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11th day of Prophecy, 10:20 pm, inside the alchemical atelier of Ithel Hermingild.

It is with certain weariness that you crash into one of the many chairs lying all around the tent of this little alchemist, the total chaos of objects, tables and others…alchemical tinkering hadn’t changed a single bit since your last visit save for the sole, big table large enough to hold someone of Emeth size, freshly unlocked straps as well as trace of blood and paints still adorned its surface in some kind of mock residue of torture that would probably have roused your suspicious if it weren’t for the fact that you had some inkling of knowledge of this dangerous science.

You also try to identify anything suspicious is this confusing scenery of objects, a simple reflex born out of this newfound paranoia and, as the seconds slowly trickle where Emeth concealed form stand at your side (you gave her your cloak for modesty) and the little blond started drinking from her gourd, you came to the inevitable conclusion that nothing suspicious was going on, nor did you find any hint of the purpose of that blond Inquisitor that you saw exiting the tent before your meeting with Leila, Emeth also looked perfectly fine save for her utter lack of modesty and exposed inner magical tattoos or…circuitry, as the alchemist put it during her embarrassed babble before coming back inside, even so the girl had some very serious news to tell and she was obviously nervous about it as she finished whatever was in her gourd in one long drink.
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This has been on hell of a day, the long speech of the demon girl still wracked your mind and you couldn’t help but feel slightly faint as you went over the details time and again, the position of the Demon Lord is obviously a cause for serious concern given how she helped you out with the Oni, but there was also the reason behind the kidnapped of Bletsia which… leave you torn, there’s no doubt the women of Zipangu adopted the girl as a surrogate daughter but her talent is a precious and very needed one, in essence, you feel like the centipede will have to grow up very, very fast in the near future and you can’t help or watch her doing so…

‘’Well now no need to fret! Yer girlfriend is alright, that I promise!’’

Ithel suddenly speak, her proximity coming to you as complete surprise and it took some resolves to prevent yourself a jump as you come eye to eye with the little blond, prompting Emeth to put a hand on your shoulders, losing grip of the cloak and revealing her body once more, this time however, the tattoos looked to have regressed back in her body and you get all the vision you need to arouse any red blooded male… although her arms looked obviously paler than the rest of her peach colored skin, a clear, different pigmentation around her shoulders projected the area of the liquid metal all the way down to her fingertip…

‘’Go get dressed would you?’’

You finally say, rubbing your eyes together as you try to chase the sudden lust, either yours or that of the Beast was impossible to say but a set of clothes especially prepared by Ithel were put on one of the many tables and, as soundlessly as ever, Emeth set to work without a hint of shame; the soul link told you simply of quiet happiness.

‘’Good thing I’m thoughtful huh?’’

The girl pump her fist on her flat chest as she take place in front of you, plopping down onto the chair she pulled while rubbing her eyes, betraying her camouflaged exhaustion.

’Well there’s two new! A good one, and then a more…er, strange one, yeah’’
Your eyes follows her gloved hands and a long silence fall between the two of you until, finally, you break it in confusion when Emeth step back at your side, garbed in auxiliaries clothing consisting of solid leather clothing without much reinforcement; still better than nothing, all thing considered.

>’’I don’t think so’’

…not that the opinion of a certain voyeur hold weight.

‘’So which do ya want first?’’

You can only frown in confusion at the strangely bubbly little alchemist as she wave two digits, smiling from ears to ears while often time betraying the hints of worries through furrowed brows.

‘’Can’t I get both at the same time?’’

‘’Naaah come on! I’ve managed to make ya the most important person for that girl so I… oh’’

The girl cup her chin as she just realize her blunder and you can’t help but smile as a small red tint color her cheek.

‘’aaya… damn well, there ya got it I managed to circumvent the Prime Directive an’ all, I didn’t erase anything tough… not that there was much to rewrite, really. It’s very strange but that girl, that golem, already had you as an important subject of protection, hell the thing was clumsily written all over like some kind of litany, I just needed to change her wiring a bit and tune her with your blood, very basic stuff but then I dug in a bit…’’

The girl stop as she look at you seriously, all gentle emotions completely filtered out of her face as she eyes you, then Emeth, up and down.

‘’If it weren’t for dat warning ya give me I’d probably be dead. I can give ya the long or short version, ya seem pretty tired and it’s late… buuut I think you should know, since yer the one having a sentient golem enamored with ya and all, although you got things going on so…’’
Then the little alchemist rubs her chin thoughtfully as she eyes you up and down, her expression changing in the second from a more neutral, business like sentiment to something more self-righteous, perhaps even a bit angry.
‘’Ya been good to Leila right? Right?’’

She suddenly change the subject, peering at you with half-closed eyes and an aura of faux intimidation that only small girls like her could muster so comically while being so serious.

What do you do?

>>27201869
"Give me the long version. Don't want to miss any details. As for Leila... I think I've been good to her. She's been hard to talk to as of late."

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>>27202082
Sunday ought to do the trick, I still need to decide on the climax or cut it into two parts.

>>27202157
>stalling
I see you didn't learn anything in thread #79

>>27202211
pls stop anon

we'll never get it so it's best to never ask for it

>>27202211

Writing it felt like pulling teeth numerous time, it's really outside my zone of comfort, but it's almost finished even if I didn't felt much passion coming up with it.

>>27201869
"Give me the long version; no telling if a detail could be important, given the original creator's penchant for contingency plans.
"As for Leila, I think I've been good to her. I want to be more, but she's going through a bit if a phase right now an it's hard to get close to her."

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"Give me the long version. Don't want to miss any details’’

You spoke while settling more comfortably in your chair, forgoing you usual noble and guarded demeanor for a more slouched and comfortable approach as the events of the days were really starting to work on your stamina, thankfully Ithel caught up and started rummaging through one of the messy tables, gestured toward Emeth who slowly walked up to her and then shoved a full gourd in her hand.

‘’Ah… thank, although as for Leila I’ve tried my best really, but she’s been hard to approach as of late, recent events have been hard on her, not just me’’

Your throat feel hoarse and dry as you speak, you’ve just now realized of your thirst with fresh, good water in your hand and you immediately take a healthy swing, recent events have all but washed away the taste of the alcohol you had with Hieronymus a few hours ago.

‘’Yeah… the only time I saw that girl being passionate was when she helped me out when I really needed it, she’s got talents but… well…’’

Ithel let out a sigh, then a shrug and move on.

‘’Right, right, well then the long version… Hell I’m not sure how ta explain it meself, so I just really hope ya can follow me’’

‘’I’ll try my best’’

The little alchemist stop once more, her blue eyes falling upon Emeth, she take her time to look at your bodyguard up and down, munching on her lip before finally working out her words.

‘’First I had to dive into her an’ all, it’s how we alchemist work with golems and inscribe the wiring onto the tattoos, so here I just started examining her, nothing wrong for a few hours but I wanted to see what made her tick an… eventually I stumbled upon the nucleus and believe you me when I say I never once say anything like it before’’

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‘’Twas different from the usual guarded and confused Prime Directive, I think I stumbled upon her core laid bare and… I dunno how to describe it, but it was –open-‘’

She nodded as she speak, putting emphasis on the word

‘’Reaching out toward thousands upon thousands of… of links, little stumbles I think, letting out some kinda purplish red pulse like a heartbeat, it stretched like a giant web, with of course the sphere of her nucleus in the center, twas a vision truly outta this world but I didn’t go further cause of what you said, felt like if I so much as touched or tried to read further in I’d get swallowed whole’’

You simply stare blankly, all the while Ithel continue on, her gaze narrow and serious as she sometime stop to rub her mouth.

‘’She already held you as the most important ‘’objective’’ so it wasn’t too hard for me to circumvent her others… loyalties, thing is tough this chain on her behavior was kept very separate from that…web of hers, it’s as if the usual Prime Directives were a chain about to snap.’’

Tsukiyomi did said that Emeth was important for the war effort, very important in fact but she was also ’’useless in her current state’’

‘’I aint sure what to make of this, but I think this girl…I’d have turned her to the Inquisition if she wasn’t sentient, or close to it’’

You feel a cold, cold sweat all over your body as a momentary aggressiveness take hold of your heart, for a split second you entertained the idea of shutting up this alchemist for good.

Damn this place is making you very, very paranoid.

‘’So yeah that’s about as far as I’ve checked, what the hell could this…web inside of hers do? Her Helix was beyond massive and now I finally know why’’

What do you make of this discovery, Siegfried?

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>>27201869
We needs the long version, and yes, we've been good to Leila. Just hope she doesn't do something rash to get the angel out of the sword. Also here it is.

>>27202745
Wait, did she figure out why Emeth is important to the war effort for Zipangu, or am I just blind?

>>27202849

It's a hint.

She didn'T go further because of your warning

>>27202745
This could mean many things. She could have seen the results of a soul link upon a soul, or the web could be the starts of a magical scrying network that will cover the whole island once Emeth achieves the full sentience needed to both be the Mainframe as well as actually make use of it.

And of course the usual prime directives were a chain about to snap. Upon achieving full sentience she would just break anything constraining her free will. Hell she almost did when she went haywire.

>>27202877
And if we didn't warn her we'd be short one Alchemist. She'd be doing the gibbering thing right about now...

>>27202927
>>27202947

You guys can try to delve into this further or retreat back to your tent for some shut eyes.

Anything you want to ask of our little alchemist?

>>27202745
"The web, I wonder if it could be the result of the complexity of her creation. Her creator said that in her current state, prolonged deployment in combat wasn't feasible."

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>>27202994
When we do get back to that tent I want that fucking jew tied up in a chair in a bloody interrogation room (metaphorically speaking that is).

He's done fucked us over every chance he's gotten since we thankfully critted on the kiss with Daiyu. That shit ends tonight. We are going to remind him who exactly wears the pants in this little relationship of ours. And he is going to accept it. Though I fear he's just like pic related.

>>27202997
Might as well go with this, since no one else is giving ideas.

>>27202745
Probably best if we tell her more in-depth on what we know of Emeth's creation. In a safer area of course.

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‘’The web, I wonder if it could be the result of the complexity of her creation.’’

Circumstances around Emeth manufacture are completely unknown to you, but you do understand that your mother, along with a particularly talented assistant, worked on a very important and secretive project during the years of your education back in the college of mages, you have no idea how a young woman with pure raw magical talents could somehow create such an anomalous golem, but now that you know that she was merely the mortal shell of Mother Earth it isn’t farfetched to suspect that she was very talented in many areas.

‘’You don’t know how she came to be right?’’

You shake your head, Emeth has been a deactivated shell left to rot inside the abandoned college inhabitant only by a single obsessed man that somehow got himself killed even before Tsukiyomi moved in to wait for you… and these chains of events repeated inexorably through every loops; the decision of staying or following the Tenko to her homeland was the very first branch, everything else was predictable.

‘’Her creator said that in her current state, prolonged deployment in combat wasn't feasible."
Referring to Tsu as a ‘’creator’’ is wrong, she merely burrowed the shell but you don’t have any other title convenient enough, she did after all, modify Emeth.

‘’Huh… but ya have her with you and you’ve seen a few battles together right?’’

You simply nod, remembering the swamp, then the dungeon and subsequent fight with the shamans… thank the gods for Holy magic, else you’d still be feeling those fractures.

‘’Well… hmm… maybe that person thought that surmounting stressful obstacles would help trigger some form of sentience, as her most important objective is in danger time and again?’’

That was your opinion as well, so you nod, and then take a glance at the golem whose bright, square red eyes peer at you incessantly with rare blinks.

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‘’But that’s… too simple, there’s plenty of bodyguard like her running around and they don’t sprout personalities out of the blues, much less webs…’’

You can tell the girl is getting frustrated.

‘’But if she had something of a personality in the first place…’’

Thinking back at Emeth awakening, the girl emotionlessness struck you as evident, but she also always, always, wanted to stay near you, going as far as sliding her hand in yours, then always reaching for your company until…

Until you took her to the swamp, the battles there seem to have somehow created a little independence for the girl, while obviously attached she wasn’t too averse to staying with others.

‘’uuugh but that doesn’t answer what the hell those webs could mean’’

The poor girl scratches her head in frustration, messing up her haircut and ponytail.

‘’Any idea what the hell it could mean? What the hell an awakened golem could be linked to? A single person, fine I’d be able to take it but thousands upon thousands of little stumbles in a giant web? Man… what use is a free willed, human golem in a war?’’

Maybe you simply need to sleep on it?

Or do you have something to say to her?

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>>27203427
I already stated what she probably is, the central terminal to an Island wide scrying network which would give Tsu Total Information Awareness. With something like that even a total amateur can be a Yan or Lelouch. And Tsu ain't no amateur so once that kicks in she's pretty much won the goddamned war.

I'm not sure we should tell her that though.

>>27203427
"Wait, what if the web represents simulated lives? Hundreds upon hundreds of years through a simulation of some kind. Would that much accumulated experience result in a free will?"

How many loops did we go through with Emeth, and what if those loops left their mark on her core/soul?

>>27203530
Not seeing any evidence for that.
Also Tsu implied that Emeth's role was to be a direct counter to the Church's Holy Nukes by absorbing them.

>>27203592

Yeah but that's as a last resort to avoid catastrophe, in essence Siggy could do it as well.

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>>27203555

I'll be going with this, seem like you guys wish to delve deeper into the rabbit hole.

>>27203427
I think telling her that a soul was used to make Emeth might help. I have no clue otherwise how we might get any useful info out of this.

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"Wait, what if the web represents simulated lives?’’

You lean forward as you speak, the little alchemist give you a blank stare which quickly motivate you to proceed onward.

‘’Hundreds upon hundreds of years through a simulation of some kind. Would that much accumulated experience result in a free will?"

How often did the perfect set of circumstances align to create the golem before you in your countless loops? The only answer you find in your guts is ‘’rare’’, after all you had to sacrifice the life of your childhood friend in order to create and awaken the girl before you; even if you were to defect into the church camp you probably wouldn’t have been able to gain such a precious ally since Ithel is obviously very passionate about golems. Even so, the loops affected you and the girls, it’s probably the sole reason why all of them, and you, feel so close despite such an incredibly short amount of time in their company.

It just came to feel natural faster than you can remember thinking of them as strangers.

‘’That…’’

The girl starts rubbing her eyebrows.

‘’I don’t think I ever read about something like that, how in the world could such a simulations even happen..? But…’’

Ithel let out a short sight and cross her arms on her belly once more, swinging her legs in frustrations.

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‘’There’s no basis for free wills in golem, the Prime Directives installed in that girl of yours looked more like some kind of moral guideline just about ready to break, so maybe she was created with some leeway, however such simulations… maybe if a person were to describe emotions as physical manifestation while another would look over the matrix and guide it along while a diver works on the wiring…but then that doesn’t even explain the presence of that web… although she did had a soul injected in her but…’’

You can tell that Ithel is going in circle.

You withholding a vital piece of the puzzle probably mean that she won’t ever reach the truth, as such; you have a very important decision to make.

Either tells Ithel Hermingild that you have a soul link with Emeth, or stay silent.

>>27203779

You already told her that.

>>27204074
I don't think we'd benefit by giving her information like that in the long run, I believe it'd be best to wait for a better opportunity, preferably one that doesn't risk us greatly.

>>27204074
We are taking her with us when we double cross, thus we've got a better time to tell her that. We don't know anymore than that.

>>27204074
We're going to kidnap Ithel when we escape for Zipang, and the information could be crucial in continuing Emeth's modifications and countermanding Tsu's recall contingencies.

I vote to tell her about the soul link.

>>27204074
"Ithel. How much can I trust you? How far are you willing to go to see the fulfillment of your dream?"

Need to see who she's loyal too if we're gonna spill the beans gentlemen, just sayin.

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>>27204114
>>27204158
>>27204169

Huh you guys actually want to bring the loli along? Well then, we've got a 2 out of three for telling her

>>27204256

Would you guys prefer me to develop on that?

>>27204290
As the man who wrote that, of course I do.

>>27204290
Yes, let's find out where Ithel's loyalties lie before going further.

>>27204290
Don't straight up ask her who she's loyal too, I think a roundabout way of saying it would be much better.

Unless I'm the only one to think this.

>>27204392
Gotta come up with some dialogue, then.

>>27204392
Well if we remove the bit about trust from the previous dialogue that'll put it into roundabout territory.

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‘’Ithel’’

You feel your body and voice filled with energy, taking from what’s left of your reserve; you speak in a dignified voice befit of your birth and stations despite the circumstances.

Of course, this result in the small girl looking up at you in brief wonder as her mind come back from the loops of theories upon theories.

‘’How far are you willing to go for your dreams? To see a true humanoid golem?’’

This question caught her obviously by surprise as her mouth hang open, then her entire body stiffen as the realization of your words sink in, forcing her mouth shut in an awkward snap and she comically grimace, letting out a little ‘’oww’’ while massaging the back of her head.

…

She’s pretty cute.

‘’I told ya bout dat time when I tried on me own without a soul to anchor a golem, right? Elder brother and sister of mine were behind me 100% and we came up together with the schematics, wiring and diving… and now the two of em are dead.’’

You simply stay silent, looking at her with your full respect and interest, this girl is undoubtedly on the short side, but her shoulders are as stout as that of any Inquisitors.

‘’I guess I kind of fell in dat category of people believing they need to make up for da deads an’ all dat. Tough I don’t go and stabs people in the back, I do my commissions and keep em well out of what I want, if ya ask me to be mean to Leila I’ll punch ya good y’hear!?’’
It’s good to hear her usual cheerful dialect, her usual was obviously awkward but your own questions was pretty vague, it’s not like you can simply say ‘’would you die for the church?’’

‘’I’m just a sort of itinerant alchemist ‘nyway, I’ll just try to milk that girl of yours for as much as I can before da both of ya inevitably disappear’’

And then her next words come in a whisper.

‘’Leila too, it’s always like dat…’’

There’s her answer.

What do you say, Siegfried?

>>27204722

Look at her like she's said something stupid and laugh, before patting her on the head/shoulder, "But if I disappear, how are you ever going to help me make sure Emeth stays healthy and Lelia stays happy?"

Then, go serious and look her dead in the eye, "Hey. Ithel. Tell me if Lelia ever starts acting weird okay? I'm not going to let her hurt herself."

>>27204722
So boys we tellin' her or not? I'm not quite sure. I want to tell her after hearing that, but paranoia man. At the very least, if we tell her about how us dying will probably end Emeth she won't tell anyone. So, what do?

>>27204722
I say tell her. Might as well try to get her into our group.

>>27204722
"But why shouldn't you come with us?"
Tell her about the soul link.

>>27204813
Well, as someone wants to tell (and I'm still unsure) lets add a bit of dialogue between this.

"If it's any help I can tell you that they linked her soul to mine. I felt it when one of those Oni's took her arm off. So I'm Pretty sure something very bad will happen to the other if one of us happens to die or get severely injured. Mind keeping that a secret?"

Slowly you rise from your chair, the little smile on your lisps grows into a broader one and, unable to resist the temptation, you reach toward the downcast blond head of Ithel and give it a friendly rub, rubbing your hands along her scalp and, when she give you a dejected ‘’Oi’’ while looking up, you let out a little laugh and sink back into your chair.

‘’I don’t think I can disappear, how can anyone else diagnose Emeth so efficiently? And Leila too, she care about you a lot even if she’s very clumsy at showing it’’

‘’Well I huh… eh…’’

Seem like the girl is at lost for words, a soft pink spreads on her cheeks as she bite her lower lisp and huff in fake frustration.

‘’That’s why I’ve decided to let you on in on another secret’’

‘’Eh?’’

You close your eyes and take in a large breath, but instead of immediately following through you decide to look toward the golem and give the girl new arms a friendly pat, provoking her characteristic head tilt as she look down at your curiously, the soul link pulsing gently in warm emotions that you’ve characterized as affection.
Zipangu recently lost their head alchemist… it’d be fantastic to have someone that young and talented inside Ame court.

‘’I’ve told you that a soul was used in order to create Emeth free will, yes?’’

Ithel simply nod, you started talking a low voice, almost a whisper, all but emphasizing the importance of your words and she’s hanging to your voice like a child listening to the stories of his elders.

‘’I have recently entered a soul link with her’’

‘’Ah…’’

The practice of the link isn’t unknown to the lands outside Zipangu but it’s also seen as a taboo given its popularity in the ‘’barbaric’’ lands given that it’s impossible for two human to perform such a miracle; it is an entirely new practice available only through a monster-human pair… not that there wasn’t any advantage gained for humanity, for the concept of Blood Oath soon emerge as the knowledge of the soul links became widespread.

Regardless any scholars worth his salt know what a soul link represents and alchemists are great scientists; the eyes of your little friend grow wide as realization kick in fast.

‘’Oh…Oh I see that’s… explain a lot, human beings feel emotions and such a thing trickle from the link resulting in the matrix absorbing as much knowledge as it can and then attempt to replicate it as it observe interactions between people… but then that web…’’

You can’t help but feel astonished; she just brushed aside a taboo inside the crusader camps and jumped straight back into her field of interest.
…maybe that’s an answer in of itself, right?

‘’Aaaah!’’

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As you just realized you’ve spent one good hour talking to the girl, she suddenly slap her fist on her palm and jump from her chair… and then slink back in.

‘’I remember a practice of the eastern lands with golems during their recent wars with corruptions, squads of manufactured combats automatons are linked together to a broader core but that experiment ended in failure when the golems failed to present the slightest amount of aggression or self-preservations and were simply reduced to an ineffective, narrow minded workforce…’’

She pauses, her blue eyes shining as she seemed to have reached some form of conclusion.

‘’Soldiers and workers without any kind of drive make fort simple, poor bodies but it’s impossible to induce a proper, absolute order in such a group because the web diluted the Prime Directive…’’

Another pause, this time she literally jump out of her chair and start pacing, holding the age old position of the Thinker… at least partially, she’s holding her elbow with her other hand.

‘’…I think I can see why a nation would invest in a sentient golem in that case’’

You aren’t sure where she’s going with this, do you want to ask her something or simply wait for her to come to a conclusion?

>>27205470
>‘’Aaaah!’’
OH GOD IS IT HAPPENING?

>>27205488
Terminal unit... to a fucking golem army. Well I was pretty damned close. Put various golems all around the battlefield and boom, total information awareness.

>>27205453
>Zipangu just lost their head alchemist...

Poor poor Garet, killed off before he even got any proper development. We miss ya bro.

>>27205488
"So they were planning on making a golem army?"

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So I assume we wait for her conclusion?

>>27205689
>We
It's just you, me and him here.

>>27205715
And those of us lurking.

>>27205715

Today is a slow day. Regardless of that, we'll be forging ahead.

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"So they were planning on making a golem army?"

The creations of golems must have been motivated by this hypothesis in the first place. How could the church, even with its focus on human excellence, camaraderie and spirit, refuse the possibility of loyal soldiers immune to corruptions able to delve deep into the lands of demons unscathed by the warped world? Even if they were bound by philosophy, what nations would refuse such useful automatons?

More than that, Zipangu probably has the biggest motivation of them all to invest so heavily into golems; 30 years ago, they were invaded by the Demon Lord and were victims of many a tragedy, especially the Onis who volunteered for the potion of induced vampirism, with Tsukiyomi abdicating form the throne, even if she was in the position of spymaster, that still leave her with some leeway for pursuing such a project. A strong, reliable defense against another invasion of corrupted monsters, or holy angels…

Yes, that’s the most logical cause.

‘’Thousands upon thousands of stubbles on a web stretching as far as the eye can see, some of em lighting up like lamps only to die down soon… yep. This girl is the mainframe, the core, the brain of that collective; only pure, simple sentience can allow her to control em without muddling the order, only a strong ego can kept itself together aaaand….’’

She point at you.

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‘’Only a basis of emotions can allow her to copy human behavior and in doing so, grow some individuality, which in turn would allow her to control and issue directives to the golems responding to her, if she come to think of herself as a human and, if her creators were smart and made the subservient golems look like humans too, she’d come to see them as that…. Yeah, that’s why they’d need a girl with an ego…’’

There’s some anger in her voice and she finish with an obviously displeased expression, you can already tell that she nurtured the idea of someone creating a honest to goodness sentient golem for the romance surrounding such an endeavor; someone like her.

‘’That web doesn’t have anything to do with her sentience after all…’’

Ithel suddenly say, looking at you with a fatigued, but glad expression.

‘’Thank for telling me all of dat, Siegfried. I’ll focus on making sure that girl come onto her own, I think we got sidetracked tonight, hehe…’’

Still, you’ve just uncovered one hell of a mystery, Emeth being a core for an army of thousands, perhaps even a hundred thousand, combat automatons is something of serious concern, especially for the church… but Ithel seem thoroughly drained, yet satisfied.
Will you retreat to your tent?

>>27206236
"I don't think I have to tell you again, but please make sure that this secret stays between us, Ithel. If anyone got wind of it, Emeth would be taken apart for reverse-engineering."

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>>27206236

Pat her on the head.

"Don't work yourself too hard."

Head back to the tent.

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>>27206301
>>27206329
Oh yeah this. Hell, they might just blow her up just to make sure said golem army never comes online. Because if it does, right around the time big bro shows up with his backup, all at the same damn time...

They have a word for that.... Fucked! And I was wondering when you'd show up.

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>>27206236
A single person would create it for the romance option, to get at all the delicious philosophical implications. That's what Ithel was hoping. Poor, deluded, naieve Ithel.

Nations and Governments don't give a damn about those things. Power, in the form of a mighty army in this case, is all they care about. I believe it's why we haven't gotten to the robogirls yet. They want weapons, not people. Because ,y'know, people feel bad about killing other people because they're in somebody else's way politically or they might go full Skynet on us and just kill everyone including the guy issuing the order.

Solution to that last problem would be of course to not make all the drones and robots for the express purpose of KILLING OTHER PEOPLE like they ALWAYS ARE NOWADAYS!

Honestly, fuck this gay Earth, and double fuck the people running it.

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>>27206329
>>27206301
Lets go with a combination of the two.

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>>27206361

Was getting coffee. Had trouble finding a clean cup. Should have stolen one of cups'.

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>>27206576
Speaking of, I'm actually seeing my cups start to make the rounds in bloody magpie threads, always fun to see images you've made get around.

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>>27206665

They are hilarious after all. Keep making more then.

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"I don't think I have to tell you again, but please make sure that this secret stays between us, Ithel. If anyone got wind of it, Emeth would be taken apart for reverse-engineering."

‘’I’m not good at lying, ya know…’’

Worry, simple, pure, crystal clear worry betray her features and the little girl look down, squinting while rubbing her eyes and you can’t help yourself, you approach her a second time and pet her head, rubbing your hand on her soft hair, feeling a jolt of emotion in your chest, realized that you may very well have forged a friendship for the very first time outside the influence of the loops.

"Don't work yourself too hard. Just never mention our discussion to anyone’’

‘’Not even Leila?’’

‘’Nope’’

‘’Buuh…’’

With this long discussion over, you start walking toward the exit of the tent, Emeth in tow, waving one last goodbye to the alchemist who is fiddling with some metal box… before quickly following after you, the two of you parting in the fresh autumnal night of Zipangu, the realization of this long discussion with the alchemist has yet to properly sink in, but… it does explain a great many thing, why Tsu would need Emeth for the war, why she attempted to bring her back through that hack; it’s highly likely that the others high ranked members of the coalition are in cahoots concerning your bodyguard…

Is it wishful thinking if you were to believe that Tsu and Ame were pressured into their actions?

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--
‘’Welcome back’’

These are the very first words you hear after stepping inside your magically reinforced tent, the pair of Purifier had apparently left their posts but that didn’t mean guards were absent; around 6 soldiers were posted around the perimeters, watching over the area with the kind of face betraying previous insubordination and now was the time to pay for it.
Must not have been anything serious to stand in the cold for an entire night.

Regardless, to hear such a simple greeting from your raven haired bodyguard is a blessing in of itself, you cross eyes with her and smile, Mylen simply nod at you as she look at the silent Emeth, going back to her book; it was the writing of Holiness or, the bible.

She has to be very, very bored to read something like that.
Then you realize that a sweet perfume permeate from what look like still warm pastries placed on the desk; honey breads melt in your mouth and your famished self finish it even before you could ask anything of your bodyguard.

‘’That Purifier came and left it, said she won’t be coming tonight’’

Huh…

You did say to Leila that you wanted to talk with her, a shame you spent so long with that alchemist…

‘’So, will the three of us squeeze together on this bed?’’

Flapping her wings, the succubus close the heavy book and put it gently on the very small library as you wipe your mouth, then feel Emeth hand sneaking its way in your other one.

Hmm…

Will you go to bed? This is a prison tent but there’s only one bed, you guess that common practice for prisoners is for them to sleep on the floor.

>>27207020
Yeah, go to bed. Gotta get up bright and early tomorrow.
Find Leila, convince her to defect with us, and we need to come up with a way to kill Ahriman, even if it's not a perfect assassination.

>>27207111
Simple plans are best.


When things are complicated they usually go to shit fast.

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>>27207020
While I would so dearly love to cuddle with those wings if I don't have an assurance some asshole is going to be coming in and wake us up before we're ready and sees us cuddling with a goddamn succubus so as they go and immediately burn us at the...

Oh wait we can simply push her out of bed and say she must've gotten there when we were asleep and we sleep very heavily Carry On off to bed with those delicious wings tally ho!

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>>27207020
Please, we're a gentleman, no doubt the ladies should have the bed.

>>27207139
Same guy here. Just remembering the fact Emeth don't need any sleep. So yay there's room to cuddle with the wings! Wings we will push off the bed with a look of disgust on our face if some asshole comes in to wake us up early but Yay wings!

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>>27207020

Share the bed. Because.

>>27207199
>someone sees her on the same bed as you
Not going to cut it, buddy. Bad end.

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>>27207139
>>27207146
>>27207199

Time for a squeeze? I see I see.

Look like we'll have one nice discussion with our inner squatter too.

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>>27207146
We look like we're being nice and gentlemenly to a fucking succubus, inside the church camp, while we're trying to get in good with the =][= do you know the amount of fucked we'd be!

Hearts in the right place man, but use that brain between your ears if ya want out of this alive.

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>>27207226
Which is why I said if we get woken up early we push them off with a look of disgust. And then say in retrospect we should have seen that one coming, damned horny succubi can't go one fucking night without some guy touching them. We're surprised we weren't raped actually.

See? Airtight. We thought she was asleep on the floor and clocked out. Oye, thinking we were safe because we were inside a church camp and she was being so damned cooperative. The stress of this damn crusade must be getting to us if we forgot that ya gotta be extra fucking paranoid around a succubus. Fuck man, we need a drink and a smoke we ain't paid enough for this shit. If only Tius wasn't a goddamn evil rapist we could've handed her over to the guy whose pay grade is actually high enough to deal with this shit! But... we can't. Fucking shit.

>>27207399
>having to slosh through all the shit that can happen if caught
Or we could play it safe and sleep in a chair or something.

>>27207435
That brings up the worse question of why we're sleeping in a chair and the succubus is in the bed.
Unless you want Mylen to sleep on the floor and we sleep in the chair, and the bed goes unused.

>>27207435
Or we could have Emeth stand guard and wake us up if she hears someone coming. Does she have super hearing OP?

>>27207469
Thank you, it's nice to meet other smart people.

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‘’I’ll be retiring right now, I’m exhausted’’

You sit beside your longtime lover, letting out a long weary sigh as you let go of Emeth hand, today has been another crazy chain of events that’d leave any men on the border of total fatigue, but it became your everyday life from the moment you stepped on this island, barring some wonderfully lazy days…

‘’Hm, yes, Emeth cannot sleep, can she?’’

Mylen ask, peering toward the golem who tilt her head… then shake it.

‘’No’’

Isn’t this one of the first time she answered someone else? For a moment you simply stare at her in confusion before breaking into another broad smile.

‘’Go and read these books if you want then, I’ll make sure to grab something more interesting, alright?’’

‘’I can stand vigil and keep my consumption a minimum. The only person allowed within a centimeters of the drape shall be Leila.’’

Hey, hey wait a second! Her words!

Did Ithel fix her wording? There’s no other explanation! That girl is pure magic!

‘’I see, please do, Emeth.

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She nods, walk to a chair and plop down unceremoniously, peering at you and Mylen who, you notice, is making a grimace of surprise.

‘’Well… I guess battles make you grow up fast, come on then, go sleep, I’ll keep you warm’’

You know very well by now that Mylen is simply sugar coating it, she just want to cuddle and by gods, she’s going to have it even if she has to make up all kind of nonsense without expressively saying it despite how much she value simple honesty, not even minding the potential of getting caught red handed.

Women are very strange creature… but when she wrap her hands around your chest, put her soft leather wings on your belly and rest her chin on your shoulder, you feel safe, comfortable and satisfied enough to fall asleep while the lamp was still burning, yet you still manage to keep some form of consciousness, half embracing Focus, allowing you to fall into the rare activity known as lucid dreaming… only because you have an important objective in mind and it is reaching to the Beast.

But how will you do it?

>Diplomatic approach
>Aggressive/challenging approach
>Friendly approach
>Passive
>[Something else]

>>27207697
Diplomatic, at first. We need to get things worked out but make it obvious that we'll get hostile the instant the fucker tries anything or gets uppity. He's learning his place tonight.

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>>27207697

>Diplomatic approach
>Friendly approach

The approximate of beer/wine/alcohol in the dreamscape.

"Set it down and sit down. We need to have a good talk."

>>27207786
It also likes naked bitches. We could throw in naked bitches to attract it.

No wait he'll rape them in front of us bad idea.

>>27207697
>Commanding approach
The Beast does not respect politeness, or diplomacy; only power and pain.

>>27207859

Nailed it, going with that.

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There is only one true way to speak with him, it is alone with a strong mind and body; power is boring but commandment born out of charisma and grace is another thing altogether. You know very well that it’s observing you, judging you, looking at you from all angles as you drift in this abyss of unconsciousness…

Then the idea to lure it in spark.

This black world is a canvas, but you needn’t create a masterpiece, in fact elaborate scenery will just bore your guest, thus you start with a bellow a strong and powerful command born from a voice coming from the lung, strong and powerful, akin to the warlord you may have been in age past you voice your intention.

‘’Here stand Siegfried Shieffer! Son to Gismore and Mana Shieffer, Butcher of monsters and seeker of Peace and demigod! I demand my just due, for you to appear before me as you see fit for nothing else befit someone of my station. I will not suffer the agents of commoners, come forth and force me out of my throne like an equal!’’

As you spoke you imagined a throne, not the one Tsukiyomi or your brother sat upon, but a derelict construct broken, old and dusty yet tall enough to scrape the roof of black tar, fit for your body alone it elevate you taller than a man and you look ahead as the top of your glorious seat become dust, the glorious marking of runes and imagery of age old myths disappearing in rust as the stones crackles… and out of the veil of dark, a silhouette come forth, marching slowly, deliberately toward your person. A man of your visage, sharing your face, hair, height, stature, eyes colors and smiling wickedly from ears to ears stop before you, not even gracing your glorious self with a salute, he scoff instead.

‘’Hehe, I expected something more’’

He speak in his chorus of voice, men and woman whispering together, forming a perfectly clear sentence that is somehow hard to identify properly at first glance.

What do you have to say for yourself, Siegfried Shieffer?

Rolled 6

>>27208156
"Ur a faget."

>>27208156
"It's not enough, it never is."

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>>27208156
We ain't happy.

"You sir, should learn your place. You've been fucking me over a lot these past few days and that ends tonight. I, and I alone, make the decisions here. What I spare is to be spared and what I want dead is to die the way I want it to. Your job is to sit there, offer suggestions that I may or may not follow, and generally try to keep me alive because, well let's be honest that's in *your* own best interest. Given how if I go you go as well. It doesn't work the other way around and I can always just cut you to make more gems for that trick that violates the laws of magic. They'd be quite useful, more useful than you've been recently so you're not in a very good bargaining position. You will sit down and deal with it when I go against your will. Am I making myself clear?"

>>27208266
Woah there Nancy Drew, we don't need to give the embodiment of all evil the respect that comes with the title 'Sir'.

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>>27208266

Shall I go with this?

>>27208333
As long as you don't address the true BBEG as sir, go ahead.

>inb4 witty reply from him

>>27208156
"So we finally meet. It's time you learned who is in control here. This is my body. My mind. My soul. The only one who is in control of what I do is me. Your interfering with me is going to stop. Because you can damn well bet that you aren't safe from me if want to contest wills. That fight with the oni proved that."

>>27208266
Sure

>>27208292
Aye, change it demon then.

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>>27208156
"This is no more than you deserve, dog. You are trying my patience, and it is only that there were more important matters that I have overlooked your insubordination; until now.
"Your attempts to run wild whenever you mistakenly believe there is a chance ends now. Or I will end you."

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You put your elbow on the stone and support your chin as you cast down a gaze of contempt, glaring right into his eyes – yours eyes- his broad, perverted smile only work to enforce your scowl and, once more channeling from your uncle, you start talking, ready to impose your demands.

‘’You, demon, ought to learn your place’’

It wasn’t spoken like your first bellow, here you talk with calm, proud demeanor fit for a king for, after all, you are the second son of the King of the North; such charisma is in your blood. He doesn’t look that impressed, however.

"Your attempts to run wild whenever you mistakenly believe there is a chance ends now. I and I alone make the decision upon this united body and mind, my two most treasured possessions that I claimed since birth, not something to be left to some plebs looking up to me.’’

You pause, trying to read the emotions of your squatter but instead his face; your face, doesn’t change much from his unusual expression, he simply grow more relaxed, more controlled, sometime wracked by short lived bout of laughter.

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What a cheeky brat.

‘’Do not believe yourself safe, snake. We both know about our first contest of will during that battle with the Onis; your stance is weak and I took my due from you, and I will do so again if you dare trying to be uppity in MY body, did I make myself clear, Dirty One? You will fall in line, or I will make you.’’

Right as you stop, the Beast roar with laughter, a long, long time pass, his hilarity breaking the silence of the abyss as tears roll down his face, his hilarity force him to slap his knees as he bend over slightly and laugh, laugh, laugh and keep merry, it is only after ten good minutes that he finally recover, only to give you an upward thumb followed by a smile.

‘’Go ahead and rethink your stance, I’m not gonna take lip from my host but some concession from the both of us seem fine, right?’’
Then his gesture changes into a closed fist.

‘’Just don’t think I didn’t learn from that little episode, my friend. I’m here to stay and you can’t do shit to prevent that, so how about we hash out some term, hmm? Drop you from your cloud a bit?’’

Well, you intimidation completely failed, but it was probably fruitless to begin with.

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>>27208824
"And just what sort of concessions is a spoiled, angry, evil little brat like you thinking of? Don't forget, you've done quite a bit to get on my bad side. Why do you think I put everything into my last attack against Noscrim? Y'know, the one that killed her by gouging out her heart? She helped kill my mom and corrupt Mylen. She died pretty gruesomely because of that. She was on my bad side, care to guess which side of me you're landing on right about now?"

We ain't showing any signs of budging on this. He is to be made well aware of how pissed we are about his recent attempts to fuck us in the bad way.

>>27208824
"Never said I intended to do anything to get rid of you. I'll just tolerate you. Find ways to harm you and eventually make you wish I forget you're inside of me. You're just a freeloader inside me. Don't forget that."

Don't bargain with the demon.

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>>27208824
"Oh, but you DO have to take lip from me. What are you going to do without me as your host? Try to find something else, in the middle of this Crusader camp, surrounded by Purifiers and Inquisitors, with an entire squad of Angels nearby and an Archangel just waiting to smite something like you? Any attempt by you to switch to another host, or even use your powers, brings with it the threat of holy retribution.
"And as for you being here to stay, that goes both ways.
"There's no one else here today. Just me."

>>27209100
this nigga gets it

>>27208824
Can we make a roll to bind him right here and start torturing him?

Like, shove nails all through his body and start carving off bits of his soul or at least making him feel the pain of that.

If all he respects is pain, the only way forward is total destruction.

>>27209105
I'm not just stuck with you. You're also stuck here with me.

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>>27209135
I'm not sure if you're joking or are 13 and actually believe this is a good choice to make.

>>27209135

He's way too slippery for that. Don't underestimate him, he IS the Embodiment of Evil and all, even if you found a way to hurt him, that only worked when you caught him by suprise.

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>>27209172
But at least he knows that if he goes for anything major like a total takeover or true manifestation he's leaving himself wide open for a knife in his heart and balls simultaneously right? Because that'd be a very good thing for us.

>>27209215

Yep, but that doesn't mean he can't be a sneaky git and hurt you little by little.

Or jsut wait for his influence to increase.

>>27209167
>>27209135
>>27209172
Well we can't make a deal with him, can we? I'm just saying compromise is the wrong thing to do here. Go harsh and cruel, domineering. Otherwise, he'll never respect us.

>>27209258
So basically we're boned if we can't really do anything to him and he can only get stronger.

>>27209332
>not working on transcending above and beyond the beast
OP, when does Siegfried get god powers?

>>27209357

When you've got enough Soul Link, maybe

I think I might end it with my next answer, altought doing so in the meat of things is bad sport...

>>27209258
Jesus we need to cut on him again ASAP. Fear is the only thing evil fucks like him get. Need to remind him of who we are and what we can do, turn him into a pile of hilariously useful gems that can own pretty much everything.

What's that Orion, gotta problem with us liking and even loving monstergirls. Oh that's right, I can't hear you, because it seems I just turned your head into a block of ice. Mylen, if you may, smash that block for us? It's an eyesore.

Oh Deruella, not too keen on the world not becoming a Slaaneshi paradise? Well, kind of hard for you to get off now that I've transformed your entire womb and vagina into ice. Tsu, handle this one for us, melt that ice with your wonderful fox flame would you? The presence of that in her, it's repulsive.

Yeah, shit like that is what those gems can do. would be quite fun. Hope he realizes that.

>>27209405
>using fear against a guy who's a lot tougher than you
This will end well.

>>27209405
I think the problem we're facing now, though, is that we were only able to slice him because he was surprised. Now that he knows we can do that to him, he's prepared, and he's confident that he can slip away into the depths of our soul if we try to catch him. And he's practiced it and done it so that we can't do it against him anymore.

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>>27209440
Not tough enough, if we can still cut on him that is. Hence why I said he needs another dose of JUSTICE to keep him nice and in line ASAP.

>>27209471
>implying he won't counter that shit and eat our soul

>>27209357
Yeah, like that will happen.

>>27209468
Ding ding ding ding. Based on what's been said so far, we literally can't do anything to him.

>>27209471
The threat of an attack that will miss is no threat at all.

>>27209495
Well if he does, we never really stood a chance to begin with. No shame in losing to a vastly superior foe. At least we went down fighting instead of as a little bitch.

>>27209503
Not the usual shit he wants to pull, but against major things like booting us out and assuming direct control of our body he's not entirely sure of himself. Hence, why he's offering the compromise. He is not entirely sure we can't kill him if he exposes himself so brazenly yet. That's why he's trying to buy time.

>>27209599
>at least we went down dying for fucking nothing
FTFY
I'm not going to promote retarded choices that get Siegfried killed before I make it back home to get the monster orgy of a lifetime.

>>27209599
He's only gonna attempt a major thing if he knows we can't harm him. He has no reason to rush things. Based on what the author has said, he's only going to get stronger with time and there ain't much we can do to stop him.

>>27209695
Mylen is explicitly not down for that. She said it herself, once the war's over she will make him her's and her's alone. She is NOT down for the harem, but is confident enough in herself that she can make us pine and yearn for but the touch of her skin, the smoothness of her hair, and now the feel of her wings. She is sure she's so good, that only she could ever truly satisfy our desires.

She's got the willpower to try time and again too. Bitch essentially be hot female succubus Guts. She ain't saying that as a bluff anon.

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>>27209762
>implying one girl will stop the happening
When we get back to the others, there is nothing stopping Siegfried from relieving his stress.

>>27209801
She won''t care. Have your fun with him now you other sluts, pretty soon he's gonna be all about me. So much so he won't have time for you anymore. Sad really, but hey he was mine mine mine mine mine MINE from day one! Good try trying to steal him from me but oh well, ya just can't beat me bitches. Go find another man, because like I just said. MINE!

‘’What exactly do you think you can do if you were to come outside inside the reinforced Crusader camp where the headquarters of the Inquisitions and Purifier are located along with a squad of angels led by the embodiment of Strife currently on standby? You WILL stay nice and calm, because right now those you can influence safely are out of reach’’

His grin change again, this time morphing into arrogance as he eyes you with amusement and frustration, but his silence means you’ve at least struck true, if only temporary.

‘’That’s the reason why you’ve yet to manifest any form of your influence inside as well, you know very well that the slightest hint of corruption will be sniffed out fast, even more so since the one you project is completely unique, thus, you cannot do anything within this camp…’’

And then he interrupt you, his mask a perfect reflection of your face, the Beast seem to have regained some form of defiance, or maybe he was just faking it all to begin with, it’ hard to tell with the mood swing on his face.

‘’I can make damn sure you mess up during your assignments, now then, shall we stop dick waving and get on with some purpose here? It’s not like we got all night’’

‘’We do’’

You answer back, keeping your face stoned and cold, the act of lucid dreaming is something thought to every mage at a young age and it is indeed a very useful trait… It’s a shame that time fly so fast, you suspect three hours to have passed during your exchanges so far.

‘’Well then no beating around the bush’’

The Beast face you, putting his hand behind his back, his leg slightly apart, the take an unique position that project a strange, if unique, grace, his smile undoubtedly rivals yours in pure, raw charisma and his voice is perfectly leveled and strong; just like you, eerily like you…taking absolutely everything he can from your individualism and making it his own, corrupted slightly for his purpose.

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Despite his frequent emotional outbursts there’s some genius hidden in that oil.

‘’You are my host mister Siegfried and you ought to be honored; you are the hands that hold and paints the canvas of the world and me and me alone, hold the will of the painter. I’ve enjoyed and continue to enjoy your struggling, you’ve proven your worth enough time for me to know that I needn’t accelerate the inevitable as such I make this promise; I will take my due upon the thirtieth day of this month, not sooner, nor later’’

He stop, adding a short live as some run away hair obscure his bright red eyes, a sudden coloration and true change with your physique that mark hi own individuality.

‘’Next, my due are the women gathered around you. They are fine mortals, probably the very best of this world and they will make the best of retainers and companions, take hearts in the fact that they will see my way in times and they’re suffering will cease accordingly’’

For some reason, you fail to feel anger. There is merely a pure, cold feelings in your heart that spread throughout your entire body; the sociopathic cold emptiness of the butcher install itself in your heart and you give the Beast the rare gaze of the mass murderer hidden beneath.

‘’Next, the Demon Lord will die. Either before my arrival or after is no matter, as such I advise you to keep away from a link, alright? It’d solve both of our problems very well…’’

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A small chuckle escapes him as you look on in silence.

‘’In exchange I promise to not interfere in your battles and in fact, give you some of my inexhaustible soul if the need arise or just for fun, that work too, that cheeky bratty noble get a free pass, but I’d like a sort of token of good will, to make sure you’ll keep your words and all even if I can read part of your mind, y’know?’’

You feel your interest waning, your gaze is empty, uninterested the Butcher only care for blood and the tar pit down the throne is boring.

‘’How about you fuck that delicious blonde? In exchange I’ll give you something good, hell I can give you a free promise that your ego will stay intact after our journey!’’

He finish with a ‘’what say’’ that provoke a slight twitch of your eyebrows.

There is simply no negotiating with true demons, is it? But this discussion was enlightening, even if apparently useless…

Ahriman and Audo can’t compare to that brat.

>A tale of monster -81- end.

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>>27209866

Slow down now, Mylen may be possessive but she's not exactly a yan either, even if she was kidnapped by Fey as a kid.

Rolled 9 + 4

>>27210256
Which blond the angel or the purifier?

Either way it was on Siggy's to do list

>>27210256
Sunday, September 15th.

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>>27210281
I like this picture very much.

By the way what did they do to her in the Fey?

>>27210256
"And you fear her...Why? Perhaps linking with her would give me the power to destroy you somehow in some way. You won't allow that I know but that you're so adamant about that point. Here's a tip, you're giving off a tell. You don't do that against the last man standing at the table if you want to actually win. You've just made linking with her a very good idea in my head y'know. A very amateur slip. Thanks man."

>>27210335
Snuff film worthy shit. Then they healed her, only to do it again. Why? Because it's so damned fun to see the look on her face! Honestly, can you even into the True Fae?

>>27210398
Unless he wants the link to happen so he has an easier way to hurt the demon lord. And he's just giving a so called obvious tell to push us to doing it.

>>27210321

Leila.

>>27210335

Very bad things, very, very bad things.

Remember how Ame was sort of born in the swamp but didn't stay long? Well here, it was a childhood of that magnitude.

>>27210332
This.

You better deliver, fgt

>>27210332
>>27210493

Maybe

>>27210436
That would fall under the "pulling something major" category. The only reason he's even negotiating is because he's not entirely sure he can do that without fucking himself as we slip a metaphysical dagger through his chest.

I like to think the OP is at least giving us a chance at a happy end. He may love him some hardcore suffering but he apparently isn't vindictive enough to railroad our asses into that territory. I hope at least, he seems to be an experienced GM. That means he knows how bad railroading is, especially railroading that requires asspulls. We play this right and he'll be essentially forced to cough up a happy end.

Not what he wants but hey, sometimes ya just gotta give the people what they want (no matter how much you don't want to).

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>>27210544
No maybe, you've been blueballing me for half a year

>>27210579
Were you here for thread 79?

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>>27210583

I'll give you part 1 of foreplay, part 2 will come later

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>>27210610
Something is better than nothing.

>>27210579
I disagree. I think he's negotiating just to manipulate Siegfried. If he's as unstoppable as he claims, he has no reason to negotiate. He's just trying to get us to do things he wants us to do before he can take care of things himself.

>>27210719

Siegfried did say there was some genius behind the childish emotional outburst...

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>>27210604
I've been here since around thread 34 I believe. Yes, I saw what he did to Bletsia and shit. I know we're dealing with a worshiper of the Muv-Luv series. I know he loves suffering. The fact he hasn't killed us or forced us to drink that accursed vampire potion despite given golden opportunities has given me a very, very slight trust in the bastard. So sue me.

In essence, he's doing a very good job. The best GM's make you truly believe you're fucked up the ass with a barbed wire encased dildo. You never really were, but you totally and utterly believed you were. Oh that needless fear, that obscene paranoia, that certainty that it could all only end badly. But he never really had it out for you. He merely wanted to see you sweat bullets every time he called for a roll, to fear for the lives of your characters at every moment when it really was an unfounded fear...

Just as planned!

>>27210763
But "lol 2 grim n dark drama4u" would not be a good quest, and if he really dived into that ocean of piss I would have stopped participating in these threads.

Rest in peace, Avina

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>>27210816

She live on i nthe golem...

As it stand right now I think we may actually have a pov change in the future... but I've got to hink o nthat really, really hard first.

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>>27210451
We must see an elaboration of that childhood. unless she was treated as human cattle/sex slave or something then no thanks....was she?

>>27210859
>i nthe
>hink o nthat
No kidding.

>>27210859
plz no

>>27210816
Well Emeth's basically her and Siggy's kid if you think about it.

>>27210877
>>27210895

Fine, I get your points.

>>27210863

Elaborating it might be cool, I'll probably do it once/if Mylen gain a more central stage.

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>>27210816
All part of the plan dude. Gotta make em' think that's the goal. Fuels the needless paranoia. Oh yeah, you all think I'm an edgy teenager enacting his fantasies of plunging everything into the darkest void that I cut upon myself to embrace...

But in reality, I love the Noblebright. And you never saw that coming. The REJOICING anon, I know this kind of person. I am one. Love it when nobody sees the obvious shit coming. People don't think enough.

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>>27210763
What if getting us to think he's not actually going to make us suffer is his plan?!

>>27210980
>giving him ground
fuck off

>>27210980

I love happy ending anon, I really do.

>>27210988
Well, it's not like we can stop him. All this conversation resulted in was him stating how it is. We couldn't do a thing. All in all, we've made no progress with the beast.

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>>27211017
Oh, good then.

>>27210980
He's made us suffer before. Bletsia, such a good girl, taken to the castle of the Queen whore. Avina, such a good girl. What's that? Yeah, killed her dead so that the golem she powers is the Central Terminal of a goddamned army of Terminators! Starting to see a pattern here? Suffering is par for the course. A good thing I expected this, tis why I'm still here.

>>27211028
I think we'll definitely need Tsu and probably some Angel help as well to beat him, doesn't seem like something we can do on our own.

>>27211085
You forgot
>arms cut off
That shit was suspicious as fuck.

>>27211028

The two of you are locked in this cold war, he can't harm you and you can't catch him, for now.

I wanted to show that he can't really be reasoned with, nor intimidated

>>27211085
>Bletsia, such a good girl, taken to the castle of the Queen whore
All the better to please you with my dear.

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>>27211120
>>27211085

Bletsia isn't dead, she's doing very well with the Demon Lord and the reason of her kidnapping was explained!

You guys want too much!

>>27211178
>we want happy fun times
>and our long overdue homework
FUK YAH STRAYA M8 SO MUCH WORK O'ER HERE

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>>27211178
Such is the nature of greed.

>>27211105
Well, Batarian's advice to talk to the beast to solve things was utterly useless then.

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>>27211258
>Batarian

>>27211105
At least he understands he can't fuck us without fucking himself. Kind of why they're called "cold" wars. If either side thought they could easily win a "hot" war they'd go for it without hesitation.

MAD is, despite being a horrifically appropriate acronym, why we're still here and not glowing in agony in our final moments.

He wants to live, we want to live. And both of us can make damn sure we all die in agony! Thus, a bit of detente is order. Let's just all calm down. I blow your brains out, you blow mine out. This isn't good.

Let's all try and be reasonable. Instant I think that I don't have to be reasonable I'm killing you dead but I'm not sure I can pull that off. So lets the both of us buy time, see how things work out. Keep your enemies closer and all that jazz.

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>>27211258

Batrion tought that beast was a Nightmare more than anything, he didn't really have information on it, it was just a possible course of action that you took which revealed this informaiton.

The Beast might be trying to trick you into a link with the Demon Lord or, it's being truthful and it doesn't want you to link with Daiyu.

This is the choice you have to make.

>>27211544
Didn't Siggs dead mama-ghost-thing say we needed to connect to the Demon Lord?

>inb4 she was a hallucination made by the beast
>inb4 the 'targets' we need to kill are what's keeping the beast from having his own form

>>27211544
I think the best course of action would simply be to talk to her about it, if she thinks it's a good idea then we go ahead with it.

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>>27211544
Damn you! Not giving the slightest hint on what is the correct choice...

Only linking with her if she's on the ropes and we ain't. Can't cut the bitch if we near death and all. If we're good to go and she needs the link we fucking do it.

I really, REALLY fucking HATE Angry Manjew now. It's like he's doing all he can to stop us from attaining the happy ending. Seriously, I feel the need to kill him yesterday! DIE! Maybe that'll teach ya some respect you fucking worm...

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>>27211588

After rereading the thread to make sure...

No, your mother didn't tell yo uthat, but she did stress that Daiyu was very ,very important for the Happy end and last thread oyu ahd a big info dump about the Demon Lord sickness coming from her old time friend and second in command.

You CAN refuse the link, that's entirely possible, jsut like yo ucan make it. There will be consequences for both options.

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>>27211724
If she needs it to live we go through with it. Dear God you'll call for a roll in that situation. We're fucked, /tg/ dice will hand us 1's for days that moment. We're fucked. Not a good place to be in..

Also I was only planning for Ithel to be a minor character, but that girl grew important pretty damn fast

>>27211914
How many times has that happened now?

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>>27211954

Rhy, along with the regent, the lovely Tanuki Tanuya and now Ithel...

I was suprised you guys weren't too interested in the Anubis, tough I didn't really offer much options to talk with her either.

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>>27211914
You essentially placed her as a high level NPC in a camp we don't feel at all comfortable in who holds a sword of Damocles over our head because of her hard-on for Robo-girls and our need for her awesome skills given how fucked Emeth was after those fights and our DESPERATE need of a mechanic...

Man, do you even GM? You set her up to be a major character, even if that was not your original intention. Seriously, you're either new or so damned experienced that you're playing us like a fucking Grand Piano. Neither will surprise me, BTW.

>>27211997
She doesn't have enough fluffy tails.

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>>27212010

I can be very dense at time

>>27212012
Anubis better.

>>27212048
One of those French things I imagine.

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>>27212012

Is that good enough?

>>27212062

That's mean!

>>27212111
I'm just joshin' with ya Frenchie.

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>>27212150

In other news, rome 2 sure is fun!

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>>27212196
I've already got a massive game as Sparta, god the game is borked.

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>>27212264

You have no idea how sad I am when my legionaire don't throw their pilum as they hold fast against the Barbarian horde.

Or that they don't hold formations.

I hope you guys liked today's thread, two long, well deserved discussion that revealed lots of things must have been good, right?

>>27212048
You really are dense, or you are playing us like a master. Either way, I do like you for some reason. Fucking asshole.

>>27212308
Almost as good as homework.

>>27212308
Well, my opinion of these threads has been steadily dropping for a while now.

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>>27212331

Maybe I'm playing you without realizing it?

>>27212347

Hold fast, you'll get it!

>>27212349

May I ask why?

>>27212386
>May I ask why?
Mostly bullshit excuses that blatantly stem from laziness. I'm thinking of dropping this quest over the next week if it persists.

>>27212349
Try harder troll. The fact you're still here means your opinion is above zero. Tell us, why do you hang around?

>>27212422
Hope

>>27212406

I wouldn't have kept this going for almost 2 years if I was half-assing every threads.

Is this about the lewd?

Would a writing about sex I'm totally uncomfortable about cause such drama?

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>>27212436
Would... If I wasn't about to go to sleep. Seriously, a human like me needs those 8 hours of being totally helpless. A big weakness but hey it apparently didn't fuck our entire species over for some unknown reason so far. Seriously, the need for sleep is a MAJOR handicap in a land where most every life form is a goddamned parasite! Be here on Sunday dude, keep your schedule for once.

>>27212461
Mayhap you need post an e-mail. Honestly I practically live being lewd and you ain't helping my desire to suppress that side of me. Welp, I'm off to bed. Deuces!

>>27212574

Oh I'm totally fine with lewd and all, it's just that writing it felt kind of pointless so it was very hard to summon the motivation to do it.

My regular email for all things quest related is taleofmonsterj@gmail.com

>>27211105
Eh, I don't know. The Evil Within trope is awfully played out.

You've done a good job with original ideas before. Maybe you can shake up the relationship with the Beast?

He's not insidious enough I think. Evil Within only really works when you its done in a Berserk-Hellhound fashion. This seems to be more of an even split. And by that I mean, the Hellhound was derived from Guts and is an inherent part of him.

The Beast just got shoved into randomly one day.

Once, just once, I'd like to be able to pull a Dou Haguro/Revya and become bestbros with my Evil Within.

>>27212896

Well it took a long while for the Beast to gain some form of sentience, but he was with you since day one, just of course, not present.

But I see and understand your point, the two of you got off on the wrong foot from the very start so being chummy is hard.

>>27213016
Well, see you Sunday then.