Walking down the quite streets your party shuffles along. Even though everything is calm the air around you feels heavy, ever since you left the palace there’s definitely been an elephant in the room. Most of the group seems to be avoiding you the best they can and you notice a few awkward glance thrown your way. The only people that seem to be okay around you are Tam and Balthasar, who is only slightly upset that he didn’t get to eat the boss demon. Swallowing hard you think that maybe you should deal with this.

>Talk to them about it
>Let things settle down, they’ll forget about some enough
>Other

Rolled 7, 20, 7 = 34

>>31887543
>Talk to them about it

>Talk to them about it

Clearing your throat you say “ummm guys… we need to talk”

Turning to look about you Randolf says “About what?” but by the tone in his voice he already knows what you're going to say.

You look down at your feet “about what happened back there”

As you say this you can feel everyone shift uncomfortably

Sasha speaks up "Look kid, you don't have to say anything. You saved our asses back there"

Shaking his head Randolf says "No, that was something major and we need to talk about it. First off, what was that?"

>What was that?

>>31887848
"I... dont know what happened exactly"
"maybe i was possessed?"

>>31887848

Rubbing your head you say "I... don't know what happened exactly, I can't remember. Maybe I was possessed?"

Shaking his head Balthasar says "I don't think that was it, the state you were in didn't look demonic"

Shrugging you say "Maybe it was the magic"

Jodie gives you worried look "Milly, I've never hear of something like that happening before. The worst magic can do to you is your head exploding but possession..... that's something else."

Stepping forwards Randolf says "Well, that stuff doesn't matter, we can figure that out later. All I need to know is that you're okay to continue"

>What do you say

>>31888616
"I'm ok but i'm scared," *start crying* "th..th.. there where voices when I was unconscious, they said things... bad things... I... I don't want to hurt any of you. I'm sorry"

>>31888616
"I don't know. What if it happens again?"

>>31888616

"I'm okay but i'm scared" you can feel tears welling up "there were these voices, they said bad things, terrible things. I... I don't want to hurt any of you. I'm sorry"

As you wipe your face Randolf stands there scratching his head "Look sweetie, you-"

Before he can finish Sasha smakes the back of his head "Look what you did moron"

Weston chimes in "That was really smooth"

Stammering out Randolf says "Hey, I didn't mean... that's not... come on guys"

At this display you can't help but giggle.

Rubbing his head Randolf turns back to you "Look sweetie, you don't have to be sorry for anything. The thing I was most worried about was you."

His words help to make you feel better but a thought still remains.

"What if it happens again?"

Randolf shrugs "Then well deal with it the best way we can"

"But-"

Raising his hand he says "Look, i'm not say it couldn't happen again but I trust you to be able to fight it and there's no real sense of worrying about what if's"

Patting you on the head he continues "Plus how are party members supposed to work together if we don't have trust"

The rest of the team speaks up.

Jodie nods "Yeah, you saved me when you didn't need to. I have full trust in you"

Randolf grins "You helped almost everyone here, there's no way we could distrust you"

Wiping your tears you say "Thanks guys"

Continuing down the road your group eventually makes it to the front gate. Standing there you can see the ghost of Nero.

Giving you a happy look he says "I see you succeeded"

>Hell yeah we did
>You could have told us about your kid
>Other

>>31889706
>>Hell yeah we did
Sure did. Now give us information.

>>31889706
>Hell yeah we did
>You could have told us about your kid

What happened to the kid?

>>31889881
>>31890040

>Hell yeah we did

Grinning at him you say "Of course we did, we're you expecting anything less?"

Nodding he says "Truthfully I was worried but you seemed like you could handle it"

Suddenly you hear cry "DAD"

Rushing forwards Brutus hugs Nero, sobbing he says "Dad, I missed you"

Patting his head Nero smiles "I missed you too son, I'm sorry that I couldn't protect you"

Looking back to your group he says "I thank you adventures for completing this task for me. I only wish I didn't have to ask you to do it"

Nodding towards Brutus Randolf asks "What going to happen to him?"

Nero gives your group a sad smile "Without the demons protection my son will fade from this world, we have both spent so long here that it would be best if we moved on. Like I promised the city is yours, use it wisely"

Snapping one by one the chains around Nero begin to break. Slowly the two start fading, before they go completely they both wave at you, soon they vanish from view.

Scratching his head Randolf says "What are we supposed to do with a city?"

Suddenly you feel a rubble all around you.

>Run for the door
>Hold on to something
>Other

>>31890272
>>Hold on to something

>>31890272
>Hold on to something
Golem?

>>31890573
Dead.

>>31890647
He lives on in our hearts, anon. In our hearts.

>>31890573
>>31890462

>Hold on to something

As the rumbling continues you try your best to stay on your feet, grabbing onto a build you shout over the noise "WHAT'S GOING ON"

Shouting Randolf says "NO IDEA"

All around you pieces start to fall from builds into the streets and you feel yourself raising. Above you the ceiling cracks and sunlight pours in, stinging your eyes. Closing them you hold on for dear life.

The rumbling stops as quickly as it began and you're left standing there with your eyes closed. Peaking one open what you see amazes you. It seems that the whole city has risen from the ground to the world outside.

Standing around in astonishment you say "wow"

Nodding Randolf says "Wow is right"

From behind you hear shriek, turning you see Pran standing there. "IT'S THE SUN, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT THING IN FOR EVER"

>What are you doing here?
>What happened?
>Other

>>31890929
>>What are you doing here?

>>31890929
>What are you doing here?

Giving her a confused look you ask "What are you doing here? I thought you already left"

Grinning she says "Well technically I couldn't just 'leave' but thanks to you guys I can go where ever I like" snapping her fingers her usual outfit changes to a bikini "and I think I'll head to the beach first"

Standing up Balthasar says "Lady Pran! Your Back!"

Turning to look at him she grins even big "Looks like you're not dead honey" walking closer she leans into him "That deserves a prizes"

Pulling him close she gives him a deep kiss. After a few seconds she breaks off, smiling she says "Well, see ya"

Turning she walks away leaving him standing there with his mouth hanging open.

>Women, am I right?
>What?
>other

>>31891403
>>Women, am I right?
>other
Find Golem Heart, we can rez him, maybe.
I WANT MY GOLEM MINION GODDAMIT.

>>31891403
>Women, am I right?

>>31891403

>Women, am I right?

>>31891643

I suspect there may be more golems in the future. If we declare this city a sanctum for persecuted witches then it'll need some kind of protection.

>>31891403
>Women, am I right?

Sliding next to him you give him a toothy grin "Women, am I right?"

Nodding his head slowly he says "Yeah, women...."

Laughing Randolf pats him on the back "Hahaha looks like not even demons can figure them out, cheer up buddy"

Turning to your group Randolf continues "So guys, looks like we have a giant city to deal with. I have no idea what to do with it but it definitely could be useful. A city isn't going anywhere soon so we can leave it for now and come back later"

>Come back later
>Stay for longer
>Other

>>31892044
>Stay for longer

It was such a pain getting here, let's look around first.

>>31892044
>>Stay for longer
Lets take a full inventory of the city
Is it walled in?
What books are in the library?
Books on making Golems?

>>31892198
It's now on the surface where we came in to the canyon

>>31892441

It was at the bottom of a lake beyond the forest and the canyon.

>>31892198
>>31892441

>Stay for longer

Rubbing your head you say "It was such a pain getting here, we might as well have a look around"

Heading through the front gate you explore further than before. Looking at the military district you finally understand what those towers are used for. They stand over the walls providing a good vintage point for any defenders and the walls here are thinker than the rest. The gate closest to the market district leads directly to the canyon, probably for easy access and helping to halt any attackers. Checking out the palace last you can finally explore it and all it's glory without worrying about demons. Looking around you find what looks like a huge library, a large vault, and the kings room.

>Go to the library
>Go to the vault
>Go to the kings bedroom

>>31892629
>>Go to the library
Must find Golem book

>>31892629
>>Go to the library
Split up? Take Tam, Jodie and Goth-Loli with us, send the rest to the Vault?

>>31892812
Yeah split up Magic users to the library to look for rare magic books and adventurers to the vault to take inventory

>>31892629
>Go to the library

Taking Tam, Jodie, and Lilith with you you head towards the library while everyone else checks out the rest of the palace. Along the way you notice Tam looks like she's going to burst. Looking at her you ask "What's the matter?"

Beaming at you she says "Were going to a library, aren't you excited?" Jumping up and down she continues "Library, library, the happiest place on earth"

Jezz, she must really like her books. Continuing down the hallway you eventually reach it, opening the doors even you have to admit that this place is really. Bookcases circle the room, hugging the walls while even more book cases are stacked on top. Several tables lined with chairs sit in the middle of the room and doors lead even to even more rooms.

Tam imminently rushes off into the library with Lilith skipping after her while you and Jodie pick a table. Soon Tam comes back holding a large stack of books, putting them down she says "There, that should be enough for some light reading"

Jodie shakes her head "You call that light?"

Soon everyone is sitting around reading their respective books, well everyone except Jodie who's sitting there bored out of her mind. Shifting through the books you see one that catches your eye. Picking it up you examine it to be a design book, opening it you flip through passing building blueprints, weapon designs and other things, until you come across something interesting. This page the production of Golems, telling you the dimensions, the materials needed, and how to build it. The only problem is you don't understand half of what it's talking about.

As you turn the book side to side Randolf bursts into the room. "Ummm sweetie, we have a problem"

>Not now, reading
>What is it
>other

Rolled 8

>>31893250
>What is it

>>31893250
>>What is it

>>31893250
>>What is it
"If it's anything less than a dragon it can wait. But what is is?"

>>31893250

>What is it

Looking at him you say "On the scale of I stubbed my toe to dragon, how bad?"

Breathing heavily he says "Try a small war going on outside"

You give him a confused look but before you can say anything else he grabs your arm and pulls you out the door. As your running through the streets you say "Seriously, what's happening"

Not bothering to look back Randolf says "Just come and see"

Soon you make it to the front gate and clime the stairs to find Weston, Rylan, Sasha, and Deniece standing there staring off into the distance.

Walking up to them you ask "What's going o- oh...."

Following their gaze you can see that Randolf wasn't lying about that war. In front of the city you hear the roar of battle as Driders and Goblins clash, all around the fighting rages and both sides seem to be putting everything they have into this.

Staring you ask "What happened?"

Gripping the wall Deniece says "It looks like the Night Mother saw the city rise and wanted to take it"

Snorting Sasha says "looks like the Goblins had the same idea"

Randolf shakes his head "Any ways it looks like we won't be able to leave with this fighting going on, what are we going to do about it?"

>What are you going to do about it?

>Try to scare them off
>Just leave them be
>Get it there

Rolled 4

>>31893716
>>Try to scare them off
My loot

>>31893716
>>Try to scare them off
Can we build a Golem?

>>31893716
>Try to scare them off
Go away, this is our city, we saw it first.

>>31893806
>>31894006
>>31894286

>Try to scare them off

As your group continues to look on you say "We should probably stop it"

Weston laughs "Yeah? And how would we do that?"

Raising your hand into the air you say "Easy, like this"

Sending a lightning bolt into the air it strikes the middle of the battle field sending some Goblins flying. This seem to do the trick as the fighting stops and they stop to stare at you.

Sucking in air you yell out "OI, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? THIS CITY DOESN'T BELONG TO ANY OF YOU NOW GET BEFORE I COME DOWN THERE MYSELF"

As the creatures continue to stare you try to be as menacing as possible.

"LAST WARNING, MOVE IT OR LOSE IT. THIS IS OUR CITY, WE SAW IT FIRST!"

Out of the crowd on one side you see a large spider lady wearing black robes walk out and on the other you see a huge green creature step out.

Deniece stutters "The Night Mother"

Coming closer the spider lady looks really mad "Your city? I lay claim to it NOW YOU GET"

The Green creature adds "No, This is Goblin land, leave now"

>What do you say

>>31894360
GOLEMS, GET OUT HERE! INTRUDERS ON THE PREMISES!

Rolled 20

>>31894360
Incinerate the goblin
Warn her she is next if she doesn't flee

>>31894360
"YEAH THIS IS MY FUCK'IN CITY. I might just allow you to become citizens in MY city if you show me you are civilized. Now can you and a representative of the goblins come closer so we can negotiate what the two of you want and what you won't get."

>>31894360
Don't do anything

Let them annihilate each other

>>31894360
"You can leave now or I burn down your forest and collapse your caves! Back off or lose it all!"
Throw some magic. Something big.

>>31894360

Looking down at them you say "THAT'S RIGHT! MY CITY, WE GOT HERE FIRST AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT THAT'S TOO BAD"

That just seems to piss the Night Mother and the Goblin creature off more.

Hissing the Night Mother says "Don't think you can intimidate me, NOW LEAVE MY CITY, I WANT IT" smacking her fists against the door she continues "I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT"

Smashing a fist against the gate the Goblin creature says "Leave now, I won't crush you if you do"

"FAT CHANCE I'LL LEAVE MY CITY, YOU PEOPLE ARE TOO BUSY KILLING EACH OTHER TO ACT CIVIL AND I ONLY LET CIVILIZED PEOPLE IN"

As they continue to complain you sigh, you need to think of something to get them to go away.

>Bluff them away
>Scare them off with some flashy magic
>Make them negotiate

>>31894875
>Scare them off with some flashy magic

>>31894875
>>Make them negotiate
What would you guys do with it?

>>31894875
>>Bluff them away
It was a human city, and it's dangerous magic only obeys ME. Don't make me activate the ULTIMATE DEATH MAGIC WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION. It'll be a pain to clean all the guts and gore.

>>31894988
this

>>31894875
>Bluff them away

Drowning out the noise those two are making you try to think of an idea when suddenly a thought crosses your mind.

Calmly looking down at the pair you say "I don't think you realize but this was a human city, and it's dangerous magic only obeys ME" Yelling so that everyone else can hear you continue "DON'T MAKE ME ACTIVATE THE ULTIMATE DEATH MAGIC WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION."

Letting the ridiculous name sink in you continue "I really have no problem using it but it would be such a pain to clean up all the guts and gore, I just don't want to deal with the mess"

Laughing nervously the Night Mother says "There is no such thing"

Looking at her you say "You want to find out?"

After a few tense seconds the Night Mother buckles "Fine, but don't think that this cities power can protect you forever" Turning around she walks away.

Looking at the Goblin creature you say "And what about you big boy?"

The creature stares at you for a few seconds "I will remember your face, next time we meet I'll crush it" Turning around he walks off as well.

As the two leaders retreat so do there armies until the field is empty, sighing you feel your chest to try and stop your beating heart. Turning around you see your party staring at you "What?"

Laughing Randolf says "Holy crap Sweetie, I knew you had a fast mouth but that was amazing, 'Ultimate Death magic'?"

Deniece gawks at you "You... you scared the Night Mother away"

Shrugging you say "Wasn't so hard". Now that that's over you're not sure what to do. Looking over the field you can see that the sun is going to set soon.

>Head to bed
>Go back to the library
>Stay to watch if any of them come back

Rolled 47

>>31895435
>Go back to the library

Rolling to rebuild loyal Golem buddy through research.

>>31895435
>>Stay to watch if any of them come back
We should take some books up to the walls to read while we are here.

We should probably make peace with them or they might try to attack us.

>>31895435
>>Go back to the library

Golem building just became priority number one.

>>31895435
>Go back to the library
ask to have a rotating watch set up

>>31895435
>Go back to the library

Stretching you say "That was pretty stressful, I'm going to relax back at the library. Call me if anything else happens"

Walking away a thought crosses your mind, turning back you ask "Hey, has any one seen Balthasar?"

Just then you hear a knock below, looking over the side of the wall you see him standing there knocking on the gate "Hey up there, let me in"

Giving him a confused look you ask "What are you doing out there?"

Scratching his head he says "I kinda join the fight"

"WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?"

Shrugging he says "Reflex?"

Sighing you say "Well, find your own way in" leaving him there you go back to the library. When you enter the room Tam looks up from one of her books "What happened that they needed to interrupt book time, it better have been a dragon"

>What do you tell her?

>>31895798
"Well I ended a war, threatened two very powerful creatures and might have started another war with our neighbors."

>>31895798

Plopping yourself into a chair you sigh "It wasn't that bad but it was annoying. Basically I ended a war, threatened two very powerful creatures and might have started another war with our neighbours"

Tam sits there silently for a second but then shrugs "Okay then"

Picking up the book you reading before you try and make sense of what it means. After a few hours of work you get a short list of what the Golem making process needs but some of thing are still a mystery to you.

Yawning you turn to Tam but she's already fallen asleep.

>Leave her there and go to bed
>Take her with you
>Just go to be here
>Stay up to learn more

>>31896415
>>Take her with you
To the king suite

>>31896415
>Take her with you

>>31896415
>Stay up to learn more

Really need to get those Golems up and running.

>>31896565
We can just sleep with the book.

I really like the idea of making this a haven for witches again

>>31896415
>Stay up to learn more
Learn how to use city defenses.

>>31896415
Stay up!~

>>31896415
>Take her with you

Grabbing your book and standing up you poke Tam "Tam, time to get up"

All you get is her mumbling about 5 more pages. Sighing you pick her up piggyback back her out of the library. As your walking through the halls you hear the sound of hurried scuttling and hushed whispers. Peaking out of a door way you see Deniece rushing by.

>Ask her where she's going
>Follow her
>Leave her be

>>31896822
oops didn't see the votes, we can read the books in bed

>>31896822
>>Ask her where she's going
Just a word or two.

>>31896822
>Ask her where she's going
then say goodnight, wait a couple seconds then
>Follow her

>>31896822
>Ask her where she's going

No need to follow her, just head off to bed like we were doing.

>>31896916
Are you sure thats a good idea when we have a sleeping Tam on our back?

>>31896822
>Ask her where she's going

As she hurries by you say "Ummm were are you going?"

Stopping and turning to you her face is beat red, stammering out she says "NO- I mean no where"

Narrowing your gaze you say "You're not going to Weston's room are you?"

Waving you off she says "What? noooooooo, no way"

Looking at her for a few seconds you say "Whatever, just make sure you guys use protection. Goodnight"

Turning around you head down the hall leaving a very flustered Deniece. Soon you come to the king's bedroom, opening the door you find an large open space with a big bed against the far wall. Setting Tam on the bed and wrapping her in a blanket you climb in as well. Flipping open one of the books you brought you try to learn as much as you can about the city. For the most part it doesn't tell you much but at one page it mentions a pillar used to activate the cities defences. As you try to find out more you can feel your eyes growing heavy and you quickly fall asleep.

However, your blissful sleep is interrupted by a bright light and a feeling of warmth. Opening your eyes you see that a ray of sunlight has settled right on your face. Sitting up you yawn and rub your eyes. Looks like a new day has begun.

>Go back to the library
>Explore somewhere else (Place?)
>See if you can get some breakfast

>>31897424
[x]See if you can find out more about activating city defenses

Then

[x]Go get something to eat

>>31897424
See if you can get some breakfast
Is Tam still asleep? We can get her some breakfast as a nice wake up.

>>31897424
>>See if you can get some breakfast
Look for the demon and see what he eats.

>>31897491
>all these tam flags

can you be straight for even a minute /tg/?

>>31897424
>Get something to eat

Stretching your arms you sit up, looking over to Tam you see that she's still asleep. Sighing, you accept your fate as food gatherer. Getting up you head out of the door, when you enter the hallway you see Balthasar sitting on chair by the door.

Looking at you he says "Sup?"

Yawning you reply "Not much but what are you doing here?"

Shrugging he says "Making sure you don't get your throat slit"

Grinning you say "Ohhhh, I didn't know I meant so much to you"

Giving you an irritated look he says "Look, you're the only reason I'm sticking around. It would be boring without you"

Covering your mouth with your hands you say "A love confession in the morning? You sure know how to make a girl blush"

This just irritates him more, laughing you say "Oh come on, I was just joking. I'm going to get some food, you want to come?"

Still slightly irritated he says "Sure"

As you walk to the kitchen you ask "Hey so, do demons eat things other than souls and people?"

Nodding he says "Yeah, we like babies too"

Looking at him in horror he laughs "Now that, was a real joke"

Eventually you make to the kitchen where you find Sasha making something.

>Good morning
>Grab something and go
>Other

>>31897877
>Good morning
"Need any help?"

>>31897877
>watching our room to make sure we dont' get our throat slit

I think he was perving on us but it's not something to think much on unless it becomes a habit

>>31897877
>Good morning

Walking into the kitchen you smell something delicious in the air. Smiling you say "Good morning Sasha, what're you making?"

Tilting her head towards you she says "Nothing special, I just found some supplies and decided to throw something together"

"Need any help"

Shaking her head she say "Nah, there's already some ready so you can take that"

Walking over to the table you grab two plates and head back to your room. Opening the door you see that Tam is already up.

"Hey sleepy head, you want something to eat?"

Sitting down at a table you, Balthasar and Tam sit in silence until Tam begins to giggle.

Looking up in confusion you ask "What's the matter?"

Suppressing her giggles the best she can Tam says "It's nothing, it's just that we haven't gotten to eat normally in so long, well minus the demon"

Think about she's right, you haven't sat down like this in weeks. The thought of going through so much and still being able to do this makes you smile. You were really enjoying the moment until you hear a knock at the door, poking his head in Randolf says "Hey Sweetie, we found something you might want to look at"

>Check it out
>I'm trying to eat
>other

>>31898619
>>Check it out
Take the food with you It has comic potential

>>31898619
>>Check it out
GOLEM BUDDY?!

>>31898619
>Check it out

Picking up your plate you follow Randolf down the hallway, as you continue walking you notice that you're going pretty deep into the palace.

"Where are you going?"

Shrugging Randolf says "Not sure, we found it this morning but we could figure out what it was"

Soon you come to the end of the long hallway and in front of you are two large doors, pushing them open you see Weston, Deniece, Jodie, and Rylan standing in a circular room. In the centre of the stands a pillar about waist high.

Randolf continues with what he was saying before "we tried everything with it, we poked it,hit it, hell we even got Weston to touch it but all that happen was it lit up"

Jodie nods "It seems to be reacting to magic but we don't know what it does"

Handing your plate off to someone you examine the pillar. Listening closely you can hear a faint hum from it but that's about it.

>Touch it
>Look around the room
>Other

>>31899076
Do we still have our book?

[x]Refer to the book about town defenses and how they relate to magic pillars

>>31899076
>>Other
"Oh. this is just the defense system for the city. So what did you want to show me?"

>>31899076
>Other

Standing up you give the group a smirk "Oh. This is just the defence system for the city. So what was it that you wanted to show me?"

Jodie looks at you confuse "What? How did you know that?"

Wagging your finger you say "The power of books dear, you should try it some time"

"Okay, but do you know how to work it?"

Waving your hand you say "Please, this is easy, it works like so". As soon as you touch the pillar you can feel your conscience branch out to the whole area, every wall, every house, every stone feels like it's part of you. It feels as if you could will the whole city to move from here. Pulling your hand off the pillar you blink your eyes, that was weird.

>Try again
>maybe you should read more about it
>other

Rolled 7, 6, 1 = 14

>>31899494
>>maybe you should read more about it
"welp, let's not touch that till I get that book, because that was weird. give me a minute or ten."

>>31899494
>>Try again
Do it, away from the spider queens and goblin bosses. Try landing on an uninhabited island.

>>31899591
Read first, then move town if needed

bump?

>>31899494
Sorry guys, I totally feel asleep, we've continue on another day

>>31899494
>>maybe you should read more about it

Rubbing your hand Jodie asks "What happened? What did you see?"

You shake your head "I don't really know, but I think you can control the whole city from here"

Randolf smiles "That's good right? I mean with that kind of protection we'll be fine"

You shrug "That depends on how well the city defences aged and what they are exactly. I'll need to read more about them to know for sure"

Suddenly you hear a loud boom and the floor shakes, looking around you ask "What was that?"

Bursting into the room out of breath Sasha says "The idiots are back, and they're pissed"

Randolf sighs "Well, it looks like you're going to need to use those defences sooner rather then later"


I'll finish up on another (sorry again for falling asleep on you)

>>31905382
No problem OP