You muster what vestiges of strength you have and pour water magic into the girl's hand. The bones slowly correct themselves, moving back into their proper positions. The wounds knit themselves back together. Only one of her shoulders is dislocated, the other was simply tweaked. The dislocated shoulder fixes itself with a loud 'pop' and the girl winces, but doesn't cry out.
>Vys Pool: (1/28)

While you're healing her hand, in a half-dazed tone due to how absolutely exhausted you feel, you find yourself rambling off life lessons. “Next time someone lights themselves on fire, don't spill flammable liquids, you know? It's just a bad idea. Maybe don't try to shank people with guns to your head. I mean, what if I'd shot you? I can't bring back the dead. Common sense.” You don't get a response, but it's not really important. Once her hand is healed you let her go and she rushes across the room to Lucky, seeming to shield herself behind him and clutching his hand desperately.

You slump down onto one a sealed crate, leaning back against the wall and closing your eyes for just a moment. This has gotten entirely out of hand. “Fulvia, keep an eye on these two. Keep them... I don't know, in the bathroom.” She nods and draws her sword, ushering them into the bathroom wordlessly. They don't complain, seems they've grown rather compliant, for now at least. You have no doubt that once the shock wears off they'll be getting uppity.

(1/2)

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Once the hostages are taken care of Darzi's voice echoes into the back of your head. {You took this too far Mik, way too far. We come here as guest, and not an hour later you've extorted a shopkeeper, killed a handful of people, and taken two hostages. You're no better than any common bandit we'd find back home.} Profectus is the next to speak up. {I know you panicked, Mik. We all did. The situation got desperate. I don't think anyone wants to be in a hostage situation though. Lets just... leave. Nobody knows our names, and if we find a nice place to stay in the other tower we'll probably be able to just walk away from this.}

Skull Kid, entirely unaware of the nonverbal conversation going on, closes and locks the door to the apartment before turning to face the party. “Alright, look. We've got two hostages. We've probably pissed a pretty powerful gang judging from the firepower thrown around. I think it would be best to just... ditch. Make a run for it. I mean, I'm just as fucked as you five if Stumpy catches word of this.” Chryssa nods. “I agree. The moral quandaries raised by recent events can be discussed in full once we have reached the City or are certain our action will not raise the ire of the Conclave.”

>You're too tired to deal with this right now, planning can wait until after you've rested.
>You should focus on getting to the city, Profectus and Darzi can bitch you out for this later.
>Prof and Darzi are right. You're in way over your head right now. You should just... leave. Find some place to stay the night then hire a guide into the city.
>Write-in

(Gonna grab some coffee and a snack.)

About to pass out Man I've forgotten how long this quest tends to run I'm getting rusty.

Well try to make amends guys this shit was bananas and fucked up. No matter how you look at we were a true dickhead during this. Mik don't be an idiot you were an ass. Skull Kid is a true bro he's just helping us cause we're new here even though i feel like shadow running nah fuck it he deserves a reward.

Soma stay Golden you Irish bastard some QMs might have cracked or lashed out be you did good pig. That'll do.

>>32871956
>You're too tired to deal with this right now, planning can wait until after you've rested.

Mediate before anything else. We have a safehouse for few hours. We can go from there.

>>32871987
>QMs might have cracked or lashed out be you did good pig. That'll do.
Why?
We didn't do anything bad to him.

>>32871956
>You're too tired to deal with this right now, planning can wait until after you've rested.
No resting, just meditate.

>>32871956
>Tell Darzi to eat a dick
>You're too tired to deal with this right now, planning can wait until after you've rested.
She better tone that bitching down, we already have one resident bitcher and hes endearing, she aint

>>32872024
I've seen a couple of QMs / GMs get real butt flustered because the players weren't specific about a course of action

Why meditate when we can take Vys from our sword? It's not a lot, but it'll tide us over..

>>32872062
Shes all about justice, but the resident bitcher does bring up a point.

>>32872070

How many Vys can we restore from our sword?

If that's the case, I'd rather have the hostages lead us out of the city

>>32871956
>>Prof and Darzi are right. You're in way over your head right now. You should just... leave. Find some place to stay the night then hire a guide into the city
plz

And say sorry on our way out

>>32871956
>Prof and Darzi are right. You're in way over your head right now. You should just... leave. Find some place to stay the night then hire a guide into the city.

>>32871956
>>You're too tired to deal with this right now, planning can wait until after you've rested.
Then
>>Prof and Darzi are right. You're in way over your head right now. You should just... leave. Find some place to stay the night then hire a guide into the city.
And apologize

>>32872101
>>32872105

Why the hell did we even take the hostage if we are not going to be using their shortcut?

It makes no sense at all. If we let them go, we paint a huge target on our head as long as we stay here.

>>32871956
>You're too tired to deal with this right now, planning can wait until after you've rested.

>>32871956
>You're too tired to deal with this right now, planning can wait until after you've rested.
Meditate

>>Prof and Darzi are right. You're in way over your head right now. You should just... leave. Find some place to stay the night then hire a guide into the city.
and say sorry

>>32871956
>>You're too tired to deal with this right now, planning can wait until after you've rested.

Meditate

>>32872010
>>32872105
>>32872101
>>32872118
>>32872135
>Prof and Darzi are right, ditch.

>>32872040
>>32872062
>>32872015
>>32872118
>>32872010
>>32872130
>>32872135
>You're too tired for this.

So it looks like before doing anything else, most everyone wants to meditate. Lets start with that.

What would you like to meditate on?
>Just gather your vys.
>Meditate on metamagic.
>Meditate on an effect.
>Meditate on an element.

>>32872170
>Meditate on an element.
Heal prof/chrys and us.

>>32872170
>>Meditate on an element.
Fire with the egg

>>32872170
>Meditate on an effect.
Speed

>>32872170
>>32872180
Seconded.

>>32872170
>Meditate on an element.
Healing

>>32872170
>Just gather your vys.
Were gonna need alot of vys to do things the "right" way if we want to avoid bitch mcgee and bitch mcgoo

>>32872129
We won't be here after tomorrow. We let them go because we aren't scumlords who take hostages, we just panicked.

As for painting a target on our back? We could have easily killed them. We didn't. Are they going to want revenge? Sure. But they wont go for it because more than that, they don't want to die.

>>32872170
FIRE

For dragonbro

>>32872170
>Meditate on an element.
Fire

>>32872170

Meditate on healing our team mates some more. Good sense, and gets us one step closer to grand master.

>>32872170
>Just gather your vys.

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>>32872179
forgot my pic.
Also this is water obviously.

>>32872211
>>32872170

Good idea, anon.

>>32872170
>Meditate on an element.
Grandmaster healing.

>>32872208
>>32872180
Second.

a simple up and up task to keep our mind off that shit

>>32872170
>>Meditate on an element.
Fire

>>32872216
The thumbnail looks like the head of a goat sewn onto the neck of a dog with assorted blood-splatters on a concrete ground.

>>32872211
This

>>32872209
>>32872208
>>32872180
>>32872193
>>32872232
>>32872233
>Fire

>>32872211
>>32872199
>>32872179
>>32872211
>>32872229
>>32872243
>Water

>>32872213
>>32872201
>Just gather vys.

>>32872183
Speed.

Final destination between Fire and Water.

Vote
1
To meditate on Fire

Vote
2
To meditate on Water.

Method of meditation will be chosen later.

>>32872239
Isn't that what the picture is of?

>>32872180
This

>>32872239
Which is why that photo, still circles around 4chan.
I saw it when i was in /b/ 2010.

>>32872254
2

>>32872254
2

>>32872254
2

>>32872254
2

>>32872254
1

>>32872254
1

>>32872254
1

>>32872254
2

Darzi continues to be a useless cunt and Chryssa continues to be competent. I want to ditch Darzi here and keep Skull Kid with us, bring him to fantasy land.

>>32872254
2

>>32872291
We're definitely taking skull kid with us if we can.

>>32872291
>Darzi
>Useless
She just more or less single handedly kept us from being executed cartel style by a biker gang.

>>32872254
2

>>32872291
Actually Darzi was the most useful person in this entire situation

>>32872254
1

>>32872319
>>32872312
Her JUSTICE views, will probably be the deciding factors.

>>32872280
>>32872284
>>32872286
>>32872323
>1

>>32872267
>>32872269
>>32872270
>>32872279
>>32872288
>>32872297
>>32872314
>2

Looks like water takes it. One moment.

>>32872291

Darzi owns, fuck the haters

>>32872349
The deciding factor will be how much dick you sucked.

>>32872349
This, I like her, this justice shit and comparing mik to a bandit makes me want to kill her and take her armor

>>32872375
Its true though, do you honestly think she is gonna follow us if she thinks we are nothing more than a filthy bandit?

>>32872381

Which only proves her right.

>>32872349
>JUSTICE.
>we're so stealing one of these bike.
>Mik and Darzi becomes riders.
>KAMEN ALUCARD and KAMEN GYPSY

>>32872381
>>32872390
It's a fitting comparison though.

How would you like to meditate on water?

>Reopen your companion's wounds as well as your own so that you may heal them more completely via meditation.
>Slit your throat and let yourself bleed, regenerate blood cells to prevent death.
>Write-in method.

I feel like I'm forgetting a ton.

>>32872404
I don't think she understands how the real world works, nor is she considering the fact that this was literally all an accident
>>32872409
>Reopen your companion's wounds as well as your own so that you may heal them more completely via meditation.

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>>32872381

>>32872409
>Reopen your companion's wounds as well as your own so that you may heal them more completely via meditation.

>>32872409
>Reopen your companion's wounds as well as your own so that you may heal them more completely via meditation.

>>32872409
Slit own throat, let lucky watch

Then offer him 1000 ay-wu to be our guide because fuckit

>>32872409
>Reopen your companion's wounds as well as your own so that you may heal them more completely via meditation.

>>32872409
>>>Reopen your companion's wounds as well as your own so that you may heal them more completely via meditation.

>>32872409
>>Reopen your companion's wounds as well as your own so that you may heal them more completely via meditation.
That's hardcore bro, I doubt they'd be ok with that
Maybe disembowel ourselve and heal the damage..

>>32872409
Can we have lucky and his girl watch this?

>>32872409
>Reopen your companion's wounds as well as your own so that you may heal them more completely via meditation.

Lets try and make it quick with them at least. I don't want them to think we are some kinda sadist along with being kind of a cunt.

>>32872409
>>Reopen your companion's wounds as well as your own so that you may heal them more completely via meditation.
can we try and talk to them about ways out of here and to the city while we do this?

if we're reopening their wounds maybe we should tell them if they're ok with this.
Prof got his stomach torn open I doubt he'd be happy to go into shock again while we stich him back again.

>>32872485
Its better for them.

>>32872485
I think we would only reopen surface or part of it to heal it more easily.

>>32872485
Yeah this please. I mean obviously we will finish up their healing regardless when we get more vys.

So who is ready to try and beat a DC of 35.

>>32872422

Sounds like something a filthy bandit would say.

But seriously, we would have been fine if we tried to negotiate instead of trying to showboat at the wrong place. Or you know, letting them go instead of hunting them down and hurting them. We can't accuse her of being naive. But whatever, we move on

>>32872522
Yeah I will admit, we should have just jewed it up, but hindsight is 20/20

>Reopen wounds, heal them more completely.
Just a note, you'll only be reopening wounds you didn't already completely heal. Basically, any minor scars, torn tendons, damaged nerves, that sort of thing will be repaired and any shrapnel still stuck in them or you pulled out.

You'll of course ask for permission first, and you'll only start once you've already recovered your vys. Anyway, Writin'

>>32872516
Meh it will give us a bonus next time we try and we did nail that one at the underground lake.

>>32872522
True. Shit, since we are better with it, I don't know why we didn't just fuck around with some water.

>>32872522
>we would have been fine if we tried to negotiate instead of trying to showboat at the wrong place
We gonna ask Soma once he stops the thread.
Myself I doubt we'd get that good of a deal.

>>32872551
So does profecteus have major scars?

>>32872570

I was honestly fine with paying him the full amount, but wanted to negotiate for discounts obviously.

>>32872575
still got some shrapnels inside him and a slighty burnt face.

>>32872575
Profectus doesn't have major scars, no. He has shrapnel stuck in his gut though. Chryssa has major scaring on her legs as well as nerve damage.

>>32872600
can lucky and his girl watch?
Also can we have fulvia fix his chest.

>>32872622
I'm not cool with making them watch, fixing the chest is fine though

>>32872622
I think they'll have enough with just hearing Chrys and Prof yells when we reopens the wounds.
Can we use the archeota to make a vid of the "operation"? it could be something to teaches when/if the decide to do some teaching at the academy or whatever.

>>32872622
no dammit. We have already traumatized the locals enough.

>>32872655
>>32872653
>>32872636
Eh, i suggested it to partially keep an eye on them.

>>32872655

Can our water magic heal PTSD? Because otherwise, oh boy

>>32872678
>>32872655
Not really, especially when said locals live in a ghetto where shootings are common as hell.

>>32872678
Nope, maybe a metamagic could be used to lock in painful memory but we haven't found something like that. Maybe we could create such a spell.

>>32872699

I was referring mostly to the girl with the PTSD comment.

>>32872653
I dig the idea of taking a vid of the procedure.
>"So you see if you channel your vys in such a manner you can mend the flesh faster for half the vys you'd spend. Any question?"

>>32872741
all you hear in the back ground is prof cursing us out.

>>32872741
>Mik creates the 1st plastic surgeon school of magic.

>>32872671
I was worried that our players have become a sadist bunch for a second.

So I propose when we get back to our home world we find a place to calm down for a bit so we can go through some problems since we seem to have gone down a semi dark road currently.

>>32872782
Water Temple

>>32872782

Muh water temple

>>32872782
Not really, its that the situation ballooned, in just 30 seconds everything went to shit.
>>32872794
>>32872792
underground lake niggas.

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>party faces when

>>32872782
The Water Temple will be a place of both physical and mental healing.

>>32872803
Water. Temple.

>>32872808
I fear that maybe we should try learn something that'd allow us to breath underwater.

>>32872816
The lake gives huge bonuses.

>>32872834
Ones that we don't need.

But we're getting the fuck outta this mine.

>>32872808
you say that now, but i doubt it will be anything you think it is, especially since a few anons are hyping it up now.

>>32872834
The water temple allows us to reach grandmaster.

>>32872851

Has this mine become our boat?

>>32872851
>Ones that we don't need.
>DC 35
That guarantees at least 2 tries, maybe even 3, plus we would still need to go to the temple at the end any way.

>>32872858
No need to rush towards it.plus who siad it does?

>>32872852
We are checkiing every single combination of elements, effects, and metas with our armor.

Also reading every book and learning every effect and meta from those books

And doing some serious meditating on our Elements

>>32872867
We need an insight in healing not water manipulation.

>>32872881
Again, trying to hype something up will always cause a negative to happen.

>>32872891
The bonus applies to healing as well.

If we master metal and water can we use mercury like living armour?

Please say yes.

>>32872903
Smaller bonus, much smaller.

>>32872912
Its been said that Darzi's Elaudian Steel armor flows like a liquid at times.

>>32872903
It doesn't, it only to water manipulation.

>>32872912
Wouldnt we need to worry about mercury poising? Sure we could prob heal it but it would be a pain to do constantly.

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>>32872915
Where does it say its smaller?

>>32872933
ask soma

>>32872921
Yeah, but I mean afull body coating of liquid metal that adapts to our needs and whims.

>>32872929
I assumed that mastering metal would allow us to stop it sinking into our flesh.

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>>32872925
>>32872933
Again, where can you prove that the bonus from being near a tear in reality, doesn't help healing like it did with manipulation?
>>32872551
Does healing get the same bones from the lake, like water manipulation did?

>>32872933
Soma said that most of the bonus comes from the fact that we were using water manipulation while surrounded by water. Healing doesn't get the bonus.

You assume a meditation pose atop your chosen crate. “We'll discuss it later. I'm dead on my feet right now and I think everyone would do well to relax for a few hours.” Darzi throws her hands up in the air. “How can I relax?! We're keeping two people hostage in an apartment that looks ten minutes from collapsing on top of us while a gang is out for our blood!” Profectus puts a hand on her shoulder and pulls her away. They share some words you can't quite hear. Darzi sighs, but stalks off to the opposite corner of the room and lays down on a collection of canvas bags.

“Chryssa, Profectus. After I've regained my vys I want to test a method of meditation I've been kicking around. It will entail reopening your wounds to heal them more completely while I meditate. Even if I don't gain any insight from it, your wounds will no longer bother you as I'm sure they do now.” Chryssa nods. “Very well, you will be able to dull the pain with magic, correct?” You shrug your shoulders. “Maybe, but it shouldn't be just terribly painful.” Profectus hesitantly nods. “Yeah, alright. I figure if it gets rid of this sharp pain in my abdomen whenever I twist it's worth it.”

You nod, and with that fade away into your meditative trance. There is depressingly little vys in this room. What little exist is rapidly being absorbed by Fulvia's generator. Even branching out into neighboring rooms and out into the streets, you're simply not sure there is enough ambient vys to full replenish your reserves. You become more and more certain of this fact as you meditate. You manage to get your reserves to a respectable level, but in this environment it's simply not possible to top them off.
>Vys Pool: (23/28)

(1/3 or 4)

Your eyes snap open. You feel refreshed, amazingly so, but not as much as you usually do after meditation. “Alright, Prof, Chryssa. You're up.” As you stand up from your box and survey the room, you see that Chryssa has claimed the top bunk while Skull Kid has taken the bottom. Darzi is sleeping on her pile of canvas sacks, their contents apparently old clothes. Fulvia continues to stand guard in front of the bathroom. Profectus is sleeping on the floor. Just how long have you been out?

You shake Profectus awake first, since he's closer. He groan and rolls onto his back, stretching himself out. His joints pop loudly and he winces, a hand shooting down to clutch at his abdomen. “Shit, alright. Time to do this?” You nod. “Yup, time to do this.” Fulvia speaks up as you move to wake up Chryssa. “If I may make a recommendation. You should use the surgeon's tools we found in the mine to perform the operation. Be sure to sterilize them with fire magic beforehand.” You glance at her confused. “What for?” She cocks her head to the side. “To purge the tools of any unseen contaminants, of course.” You scrunch up your face. “What sort of unseen contaminants? The hell are these tools made of?” She shakes her head. “Do you really not know? Everything around us is covered by unseen living organisms, they cause diseases and infections. Fire will cleanse the tools of these unseen organisms.”

Huh, you've never heard any sort of nonsense like that before. Diseases and infection are caused by imbalances in vys, everyone knows that. You ignore her in favor of climbing up on the bottom bunk so you can wake Chrys. She's sprawled out in a rather unladylike fashion, snoring softly. You place a hand on her shoulder and shake her a few times, she bolts upright, glancing around for a moment before focusing on you. “Is it time for the procedure?” You nod, and she slides out of the bunk once you've stepped down.
(2/3)

Your test subjects gathered, you withdraw the surgeon's tools from your cloak and indicate that they should lay down on the ground in front of the crate you'd been sitting on. They do as directed, and you take a moment to sterilize your instruments with fire magic as Fulvia directed you. Out of paranoia, more than anything. Then you set to work. You start on Chryssa's legs, removing any scar tissue with the small knife, you believe it's called a scalpel, and then severing any damaged nerves fully as well as removing several frayed tendons. You prevent bleeding with water magic and do your best to dull the pain, though it's difficult.

Then you move on to Prof, who's a more difficult subject. You're not really sure how to go about it, frankly. In the end you decide to simply make an incision in his abdomen and remove any scar tissue on his face and neck, be they from burns or metal shards.

Your companions seem less than thrilled with the procedure, but they do not cry out or squirm. Perhaps the scalpel is enchanted in some manner? Ah well. You resume your position atop the crate and begin meditating properly.

>Rooll those dice. 3D10+10 vs DC 35

Rolled 3, 6, 6 + 10 = 25

>>32873024

Rolled 7, 1, 3 + 10 = 21

>>32873024
Dice gods pls

Rolled 3, 5, 2 + 10 = 20

>>32873024

Rolled 3, 3, 5 + 10 = 21

>>32873024

Rolled 10, 5, 2 + 10 = 27

>>32873024

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>>32873032
>>32873035
>>32873039
Yeesh

>>32872950
The massive bonuses at the lake were because of your chosen method of meditation. You got additional bonuses on the meditation roll based on your performance in combat against the fish-creatures. You also got bonuses to the meditation roll from the weakened veil between realities.

So you'd still get bonuses, they just wouldn't be as massive.

>>32873032
>>32873035
>>32873039
>25, 21, 20 vs DC 35
>Failure!

You are incapable of turning the roll into a success, though your companions will still be healed. You will also gain a +2 towards your next water meditation roll.

Rolled 6, 6, 8 + 10 = 30

>>32873024
Any thoughts on?
>>32872950

>>32873024
>+10
Welp it looks like we are gonna be the best friend of any hospital, since this sounds like a great way to meditate.

>>32873059
And you roll this 30 now.

>>32873088
DC was 35, it wouldn't matter any way.

Just a thought, but when we get back home we should probably apologize REALLY FUCKING HARD for pulling everyone into an alternate dimension that apparently turns us into a hard ass renegade that couldn't find a fuck to give in an ocean of fucks.

You start with the most difficult task, removing the metal shard from Profectus' abdomen without using metal magic. You've no idea how to go about it, but eventually decide on a method that involves regrowing flesh in such a way that it squeezes the shard out. Ideally without damaging other tissue. It's slow going, since you're trying to only regrow flesh at the same rate you gather vys while at the same time preventing them from bleeding. You manage it, but it's too much to focus on all at the same time to really gain any insight into what you're doing. You're more or less going with the flow, doing as your instincts suggest.

Once the metal shard has been removed the burnt skin on his face and any bad cuts so they won't leave scars. It's a fairly simple task in comparison, but it still seems to take forever. It feels like instead of just having the flesh reconnect itself, you're regrowing each individual muscle fiber, nerve, blood vessel, and patch of skin one by one. It's annoying how detailed you have to be, enough to give you a slight headache.

Chryssa is infinitely worse though. There is simply so much scar tissue, you doubt you can repair it all in one sitting. Not without expending your newly gathered vys, and certainly not while the only ambient vys available might as well be fumes. You do what you can, but her legs will still be badly scarred once you finish the procedure. At the very least you can say you reconnect all the damaged nerves in her leg properly, any sort of pain or numbness she might have been feeling ought to be alleviated.

(1/2)

When you've finished both of them you start on your own wounds. You're a little more lackadaisical with the procedure on yourself, since it's your own flesh you risk damaging. You rend your wounds open with water magic, a difficult but not impossible task for you at your current level so long as it's on a small scale. Then you seal them more completely than you had in the thick of battle. You also remove a shard of metal from you calf that you'd missed.

The procedure finished your eyes snap open. You don't feel enlightened, you haven't made any progress really. Still, it was your first time using this method. You still need to get used to it. Maybe next time you'll be able to glean more from the process?

Profectus and Chrys have both already stood up and are busy inspecting themselves. Profectus is twisting and stretching in various ways to ensure he has full range of movement. Chryssa is busy running her finger along a long, jagged scar which still crawls its way across her shin. You feel a little bad, you sort of got her into this mess, but she doesn't seem upset. If anything you think she might think it's cool, but it's always hard to tell with her. Regardless, now that you've regained some vys and healed your companions you turn your thoughts towards the future. How do you intend to get out of this mess?

>Gather your companions and leave, you can find someone else to get you into the city.
>Set off the city immediately. The sooner Lucky shows you his route into the city, the sooner you can let them go.
>Write-in

>>32873259
>Set off the city immediately. The sooner Lucky shows you his route into the city, the sooner you can let them go.

Let's get out of here, we can give them something for their troubles once we are safe.

>>32873259
>>Set off the city immediately. The sooner Lucky shows you his route into the city, the sooner you can let them go.

>>32873259
set off to the city. lets get the fuck out of this shithole.

>>32873259
>Set off the city immediately. The sooner Lucky shows you his route into the city, the sooner you can let them go.

>>32873259
>Set off the city immediately. The sooner Lucky shows you his route into the city, the sooner you can let them go.

>about my weapon..
>What about it?
>Can I have it?
>...
>Well can I?
>Do I look like a bitch?

>Set off for the city immediately.
Writin'

>>32873363
Does chrys still have any damge?
Or is it just scar tissue?

>>32873388
Just scar tissue.

You've killed a handful of people who probably didn't deserve it, kidnapped two people who'd done nothing just horribly offensive towards you or yours, and forced them to let you hide out in their apartment. You're in too deep to just leave. It would be too anticlimactic. You'll have Lucky take you to the tunnel entrance and then you'll let them go. Maybe you'll even give them a little something in compensation, though you're not sure about that yet.

“Lets get everyone up. We're leaving for the city as soon as possible.” Chryssa nods, and moves to wake Skull Kid. Profectus clears his throat quietly. “Lucky and Pip too?” You nod. “We'll have them lead us to the tunnel entrance, that's it. Then we're done with all this nonsense.” He nods, though you can tell he's still uneasy about the whole situation. He moves to wake Darzi. Fulvia slips past the curtain into the bathroom to wake Lucky and Pipsqueak. Before you know it everyone is gathered in front of you, Darzi with her arms crossed in front of her chest haughtily.

“Lucky, you do have a route into the city right?” He nods his head emphatically. “Absolutely, guaranteed more or less mutant free.” You sigh, pushing yourself up. “Alright, lead us to it then. After that you're free to go.” You're turning towards the door when Lucky speaks again, this time a not of defiance to his tone. “Pipsqueak stays, she's not a part of this and she won't be any help on the journey. You leave her here, you won't have any trouble from me.”

>That's agreeable, she can stay.
>That's more than agreeable, you'll even give her back her knife.
>No, she's coming with you. She's the only real leverage you have over Lucky.
>Write-in

>>32873479
>>That's more than agreeable, you'll even give her back her knife.

>>32873479

>That's more than agreeable, you'll even give her back her knife.

For fucks sake. I think it's time we cut out the bad guy routine. It's not a game I want to play.

>>32873479
>That's more than agreeable, you'll even give her back her knife.

>>32873479
>That's more than agreeable, you'll even give her back her knife.

We'll give him a little something extra for the Needle Gun and the "help" too.

>>32873479
>>That's more than agreeable, you'll even give her back her knife.

>>32873530
no. As much of an asshole we've been to these people I feel lucky really doesn't deserve anything beyond then what he is asking for.

>That's more than agreeable.
Writin' probably the last post for tonight.

>>32873555

We stole his gun and we've been complete assholes to him and his girl. A little extra is fine.

>>32873557
How would things have gone, if we had a great succes for the show last thread or, haggling/attacking?

OOC, the girl probably had a lot stashed up in pockets than just a knife; most likely communication devices and such. It's very likely we're walking into a trap. I'm surprised Skullkid didn't remark on how easily this could go topside.

>>32873580
If you'd had a natural regular success, the table would've caught on fire but it wouldn't of spread. People would've still panicked, but not as badly. If you'd taken a severe or regular failure, the fire would've begun spreading out of control and eventually the bar would go boom if you didn't get out of there quickly enough, once the flames started to heat the tanks of synth to an untenable point. If you'd had a great success, the table wouldn't of caught on fire and people wouldn't have panicked.

If you'd paralyzed Lucky he would've ratted you out to the gang after the paralysis wore off and you would've been the target of a drive-by shooting. This would've happened regardless of what sort of terms you set to counter Lucky's paralysis.

If you'd haggled, you could've gotten the price down at most to 400 AWU on a Great Success. Regular would've cost you 500. Any sort of failure would've left it at 600. Lucky would've honored the deal and lead you to the tunnel without any shenanigans at a time of your choosing regardless of the dice roll.

>>32873664
>If you'd had a natural regular success, the table would've caught on fire but it wouldn't of spread. People would've still panicked, but not as badly. If you'd taken a severe or regular failure, the fire would've begun spreading out of control and eventually the bar would go boom if you didn't get out of there quickly enough, once the flames started to heat the tanks of synth to an untenable point. If you'd had a great success, the table wouldn't of caught on fire and people wouldn't have panicked.
What about lucky the pedophile?

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>>32873664
>Lucky would've honored the deal and lead you to the tunnel without any shenanigans at a time of your choosing regardless of the dice roll.

>>32873664
What the fuck happened to us? Why the fuck did we not haggle, but thought starting a fire in a bar was a good idea.

>>32873684
Lucky would've been properly cowed and would've offered to lead you to the tunnel for three hundred, if you persisted he would've done it for free. However, if you did anything but leave immediately he would've ratted you out to his gang and you would've been the target of a drive-by shooting.

>>32873694
i voted for fire, since that was the only choice that had a chance to beating paralyzing him, it also seemed like the severe failure caused thing to go to shit automatically..

>>32873694

Apparently some people figured "We're crazy" was a more then good enough excuse to do whatever the fuck seemed the most stupid at the time and get away with it.

>>32873694
>>32873718
F-fire magic: the barterers b-best friend g-guys!

>>32873718
>"We're crazy
Stop trying to push this retarded idea, if you check out what people wanted to do when it was voted for.
They basically wanted to do a little show like they did with stubby, the only legitimately bad choice was paralyzing him.

>>32873712

Or.. we could have haggled. You know, the thing that's worked amazingly well every time we did it? The Jew in us would have triumphed once again.

At least it doesn't seem like there will be any permanent consequences. Right?

>>32873747
When i voted for fire, haggle had no votes and paralyzing had 3 already with fire having 2.

i vote we commence full jew mode; if haggling is ever an option that is the immediate go to

>>32873759
Darzi being an extra cunt.

>>32873759
I feel like we've made an enemy of Darzi, and Prof doesn't seem as fond of us as he used to be. No idea about Chrys, doubt she really cares but probably thinks we're not very good at handling hostage situations. Skull Kid likewise seems unphased beyond thinking we're incompetent. Fulvia doesn't care in the slightest.

Darzi has actual political power back home though, so I mean. You know.

>>32873759
I can think of just under a dozen possible ones other than the obvious leave town or face town consequences one, I'm sure Chrys and Progress still maintain their deal that they kill us if we ever get too insane.

>>32873768
Funny enough a thread or two before todays session, people were bitching constantly how we always haggled.

>>32873739

Really? Post 32868601 in last thread, when I asked why we would do such a thing.

>WE ARE SO CRAZY CUS OF DIS FUTURE ShIT

I also got
>Shut up, we're trying to have fun here.

and
>First we bargained for gold.

>Now we bargain for SOULS. If the cape situation is anything to go by.

Now, don't forget
>We can barter to save thier lives for money if it makes you feel any better.

>Kill them anyway. and when 'ol stumpy asks us anything say we were defending our selves. which isn't false. just we initiated the conflict after a few minutes after being almost mugged.

So... What am I pushing again? This was EXACTLY why we did it!

>>32873820
>Look at the pretty lights, the pretty lights don't like you very much
>Lets not be a Dick here
>Our superior performance is obviously worth that much money
>I'm kinda worried about that girl. Kids like magic, right?
>I do not want everyone in this place shooting at us
That was the comments for putting on the fire show.
then there are the replies towards when some one finally wises up and speaks about the fire show.
>Actually he'll think were telekinetic.
>how? What can they do? call the guards? We can blow up the entire building if we felt like it
>I'min favor of telling him we are a doctor, and would be willing to help him with anything medical related.
All the comments you are showing are for the paralyze option, and one of those is for the negotiate the price option.

“That's agreeable.” You reach into your cloak, pulling out Pip's knife and flipping it to catch it by the blade. You hand it to her grip first and she snatches it out of your hands, sliding it into the sleeve of her baggy hooded garment without a word. Lucky seems relieved, at least. “Thank you, really mate. A weight off my shoulders knowing she'll be safe. Lets go then, yeah?”

You nod, and he leads the way out of the apartment. Pip watches you leave silently, those soulless black eyes tracking your movement. It's incredibly unsettling, but you ignore it. You've probably made more than a few enemies today, but at least you'll be out of this whole messed up situation soon. You follow Lucky down the flights of stairs to the ground level. He pushes the door open and pauses, you half expect gunfire to erupt. It doesn't though. He just glances both ways before leading you out into the streets.

You must look an odd bunch. A augmented gang member with a fist imprint on his face, a heavily armored woman carrying a giant egg, a horned woman in armor concealing her face with a hideous mask, an elf and a samja in armor unimaginably ancient, and a wastelander with a giant metal shell covering his head. Even in a place as unbelievably strange as this futuristic, destroyed world your group attracts the stares of passers-by. At least the child-like midget with solid black eyes and translucent skin isn't tagging along anymore.

(1/2)

>>32873820
>WE ARE SO CRAZY CUS OF DIS FUTURE ShIT
That was one of the guys bitching about the crazy options.

As you round a corner towards the nicer part of town, towards the great bazaar you first came to this accursed tower for, you hear a roar from behind you. Glancing over your shoulder you see six men on those floating vehicles, two of them wielding shotguns, three some method of strange miniature rifle, one a pistol with a barrel longer than your forearm, and finally one wielding what you can best describe as a strange club. One of them jerks back the handle on his vehicle and it practically leaps towards you, sailing through the air at an unbelievable speed.

>AAAAND end session.

>>32873891
Dropped my trip.

>>32873901
eh, we are still gonna keep Lucky with us.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Banished%20Quest
Archive here. Next thread hopefully on Friday but I'll keep you updated on twitter.

Sticking around for questions, comments, and concerns. If the thread is still up tomorrow morning I'll pop in again to answer anything I miss tonight.

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>>32873901

Welp.

On the plus side, at least we have a decent Vys supply, none of our allies are injured, and we might get some good loot out of this

>>32873901
FIEIRE MAGICK INTIMIDATION IN DA BAR

GEWD IDEA FELLAS

>>32873901
I Fucking knew letting her go was a bad idea, just because she was a midget people under estimated her.
Oh well, we are almost full and we can easily take these guys out now.

>>32873888

Dude, did you even look at those posts? Every one of those posts linked to this comment.

> Wow. I leave for a few hours and you guys start a war inside a town full of gun nuts in a world where you've been specifically warned that fuck ups mean death. You guys actually chose to do this INSTEAD of choosing Miks favorite past time ever of bargaining people down for stuff! Anon, I am dissapoint!

All were pro fire, and all were a direct response to us going to in the town. We've been warned a million times about doing stuff like this, but that's alright, because, as you quoted,
>how? What can they do? call the guards? We can blow up the entire building if we felt like it

>>32873901
Remember to dive into cover before doing anything else unless we want to repeat how much we have to heal our companions, again.

>>32873931

It's not that I underestimated here, I was just kinda disgusted with our actions that I chose to let her go free.

That carried certain risks but at least we can loot with a clean conscience now

>>32873901
You know what? Fuck it. Time for the big guns to be deployed. First off, deploy the lumber piles in our inventory for cover for a low vys, high efficacy solution. Then, we use the shockwave sword to catch as many of those motherfuckers as possible. Lucky is probably planning some devious shit, so have Profectus and Darzi nail his punk ass.

We don't actually know she called them. For all we know, they just saw us walking around on their turf and recognized us.

>>32873932
Yes i did, thats why i said
>then there are the replies towards when some one finally wises up and speaks about the fire show.
Other then the blow up the place comment every one else was being optimistic about the show and figured he would believe we were a telekinetic.(i was the doctor reply, and was pushing towards just healing in front of him, but i found the way you kept saying one option was full of all the retards was stupid)
>>32873932
>All were pro fire,
There is no way in know that they were all in profire , but i do admit i did mix up responses.

>>32873990
>He pushes the door open and pauses, you half expect gunfire to erupt.
>As you round a corner towards the nicer part of town, towards the great bazaar you first came to this accursed tower for, you hear a roar from behind you.
I have a feeling he told her or she followed us.

>>32874027
>>32873990
If any of these guys survive, we'll ask.

So do we do ice wall or ice spears?(relatively cheapest element for us to use.)

>>32874062
Spears can be dodged, and the wall will just be shot through or flown over if its done too soon..

I think I'd be willing to second a well time spikey ice wall, to use their speed against them and cause damage while having protection.

>>32874001

Fair enough. I'm not going to claim that everyone who chose fire was planning to go murderhobo, but

>Look at the pretty lights, the pretty lights don't like you very much

wasn't a friendly comment, no matter how you look at it, and man, people were more then willing to go murderhobo when things went down. IDK. This is just what I saw when I got back to the thread, and I was... surprised.

Either way, this is all water under the bridge, and rehashing everything is just a waste of time, so.. peace?

>>32874097

I am guessing the people who wanted to go murderhobo are feeling remorseful. Or they left

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>>32874097
NO.

NO PEACE.

>>32874097
Sure i'm good, but i wonder what will replace this event from the anons that like to complain about.
Since before this it was following a floating head and before that it was saying hi to the mama dragon.

>>32874089
A welll timed spike wall it is.

>>32874122

Probably. That's 4chan for you after all. Hell, I figure there's a damned good reason that Soma decided to make us part of a group known to go crazy!

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>>32874147
>Every Samjan vatis is a /tg/ quest protagonist.

>>32874131

Oh, now I loved both those ideas! I mean, who doesn't want to know what happens next, right? Hell, I wasn't completely opposed to the whole death mask thing! People will always find something to complain about, but sometimes that can be part of the fun too.

>>32873694
>>32873718
>>32873820

Repeat after me, "A big chunk of Banished players are fucking retarded"

This has to be repeated like every 3 threads or so and there is nothing you can do about it. They are just stupid, ADD-ridden idiots.
And they get incredibly defensive too, If you even hint that some action was idiotic, even without specifically indicating any posters, you'll be spammed with butthurt meme images and other reactionary nonsense by them.

And don't think I'm exaggerating when I say you can't do anything about these retards. You could argue with them for half of a thread, come out on top and have them agree with your point of view and in the end be met with "I agree with you, but I think you're an asshole so I'll keep voting otherwise just to spite you". I've actually seen this happen several times in the span of this quest.

This is something you'll have to simply accept. And yes, most of the time they defend themselves by going "Mik is CUHRAZY LOLOLOLOLO"


>could have spend more time exploring this place
>could have built up an armory of advanced weapons
>could have bought books/knowledge to reproduce them or at least manufacture our own ammo
>etc etc etc
>Instead the impatient dipshits choose the "point of no return" options
As soon as we encountered that thug and people started suggesting hiring him, I knew it was over. Quest players seem to be incapable of getting their heads around the fact that you don't HAVE to follow every fucking scent of shit, dropping whatever else they were doing. This is the same reason why we have been going to the Water Temple for 20 threads (though I admit, the distractions have been profitable), and the reason why we STILL haven't tried to cure Fulvia's corruption, something that we should have done immediately.

>>32874131
If we get to the artifact and there's a choice between home and a place full of potentially awesome loots I swear to god... my butt will be so damn hurt.

>>32874256

You know it's going to happen and you know what everyone's going to choose.

>I got magic. What could they do to us? LET'S USE FIRE
Why are people so stupid?

That grenade should've killed us, or at least knocked us unconscious. I can't believe we made that 30 DC.

*just finished reading archive* Jesus Christ, what the fuck happened? We blew up a bar and took hostages, and didn't haggle? Why? What the actual fuck? I am so sad I wasn't there to vote against the sperg options.

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>>32874524
>believing you presence would make a difference

>>32874387
Yeah I think the 30 was part Soma asking us "What the fuck" and part realism. You don't just walk away if you are within 5m of a grenade and don't have hard cover.

>>32873901
Ice wall?
Ice wall.

>>32875491
Easiest and most effective. They'll never be able to stop in time and will be no different than hitting a stone wall.

>>32875693
>>32875491
Ice spike wall.

>>32874524
I'm in the same boat with you, kind of disappointed my favorite quest is going to shit. I can't believe people actually voted to shoot the chick.

>People are voting to use more magic after it went SO fucking well the first time
why
We DO have actual weapons. Let's try to atleast use them for once.

>>32874229
Just shut the fuck up, you're exaggerating and no one wants to here you bitch

>>32878151
It's our best weapon and we only have a pistol

Also we are shit with firearms.

>>32874229

I wasn't here for the whole thread but I personally don't like this world/part of the quest. I could also have voted for getting back to our world as soon as possible after a short shopping spree (without the fire thing that was just stupid).

>>32879597
Setting our arms on fire to intimidate someone isn't a bad idea in and of itself, it's just the time and place that fucked us over.

Fucking dumb kid and fucking over powered alcohol.

Can we just get off this boat already?

>>32880067
God I hope so, I fucking love loot and I already just wanna leave

>>32873917
So are there other worlds we could travel to?

>>32880120

I just want to find few technical books on our guns, rob a gun store in a heist, and then get the fuck back to our world.