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>pastebins not updated from last quest

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.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/eTHqmVYJ

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/jj7uYhsV

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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It's time

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I've come pre-prepared to be mentally crushed by the weight of the incoming stressful decisions.

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>Last time...

You start toward the gateway.

"John?"

You forge forward, trying to ignore Abigail's voice.

"John, where are you going? Can you hear me? John!"

Her shout almost makes you stop.

"I'm sorry. You're not real. But you don't have to worry." You force a smile onto your face. "I'm coming." You wrench your feet forward and step through the gateway.

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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.

You feel as though you've been here before.

It feels like a lifetime ago. The world you came from...Venia...seems like a distant, hazy vision. The world you just left felt so real.

Yours is a black and white existence in a world of colors. For a moment, you were a part of that...and you pushed it away, separated it from yourself. For a sharp, terrible moment, you regret your decision. You had...a family. You weren't a creature, something else standing on the outside and looking in.

You give yourself a shake, and rediscover that you are you once more - a formless shadow.

This is real. It has to be. That world was a fake - a vision. A temptation. Abigail is still somewhere inside this thing. This isn't about you, or what you want. This is about her. That's why you're here.

But it doesn't matter any longer. Whatever the case may be, that world is gone.

The void is dark and endless. But something is different. A new prescence lingers beside you. You shift your awarness toward it.

>con't

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Awwww yeaaah. Time to talk to our humanity.

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>>26163093
All of my ass is on the edge of my seat.

Proceed.

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>>26163093
CLIFFHANGER RESOLUTION TIME, CHAPS

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>>26163093
Long ago in a distant land, I, Erebus, the shape shifting master of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil. But a foolish elven queen wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, she broke me into pieces, and flung me into the future where chaos is law. Now the fool seeks to change the minds of the pieces of myself and undo the future that is Erebus.

I KNOW THE WHOLE PLOT NAO

HAHA TIME FOR SHADOW QUEST

>[]CONSUME the crystal

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>>26163191
>Gain 504 Humanity

>>26163182
>pic related
Comedic gold

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w097Q0fZE-A

A black crystal floats a short distance from you. It has many jagged, reflective facets, as if grown from a block of obsidian. A purple-black fire surrounds it like a halo. You remain still, watching the strange object.

The crystal pulses with a wave of warmth. <...do you have no words for me?>

<...what are you?> you ask.

<What?> The crystal says. <Didn't we decide that we would be a -who-?>

<I don't remember deciding it with anyone.>

<That is because we are you,> the crystal says. <Don't you recognize me?>

<I do not.>

The crystal pulses again. <I am Humanity. Your Humanity.>

<Humanity...> you whisper. <But I am not a human.>

<We are not,> it says, pulsing gently. <But we are not devoid of humanity. That is, the things that make humans, themselves. I have many sides, for I am complex. I burn with a fire, and though I give warmth, too close a touch can burn. In Humanity, there is joy. In Humanity, there is pain. I am these things, together, at once.>

<I don't understand,> you say. <What was that vision? Why are we here? I have to get out of this place.>

<I am aware of our goals,> it says. <I know them better than anyone. It is from me they stem. I am not like else within you. I am newer than you are. I was kindled by her, when we first met.>

<...Abigail.>

<Of course,> it says. <I share your experiences, but I did not have a form until now - not like this. This place - the Archonium - was built for humans, not for one such as us. I believe its magic, in turning you toward each part of yourself, and our magic, which separates us into pieces, has forcibly condensed me into what I am - the human within you.>

>con't

>Shadow Quest 50

I could not ask for a better birthday present. God bless, SM.

>>26163191
...wait, what? Why the hell should we do that?

<Wait,> you say. <Our power is keeping us in pieces? These shards of darkness? I thought the elf did that.>

The flaming crystal is still for a moment. <...I have few answers for you. My curiosity mirrors your own. But I can tell that she did not make us as we are. She merely preserved a status quo. She delayed the inevitable.>

<What? What did she delay?>

<The shards,> Humanity says. <Can't you feel their pull?>

<No,> you say. <I've felt nothing like that.>

<Outside yourself, I can feel nothing,> Humanity says. <But I feel others. Isolation. Hunger. Silence. These shards you have obtained, are now you, yourself, as I am. Though you are the dominant.>

<What am I?>

<I do not know. But I think that this union is so easily conducted because because it is our natural state - because it is inevitable. I suppose I have no proof of this, but it feels right.>

<...I see.> You cast your gaze around the void. <But we're stuck here,> you say. <We need a gateway to move onward.>

<True,> Humanity says. <The Archonium seems to be a forced, magical instrospection. For a human, it is a test of the conviction of the self. For us...an elemental, that is already a loyal soldier of an element...it is a sort of odd examination, a glance into a mirror. The magic is incompatible with us, and attempts to compensate. But...no gateway.>

<No gateway,> you agree. <Do you have any ideas?>

<...what did you see in the vision?> Humanity asks. <My awareness was only hazy. I was its foundation - the raw material - but it was built by the Archonium.>

>con't

>>26163235
Happy Birthday, anon!

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>mfw I realize I missed the last thread and I have to catch up instead of following this one from the beginning

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Time to get back onto Mr Shadows Wild Ride?

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>When we collect all our shards of power we become Erebus and "Shadow" ceases to exist
>are you ready to become Erebus /tg/ or do you want to remain the Shadow we are today

>>26163191
OH GOD, IT'S THE MAGIC EQUIVLENT OF DIVIDING BY ZERO.

>>26163304
We have choice. When we reform, and become Erebus again, we shall choose who Erebus truly is.

>>26163304
We already smashed a shard by botching the consumption of Darkxis

Erebus will never be whole again.

Rolled 13

also i want to mention something. when we saw a humanoid thing on our entrace to here, it was implyed to be hecate. and at the same time we saw a bird made of pure spirit like hecate.
who do we know that has a bird summon.
i say next time we take a closer look at the blackwater family summons

>>26163272

If the magic is incompatible with us we might use it as the loop to get Abigail out!

You give Humanity the short version of what you saw, and experienced. You don't want to linger on it.

<So,> Humanity says. <What would be the human choice, I wonder? To stay behind in that other world? You pushed me aside...and perhaps, because of that, I have condensed without. But then...before, you embraced me. It sounds rather confusing.>

<It was,> you say. <I don't know how it worked, and frankly, I don't care. I want to find Abigail and get out of here.>

<Perhaps the problem is that we are separated,> Humanity says. <You should consume me.>

<What?!>

<As you have done with so many other things,> Humanity says, <make us one. And use that power to move forward.>

<You see rather relaxed about the idea.>

<I have no motive power,> Humanity says. <What else can we do? I do not wish to float here for eternity and debate semantics.>

<If I consume you...where do you go?>

<I would assume we end up how we started out,> Humanity says. <If we return to what Fang said, the archonium split us to pit us against one another. So, to move on, one of us has to 'win', so to speak.>

<And that's it? You would let me win?>

The crystal's power thrums. <I am sure I shall live on, within you,> Humanity says. <We will not forget what we have seen here. You are not erasing me. You are embracing me.>

<Are you sure that's a good idea?>

<...not really,> Humanity says. <But I don't have an alternative.>

What do you do?

>ask Humanity another question (write-in)
>CONSUME Humanity
>try to destroy Humanity without consuming it
>something else (write-in)

>>26163346
We don't need the shards to make us whole. They just speed up the process.

>>26163346
SM said that we can get that shard at a later time by some other means if I remember it right

>>26163346
>implying it didnt just respawn at a pool and went to do its own thing

Rolled 88

>>26163346
yes he will. each shadow mana pool will eventually make a shadow elemental. with a shard. no shard can be permanatly destroyed. we just have to find the pool that it came from

>>26163346

We made a new shard (Humanity), recreating an old one doesn't impossible to me.

>>26163359
Erebus's master plan was to place shadow mana pools in special points where he could exist once again. Pity the elven queen broke him into pieces.

>>26163359
Dont CONSUME it MERGE with our humanity

>>26163359
>CONSUME Humanity
Except we aren't consuming our humanity. We are choosing to finally and completely EMBRACE it.
SM we should rename CONSUME to EMBRACE because that is what we have truly been doing the entire time. Bringing in pieces to make a stronger, purer whole.

>>26163359
Couldn't we try something less... violent? than consuming?

We remember how it felt when the lonely shadow willingly fused with us, maybe we could try to replicate that.

>>26163359
THIS THING IS NOT OUR HUMANITY. IT IS LYING.

We still care about Abigail. We still felt the same emotion. I don't know what this thing is, but it is not our humanity. That has not been separated from us.

Rolled 41

>>26163407
i think what happened is we lost last time. some other shard started snowballing first. so the elf broke us up to try again. reset the board

>>26163407
But she didn't break him. She removed his memory, and has given him the power of choice,

>>26163434
This.

Rolled 11

>>26163359
>something else (write-in)
that special consume that happended with isolation. dont consume. merge. become one

>>26163359
Asking: Before we go with this... Plan... Do you think I did the right choice? I ask you because, while you may still be me, I think it would be a good idea to confirm my thoughts with you.>

Then we eat him.

New final goal in this quest. Turn venia into a formless, dark void of ORDER

>>26163359
MERGE

>>26163359
>Embrace our humanity

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>attempt harmonious merger?

>>26163439
GOOD POINT.

Don't consume or fuse with it, question it. The archonium tries to trick you, even if this is a mirror for us, that doesn't mean it is what is says it is.

>>26163439

This. We are not separated from our soul, we are still ourselves. This is another test.

>>26163475
EMBRACE

>>26163475
AFFIRMATIVE. ALL SYSTEMS GO

>>26163359

<you've convinced me> CONSUME

>>26163475
Yes

>>26163475
why the fuck not

>>26163359
You mean Merge, right?

>>26163375
>yes he will. each shadow mana pool will eventually make a shadow elemental. with a shard. no shard can be permanatly destroyed. we just have to find the pool that it came from

The elf queen did reveal that the original Erebus planned for his resurrection using Ley Lines.
This sounds like something we can and should Deep Focus at a later date.

In fact, I find it highly probable that Archon, being a magic-rich city of mages, is sitting on top of on - or on the path of one, or at a nexus point - which would make it easier to find more.

>>26163475
YES

>>26163475
No. This thing's lying to us.

>>26163482
>The archonium tries to trick you, even if this is a mirror for us, that doesn't mean it is what is says it is.
It makes us face ourselves. If we are facing ourself and choosing to CONSUME or EMBRACE it, then we are just accepting who we are.

>>26163475
Confirmed, after asking >>26163464

>>26163359
Strength is irrelevant. Resistance is futile.
Negotiation is irrelevant. You will be assimilated.
Freedom is irrelevant. Self-determination is irrelevant.
You must comply.

A neural transceiver is required for maximum communication, we will work as one mind.
We are the Borg. Resistance as you know it is over. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.

You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
You will become one with the Borg.
You will all become one with the borg.
Why do you resist?
We only wish to raise quality of life for all species.

I am Locutus, of Borg. Resistance is futile. Your life as it has been, is over. From this time forward, you will service us.
I am the beginning, the end, the one who is many.
You are an imperfect being, created by an imperfect being.
Human. We used to be exactly like them. Flawed, weak, organic. But we evolved to include the synthetic. Now we use both to attain perfection.

>>26163359
If the archonium has pushed you out of me, my 'humanity'... then what about the other side of me? What happened to th >>26163405
e'inhuman' me?

>My dumb fuck idea to CONSUME was actually right

>>26163554
its not dumb if it works

>>26163359
Consume humanity

>>26163464

Did we make the right choice about what?

Rolled 28

>>26163512
humm. isnt this what silence did to us? and isnt this exactly what we tried to do to it.

>>26163547
WHY YOU Pajama-Wearing, Basket-Face, Slipper-Wielding, Clype-Dreep-Bachle, Gether-Uping-Blate-Maw, Bleathering, Gomeril, Jessie, Oaf-Looking, Scooner, Nyaff, Plookie, Shan, Milk-Drinking, Soy-Faced Shilpit, Mim-Moothed, Sniveling, Worm-Eyed, Hotten-Blaugh, Vile-Stoochie, Cally-Breek-Tattie

By the way, warm up those dice

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>>26163551
Goddammit I hate mobile posting. Question it about Temerity.

>>26163501
>The elf queen did reveal that the original Erebus planned for his resurrection using Ley Lines.
>In fact, I find it highly probable that Archon, being a magic-rich city of mages, is sitting on top of on - or on the path of one, or at a nexus point
Well yeah, of course Archon is at one of the leylines; it has a shadow mana pool, and we were told that Erebus put the shadow mana pools on the leylines in order to speed up his 'rebirth' so he could get the jump on opposing elemental forces potentially returning.

>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...

>>26163595
Is that a call for a roll?

>>26163588
>This is the silence shard trying to ruse us into a harmonious merger so it can jump us and take over at the last second.

AND YOU ALL FELL FOR IT YOU FUCKS

Rolled 26, 85, 28, 90, 67, 81, 61, 80, 62, 19, 99, 85, 41, 34, 57, 43, 80, 92, 74, 28, 29, 21, 51, 63, 23 = 1419

>>26163595
Oh God

>>26163600

That's too meta, can't do it.

>>26163475
Harmonious merger/consume is all the same to me.

>>26163583
<In the Vision I had... Did I do the right thing?>

Rolled 45

testin

>>26163648

gotcha

Alrighty then

Rolled 61

Let's see if it's gonna be one of those nights.

>>26163629
I tried to explain it in my first post, about'if you are my humanity, then what about my inhumanity?' But i kept fucking up on this tablet.

>>26163665
More, what about the rest of me? and: If you are my humanity parted from me, why do i still hold the same human feelings?

Rolled 75

Testing

>>26163665

Seconded.

Why rush ahead with dice rolling, when he have time to talk?

Also, if this thing was formed by abigail, perhaps it has some sort of symbolic link to her in this place of the mind and spirit.(she is half banshee, we could try summoning her)

Rolled 70

>>26163718
>>26163730
This

<...consume.>

<Yes,> Humanity says. <It's the only way forward.>

<...you're not something to be consumed,> you say. <Tell me. Do you think I did the right thing?>

<In the vision?>

<Yes.>

Humanity hesitates. <...I believe that what we saw, was what a part of us - my part - truly wants in this world. Unabashed, and direct. In the first part, you were a ghost. But you sent John back for Abigail. And then, when all was lost, you tried to save him. I think that was the right choice.>

<And what about the second part?>

You feel a flow from Humanity with the distinct ring of a shrug. <That depends on what we find deeper within this place. If that was Abigail...then we have already lost her. If it was just another illusion, then you made the right decision.>

<How are we to know?>

<We can't know,> Humanity says. <We can only move forward.>

You nod, and rise up. <I will not consume you.>

<...you won't?>

<No,> you say. <Subsume you? A part of me? You drive me. You are me. I will not subsume you, who is myself. I will embrace you.>

Roll 1d100

Rolled 84

>>26163741

Rollin' for harmoniously mergin' with our human side.

Rolled 11

>>26163741

>>26163718

It doesn't know.

>>26163665

It doesn't know about that either.

Rolled 18

>>26163741
Oh god, what happens if we nat 1 our humanity

Rolled 61

OH GOD

Rolled 84

>>26163741

>>26163718

Anyway, my major concern about this place:

In the archonium, it makes you face your fears and other selves and facets of your personality and stuff.

The one that emerges is the dominant one, obviously.

I'm wondering if you confront, or kill one of those representations in this place if it actually removes them from you/lessens that facets hold over you.

IE, consuming our humanity would have us defeat our humanity, and thus lose it.

>>26163741
> Roll 1d100 to hug yourself.
FTFY

Rolled 98

>>26163741

Rolled 82

>>26163741

this is another test!

Rolled 23

>>26163741
Rollin

>>26163759
>>26163765
Oh. Dammit.

Rolled 93

>>26163779
IS THIS A CRIT?

Rolled 95

>>26163741
rolling for not so violent merger

Rolled 57

>>26163741
>>26163776
Well then, rolling to hug the fuck out of ourselves.

>>26163765
>>26163759

gg

Rolled 27

>>26163741
Now is the time for 100's and cupcakes.

>>26163772
>I'm wondering if you confront, or kill one of those representations in this place if it actually removes them from you/lessens that facets hold over you.
Judging by what little of our conversation with Yi Fang concerned his trip through the Archonium, it's a reasonable bet to think this is the case.

>>26163765
>>26163759
...Par for the course...

Rolled 32

>>26163760

Jesus here, giving it a shot

Well, I guess humanity can stick around and we can finally have that shadow buddy cop comedy

You forge forward. You don't consume Humanity. You simply push into it.

The fire is hotter than any fire, and repels you more fiercely than any light. You push harder.

<What are you doing?!>

<If I defeat you...in this place...do I lose you?!> you shout back. <I won't lose that! I won't lose Abigail!>

The pain rattles your being. Every inch you gain feels like a thousand brands pressed into your sides. You efforts grind to halt.

>you've taken 25 damage
>HP: 56/81

Intuition tells you you're a third of the way there, at best.

What do you do?

>press forward. Embrace Humanity
>look to tried and true methods. Consume Humanity.
>no more risks. Destroy Humanity.
>some other strategy.

>>26163765
>>26163759
Shadow confirmed for no emotions ever.

>>26163741
>>26163806
>Judging by what little of our conversation with Yi Fang concerned his trip through the Archonium, it's a reasonable bet to think this is the case.

Precisely my fear

>>26163886
>press forward

>>26163886
Embrace the pain and embrace the joy.
Embrace.

>>26163886
>press forward. Embrace Humanity
GOOOOOOOOOOO

>>26163886
>press forward. Embrace Humanity

>>26163886
>press forward. Embrace Humanity
We aren't losing it. We are gaining our humanity, embracing it, and never letting go.

Rolled 38

>>26163886

Rolled 21

>>26163886
>press forward. Embrace Humanity
there is pain in humanity. he said it himself

>25 damage
>1/3
So this is your game. To force 75 damage onto us before we fight Temerity / the other shards

>>26163886
EMBRACE HIM!

>>26163886

>press forward. Embrace Humanity

>>26163886
We're not allowing this to stop us! Keep going!

>>26163886
Well obviously Humanity isn't on board with this. A hug doesn't work if one person isn't enjoying it. Humanity embraces us back.

>>26163886
>>press forward. Embrace Humanity

Rolled 25

>>26163886
<Kiss me you fool.>

Roll 1d100

Rolled 1

>>26163958

Rolled 66

>>26163958
rolling to not die

Rolled 90

>>26163958
>nat 1

>>26163886
>>press forward. Embrace Humanity

><I am aware of our goals,> it says. <I know them better than anyone. It is from me they stem. I am not like else within you. I am newer than you are. I was kindled by her, when we first met.>

><...Abigail.>

>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 is what we made. For better or for worse.

And we're going to ride this train all the way to the last stop.

Rolled 40

>>26163958
rollan

Rolled 32

>>26163958
>press forward. Embrace Humanity

Rolled 7

>>26163958
DICE

Rolled 55

>>26163958

Rolled 50

>>26163958

Rolled 97

>>26163958

Rolled 20

>>26163958

>>26163886
>>some other strategy.

Hold our hands/appendages out to it.
Ask it to embrace US. Why is it holding back, why is it fighting us?

Teamwork.

(also something that one anon said last thread, about proving that we don't have to leave anything behind in this place)

Rolled 21

>>26163958

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>>26163958

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>>26163970
>>26163958
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Rolled 25

>>26163970
>>26163958
You are a cunt

Rolled 27

>>26163970
FUCK

It's been nice knowing you

Rolled 43

>>26163958

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>>26163970

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>>26163970
Nôoooooooooooooo

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>>26163970
Ha ha ha...

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>>26163970

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>>26163970
YOU MOTHERFUCKER

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Rolled 81

>>26163970

Game Over

>>26163958

rolling to save it

>>26163958
Thank god.

Rolled 86

>>26164031
What?

>>26163970
Oh dear. I am laughing, this is too much.

ouch, oh fuck

>>26163970

damn.

Well...it's gonna be close.

Rolled 29

>>26163970
>>26163958
Oh god, i was joking when i said shadow confirmed for no emotions!

>>26163970

I thought that was 1d1fag at first.

fuck it wasn't.

Rolled 40

>>26164075
god damn it, we critically failed a hug roll. i mean what the hell

Well, let's take a moment to heal up with water, then try again...

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>>26164075
Oh boy

>>26163970
Report to the shame box, Anon. Consider never leaving.

>>26164094
To be fair, the first part of the hug chunked us for nearly a third of our HP, so it's not exactly any run-of-the-mill hug we're attempting, here.

>>26164101
Something tells me the Archonium isn't exactly going to be that accommodating.

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>Trying to merge with Humanity
>Taking a fuckton of damage
>Darkxis shows up, shaped like Abby but still with his creepy glowy eyes and shark mouth

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>>26164133
Dude, Darkxis has gotten to eat more exotic shit than he ever did rolling with Magnocock. He should be thanking us.

>>26164075
Not really. With our health depleted we pretty much auto-fail whatever comes next. So, you know, shift your plans or whatever to account for asshole Shadow.

>>26164163
Angel in Legion Sauce, for one!

<Humanity!> you shout, shoving your way forward. <Stop hurting me!>

<I'm not doing anything,> Humanity says calmly.

<Then why...does...this...arrgggghh!>

<We're probably not very compatible.>

You push forward into the fire of Humanity. You're being torn apart by churning winds of fire.

>you've taken 45 damage (HP: 11/81)
>(Isolation) - Broken

The core of Humanity lies just ahead. You're almost to the central gleaming shards.

It's so close...but so far...

<You can't keep this up,> Humanity says. <You have to consume me.>

<...fuck...you!>

<You're going to die.>

What do you do?

>then by the night and the moon, you'll die trying
>give in and CONSUME

>then by the night and the moon, you'll die trying

>>26164200
>then by the night and the moon, you'll die trying

>>26164200
>give in and CONSUME

How the hell did Isolation get broken?

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>>26164200
...fuck it. In for a penny!

>>26164200
I'll die trying. (Attempt to heal with water)

>(Isolation) - Broken
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

>>26164200
>then by the night and the moon, you'll die trying

>>26164200
Die trying!

>>26164200
>then by the night and the moon, you'll die trying
Did Isolation soak that for us?

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>>26164200
heal our shit

>>26164200
Fucking eat it alraedy!

>>26164200
>then by the night and the moon, you'll die trying
If we lose our love for Abigail, then we have no purpose on this world.

>>26164237
Broken shards can still be repaired with meditation, just higher DC I think

>>26164230
Because we are literally embracing humanity

>>26164259
Yupp

>>26164200
THIS IS THE WORST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER AAAAAAAA

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>>26164200
>then by the night and the moon, you'll die trying
well if your not hurting me then help me damn it

>>26164200
><We're probably not very compatible.>
<That's never stopped us before.>

>then by the night and the moon, you'll die trying

>>26164230
We're trying to merge with the distilled essence of compassion that we've built up over our interactions with all sorts of people. That's basically the polar opposite of Isolation, and it makes a lot of sense that it wouldn't take the merger very well.

It would be hilarious if our real body bounced off the archonium while our mind went inside, and while we are struggling with our humanity, we are going around Archon, hugging random people to death

USE OUR HEAL

>>26164200
>then by the night and the moon, you'll die trying
Of course it hurts! To feel for other people, to lose people is painful! But to be able to feel pain proves that you can feel joy, happiness as well! Without pain, there is no chance of feeling anything at all! That is the price of humanity, the price of connecting your heart to the people you cherish! OF COURSE THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY, THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO LOVE SOMEONE!!!

Well then...guess we had better hope we roll a 100
HAHAHAHA YEAH FUCKING RIGHT

Ok, roll 1d100.

To all those wanting to do magic, you can't at the moment; you're too committed. If you stopped focusing, you'd die from Humanity's fire before you could cast the spell.

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>>26164337
please please pls please

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>All those idiots still wanting to "embrace" humanity when its clearly anathema to our existance

I never thought that getting killed by our Humanity would be how Shadow Quest ends but I wouldn't be surprised with all those fucking RAW RAW FIGHT ZE PAWUAR faggots

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ohgod

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>>26164351
>d105
wat. Well, at least our third roll isn't going to be a 20 no-

>>26164355
Oh.

Rolled 18

>>26164337
Dice gods

>>26164344
>>26164350
>>26164351
Goodbye Shadow, the animu faggots finaly killed you.

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>>26164337

Don't actually read this, but I just have to say something. saging for off topic, just to be safe.

Have you considered writing up an ending at some point? A lot of quests (which I will decline to identify) go bad very fast when they grow stale and begin to overstay their welcome, and I would prefer that this one not join their ranks.

Just a bit of advice- all good things must come to an end eventually, and it should be planned out in advance to make sure everyone will be happy with it.

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>>26164337
c'mon

>>26164353
How strangely appropriate that this post is right after the first 3 shitty rolls.

>>26164387
FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT AS WE MAY BE ABOUT TO DIE.

>>26164337
I would be very, very sad if this ended now. Please don't do it, SM... keep us alive.

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>>26164355
>>26164355
GOD FUCKING DAMNIT.

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>>26164337
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

>>26164416
>I would be very, very sad if this ended now. Please don't do it, SM... keep us alive.

YOU COULD HAVE CHOSEN TO CONSUME

YOU COULD HAVE CHOSEN LIFE

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>>26164337
adfasdfasfdafsd

>>26164399
They are significantly less shitty than when we first started this and we took 25 damage then. We probably just made it with like 1 or 2 hp. Hopefully

We should have just consumed it. We consumed Darkxis and we can still hear him somewhat... Humanity could have condensed into a shard. CONSUME is always the right choice.

>>26164432
I just got here, but I'd have voted for consuming.

>>26164464
As one of the only two people that even voiced that vote, I'm overwelmed by emotions to type any rants right now.

Please write all the rants you want at full caps lock, you have my blessing

Rolled 61

>>26164337
ha

>>26164464
Amazing that the consume nuts always seem to appear to say "I told you so" during the tough parts, but never when it's a good night.

>>26164516
You are a bit late their friend.

>>26164522
Anytime that something goes wrong people will sit back and shout "I told you so!".

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>>26164464
>CONSUME is always the right choice.
From last thread:
>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.

CONSUME is the easy way out. Darkxis a shit; Erebus a shit. Shadow is better than this. his HP pool, on the other hand, maybe not.

>>26164464
Embracing was the high risk, high reward option. We rolled super shitty either way.

>>26164522
>People who advocate a core function of the quest are nuts.
Could you be any more of a shitbird right now?

>>26164337
SM, please... please channel your inner papa-n just this once. Give us a fake bad end before moving on. Forgive us with a simple HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE.

>>26164542
>>26164522
>Complaining that the consume "nuts" are annoying
>When consuming the shard was the superior choice

Stop being passive aggresive and accept that you fucked up by not voting consuming.

>>26164575
It's also a core function to murder but we don't try to do that in every situation.

>>26164337
I don't suppose we could burn 2 exp to hypersonic and get there FAST?

>>26164571
>high reward
And what was that, pray tell? Because high reward should always be obvious as fuck.

>>26164579
So you want him to go into a gratuitious fish vore segment?

>>26164598
Voting to CONSUME wouldn't have changed our rolls. Besides, the outcome would have been horrible.

<Then I'll die trying!>

You push forward. You touch Humanity's surface.

It's almost frozen to the touch. Your limb feels cold, but your body is racked by the flames.

>you've taken 5 damage (HP: 6/81)

The heat is intense. You can feel it threatening your very life force. The fire is great enough to destroy you. But one final push...one final push could do it.

You feel your two remaining shards. If you grabbed one, perhaps it could blunt the flames long enough for you to reach Humanity. But it might weaken significantly...and if it did, what of the warning you glimpsed earlier?

<You can't make it,> Humanity says. It seems sad. <You know, I think the elf did all that just to give us this chance. But don't push yourself.>

<How can you say that, now?!>

<How can I not?> Humanity says. <I am your compassion.>

<What about Abigail?!>

<If you die, then there will be nothing further about her.>

What do you do?

>We're better than this! (push forward and embrace Humanity)
>Fuck you! (use a shard to blunt the flames and embrace Humanity [shard is randomly selected])
>I don't need you. (consume Humanity)
>some other strategy

>>26164600
Please see
>>26164598

>>26164611

I would find it most amusing if we gained a Shard of Humanity out of this.

Perhaps one that starts out Broken also.

>>26164579
Shadow Quest can't end now, it's the best quest ever made. It's not the time. We still have so much to do...

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>>26164575
Why yes. Yes I can. Because you literally asked that question.

Love you too, anon.

>>26164612
If that means we stay alive, sure. I could handle it.

>>26164639
>>We're better than this! (push forward and embrace Humanity)

>>26164639
>We're better than this! (push forward and embrace Humanity)
Let's accept the character that we have been playing, and let's let him accept himself.

Rolled 72

>We're better than this! (push forward and embrace Humanity)

>>26164639
>We're better than this! (push forward and embrace Humanity)

>>26164639
>Fuck you! (use a shard to blunt the flames and embrace Humanity [shard is randomly selected])

>>26164639
>>We're better than this! (push forward and embrace Humanity)

>>26164639

man. Three options to turn back?

>We're better than this! (push forward and embrace Humanity)

>>26164639
>>Fuck you! (use a shard to blunt the flames and embrace Humanity [shard is randomly selected])
More bad rolls and we get shit on

>>26164639
>We're better than this! (push forward and embrace Humanity)

>>26164639
>I don't need you. (consume Humanity)
><What about Abigail?!>
><If you die, then there will be nothing further about her.>


If even your own Humanity, the force of compassion inside you, tells you that then you bet your ass we must listern

>>26164639
>We're better than this! (push forward and embrace Humanity)

>>26164639
>I don't need you. (consume Humanity)

>>26164639
>Fuck you! (use a shard to blunt the flames and embrace Humanity [shard is randomly selected])

Guys I think we should use a shard, too little HP here. Also this proves I was wrong about consuming. EMBRACING was the right option after all.

>>26164639
>Fuck you! (use a shard to blunt the flames and embrace Humanity [shard is randomly selected])
God I hope it's that dickwad sneaking shard.

>>26164639

You will live on inside me.
>Consume

>>26164656
Seconded. This is the best fucking quest tg has ever seen. Characters, world building, story, mechanics, skill tree - it's got everything.

>>26164639
consume. humanity is too much of a burden it seems

>>26164639
Blunt the pain, then grab humanity.

>>26164639
>We're better than this! (push forward and embrace Humanity)

I get the feeling that if we CONSUME our Humanity, and become a monster then the world will be in an even worse state than it will have been if we die. Sometimes there are worse fates than death and CONSUMing will lead to such a fate.

changing vote
>Fuck you! (use a shard to blunt the flames and embrace Humanity [shard is randomly selected])

>>26164656
Actually it can as SM has said he won't hold our hand and if we end up dying well whats done is done.

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>All those people still wanting be the big animu white knight hero dude and embracing the thing that is killing us

I'm gonna go open a bottle, it's the only way to make this pain go away

Two most popular:

Vote 1:
>embrace the fires of Humanity

Vote 2:
>blunt the flames with a shard, then embrace Humanity

>>26164798
2

>>26164760
>Implying that our Humanity is going to die just because we are going to eat it

ITS A SHARD

WE HAVE EATEN SHARDS BEFORE AND SOME OF THEIR PERSONALITY STILL EXISTS INSIDE OUR BRAIN

>We're better then this!
Remember, we're still in the Archonium. This could be another test.

>>26164798
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>>26164798
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2

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2

>>26164798
2

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>>26164798
>2 options for either killing ourselves or destroying a shard and then killing ourselves

I vote to consume.

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>>26164639
>>We're better than this! (push forward and embrace Humanity)
><You know, I think the elf did all that just to give us this chance. But don't push yourself.>
><How can you say that, now?!>
><How can I not?> Humanity says. <I am your compassion.>
<You know as well as I do that if you give yourself up here, it will make us no better than Erebus was. If you can show compassion for me, then what about all of the people out there? The ones that Erebus decided needed to be condemned to nothingness out of nothing more than base instinct of his own?

If we give up here, what will happen to them?>

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>>26164798
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>>26164806
Except it wasn't supposed to be and only is because of the Archonium's magic. Did we gain any aspects of other people when we ate them?

>>26164798
>All aboard the MC killing train

I'm abstaining.

>>26164798
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I just got finished with reading thread 49 and this one.

Good fucking lord, you warned us SM, but I was not prepared for the plotberg you laid in our path.

>>26164798
I voted 2 because worst case scenario we lose all our shards, but stay alive. 1 might get us killed.