>>820139
>Kain
First for Gneotho gets all the ho's

>>820139
>>Kain (Fighting to enter the quarterfinals and to buy time for the trap to be staged)

It will be tough but I bet that depending how well we buy time with Kain, the other team will have more time when its our turn to control them.

Second for Kain a cute little girl and waifu material

>Kain (Fighting to enter the quarterfinals and to buy time for the trap to be staged)

We should really figure out how to use the reincarnation machine and how it works. The potential benefits are massive.

>>820154
>>820176
>>820203

For the moment, you are not Gneotho. You are Kain. You used to be, in your own words, the strongest, most lethal demon in all the Netherworlds. The only reason you hadn't taken the title of Overlord before was because it sounded like more trouble than it was worth. However, your massive sculpted body has been stolen from you and you have been left with the form of a small, petite Valkyrie. Your feelings on the matter are... nebulous. You are angry about your stolen power and body, but... more and more your current situation is feeling natural.

Gneotho has promised you glorious combat and your body back if you help her with her cause. After that, you will fight her for the title of Overlord. Regardless of the outcome, you win. But now you must fight! Brynn up to the stage and announces the fight.

"DEMONS AND MONSTERS! WE BEGIN THE NEXT FIGHT FOR A PLACE IN THE QUARTERFINALS! ANOTHER MATCH OF DUELING CLASSES! THE VALKYRIES KAIN AND GRAIVE SHALL BATTLE FOR HONOR AND FAME! THEIR ARENA WILL BE... EDGELORD SEPULCHRE!"

You look around to catch a glimpse of your opponent. She looks just like you and, for the first time, you get to see what everyone else sees when they look at you. You are much more frail-looking than you thought. Your arms are twig-like compared to what they used to be, but they hide incredible strength. You understand why you are so much faster now with your trim and narrow body. Graive apparently has the same idea as you and is gauging you with her eyes.

>You know that name... Graive is an old enemy.
>You know that name... Graive is an old student of your master when you were training.
>You know that name... Graive is an old friend.
>Nope. You have no clue who this demon is. And you don't really care.

>>820264
>>You know that name... Graive is an old friend.

Hilarity ensues when Graive finds her macho and muscular friend is a cute, little girl now.

>>820264
>>You know that name... Graive is an old friend.

>>820264
>You know that name... Graive is an old student of your master when you were training.
Hot blooded rivalry of youth makes my heart kind with excitement

>>820264
>>Nope. You have no clue who this demon is. And you don't really care.

>>820264
>Nope. You have no clue who this demon is. And you don't really care.

A tie between Old Friend and No Relation next vote wins!

>>820309
>>820297
I'd make the argument that having her be an old friend would be beneficial to our cause, as it would potentially easier to recruit in the future.

>Nope. You have no clue who this demon is. And you don't really care.

>>820333
Nice trips, but I meant new vote.

>>820327
I'll switch my vote >>820292 to
>You know that name... Graive is an old friend.

>>820355
That works too. Writing

>>820355
>>820281
>>820275

Graive... You know her. Before this tournament, she was one of the few you considered to almost be your equal. And, not that you'd ever admit it to her face, you might even be tempted to call her a friend. Its strange to see her as a reflection of your current form, but while this is a complete departure from how you used to fight, almost nothing would be changed for her in terms of ability. She was always the more agile fighter, but her strength was something to be admired. Honestly, this is getting you excited. The familiar white like of the teleportation magic flares up around you again as you are transported to the arena on Edgelord Sepulchre.

While transitioning to the battlefield, you have just a moment to formulate your strategy in the void between Netherworlds.

>Use your speed and Ability to draw first blood!
>Sprint off to the side and draw her to favorable landscape before beginning the brawl!
>Stay on the defensive and wait for her first move!
>Other?

>>820393
>Stay on the defensive and wait for her first move!

She might have a cheat.

>>820393
>>Use your speed and Ability to draw first blood!

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>820393
>Use your speed and Ability to draw first blood!
It's a mirror match, so a favorable landscape for you would be the same for her. Start by doing what she doesn't expect you to do, despite the change.
Also I'm guessing we roll?

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>>820401

>>820393
>Stay on the defensive and wait for her first move!

>>820393
>>Stay on the defensive and wait for her first move!

We are supposed to make the battle last as much as possible, no?

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>>820441
Yes

>>820401
>>820437
>>820441
As the ground meets your feet, you shift into a more defensive stance. Gneotho said she needed time for this plan to work and, damnit, you're going to give her and your team all the goddamned time they need. On top of that, you would not put it past your old friend to have brought something... interesting to tip the scales in her favor.

You leer at the distance as the serene haze of the Sepulchre shifts uneasily. tap tap tap tap tap tap tap You hear her footsteps as she approaches.

>Call her out with all your bravado.
>Stay quiet and prepare to lunge at her once she turns the corner.
>Stay quiet and brace for whatever she has planned.

>>820441
Oh shit I forgot.

>>820470

>Call her out with all your bravado.

>>820470
>Call her out with all your bravado.
Let's make this a show

>>820470
>>Call her out with all your bravado.

>Call her out with all your bravado.

"Let's give the audience some twins action!"

Wait that sounded lewd... nah it must be your imagination.

>>820470
>>Call her out with all your bravado.

>>820502

I vote for Kain to say that and that for the audience to misunderstand it as a lewd innuendo

>>820502
>>820522

This.

>>820485
>>820488
>>820494
>>820502
>>820506
"GRAAAIVE!!" You shout as loudly as your tiny lungs can. "FIGHT ME AND LET'S GIVE THE AUDIENCE SOME VALKYRIE ON VALKYRIE ACTION!" The sound of footprints stops and for a moment, all is quiet. She rounds the corner and you see Graive.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OH MY GOD DID YOU ACTUALLY SAY THAT OUT LOUD!? AHAHAHAHAHA!" She's... she's laughing at you. "Hahaha... haha... Oh god... for a second, I was having my doubts that it was actually you, Kain. No one else but you could accidentally innuendo like that. I haven't seen you in decades; how have you been, Kain? Or should I start calling you something more feminine?" She teases you. Its starting to feel a lot more like the old days.

"Har har har." You retort flatly. "Kain is fine. I don't plan on being stuck like this much longer. Once I knock you out of the running, the road to the title of Overlord is basically mine."

"Well, like you said, Kainie, that's after you knock me out. Or really, if you knock me out. I'm no push over and you know it." She gets into a ready stance, a big grin on her face. You mirror her, though you wear a scowl instead.

>Rush in for the first blow.
>Motion her to attack first with a taunting hand gesture.
>Other?

>Also prepare your banter!

>>820581
>>Motion her to attack first with a taunting hand gesture.

"My sword will prove harder and bigger than yours!"

>>820581
>>Motion her to attack first with a taunting hand gesture.

>>820581
"Where have you been all these years..."
Get her to monologue and stay on the defensive.

>>820581
>Motion her to attack first with a taunting hand gesture.

"I've seen Prinny's that can use a sword better than you can!"

>>820617
"Your performance so far is pathetic, I have seen grandmas that do better!"

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>>820607
>>820609
>>820617


You motion with your free hand that you are giving her the first move. Her confident grin turns into a more sinister sneer as she blitzes forward. You are prepared for it and shout at her as you go to dodge her blow. "I've seen Prinnies' grandmas swings swords better than that! Get serious if you really want to cross swords with me!" She look down over your nose as you spin out of her attack easily! She's giggling at you again!

"Oh man... That wasn't even a good one, but you've already put my mind in the gutter! I'm adding it to the tally! Pahahahaha!" She howls as she turns to assault you again. Your footwork is sure and you have more than enough time to parry the blow.

>Roll d100+15 for defense!

>>820613
Don't worry, the monologue will come.

Rolled 22 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>820681

Rolled 72 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>820681

"You love being a little girl don't you?"

Rolled 24 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>820717

Seconding those words, and hoping she has a funny retort against Kain.

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>820681

>>820717
Not bad.

>>820717
You thrust your sword forward, knocking Graive's blade off its path. Your eyes narrow and and you smirk at her. "Admit it, you love being a little girl, don't you."

"Haha! Well, I won't say I'm opposed to it! Every girl aspires to look young, after all! Though I do miss a few certain assets. Making the other go crazy over me was fun. But, in the end, I'll take function over fashion!" That's your Graive for you. She's a tease and she loves to make jokes, but in the end, she's always been practical. "What about you, though? This has got to be a completely new experience for you. What do you think of being all girly now?" You aren't able to grasp her tone, though, as you are too busy...

>Pressing your attack! Roll d100!
>Defending from another blow! Roll d100+15!
>Currently lost in thought about the question she raised. How do you feel about being a girl?

Rolled 42 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>820795
>Defending from another blow! Roll d100+15!

"I am better at it than you!"

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>820795
>>Defending from another blow! Roll d100+15!
Try to do some ruminating on your condition while defending. Don't get caught off guard.

Rolled 14 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>820810
This

Rolled 93 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>820795
I imagine Kain hasn't given it much thought at all other than Gneothos comments.

Rolled 86 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>820814
Damn, forgot the +15.

Rolled 96 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>Defending from another blow! Roll d100+15

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>>820819
>>820826

>>820814
Thanks for making an invalid roll so

>>820819

Counts!

>>820819
>Defending from another blow! Roll d100+15!
Forgot my vote

>>820829
CRITICAL DEFENSE PROMPTS A COUNTER ATTACK! ROLL D100 +10

Rolled 2 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>820810

This, Kain's better at being a cute girl than she is and is .. proud? of it. Stupid sexy Gneotho and her confusing seduction

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>820846

Rolled 89 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>820846

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>820846
>Defending from another blow! Roll d100

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>>820873
You people and your 100+ scores

writing

>>820873
You spin gracefully as you deflect her attack with immeasurable ease. Things seem to slow down as you see your opening! A manic grin stretches across your face and you swing your sword across her exposed back! You feel the hit connects and you see blood streak across her back, echoing the curve of your blade. She shrieks in pain, but uses her momentum to carry her safely away from your position.

"I don't really know how I feel, but I do know one thing. I'm even better at it than you." You tilt your head in a cocky manner and sneer. She grimaces at the wound you placed on her, but it quickly dissolves into the same confident grin you've seen her wear since you were kids.

"Sounds like your acclimating to it quite well. I'll look forward to the day I can stand at your side as your Maid of Honor." She taunts just back.

>Its your move! Rush up to her and keep pressing her! d100 +10
>Stay on the defensive and play the long game! d100 +10
>Run into further into the maze like crypts of the Sepulchre!

>Keep up your banter! Or initialize monologue!

Rolled 6 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>820920
Stay on the defensive and play the long game! d100 +10

We have to win time.

"So what? Male, female, here in the Netherworld you can be either as long as you have money for the reincarnation or the Overlord favor!"

What I just... focus on the fight!

Rolled 7 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>820920

>Stay on the defensive and play the long game! d100 +10

Rolled 29 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>820920
>Its your move! Rush up to her and keep pressing her! d100 +10

Rolled 44 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>820920
>Stay on the defensive and play the long game! d100 +10
D-dont get the wrong idea, it's not like I enjoy being a girl! I just like power! Stupid Gneotho, why did she have to say I was cute...

>>820920
>Run into further into the maze like crypts of the Sepulchre!
She's hurt, and you need more time. In this situation you shouldn't press and let her breath a little

Rolled 69 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>820920
>Its your move! Rush up to her and keep pressing her! d100 +10

>>820966
Changing my vote to this.

>>820920
>>Run into further into the maze like crypts of the Sepulchre!

I'm better than you at anything, even at being cute!

>>820966
>>820985

Okay. Let's run.

"Hahaha, catch me if you can loly-chan !"

>>820997
>>820992
>>820985
>>820966

You take the taunt on the chin and hold your composure before turning and running further into the catacombs. "Hahaha! Catch me if you can, loli-chan!" You chime back in a sing-song tone. You meant it to sound sarcastic and mean, but... it didn't come out that way.

You can't see her face, but the sound of her voice still reaches you in the tombs. "Uh... Maybe your getting used to that body too well." She sounds a little uneased by your tease, but you soon hear her pursuing you. The paths of the tombs criss-cross for miles. For a second you almost forgot that the entire Netherworld of Edgelord Sepulchre is this way. No sky, only ceiling and coffins and tombs as far as you can possibly imagine.

>Which ways to do go?

>Left left right straight left right right
>Left left straight right straight left straight.
>Left straight straight right straight right
>Just straight on forever!
>Other?

>>821042
>Just straight on forever!
It's in character at least.

>>821042
>Just straight on forever!
I agree

>>821042
>Just straight on forever!

We can jump high, right?

>>821042
>>Just straight on forever!

Because Kain is as straight as a bent spoon

>>821051
>>821059
>>821060
>>821065
You make tracks as you sprint down the corridor and never looking back! With your insane speed and agility you leave Graive far behind. "So!" you call out behind you. After all, you aren't really trying to hide; just waste time for your allies back in the Palace. You've never really run away from a fight before and you don't plan on starting now. "What have you been up to for the past... oh, seven decades? What made you want to be Overlord?"

It takes a moment, but she responds. Her voice is faint, but clear. "Oh well, this and that. Spent some time in Bullet Hell to train my dodging ability. Fat lot of good that did, hah!" She laughs at her own failure. Its always been endearing to you. "But I didn't really join the tourney to win it. I joined because I knew you would. Or, if that wasn't the case, you'd show up when I won it. We have some important business to discuss when this is all said and done." Something about her tone worries you, but the distance is still too great to discern much from it.

Graive is approaching quickly, but that still leaves you time to come up with another ambush strategy.

>Wait around the corner and clothesline her when the sprints past.
>Hold your ground there and fight like a man... er... girl!
>Keep running and running and running!
>Other strats?

>>821133
>Hold your ground there and fight like a man... er... girl!

>>821133
"I didn't knew you liked me that way loli-chan!" You said turning your head back for a second and sticking your tongue out.

>Keep running and running and running!

>>821133
>>Hold your ground there and fight like a man... er... girl!

The girliest of girls!

>>821156

This.

>Keep running and running and running!

>>821156
>>821162

Let's run and tease at the same time.

>>821133
>Keep running and running and running!
"Wait... Did I get you pregnant?!"

>Keep running and running and running!

>>821156
>>821162
>>821169
>>821171
>>821181

"Kyaaa! I am too young to get married! Besides we are both girls don't be such a pervert!"

>>821156
>>821162
>>821169
>>821171
>>821181
Slowing down is for wimps! You keep on trucking and decide to keep teasing her while you're at it. "Didn't know you liked me that much, loli-chaaaaan!" You taunt again, but... she doesn't retort. Your running slows down as you divert power to the hamster wheel turning in your head. "Are... are you pregnant, Graive?" Again silence. You slow down some more and you hear it.

A lone sniffle.

You feel that tiny, cold, stony thing in your chest drop into the pit of your stomach.

>Oh. (Walk back to her.)
>Oh shit. (Cautiously run back to her.)
>Graive... (Run back to her.)
>Is... is it mine? (Run back to her.)
>Meh. (Start running again.)

>>821210
>Meh. (Start running again.)
It's been 70 years, it doesn't actually make sense.

>>821210
>Oh shit. (Cautiously run back to her.)

>>821210
Reincarnation won't have worked if she was pregnant. And If she has a child she could have sent a fucking letter. Demon mailmen can find you fucking anywhere. Or you kniw do a post on social media, dmDemonbook and Evil Bird and that are all the rage nowadays.

>Meh. (Start running again.)

>>821231
>>821238

>Meh. (Start running again.)

We are all stuck in the same Netherworld so I don't trust her.

Really demon mailmen can really find you fucking everywhere.

"Yeah right, seventy years and not even a letter? We are demons! If you really were interested there was over a dozen ways to find me!"

>>821231
>>821238
>>821267

You start to go back, but you shake your head. No. It's a trick. "Yeah right. Seventy years and not even a letter? We're demons! If you were really interested, there was over a dozen ways to find me!" You shout angrily before starting to run again. You hear two more sniffles before that fades away.

"You... ASSHOLE!" Her voice is racing up from behind you. Its full of rage and sorrow and something about it frightens you a little. "I THOUGHT YOU KNEW ME WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW WHEN I TOLD THE TRUTH! I TRY TO OPEN MY HEART TO YOU AND YOU RUN AWAY LIKE A SCARED LITTLE BITCH?! MAYBE THAT REINCARNATION REALLY DID BRING OUT YOUR TRUE SELF!" Ouch. No more playful banter, it seems. "WELL GUESS WHAT? I WAS PREGNANT. WAS. NO, IT WASN'T YOURS WHICH IS WHY I NEVER CONTACTED YOU. I DIDN'T NEED YOUR FUCKING HELP UNTIL THE STUPID FUCKING TOURNAMENT. I SEE YOU AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, 'WHAT LUCK, AND OLD FRIEND I CAN RELY ON TO HELP ME GET MY FUCKING CHILD BACK FROM THAT WRINKLY-FAC..." She stops talking abruptly, but her footsteps continue. "WELL FINE, IF I CAN'T DO THINGS MY WAY, I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO DO THINGS THEIR WAY. TIME TO DIE, DIPSHIT!"

>Continue running, regret mistakes.
>Continue running, she's making it up.
>Turn and fight, if she is telling the truth,maybe you can talk about it when the clash of steel can cover up your words.
>Turn and fight. Now these insults are getting personal.

>>821338
PS (I'm not actually angry, I'm just writing an angry young mother)

>>821338
>Turn and fight, if she is telling the truth,maybe you can talk about it when the clash of steel can cover up your words.

>>821338
Oh shit... Welll
>Turn and fight, if she is telling the truth,maybe you can talk about it when the clash of steel can cover up your words.

We need to reconcile this immediately.

>>821338
"Guess what loli-chan? We are demons and we are in the middle of a fucking tournament! Even if you are saying the truth I just cannot afford to believe you right now. And if it's true I will help you later, but right now? It doesn't fucking matter! So come and catch me if you can!"

>Continue running, regret mistakes.

>>821368

This.

>Continue running, regret mistakes.

>>821368
>>821377

"I am sorry, okay? But if you cannot take a bit if taunting you should not have entered the tournament in the first damn place!"

>Continue running, regret mistakes.

>>821338
>>Turn and fight, if she is telling the truth,maybe you can talk about it when the clash of steel can cover up your words.

>>821338

>Turn and fight, if she is telling the truth,maybe you can talk about it when the clash of steel can cover up your words.

REAL MEN DON'T LEAVE LOOSE ENDS

>>821392
>Continue running, regret mistakes.

>>821368
>>821377
>>821392
>>821418
>Continue running, regret mistakes

>>821418
>>821432
Wow, you aren't even hiding it, are you?

>>821432
Oops double post, I always forget to refresh when I get errors.

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>>821338

Flat is justice!

>>821338
>Turn and fight, if she is telling the truth,maybe you can talk about it when the clash of steel can cover up your words.

>>821407
>>821405
>>821364
>>821363
You furrow your brow and make an instant 180 degree shift in direction. With all your might you move the clash with Graive. Her eye have real tears in them. You don't think you've ever seen that before. What you have seen before is the real anger that hides behind the tears. You try to think of what to say that could calm her down while the loud clash of steel is ringing and echoing through the catacombs.

"I'm sorry, okay? But I need to win this tournament. There are people counting on me."

"And I'm trying to be one of those fucking people, Kain. I wasn't just being coy when I said I spent some time in Bullet Hell. That was forty years mastering my dodging skill! I hadn't been hit once by an opponent since mastering that, but here you are, bringing the pain like I'm some Prinny fresh out of Purgatory!" Her voice still has that growl to it. You clash again with a loud clang. "I don't know what you're planning and I don't care, but I figured that if you win, that would spoil whatever plan Brynn had that he needed to kidnap my child for."

>Fill her in, agree to help
>Be vague, but agree to help
>Tell her nothing, promise nothing
>Be vague, promise nothing.
>Other

>Fill her in, agree to help

We aren't the thinker, we're the BRASH EMOTIONAL one.

>>821500
>Be vague, but agree to help
*CLASHING STEEL, NOTHING TO SEE HERE, CLANG*

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>Be vague, but agree to help

"Right now I need to make this fight last long, so can we please give a good show? I promise I will help if I can."

>>821500
>Be vague, but agree to help
Do this.
>>821510
We might be, but we aren't that dumb.

>>821500
>Be vague, but agree to help.

>>821476
>>821519

Nice pictures.

"Right now I need to make this fight last long, so can we please give a good show? I promise I will help if I can."

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>>821539

Thank you, here is a cute knight since is the GM fetish.

>>821539
>>821537
>>821524
>>821519
>>821513
You grimace and debate telling Graive about Gneotho's plan. She's genuine, you're sure of that, but even with the sword sounds, a good lip reader could probably tell what you're talking about. You don't want to endanger the plan... or Graive's kid. You owe her that much. "Okay. Right now I need to make this fight last as long as possible while still being entertaining. Can you help me put on a good show? I promise I will help you if I can." You look her dead in the eye with a serious expression. The anger begins to fade and you can almost see the tension melt off her shoulders. As the ringing begins to fade, She pushes off of you and loudly laughs again!

"AHAHAHAHA! THAT'S NUMBER THREE KAINIE! I SWEAR YOU JUST DON'T HAVE AN OFF SWITCH WITH THOSE INNUENDOS, DO YOU! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" She turns and runs back the way she came, an obvious gesture to follow and continue the game there. You take a deep totally-not-a-sigh breath and chase after.

The camera turn wipes to the next agent of Gneotho's counter-conspiracy
>Gneotho herself
>Anasael
>Mystery Person 14

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>>821555
I appreciate your contributions and salute you for your efforts.

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>>821597

Thanks.

>>821592
>Solid Anasael

>>821592
>Mystery Person 14

>>821592
>Anasael

>>821592
>>Mystery Person 14

He might not be a cute girl For now, but he plays an important role in this plan

>>821592
>Anasael

Let's be the squishy for a bit.

>Solid Anasael
>Major Fourteen im inside the facility

>>821592
>Anasael

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>>821631

>>Mystery Person 14

>>821619
>>821628
>>821632
>>821641
>>821652

The camera pans to a moderately sized, blonde, busty cleric pressed against a wall. You look over to the armored man leaning against a pillar adjacent to you. He nods before stepping, surprisingly soundlessly into the shadows and disappearing. You ease off the wall and creep around the corner guards wearing the colors of the Palace (white with gold trim) are talking to each other and watching Kain fight the other Valkyrie.

"So do you really believe all those innuendos are accidental? I mean that first one should have sounded bad in her head right away."

"Its possible. I mean, you don't always think before you open that pie hole of your."

"Dude, come on."

"Oh I'm just messing with you, bro."

You roll your eyes as you sneak right past them and through a nondescript door to the right of the stairs. The layout isn't convoluted but, there are a few corridors. Patrolling guards might be around any of them, so you need to be on your toes.

>Go down the left corridor. Roll d100
>Go down the right corridor. Roll d100
>Take stairs just off the left. Roll d100

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>821711
>Take stairs just off the left. Roll d100

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>821711
>>Take stairs just off the left. Roll d100

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>821721
We're going left SO HARD.

Maybe I can make us go left EVEN HARDER

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Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>821711

>Take stairs just off the left. Roll d100

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>821711
>Take the stairs just off the left.

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>821711
>Take the stairs just off the left.

>>821721
Our winner but first

>>821732
Flonne is still the cute

>>821721
Easy as pie. You smirk as you gracefully glide across the marble floor without a side. The door is well oiled which works incredibly in your favor. You cautiously and slowly step down the stairs and reach the next floor down. A patrol is wandering right past you, leaving the coast clear enough for you to sneak the other way or, if you are feeling bold, sneak behind them and check things out as they pass.

>Check the hallway to the left d100
>Check the hallway to the right... directly behind the backs of the guards d100 -10

Rolled 81 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>821780

To the right. LUCK BE WITH ME.

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>>821749

Yes.

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>821780
>check the hallway to the left

>>821812
I made that a minus, I swear.

Still a good roll.

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Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>821780

>Check the hallway to the left d100

Rolled 15 - 10 (1d100 - 10)

>>821780
To the right
We got this

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Rolled 5 (1d100)

>Check the hallway to the left d100

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Blonde and cute.

>>821812
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDY-PxP-2CU

Your apprehension forces you to err on the side of caution, but you still follow behind the guards, though at a little distance away. They're conversation is just a bit different than the ones from upstairs.

"But yeah, I think Brynn weighted the wheel just so there would be more female contestants to watch fight. But I think he has something against women. Seriously I've never seen him look so... interested in a fight. I'm a pretty tough guy, I think, but I was getting a bit queasy watching that chick shove the spear through the other girl's throat. Dude's got problems, that's all I'm saying."

"I'm just excited that that Cleric girl has gotten as far as she has. Sure, the last fight was kind of lack luster, but healer v healer will always be that way. Maybe I just have a soft-spot in my heart for blondes, but I hope she makes it to the quarterfinals."

"Ah... that's just wishful thinking. I hear that she'll be up against that monk girl, Naheil next. That chick hasn't even been hit once during the fights. Its insane!"

You stop listening to them blabber on and check out a few of the cells they passed.

>Roll 4 d100s

Rolled 17, 88, 94, 56 = 255 (4d100)

>>821891
!

Rolled 45, 33, 40, 25 = 143 (4d100)

>>821891

Rolled 29, 39, 41, 81 = 190 (4d100)

>>821891

Rolled 77, 42, 33, 56 = 208 (4d100)

>>821891

Rolled 25, 54, 38, 45 = 162 (4d100)

>>821891
Let's gooooo

>>821910
The first door you wander to is already open. Its probably reserved for some lucky loser in the next few rounds. Maybe whoever Brynn decides he likes the most besides Maconon will be kept here until they agree to serve him. Who knows what kind of torture that would be... you shudder at the thought. The second one is closed and locked. Looking inside you see a single Prinny playing a harmonica. Its doing a terrible job at it and you surmise has been silenced by a caster for his horrible playing. He doesn't seem to mind. The next two cells hole much more promise. In one is a demon is a more ragged version of the guard armor the helmet on his head has a massive dent on the left side. He is chained to the wall itself and seems to have stopped struggling. In the other cell is...!

Its Dan, the other Armor Knight. Her neck would has been patched up and has been given minimal healing to prevent her from dying outright. Looks like the end hadn't come at the hands of Gneotho just yet. You are certain she is alive by the way her chest is moving. Its strange to watch her like this as you can't help but imagining your mistress lying there instead. It makes you feel...

>Glad. Imagining her death is just visualizing a future where you are free and back to your lovely true form!
>Worried. You genuinely care about Gneotho. Outside of her display of power she has shown vested interest in your survival, spend money on you and has been constantly praising you for good work.
>Nothing. Its a little surreal, sure, but it means nothing to you in the end.


(in case you are wondering Dan was the 90+ roll)

>>822013
>Worried. You genuinely care about Gneotho. Outside of her display of power she has shown vested interest in your survival, spend money on you and has been constantly praising you for good work.

Because aside from the first moment, Gneotho has been... pretty great to us, actually. And that first thing is understandable, given how a lot of people are in the Underworld.

>Worried. You genuinely care about Gneotho. Outside of her display of power she has shown vested interest in your survival, spend money on you and has been constantly praising you for good work.
>Heal Dan so she can bust out?

>>822030

This

>Worried. You genuinely care about Gneotho. Outside of her display of power she has shown vested interest in your survival, spend money on you and has been constantly praising you for good work.
>If you heal Dan she could act as a distraction, same for the other demon.

>>822013
>Worried. You genuinely care about Gneotho. Outside of her display of power she has shown vested interest in your survival, spend money on you and has been constantly praising you for good work.

>>822039
Yeah, let's heal Dan and then the Demon.

>>822027
>>822030
>>822039
>>822047
>>822049
Seeing Gneotho in place of Dan, even for a brief moment makes your heart beat just a bit faster. You genuinely care for Gneotho. Your subjugation aside, she has been incredibly kind to you, completely undemonic of her, but you appreciate it. You wait a moment for the guards to continue down the hall before opening the cell door and stepping inside. Dan's breathing is ragged, uneven and shallow. Judging from the dark circles and haggard look on her face, they hadn't just healed her since abducting her. Most likely Brynn or someone under him had gotten their hands on her for a small while, probably to squeeze any information about Gneotho's fighting style that they could use to find a weakness.

You face contorts to share your repulsion at the thought of what horrible things they did to her. You place a hand on Dan and, quietly, chant the heal spell to help the poor soul. Her breathing soothes a bit and her vacant eyes fill with a little bit of life once again. "I... know... you?" She is barely audible.

You nod, not willing to make sound with the guards so close to you. She is as healed as you can get her right now, but she has to recover her spirit on her own. You quietly tell Dan to stay still and quiet while you go to the cell next door to check on the prisoner there. She nods and closes her eyes for a moment.

In the other cell, the imprisoned guard makes no movements. The dent in the helmet is pretty severe and it is nearly impossible to get the helmet off. The only thing you can tell about him is that he's alive. You cast a healing spell on him and his head lifts to look at you... you think. Its hard to tell with the fully encasing helmets like the guards wear. "You're not with the Palace healers. Who are you? What are you doing here?"

>Doesn't matter. What are you doing here?
>Part of your everyday run-of-the-mill coup. You look like you'd be disgruntled enough to leak information about the dungeon's layout.
>I'm part of a conspiracy to overthrow Brynn. Want to help?
>I was never here. You saw no one.

>>822124
>Part of your everyday run-of-the-mill coup. You look like you'd be disgruntled enough to leak information about the dungeon's layout.

>Doesn't matter. What are you doing here?

They might be loyal, even here.

>Part of your everyday run-of-the-mill coup. You look like you'd be disgruntled enough to leak information about the dungeon's layout.

"If they cared they wouldn't have leaf you like this, right? And I also have a Dark Knight helping me so don't try to betray me to the guards. And you think the guy who betrayed every Overlord he served so far would be kind with you anyway? He will probably just turn you into a his personal maid with a screwed up reincarnation as a thank you present!"

>>822176

This.

>Part of your everyday run-of-the-mill coup. You look like you'd be disgruntled enough to leak information about the dungeon's layout.

>>822183
>>822176
>>822137
"Haha... oh you know..." You smile weakly and dismissively wave your hand in front of your face, "Just your ordinary, everyday, run-of-the-mill coup trying to usurp the throne! The usual! Say, you look like you'd be disgruntled enough to leak vital information to a rival power. What do you say we work together?" Well, you aren't lying. There's nothing too exceptional about the counter-conspriacy... save for its members and its execution... okay so its anything but ordinary, but that's not the point. The guard stares at your for a while, you think. Before hanging his head and sighing.

"There's really no waking up out of this, is there. I'm really imprisoned in the dungeons, aren't I?" He makes a pathetic groaning noise as he pulls his legs to him. "I don't remember why I'm down here, but I do remember I don't like Seneschal Brynn. Why is that..." He's talking to himself more than he's talking to you it seems. You debate on going back to checking on Dan when the Imprisoned Guard has his epiphany. "Oh! That's right! I saw Brynn planning to overthrow Overlord Ghraanus! I heard his whole plan! How he was going to use some convoluted plan to have this tournament to weed out any competition to the title and then take the throne when they're all weakened! I was going to report him to Ghraanus when something hit me on the head."

You stare hard at the Imprisoned Guard. What are you going to do with this guy?

>Get MP14 to free him while you catch Dan up to speed.
>Try to coerce more info out of IG (feed me your questions!)
>Other plans?

Okay so, I have to get up early in the morning... yet again... so I'm calling a small break so I can sleep. Go ahead and make your desicions/ask questions and I promise as soon as I am back in about 12 hours or so, I'll continue where we left off!

>>822250
"Tell me all you heard about the plan and I will heal you more."

>>822250
>Get MP14 to free him while you catch Dan up to speed.

>>822250
>>Get MP14 to free him while you catch Dan up to speed.

We already know Brynn is planning some shit, so leave freeing him and asking to MP14, I think it would be a better use of our time to get as many potential allies as possible before time's out, and probably most if not all of them are quite pissed off with Brynn for this treatment of barely keeping them alive

>>823155

But nothing says we cannot waste a few minutes to learn more.

"Tell me all you heard about the plan and I will heal you more."


The bulldhit thing about demons is, even two menbers of the same species, age race and gender might have different healing rates. So as long as we don't heal him all the way it will be okay. We could fix his head since is covered by the helmet anyway.

I'm back and ready to start things up again! Right now I think we're tied.

two for getting more information out of IG
and
two for letting MP14 handle it and you go check on Dan

>>823562
Vote for Dan, get MP4 to get everything he can from this guy.

>>823567
>>823155
>>823121
You look out the door of the cell. As if born from the shadows itself, Mystery Person 14 silently strides out.

"MP, can you get more info out of him? He sounds like he'll be useful to the cause. I need to go back to check on Dan and make sure she's recovering all right." You give the order and the Dark Knight nods his head solemnly. You walk across the hall again and back to Dan's cell. Her breathing is still rather strained, but its quickly improved from when you first healed her. Her back is to you and she seems to have curled up into a ball; her arms wrapped around her legs.

>Make a sound to alert her that you are back and check for any injuries you might have missed.
>Just start into questioning her about what they did to her after the match with Gneotho.
>Start with some small talk. Ask her how she's doing now?
>Forego the foreplay and dive right into the recruitment pitch.

>>823619
>>Just start into questioning her about what they did to her after the match with Gneotho.

I would prefer to go straight to the business, but knowing what they did to her would help to have a better recruitment pitch for others. And acquire in character knowledge of the child of Kain's friend if she saw any kid being dragged there against its will

>>823619
>Just start into questioning her about what they did to her after the match with Gneotho.

Start out with this, but after you finish pumping her for information and get a feel on her motives, go into the pitch.

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>>823619
>Forego the foreplay and dive right into the recruitment pitch.

"I will fully heal and rescue you if you work for me in a coup."

>>823619
>>Forego the foreplay and dive right into the recruitment pitch.

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You guys are killing me with these ties. Next new vote- or reassigned vote- wins.

>>823718
Fine forego the foreplay.

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>>823718

Ok

>>823731
>>823647
>>823641
You enter the room and sit down across from where Dan is curled up into the fetal position. After a moment of silence, you sigh. Well, maybe she's the kind of person who appreciate the direct approach. With who knows what happened, trying to beat around the bush might just upset the Armor Knight further.

"I have a proposal for you. If you work with us and help us in our plan to overthrow Brynn, I'll fully heal you and help you escape." Your voice is soft, but the words are still resolute. The silence returns for a moment.

"Is Gneotho... okay?" She asks weakly.

"Yeah. She's fine. Right now she's recuperating from your fight in a safe place and preparing for the coup."

"I'm glad." Her back shudders for a moment before she lets go of her knees and turns to face you. Her eyes have heavy dark circles under them (almost as dark as the circles under your eyes) but they have regained a little more light in them. "What do you need of me?"

>Come with us while we rescue the other tournament losers, we're staging a jail break!
>There's a guard in the next room who said he'll turn against the Palace, protect him while we prepare the next phase of the plan.
>Other?

>>823791
>Come with us while we rescue the other tournament losers, we're staging a jail break!
Guys is it wrong I want to spoil and bully Ana?

>>823791
>There's a guard in the next room who said he'll turn against the Palace, protect him while we prepare the next phase of the plan.
She's really weak right now and a tank. Keep her in her element.

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>>823791
>There's a guard in the next room who said he'll turn against the Palace, protect him while we prepare the next phase of the plan.

>>823820
>>823827
"There's a guard in the cell across the hallway we think will help us out. We need you to keep an eye on him and keep him safe while we begin the next phase of the plan. Once we get everything set up we'll come get the both of you and begin the coup. Gather your strength, Dan; Gneotho needs your help."

And like that, a wild fire ignites behind the Armor Knight's eyes. "Gneotho... needs me?" You almost have a bad feeling about this. "I'll- I'll do it! You can count on me! Gneotho can count on me! I'll be useful! I can help everyone, you'll see!" She tries to spring to her feet, but gets dizzy and falls back on her rear end. "Heheheh... Not very graceful, was it? But I'm alright! I can do it!" She gets back on her feet, slower this time. And crosses the hall.

As she enters, you see Mystery Person 14 leaning against the door frame.

>Ask him for an update. Any news on IG?
>Tell him its time to get moving. The next patrol will be along shortly. He can update you while you move.
>Other?

>>823869
>>Tell him its time to get moving. The next patrol will be along shortly. He can update you while you move.

Time is the essence here.

>>823869
>Tell him its time to get moving. The next patrol will be along shortly. He can update you while you move.

>>823877
Agreed.

>>823869
>Heal the crazy girl.

She won't be of much use otherwise.

>Tell him its time to get moving. The next patrol will be along shortly. He can update you while you move.

I don't know if this is a post coup or during coup idea, but it would be best to get our hands on the Reincarnation machine, as well as a comprehensive guide on how it works.

>>823888

Ditto.
>Heal the crazy girl.

>Tell him its time to get moving. The next patrol will be along shortly. He can update you while you move.

Let's not be that stingy with our healing.

>>823893
Post. The thing is very well defended.

And we need to rig it so all reincarnations are female

>>823893
>>823909

Once we're done with all this, i'm soo turning Brynn into the cutest, most huggable and harmless loli ever (super resetted to level 1 with zero stat and skill inheritance). That's what he will get as punishment.

>>823909
"No, I have no idea why you ended a girl, that damn Brynn must have broken it!"

Just as planned

>>823877
>>823879
>>823884
>>823888
>>823904
You say a quick chant and aim your magic at Dan, healing her as much as you can. You turn to Mystery Person 14 and nod before starting down the hall. As expected, he follows you and starts into his report.

"The guard's name is Perciel and he's not just any guard. He's Ghraanus's grandson and was the captain of the guard before the last coup happened." You nearly trip over your own two feet as the words register with your brain.

"H-how can you say that so casually?! That's kind of a huge revelation!" You whipser-shout at him, but he ignores it and continues.

"Perciel witnessed the initial planning of the conspiracy as we know it, so he doesn't know any more about the reasons than we do. What he did know was the layout of the Palace. Even some interesting features that I doubt even Brynn knows. I can point us in the direction of the dungeon cells that are most likely to contain the rest of the tournament losers."

>Well, damn! That's amazing MP! Great job!
>Good job. I'll see if I can get you a raise.
>Interesting. Let's get going then.
>I-Its not that impressive. I could have done that, too. So don't get cocky!

>Good job. I'll see if I can get you a raise.
He did a good job, and that's what he cares about.

>>823945
>>Good job. I'll see if I can get you a raise.

He's been pretty mercenary no-nonsense so far.

>>823945
>Well, damn! That's amazing MP! Great job!
I want to tell him about the raise so Gneotho can "punish" her later for giving him a raise without consulting her first

>Hug him

>Well, damn! That's amazing MP! Great job!

>>823960
... Than didn't you mean to vote for the second option?

>>823989

Ditto

>Hug him

>Well, damn! That's amazing MP! Great job!

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>>823999
No I don't want to punish Ana, as fun as it is

>>823960
>>823989
>>824005
You feel the excitement bubbling up within you. Unable to control yourself, you hug Mystery Person 14 tightly around the middle. Despite the armor, he's surprisingly huggable. "That's amazing MP! Great job!" Your face turns red as you realize what you're doing. "U-um, I mean. Good job. I-I'll see if I can get Gneotho to give you a raise for your competence." Smooth, Ana, smooth.

He looks a little uncomfortable being held, so you let him go. "I appreciate the gesture, Anasael, but I am only doing the job I was hired for." He adjusts his armor around the neck before skulking behind you.

>Roll d100! Quick!

>>823945
>Good Job I'll see if I can get you a raise

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>824034

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>824034

Oh shit!

>>824034

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>>824034
Looks like Ana is being punished after all

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>824034

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>824034

>>824060
Seems in your joy at the information, you had forgotten to use your inside voice and have attracted the attention of a patrol! Luckily they haven't noticed you specifically yet. You and Mystery Person have a chance to hide before they can spot you and sound the alarm! What are your moves?

>Grab MP and hide in a cell! (Roll d100 to avoid [s]romantic tension[/s] detection)
>Hide behind a pillar! MP can fend for himself! (d100 to avoid detection)
>Push an attack! Take them out before they get a chance to alert anyone of anything! (Shift to Mystery Person 14's perspective then roll d100 for attack!)

>>824102
>>Push an attack! Take them out before they get a chance to alert anyone of anything! (Shift to Mystery Person 14's perspective then roll d100 for attack!)

Well, shit got real and they are going to react once the prisoners escaped anyway, so no harm in beating the shit out of the guards.

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>824102
>Grab MP and hide in a cell! (Roll d100 to avoid [s]romantic tension[/s] detection)
I am not worried about romantic tension, Ana belongs to Gneotho

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>824102
>>Grab MP and hide in a cell! (Roll d100 to avoid [s]romantic tension[/s] detection)
I want the nat 1.

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>824102

Grab MP and hide in a cell! (Roll d100 to avoid [s]romantic tension[/s] detection)

Shouldn't MP have a combat bonus due to being a Dark Knight?

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>Grab MP and hide in a cell! (Roll d100 to avoid [s]romantic tension[/s] detection)

>>824116

Nice!

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>>824116
If you want to check the stats and skills of Gneotho's allies, look at the assocaited pastebin link at beginning of the thread.

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>>824129

In your mind you imagine Gneotho's disapproving scowl as the guards arrest all four of you and throw you in the dungeons. It rattles your nerves greatly and you grab Mystery Person 14 and hurl the two of you in a nearby cell. You didn't count on the cell itself actually being a broom closet. In retrospect, you think that maybe the interior designer made all the doors look so similar to make the hallway seem longer than it was, so it wasn't your fault this happened!

Your chest is pressed firmly up against MP and your delicate hands are resting lightly on the tops of his shoulders. He, on the other hand, is desperately trying to not touch you while the two of you are restricted by the walls. You've never actually seen him show emotion on his face before, but his eyebrows are starting to furrow. What does that mean? You feel his heartbeat racing and his hot breath on top of your head. It is a long moment before the two of you are certain the guards are gone. Probably equating your voice to noisy prisoners complaining or something equally ignore-able.

The two of you let out a sigh of relief and attempt to unwedge yourself from the closet.

>Roll d100

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>824185
Oh lady Gneotho

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>824185

Rolling for Anasael still being gay for Gneotho

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>824185

>>824210
Rolling for Dark Knight being secretly a girl.

It takes some work, but you manage to pop out of the tiny, tiny room. It feels great to breathe unrestricted again! Mystery Person stands back up and dusts off his armor.

"The coast is clear, Anasael. Let's keep progressing with the plan. Follow me." He takes the lead and guides you down the next hallway.

>Strike up a conversation:
>Ask him about his motives
>Ask him about his feelings for Gneotho
>Ask him about you
>Ask him about something else (write in)

>>824255
>>Ask him about his motives

He sounds like he's determined, although the lack of ambition for overlordness is puzzling, as he's just working for money and doesn't attempt to become overlord unlike kain

>>824255
>Ask him about his feelings for Gneotho
Lead in with that, then ask about his motives.

>>824270
This, I must determine if his motives for my lady are pure

>>824255
>Ask him about his motives

>Ask him about his motives

Enough fooling around, time to do our jobs.

>>824331
>>824321
>>824267
"So..." You ease into your subject, "Other than money, why are you doing this? What made you decide to join us?" Your curiosity is getting the better of you again. Mystery Person looks back at you for a second, returns his eyes forward and sighs.

"I had companions who had joined this tournament with me. We had made a pact that no matter who won, we would accept loss graciously and follow the victor without question. They all lost in the first round except me. I expected them to show up and cheer me on, but no one showed up. I got worried. I had my suspicions that something else was afoot, but Gneotho's proposition was the nail in the coffin. This stopped being about the title when Brynn messed with my friends. All I want now is to see him crushed." Wide eyed, you nod in understanding. Underneath that bristly exterior, Mystery Person 14 is kind of a softie. Its kinda cute. "Also, I like money, so its win-win for me." You can't help but chuckle at the quip. There is another spell of silence before the Dark Knight asks something of you.

"So why did you come here?"

"Because Lady Gneo-"

"No I mean, why did you come to Potential X, Anasael. Or should I say Great Sage Anasael of the Void?" He turns and eyes you again. You are taken aback by the title he addresses you by.

>That name means nothing to me. Anasael of the Void is dead.
>I- I think you have me confused. Anasael of the Void? Hahaha Who's that?
>I haven't gone by that name in a long time. And I don't plan on taking it back again.
>So you know of me? I'm surprised. Almost no one in this Netherworld is familiar with me.
>Great Sage who of the who? What?

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>824185


Mp is realy a fag

>>824421
"I hate time travel."

Honestly if we were a sage we would not have such a low Wisdom score. So it must be future Anasael not us.

>>824421
>I- I think you have me confused. Anasael of the Void? Hahaha Who's that?
I'd rather remain in character, revelation of past actions aside.

>>824421
>So you know of me? I'm surprised. Almost no one in this Netherworld is familiar with me.

>>824442
This.

>>824421
>>So you know of me? I'm surprised. Almost no one in this Netherworld is familiar with me.

Let's be honest. Even if we denied it, he knows.

"You know what? Never try to travel to the past to set right what once went wrong, it sucks."

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>>824444
>>824454
Oh crap someone actually knows about you! Quick, brain, make an excuse! "I-I think you have me confused. Anasael of the Void? Aahaha... Who's that?" Your voice is nervous and shaky, but you hope he buys it. He stares at you for a moment before return his vision to the path ahead.

"My mistake then. Sorry." His low, gravelly voice doesn't echo. A sigh of relief silently escapes from you. It wouldn't do if people discovered that you really are a Sage... or was a Sage.

You were a master of arcane magic, taught to you by the Demon Tree. In the pursuit of knowledge you left the Tree and the other sages. Your peers called you the Rogue Sage, but to those who you interacted with, you were the Great Sage Anasael of the Void. You had spent over 13000 years studying all magic and even learned how to create small Personal Netherworlds with your great power. You created Tartarus and was on the road to creating a true Netherworld when the demonic thirst for power and prestige struck you. When Ghraanus fell, the title was too tempting to resist. In your arrogance you played along with Brynn's games, but didn't expect the wheel to rob you of most of your accomplishments. In the panic of your situation, you hastily planned a coup to dispose of Brynn and restore your power. Then you approached Gneotho and the rest is history.

Your reflection is cut short, though. Mystery Person 14 places an arm out to stop you and you notice:

>You are at the cells, safely
>There are armed guards around the cells.
>There are armed guards harassing prisoners in the cells.
>There is a strange machine attached to the cell.

>>824571
>There is a strange machine attached to the cell.

Mistery box ho!

>>824571
>>You are at the cells, safely

Sounds like there's more potential for reveals and character developments if tehre's no guards or strange machines there

>>824571
>There is a strange machine attached to the cell.

>>824592
>There is a strange machine attached to the cell.

Anasael Wisdom score must be negative, right?

>>824571
>There is a strange machine attached to the cell

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>>824604
If you are a mighty Sage you don't participate on a tournament following another person rules, you get an idiot to do it for you.

>>824601
>>824604
>>824611
>>824592
A strange boxy machine is attached to the cell door. A zombie in a navy coverall is examining the device with a few tools in his hand. "Uhhh..." It mumbles to itself as it messes with the box. You hear moans coming from behind the large cell door. You look to MP who gives you a look.

>Its time for you to shine, MP. (Shift to Mystery Person 14's perspective)
>Let's wait and see what the machine does. (Roll d100 for bad things)
>Other?

>>824658
>>Its time for you to shine, MP. (Shift to Mystery Person 14's perspective)

What if the machine's torturing somebody or transforming them into zombie/erynga hybrids? Let's rock!

>>824658
>Its time for you to shine, MP. (Shift to Mystery Person 14's perspective)

Better leave this for someone with better Wiz.

>>824658
>Its time for you to shine, MP. (Shift to Mystery Person 14's perspective)

>>824658

>Its time for you to shine, MP. (Shift to Mystery Person 14's perspective)

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>>824639
Why so judgey? One error in judgement and she's just completely brain dead to you?

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>>824683
Her entire coup would've fallen apart if not for us coming in.

>>824683
Well, centuries of experience and she trusts what's basically... an Evil Chancellor.

Granted she has the excuse of not being native and that the guy aparently fooled almost everyone.

But yes, a Sage must be wise.

>>824696

Just because she has book smarts and magical might doesn't exactly means she has common sense or street smarts.

Hell, she has proven a few times to be rather naive and innocent as well.

>>824729
Then she is not a sage. Sage literally means "Wise old man/person".

>>824670
>>824673
>>824678
>>824682
You nod back to Mystery Person 14 and ready your staff.
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Now you are Mystery Person 14: Mercenary. Currently you are charging forward with your sword drawn. Your target is the Zombie in the coveralls. The box he's working on is probably magic and is doing something to the demons in the cell. Zombies aren't good conversationalists, so you dispatch the worker. Its so weak it doesn't even warrant a roll. Behind you Anasael cautiously approaches.

"Oh well, that was easy." She kicks the lower half of the zombie before it disappears into wisps of light. "Now what do we have here?" She kneels down and examines the box, quickly becoming engrossed in its inner workings. You turn your gaze to the viewing window on the door. The cell itself is massive; holding what must be a large portion of the missing tournament contestants. Most of them look weakened by whatever this device was doing.

"So what is that thing, Anasael?" You ask.

"Its amazing! Whoever designed this must have quite the grasp on magical engineering! Its actually an artificial magic dispenser mimicking the Enfeeble spell on a level impossible for real casters!"

>"How do we shut it off?"
>"Can we reverse it?"
>"Out of the way, it needs to be broken."
>Other

>>824765
However in Disgaea, Sage is an advanced class that combines the archer with the mage class. It specialized in massive area attack spells.

http://disgaea.wikia.com/wiki/Sage

>>824765

That would be in the context of real life. In a few fantasy setting and videogames, sage is just somebody who's pretty good at magic and might or might not actually be a wise leader-like figure.

And within Disgaea, a random prinny could easily reincarnate into a sage just because.

>>824781

>"Can we reverse it?"

Become the buffest of knights!

>>824781
>"Can we reverse it?"

>>824781
"So permanent power drain? And they are probably using the power drained to make that bastard stronger?"

>"Can we reverse it?"

>>824794

MP referred to her the wise old man kind of sage, and she isn't. Talk about undeserving publicity..

>>824794
>>824819

Even so; MP14 still has the wrong idea about how wise our blonde healer is...

>"Can we reverse it?"

We need to save the future minions for our Boss!

>>824857

Well, we don't know what he meant with Great Sage. Maybe he simply meant for her to be super powerful as he saw first handed how clumsy and easy to get flustered she was, traits unfitting of an actual wise woman.

>>824857
>>824839
>>824837
>>824819
"Can we reverse it?" You ask the cleric. She lets out a haughty laugh and looks at you with a confident and superior grin.

"Can I reverse it!? Child's play for a powerful sorceress like myself!" She stops and stammers for a second "I-I'm no Sage, but I have more than sufficient knowledge to change it from Enfeeble to any buff I currently know. Anything in that room will get a temporary boost for as long as they stay in that room and maybe for a short time after they leave."

>Change the machine to Braveheart to boost their attack.
>Change the machine to Shield to boost their defense.

Anasael rolls up her sleeves and stick one arm into the machinery. "So they went with a counter-clockwise Mobius configuration? How wasteful. If it was me, I'd..." You lose interest in her magical techno-babble and look back at the door itself. Its locked quite well compared to the other cell doors further up. They were probably confident that the prisoners further up wouldn't have the strength to run or were firmly bound in some other way.

>Attempt to pick the lock. (d100 -15)
>Force the door open. (d100)
>Wait for the machine to start working and see if you can call a Thief or Ninja to the door and have them pick it.

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>824958
>>Change the machine to Braveheart to boost their attack.

>Force the door open

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>824958
>Change the machine to Shield to boost their defense.

>Force the door open. (d100)

>>824958
>Force the door open. (d100)
No need to over complicate this.

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>824958
>Force the door open. (d100)
No need to over complicate this.

>>824981

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>824980
>Change the machine to Shield to boost their defense.

>Force the door open. (d100)