>>26083039
penis

>>26083039
The suspense is palpable.

Rolled 72

>>26083041
To be fair I don't think we'd be emotionally stable right now.

One of the very few people we would willingly give our life for has been deceived by her uncle and tricked into it using an illusion made to resemble us.

Hell hath no fury like a monster betrayed.

>>26083039
Meditate on hunger and isolation shards

>>26083039
analyze/focus the doorway

Hours pass. You both take them in silence.

Finally, when you feel you have fully collected yourself, you speak. <Tell me about the Archonium. Everything you know.>

"It is old. Predates the times before the elemental lords appeared. The magic pulls a person into the facets of their personality. We all argue within ourselves constantly. The many desires, the wants of a moment, fighting for dominance against the greater concerns, the morals, the plans that span years. The archonium materializes the greatest facets of a person's personality, and pits them against one another."

<What for?>

"To know oneself is to gain great power," Fang says. "The archonium clears the mind of its warring factions. No more questions, no more hesitation. It enables a man to answer the question "what do I want?" with absolute certainty. With great conviction comes great focus. The leaders of archon need this focus."

<What is it like inside there, exactly?>

"It is always different," Fang says. "But besides my own experience, and some few public records of those long past, I have little to go on. The councilors and graduates that have survived their journey are, understandably, reticent with the details, and I am not curious to discover them. If there is any honor to be had in Archon - it is on this subject. What happens within the Archonium is intensely personal. It is simply not something that we speak of."

<...did you go through the archonium?>

"I did."

<And your...personality, it split into pieces?>

"I understand that the exact number varies, but for me, there were two opposing sides, if you could call them that."

<So...what happened?>

"I won," Fang says.

<What was the other side?>

"Shadow...there's a saying about cats, and curiosity. I'm not sure how many lives you have left, but it certainly isn't all 9, not after you escaped from the Ring City intact."

<You don't have to answer,> you say. <Because I already saw the losing side is locked in your desk.>

>con't

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>>26083066

You will get the bone of being able to meditate on your hunger and isolation shards.

Roll 1d100. First three for hunger, second three for isolation.

>>26083090
Too
>>26083066
Late

>>26083090
A bunch of over emotional fags aren't resisting.

Wanting to kill off everyone in Archon when they are needed to buffer the vampire lady and all the other threats out there.

Rolled 71

>>26083118

Rolled 3

>>26083118

Rolled 3

>>26083118

Rolled 38

>>26083118

THESE DICE WILL BE THE DICE THAT PIERCE THE HEAVENS

Rolled 55

>>26083118

Rolling to charge our batteries.

Rolled 54

>>26083118

Rolled 74

>>26083118

Rolled 58

>>26083118
rolling

>>26083125

There's a difference between stated intent and following through. It's not locked in, yet.

Rolled 15

>>26083137
>>26083136
wut

>>26083118

>>26083118
watch we burn all the good rolls here

>>26083125
Fuck it after we consume archon we will have enough power to consume the vampire lady aswell

>>26083101
><You don't have to answer,> you say. <Because I already saw the losing side is locked in your desk.>
Daaaaaaaamn.

Rolled 50

>>26083118

Rolled 27

>>26083125
I'm pretty sure they're going by the view of "If Abby dies then the world may burn."

The amount of hate and disgust at humans after seeing something like this would take epic levels of spagooti knight to undo.

Hate would be an understatement.
>>26083118

>>26083136

Guys, this roll isn't legit.

>>26083153
Whateva, if it allows us to go into evil overlord mode that's all good.

We could even become like Michael!

Rolled 14

>>26083136
dice1d100=3
whut

Rolled 32

>>26083118
darkxis comon

>>26083136
>>26083193
yeah, this one is bad i think

Rolled 4

>>26083118

We should get Adavan here, to be there if/when abby returns.
She's his mentor. He deserves to be here. And we want his help if she doesn't get back.

Get adavan, THEN roll.

Fang does not answer your statement, and you feel no need to press further, either.

------------
------------

You decide to meditate. You may be needing all your strength soon...one way, or another.

Hunger resists your attempts to strength it, but Isolation responds well. It is fully empowered.

Current Statistics:

HP: 81/81
Mana: 34/34
EXP: 14
Humanity: 504
Temerity: 319

Shards of True Darkness: 3
(Isolation) - Empowered
{Hunger} - Strong
(Silence) - Empowered

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aBmCKI2oNA

An hour passes, then another. And another.

Fang shifts on occasion, but doesn't speak. You feel no burning desire to communicate with him.

The silence is deafening.

The minutes tick by.

Abigail will make it. She's strong enough. Smart enough.

If anyone can do it, she can.

You have to keep telling yourself that.

You're not sure you can face a world that doesn't have her in it anymore.

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Rolled 25

>>26083208
We wouldn't become that shitty.

Honestly we don't make empty statements. We never have. This would be the first.

I honestly think the rage and hate would over take us if she died. I really do. It would be a disappointing but reasonable response to it. A creature with amazing power finds out their greatest friend has been deceived by their only living family and said creature was used as a tool to orchestrate it?

There we be no where they could run where we wouldn't find them. No rock would be big enough, no shadow dark enough, no light blinding enough, and no army strong enough to stop us. We would find them, and we would consume them.

How long do we got to wait for Abby to not come out before we can take a poop on Archon's chest?

>>26083193
as much as I wish it weren't so, it is legit. You no longer have to punch in the + to roll a dice.

Rolled 100

>>26083299
The 24 hours. Once the time is up so is his.

>>26083279
>She's his mentor.
Other way around there, champ.

>>26083315
... can this count towards something?

Rolled 89

>>26083315
WHAT HAVE I DONE!?

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>>26083315
mfw

>>26083325
WHY DO I STILL HAVE DICE ON!?

EREBUS HELP ME.

Rolled 46

>>26083279
yeah. it would probably help to have someone here to help us burn down the world.

>>26083315
We are waiting SO HARD right now

>>26083315
I hate you for rolling that number in relation to nothing.

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>>26083315
COME ON

>>26083321
Nope. Haha, WASTED

>>26083344
WAITING SO FUCKING HARD CUNT.

>>26083282

We may not want to talk to him but we should know.

<What happens to those that fail? How many fail?>

Rolled 32

>>26083301

>testing this

>>26083358
No one knows what happens to those who fail. They never come out. Ever. A lot have failed.

>>26083358
Adavan already told us... they don't come back.

>>26083358
This was answered. They die.

If you don't even read the quest, don't post.

>>26083101
>"It is old. Predates the times before the elemental lords appeared. The magic pulls a person into the facets of their personality. We all argue within ourselves constantly. The many desires, the wants of a moment, fighting for dominance against the greater concerns, the morals, the plans that span years. The archonium materializes the greatest facets of a person's personality, and pits them against one another."

This sounds a LOT like what happened to us, actually.
A lot.
And erebus had a plan...

Analyze the Archonium.
Deep focus it too for shits and giggles.

Yeah, if erebus had a plan to split himself into various shards and fragments of his personality in order to eventually revive himself, this machine sounds tailor-made for the job.

Don't take this shit at face value. If our past self could figure it out, we probably can do.

Rolled 20

We wait so hard that we burn a hole in the ground

>>26083374

I want to hear his educated guess.

>>26083386

Also, ask fang where he FOUND the device.

Could be a major hint.

>>26083386
This sounds good.

>>26083386
IT'S THE PLOTBERG

...I don't know why but I have the burning desire to try out Archonium.

>>26083398
You are trapped in a place where your own mind tears your mind apart. Where you are your worst enemy. Every fear you have, every doubt, every decision is used against you. Imagine it, everything you've ever done is the ammunition used against you. Also, you can never leave.

>>26083407
He did not find it you retard, he told us it predates the Elementomachy.

Holy shit, you haven't read any of the quest have you?

Please stop posting.

Rolled 92

>>26083386
this actually does kinda sound like what is happening to us. so now we have our own version of it was all a dream theory. we are currently in some archonium style device deciding how erebus will act when he gets out

>>26083407
Fang didn't find it as he USED it before becoming the mage he is today. Probably it was amongst the first people who founded Archon.

>>26083440
You know...it might just let us get them shards working full time.

>>26083384

We were told something incredible vague, being satisfied with vague information is the very reason of this situation. It is you who should read the quest with more attention.

>>26083386
Oh GOD.

Abby's going to walk out of the Archonium with an army of Erebus shards behind her. Holy fuck.

Rolled 75

>>26083457
so where is it fabled to be found. still will help

>>26083450
>He did not find it you retard, he told us it predates the Elementomachy.

Yes. Its old. Its named after archon. This means its older than the place its currently in.
This means it came from somewhere else.

DUH.

So if it was used to split us, and moved here, where it used to be is Very Likely to have another shard nearby.

Follow?

>>26083282
>can we focus/analyze the door to learn anything?

>>26083448
So Hell?

>>26083475
It was an artifact fabled to have been crafted by the ancient fagsmiths to be symbolic of your mom, as countless mages have entered it.

>>26083508
No dumbass, it was there and they build Archon AROUND it.

>>26083508
We ate the Archon shard.

>>26083508
You have one good idea that makes me hate you less and you promptly go back to shitting yourself

>>26083544
>>26083538
I think he's saying there could be another shard inside the gate. Also that we should enter the gate when we can.

I think that's incredibly dangerous.

>>26083448
As he said, if that's what happens we're in for one hell of a ride. We aren't exactly squeaky clean.

------------
------------

After some hours, you feel Adavan outside the door. Strong spirit, with a bit of your own aura wrapped around him.

More time passes.

You count the seconds.

------------
------------

Fang stands. He begins to pace with his hands folded behind his back. A finger taps his wrist.

"Five minutes," he mumbles.

<...left?>

"Yes."

You stand. Fang continues to pace.

The gateway remains solid.

A minute passes, and another. And another.

And another.

Fang stares at the mirror-like metal. "Come on, Abby. You can make it. You can make it." He steps closer to the steel. "Come on. Come on."

The steel begins to waver.

Nothing emerges.

"Abigail." Fang puts a hand on the edge of the gateway. "Abigail!"

She does not emerge.

"Abigail." Fang falls to his knees. He puts his hands on his face, and he cries. "You can make it. Don't..."

You're not sure how to react.

You don't think it's hit you yet. You feel dead inside.

You glance at the liquid metal. <...is she still in there?>

"...I don't know. Yes. Lost. She's lost."

<Then what's stopping us from going in and finding her?>

He shakes his head. "It doesn't work like that. I can't go in - I'm a lich, now. And you're not even human.>

<We have to try something,> you say. Your voice is even, and steady. But you feel like a dam about to break.

Fang stands. He silently watches the wavering steel. His eyes will her to come out. But Abigail does not appear.

What do you do?

>enter the Archonium
>attack Yi Fang
>leave
>something else (write-in)

>>26083596
>>enter the Archonium

>>26083596
>enter the Archonium

>>26083596
ENTER THE ARCHONIUM

or

CONSUME the Achonium

>enter the Archonium
What else would we do?

>>26083596
>>enter the ARCHOMNGINOMGMGOMNOMOMOMOMONOMNOMNOMNOM

>>26083596
>enter the Archonium

>>26083596
>enter the Archonium

Rolled 95

>>26083596

<Fuck you, Fang.>

And then we stride through the Gate.

>>26083596
>>enter the Archonium
Tear it open.

>>26083596
>enter the damn thing.

If we make it back out, IF we make it back out, and we haven't found Abby we're going to kill him. We're going to fucking kill him. No sadness, only anger.

>enter the Archonium

>implying you can stop us

>>26083634
If some fags in this thread had there way, unleash a batman-esque "MAH WAIFU IS DEAD!"

and then go on a rampage.

>>26083596
>(Isolation) - Empowered
>{Hunger} - Strong
>(Silence) - Empowered
IT BEGINS
enter

>>26083596
>enter the Archonium
<The Archonium does not frighten me; I have already fought against those other parts of me and won. If it is for her, I can do it a second time. I will conquer my own demons anew, and, when I find her, we will conquer hers. Together.>

<Because if nothing else, that is what family is for.>

>>26083644
Agreeing to tell him fuck you. We're about to enter our own personal hell. Fuck that guy.

>>26083596
>>enter the Archonium
>enter the Archonium

>>26083644
<Fuck you, DAD!.

>>26083596
...We are going to enter and finally be able to talk to the other shards aren't we?

OH GOD THE SHARDS ARE GOING TO SEPARATE FROM US AND FIGHT US AGAIN.

AND THEY'RE SUPERCHARGED RIGHT NOW!!!!
FUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK

<Look what your recklessness has bought>

<In all your years, you're none wiser than a child, because much like a child you only consider your own perspective>

<Now the blood is on your hands, and there's no second chance>

>>26083679
Call him a chicken shit too.

He's literally pushing all his hopes and dreams on abby instead of shouldering the weight. Because he's tired. The fuckin chicken shit.

If we find abby we're outta here. Fang can suck our shadowy dick.

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>>26083596
>enter the Archonium
We M.A.L.P. now.

>>26083729

OH JESUS FUCK, YOU'RE RIGHT

LET THE PLOT

COMMENCE

>>26083729

top lel

--------------------
--------------------

You stride forward. Fang raises a weak hand. "Shadow, it isn't - "

<Get the fuck out of my way before I tear you to pieces.>

Fang gets out of your way.

You step through the warped edges of the gate, and into the gleaming steel. It feels like passing through a clammy liquid.

You plunge into darkness - and you begin to fall. The tiny gateway of the Archonium shrinks above you, a tiny crack of light leading back into the outside world. You try to extend your wings, but you aura is pinned to your sides, restricting your movements.

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

<I can hear you!>

Roll 1d100

>>26083596
>enter
<Then I will bring back what has been lost, with or without your help. You said I would see things your way eventually, but it is you who needs to see things my way. Never give up, Always fight for those you love, and don't let even the gods or demons bar your path>

>>26083736
>He's literally pushing all his hopes and dreams on abby instead of shouldering the weight. Because he's tired. The fuckin chicken shit.
Yeah, I kind of wanted to tell him that last time too, actually.

>>26082742
<And if you truly believe this—all of this—was necessary? Creating a young girl to carry your burdens for you rather than doing what you believed was right by your own hands? Then perhaps you really are as far gone as you kept telling me you were.>

This is quite possibly the most dangerous consensus on a decision ever.

Let's hope we don't regret this.

Rolled 47

>>26083762

Rolled 27

>>26083762
100 pls

Rolled 22

>>26083762

Rolling.

Rolled 55

>>26083762

Rolled 82

>>26083762
rolling

>>26083644
What is WITH these childish responses? Even putting aside that that statement isn't in Shadow's tone, it just falls flat.

Rolled 34

>>26083762

>>26083762
>top lel
You bastard

Rolled 95

>>26083762
GIMME DAT 100 BABY.

Rolled 65

>>26083762

Rolled 60

>>26083762
lets hope for good rools

Rolled 42

>>26083762
herewego.jpg

Rolled 77

>>26083762
WE WILL NOT FAIL HERE

>>26083806
So close, yet so far.

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>>26083779
>>26083786
>>26083791

Rolled 34

>>26083762
no 100s here I guess

Rolled 92

>>26083798
Childish responses? Can you even imagine the anger shadow would be feeling? Abby's like his daughter man. That shit's fucked up.

>>26083596
<Always remember your decision here. I hope it never stops hurting, Fang.>

And then stride right the fuck on into that gate.

Rolled 60

>>26083762
>Let's hope we don't regret this.

here comes the 1 train

Am I the only one who feels for Fang?

>>26083779
>>26083786
>>26083791
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht8JDbWUM1E

>>26083779
>>26083786
>>26083791

at least
you tried

AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH

IT BEGINS

>>26083798
It's because most of /tg/ is comprised of children in the body of late teen to early adult.

>>26083860
Empathy for someone who knowingly took an incredibly deadly risk with his own kin WHO IS A CHILD?!

Not really anon.

>>26083868
can we use a shard?

>>26083868
why sm whyyyy

>>26083868
Yayyyyy. One roll deaths.

>>26083826
I can. Believe me when I say I can. "Fuck you" does not even begin to communicate them, however.

It's the response of a teenager.

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>>26083868
Oh god, these feels. I'm having them all over again!

Rolled 4

>>26083923

We've come a long way from not being able to talk

Just in time for the plot, fuck yeah!

After we get out of here we need to seriously fuck over Fang. Regardless of whether Abby survives, he's screwed with us.

We also need to find out what he told Abby about this, and how Abby feels about it. If she knew full well how dangerous it was and decided to go through it...

Well, she's only 9 I guess.

>>26083923
Shadow is basically a toddler FYI.

>>26083868
I hope this is over soon, all this emotion baiting has people writing up shitty, childish angst responses. When you try to dress them up, it feels contrived and not at all how a being made of elemental magic would speak, points in humanity aside.

>>26083868
Idc what we fight, who we have to face. As long as abby sabby survives. SM THIS ATTACHMENT TO A FICTIONAL LITTLE GIRL...IT'S NOT NATURAL

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>>26083936
Bad. Bad Scruffy

>>26083894
TAKE A WILD GUESS

>>26083936
I personally have nothing against you.

But that's kinda dumb.

>>26083950
Because a creature that's akin to a toddler gaining empathy and emotions rapidly would respond in a calculating manner to seeing its closest friend killed

right

>>26083943
That' a lazy excuse, Shadow's intellectual and emotional maturity isn't bound to his age. Though I certainly agree there are those present in the thread today that want to make him ACT like a toddler.

>>26083964
This sort of shit just makes me hope Abigail doesn't make it so it can be written out of the story.

>>26083950

We've spent 50 threads humanizing, and SM now describes us as having honest to God emotions.

Not sure why you're being so autistic about this, anon.

>>26083964
inb4 we have to fight...

oh

SM said he would make /tg/ relevant to the plot
and we have many arguing voices

many, many voices.

oh fuck

WE'RE GOING TO BE FIGHTING NAMEFAGS AND WAIFUERS AND ANTI-WAIFUERS AND PRO-HYDRA AND PRO-SUMMONING AND AND FUCK EVERYTHING

>>26083980
ye-yeesss?....

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>>26083868
We are watching
and we are judging.

>>26084013
>The Ride Never Ends

>>26084010
Shadow can have emotions without throwing tantrums like a child, which is how everyone wants him to act today.

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>>26084013
>mfw we have to fight against pls

>>26084064
I'm with you, at least. No idea what good it will do.

Now, now I'm sad
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a9Z05XgOhU

>>26084013
inb4 flying doorknob demons

<The visions - fear - don't - watch carefully, avoid - always, when you see the doors!>

<I can't understand you!> you shout back.

Fang's voice falls silent.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AZTMopqja8

You drift down through emptiness, and the silence is absolute.

Orange light sparks around you, snapping, stinging your skin. An image appears before you.

<...Flint?>

Flint raises a hand - and then orange light bursts through him, and he shatters to orange dust.

The images keep coming, starting, stuttering. You see Adavan, Abigail, Joey - but they shatter as quickly as they come. You cringe when you see Michael's half-rotten face...and then, you smile at a glimpse of Auriel dragging Flint into a kiss. You see Refuge, and Jacob's Field, and the Ring City. Obis appears, draws his cape over his shoulder, and then vanishes. Nothing stays long...and it doesn't make any sense.

The sensation of falling through space doesn't stop, though you can't sense or see any progress. The orange light keeps pinching and picking at you, even slicing into your skin...but they're only nicks and scratches. You barely feel them.

You're not sure what's happening. Is it supposed to be like this? Or is the magic struggling to compensate for you?

Sandalphon's face flashes in front of you, grinning in satisfied triumph. A cage of light burns your sides as it appears around you. You draw yourself in. A spike of fear stabs you through for a moment - but then his face and the cage burst and vanish.

A bird appears, and flies around you. You track it for a moment, and you then see something else.

It takes the vague form of a human...but it's wavering. Shock orange. It exudes a deep, pure Spirit. And then, like everything else, it vanishes.

You land gently on the ground...though there isn't any ground to be seen. It's as if you're floating in a black void. You wonder if this is what it's like to be unable to see in the dark.

>con't

Rolled 38

>>26084080
We're all going to die.

>>26084085
>>26084064
>Not throwing tantrums

Seeing somebody throw your daughter into a manhole and then being angry is not a tantrum

2muchmeta

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>mfw I'm the only guy who understands Yi Fang's position

Feels Bad.

>>26083979
;_;

>>26083990
Not really. If she made a decision to go through with it in full knowledge of what "it" was then that should weigh at least something on the "how much of a dick is Fang" scale. Bearing in mind, of course, that she's only nine. We're her guardian, not her king to give her orders, but I do realise she shouldn't be left completely to her own devices.

I mean, what I'm saying is, we get the final say but what she wants should have bearing on what we say.

Also Fang's a cunt. Even if she survives, he went behind our back, against our will, and undermined our authority. I wouldn't be surprised if he lied to Abby about this somehow too. He's a cunt. He's not on our side, he's a dick. I don't advocate just flat-out murdering him or his city, but I do advocate taking what we came here for (which is Flint's parasite removal) and then, once we've got all we need from him, taking Abby and leaving him and his city to rot.

Damnit Abby is ours, and he can go fuck himself.

>>26084102
>implying pls would apologize for splitting apart from the main conscience and then try to crawl back inside of us.

>>26084124

I am more mad at his deception not his decision.

>>26084124
Understands, no. Sympathizes, probably.

>>26084114
Being angry about it is fine. Killing Yi Fang is fine. Even killing all the councilmen who supported this is a semi-reasonable response. Slaughtering tens of thousands of people is not fine.

>>26084096

>Hecate desperately calling to us
>We're distracted by our friends and enemies

Anyone disagree with this interpretation?

>>26084182
B-b-b-but MAH WAIFU!

*murders innocent peoples*

>>26084208
What if it's an incorporeal Abby-Sabby?

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Green light blooms before you, then softens. A woman is seated on a heavy oaken chair, but it boasts soft angles, intertwining branches, and moist leaves. It's less made from wood, and more as though a tree decided to grow into a throne.

The woman herself has sharply pointed ears, and her skin is tinged a faint green.

It's the elf.

She opens her eyes, and looks at you. "...you've come back together, somewhat."

You've been thinking about this very moment - the moment you find this elf again - since you came into this world. And yet, despite all that, your response is quick, and heated. <Who the hell are you, and what did you do to me?!>

"I am Queen Ellendra Kalladar, and I broke you into pieces, Erebus."

For a moment, you're speechless. You are Erebus. Or -were- Erebus.

But the deep frustration that has dogged you for months is not easily silenced. <I will hear your explanation. Now.>

"I did it because I believed that, if you gave this world a chance, you'd want to stop yourself."

<Stop myself from what? What are you talking about?>

"...you will see...I cannot..." She swallows hard, and you notice that a glimmer of sweat shines on her forehead. Actually, now that you're taking a second look, she appears extremely taxed. There are dark lines under her eyes, and her hands are gripping the end of the seat's armrests hard. "...stopping...your other self...is difficult...enough. You...must find the answers...alone"

<Just tell me what I need to know!>

A door appears to the side of you, floating in the void. It looks like the gate of the archonium itself - orange flames trapped inside twisted steal. You glance at the woman, and back to the door, and see the pattern of the flames has changed.

"...no time...the door does not linger. Go."

<Give me something! Anything!>

Roll 1d100

>>26084208
I thought the same thing

>>26084182
That was like two people though, not a majority opinion

>>26084208

Like we did before went we have our key on hand and we chose not to use it.

Rolled 66

>>26084235
fucking rolling
no i didn't read the post
SHIT DAMN

Rolled 13

>>26084235

Rolled 18

>>26084213
Innocent? How? People commit sins every day. Sins that must be purged. Humanity is a virus upon this earth that consumes all around it. Every bright light they snuff out. They shall all be purged.

no seriously though shit's whack.

Rolled 73

>>26084235

Rolled 53

>>26084235

Rolled 65

>>26084235

Rolled 46

>>26084235
RAWROLL

>>26084254
>>26084256
>>26084259
>we may have something here

Rolled 20

>>26084235

Rolled 6

>>26084235

1 fishing!

>>26084276
thank god that other low roller didn't count.

Rolled 93

>>26084235
GIVE. US. ANSWERS.

Rolled 100

>>26084235

Rolled 2

>>26084235

>>26084295
we win

>>26084295
.... yes

>>26084295
FUCK

Rolled 97

>>26084295
I ROLLED IT
I ROLLED IT
I ROLLED IT
OMIGOD
OMIGOD
OMIGOD

>>26084257
So glad that wasn't linked.

>>26084295
And that's number ten!

>>26084295
YES!!!

>>26084295
10th roll, too.

Not bad.

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>>26084295
ROLL 11 FUCK yOU ALLL SHITTTT

Rolled 30

>>26084295

Last slot too. YES

>>26084257
>>26084295
Yessssssssss!

>>26084295
>mfw 11th roll

>>26084295
After the tenth roll.

>>26084327
Nevermind I counted a nonlinked.

WOOOOOOOO

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>>26084295

You lucky punks

Alright, here comes the KNOWLEDGE

>>26084235

If this is the plotberg, SM, I hope you don't decide how much to reveal through dice rolls.

>>26084327
3rd roll didn't count

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>>26084295
THE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLLTHE TENTH ROLL

ADH*P(WDA#*(@EP(AQV*@&BVFE&AQN
ADHIA@G
daWGUIVE*OQ&@VFEE

FYYWTYAYAFAGWYI A&*(@

>>26084244
It was enough that Shadow stated he'd destroy Archon if Abby dies. I'll work to repurpose that statement to just kill Fang if it comes to it, but it is what it is.

>>26084339
>>26084327
One wasn't linked blind people

Rolled 24

>>26084327

>>26084327
>ROLL 11 FUCK yOU ALLL SHITTTT

Roll 10.

Check links. Someone forgot theirs

>>26084327
>>26084343
count again

>>26084314
Oh wow, I guess I didn't roll it.
Damn, I was so happy for a moment.

>>26084295
AND THE ROLL IS NUUUUUMBER

ELEVEN!

Gott verdammst.

>>26084348
It was after the tenth roll!

>>26084348
My body is ready

>>26084366
BE PROUD ANON, YOU DID IT. Today you are a hero!

>>26084368
NOP. We were saved by a missed link.

>>26084368
Oh wait no it's not I counted one I shouldn't have.

Cool.

>>26084348
Awwww yiss. Here comes sweet sweet dialogue

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>>26084348
IT'S HAPPENING

>>26084348
we try
>>26084371
no, it was the tenth LINKED roll

>>26084383
Wait, Scruffy, you wouldn't happen to be a dirty Kraut would you?

"The eight elements are an illusion. The world...it's a coin. Only two sides. Order...Chaos...you...are a soldier of Order. The Guardian of the Endless Void..." The vision of Queen Kalladar begins to fade. She bends her brow, and growls. Her green light pulses. "...before, you did not question...but I knew, if you could see...this precarious world of ours...it's worth keeping. We are all...balanced on a knife's edge..." She shakes herself. "Your power will bring you together...it did before I broke you, and it will do so again, in one form...or another. I cannot stop it forever...but...the first time...you - "

I what?!> you shout. You flicker next to the wooden seat and grab her shoulders. <What did I do?!>

Kalladar looks up at you with bloodshot eyes. "...the first time...you planned it all...to destroy all the elemental lords...but you knew you couldn't do it all at once, and planned for..."

Her head begins to droop. You shake her again. <Tell me what's going on! You did this - answer for it!>

Kalladar grits her teeth. Her eyes are shut in concentration. "Four of the lords you removed outright, shunted back behind the barrier...the other three...you had to trick...so - "

<Wait,> you say. <I knew Erebus destroyed four of the lords, but the other three were his...they were my allies. And what barrier? Where is it?>

"That is...not the case..." She's grunting the words between her teeth, now. Every sentence is an effort. "...you...are order...they are all shades of chaos...all were your enemies. But to destroy them all...was beyond you. You observed that there was tension between...so you catalyzed full conflict...and then, you inserted yourself...allied with the lesser elements, to subvert them..."

<I don't understand!>

>con't

>>26084235
>49 threads
>finally confirm we were/are Erebus

>>26084414
No, he's a filthy Australian. He bitches about the timezones fairly frequently

Kalladar takes a long, shuddering breath. <One by one...tricked the three...abandoned Geb to his fate in battle...told Leviathan and Hecate to seal themselves, and wait for your return...but you never intended to unseal them. And then...the greater four, alone, you had the power to destroy, barely. But your masterstroke was to place pools of order on the ley lines...to revive yourself before any of the elementals could escape their prisons...so that you could complete your task..."

<What task? What was Erebus trying to do? Why did he want to destroy the elementals?>

"...you...are not...elemental...you...are order...they, are chaos...truly, there are only 7 elements, not 8." Her hands moves weakly in your direction. "You see, Shadow...this whole world is chaos..." Her finger points at you. "...except...you."

<Why should that matter?!>

"No...time..." She gasps heavily, as though the air is too thin and she simply can't breath. "This...is your chance. Balance...within reach. Your power grows rapidly...my strength...if you do not condense the chance you've made, here, now...it is over for you...and us. Use...the door...the Archonium let you speak with my conciousness...but be wary...it might aid you...or curse you forever."

And in a blink, her and the throne are gone, and you are left alone in the void.

>con't

>>26084444
Oh hey, nice quads.

You're left with more questions than answers. What did she mean by the fact that the elements were an illusion? Order, Chaos? What are they, exactly? And she split you up intentionally, into these Shards of Darkness...but you're recombining? If she hadn't done that, would you have never been forced to face those other Shadows?

...the way she said it left no question as to its inevitability. You'll come back together...in one form, or another.

Suddenly, it strikes you. You've always felt that hunger, lingering within you. You've always had a an urge to consume...the quick, simple option, the easy choice. But it was never your urge to begin with. Your instincts aren't instincts. They're the result of something set into motion with pointed intent - an inherent drive to recombine, to gather power, to recover.

If that's true...

The implications strike you. Did you ever choose anything for yourself? Has all of this been planned, hammered out hundreds of years ago by Erebus - by you? You don't understand it. You're not sure you want to.

No. She said she gave you a choice. She said she was holding that power back. Your will is your own.

You remember meeting a small girl in a graveyard...and a hunger that struck you, as you watched her. And you remember pushing it away.

That was your choice.

But what happens when she can hold it back no longer? What happens when you finish recovering?

She said you have to achieve some sort of balance...condense what you had made...but what is it you've made, exactly?

This time, the answers to your questions will not wait. You are going to hunt them down.

You dive through the door.

Your sight goes black.

>>26084425
>we are a reincarnation of ourselves, living again with a new personality

This really updates my journal

>>26084425
>>26084444
>>26084486
...
...
...
Shits crazy yo

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Suddenly, you're standing in a field. It's a farm - that's quite obvious. Rows upon rows of a short green plants extend over a gentle hill, culminating at a large farmhouse. In the distance, you see the white-capped peaks of a picturesque mountain range; you're in a narrow valley set between the ridges of rock. Past the borders of the farm, distantly, you can see a small dirt road, but otherwise, it's quite isolated. You can see far from your vantage point - the nearest village must be miles away.

There's no archonium gate in sight; no immediate solution to this strange vision. You climb the hill toward the most obvious landmark, the farmhouse. As you cap the rise, you see a long, bright-red barn built behind the house, and you hear the characteristic snorting and grunting of pigs.

>con't

>>26084486
>>26084444
>>26084425
So does this mean Erebus is confirmed for pls, or...?

>>26084414
Only in my dreams. Fourth reich when?

>>26084439
This Anon has the right.

>>26084444
>>26084486
Well that's a poltberg and a half. Looks like the final boss is ourself.

>>26084444
Oh so anti-magic is just enforcing Order over the Chaos of the elements. Makes sense,

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A man sits on the ground with a long, wodden cane set across his lap, watching his pigs mill about a fenced-in grassy field that borders the turnip fields. A dog rests at his heels. He pets it idly. You see a single horse grazing alongside the shorter mammals.

The man himself seems to feel like just a bare hint of shadow. But now that you think on it...

You direct your senses around you. What you find is a confusing sensation. You can't sense life that should be easily visible...not the pigs, not the horse, nothing else in the house. Furthermore, it all feels like the same slight-grey shadow. The man stands out just barely from the fuzzy background, but all else is virtually invisible.

What do you do?

>wait, and watch
>try to communicate
>explore the farmhouse
>consume
>some other strategy

>>26084486
>ha, so Servant is a servant of order and our servants are champions of order not shadow

>try to communicate

>>26084567
>Approach carefully and peacefully

>>26084567
>>try to communicate

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>Mfw that's like the 4th 100 i've rolled in this quest
>Mfw my internet froze as soon as it happened

>>26084567
By the way SM,

>"Powers From Without: A Delegation of Time"

I knew I called it, right from the beginning of last thread. Good show too.

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>>26084546

HA

I HAD ALL THAT WRITTEN OUT

I CROSSED MY FINGERS FOR DAYS HOPING THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO MOVE IT ALL TO MY RECYCLING BIN AND COME UP WITH SOME OTHER RIDICULOUS WAY FOR YOU TO FIND THIS SHIT OUT

HELL YEAH

>>26084567
>try to communicate
Oh god, they're either all people from Abby's memories or they're all the people that got trapped in the Archonium and are clinging to some half-existance.

>>26084327
>try to communicate

>>26084604
you're doing god's work, son

>>26084567
>inb4 this is Isolation
approach peacefully and comunicate

>>26084611
>SM confirmed for in league with the dice gods.

>>26084513
I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed it.

And is kind of displeased about it.

>>26084567
Speak the customary greeting of/tg/

"Hail sir, present your dong for knob nibbling!"

>>26084611
>magic creates instability, and instability creates magic
>chaos makes more chaos

>>26084444
>>26084486
So Erebus shot first after all.

>>26084444
So shadow represents order, the rest represent disorder. Doesn't explain why Spirit and Shadow are closely linked, though. The universe is built on the order that comes from unlimited entropy, and Erebus would have destroyed it all. Doesn't really represent a problem, though. But I now wonder what to do with hecate. And, the presence of other soldiers of Order.

>>26084659
not really, Erebus wasn't part of the already occurring conflict but he did push it to war

>>26084655

Slowly it comes together...

>>26084665
>Doesn't explain why Spirit and Shadow are closely linked, though.

You'll see.

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>writing for an attempt at communication

>>26084665
>shadow is order
>whats more orderly than death? not chaos, not anything to upset the order

>>26084692
So if magic creates instability which is chaos, then as a creature of order why is Shadow able to use magic?

>>26084691
He totally shot first dude.
Man we are such a dickhead

>>26084611
I'm most curious about how Spirit magic is still Chaos, despite one of its branches being summoning (applying an indicated form to the formless energy of the Nether.)

Unless it's something like that the energy in the Nether is akin to a perfect entropic spread, and the "chaotic" element of Summoning is the disruption of the natural state of that energy into an unnatural physical form.

>>26084665
Oh hey, other people pondering sort of the same thing.

>>26084692
>You'll see.
Goddamnit SM.

Rolled 56

>>26084567
>>try to communicate

>>26084655
In theory we could erase elemental pools by trying to create a darkness(order) pool on top of them.

>>26084692
Explains the robot voice, too. So, the elf queen is in a coma because she is holding our urge to consume back?

>>26084713
that totally updates my live journal

*cuts wrist*

>>26084692
>i wanted to say something about that as soon as it was said that magic was introduced and didn't occur naturally, but ruining that before the quest even reached double digits wouldn't be the Shadow way

>>26084692
>this means that mages of shadow are Order mages

>>26084692
So, is that anti-magic place nelmar or somesuch what Erebus originally wished to achieve?

I think the sky-sever should be left untouched. it would keep any other super-entities erebus level from coming over and screwing with venia.

I have no idea what's going on


but I like it

>>26084780
Yeah, I think the Sky Sever is probably stopping Erebus' plans quite a bit.

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<...hail, farmer.>

The man doesn't look up - or even react.

<Good farmer! Do you hear me?>

The man doesn't stir.

The door to the farmhouse opens. You swivel your attention at the sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f1h3mNuwuI

A woman steps out.

You draw back in surprise.

No. It can't be.

Can it?

But...if Abigail had blossomed into a beautiful young woman, you would imagine that she'd look exactly like this person. She wears a white dress sewn with patterns of sunflowers, and long blonde hair falls down her back. Like everything else, you can't sense her.

<...Abby?>

Despite your words, and the fact that you're standing in broad daylight in the middle of the grass, the woman walks right by you.

"Honey, dinner."

"Mmm."

"Are you coming in, or not?"

The man stands. A well-trimmed beard covers his chin. He's lean and muscled from the work, but he's not particularly striking. Just a solid sort of fellow. You'd place them both in their late twenties.

"For your cooking, I'd slay kings, dearest."

"I can see you're racing as fast as you can."

"Just rinsing the clouds out of my head." He walks up to her.

For a moment, she keeps her stern expression, but she can't hold it long, and a smile breaks her face. "It would take an ocean or two to do that."

He kisses her briefly, and then takes her hand and walks with her back into the house. The dog runs around them a few times, then slips in the door after them.

There's still no sign of the archonium gateway.

What do you do?

>follow them into the house
>explore the countryside
>something else

>>26084713
If complete order is what we want, we'd have to consume everything. EVERYTHING. In a nameless void with nothing but shadow. That's what the elf queen is fighting against, Existence is already a form of entropy.

And legion is another soldier of order, it seems. He wanted to erase everything. Doesn't explain why Erebus and his justice seemed to impede him, though

>all these wild theories

>the part where I lean back, cross my arms behind my head, and put on my shit-eating grin

>>26084822
>>follow them into the house

>>26084822
>He's lean and muscled from the work, but he's not particularly striking. Just a solid sort of fellow.
...Joey?

>>26084822
>Follow them
>Implying we'd do anything else

>follow them into the house

Rolled 44

>>26084859
Why do I feel that we just learned about a secret that would destroy the minds of lesser men?

>>26084864
No, Joey's a young adult already. But damn if I didn't think of that too for a second.

>>26084864
Abby and Joey, sitting in a tree!
F-U-C-K-I-N-G

What if the archronium lures you in by what you want the most or something?

Like fang wanted to just sail

Abby's parents, perhaps?

>>26084822
>follow them into the house

>>26084822
>inb4 Joey and Abby
follow
>analyze/focus as we go

>>26084822
>follow them into the house

Also, a thought, the four removed elemental lords are beyond the barrier at the end of the world that Blackwater saw.

>>26084822
>Follow them

>>26084822
Oh oh gosh
follow them in

>>26084822
When a person enters the Archonium and does not leave, they have remained inside and live out lives based on the dominant aspect of themselves that emerged victorious.

In Abigail's case, the desire for a life of peace and simplicity.

>>26084907
And apparently that barrier is keeping them out via the incredible sky-sever.

So if we do deal with the sky-sever... In come the lords.

>>26084907
and the "bubble" of Venia that exists is what's left that Erebus couldn't bring order to

>>26084921
No, not for peace and simplicity.
The desire for a real family.

>>26084822

<Is this my illusion or Abigail's?>