Holy shit I'm in at the start.

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>>26179800
SM you're my waifu

We should refrain from buying MP4 from the earth tree the second we get 20xp.

If there is one in the water tree, then buying the one in the earth tree will put a 25xp roadblock in our completion of the water tree.

And we need to complete the water tree for HYDRA. So, at the very least, we should buy surge to check for a water tree Magic Power before we buy the earth tree Magic Power.

Also a kinda unrelated thought, Hydra works only in the dark, I wonder if buying Pure Darkness would let it work anywhere.

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Daily.

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IT'S FUCKING GO TIME!

>>26179858
Hydra and pure darkness are linked by an upgrade, which probably removes the limitation and possibly expands the range of Hydra from cutting/piercing (would piercing count?)

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Recent Events Summary:

You decided that one of the keys to the vault under Jacob's Field needed to be collected - the lightning key, possessed by the late Duke Vellik of Kelvere. You flew to Evinbrook, and found the castle city locked in a battle for survival. Kan-Abar's armies returned, with two demon lords in tow.

Duke Vellik made a plan to stall the demons with patched-up dwarven technology. You brought him to safety in exchange for the lightning key. You offered him further sanctuary, but he chose to remain with what forces he has left and make the Kanians pay for every inch they take.

In order to permanently resolve this situation, you need the rightful king back on the throne of Kan-Abar - Obis Vin. You decided to track him down, and you've followed him as far as Port Vanta, where he was looking for an old ally, a pirate captain named Blackwater who used to work as a privateer for Kan-Abar. Blackwater, however, made an enemy in a particular crime lord - Damian Vonnegut. You leanred that after he asked around too much for Blackwater, Obis vanished, and you suspected Vonnegut was the culprit after a tip from a tavern keeper.

You were able to locate Vonnegut's base of operations under the city, and as you snuck in, you encountered Freja Blackwater, the infamous pirate's daughter. After a brief confrontation, you figured out that your goals were the same, and joined forces. You were able to find Obis, who had been captured by Vonnegut - and after forcing Vonnegut into a corner by consuming nearly his entire crew, he struck a deal with you for the king's release.

>con't

>>26179839

that's both creepy and flattering

no homo

>>26179903
I'd think piercing would count. Punctures are just small circular cuts that are usually deep

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>mfw I catch Shadow Quest as it starts for once

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Auriel sees great opportunities ahead. She wants to try to bring together Felnoir, Kelvere, Arland, and Archon into an alliance to turn and face the Kan-Abar army and the demon lords currently consolidating their position from Evinbrook.

You met with Felnoir's de-facto leader, the mayor of Maven Lake - and Freja's infamous father, Vidar Blackwater. He's promised to be in touch with Auriel. Meanwhile, you flew back to Archon to explain the situation to Fang, Sir Flint, and Adavan.

Abigail's entrance into the Archonium was sudden, and not what you expected. She is lost somewhere within the enchanted gateway, stuck between bits of her personality given life and pitted against one another. With no other recourse, you dived in after her, and are now deep within the recesses of your own mind, where you have encountered and merged with your Humanity.

What is with you people and Hydra? Its not even that good

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>>26179800
Aw yeah Shadow Quest Time!

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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.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/Vqpw3CZB

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/F6z52eZb


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Current Statistics:

HP: 81/81
Mana: 34/34
EXP: 19
Temerity: 319

Shards of Erebus:
(Isolation) - Broken
{Hunger} - Strong
(Silence) - Empowered

New Shards:
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

None

--Automatons--

Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Moonsong Shards x 3
Sun-Moon Key
Lightning Key
Succubus Reagents x 1

--Current Location--

Within the Archonium

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>Last time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVxiUNnDPJ4

You have a slight sense of vertigo as the faint 'horizon' of the colorless void flips and turns. You blink, and a new world settles around you.

You stand on a platform of paved onyx. Rising above you is a construct of ivory marble and gleaming steel. The white stone and smooth iron twist together in an elegant spiral tower that seems too thin to support its own weight. The inside of the construct itself is filled with gears, pistons, and sparks of dark magic. The heavy, rhythmic thundering of the machine echoes through the room. And it is a room - all of this is encased in the black slate you're standing on.

Ahead of you are three hallways. Behind you is a great door of slate, marble and steel. The door is tall, and carved with strange figures and letters that you cannot read. Three jagged holes are set in the center of the door.

It feels a bit odd, talking to yourself, but you're glad for the company. You're tired of being alone inside this strange place. You focus on the Humanity within you. <Well...as the humans say, two heads are better than one.>

<Indeed.> Humanity falls quiet for a moment. <Three holes in that door there...three halls.>

<And three shards of darkness.>

<Not a coincidence.>

<Indeed.>

You feel a glow of agreement from Humanity. <Stay vigilent. No telling what we'll find...in whatever this place is.>

Three halls lie before you. Which do you choose to enter?

>left
>center
>right

daily reminder pls to pls be nice in the thread pls

>>26179980
>left

>>26179980
Center

>>26179980
center.

>>26179980
>right

>>26179980
Left.

>>26179982
No

>>26179800
IT'S SHADOW TIME!

>>26179946
Basically we don't have to worry about one type of damage ever again and it's located in a tree where every upgrade is a major upgrade.

>>26179980

Left

>>26179982
And now everyone will call you a dick
>>26179980
Left for great justice

So we are capable of creating new shards, just like original erebus did.

>>26179980
left pls

>>26179980
>center

>>26179980
Center

>>26179980
ask humanity which way he feels abigail down. not sure if we should go with that one first or not though

>>26179980
We do this the old fashioned way, start with left and work our way to the right.

>>26180019
>Calling pls a dick
>2010+3y7m and 22d
>shigglet

>>26179980
>left

If these lead to confrontations with the shards, then I would expect that they are in order of our meeting with them.

So middle is probably hunger, but left/right could be either silence or isolation.

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>Fang's face when we come out of this thing with a massive power boost and voices in our head

>>26179980
How about we summon wisp and send him down the paths to scout them out?

>>26180078

Oh he doesn't need to know about the voices.

>>26179980
>left

>>26180054
I said people would call him a dick Ala:>>26180012
I like him

Left is popular enough to get locked in.

Do you summon wisp to scout for you? 1 mana to summon, 1 mana to order him to scout.

>>26180113
Sure, wynaut.

>>26180113

Yeah, sure why not.

>>26180113

Yes, pull wispbro out to scout.

>>26180113
>1 mana to order him to scout.

I thought that it was just conflict that caused him to consume mana, or is this a special case?

>>26180113
I say yes

>>26180135
Its when we order him about

>>26180113
Sure, sounds like a good idea.

>>26180135

Any direct order will charge you mana. I should have been more clear in the pastebin, that just says battle orders or something.

>>26180229
You know I bet there is some upgrade in the summon tree that removes that, or at least lowers the mana cost

You summon your wisp.

It zips out and flies around you head several times, then settles in front of you.

<Go into the left passage and scout down a ways. Tell me what you find.>

The wisp bobs and flies into the dark entrance, vanishing.

>mana: 32/34

A few minutes pass. You wait patiently.

The wisp reappears.

You see the image of a regular stone corridor, continuing on for some time. It turns at a sharp right angle...to another corridor. And then it turns again, another right angle.

This continues until you think the hall is about to intersect with the entrance point, but that never happens. Instead, the halls start to grow shorter, the turns more frequent. It's wrapping down into the center of a spiral.

Eventually, the hallways end at a door made of the slate-marble-steel that seems to dominate this place.

The images fade. The wisp couldn't get past the door.

What do you do?

>head to the door
>send it to scout one of the other passages

>>26180287
>>head to the door

>>26180287
>send it to scout one of the other passages
Center

>>26180287
>head to the door

>>26180287
>head to the door

>>26180266
It would be very far along, and more EXP than is worth investing in a tree that won't reach our current level of power for a long time.

>>26180287
Head to the door, it's the best lead we have and we don't want to waste more time or mana.

We have to go down each hallway anyways.

>>26180287
>head to the door

>>26180287
Is this a bloody labyrinth?
Good thing we sent wispbro left then

>>26180287
let's send the wisp to see the others, make sure there isn't anything unpleasant down them

Check out that door

>>26180351
>Thread description
>Shadow journeys into the maze of his own mind.

It's a labyrinth alright.

>>26180329
so what should we invest our exp in then? the water tree so we can get the next regen?

>>26180387
Yes

To the door!

>>26180387

seems like everyone wants to save for MP4 for the moment

>This is a metaphor for how we spend 400 threads arguing about all this stupid shit but end up getting to the same result

I see you SM

>>26180387
Basically, any tree we've already bought stuff from. Water, Spirit, Earth, Shadow Magic/Physical, Poison.

>>26180387
Water tree completion is the goal at the moment and we should most likely get Frostbite or tidal forces when possible.

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>>26180380
I feel really dumb now
>>26180387
Tidal force maybe? That is if we aren't saving for that sweet sweet MP 4

>>26180387
>>26180406
Though following from end of last thread discussion and the restating at the beginning of this one, we should probably buy tidal force before we get the earth trees magic power so we don't end up having to save up 25 exp to finish the water tree if it ends up containing a MP.

>>26180406
I read the past few threads SM what I learned was the anti-waifu fags were correct all along since going with Abigail would've been ultimate waifu route...
I'm proud of you SM for showing us the one true path.

>>26180442
Tidal force man. It leads to two things instead of one, costs the same and leads to the same thing as frostbite

>>26180481

It's less "the anti-waifu fags were right" and more "this is exactly what we were warned about in the Archonium and it would be pretty stupid to willingly stay with a happy illusion when we know it's not real".

Abby still means quite a lot to us.

>>26180481
>Antiwaifufags

the same 3 faggots that kept the shitstorm going any time a female came into view

>>26180387
>>26180406
>>26180412
>>26180442
>>26180477
okay based on the input seems like we should save that sweet MP 4 then buy tidal force maybe? depends on what MP 4 unlocks.... I guess.

You decide to try your luck with the spiral hallway. You sprint through the entrance and down the lengthy paths of stone. It holds true to what the wisp told you.

You arrive at the door.

Close up, you can see dark gears matching the ones of the central chamber. You feel a slight hum in your chest. Power flows through the depths of this place, though you can't well sense it. Everything is blotted out, like black ink on a black background.

You place a hand on the door. Power snaps through. It begins to shudder open. The gears click, and the doors slow, and grind to a halt. A vast darkness looms before you.

Wisp tries to move ahead of you, but it can't. It pushes and strains, but it can't clamber through the thick darkness.

What do you do?

>enter the passage
>go back, scout another path
>something else

>>26180521
other way around. buy tidal force. see if there is a mp in water tree. if so buy it. we dont want to place a huge roadblock to completion of the water tree right now

>>26180529

Let's get it over with.

Enter the passage.

>>26180529
>enter the passage
Allons-y!

>>26180529
i suspect all the paths are like this. onward, into the depths of the abyss

>>26180529
>enter the passage
so what do you think anons isolation or silence?

>>26180529
>something else
Wiggle a shadowy appendage around in the darkness.

>>26180529
>enter the passage
we've come this far might as well enter

>>26180529
>enter the passage
Tell wisp to scout the other 2 paths and then come back here to wait for us.

>>26180555
isolation

>>26180529
>>enter the passage

>>26180529
>enter the passage
i wouldn't be surprised if this has something to do with isolation

>>26180565

Good plan, will do.

Only 1 mana anyway.

ONWARD

>>26180503

Not everything is so black and white, ignoring the first illusion (Like I wanted I admit) where we saw john have a happy life could have made things more difficult with humanity (in different degrees). So there is a middle road to walk if we want to be smart and reasonable.

>>26180592

Agreed, I think one of the points people were trying to make during that whole sequence is that while we do care about Abby a lot, we shouldn't define ourselves around her. We are still Shadow whether or not she's around.

You press up to the thick, black darkness. It parts for you. You walk forward slowly.

The darkness seals up behind you. You try to move back, and discover that you can't.

With no choice, you push on, forging uncertainly into the black.

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After a few moments, the darkness ends.

You're in a small stone chamber, the same black slate as before. Scattered about the stone are battered pieces of onyx crystal. They ooze a cold blackness. It feels...lonely.

Isolation.

Of course - it broke when you merged with Humanity.

You test the dark passage at your back. It still refuses to yield. Maybe you have to do something about Isolation before you can return?

What do you do?

>try to repair Isolation
>ask Humanity its opinion
>consume the remains of the shard
>bash what remains of the shards into dust
>some other strategy

>>26180649
>try to repair Isolation

>>26180649
CAN WE FIX IT?

PROBABLY.

>>26180649
>>some other strategy
Try to shove the Isolation shards into Humanity.

>>26180649
>>try to repair Isolation
Lets see if he actually says something

>>26180649
fix our best friendshard

>>26180649
>ask Humanity its opinion

>>26180649
>try to repair Isolation
Isolation was our first broshard, we can't leave it busted like this.

>>26180649
>try to repair Isolation
>ask Humanity its opinion

>>26180649
Repair the poor guy. I want to talk to him...

>>26180675
For what purpose?

>>26180649
Bash the shit out of that damn isolation.
Abby is our waifu and we don't need it's shit.

>>26180675
That could either work very well or blow up in our face spectacularly.

>>26180649
>try to repair Isolation

Poor guy deserve better, he's saved our ass on a number of occasions.

>>26180649
Talk to the shards while we try to repair isolation.

>>26180700
We know these shards are holding back some kind of seal.

>>26180694
All the shards are trying to merge together. Maybe if we kickstart the process on our own, we can shape it more to our will instead of just letting the nature of the shards run their course.

>people dont realize Isolation is our main defensive shard

Its like you retards want us to die or something

>>26180700
Bitch you best be playing.
Iso is an Original Gangsta

I'll write Humanity's opinion while you start the repairs.

>>26180649
Can we change isolation? When we faced the lonely shadow, we overwhelmed it with humanity and managed a merger. Could we try to use humanity to alter isolation into a positive shard?

>>26180700
You playin wit me? Isolation is our nigga.

>>26180700
Are you an idiot? If the shards are destroyed completely, bad shit will go down.

>>26180730

He was the first shard we got, wasn't it? Was that the one that we rolled the double 100's on consuming it?

>>26180722
>>26180730
I be playing dawg, just checking for latch lickers.

>>26180754
Yep

>>26180741
Oh yes one of our many positive shards, Like sneaky bastard or the hungry bastard?

>>26180754
Sort of. We rolled double 100's for carebarestare, and got it to fuse with us to not be alone anymore.

>>26180754
Actually, we overloaded it with Humanity and merged with it.

>>26180761
>I WAS JUST PRETENDING TO BE RETARDED GUYS SERIOUSLY!

>>26180735
guys what if Humanity and Isolation aren't compatible what if we have to choose between them?

>>26180775
>>26180773

Ah, right, I forgot.

I hope we can do the same again.

>>26180781
Iso all the way man

>>26180781
I am not prepared for the feels that would occur if that happened.

>>26180781
that would be dumb because humanity contains every emotion

>>26180781
>Isolation has aided us by itself so many times, taking the hit when we needed it. I think it wants us to succeed, if only so people will stop trying to kill us and leave us alone

>>26180781
Actually. Out of all the shards, Isolation would be the most compatible. Especially with how we merged with it by appealing to it with our Humanity.

>>26180781
>What if fear makes our friends afraid of us?

>>26180781
I would choose Isolation

You gather the shards into the center of the room. Piece by piece, a lump of shattered crystal begins to form.

<What do you think?> you ask Humanity. <I think we've no choice but to piece it back together.>

<Maybe, but what then?>

<What do you mean?>

<The first time we met, it lashed out as soon as we grew to close for its liking,> Humanity says. <It may have served you well while tame...but who's to say it won't have ideas of its own in this place?>

You put the last pieces of Isolation together. It's still just a pile of bits, but you can feel a familiar power begin to resonate within it. A bit more, and it might merge.

<Well, what do you suggest? We don't have a lot of options.>

<...I feel...like I could do something,> Humanity says. <...be the mortar that holds it together.>

<Really? More powerful than before?>

<...different. More powerful...I'm not sure.>

What do you do?

>repair Isolation yourself
>let Humanity put a hard hat on
>some other strategy

>>26180816
then we obviously slap the shit out of fear itself

>>26180816
>What if servant makes Abby stop aging?

>>26180779
>2013
>Caring about my bait
Jesus man, don't need to get so


EDGY

>>26180805
humm. it kind of makes me wonder if every shard wants its oposite. isolation wants to not be so alone. hunger want to be saited. maybe silence wants to be heard.

huh. weird thought. if every shard wants its opposite. we seem to want justice. so we are the opposite of justice. something like indifference.

>>26180831
Aww you must not have been there for that argument. That one was a doozy

>>26180827
have both us and humanity repair it together

>>26180827
>let Humanity put a hard hat on
We got Isolation to join us willingly before using our humanity, let's let it work its magic one more time.

>>26180827

Let Humanity take a shot at it.

That's how we got it before, basically.

>>26180827
>humanity did sway Isolation to merge with us, lets try to talk to it with humanity

>>26180827
>let Humanity put a hard hat on
HAH!. I knew this would happen.>>26180675

>>26180827
>let Humanity put a hard hat on
Seems like a good way to move away from all this inevitable fate junk.

>>26180827
>lets try to connect with Isolation, we can be alone together like we said before

>>26180827
>>repair Isolation yourself
Iso is cool He took the hits for us before we wont fuck with him now

>>26180851
I've missed quite a few arguments
sadly
>>26180827
can we do both?

>>26180827
Let humanity put a hard hat on

Note: letting Humanity repair Isolation doesn't mean that it does all the work. It will just be helping you.

>>26180827
>repair Isolation yourself

Iso has been with us the longest and so we should be the one to put him back together.

>>26180827
>>26180856
I agree with this guy, we must show isolation that we can be alone, together. I mean, don't you wanna go do some deep introspection on some random rooftop again?

>>26180827
Let's repair Isolation ourselves. who knows if letting Humanity at it will change it's function?

>>26180827
>repair Isolation yourself
for some reason i feel that letting humanity take a crack at it will humanize the thing more. like turn it from isolation into something more human like lonleyness

>>26180884
It was hilarious someone tried to get us not to buy the fear spell because our friends all be afraid of us

>>26180896
then both of us, Humanity helped Isolation see we could be together before

>>26180906
I don't think it would change it too radically, just shift it more toward a human frame of reference.

Guarding maybe, instead of isolation.

>>26180827
>let Humanity put a hard hat on
Isolation is a brol, and I'd think it would be more a bro as it's own shard over a part of Erebus' plot

>>26180896
right, then. I suppose both of us working together makes sense. let's take advantage of Resonance.

>>26180926
fuck that I like inhuman Iso.
We aint no pansy ass human

>>26180827
<Why have you returned, all I want is to be left alone>

<Then we should be alone with all of us>

>>26180827
>repair Isolation yourself
I don't want Iso to turn into loneliness

>>26180922

I'm pretty sure that guy was joking.

I mean, no one's that stupid.

Right?

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Vote 1:
>repair it by yourself

Vote 2:
>repair it with Humanity helping

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>>26180896
Both then. We won over Isolation with Humanity before, makes sense to go for it again.

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>>26180953
>tfw when Iso goes from a hardcore G into an Emo

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What if fusing humanity with isolation makes
>tfw no qt3.14 shadow mage gf

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>>26180966
>I'm pretty sure that guy was joking.
I was being a prick because of the week long "ASK EVERYONE ABOUT ALL THE SERVANTS EVURRR SO WE DON'T MAKE A LEGION!!!!!!"

>>26180966
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I think everyone is too focused on Iso becoming something less good when its our chance to get it out of Erebus' plot.

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>>26181012
Aww why did you spoil it I actually thought you were actually that stupid.
>>26181023
Erebus's plot is already in shambles thanks to humanity shard

>>26181012

I know what you mean.

>>26180966

CuTtInG oFf VoTeS

>>26181058
I would have rather we had gone with working with humanity anyways. It was how we got the shard in the first place, and it probably would have made it easier for us to repair it.

Also it might have humanized the shard enough that we could talk to it.

>>26180966
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alone: 13

together: 10

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Roll 1d100

>>26181058
1 shard to 3 shards of Erebus. I don't mind repairing it on our own, but I feel like people are basically waifuing the shard over thinking this logically.

>>26181083
pretty sure the total is at
1: 13
2: 10

Rolled 38

>>26181113
rolling

Rolled 61

>>26181113

>>26181090
We got enough things to talk to. I like the way Iso just chills until we need him

Rolled 98

>>26181113

Rolled 30

>>26181113

Rolled 93

>>26181113
>natural 1

Rolled 69

>>26181113

This probably isn't a succeed/fail choice, but a thematic one, like the rest of this place has been.

By choosing not to mix isolation with humanity, we are saying that we are going to keep our humanity and our nature separate.

>>26181140
>>26181130
>>26181129
damned dice

>>26181129
No deleting your rolls, faggot! SM, he had 25, please don't punish us.

>>26181113

Rolled 12

>>26181113
Rollin'

Rolled 67

>>26181113

Rolled 43

>>26181129
Duuude, don't be a faggot. Why you gotta go deleting rolls?

Rolled 34

>>26181113

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>>26181129

Rolled 25

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>>26181193
>>26181129
Noooooo SM please don't punish us he had a 25

>>26181158
....Wow i must be tired, that came out really captain obvious.

I meant to say, we are choosing what we have, we are keeping a divider between the two; we are human -and- and shadow, rather than a humanlike shadow.

Why even bother deleting rolls in this day and age?

>>26181193

Please have mercy upon us my lord

we are but mere mortals please forgive this transgression.

>>26181229
*By choosing what we have, that is.

Rolled 18

>>26181113
It is Isolation. We must do it ALONE.

>>26181224
>>26181174
>>26181254

I won't punish you. If I did, people who enjoy rabble rousing would purposely delete rolls.

>>26181266
a just and fair point

>>26181266
you truly are a benevolent dictator.

>>26181266
the real reason he won't punish us is because those shitty rolls were punishment enough... Right?

>>26181158
>>26181229
It's definitely thematic. But I think keeping our nature and humanity separate is kind of dumb since our nature is too destroy all life. I think by not letting Humanity help us work it over, we're basically letting a part of Erebus sit and fester in us over subsuming it into something new and not part of some heinous plot. It's like we're willingly choosing to be bi-polar. Humanity is the one chance we got to stop this from what I can tell and we're not even utilizing it.

>>26181297
Your levels of faggotry are astounding

You probably think it's funny to roll 1d1s too.

>>26181329
The occasional 1d1 on an important roll is funny.
Deleting shitty rolls is not

>>26181297
>in other words you could've just told everyone that you were a massive faggot who has nothing to do except ruin other's fun because you have nothing else going on.

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>>26181364
>The occasional 1d1 on an important roll is funny.

No it's not, they keep giving me heart attacks.

Rolled 1

>>26181329
It isn't?

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<No,> you say. <Let me do this alone. We have an understanding.>

<...if you say so.>

You push your power into Isolation.

The crystal glows. Green-black light flares between the pieces of the crystal. They begin to fuse back together.

Eventually, the crystal is completed.

>{Isolation} - Normal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ncsItpXptQ

The crystal wavers, then warps. It grows, and settles into the silent, looming form of Isolation.

It looks at you. It says nothing, and does nothing. It just stares.

Its gaze slowly shifts to the left.

You look to your side. Humanity is there - you're not sure when it appeared. Is there some sort of reaction between the two.

<...it's staring at me,> Humanity says.

<It does that.> You raise an arm to Isolation. Its eyes flick back to you. <Do you know what's going on?>

It nods.

<Want to help us get out of here?>

Isolation walks up to you. It plants itself next to you. The entire time it doesn't take its eyes off Humanity. It keeps itself firmly facing the flickering fire.

<I don't think it likes me,> Humanity says. <Hey, say something. I'm not going to bite.>

For a moment, Isolation's face transforms into a giant, toothless mouth. It lets out a shriek like nails on a chalkboard. Just as suddenly, it settles back at your side.

<...I guess that's a no,> Humanity says.

<Why are you suddenly here, anyway?> you ask.

Humanity gives you a shrug of its fire. <I'm not sure. I wasn't one moment, and then I was outside looking at you. Must have something to do with him.>

Hmm.

What do you do now?

>return to the central chamber and chose another path
>some other strategy

>>26181364
And by occasional, you must mean one or two every thread, going by how often that happens.

>>26181424
>return to the central chamber and chose another path

>>26181424

Damn we should've used Humanity to help repair it, would've created a more harmonious whole I bet.

>>26181446
I only did it once and it was on the eleventh roll anyway.
>>26181424
Lets head to the middle one

>>26181424
>return to the central chamber and chose another path

Rolled 6

>>26181424
>return to the central chamber and chose another path

>>26181424
Ooooh, we've got a posse going.

>Isolation's face transforms into a giant, toothless mouth. It lets out a shriek like nails on a chalkboard.
Jesus Christ how horrifying.

Let's head back to the central chamber and chose the center path.

Rolled 36

>>26181424
humm. humans are social animals. by their nature they hate isolation. isolation might be feeling that now. he kind of reminds me of one of those abused puppies

>>26181424
>return to the central chamber and chose another path

>>26181424
>return
so is Isolation with us and just doesn't like humanity?

>>26181424
>return to the central chamber and chose another path
Don't forget to get the info from Wisp

>>26181424
Let's head on back. Try to talk to Iso, thank him for being with us for so long.

>>26181424
I don't quite understand are both of the shards following us

>>26181424
take some time to try and resonate with Isolation, it may not like a lot of things but we're still bros 4 life

>>26181542
>>26181516

Seconding these.

>>26181424
Head on back, but try to talk to Iso.

>>26181424
>return to the central chamber and chose another path
Play mediator as we go.
<It probably doesn't like you because it broke trying to protect me from your flames. I don't hold any grudge for that affair, but it possibly does.>

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>>26181516
>pic related

>>26181424
tell isolation that humanity is a friend. they don't have to hang out too much though, just cooperate.
>>26181542
>>26181560
these too

>>26181516
Yeah, why not. I want to see just how sentient this dude is, and his opinion of Silence.

It would be a pretty fun scene.

>>26181560
Probably add to Isolation that the whole thing was our idea anyway and Humanity wanted us to back out.

The darkness behind you has vanished. You walk forward. Humanity floats in the air, a crystal on fire. Isolation sticks next to you, staying opposite you from Humanity. You don't get far before you run into your wisp.

Images flash in your mind. The central hallway seems to lead to another slate door. It's crossed several over with silvery chains and padlocks, obviously keeping something inside.

The right hall goes straight on for a time, and then ends at a strange statue. It looks like a lion with a human's head.

You return to the central chamber, Humanity on one side, Isolation on the other.

Which way do you go now?

>center
>right
>some other strategy

>>26181604
>right
Da fuck

>>26181604
right

>>26181604
Make sure we've got everything sorted out with Iso like we've been talking about.

>>26181604
>Right

Thinking this is CONSUMO

>>26181604
>right

>>26181604
>It looks like a lion with a human's head.

AWWWWW SHIT RIDDLE TIME

>>26181604
>>26181588
>>26181560
>>26181542
take a moment for these
>right

>>26181604
>some other strategy
These
>>26181588
>>26181597
Hunger and Silence are not bros. So we should get some cooperation going before confronting them.

>>26181424
>Isolation
>Walks up to you.
>Plants itself next to you.
>Settles back at your side.

How ironic.

>>26181604
Let's go right

>>26181622
Sounds like a plan.

>>26181604
>>26181622
>some other strategy
We should probably try and work through whatever it is that's keeping us from having our cake and eating it too.

While this >>26181507 is true, it's not necessary to keep to one extreme or the other. The shard already recognizes that Isolation doesn't have to mean being cut off from everything forever, or it wouldn't have possibly joined with us in the first place, let alone tolerated other shards, or our interaction with people up to this point.

The Humanity shard is just the crystallization of that interaction, so it's probably going to take some acclimating to, but it should still be possible to get Isolation to the point where it can at least find some element of Humanity that it can start to learn to tolerate.

>>26181604
>center
Right is probably Silence, he's a dickass.

I wanna see Darkxis. He's also a dickass, but a more entertaining one.

I still think we should have let humanity influence him, it could have made it less... hostile. Focusing on the protection and shielding aspects rather than keeping us away from -everything-

Maybe we will be able to shape it anyways. Feels somewhat morally better than just flat warping it's mind.

>>26181604
Right. Going on guesswork, right is Silence, and center is Hunger (who is still partially independent, thus chained)

>>26181672
if its a fight between darksis and silence, id rather save darkxis for last

Darkxis was poisonous so we might wanna get robust immunity before heading there.

>>26181714
Oh boy here we go.

MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE

>>26181734
>MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE MUH POISON TREE?

>>26181693

Nah, Darkxis could actually fight us, Silence was a slippery fuck. In here he doesn't have where to run.

>>26181734
its no different then those wanting summoning, or earth, or water, or Hydra.

>>26181734
He is not incorrect you know

>Everyone thinks it's a Sphinx
>inb4 fucking Manticore

>>26181754
It's very different. It is out of the way of long term goals, and only tangentially relevant to our fighting style and tactics.

>>26181751
exactly, id rather have everyone else taken care of before we literally breack the chains keeping Darkxis inside

>>26181754
Well the difference with wanting summoning is that We still dont have a single summon other than wispbro

>>26181754
None of them manage to be as obnoxious about it as you.

>>26181791
Robust immunity has nothing to do with dealing poison.

>>26181734
>>26181748

Damn man, he is actually making a good point but you are just making a complete asshole of yourself without making any reasonable argument.

I say go ahead buy lets buy robust immunity. And make any confrontation with Darkxis easier.

>>26181797
>but what about Muscle Wisp?

<So,> you say to Isolation. <Thanks for your help so far. I feel like we've been through a lot. You've always been loyal, since we met.>

Isolation nods once. It says nothing. Its eyes are still on Humanity.

<Stop staring at me,> Humanity says.

Isolation's green light flickers threateningly. It says nothing.

<He isn't a talkative fellow, is he?>

<It did break protecting me from your fire,> you say. <I'm not surprised he doesn't think highly of you.>

<Well, he'll have to deal with it. We've got bigger fish to fry.>

You glance at Isolation. <Humanity's on our side. Try to keep a level head.>

Isolation's gaze flicks at you, then back to Humanity. He really isn't very emotive, but you get a certain feeling of...temporary acquiescence.

>you decide on the right hallway

<Let's go this way. I think we should save that chained door for last.>

<Probably a good idea,> Humanity says.

You walk down the right-hand hall and eventually reach the statue. Your small party of the two shards, yourself, and wisp, gather in front of it.

<...what now?> Humanity says aloud.

<My touch worked last time. Maybe again?> You reach out and brush the statue.

Black power flares. The neck stretches up, and yawns. <I have company.>

<...so...which one are you?> Humanity asks.

<I'm more interested in who the hell you are. What's with that fire?>

<I'm Humanity. I'm new.>

<...right.> The head of the statue looks back at you. <Silence, of course. It's about time you got here.>

<...we need to escape this place,> you say. <I think I need your help to open the door back there.>

<That a fact?> The statue smiles. <How about a game?>

<What sort of game?>

<The rules are simple,> it says. <Answer all my riddles correctly, and I'll help you. Get them wrong, and I blow you up and take command of this little show.>

You can practically feel Humanity raise an eyebrow. <You've got nowhere to run, this time. We'll smash you to pieces.>

<And this time, I'm better prepared,> Silence says.

>con't

You consider the situation.

>play along for now
>smash that statue to bits
>some others strategy

>>26181817
> Hes not muscle wisp yet, he doesn't have any arms

>>26181838

>say something else (write in)

>>26181838

Play along, of course. Gimme dem riddles.

>>26181838
>play along for now

>>26181838
For a shard of silence you sure dont know when to shut the hell up, Tell me your damn riddles and lets go.

>>26181838
<You think you can take on all three of us and win? you were only a problem because you were sneaky.>

>>26181838
<So that's it? All this and idel threats are all you have? You are me, we are eachother. Stronger then we could be separate, and you know it. You WILL live on, this time I can promise you that>

>>26181838

Lets try to talk with him first. Try to convince him that we can be stronger together than if he tries to destroy us.

>>26181825
Play along.

Despite everything I rather like silence.

Damnit, I was hoping for a Manticore. It would kind of fit thematically, since the whole point of a Manticore is that it's just a fucking monster but it wears a human face to trick people into thinking it's something that can be reasoned with.

I fully expect Silence to cheat at whatever game he proposes.

>>26181844
>saying summoning could give him arms at a later point

>>26181898

could have gone either way really

>>26181850
<It's more advantageous to us as well as you to simply cooperate, you don't want to become trapped in here, do you?>

>>26181825
>>some others strategy
Suggest that we will come back later after securing Hunger, and see how Silence reacts.

Silence obviously wants to be in charge, but it will probably realize that if we leave it here to fight Hunger and Hunger defeats us, there's next to no chance Silence will be able to battle-of-wits Hunger to death, since it will just go NOPE and eat him.

Maybe the threat of potentially losing full control to Hunger will make him want to sweeten the pot a little, if only by offering to cut the riddle contest slightly shorter than he would have otherwise.

ib4 trying to trick Silence backfires spectacularly

>>26181900
obviously. that's why he's 'better prepared'. we need to find something to get him to play on the level.

>>26181838
>play along for now
but if I win you merge with me

>>26181900
Well then we don't just give a flat answer, we deconstruct each riddle in front of him and point out every hole in it.

>>26181901
> Forgetting Summoning lets us change templates eventually

>>26181900

>Silence
>not being a dickass

Let's be careful with our wording. It might be those stupid riddles where the answer is "the" or "it", or something equally simple and obvious.