>>23283760
"Then we'll head north for the treeline. The forest should slow them down if they come after us."

Calling it now, we're gonna die.

"Then we'll head north, for the treeline." You say. "The forest should slow them down if they come after us."
"Good idea." Kelaris said, and set off, his hand on his sword. You and the rest of your group crept into the foliage, carefully winding north to northeast, dodging at least two more patrols. For their considerable strength and toughness, the forged had one downside- they weren't very aware of their surroundings, when not directly controlled.

Eventually, you reached a great basin at the base of the mountain, with a strange, dirt mound in the center, and multiple doorways set into the stone, nearly four or five hundred yards away. Kelaris pulled the group into the bushes, and you crouched, eyes wary. Through one of the doors, you see the obvious pink hair of Dirae walking, something in her arms, as she left one of the doorways and entered another.

"Up there." Ariana said, and you looked upward- set rather high in the mountain, nearly five stories up, was a great cave in the side of the mountain, open to the air. "I think I see forged up there."

"The mound in the center looks like a trap." Thor said.

You see no forged anywhere- but one of the doors, set low into the mountain was a squat, forged-sized oval, complete with a ramp leading up to it.

>Wat do?

>>23283991
"It probably is a trap. Dirae *has* to die before Sky, and I'm sure at least Sky knows it."

>>23283991
'Yeah. Maybe we can distract them and draw them out first, then I can do that massive destruction spell?"

>>23284057
I'd rather save our tenacity points for saving our friends lives rather than performing some big spell. Besides the spell cant kill dirae or sky.

>>23283991
Keep observing for now, see if we can pick up any other movement.

>>23283760
>Wow been trying to catch the thread instead of just reading the archive.
>Im the anon that asked about the maps like two threads ago. I got to run to class right now but just wanted to say thanks for responding.

"It probably is a trap." You say. "Dirae has to die before Sky, and I'm sure at least Sky knows it."
"So you think she's showing Dirae off, trying to coax you in." Kelaris whispered. "This isn't going to be easy. They know we're coming, and we're going to *have* to enter through one of those doors. They could have trapped any and all of them."

"Keep observing for now." You say, going perfectly still in the bushes.

You remember this. Crouching, creeping, staying still for hours at a time, watching for your quarry.

As you watch, Anakata came out, something else in her arms, and entered in another doorway. Gareth did the same, with two Glamoured village women following her, and you had to squeeze Kelaris's arm to keep him from leaving the bushes.

Finally, Sky stepped out, walking toward the mound in the center, before taking a seat down on it, sighing, looking up to the sky. She sat there for some time, until... a bulky, powerful man came out as well, wolfish features on his face, sitting down next to Sky. You recognized him, from months ago.

"... I thought I killed him." Astora said.
"That shapeshifting bastard." Cass said.
"Who?" Thor said.
"That man is a werewolf. We thought he was dead."

>>23284198
They're all in the center.

Massive destruction. Do iiiit.

>>23283991
hit it with a rock form the sky asteroid strike go

>>23284198
Might be worth using the massive destruction now.
How many tenacity points do we have left?

>>23284247
Synopsis says 2.

>>23284198
>>23284224
do it at the least it will stun them enough to kill them if we get there quick

>>23284224
>>23284237
Everything about this scenario seems too convenient. I'm willing to be whatever she's building can deflect the orbital bombardment.

>You have two tenacity points.

There, the mound, the werewolf, and Sky sat there. You could say the Spell- it was merely a single word, but the cost... Was it worth it?

Lyra noticed the steely look in your eyes.
"If you use it now, you'll only kill the werewolf." She said. "We need to get Dirae before we get Sky."
"But it would disable her." Ariana said. "We don't know how long, but long enough."

>[] Use Cyan's Spell?
>[] Do Not use Cyan's Spell

>>23284269
Then I think it's worth using one for massive destruction.
Save the other for saving our friends though.

>>23284295
"It'll give us the advantage."
[X]Use it.

Rolled 33, 83, 100 = 216

>>23284224
>>23284237
>>23284269
>>23284282
do it, then use the teleporting sword to get to dirae first, run her through; then to sky to melon smash his head with a hammer...

Rolled 95

>>23284331
dammit, left the dice in triplicate...

>>23284295
Fuck it, why not.

Everything feels...off about this, though. That thing in the center, I'm calling it now, but I think it'll be something like a shield.

>>23284295
Too perfect. Don't use it, keep observing.

>>23284331
best plan ever

>>23284295
Save it.

>>23284295
Don't do it.

Fire an arrow at Sky, see what she does.

>>23284295
I'm not voting, but if we use this it will attract all the Forged she has stored and we'll have no avenues of escape.

Rolled 93

>>23284295
Save it. Use the kraken arrow, aim for Dirae.

>>23284500
i second this but throw a pebble first to test for shields

throw the pebble quietly if possible

>>23284500
This isn't a bad roll or a bad plan.

Rolled 59

our faces when all of them are people in disguise...

"It'll give us the advantage." You say, and when the two get up after talking for some time, you knew it was now or never. The werewolf took Sky's hand, and gently kissed it, saying something-
And then you drew back your bow, kraken arrow in hand, and let loose.

It caught Sky in the chest, and she collapsed, her body locking up. You feel Magic inside of her, holding her still, preventing her from doing much of anything.

The werewolf suddenly whirled around, looking for someone, before picking Sky up and running toward the doorway.
Lyra raised her own crossbow, and fired at the werewolf, but missed.
As he ran, you notice... the mound move, slightly.
>Wat do?

>>23284559
Massive destruction.
Giant Forged are bad news.

>>23284559
If it starts moving more? Orbital bombardment. At least we know that it's not shielded.

>>23284559
We need a way into the fortress that isn't past the mound.

Is there any way to sneak through the forest to one of the doors?

>>23284559

lets not go over the mound.

Rolled 48

>>23284559
where is dirae? kill her to death...use the spear.

>>23284559
Wait for the mound to fully reveal itself. Make it go boom.

>>23284559
Continue observation. If it moves more, orbital bombardment. If not, scan around for any hidden routes to get into the bunker.

Can the giant thing even fit inside? It might be easier to avoid it, and go through the doors and save the tenacity.

At the very lease, wait until it shows itself, so we don't waste all the energy on the dirt covering.

>>23284559
If it's a giant Forged, wait for it to be fully exposed before we hit it with the spell. If it doesn't move any more, keep watching.

>>23284618
>She went back inside.

"We need a way in that isn't past the mound." you say, and look- but the way the basin was shaped, there was no way to enter it without climbing over the rocks on the edges, or without leaving the cover of the foliage.

There was suddenly the sound of a loud howl, and then... a gong.

Then the ground started shaking, and tearing itself out of the ground was...

"Oh, gods." Kelaris said. You'd never heard that swear before. "It's a wyrm."

An enormous, muscled creature, with thick, stone-covered hide, the enormous snake-like burrower tore out of the ground, shooting into the sky, roaring, before diving back into the ground.

And... now the mound was moving around the entire basin. It was Awake, now.

The mountain was now in full operation, as you see three humans you don't recognize come out of the cave set high into the mountain, standing atop forged... with ballistae set into their backs. They stood on the ledge, Glamoured, ready for anything.

>>23284687
Yeah, I'd like to wait for it to expose itself so we don't waste the spell on glassing the dirt.

>>23284709
I wish we had companions that could use a bow.

Get Lyra to shoot the three humans with cold iron bolts, or our arrows if she doesn't have any, then drop a meteor on the wurm, it probably carved the damn place, then shoot any humans left ourselves.

>>23284709

>subterranean unit detected!

Rolled 89

>>23284709
Damn, that's not orbital bombardment material.

Cold Iron arrow the three humans with our bow and Lyra helping us.

>>23284709
Is the Wyrm confined to the basin?

"Lyra, shoot those up there with cold iron." You say.
"I just have sanctis, and I can't shoot that far!" She said, and started firing bolts upward, missing most of the time, her steel bolts sparking against the stone. "They don't give us much practice."
You draw your own bow, cold iron arrow in hand, and the powerful, dragon-made bow shot the arrow into the sky, where it caught one of the humans in the shoulder.

He had barely enough time un-glamoured to scream as he fell off the cliff, smashing into the ground below. You fire another cold iron arrow, and miss, the arrow shattering against the stone. Lyra catches him with a bolt just below the knee, but the glamoured man ignored it.

As if sensing the movement, the Wyrm tore out of the ground again, devouring the battered body when it came back down, and went back to it's patrol.
"It's a wyrm, oh god." Kelaris was saying, his eyes wide.
"Is the wyrm confined to the basin?" You ask.
"It's not leaving, but it could leap over." He said, his lips trembling. He grabbed something off of his hips and slammed it into your arms- Kale's book, bound in a satchel.
"Give that to Leez if that... that thing eats me." He said.

>>23284880
GRAB HIM, DO NOT LET HIM GO OVER THERE

"You don't need to take that risk."

>>23284880
"If it doesn't eat me too."

"If you can draw it out I'll use Cyan's spell on it."

>>23284880
"Kelaris, you're about to do something extremely stupid aren't you?"

Keep on taking out the ballistae users, watch for what Kelaris is going to do, he's probably going to attack the Wyrm, we'll need to support him with that, a teleport on top of the wyrm and hammering it in the skull might work, or having Astora burninate it.

>>23284880
"I'm not going to let that thing eat you."
We can draw it out by knocking another guy off, then use Cyan's spell when it comes up to eat him.

>>23284880
Punch him.

"Returning the favor."

Does the Massive Destruction Spell mention how long it would take for the 'destruction' to arrive, Exa?

>>23284911 here
>>23284907
It really does seem more like Cass and Thor's opponent, doesn't it? They're likely strong enough to make an impact.

Hey Exa, what does the hammer actually look like? What style is it in?
I don't recall it ever actually being described in any detail.

>>23284880
"Kelaris, I need you to Glamour something-anything in the center to draw it out. I'll hit it with the spell."

>>23284880
He doesnt need to do anything stupid. just need to time the spell right.
Loose an arrow. Hit a guy. Guy falls. Wurm comes up. meteor goes down. We make a sandwich

>>23284929
It's a pick style warhammer, I think.

>>23284880

take the book.

"don't even think about doing anything stupid. i promised to get you through this alive and i damn well am going to keep that promise."

also, "calm down"

>>23284880
Teleport into the center, grab its attention, spell, teleport out.

Just confirming, this thing, how big is it? Dragon sized? Bigger?

>>23284991
>It's bigger than dragonsized. It's the size of three semi-trailer trucks- with trailers- lined end to end.

>>23284929
>>23284947
>It's a warpick. A onehanded weapon with a hammer on one side of the head, a long, curved spike shapes like a dragon's tooth on the other end.

"If it doesn't eat me too." You say, and fire another arrow- but miss again. the distance and angle is making things difficult.
"Kelaris, I need you to Glamour something- anything- in the center to draw it out. I'll hit it with the spell."
"I.. I can't." He said. "My origin... I can't make anything but visual glamours, and... it's blind."

He took a step forward- and you grabbed his shoulder again.
"Don't even think about doing something stupid." You say. "I promised to get you through this alive, and I damn well am going to keep that promise. Calm down."
"This... *thing* is the antithesis of my origin." He said. "It is the opposite of all things made. It's the destroyer. I can't change my nature, Abel. It is my foe. It is the foe of all elfkind. How did Gareth *tame* it?!"
"It was Sky." Ariana said.

>>23285022
"Cass, Thor, go with Kelaris and try and coax the wurm out into the open. Kelaris, try to keep your head about it."

"Everyone else, we need to get closer so I can take out the last of those guys."

We still have a cold Iron arrow left, yeah? Save it for Gareth.

>>23285022
"Let's drop a big hot bag of fuckin' space rocks on it."

Plan:

Teleport in with Wyvern (it's restored iirc?), as we feel it jump into the air, spell, then teleport out.

>>23285022

how do you know? don't tell me she took a witch/warlock's gift.

>>23285022
"I didn't say we aren't going to kill it. We're just going to go about it intelligently, not charge in blindly. We're going to *CRAFT* a plan to kill it."

>>23285022
"I'm going to splatter it across the basin, Kelaris."
I'm for the teleport in, teleport out, SPLAT plan, myself.

"I didn't say we aren't going to kill it." You say. "We're just going to go about it intelligently, not charge in blindly. We're going to *craft* a plan to kill it."

And then you draw Wyvern, and teleport into the heart of the basin. Blindly.

A ballista bolt slams down right next to you, and the two glamoured men set into the cliff fire again, barely missing.

Something tears out of the ground, as the Wyrm aims for you, and you part your lips, ready to cast the spell-

When something in your arm, something in your empty hand- shattered.

And a bright red dragon tore out of the sky, slamming into the Wyrm's head, raw momentum slamming the wyrm's head into the side of the basin, claws and teeth flailing and gnashing.

Another ballista bolt slams down next to you, and you quickly teleport back into the bushes, Wyvern hovering somewhere behind you. You can feel it- and it graciously warns you that if you use it two more times without sating it... it will eat you. You have one more free jump, it said.

Astora's eyes were low, and she was grinning. Her arm- and shoulder- was openly flaming, now. A light was in her eyes.
"Don't worry- I'll take care of it." She said, and you heard a dragon's exulting roar as it tore the wyrm asunder.

>>23285177
Grin back at her.
"Well, I was going to call fire and brimstone down upon it, but it looks like you've got that part covered."

>>23285177
Huh, it's been what, at most a month? That's got to be a record for getting out of soultorn.

Give Tori a silly grin.

Jump up to the balistae and shank those dudes.

Rolled 72

>>23285177
"Well damn. Look's like I don't get to rain fire on his parade."

I think we should teleport up to the ballista forged, kill those two dudes two recharge Wyvern.

Oh, also shoot the Wyrm with the sanctis carbine in any unprotected sections.

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>>23285177
>And then you draw Wyvern, and teleport into the heart of the basin. Blindly.
I fucking hate you right now Exabyte.

>>23285177

you are a beautiful person and i love you.

we need to get rid of those ballista, before Astora gets hurt again.

>>23285233
It was actually a pretty good plan
1. jump into the basin
2. wait for wyrm to get close
3. jump out of the basin
4. watch wyrm fly into the air
5. ????
6. It's raining wyrm, hallelujah! (Alternatively, profit!)

>>23285233
It was the only plan we had going, and it wasn't -too- bad. Exa was only doing what the general consensus was.

"Well, damn." You say. "Looks like I don't get to rain fire on his parade." You say, and then you charge into the basin again, Wyvern in hand. The two glamoured men on the ballista were firing at Tori's familiar, but she shielded herself with the Wyrm's writhing, no doubt dying, corpse, rolling on her back so that the bolts slam into its hide.

Still charging, you had no idea how far the teleportation would go, but you had to hope...

And then you tore through space again, and you were in the sky, skidding down the cliff- and you caught yourself, wyvern still in hand, as you felt it nudging your shoulder. You pull yourself up, and then you're staring straight into a ballista.

The glamoured man didn't seem to notice, turning it to the dragon again, and you take the chance to kill both of them.

The three Forged, tailless, with ballista set into their backs, didn't seem to react to your sudden appearance. They simply weren't smart enough.

Wyvern was still nudging at your back. You didn't sate it, for whatever reason, the two dead corpses in the cavern.

looking around at the cavern proper, it was mostly empty, save ballista bolts and a few disabled forged, tools strewn about the ground- but they didn't seem to have power cores. There were two hallways on the left and right of the cavern you were in, and out of one of them, you hear a growl.

"You." The werewolf snarled, coming up the left hallway. "You're the one with the bow. You shot her, didn't you? Didn't you?!"

>>23285359
"I don't suppose you would believe me if I said 'no'.

Look, I'm sorry, but she started it, I was defending myself, I didn't initiate any violence until it was directed and me and my comrades."

Rolled 9

>>23285359
"No bro, that wasn't me. I'm not even good with a bow."

Rolling to shoot him with the Carbine I guess.

>>23285359
"I've shot many people. Didn't you get eaten?"

Draw the avatar and use it as a spear, we should be able to keep our distance and poke him until our friends get here.

Rolled 34

>>23285392
Oh christ. I've got a feeling the rolls today will be terrible

>>23285359
Does that spell that separates wereforms from their moon ALWAYS knock them out after it's done?

>>23285415
Oh shit. This. Spell him to disorient him and his healing ability.

>>23285359

"and you are the guy that got eaten by a dragon."

does Wyvern at least grant us 2 more teleports before snack time because we killed those 2 dudes?

>>23285415

oh man, if it does we could do that.

>>23285415
It will at the very least knock him off his balance.

We should probably use it, then stab him.

>>23285415
Oh, that will be fun. Let's try to do that.

>>23285415
Do this then stab him.

Don't start shooting just yet. Save those for Sky/Dirae

>>23285415
Ahah, oh my, how useful. If we remove his head whilst he's knocked out, it might be enough to grant more teleportation.

>>23285406
Anyone going to roll a third time just in case the 34 is taken for something?

even if it doesn't put him out of action, he'll still have really messed up regeneration.

Rolled 93

>>23285435
Forgot to roll.

Rolled 34

>>23285487
sure, have a dice.

You respond... by reciting Vermillion's Spell. You start to chant, and chant.
"I asked you a question!" He roared. You try to speed up the chant- but it takes a full half minute.

You continue to chant, and he pounced, as you leapt away, stumbling over a tool, your mouth rambling on, and he pounced again, his teeth scraping into your scale armor, his claws sparking against them. You had to focus, focus-

And then his jaw clenched down on your offhand shoulder. You screamed, breaking the incantation, and then you lost feeling in your entire offhand.

Rolled 56

>>23285513
Stab him.

Rolled 39

>>23285513
Cut into his head while he's doing that.

>>23285513
Fuck it. Just shoot him in the head with the revolver.

I hope using >>23285504

Rolled 84

>>23285513
Stab him in the neck, chop his head off.

Rolled 16

>>23285513
"Oh fuck, didn't you get eaten by a dragon? Have some respect for someone trying to break your curse."

"And yes, I shot Kalla."

>>23285570
Who the fuck is Kalla?

>>23285580
The fairy we shot in the eye. I'm guessing she was his lover.

>>23285580
That fairy bitch that we one-shotted.

That, or Sky.

>>23285570
He doesn't give a shit about Kalla. He's talking about Sky.

>>23285513

damnit, he can't get through the scales in one bite, right?

bash his face with something painful

While he's chewing on your arm, you slam the end of your blade into his neck, tearing it through, working the blade into his neck-

But he didn't care, his wounds healing around it.
You finally work his head off for just long enough for you to pry him off your shoulder, his dismembered head twitching and swelling, more and more werewolf pouring out of the monsterous wolf's neck, as he regenerates. The headless body, meanwhile, started dissolving.

Your arm pounded and hurt, and you tried to move it- but you couldn't.
Your offhand was paralyzed.
"I'll kill you." He snarled, once his body was regenerated enough for him to have lungs. "My lady wants you dead."

Rolled 38

>>23285622
Start chanting again.
Keep cutting into his neck so his regeneration is fucked up.

>>23285622
Stab his head into the ground with the spear, then recite that Spell.

Rolled 7

>>23285622
SANTCIS RIFLE WHILST HE'S DOWN.

Rolled 51

>>23285622
Shoot him whilst he's down, from a range where his arms can't reach us.

>>23285622
Go for the brain.

>>23285622
Sanctis shot to his heart.

If that doesn't work, spear to his head to pin him down. If that doesn't actually kill him, start chanting.

If THAT doesn't work, then start running.

>>23285622

need enough time for the chant to finish, cut and stab him with cold steel/silver to slow regeneration.

Rolled 6

>>23285622
Based upon the speed of his regeneration, do you think that we will have time to finish the spell? If yes, do it.

If not, shoot him in the head with the pistol.

>>23285716
Silver for werewolves. But the only silver we have is arrows, and we're down an arm.

>>23285737
Our sanctis rounds contain silver.

>>23285737
Hold the arrow just behind the head.
Stab into his neck.

We have the aqua sanctis vial, if we need to melt him while we chant.

>>23285778
Yeah, chucking aqua sanctis at him doesn't sound like a bad idea.

You slam your Aqua Sanctis rifle down at him, and sparks started dancing off of his constantly-regenerating body, melting it away just slower than he was regenerating. Buying time, you draw the rifle, one-handed, and then trying to hold it there, you pull the trigger.

Without the proper bracing... your hand shuddered, the two-handed weapon blasting out of your hand, as the shot went wide. The regenerating werewolf took an unsteady, half-regenerated step forward, and you drew the Avatar, slamming the spear through his skull, trying to chant again from the start- but his regeneration was too powerful.

Out of lack of anything else to do, you do the only thing you can, one arm paralyzed, bleeding and in pain- you kick him in the head, sheathe the avatar, pick up the dropped Sanctis carbine, and you run down the other hallway, bolting into the base, holding your shoulder, trying to keep pressure on it. You were bleeding, dizzy, and you stumble into some crates, in some sort of warehouse. Crates surrounded you, and you eventually sidled your back up against one of the walls, hidden by a crate.

Then you heard sniffling and padding, as the werewolf was tracking you through the warehouse.

"I smell you..." He said, and you still saw sparks dancing off from somewhere in the warehouse. He was still covered in Aqua Sanctis.

>>23285787
Well, just pouring it, no need to waste it all.

Also, a general reminder that our inventory is at the top of this: http://pastebin.com/WAF7dq90

>>23285812
>You slam your Aqua Sanctis rifle down at him,
>Vial, even. Not the rifle.

Rolled 81

>>23285622
Shoot him

>>23285812
Fuck.. we've got to get back outside to our friends. Going in alone was a bad idea.

Throw a coin behind us so it makes a noise, then run for the exit.

>>23285812
there really not much we can do here thanks to our fucking arm being paralyzed.

Rolled 27

>>23285862
Forgot my roll.

>>23285812
I'm not sure what the Sanctis Rifle looks like, but bracing the stock between our arm and side should compensate our lack of supporting arm.

You grab one of your weightiest, thickest coins, inadvertently covering it in blood, and then you throw it across the warehouse, where it dinged against a crate. The werewolf darted in that direction, sniffing- and it apparently smelled the blood on the coin, getting closer.

Then you dart back to where you came from, making your way back to the large cave, several stories up. Below, you saw the basin, Astora's dragon trashing several Forged as they came out, your friends there. You waved- and you hear Ariana screech, tearing into the air, skidding down next to you.
"You!" The werewolf snarled, loping up the hallway.
"Climb on!" Ariana said, and you do so, clinging on with your one arm. She leapt out of the cave, soaring down to everyone else, who was hiding behind the stone corpse of the wyrm.

"Abel!" Astora said when she saw your shoulder. Dizzy, you almost fall off of Ariana, as Kelaris caught you.
"... It tore right through your scales." Cass said.

You note that Astora was holding your injured hand. You still didn't feel it.

>>23286022
"Severed the nerve in my arm. Can't feel it. He regenerates too fast for me to do anything to him. If you guys can keep him away from me for about half a minute, I can cast the spell to remove him from the moon cycle."

Rolled 55

>>23286022
"Yeah, I can't feel that arm after her got it. The werewolf has more bite then I gave him credit for."

"I got the ballistas though. Your familiars should be reasonably safe."

>>23286022
Sip that blue shit we found. Maybe it's regen or some shit. We're kind of fucked either way.

Rolled 51

>>23286100
Just a little bit, if it doesn't help then we might as well save it for someone else.

You take a deep breath. "Severed... the nerve in my arm. Can't feel it. He regenerates too fast... for me to do anything to him." You say, as Thor started bandaging your shoulder.
Then you get an idea.

You pull out the blue phial you'd found at the cabin, and then you struggle to twist it open- and Astora twists it open for you.

You sip it- and then pain flashed into your arm for a moment, as the nerves started to reconnect, slowly but surely.
"... A... A healing potion." Kelaris said, as the healing stopped. You take another sip, and it healed more, and then another sip, trying not to waste any or take too much.

The wyrm's body twitched.
"The werewolf is shooting ballista bolts at us, now." Ariana said, peeking over, as you continually drank the potion. At about half-empty, your arm stopped burning, and your mind cleared, no longer woozy from pain or blood loss.

>>23286176
"If you guys can keep him away from me for about half a minute, I can cast the spell to remove him from the moon cycle."

>>23286176
"Two options here. Can you incinerate him, Astora? Or can you do anything about him as well, Ariana?"

Rolled 18

>>23286176
"If anyone needs the healing potion, just yell. Kelaris, I trust you to look after it."

"What silver weapons do we have? I've only a few arrows."
"How do you think he survived being eaten anyway?"

Guys How long is the Quest gonna last? I want to join but reading through the previous threads is like reading a book. Like seriously, Every thread is like a fucking chapter. (Which gives me the idea of copypasting Exabyte's posts into MS Word and making it a real book.)

>>23286278
This might be the last thread.

"What silver weapons do we have? I've only a few arrows." You say. "How do you think he survived being eaten, anyway?"
"You didn't eat him with silver teeth, or a silver stomach." Lyra said. "You kill a werewolf with silver. Nothing else, even completely destroying the body, or burning it into ash, will work."
"Void." Ariana said. "I can use Void."
"No." Astora responded. "If we can coax him out, I can... throw him away. Pick him up and take him too far away. to help Sky."
"My sword contains silver." Lyra said. "If I can get close to him..."

"If you guys can keep him away from me for about half a minute, I can cast the spell to remove him from the moon cycle." You say.
"No!" Tannis said. "That will make him stronger! It's not even close to full moon. If you remove him from his cycle, it will become waxing, or almost full moon, to him. He'll be stronger."

>>23286278
If this isn't the last thread, it'll only be a few more.

>>23286289
"It might also knock him out for a few hours from the trauma. But I see your point."

>>23286285
Well Atleast I have a good book to read.

Rolled 94

>>23286289
Let's try and get Lyra to him then. Ariana can carry her to him.

Can you break his ballista with the Gift of Fire?

>>23286289

... then i guess its a good thing he interrupted me earlier.

>>23286318
Have you looked at his other quests at all?

>>23286289
"How the hell do we coax him out then? The moment any one of us moves, he'll shoot us."

>>23286289
Fuck, why didnt we think to Void the werewolf or anyone but Dirae and Sky when we were hidden?

>>23286346
Because there's a good chance that using it will harm Ariana on a spiritual level.

>>23286346
Void has an inbuilt slippery slope of evil.

>>23286332
Well I saw two other quests. Only one that interested me was the Cyborg one and that one ended too. (Although I think it would make a nice book too.)

"... Then I guess it's a good thing he interrupted me earlier." You say. "Let's try and get Lyra to him, then. Ariana can carry her."
"What about the ballista?" Cass asked.
You turn to Astora.
"Can you break his ballista with the Gift of Flame?"
"There's nothing I can't break, now that my familiar is back." Astora said, and took a step out from behind the Wyrm. There were three flashes of fire and light, and the ballista snapped, their cables snapping from the heat.
"There. The ballista are gone." She said.

The oval forged-door opened, and more Forged started crawling out, as Astora's familiar started smashing them, taking to the air now and then to stay out of tail and pincer range.
"Go." Kelaris said, and Ariana shot into the air, Lyra on her back.
"I can't hold off the forged forever." Astora said. "If I go soultorn again from this, I'm going to be so pissed."

>>23286360
Let's have her Void the wyrm if it shoes back up, just a chunk of it.

What could possibly go wrong?

>>23286421
Should we just use Cyan's spell on the mound now?

>>23286289
Team up with Lyra as a flanking buddy take out wolfy when he runs out of bolts.

>>23286468
>>23286455
The wyrm is dead. Astora killed it.

>>23286472
She's gone into the air bro.

>>23286481
Shit, I'm confused about what's there and what's not, now.

The mound in the center with the doors, is it still there?

You take a deep breath, and, your head clear again, you evaluate your situation.
The basin now has a large Wyrm corpse on the right side of it, which you, Tannis, Cass, Thor, Kelaris, and Tori are waiting. The Forged door, and Tori's dragon, are fighting on the left side, as Forged keep climbing out. There were three separate doors in the front, as well as a large open cave at the top, where Ariana, Lyra, and the werewolf are fighting.
"The more time we waste, the more time they have to prepare." Kelaris said. "And... I need to kill Gareth while she's unaware."
In a quiet voice, he continued. "She knows my weakness."

>>23286552
Oh yeah, while we still can:

"Tannis, I'd like you to do me a favor. If you see Anakata, do not under any circumstances fight her. Just run."

>>23286552
"Alright. But if she is aware, just escape. We'll catch her for you."

>>23286552
Meteor down the forged door, tell Astora to bring her Dragon back.

>>23286605
Only if that wouldn't hit ariana and Lyra though

>>23286605
Actually just cancel that, everyone hop on the Dragon and help lyra

>>23286552
Okay, let's do this. Choose a door, bust on in, the forged are distracted, the Werewolf is tarpitted, we can do this.

Rolled 46

>>23286552
Did you see where Gareth went? Tannis and I will go with you.

Thor and Cass can help Tori out.

>>23286640
This.

>>23286583
this

>>23286552
First step: go after Dirae. We have to kill her before we can kill Sky.

"Alright." you say. "But if she is aware, just escape. We'll catch her for you." You say.
Kelaris nodded, gravely.
You suddenly turn to Tannis. "Tannis, I'd like you to do me a favor." you say, and she looked up at you.
"If you see Anakata, do not, under any circumstances, fight her." You say. "Just run."
"I will, but, um, why?" She asked. "I beat Anakata last time. It should be easy."
You just sigh, and turn to Astora.
"Everyone, hop on the dragon." You say.
Astora nodded, and the dragon slammed down next to all of you, and you all started climbing up.
"Watch your hands, everyone." Astora said, climbing up onto her own head. She darted into the air, and snagged ahold of the edge of the cave, the dragon too large to climb in properly, and you watched, as Lyra and Ariana doubleteamed the werewolf, Ariana pecking at his eyes now and then, while Lyra used her slab of a sword to hack deep divots in the ground, trying to kill him- and then finally, Ariana pounced, pinning the werewolf just long enough for Lyra to behead it. The wolf died, once and for all, turning back into a naked, burly man. Ariana, scandalized, looked away, while nobody else seemed to care, least of all Lyra.
"That was easy." Lyra said, panting. "Now what?"
"Now we go after Dirae." You say.
"She went into the leftmost door." Kelaris remembered. "And we haven't seen her since. I suspect that each door is a separate part of the base, else they wouldn't have been going into the basin so often."

>>23286745
Very well, left most door it is.

Rolled 21

>>23286745
Put a hand on Ariana's shoulder analogue.

"Then the left door it is." Let's stick together, we can get Gareth next.

"Keep your dragon in the sky, so it can't get hurt while we're in here."

You put a hand on Ariana's shoulder, and she looked up to you.
"Then the left door it is." You say.

The group flies all the way to the ground, Astora keeping up a wall of flame between you and the Forged, as the group enters the left door.
"Keep your dragon in the sky, so it can't get hurt while we're in here." You tell Astora, and she nods, her dragon shooting up to the top of the mountain.

The cave was deep and dark, the walls smooth. You notice that the hallway was abnormally, incredibly long, and perfectly straight. At the very end of the hallway, in the dark, was a thin, wooden door, barely held together.
You had a foreboding feeling about this.

>>23286851
Make sure we've got cold iron on us, just in case then move up.
"I don't like the look of this at all."

Rolled 63

>>23286851
Check the walls every few feet. This smells like a trap.

>>23286851
"This is the most obviously trapped place I've ever seen."

>>23286851
Fuck that.
Back out and try a different door?

"I don't like the look of this at all." You say.
You make sure you have cold iron, and step forward. Every so often, you check the walls and flioor, running your hand over it-
And then you see the deep gouges in the wall, ceiling, and floor.

The deep gouges with warped, fired slugs slammed into it. A lot of them.

A *lot* of fired bullets went on here.
Then you hear the sound of whirring start up in the next room, and a light, girlish giggle. Dirae's giggle.

Rolled 41

>>23286956
Shoot through the door! Shoot everything through the door!

Rolled 35

>>23286956
If that's a tank...

Kick the door down, as soon as possible. We need to know what's coming.

>>23286971
A flechette round also works.

>>23286956
This is a Murderhallway. Just a straight line that they fire bullets from a Gatling gun down.

Rolled 53

>>23286956
This isn't going to go well.

Get everyone to duck, I guess.

Rolled 13

>>23286989
>>23286978
>>23286971
Yeah we're not surviving this.

Rolled 30

>>23286956
"If it gets bad, void us a hole to hid in, it doesn't have to be large."

>>23286956
"Ari, Void right in front of us! Fill the hallway!"

Rolled 80

>>23286998
Maybe the trolls can tank the shots?

>>23286956
Everyone out, now!

Rolled 93

>>23287006
This is good! Tell Ariana to throw void up right in front of us!

>>23287006
This. The void will eat the bullets.

Rolled 37

>>23287017
And my roll

Rolled 96

>>23287020
>>23287019
>>23287006
You're working on suspicion here. We shouldn't void until we know what we're dealing with is worth Ariana's soul, or whatever it costs.

>>23287033
Fuck you, it's obviously a gatling gun.

>>23287033
Void is only bad if you use it to kill people.
Using it for defense is a good thing.

Rolled 24

>>23287033
Whirring, giggling, bullet holes.
Birch has a minigun man

>>23286956
This situation has made me horribly aware of how under prepared we are for this.

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>>23287053
Our most vile enemy.

"Ari!" You cry. "Void in front of us!"
"No!" Astora cried, and stepped forward. You then hear the unmistakable sound of a 2000 RPM minigun start firing. Astora put up her hand, as a great wall of fire burst into existence. "Everyone out! Ari, don't use Void!"

Her hand- and shoulder cracked, as heat poured out of her, disintegrating bullets tearing through the fire and melting before they could hit anyone. You feel the hissing noise as melted lead slammed into Astora's skin, and for the longest time, she stood there, until the whirring stopped.

Then Astora collapsed, rapidly-drying lead covering her body, her skin scalded.
You hear clicks in the next room, and you saw her sitting on an elevated dias, feeding a new belt into her minigun, still giggling.
"Don't use Void. don't, Ariana. Run." Astora said, her teeth gritted.

Rolled 4

>>23287089
THROW THE FUCKING SPEAR AT HER HEAD

>>23287089
Charge Dirae before she can reload.

Rolled 67

>>23287089
The fuck are we standing around for? Fucking run to the door and kick it open. God damn, we should've done that as soon as she dropped the fire.

Rolled 59

>>23287089
We can't afford to telefrag...

Use the sanctis with flechette rounds, should be able to damage the belt, the gun or Dirae enough to buy us time to get there.

Rolled 95

>>23287107
Forgot roll

>>23287089
Charge Dirae NOW, while she's reloading. She needs to be killed before she gets that gun back up.

>>23287089
We're out of teleports, charge the bitch with all available speed, drop a carbine bullet into her to keep her down for long enough to gutstab her with the sword/spear.

Rolled 52

>>23287124
And because I'm a dumbass who forgot to roll....

Rolled 71

>>23287089
ugh we are shit at everything.

Rolled 50

>>23287089
Charge her, kill with the avatars.
Ariana help Astora.

Rolled 33

>>23287089
Give Astora the healing vial.

Rolled 83

>>23287153
She'll be fine, we can't afford to waste ANY time here.

You bodily leap over the fallen Astora, and run, spear in hand, as you charged toward Dirae. You leap past the Forged who had stepped in the way, and, spear in hand, you... miss, as she leapt away from the mounted minigun. She started giggling, a heavy maul in hand, as Cass and Thor started trying to smash through the Forged.
Dirae just grinned, and brought her hammer down on you. You stepped out of the way, shooting your spear toward her gut.

Her eyes glowing orange, she knocked the tip of your spear away, her hands a blur.
"I'll be serious, now." She said, and smiled.
Then she dropped the hammer, her palms open.
What happened next was... terrifying.
>Field too long!

Reality started to twist, planes becoming vertexes, points becoming lines, as the world fell into non-geometry.
You were no longer looking at a young, maddened girl with pink hair.
You were looking at the source of all madness, bright orange eyes staring out at you, hands covered in it's own blood. You couldn't see the walls, or floor, or your companions. They were unfocused, blurry.
The madness was wearing Dirae's face like a mask, and then, with a blur, it replaced it's own mask with Astora's.
It was a pale, pale imitation of what Gabriel had once done to you, back when you first met your sister in the Order Base. She was trying to replace Astora, like Gabriel had once replaced you.
"I can be anyone." The coiled, black and red madness said, wearing the mask. "See?"
Then it picked up the hammer again, as the Forged- and your companions behind you- shattered and fell apart, their shards blowing with the wind.
But you still had the Avatar, and your weapons.

Rolled 81

>>23287262
All we need to do is get a good hit on it, I think. Ignore it's face.

Rolled 43

>>23287262
Feign a poke at her with the spear, then shift to the hammer and smash her ugly face inside out.

"You can't even be yourself."

Rolled 94

>>23287262
"You can be anyone except yourself, slutguts."

Rolled 69

>>23287262
Slay that birch.

Rolled 88

>>23287262
JUST. KEEP. STABBING.

Rolled 87

>>23287303
Change 'slugguts' to 'Pinkie'

>>23287303
Annihilate with extreme prejudice.

>>23287310
...I'm imagining this sung to a la Dori from Finding Nemo. "Just keep staaa-bing, just keep staaa-bing..."

>>23287394
"Just keep staaa-bing, staaa-bing, staaa-bing~"

"You can't even be yourself." You say, and then plunge your spear into the coiled madness's gut.

She recoiled... and just like when you killed Stirge, you appeared... somewhere else.

A beach, long ago, when Dirae had first killed Astora's dragon. Except... twisted. Your companions were there, perfectly still, as hooks in their cheeks pulled their mouths into grimacing smiles, the ground glass below your feet instead of sand, the ocean jellified and rough, crusted over like a seeping wound. You see a kraken somewhere in the distance, greyskinned, oozing, moaning as it crawled across the surface of the scabbed wound. Forced to live, like a rough, ugly thing *pretending* to be alive. It was a puppet.

<Welcome to ElysiuM.> Eleven said, the overturned dragon frozen in place, it's ribcage open. the only thing moving was the rapidly beating heart, going haywire, glowing pink. <... BeforE you kill me... Did I make him happy? Did I? Did I? Did I Did I Did I Did I->

You tone her out, bring your spear to bear, and go forth with your grim work.

You open your eyes again, spear in hand, and Cass finished trashing the second Forged.
"You killed her!" Astora said, grinning, peeling off the hardened lead off of her. She had minor welts and burns, but nothing that bad.

Rolled 62

>>23287422
We ARE Azure killing time in the black hole!

>>23287422
"No more fucking around. I'm using the spell on the rest of the base."

Rolled 64

>>23287422
"Two down, two to go. Gareth next, I don't want any distractions when I have to take out Sky."

"I'm sorry for calling for the Void, I couldn't think about anything else."

Check the room.

Rolled 19

>>23287422
Astora are you alright? Adriana, I'm sorry I freaked out as soon as I recognized that sound.

>>23287422
Freaky.

"That I did, only Sky and Gareth left."

>>23287422
Is the Minigun still there?

"Cass, Thor, rip this thing off the ground for me."

>>23287491
Load it up first. Forged aint got nothing on a Troll mounted minigun.

Rolled 24

>>23287491
Ah the taste of sweet revenge.

"Two down, two to go." You say. "Gareth next. I don't want any distractions when I have to take out sky."

"Oh, you plan to kill me next?" Gareth says, and pulls open the door. She gives you a small wave.

Kelaris dove toward her, sword in hand-

And Gareth erected a simple Glamour around herself, making her look like a pretty, homely young girl, with brown hair, wearing a simple woolen dress, and green eyes.

Kelaris froze.
"... You'll have to kill Kelaris, first." She said. "He gave his wife a boon, many years ago, to protect her with his life. He knows it's me... but his nature won't let me get hurt. This is why you don't give boons away, Kelaris."

Rolled 59

>>23287535
Send a cold iron arrow into leg.

>>23287551
Into her leg*

>>23287535
Flechette round to the face.

Rolled 69

>>23287535
Shoot her with the sanctis rifle. Like I give a flying fuck if she's glamored, once she's dead the glamor will drop. Fake out Kelaris first, so he jumps in front of the shot, only for us to shoot afterwards.

Rolled 48

>>23287564
Rollin for it

Rolled 60

>>23287535
Looks like we have to fight him then. Let's hope we get a nat100 for swordplay, or it's just not going to happen.

Duel him straight, knock him out.

Or draw him away, and then telestab her.

>>23287535
If we can't get a clear shot, let's give Kelaris his book back so he turns into Kale.

>>23287579
We're out of ports, next one we do will nom us, that's bad.

Rolled 45

>>23287535
Blam.

Rolled 86

>>23287535
"Then we need Kale."

Rolled 26

>>23287591
Provided we don't kill her with it.

>>23287535
Does Gareth still owe us a boon for us freeing her?

Rolled 38

>>23287601
And there's an elegant solution. But how do we get Kale back?

I doubt 'The world needs Kale' will work again.

>>23287611
She already 'paid us back' for that one by giving us the crescent. And Analdus didn't even give us anything to help out against Gareth.

Rolled 26

>>23287611
On that point do we have the cold iron crescent still?

>>23287611
Oooh yeah, we could use that boon to get her to release Kelaris from his boon.

>>23287611
I don't think so, but if she does
"Gareth, I'm calling in that boon you owe me for releasing you. Drop your glamour and leave it off."

>>23287601
>>23287535
"kelaris. catch!"

throw the book at him

"Gareth, I'm calling in that boon you owe me for releasing you. Drop your glamour and leave it off."
"I can't do that, I'm afraid." She said, with a smile. "You already got your boon. That crescent. Remember?"

You raise your gun, and Kelaris stepped in the way, his body trembling. He closed his eyes, jaw tense, as he was forced to protect the humble brownhaired girl.

Now you knew why he hated Gareth so much. Luckily... you also knew what to do.

"Kelaris, catch!" You say, and throw the book at him.

And then Kale caught it- and brought down KElaris's sword onto Gareth, slamming it into her skull.

You hear an echo, and the sound of dripping throughout the world. Dripping... and the sound of a spider chittering.
And then Gareth was gone. That sound, that... Origin... was the only corpse Gareth would ever leave.

"Well." Kale said, grinning. "It seems you kept your promise with Leez." He said, and dropped Kelaris's sword. He shrugged. "Won't be needing that anymore."

>>23287730
Lets wrap this up, go find Sky.

>>23287730
"That was easier than I thought it'd be, actually. Thor, Cass, could you lift this for me? We're going to go crush those forged with it. Then we'll go get Sky. I'm fairly sure that she's up in that cave."

>>23287730
"I try to keep my promises. Don't just toss that sword away, you don't have to keep it, but the sword of a great knight ought to be given to his great, great, lots of greats, grandchildren. Kelaris does deserve to be remembered."

>>23287730
"Who's ready to burn a cat?"

Grab his sword anyway. It'd be a waste to see something that finely crafted left there.

Rolled 26

>>23287730
Fuck yeah, Thor grab the large gun off the forged back. Then we check to see if there's any extra ammo for it.

>>23287802
Ffffuck, I forgot Anakata.

>>23287730
if we've a way to carry the sword with us then do so.

"even if you chose never to be kelaris again I would like to remember him appropriately and the blade seems the best way"

>>23287812
It's okay. Hopefully we can just get Astora to incinerate her.

"I try to keep my promises." You say. "Don't just toss that sword away. You don't have to keep it, but the sword of a Grand Knight ought to be given to his great, great, lots of greats, grandchildren. Kelaris does deserve to be remembered."
"Oh, good point." He said, with a solemn nod. "But it's safer if I don't touch it."
You pick up the sword, and put it in your bag with your other belongings.
"Now. who's ready to burn a cat?" You ask.
"Cass, Thor, grab that gun off of that dais." You say, as you lock in the belt feed for the minigun.
"... This works like the other gun, right?" Cass asked. "The one you showed me?"
"But it's larger." You add.

Cass grinned. "Thor, you carry it and help me brace, I'll fire it."

The sound of the two thousand RPM minigun later, the broken and twitching Forged lay strewn about the basin, crushed or destroyed by the weapon, as it tore right through their armor and broke their gears.

"This is going to be easy!" Cass said, and stepped into the first doorway-
Then she and Thor collapsed, their necks sliced open, as they collapsed, a blur going right past them.
>Field too long!

>>23287932
Anakata stood straight again, troll blood covering two long, forward-pointed knives on her hands. Kalid wristblades, or something similar.

Thor started gurgling as he willed his wound to regenerate, lying on the ground. Astora raised her hand- and she fell to her knees, holding her shoulder in pain. Now that you're not sharing her pain, she has to deal with it all on her own- and she just expended a lot of flame.

Kale, Ariana, and you all shared looks, and got ready to fight.

Tannis, meanwhile, tackled Anakata, claws extended.

Rolled 63

>>23287949
"Tannis, back off!"
Get up there and intercept her if she goes after Tannis.

Rolled 40

>>23287949
Cut her head off with Wyvern

Rolled 19

>>23287949
I'm banking on a good roll here, shoot into melee and try to (mostly) hit Anakata.

Rolled 48

>>23287949
shoot her with gun

also give thor the healing phial to heal cass

Rolled 61

>>23287949
Have Kale Glamour Anakata, we'll shoot her and Tannis distracts and tarpits her.

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>>23287991
Banking on a good roll, huh?

Rolled 1

>>23287949
"Kale! Distract Anakata! Pin her down Ariana!"

>>23288045
Good thing it's past the first three. Phew.

Rolled 62

>>23287442
called it

>>23287979
This. We need to get Tannis to back up if we want her to survive.

Rolled 19

>>23287949
warhammer smashes the kitty skull

"bad kitty, BAD KITTY!"

"Tannis, back off!" You cry.
Tannis, wrestling with Anakata, didn't listen.
"I beat her last time!" Tannis called back.

You turn to Kale. "Glamour her!" You say.
He closed his eyes and focused... and shook his head.
"She's wearing cold iron." He said, and then charged.

The three of you make your way toward the wrestling, blurring maenad, fighting and yowling and scratching-
And then Tannis stumbles, and Anakata dove, blade in hand-
So you took out Wyvern- and leapt.

And Anakata's wristblade shot into your stomach, silver blades jamming themselves into your chest, slipping through your ribs.

Wyvern, behind you, bares his teeth, and opens his mouth to devour you-

And then, holding Anakata's wristblades inside of you, you behead her. Wyvern, sated, fell back.

And then you realize that you can't breathe, and collapse, as red comes up to steal your vision.

You come to, as Tannis, sobbing, was forcing you to drink your own potion, the healing patching up your lung as you cough up some blood, finally able to take air into your lungs again.
Everyone, worried- even Cass and Thor, who were mostly regenerated, stood around you.
"Did it work?" Tannis sobbed. "Abel, are you okay?"

>>23288078
Oh sure, use our biggest slowest weapon to try and hit the fast, agile, opponent.

Do you even RPG's?

>>23288122
"...Mostly."

Rolled 52

>>23287949
Attack with the hammer.

>>23288122
"You're alright, you're still alive Tannis, best plan ever. I knew it would work."

>>23288122
"Yeah, I'm fine. She'd have killed you Tannis."

>>23288122
"Let's just say...I heard from a reliable source that the fight wouldn't have ended too well for you, Tannis."

>>23288129
I do; and a similar tactic worked before...granted that character had superhuman strength so the speed was negated...

>>23288122
I'm alright give me a second for the world to hold still though...

"Let's just say... I heard from a reliable source that the fight wouldn't have ended too well for you, Tannis."
She gave you a hug- and then kissed you on the lips, breathing you in- and then darted away as Astora stepped closer.
"I- I uh-" Tannis said... and then turned into a cat, running behind one of the Forged bodies, creeping behind it. She wasn't hiding very well- her tail poked out, writhing and wagging with anxiety.

Astora sighed, and pulled you to your feet.
"That was stupid." She said. "That was really really stupid."
"Best plan ever." You say. "I knew it would work.

Astora smacked you in the back of the head, then sighed.
"Now, let's go kill Sky." She said.

>>23288231
"Good plan."

>>23288231
"Tragically, I expect the paralysis poison has worn off by now - but at least that means she wasn't able to do much cheating while we took everyone else down."

>>23288231
"Yes. She'll still be paralyzed from that arrow. And if she isn't, I'll be pissed."

>>23288231
"She should still be paralyzed, and even if she's recovered she can't really cheat without her shards."

"Good plan." You say.
"If I recall correctly," Ariana said. "The werewolf took Sky through the center door."
"She'll still be paralyzed by that arrow." you say. "And if she isn't, I'll be pissed."

The group made their way into the middle doorway, and climb in, going down the hallway. You pass what looked like an open dining room, several bedrooms- some labeled for Gareth, some for Anakata, one without a name- but a wolf paw, so you expect it belonged to the werewolf- and then you go up the coiling, spiral set of stairs at the very end of the hallway.

You go higher and higher up the mountain, in the front of the group as your friends walk, and eventually, you enter a large room, no doubt above the cave from earlier.

It was a humongous, stone room, nearly fifty completed forged standing there, Sky sitting in a seat near the top, a staff in one hand and a gauss rifle in the other.

She met your eyes... then sighed, dropping the gauss rifle. Waved her staff, and the forged split, giving you passage to her seat- and she tossed the staff toward you, where it collided against the floor- and you heard a snap as something inside broke.

The Forged collapsed, dead.

"... Do it." Sky said, eyes half lidded, and her mouth moving strangely. She was still mostly paralyzed, you could tell.

>>23288231
Cough up hairball.

>>23288348
I sense a trap.

Teleport behind her and behead her.

>>23288348
"I wish I could say it's been a pleasure."
stab her

>>23288348
"You lost, I won, it's over.

You know, we could have been friends. Explored the world together while standing atop a giant Forged. I would have liked that."

Advance, stab, make it quick.

>>23288348
"I'm betting this is a trick, like every other time you've encountered us."

Teleport right next to her, in spear length and then stab with spearmode.

>>23288348
Do it, kill her. Before we kill her though. "Next time, if there is a next time... for fuck's sake, remember I always win, and just live your life. Follow my example and erase all your memories. After a game like this, lets play something else. Okay?"

>>23288393
Uh, no. If we teleport we're gonna get eaten by Wyvern.

>>23288398
Wyvern has been Sated.

>>23288398
We aren't, because beheading Anakata refreshed it.

>>23288396
add to this, "I think we'll both enjoy it more that way."

>>23288396
Modify this to "Next time, if there is a next time, just live your life. Erase all your memories. Be someone else"

>>23288421
>>23288427
Tack these two together.

>>23288348
"Sky, I don't know what you are, or where you're from. But, if there is a next time, at least try, okay? Try to live simply."

"You lost. I won. It's over." you say, walking through the dead Forged. "You know, we could have been friends. Explored the world together while standing atop a giant Forged. I would have liked that."
"... We'll be friends, next time." Sky said, meeting your eyes. "At least that time I won't be the bad guy."
"Next time, if there is a next time," You said. "Just live your life. Erase all your memories. Be someone else."
And then you stabbed her.

There you were, reality twisting around you, as you were transported to the same Somewhere that you went when you slayed Stirge, and Dirae.
Except this time... it was the inside of a great dome, computers covering the walls, with a glass cage in the center. Sky stood there, hugging her knees, entirely nude.

And then I smashed the glass, freeing her.

Hello, Abel, I said, a blurry figure in front of you.

My name is Azure. Sorry about pulling you into all this. There's just not much to do, most of the time.

Then I turned to the girl in the cage, and sighed... and pulled Sapphire to her feet.

"So, this one's over." Sapphire said. "Next time I might put myself into a puppet like you did with Abel."

But... I'm not controlling Abel, I said, confused. I thought that was you, I said.

Both Sapphire and myself were confused, and looked to you.

>Who are you?

I asked.

>>23288493
"I am Abel. There's some outside interference though."

>>23288493
"We're the fa/tg/uys."

>>23288493
"Well, this is awkward."

>Called it.

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>>23288493
Hi, I'm Paul!

>>23288493
"Ishelda."