>>28451789
Ignore the voice.

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>>28451789
You don't know what the voice expects you to do, but you don't care. You have other things to worry about. You just hold on tight and wait for it all to pass.

You wake up in the large storeroom that the Great Priests have converted into your personal chamber. Some food has been lid out for you. It's all human food, with none of the raw flesh that was available last night. The priests must have taken note of what you ate last night. Also, while you were sleeping you ruined your sleeping arrangement and burrowed yourself between the mattresses and the hard floor. Your back feels sore. The raw panic of yesterday has died down, but you still feel pretty awful.

You check outside your room. Some acolytes in white robes are guarding the door. But are they keeping others out, or keeping you in?

>Cont'd

I can't help but think pissing off the angry voice of the evil entity that we are inevitably going to release by ignoring it for a while is going to have unpleasant consequences.

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>>28451977
Before you can ask them, you see someone else approaching your room. A woman, thirtysomething, musclebound, striped with scar tissue. Her right arm is an unnatural red color. She has a bundle of sticks under one arm and some kind of box wrapped in cloth under the other. The acolytes let her in.

She doesn't look afraid of you, exactly, but she's definitely wary of you. She stays just out of reach of your claws. "Hunzuu? I'm Nakurtum, armsmaster for the Adventurers' School. Are you ready to talk, or are you still getting your head straight?"

You know why she's here now. The priests expect her to turn you into their war machine.

>>28452054

"I'm fine, what did you want to talk about?"

>>28452146
this

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>>28452054
"I'm fine. What did you want to talk about?"

She sets down the sticks and the box on the table. "As part of my debt to the priests, I've been put in charge of your training. This is... a unique challenge, though. I'm gonna admit it right now, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. I don't know any moves that would work with someone like you, for or against. I don't know how strong you are, and I don't know how much poison is in that stinger of yours or how strong it is. So this'll be a learning experience for both of us."

She picks up one of the long sticks, draws closer, and pokes you in your human stomach. "But we have to make one thing clear. While we're working together, I'm in charge. I'm not interested in using you like those priests want to do, I'm just here to settle a debt. But I won't be able to teach you anything unless you obey. We both know I probably can't overpower you - one tantrum from you and I'm a pile of gristle - but that doesn't matter. You answer to me. Understood?"

>Yes, ma'am.
>Fuck you.
>What's in the box?
>Oh, gods, I have a stinger?

>>28452307
>Yes, ma'am.

>>28452307
>>Yes, ma'am.

>>28452307
>Oh, gods, I have a stinger?

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>>28452307
She's poking you! She has a point, though, and you don't see a reason to defy her right now. You'd raised your claws instinctively when she raised the stick, but you lower them now in submission. "Yes, ma'am."

"Good. Here's my plan. We train you in polearms, so your top half has something to do while your bottom half is tearing through enemies." She tosses you the stick she was holding. You catch it awkwardly. "Normally I'd start with footwork, but... well, you know."

She takes a stick of her own and leads you through some basic ways to hold your weapon out, attack and counter-attack, adjusted to your increased height. Occasionally she says "I'm taking one of these" and grabs one of the cakes laid out for you. She doesn't give you permission to do the same. She may have a sweet tooth.

It's pretty easy for her to swat at your legs and the base of your claws before you untrained human arms can bring your own weapon to bear. Though it doesn't hurt you, you find yourself backing up until your long tail touches the wall. You never really looked at your tail before. Before you'd looked down at your inhuman anatomy, not backward. Is that the stinger she was talking about? Has it always been that close to your head?

> Have a minor freakout
> I'm hungry, ma'am.
> So what's in the box, ma'am?"

>>28452464
>> Have a minor freakout

Basic training 101. RDC will always pick on the person who acts crazy, not the genuinely crazy person he might eventually have to give a gun to.

>>28452464
>Have a minor freakout

>>28452505
Genuine crazy would be not freaking out right now.

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>>28452464
You jerk forward, trying to get away from the menacing stinger, which must be six inches long at least. But the damned thing follows you! It's almost as though it's attached to you. You make a panicked squeak. "Oh, gods..." Nakurtum leaps out of your way as you crash into a wall.

> Roll 4d6 to see how much you fucked up the wall.
> Also, is there a particular god you like to pray to for comfort? Popular options include the Zeus-like air god Enlil, the creator goddess Aruru, and Shamash, god of justice and the more benevolent aspects of the sun. We're using the Akkadian names for the Mesopotamian pantheon because they sound cooler.

Rolled 4, 4, 1, 4 = 13

>>28452601

Aruru! I am sorry! HELP ME!

>>28452622
You mean Abubu.

see first thread

Rolled 5, 3, 6, 3 = 17

>>28452601
Shamash would say something comforting right now, probably.

>>28452601
OP, can you instead of your previous posts link posts with decisions which you follow? It's kinda confusing as it is now. That might be just me though

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>>28452601
Nobody bothered to teach you the intricacies of religion. Nobody ever bothered to teach you much of anything. But you're pretty sure that there's a goddess who shaped humans out of clay, and her name is Abubu.

"Abubu! I am sorry! HELP ME!"

Perhaps Abubu is listening, because you fall just short of annihilating the wall. Dust from cracked mortar fills the room, and several of the bricks have been knocked out of place, but you don't send the whole wall tumbling down the side of the pyramid.

Nakurtum coughs out some dust and rights herself. "Okay, you're definitely as strong as I thought." That doesn't comfort you at all, though. You remain writhing on the floor, repulsed by a tail that you can't seem to control, like the trouble you were having with your claws last night. You start weeping.

"It'll be all right, Hunzuu, now get up," Nakurtum says, to no avail. She waits a moment. "Get up." Another pause. She raises her voice. "YOU WILL GET UP RIGHT NOW! YOUR MASTER COMMANDS YOU!"

>Pull yourself together and obey
>Keep freaking out on the floor, but apologize to her
>Accidentally sting someone

>>28452779
>Accidentally sting someone

"Accidentally"

>>28452779
>Pull yourself together and obey
>apologize profusely for breaking the wall

>>28452779
>Obey, but mention that she's not your "master", just instructor, maybe eventually mentor

>>28452819
This

>>28452779
Wait. So if we get drunk will we go nuts and sting ourselves to death like a real scorpion?

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>>28452779
Your tail starts twitching around as your human mind starts to finally connect to it. Nakurtum is smart enough to stay way, way out of its reach.

You sting yourself in the shoulder. You feel some warm liquid go into you. It hurts, but only as much as it would normally hurt to get stuck with a pointy object.

You scream in fear, but eventually you gain full control over your tail. You seem to be immune to your own venom. Good to know.

You stand up again. "I'm sorry for breaking the wall, ma'am. But I don't want you to call yourself my master anymore. You're just a teacher, right?"

Nakurtum picks up the stick you dropped. "You're not a slave, if that's what you think I was implying. You're a student. Some young adventurers fight for that privilege. The ones who can call me master look down on the ones who can't."

The door opens again. It's the Sand Priest, the perpetually shady-looking guy in white. "Is everything quite all right in here, ladies?"

Nakurtum tosses you the stick again. "We're fine. We'd have a lot more room to train if we could do this outside."

"When we are ready! We want our new champion to make the strongest possible first impression on the city, don't we? Also, if you don't mind, may I have a word in private with young Hunzuu?"

>Let him
>No, you want to train some more.
>Actually, why don't both of you get out?

>>28453016
>"Only if it's not for long, I -do- need training"

Okay, I'm up, what's the latest prompt, what are we doing?
>>28453016
Okay, let's talk to the guy

>>28453016

let him. it is only a brief word, shouldn't detract from out training...

mayhap once we have 'settled' into our new form, we should work on fine manipulation of our scorpion half... see what materials our claws can crush, how deep our stinger can penetrate armor, If we can spin on the spot using our tail (and possibly the pole-arm) to knock down/cut in half enemies who would surround us....

something else to do would be 'endurance training', by carrying heavy weights on our back and running or dodging attacks...

>>28453117
I want to get down lifting things with our claws without utterly destroying them.

We're big enough that if we can't master this, we'll have to bend over a huge amount, or get tongs, to pick things up off the ground with our human part.

Rolled 6, 4, 4, 2 = 16

>>28453016
>>No, you want to train some more.

Show the shady guy whos the boss around here.

Also, is there a roof on which we could walk in this place? We wouldn't be seen by the people and we'll get more room.

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>>28453016
"Only if it's not for long, I do need training."

he Sand Priest grins. "I assure you, I don't need long at all. Go get some water, and I'll be finished before you get back."

Nakurtum walks away. The Sand Priest closes the door and creeps into the room. "I hope this has not been going too fast for you, Hunzuu. An ordeal like this would be trying for any young mind. Becoming a monster. Not being able to fit in among humans again. Except perhaps if we work together..."

You eat some of the bread laid out for you as he talks. It's all right, but it doesn't feel as filling as it should.

"Sand magic is not just about sand. It is about mirages, well-crafted lies. I myself have been lying for years to the four fools who think themselves my equals."

The Sand Priest brushes some sand out of his beard. Then the beard disappears. His whole appearance suddenly changes from that of an old man to that of an old woman. "Disguising you as something mundane will take much more work, of course, but it's an experiment I'm willing to undertake. If you're willing to do something for me in return. Does that sound fair to you?"

"Something? Like what?"

"A favor to be named later. Nothing that will cause you harm, but something that will mean as much to me as a normal life means to you."

> Sure.
> That sounds creepy. I'm not agreeing to that. Either help me or don't.
> Is there any other food in this place?

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>>28453177
I, too, would like to visit the roof to look down on the city and observe.
in b4 we collapse the roof trying
I also wonder if we're immune to other kinds of venom.

Rolled 4, 5, 5, 3 = 17

>>28453197
Shot in the dark, but I assume we are immune to our venom and the venom of all normal scorpios, for mystic reasons.

>>28453192
> Sure.
Agree. Lies within lies. Remember this. Gain his trust. Learn what she is after.

Then decide whether his father is a quick death.

>>28453192
You expect me to buy a horse without checking it's teeth? What do you want old woman?

>>28453216
father?

I meant favor.

>>28453192
that sounds kind of creepy. Also, wouldn't we still have this huge scorpion on us either way? Hiding it would just cause accidents. Like in the dark room.

After raising these concerns, do look for some other foods. We've been eating cake and bread for like a day now, some blood pudding or, heck, even some real meat would be great. I don't think we've ever had the chance to try that, being a starving orphan.

>>28453192
>refuse
You, a liar by your own words, are trying to convince me to let you help me for an unnamed favor later? How stupid do you think I am?

>>28453225
>Acquire English Cooking.
We're not that monstrous anon.

>>28453251
well, you determine what kind of snacks we are getting, I just woke up and have to take care of some biological concerns for about half an hour

>>28453251
Nothing and no one deserves english cooking.

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>>28451789
>Also, now is the time to post schematics for how you try to sleep. You have five sleeping mats to work with.)

?

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>>28453290
I think you cracked the code anon.

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>>28453290
I agree. Let none discover how we sleep.

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>>28453177
This place has sort of a terraced roof, with hardly any room on the topmost level. You could practice on a lower level, or just stand on the apex and look at the city, but you'd risk being seen.

>>28453192
"You expect me to buy a horse without checking it's teeth? What do you want old woman?"

She laughs. "The Blood Priest chose well, this time at least. You're a clever one, too clever by half. Probably willful enough to use magic without having it consume you. You want to know what I want? For now, I want you to keep my secret, and not to harm any acolyte wearing white. I want you to keep me informed of any plots that might affect me adversely, and I want you to play along with the Bronze Priest if he tries to introduce you to his oaf of a daughter. Is even that too much to ask of you?"

> I guess not.
> I still promise nothing. You'll understand.
> I'll think about it. In the meantime, I'm gonna go get some meat. Have Nakurtum meet me out on the terrace.

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>>28453290
What happens if we bring some light into that?

> I guess not.
Honestly learning magic is the best route. Since that way we can learn about that dream and not be a simple pawn.

>>28453351
I wasn't planning on giving out your secret or harming your acolytes. I will not participate in the rivalries betweem priests, however.

>>28453351
>not harm any acolyte wearing white
>tell her about plots we learn of affecting her negatively
>play nice with the Bronze Priest's daughter

"Reasonable enough, but don't blame me if I don't fully understand a plot against you. Or don't tell you a minor detail because I think it doesn't affect you."

>>28453351
>I guess not. I won't betray the other priests for you, though.

>>28453351
Are you really a woman or just a perverted man?
Anyway, sure. In exchange, tell us about different kinds of magic

>>28453351
Well, most of that sounds like what we would be planning on doing anyway. Still, once she gets her foot in the door...

>>28453351
Refuse to agree to anything but say we'll keep it in mind. Who knows what kind of bullshit geass contract law she'll try to pull on us.

>>28453351
those all seem like reasonable requests. No reason to blow her cover. Also, we might get to have a friend! Well, another friend, we aren't seeing our old ones.

I would like to see our old ones.

>>28453290
Canon.

>>28453267
you know, we used to like/eat starvingly blood pudding back on the orphan ranch

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>>28453351
"I guess not. I won't betray the other priests for you, though."

She just smiles. "And you have a kind heart. That is a comfort, in a way. The old tales say that the first man-scorpions were cruel flesh-eaters, crafted by Tiamat to terrorize the lesser gods. But perhaps their temper was a product of their upbringing. Perhaps we here can create the best of both worlds."

She sets some sand in her hair, and her body shimmers and returns to the appearance of a man with a silver-streaked beard. "Do what you feel is right, girl. As much as you will do for me, I will do for you."

With that, the Sand Priest leaves. Damn it, why did that talk of cruel flesh-eaters make you so hungry?

> Tell Nakurtum that you're getting some more food before training can continue
> Finish training first. Keep it inside or take it outside.

[x]invite nakurtum for breakfast

Sorry master, but we didn't actually eat anything this morning before you showed up. Not even any of those cakes you were muching on. Want to catch breakfast?

>>28453506
>>28453522
I like it. seconding.

>[x]invite Nakurtum for breakfast

>>28453506

Isn't there still food in here? if so, a quick snack then we can continue training. Food tastes better after a good session of training...


>>28453522
Sounds good as well....


>>28453482
Do you think that they have eggy bread?

>>28453522
>Invite for breakfast.

Also we should try meat and see how we respond to it. We're probably borderline carnivorous now.

>>28453559
I don't think we'll have anything to compare it too, orphans don't often get real meat.

It'll be great, but we won't know if it's greater than it was when we were a human.

>>28453571
Well, we'll know if we get a sudden urge to bisect the nearest person to produce more. That's probably not something most people feel.

>>28453604
let's attempt not to do that, because it will most likely either be that bro-chef or our fightmaster

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>>28453506
Nakurtum arrives with a large clay pot of water. Wood is kind of scarce around here. The dark wooden doors in these interior rooms of the pyramid are impressive luxury items.

"All right, no more delay. Let's get back to practicing those counterattacks, maybe see what it will take to really train your strength."

"Sorry master, but we didn't actually eat anything this morning before you showed up. Not even any of those cakes you were muching on. Want to catch breakfast?"

Nakurtum narrows her eyes and considers your invitation for a moment. "... I approve."

You go back to the banquet room, ducking under every arched doorway, only to find it completely empty. Nakurtum points out that the Great Priests usually take their meals in the solar at the apex of the pyramid. It would be better to check the kitchens, which are closer anyway.

The two of you come across the hunchbacked cook Nergal-Edir in a kitchen bending over a hearth and trying to start a fire. As before, the sight of a large monster does not get much of a reaction out of him. "Oh. Hello again."

"Hello. We were wondering if you had some meat."

"One of the acolytes had most of the stuff from last night salted and set to some orphanage or something. We ran out of salt, though, so there's still some goat in the back. We're trying to cook most of it before it goes bad."

> Try cooked meat.
> You've been curious for too long. See how raw meat is.

>>28453711
>try cooked meat

I mean, no reason not to.

Also, hooray, orphanages.

>>28453711
> Try cooked meat.
Hold onto them humanity points

>>28453711

Cooked meat. Also nice to know that they are honoring their word in regards to giving the remainder of the 'feast' to the orphanage....

>>28453725
well, I don't think we'd lose anything like humanity points for eating raw meat, but I'd like to see how cooked tastes first.

>>28453711
RAAAAW

>>28453765
Nah, it usually starts small, then keeps escalating. Better stay clear

>>28453711
I vote raw meat.

>>28453711
>> Try cooked meat.
Raw meat isn't proper for a scorpionlady.

>>28453722
>>28453725
>>28453781
Humanity is overrated. Raw meat.

>>28453795
We're not a lady yet, we have time to experiment. Raw meat.

Honestly, I don't think raw or cooked either way will do much. We don't even have a humanity score.

though I'm still of the mind it should work like this:
Human hands, grab for cooked meat
Scorpion claws, grab for raw

>>28453711

>>28453824
Ha. This.

>>28453824
>We don't even have a humanity score
Who told you that
OP just keeps it to himself
First we try raw meat, then we try human meat, and then we muhder everyone around us and either be the last scorpigirl standing or get sealed away like monstrocity

>>28453824
This pls

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>>28453711
You take a strip of cooked goat off of a wicker tray and try it. Maybe it's just the inherent tastiness of meat, which you hardly ever had in your life of poverty, or maybe your monstrous instincts are kicking in, but it's so good it makes you groan in pleasure. You almost forget to chew it before sending it down your gullet. "Mm!" You go right back for more. You experiment with snipping some meat off the bone with a scorpion claw. It sort of works. You're more than strong enough, but the claws are somewhat serrated and don't shear against each other.

Nakurtum laughs and takes a little for herself before you eat it all. Fortunately, meat is not only tastier than the other fare you've had, but also more filling. You feel like you could take or leave the raw meat.

> If there's anything you want to chat with Nakurtum or the cook about, now's probably the time.
> Try the raw meat
> Pass

>>28453884
try the raw

>>28453884
[x]so, uh, what are we going to be doing for training? Other than spears?

[x]scorpion claw: take some raw meat for later

>>28453884
>try the raw
it calls to us

>>28453884
>> Try the raw meat
Goat sashimi time.

Ask Nakurtum more informations about the scorpionmen from legend.

>>28453884
>Pass
>If there's anything you want to chat with Nakurtum or the cook about, now's probably the time
"Ask how they see us: monster, war-machine or human"

>>28453884
gotta try that raw meat
then try all that inferior squishy human meat
then rule as scorpion queen

>>28453884
>try the raw meat
just the tip guys

>>28453896
>>28453902
>>28453910
>>28453916
>>28453930
>>28453944
Now I get the whole "murderhobo" thing

>>28453956
I told you they were a thing, man.
At least they're not shouting for us to murder everybody right now, though.

>>28453930
>1. gotta try that raw meat
>2. then try all that inferior squishy human meat
>4. then rule as scorpion queen
You forgot step 3. lay egg in everyone one of our subject.

>>28453956
What? We aren't hurting anyone.

>>28453956
it's just trying raw meat dude, damn
if it's too freaky or we feel weird we can just stop

>>28453977
>What? We aren't hurting anyone.
>what is alignment
>>28453972
Won't take long

>>28453972
guys, they prepared the raw meat just for us
it would be rude not to at least try it.

>>28453987
>if it's too freaky or we feel weird we can just stop
That's the fucking point: we -will- like it, and we'll like it A LOT more than cooked meat

>people freaking out over this in both directions
if it turns out, eating raw meat is just kinda tasty and doesn't drive us mad and is essentially a nonissue, I will LAUGH.

>>28454003
BUENO
BUENO EXCELLENTE

why not do what comes naturally man?

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>>28453884
The time has come. Your rip some raw flesh from a side of goat and hold it up. Not wanting to get your human hands bloody, you lean forward and take it directly with your mouth.

It doesn't have that familiar meat texture, but somehow you know it tastes more like a real goat. It's juicy, and it practically melts in your mouth - or maybe it literally does. Is raw meat supposed to be this tender? In any case, you get a bit of a head rush. You don't feel a strong urge to finish the meat, but you feel a noticeable urge to protect it It's yours. Your kill. It's a weird feeling. Thinking about it makes you uncomfortable.

"So, uh, Nakurtum, do you know anything about scorpion-people? Like, from the old stories?"

She shakes her head as she stretches her red arm to keep it from going sore before training is over. "Not really. Just that they all died in the great flood, along with most of the other monsters. But I guess monsters are coming back now. People are finding ruins with some of the old magic in them. Some of them were probably my students!" She says with some pride. "Ready to train again?"

>Train inside
>Train on the terrace
>Eat the goat. All of it.

>Train on the terrace
more room

>>28454033
[x]train on the terrace
[x]hide some goat for later

>>28454033
>Train on the terrace

Also I fucking told you about raw meat
I told you dawg

>>28454033
EAT THE GOAT

Alright. When we do kill someone in battle I bet we will be tempted to eat them.

>>28454033
>>Train inside
We can't risk being seen yet.

>>28454064
>I told u dawg
>implying the outcome was not what I wanted
onsume that goat down to the bones!

>>28454033

Train inside. We must learn to control our movements and gain a greater spacial awareness due to our increased size...


Meta Question; will we be setting up training then time-skipping to the end of our training, or are we doing it solid?

I only want to do it outside so we don't collapse a building on top of ourselves

>>28454114
>special awareness being a thing you can train

>>28454150
well, it sort of is.
Most people get used to having giant freak bodies after they do a growth spurt and are very clumsy for a while.

>>28454033
>>Eat the goat. All of it.
Then train on the terrace

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>>28454033
"Sure, I'm ready to go. Let's try going out on the terrace. Who cares if anyone sees us? They already know the priests are up to something."

You say the words, but something holds you back before you can skitter away. Are you just going to leave your kill here? What if someone takes it? You can't carry it on your back while you train, and you dare not stuff the whole thing down your throat now. "Nergal-Edir? Canyou make sure nobody else eats this goat?"

He blinks. "Um... yes. I swear on my word of honor not to let anyone else eat this goat."

He sounds sarcastic, but that's enough to assuage your worry. You thank Nergal-Edir ad follow Nakurtum out to the stair leading out to the sunlight and the open air.

You're maybe 150 feet up, and you're not on the side overlooking the pyramid's courtyard, so the city streets are right below you. While you're looking out at the city, a few people on the nearest street seem to notice you. Laborers point and shout to each other, possibly arguing over what you are. Women scream and run to gather up their children.

> Yell something to them
> Disregard them. Run some laps with Nakurtum now that you have room.

>>28454240
[x]run laps
[x]wave nervously at the people

I don't want to shout, because we'd have to shout REALLY REALLY loud.

>>28454170
That comes naturally as you spend time in your new body, no need to train it. It's being trained just by everyday activities.

>>28454240
>disregard peasants, easily outrace teacher.

>>28454240
>Disregard them. Run some laps with Nakurtum now that you have room.

>>28454240

we can deal with social interaction once we have mastered our new body... So training now..

Well, at least we weren't trying to go to the orphanage with snacks in hand. That would have been even worse.

I'm still for the waving to them thing though, but I already said that.

>>28454114
I hope no time skip, I wanna scare our instructor at least a few times

>>28454356
I would be happy for just not tripping and skidding horribly over the instructor, creating a mashed smear, falling down the terrace, collapsing half the pyramind, and finally crashing into some peasant's house, destroying it utterly.

Yes, that is exactly the sort of thing I am hoping to avoid.

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>>28454240
You awkwardly wave at the people, but it doesn't seem to improve their disposition.

Nakurtum sets down the bundle of sticks and the pot of water, then unstraps the bronze discs she'd been wearing as armor. "Let's run around a bit. It's the safest kind of endurance training until we can get you some heavy objects to test with."

As it turns out, you do not automatically outrace the human woman, despite the long reach of your eight legs. You've learned to sort of drift forward, with each leg picking itself up when the right time comes, but making yourself move any faster requires a more conscious effort to keep your legs from bumping into each other and keep your upper half balanced. You feel almost as clumsy as right after your transformation.

>Roll 1d6 to catch on and not do anything disastrously clumsy
>Just do your best
>Why wait? Just pick up a stone slab or a bronze statue in your claws and see how much damage you can do. Roll 4d6 for smashing.

Rolled 5

>>28454405
This has my interest..

Rolled 6

>>28454405
>just do our best

that smashing option came out of nowhere

Rolled 1

>>28454405
Let's just try to run without killing anyone

Smashing can come later, when we are in the smashing stage of training.

Rolled 1

>>28454405

Rolled 3

>>28454405
try our best to leave nakurtum in our dust
eating our dust
like we should have eaten that goat

>why would we start smashing things all of a sudden? such random

>>28454426
With that roll I think smashing might come very soon.

since we've started rolling what kinda system are you using? Best of 3? First come first serve?

>>28454426
>Let's just try to run without killing anyone
we sure can try but it doesnt seem like we are gonna succeed at it.

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>>28454444
>>28454426
I see Redaeth's luck has yet to improve.

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>>28454405
It takes time, but you keep at it. Nakurtum paces herself, but you go all-out. You occasionally fall forward onto the front section of your scorpion half, but you quickly right yourself. After maybe a couple of hours, Nakurtum is sweaty and winded, and you've officially figured your legs out. You can even run sideways and backwards.

> You now have a Reflexes score of 1 instead of 0.

Nakurtum tries to act like she hasn't been running for two hours as she breaks for a drink. "Good. Coming along. Next is, uh, added weight training. See if you can go that fast with me on your back."

> Okay.
> I am not your mount!

>>28454559
> Okay.
I see no reason to become overly prideful until we've actually earned the right.

Rolled 5

>>28454486
hopefully first 3 cause then he'll drop yours

>>28454559
>Bitch please, I'm a superior being.

>>28454559
"Uh... okay..."
This will be an awkward first.

>>28454559
[x]Can't we use something else? Some buckets of water maybe?
I, uh, have a stinger up there.

[x]rub place we stabbed ourselves this morning

>>28454559
>I didn't know your bread was buttered that side, but okay

The main reason not to is stinger problems.

>>28454559
>Okay.

>>28454584
we're 12. Even if we are worldly enough to know what sex is we probably haven't been introduced to deviant lifestyles.

(Even though that is the only ones who will ever have us.)

>>28454559
>not comfortable with being mounted
>2lewd4me

>>28454559
>I am not your mount!
"Get some weights or something!"

>>28454559
"Watch the stinger."

>>28454559
Let's not get ridden guys, we're too cool for that.

>>28454559

Okay, but highlight the whole 'I have a stinger but do not know how to use it' thing...

>>28454559
> Okay.
Watch the tail

>>28454559
>"Okay."

Isn't this the girl we're supposed to be nice to?

>>28454559
Um, careful with the stinger. I got myself with it, and while it didn't affect me I'm not sure I want to see what it does to people yet...

>>28454559
>no riding

I might be a poor orphan girl, but I still have my pride!

>>28454652
Nope, this is our trainer. She is to get us ready to slaughter the cities foes.

>>28454559
"J-just watch the tail. I'm worried it might sting you. Maybe we can wrap it or put a cork on it while you're riding?"

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>>28454486
>First dice roll counts as long as it doesn't include an action that most of the other players clearly don't agree with.

>>28454559
"Couldn't we use something else? We could get some more jars of water or something."
"You don't get another break. Come on, I want to see how this works."

Your stinger has obeyed you since your freakout this morning, so you see no further objection as she climbs onto your back and holds on tight. Fortunately, she gives up on the idea after only a couple laps around the terrace. Her added weight doesn't affect your mighty scorpion body at all, and you slow down just to keep her from being thrown off.

She slides off your carapace and finds her feet. "That wasn't a great idea. Thank you for obeying, though. Hey, who's that?"

There's a young woman, maybe 14 years old, well-fed, watching you from a stone bench on the terrace, guarded by men in brown robes. It's the Bronze Priest's daughter. If things had gone just a little differently, she'd be the giant scorpion and you'd be back to your normal life.

> Make friendly
> Now is not the time. Ignore her
> Shoo her away

>>28454719
>Make friendly
"You have no idea what you're missing!"

>>28454719
>Make friendly
Sand priest(ess) requested this, right?
She's gonna be a total bitch to us though, I bet on it

>>28454719
>Make friendly!

Couldn't the Priests do the ritual again? We could get a scorpion sisteru.

>>28454719
>Now is not the time. Ignore her

>>28454719
[x]make friendly
[x]I think my trainer needs a break

>>28454738
Though, I don't like that dialogue much. Too happy about things, when we're still kind of confused I think.

>>28454719
>friendly wave, then back to training

>>28454719
>Make friendly
We're a nice scorpion girl who tries for good first impressions.

>>28454738
Nah, she lucked out.

>>28454755
Agreed. We should play up how nervous we are about being attached to a giant bug.

>>28454755
This works

>>28454755
Agreed,

>>28454755

adding my two pence to this course of action

>>28454719
not a suggestion for now, but later on, we could do things like lift bales of hay and chip rocks into cubes to both train ourselves, and help the citizenry.

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>>28454719
You skitter over to her as Nakurtum takes the remaining water, drinks deep, then pours the rest over her head.

You bow a little and keep your distance. "Oh! Hello. I didn't notice you were there at first. I remember you from the other day. I'm Hunzuu, nice to meet you."

She stays in her seat and clearly wants to look unmoved, but there is fear in her eyes. Maybe disgust, too. "I am Tabni-Ninsun. Father says you're the savior of the city. But you ran away. I didn't run away. Father says you're not supposed to run, even when you're scared. When Turtak comes for us, will you run again?"

> No. I am the monster this city needs.
> Maybe. I'm not as brave as you.
> Don't feel bad that you didn't turn into this. Right now I'm wishing I'd run faster.

>>28454898
Using our claws, too, to build their dexterity.

>>28454908
>> Don't feel bad that you didn't turn into this. Right now I'm wishing I'd run faster.

>>28454908
>Don't feel bad that you didn't turn into this. Right now I'm wishing I'd run faster.

> Don't feel bad that you didn't turn into this. Right now I'm wishing I'd run faster.
"But next time I will run towards the danger. And not away."

>>28454908
[x]Well, my friends are here, so I don't think I could run away from the city. That's where I was going last time.

>>28454927
Don't you copy me

>>28454944
I posted first, which makes you the copycat.

>>28454924
Yes, with the claws.
I don't think we can chip stone with our little girl arms.

>>28454964
Nigga please, we stronkloli.

>>28454964
I think our little girl arms have some advanced strength due to the transformation.

But if OP could confirm this it would be super cool.

>>28454933
This

>>28454995
We could armwrestle with our claws to find out.

>>28455015
I can't quite picture how that would work out in terms of logistics and joints and bending.

Plus our claws are way bigger than our arms, they'll definitely be stronger. We should just try to pick up something heavy. hmmmmm...

Scuttle over and try to lift priest daughter with one arm.

>>28454908
You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

>>28455063
N N N N

Do not start claw agility lessons on humans

Start with like, a cup.

>>28455101
He said with "arm", maybe he meant human arm, to see how strong our human half became?
"... okay, Tabni, that's cool and all, but mind if I princess-carry you around for a while?"

>>28455101
Not a claw, our human arm. Testing for super strength.

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>>28454908
"Don't feel bad that you didn't turn into this. Right now I'm wishing I'd run faster."

She nods and tips back her hood, letting her curly black locks spill out. She squints in the sunlight. "I understand that. I suppose it's good to have other people do the fighting and make the sacrifices. But you're the only one of your kind that we have now. I don't want to die when Turtak comes, so we have to make you brave and smart so you do your job."

You feel a little insulted. Is she ripping on your for being poor? You keep it together, though. "Don't worry. Next time I will run towards the danger, not away." You can even imagine yourself doing it. Hell, you are the danger. You are the one who stings.

She looks unimpressed. "Fine. I'm going to sneak out of tutoring and bring some friends in to one of the rooms the guards never check. Want to come along?"

> Sure.
> You shouldn't sneak out of classes. In fact, what are you studying? We should go to them together.
> Watch your tone. I want to be friends with you, but watch your tone around the giant monster."

>>28455121
maybe we shouldn't start shit with her by picking her up

>>28455070
What the hell do you know about the weak?
You weren't born poor.
You don't know what it's like to be hungry.
You never had to fight, to steal and kill just to survive.

>>28455125
Fuck yeah I wanna come

>>28455125

"Aren't I a little too," shly "noticeable?"

>>28455125
> Sure.
I warn you though I am still getting used to my body.

>>28455131
Whats she gonna do, squirm helplessly and cry?

>>28455125
>I have to keep training. There isn't anyone else who can do it now

>>28455125
[x]I don't think I can actually sneak any more
[x]you're right, I have to be strong. Sorry, I can't skip on training. I'd like to meet your friends one day, though.

>>28455125

I don't think that I'm in any condition to 'sneak' around... not to mention, I have a 'duty' to learn how to defend us...

>>28455125
>Sure!

>>28455125
>"Can I princess-carry you there? I wanna see how strong my upper half is. Also maybe sorta a sign of goodwill?"

>>28455132
This.

>>28455132
>You never had to fight, to steal and kill just to survive
Did -we- have to though?

STANDING HERE

>>28455132
>>28455299
are you guys referencing a thing?

>>28455299
That goat was our kill. Totally. Our instincts told us so and everything.

>>28455299
Beneath the blood stained sand.
Beneath the blood stained sand.

>>28455316
out instincts may perhaps be unreliable narrators

>>28455312
Maybe 9:20
http://youtu.be/Rep9nVnYPSE?t=9m20s

>>28455363
>turning scorpion girl into revengeance
I want to say I hate you for ruining the story
But that is really hype

>>28455391
I didn't start it, I just gave the sauce
I think that >>28455132 is out of nowhere and pretty stupid

>>28455401
I agree. Bit of a reach for a reference.

maybe AFTER our climactic battle with the robopresident.

>>28455386
Why was this post deleted?

>>28455430
Made fun of us for wanting to be the little monster girl

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>>28455125
>>28454995
Your top half is only a little stronger than it used to be, you think. For the most part, fighting with your top half and fighting with your bottom half are going to be separate stats. The advantage to cultivating your weaker top half is that you can theoretically fight with both halves at once, swinging a weapon while clawing and stinging people.

>>28455125
You want to try to play along. "Sneak? I don't think I'm very sneaky anymore," you say shyly.

She laughs. "You won't have to be. Usually all I have to do to get out of tutoring is not show up."

Nakurtum has regained her composure, though she's still rather damp. She puts her armor back on. "I think that's all I can handle for today. I'll be around, though. I'm staying on the fourth level. Oh, yeah, and that box left in your room is a cage with a little scorpion. I thought watching a real one catch prey might give you some insight. Might have been a half-baked idea, but it's all I could come up with at the time."

Tabni-Ninsun snaps her fingers. "Boys, you're dismissed." The guards leave her, and she shows you how to get to a room she likes in the basement of the pyramid. It's not near any windows, and it's lit by magic blue torches in the walls. Though Tabni-Ninsun looks normal, the light makes you glow blue all over. "Whoa, look at you! Won't you be a sight to see. I'll go get the other kids."

> Continue being shy when they show up
> Get them to respect you, maybe fear you a little
> Name your pet scorpion

>>28455466
[x]continue being shy.
[x]holy shit we're glowing
[x]name scorpion.
I say Mr. Clicks.

>>28455466
>retain your composure, remain neutral

>>28455466
Shy
Seconding mr clicks

>>28452054
Wait, they have competent female warriors?

Why were they talking about genderbending one of their soldiers for this, then?

>>28455466

"W-wait. Will they be okay with me, like this?"

>>28455483
I'm liking this choice.

>>28455466
>just try to be friendly. We don't want everyone to be scared of us

>>28455501
I think it specifically needed to be a YOUNG girl for this to work.
so it's agebending.

>>28455466
Is our human half shining UV too?

>>28455356
>not trusting your instincts
You make Peppy cry.

>>28455299
I REALISE
YOU'RE JUST LIKE ME
TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY

>>28455132
Is it too late to second this? Let's temper the moe with some hot blood, rather than grim and grit.

>>28455483
>>28455497
Thirding Mr. Clicks!

>>28455466
Shy. If people get used to the shy and polite monster, they will take us all the more seriously, when it's time to GET serious.

>>28455596
BUT WHO'S TO JUDGE
THE RIGHT FROM WRONG
>Is it too late to second this?
But it's fucking stupid! It's unpromted, out of character, hostile and may even not be a truth at all! Quit it already

>>28455596
>>28455615
I personally say wait on the revengeance speeches until we're fighting the cybernetic senators.

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Make this face when the others get here.

>>28455615
WHEN OUR GUARD IS DOWN
I THINK WE'LL BOTH AGREE

If they start ragging on us again. We ARE a powerful and divinely-granted creature, after all. It's all very well to hang onto who we were, but we should also cultivate the ability to be respected and a little feared, as well as loved.

As for if it's truth... I always consider that, if the GM hasn't said otherwise, all aspects of a character (and sometimes scene) are at the player's discretion. If we say we had it especially hard, then why not?

>>28455636
what are the cybernetic senators?

>>28455685
the thing you do revengeance speeches while fighting.

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>>28455546
Yep. It's not as strong in your human skin and hair, but it's definitely there.

>>28455520
Yep, the Blood Priest believed that the younger the girl, the bigger and stronger the scorpion she can grow into. Using it on an adult would ether fail or result in a smaller scorpion with no potential for growth. You on the other hand, have the potential to shed your skin and level up at least twice.

>>28455466
"W-wait. Will they be okay with me, like this?"
"They will, because I'll tell them to. I could have any one of them thrown out o here, or bled to death, or turned into a hyrax. They do't forget that."

As you wait for her to return, you decide to name your scorpion Mr. Clicks.

She comes back with a teenaged boy in a red acolyte's robe, a girl of maybe 10 years dressed like a servant, and a boy about your age dressed even more finely than Tabni-Ninsun, with heavy gold jewelry and everything. He's carrying a couple jars of something. She'd clearly told them what to expect, so they hide their fear. The boy in red doesn't look afraid at all, though. "Interesting! The Great Ones do amazing work. This is three or four levels beyond anything I've seen."

The well-dressed boy sets down the jars. "I stole some beer from that halfwitted hunchback. Will you have some?"

> Just a little...
> No thanks. I'd better stay completely in control.
> Don't you dare talk smack about that hunchback or I will slap your shit.
>> Also, I'm gonna break for just a little bit to eat. Forgive future lateness.

>>28455685
A miserable pile of HAM
>>28455683
THAT VIIIIIOOOLENCE BREEDS VIIIIIOOOLENCE
BUT IN THE END
IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY
No, damn it. No "YOU DONT GET MY PAIN OR PAIN ACCESSORIES" speeches, not now, not here

> No thanks. I'd better stay completely in control.

>>28455717
>No thanks. I'd better stay completely in control
>Also please don't insult servants

>>28455717
[x]no thanks, I'm like 12 and a giant scorpion
[x]That hunchback is really nice, he probably let you have it
[x]Nice to meet you by the way, I am Hunzuu, what's your name?

>>28455636
We could work on the hot-blooded part though. Maybe when it sinks in that we really are going to have to kill people.

>>28455717
>scorpion is proportional to our size
So what you're saying is we are going to be the size of a small house

>>28455775
I'll throw my support behind this.

>>28455722
Okay, I think that's enough of that.
We don't need the whole song here.
As awesome as it is.

So in the right time and place? I'll hold you to that.

I think we can all agree though, that you don't need grimdark, when you can burn excess moe in the crucible of Hot Blood, to create the flame of GAR!

>>28455717
>no thanks, I cause enough damage as it is

>>28455803
Nah. The deal is, it's for a speach for someone you're fighting with or angry with. So it would work automatically

>>28455842
I think we have enough to be angry about at least. After all, we never asked for this.

>>28455717
"No thank you, I've been finding breads a little less than filling. He's a nice man, he probably gave it too you, he's holding on to a haunch of goat for me for later,"

Smile, now that we're passed awkward meetings.

"I'm Hunzuu"

>>28455683
I think its a little soon for that, to be honest. Im still surprised that zuu stood up for herself with the amazon, to be honest. Shes just about at the point where she can order servants about. I'd have thought she'd cave before anyone who carries themselves with authority.

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>>28455814

Remember the new Clash of the Titans?

>>28455829
We almost did though. You stopped like 3-4 lines away from the end
Those songs are eerily easy to remember, aren't they
>So in the right time and place?
Finally you get it. Everything needs right time and place. I have no objections to the speech itself, especially since we have appropriate background, but it's inapproriate right now

>>28455873
But not with her. With priests, maybe, but they aren't even THAT bad... yet.

>>28455829
B-britfag? Long have I searched for you, old friend. Trym needs some resolution. The old gang requires your leadership, good sir. Ska asks about you constantly. Creepily, actually.

Also, sorry for slight derailment.

>>28455205
Yuri rape quest when?

>>28456001
Right when we figure out our genitalia

>>28456001
Hero Quest
Except we play as the rape-ee, not the rapist

>>28456001
Our endgame has already been decided as
>establish ourselves as goddess of the land
>collect harem of boys to fertilize our eggs
>collect harem of girls to impregnate with our fertilized eggs

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>>28456026

>>28455717
We aren't going to grow normally are we? We're going to shed out skin at 13 and suddenly look 18 and a lot tougher

>>28456054
Why do you say these lies
we're OBVIOUSLY going to bash open the dimension gate.

>>28456074
>we're OBVIOUSLY going to bash open the dimension gate.
Well DUH. Extradimensional girls are 2kawaii. Gotta impregnate them all, you know.

>>28456111
I am certain that's not how scorpions work, anon.
You're thinking wasps.

>>28456065
> implying thats not normal for a Scorpion-girl

>>28456125
Good thing we are a scorpion demon thing made by Tiamat and not a boring old scorpion.

I hope the young boy dressed better than our new bestie isn't the boy king?

It might be the boy king.

>>28456163
man, boy king, stop trying to get scorpion girls drunk

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>>28455717

Beer brings back bad memories. Your mother was, to put it frankly, a whore, and she was always trying to get beer from the men who used her. Her habit for the stuff affected her decision-making. Once when she was really hammered she got in a fight with a customer and gouged his eye out with her thumb. You never saw her again after that.

"No thank you. Also, are you talking about Nergal-Edir? He's really nice, you know. He'd probably just give it to you."
Tabni-Ninsun rolls her eyes. "Don't mind her attachment to the help. She's common. Or rather, she used to be. Now she's as rare as anything!"

Everybody else drinks, even the ten-year-old. They gossip about the staff and the acolytes, you contribute to the conversation where you can without revealing anything important, Tabni-Ninsun makes out with the well-dressed boy for a bit, and then they decide to hide the rest of the beer for later and go get something to eat. As you prepare to follow them out, though, the ten-year-old girl tugs on the hem of your dress to get your attention. "Hunzuu? Can we talk alone just for a second?"

You don't see a reason not to. You skitter off into an empty hallway. The girl, who's called Ku-Aya, suddenly takes on a more serious look. When she speaks, her voice seems a little deeper, more mature. "I've been here since the Great Priests announced their little plan. They think I'm just an apprentice jeweler, but I represent the king. He wants to be sure you stand for all of Ligish. He also requests that you honor his advisors with your presence when the time is right. Will three days be enough? Somewhere out of the way, like the first ford in the river north of the city walls."

> Of course. The city and its king are one.
> I'll try.
> Get bent. I fight for [myself/my creators/the actual city and not the king nobody respects.]
> Agree, but report her to the Great Priests later.

>>28456222
[x]I'll try?
[x]Why does it have to be out of the way? I don't think I could get anywhere without being seen.

>>28456222
>"Why the secrecy?"
>"I'll try, but no promises. My loyalty lies with the city itself"

>>28456222

>I'll try.
>I was told I was going to become a protector of our nation. They've started teaching me to fight.

>>28456222
the king isn't as dumb and powerless as he seems. Go meet him

>>28456248

seconding this

I don't think I like the mid-nobility too much. Just on first impressions.

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>>28456222
"I'll try? Why does it have to be out of the way? I don't think I could get anywhere without being seen."

"They will see you leave the city, and they will see you return, but how many will dare to follow you across open ground? That is what we have reasoned."

>Makes sense.
> I have nothing to hide. I walk straight into the palace, or I don't go anywhere.
> You'll just have to see if I show up, then. I don't know what I'm doing in three days.

>>28456411
wait, what's WRONG with open ground? Is there something awful outside the walls? Do we know that IC?

>>28456411
What's with the secrecy? Is king plotting against the priests?

>>28456411

Meta Question; what do we know about the king? Do we have an opinion on him? Is he a good king, or a bad king? What about the 'prince' that 'authorized' the priests preforming the ritual?

>>28456411
[x]I'll try- I've never been outside of the city before.

>>28456411
>You'll just have to see if I show up, then. I don't know what I'm doing in three days.

>>28456481
The king is essentially a rubber stamp for the priests. Whether we think that makes him good or bad, or if we even know that IC, remains to be seen.

>>28456548
Isn't culturally in this kind of setting, the King is the living embodiment of one of the Gods, or at least revered and treated as such.

>>28456411
>You'll just have to see if I show up, then. I don't know what I'm doing in three days.

>>28456548
these things are not mutually exclusive

>>28456654
er, THESE things
>>28456589
>>28456548
You need two things to be plural.

Honestly, I'm pretty convinced suspecting this is an assassination attempt.
And if they're really only trying to meet us unnoticed, this is so clumsy that I don't really want to throw my lot in with who is behind this anyways.

>>28456682
I am not sure if unnoticed is what they are going for.
Though, an assassination attempt would be interesting/traumatic.

>>28456698
If they don't care about keeping their involvement and just want to make a statement, a visit to the palace would work even better and would be less troublesome and dangerous.
It seems rather likely that there is something else going on and they want us out of the city for it.
Either to ambush us, to goad us into ambushing something else or to have us be absent from the city while shit goes down.

>>28456759
well, that is a strong argument for the palace visit, I have to say.
My only real counterargument is the classic secretly-competent king gambit.

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>>28456448
You hear there are bandits outside the walls, maybe scouts from other cities, but nothing you'd really be afraid of. Ku-Aya apparently thinks that people would be afraid to follow you into open ground just because it would attract more attention from you than shadowing you in the street.

>>28456481
You were old enough to remember the last king, a burly man with an enormous beard who would make booming proclamations, sometimes out of high windows without warning. His successor is eighteen years old, skinny, beardless. He only shows up rarely at religious festivals and has heralds do all his public speaking. Your new friends made a lot of jokes about him while they were drinking. Apparently he controls so little of the city's military now that his palace is guarded by men from the Charioteers' School, simply because it's the only one he's sure is loyal to him. Not even the Slingers' School respect him, the well-dressed boy claims, and the slingers are street trash.

>>28456411
"I'll try, then. I'm still not sure if I can."
"I understand. He looks forward to seeing you."

The evening passes uneventfully. True to his word, Nergal-Edir saved the rest of that goat for you. He butchered it and cooked it for you, dressed up with spices. It manages to be good without giving you that little rush of bloodlust that you had before. That's probably for the best. Though you don't finish the whole goat, your urge to protect it has subsided, and you let the staff have the rest of it.

You've just gone back to your room to feed Mr. Clicks when you see something you haven;t seen since your transformation. All five Great Priests have come together to see you. They look upset by something.

The Blood Priest steps forward. "Hunzuu, dear... We may have to send you outside the pyramid earlier than expected. There is another monster."

>> I have to break now. Not sure if I'll be able to get back later tonight. The next time I'm sure I can post is tomorrow at about 7PM EST.

>>28456784
>His successor is eighteen years old, skinny, beardless. He only shows up rarely at religious festivals and has heralds do all his public speaking.

Sounds like someone to meet.

>>28456784
I'M NOT READY.

Also cool thread op thx for running I <3 u.

>>28456784
>another monster
Oh come on, this is like my first day you guys, could you not have waited a WEEK to make a second rampaging monster?

Also see you toooomorrow I guess.

>>28456814
yeah, seems like a big change from the last king, we should check it out.

Assuming, you know, monster things don't interrupt us.

>>28456784

Well, for the priests, this is a 'make or break' gambit. Either the girl who has been half scorpion for little over a day defeats the 'enemy' thusly displaying both fearsome power and making the peoples view of her more positive. Or, she is defeated, appearing weak causing the priests to look foolish for using such a young and unskilled child for the ritual...

>>28456904
It's not gonna be pretty either way. I don't think we've even TRIED stabbing things with our tail yet.

>>28456929
Worst case scenario we can bull-rush it since we know we can smash through stone walls. Then, CLAW SMASH until everyone is safe.

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Thanks, guys!

New archive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/28451789/

>>28456970
good point, we KNOW walls are inferior to scorpions. We just have to decide how many buildings we're willing to destroy to make sure the monster is destroyed.
>>28456974
Good and immortalized

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Possible theme song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9BnaJ4PyHE

>>28457059
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTQIogLBFBs

>>28457059
maybe when we're having our barn-sized monster fights later on.

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>>28457059
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBhB9gRnIHE

>>28457222
yeah, this is more along the lines of what the non-battle theme would be. I like it.

>>28455996
Drop me an email at the link provided. I'll see about getting back in touch. This isn't the place though.

>>28456974
Aw boo. Too late for the thread. That's what i get for playing vidya.

This actually has my interest though, so I'll see you next time, OP. Thank you for running!