>>23449450
Well, If we are done flirting with Yin for now we should return home.

>>23449450
what time is it?

Was 4chan down for hours earlier, or was it just me? If it wasn't just me, I'm expecting a pretty slow start as people start realizing it's back up.

>>23449502
It's been down for about 6 hours, yeah.

>>23449502
no, it's been down for quite a while

>>23449450
try and heal our selves again then head home
surely we got a bandage and some ibuprofen by now

>>23449450
got to head home, study sensory magic againuse lin as test subject this time

>>23449450
Go ask Sanchez to put a simple, small, circle tattoo on you somewhere so that we can practise enchanting tattoos.

>>23449502
It was down for me too.

>>23449518
There's nothing left to study. You figured out the method detailed in the text. Everything else now is personal R&D.

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>>23449525
>Go ask Sanchez to put a simple, small, circle tattoo on you somewhere so that we can practise enchanting tattoos.

More Yin flirting please. I'm not saying we actually DO anything with the twins (yet) or promise anything - I definitely want to consult with the cumslut before we even try.
But I'd like it if we let Yin and Yang know that we're at least interested.

>>23449502
If we still have a while before class, head home.

>>23449541
It's Saturday.

>>23449539
1.) There is no s in practice.
2.) We can practice with sharpies, there's no need to go get something permanent until we know what we actually want.

>>23449536
then figure out adding senses instead of over righting them

>>23449545
My bad, in that case, head home. Use breakfast to heal up some more so we can do some more exploring. Hopefully with less Vampire Lords this time.

>>23449540
Thing that I want to figure out the most is if Yin is a pure Dom or a switch. Really influences how to approach her.

>>23449502
I'd rather not invoke the tattoo specifics wank-a-thon again, I've already put in my two cents there. That said, is it possible to get Master Sanchez to do some non-specific linework today just to get the ball rolling.

>>23449450
>>23449502

it was, more than 6 hours actually but its not like i regularly checked to see if it was online and if your thread was up.

nothing wrong with a little flirting but practicing healing is pretty high on our 'to do' list.

it's up there, right next to Liz.

>>23449550
You mean 'overriding'.

>>23449576
yes that's exactly what I meant, stupid mistakes happen when I just wake up

>>23449572
Lets start on it.

Continuing to walk around 100% vulnerable to conjuration is a bad idea.

>>23449572
I'll vote for anything as long as we plan to use that Foci array for anything we expect to do frequently.

I'd almost rather we just handwave the exact tattoos and get on with it.

FemCOCK, you are indefatigable.
You have the kind of literary endurance that I have only dreamed of. If I write as much as you do in a single day, then I can't put together a proper sentence for a week, but you do it all over again the very next day.

>>23449590
You could always make permanent foci to carry around, like your father's shield bracelet, until you guys finally make a decision on what tattoos you actually want.

Why don't we just create a different foci for teleportation protection, because with all this arguing over tattoos, we'll have graduated before there's a decision.

>>23449617
>>23449622
Oho, looks like Femcock beat me to my suggestion there.

>>23449615
I actually only produce a few pages of content per day. Each post is, at most, 1500 characters long, and I usually make about 1-3 posts per hour for about 12 hours per day. It's not nearly as big as it seems.

>>23449617
Except we are never going to agree on it.
It must have been over a dozen threads now and there's nothing even beginning to resemble a consensus.

>>23449617
That could be wise, after all, when we finally get the tattoos done, we can pass the permanent foci we've been using on to someone else in our group.

>>23449600
Pretty much my position as well. I've got a complete design in my head, that's what I see. As long as we're all clear on the wards we use.

>>23449617
why don't we study conjuration/alchemy/sorcery so we are more balanced?

>>23449617
I tried suggesting this yesterday and was shot down...knowing that it's counter productive, can we just alchemize unwanted tattoos away then heal over the scar tissue?

>>23449636
A lot of that is your fault with your stupid heart shit, you know.

>>23449636
Yeah, really.

I don't see why we need to decide on tattoo designs when we can just say 'Max has enchantable tattoos, now lets get on with it', and save everyone the arguing.

>>23449636
Mainly because half the conversation is getting you to shut the fuck up about fucking hearts.

>>23449617
Sounds good to me, let's go home, heal up and get to work on some permanent foci teleportation protection.

>>23449636
the consensus is we don't need tattoos NOW, lets make some damn charms so we're not vulnerable

>>23449636
First off, that's mostly your fault. You're a terrible person and you should feel bad about who and what you are.
Second, you're almost never going to reach 100% consensus on ANY quest no matter what the decision is about.

>>23449652
>>23449656
And I still want a heart tattoo healing focus, but that's not what this is about now.

We can get basic anti conjuration frame lines / dots without the heart now.

We can add details later when we figure them out.

The entire point of tattoos over external foci is that we always have them. They can't get nabbed by some dick like what happened to Dad's bracelet.

>>23449617
This is acceptable to me as it lets us ask Liz for input and give our mom a heads up before we do anything.

>>23449662
But that it's something we should do before upgrading Toughness.

And we were going to consult Liz on her design input anyways.

>>23449655
Mostly because what the tattoos actually are could be relevant insofar as appearance, enemies identifying them, and so on are concerned in play. If you guys try to go with 'just make them ambiguous,' I'm just going to arbitrate them, not leave them ambiguous, so that I can have actual details to draw on while writing. You know, the same reason that Max's skin color and Lin's accent aren't ambiguous.

Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with me just arbitrating according to my, well, largely arbitrary whims. I'm just telling you that it will happen.

But unless you come to a consensus to let that happen, that won't happen either.

>>23449617

i agree on making charms as soon as we get home, we need to get L&L in on it as well.

>>23449683
Focus = tongue piercing
Also dad's bracelet was taken after Petrov already he'd the drop on him.

>>23449688
I'm starting to get sick of the whole tattoo thing to be honest. It will never be decided and just clogs up the threads with people screaming at each other while Snapple wallows in a puddle of shit babbling about sticking hearts on everything.

Looks like consensus is maybe flirt a little, maybe try to cast another healing spell, but mostly just head home.

Is that accurate?

>>23449724
Sure, sounds about right.

>>23449724
Sounds good.

>>23449724
Yeah.

>>23449691
>Mostly because what the tattoos actually are could be relevant insofar as appearance, enemies identifying them, and so on are concerned in play. If you guys try to go with 'just make them ambiguous,' I'm just going to arbitrate them, not leave them ambiguous, so that I can have actual details to draw on while writing. You know, the same reason that Max's skin color and Lin's accent aren't ambiguous.
So let's just do that and move on with this.

>>23449691
I am of the opinion that we make them deliberately misleading so that, even if someone can see the UV spectrum, it would appear that we've got tattoos centered around making our body stronger and more durable or something instead of them being conjuration wards.
Ideally, we'd have wards against all forms of magic individually so that we can completely shut down most of the most likely forms of attack and force our enemy to fight on our own terms: Fisticuffs and Neck-snapping.

>>23449715
There's been two really good ideas so far that I've liked.

One is the Norse theme that was fully fleshed out, and the other is the celtic knotwork. Neither with hearts. If we've got those as concepts, we can see what Liz thinks about the ideas and at least get it narrowed down.

So how many fetishes have we covered so far?

>>23449724
Say goodbye (maybe with a little innuendo for Yin) and head home so we can start working on other things.

>>23449691
Okay, If we are going to need to chose an appearance I vote for Greek or Norse symbolism. Specifically disingenuous symbolism to fuck with people trying to guess our powers. For example, A symbol for Zeus would not by the foci for lightning throwing, but actually for detecting lies, as per his little known role as keeper of oaths.
tdlr: Use well known gods as symbols for their little known secondary roles.

>>23449724
yes ideally in that order

>>23449724
Works for me.

>>23449769
Hmm, well let's see, dickgirl and musclegirl are obvious ones, there's a dom/sub relationship going on, if that counts as a fetish. We had mindbreak, we got some sort-of bestiality courtesy of our construct Gav, there was also combined bodyswapping and incest a few threads ago.

I'm sure I've missed some though.

>>23449691
>Mostly because what the tattoos actually are could be relevant insofar as appearance, enemies identifying them, and so on are concerned in play. If you guys try to go with 'just make them ambiguous,' I'm just going to arbitrate them, not leave them ambiguous, so that I can have actual details to draw on while writing. You know, the same reason that Max's skin color and Lin's accent aren't ambiguous.
>Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with me just arbitrating according to my, well, largely arbitrary whims. I'm just telling you that it will happen.
>But unless you come to a consensus to let that happen, that won't happen either.
personally I'd like Celtic Tattoos for max. having you pick is a fine just no hearts

>>23449691
Honestly I'm okay with you deciding, it's the only way this will ever get done. We're apparently going to talk to Liz about what to get, so you can just have her offer a suggestion.

>>23449794
So the ones we are missing are:

>Dick growth
>BE
>Giantess
>Amazon
>Corruption
>Orgasm denial
>Foot fetish
>Monster girl?
>Rape
>????

I'm sure there are others, but things like Scat aren't really my thing.

>>23449778
So like, if we wanted an enchantment foci, we would use Athenas symbol, utilizing her secondary role as patron god of craftmaking?

I can dig it.

>>23449769
Completed:
D/S
Futa
DP
Rape (Offscreen)
Mindbreak (Occurred Offscreen, Effects Onscreen)
Beast
Borderline Incest
Twincest (Offscreen)

Imminent:
Incest
Plantgirl
Cuntboy
Shame
Mindbreak (Onscreen)
Twincest (Onscreen)

Unwilling DM:
Scat
Watersports

>>23449838
Well, our dryad daughters will fill monster girl when they're grown up, and our second one is half-frost giant and is going to be over 2 metres tall, so there's giantess and amazon.

I guess you could throw the rape in with the mindbreak on Breakfast too, since I'm pretty sure if we hadn't rewritten her personality she wouldn't be willing.

>>23449838
>Rape
Dad raped Breakfast
>Amazon
Just wait till the Jotuun/Dwarf dryad grows
>Monstergirl
Hera and Selene
>Corruption
You could argue that we have really corrupted Liz.
>Denial
We sorta did that with Lin

>>23449751
I'm on a phone currently, but if someone wants to go back a couple threads and re-post the nordic layout I still think it works. The linework can be done in a thin style that suits UV, the linking parts can incorporate sparse knotwork, and as an added bonus the synthesis of hindu and hebrew symbol formats with norse runes will make identifying the purpose of a given tattoo more difficult for opponents.

[Spoiler]this is an aweful idea[/

If we really want to survive we would have already alchemicly synthesized methHgmeth and gone around with a lead cased squirt gun.

Everyone would be dead 2 months later after recieving 1000 times the lethal dose of mercury.

>>23449811
celtic shat need to be big and bold and black to look good

it defeats the UV ink idea we are going for
Celtic is the worst Idea to do lo key and they make you look like a hick for the love of god don't get them

even Token script would be better just not them god dam ugly Celtic crosses and lines please

>>23449853
>Unwilling DM:
>Scat
>Watersports
Also gore. Injury and blood loss will be played straight rather than fetishized.

>>23449838

>Orgasm denial

i thought we did that to Liz on the second plane ride?

>>23449778
I like how the Zeus example would also let us lie freely or at least muddle detection, after all Zeus often abused his responsibility for detecting his own lies. That said, all the old gods are potentially running around in this setting so it would probably be wise to do some serious research about the potential consequences of marking ourself.

>>23449875
>celtic shat need to be big and bold and black to look good
>it defeats the UV ink idea we are going for
>not having UV/white scroll work on the black background that is the Celtic knots

>>23449909
>all the old gods are potentially running around in this setting
I'm gonna need some kind of reference for that, because that could potentially change dramatically my suggestions in the future. I don't remember FemCOCK even hinting at any pantheon.

>>23449875
Celtic knots are badass, and there is no reason to use the crosses there are better celtic symbols

>>23449942
>I'm gonna need some kind of reference for that
Dad said Jotuuns used to go toe to toe with Aesir, or Norse Gods. They may not be putting around presently though and even if they are, they seem to be less gods and more Grand Spirits kinda like a beefed up version of what our dad is.

>>23449875
I don't think uv has been decided, and ill be voting against it because its kind of gay and fades really quickly.

>>23449942
He did. Dimitry has been talking to us about elder gods a bit.

>>23449875
Oh man, if we got Celtic Knots that had Tolkien Elven Script on top of them in UV that would be fucking sweet.

>>23449982
Oh good, someone remembered where the hell he said that.

>>23449982
Not saying don't do it, just that we might end up with unwanted attention at some point if we do

Just so you guys realize with all of your suggestions for mythological references and nerd references:

Max is not a nerd. Max, for the most part, doesn't know shit about mythology or real-world mysticism aside from what she's learned during her martial arts classes, like Tai Chi, and at the Lotus.

>>23449923
I don't want to look like every drunk 17 year old going into the marines tomorrow.

If you want white and UV don't put it over a black background you want plain skin between as a negative space, its better for healing and ends up looking better then a solid mass of ink on our body

>>23449959
that they are on Armour on sheds not on people they end up looking fuck huge

>>23449986
no it doesn't I seen some of the new UV inks just as bright five years latter just gotta take care of it right

>>23449724
We should do an illusion on ourselves before leaving, go full predator mode.

>>23450026
Good, now let's >>23449724

>>23450026
She kew about regenerating trolls.

>>23450026
Well, if we can insult Max through other characters, then we should be able to suggest things to her through them as well.

Liz is already a huge book nerd, I could see her advocating elven script tats, provided she doesn't hate tats to begin with.

>>23449879
If I recall correct, you also stated that you were relatively unwilling to do ass to mouth and anal felching scenes?

>>23450026
He does have a phone and access to wikipedia tough. Which is where most of these references are coming from anyway.

>>23450063
Trolls do not regenerate max played too much skyrim.

>>23450026
I'm pretty sure she would know about the Rod of Asclepius since it is on many ambulances, or ourobouros since it is a pretty widespread symbol

>>23450087
Or D&D

>>23450082
It falls under scat to him.
>>23450063
Videogames aren't that obscure, though I know what you're getting at.
>>23450087
Still a nerd reference.

>>23450063
Yes, just like in the games she played on the xbox. Similarly, her concept of Norse mythology is largely drawn from recent Marvel movies.

>>23450063
Which is false in this setting

>>23450026
Which is why we're eventually going to settle on chakra flows and pools, or you're going to to pull the car over and explain why arguing about something incessantly isn't going to get us anywhere except a thread with two story posts in it.

You head for the door. Before putting on your shoes, you pull out another pain pill and band-aid. May as well try to ease some of the soreness out of your body before you run back home.

Roll Alchemy to heal. You get a +2 from temporary foci, so I'll consider the first four linked 1d100 rolls.

>>23450087
That's my point. She knows about mythology through video games and movies.

She probably played some Age of Mythology.

Rolled 16

>>23450117
rolling

Rolled 67

>>23450117

>>23450026
Well then honestly bugger it, as this limits us to the possibility of some really shitty tattoos a 16 year old jock like Max would get, or essentially copying Pavana... Is there no opportunity that Max read some kind of mythology primer in school? Or watched some kind of show called teenage mutant ninja super vikings?

Rolled 43

>>23450122
that game was the best

Rolled 95

>>23450117

>>23450101
Skyrim is hardly a nerd exclusive, and max plays vidja.

Rolled 87

>>23450117
rolling

Rolled 61

>>23450026
the surname power has it's origin in either surname power english or irish
>>23450117

>>23450129
She could. But she hasn't yet. If you want her to go read a book for what amount to obscure mythological symbolism, get consensus for it.

Rolled 67

>>23450137
>>23450147
two successes out of four

>>23450140
Hence me saying videogames are hardly obscure. I was just playing double devil advocate there. Honestly, mistaking regeneration for legitimate troll lore seems like something a kinda jockish brogamer would do.

>>23450151
Us our phone to look it up online while designing the tatoos

>>23450112
I like that

teenage mutant ninja super vikings
yes this they gotta have a bad ass symbol

Rolled 83

>>23450117
come on nat 1

>>23450129
Maybe like others said, she played too much Skyrim. We could totally get us some Skyrim Nord tats or Dunmer facial markings. Get House Redoran for increased durability (motherfuckers withstood the goddamn demonic apocalypse until a moon blew up a volcano on their ass), Ordinator marks for regeneration since they are the descendants of the house of the Nevarine and that kind of shit.

But that all might be too nerdy for Max.

>>23450122
Welp. Time to re-install.

Rolled 34

>>23450213
hey Vampire:the Masquerade Bloodlines was an awesome game too

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>>23450147
You ease the soreness out of your body as you normalize the flow of your chi, realign your chakras, and direct it to encourage natural healing and damage mitigation. By the time you're done, you're feeling find again, though you're still technically bruised. You stand up, get a good stretch in, pull on your sneakers, and run out into the Scholomance feeling rejuvenated and active.

When you get back home, you've worked up a good sweat and are feeling nice and loose. You head in and find Selene sitting in the middle of the entryway with Breakfast, both of them playing with Selene's blocks. Selene fires off a rapid succession of clicks as you come in and toddles towards you, grinning and saying, "Mama!"

From below, down where you assume your dad is working on the wards, you hear him singing. The language, though, is unlike anything you've ever heard before. It's haunting, and hearing it makes you feel your stomach twist into a knot for some reason.

What do you do?

>>23450224
Fuck. Reinstalling.

FemCOCK, would it be possible to just grab some cloth, maybe silk, and use alchemy to reinforce it to provide armor?

>>23450228
Go ask Liz what kind of tattoos she thinks are cool.

Make sure to mention that position relative the the chi network / chakras matters a bit.

>>23450239
how did you feel about Baldur's Gate?
>>23450228
ask Dad what language it is

>>23450117
Update on our needs of generic temporary foci to carry around :

Matches, lighters, a small flashlight, electric cable, a bit of vynil tubing, a small length of copper pipe, a steel bolt and nut, a few springs, some lead, vials of water, alcohol, acid, blood, semen (ours), a root a branch a nut a flower and some leaves, a claw, a bag of dead insects, some clay, some ash, a magnifying glass, a small mirror, bandaids, a roll of gauze, pain pills, needles and pins, a pair of scissors, a small knife, a fork and a spoon.

Any other idea ?

>>23450228
definitely go ask dad what rasberryfuckmuffin language he's singing.

>>23450261
Copper wire, a small wire cutter, for lightning.

Civ 3, Deus Ex, System Shock, Age of Empires, Oregon Trail

Get re-installing, niggas.

>>23450228
Dwell in the feeling by meditating until we have fully understood what the effect of his singing is.

>>23450257
>>23450279
Sounds like a plan.

>>23450228
Hug selene, find dad

>>23450299
Aw fuck you. I had things I wanted to do today.

>>23450228
Go ask dad what he's singing.

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>>23450228
Ask him what's the language, details on gods and heaven and hell, and if he can tell us a happy story of his childhood.

>>23450299
I wonder how these folks felt about Victoria 2 and the Europa Universalis series

>>23450228

try to tune out the songs of hell for now and find Liz, promise Breakfast a reward for being such a good babysitter.

if Liz is home we can prepare to make some permanent protective foci.

on a different note, i think apple will turn Yandere between now and the next time we speak to Domino.

>>23450261
condoms, duct tape, batteries,magnets, pen/penile, paper ,

>>23450279
yea lets find out

You pick Selene up and give her a kiss, then head for the ladder. "Dad?" you call down. His song immediately stops.

"Oh, hey!" he yells up. "I heard you might be at the Lotus all day. I didn't realize you would be back before dinner."

"Yeah, I finished up what I needed to get done," you call down. "Hey, what language were you singing in just now? I didn't recognize it."

"Oh. It's, well. It's hard to explain. Suffice it to say that it's old and no human speaks it anymore. It just sounds like babbling to them now. I'm surprised you recognized it as a language, Max - I suppose I underestimated how much spirit you were."

How do you react?

>>23450455
teach us!

>>23450455
could we use the written form of it as our tattoo patterns?

>>23450497
Yes YES! We will have demonfists!

>>23450455
Ask him if it's a demon / spirit language language or something.

This could be what language we use for our tattoos if we decide on letters.

Fem knows how to end the arguments!

>>23450455
"Just how old are you?"

>>23450455

"it made me feel a bit, nauseous." "its not harmful is it?"

>>23450455
care to fill me in any further ?

it felt weird to her

>>23450455
"Babbling, like Babel? Holy crap dad, how old is that language? Can you teach me? It sounded beautiful, can you write it down?"
>>23450497
I generally dislike the idea of script, but some kind of Ur tongue might be a really cool substitute for norse runes and the like.

>>23450506
Not only that, but if nobody recognizes it as a language anymore, all they'll see is chaotic symbolism with no apparent meaning.

>>23450497
>>23450506
>>23450512
yes yes yes learn a new language and get cool tattoos fuck yea

>>23450455
learning new languages is fun
>>23450510
also how did my post get deleted?
I didn't delete it

Ask Dad for advice on dealing with the Dextra Domini.

>>23450512
and if it's a dead language then nobody would know what the foci are for!

>>23450519
>Babbling, like Babel?
>a language that YWHW himself destroyed from human knowledge and apparently made it impossible for them to understand to the point it makes us a little sick just to hear it
Yes, we absolutely must learn this language. No sarcasm, by the way, I legitimately want this.

>>23450528
Especially if >>23450519 and >>23450551 are right, because then their brain will actively try to not comprehend it.

>>23450529
Though if the stomach twistingness is a common thing and works with the script as well, we're almost certainly going to want to get it in UV ink, just so Liz and Lin can stand looking at us.

It'd also have the bonus of nauseating someone who attempted to look at us in that spectrum.

>>23450559
This should make for fun when Sanchez starts tattooing them on us and gets the sick halfway through. Or he can't understand it. Hope humans can deal with the written form, or else we'r egonna have to have dad tattoo us.

>>23450543
some times they just look like that till you refresh the page its a glich in the new features don't really do anything though

>>23450546
>>23450581
I know its perfect

>>23450583
we could just hire a tattoo artist have dad use entrenchment to "borrow" the skills from his head

Ok, I like this enough that I'm done with hearts.

Anyone have objections to a non-heart healing focus tattoo?

>>23450583
well, we don't exactly know how it works at this point but if its written form (if it has one) has adverse affects on humans then Sanchez will just have to do it piece by piece overlaying patterns untill it actualy looks like the words

"It made my stomach twist up in a knot," you say.

"Like you got nauseous?" he asks.

"No, more like when you're really excited about something that's about to happen," you say, giving it a moment of thought. "Can you teach me that language? Do you think its written form would make for good tattoos? How old are you anyway?"

"If you could tell its was a language, rather than nonsensical gibberish, then yes, I could teach it to you, with some effort," he says. "And I suppose it could make a good written tattoo. Nobody would be able to tell what it was other than lines of intricate patterns, though. Humans can hear it and see it fine, but it's just sound and shapes to them, no symbolism."

"So a mortal could tattoo it on me?" you ask.

"Sure, as long as you show him the pattern to follow. It would be like an illiterate child drawing letters. Max... How interested are you in this kind of stuff? I don't like to talk about it much, but how much do you want to hear?"

What do you say?

>>23450631
>Anyone have objections to a non-heart healing focus tattoo?
use a snake,or just make a non-tattoo healing focus like that red Cross domino has

>>23450653
Or do as >>23450619 suggested, with Dad borrowing the abilities directly from a tattoo artist's mind.
Matter of fact, we should probably learn to do that from him.

>>23450512
>Fem knows how to end the arguments!
I had been planning on introducing this for some time. Now just seemed the best time for entirely meta reasons.

>>23450662
"Everything."
Serious face

>>23450662
Let's start learning.

Ask him if he thinks specific words will have a bit of effect.

>>23450662
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't really curious. I don't really know much about you.

>>23450662
>>23450694
seconding

>>23450662
as much as you want but yea it.. its beatufull I would love to here more

>>23450662
"I want to know everything you can tell me"

>>23450662

as much as you are willing to teach me, as much as i need to keep myself alive so i can help Liz reach the top.

>>23450662
Almost forgot.

Ask dad about setting up a fork in a construct to act as a study AI.

>>23450662
all of it

>>23450675
i know that's a possibility but i don't think Sanchez would be ok with us doing that to him

>>23450753
we could abduct any one in a shop

>>23450662
well I would like to learn It, sounds wounder full

>>23450753
He doesn't have to borrow -Sanchez's- abilities, just any good tattoo artist would work, unless we wait until our skin is too tough to tattoo with normal methods.

>>23450753
>>23450774
>>23450778
> as long as you show him the pattern to follow. It would be like an illiterate child drawing letters

Sanchez should do fine. It sounds no worse than just asking for some random thing he's never drawn before.

>>23450662
As much as you're comfortable with

>>23450662
"How interested am I in something I've never heard of before? That I have no concept of? I have absolutely no idea. I'm definitely curious though, and I'm sure I'd like to hear more."

"Tell me everything," you say seriously.

"Okay," he says, frowning. "Let me think about how to start this. Okay, the first thing you need to understand is that time didn't use to be so... linear. That or we, the spirits, the Old Gods, came into existence with memories of times that never were. All of the different groups remember the Old Times differently, and we can't tell who's right - if anyone is, or if everyone is."

"...okay?" you say, already starting to get confused. "What does that mean?"

"It means that all of the mythologies seem to be equally right or wrong - even when they're completely contradictory. The only way that's possible is if time and reality didn't used to work this way or if we came into existence fully formed with false memories. All of that's important, because most of what I'm going to tell you has no basis in mortal history."

"Okay. That makes sense, I guess," you say, nodding.

"Good. Okay, I've already mentioned our... family situation. My father - your grandfather - was never content, always overbearing. Almost two thirds of us ended up rebelling against him, following the example of our eldest brother. We encouraged the mortals to do the same, to express their dissatisfaction and desire for freedom. My father didn't like that, and generations later, he tried to drown their great cities that they had built."

"Wait, are you talking about..." you start, but he cuts you off by clearing his throat.

continued

>>23450987
"A few survived, his favorite few. They resettled, repopulated. They did pretty well for themselves, but they never quite returned to their former greatness. They were furious, too, about what happened, and decided to build a tower all the way up to where my father lived," he says, then pauses. "Like I said, reality worked differently, then. It wasn't a real, physical tower, it was more of a... Spirit bridge, I guess?"

"Okay," you say, nodding along.

"So, they all got to work on this bridge. We were helping them too - I guess we saw them as being like us, kicked out of home by our father. He got pissed, though - he thought that drowning their ancestors' friends and families would set them back to doing as they were told. So, he Spoke a flaw into their minds and souls, broke their ability to understand the Word - which was a pretty big deal. Until that point, it had been the only language that ever existed, it was the only one that I knew. So, because they could no longer talk to each other, the project just fell apart. They broke into primitive tribes, lost most of their ancestral knowledge due to language barriers - it was horrible. It took millenia to recover. Even today, humans still haven't reclaimed what was lost. Anyway, that's assuming it even happened - like I said, contradictions, subjective truth, you get where I'm coming from here. Any questions, Max?"

Well, holy shit. What do you say?

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>>23450987
>our grandfather

>>23450991
Looks of shock and awe.

Ask about an alphabet or anything resembling one.

Start learning some words.

>>23450987
>>23450991

so my grandfather might or might not be an omnipotent being?

there is a family reunion i'm not to keen on.

ask about the language and learning it, while looking extremely interested and serious. if Selene is not playing with out face at this point i will be very disappointing.

>>23450991
"It all makes a weird kind of sense actually. What name did you call your father by?"

>>23450991
I think after those revelations max would be too stunned to have any questions

>>23451021
So is dad fulgrim?

>>23451021
D-does that make Max like a second-tier Primarch?

Suddenly her being a musclegirl makes all kinds of sense.

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"Whoa. You mean... I'm... my grandfather is... how... I don't..."

"MY MIND."

"FUCK."

>>23450991
So are you, like, one of the first then?

Dude.

>>23451101
Nah, Max is just a first founding space marine.

>>23450991
how powerful and important is the Word?

>>23451021
>>23451101
Written into personal canon.

>>23450991
"this is some serious Snow Crash shit. Does it help with Enchantment? Like, let you speak directly to people's subconscious mind, the root structures of language they don't even know they know?

Better yet, can we use it to amplify magic? Like Verbal Foci?

Oh OH! Dad, what words should I use for anti-conjuration tattoos?"

>>23451101
This now makes me think all the primarch daughters from that WHH shit are all dickgirls and that makes me giggle.

>>23451158
>This now makes me think all the primarch daughters from that WHH shit are all dickgirls and that makes me rock hard.

Fixed that for you.

>>23450991
>>23450991
yea... this ... magic..and thought ..belief..we ..we could anything with the right things to symbolizes what we want to do..

>>23451085
he already told us that


"I think I just figured out way to make us both immensely power full, say do you think we could enchant a lenses to make anything viewed thorough it more believable? " all we would need is a movie about immensely powerful incubus/half incubus and switch to our lenses boom instant powers.?"

we must take over Hollywood

"so your old...."

>>23450991
>>23450987
Well shit son. That's...impressive

>>23451156
I'd second this if I thought Max had ever read Snow Crash.

I CAME HERE FOR FETISHES

I GOT PLOT TWISTS AND REVELATIONS

AND I MEAN, LIKE, BOOK OF REVELATIONS TIER

>>23450991
...Your older brother wasn't named Lucifer by any chance was he?

>>23451190
Not all that into dickgirls, actually.

>>23451232
I know, it's awesome, isn't it?

"Well now I appreciate why you didn't feel comfortable calling up any family."

>>23451156
>>23451042
Come on, our father just told us we're the granddaughter of God, can we keep the "how is it useful in our present situation ?" for a latter time ?

Be silent for a moment.
Say wow.
Ask him about Lilith, Cain and the rest.
Is Lucifer the same person as Satan ?

"I... I don't even..." you start, drawing a blank. Selene helps fill the silence by sticking her entire hand in your mouth to touch your teeth. Your dad laughs as you carefully take her hand out without accidentally biting her. "So my grandfather is, what, God?"

"Dad is just one of many gods," your dad says. "Unless my memories are right and every other mythology is wrong - which it's not, because I've met Aesir before. Also, he's an asshole. I've done my best to avoid being like him - with a few exceptions. The reason draining humans is so important, though, is because humans still have this... energy to them. It used to be everywhere in the old days."

"So your brother, the one who started all this," you say, still trying to wrap your mind around it.

"Lucifer. I haven't spoken to him in a long time."

"So that means all incubi..."

"No, not all. Not even most. Most are the descendents of the first generation - the products of incest, technically, but then, so are humans."

"And the reason you don't want a family reunion..."

"Not everyone is as well-adjusted as me. The bad name we get... More often than not, it's well-earned. Especially among the younger generations. The ones who weren't around for any of the Old Times."

Selene tries to blow a raspberry on your cheek, but just ends up leaving it wet and sticky with dryad spit.

What do you do now?

>>23451309
>Selene tries to blow a raspberry on your cheek, but just ends up leaving it wet and sticky with dryad spit.
show her how it's done properly

>>23451257
>>23451138
>>23451085
These.

I didn't think you were that old... I thought you were, I don't know, the twelth generation or something like that. Born from an incubus and a succubus.
So that's why you lost contact wiht your siblings...
How many were there, by the way ?

>>23451309
I wonder if Selene can learn too. We know it isn't making her sick since dad was singing it.

Ask him if he thinks she was / could pick any up.

Ask to start some basic lessons in it.

>>23451309
>>23451360
this do this

so what about dinosaurs ?

>>23451309

>that Selene cuteness.
>YESSSSSSSSSSSSS.

wipe off our cheek and do a tiny bit of tickling, enough to amuse her but not throw her in to a frenzy of laughing.

all while staying serious.

"i would like to learn this language very much."

>>23451360
We don't even know yet if she heard it as anything but melodious gibberish, like Lin, Liz, and Breakfast would.

>>23451349
This.

Also ask about dinosaurs

>>23451309
i think we should have a new goal
RESTORE THE WORD TO THE PEOPLE!!!

cooderg calling...
yes captcha this is our calling

>>23451309
No offense dad, but I imagined fallen angels to be more powerful than archmagi.
You seem very human, in a good way as far as I'm concerned, for someone who lived since the creation...

I have an important question. You collectively rebelled once, and helped humanity progress once. Do you, or Lucifer, or your siblings, has any project, plot or grand ambition regarding humanity, your father, or the rest of the gods and spiritual beings ?
Is there still such a thing as spiritual politics ?
When, in your perception of your personal history, did you first encounter spiriual beings belonging to contradictory mythologies ?

>>23451410
>so what about dinosaurs ?
Right. So all the mythologiees are true, but science is too ?
Or did your father really plant the evidence like those stupid christians say ?
Are you 6000 years old, subjectively speaking ?

>>23451451
No thanks, I don't want Max to get turned into a pillar of salt.

>>23451451
I

Tribe of Abel, sleep, drink and eat, for God gives you his indulgent smile.
Tribe of Cain, crawl in the shit, die like a dog.
Tribe of Abel, how sweet your offerings smell in the nostrils of the Seraphim.
Tribe of Cain, will your agony never end?
Tribe of Abel, see how your seed prospers, how your cattle thrive.
Tribe of Cain, your guts howl with hunger like an old cur.
Tribe of Abel, warm your belly before the patriarch's hearth.
Tribe of Cain, tremble with cold in your hole in the ground, you miserable jackal.
Tribe of Abel, be amorous and increase: your gold also will multiply.
Tribe of Cain, however much your heart might burn with love, beware of all great desires.
Tribe of Abel, bloat and guzzle like woodlice.
Tribe of Cain, drag your hounded wife and children with you down the roads.

II

Tribe of Abel, one day your carcass will manure the fetid soil.
Tribe of Cain, your task is not yet done.
Tribe of Abel, your shame will come when the sword is shattered by the peasants' stake.
Tribe of Cain, ascend to heaven, and throw God down to earth.

>>23451309
So, the other one third, are they going to try to kill me on site or are they pretty passive?

"So what about dinosaurs?" you ask.

"That's the sort of stuff I was talking about when I said that it contradicts and makes no sense. Either my memories are fabricated, a lot of other stuff is fabricated, or time didn't used to work this way."

"No offense, but you don't seem as powerful as it sounds like you should be."

"None taken. We got weaker as time went on - there was less energy, we started needing it from humans. Magic faded - it used to be as natural as breathing, something that touched every part of everyone's life. We used to be able to simply Speak things into existence, until dad broke the Word for mortals. Actually needing to know things in order to do magic was a new concept for us, and it's taken us a lot of time to relearn - something that some of us did by, say, attending a school for human mages."

"How many of you were there?" you ask.

"Well, there were about a thousand of us. And I would say, oh, two thirds or so rebelled. Luke - Lucifer, that is - he was a lot... Nicer, I suppose, than dad was."

"So are there any overarching plans that you guys have?"

"I don't really know. Some wanted to get forgiven, to go back home. Some wanted to build their own kingdoms - that got hard once we had to learn mortal languages and relearn magic. Most just want freedom, survival, that kind of thing, though, I think. Honestly, it's been a long time since I've spoken to most of them," he says, shrugging.

You give Selene a proper raspberry.

What now?

>>23451679
Start the lessons.

>>23451679

learning cool new language time?

>>23451679
Is that a secret ?
I feel like Lin and Liz would think of better questions about his than I.

>>23451679
Would the Word help with magic? Cause the magic I'm learning is seriously lacking in abrakadabra.

>>23451746
By the sound of it it used to, then god broke it, so not anymore.

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>>23451679
"I'd like to get started as soon as possible. Let me know when you're ready to start. I've been agonizing ideas for tattoos for like a week now, and Master Sanchez said to get something timeless. I guess this fits the bill to a T."

>captcha; frenchman potionh
Yes captcha, we will use a potion made from frenchmen as our ink... I think I have a frog in mind already...

>>23451679
Selene doesn't seem to get nauseous at the sound of this language... Are dryads spiritual enoough to speak it, or does that come from our... contribution ?

What was the song about, by the way ?

Quick question.
When we start enchanting the tattoos can we borrow L&L's two foci crafting foci to help us?

>>23451679
Is there a specific reason you don't like to talk about it ?
Do you want to forget about this ? Maybe become more... mundane ?

>>23451783
>Humans can hear it and see it fine, but it's just sound and shapes to them, no symbolism."
Mortals can't /understand/ it, and we weren't nauseous either.

"So why don't you like talking about it?" you ask.

"Bad memories, mostly," he says, sighing. "We're a pretty dysfunctional family, and so much has been lost because dad gets angry and jealous."

"Why doesn't Selene seem on edge when she hears the language?" you ask. "Can she learn it?"

"I haven't the slightest clue. She might just hear it as gibberish, or maybe she can learn it. We won't know until she's older and we ask her."

"Can you start teaching me now?" you ask.

"Sure," he says, smiling at you. "Let's start with the alphabet. It's... Well, it's a doozy."

Roll Mind to try to learn the alphabet. You get a +1 from your Focus augmentation and a +1 from your dad helping you. I'll consider the first five linked 1d100 rolls.

Rolled 24

>>23451905
>roll 1
>forget all languages forever

Rolled 77

>>23451905
Rolling

Rolled 73

>>23451905

Rolled 58

>>23451905

Rolled 15

>>23451905
Learnings time

Rolled 38

>>23451905

Rolled 75

>>23451905
BRAIN REQUIRE THINKING WORDS

Rolled 3

>>23451905
moo

>>23451929
cocks
>>23451922
>>23451928
YAY

>>23451922
>>23451928
Two successes, not bad at all.

>>23451929

this counts as barely successful right?

>>23451947
it 70 and up I think

>>23451947
70 & up, although 2 out of 5 is not bad at all.

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>>23451928
>>23451922
Over the course of the next few hours, your dad teaches you the alphabet. It's hard to wrap your mouth around, and it's hard to make a distinction between some of the sounds and similar ones. Eventually, Selene gets bored and complains until you set her down. Finally, though, you complete it, and your mind is jam-packed with letters that make your heart beat faster when you think about them.

What do you do now?

>>23452017
Lets work on making a fork Max to work on mental stuff like Domino has.

>>23452017
Give our Dad a hug, pick him up and spin him around a few times.

We've had a pretty long day so far and are sore and covered in bruises even if we've healed up a bit.

So let's have Breakfast in the bath, we get to Drain her some to feel a bit better and take a bath at the same time.

>>23452043
This, get Liz' attention, this sort of thing seems like it'd be a huge boon to SotA folks, and I presume it's not a Lotus exclusive.

>>23452017
See if Liz is up for a session with Breakfast. I want to hone her top slave instincts. And get Breakfast calling us mistress

>>23452017

hug dad and thank him.

was Liz home or is she off to her society?

if she is here we should inform her that Sanjay has joined the Lotus and make sure she's not worried about it.

if she isn't we can make preparations for making those protection foci.

>>23452017
take a break and play with Selene, then talk to dad about teh various Enchanting projects we're thinking about(augment selene's echolocation, mind fork)

>>23452017
Ask dad if we are going to grow wings at any point.

>>23452017
Ask if we can talk with the girls about this. They should be very interested.

Do it now if it's not a secret.

>>23452043
I think we should start with strength, then speed 2 and strength 2, so that we can get our tattoos earlier. Mind shield 2 too.
Our mind is well-protected for now, and there's little risk of that kind of attack at this stage in our education.

>>23452017
We need to start self enchanting so we can learn that special martial art.

>>23452080
>Give our Dad a hug, pick him up and spin him around a few times.
Wat ? Don't you mean selene ?
I oppose doing this to dad. Hugs, maybe (though there's not much reason here), but not the rest.

>>23452192
I'm fine with doing other self aug instead, but if we make a fork and stick it in a construct powered with a bound elemental then boom.

Study / meditation AI. Double the progression.

>>23452219
We don't really have any idea how to make a fork yet though. Let's just focus on our current projects for now instead of adding on more stuff.

>>23452235
Came across as a /fairly/ simple self augmentation.
Use enchanting + lotus meditation to copy your mind, which will be in your head by default.
Then use enchantment to transfer it into something else.

>>23452277
I really don't want to try messing with our own head without being completely sure.

Half-assing it is a good way to give ourself brain damage.

>>23452017
work with him more get it all written down so we can sing our abc from a list at least


>>23452107
we should at least inform her

>>23452112
this this

>>23452235
good point tattoos, language and Selene spell first

Am I the only one who sees the mind fork Max murdering the original and stealing her body.

Besides, we have a ton of other projects already in the works, we'll never get anything done if you add more on.

"Should I keep this from the girls?" you ask.

"No reason to," he says. "It's really not that big of a deal. I mean, I think that it's obvious that if other pantheons exist, this one would as well. It's kind of an... open secret, I guess?"

"Fair enough," you say. You pick up Selene and climb up into the tower, looking for Liz. You don't find her anywhere - she must be with her society still.

Selene starts smacking you in the face lightly to get your attention. "Burger," she says. "Burger, mama."

What do you do?

>>23452336
Give her a kiss, get her some meat. Get a small snack for ourself as well.

>>23452336
Get her a bit of meat and a bottle then.

Lets go talk to Liz about these tattoos and the language

>>23452336
We should probably give her a little telling off about slapping people in the face to get their attention, don't want her to grow up spoilt.

Then go get her some food.

>>23452336
Give her some stern reinforcement, the kids needs to say please. then go get food

>>23452017
Ask him what the song was about.

>>23452336
First she has to apologize, then she has to ask for food properly, or as properly as a toddler can. Only after that may we feed her.

>>23452336
A little scolding and a reminder to ask for things nicely wouldn't go amiss here.

We can get her some food if she understands.

>>23452336
She should say please when she asks anything, we don't want her to have an attitude when she grows up.

>>23452336

i think we're getting close to the point where we'll have to watch out not to spoil Selene to much.

"now now, you can't smack people in the face to get their attention."
"can you say: Mama, burger please?"

>>23452397
Yes, teach her the concept of "please".

>>23452336
>Selene starts smacking you in the face lightly to get your attention.
"lightly" for us is medium to hard for the others.
"No, we don't hit to get attention, Selene.
And dinner will be ready soon."

>>23452460
>"lightly" for us is medium to hard for the others.

Good point

>>23452336
We should probably scold her about the hitting.

>>23452445
this and
>>23452460
this

>>23452460
I don't think it is this late. I think we left the Lotus in the early afternoon.

"Don't hit," you say sternly, grabbing her hand lightly. Her little lip immediately starts trembling. "Say 'please.'"

"Pees burger, mama," she sniffs out.

What do you do?

>>23452658
ok now we can get her some burger

>>23452658
"Good girl Selene, it is about lunch time isn't it?"

And then we make food.

>>23452658
"That's better." Go make a burger.

>>23452658
"That's not please," Squeeze the hand harder, "Say. Puh-lee-se."

>>23452658
"Much better, good girl. Now let's get you some burger."

Give her a kiss, put her on our shoulders and get her some food, get a bit for ourself.

>>23452658
Give her a kiss and a burger.

>>23452658
Positive reinforcement, smile at her and tell her that's the right way to ask for things, then we can go get her some burger.

>>23452658

"thats a good girl." while smiling.

>>23452658
good girl
lets maker her a bottle and a small burger

>>23452658
"OK, let's get you a snack."
Kiss her forhead
>>23452682
NO.

>>23452682
What the fuck is wrong with you?

"Much better," you say, giving her hand a gentle squeeze and kissing her on the forehead. She starts to relax again when you do that. You bring her down to the kitchen and give her a bottle while you start cooking up some hamburger. By the time she's done with her bottle, you have a little plate of meat for her. You take a few pinches too as she eats, which she finds hilarious and giggles at for some reason. Eventually, she finishes, leaving a nearly-clean plate, and then stretches and yawns. It looks like she's tired.

What do you do?

I'm going to step out for a couple of hours to grab some dinner. I'll be back.

I'm impressed with /tg/'s parenting skills, I was concerned you'd let Selene get away with that.

Except for Snapple. But then I wouldn't trust him to raise sea monkeys.

>>23452866
Put her in bed.

Go talk to Liz about using your new language for tattoos.

Maybe self augment strength. We need to hit that +2

>>23452866
Put her to sleep then prepare our temporary foci pouches.

>>23452888
We don't have +1 apparently, though I was sure we did.

>>23452888
Liz isn't here. She's probably out with her society.

>>23452870
There was the one asshole who thinks casually applying pain is OK as a teaching tool.

>>23452920
Then put her to bed and meditate on Strength +1

>>23452920
Ok then. Lets just start going for +1 strength.

>>23452924
I was assuming that guy was trolling, or beaten as a child.

Or both.

>>23452866

put Selene to bed and go prepare for focus crafting.

>>23452903

i thought we had strength (+1) too but now i guess it has more to do with our trained body and not so much augmentation.

>tired as hell.
>goodnight gentlemen.

>>23452866
So Liz is out with her society, Lin is out at the lotus, and Selene is going to bed. Just Max, Dimitri, Breakfast and Gaviscon left.

Did someone say incest time? No? You sure? Okay fine.

Let's go do some more work on preparing the sensory focus for Selene.

>>23452866
Why does a plant eat meat?

>>23453001

because we used a vampire lords blood as fertilizer.

>>23453001
We used Vampire Lord blood to help grow her, as a result she can supplement her diet with meat and blood if necessary.

>>23453001
part vamp allows for red meat and blood consumption, and lets her not have to sit under a sun lamp

>>23452998
We should call Lin and tell her to ask Alexander if +1 forcefield and +1 toughness is close enough to +2 toughness to count for hi training.

>>23452866
Put her to bed.

Then take a bath and get some Breakfast, at the same time if possible.

>>23453090
We should probably save getting Breakfast until after we've done something to amass strain.