>>32127871
“So, why do you want to fall towards the center of the planet?” You ask.

“I just wanted to see if it still worked.” He starts kicking the wall some more. “Mind helping me get my leg free?”

“Yeah,” You respond, heading over to him. “Let me just...” You grab his leg and try to angle his foot out of the hole. “There.” You say once his foot is finally freed.

“Thanks.” He says with a sigh, sprawling himself out on the floor. “Too bad it didn't work. I've pretty much tried all my tricks out except the waltz one.”

“Please don't use my brother to get to the void.”

“No, that would take too long. Maybe I should just change my subclass to dancer? I mean, physician is nice, but with a healer in the party, is there even a point?”

[ ] “Stay physician. It's useful when I'm not around and they probably patched out all the tricks with the expansion anyways.”
[ ] “Well, it's your choice. I'm not going to stop you.”
[ ] “Don't pick up dance. Change it to a more useful subclass.”
[ ] Other.

>>32127886
>[ ] “Stay physician. It's useful when I'm not around and they probably patched out all the tricks with the expansion anyways.”

We can't risk everyone getting hurt when/if the MiB takes over our brain again and we go away for a while.

>>32127886
>[X] “Don't pick up dance. Change it to a more useful subclass.”
Scribe could be useful for making blueprints, and copying any good info that might be productive for public distribution.

>>32127886
>[ ] “Stay physician. It's useful when I'm not around and they probably patched out all the tricks with the expansion anyways.”
you gotta have the magic healz, AND the science healz

>>32127871
>>32127886
>When has extra heals ever been bad? If you want to change it though do it I guess. I wouldn't recommend dance though unless you're really into that sort of thing.

>>32127954
>>32128062
Call due to time.

>>32127886
Subclass leveling would take too long. No point in changing it unless you really want to and even if people just grinded their subclasses to max pre database it would take longer now

[other]Nah. it'll take longer to get it leveled decently if you try to grind it out since we actually live in game time now.

>>32128162
proper party planning means you dont NEED the extra heals and if you dont need them then the heals could have been dpsing or buffing. It basically all comes down to opportunity costs.

>>32128348
He's pre and post fight heals.
We're fight heals.

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>>32128167
“Stay physician.” You say, “It's useful for when I'm not around, and they probably patched everything out anyways.”

He holds his hands up and looks to literally weigh his options. “When will you not be around?” He asks.

“When I'm being brainfucked by the Man in Black.”

“HOT!” He responds instantly, “But, seriously, when would you not be around? Because I would rather not be wasting half my character doing something we already have.”

“No, seriously.” You explain, “Brain fucked by the Man in Black. That's why I can't remember anything that happened back in Ekechi. I pretty much got a call from my brother and when I answered, BAM! Brainfucking.”

“HOT!”

“Not really, my brother was there and-”

“HOOOOOOOOT~!”

“Okay, serious time: My brother called me, and the only thing I remember after that is waking up in the cart. I don't think I was in control of my body at the time. I don't even remember leveling up! WHEN THE HELL DID I MAKE MORE TRUE LEVERS!?”

>>32128559
“What whos?”

“True Levers. It's what I'm calling the levers that I made before the databasing. They can pretty much stick to anything and work like the gears they would be attached to are already in place.”

“Sounds fancy.”

“I know, right? Anyways, I can't find a way to make them anymore, but I somehow did while I was being brainfucked.”

“That's quite a brainfucking. Wish I had a magic brainfucking penis.” Canis laughs.

You let out a “Pffff” trying not to laugh at his comment.

Canis gets off the floor and puts his bed right side up. “Let's go do something.”

“Like what?”

He shrugs, “I don't know. See what Lilac is building? See what Tove's drinking? Try to find out what Takeshi does when he's alone? Go get drunk and sing about the end of the world? Anything's possible, really.”

[ ] “Let's go see what Lilac's up to.”
[ ] “Let's go see what Trove's up to.”
[ ] “Let's go see what Takeshi's up to.”
[ ] “Let's go get drunk.”
[ ] Other.

I should be studying. I should be sleeping. Instead I've just spent an hour or so catching up with this quest.

And with it I've received a revelation.

Judi is second Best Girl.

Best Girl, of course, is Lever-chan.

Fight me Lilacfags.

>>32128580
[ ] “Let's go get drunk.”

>>32128580
>[X] "Let's go see what Lilac's up to."
Time to help a mad scientist build a car!

>>32128580
>[ ] “Let's go see what Trove's up to.”
Let's see what pirate-bro is up to

>>32128580
>[ ] “Let's go get drunk.”

>>32128580
>[X] “Let's go get drunk.”
does alcohol actually get you drunk after the databasing?

>>32128580
>[ ] “Let's go see what Lilac's up to.”
(Not true)Levers must be added to the race car!

actually,
[ ] “Let's go see what Trove's up to.”
can we power the race car with grog?

>>32128580
>[ ] “Let's go get drunk.”

>>32128580
>[ ] “Let's go see what Lilac's up to.”
She probably needs help

>>32128580
>[ ] “Let's go see what Trove's up to.”
>[ ] “Let's go get drunk.”

"Drunk" and "Pirate" are practically synonymous with each other.

>>32128580
>[ ] “Let's go see what Lilac's up to.”

>>32128613
Not in this quest. In the series itself you can get drunk from it but it tastes like water unless made properly.

>>32128580
>[ ] “Let's go see what Lilac's up to.”
Time to build a racer

>>32128580
[ ] “Let's go get drunk.”

>>32128580
Drunk with Trove.

>>32128580
[ ] “Let's go get drunk.”

>>32128580
>] “Let's go see what Lilac's up to.”

>>32128580
>[ ] “Let's go get drunk.”

>>32128580
>>[ ] “Let's go see what Lilac's up to.”

>>32128587
>>32128606
>>32128613
>>32128621
>>32128631

[+1 Drunkenness]

Sorry race engineers, you almost won, but you didn't vote fast enough.

>>32128580
>[ ] “Let's go get drunk.”

>>32128722
Eh, we can do engineering once we're wasted out of our minds.

>>32128722
how many more true lever did we make, and why arent we sticking them on everything and everyone right now?

>>32128787
Let's stick one on Judi and see if she has a useful setting.

>>32128800

"Self-Esteem" is the setting you're looking for.

>>32128649
>Believing the words of a character.
It's like you weren't paying attention.

Still writing.

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>>32128722
“Fuck it, let's get drunk.” You say.

“Yeah! Let me just...” He examines the hole in the wall. “Let me... Uhh... Wait...” He takes up the mattress from the bed and tosses it over the hole. “Perfect. Let's go!”

Canis and you leave the inn and head off to the tavern.

“Barkeep!” Canis announces, “I demand all the booze! Mix them into a single drink! Hand unto me, THE BOOZESTROSITY!”

The man behind the bar gives Canis a confused look.

“Boozestrosity,” You explain, “Like a monstrosity, but make of booze.”

The barkeep gives a slow nod and places a pitcher on the bar. He then fills it with just about everything he has, much to your best friend's liking.

“Another one!” Canis shouts, “For my friend here!” He pats you on the back.

“Oh, and two shots of whatever!” You command, “For our friendship!”

The two of you laugh before downing the shots with a boozestrosity chaser.

You let out a sigh of relief. “Now if only this could actually get us drunk.”

“What?” Canis raises an eyebrow. “This stuff gets you drunk.”

“No it doesn't!” You counter, “If it could, I could taste the alcohol! Everything would taste like vodka, but it doesn't, because it can't get you drunk!”

Canis gives a not-sure-if-joking face before asking, “What do we do every time we get drunk?”

“Play rockband at the bar and sing shit.”

“And every time you've had something to drink, what did we do?”

“Sing, but... Nooooo.”

“See, this is some Pavlov. You're like Pavlov's singing drunk!”

“When the hell did that happen!?”

“More boozestrocity, less questions!”

>>32129638
The two of you begin to drink your ungodly drinks. It all tastes like water to you. He must be messing with you, right?

“Is this one of those, tell him he's drunk and he'll act drunk thing?” You ask.

“Ha! I wish! If I had magic get-people-drunk powers, my parties would be a million times less expensive! People would just show up and I'd 'woobity woobity woo, you're drunk!' them and all I'd need to pay for is food!”

“Didn't you try that once?”

“Oh yeah! I completely forgot that!” The two of you laugh. “That's how I know it doesn't work! That's experimentation. That's science!”

“Yarr!” You hear behind you.

Both you and Canis turn around and yell out, “TROVE!”

“I bring me grog for all! Yarr!” He shouts back.

“Into the boozestrosity it goes!” Canis holds out his pitcher.

The pirate pours you and Canis some of his cactus fruit grog.

“We were almost half way done.” You comment.

“Half way there?” Canis asks.

>>32129675
“OOOOH! WE'RE HALF WAY THERE! WOOOOOAAAAHH~! LIVIN' ON A PRAYER!” The two of you sing before laughing at one another. Neither of you knew the next lines of the song.

“TAKE MY HAND!” Trove sings, “AND WE'LL MAKE IT, I SWEEEEEAAAAAAR!”

“WOOOOAAAH! LIVIN' ON A PRAYER!” All three of you sing.

Soon the entire tavern is singing along.

The night advances just like the two previous nights of drinking you shared with Canis. The grog may have had a nice color to it, but it didn't taste any different. At least you wouldn't get scurvy.

Just as you three are ready to go to sleep, Canis taps your shoulder and says, “Look at me.”

You do as instructed.

“Alright, well, don't look, but Lilac just walked in.”

You instinctively start to turn around.

“What did I just say!” Canis exclaims through his teeth.

You look back to him.

“Okay, so, here's my plan. I'm going to go over there, and you're going to talk to her. I'll be giving you advice from afar, alright?”

[ ] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”
[ ] “Alright. Let's do this.”
[ ] Other

>>32129690
>[ ] “Alright. Let's do this.”
Nothing can go wrong.

>>32129690
>[ ] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

Noooooope.

>>32129690
>[ ] “Alright. Let's do this.”

>>32129690
>[ ] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

>>32129690
>[ ] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

>>32129690
>[X] “Alright. Let's do this.”
we either fuck or fuck this up.

>>32129690
Too drunk to not say let's do this.

>>32129690
>“Alright. Let's do this.”

>>32129690
>[ ] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

Save it for Judi.

>>32129690
[ ] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

Judi > Lilac

>>32129762
>>32129763
>>32129734
sure is panzy in here

>>32129804
Nah, this is waifu wars. Next time the lilacfags will sabotage any judi options.

>>32129690
>[x] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

>>32129690
>[ ] “Alright. Let's do this.”
Go time

>>32129824
Not entirely waifu wars. Right now Lilac has a massive competition boner and she'll probably tell us to stick our dick in a woodchipper.

>>32129690
[ ] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

>>32129690
>[ ] “Alright. Let's do this.”

>>32129690
>[ ] “Alright. Let's do this.”

We are clearly too drunk for this. Which is why we are doing it.

>>32129690
>[ ] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

>>32129690
[ ] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

>>32129734
>>32129762
>>32129763
>>32129775
>>32129783
4 to 5.

[-1 Respect from Canis]
[-1 ?????????? ???? ?????]

>>32129690
[x] “Alright. Let's do this.”

>>32129690
>[ ] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

>>32129690
>[X]"Alright, let's do this."

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>>32129875
>[-1 ?????????? ???? ?????]

>>32129875
That one samefag sabotaging all the lilac options must be loving tonight.

>>32129824
>>32129802
>>32129783
So for this to progress we need a lock in or harem or be eternally locked in waifu wars
Personally I like either just fine but Lilac suits the MC better

>>32129775
>Too drunk to not say let's do this.
Wait. WHAT!? YOU! WHY MUST YOU USE CONFUSING LANGUAGE!?

>>32129717
>>32129742
>>32129772
>>32129775
>>32129778

4 to 5 in the opposite direction!

[+1 Reputation with Lilac]
[-1 Reputation with Lever]

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>>32129934

>>32129690
>[ ] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

>>32129934
NOT THE LEVERS

>>32129690
>[x] “I think I might be too drunk for this right now.”

>>32129929
Unless its a harem lock, waifufags for the side that lost will still try to sabotage everything. Really, there's no way out at this point.

>>32129979
Maybe we should spend some effort getting Lilac and Judi to like each other.

Good for the harem end and, in the short term, will be very good if we want to keep using Judi as a driver.

>>32129947
Don't worry. Lever-chan will take you back. You two are the OTP, after all.

Off to write!

>>32129929
>>32129979
>>32130000
>harem end

Heeeeeeellllll noooooo

>>32130098
And thus you see why this quest is doomed

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>>32130098
Either we go harem end or we'll have to deal with unrelenting Lilac/Judi waifu wars.

So your opinion is pretty much discarded.

>>32130009
She is the only who truly gets Ambrosis.

>>32130116
/tg/ isn't nearly that bad, it might cause a shitstorm but it will blow over.

>>32130135
Why would he be a cunt? if anything the people starting a waifuwar are the cunts for trying to derail a campaign/story for the purpose of shiping.

>>32130135
>>32130116
Harem ending most likely won't happen.

We all know he's going to end up with Lever in the end. Why even pretend otherwise?

I need to stop looking at this thread while I write.

>>32130171
Asexual, please. Shipping is half the fun/

>>32130171
Because a harem at this point is the compromise position. And he doesn't want to compromise.

>>32130167
You ever hear of Valkryie Merc quest? First time around was great, then the sequel was infested with waifu supporters. Their bickering pissed off the QM enough to quit. Bad times

>>32130167
Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Story.
What? I didn't say anything.

>>32130190
The hell it is. I'm here for the industrial revolution, not romance.

>>32130250
Well I'm here for both.

>>32130190
Shipping can be fun yes. Shipping wars on the other hand are not fun if you're in the middle of the collateral damage zone.

>>32130194
Compromising for a harem end is bullshit unless the girls both turn out to be mormons. It completely ignores the fact that if having competion wasn't a problem for the girls in a series then they wouldn't be fighting to begin with.

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>>32130302
>Compromising for a harem end is bullshit unless the girls both turn out to be mormons. It completely ignores the fact that if having competion wasn't a problem for the girls in a series then they wouldn't be fighting to begin with.

Your words would carry meaning if this were a different series.

You all seem to be under the assumption that these ladies even want anything to do with a psychotic Cleric.

>>32130336
Judi does.

>>32130336
>read the last few Judi updates
>then read this

wut

>>32130327
Except they dont fight and have an actual long term truce agreement. It's not a free for all in that harem so Soujiro is a bad example.

>>32130353
>>32130352
Let's be honest here. She'd settle for anybody who doesn't treat her like dirt.

>>32130536
Now you're just making excuses. Judi does want someone who cares for her and a section of the playerbase (minority or majority) wants to care for her.

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>>32129934
“Alright, let's do this.” You reply.

Canis rubs his hands together and looks around. “Okay. You stay here for right now. I'm going to be helping you from afar.” He steps away.

You get a call. It's from Canis.

“Hello?” You say.

“Pretend you're not on the phone with me.”

“I thought that part was a bit obvious.” You look over to him as hit approaches a woman.

“Hi. Can you help me with something?” He pauses, “Thanks. You see my friend over there?” He points to you. “Well, he's trying to get with this girl he really likes, but needs help. Normally I wouldn't need help with this, but she knows us, so she'd know something's up if I am over there with him, so if you can help me look like I'm having a conversation with you while I'm actually helping him?” A pause, “Thank you. My name's Canis, by the way.”

Did he just use you as an in to get with a random girl?

“You there?” He asks.

“Yeah, I'm here.”

“Okay, she looks kinda depressed. You two already know each other, so there isn't much you need to do. Just approach her, ask if everything's okay, and I'll advise you from there.”

You take a deep breath and start walking towards her.

Should you smile?

Yeah, you should smile.

Why does this smile feel awkward?

Fuck! You look like an idiot!

Abort! Abort!

You begin to turn, but then Canis says, “Stop freaking out. You're too drunk to be freaking out. Just remember that. You're too drunk to be freaking out.”

He's right! You're too drunk!

And why should you give a shit!? As long as things don't go horribly, no one will remember it!

You thank your past self for his amazing advice and stride towards Lilac with as much swagger as you can muster. “Something wrong?” You ask.

>>32130877
>clockwork love

That'd be a great band name.

>>32130877
“Yeah.” She says with a sigh, “I can't seem to get any of the parts together. It's like the gears refuse to touch each other. Doesn't help that I can't even make gears or chains.” She looks up to you, eyes wide. “But you can, can't you!?”

You smile and confidently state, “Yes, I can.”

“Okay.” Canis says, “Now it looks like you cheered he up a bit. That's good, now-”

Lilac grabs you by the wrist and starts rushing for the door, dragging you with her.

“Oh.” Canis says. “I guess he didn't need any help after all. So, what are you doing-”

CLICK.

Lilac drags you through the streets, across train tracks, and around the giant boulder. She finally stops in front of a small shop. The sign looks to have been broken to pieces, whatever was once there is illegible now.

Lilac opens the door and inside you see a room filled with turned over boxes and machine parts.

“Ummm...” You say.

“This is my shop. It looks like someone broke in and took most of important stuff, but all of the parts are still here. That's where you come in.” Lilac explains, “I can't actually put machine parts together, but you can, right?”

“Yeah?”

“Well, I need you to build my racer for me.”

You take a couple of seconds to process what just happened. “But... I... I think I'm too drunk for this right now.”

“Perfect,” She replies, “Only the good engineers are drunk white they work.”

“You keep using the word good, and I don't think you know what it means.”

She looks quite angered by that.

“Sorry.” You say.

She mumbles something to herself.

“What was that?” You ask.

“Nothing.” She replies, “All you need to do is do exactly as I tell you.”

[ ] “Okay, but as my reward, I want all these parts to make my own racer.”
[ ] “It think it would be better if we both had input on this.”
[ ] “Okay.”
[ ] Other.

>>32130905
>[X]"Okay."
SHE'S the engineer.

>>32130905
>[ ] Other.
On the condition that I get to attack a lever to something of my choice.

>>32130905
>[ ] “Okay, but as my reward, I want all these parts to make my own racer.”
Time for wacky racer time!

>>32130949
>attack
attach*

>>32130949
this
I'm also adding dakka somehow

>>32130905
>[ ] “Okay, but as my reward, I want all these parts to make my own racer.”

Friend Racer, we shall construct you from levers and red paint!

>>32130949
This.

And it must be painted red. And must be called "The Red One."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESi7uGMNaMs

>>32130905
>[ ] “Okay.”
>They don't cal me magermaster for nothing. Get it? The m is like machine. Like a machine make of jeigermeister. Oh god I'm so drunk. Am I yelling? I bet I'm yelling."

>>32130949
>>32130967
>>32130997
Calling due to time.

[-1 False Lever]
[+1 Lilac Confusion]

>>32130905
>Okay

I imagine we're like a Coach McGurk type drunk.

>>32131192
We can't be that awesome.

We should attach a true level to our character screen, and see if it gets us mod capability.

>>32131210
>world spells using technology alone

I don't think we're there yet.

>>32131210
That could work if the only options are mod and not mod. If sysadmin is another choice there, then levers shouldn't work. They're only binary.

>>32131296
That just means we need to make multi state levers.

>>32131310
You fool, that is power man was not meant to grasp! YOU'LL DOOM US ALL!

>>32131210
That might work if we level our Engineering to 90. As it is, we're not good enough to overskill.

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>>32131205
>Hey Lilac, how come the group never carried me off the battlefield like those guys did with their healer?
>We tried, but you were too big.
>Excuse me?
>I mean, uhh... too drunk?
>Yes. Yes I was. But I'll tell you something Lil', I am every day, that doesn't mean don't carry me off the battlefield ok?

>/showing group his php coding capabilities.
>That was me when I was twelve. And there's my dad. And there's Bill Nye or Gate or whatever.
>Oh! PHP, is that like Ruby on Rails?
>NO, Judi! *Nothing* like that crap! It's a serverside script. Not framework.
>But don't you use ruby?
>Yeah, ruby. Not ruby on rails. I'm not gay. It's different, it's like a language, alright? People die.

>>32131338
Well the strict definition of "Overskill" is just any use of skills that wasn't intended as part of the game mechanics. For example, combining the Cooking skill with manual cooking to create real food is an Overskill.

So technically we were using an Overskill the moment we created that chairapult.

>>32131420
So if we build enough True Levers and combine them into Lever waifu, that would be an overskill?

>>32131440
Lever golem waifu

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>>32131525
Well, we DID want a person of the land in the party...

We should at least attach it to our stats to see if we can get them to max

>>32131706
Stats are not binary things. It won't work.

>>32131706
>inb4 we zero all our stats and becoming a drooling idiot

>>32131718
>implying Stats:Yes is not a perfectly acceptable character sheet.

>>32131706
could you focus on playing in the quest instead of looking to break it?

Even assuming it works, why would it even matter? It just means we skipped some training time.
Granted, if we could do it for the whole party we might get a faster wagon.

>>32131747
I wonder what crawled up this fucker's ass and died?

Actually, some binary things to try it on: Dead bodies.

This might be how we rez.

>>32131763
Or, you know, rez spells and items.

>>32131755
maybe his poor little quest got broken?

>>32131755
a false lever

>>32131778
>not trying to find creative solutions to problems

just shut up

>>32131763
But we can already do that, we're a Cleric, do got res spells.

Unless for some reason we want the people we res to have an off switch attached to their body, which would be pretty disturbing.

>>32131778
well yeah, but then we wouldn't have to pay for shit.

Als oif it rezzes it can kill.

Imagine that's how we kill MiB? He get a lever on him, and flip the switch.

>>32131790
Creative? Sure why not.
Efficient? Not even close.

>>32131808
It might be useful for an attack zombie made out of a Lander.

>>32131808
Oh, I thought we couldn't do that yet. Nevermind. Still, it might be good as a weapon like I said
>>32131812

>>32131812
But Anon, we are the MIB.

>>32131856
And Vertigo is inside us.

>>32131808
Would that be necromancy?
It would be useful for people of the land though

>>32131856
Does this mean we have an inner-nigger?

Guys I just realized, we have spare parts, and more True levers.

We also lave an actual engineer.

You know what we should do? We should make a plane.

>>32131951
More like an Inner-Cthulhu, really.

>>32131990
We could make the cart into a racecar and attach wings to it.

>>32132008
Dragon wings. And put a dragonhead up front. That breathes fire.

I don't think he's coming back,

>>32132033
And attach a lever to control the fire.

>>32132059
I see no flaws with this plan.

>>32132077
Maybe we could try a simple multi-lever. "No fire," "A little fire" and "WAAAAAGH"

>>32132096
see>>32131380

>>32132096
I'd rather stick with no fire and fire everywhere.

>>32132117
It has to have a WAAAGH setting.

>>32132124
WAAAGH=FIRE DAKKA

is OP kill?

>>32132039
>>32132183
Sometimes it takes him a little while.

He'll be back.

>>32132201
Unless Vertigo got him.

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>>32131168
“Okay.” You say, “But only on the condition that I get to attach a lever to anywhere I choose.”

Lilac thinks for a while and says, “Deal.”

After only two tries, you succeed to grasp her hand, and the two of you shake on the deal.

You turn to the pile of parts. “Okay, what am I looking at?”

“I was thinking of a standard car design, but then I realized that the roads are ruined. At a high speed the axle could break if it hits anything too hard, so we should probably go with an off road design. Probably make it as light as possible by just making an open chassis and-”

“How do you intend to power this thing?”

“I... Hmmm...” She sits down in a chair to think. “I guess an engine is out of the question.”

You begin to think as well. “What about a horse-sized hamster wheel.”

“If it's powered by horses, then we still run into the problem of stamina.”

“Well, it's not like we can make a steam engine and have some kind of car-train thing.”

There is silence for a while. Then Lilac asks “Why can't we?”

“Because...” You tilt your head to the side. The thought of building a steam engine had never crossed your mind. “I... I don't know. Can the physics engine actually take steam into account?”

She gets back up and starts pulling shelves from the shop. All kinds of things clatter to the floor. Weapon parts, tea cups, bars of various metals, rolls of cloth.

“Found it.” She says, pulling out a shelf and handing it to you.

You take the shelf and see that inside are bottles of water. “We'll need something to boil them in.”

“Over here.” She says, directing you to the back of the shop. In back, behind a door, is a tiny room with a bed, a table, a chest, and a fireplace. Quite minimalistic, but far neater than the front of the shop.

Lilac is looking through the chest, throwing things onto the floor until she finally pulls out a large pot and lid.

>>32132240
We need wood.” You say.

“Yeah yeah.” She lets the pot and lid clatter to the floor as she goes back to the main room.

You sigh and put down the shelf. You start pouring the bottles of water into the pot when she returns with some wood.

The starts piling the wood into the fireplace when she suddenly asks, “How am I supposed to light this?”

“Magic?” You says, emptying the last bottle.

“Fireball!” She shouts.

“That... is not exactly what I mean, but-”

“Put the pot on.”

You give her a less than entertained look.

“Please?” She asks.

With a sigh, you heft the pot of water onto the flames. Lilac then places the lid and the two of you sit back and watch.

“How long does it take water to boil?” You ask.

Lilac seems to actually calculate the question before she finally concludes, “I have no idea.”

You give her a soft chuckle and she smiles in return.

“So, if this works, and you can actually use steam to power things, do you actually know how to make a steam engine?”

“No,” She responds, “But I have five days to learn.”

“Four.” You correct her.

“FOUR!?”

“What about a wind powered land-ship.” You suggest.

“Only winds out at sea are reliable enough to actually power vehicles, and even then, the winds can still cut out from time to time.”

“Ah.”

The two of you continue to watch the pot for any sign of boiling when you notice that the lid beginning to bounce back and forth, little clouds of steam popping up around it.

“IT WORKS!” Lilac shouts.

“Holy shit it works!” You yell, “We can make steampunk everything now!”

“Now all we need to do is find out how to...” She suddenly loses her enthusiasm, “reinvent the steam engine.” She leaps onto her bed. “I give up. Good night.”

[ ] “I'm not going to let you give up.”
[ ] “Well, if you give up, I'll just have to take over.”
[ ] “Okay. I'll just leave then.”
[ ] Other

>>32132240
>physics engine

Step it up, Sempai.

>>32132260
Wait, what about lever power?
I have some true levers and almost invented a lever powered plane once so It can work!

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>>32132260
>[ ] “Well, if you give up, I'll just have to take over.”

But jokingly.

It can't be that hard to reinvent the steam engine. You take the steam and you move it through the turbine. That's it.

>>32132260
>[ ] “Well, if you give up, I'll just have to take over.”

There is no problem beyond sufficient application of levers.

>>32132260
[X] “Well, if you give up, I'll just have to take over.”
Fuck steam. Clockwork is where it's at.

>>32132260
>[ ] “I'm not going to let you give up.”
This is too fun, and on our own I doubt we'd make anything functional. I do suggest we let her know of the power of the lever and incorporate it into the design wherever we can.

>>32132260
[ ] “Well, if you give up, I'll just have to take over.”

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>>32132260
>[ ] “I'm not going to let you give up.”
>[ ] “Well, if you give up, I'll just have to take over and do you REALLY want that?

Primitive steam engines are mad easy.

>>32132300
The problem with clockwork is that it basically only does a handful of actions over and over again.

Now, if we could have some kind of gear swapping mechanism, you could expand the number of actions, but you're still only left with a finite amount.

>>32132260
Refuse to give up until we've made one. Understanding the very basic concept of a steam engine is middle/high school science even if we dont always see the applied form.

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>>32132260
[X] “I'm not going to let you give up.”
We stayed awake for DAYS to get you here in time to do this. You are going to do it, and we are going to ride this thing to my god damned Eldritch whore of a brother!

>>32132260
>[ ] “Well, if you give up, I'll just have to take over.”

Steam engine should be pretty simple. It's basically an air tight steam pushed water wheel.

>>32132260
>[ ] “Well, if you give up, I'll just have to take over.”

Add all the levers.

>>32132279
>>32132284
>>32132300
>>32132315
>>32132348

[-3 Reputation with Lilac]
[+1 Ire from Lilac]

>>32132400
Man, this dwarf is touchy.

>>32132400
I said JOKINGLY

>>32132400
It's not like it's our fault she wants to quit!

>>32132413
We're muscling in on her engineering schtick after insulting it several times.

It makes sense she'd be pissed about it.

>>32132323
That's why you go modular. Make an engine and have it give a constant output, and then make things that can utilize that engine.
It's basically the same principle as the Axles in Discworld. Always moving, never stopping.

>>32132438
Well, if she's so pissed, then maybe she should switch fucking occupations.

>>32132438
>her engineering schtick
the one she lied about?

>>32132438
She doesn't know how to take a joke though.

>>32132413
She's an IRL engineer, of course she's touchy.

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>>32132452
>Believing TinyShepherd
>Ever

>>32132448
Suggesting that will just make her more pissed off!

>>32132481
I don't see why it would piss her off.

I'd be like telling an IRL chef to switch to the chef occupation.

Eh, what do you expect bitch?

If you don't want to do it you're going to get replaced.

>>32132481
>Reading any interaction with Lilac in regards to her engineering skills
>Thinking she's legit

how do you do that?

If she gets bitchy about it we can just point out that we woke up to see Judi unable to move and in a pile of blood because she wanted to get her there for this contest. There's no time for slacking off.

We can not win with this dwarf. makes her a good pick because we're going to have to work for it; provided she's even interested.

>>32132558
>guilt tripping Lilac

The Judi shipper in me approves, but the logical side of me says this is a terrible idea.

>>32132674
It's the last resort and all but she needs to be pushed atm. Even if she lacks real skills an armchair anything is tantamount to technological genius in the database. She just already stumbled into an important discovery via logic alone quicker than the Japanese hivemind did.

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>>32132400
“Well, if you give up, I'll just have to take over.” You say.

“What!?” She responds.

“If you can't do it yourself, then I'll have to do it.”

“I didn't say I can't, I said I don't have the time to!”

You scoff, “Steam engines are, what? High school level physics at most? I mean, come on, step it up, sem-”

She leaps up, standing on her bed, face red. “OUT!” She shouts. “OUT OF MY SHOP!”

“-pai?”

She starts pushing you, not that she has the strength to actually move you. You simply move backwards out of the shop.

“GET OUT!” She continues to shout until you are finally out of the shop. She slams the door in your face.

You thought things would go differently, but in retrospect, you have no idea how you came to that conclusion.

You sigh and look up to the night sky.

Why the hell did you say that? You feel like such an idiot.

You take one last look at the door to her shop before walking away.

You meander through the empty streets, back to the inn, when you hear a familiar voice.

“Hwah! Hya! Whatha!” Shouts the voice of Takeshi. “Hyut! Sey! Whacha!”

You round a corner to see him wielding his giant sword, slicing at absolutely nothing.

“Hyah!” He says as he cuts down absolutely nothing.

He turns to see you. “The samurai code says two friends training together is better than training alone.” He explains. “Do you want to train with me?”

“Is that what you do when you're not around?” You ask, “Train?”

“Yes.” He responds, “Practice makes perfect, as the samurai code says.”

“Any reason why the samurai code has a lot of English phrases?”

“Because the wisdom of the samurai encompasses all cultures.” He bows, for some reason.

[ ] “Yeah. Fine. Why not. Let's train.”
[ ] “No, I'm just going to... go to sleep or something.”
[ ] Other

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>>32132789
>people actually like Lilac
>mfw

>[X] “Yeah. Fine. Why not. Let's train.”

>>32132789
>[ ] Other
Make our steam powered racer

Fuck lilac and her bitchiness.

>>32132789
and I now dislike Lilac
Yeah. Fine. Why not. Let's train.”

>>32132820
Get Judi's help. She'll be driving it, after all.

>>32132789
Train. defeat the urge to bang your head against a wall repeatedly while calling yourself stupid via beating the heads of other things against a wall.

>>32132789
[ ]OTHER
no, we have to make something to earn back lilacs respect
we must create

CHAIRPLANE
MARK
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
(now with actual thought put into it)

>>32132789
>[ ] “Yeah. Fine. Why not. Let's train.”
Not like tonight can get worse!

>>32132820
Agreed, get another shop and create a car! No time to mess around with Takeshi.

>>32132789
>>32132845
this

>>32132820
Sure, why not. Invite taskeshi even. What could go wrong?

>>32132789
>[ ] “Yeah. Fine. Why not. Let's train.”
>Might as well happiness has died I might as well follow it to the grave

>>32132860
But what if he knows of the superior 日本国 technology?

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>>32132890
>Japan
>technology

>[X] Fuck Lilac you'll make something better than her racer. A steam power racer, that can fly! With Levers! and its own goddamn levels!

>>32132845
>>32132882
Ask Trove and Canis some blackjack and hookers.

>>32132904
>>32132845
>>32132820
I, too, vote for the aerial steamplane racer.

>>32132820
Do it.

>>32132806
>>32132834
>>32132844
>>32132851
>>32132889

Close second: Make your own racer with blackjack and hookers.

[+1 Reputation with Takeshi]
[+1 Combat Prowess]

>>32132974
gods dam the idiot who voted for takeshi

Maybe we could make a racer with Judi in mind. Seriously. The driver is just as important as the machine.

>>32132974
Does that mean we get that as a future option?

You seem to be very good at incorporating our wishes, even if it's only one or two of us that want it.

>>32132974
Wait, what? One of the options for making our own racer got like 5 seconds

>>32132974
TINY YOU DIDNT COUNT MY VOTE >>32132845
or the three who replied to it

>>32132974
tiny u count wrong


>>32132820
>>32132845
>>32132860
>>32132872
>>32132882
>>32132904
>>32132937
>>32132940

>>32133025
One of those is double-counted. He deleted his post, and then made another one with slightly altered content.

>>32132882
>>32132904

Anyways, it doesn't matter much. Not doing it right this second doesn't mean it won't happen in the near future.

>>32132974
By the way, Blackjack and hookers counted as my vote, sorry if that wasn't clear.

>>32133002
>>32133003
You people really need to use green text to denote your votes. I makes keeping track of things easier.

5 to 4, again, in favor of Blackjack and Hookers.

Grumble mumble grumble.

[+1 Mechanical superiority]
[+1 What the hell am I doing?]

>>32133066
Thank you based tiny

>>32133066
Sorry Tiny! I promise I will next time.

>>32133066
The combination of BJ and hookers will always win.

>>32133222
>not taking the superior hookers and blow option

>>32133291
Forget the hookers just keep the blow. I'm sure someone out there is making some.

>>32133066
what if we do something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCzXNqSl04w except launched at a 30 degree angle with levers to control the release and wings to glide down on

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>>32133066
You suddenly resolve yourself. “No.” You state, “I have something I need to do.”

You turn around and begin running off for the public crafting area, not that you know where that is, but after a wandering around you find it quick enough.

You begin to think. First thing you'll need is a chassis? Wings? No! You will not make the same mistake as Lilac. The first thing you are starting with is an engine!

You know a steam engine will work, so that's what you'll make. A steam engine!

It should be simple enough. A piston is pushed by steam, which turns the gears. Simple.

You'll have one bucket filled with coals, and another filled with water on top of it. Yes. Genius.

Then you'll put a cover on the water bucket, carve out a little hole in the cover, and put the piston there.

Bam! Steam engine.

This shit's so simple You have no idea why she was complaining.

Now that you know what you are making, what are you going to make it out of?

You could use some of the higher level metals, but they all seem pretty heavy.

You eye the Steel Silk in your inventory. It pretty much had the properties of steel in a light weight cloth. Perhaps that would to the trick? But cloth can't hold water. That's just silly.

“Standard steel, probably.” You think out loud. It weighted about the same as iron, but was strong. Too bad the game didn't have any light metals like titanium or aluminum.

Steel buckets. Steel buckets. Where will you get steel buckets? A blacksmith, probably. You don't know any other than Lilac, and you had no intention of going back to her. You were going to make this thing on your own.

Perhaps there was a blacksmith somewhere in the inn? It was worth a shot.

You start walking back towards the inn.

You pass by Lilac's shop.

You can't help but feel a twinge of guilt.

===========
DECIDE COURSE OF ACTION FOR NEXT SESSION
[ ] Go apologize.
[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.
[ ] Go demand she apologizes to you.
[ ] Other

END SESSION

>>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

She needs to get over herself.

>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

Bitch.

>>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

>>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

>>32133733
>[ ] Go apologize.
guys please

>>32133733
>[ ] Go demand she apologizes to you.

Thanks OP for writing. When is the next session?

>>32133733
>[X] Go apologize.

>>32133806
>When is the next session?
Bonus session Saturday to make up for my missing two sessions in a row.

>>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

Acting like an entitled five year old is not getting any sympathy from me.

>>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

>>32133800
>Drives Judi to drive for three days, in pain, to have more time to build a cart
>we figure out it can be steam powered, yay
>it might be hard to finish in time
>she gives up then explodes at us.

Yeah, no. Bitch be trippin.

>>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

>>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.
>[ ] Other, needs some blackjack man and as a physician bard I think Canis can get the hookers and blow

>>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

>>32133733
>[x] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

>>32133761
>>32133771
>>32133785
>>32133795
>>32133806
>>32133827
>>32133831
>>32133836
Fascinating.

>>32133733
>[ ] Go apologize.
Also, when we apologize, admit we need her help to build our own wacky racer.

>>32133833
Mah nigga.

burn that bridge

>>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

So this is what you're going to do with that extra time Judi gave you?

Go fuck yourself bitch.

>>32133733
>[X] Go apologize.
Probably after we get a little less drunk? Try to explain that it's too early to give up.

>>32133892
Please no, Lilac is cool, she just needs to rest a bit. Who else is going to be our lore guide? We need her more than she needs us.

>>32133892
With pleasure.

>>32133800
>>32133819
>>32133870
>>32133924

All these whipped faggots begging for forgiveness when it was the girl who went nuts.

>>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

>>32133935
Lilac is a bitch. We can use MIB as our lore guide.

>>32134028
In her defense we were being an asshole to her by saying that her engineering skills a shit since last session, it's natural to get mad.

>>32133733
>[ ] Go to the inn and find someone competent.
SWAG

>>32134048
Her engineering skills are shit. Steam engines are not complicated in the slightest.

Remember to archive

>>32134048
Except her skills are shit. It's obvious she's trying to pass herself off as more competent than she really is.

>>32134048
It's becoming increasingly likely that she was lying when she said she was an engineer.

>>32133733
APPOLOGIZE, THROW THE SORRY WE WERE DRUNK CARD

>>32134119
Go home whipping boy, you're both drunk and outvoted.

>>32133860
ignore them, its a damned samefag

>>32134136
>people disagree with me, therefore it's a samefag.

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>>32134048
>Actually thinking she's a legit engineer

>>32134126
i could samefag as hard as you, but im not a retard

>>32134136
Yes, what with several of those posts happening within a minute of each other.

Super samefag.

>>32134150
What if she's like an architecture engineer or an environmental engineer?

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>>32134136

Butthurt detected.

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>>32134152

>>32134155

Then she'll admit to not being fucking qualified to go build racecars instead of knowing shit about engineering.

>>32133733
[ ] Go apologize.

>>32133733
[x] Go apologize.
kinda been a dick to her recently, anyone would be mad

>>32133733
>[x] Go to the inn and find someone competent.

We don't have anything to apologize for, barring some weird backstory quirk Lilac has that we have no knowledge of at the moment. Shit, if we're apologizing to anybody at all it'd better be Judicature.

There is no need to apologize. What is needed is vindication for the Betrayer's sacrifice.
If the Liar won't do it then someone else must.

>>32134274

Lilac fucking better as well, she's wasting Judicature's time, not her own.

Fuck lilac. When we get to the big apple, can we make a deal with the man in black? I will gladly trade this cunt for our idiot brother.

>>32134328
>idiot brother.

We're going to have a sister by that point.

>>32134328

That's a bit over the line.

Still, I won't say no to ditching her.

>>32134337
You mean like a sister in law?

>>32134328
There's always Coyote. I'm sure he's down to steal a maiden's heart.

>>32134351
No.

>>32134356
Then what do you mean?

>>32134355
Whatever happened to that PKer Coyote killed?

>>32134364

Guys in female bodies tend to go a bit.../odd/ in Log Horizon.

Such hostility in this thread.

Why has everyone suddenly become so hostile to each other?

>>32134274
>weird backstory quirk
Everyone has one of those, but those are secrets the characters like keeping to themselves.

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>>32134380
>4chan: a magical place

>>32134380
waifu wars

>>32134355
>Coyote joins team
I'd be ok with this

>>32134380
>Why has everyone suddenly become so hostile to each other?

Waifu wars. What did you expect would happen?

>>32134380
Lack of killing/levering things. That tension has to go somewhere.

>>32134375
From what I gathered in our Magical Realm Edition quest thread, our brother is still male.

>>32134375
Your brother is in a male body, unless you are implying he's going to drink a gender change potion at some point.

>>32134437
>still
operative word

>>32134440
Normally I wouldn't consider that likely, but given his relationship...

Well, it's possible. Not that anon, btw.

>>32134437
>>32134440

Whoops, misread that then.