Wha, what is this strange blessing?

>>19029495
>New game
>Continue OP
>Instructions
>Exit

...

>Continue OP

Hopefully, today will be progressive.

>>19029641

Good backstory, As allways: our starting actiosn should be

>Inspect Area

>Check Inventory

>Respec' the EMPRAH!

It is good check to old inventory, for sure.

You've been better, and so has Jacobi, but all in all, it's not too bad.

and the INVENTORY SCREEN of your team mates also.

Okay. No questions?
I'll begin the game now, I guess.

You can ask questions along the way though.

Right, so you're climbing down the COMM TOWER
and you hear a whistling noise.

WHAM!!

Well, that's worth checking out.

shit shit shit, get off the ladder, get off the ladder, do NOT get scared by the landing car, loose your grip, and fall on Jacobi in a predictably compromising way

oh...okay then, I vote we go check out the new ride, also...Does Boone have the drive skill? do any members of our party? if not could we get a driver from the crash site, I know half the tank crew is there though convincing them may pose an issue

So,
how bout we check out that noise?

>>19030708
>fall on Jacobi in a predictably compromising way

>>19030708
OH SHIT. I SHOULDA DRAWN THAT.

Oh well, yeah don't worry, Boone's grip on the ladder is good.

Anyway, lets go investigate that ground shaking landing and see if any of us can drive a jeep

Well hey! You were expecting a Tauros but instead seem to have been sent some kind of armored staff car.

That's handy, as you can actually drive those.

EMPEROR ON EARTH!

umm, okay, I think it's time to take stock and get ready to make tracks....I just realized, we're more or less Boone's subconcious right now......and she thinks that angela has a scary mind..anyway

You thumb the activation rune and the LUXURY ARMORED STAFF CAR rumbles to life.

Mirrors adjusted, you head for the DINER

Someone roll a d20, just for kicks.

rollin

rolled 5 = 5

take two

>>19031471
HA! Looks like some SAPP SOLDIERS were hoping to be a random encounter for you.

Fuck that! You got wheels!

rolled 4 = 4

>>19031665

I am seeing Boone behind the wheel with an ear to ear grin, this is fantastic!

BOOONE QUEST!!!!!

You screech up to the DINER but someone has erected some imperial barricades here.

Seems like another unit was dettached before yours to deal with cult this and made their last stand here.

Can't drive through it though. You'll have to head towards the DINER on foot.

Not like you were gonna ram raid it anyway, right?

Also, I wonder if Jacobi hates walking more than he hates cars, i guess so since he's in one with us

>>19031380
YAY BOONE QUEST! But I miss raege already. What would she say?

>>19031936
Ramming would be bad, we just got this thig after all.

>>19031936
Continue on foot, offer a prayer for the dead guard on the way.

are there keys or door locks, we DO NOT want this thing being stolen. I say again Boone, DO NOT leave the car in a stealable state, if we had Nel or Leokadia I'd have them nick the spark plugs but I don't think anyone in the current group can do that

Where the fuck is everyone?
Boone Quest motherfuckers, do you speak it?

>>19032212
I'm a newfag and I don't want to break anything

>>19031936
Shot the tires flat so noone can steal it, you can always run on the rims if need be.

>>19032084
Why not rig a bomb on it?

You trudge and weave through the barricades, glad to see that the dead soldiers that litter the are are all SAPP SOLDIERS.

All of them shot neatly between the eyes. You are maybe 50 yards from the diner when a shrill voice bellows at you through one of the windows.

>>19032374
the password is matress, if they dont accept that, open fire.

>>19032374
password

>>19032374
Read his thoughts.

He should be thinking of the password to remember it.

>>19032062
Traitors deserve no prayers, guy should have seen his demise coming when he turned back to our glorious Emprah.

Jacobi looks like he could use a bit of healing. And cheer up (is that even possible)?

>>19032447
Seconding this.

>>19032447

AGREED, TELEPATHY BOONE!

rolled 9 + 3 = 12

>>19032504
>>19032447
The password does not appear to be 'Mattress'.

The voice appears to be female. You attempt to delve into her mind. See what you can glean. Gleen? Glene? How do you spell that?

Anyways, it's psyker time.

>>19032768
>9
OH SHIT PHENOMENA TIME

>>19032768
Uh-oh

>>19032768
Oh hell

>>19032768
balllllllls

rolled 68 = 68

>>19032768
>>19032787
>>19032788
>>19032824
>>19032843
Oh yes.

>>19032909
Welp, if this quest uses DH rules then EVERYONES getting insanity points

>>19032938
It does.
We used a Banshee Scream at one point on a random roll.
I think it fucked us 'cause we broke open all the pods.

>>19032909
>68
Okay, not too terrible, no dubs.

>>19032909
>68
>everyone gets a glimpse of the warp
This is going to be interesting.

>>19032991
Yeah, but a fistfull of insanity points won't SQAUAD BROKEN us.

>>19033018
The cultists or whatever on the other side of that wall however...

>>19033018
Not saying it will. It's just that people normally don't get to look into the warp, especially against their will.

>>19033040
Well it depends on where you look.
You might see horrible demons and think "Gah that was scary"
You might see the endless void of space and think "Woah trippy man"
You might see Slaanesh's friday night party and fall to chaos.
You might see Abaddon and laugh heartily for a while.

this is gonna be.......psychedelic

>>19033120
Ha! With Boone's luck...

The Slaaneshi world of Chocolatey Excess.

boone is great

You feel amazingly, alarmingly, in touch with the warp for an incalculably small time the minds of your comrades are known to you, you are aware of all life, all things past and present.

It's well spooky, but at the same time you're a little proud of yourself, truth be told. You sense that Jacobi isn't really a fan of the warp and that Myers is stoic concerning this situation.

Importantly, your thoughts find purchase on the person within the DINER. They are scared, but they do seem loyal.

>>19033254
What's the pass word if they're not a gibbering wreck.

>>19033254

BAH-WHEEP GRANNA WHEEP NINNIBAN!

>>19033254

if only we had an energon snack to seal the deal

>>19033254
BAH WEEP GRANA WEEP MINNYBONG!

>>19033290

Yeah, what Kip said here.

>>19033344
>>19033313
>>19033290
You proudly call out the UNIVERSAL GREETING to the woman in the DINER.

There is a brief pause and she welcomes you in.

I am beside myself with glee at this latest development, lets go see what's in the diner

>>19033254
BAH WEEP GRA NA WEEP NINNY BONG

>one of them
Ask her who is she talking about.

Get on your knee and propose to Jacobi.

>>19033936

though the reaction would be funny, I don't think that's very in character for Boone, a smart question or going inside though, those are Boone like things

Man where IS everybody?

Come one, this is BOONEQUEST.

> Doing SWQ
>See Boonequest

RIGHT, THOSE WANKERS CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES!

You enter the DINER and are greeted by a reproachful looking WELL DRESSED IMPERIAL SNIPER.

Around the place you see a STORE ROOM, a JUKEVOX, a SNACKOMATIC and another room towards the back.

You observe that JACOBI's OPPURTUNIST VISION is not working. He points out that he doesn't feel like it.

>>19034077
Quality not quantity, I always think. You guys are just fine.

Also, it's only to be expected that numbers are thin, as I update so rarely (can't well expect people to hang on forever)

>>19034156

If you build it they will return Mr. C....

Regardless, lets make with an amiable yet suitably adorable introduction, explain that we are part of a regiment which will shortly be reclaiming the world. Also ask a few questions which may give us leads on our assorted assignments and if there's any way we can help here.

>>19034093

Tell her you know that feel.

See if there is something on the Jukevox worth playing or any snacks worth getting.

Oh, I guess ask the Sniper what the hell is going on while you are checking things out.

>>19034156

Let's ID her, first of all. Then get a sitrep and, if all is well, acquire LOOT.

>>19034093
JUKEVOX? SNACKOMATIC?

Those usually have coins of various denominations in them. Maybe special coins?

>>19034093
Well she certainly looks... interesting.

Lets try to raid the SNACKOMATIC for snacks.

>>19034093
STARSCREAM

>>19034156
I knew we needed Minny with Jacobi, then again, how many times can she look into my eye before she starts to weep blood?

>>19034233
>>19034232
>>19034249
You curtsey and introduce your humble party and your intentions on this planet. This seems to set her slightly more at ease, but she still seems shaken.

She explains that she and her mates were part of an IMPERIAL NAVY first response unit. Well trained but numbering only in the dozens. They were salughtered and corned and she eventually managed to take refuge in this diner.

She introduces herself as Lieutenant Juniour Grade KLON GWIZDEK, a sniper.

Noticing your stares she points out she is from Wierny, a planet whose inhabitants have an odd, greyish pigmentation, and that she has HIGH GRADE BIONIC EYES.

The JUKEVOX is broken, but has a panel on it that grants access to its innards.

The SNACKOMATIC requires CASHMONEY for snacks.

KLON mentions that someone who you might know staggered into the DINER a while back, but was ill and fell unconcious, so she's been trying to look after them in the storeroom.

Yay I didn't completely miss it!

>>19034594

Search JUKEVOX.

Check Backroom!

>>19034594

Ask for a description of the unconscious person.

Loot the Jukevox with all due dignity to the machine spirit.

Also, are any of the drugs we're carrying anti-anxiety meds?

>>19034594

Since neither of our teammates are worth a damn in non combat situations right now I say we give the sniper our warm beer, then have those two teammates watch the approach for her while she takes a short break.

Then we need to go check on dani_ I mean Nad_ I mean our wounded possible ally.

>>19034721

Yes, this is also on the to do list, preferably acquire cash-money from the JUKEVOX, then use that to buy chocolate then use chocolate to power more cool psy powers

>>19034594

Let's check out our ally.

>>19034732
You are carrying 2 VIALS of PILLS. One of them is indeed anti-anxiety. Good thing you got LEOKADIA to tell you that.

The JUKEVOX's panel is an odd CODED PANEL

>>19034776
You offer KLON the WARM BEER and she politely declines. She likes her alcohol ice cold, and also she prefers spirits. Last of all, she's on duty.

>>19034899
Okay give some to her at the first convenient opportunity.

>>19034899
Okay, lets part with the pills then, I still suggest that we have at least one of our teammates give the sniper a short break to catch her breath, maybe just till the pills kick in.

>>19034899

Shoot the panel, apologize to the Omnissiah.

>>19034974
NO WAIT....lets think about the panel for a bit, maybe go see our teammate and come back to it, since we don't have any way to re-charge we only have one psy point left, but our ally may still need healing that only we can provide!

>>19034899
Lets ask Klon what the password for the keypad is.

>>19034938
KLON accepts the ORANGE VIAL and hands you a full container of PEELZ in return, good for 10 1d10 hit point recoverys divided as you like.

All that trouble her now is the vague sense of horror she can't seem to shake that's coming from the back room that she identifies as COLD STORAGE. As she mentions it, you see what she means.

MYERS agrees to stand watch while KLON takes a breather. MYERS also gives you CASHMONEY for the SNACKOMATIC.

Unable to break the code on the JUKEVOX, you resolve to come back to it later.

>>19035282
Give Myers an adorable yet efficiant verbal thanks, we'll thank him again later when he's less murder mode. We need to see if we can get more psy point replenishing candy

Okay, five of the symbols correspond to Wingdings:

Cm?
z??
?oD

I don't think I'm on the right track.

>>19035282
Grab some snacks, then investigate the back room with Jacobi.

>>19035441

B3
A1
C1
C3

Is what I would enter.

>>19035358
>>19035441
These codes don't seem to work, JACOBI of handlt mentions that he's busted into these before, and that the codes tend to be long, but that before you ask, he doesn't know it so don't bother.

You activate the SNACKOMATIC and recieve a bag of ORK RINDS.

Not made from real ORK naturally, it's just a name like monster feet. Salty and delicious. The SNACKOMATIC seems empty now.
KLON reproachfully adds that she pretty much cleaned it out.

>>19035532
Appeal to the Machine Spirit?

>>19035532
Jackass needs peels badly!

>>19035532
Bribe Jacobi with a couple of PEELZ to crack the control panel.

>>19035583
Agreed, Jacobi could benefit from some health based motivation, though out of Boone that ice cold concept will likely come out as give him some pills and ask him to try to crack it in the same paragraph.

rolled 7, 10 = 17

>>19035583

>>19035566

JACOBI takes the PEELZ and thanks you as genuinelly as he can, but he wasn't joking about the JUKEVOX.

>>19035669
Ooh, nice.

>>19035669
Then we might as well check on our "friend" in the back room.

Is the lock a deadbolt or some kind of magnetic setup? Because you might be able to pick the lock instead of unlocking it.

>>19034899
I imagine we're supposed to type "open" in dingbats human, but I don't have that font on my system.

>>19035690
You step into the backroom and find DANEEL huddled under a blanket in a state of severe shock.

He is unhurt, but he is in a fugue state, his skin palid, his mustache limp. Medicine cannot help him. He's missing that....certain something.

Oh, and I say we check on the person in the back room.

>>19035785
His hat?

>>19035798
No. You would think that, but you'd be wrong, you see, because he still has that clenched tightly in the crook of his elbow.

Good guess though.

>>19035834
Ah, his mug is empty. Disgusting warm beer to the rescue!

>>19035834
Hmmm.... what time is it?

>>19035785
Jeez I thought he was dead.

>>19035785
Give him some warm beer, then try and see if he can tell us what happened to him.

>>19035885

>>19035864
You remember, C-16 said that DANEEL liked WARM BEER, you pour the can into his empty beer mug and hold it to his mouth, he intinctively gulps it down and seems instantly re-energised.

I dare say you gave him his chipperness back!

Well done!

>>19035995
Sweet! Commence with the catching up.

>>19035995
Yay!

>>19036032
Will do! Gotta brb for a bit though, I'll pick this up later.

abump.

>>19036032
>>19036053
You and Calliban catch up. It feels like ages since you saw him!

He explains to you that he managed to dispose of the bomb, but that the uncallibrated teleportation left him drained and unwell. He gathers that KLON dragged here him once she found him.

He is glad LEOKADIA and C-16 are safe.

You explain to him about SAPP, SPOKANE and WALDRIP and the overall situation of the mining facility.

He thinks for a moment.
"Well, that won't do" he muses.

>>19037102
>popeye the sailorman music playing in the background
Not sure why I didn't think of this until now.

bump

>>19037102
WHERE DID THE CHAIR GO

DANEEL emerges to the nodding approval of KLON and MYERS.

JACOBI, apparently being more of a team player now, is now using his OPPURTUNIST VISION to point out objects of interest you may have missed.

MYERS uses his AUSPEX and confirms that there is indeed something in the COLD ROOM, albeit faint.

>>19037379
Interesting. Investigate.

>>19037379
Search TABLE-COUNTER THING, and then check out COLD ROOM.

>>19037375
It was splintered into matchwood by DANEELS triumphant reawakening.

>>19037390
Which one? Both the COLD ROOM and the DINER BAR are worth it.

>>19037430
Start with the DINER BAR, since we are there.

>>19037455
>>19037400
Nice. Looks like someones stash! A full bottle of CADIAN CLUB RYE WHISKY

>>19037532
Hot Damn! Not literally, since obviously Hot Damn is a schnapps. Time to check out the COLD ROOM.

>>19037532
Sweet! This'll be sure to please our hard drinking party members.

>>19037550
You just barely manage to clamber into the comparatively small COOL ROOM, and alarmingly, the door slams shut and you hear the dead bolt lock.

A voice in your head tells you to proceed, and that this is a test.

You feel ill, possibley due to being caught in a small are by yourself with something. Who knows?

The door is so thick you can barely hear JACOBI's confused yelling on the other side.

>>19037696
... Horsefeathers.

>>19037696
Can we contact the rest of our squad?

>>19037696
Fine, proceed.

>>19037748
You COMMBEAD through to MYERS and he says that the COLD ROOM DOOR is too heavy to be brought down unless they basically cut around the edge using all the shots they have, but that he'll think of something, until then, see if there's another way out.

You shrug, and proceed, keeping your LASPISTOL holstered but unclasped.

You feel worse and worse and the deathly chill in here doesn't help.

Someone make me a 1d10roll, just for kicks.

>>19037814
Here we go.

rolled 8 = 8

>>19037814
Here goes.

rolled 1 = 1

>>19037833
Apparently I suck at this.

rolled 6 = 6

Rollin' brollin'.

You reach an impasse in the COLD ROOM which seems to have been malfunctioning as there is a WALL OF ICE there.

Fortunately, there is a CONTROL PANEL nearby, that, if you figure it out should make the COLD ROOM col, not actually freezing.

>>19037913
Use the panel, I guess.

Investigate the panel.

Let's check out that wall panel and make so we don't freeze to death.

>>19037937
>>19037984
Oh great its another one of those connect-the-wires puzzles. Someone's getting lazy or totally lost the puzzle that was meant to be here.

Well, if it'll stop you freezing...

>>19037913
YES! I am in time for BOONEQUEST!

I could be homeworking, but F THAT NOISE

Give that panel some solid investigatin'!

>>19038064
McGoohan: 6
McKern: 2

What I have so far.

>>19038097
And Arnold might be 36, but I'd like confirmation on that.

>>19038064
Memorise the names, and go back to the locked door and ask anyone on the other side of the door if these names mean anything to them, explaining why you need to know.

If they don't know, go back and fiddle with the puzzle. But first, do we have Psyniscience? If we do, we should use that to make sure there aren't any warp-based baddies near us.

Let's try this and see what is does:

McGoohan: 6
McKern: 2
Arnold: 48
Ellis: 36

>>19038125
Just to check: what's your reasoning behind the last two pairs?

>>19038149
oops meant

McGoohan: 6
McKern: 2
Arnold: 36
Ellis: 48

I'm working on the assumption that each number have something in common with a certain name IRL and i've tried goggling the various combinations

>>19038191
I've tentatively identified Arnold as John Arnold, creator of the "Arnold 36" timepiece. Is that what you've got?

>>19038263
Yeah that's what i got too.

>>19038276
Okay, so if it's a mistake, at least we're making the same mistake.

Let's go with that combination.

Boonequest yet lives? God DAMN!

Culexus, you scribbling fuck, what've you been up to? And when're we going to get more delicious VERLOREN HOOP? I want to see what happens next with the bar. Cortez's antics to be have me quite engaged.

Culexus you still here?

>>19038450
WE WAIT!

bumping in hope of Culexus' return

>>19038521
Aye, WE WAIT!

(pic not very related)

>>19038599
Sororitas cleavage, implied or express, will always ease my burdens.

>>19038191
>>19038521
GLORIOUS!

You seem to have stabilised the COLD ROOM and activated its defrost function. Something seems to be moving from inside the ICE WALL as it melts.

A cold bile of pure fear crawls up your throat. You feel a fear you have not known since the first time you saw the black ships come toward your planet.

You feel faint.

>>19038639
By the Emperor, what took you so long, Culexus?!

Also, SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT WHAT DID WE JUST DO

>>19038653
I think we just found Nada.

>>19038639
Sounds like fun times.

FACE FIRST INTO THE FEARHOLE

>>19038639
Deep breath.
Stabilize.
Connie makes us brave.
We're not the little terrified nipper we used to be.
Onward.

I didn't miss it!

Holy shit, I love these threads. CF, your character designs blow my brains every time I see them, top notch bro. Nothing like getting back off post and seeing this shit, man, I cannot WAIT to go to sleep. But in all honesty, reading these threads after 20 some odd hours of staring at desert cheers me up, thanks CF.

>>19038668
>>19038662
>>19038653
>>19038660

An ABOMINATION OF LOGIC AND REASON AND ALL THINGS DECENT steps through the mists and regards you.

You knew....you knew these things existed... you knew there was one aboard your ship but the Commissar had always made sure that you never encountered it. Always steered you away, kept you safe and you can see why.

The THING before you makes no sense. It is nothing. It is terror. Pure terror.

It peforms a bizzare namaste, apparently in gratitude and, through heavy voice modulation offers you an odd 'prayer and response' sort of greeting, apparently waiting for you to finish it.

>>19038738
I know a Panic Flashbang would be wrong, but I think it's an appropriate response!

>>19038738
It frightens me, and I'm not even a psyker

>>19038738
Uhhhh... what's it's name?

>>19038738

close your eyes and talk to it. pretend its a field of daisies.

>>19038748
Would it even affect that thing with its helmet and whatnot? In more than one regard, of course. If it does, go for it!

>>19038738
Return the greeting. I knew there was something in the ice.

>>19038738

Give it a hug. WE CAN ALL BE FRIENDS!

>>19038748
Not only wrong, but it wouldn't work. Nada's Omega-Minus.

>>19038738
"Nice."

>>19038738
Motorboat them mammaries!

>>19038738
Asking who it is and/or what it wants seems the best course of action

>>19038755

GODDAMN IT I CAN HEAR THAT IN IT'S VOICE AS WELL.

>>19038766

Incidentally, the answer is 'Nice'. Say that while hugging. Also, try not to throw up. That would be rude.

>>19038772
You have to admit, in spite of your terror, they are pretty great. But you still lack the inclination.

>>19038771
You manage to croak out the word "nice" to it and it nods approvingly, apparently that was the word it was looking for. You feel with an odd, dark certainty that despite its mask, it is smiling at you.

It asks a question, you think, in its own way.

Your best instincts tell you to flashbang and run, but your powers are so deep withing the cold pit in your stomach that you may as well be a blunt.

You are as a krill, staring at a blue whale.

>>19038812
Tell her Cuddles is at the comm tower north of here and that we're heading back that way, assuming we can get out of the freezer.

>>19038812

Wait, Lanky? Does she mean Cuddles? Is this Cuddles' chum?!
Do we know where she went?

>>19038812
Assuming it's Nada, let her know where Dat Lancaster is (atop the comm tower if she hasn't moved)

....
I totally have no idea what to do.
Lanky? Daneel?

Maybe we should just run, run away to people with guns.

rolled 18 = 18

>>19038812
"Lanky waits in the hollow with the cheshire. She waits."

C'mon, Boone. Willpower roll. We need to stop shitting our pants. This is our teammate. Now, sure, she invites a horrible existential fear that sinks into our very immortal soul so long as we are around her, but she's not our foe. That necron heretek was a million times more dangerous.

Calm down, muster up your will, and hug her. Hugs make everything better.

>>19038857

You're right! Where are our manners? We must hug.

>>19038857
>>19038884
Huuuuugs. Hugs make the Nada less scary.

Or explode our brain. One of those options.

>>19038893
I think actually _touching_ the null would be an incredibly bad idea.

>>19038893
Reminds me of the Cain book where they figure out Jurgen's gift. The psyker only had to get within something like 2 feet before passing out from sheer terror(or pain) and, if I remember right, Jurgen is something that is like a step down from the assassins meaning the assassins are something like twice as bad for a psyker to be around.

>>19038893
Yeah let's hug the Culexus, what could possibly go wrong...NOT!

>>19038812
Nulls in inquisiors service often have "anti-null" fields, to suppress their talent. (See Eisenhorn/Ravenor).
Ask her to kindly activate it, to make it easier for communication. (and hugs).

>>19038946
I would hug Mr. Culexus.

>>19038812
HUG IT DAMMIT.

But seriously FORTITUDE BOONE, point her the way to the comm tower and let the psychic barrage begin!

>>19038857
>>19038848
>>19038845
>>19038841
Lanky? Lancaster? Cuddles! She means Cuddles! THIS is Cuddle's chum?! A Culexus assassin?! Is that who Nada is?

You attempt to tell her where Cuddles is in her own odd language and she absolutely understands she comes close to you and puts something in your pocket.

You stare into the void. There is nothing there.
The presipice of death the stars are black and cold.
Your very soul screams, but you hold on.

You can no more hug her than you can hug a combine harvester, you know this in your heart.

>>19038946
My money is on some form of permanent, lethal rictus, or aneurism.

>>19038968
Terrific.
Great.
Superlative.
RUN
RUNRUNRUNRUNRUNRUNRUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

rolled 6 = 6

>>19038968
PULL IT TOGETHER BOONE. CALM DOWN. OKAY, HUGGING IS OUT OF THE QUESTION, BUT STOP FREAKING OUT AND BEING PARALYZED WITH FEAR. IF SHE'S CUDDLES' CHUM SHE MUST BE OKAY.

CALM. DOWN. DON'T PASS OUT. DON'T WET YOURSELF. DON'T GO INSANE WITH FEAR. DON'T THINK OF ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT COULD GO WRONG BY STAYING NEAR THIS THING BECAUSE IT'LL PROBABLY HAPPEN.

>>19038968
FLEEEEE tell her we might hug her someday thanks a lot FLEEEEE

Actually, as I recall, she's one of Zune's buddies. Once we're a little farther out of TERROR range, we should ask if she knows where the Major's gone.

>>19038968

Okay, so the hugs idea went down in flames. Can we at least say thank you?

>>19038968

Nuts to that! Boone would hug a combine harvester!

In all seriousness once again, see her off and for the love of god get Boone a pick me up.
We must acquire CHOCLATE. Perhaps even SHOCKLATE.
Next port of call is COMMISSAR, if I would make a suggestion we need ranged firepower ask KLON if she could help us out.

>>19038993
>>19039009
>>19039012
I bet if she didn't stand quite so close to us we could get out a question or two. PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THIS APPARATUS.

>>19038968
Thank her and back away slowly, that or scream and start flailing your arms and run away

As the OH GOD WHAT BLACK HOLE OF SOUL SUCKING DEATH MACHINE ON LEGS CALLED NADA moves past you, the terro within reaches a crecendo and your knees go weak.

Before you fall, strong, psychic hands catch you and you are transported to what can best be described as some kind of mind plane.

A familiar face appears, and apologises for locking the door, but thanks you for not only finding her chum, but proving to her that she is not misguided in her faith in you.

>>19039065
NOW hugs?

I do love me some Lancaster.

>>19039065
Cry. Have a nice, hard cry at our existential crises in facing Cuddles' 'chum' and hug her like we tried to hug Nada and ask her why she puts us through that. Because Boone's a spineless goit sometimes.

>>19039065
crying and hugs for all

>>19039077
I concur, hug the shit out of that. That's what we're in the mind realm for, fuckin' hugs. Possibly also communication and preventing our souls from shattering, but hugs comes first.

>>19039077

They'd only be spectral hugs, but I think Boone could do with some TLC right now.

More seriously, I suppose we should ask Cuddles what's next.

>>19039065
I'd slap her across the tits then hug, but this is boone, so just hugging and crying probably

>>19039065

Tactical Hugs required.
Creed called.
Tactical Hugs acquired.
Hurrrrr

>>19039077
>>19039078
>>19039086
>>19039090
>>19039092
You swim over to Lancaster and hug yourself against her shiney, lean stomach you sob and you ask her why she does this to you.

(its the psy-realm, so its not strinctly speaking a real hug, but you've done this before so you know how it feels)

She raises your head and tells you plainly that because she has seen things - possible futures. Futures that may never occur, but that if they do you will need to be strong to do what must be done.

Because she knows you can. But knows you wont unless you're forced. She assures you that she's sorry, and that she finds both your weakness and your naivete' endearing, but that we must be practical or we'll lose what we hold dear.

>>19039152
Alright then. A few more sniffles, but then let's get down to business.

What's next on the agenda?

>>19039152
But what are we supposed to do? We're completely in over our head. It's anarchy down here and there's heretics all over the place! And there's one really angry, really bad metal dude who wants our butts!

>>19039164
Well, that works for me. What's next?

... Also, what did Nada put in our pocket?

>>Another boring day at college, professor rambling
>>check /tg/ if anything worth looking at is on
>>Motherfuckin Boone Quest
Oh joy, this is gonna make my day, I tell you whut

>>19039152
Oh yeah, shouldn't we find out what that souless monster gave us?

>>19039164
Cuddles shrugs.
"Any place you haven't been or destroyed is worthy of your attention, I would wager. Plan a course and go for it, with your chest out. Heh."

>>19039190
"You have some good people with you, and more can help if you help them first. Maybe you'll even get in touch with the Boss. I'm pretty sure thats been your goal since you woke up on this rock, though. You really need to better organise which of your thoughts are buried and which scrape the surface."


Cuddles looks around.

"Looks like Nada's nearly here. I'd best get back to work. Good luck, speck."

>>19039236

Reitertan- Find CHOCOLATE
-Ask KLON if she could join us for SNIPERAH
-Find COMMISSAR so that we have POWERFIST with which to PUNCH enemies.
Plus if we have Klon I bet she's got something to help avoid patrols.

>>19039236

Thank you, I suppose.
Now, once we're corporeal again, what's in our pocketses?

>>19039236
Um.

Wake up?

You are back in the phtsical realm. You pick yourself up from the ground, still disbelieving at what happened.

But you know what? In spite of the raw naked terror and the cold and the being alone - you did it anyway. You didn't think you had it in you. Huh.

You know. You know in your hear that your WILLPOWER BONUS is now 4.
Also, CUDDLES seems to have restored our PSY-POINTS to full. That was solid of her.

Only fair though.

You see that NADA seems to have put a SANDVICH in your pocket. It has ham, balogna, cheese, lettuce and tomato held together with an olive. Looks pretty good.

You make your way back out of the COLD ROOM.

Since we're close by the Imperial Shrine, we should probably stop over there next and look for something useful.

>>19039302
Fuck yeah! If we can stare a null right in the face and have a mildly pleasant extended chat with it, at point blank range, without our very soul being rended to pieces by its psykic singularity, then we can out-will ANYTHING! Daemons and heretics are little bitches compared to that nutter Culexus Nada!

>>19039315
Seconding this. We should probably offer a prayer or two to the Emperor, because he must have given us his grace for us to survive so long against such odds as we've been facing over the course of this quest.

>>19039302
Heh. I don't like tomatoes either.

Through the fire we come, ever further tempered.
Good.

>>19039302
Just pick out the tomato, then. Jeez.

>>19039315

Sounds good. Say, would a Shrine count as a Save Point? Sorry, breaking the fourth wall there. Let's check up on God-Emps, see how the ol' guy's hangin'.

You step out of the COLD ROOM to applause from all except JACOBI.

They saw NADA leave, and they realise what must have happened.

KLON says that between the PILLS and you getting rid of the DREAD PRESENCE in the COLD ROOM she can now support you with SNIPING, should you ever need it.

Once per ENCOUNTER, KLON will reliably deal 1d100 to a target of your choice, providing you sacrifice BOONEs turn to make the call. You can also call her on the COMMBEAD, for other reasons. Iunno. Shoot the shit.

So where to next?

Can I get a concensus?
And choose your party.
ALSO

The car has 4 seats
SO, while you have the car you can carry a forth team member to switch out periodically (or take to the SHUTTLE CRASH to switch out for another, if you can)
to keep in reserve. So three enter wherver you go, and one watches the car, basically.

Make some minds up, basically.
I'm gonna grab a drink or something. This shit's gone all day.

Scotch time. Yes it is.

Gimme answers.

>>19039408
Since Klon can offer support from where she already is, let's bring Daneel, Jacobi and Myers.

>>19039408
Wait is SNIPING available irrespective of whether we take KLON or not?
If so we probably can afford to leave somebody behind and head back to CRASH to get another two teamies up and about.
If we're not up with leaving a teamate behind to make sure KLON will be ok, then we get JACOBI, DANEEL and MYERS to pile in, we've got a COMMISSAR to find!

>>19039408
Let's bring Myers, Daneel, and pick up Nel at the SHUTTLE CRASH.

Also, we should probably head over the the Mechanicus Shrine after stopping by the Imperial Shrine.

>>19039408
Take Daneel and Myers. Jacobi's a pretty good shot and mostly serious... When he wasn't being a skirtchasing git to us, though that incident was isolated. Klon might need backup, so we'll leave him with her for now.

Daneel, however, is worse about the skirtchasing, and would probably interefere with Klon's work. Because he's a goit like that, and crazy bioinic eyes & exotic complexion aren't going to stop him from working his magic; he did get a little clank-clank with a tech priestess after all. And Myers... Myers is a complete nutter once that mask goes on, so it's our responsibility to keep that nutter from going nutty on anyone he shouldn't. He's worrisome he is.

Once again, let's go to the Imperial shrine, scope out any heretics, and offer our prayers to the God-Emperor.

>>19039408
Take Calliban.
Keep Jacobi and Myers in the party for now.
We might be able to rotate out Jacobi; IIRC Myers has an Auspex and is better in HtH. That allows some respectable relief from redundancy if it comes to matter.
Calliban's social graces are also nothing to take lightly.

Calliban and Myers, keep Jacobi in the car.

>>19039408

I'm not qualified to choose, so I'll sit this one out.

>>19039408
holy terra! i havent missed it. Mr. C I love you and have missed you and your return is as welcome as a blessed spring rain amen. ok i say daneel jacobi meyers. not so much for the game as for the story. many lulz to ensue.

>>19039408

GO TO BED!

>>19039463
>>19039453
>>19039452
>>19039445
>>19039417

HOKAY! LEVEL CLEAR! GOOD HUSSLE!!

Here's the plan!

Your team: MYERS and DANEEL
Spare tire: JACOBI

Destination: RUINED IMPERIAL SHRINE

Oh cool! That's an easy one.

See you sooner than last time!!

Good work!!

You're all wonderful!!

Yay! I go sleep now.

ALSO PLEASE UPDATE VERLOREN HOOP IT'S BEEN OVER TWO MONTHS AND I THINK I'M STARTING TO GO THROUGH WITHDRAWALS

Rock, Mr. C.
And thanks, as always. =]
Hard not to love Boonequest.

>>19039547

You're pretty darn good yourself.

>>19039561
I'll second this notion. Stop teasing us and show us the plasma-related shenanigans!