almost like it possesses a physical presence, the smell of blood and guts and bowels.

The hallway is painted in blood and viscera, pockmarked with chips of bone and steel and hundreds of little scale-shrapnel. It's like an abattoir.
Some seem to have lost bodily cohesion altogether but around them you can still see their comrades severed limbs and splattered guts. Empty metal husks leaking red from a hundred tiny puncture wounds.

You retch, feeling the inside of your stomach burn your throat and mouth. Hiss claps you on the back.
"Good job, Cennen. I knew you had it in you."

You hear a 'thwack' from somewhere down the smokey hallway and Hiss jerks back, a crossbow bolt protruding from her chest. Her scales cover her but they come a whole second too late as she takes the shot that could well have been meant for you before you had ducked down to vomit.
"Oh," she says and sits down.

Three more Ishmin charge down the hallway, one of them in the middle of reloading a crossbow. They move in strict formation, apparently unaffected by the gore they find themselves amongst.

> Attack!

> Pull Hiss inside and shut the door.

> Pick up Hiss and run for the window.

> Surrender and ask to be taken to Tanni if it will mean Hiss gets immediate treatment.

> Make a wish (Specify)

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>42484828
>> Pull Hiss inside and shut the door.

>>42484828
> Pull Hiss inside and shut the door.
Fuck!
> Pull out the bolt and give Hiss a heal all, to try and stabilize her.
> Examine the bolt, if they wanted to take us alive it may be coated with some sort of tranquilizer.

>>42484828
> Pull Hiss inside and shut the door.
Give her a heal all
Aash should carry her out the window
Leave the arrow in for now to limit blood loss

>>42484957
If we're giving her a heal all we should probably pull it out and maintain pressure on the wound or ask her to. Seconding the rest of this vote though.

>>42484828
>tfw I was the only one who voted not to pointlessly look out the door
Come on guys.

>>42485066
I call fowl play on that one Ishmin, they want us alive what the fuck was he doing with that crossbow

>>42485111
fuck, meant foul

>>42485111
Tanni changed her mind after seeing our fuck you bomb go off.

>>42484828
>>42484951
this

>>42484951
>>42484957
In case we can't do this and we get caught/have to surrender, we could try to drive Attaraan's attention towards Tanni, turn them against each other and escape during the commotion.

>>42485392
That would be impossible while we're imprisoned.

> Pull Hiss inside and shut the door.

Oh shit! Hiss looks more confused than anything else, her eyes glassy. You grab her and pull her inside as quickly as you can, slamming the door shut. You'd lock it but it only locks from the outside and you don't have the key.

"Your Highness!"
Oster races over as you search your bag for an Inferior Heal-all, pressing it to her lips and then unbuttoning her tunic to tend to the wound. Oster takes his shirt off and begins ripping it into makeshift bandages.
"We need to pull the arrow out," you pant. "Otherwise she's going to heal around it!"

Oster pulls the bolt out, resulting in a gush of blood while you do your best to bandage her. Hiss grits her teeth and says nothing.

The three Ishmin start to hammer at the door but Aashenpreet leans against it, keeping it shut until you can push the bed against it.

"We need to get out of here!," Oster bellows, picking up Hiss who groans in pain. He passes her to Aashenpreet.

> Agreed. It's time to go for the window.

> There has to be an easier way to transport Hiss.

> No, you need to get your revenge.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Make a wish (Specify)

> Other

>>42485425
> Agreed. It's time to go for the window.

>>42485425
> Agreed. It's time to go for the window.
We're on the first floor right?

>>42485421
Shit, meant to say Oster could do it. Since they only want to kill him, have him escape and spread the word Tanni is sheltering fugitives.

>>42485425
>> There has to be an easier way to transport Hiss.

>>42485425
> There has to be an easier way to transport Hiss.
Turn back to snake form.

>>42485425
> Agreed. It's time to go for the window.
> There has to be an easier way to transport Hiss.

>>42485616
If we do this we should redo the bandage on her snake form tightly

>>42485652
I'm not sure if we'll have time to mess around here

>Agreed, it's time to go for the window.
>There has to be an easier way to transport Hiss.

Hiss doesn't look particularly comfortable in Aashenpreet's arms and as you begin to think, you realize that taking her out the window like that might be asking for trouble.
"Hiss, I need you to change back!"

"I don't want to!"

"Please!"

Hiss dissolves, Aashenpreet struggling to keep hold of the black and red snake. You reapply the bandages as quickly as you can though you don't think you have any real idea how to bandage a snake. At least the wound is smaller now and in her natural form her protective scales are permanently applied.
You take her from Aashenpreet, the wounded snake wrapping itself around you. You gently place her into your pack as best you can. You can't be seen running around in public with a snake.

Oster is the first to climb through the window, hopping into the alleyway beyond. Aashenpreet follows, with you bringing up the rear.
But you may have spent too much time fussing over Hiss. As you're climbing out the window, the bed is finally shoved out of the way and the door bursts open. The Ishmin with the crossbow is out at the front, aiming directly at you!

Roll a 1d100 (best of the first 3 counts)

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>42486043

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>42486043

Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>42486043

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>42486043

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>42486043
dice gods pls

>>42486072
Shit. I hope thats good enough. Probably hit a non vital area.

>>42486113
Maybe it was enough to dodge completely?

>>42486113
> "Ow! Hey watch it asshole, your mistress wants me alive!"

>>42486187
I think that went out the window when we started throwing around warcrime-tier shrapnel explosives

>>42486072

You roll out of the window just in time, a bolt piercing the air just above you. But in order to dodge it you had to throw yourself out of the window way faster than you should have.

You hit your head against the ground and groan in pain, doing your best to shield your pack. You're seeing stars as Aashenpreet helps you to your feet.

You run from the alleyway together, still stranded in the temple district. The road is clear but you can hear the sound of stamping footsteps.
"Oh no," Aashenpreet moans. "She's going to mobilize her entire army. We can't run."

> We can damn well try.

> Try to find a place to hide while you can apply disguises.

> "Then we just need to find Tanni, right?"

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Make a wish (Specify)

> Other

>>42486215
That would make us more valuable to Tanni, and I get the feeling Ishmn are dsiposable for the constrictors

>>42486259
What is cennen implying that we will do when we find tanni? Kill her?

>>42486259
> "Then we just need to find Tanni, right?"

>>42486259
> "Then we just need to NOBBLE Tanni, right?"

>>42486343
We could try to sneak up to her, since her seer can't detect us and kill her with the plant poison we made for Hiss, but I'd prefer to nobble/negotiate with her, or have Hiss eat her.

>>42486259
>>42486383
Fuck yeah, it's nobbling time!

>>42486259
>> Make a wish (Specify)
probably a good time to wish for ashenpreet to be in full hulk mode till we're safe

>>42486259
> "Then we just need to find Tanni, right?"
I can get past her seer undetected.

>>42486343
arguably our best bet is to have hiss eat her but even that is pretty risky at this stage

incidentally i can't imagine its going to be possible to capture her at this stage of alert. we should have just tried to catch sint to appease the title gods.

>>42486524
I think nearly all of her ishmin will be out looking for us

>>42486544
sure buts we don't actually have much alchemically capable of debilitating her, at least non lethal options (scalebane, plantkiller etc)

If Hiss is going to eat her its almost certainly going to require we do something because she's super confident and won't be trapped in a gaze easily.

>>42486637
We can go solo and use a hissbrew with our nonlethal venom.

>>42486686
I like this, it solves the problem of her strength as well

>>42486686
I kinda forgot the specific effects of hissbrew. Can you remind us Ouro? The pastebin doesn't really describe it much.

>>42486769
We leak poison, all over the place.

> "Then we just need to find Tanni, right?"

"There's no reason to give up yet," Oster says. "We can run along the rooftops and find a place where we can disguise ourselves."

"That won't work," you say. "She has at least one seer and while they can't detect me, they can still find you guys."

"So we leave NOW!"

"No. I think we have to take Tanni out somehow. Or at least convince her to let us go."

Oster shakes his head.
"You can't talk to her, not without me."

"Who said anything about talking?"

>You need to do this without them. Let them distract the Ishmin for you.

> Bring Aashenpreet with you.

> Bring Oster with you.

> You'll do this together.

> Give Hiss to someone staying behind. You can't bring her with you into this.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Make a wish (Specify)

> Other

>>42486855
>You need to do this without them. Let them distract the Ishmin for you.
>Drink Hiss brew once we're away

>>42486855
>You need to do this without them. Let them distract the Ishmin for you.
> Give Hiss to someone staying behind. You can't bring her with you into this.
At the very least we can eliminate the seer. I feel dumb for bitching about how this Art was useless.

>>42486855
>You need to do this without them. Let them distract the Ishmin for you.
Focus on getting Hiss to safety, take the hissbrew and go nobbling

>>42486855
>> You'll do this together.
Should we wish Ash to be able to ignore Tanni like Oster can?

>>42486946
Last wish anon, it'd just wear off.

>>42486946
It wouldn't work. It's the last wish and those can't last long.

>>42486855
> Give Hiss to someone staying behind. You can't bring her with you into this.
Guys the seer would just detect hiss from our pack and know where we are through her.

>>42486855
>>42486769
Ouro can I get a response to this

>>42486855
>You need to do this without them. Let them distract the Ishmin for you.
> Give Hiss to someone staying behind. You can't bring her with you into this.

>>42487026
I thought it was implicit in the going alone option

>>42487134
Why would there be a separatr option specifically saying to leave her behind then?

>>42486855

>>42487167
In that case, add
> Give Hiss to someone staying behind. You can't bring her with you into this.
to
>>42486936

>>42487093
Sure. Here's the quote from an earlier thread:
"Drinking this inundates the drinker's body with venom, killing them instantly unless they are already venomous. And if they are already venomous it fills their body with their own venom, seeping it from the pores of their body and making it a property of their touch for a few hours.
If Hiss drank this she would become a walking embodiment of death, something that would kill the grass under their feet and instantly slay anyone with just a touch. Hell, even her breath would linger in the air and give a slow death to anyone who breathed the air where she once was, even hours later."

It can work for Cennen as well.

>>42487134
Not quite. Hiss is technically part of your inventory right now.

>>42487217
Wouldn't our soul cover hers then if she's in our pack then?

>>42487217
Wait would that count as continually using our Art? I don't wanna have to do instability rolls constantly

>>42487325
Yes it would.

>You need to do this without them. Let them distract the Ishmin for you.
> Give Hiss to someone staying behind. You can't bring her with you into this.

You pull Hiss out of your pack, passing her to Oster.
"Keep her safe. You're going to get scryed on sooner or later, I think but just do your best to keep them busy."

"Can do," Oster says, noticeably more chipper now that it's only you that's being left behind. But as he cradles Hiss, his face grows more somber.
"Seriously mate, you won't have any of us to back you up in there. If there's the first sign of trouble I want you to back out and run. Meet us down by the docks somewhere."

Aashenpreet sighs.
"Don't get yourself killed Cennen. I don't know what I'd tell Rock if she came back to that."

And with that, they're gone. It's just you now. You and your pack.
Can you really do this?

> Try to sneak in.

> Surrender to the nearest Ishmin you can find and have them take you to Tanni.

> Use a potion as a distraction (Specify)

> Pray to Tanni.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>42487528
> Try to sneak in.
We should've gotten rid of the wishbond. Now we can't get hurt or aash will be fucked.

>>42487528
> Try to sneak in.

>>42487528
> Try to sneak in.
Use hissbrew

>>42487528
>> Try to sneak in.
we should really work on getting some invisibility going

>>42487528
> Try to sneak in.
> Drink the Hissbrew now

>>42487528
> Try to sneak in.
Hide somewhere for a bit and make a soulsight brew first. There should be some blood in our pack or on us that we can use.

>>42487679
>>42487715
We might want to hold off as long as possible to drink that

>>42487870
It would also help if we're found before reaching Tanni, and if we wait too long we might not have the chance to drink it.

>Try to sneak in.

Girding yourself, you sidle back into the alleyway from whence you came. Thankfully it's empty. From there it's only the matter of a small climb to get back through the window you had just leapt from a few minutes ago.
None of them would expect you to just come back here, surely!

You pace through the room, doing your best to be as quiet as possible. You can't stay here, they might come back here at any moment. And outside the room...is the massacre corridor again. This time you keep your stomach in check.

You start to slowly pick your way down it, doing your best to avoid the corpses and the shredded meat. Once you get to the atrium you can find a safe spot and brew something up if you need to. Soulsight would be the most useful.

And then you hear a door creak open behind you. You turn around and it seems as if the whole world slows down, the doorway to Hiss' bedroom swinging open and an armored boot stepping through. An Ishmin?
Shit.
You don't even try to fight, not while you can still find a place to hide.

Roll a d100 to hide.

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>42487920

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>42487920

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>42487920

>>42487941
Oh god

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>42487920
>>42487941
Holy shit anon. That was too close.

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>42487920

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>42487920
Come on dice gods

>>42487941
We're gonna roll a fucking 99 for the next instability roll

>>42488009
Please be merciful and accept this roll ouro

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>42487920

>>42488072
Dayum nice late roll anon

>>42488072
heh yeah i almost didn't roll, probably came too late anyhows

>>42488009
The Ishmin steps into view and looks down the length of the corridor, looking directly at you. And then he just keeps on walking to investigate the next room.

He looked at you but he didn't see you. And why would he? You're just one more corpse among many after all.
There hadn't been enough time to get back to your room. So instead you had dropped to the ground and hid yourself among the blood and the offal, an Ishmin corpse covering you. And you keep your mouth shut, even as the blood of men you killed seeps in through your clothes and nostrils, even as you accidentally slice a cut in your shoulder when you lie atop a piece of scale-shrapnel embedded in the floor.
Your blood joins theirs.

You go to move but the Ishmin is already back, patrolling the corridor. You just stay still, doing your best to be one of the many dead as he passes by. He doesn't seem to spot you, completely soaked and covered as you are.

And in time, he passes you.

> Just stay here until you're sure he's gone for good.

> Time to get the fuck out.

> Nobble the Ishmin, you don't want him wandering about while you're trying to sneak.

> Vomit again.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

In addition, roll a d100 for Instability. Tanni has her seer searching the area. Will only accept the first roll.

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>42488211
> Just stay here until you're sure he's gone for good.

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>42488211
>> Nobble the Ishmin, you don't want him wandering about while you're trying to sneak.

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>42488211
> Time to get the fuck out.
90+ get

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>42488211
> Just stay here until you're sure he's gone for good.

>>42488211
> Use Potion (Specify)
Hissbrew
> Nobble the Ishmin, you don't want him wandering about while you're trying to sneak.

>>42488250
Instability roll failed. Nothing changes.

>>42488211
> Just stay here until you're sure he's gone for good.
The seer might notice if we do anything to the ishmin. This is a sneaking mission.

>>42488211
>>42488299
Change to
> Just stay here until you're sure he's gone for good.
Still use the Hissbrew

> Just stay here until you're sure he's gone for good.

You stay there for at least another five minutes or so, keeping yourself calm. And this isn't so bad really, it's just meat. You don't get used to the stench unfortunately.

And when you are sure he is gone for good you rise, a ghastly specter covered in blood and gore and smelling like shit. Your boots squelch as you walk, leaving bloody footprints. You're forced to take them off, abandoning them as you step out of the corridor so that you won't leave further prints.
You continue barefoot into the atrium. You're still dripping quite a bit however and there's not much you can do about that.

> Make a beeline for the baths. They're pretty close, if you recall correctly. You need to wash this off lest you drip everywhere you go.

> No time for that! Just find a safe spot and start brewing.

> There's not even any time for that! You need to find Tanni right away. She got hit by the cloud so she probably hasn't gone too far.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>42488616
>> There's not even any time for that! You need to find Tanni right away. She got hit by the cloud so she probably hasn't gone too far.

>>42488616
> There's not even any time for that! You need to find Tanni right away. She got hit by the cloud so she probably hasn't gone too far.

>>42488616
> There's not even any time for that! You need to find Tanni right away. She got hit by the cloud so she probably hasn't gone too far.
>Drink Hissbrew

>>42488616
>> Make a beeline for the baths. They're pretty close, if you recall correctly. You need to wash this off lest you drip everywhere you go.
man i really hope we're at least carrying our boots though. Can't abandon good well fitting boots.

>>42488616
> Make a beeline for the baths. They're pretty close, if you recall correctly. You need to wash this off lest you drip everywhere you go.
> Use Potion (Specify)
Soulsight

>>42488616
Take off bloody clothes and put them in our bag. I'm not worried about running around in our underwear at this point.
> No time for that! Just find a safe spot and start brewing.
Knockout brew

> There's not even any time for that! You need to find Tanni right away. She got hit by the cloud so she probably hasn't gone too far.

No, fuck that, you don't have enough time for any of that! Oster, Hiss and Aashenpreet could be getting into all sorts of trouble while they lead the Ishmin away. You can't afford to waste time!

However, you do step back and pick up your boots from where you left them. Shouldn't abandon good working boots like that.

With boots in hand and dripping madly, you run through the corridor that you remember Tanni retreating through. Now, where could she have gone?
"...find them! He'll be with them."

You recognize that voice and you duck around the corner as foot steps draw closer. It's a Quedeshi man, one that looks somewhat Kouri in nature dressed in a long brown robe. His eyes are covered by a ceremonial blindfold but he doesn't seem to have any problem seeing where he is going.
Beside him are two Ishmin, one of them cradling Tanni's limp form in their arms. For a moment you think she could be unconscious or even dead. But her eyes are open.
And they're heading your way.

> Hide and wait for them to pass. You don't want to fight more Ishmin right now. You need to find a better opportunity.

> Attack! You need to disable that seer anyway.

> See if you can wait for them to get close and try to nobble her right of the Ishmin's arms.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>42489022
>> See if you can wait for them to get close and try to nobble her right of the Ishmin's arms.

>>42489044
If we use the hissbrew and then touch her she won't be able to protect us or listen to wishes. Use your brain.

>>42489022
>>42489044
What he said, drink the hissbrew before jumping out of cover

>>42489022
>> See if you can wait for them to get close and try to nobble her right of the Ishmin's arms.

deleted my last vote. Hoping >>42489076 isn't wrong about his assumption.

>>42489022
> Attack! You need to disable that seer anyway.
Rumpleskin for one ishmin, acid for the other.
Draw sword and finish them and the seer off.

So we're just gonna go full murderhobo here? What is it about Tanni's place that makes us do that? :l

>>42489123
The fact she was going to enslave us.

>>42489123
This is some serious fucking business anon.

>>42489138
Well Hiss was going to kill us!

Tanni has never been anything but wonderful to Cennen!

>>42489123
Gota hit hard and fast with diplomancers

>>42489113
This

>>42489170
We could just hear her out!

>>42489076
We'll knock everyone out just by breathing close to them

>>42489167
>Tanni has never been anything but wonderful to Cennen!
Blatant lies


>>42489200
and then be mindraped into submission and having no will of our own.

>>42489200
Weak b8

>>42489022
>> Hide and wait for them to pass. You don't want to fight more Ishmin right now. You need to find a better opportunity.
thanks for picking those boots up ouro

>>42489138
>>42489145
>>42489170

I suppose I should have been a little more specific. HissbrewMurderhobo is what I really meant. I get that we used our BFG already but we still have serpentbane, scalebane, acid, our swordsmanship and rumpleskin. Hell, in a pinch we even have a Eugine potion still. I just don't see why we would need to Hissbrew here when we have so many other viable solutions.

>>42489113
>>42489022
this

>>42489167
You work for her, don't you?
>>42489200
To quote Tanni, we can do that after she's firmly chained down

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>>42489218
>and then be mindraped into submission and having no will of our own.

Rolled 6 (1d6)

Looks like a tie between attempting to nobble and just attacking. Evens the former, odds the latter.

>>42489342
DICE FOLLOW THE TRUE PATH OF NOBBLING

>>42489342
At least we got a tie to offer up to the Dice Gods.

>>42489272
The Hissbrew is actually the least violent option, since it's working with our venom.

>>42489342
Shit, wait. She's too weak to protect us.

>>42489477
Doesn't matter, Ishmin can't unnobble her

>>42489525
>unnobble
heh

>>42489525
they can unnobble her by murdering us, which they might do, if they think the situation is bad. remember they tried to kill us already

>See if you can wait for them to get close and try to nobble Tanni right out of their arms.

Right now they'll definitely see you once they pass the corner. There's no way to hide from that without retreating. But it WILL give you the element of surprise, you should be able to reach out before they even know you're there.

And if you can just get a grab on Tanni, you should be able to make the two Ishmin back down. It's a bit of a long-shot but you'll be damned if you're going to let this opportunity pass you by!

The seer is the first to pass, overlooking you completely with his magical sight. And then as the Ishmin steps into view, you pounce! You slam into them, grabbing Tanni around the chest and waist and doing your best to pry her free!

Fortunately the Ishmin wasn't holding onto her very tightly, mostly just providing her a comfortable resting place so you pull her free quite easily.
"What?"

"Gotcha!"
You fall to the ground as you pull her free, still holding onto her. She whips around and punches you in the face but she barely taps you. She can't even wriggle out of your grasp, she's been completely drained of her usual overpowering strength.

She turns bright green, covering herself in scales.
"He can't hurt me! So just get him! Take him down!"

The Ishmin draw their swords, confident in the knowledge that even if they strike her she won't be hurt.. You only have seconds left.

> Specify

Also make an Instability d100 roll since you got swept by the magical sight the seer was using in place of their real vision. Only the first roll counts.

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>42489582

>>42489582
Wait, is she nobbled? Can we make a wish?

>>42489623
Fuck you anon. Why would you roll without voting for anything?

>>42489582
Pull out hand, threaten poison. We can just stick it straight in her mouth just in case her scales are impermeable.

Also, assuming this counts as a capture, wish for her to speak only in a monotone until we say otherwise to neuter her fucking mind control.

>>42489582
> Push her at the Ishmin to gain some time
>"I wish you do everything in your power to prevent any harm done to me or my friends"
>>42489623
Unlimited power

>>42489582
Nobble if unnobbled! First wish! Order any of your ishman to off themselves!

>>42489582
I wish you would abase yourself before me, have my safety in mind always and do everything in your power to keep me from harm without stifling my desires.

>>42489641
Yes you can. She's captured right now.

>>42489623
Alright. Gonna need another d100 roll. First come, first served, such is the way of Instability.

>>42489623
MOTHER.
FUCKER.

On the plus side visibly mutating in front of them has got to freak them out some.

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>42489667
This
>>42489690
Rollan

>>42489582
>scalebane
>threats
>readyrumpleskin

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>42489690
Monotone wish!

>>42489582
I wish you would do everything in your power to help my friends and I return to my country

>>42489784
She'll make certain that your bodies are returned to your homeland for burial.

>>42489886
She has to obey the intent of the wish. Not the wording.

Rolled 4 (1d6)

Looks like another tie between the Monotone wish and wishing for her to do everything in her power to prevent harm coming to you or your friends. Evens the former, odds the latter.

>>42489916
Thank god for that. Though it's been confirmed the wishing for more wishes type deal leads to more interpretation on the "Wishless" wishes.

>>42489946
What's the monotone wish?

>>42489946
Pls no what kind of idiot would wish for that in this situation

>>42489974
Your fellow players, apparently. Although she still has to protect us I guess.

>>42490000
She's too weak to do so, we'll die.

>>42489720
1

>>42489673
>>42489784
2

>>42489946
ouro.......

>>42489946
Fucking dice gods conspiring with stupid players

>>42490028
You forgot mine
>>42489667

>>42489946
Ouro you miscounted.

see
>>42490028
>>42490054

>>42489946
I'm pretty sure it was the same guy who voted again with that roll

First of all, there are two monotone votes, not 1.
>>42489720
>>42489663

Secondly, I only count these votes as 'Wish for her to do everything her power to prevent harm'.
>>42489667
>>42489700

These two wishes
>>42489673
>>42489784
are different and would have different effects, particularly the latter one.

But I think >>42490088 might have it right so hold on.

>>42490121
>First of all, there are two monotone votes, not 1.
Those are both me, I meant the second one as a reminder to go with the roll, not another vote.

>>42490137
Oh well alright then. Let me just rewrite.

>>42490137
Thanks for having integrity anon. You could've said so a little sooner though

>>42490157
Please forgive me master, for I am ashamed.

>>42490186
Posting from my phone, it really doesn't like it if I type fast.

>Wish

You need to buy some time so you push Tanni off of you, practically throwing her at the two Ishmin while you shout a wish.
"I wish you would do everything in your power to prevent any harm done to me or my friends!"

That should take care of it and indeed you hear Tanni cry out a moment later.
"Stop! Don't attack him!"

You try to stand up but stop when you feel something strange. There's something wriggling on your arm, no, INSIDE your arm. It's your brand. It's moving and growing, carving new paths through your skin!
And it hurts like hell.

It burrows through your shoulder and along the top of your chest, reaching serpentine feelers towards your throat...

>- Life's Blood: Can pluck out a half-digested soul from anyone you kill, provided you have immediately eaten some of their flesh. Souls can be devoured and stored.

You momentarily black out and the last thing you see is Tanni reaching out for you, one feeble hand touching another.

....

You wake with a start. You're lying in bed, one of the most comfortable beds you've ever known. It's so comfortable and so warm that you nearly fall back to sleep again. But you don't because you're not alone.
Tanni is sitting beside you, slitted eyes watching.
"Ah, you're awake."

There's a window behind her, one showing the night sky. But last you checked, it was early morning!
"Wha? What happened?"

"Your brand attempted to devour you and you passed out. Don't worry, I haven't left you side."

You feel yourself flush as you realize how selflessly she must have been taking care of you, even after all you've done to her. You don't deserve this and the shame only makes you love her more.
You don't even think about how the pain inflicted by the brand should only have incapacitated you for a few minutes at most.

1/2

>>42490423
>- Life's Blood: Can pluck out a half-digested soul from anyone you kill, provided you have immediately eaten some of their flesh. Souls can be devoured and stored.
what the fug

>>42490423
"There's no need to thank me. Here, have some tea."
There's a cup beside her, still hot. Almost as if she knew when you were going to wake up. But of course she did. She's Tanni. She's so amazing. Coming back to her was the best decision you ever made.
And now you can stay with her forever.

She pushes the cup into your hands. It smells very nice.
"Just drink up. I promise that it'll make you feel better."

> Drink it.

> "Where's everyone else?"

> Get up.

> "I wouldn't want to be greedy, you can have some too."

> Make a wish (Specify)

> Other

>>42490471
>> Get up.
>> "Where's everyone else?"

>>42490471
>> "I wouldn't want to be greedy, you can have some too."
> "Where's everyone else?"
> Get up.
>remember what the situation was idiot.

>>42490471
> Make a wish (Specify)
I wish you would help my friends and I return to my country

>>42490471
>> "I wouldn't want to be greedy, you can have some too."

> Get up.

>>42490471
> "Where's everyone else?"
> "I wish you were blunt when adressing me or my friends"

>>42490471
> "Where's everyone else?"
> Get up.
Where are my things?

>>42490471
> "Where's everyone else?"
> Get up.

We keep getting the worst fucking snake arts

>>42490471
>And now you can stay with her forever.
ugh what a horrible situation
> "Where's everyone else?"

> Get up.

that soul devouring power, not what i was hoping for, but maybe we can use it for some interesting alchemical stuff.

>>42490471
This is some fucking Bene Gesserit shit. She's got the Voice.

>>42490606
Unseen hunter turned out to be pretty helpful, unfortunately I don't think Cennen's down for a little bit of cannibalism

>>42490606
But just imagine how proud Hiss will be when we eat somebody's soul.

Wait, fuck, Bane is gonna fuck this up isn't it.

>>42490606
I'm not down with cannibalism but it might still work on animal souls

>>42490649
Maybe they'll all be chilled and inside of us? Maybe they'll be a food source for Rock?

Feed his the delicacy of slightly chilled soul?

>>42490423
>"I wish you would do everything in your power to prevent any harm done to me or my friends!"
Oh shit. Shit shit shit.

She's going to do everything in her power to keep us separated from Hiss, because Hiss keeps beating us.

>>42490740
Intent of the wish anon.

>>42490760
He doesn't like it when Hiss harms him, she doesn't like it. They should remain separate.

>>42490785
The last time she was abusive to Cennen was in the boat, I recall.

> "Where's everyone else?"
> Get up.

You shake your head, getting to your feet.
"I'm not that thirsty, thanks. Where's everyone else?"

Tanni shrugs, her every movement communicating harmlessness.
"They haven't returned. I believe they're down by the docks. Now, please drink your tea. You know I only have your best interests in heart."

It does feel mighty tempting. And what else should you even be doing? You can trust her.

> Drink it.

> "I wish that you would speak bluntly and honestly."

> "Where's my stuff."

> "I want to go now."

> Other

>>42490785
Is it outside harm from our group or does it include inside harm. The intent of the wish was to stop her and her allies harming not any possible source of harm towards the group.

>>42490830
> "I wish that you would speak bluntly and honestly."
> "Where's my stuff."
> "I want to go now."

>>42490830
> "I wish that you would speak bluntly and honestly."
With the intention of keeping her from manipulating us
> "Where's my stuff."

>>42490830
> "I wish that you would speak bluntly and honestly."
> Aclaration, just to me, we might need her to be able to lie to others

>>42490830
>> "I wish that you would speak bluntly and honestly."
> "Where's my stuff."

We may not want that wish guys.. we've not said anything that doesn't stop her from keeping us here forever..

She could just keep us unconscious or keep us trapped.

>>42490830
>> "I wish that you would speak bluntly and honestly."
>> "Where's my stuff."
>> "I want to go now."

>>42490830
>I wish you would abase yourself before me, have my safety in mind always and do everything in your power to keep me from harm without stifling my desires.

>>42490875
We can just tell her that if she doesn't let us escape we'll use the last wish for something awful.

>>42490875
we've stillgot one with which could theoretically wish she go find a way to kill herself, or else become otherwise permanently indisposed.

its not ideal but this whole situation is totally not ideal. Probably she's actually trying to force us to use these wishes with all this mindfuckery, but even so this situation calls for clarity.

>>42490830
Don't forget her nonverbal communication

>>42490953
We ought to make it something inventive. Wishes with a set criteria of completion are enforced even after the bond ends, if I remember right. It's just indefinite ones that cut off.

So, threaten to wish that she immediately go slam her face into every paving stone in the city with all her strength.

>>42491023
That sounds like it would be Hiss' Idea

> "I wish that you would speak bluntly and honestly."
> "Where's my stuff?"

You sigh. Now that you've put your thoughts together, you know these emotions aren't yours. She's planting them in your head. And yet even with that knowledge, there's nothing that can make you stop feeling what she wants you to feel.
"I wish...I wish that you would speak to me bluntly and honestly without any attempt to manipulation. In any way."

Tanni stops and is quiet for almost a minute. She slumps down, finally assuming a natural posture. She's still incredibly beautiful but now you can see that's just her manufactured body, the glamour now gone. When she speaks her voice is still rich and melodious but it is also somehow flat.
"The tea is drugged with more sleeping herbs identical to the ones I fed you earlier today. My plan is to keep you comatose until I can make you my slave forever, all without harming you."
Her expression doesn't change but she clearly isn't happy with this.

"Uh...where's my stuff then?"

"Your pack and supplies are locked away until I deem you domesticated enough to be permitted access to them once more."

Eeesh.
"Can I have them?"

"No. I can't harm you or allow you to come to harm but neither am I your slave. In fact, the situation is quite the opposite."
She reaches out and pushes you in the chest with one hand, her strength returned enough to send you toppling back onto the bed.
"And you're almost out of wishes. The moment you make your last one, I'll be locking you in here forever until I've tamed you."

> "Why do you want us so badly!?"

> Threaten her with a really nasty third wish until she lets you go.

> Plead with her to let you go.

> Pray to Hiss.

> "I can see where Tash gets it from."

> Make a wish (Specify)

> Other

>>42491085
> "I can see where Tash gets it from."
> "Why do you want us so badly!?"
>If you don't let me out I'll simply wish for you to self terminate.

>>42491085
> "Why do you want us so badly!?"
> Threaten her with a really nasty third wish until she lets you go.

>>42491085
> Pray to Hiss.
Welp time to get Hiss a massive powerup then.

>>42491085
> "Why do you want us so badly!?"

>>42491085
>>42491107

Brutal, Anon.

>>42491050
I have more.

Wish for her to tear her living scales off by hand one at a time.

Wish for her to travel up to the Compact House as fast as she can while walking on her hands.

Wish for her to immediately present herself sexually to the first thousand human males which she becomes aware of (which would exclude us because she was already aware of us before wishing).

Wish for her to drink a river.

Wish for her to hunt down an anaconda.

Wish for her to regurgitate all the soups she's consumed.

>>42491085
> "Why do you want us so badly!?"
> Threaten her with a really nasty third wish until she lets you go.
> Pray to Hiss.
Tell her that Tanni can't let her come to any harm but hiss can definitely still harm her

>>42491144
That's probably a shitload of soup

>>42491110
>>42491151
Guys 2 things Tanni would hear and Hiss is likely locked up and in chains stronger than what she can break right now.

>>42491165
Shit, why doesn't autocorrect think "soul" is a word.

>>42491085
> "Why do you want us so badly!?"
Or is it just me now that you've seen the true extent of my alchemy?
> Threaten her with a really nasty third wish until she lets you go.

Maybe we can hold on with the threats now that we can actually speak with her

>>42491144
Oh shit, I've got a good one.

"I wish for you to allow Hiss to carve your soul such that you become our willing servant."

>>42491085
>> "I can see where Tash gets it from."

> "Why do you want us so badly!?"

>>42491316
also just going to note im also a second for holding off the threats. She knows we can do it, she's probably got some kind of backup, lets parlay a little.

>>42491085
> "Why do you want us so badly!?"

Once we get some downtime, we should make a bottle of that thought-sharing potion, have Hiss drink half, and then just put the other half in our pack for later use. That will let us keep up two-way communications without other snakes or spirits listening in.

Might want to think about buying a locket or amulet with a vial in it, so we can have a holdout potion for when our pack gets stolen.

> "Why do you want us so badly!?"
> Threaten her with a really nasty third wish until she lets you go.

"Why the fuck do you want us so badly?"

She stares at you for a moment, completely blank-faced. And then she laughs, a totally genuine outburst of mirth. It's actually a little insulting to be honest.
"How can you NOT know? Oh Cennen, for your skill with a brew you're not exactly the most intellectually favored, are you?"

"Just answer the question."
You don't bother getting up, remaining on the bed while she paces around it.

"Don't you understand just what you did at the peak of Chau Devi? You. or well, not you specifically but your mistress, she broke part of the lynchpin of this very empire. There are so many people who want to worship her or eat her or kill her, mostly the last two. So you lot became immediately worth a lot more than you previously had. Perfect little playing pieces and bargaining chips, all of you. And while I must admit that I feel a certain amount of patronizing affection towards the princess and her cohort, one doesn't live very long if they put such temporal alliances before self-service."

"Oh. I sort of thought you wanted my alchemy."

She almost laughs again.
"I do, Cennen, I really do. But that's just a hobby of mine. You see, I am endlessly fascinated by the human Arts, as rare as they are. Most humans are chattel at best, brief little creatures without much charm but those magics can sometimes lift a human high. Almost to my level. So I love taking useful humans like you and bringing them right back down again, to break them and to make them mine. And then to use you however I see fit, to make me the potions I desire until you age and run out of life. But you're just a bonus compared to the princess, I'm afraid."

"Then why are you holding me specifically?"
1/2

Do we still have the Permanency potion effect active? Because if so we dodged a bullet earlier with the Hissbrew.
>chug brew
>sweat poison
>effect is permanent
>don't have the special dispel potion premade
>can't brew dispel potion because we keep contaminating the mix with poison

>>42491464
Nope. It's not active.

>Threaten her
>She waits for the opportunity and then forcefully drugs us.

>>42491456

"Because you're the only one fool enough to come back straight here! And because your alchemy is useful and most importantly, the princess will not leave without you. She'll do anything to get you back."

"Because she loves me. Doesn't that mean anything to you?"
Maybe that'll spark something within her...some sort of sympathy for such an inevitably doomed romance.

And indeed, had she not been bound she would have likely pretended to have done so. But Tanni is bound to complete honesty.
"I'm well aware. Love is such a strange thing, isn't it? So fragile, so inherently self-destructive. I don't believe I've ever experienced it myself. But I know how to inspire it in others and for that, it is a most useful tool. And right now it is nothing but a leash in my hand and a collar around the princess' neck, forcing her back to you. And back to me."

"No. No, that won't happen. You're going to let me go, let us all go right now. Or..or else I'll use my third wish for something you'll regret. Like uh...I could wish for you to immediately go slam you face into every paving stone in the city with all your strength!"

She groans.
"That would certainly take a while and it would be embarrassing to boot. But I'd survive it and I can just keep hold of you while I do it."

"Well...I can just wish for you to kill yourself."

"But you won't."

"I will!"

"You're not that kind of person, Cennen. You won't do that."

"Uh...uh...I could wish that you rip of all your scales by hand one at a time!"

"Painful! But I'd regrow fairly quickly and I could just hold onto you with my other hand while I do that. I mean, really..."
She bends down and takes hold of your collar with one hand, lifting you up beside her easily. You can't break her grip and all you can do is dangle there powerlessly, your feet kicking at empty air.
"I---I could wish that you travel to the Compact House as fast as you can! While walking on your hands!"

2/3

>>42491655
"Difficult. But I could still keep hold of you the whole way maybe or just give you to my Ishmin until I come back."

"Or I could wish for you to immediately present yourself sexually to the first THOUSAND human men you become aware of!"

She laughs again.
"And how does that preclude me letting you go? Hell, I could take you along for the ride if you wanted or just lock you inside. And if you think I'd be humiliated by something like that, then I'm afraid you have no idea how I spent my first century."
She lowers you, your feet brushing against the ground.
"You know, if you just want to have sex with me you could just ask. I probably wouldn't but you never know."

"That's not what I want!"
You silently thank the Creator that you shut off her voice tricks otherwise such a direct offer might have shut down your rational thinking entirely.
"I could wish for you to drink a river or hunt down an anaconda or to regurgitate all the souls you've ever consumed!"

"Then do it! Make the wish! But I'm not going to let you go!"

You look her in the eye.
"I could wish that you give yourself to Hiss. She can eat snakes, you know."

"You wouldn't."

"Try me. Just try me."

She lets go of you.
"Alright. You can leave, I give you my word. Just make a third wish before you go or you'll never be rid of me."

She sits down on the bed, looking away from you. Several minutes later, an Ishmin shows up at the door. He's holding your pack.

> Thank her.

> Make your third wish (Specify)

> Just take your pack and leave.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Other

>>42491655
I could wish for you to shame yourself so thoroughly and completely your name world become synonymous with the concepts of shameful, foolish, slut, and weakling across the entire Quedeshi empire for a long as the sun burs and star alight.

>>42491816
> Just take your pack and leave.
Ask where our companions are now that she has to tell the truth
Tell her we will break the wishbond when we're safely back in our country

>>42491816
>The wish for her to be consumed by Hiss

>>42491816
> Just take your pack and leave.
>>42491856
This too.

>>42491816
> You said other snakes will be after Hiss, can you tell me anything about them? How many of them can eat other snakes?

>>42491816
>> Thank her.
> Make your third wish: I wish for as long as you live you will not think or act upon any actions that do not follow this line of thought.
"I am an embarrassment to the Quedeshi empire, and my name will be synonymous with whore, slut, fool and embarrassment for as long as the empire exists."

>>42491816
> Just take your pack and leave.

>>42491892
That's really mean, anon

>>42491816
> Thank her.
> Ask if she knows where our companions are.
> Take your pack and leave.
> Invite her along. Alone.
> Wish: Give herself into Hiss' service.

>>42491910
That's the point Cennen is kinda fed up with this bullshit.

>>42491816
> Just take your pack and leave.

>>42491816
>>42491856
second, once we use the wish, even if its some extended task she has no reason not fuck us.
no reason we can't be polite about it thought

>>42491892
Sadly, indefinite effects end with the bond, so that would result only in a split second of extreme self-loathing.

>>42491816
Wish for her to submit her soul to Hiss for consumption. I'm tired of her fucking up everything every time we interact and she's only got even more reason to hunt us down in the future. If you make enemies with nobility, you don't let them live unless you want assassins as best or a fucking blood feud against your famill for seven generations.

>>42491976
It's not indefinite, It's for as long as the empire exists.

>>42491816
>>42491890
here, supporting >>42491856 as well

>>42491862
>>42491976
I really don't want hiss to have her abilities. Let's just leave.

>>42492011
Fuck, also thank her, let's be polite

>>42492032
Why? There's no reason to be polite to her.

>>42492019
Honestly it's not like it'd make much of a difference. We're already mutually mindfucked in exactly the same way with Hiss; her ability is just a fast-track to making you love and follow her, and we've already run down that road to the end the old fashioned way. Eating Tanni would just make her better at talking to people without immediately convincing them to hate us.

>>42492119
You're totally wrong.

> Just take your pack and leave.

"I'm not using my wish just yet, not while you could screw me over afterwards."
You take your pack from the Ishmin, keeping an eye on Tanni at all times.
"I'm just going to leave. I'll break the wish-bond later."

"Wait!" Tanni protests. "You can't make wishes at a distance!"

"No, I'll use a potion for it. Now where are my friends?"

"Down by the docks."

"Alright. Goodbye Tanni, I hope I never see you again."

"Just break the wish-bond later and you definitely won't."

A pair of Ishmin usher you from the temple, giving you directions to the docks. Night has well and truly fallen, a full moon lighting the way. Pataliputna is still crowded but not quite as much as it was during the day and you make your way to the docks unmolested. It takes an hour, maybe a bit longer.

There aren't many people here and so you are immediately spotted. Hiss calls you over to where she, Oster and Aashenpreet are sitting. Behind them you can see the mostly empty Ulund, with a fleet of ships on the horizon.
"Cennen? Are you alr-"

"Stop right there!"
Armored men suddenly burst from the doors and windows of nearby buildings, having apparently been waiting there until you showed up. There are thirty Ishmin or so, all with swords drawn. Their armor is flecked with red dots, marking them as Attaraan's.
The Ishmin from the mountain? Did they get here before you?

Laldeep stands behind them, his own sword drawn, a giant curved blade.
"Princess, I'm afraid your allies aren't as friendly as you might think. Take them!"

Really?
Fucking hell.

> Flee

> Try to fight.

> Surrender.

> Try to delay things by talking.

> Use Potion (Specify)

> Make a wish (Specify)

> Other

>>42492119

>>42492019

tanni's abilities come from all her souls, sure she's probably got some skill at manipulation but its not going to suddenly make hiss a good diplomancer.

>>42492165
Hiss already has effective mind control in the form of her Princessing skill and our completely battered codependency. The only difference is Tanni can make you like it.

>>42492245
> Try to delay things by talking.
Tanni still has to protect us.

>>42492245
>> Try to delay things by talking.

Laldeep is that pet human Hiss almost ate when we first got here, right?

>>42492245
> Try to fight.
Good thing the wishbond is still active

>>42492245
> Try to delay things by talking.
We need to make a long distance wishing potion to get that last wish out of her.

>>42492245
>> Make a wish (Specify)
aash i wish you were as able to protect us from these gnats as possible and that you retain that ability until they are no longer a threat

>>42492260
We defy hiss constantly.

>>42492323
Totally unnecessary. Tanni has to protect us.

>>42492245
Fuck you, Laldeep, you are the worst Virtya
> "We're under Tanni's protection, you try to do anyhting to us and you'll have to answer to her"
Let's cause a political shitstorm
> Pray to Tanni, we're under attack

>>42492245
> Try to delay things by talking.
Pray to tanni, let her know that she will definitely want to get down here with some ishmin to defend us

>>42492355
she's probably miles away, and won't be aware until we are in mortal danger, that is until they are actively trying to kill us, which they may not even do.

>>42492374
This

>>42492342
On little things or in cases where we can convince her we're doing whats best for her. We get to choose how we serve, not if we serve; our actual will isn't really in the process anymore. If Hiss asks us to do something we can't talk her out of or we fail the roll, we're a doormat.

>>42492245
> Try to fight.
We need to increase the risk of harm

>>42492404
We don't do it though. She just beats us up and does it herself.

Tanni would force us to do it with a smile and wonder why we ever thought of disagreeing. Or.. that we ever disagreed in the first place.

>>42492404
Except when we stood up to her in empress form thrice despite her knowing our every move and her rattling us or punched her in creator form.

>>42492424
>>42492432
Also when we took the Hissbrew from her

I just thought of the full-retard "fuck this whole country" wish option.
Wish for her to go door-to-door through every city in the country informing every human household of the nature and mechanism of the wishbond.

> Try to delay things by talking.

"Hold it, Laldeep!"
You hold out your right hand, letting all see the mutated brand that scars you.
"We are under the protection of the lady currently residing in this city! You try to do anything to us and you'll have to answer to her!"

Behind you Oster is tense, his own sword in hand. Aashenpreet is cowering, not so much from the men themselves but from who they represent. And Hiss...is smiling? She looks happy.

Laldeep laughs, a faked forced bark that is only a single syllable long.
"So you've gotten better at speaking properly, barbarian? And I'm afraid your lady won't be able to help you here, not like she did at the Compact House when she made us stand down. Times have changed. Who do you think told me where I would find you?"

No way. Tanni wouldn't do that...would she? But then again, it looked like Laldeep and his men had been waiting there for a while. She might have told them that before you and her had come to your new agreement. But she hadn't told you anything about this!
Maybe Laldeep's just lying. You can't fucking tell.

Tanni is still bound to you, she'll have to come save you when you fall into danger. Only...she's at least an hour away probably. By the time she arrives you might already be dead.

Only you have no idea what you can do against a full thirty Ishmin. You're not going to take them by surprise and you're all out of explosive brews. Can you just keep delaying them?
"Your master gravely oversteps his bounds, Laldeep! Do you really think that he will escape justice for what he did in the House?"

"I could ask you the very same! And the answer will not matter, for his reckoning will come only after I have presented him with your heads!"

Oster sighs.
"Here it comes. Anyone got any ideas?"

"There's no need," Hiss says smugly.
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