>>5676561
>>□ Slapped the wrong butt (+Pervert trait)
>>□ You did it because it seemed to be the local custom (+Polite trait)
How could we know she was the mayor's favorite lover.

>>5676563
I second this

>>5676561
Oh shiiiiiiit he's back!
>+Deceiver
>+Stubborn

>>5676561
>□ Cheated in a game of cards (+Deceiver trait)
□ You did it because someone bet you can't do it (+Stubborn trait)
I'm sick of milktoast protagonists and perverts, I want that sigma grindset.
Also you know goal and jail are pronunced the same right QM?

>>5676561
>□ Started a barfight (+Violent trait)
>□ You did it because you want to (+Honest trait)

>>5676592
Yes, and? :B

>□ Cheated in a game of cards (+Deceiver trait)
>□ You did it because someone bet you can't do it (+Stubborn trait)

>>5676561
>□ Started a barfight (+Violent trait)
>□ You did it because you thought it'll get you some friends (+Friendly trait)

>>5676561
>□ Shittalked the wrong guy (+Rebel trait)
>□ You did it to kill time (+Patient trait)

It's paradoxical but relatable at the same time!

>>5676561
>□ Started a barfight (+Violent trait)
>□ You did it because you want to (+Honest trait)

>>5676561
>□ Cheated in a game of cards (+Deceiver trait)
>□ You did it to kill time (+Patient trait)

>>5676561
>□ Cheated in a game of cards (+Deceiver trait)
>□ You did it because you thought it'll get you some friends (+Friendly trait)

Remember folks he threw Petunia at us last quest to see if we'd just get with the first character we met. Let's not have Rosa play the same game yeah?

>>5676561
>>□ Got caught pickpocketing (+Klepto trait)
>□ You did it because someone bet you can't do it (+Stubborn trait)

>>5676561
Well i'd definitely prefer an male protagonist, but...
>□ Cheated in a game of cards (+Deceiver trait)
>□ You did it because someone bet you can't do it (+Stubborn trait)
We already had a violent rebel last time.

>>5676561
>Slapped the wrong butt (+Pervert trait)
>You did it because you thought it'll get you some friends (+Friendly trait)

>>5676561
>□ Cheated in a game of cards (+Deceiver trait)
>□ You did it because it seemed to be the local custom (+Polite trait)

>>5676561
>□ Cheated in a game of cards (+Deceiver trait)
>□ You did it because you thought it'll get you some friends (+Friendly trait)

>>5676561
>□ Got caught pickpocketing (+Klepto trait)
>□ You did it because you want to (+Honest trait)

Just woke up, tallying...

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>>5676561
>Deceiver
>Stubborn

Well, to be honest, you usually would've finessed that card game better, but the combination of being goaded that you can't win and the aquavit in your system made you brash, bold and sloppy. How should you know that he had another ace of coins and ace of crooks on his hand? Should've counted the cards better, Rosa!

Anyways, now that we're stuck here for the time being, what should we do?

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Examine manacles
>□ Examine jail cell
>□ Try to escape
>□ Try to look outside
>□ Call out to someone
>□ Wait for your backup to arrive
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5676841
>□ Examine manacles

>>5676841
>>□ Examine jail cell
Do a bunch of examining.

>>5676841
>□ Examine manacles

>>5676841
>□ Try to look outside

>>5676841
>>□ Try to look outside
>□ Try to look outside

>>5676841
>□ Examine manacles

>>5676841
>□ Examine manacles

Never know when we might suddenly need our hands again

>>5676841
>□ Examine jail cell

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>>5676841
>Examine manacles

Might as well look at this heaviness on your hands, then. Well, what do we have here? Seems like a stockade-type manacle - one imbued with some kind of suppressor... for both magic AND other abilities? And of course the manual lock's on the same side as your dominant hand. Bummer. Which means you can't...

>CHOOSE ONE ABILITY

>□ Use charm spells to beguile people (Witch)
>□ See and talk to spirits - or things like them, especially trickster ones (Shaman)
>□ Turn briefly invisible in the shadows (Glitcher)
>□ Pull out something useful from behind something, like onstage (Magician)
>□ See others' feelings and hidden truths (Seer)
>□ Move your arms freely (Null - no abilities)

You're starting to regret coming to this town; you wouldn't have stopped here if you didn't...

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Run out of packed food while passing by
>□ Take a detour because of bandits
>□ Have to visit and check up on your aunt here
>□ Get curious about a rumored anomaly nearby
>□ Try to collect debts from an ex-lover
>□ Other (fill in)

Rolled 163 (1d1488)

>>5677174
>□ Move your arms freely (Null - no abilities).
>□ Have to visit and check up on your aunt here
Fuck it, we going HARD MODE, we ball bitches

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>>5677174
>□ Move your arms freely (Null - no abilities)
>□ Have to visit and check up on your aunt here

>>5677174
>□ Move your arms freely (Null - no abilities).
>□ Have to visit and check up on your aunt here
We’re just a cowboy

>>5677174
>[ ] Move arms freely
>[ ] Check on Aunt
We don't NEED no stinkin' powers!

>>5677174
>□ Move your arms freely (Null - no abilities)
>□ Have to visit and check up on your aunt here

>>5677174
>□ Pull out something useful from behind something, like onstage (Magician)
>□ Have to visit and check up on your aunt here
I'd say witch but I'll keep my dick in my pants for now.

>>5676698
I agree, but it is also unwise to say 'no' to a character that is good because it's the first. Rosa deserves a nice human man to keep her company

>>5677174
>□ Pull out something useful from behind something, like onstage (Magician)
>□ Run out of packed food while passing by

>>5677174
>□ Pull out something useful from behind something, like onstage (Magician)
>□ Have to visit and check up on your aunt here

>>5677193
+1
Magician sounds funny, but nothing at all sounds even funnier

>>5677174
>>□ Pull out something useful from behind something, like onstage (Magician)
>□ Have to visit and check up on your aunt here

We can see you samefagging you magical nigger. I put my dick in your ass.

>>5677290

>>5677259 is me, as is >>5676815. Not sure if someone else is rigging the vote, but it would be very odd to do so before we even hit a controversial crossroads point. Sure isn't me - I have cast one vote on this matter. I am merely on mobile.

>>5677290
if anything, I'd say that the samefagging comes from the no-powers voters
(>>5677176 and >>5677178)
Well would you look at that, your ID is there

How curious!

>>5677312
Very interesting that these posts all seem to have no comments or additions whatsoever

>>5677176
I know there's a debate going on but I'll still just slide in to vote for this one

>>5677174
>□ Have to visit and check up on your aunt here

I'm abstaining from the ability vote because I think Null and Magician are the best options anyhow, and I'm happy with either winning.

>>5677174
>>□ Pull out something useful from behind something, like onstage (Magician)
>□ Have to visit and check up on your aunt here
Sounds like the sort of powers a deceiver would have.

>>5677174
>>□ Move your arms freely (Null - no abilities)
Why, we're just a simple wanderer, with none of them hokey mystical thingamies - as if ancient hoodoo were worth the weight of a good shooter at your hip.

>□ Have to visit and check up on your aunt here
But it just so happens we have contacts in this here town...

>>5677174
>□ Move your arms freely (Null - no abilities)
>□ Take a detour because of bandits
Now sure we might have decieved said bandits, but it's not like they didn't have it coming.

>>5677315
What's there to discuss? people either want no powers or think Magician suits a card shark.

Tallying...

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>>5677174

>Null
>Check up on aunt

Seriously, if you weren't called to check on aunt Gina, you wouldn't have come here. Why didn't she stay in Goblinton and moved here? Oh, and for the record, she's doing fine. Well enough to pepper you with a lot of questions... frustrating questions only family would ask. They're partly why you decided to wander as soon as you're old enough to. And they're definitely why you decided to down some aquavit at the bar after visiting her.

Anyways, back to the present situation. While these manacles are impressive in suppressing abilities and magic, they're kinda wasted on you since, well, you're a Null. Just someone without powers. But, you think, their cumbersomeness would have to be temporary - this is a small town jail, and no righteous lawman would subject their prisoners to this prolonged discomfort, especially just because you cheated at cards.

"Well, as you asked, here she is."
Oh snap! Speak of the devil. Well, he's kinda handsome if you do say so yourself. Quick, what's the plan?

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Act annoyed so you can leverage his good guyness
>□ Act sultry so you can deceive him via seduction
>□ Act as if you're asleep so you can catch him by surprise
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5677494
>Act annoyed so you can leverage his good guyness
Come on man, we've been stuck in here for a while now and these cuffs aren't getting lighter!

>>5677494
>>□ Act as if you're asleep so you can catch him by surprise

>>5677494
>□ Act annoyed so you can leverage his good guyness
But not city slicker annoyed, more... sympathetic.

>>5677494
>>□ Act as if you're asleep so you can catch him by surprise

>>5677494
>□ Act annoyed so you can leverage his good guyness
"Isn't this a bit much for cheating at cards? I was expecting to get thrown out or banned from the bar, not shackled and locked up like i'm some violent hooligan."

>>5677494
>□ Act annoyed so you can leverage his good guyness

Supporting >>5677518

>>5677518
+1

>>5677518
+1
changing from>>5677500

>>5677547
wrong tag whoops>>5677506

Rosa is cute!
>>5677494
>Act sultry so you can deceive him via seduction
>Do it poorly but with high confidence

>>5677494
>□ Act annoyed so you can leverage his good guyness

I mean, we probably ARE annoyed. It's not going to be much of an act.

>>5677494
>□ Act annoyed so you can leverage his good guyness

>>5677494
>>□ Act annoyed so you can leverage his good guyness

>>5677518
supporting

>>5677518
+1

>>5677553
Now as much as that sounds cute and all, we shouldn't go trying to seduce the first guy we see. I'd rather not pull a petunia again.

>>5677677
Wasn't Petunia a quite popular character? She even got in the waifu tourney!

>>5677736
Yeeeeeah but she also did some pretty fucked up stuff that is only even forgivable because it's an fictional world where people don't act normal

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>>5677494
>Act annoyed

Let's appeal to his sense of human decency, then. Act annoyed. Easier now because you're actually kinda annoyed by this.

"Finally, about time!" You jangle the manacles to make a point. "Isn't this too much just for a game of cards?"

The lawman took notice. "Well, that's not my call to make, ma'am - I'm just following orders." Wait, orders from who?

As if on cue, another figure came into view. One whose ethereal face rings a bell from last night. The exact same one who sat on the other side of the card table.

"Good news and bad news," says the lawman. "Good news is, you might walk free after this. Bad news is, that's up to Mr. Nemo here."

"Hello, miss Rosa." Nemo spoke, his voice tinted with a strangeness unfamiliar to you. "Do you remember last night? Well, in any case, let us discuss your potential employment."

You opened your mouth, only to close it again. Is this guy serious? Trying to recruit someone who tricked him over cards?

You open your mouth again. "I assume I'm not walking away scot-free if I refuse?"

This time, the lawman speaks. "I suggest not, local custom is for you to get tarred and feathered." Eugh, you're not a fan of feathers. Nor tar, for that matter.

"To make it fair, I'm sure you have questions about this job of mine. First things first: you'll be traveling, you'll be working in a team, and you'll be paid. Now, ask away, then."

>CHOOSE TWO

>□ What exactly will we be doing?
>□ What do you mean, work in a team?
>□ What kind of payment, and how much?
>□ How can you be sure that I won't desert or betray you?
>□ Skip the questions and just accept
>□ Other (fill in)

>What exactly will we doing?
>What Kind of pay and how much?

>>5677814
>□ What exactly will we be doing?
>□ What do you mean, work in a team?

>>5677814
>□ What exactly will we be doing?
>□ How can you be sure that I won't desert or betray you?

>>5677814
>What exactly will we be doing?
And the fill in because I can't resist honestly
>...You single?

>>5677855
Damn, chill bro, we didn't take the [pevert] trait

>>5677863
pervert*

>>5677855
I agree with >>5677863-- we also turned down the chance to be flirty last update. This feels random and OOC.

>>5677814
>□ What do you mean, work in a team?
>□ What kind of payment, and how much?

>>5677814
>What exactly will we doing?
>What kind of pay and how much?

>>5677865
>>5677863
Too early to say what's OOC. Asking a dude out isn't being a compulsive groper.

>>5677874
Randomly asking out some dude who we just met and is literally our jailor about whether he's single is kinda weird, dude.

>>5677814
>□ What exactly will we be doing?
>□ How cam I trust you won't end up screwing us over at the end of this job?

>>5677863
>>5677865
You're very right and it is OOC but also hot guy

>>5677880
he has shrek ears

SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME

>>5677881
Is this an argument for or against hitting on him?

>>5677814
>>□ What exactly will we be doing?
>>□ What do you mean, work in a team?

>>5677875
We met him last night, we share an interest in cards and bars, and he has layers

>>5677923
>we share an interest in cards and bars,
us and basically every single grown person in a pre-internet world

>>5677950
Yes, but not all of them are all-stars

>>5677975
That doesn't really change what i said

>>5677981
Hey now, somebody once told me he's not the sharpest tool in the shed

>>5677816
+1 these seem like the pertinent questions.
We may have just been deputized... Is this the west? I'm sure it's west of somewhere...

>>5677814
what are our official colors, qm

>>5678029
Definitely pea green skin. Maybe a dark color for the hat and light color for the poncho. The shorts are jean blue.

Also I got a commission, so updates will be daily from now on!

>>5677814
>□ What exactly will we be doing?
>□ What kind of payment, and how much?

>>5677814
>□ What kind of payment, and how much?
>□ How can you be sure that I won't desert or betray you?

>>5677814
>□ What exactly will we be doing?
>□ What kind of payment, and how much?

Tallying and drawing...

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>>5677814
>What exactly will we be doing?
>What kind of payment, and how much?

"Well, some more details about the job would be nice. You were being very vague about it. Then, details about my payment would be excellent." No way you're going to work for free, right?

"Apologies, I wasn't being clear, was I?" Nemo looks sincere. "Before we go into detail about the job proper... do you know what's the cause of the Imperial Exodus into Gongalla?"

Wait, wasn't that around the time of your grandma? You seem to recall something from her stories. "The, uh, Singularity or something?"

"Correct, it was some sort of reality storm that hit the Heartland, the Eternal Empire's home universe, and shattered the Empire." Nemo continues. "Well, basically, our job is to make sure that sort of thing doesn't happen to Gongalla."

You blink. Did this guy just say his job is to save the world? "And how are we going to do that? Reality storm-proof Gongalla?"

A slight glint of a smile occurs on Nemo's face. "Hopefully. We'll first be checking on all four of the Reality Anchors. Each we will survey, repair if needed, and strengthen so that they'll withstand any kind of reality storms, or reality quakes, or any stuff of the sort." He turns his attention towards you. "We'll talk more about it as we go."

You were about to open your mouth to protest about your pay, when Nemo spoke again. "Regarding pay, rest assured. I am backed by both the former Empress Elena's estate, and Lucifer himself. Name your price, and you shall be compensated." A grin blossomed on Nemo, one with too many teeth.

>NAME YOUR PRICE

>□ Riches to last a lifetime
>□ Freedom to wander anywhere you want
>□ A lasting legacy
>□ A seat of power
>□ Booze and companionship
>□ Safety for your family, friends, and loved ones
>□ A quiet life, unbothered
>□ Slaking the thirst for knowledge
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5678438
>□ Riches to last a lifetime
While this seems basic, it just feels like the kind of reward someone like Rosa would want.

Wow. So you're telling me they just happen to offer some random ass prisoner like us a free job, no resume asked, to work on some "Reality Anchors" for any price we want.
This is a ploy to expand convict lives on some dangerous job no one would work.
>□ Riches to last a lifetime

>>5678438
>Riches to last a lifetime
Riches enough for my coinpurse to need five horses. Riches enough to give each of those horses a coinpurse. Riches enough to make Lucifer envy the envy that Mammon will feel for us. All the gold. All the silver too. Or whatever will be their equivalent if we so happen to end up with only one anchor left. This is either -the- lucky break or -the- dumb mistake and we should not be too modest.

>>5678444
This, it feels like some suicide squad type of deal.

Also, also, if the empire's exodus to gongalla happened 'during my grandma's time', this means that it's been like two generations since the time of Gaol quest

>>5678438
Wow, not super suspicious at all.

>□ Riches to last a lifetime
>□ Freedom to wander anywhere you want
>□ A quiet life, unbothered

>>5678438
>□ Riches to last for generations.
Money, obviously, but also properties. Companies. Money pipe in. Advisor and counselors to make us money-smart, not some new-rich blow it all.

>>5678438
>[ ] Riches
>[ ] A fancier hat. One that screams 'I'm important, damn it, and I want you to know it!'

>>5678492
We already have a pretty cool hat.

>>5678493
Yes, hence why I wrote fanci'er'

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>>5678438
>□ A quiet life, unbothered

>>5678438
>[ ] Riches
>[ ] A fancier hat. One that screams 'I'm important, damn it, and I want you to know it!'

>>5678438
>□ Riches to last a lifetime
>□ Other (fill in): the secret ingredient for the perfect card cheating trick

>>5678438
>□ Riches to last a lifetime
MONEY.

>>5678438
>□ Freedom to wander anywhere you want
>□ A quiet life, unbothered

>>5678438
>□ Booze and companionship

>>5678438
>□ A seat of power
Let's actually get shit done in the world

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>>5678438
>Riches

Of course, you went for the one thing that matters here. "I want money. Not just a lot, I want R I C H E S. Enough to last a lifetime, maybe even two. Can you do it?"

Nemo replied confidently. "Of course! If we finish our mission, we'll be able to provide you with the riches you want."

You grab his outstretched hand. "Deal! Now, could you get these shackles off me?"

"Well, if you please, lawman." With a nod from Nemo, the lawman goes over and unlocks the stockade-like shackles. Your hand never felt this free since, well, last night.

"You know, I never really got why you chose me. You know I have no powers or magic, don't you?"

Nemo smiles. "Oh, I know. But I can see something in you that makes this mission possible." He then motions to the door out of the cell.
"Speaking of which - I did tell you that you'll be working in a team, right? Well, I'd like you to choose yours. Two more people should be enough. But, if you don't want to choose, I have my own list of candidates as well. So, got anybody in mind?"

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>>5679527
>CHOOSE TWO

>□ Grigori "Grins" Yasnikov: an excellent marksman who owes you some gambling debt. Kinda creepy, but that's because he's from Tmavy Les.

>□ Liv Bratilda: one of those people you consider a true friend, thick and thin. Has a talent for tracking almost nigh anything.

>□ Brother Valencio: a monk of the Bone Order you once met (and drunk under a table), he was very entertained by your antics. Apparently very good in hand-to-hand combat and diplomacy.

>□ Kawagoe Yoshinari: one of the rare Metal Men, veteran under the former Eternal Empire, whom your father knew and is a family friend. Well-trained in the arts of the blade.

>□ Craig Snorlinson: your auntie's son, which makes him your nephew. Kinda quiet, but you remember that he seems eager to listen to tales of your journeys. Also seems to have a knack at magic.

>□ Go with Nemo's choice (can choose this twice)

>>5679544
>□ Liv Bratilda
>□ Craig Snorlinson

>>5679544
>□ Craig Snorlinson: your auntie's son, which makes him your nephew. Kinda quiet, but you remember that he seems eager to listen to tales of your journeys. Also seems to have a knack at magic.
>□ Go with Nemo's choice (can choose this twice)

>>5679544
By Nemo's choice do you mean one amongst these characters or someone else Nemo would choose?

>>5679544
>□ Grigori "Grins" Yasnikov: an excellent marksman who owes you some gambling debt. Kinda creepy, but that's because he's from Tmavy Les.
>□ Brother Valencio: a monk of the Bone Order you once met (and drunk under a table), he was very entertained by your antics. Apparently very good in hand-to-hand combat and diplomacy.
These seem to cover all our bases, except magic.

>>5679570
Someone else Nemo has in mind, you don't know who.

>>5679551
+1 then, this sounds fun

>>5679572
+1 to this
I just really like their designs honestly

>>5679551
>>5679582
>>5679572
>>5679602
How about a compromise between Brother Valencio and Nemo's choice? So we don't bring a kid into what looks to be some suicide squad sort of mission?

>>5679605
No. I'd rather have Craig+Valencio than Valencio+Nemo's Choice.

>>5679605
No reason not to bring in a kid when that kid's a magic gob. Getting rich or dying trying is a family affair!

>>5679605
Grigori is my favorite design though

>>5679628
Agreed, he's super cool-looking.

>>5679544
>Craig
>Grins
Both seem pretty cool to me!

>>5679572
+1

>>5679546
+1
shooting and fighting is something we can do yourself, but a magic user we can trust is my choice.

>>5679544
>>□ Brother Valencio
>□ Go with Nemo's choice

>>5679544

>□ Liv Bratilda
>□ Brother Valencio

Whilst I like the idea of Grins' abilities, I kind of want our Girl Rosa to become the Markswoman of our group...

>>5679932
it's the hat and poncho. Even without us having specified or her having demonstrated any rootin' tootin' cowboy shootin', she just LOOKS like a Gob With No Name type.

She's even doing this job for A Fistful of Dollars, kek

Tallying, drawing.

>>5680096
Is it time to rewatch The Good The Bad and The Ugly again?

>>5679544
>□ Brother Valencio: a monk of the Bone Order you once met (and drunk under a table), he was very entertained by your antics. Apparently very good in hand-to-hand combat and diplomacy.

>□ Go with Nemo's choice (can choose this twice)
Mystery box!

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>>5679544
You mull over the options. While you'd like to call on Liv, she's currently away on a job, or so you've heard. You haven't heard from Kawagoe in a hot minute, and Grins told you a some time ago that he gotta lay low for a while.

"Well, there's this monk I know that would be up for saving the world - you know Valencio?"

Nemo nods. "I have met him before, yes. Interesting man."

"Good, he's one of my choice. The other would be my nephew, Craig - wait, did I say nephew? I meant cousin!" True, the age gap makes you think of him more like a nephew than a cousin.

"Hmmm, interesting. Why would you recommend him?" Nemo tilts his head.

"He's really good at magic stuff. Not only casting spells and such, he can also see spirits as well. And besides, he's close by." True, sometimes he talks to things that aren't there.

"I see! We should visit him first, then we go to Valencio's chapel. Valencio's a day away, right?" Nemo motions you to follow him as he exits the town jail.

"Yeah, Craig lives with an aunt in a nearby farm - it's just out of town." Not Aunt Gina Hewlett, this is a separate aunt, Aunt Jemima Hillox. Craig's been in her care since his mother, Aunt Franny Snorlinson, has a job that takes her far away at times. Goblin families, y'know?

Some time later, but not that long, you've arrived at the farm. But what's this?

"...and stay away from him! Stay away from this farm too, while you're at it. Now scram!" Aunt Jemima's voice is easily recognizable. It seems like a big cyborg is harassing the two of them.

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Rush over there and beat the robot up!
>□ Stay back and observe first
>□ Mediate between the two
>□ Bamboozle the big lug
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5680343
>□ Mediate between the two
We should learn what's happening before beating him up.a

>>5680343
>□ Bamboozle the big lug
~Deceptive~

>>5680356
+1, play to our character's strengths. This big nigger is harassing our old auntie and our not-nephew cousin, and that shit won't fly.

>>5680343
>>□ Bamboozle the big lug

>>5680343
>□ Bamboozle the big lug

>>5680343
>□ Bamboozle the big lug

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>>5680343
>Bamboozle

Intervention is inevitable, they're your family after all. "Right, right - what's going on here? What seems to be the problem?" You took on an air of someone who is qualified to meddle in people's affairs - like a lawman, for example. Aunt Jemima and Craig noticed you - for her part, Aunt Jemima knows when to play along. She's seen your shenanigans before.

The hulking cyborg turns to you, ocular iris motors whirring for a bit. "It seems you are qualified authority - query received. Argument: Unit Craig is classified as 'child'. Children must be supervised. Unsupervised children must be deposited to orphanage. Ergo, I must deposit Craig to orphanage."

Aha, one of those overly logical cyborgs! From the looks of things, he may even be affiliated with said orphanage. You start to see several possibilities of conning. Question is, what fib will you weave, and from what angle?

>CONNIVING MECHANICS

>EACH OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS HAS HIDDEN BONUSES AND MALUSES DEPENDING ON CONTEXT AND TRAITS
>THE MORE THEY FIT THE MORE BONUSES THEY HAVE
>BONUSES OR MALUSES WILL BE ADDED TO A 1D20 ROLL, WHICH PLAYERS SUBMIT WITH THEIR CHOICE
>BEST ROLL OUT OF FIRST 3 MAJORITY CHOICE GETS CHOSEN

>CHOOSE ONE (ROLL 1D20, TO BEAT: 8)

>□ Craig is not a child! He just looks like one, goblin genetics, you know? Why, he's even engaged to me!
>□ Unsupervised? Well good thing I am one of his legal guardians, I'm taking him into my supervision!
>□ Orphanage? His skills would be wasted there! He'll be going to a mage academy, and we'll be escorting him there promptly!
>□ Orphanage? Why, me and my husband were headed there to adopt a child! So why don't we directly adopt him here?

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5680848
>□ Unsupervised? Well good thing I am one of his legal guardians, I'm taking him into my supervision!

he may ask for documentation, but hopefully the corroboration of our new gubmint boss will do the trick.

Faking adulthood and engagement is just an extra lie to have to keep up. A mage academy may be a better place for a young prodigy but that's a subjective assessment this cyborg won't accept if he' very by the book. If we try to adopt him here, the cyborg (being by-the-book and maybe employed by the orphanage) will still want us to follow him there to fill out paperwork. The easiest fix is to solve the "unattended part of the equation is such a way that he fucks off or has to define and prove what "attended" means and that we aren't fit to count.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>5680848
>□ Craig is not a child! He just looks like one, goblin genetics, you know? Why, he's even engaged to me!
Damn looks like we have to have graphic incestuous relations to convince this guy our cousin is our adult husband. Damn, I really didn't want to do this. Oh well though, that's a shame you have to draw that Indo... Not that I wanted to see that, but it would be convincing!

>>5680861
Support!

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>>5680864

>>5680856
Supporting this one because I don't want to see that other one

>>5680856
+1 because the other option is incest bait also i *really* don't want us to go down the road of romancing nemo, that guy is an immortal monster from the Nth dimension.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5680848
>"Aunt Jemima's right here and supervising him right now. Exactly what is your problem, here?"

>>5680864
>>5680867
>>5680868
Don't forget to roll, fellas!

>>5680873
That anon already got a 19, didn't he though? Well, i suppose there's the chance of getting a 20, but we could also get a critfail.

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5680873
Oh right sorry, rolling to support >>5680856

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>5680856
+1

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>5680856
Supporting

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>5680848
>>□ Unsupervised? Well good thing I am one of his legal guardians, I'm taking him into my supervision!

>>5680874
The choosing criteria for Conniving events is based on how many votes a choice gets - thus, a nat 20 might lose to a lower roll, if the lower roll gets more votes.

Anyways, seems like it's almost unanimous. Drawing and writing.

Haha! Not today, /ss/atan, not today!

>>5681518
This ain't akun, so i was hardly worried

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>>5680848
>19, exceeded expectations
>+1 stubborn bonus

They say the most believable lies are the ones closest to truth. "Unsupervised? But isn't he under the care of Aunt Jemima here?"

"Observation: Unit Jemima often seen in town without Unit Craig. Ergo, during those times, Unit Craig is unsupervised by legal guardian." Huh, what are you doing in town often, Aunt Jemima?

"Well, good thing that I, as Craig's other legal guardian, am here to supervise him now!" You do declare, setting aside some questions of your own.

The robot nods, servos whirring noisily. "Acknowledged. Hereby, you shall not neglect your charge."

"Well I don't intend to! He'll be going with me on a trip, so I can always supervise him." True, but for a slightly different reason.

Satisfied, the lughead returned to Far Avalon proper. You, on the other hand, turned to Aunt Jemima. "So, what's this I hear about neglect?"

"I can explain..." Aunt Jemima was about to explain when a tug on your poncho caught your attention.

Craig, sweet little Craig, came to her defense. "Um, Rosa? She's just been very busy... she says she's working gigs in town to save money. She wants me to get in Hexbourne Academy..." ah, so that's what it is.

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Ask Nemo if he can help, he's got loadsamoney, right?
>□ Ask Jemima if you could help around the farm for a bit
>□ Take Craig and look for Valencio immediately
>□ Stay at the farm for the night
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5681795
>□ Ask Nemo if he can help, he's got loadsamoney, right?
>□ Take Craig and look for Valencio immediately
less go

damn, that's a cute kid. in the fatherly sense, that is.

>>5681795
>□ Take Craig and look for Valencio immediately
We'll give him a job. Child labor doesnt count if its for your cousin.

>>5681798
+1
When we become staggeringly rich, we can *buy* Hexbourne Academy. It can't hurt to ask, though.

>>5681798
Supporting.

>>5681795

>>5681795
>□ Ask Nemo if he can help, he's got loadsamoney, right?
>□ Take Craig and look for Valencio immediately
Maybe, if he's willing to help Craig, some of that money can go to help Jemima as well.

>>5681798
+1

>>5681798
+1

Virtually unanimous. Drawing and writing.

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>>5681795
"Hey, Nemo, you've seen how Craig's been - any chance you could help him and Aunt Jemima out, here? Monetarily would be nice." You figured he can pay you riches, so why not help them, too?

Nemo shrugs. "Sure, why not? I only have some Scrip for now, though. That alright?" He pulls out a stack of Scrip and hands it to Aunt Jemima.

"As for Craig, I'll see what I can do to get him to the entrance tests - but later, after we're done. The rest's up to him though."

Craig pipes up. "T-that's fine with me. Are you fine with it, Rosa?"

"Yeah, seems all good for now. Anyways, I'm gonna borrow Craig a bit. Gonna take him adventuring." Craig's face brightened considerably.

"Well, alright, I trust you'll keep him safe. I would've taken him adventuring myself, but these bones aren't what they used to be." Aunt Jemima seems to be surprisingly lax about all this.

"In that case, wanna go on an adventure, Craig? We'll need your magic and your spirit stuff."

His cheeks greened hard. "Me, on an adventure with you?! Wowee!"

Nemo turns to you and Craig. "Then, let's be off. We still need to go to find Brother Valencio."

A short goodbye and a not-that-long walk later, the three of you find yourselves at the entrance of the Dawn Chapel, where Valencio is supposed to reside in. And yet, nobody came to greet you - which is weird. Valencio would usually come out to greet anyone, parishioner or not.

"Huh, it seems eerily quiet. Is he meditating or something?" You muse. Indeed, you haven't heard the bell ring as you approach.

"I can try and ask the spirits if you want?" Craig meekly asks.

"Perhaps we should knock on the door, first." Nemo pondered.

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Knock
>□ Check back door
>□ Ask spirits
>□ Wait for a while, listen
>□ Come back another time
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5682787
>□ Knock
YOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT IT DO BITCHES WHOS UP IN THIS MOTHER FUCKER AYOO?

>>5682787
>□ Wait for a while, listen
Summoning spirits seems like a bad idea at a chapel, and RPGs have taught me that trying to get into temples through their back door always goes wrong.

>>5682787
>□ Knock
Knock knock, open up the door, its real!

>>5682787
>>□ Wait for a while, listen

>>5682787
>□ Ask spirits
Let's see how good this kid really is, eh?

>>5682787

> Knock

The gentleman's option

>>5682787
>>□ Knock
Always a polite first option before you begin rattling windows... Maybe he's just out.

>>5682787
>□ Check back door
Sneaky sneaky.

>>5682787
>□ Knock

>>5682787
>□ Knock
open da door

>>5682787
>□ Knock
>□ Wait for a while, listen

Polite to knock, and having knocked, we get a good excuse to just wait and listen with our large Goblin ears.

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>>5682787

Huh, he's got a point. "...You know what? Let's try that. Knocking, I mean." You raise your balled hand and let it swing onto the carapace-like door... and to your surprise, the door creaked open.

"Huh, strange. Usually he locks the door when he's meditating." Once the creaking stops, though, you can hear something muffled in the distance...

"Rosa, I hear something!" Craig exclaims. Sounds like he heard the hollow murmuring too. "It came from there." Craig points to the center of the room, where a massive bronze bell appeared to have fallen and cracked the bone floor. That explains why the belltower's so quiet.

"What the hell - good catch, Craig." Is that Valencio under that bell? Just how are you going to rescue him?

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Craig, got any magic that can lift that bell?
>□ Or something that can crack the bell?
>□ Maybe we can tip it over?
>□ Nemo, you go on one end, I'm taking on the other, maybe we can lift it together?
>□ Perhaps we can dig below?
>□ Anyone find a spare rope? Might be able to winch the bell back up the tower
>□ Why don't we contact the guy inside the bell?
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5683186
>□ Why don't we contact the guy inside the bell?

>>5683186
>>□ Why don't we contact the guy inside the bell?
Measure twice, cut once.

>>5683186
>□ Why don't we contact the guy inside the bell?

>>5683186
>□ Why don't we contact the guy inside the bell?
I turned myself into a bell, Rosa!

>>5683186
>□ Why don't we contact the guy inside the bell?

>>5683186
>>□ Anyone find a spare rope? Might be able to winch the bell back up the tower

>>5683186
>□ Anyone find a spare rope? Might be able to winch the bell back up the tower

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>>5683186

You guess you gotta make sure whoever inside's alright, first of all. Two knocks on the bronze bell, and then you get your ear close. "Hey, is this Valencio inside?" you half yell, unsure if the thickness of the metal impedes hearing.

Good thing you didn't press your ears on the bell, because the reply could very well be deafening if you did so. "Oh, Rosa! I know that voice anywhere! Praise the bones, I've been stuck under here for a day!"

"Whoa there Valencio, I can hear you fine. We're here to help!" You start to try and push the bell off.

"Careful when you handle the bell - I could've gotten out myself if not for the fact that I don't want to damage the bell, and that the cellar's right underneath us. I don't want to end up making a huge bell-shaped hole on the floor." Valencio warns, just in time.

"Well isn't that just dand-" a sudden rumbling interrupts you, echoing inside the chapel. "What was that?!"

"Rosaaa, I'm scared..." Craig whimpers.

"It seems like the entire structure is rumbling..." Nemo makes an observation.

"It is as I feared, the bell's initial fall resonated badly with the chapel - get out, quick! Before it all falls down on you!" Valencio, again with his ominous warning. Then again, you can't just abandon him under that bell, can't you?

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ GTFO as Valencio suggested
>□ Push the bell, free Valencio, then leave
>□ We need magical help, Craig! Whatchu got?
>□ Screw the bell, Valencio! Punch through it!
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5683836
>□ We need magical help, Craig! Whatchu got?
Putting pressure on children in a crises never goes badly.

>>5683836
>□ We need magical help, Craig! Whatchu got?
And if it doesn't work, we'll be all dead, so it's all good

>>5683836
>□ We need magical help, Craig! Whatchu got?

>>5683836
>□ GTFO as Valencio suggested

Valencio is safe inside a big bronze bell. We are not.

>>5683836
>□ We need magical help, Craig! Whatchu got?
Do or die time, kid!

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>>5683869

>>5683836
>□ GTFO as Valencio suggested

He knows the situation better then we do. Take his advice. We're here to recruit him, so trusting him on this is a good start.

>>5683836
>>□ We need magical help, Craig! Whatchu got?

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>>5683836
No, you won't abandon him - at least without trying something first.

"We need some magical help, Craig!" You call to him. "Show me what you got!"

It seems that phrase of yours spurred something in Craig, because he no longer looks like he's afraid. He took on a stance, possibly pooling together his magical energy - and soon enough, green wisps of magic start to weft around him. You also realized he's humming in concentration.

"Mmmmmm... HANDS!" He struck his hand forward, and out comes a spout of magic which forms a gigantic transparent green hand. It easily pulls up the bell, freeing a baeely startled Valencio from his acoustic brass prison. With another wave of his hand, he sweeps you off your feet - and apparently Nemo's and Valencio's too, as his magical palms spirits the group right out the crumbling chapel, forcing the doors open as you went.

As you land gently outside, the chapel itself shook again, turning itself into a pile of vaguely chapel-shaped rubble.

"I... I did it, Rosa..." Craig stumbles into your arms, and promptly snored himself asleep. It seems like the show of hands had fatigued him.

Valencio looks back to the ruined chapel. "Oh well, that's that, then." He turns to you and Craig, you assume with gratitude behind his mask.
"Thank you for rescuing me. Shame about the chapel, but I'll manage."

"How did you end up inside the bell?" Nemo pipes up.

"Oh, I was meditating as usual when some people I didn't know entered the chapel and started looking for something. I asked them what are they looking for, when one of them started swinging at me. I fought them for a while, but apparently they know I can't harm the bell and cut the rope, and that's how I ended up trapped."

"Fascinating... and why can't you harm the bell?" Nemo inquires further.

"An old oath, from an old friend." Valencio explained. "I'm sorry, I haven't got your name?" Valencio extends his hand.

"It's Nemo." Hands shook, Nemo continues. "I am currently about to run an expedition with Rosa and Craig here, which may help save Gongalla."

"Oh? That so? Well, any friend of Rosa is also a friend of mine." He turns to Craig. "That was some superb spellcasting. He related to you, Rosa?"

"Yeah, he's my neph- err, cousin. I keep forgetting."

"I offer condolences about your chapel - but if my hunch about your assailants is right, we need to move." Nemo musters the group.

You sling the soundly sleeping Craig to your back. "Move where, exactly? You haven't elaborated on that."

"Well, we need to get to places where we can get to the anchors - one of them is near your hometown, Goblinton. Have you heard of The Crack? There's also another place up north, somewhere in the Pale Yonder. One to the east, in the middle of the Circle of Fire territory. And lastly, to the west, somewhere near The Fingers - although I hear that's a conflict zone right now. Why don't you choose?"

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ The Crack
>□ Pale Yonder
>□ Circle of Fire
>□ The Fingers

>>5685246
>□ The Crack
you aight goblin wizard
Now,,.we heading straight for the money

>>5685246
>□ The Crack

>>5685246
>□ Circle of Fire
Sounds badass.

>>5685246
>The Crack

>>5685246
>□ Circle of Fire

>>5685246
>□ The Crack
If it's near home we probably have some allies/family to help with that one. Might be good learning the ropes of the world saving business.

>>5685246
>□ Circle of Fire
Johnny Cash Ogre here we come.

Called, drawing and writing.

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>>5685246
As much as you'd like to explore the Circle of Fire, you remember your relatives over in Goblinton. Some duty still yet remain.

"We'll go to the Crack first, then. I got some family matters to do over in Goblinton."

"The Crack and Goblinton? Why, they're close to The Ossuary! I'd like to stop by to report the destruction of my chapel, and of the mysterious ransackers I encountered." Valencio adds.

"Very well, both Goblinton and the Ossuary are on the way to The Crack, we can visit them on the way. From Far Avalon, we go to the Ossuary, then Goblinton - afterwards we could either head to Wreck to resupply, or go straight to The Crack." Nemo lays out the plan.

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Stop by Wreck
>□ Go directly to The Crack

The four of you start traveling towards the first destination, the Ossuary. From what you've heard, it's the epicenter of all Bone Denominations, the religious sects that venerates bones. From Valencio's Bone Order, to the Church of Eternal End, to the Worldspiners, and the Fossil Sages. Plenty of pilgrims, paladins, and padres abound.

As you walk with Craig dozing on your back, Nemo suddenly asks you a question. "By the way, Rosa - what was Goblinton to you?" His eye sparkles with curiosity. "Also, if you have any more questions about the job, ask away."

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ I have many fond memories in Goblinton
>□ It is a hometown I regard fondly, but don't remember much
>□ I may come from there, but there's no love for it

>ALSO CHOOSE ONE

>□ How can you be sure I won't betray you?
>□ What are these Reality Anchors, really?
>□ How are we supposed to survey and strengthen them?
>□ What do you think about Valencio's attackers? Why did you get spooked then?
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5685824
>□ Stop by Wreck, I guess
>□ I may come from there, but there's no love for it
>□ What do you think about Valencio's attackers? Why did you get spooked then?
>□ Wait, what's Wreck again? Sorry.

>>5685824
>□ Go directly to The Crack
>□ It is a hometown I regard fondly, but don't remember much
>□ What do you think about Valencio's attackers? Why did you get spooked then?

>>5685824
>□ Stop by Wreck
>□ I may come from there, but there's no love for it
We're a lone wanderer.
>□ How can you be sure I won't betray you?

>>5685824
>□ Stop by Wreck, I guess
What?
>□ I may come from there, but there's no love for it
Wouldn't be a wanderer otherwise
>□ What do you think about Valencio's attackers? Why did you get spooked then?
Nemo got spooked? When was that?
>□ Wait, what's Wreck again? Sorry.
Yeah, what?

>>5685824
>□ Stop by Wreck
>□ I have many fond memories in Goblinton
>□ What are these Reality Anchors, really?
Gimme that lore, indonesian gentleman. I know you wanna drop it

>>5685824
>□ It is a hometown I regard fondly, but don't remember much
>□ What are these Reality Anchors, really?
>□ How are we supposed to survey and strengthen them?

>>5685824
>>□ It is a hometown I regard fondly, but don't remember much
>>□ What do you think about Valencio's attackers? Why did you get spooked then?

>>5685824
>□ Stop by Wreck
>□ I may come from there, but there's no love for it
>□ What do you think about Valencio's attackers? Why did you get spooked then?

>>5685824
>□ Stop by Wreck
Better to be well supplied
>□ I may come from there, but there's no love for it
Wouldn't be a wanderer otherwise.
>□ What do you think about Valencio's attackers? Why did you get spooked then?
Think we can ask the others elsewhen.

>>5685824
>□ Stop by Wreck
>□ It is a hometown I regard fondly, but don't remember much
>□ What are these Reality Anchors, really?

Tallying, drawing, writing.

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>>5685824
Goblinton, eh... "I may come from there, but I don't like it there. I stood out from other kids my age because I'm taller than them, and I don't like that. Then there's my grandma, who urged me to work out - she was very intimidating. As soon as I can get out of my house, I did so." Yeah, there's still family there, but you don't really want to visit Goblinton if it weren't for them.

"I see. I apologize if I brought up bad memories." Nemo looked sympathetic, maybe he even knew someone in Goblinton?

"Anyways, that's something I don't want to think about for now. I've got two questions for you, though." Somehow, Craig's light snoring assures you.

"Alright, ask away." Nemo looks receptive.

"First - what's Wreck?"

"What, you've never been to Wreck? That's close to Goblinton."

"Nope." You traveled directly west when you struck out for the first time.

"Well, Wreck is a thriving town, built around the abandoned remnants of the Eternal Empire's ships. Some say they were the Empire's first experimental exploratory fleet that went missing, some say it's more like a graveyard of unwanted ships. Anyways, it's a bustling trading town now, I hear." Nemo shrugs.

"A city eh? Well, we'll resupply there then. Now, for the other question - what do you think of Valencio's attackers? You seem spooked for a bit back there."

A slight doubt creeps into Nemo's face, as Valencio looks towards him, interested in what he's saying. "Well, not outright afraid, but cautious. I had thought it might be the Singularity Cult, a secret society that wanted to call the Singularity storm here to Gongalla so everything is comoletely erased. But after thinking further, the attackers doesn't quite match what the Cultists would do."

Ah, so there's a secret society that directly opposes what you're doing. Great.

"Oh hey, what's that there?" Valencio suddenly calls out, directing our attention to three boxlike shapes jutting from the ground.

"...are those crates?" Like the kind used to transport cargo, or perhaps valuables...

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Carefully check them out
>□ Look for possible ambushes
>□ Finders keepers!
>□ Pass on by
>□ Avoid them by a wide margin
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5686633
>□ Look for possible ambushes
Seems a little TOO convenient... and things are weird around here. For all we know those could be horrible hermit crab things or something.

Oh snap, Rosa is Ko and Gobson's kid!

>>5686633
>□ Finders keepers!

>>5686633

> □ Look for possible ambushes

Paranoia is a survival trait

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>>5686633
>>□ Avoid them by a wide margin
Sus. Maybe if we had a signal jammer. Or a really long stick.

>>5686633
>□ Look for possible ambushes

Gotta keep our wits about us

>>5686633
>□ Look for possible ambushes
>□ Prepare to fight if ambushed
We've been on the road long enough, we know how this goes.

>>5686638
>spoiler
Nah, granddaughter. Reread

>>5686633
>□ Look for possible ambushes

Called, drawing and writing.

>>5686778
Ding ding ding

Still waiting for the inevitable calaca grandkid

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>>5686633
Yep, those are crates alright... but you knew better than to trust in free loot. If things are too good to be true, there's likely shenanigans afoot. The area surrounding the crates is featureless plains - which means only two directions left to check.

"This might be an ambush. Valencio, you look down, while I'll look up." You expect to fight, but with Craig on your back, that's harder than usual.

"Very well! One ground scan, coming up." Valencio knelt on one knee, his right hand lightly touching the ground. But you knew, Valencio is using his inner magic to detect enemies down under.
"Hmm... nothing underground." He conclusively noted.

You immediately looked up, a method designed to catch your would-be ambushers by surprise. Immediately you've noticed one of the ceiling tiles being moved - and a knotted rope stuck mid-way between being let down and pulled up. Something glints in the dark - glasses of the ambushers?

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Move on, you'll be gone before they can rappel down
>□ Threaten the would-be ambusher
>□ Take advantage of their shock to loot the boxes
>□ Say that you want to talk to them
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5686979
>other
Draw our good ol' revolver and shoot em up.

Who need ability when power word : bullet to the head is an option?

>>5686979
SHOOT them

>>5686979
>□ Threaten the would-be ambusher
What kind of obvious and piss poor ambush is this? Berate those fuckers!

>>5686979
>□ Threaten the would-be ambusher

>>5686979
>□ Threaten the would-be ambusher

>>5686979
>Shoot first, questions later

>>5686979
>□ Threaten the would-be ambusher

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>>5686979
Out of all the ambushes you've seen, this one was quite disappointing. You're in the mood to put some fear in them for wasting your time, so you reached behind your poncho and brandish your revolver.

"What kinda lackluster ambush is this?? Get down from there, now!" You yell, which might have disturbed Craig because he squirmed a bit.

"Oh shit, she's got a gun! What should we do?" One of the ambushers exclaimed, loud enough for you to hear.

"I don't wanna get shot!" The other said to their comrade, before speaking to your direction. "Okay, okay! We're coming down!"

A short time later, the two would-be ambushers had descended from their rope and showing signs of surrender.

"We're sorry! Please don't shoot us!"
Why, they're just kids! Kids around Craig's age! One seem to be an insectoid boy, and the other a reptilian girl. Orphans, perhaps? You keep your gun trained on both.

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Interrogate them
>□ Let them go
>□ Loot their crates' contents
>□ Take them with you until The Ossuary, there's gotta be an orphanage there
>□ Punish them as you see fit
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5687824
>□ Interrogate them
The fuck they think they are doing? And where are their parents?

>>5687824
>>□ Interrogate them
These rug rats are lucky they ran into us and not some other bloodthirsty freak

>>5687824
>□ Interrogate them
Maybe some good cop bad(read: /ss/) cop?

>>5687824
>□ Interrogate them

>>5687848
>spoiler
goddamn indo the longer you go without giving us an actual adult male that isn't an demon/monk/inhuman creature the longer the /ss/ stuff is going to continue

>>5687824
>□ Interrogate them

>>5687824
>□ Interrogate them
What >>5687837 said.

>>5687848
Contain your coomerism, faggot

>>5687824
>□ Interrogate them
They better have a good reason for pulling this stunt.

>□ Loot their crates' contents
Ambush tax.

>>5687837
+1

Fell asleep. Drawing, writing.

Update when i get off work tomorrow at like 4pm

>>5688961
Bluh?

>>5688841
Sorry, I got real tired today, hopefully update's done in about 6 to 15 hours.

>>5689058
No worries -- don't overdo it!

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>>5687824
"Alright then, you better tell me what's going on here, or my gun will do the talking." A bit harsh, but then again these kids tried to ambush you.

"Yeah right! We ain't telling!" Bug boy here has guts. But by the way his hand's trembling, he's still scared of you.

"Wait, Kett! Maybe they can help us!" The round reptile girl interjects. She's not as trembly as the bug boy.

"Hrmhrmmm... if you say so, Sadie..." Bug boy Kett relents.

Now this gets interesting. "Alright, who are you, where'd you come from, and what's in those crates?"

Sadie answers. "I'm Sadie Mae and this is Kettikilete, or Kett for short. We're from the Patella Orphanage near Ossuary..."

Brother Valencio pipes up. "Oh, the one in the Lumbar Quarter? I might know someone there."

Sadie nods quickly before continuing. "Anyways, about a month ago the director, Sister Lucretia, suddenly disappeared, and the new director, Father Jacquard, forces us to sell these crates before we can return to the orphanage."

You blink. "Wait, sell?"

Sadie nods again. "Yea, but he forbids us to open it, or we'll get punished."

You look back at the crates, half-sunken on the ground. And then at the ceiling hole these kids came from. So their crates fell here, then?

This time, it was Kett that continues. "So yeah, you want to buy these crates or not? We got a quota..."

>CHOOSE ONE

>□ Promise to talk to Jacquard
>□ Move on without promising anything
>□ Buy their mystery crates
>□ Ask Valencio what he'd do
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5689213
>□ Ask Valencio what he'd do
Seems like his area of expertise.

>>5689213
>□ Other (fill in)
We can't buy the crates until we see what's in them, can we? This father Jerkward forbid the kids from opening the crates, not prospective clients.

>>5689213
>□ Other (fill in)
OPEN ZEE BOX

>>5689232
+1

>>5689213
>□ Ask Valencio what he'd do
He knows more about that bone cult stuff.

>>5689232
That.