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Recent Events Summary:

While pretending to be the summoned creature of the Archmage Yi Fang, you were captured by the Ring City. The angel Michael, one of the greatest healers in the world, is responsible for your 'examination'. But a curse he received from a Demon Lord twisted his mind into that of a psychotic madman - and you were at his mercy.

Auriel was working with him to restore her powers. You communciated with her telepathically, begging her for help and informing her of Michael's insanity. Before she acted, however, you managed to burst free of your cage and attack and consume Michael.

You snuck into the city sewers and used them to access the underground complex holding the souls of many Shadow and Spirit mages captive. You destroyed the magic holding them in place - and the suddenly-freed slaves immediately turned on their masters, throwing the city into chaos.

Intent on helping them escape, you rushed to the Airship Noiralev to consume its core and use its power, but you ran into Auriel and Flint in the engine room. They explained that they'd found the remains of one of Michael's victims. That - combined with Flint's encouragement, and her own experiences - has led her to put her trust in you.

>con't

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Jesus Christ, I know you said it would be early, but damn.

I can actually play for once.

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>>25506828

In one swoop, she took command of the ship, turned its crew against Sandalphon's despotism, and used it as a rallying point for the embattled shadow mages huddled inside the collapsing city.

Meanwhile, you used your powers to overclock the airship's dynamo, directing its firepower and shields far beyond their normal abilities - but even still, you were overwhelmed, and your efforts destroyed the dynamo in the process. Before the airship was destroyed, you were able to charge its jump drive and teleport to safety.

The battle has rendered the Noiralev useless, but you managed to safely guide the craft to one of many stone plataeus in the Shiprakers, an isolated and desolate region where Tarun Gakth meets the sea. You've convinced your fellows that the best place to set up something more permanent for your renegades and refugees is in the Great Forest. The spirit mages, led by Hamil, are currently putting together a mass teleport spell to bring you there.

You've started scouting the surroundings, hoping to find some trace of Steward or his proclaimed home, City 001. But finding something in the barren waste has proven harder than you first suspected.

After ensuring that Ila is a trustworthy leader of your new group, you spoke with Sir Flint - and you both agreed it was time to see the archmage, Yi Fang. You flew with him to the mighty fortress of Archon, and met with the mage in person.

Abigail is already twisted into a complex political situation. Fang requires his own trustworthy leader to succeed his position - and he sees Abigail as that leader. But unless she performs, her admission to the Archonium - a requirement for any could-be councilor or archmage - is in question. Fang sees you as the "summon" that will ensure none question her abilities.

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

Unlocked Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/9rTZN0ZL

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

>NEW! NEW! NEW!

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important details:

http://pastebin.com/mRzmhUc9

>character sheet will be updated at the end of every thread, or the beginning of the next thread. See relevant thread posts for immediate statistics

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Current Statistics:

HP: 56/56
Mana: 20/20
EXP: 16
Humanity: 291
Temerity: 203

Shards of True Darkness: 2
(Isolation) - Weak
{Hunger} - Weak

Party Members:

Sir Donovan Flint - A knight of Dobshire, the capital of Arland. Fourth son of the lord and ruler of Arland. Wears adamantium half-plate and wields a two-handed longsword. 29 years old.

Summoned:

Wisp (1 mana per order, does not break control, stealths with you)

Equipment:

Utility belt with purse

Inventory:

Shadow Sword Shard x 2
Fancy Sun-Moon Key
Succubus Reagents x 1

Current Location:

Archon

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>Last time...

<Even if she were able to reach admission into the Archonium, she will be years away before she is ready to assume the responsibilities that come with the position of a council seat, let alone yours as Archmage. Could that be called into question?>

Fang closes his eyes. For a moment, he says nothing, and then he opens his mouth to speak. "...in short, no."

<In short?>

"If she graduates from the Archonium, it won't be a question," he says.

<...I could grant her some of my own power,> you say hesitantly.

"What do you mean?"

<If you have a shadow mana pool, I believe I could imbue her with extra strength,> you clarify. <Something extra to protect her.>

Fang nods. "As long as it's safe enough. Such a mana pool exists not far within the fortress proper."

<I need only some excess energy,> you say. <Do you have any spare magical artifacts I could consume for the task?>

Fang smiles his evil smile. "I have a better idea." He walks around the desk, and taps one of the floating baubles near the bookshelf. An orange screen crackles to life in front of him - a sort of flat image that holds the days arranged into regular blocks.

"What is that?" Flint asks you in a whisper.

<It seems to count days,> you note.

"It's called a calender, you plebeians," Fang says, half-sighing. He runs his finger along its breadth. "Perfect timing. She's in her summoning class right now. Her first practical." He looks at you. "Two floors below us. Don't get detected on the way."

>con't

<...wait a minute,> you say. <I haven't agreed to anything yet.>

"I see," Fang says. "So you're just going to let a 9-year old whip up a summon, then? Yes, I can't see any problems with that."

"For the sake of the Light, man," Flint says, "she's your flesh and blood!"

"And it is for that reason I sit here and do nothing!" Fang snaps. "Or should I condemn her as a cripple, incapable of moving without my help?"

"You're just pressuring Shadow into doing your work for you," Flint says smugly.

Fang makes a face. You're surprised - it seems he was caught. "...well...that's not untrue. But how would it look if the archmage of the land went down into a novice's classroom specifically to help one student? She already has a bodyguard just outside the door."

Flint licks his lips. "...well..."

Fang needles his fingers. "Shadow. Go down there. Stay hidden. When she attempts a summon...no matter the result, take its place. I will instruct you from there."

>con't

>>25506899
>Scholomance Adventures with Abby-Sabby and Mr. Shadow

My body is readier than it has ever been.

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It's time.

How about we buy Poison because why not?

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A list of ongoing tasks of varying importance, as decided on in earlier threads, sorted to groups by relation:

Personal:
>Make sure Abigail is okay with Yi Fang
>Murder Yi Fang if she isn’t
>Deal with Flint's parasite (Yi Fang promised to)
>Help Yi Fang in finding the Staff of the Winds

Elemental:
>Free Geb, make a new friend (Have a fallback solution - trap again, CONSUME, what?)
>Get all keys, find out what the Spirit thing is

Political/Leaders:
>Find out situation in Kelvere, is the Duke really dead?
>Find out what else the Duke was hiding from us
>Get information on Sandalphon’s movements and the Light empire’s situation
>Get in contact with Steward/City 001
>Find out what's up with the Black Lady. Could she be trusted?
>Get Obis his throne back
>Ask the Elven Queen some very pointed questions about our memories

Misc/Faction:
>Find Joey
>Fortify our current position
>Research how Servant works, make sure it won't cause unrest among people
>Research Dynamos
>Assure peaceful co-existence of differently aligned mages

Potential new tasks:
>End Skysever (we have read that the spell is physically located somewhere and visible, yet hard to access)
>Deal with Legion
>Explore, this world feels small
>Find more fragments of Shadow
>Find the other Elementals
>Convince Flint to become the leader of his people, after the parasite has been dealt with
>Find what happened to the Dwarves
>Find out about the Presence we felt when using Focus in the Shadow temple underneath Tarun Gakt


Remember all of these have direct and indirect solutions. For instance, the keys: We could just go in and take them by storm, sneaking around and killing those who spot us, but do we want that? Would it help upkeep our image as a good-intending catalystic force, or would we appear as self-righteous destroyers? Atlantis is believed to have a key. Too bad for us, their water supply relies on it.

>>25506923
>Neck too long and thick.
>Hands too small.
>Left foot shaped weird.
>Hair looks like a cowl.
>Shadow is heavy as fuck. No way Abby could do that.

>>25506923

Abigail's blonde, silly.

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<...alright, Fang. But you'd better keep your word.>

"I always keep my word," Fang says. "Don't exit the tower; head straight down. Two levels below ground. Go left, and then right. Three doors down."

You fly out of the room and sprint down the spiral staircase leading up the archmage's tower. The faster you move, you figure, the less chance of detection.

The tower quickly transitions from warm wood and carpets to stone halls. Lines of magic pulse through the building. Little globes of gold and orange light keep everything well-lit. It isn't long before you see a familiar lich loitering outside a classroom door up ahead.

<Adavan.>

The man jumps. "...Shadow?!" Adavan cocks his head for a moment, as if listening to something. He squints, then nods. "...Fang just explained. Ok."

<Can you hear me?> comes Fang's voice.

<...yes?> you say into your head.

<Good. Once you're inside the classroom, I'll be unable to contact you. Classrooms are heavily enchanted to prevent spying from external forces. Now. The teacher herself is a graduate of the archonium - and one of the people that could potentially take a council seat. It was her family's assassination attempt that I thwarted this morning. If we're not careful, the follow-up could happen shortly. Slip into the classroom and get close to Abigail. Once you're there...> It's almost like you can feel the mental shrug. <Accidents happen. Eat an offending student, or the teacher herself, if the opportunity arises.>

<Ok. What if I'm detected?>

<You'd better not be.>

The connection to Fang ends.

You edge up to the classroom door.

What do you do?

>Ink in under the door and slither over to Abigail
>ask Adavan something
>some other strategy

>>25507005
Currently in Progress:
>Make sure Abigail is okay with Yi Fang
>Deal with Flint's parasite (Yi Fang promised to)
>Help Yi Fang in finding the Staff of the Winds
>Assure peaceful co-existence of differently aligned mages

>>25507035
>Ink in under the door and slither over to Abigail

Wait for the teacher to make a move. Bitch fucked with the wrong adorable magical prodigy.

>>25507035
>Abigail's blonde, silly.
Really? The picture you used for her didn't look very blonde. Oh well. I can fix it later.

>Ink in under the door and slither over to Abigail

>>25507035

I suggest we use Shadowmeld to avoid magical detection then ink in under the door.

Also, If we get there in time, tell Abby that she will be summoning us...


also;
>in b4 Scruffy's daily reminder...

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>>25507060

I guess it's debatable.

I see it as blonde covered with the dirt and wear of a rustic lifestyle.

>>25506817
The one time i'm wake up early there is a Shadow Quest thread.

IT'S SHADOW TIME!

>>25507068

Could always use shadowmeld or compress.

Shadowmeld lasts until stealth is broken. Compress takes a short time to undo.

>>25506817
Ink under the door. We'll sneaky sneak in and be the baddest of baddest summons.

Its 12:20AM here.

DAMN YOU SM

After this classroom deal, let's try to get Fang to feed us some magical artifacts.

I TOLD YOU FUCKERS THREADS AGO THAT IT WAS FLINT'S BROTHER IN ARLAND WHO DID THE SHEL'KATH, BUT BARMAN DECIDED TO PUT IT OFF WITH
>hurr durr sandles did it
NOW SM SAYS IT POINTS TO ARLAND
GODDAMN BARMAN

>>25507115
Indeed. Free servanting.

Alright, roll 1d100 to sneak like a BAUSS

>>25507128
What?

We clued onto the fact that Flint's brother did it like 20 threads ago. Dude isn't ready to go home yet, though, and we still can't break it without Fang's help.

>>25507132
I don't think SM would let us get it for free without rolling a 100 or something, but maybe we can at least get him to pay for half of it.

Rolled 60

>>25507135

Rolled 60

Perhaps we could let her summon whatever he will and consume it as a snack?
>>25507135

Rolled 85

>>25507135

Rolled 30

>>25507135
IT BEGINS

Rolled 30

>>25507147
s/he/she/

also more dice

>>25507143
>>25507147
>>25507149
Neat.jpeg

>>25507143
>>25507147
>>25507150
>>25507157
The fuck is happening here

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>>25507143
>>25507147
>>25507150
>>25507157
Kay

>>25507141
It's only 15xp, right?

I'm sure Fang will spare the expense as long as we keep our word.

Rolled 84

>>25507135

>>25507179
He kinda already is offering some xp. Basically just told us to eat the teacher if we can get away with it.

>>25507143
>>25507147
>>25507150
>>25507157
Double doubles.

That's one in a million odds right there. Literally.

>>25507206
>Eat an offending student, or the teacher herself, if the opportunity arises.

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You turn to Ink and slip under the door.

The classroom is lined with wide tables, most with inkwells built into them. There's a bookshelf on one wall. Orange and white tapestries reduce the impact of the blank slate walls.

A stone gargoyle sits near the door, still and silent. You feel its orange eyes flick across you...but then its gaze returns to the door.

The teacher, a woman of about thirty, is using chalk to draw some complicated symbol on a slate board at the top of the classroom. With the students focused on hurriedly copying the spell as exactly as possible, it's easy for you to worm your way between the tables without being spotted. The clack of chalk and the scribble of pens on paper follows you through the room.

Abigail is seated in the back corner, at an older looking desk. She's cleaner than you've ever seen her, and wearing a orange and white dress. Her hair is tied up in a neat bun, held in place by a long, ornate needle. An orange crystal glimmers at the end of it.

It doesn't have an inkwell, but she doesn't need it. Her paper isn't paper at all - but a soft, glowing screen resting above a small orange square. She draws in the screen with her finger. Another motion 'moves' the device to a fresh page. Perhaps a gift from her uncle?

She flips through a few pages. You see a distorted drawing of Fang in his armor, and then a doodle of Flint holding a sword...and...a blob with eyes and arms. A cartoon Abigail walks between them with her hair bound up in ponytails.

She finds a fresh page and starts drawing the spell on the board. She frowns, then keeps going.

What do you do?

>say hi
>just slip into her shadow for now
>some other strategy

>>25507213
Yes, I'm an idiot who didn't read clearly, realized it the second after i posted.

I just woke up in time for shadow quest, still a little asleep.

Got to get ready to go. Will try to post once more before I leave if there's a clear decision when I get back.

>>25507005

Minor nitpicks from previous threads - don't we need the staff of winds for something, also?
And
wasn't there something about the four keys also being used to cure flint?

Other than that, good!

Rolled 15

>>25507228
>just slip into her shadow for now

No need to disturb her while she studies.

>>25507228
>just slip into her shadow for now
I'd love to say hi, but I don't want her to get excited and have the teacher notice something's off.

>>25507228
>You see a distorted drawing of Fang in his armor, and then a doodle of Flint holding a sword...and...a blob with eyes and arms. A cartoon Abigail walks between them with her hair bound up in ponytails.

That hurts SM.

>>25507228
>You see a distorted drawing of Fang in his armor, and then a doodle of Flint holding a sword...and...a blob with eyes and arms. A cartoon Abigail walks between them with her hair bound up in ponytails.

I wish I could ruffle her hair some, but... best to slip into her shadow unnoticed without saying hi.

>>25507228
Hide for now

>>25507249
We need it to free Geb. I just updated this to reflect that we now share that goal with Yi Fang. The four keys would be used to free the Spirit elemental, but gaining access to those keys was deemed too slow so we decided to roll with Yi Fang, as that route would allow us to potentially get closer to more goals.

>>25507248
>when I get back.
which will be when?

I just noticed that Wisps can stealth with us - can we use one to convey the message, from stealth, on the fly without being detected summoning it?

>>25507228
>just slip into her shadow for now
And this is weird, being early in the morning and all.

Now that I think about it Fang said the only way for Flint to recover is for him to kill or end the life of the person on the other end.

So basically Flint might be forced to kill his brother-who is the king of Arland- to get rid of this parasite.

Yeah....this isn't going to be a fun homecoming.

>>25507228
Pick up a pencil with a tiny darkness tentacle and explain the situation in writing?

>>25507325
Why would we do that when we can just telepathy at her?

>>25507325
What on earth would that accomplish? We can speak directly into people's minds, the point in just hiding hiding would be that we don't cause Abigail to fail her summon because of us. Better wait for the sigil to be complete, after which we can notify her of our presence and decide on a plan.

>>25507325
lets not do this, seeing as we want nobody to be aware of our presence. we don't know if the teacher could know of our presence by searching Abby-Sabby's mind if we let her know

>>25507382
>implying we aren't going to murder the teacher the second we get the chance

>>25507322

I think he'll get over it when he realizes that his brother has been the cause of all his suffering for this time. The only problem is that the girl he liked will try to get some of that Flint cake from Auriel. And shes gonna be like oh hell naw gurl he my man now you had that chance but you wanted to pull dat princess shit! and shes gona be like Bitch please grandma you best check were you steppin cause thats my man!Sorry for changing them into black women for the argument effect. also imagine all the hand signs and finger snapping however you wish.

>>25507228
>Slip into her shadow for now
No need to do anything flashy right now.

And good morning everyone!

>>25507401

sorry got to run

will post from cell phone if possible, might be hour or two

You'll hide in her shadow without a greeting...

...and let the class unfold.

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....

Hi Guys, I put this together last night. Just some points to think about.

PRO/CON LIST FOR SERVANTING ABBY

PROS

- Abby will be relatively safer at school and will almost certainly survive
- Yi Fang will owe us a favor

CONS

- We don't know whether Abby will stop aging at 10 years old
- A (extremely) well planned assassination may still succeed
- Abby will not be in full control of her powers (spirit or shadow) for years and she won't be able to assist us outside of Archon until then
- Yi Fang might be extremely angry that his niece is now a perma-loli
- Abby herself may grow to hate us for trapping her in a young body
- Yi Fang will almost certainly try to weasel out of our agreements
- Servanting Abby puts forward a bad precedent for Shadow (in that the most capable and wise people should be servanted, not his friends)
- It will also undermine our political power amongst the Shadow mages when they learn that we passed over Ila or Hamil for a 10 year old girl who is fucking Yi Fang's niece.


CONCLUSION:

At the current juncture, it seems wiser to play along as Abby's wildly powerful unbound summon and allow Yi Fang to move through his ritual with Flint.
We MUST be wary of Yi Fang's betrayal - we cannot hand over the staff until the Shel'Kath has been removed or we have some other means of leverage on Flint.
Furthermore, Yi Fang is ACTIVELY SEEKING TO CONQUER ARLAND. He does not want an empowered Flint as an enemy, and so might be trying to fuck us anyways.

>>25507393
We really shouldn't.

I mean, if the teacher screws up (summons something too big) and makes it plausible that they could get killed, then it might be fine.

But just prioritizing eating the teachers is a recipe for disaster, especially after we assume the identity of Abagails summon.

We don't need to go after risky targets, especially when there are probably plenty of magically potent asshole students around.

>>25507427
was that evil laugh because I'm right(why am I asking you aren't going to answer) or because you are now picturing Aruiel and whatsherface snapping their fingers at each other?

>>25507393
we're going to give her the shadow DAll the way through, and out, and back in

>>25507427
Hahaha... Muahaha... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA- I don't get it.

>>25507440
>- We don't know whether Abby will stop aging at 10 years old
Irrelevant because servanting is reversable.
>- A (extremely) well planned assassination may still succeed
It will need to be much better. That's like saying not to wear a bullet proof vest just because someone might bring a bigger gun
>- Abby will not be in full control of her powers (spirit or shadow) for years and she won't be able to assist us outside of Archon until then
And that's a reason to leave her more vulnerable? Servanting buffs all base stats. It would help her get control sooner.
>- Yi Fang might be extremely angry that his niece is now a perma-loli
See earlier point
>- Abby herself may grow to hate us for trapping her in a young body
See earlier point
>- Yi Fang will almost certainly try to weasel out of our agreements
Elaborate. I'm not seeing the logic behind "He gave Abby a powerup, so now I'm not helping Flint with the parasite"
>- Servanting Abby puts forward a bad precedent for Shadow (in that the most capable and wise people should be servanted, not his friends)
So not protecting Abby as much as we can is preferable?
>- It will also undermine our political power amongst the Shadow mages when they learn that we passed over Ila or Hamil for a 10 year old girl who is fucking Yi Fang's niece.
Ila passed over it by her own choice.

>>25507440
>It will also undermine our political power amongst the Shadow mages when they learn that we passed over Ila or Hamil for a 10 year old girl who is fucking Yi Fang's niece.

I thought that we didn't want political power, only that a nation of acceptance and cooperation be founded...


though when Abby 'summons' us, do we form in our normal self, or as she drew us?

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>>25507545
Swarm of wolves.

>>25507545
>though when Abby 'summons' us, do we form in our normal self, or as she drew us?

Compress -> Appear as tiny shadowblob -> uncompress -> grow into massive lovecraftian horror of tentacles, eyes and mouths.

However in the last thread some anon made a valid point, if she does manage to summon something by herself, just eating it would be kinda bad. At some point you gotta let go of the bicycle when you're teaching someone to ride.

>>25507545
>or as she drew us?

This seems like a WAY better way to clue her in on what is actually goign on

>>25507624
why not ride in the summons shadow like we did flints?

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>>25507545
I say we go with this Look from SM's post >>25507228 but then go go for something a bit more humanoid. Pic related

>>25507643
why not an exact replica of the teacher, but made of shadow?

dear god this is early

>>25507228
>just slip into her shadow for now
.... use focus while waiting. Maybe buy analyze as well.

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We want to look really impressive, so I suggest something crazy.

Poofing in as a cutesy blob would be nice, but we're going for "you fuck with Abby and you'll wind up in many tiny pieces".

>>25507668
Doesn't focus increase the chance of getting spotted, or is that just deep focus? After all we are trying to stay hidden in a room full of paranoid mages.

>>25507685
That is actually a good idea.

>>25507686
I believe oneness drastically reduced that.

>>25507713
75% reduction.

Or was it balance?

>>25507685
I agree.

>>25507668

Focus may alert the teacher to our presence prematurely... then again Balance drops that chance by 75%....
still leaves us with a 25% chance of getting outed...

For what Focus is, I'd say it's not worth it now...


we could always appear in scary mode, and have Abby 'command' us to take a less threatening form...

That way, best of both. It even suggests that she has an overwhelming will power by making a monsterous summon physically alter it's own form to her whim...

>>25507719
>>25507721
Oneness reduced the cost of shadow magic by 20% (or 1 mana for things where 20% is less than 1) and balance reduced focus giving us away by 75%

>>25507648
I kinda want to do this, just to see her reaction

>>25507624
>However in the last thread some anon made a valid point, if she does manage to summon something by herself, just eating it would be kinda bad. At some point you gotta let go of the bicycle when you're teaching someone to ride.

Part of the reason we're in here doing this is that Shadow and Flint and even Fang think that letting her do the summon is a bad idea.

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>>25507685
More scary shadowy things

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>>25507771

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>>25507785

>>25507648
I'll third this, it would be cool to see how the teacher reacts to it, maybe will force her hand if she is behind an assassination attempt, then we can make it look like self defence

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>>25507790

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>>25507806
This one not really scary, just kinda creepy / unsettling.

>>25507820
I wonder if that's what servanting does.

Weird eyes, grey skin, and hair becomes shadows which manifest into different things. In this case, birds.

Using servant on Abby and buying shared resistances would be very good.

Would make her get all our elemental resistances, but not only that. It says servants share "your magical resistances". So she'd get the buffs to defense from the aura defense things from that middle tree.

It would very much help keep her alive.

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Rolled 3, 3 = 6

>>25507881
>It says servants share "your magical resistances". So she'd get the buffs to defense from the aura defense things from that middle tree.

Good catch.

4chan being wonky for anyone else?

>>25507881
This pretty much convinced me that making Abby a Shadow Servant might not be a bad idea. At the very least, it's worth considering for the near future.

>>25507881
Get fang to feed us artifacts and the dickasses that tried to kill her if they're still alive to buy servant.

If he's iffy about it we be all "I survived getting blasted by a demon lord. Multiple direct hits. It would probably require that even you actually put some effort into it too take me down. Why wouldn't you want Abby to have that level of protection? I thought you wanted to keep her safe."

>>25508070
Exactly. It's worth servanting her for the resistances alone, because she's a squishy human with average resistance across the board. Dodge bonuses are an added perk.

>>25507881
I wonder if vaporal counts as a "magical resistance"

>>25508070

Fang has no qualms with us using Servant on Abby... Though he is effectively telling us to get the required energy (exp.) from CONSUMEing teachers and students, not his magical stuff...

Though for now at least, we can wait on using it on her as she has Us to protect her. We should probably raise the issue with her after a while. After all, everyone should have the right to choose their way in life, no one should be forced into something...

>>25508161
>required energy

Isn't there a mana pool pretty damn close in archon?

>>25508161
>Though he is effectively telling us to get the required energy (exp.) from CONSUMEing teachers and students,
Well, they are murderous dickweeds that have it coming.

>>25508161

I still think servanting Abby is a bad plan, because she's only 10 and will STAY 10 while she's servanted.

How is she supposed to learn how to defend herself when she has the dedication and disciple of a 10-year old?

>>25508161
>Fang has no qualms with us using Servant on Abby... Though he is effectively telling us to get the required energy (exp.) from CONSUMEing teachers and students

Well, he ALSO told us she - or her family - tried to off their own student for political reasons.
The way i see it, taking out a threat and turning it into a protection is a two-for-one

>>25508221
We don't even know if that's true.

>>25508221
>I still think servanting Abby is a bad plan, because she's only 10 and will STAY 10 while she's servanted.

Is this confirmed, or something people are parroting?
Either way :citation needed:

>>25508242
It's just speculation.

>>25508221
>implying that even if she WAS stuck in a loli body, which may not be true, that her mind wouldn't mature anyways

>>25508221

I don't think Servanting someone limits their mental growth...


>>25508242
It is an assumption based on the longetivity of the Angels, on the assumption that they were 'Servanted' by Hyperion... We don't actually know what will happen if/when we Servant someone...

tldr; assuming assumptions.

>>25508238

We don't know it's not, either. I just feel like screwing around with very powerful magic and we know less than half the variables here.

Erebus servanted one dude and now he's a freaky eldritch abomination. I'm not sure that Servanting for us is the same thing as Servanting for Hyperion. Why would it be? We're polar opposites.

>>25508283
We're also nothing like Erebus, so who knows if we servant people the same way, or how it affects them

>>25508283
Dude, that's like saying that we don't know if serventing people turns them into cows.

No, we don't know that it's true, but we don't know that it isn't, either!

>>25508283
Legion was also stuck in the Nether for 500+ years.

>>25508286
>>25508297
>>25508301

I'm just saying we have almost no idea what to expect from the servanting process and trying it out on a 10-year old girl who is niece to one of the Top 5 most powerful mages on the planet may be a risky move.

>>25508221
Right. And if we don't servant her, then she's still just a 10 year old that's more easily killable.

The only way we're going to cover enough time for her to grow up is if SM does decade long time skips.

>>25508325
Nobody freaks out about buying other skills and wonders if they'll make us into a dick like Erebus. Making a 15xp cost ability fuck us over is retarded.

If SM went and pulled something like having servant turn her into an eldritch monstrosity, it would be one of the biggest dick moves possible. Ultra shitstorm and quest implosion would result.

>>25508360
This

SM is a harsh but fair kind of guy from what I know of him. So far we have absolutely NO indication that serventing someone turns them ebil.

Oh wait, Sandalphon or Michael?
>Sandalphon saw some horrible shit in a war against the shadow, Michael lost his mind to a Legion curse

Then what about Legion?
>Corrupted in the Nether for hellalongtime, doesn't count because we know absolutely nothing concrete about what Legion was before The Giant Lazor Show

All of your examples of "servents" being ebil has nothing to do with the fact that they're servents, but rather that they are just FUCKING EVIL EITHER WAY

Does 4chan keep going down for anyone else?

I know it's not my internet because every other site is fine. It's not extensions causing issues because I'm trying it on a browser that doesn't have them and I still get problems.

>>25508375
Is 4chan showing up as offline to anyone else?

>>25508360

There is always the possibility of 'temporal magic BS'...

Also, technically this entire discussion we are having over the use of Servant, can be partially accepted as a legitimate internal dispute Shadow is having, as the only examples of people being Servanted are the Angels, who's leadership is discriminatory and seems to be gunning for world domination, and Legion, who apparently was the reason behind the Angels legitimizing their rule due to the chaos his Black Hand faction was causing...

It may not prove that Servant does bad things to people, but Power does that, and Servant is technically a short-cut to power...

>>25508405
>>25508406
not for me at least....

Im not super happy about servanting abby but under the circumstances it is probably the best idea, people did try to assassinate her today

>>25508405
>>25508406
yep, seems to be working now

>>25508406

it's been an on off thing for me

Rolled 26

>>25508413
>There is always the possibility of 'temporal magic BS'...

Nah m8 just roll a 100 and everything will be fineeeeeeee

My only issue with servanting isn't the XP loss, or aging, or stuff like that. It's the fact that this ten year old girl ALREADY has a shitload of power to throw around and we're gonna be giving her MORE. Is this not a concern?

>>25508431
except she does not have a shitload of power, otherwise she would not need Adavan, her uncle or US to protect her

>>25508431
I am sick as fuck of that argument. You might as well argue that we are super strong and we don't need any more power

>>25508447

Wrong, she has a shitload of power and has no idea how to use it.

Ten year olds have zero emotional control and no discipline, dude.

What happens when Abby is super strong and throws a bullshit tantrum because Adavan won't get her a pony?

>>25508431
nope, not a concern for me.

>>25508431
>It's the fact that this ten year old girl ALREADY has a shitload of power to throw around and we're gonna be giving her MORE. Is this not a concern?

That would be a concern if she wasn't already part of a succession inner war. Fang said (and I believe him) that there was an attempt for her life just this morning.

Abby only has a GOOD amount of power. She is going to need every bit of power if she wants to live to adulthood.

>>25508466
seriously? fucking wow...

>>25508466
Then we go and fucking discipline her, that's what!

>>25508466
If she already has a buttload of power that can happen anyway.

>>25508431
You know what that argument sounds like to me?

>People are trying to kill you, but you already have a gun so I'm not giving you a bulletproof vest and some more bullets.

>>25508431
She's in Murder Hogwarts. Having a lot of power is a good thing. Really, it'll give her a reputation that will defend her more than anything.

>>25508466
>What happens when Abby is super strong and throws a bullshit tantrum because Adavan won't get her a pony?

You are either retarded or you haven't been in the first threads were she was the central focus.

>>25508466
She has nowhere near as much power as her competitors.

She's going against centuries old mages. That want her dead.

>>25508485
This

>>25508495
You mean when she was accidentally raising undead? Yeah, totally in control

>>25508504
>Yeah, totally in control

Good think I didn't quote that eh?

>>25508431
Long and the short of it anon is that the guys trying to kill her are very powerful and are better trained than abby, and since we wont be able watch her 24/7 she needs an edge so she can look after her self

>>25508495

Oh, like she was in total control in Jacob's Landing. Don't you remember that a couple of rednecks were going to burn her at the stake? She was just as strong in Spirit then but she has no training at all.

>>25508528
That was because advan was screwing with spirit related things

>>25508528
>>25508504
Stop samefagging to support your shitty opinions, my post was talking about the fact that Abby would NEVER throw a tantrum.

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>>25508551
Sure.

>>25507440

>A (extremely) well planned assassination may still succeed

How is that a CON for making her a servant? Are you saying that a well planned assassination will not work of she is not a servant? Are you retarded? Or are you saying we should let the assassination be easier?

All the related to aging are baseless assumptions, SM already said that we don't know anything that indicates that it stop ageing completely. As the one about not controling her power she is being thought that and is quite possible very talented if since she is graduating so soon.

>>25508551
And how would you tell someone's samefagging, /tg/ has no uIDs

Sometime back we said that Michael the crazy angel went mad due to Legion. If I'm not mistaken he said he did crazy shit with women before that. As in half healing the sick fathers to get it on with the daughters, repeatedly. So he was a complete dick before he got slapped.

Moral of the story: angels are dicks.

Back.

Writing next post.

>>25508571
>saging Shadow Quest
>ever

pls go burn in a fire pls thnk u pls

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>>25508576
Yep

>>25508582
Thank god, the anti-servant fags were starting to get really retarded.

>>25508567
the scrub angles got taken out by normal shadow mages and they were servants

Can we at least bring the whole thing up with her? Even if we all agree to do it, she might not want it. Let the young girl decide her own future. We can offer her a hand, but it is her choice whether to take it...

Now, onto more elemental matters, where do you think the Water Elemental is? Will we come across them on our way to pick up the water/fire key?

>>25508582
Welcome Back SM. you on your phone or back home?

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>>25508528
Dude, she's not some emotionally unstable spoiled little girl. The closest thing she has to having a friend is the Shadow, and making her a Shadow Servant would help her immensely, especially with the Shadow's more defensive traits.

>>25508592
I support servant, but talking like that is just going to entrench them harder out of spite.

Unless you're trying to do that, I suggest you stop.

>>25508592

Well, I'm still against it, but maybe if we Yi Fang know we can remove our protection at any time, he'll be a little less eager to fuck Flint over.

>>25508567
What is it with the servanting that appeals so to people? It is a minor boost (with our weaknesses if im not mistaken) and a considerable investment of XP. IF we really need a servant, which i dont see us needing any time soon, we will servant. Until then we have better things to spend the XP on.

>>25508606
I asked it earlier, but why the fuck would us servanting Abby make Fang want to screw over Flint????

>>25508609
We don't want Abigail to die. Servanting will help with that.

>>25508592
>anti-servant fags
Jesus Christ things sure have changed since Ila.
A lot of these problems dealing with speculation about what it does would've been solved if we just servanted her first. I don't think it's necessary at all, at least until we need to spread out more and have more leaders.
And yes, I know servanting doesn't force loyalty, but I'm assuming the kind of people we'd servant are the kind of people who we would want leading.

>>25508609
I don't disagree that we could use the XP for other things, but Abby is surrounded by potential assassins. Unless we're with her 24/7, it's going to be difficult to protect her all the time.

>>25508585
I wasn't contributing so I didn't feel like using up the bumplimit. Don't take it personally, newfriend.

>>25508609
Its a major boost you twit, with all our resistances. All the people we suggest servanting already have all our weakness

>>25508636
sage only prevents bumping, it doesn't raise the bumplimit... your posts still count.

>>25508636
>Calling pls a newfriend
It's like you're TRYING to sound like you don't know what you're talking about

>>25508598
>Can we at least bring the whole thing up with her? Even if we all agree to do it, she might not want it. Let the young girl decide her own future. We can offer her a hand, but it is her choice whether to take it...

This is the most sensible thing i've read all day in here

>>25508619

Yi Fang wants to screw Flint over to start with, bud.

Flint is the strongest mage of the royal family of Arland, the country that was founded by Flint's great-great-great grandfather, and we enlisted the one lich that a) remembers that Arland should belong to him and b) has stated to our face that he intends to reconquer Arland.

I'm not sure why no one else seems to see a problem with this.

>>25508609
>IF we really need a servant, which i dont see us needing any time soon

SERVANT ABILITY=/=MAKING SOMEONE YOUR SERVANT LITERALY

GOD, YOU PEOPLE ARE THE REASON THAT SM RENAMED CORRUPTION INTO TEMERITY BECAUSE IDIOTS THOUGHT IT WAS "EVEL"

>>25508619
I think they mean if we supercharge fangs niece and can take that away whenever we want fang might be less likely to dick over flint

>>25508598
I don't think I've ever before been this happy with a tripfag.

>>25508660
If he wants to do it regardless, then explain to my how servanting Abby has any impact on it.

>>25508653
I thought that went without saying. Of course we're going to ask her first. Wouldn't make sense if we didn't.

>>25508609

I think is a matter of priorities, you care more about using the XP for ourselves, I care more about protecting Abigail and I am willing to spent 15 Xp points to keep her safe. Also is not like we never earn back those 15 oints.

>>25508631
We are in the room already, furthermore, she has Adavan and Feng getting her back. Our paltry litle boost, while also tying her down with our weaknesses, will not help her all that much.

>>25508668
>tripfag
I mean namefag whatever

>>25508619
>I asked it earlier, but why the fuck would us servanting Abby make Fang want to screw over Flint????

See this for more speculation
>>25507440
>Furthermore, Yi Fang is ACTIVELY SEEKING TO CONQUER ARLAND. He does not want an empowered Flint as an enemy, and so might be trying to fuck us anyways.
>We MUST be wary of Yi Fang's betrayal - we cannot hand over the staff until the Shel'Kath has been removed or we have some other means of leverage on Flint.

Servanting abby, and being able to withdraw our influence gives us leverage over Yi Fang.

>>25508660
>Flint is the strongest mage of the royal family of Arland, the country that was founded by Flint's great-great-great grandfather, and we enlisted the one lich that a) remembers that Arland should belong to him and b) has stated to our face that he intends to reconquer Arland.
Please remember that the person who put the soul parasite on Flint was likely his brother, the King.

If it gets out that said King is WILLING TO CURSE HIS OWN FAMILY WITH SOUL-EATING PARASITES...

>>25508682
>Using Abby's safety as a chip to play
You're fucking disgusting.

>>25508684
>implying implications
>shiggydiggydo

>>25508661
I understand we dont need a butler, i mean the power. Don't presume too much.

>>25508684
I'm not saying I disagree, but the last thing we want to do is use too much speculation. We don't know for sure who placed it, so let's not assume.

>>25508692

If it keeps Abby safe and keeps Yi Fang in line, why not?

Yi Fang doesn't know the depths of our affection for the girl, and we don't need to tell him that we'd never un-Servant her.

>>25508674
I all ready said I want to start branching out with our exp expenditure, down the blink or summoning path maybe but some fags are all hung up over tao

>People don't want to do anything we can to ensure Abby's safety because HURR DURR MAH YI FANG CONSPIRACIES

Don't you guys need to make some more tin foil hats? Please leave.

>>25508675
... we can't stick around forever. We have way to much to do and Yi Fang isn't going to let us bring her with us. The same with Adavan and Yi Fang. Both can be pulled away for one reason or another. Adavan HAS been defeated before and Yi Fang has a country to run.

>>25508702
Furthermore, we don't really know what servanting brings with it. We could doom her to become the next Legion for all we know.

>>25508719
>We could doom her to become the next Legion for all we know.

Stop leaping to conclusions you fuck.

>>25508719
...I don't think that's going to happen Anon. We can take it away if we don't like the results too.

>People forgetting we need to buy Shared Resistance for servants to get our defenses.

>>25508682

Anyway.

I'm for servanting abby, because depite all this argueing, we eventually need to figure out what it does without any of this rampant arguing and speculation.

Don't see it as 'fagging' or 'waifuing' or 'not doing what i want'.

We WANT abby to survive murder hogwarts, yes?
We want flint to survive this soul-parasite, yes?
Yi fang wants to conquer the kingdom flint is an heir to, and has already said on screen that the procedure is risky
Yi fang cares for abby.
Servanting abby gives us a measure of leverage against his someone the lich cares about if he fucks over someone we care about
he's handing us the cost for servanting on a (bloody) platter
Abby's archmage-teacher already tried to kill her once, or her family did, and she was almost certainly a part of the plot.

This isn't something worth arguing about. Its politics. Do whatever we need to do to make sure our friends come out alive and on top.
I'm confident

>>25508718
Point taken, but I still think that if we want to servant her we should first learn more about it, do a few "test runs" and then see if it's worth it.

>>25508713

I agree with you on the branching out, expect for summing I don't see it as worth it. Spirit branch on the other hand looks more and more attractive.

>>25508732
Why so mad? Do you have SMs confirmation?

>>25508719
As someone said before, having servant instantly fuck us over like that would be the kind of dick move that I don't think SM is capable of.

>>25508713
With tao it's better to wait for our next EXP windfall and for when we have darkness within.

>>25508717
Eh, Fang's obviously manipulate, and trying to move us into his plans, but for the most part he is on our side.
It benefits us to be working with him, and we can work to get as much out of him as he gets out of us.

>>25508719
The legion thing was more a result of the circumstances than the power.
Erebus gave power to a guy then completely abandoned the mortal world.
It's pretty safe to say that we won't be doing that.

>>25508754
One of these day we will buy fear and see what it unlocks.

(poison)

>>25508745
I disagree, but thanks for being one of the first to not be stupid and agressive about it.

>>25508761
>using the u mad card
0/10

>>25508754
>Summoning
>not worth it

Do you even d'n'd man? Conjuring is always worth it.

>>25508745

I'm also a reluctant servantfag, these are all excellent points. We can always retract our Servanthood when she's in less immediate danger or it turns out she doesn't age, or some other negative side effect kicks in.

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>>25508717
Im not saying it was Yi Fang
But it was Yi Fang

>>25508771

Hell, I want us to buy poison just to see what unlocks. Maybe something like paralysis for easier CONSUMING!

>>25508754
wispbro already saved our ass imagine what we can do with higher level summons (wispbro with arms)

>>25508598

home

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You should always think carefully about doing something when you don't fully understand the consequences. But, in this case, I don't mind clearing up a few points of contention.

Servanting, by itself, is a small boost to all base statistics. Obis or Ila would benefit the most from being stronger or faster, because they have the skills to back it up. Abigail is still just a nine year old. This is something to consider.

She would certainly have more protection, and some small-scale regeneration, but until you upgrade the Servant class, it's not really that amazing.

This said, the argument that she needs all the protection she can get has merit. Her speed and strength would increase, as would her resistances, and she would gain stealth. She won't be able to actively use any shadow magic right off the bat - that is dependent on the upgrades you have to buy.

So, those are the mechanics clarified. I will not answer any other questions, as you need to weigh the risk and reward yourself. Part of the game is Shadow attempting to understand and regain control of his own lost powers; it makes sense that you would have this kind of debate - risk of the unknown versus the reward of power.

The real question is whether you want to gamble on Abigail. Is protecting her worth the risk of locking in her age, or worse, turning her into some sort of proto-legion? But then, you have next to no information regarding either of those two things. They're both assumptions based on your meta-gaming from what you know of other fantasy plots and your expectations. They might not be wrong, but they might not be right, either.

Now, I have writing to do.

Can't believe that nobody brought up the fact that Light 'won' the Elementomachy, or atleast became dominant afterwards, primarily because he shat out angels like a queen bee.

guys, we should capture someone we hate, and test Servant on them to see its effects

Lets Servant sandles

>>25508827
>Hey guys! Let's completely waste 15 xp!

>>25508807
>They're both assumptions based on your meta-gaming from what you know of other fantasy plots and your expectations.
Really? I got it from IC knowledge.

>>25508827
>let's make one of our most powerful enemies stronger, with resistances to our various forms of magic!

Yeah, no

>>25508780

If we were a normal human I could agree, but most of the thinks a summon could do for us we can do it better. For us they could work mainly as support, as such it subtracts its value in my eyes.

>>25508807
Thanks SM. It does clear up the mechanics part of the dilemma. I admit that ICly it is a bit of a conundrum as you've said. The question as you've put it is whether we want Abigail to be as protected as our magic or power can allow, regardless of the consequences. It's just one more little thing that makes this quest so appealing!

>>25508807
>Her speed and strength would increase, as would her resistances, and she would gain stealth.
These basically all would increase her chances of survival, If we get Shared Resistance then that is increased drastically as well.

>>25508834
how else are we going to know its effects without the anti-servant fags shutting it down out of fear?

>>25508827

This would actually be a pretty fitting punishment for him, given that it would strip the Light from his soul and replace it with weak Shadow affinity.

But obviously we should wait until we have the XP for this kind of thing.

>>25508807
>Obis or Ila would benefit the most
Definitely servanting Ila at some point. I would say obis but I don't know about overriding his fire element

>>25508807
>Potential loli bullshit

Aww hell naww

>>25508847
we pretty much settled on servanting Ila, the only question is when, as she does not belive she warrants it

>>25508847
Would servanting override his element? I'm not sure, but Ila is definitely a good candidate for it.

>>25508835
What IC knowledge? We've never seen or used servant. The only creature that probably but wasn't certainly a servant is Legion. There has been nothing IC to learn about Servant.

>>25508815
They also won because Erebus mostly stayed out of things until the very end.

The greater elementals of Water, Earth, and Spirit were all defeated prior to the end.

In the mutual annihilation event, if i remember correctly, Erebus faced off against the four remaining elementals, and managed to kill or scatter all of them before dying.

>>25508842
We can give it to her to try it out, and retract it if things go bad.
It's better than -knowing- that it will be wasted by testing it on some random person.

>>25508864
>but Ila is definitely a good candidate for it.
already asked her, and she does not want it just yet

>>25508858
>>25508864

There was a minor shitstorm about it, but Ila eventually said that she'd pass on the Servanting stuff for now.

Later on, we should definitely revisit it.

>>25508837
steal all sandles light powers, give him light weakness, have aurial blast the hell out of him

>>25508807
>Servanting locks the subjects age
Probably not the best idea for now

>>25508837
someone does not know what Servant does

>>25508886
We don't know that. We have no way of knowing that. Quit metagaming.

>>25508835

This is why I hate you, but don't take it personally; I guess you are probably a pretty swell guy.

>>25508873
>Locking her age
>Comes from Angels, who were 'blessed' by Hyperion
>Proto-Legion
>Comes from...well, Legion.

>>25508886
He just said that it's speculation. He didn't confirm it.

>>25508881
So I've read. Hopefully she'll reconsider at some point.

>>25508898
>>25508881
She didn't deny it, she said that he will accept it once she didn't hate the angels so much.

>>25508892
Still, the point is we don't know shit about it. Screwing Abigail because we thought it was a good idea at the time does not seem wise. Admittedly, it may be completely fine but we just don't know.

>>25508864
It was said it would override light, since fire was on lights side of the elemental stuff I thought it might have negative effects.

>>25508908
I will agree we should servant Ila first.

No guys, we shouldn't servant her because If we servant her then her tight little loli cunt will be spoiled by shadows and I want to make sweet pedophile sex with a tiny little tight bodied spirit mage not some loose ass shadow shit. Keep her human, keep her pure, and then when we slither our large shadowy apendage between her legs and squeeze our way into her tight little cunny while playing with her sensitive little girl nipples we know that she won't be able to resist our shadows.

Just something to take into consideration.

>>25508908
It's not even screwing her. If she wants to grow up later when less shit is hitting the fan, we can remove servant status.

>>25508922
Michael approves.

>>25508922
no
stahp
pls

>>25508895
Maybe read SM's post which addresses both of these points of speculation as speculation? There's a difference between IC knowledge and assumptions. Shadow doesn't KNOW any more than we do: it MIGHT cause one of these too things, but we don't know.

Anyway, yeah, servanting Ila before anyone else would be a good plan. I would've liked to have it done before, but she herself turned it down. We'll have to wait for the proper time.

Until then, since servanting won't help that much, we should just stick near her as long as we're in Archon.

>>25508924
I forget, is it ever been confirmed that we can remove servant? If we do, do we get the xp back?

>>25508922
Fuck you.

Rolled 50

>>25508922
Fuck off micheal

>>25508924
Can we remove it at will, will we get the XP back and will all changes be reversed? If the question to all these is yes then go ahead, servant everyone. If not, then we have more important things to spend the XP on.

>>25508940
Agreed. For now we'll stay with her and do whatever it takes to protect her.

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>>25508922
I find you distasteful.

>>25508940
>I forget, is it ever been confirmed that we can remove servant?
YES. Read the pastebin before you try to argue about mechanics.
>If we do, do we get the xp back?
No, unfortunately.

>>25508922

I thought we killed you Michael

>>25508968
Actually, we consumed him. Thus he became a part of us.

>>25508922

>falseflagging the anti-servant faggots as pedos

Come on, man.

>>25508947
You seem to think we'd be removing it within a week.

We wouldn't be removing it to let her age for several years. Maybe decades.

We got hundreds of xp in a couple weeks. 15xp is inconsequential when the timescale is stretched over years.

And again, that's assuming that the speculation over age lock is right.

>>25508960
>YES. Read the pastebin before you try to argue about mechanics.
That's why I was asking, man.

>>25508973
I know this isn't how it works, but I like the thought that he's trapped somewhere inside us, surrounded by darkness, unable to do anything. Haha fuck you Michael.

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As unrelated to what's currently going on as this is, posting as a reminder.

>>25508975
Oh no, you've seen through me ruse!
At least I almost got you faggots to stop arguing for a little bit

>>25508807
>implying that hinting that age lock IS a possibility won't encourage these pedos to pursue Servanting Abigail even more.

It's like you don't know /tg/ or something.

>>25509001
>Implying he didn't post that just to make us paranoid.

>>25508922
>>25509015
Both of you are insufferable faggots.

>>25509025
Sure thing, kiddy fucker.

As much as you want to stay hello, you decided that the best thing to do is quietly position yourself in her shadow.

The scribbling continues. Abigail isn't the only young student, but she's easily the youngest. You notice her seat is relatively isolated. The back of the room feels lonely. You wonder if she's made any friends. The niece of the archmage should be popular...but maybe the nature of the Scholomance doesn't lend much to friendship.

Abigail draws quickly to copy the instructor's sigil. She keeps frowning, and 'hmming', and frowning some more.

The teacher finishes drawing and moves to the front of the raised section before the tables. She waits for a moment, until the students catch up to her, and then speaks. "This sigil does not appear in your textbooks. Hopefully, you've been practicing the basics, leaning core principles, because you're going to need them. Remember: the sigil is merely a framework. It is law; it is foundation. A summon itself is forged by the mind. By the imagination. At least, once you get off templates, it will be."

She smiles. It isn't the kindly smile of a mentor. It's the ugly smile of someone that enjoys watching other people fail. You're always surprised how similar expressions can convey such different emotions.

"Who's first?" she asks. No one jumps to volunteer. "...well. How about...our...new...celebrity?"

Abigail starts, and swallows.

"Yes, you, girl. Come on. Why don't you show what the Fang family can do."

Abigail gets up from her seat and edges up to the front of the class. Her fingers work over each other, twisting and turning. "...um..."

>con't

>>25509034
>Didn't even read the other post to realize that I think both the pro and anti servant fags are being fucking faggots by trying to paint the other side as pedos
Chew more knobs.

>>25509054
I think it's almost time for a dynamic entry.

>>25509054
>She smiles. It isn't the kindly smile of a mentor. It's the ugly smile of someone that enjoys watching other people fail. You're always surprised how similar expressions can convey such different emotions.
>
>"Who's first?" she asks. No one jumps to volunteer. "...well. How about...our...new...celebrity?"
We're eating her.

>>25509058

that reminds me. Is Scruffy missing this thread? I miss his daily reminder....

>>25509092
He lives in Australia. He wouldn't have been here to see it anyway.

>>25509058
I'd chew abby's knobs

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The teacher taps the board. "Use my sigil as the framework, and get started. You ARE begin graded on this."

Abigail dances from one toe to the next. "...but...it's not..."

"What?"

"Well...it doesn't seem right."

"...are you questioning your teacher?" the woman asks.

"Oh, no!" Abigail says quickly. She seems frightened by the idea. "But...maybe..." Abigail takes the piece of chalk and draws a new line connecting two smaller symbols. "Like this?"

The teacher's face darkens. "What makes you think -that's- correct?"

"...it just...looks more right, that way."

The teacher sighs. "The fancies of a young girl. Miss Fang. Am I your teacher?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Are you saying I'm incorrect?"

"Um..."

"Yes, or no?"

"...no," Abigail says quietly.

The teacher wipes the new line away with her hand and slaps her palm on the board. "Then get started before I fail you for the day! Again!"

Abigail worries for a moment longer, then closes her eyes. You feel her magic flare. It comes alive on the floor, a orange copy of the sigil on the board.

"Remember, this is a test of control." The teacher steps down from the platform and raises her hands. A thick, magical barrier rises up between the rest of the classroom and the raised stage. "If you mess up, you'll have to deal with the consequences yourself."

The sigil flares brighter. A bead of sweat drops down Abigail's temple. She's straining hard, pushing a lot of power into the spell. She must truly not want to mess up.

A gate opens to the other place...the Nether.

Something rises up though the floor. Shadowy, but pulsing with spirit magic. A ribbed spine lines a long, curved back. Its breath is heavy and feral.

>con't

>>25509054
So, anybody opposed to killing her after reading this on top of the whole assassination thing?

Because she gon' die.

We should help her out with drawing her summoning circle. Maybe if she gets something off do impressions of 'no that isn't quite right'

>>25509087
Yes, I agree. Teacher bullying students should be punished by death.

No I am not being sarcasting, I fully believe that authority figure bullying is the worst thing that a person can do.

>>25509054
Let's jump into the teachers shadow. When Abigail tries to summon something, we'll reveal ourselves behind that teacher cunt and scare the shit out of her, all toothy and clawed.

>>25509087
I was going to say we shouldn't just go around eating everyone we don't like without considering the consequences.

But then I remembered that we are a living shadow, and we haven't eaten in a while. Darkxis, come on out buddy.

>>25509034
>>25509058
See!

>>25509116

Get ready to jump in there.

Any tentacle-raping or consuming of the new summon can be explained any by Abby's inexperience.

>>25509116
OH SHIT she's summoning a shadow creature, that makes it easy to take its place. Keep watch but be ready to CONSUME guys.

>>25509116
>Sabotaging the sigil so she'd get eaten.
That bitch.

>>25509119
No. Let's leave her alone.

The rest of the family, however...

NIGHTMARES FOREVER!

.... our Abigail is a damn prodigy and this idiot teacher is trying to ruin her.


CONSUME her.

>>25509116
>Actively trying to sabotage Abigal even though she's apparently really fucking good at this

Oh you goddamn bitch

>>25509116
Oh this teacher has no idea how dead she is.

>>25509116
Clearly we get in that things shadow and pretend that we pulled a Legion and got through that way and tear the shit out of this thing.

>>25509054
Oh shit, we should really try to further our own research into summoning templates while we're here.

(SM really, really knows how to tweak our rage button.)

>>25509142
>>25509134

Let's do this if that sabotage was on purpose. >>25509124

Okay, here's then plan


Consume the summon, mimic the summon


Consume the teacher

>>25509142
>>25509146
>>25509150
>>25509151
> "our" Abigail

NO ONE THREATENS ARE WAIFU

The teacher folds her arms. "Well...that's not quite right. You'd better banish it. It doesn't feel mentally stable."

The creature lets loose a shriek that echoes off the walls of the room. Abigail rapidly steps backwards and she focuses hard again. The creature lunges forward -

- then stops. It freezes in midair, caught in Abigail's magic, and it quickly begins to disintegrate.

The teacher does something. It's difficult for you to sense through the barrier - and she's intentionally hiding it - but she's countering Abigail's banishment spell. But how?

You feel a thread of Spirit, and look behind you. The gargoyle's eyes are bright. She's acting through her familiar!

The disintegration of the creature halts, and begins to reverse. Abigail's power is greater, but you realize that the teacher's insistence - she's plotted this from the start.

What do you do?

>make yourself look like a second summon, and devour that monster
>same, but attack the gargoyle
>break though the spirit barrier and consume the professor
>focus on protecting Abigail; she might yet banish the summon
>grab Abigail and bail out
>some other strategy

>>25509116
>We matter enough to Abby that the shadows are working their way into her magic.
Brings a tear to your eye...

>>25509146

No, its not an idiot teacher. Its a treacherous teacher. More dangerous.