>>19608787HARRUMPH
>>Previous threads can be found at: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Sorceress%20Quest>>(Outdated) Character sheet and artifact list can be found at: http://pastebin.com/Fk0iR5bN>Fate Points: 1>Signature spells: Summon Elemental, Control Magic, Soulfire>Funds: Medium>Location: Kalak Tower, Warped Lands.Raziel, a kalak currently in the form of a lithe, dark-haired woman, is leaning over the large stone dais that had been dubbed 'Azariel's Throne', a powerful artifact that she's. . currently carving into a necromantic totem of some kind.Ell, a scrawny elven man, is holding open a silver, chronomantic tome, reading it, as the bracer on his wrist, an artifact known as both 'Bubbles' and The Mind, borrows his senses and reads along with him.Kristoph, magic-resistant, and knight of Arcturus, is currently rubbing his once-broken arm. "There's not even a scar." He mumbled to himself.The one who overpowered his resistance and healed him, Duchess Marigold and your cousin, is unconscious after an incident with the Ankh, a vaguely malicious artifact that implanted itself in her body.
Two twins stand there in front of you, pressed up against the wall. Both kalak, and perfectly identical, with grey feathers running along their bodies, they are Ragnarok and Gehenna, and the agents of the late Eidolon. Without the tome in Gehenna's arms, you can't tell which are which.At their necks are the glaives of your lizardman compatriots, Nahzit and Velrid. Nahzit looks. . furious, baring his teeth at the two, and his tail swishes and twitches- It reminds you of a cat on the prowl. Meanwhile, Velrid just looks bored.Ezekiel, a dark, lanky kalak with both blue and black plumage, looked up. "I'm going to go to the saferoom." He said. "I need to- I need to tell Dariel and Kaliel what happened." He said, and set out of the throne room, stepping over the corpses of dead mutants.Grayson, dire bear and gentleman, tilts his hatted head and harrumphs, before sitting down.Azariel, the shade previously mentioned, nodded to him, and then turned to you, his luminous, glowing green eyes the only bit of color in his tall, thin form."No doubt you have questions." He said.
>>19608812"What, exactly, is "the game"?"
Wait, when did we get a fate point?
>>19608812>insert the two questions I posted last night that I can't be bothered to retype on my phone
>>19608843OP screwed up.
>>19608843During yesterday's post-quest shitstorm, in exchange for Exabyte's failure to properly describe the fight, and what went on with Marigold, Kristoph, and Azariel.
>>19608843>You got a fate point because I'm a horrible writer, and as such, I didn't describe what was going on nearly well enough."What, exactly, is 'The Game'?" You ask."It's what happens when four friends, supremely powerful, decide that they can easily change the world toward their own ideals." Azariel says. "And then they disagree, and go to war against one another."You look down toward Marigold, and back up to Azariel."What can you tell us about the Ankh's cost upon the one it bonds to? The Heart said it wasn't as... intense on the living, but that's all it would say.""Blood." Azariel responded. "When used on the dead, the. . result has to consume the life force of others, and the hunger never abates. On the living, and on a girl with that sort of talent, there's no way to be certain.""And. . who is Tyr?""Someone who thinks magic users are the cause of all problems in the world." He said. "He is one as well however, and he wants this generation to be the last with magic."
>>19608889>they can easily change the world toward their own ideals"What plans did the other 3 players have?"
"What plans did the other three players have?""Eidolon wanted the opposite of Tyr. He thought that magic was the solution to all powers. What he achieved in The Game, before old age took him, was what you saw of the elves. The Weave, the prisms, the airships. . He was winning, and then he died. We knew he would come back. . but hundreds of years later, and nothing- So we assumed he was gone completely."He shrugged."As for the wanderer. . .I don't seem to recall. It was long ago, after all, and I am old. He was the one who declared this a 'game', though."
>'solution to all powers' should read 'solution to all problems'.>Goddamnit, Exabyte.
rolled 42 = 42>>19608948what is your plan with the throne Azriel?
>>19608948"And yours?"
rolled 67 = 67>>19608948now that the fighting is over, and these events have turned what do you say of our plans for the wastes?
"And yours?""Mine was short-sighted." He said. "I wanted to do what I did back home, beneath the violet skies. Unseal my evocation, and lord over everyone and everything, watching them cower beneath my power. But now that I have my kin, my plan has. . changed, somewhat." He said. "I'm dead. So my plan is to end the game, and leave the world to those that don't play it."
>>19609017"Is there a way to release the spell you cast on the other Kalak when they left the tower?"
rolled 96 = 96>>19609017since I've dealt with edolion and you are dead, that leaves the tyr and the wanderer. what other things can you tell me of them?describe them body and mind I might need your insight on them and what sort of people they are...
"Is there a way to release the spell you cast on the other Kalak when they left the tower?""That spell. . ended with my death." He said. "Raziel, go ahead.""Right." Raziel said, standing. She was. . somewhat hesitant. "My people are from another world- The man who raised me was a fugitive, and my mother was sacrificed in order to open a portal to this world."Then there was a bright flash of light."Interesting." Ell said. The tome was gone. . and Bubbles had been plated with silver, his gems glimmering.
>>19609063"Did you just fuse the two?"
rolled 88 = 88>>19609063Bubbles, are you still in there?
>>19608889> Tyr ... Someone who thinks magic users are the cause of all problems in the world." He said. "He is one as well however, and he wants this generation to be the last with magic."Man this guy sounds familiar.
"Did you just fuse the two?""No. . Bubbles did it." Ell said."Bubbles, are you still in there?" You ask."I have subsumed it." Bubbles responds. "Interesting. Like this, I still cannot overcome paradox without destroying myself. . but I can think much, much more quickly."
rolled 11 = 11>>19609097"thinking about things today, by using the time in tomorrow?""so Raziel, I didn't have time to ask. any luck at the crypt?""Azriel should we tell the other kalaks of the spell being broken?""zeke are the chicks okay?"
>>19609097Let's ask our twins what they think we should do with Ragnarok and Gehenna.
rolled 91 = 91>>19609138I personally think we should place a binding on them to force them to care for the young kalaks, to teach and raise and so forth...but thats just what I think is a good Idea
>>19609162That's what I planned to suggest as well. Nice.
"Thinking about things today, by using the time in tomorrow?""Essentially." He says. "For example, I can use portions of my mind to assist me for events later on. It will. . trap me, however, and I refuse to be a slave to anything, even fate itself."You nod, and turn to Raziel. "So, Raziel, I didn't have time to ask. Any luck at the crypt?""They're clearing up more undead and reassembling the bodies for me." She said. "I'll have to go check on them when we leave.""Azariel, should we tell the other kalak of the spell being broken?""I would. . prefer not." He said. "I did a great many things I am now ashamed of- and I do not want history to know of them."As you spoke, Ezekiel re-entered the room, Dariel and Kaliel coming with him."Az!" Dariel asked, and ran to the spirit. "I thought- I thought you were-"He runs up to hug the spirit. . but flies through.The puffy kalak just sits there for a moment, looking to the ground. You can't see his eyes. . but you know what he's feeling.
>>19609191Place a hand on Dariel's shoulder"He died saving this world from the fate your home suffered. I know this won't make it hurt any less, but he saved the lives of hundreds of thousands with his sacrifice."
>>19609221"our homes" is better, I think. Because it happened to us, as well.
He's feeling, no doubt, the same thing you felt when your own father died. You were in a forest, and you were just. . lost.So you put a hand on his shoulder. It's more fluffy than he looks, which almost seems impossible. "He died saving this world from the fate our homes suffered." You say, in a calm voice. "I know this won't make it hurt any less, but he saved the lives of hundreds of thousands with his sacrifice.""Not to mention." Azariel said. "I'm going to be here to stay. In this form, yes, but I will. . unlive as long as the throne serves as my totem.""Really?" Dariel asked, looking up to the ghost."Indeed. I still have to teach you alchemy, do I not?"Dariel nodded, and squawked happily.
>>19609234I left that out because they probably don't know anything about Ishelda.
>>19609264They don't need to. If they ask we can say, "My home was destroyed by demons, as well."
Hohoho. Ancient, spectral birdman advisor GET!
>>19609263See how Kaliel is doing.
You look over to Kaliel. . and she's examining the mutant bodies."These things are so twisted." Kaliel said. "Whatever made these aren't very smart."She doesn't seem hurt at all."I could make better fighters than this, and I'm only fifty." She said. "Zeke, can you escort me to my room? I need my books.""Right." Ezekiel says. "Let's go- I'm not sure there aren't any mutants still in the tower.""Yeah, duh, that's why I'm asking you to escort me."
rolled 55 = 55>>19609319wait what????I thought she could only just do shapeshifting...
>>19609319Well I can make better fighters than that with a snap of my fingers and I am only twelve!
I wonder if he's a free-willed undead? It would be tasteless to ask IC.
"Wait. . I thought you could only do shapeshifting." You say."As if." She says. "Uriel's specialty was shapeshifting, and he still got found out. Mine's gonna be shapeshifting. .but I'm not sticking to actual creatures- that just limits people. I'm going to make my own forms."Every kalak in the room suddenly look at her, and go silent."No offense, miss Kaliel," Ell says. "But that's kind of. . insane. What if you screw up your organs or something?""Well, duh, I'm going to test it on animals and stuff- shapeshift them, first. Let's go, Zeke."Ezekiel and Kaliel leave the room. Azariel sighs, and shakes her head.
>>19609425DEAR LORD WE NEED TO TELL HIM NOT TO SHAPESHIFT INTO DRAGON BEFORE IT IS TO LATE!
rolled 68 = 68>>19609425just make sure Zeke has all of his normal limbs on hm when you're done then...
>>19609445The form of a dragon likely isn't the same thing.
>>19609425"100 years of childhood.... I can understand why you're only raising two of them at a time."
>>19609445Why? Nothing wrong with shapeshifting into a dragon.
>>19609475It might invalidate the sacrifice, so she really should not.
"One hundred years of childhood.... I can understand why you're only raising two of them at a time.""Actually, they become adults at eighty. Ezekiel and Raziel just grew up rather slowly. I'm glad that I at least got to raise them well enough to be self-sufficient before I died." Azariel said. "I have no more eggs to hatch, anyway."
I'm p[retty sure the sacrifice will know someone shapeshifted to resemble a dragon and an actual dragon.
rolled 18 = 18>>19609497is that all of the kalaks?I thought there were more...
>>19609498We have had this discussion before. No dragons. We could ask Azariel to be sure though.
>>19609488But it won't. Impulse said it has to be an actual living dragon. We've already seen a demon shapeshifted into a dragon and if the demons could break the sacrifice on their own it'd be completely pointless.
>It has to be a 'true' dragon- shapeshifted or undead versions don't count."Is that all of the kalak?" You ask. "I thought there were more. . ""Twelve eggs, and myself." Azariel said. "That was all I brought. Two sets of twins. . Cassiel, Uriel, and Hadriel are dead. There are only. . eleven of my kind in all the world."
>>19609585Will that be enough?
"Will that be enough?" You ask."It should be." He said. "We're quite long lived. Raziel, after you're done with the totem, get to breeding.""W-what?!" She asks, backing away. Her face goes bright red."Kaliel can't- she's too young, and Nieriel is. . wherever she goes." Azariel says. "So it has to be you. Or Nieriel."She covers her face, and then gets back to carving, looking very pointedly away.
>>19609585sounds like there might be possible inbreeding issues thats bad
>>19609657Oh man, Azariel just gave us a neverending supply of ammunition against Raz.
>>19609657welp thats gonna be interesting TWINCEST AHOY
rolled 60 = 60Well, let's just magic up moar kalak eggs
>>19609711Maybe if we used our fate point that would work, but I don't think we should.
Poor fools are doomed to inbreeding.
>>19609742Not necessarily, you have to keep in mind that the only Kalak who are actually related by blood are the two pairs of twins.
Azariel goes perfectly silent and still, making no movements save for the green glimmering in his eyes."I have a favor to ask of you." He says. "Find Nieriel, and bring Dariel and Kaliel to her. They won't be able to stay here.""What?" Dariel asked."I don't have the power anymore. This place will not be safe."
rolled 45 = 45>>19609721Just throwing the idea out.
>>19609770Are any of them ACTUALLY related by blood? I thought they were just a bunch of random eggs that Azariel brought with him.
>>19609779true inbreeding will lead to bad shit of there not enough of a gene pool avaible
>>19609770Now, I'm no rocket surgeon, but I'm pretty sure 11 people isn't enough to keep genetics diverse enough to prevent becoming inbred in a few generations.
>>19609840Actually with shapeshifting they can just shift into a genetically diverse form of Kalak.
>>19609840Actually I think 11 is the minimum threshold, at least for human beings.
>>19609853Or if that doesn't work they could shapeshift a human (Or anything alive actually) into a Kalak, which should have different genes.
>>19609777If it's not safe shouldn't we bring everyone?
rolled 1 = 1>>19609777unless you know where I can find them I wont promise to take them anywhere. but I can promise that they will get the opportunity to accompany me in as much safety as is possible.ragnorok ghenna, what are your plans?
>>19609881Would they? Or would they have the genes of the person who shapeshifted them?
>>19609907Why would the caster make them into a clone of themselves?
>>19609911Maybe they're into that sort of thing. Raziel seems to be.
"Anyway we could cast a spell that protects this place? To make it safe again."
rolled 36 = 36>>19609777"Is the spell holding back the astral fire going to fail? Or do you expect Tyr or the Wanderer to make a move against the tower?
rolled 87 = 87Fuck it, let's make a new artifact to keep the Tower safe.
This is hard to figure out without a genetics lab.Here's a tough one. If two Kalak who are related both shapeshift into humans, are their human forms related genetically?
>>19609953We made one artifact by getting a nat 100. Do you really wanna drop our fate point on doing that? I don't.
>>19609901We have a divinating compass, we can find her easily.I expect she's on the western continent, myself.
>The inbreeding point is fairly moot from your perspective, though, as a kalak generation is anywhere from 300 to 500 years, not to mention, you're royalty; You're pretty inbred yourself.>I'll have to decide how shapeshifting effects genetics. I don't know right now.>>19609919>And actually, Raziel and Ezekiel aren't identical twins, and in her defense, Zeke is pretty attractive in kalak terms- his multicolored blue-and-black feathers are fairly rare, and they do that."Unless you know where I can find them, I won't promise to take them anywhere. But I can promise that they will get the opportunity to accompany me in as much safety as is possible.""Thank you." He said. . and then promptly vanished.Raziel panted, and sat down, breathing deeply. "Sorry, sorry. Holding up a spirit that long is tiring me."
rolled 63 = 63>>19609963Why use a fate point when one Nat100s?
>>19609969"Anyway we could make the tower safe again?"
>>19609969>You're pretty inbred yourselfOY That's rude
>>19609971Yeah, cause he'll totally just let you keep rolling until you happen to get it on something completely unrelated.
rolled 58 = 58>>19609969how soon till you finish the engraving Raziel?
"Any way we could make the tower safe again?" You ask."Even without Azariel," Raziel panted. "The astral fire should stay away, and a lot of wards are still active, so it's as safe as it can be. But not safe enough to leave children here.""I'm not a child!" Dariel said. "I can fly, and if the history books are right, that means that's my rite of adulthood. So there.""How soon until you finish engraving, Raziel?""Uh, half an hour." She said. "At the most."
rolled 70 = 70>>19610018Fuck it let's make it unscryable unteleportable and chameleon field from Doctor Who and other fancy shit to make it safe, just be careful not to undo anything already on there
rolled 84 = 84>>19610018"then finish it."dariel, I don't think your a child, you're more than twice my age. but it still isn't safe here for you two here...what I want you to do is to go through the tower, and find all of the things that might be needed, books, maps, supplies. give it to these fellows (conjure elementals of stone or air) and have them store them aboard the ship.
>>19610042Yeah i vote this. But do it from the ship where we have extra magical power in backup should we need it.
"Dariel, I don't think you're a child- you're more than twice my age.. but it still isn't safe for you two here. What I want you to do is go through the tower, and find all of the things that might be needed." With a wave of your hand, and an exertion of will, you bring the very wind to life. The four silent, sentinels of wind salute you, and then sheathe their blades. "Find books, maps, supplies. . Give it to these fellows, and have them store them aboard the ship."Dariel hesitates."Will they protect me if any mutants are still here?" He asks, and you nod.He runs off, and you urge the elementals to follow."Marigold?" Kristoph asks, pulling her to her feet- It seems she's awake.
>>19610106How do you feel?
rolled 55 = 55>>19610106are you alright mari?how do you feel???<zeke bring the little one along there's been a change of plans...>
rolled 88 = 88>>19610220and after this we really need to address the matter of the twins
"How do you feel?" You ask."I'm fine, I'm fine." She said, teetering on her feet. She screwed her eyes shut, and put a hand to her temple.<Zeke, Bring Kaliel to the Jormungandr, and make sure she brings her belongings. There's been a change of plans.><I see.> Zeke responded."Who's that whispering?" Marigold asks, and opens her eyes to look around. Her eyes are a dark, dark red, and her pupils are slits, like a cat's. Kristoph recoils, but Mari doesn't seem to notice.". . I thought I heard. . ." She said, trailing off. "Nevermind."
>>19610249Welp, now she's a vampire.
>>19610257Just as long as she's not a malkavian.
>>19610249Um... you don't look too good.
rolled 48 = 48>>19610249what did you hear? it may be important...gently probe with magic, what has the ankh changed...
>>19610249Touch her to check if her magics is okay. You know our signature spell.
>>19610282She heard us talking to Zeke because she has a ring too. It's not important at all.
>>19610327It could be the Ankh talking to her.
"What did you hear?" You ask. "It may be important."She shakes her head. "I couldn't hear the words. It was in some other language."You touch her shoulder, and feel for her magic.You instantly feel life magic, roiling through her, almost like a storm, rushing inward, then outward again. It reminds you of a tornado, or a whirlwind of some kind. Active, spinning, dizzying, and hectic.Nothing like before- before, her talent was calm, and ebbing. This is. . completely different."You. . don't look too good." You say."I- I don't?""The eyes are pretty freaky." Kristoph says, and holds up his naked blade. He wipes it to a mirror sheen, and she looks closely."I-I-I-" She starts stuttering, and looking from you to Kristoph.
rolled 51 = 51>>19610249"It was the Ankh or the telepathy rings"
rolled 47 = 47>>19610405Hugs, motion Kristy to join as well
>>19610405She needs a hug, right now.
>>19610405Dayum cousin, you have gotten POWERFUL!
rolled 97 = 97>>19610417>>19610422it's alright Mari, it might just be the artifact. just don't panic after the hug and the calm-down we really need to figure out what to do with the evil twins...
>>19610405Hug, "It's okay. I expect it was ankh, or some how related to it."
You hug her tightly."I- I look like a monster!" She cries.>"She's not a little girl. She's some kind of monster, and you know it."Fellwind's words suddenly come back to you."It's okay." You say. "You're not a monster. It's just the artifact."She hugs you back, and you feel her start to calm down.
>>19610500Does the Heart have any more details about what the fuck happened? It knew that removing the Ankh would kill her.
>>19610500"You just look different now. You're still the most beautiful girl I know." Give her the best smile we have.
>>19610500"And by the way, you now have MUCH more magics, i can feel it from you."
rolled 49 = 49>>19610500once she's suitably calmed down we let kristoph take her back to the shipnow approach the evil twins.now the question rises of what to do about the pair of you...you brought the mutants here and caused all of this havoc...but I can't just kill you and be done with the matter. I'm open to suggestions from the two of you. what do you think?
>>19610568We should definitely get input on that by the other Kalak as well.
>>19610500To the apocalypse twins: "Eidolon's dead. Azariel's dead, even if he's not entirely out. Tyr's disappeared, and who knows what the Wanderer is up to, but it's time to end this game. What do you intend to do now? Know that your family could likely use your help, now, rather than your antagonism."
rolled 63 = 63>>19610568>>19610620perhaps a combination fof these...
>It's the same amount of power- just way, way more active. Like the difference between a calm, tranquil pool, versus a splishy splashy waterslide. Same amount of liquid, completely different things."You just look different now." You say, and give her a brilliant smile. "You're still the most beautiful girl I know."She giggles, and wipes her eyes. "We both know that's Raziel.""Kristoph, can you take her back to the ship?" "Yes, my lady." He says, and sheathes his blade. Then he looks back to Azariel's sword. . ."The bird won't need this, will he?" He asked. "Ask him if I can have it, once he comes back again."With that, Kristoph and Marigold left, leaving just you, Raziel, Grayson, the two lizardmen, and the two twins."Now." you say. "The question raises about what to do about the pair of you."Their eyes meet, and they start twittering to one another, in whatever birdsong language the kalak use.And then one of them nods. He opens his mouth to speak."Two lives, for two lives." He says, slowly, and calmly.And then his twin brother finishes a spell, and you feel the pressure of translocation magic. The lizardmen, glaives in hand, vanish.
rolled 74 = 74>>19610655NO! FUCK NO! WE GET THEM BACK NOW! SCRY AND TELEPORT THEM BACK!
rolled 100 = 100>>19610655reach along the tract of the spell and pull them back."no, two lives and the promise you'll never interfere with or assault either directly or indirectly me or anyone I associate with."
rolled 39 = 39>>19610683Seconded
>>19610701Well hello there Mister 100.
>>19610701AND BAM! YES!THEY GOT FUCKED!
>>19610655"Where. Did you. Send them?"
rolled 4 = 4>>19610701damn that's badly wordedI meant to say >"no, two lives and the promise you'll never interfere with or assault either directly or indirectly me or anyone I associate with.""no, your two lives for the promise you'll never interfere with or assault either directly or indirectly me or anyone I associate with."
>>19610701I guess that works, too
>>19610729and maybe ask for that seed they had
>>19610729What? You want us to give up our two lizardmen?
We should totally swap them with the lizardmen mid spell
>>19610729>>19610701I don't really get what you are trying to say!
>>19610755Nah. Let's keep both the lizards, and the birds.
rolled 14 = 14>>19610744no I want to leave the evil twins alive with a binding promise that they'll stop fucking around with everyone. it's irritating...we keep the lizzardmen they be awesome
You bring your magic up, raring to go, and Grayson growls, getting to his feet."Know, that if you try to jostle them from where they are now. . .you will need to do it perfectly. . or they will be torn apart by titanic forces beyond my, or your, control." One twin said.The other raised his arms, ready to cast.You do it anyways. You close your eyes, and seer. . All you see is the night sky. . and. . a sun. No blue skies, no nothing. You're just in the dark, with a single, burning star. Behind you is something. . . Catastrophic. Massive. Enormous.A cold chill runs up your spine, as your mind starts to refuse the very size of the thing. It must be larger than the entire world!Frozen in space and time, the lizardmen sit, glaives raised, balanced precariously between the. . massive object, and the burning sun. You have the feeling. . that if you do this just wrong, they will get pulled to one side, and. . . crushed, somehow.With a strong, angry will, you Move them, so perfectly, and so elegantly. . They reappear at your side, active again."No." You say. "Your two lives for the promise you'll never interfere with or assault either directly or indirectly me or anyone I associate with."They gaped as the glaives press up against their necks again.
rolled 35 = 35>>19610775And now we silence them and anchor them to this world and timeline.
rolled 46 = 46>>19610775now, what say you to these terms?
>>19610769Lizardmen are awesome and they'll live and be with us.Twins, well, we should tell them they're out of the game, and giving up on Eidolon. If they need help with something that's worth doing, they can ask and we might help. Because we're not monsters.
rolled 42 = 42>>19610794Not with that roll we don't.
>>19610811or mine, rather.
Why cant people ever discuss things reasonably come to reasonable compromises, before acting.The whole magic can solve everything sound nice and we might have allied if they would simply have explained it to us.New personal policy: always make our agenda known so that we don't behave like that.
>>19610794I'd rather not. If they have no malicious intent, they can do whatever they want for all I care.Being brought up by Azariel and then taught by Eidolen probably messed up their personalities pretty good, but I think those two aren't lost causes.
>>19610801Or we could have them along if they so wish. They are powerful in their own right and have talents that might be useful.Given their lives are almost literally in our hands at the moment, we could demand that of them. Though it'd be poor show of character given the sort of persona we've established as a kind-hearted, elegant girl.
rolled 98 = 98How about we ask them what they're planning to do now
"Now, what say you to these terms?" You ask.Their eyes meet again, and they tweet-And then Nahzit slams their heads together. "No. Either talk in common, or answer her question.""I- . . I swear." One of them say, meeting your eyes."But they took your tome!" The other says."She's letting us leave, instead of killing us. Renouncing Eidolon is worth our lives.""I. . I swear as well." The other twin says.
>>19610655>"Two lives, for two lives.""If I wanted your lives, I wouldn't be talking to you right now!"
rolled 16 = 16>>19610844and the terms as given allow for that. they just cannot interfere or attack us. help from them is quite acceptable...I do think we can certainly offer to let them travel with us if they chose...but we need be sure they wont plant a dagger in our spine the second they get a decent chance
>>19610863I think you're switiching pronouns when it comes to those two practically every thread.Are they two brothers, or brother and sister?
rolled 66 = 66I'm thinking we'll end up like the Doctor.Someone: "Fear me, I've killed hundreds of mutants."Ishelda: "Fear me, I killed them all when I purged the land.">>19610863"Now, do you have any plans for the future? I'd say your brothers and sisters need help, and I suppose you might have room on Jormungard..."
>>19610882>They're two brothers, and have been this entire time. They're also identical.
rolled 5 = 5>>19610882Shapeshifting, doesn't matter.
rolled 10 = 10>>19610863Then we bind them to their oaths. With magic. I suggest touching them and using our signature spell to help us.
"Now, do you have any plans for the future?" You ask. "I'd say your brothers and sisters need help, and I suppose we might have room on the Jormungandr..."Their eyes meet again."May we discuss this in private?" They ask, simultaneously.
>>19610915"Of course. But if you decided to leave, I think you're siblings would love to see you before that."Tell the lizardmen to stand down.
rolled 8 = 8>>19610863that is good. now for now I have business here I will be leaving soon. you can stay here under guard or you can leave while we're here and come back. have a nice life, and if you should need help with something I might be willing to give it if you ask nicely
rolled 12 = 12>>19610926thisforget this >>19610934
>>19610915How about we remodel the tower and use it as our base of operations in the wasteland?
>>19610926I like this option.Also, when they depart to talk, ask Nahzit if something is troubling him. He was exceptionally angry when compared to Velrid's cool and collected when they were holding the Kalak twins up against the wall
rolled 34 = 34>>19610957I like this Idea...
rolled 9 = 9>>19610884Narration: "I've seen her. She's like fire and ice and rage. She's like the night and the storm and the heart of the sun. When disaster comes, she's there, she brings a storm in her wake. She has saved your lives so many times, and you've never even knew she was there. She never stops. She never stays. She never asks to be thanked."Ishelda: "Is no one interested in magic?"Ishelda: "It's Jormungard. It's my home."Ishelda: "I'm not a wizard, I do magic on a whim."Wanderer: "Ishelda. The girl who keeps running, never looking back out of shame."Ishelda: "One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine."Kristoph: "I've seen whole armies turn and run away, and she'll just swagger off on her ship, launching off in with a snap of her fingers. The girl and the flying ship. Next stop everywhere."Ishelda: "What's the point of being grown up if you can't be a little childish sometimes?"Ishelda: "Sorcery. A completely whimsical form of magic."Kristopher: "When you began all those years ago, sailing off to see the planet, did you ever think you'd become this?"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d941hp6VKgw
>>19610989>That's. . That is hilarious."Of course." You say. "But if you decided to leave, I think your siblings would love to see you before that.""Stand down." You tell Nahzit. He and Velrid lower their glaives.The twins start tweeting to one another, having some quick, involved conversation. It almost sounds like an argument, but their expressions stay perfectly neutral- something you find quite creepy.Soon enough, they finish their conversation, and turn to you."We thank you for your offer, but it would be best if we did not. Our siblings do not like us, much; we have done too much to be forgiven."They bow, and Ragnarok starts chanting another spell- One that you sense is targeted specifically on the brothers. Probably a translocation spell."Again, thank you." Gehenna responds. "You. . .don't mind if we recover the Fell, do you?"He was gone before he could receive an answer.
rolled 24 = 24>>19611042compose a letter on waterproof something and wrap it round the fell..."just never let me see this disgusting thing again."
rolled 75 = 75>>19611042Hmph. No manners at all. We didn't even have tea.
rolled 51 = 51>>19611063with magic of course as it seems to have been ported off somewhere...
rolled 45 = 45>>19611063>>19611069damn...nevermind...
>>19611042>we have done too much to be forgivenGrab a piece of paper, write : "It's never top late." on it and send it after them.
rolled 29 = 29>>19611087I like this better than what I was thinking...sounds friendlier
With expert penmanship, and curling, cursive, eloquent letters, you write that it's never too late.You, quite calmly, fold it up, write your name on it, and then. . make it follow them. With a flash of light, it's gone."Done." Raziel said, pulling herself up. She wiped her brow, and the stone dais started glowing. "It might take him some time to wake up, though. . so let's get out of here."
>>19611119I guess it's time to head back to the ship, then.
>>19611119We never asked him about Kell.
rolled 86 = 86>>19610989"My name... is the Wanderer.""He's my sworn arch-enemy, a fiend who glories in chaos and destruction.""Everything that ever hated you is coming here tonight. You can't win this. You can't even fight it.""The danger and the Girl, it seems you can't have one thing without the other.""Who wants me dead?""The game.""Who are you?""She hasn't met me yet!""No one on this continent is safe. No one in this world! Run for your life! I said RUN!""This one knows me, as I know him. The killer of her own kind.""Who are you?""I'm Ishelda. You expecting someone else? I'm a Sorcerer. I do magic on a whim. It's the Jormungard. It's my ship.""It flies!?""You like it? It can fly anywhere on this world. There was a war that we lost. Fall of [Ishelda's world]. War between [Ishelda's World's habitants name] and Demons. With the world at stake.""The Girl is a legend woven throughout history, when disaster comes, she's there, she brings a storm in her wake."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVX1Vb1-n1g#t=33s
rolled 89 = 89>>19611119to the ship and thence to raziel's crypt...send down an elemental to look at the diggings "what do you know of other cities Raziel?"at some point on the way we ask Marigold to look at a sample of the gladriel's light seeds and ask her if she can make it resistant to the astral fire
>>19611164We'll have another chance, I'm sure
You walk out to the ship. . and you find Marigold looking closely at a seed of Galadriel's Light."To Raziel's Crypt." You tell Ell, and he nods, reattuning the compass.Dariel ran about, examining the ship, while Kaliel didn't seem to care- she was sketching in a book, instead."This is. . This is amazing!" Dariel said. "How did you make this?!""We had a lot of help." Ell said, and chuckled."What do you know of other ogre cities, Raziel?""Just where they are." She said, looking down at the sandy clouds below. "But there are a lot of sandstorms here. It makes it hard to get around on foot. I've hardly been able to examine them in person."
rolled 43 = 43>>19611211>at some point on the way we ask Marigold to look at a sample of the gladriel's light seeds and ask her if she can make it resistant to the astral fireWe should ask her if she's okay first.
>>19611211We should find out how her power works normally now before asking her to experiment with it.>>19611216Probably. Hopefully he'll wake up and call us on the way out of the wasteland or something.
>>19611266>and you find Marigold looking closely at a seed of Galadriel's Light."Find anything interesting?"And once the conversation's finished, whisper this to her:"And no, Raziel is the most beautiful woman I know."
rolled 63 = 63>>19611266"you know of their location from your zombies or from some map of some kind?""how many bodies can you have active at once?""Marigold I have a thought, could you modify these seeds to grow on dead flesh and resiste the astral fire?" (plan goes to improved zombies as botanical modifications go to completion;;;improved zombies increases the work done preparing the wastes for colonization, and that brings us a step closer to the careful reuniting of the peoples of the world.)after this I think we should see how the hob-goblins are fairing...
"You know of their location from your zombies, or from some map of some kind?""Old carvings." She said. "It's hard to find landmarks, but I *was* an archeologist, you know." "How many bodies can you have active at once?""Skeletons? Hundreds." She said. "They're fairly low maintenance, albeit a bit stupid and I need to command them in person.""Marigold, I have a thought." You say. "Could you modify these seeds?""I can't control my talent like that." She said, still looking closely at it. "This seed is odd, though. I found it on the deck, but it doesn't look like a normal Galadriel's Light."
>>19611322>after this I think we should see how the hob-goblins are fairing...I agree with that. Now that the demons are cut-off, it might be rather importent to guide the hob-goblins during their next steps, with their raison d'etre gone and all that.
rolled 98 = 98>>19611365Oh, it's the abomination
>>19611365Could that be the ones the twins had? They dropped it?
>>19611383or left it to try and make amends. either or.but remember they need to either get the book back and send that within not to long, or send a seed from the first batch of new ones. paradoxes and all that
rolled 45 = 45>>19611365did you now..."raziel, you may be an archeologist, what do you know of botany? I may have a sort of apology present from your brothers...""you are sure that it's a sample of galadriels light and not going to grow into one of these?(drag kell out so he can say hi.)"
>>19611402The book's gone. We'll have to get Bubbles to send one back after it flowers.
"Raziel, you may be an archeologist, but what do you know of botany?" You ask. "I may have. . an apology present from your brothers.""Oh?" She asked, and examined the seed. "Oh. . I see.""Are you sure that it's a sample of Galadriel's Light?" You ask Marigold. She nods. "I know my flowers." She said. She handed it to you, then got up and started belowdeck. "I'm a bit thirsty." She said, and then suddenly twisted her head back. "Who said that?" Mari asked, somewhat alarmed. The only one behind her was Ell."Said what?" Ell asked.". . Nevermind."
>>19611421Or, it's not our problem.
>>19611473paradoxes are everyone's problem
rolled 22 = 22>>19611463in private we ask her about what she heard..."it may be really important. what did it sound like?"we need a box of dirt and a big supply of water.
You follow her below deck, and find her drinking some water, leaning up against the wall."It may be really important. . What did it sound like?" You ask."What did. . what sound like?" She asked, somewhat warily."What you heard just before.""N-Nothing." She said, shaking her head.
can the seed possibly be indentified it would be lovely if its designed for little kell or whatever the baby troll name is
>>19611526Come on Marigold, I just... I'm worried about you. Won't you let me help?
rolled 35 = 35>>19611526>>19611585...and I don't want you to be subsumed by some evil thing. can you please just tell me what it said?
"Marigold, I just. . I'm worried about you." You say. "Won't you let me help?"She shook her head."I don't know what it said." She said. "I remember the words, but I don't- I don't know what they mean, and I have a bad feeling about saying it aloud."
rolled 63 = 63>>19611625<Could you say them mentally?>
>>19611625"... just warn me if you start feeling cravings for blood, mkay?"
rolled 11 = 11>>19611625just so long as you stay yourself.in the mean time I have a project for you...carefully grow this seed to flowering. (hand over the seed) try and get more seeds the more the better. so we can see if they can do what we need...[for the sake of aesthetics can they be bright red or green flowers?]
"I don't want you to be subsumed by some evil thing." You say. "Can you please just tell me what it said?"She closed her eyes, and nodded.Then said, in an emotionless, completely chilling voice, in orgrish. . "Watch, mortals, as I burn all the world."
>>19611713Well that's not good. Give Marigold a hug, reassure her that she's going to be fine and this isn't her fault. Inform her of what it meant, but tell her that it doesn't mean anything and that we'll stop anyone who tries to burn our new world.
>>19611713Well that's a good sign.Do we know if the Ankh's Orgrish?
rolled 77 = 77>>19611713I know the language, and I now know something of who made the artifact keeping you alive.the language is ogrish, I can speak it and I know more people who can as well.I'll take you to see them sometime...but first I think we need to check on some other things...raziels crypt, the hobgoblins, and vithriel
rolled 89 = 89>>19611322Marigold: "I've seen her. She's like fire and ice and rage. She's like the night, the storm and the heart of the sun."Kristoph: "I've seen whole armies turn and run away, and she'd just swagger off on her ship, launching off with a snap of her fingers."Marigold: "Such a lonely little girl. Lonely then and lonelier now."Lewin: "Her name is Ishelda. She has saved your lives so many times and you never even knew she was there."Wanderer: "I am the Wanderer. And these are my friends."Kalak Twins: "The Game, Ishelda. The Game will end."Demon Straggler: "Fear me, I've killed hundreds of demons."Ishelda: "Fear me, I've killed all of them."Ishelda: "My homeworld is far away and long since gone. It's name lives on; Arcturus."Ishelda: "You're an impossible thing, Fellwind."Tyr: "Detonate the MagiBomb!"Azariel: "The Game hold only one thing, the end of this world itself."Ishelda: "I can never go back. I can't!"Kristoph: "The girl who can turn an army around at the mention of his name."Ishelda: "Just remember who's standing in your way! Remember every black day I ever stopped you!"High Lord Sirius: "The Girl is a legend woven throughout history, when disaster comes, she's there, she brings a storm in her wake."Marigold: "Please don't die, you're the most wonderful cousin and I don't want you to die."Lewin: "Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it's a world, or a relationship... Everything has its time."Dariel: "Who are you?"Ishelda: "Oh... the stuff of legend."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm7aE4xUjwQ>>19611713Fuck.
>>19611713Well, that's certainly not good. Can the Heart tell us anything about the origin of the ankh?
You hug her, tightly. "It's fine; it isn't your fault." You say. You ask, and the heart informs you that the Ankh is older than it- it doesn't know anything about the ankh's origins."What. . you know what it is?" Marigold asked."I know the language. It's Ogrish.""Then. . then what did it say?"You hesitate. Should you really tell her?
rolled 79 = 79>>19611883"Oh something about drowning the world in burning tea."
>>19611883"It was a threat, I think, or perhaps a warning."
>>19611883Oh, the usual cliche stuff - burn everything, kill everyone, I rule, mwahahahaha...
>>19611883It was a threat, or maybe a promise, one that I intend to stop.
rolled 13 = 13>>19611906This
>>19611906This, and it's the truth, just with some speculation on the how
"Oh, something about drowning the world in burning tea." You say.She shook her head, and gave you a sad, almost humorless giggle. "You're. . you're not very good at ogrish, are you? It- It didn't sound anything like that."
rolled 97 = 97>>19612007"Of course I am, I'm Ishelda. Trust me."
>>19612007It was a threat, about burning the world, I do not intent to let this happen. I just wanted to see you smile.
>>19612007Well obviously no mere words could sound as horrible as being drowned in burning tea.
>>19612041Hehehe this, then continue with >>19612022
>>19612007"That's not actually what it was, but I wish it was."
"Obviously, no mere words could sound as horrible as being drowned in burning tea." You say. "Of course I'm good at ogrish, I'm Ishelda. Trust me." You say, with a smug smile and a tap at your own chest.She giggled again; there was a bit more humor in it, this time. "You love tea. That would be. .the worst betrayal, wouldn't it?" She asked.You feel the airship stop.<We're at the crypt.> Ell said, through the rings.". . Was that Ell?" Marigold asked, and looked at the ring. You nod. "Okay, good."
rolled 13 = 13>>19612098lets go on up. exabyte, can we modify the signiture spell for elementals? we create it, we power it, and somebody else controls it remotely.this will allow us to safely give the home of raziel a look...I'm thinking us and marigold us out of curiosity and marigold to see if she can find a place suitable for the flowers to grow...or help raziel make one.like a green house or something where we can keep one of the test batches of galadrels light (including a few of the normal seeds to see if we can get them to grow...)
>>19612098Now we get to see a crypt, make sure we're wearing our adventuring clothes and armor for this. Get to the crypt, see Raziel. This might be a good place to start with the modified GL. We start with a small grove on the outskirts, just to make sure it works properly.
rolled 72 = 72>>19612098Cast Mind Blank on that bitch.
>>19612161No, don't mind blank our friend, it won't fix the problem.
>>19612161What are you on about?
>>19612161Stop trying to turn us into a monster, assface.
You climb up above, and Raziel is standing there, seed in hand. . and a large crate in her arms- it's filled with dirt, and water, you presume."Are you going to hang around here until I get back, or let me catch up on the dragon?" She asked.Marigold came up behind you, drinking some more water- she must be quite thirsty."Dragon?" She asked. . and her eyes *burned*.You feel some magic, and. . one of Marigold's flowers burst into hellfire.She screwed her eyes shut, and put her hands to her head."It's yelling at me!" She called. "Make it stop yelling."
>>19612191Maybe it will fix it, maybe it won't.It's not like it has any disadvantages so we may as well try.>>19612198http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/mindBlank.htm
rolled 73 = 73>>19612215Oh boy, uh, wrap her in soulfire?
>>19612209
rolled 76 = 76>>19612215reach into her mind and bitchslap whatever is yelling at her.
>>19612219Ah, that's not a bad idea, then.>>19612215The ankh is, presumably, haunted, for want of a better word. Let's try cutting off the mental connection, as >>19612161 suggested.
>>19612247
>>19612215>>19612273Also, say in our best ogrish, "The sacrifice holds, it's a necromantic spectre."
"Cowards! Fools who felt it fit to lay down and die!" Marigold called out, in ogrish. Another flower burst into hellfire- a Galadriel's Light, this time.You reach into Marigold with your magic. . and that ankh is burning with hellfire, bellowing wordless roars of anger. With soothing, calm care, you insulate the ankh's roars, doing your best to calm it.It takes. . much more out of you than you thought. Your vision sways, and your knees start to buckle. . but the ankh is silent.
>>19612287Seconding this. See if we can use Marigold as an intermediatary with the ankh.
>>19612302Or... not.This is going to be a more immediate problem then I had thought.We should pull Raziel aside and tell her that we think Marigold is becoming some sort of possessed vampire thing, and see if she has any ideas.
>>19612302Seems like we need to have a proper chat with the Ankh and find our what it's mad about.
You straighten your legs, forcing yourself back up.Marigold falls to her knees, trembling, and crying, unintelligably. Kristoph touches her shoulder and murmurs something. . but she pushes his arm away, gets up, and runs below deck.You look over to the two small, burning flowers, and find that they'd been completely healed, the hellfire gone.
>>19612420Ask Grayson to watch over her. I doubt she needs anything beyond a big soft huggable bear right now.
rolled 24 = 24>>19612420Right, let's barge in on her and have a chat.
>>19612420Tell Raziel we'll wait, then go see if we can get Marigold to talk to us.If she needs some blood to drink, we can offer ours, and tell her what Azariel said about the Ankh's "cost"
>>19612442This,
>>19612302Well shit.Guys. Who do we know who is an Ogre and vampiric?Whargaul the Vampiric Warlord. Raziel's uncontrollable spectre, whose totem is only called upon in the worst of times where there's something really big and deliciously magical (like a couple of hellknights) to smash and eat that makes us look like crumbs.Now, what is in the Ankh, which has made Marigold into a some sort of vampire, right now?Something that is shrieking at us in Ogrish. And really, really wants to eat life and destroy everything that has ever existed.I think we need to have a talk with Raziel to see what the fuck is up, because she's the one who knows the most about the ancient Ogre civilization and presumably the Ankh and Whargaul.>>19612420FOLLOW HER.
>>19612420Well, that was interesting. We should probably go have a talk with Marigold, after we let her calm down for a bit. After a bit send Grayson to be big, furry and comforting and then see her ourself. In the meanwhile talk to Raziel, see if she has any theories on why the Ankh is acting this way and if Marigold being a whirlwind of life magic is making it weird as hell.
>>19612444I'm not sure we want a psuedo vampiric entity chowing down on our life force...Let's just ask greyson to watch her.
>>19612471and Talk to Raziel!
>>19612420Definitely follow her.
>>19612443This, we need to do this now, before it goes from worse to worst.
You quickly follow her, calling Grayson with you- if she wants something to hug, there's not much better than a giant, fuzzy bear.You find her in her cabin- which was quite sparse, save for a journal, her bed, and a few of her belongings.You find her shaking on the bed, curled up in the fetal position, facing away from you. You hear her mumble something that sounds like 'go away'.
>>19612539Sit down next to the bed. Ask if she wants to talk, but wait around until she does regardless of the answer.
>>19612539"Please talk to me, Mar. I just want to help, if I can."
>>19612539Have Grayson be big and cuddly by her and sit down on the edge of her bed.
>>19612539Hug her. If she struggles, hug her tighter."Mar. I'm not going to lie to you. It's very dangerous. Which is why I'm going to help you. Help it, to get better. Trust me. I'm Ishelda, and there's tea getting cold."And then we dive into her mind and have a lovely chat with the Ankh.
>>19612539Sit down on the bed next to her. Just be there if she needs somebody to speak to.
You think. You feel the heart vibrate, as if it were a crux. Can. . Can a crux happen without artifacts, you wonder. There are two things you can do here, two very significant choices, the heart tells you. Choices like this are what create a crux, not just artifacts.The heart informs you that cruxes, among other things, are what it was created to detect.>Your choices are:>[] Speak with the ankh.>[] Comfort Marigold.>[] Other?
>>19612624Marigold. Also, brew some tea.
>>19612624Speak with Ankh, tell it to back. the fuck. off. Her name is Marigold and she's protected.
>>19612624Have ourself and Grayson give Marigold a big hug, then maintain the hug and talk to the Ankh. It isn't as comforting as actual comforting but it's still pretty good and we need a chat with the Ankh.
>>19612624Ankh
>>19612650kinda like this one. if they are exclusive i say comfort marigold
>>19612624Comfort Marigold.
>>19612650I'm backing this.
Comfort Marigold. Then tell her we need to show whomever is in the Ankh in charge. There is no way we're letting them get away with trying to burn her flowers.
>>19612686>>19612650Very much seconded.
>>19612624Comfort Marigold, it's not her fault, it's the artifact that's messing with her, she just hasn't learned to control it yet, etcetera, and tell the Ankh to fuck off as we do. If it talks back in whatever pigdog tongue Ogrish happens to sound like, we punch it in its stupid metaphysical face with a metaphysical fist of fuck you. What's that? We can only pick one? Fuck that. We always try our hardest. We're not going to let her feel better at the cost of her going Excorcist or some shit or have the Ankh in control ye her feel irrationally awful over it, that's shit.
>What's that? We can only pick one? Fuck that. We always try our hardest.>Option 3 has been chosen.The crux settles, and you sit down at the foot of the bed, and hug her tightly."Mar. . .I'm not going to lie to you." You say. "It's very dangerous, which is why I'm going to help you. Help it, to get better."She shakes, almost uncontrollably, in your arms. "It was- it was so mean." She said."Trust me." You say, and take out some tea you'd had some elementals brewing.She's silent for a long, long half hour. . and you don't break the silence, sipping your tea as she sips hers, and strokes Grayson's head."Ishelda." She says. "Can you- Can you talk to it?"
speak with the anhk while comforting marigold since one marigold needs support and two we need to see what the hells with the anhk
>>19612786"Of course I can. I'm Ishelda. Besides, how else would I know he wants to burn the world with tea? Would you like to send a message?"
>>19612786I can talk to it, nothing, not even an ancient ogreish artifact, is allowed to make my dear cousin and friend cry.
rolled 15 = 15>>19612786I will weather it wants me to or not.let hold your head and see what I can do.
rolled 43 = 43>>19612786"That's what I intend to try."Throwing a roll in, 'cause why not?
rolled 55 = 55rolling cause I might as well
>>19612786See if we can open up a three way conversaion with both Marigold and the Ankh. Be ready to drop her out of it if the Ankh gets aggressive.>>19612803No
rolled 4 = 4>>19612809>let hold your head and see what I can do.let me hold your headdamn what is wrong with me today...
>>19612827Can't be worse then your rolls.
rolled 89 = 89>>19612827>>19612809well fuck, re-rolling is something I normally hate to do but here I go
rolled 24 = 24>>19612841let me draw your attention to >>19610701just to tell you how wrong you are...
>>19612786"It's very possible, Marigold. Whether it will want to speak with me nice and politely, or whether I will have to beat it into submission with magic is the question at the moment. It might have to be both. Ogres are not known for sanity and this one seems especially insane. What YOU can do while I try to talk to it, Marigold, is defy it at every turn, and beat it with sheer will. Silence its whispers. Drown out its shouts with your own. It will not get the better of you unless you let it. Why, I and my companions fought a horde of devils and slew an archdemon, once, and hardly broke a sweat! Anything is possible if you believe. Be strong and believe in yourself, Marigold. I know you can do it."
"Of course I can." You say. You hold her tighter, close your eyes, and. . There's no word for it, you think. It can only be called 'diving in'.It's hot, wherever you are. The sky is red, and the ground is blasted and cracked. You raise your arm, to find you're wearing nothing but the ragged dress you came to this world in. You strongly smell sulphur, and you can't see very far in the distance- the red dust and smoke in the air makes it impossible."So, little girl." You hear a booming voice say, from behind you. "Were you the one that ran from the demons instead of fought?"You turn around, and there's. . an enormous, red dragon, cat-like eyes staring directly at you. It pokes you in the forehead with a single, sharp claw."I've heard things about you. . Issssshhheeeeldaaaa." It says, drawing out your name into a long hiss.>End of thread 27!>I'll stick around to answer questions,>And my twitter is @futureexabyte>Here's to you, dragonanon.
>>19612925Aw shit.
>>19612925There is just one thing to remember, we're the toughest princess around and we're not going to be bullied by something as trivial as a dragon. We will stare it down.
>>19612925Oh. Hello, Smaug.
>>19612925Oh shit. Soulfire up and at the ready!
>>19612925Yeah, we killed an archdemon and sealed the demons' last portal into this world. That was pretty cowardly of us. It would have been much better if we'd stayed and died on our world. Stupid dragons.
We ran to fight another day.
>>19612969Heh, I like it.
FUCK U DRAGONANON FUCK U now we have to fight a FUCKING DRAGON
>>19612982We didn't really run, we were sent. Also, he's probably just mad because we shut this realm off from him.
>>19612991>now we have to fight a FUCKING DRAGONSays who?
>>19612991We don't have to fight it. We're just here for a nice chat about why it's totally unreasonable to expect a 13-year-old girl to fight off a full-scale demon invasion.
>>19612925Does spectre Azariel have free will or is he bound to Raziel like the spectre dragon was/is?
>>19612991>fight the (quite possibly demonic, yet seemingly amiable) dragon who as of yet has merely gotten real pissed at the mention of his dead kin/archenemies and set some flowers on fire, seemingly to get our attention>not having a polite discussion with him over tea and telling him to stop being so mean when he manifests and to stop taking over Marigold's body, before getting his side of the story, finding out if he's affiliated with the demon hordes or a freelancer, and figuring out what he wants and if we should and can help him>laughingexabytequesters.bmp.jpeg.png.gif.type4bitmap.whores
I am gonna croak if it turns out we can bring back dragons
>>19613057I think I've spent too much time on /tg/. I read "was/is" as "waifus". Brrrr
>>19613057>No, namely because Raziel didn't exert any kind of control. If she wanted to, she could, but at the temporary cost of his sapience. Also, he'd be pretty pissed off after she released the control.
>>19613085Spectre dragon waifu? Not enough beak or feathers for Raziel's tastes, methinks.
>>19613094It seems an important question has arisen, Exabyte. Is the dragon skull male or female?
>>19613108Oh god no, I didn't mean it like that! What have you done!>inb4 dragons have no real gender and reproduce by budding.
>>19613108and now the fanfic guy is gonna have to write up a scene where the dragon fucks Raziel.
>>19613108>You'll never find out. . .>ehehehahahahha
>>19613146>implying we won't specially ask Raziel to summon it so Ishelda can look
>>19613140Well that is the next item on my request list (http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/19569309/#p19573382). Raziel x Grayson wasn't terribly descriptive but it will do.
>>19613178>You can't just look and see if it has a dick or not- How do you know dragons don't reproduce like. . turtles or whatever? You'd need a professional degree in 'dragon sexing' or whatever to tell, and those degrees don't exactly exist, because dragons are extinct.
>>19613217Could you add Ishelda/Kaliel to that list? More for amusement than anything, but if they're really that fluffly, she might develop a taste for you Kalak.
>>19613252>you Kalak.Meant to write young, of course.
>>19613217Grayson x Raziel already happened last night.
So is Smaug or isn't he sitting on a giant pile of gold? Because no proper dragon can be without his bed of treasures beyond a mortal man's mathematical comprehension.
>>19612925"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering. I suggest you leave Mar alone. Why are you doing this anyway?"
>>19613275Yes, as I said it wasn't very descriptive but it will do. Now I'm waiting for the second one on the list, Raziel x dragon.
>>19613251But... turtles reproduce by putting penises in vaginas.
>>19613314>Wait, really? Shit, guess you learn something new every day.>Then, uh, how do you know dragons don't reproduce by bullshit magic stuff that doesn't correlate with anything biological?
>>19613326>>Then, uh, how do you know dragons don't reproduce by bullshit magic stuff that doesn't correlate with anything biological?Because Ishelda hasn't looked yet.
>>19613251Well we'll ask Raziel to summon it, then we'll ask her to stop exerting control over it, and then we'll ask the dragon what gender it is, which will surprise it enough to stop it going on a rampage immediately. Then when it answers, Raziel can reassert control/dismiss it before it does anything else.Flawless plan.
>>1961334510/10 would get mauled by a dragon spirit again.
>>19613326Is there a 'Buy Exabyte Drinks so he can continue writing Hilarious Quests' fund?
Wait, damnit, I forgot to mention in the end post that your soulfire serpent was tangible after you 'dived in'.
rolled 59 = 59>>19613326or, like turtles, they keep their junk on the inside so the don't smash their dongs on tall trees while flying low.
>>19613326Well if dragons reproduced via some magical dragon bullshit, and we're queen of magical bullshit, couldn't we spawn dozens of little Ishelda eggs with no romance subplots, perhaps stealing the necessary "partner" material from someone like Zeke, or even Mar, since it's magical bullshit and not confined to gender?
>>19613423>So, you want to become a draconic rapist?
>>19613423Stop trying to genetically engineer abominations, anon.
>>19613326I don't. The easy way to find out is to have Ishelda attempt to fuck one.
>>19613423That's what I was getting at with magicking up some Kalak egges.
>>19613423wed have to learn it from dragons.
>>19613442...Maybe. All in the pursuit of a race of perfect humans, a race of sorcerers loyal to the great mother...
>>19613423Magic Princess Spawn Quest?
>>19613461We should at least see if we can get the troll, our origional artificial life creation to work at all. Then we can go about dragon-egg cloning ourselves to do whatever we want.
>>19613423>perhaps stealing the necessary "partner" material from someone like Zeke, or even Mar, since it's magical bullshit and not confined to gender?Fuck that, let's take it from the lizardmen and make sme delicious lamias.
>>19613496I support this.
>>19613496>Stealing it from only one race.We've combined all the races of this continent! Come on, let's get some genetic diversity up in this bitch! Who says the partner material has to come from only one source?
>>19613507Because then the offspring would just look like a clusterfuck.
>>19613496I always wondered how Lamia work, since a snake ribcage goes all the way down, but with a lamia there's a gap where the human gut is. So does a Lamia have two ribcages, or does the tail only have a spine?
Does carving Azariel's throne into a totem make it lose it's artifact-y long range spellslinging-ness? Because that's a useful ability to have.Also, was Spectre Azariel meant to be more polite and nice like how we heard him over magical communications or serious like he was in person?
>>19613562>Yes, he was. It's not actually his personality- it's his raw presence that makes him so serious seeming. His personality is quite polite, but subtly worded to make it seem more imposing.
The cell is dark and damp and cold. The shackles clink loudly."Let me out." She cries, and shivers in the cold. "Please, please let me out!"A voice rings out through the darkness. "No. Why would I do that? If I did. . I wouldn't be able to have my child."It's your voice.You walk in from the dark, your soulfire serpent hissing loudly, as you look at the young Mother, her tail curling around the shackles, trying to break it.You gently caress her cheek, and the lizardman mother whimpers."Of course," You say, "Draconic reproduction isn't quite compatible with other races, so . . when I take your genetic material, you will end up dead.""Please, please no, no, please."Your fingers dig into her cheek, and you reach out with your magic, draining away all of her life force. She is a husk, and her last plea died unsaid on her lips.And then you turn to the egg, and give it a small smile. Your child. The only child.You give it the Mother's energy, and you feel it rustle. But it's still. . still incomplete.You've already given it all the force of every living being on this planet. . and it's taken a long, long four years.You climb out of the cell, and look around. It reminds you of the wastelands, from long, long ago. . You know what your child wants.You close your eyes, and dig your fingers into your own torso.It wants more power.>Bad End - My ChildThe egg rustles, near the dried out husk of Ishelda, once princess of arcturus, next to it.And then the portal opens.A young woman with silver hair steps out. Her dead, emotionless eyes survey the land. She looks over to the portal, and a dark, empty elemental drifts out."Get the egg." The void queen says, and the elemental obeys.>Worse end
>>19613541>I always wondered how Lamia workThey don't. They're fucking magic. I would assume they have two ribcages because stuff like centaurs wouldn't work at all without two ribcages.
>>19613687Our bad ends are interacting? That can't be good. How long do you think before they break into the main timeline?
>>19613687Oh shit oh shit ohshitohshitohshitshitshitohshitIf the timelines intertwine we'll have to fight void ishelda with her void elementals and she'll have "Dragon Child Ishelda" as she is so dubbed and oh shitohshitohshitohshitohshit.
>>19613715>Voidqueensmiling.jpg
>>19613715>>19613753This also means we're going to have to face Whargaul the Vampiric Overlord from his bad end.... And we might have to fight NearFuture Space Cyborg Quest Dave from the neutralend, too.
>>19613687I find myself... okay with this.
>>19613758At least the void queen doesn't have the soulfire. And probably can't acquire it.I hope.>why did you have to make the scariest of the bad ends even badder?
>>19613784I think Dan and all his cohorts will be on our side...
>>19613806No! She's got to him already! Snap out of it man, think about how much you hate Impulse!
>>19613813>>19613784This has given my a fantastic idea.Sort of a Transpace Guard Quest kind of thing, but only with Exabytes multiverse.So all the bad-ends of NFCQ and SORQ, and all the enemies from those quest, come together. All the main characters and their allies come together. Huge war.
>>19613758
>>19613831It actually works within the Editors setting bullshit, too.
>>19613822Oh, I don't want it to happen, don't get me wrong, but as a... hypothetical, I'm okay with it.
rolled 77 = 77>>19613753>>19613715suppose the void queen and the dragon child are the final bosses before we can return to arcturus having found a way to tear our way back through time and space and unfuck a world ravaged by deamons...and perhaps they have the alternate grayson there as backup...-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_"who are you?""oh, but I am you; at some unimportant juncture I decided I should just end...everything...you're next."-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_"who are you maiden? and what did you do to all of the demons?""look behind you and look again at me. I grew strong and have returned to save this place.""thats my girl!"
>>19613871>Yeah, even if the bad ends are merging... Harrumph Quest won't be part of that. It's super extra heretical\non-canon. Like, outside of the entire scheme of the exabyte multiverse
rolled 6 = 6>>19614133>Implying Grayson gives a shitI maul this die into 144 natural 144s and use that amazing roll to DIRE MAGIC my way into the main timeline.
>>19614242>1d144? That's stupid. Who would be so stupid as use a 1D144 for their quest?!
>>19614260Well it's really a d100 that's been mauled by an angry dire bear. Now it has 144 sides.
Will next thread start as late as this one?
>>19614773>Every thread, I start at, or just before, 15:00, 4chan time, and I've been fairly reliable at that, save for the one time I accidentally started an hour early.
>>19614811Aw.I guess I'll just have to give up sleeping then.
rolled 54 = 54>>19614133oh come on Ex, you know you want it to happen...
>>19612925What language is the dragon talking in? Human, Ogrish?
>>19615163>He's been talking in ogrish this entire time- but now that you've 'dove in', he's speaking. . you're not sure. It simply translates itself and makes it known to your mind. It *could* be ogrish, or 'common', but you're not sure.
>>19615696"Yes, I'm Ishelda, and I'm here to talk, for now".And then we talk. If it goes down to threats, oh let's let loose."I am Ishelda, Queen of the Dead Arcturus, I killed an Archdemon beyond the Wall as we retrieved [that elf name here], after which I mad acquaintance and killed Eidolon as well. Marigold is my subject. If you intend to harm her, you better be prepared to run from this world because by Gods if you harm her I will hunt. you. down."
>>19616145wow terribad writing, what else can you expect from soneone who hasn't slept in a couple of nights due to thread related.
>>19616145Forgot Creator and Wielder of Rikar, Bearer of the Heart, Participant of the Game, Evoker of Soulfire, Friend of the Mind
>>19616467We aren't participating the game. We're ending it.
