>>33469073
>[] Your father’s place; you’re already out of town so you might as well pay your family a visit.
Dad, imouto, meet Edgar.

>>33469073
>[X] A convenience store; you haven’t eaten anything since breakfast.
Followed by
>[X] Back to your ruined apartment; maybe you can sneak in and grab some stuff.

since it looks like we'll be there awhile, also, need to name our new pet.

So we go with Harbinger bond or all the way for Hive mind?
I vote for hive

>>33469073
Do this. >>33469138

Also name crowbro Edd.

Family:
>>33469124
Food+Home
>>33469138
>>33469221

Feel free to discuss what you want to name the crow and which bond you want to form, I'll put them up on a vote later.

Writing...

>>33469409
Name wise I'm not partial to much of anything, and there is always asking it what name it likes the sound of.
Bond wise, I am all for Independent host, gives us the most communication and a way to throw magic around without being there in person.

So I'm having horror/whyboner flashes of Cecil hiveminded into a bevy of other girls so that she can be a forever waifu with whatever body we want at the time. But thats full on supervillain tier evil.

We need to find a cat and make hivemind or harbinger bond with it
Can we make bonds with things?

>>33469409

[X] Convenience store food and home.

You head back into the city, stopping by a convenience store to pick up a pre-heated meal and a bottle of water you eat in the parking lot.
With your hunger sated you ride towards your destroyed apartment.

You arrive to the building to find the road next to your window closed and police tape covering the building’s door. All lights seem to be out as well, possibly due to the water damage caused by last night’s rain.
You don’t see any officers nearby and the tarp has been taken from the now clean wall of the opposite building.

You still have your keys, so you could just waltz in through the front door, though you know there’s a security camera in near the entrance.

>Your room is in the 5th floor, how do you plan to get there?

[] Through the front door.
[] You have a plan… (Write-in.)

>>33469484
>Host, Independent
I can see the advantages.
But I also think a Hive murder of crows would be useful.
In fact, a Hive murder and a Hive of rats, to give us recon and early warning capabilities over an area sounds great.

>>33469828
Is there a back door or side entrance we can use?

With the police suspicious, and the prevalence of surveillance tech in the modern First World, I think we should accept the loss of our stuff in our apartment for the time being, and go back to Cecil's. We can call the police if we can get our stuff from our apartment, so that we won't get tagged for interfering with a crime scene.

>>33469828
Uh... hmm. That is a complication.

Didn't that fireball guy fly or something? We should really look up flying.

>>33469651
Things as in inanimate objects? Not familiar bonds, though you can learn to make enchantments that allow you to contol something remotely and such.

Also, on the nature of 'Host'-bond:
It's normally considered 'independent', though if something happens to you while you're possessing it, any damage that happens to your real body is also applied to the familiar, thus the '/dependent' in the bin.

>>33469953
But not vice versa, if it dies while possessed?

>Hide object, 3rd circle (1 hour preparaton): Makes selected individuals ignore the target.
I don't suppose this permits 'selected individuals' to be 'anybody', or object to be 'self'.

Or if it works on cameras.

>>33469828
We have a right to be here yes? And we're just picking up mundane things? Why not just walk in to see what of our life we can salvage?
Though the police tape makes me wanna call the cops to let them know first.


Also, would a hive mind keep US alive?

>>33470008
>We have a right to be here yes?
The police tape makes this an active crime scene, which means that we could be arrested, yes, if we go in unescorted.
And remember that we only rent an apartment; the landlord is the owner of the property and could declare us as trespassing.

>>33470063
In that case I'm all for laying low and going through the proper channels so we get our stuff legit to avoid suspicion.

>>33470002
If it dies while possessed you feel the pain, along with some other related unpleasantries but you don't actually die.

>>33470008
If you link yourself to the hivemind? Yes. Though it would also mean you share senses with the linked familiars that would be in your head, which may have effects on your mental health and you can't cast (most) spells without your own body.

>>33470002
Also, Hide object can be used on self but you have to specify the target. The effect isn't as much invisibility, as it's 'ignore me'.

Can I have some votes?

>>33470139
>Mental health
HA we are going full hivemind
And can we specify targets as everyone inside the building?

>>33470215
>other
Call police, tell them we want to pick up our things and if someone could let us in.

>>33470251
You need to have at least have seen them. You need something to focus on as you cast.

>>33470338
The spell only makes people ignore us, right?
It doesn't affect cameras or technology?

>>33470215
Legit way, the less trouble with the law the better.

>>33469828
>the front door
aww yee

>>33469073
Herbinger, dependent.

Eat and go back to your apartment.

>>33469828
Forget it. I'm with >>33469942 's vote. Abort the plan. Abort abort

>>33469073
Does our familiar have a name yet?
If not, might I suggest Huginn

>>33469942
This this this, geez.
It's like you're not Shadowrun or something.

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>>33470423
>>33470437
>they didn't read any of the thread except OP

>>33470467
That's not how you vote. Link the QM's post.

abort abort abort

>>33470467
Ar4e you sure?

>>33470366
No, but if you use the spell on yourself, the targets cannot perceive you even through a camera, on recordings or drawn pictures that were recorded during the spell.

Anyway, link your votes to this post now, i'll start writing in fifteen minutes.

>>33470511
No, but I'm


dead sirius.

>>33470517
>Bail the fuck off

>>33470517
abort the plan

abandon the crime scene

abort abort abort

>>33470517
Call police, ask if we can go get our stuff from our apartment, since it looks like it's still an active police investigation.
If they say no, go back to Cecil's and cook the two of us a cheap dinner.

>>33470517
How likely is it for a mage to use this spell to make their way into the NSA and use PRISM to spy on all other mages?

>>33470577
>how likely is it to happen
>implying they're not already doing that as the second task of apprenticeship

>>33470577
Dude you'd have to target every single person who works in the building, and every single person who might ever watch the security footage in the future.

>>33470517
Call police, abort back to Cecil's if anything is up or they say no.

Can we trust Cecil? I mean really rust her with this shit, because a friend/apprentice would be nice, but also a liability...

>>33471031
>but also a liability...
The police might start accosting her, you know. Not to mention, since we haven't warded her place, so could any two-bit mage who wants to gank us for our alchemical reagents and wands, which would probably fetch a nice sum on the wizard black market.
Or if they're just looking for another dose of G. Tears.

>>33471050
We'll time to get on that then! Wards and protection everywhere, and time to start investing in a sanctuary?

>>33470517
Forget it, go back and eat dinner.

>>33470517

[X] On second thought…

For a moment you try to think of possible ways of getting past the camera and any possible officers in the building or just calling them to let you in but in the end you decide against it; they seem to be suspicious of you already and you really don’t feel like giving them any more reasons for it.

You starting the moped again, heading to Cecil’s apartment instead.

You press the intercom to inform Cecil of your arrival and enter the building. By the time you are at the door she’s already waiting for you, giving you a look of displeasure.
For a moment you wonder what may be the cause of it, quickly realizing it’s already dusk and you promised to cook for her during your stay.

You decide to cook noodles with frozen vegetables and the leftover meat from the breakfast. This seems to satisfy your host as she keeps eating the meal with small yet quick bites until there is nothing left. You wonder how that much food can fit in such a small frame as you hear something knock on the window.

Your familiar is standing outside, giving you a questioning look.

>What do you do?

[] Let it in; tell Cecil you’ve taken up training birds in your spare time.
[] Subtly approach the window and tell it to wait outside for now.
[] (Write-in.)

>>33471230
>[x] Subtly approach the window and tell it to wait outside for now.
Looks like Cecil is already kinda pissed, better not to push it.

>>33471230
>[x] Let it in; tell Cecil you’ve taken up training birds in your spare time.
We can go get some newspapers to make a toilet for it; if Cecil really doesn't want it inside, we can have it stay outside and we'll make a birdhouse for it.

>>33471230
> Let it in; tell Cecil you've taken to training birds in your spare time.

>>33471230
Let it wait outside for now, maybe even get it to keep watch on the building for flying fire mage guy.

We should sit down and talk with Cecil, just shoot the shit and such, get a feel for her and how she feels about us. We'll need to know if we plan on doing anything with her other than bumming her couch for a bit longer before rushing off to do mage things and forgetting about her.
She still just wandering around in panties and a t-shirt?

>>33471230
>>33471383
Seconding this.

>>33471230
>Let it in; tell Cecil you’ve taken up training birds in your spare time.

>>33471230
>[] Let it in; tell Cecil you’ve taken up training birds in your spare time.

Stay out.
>>33471275
>>33471383
>>33471393
Let in.
>>33471314
>>33471367
>>33471395
>>33471401

Writing...

>>33471383
You're pretty sure she's wearing the same clothes you saw her in yesterday and doubt she left the room all day.

>>33471230
Gonna need nonverbal communication to make sure it does its business on newspapers in the corner.

>>33471510
Then we should do the laundry, and encourage her to take a shower and change.

>>33471510
[X] Cecil, bird. Bird, Cecil.

“Excuse me.” You say to her as you get up and walk up to the window, opening it and letting the crow fly into the room. Cecil is startled by the sudden movement, though after the initial scare she begins to curiously study the bird that has settled on a knob of the kitchen cupboard.

“I took up training birds a while back and this guy seems to have followed me here.” You explain, technically not lying.

Cecil gives you a slow nod without breaking eye-contact with the animal.

The bird looks at the girl with as curious look in its eyes as both of them tilt their heads slightly. The staring contest finally ends after five or so minutes with some kind of mutual understanding.

“Do you mind if it stays here too?”

“Umhn.” She mumbles and shakes her head. ”It’s fine.”

She takes the plate with some leftovers and raises it higher towards the bird. It looks at the plate, then at you. You give it a slight nod and the crow flies on the plate and takes some small pieces of meat off it. Cecil looks at it eat for a moment before turning to you. “Tame.” She whispers.

>It’s 7p.m., what do you want to do for the rest of the night?

[] Chat with Cecil while relaxing with your familiar.
[] Go rent a movie or something. (What?)
[] Read (Subject?)
[] Something else? (Write-in)

>>33471940
Ask Cecil what kinds of movies she likes.
It's... date night? Kind of?

>>33471940
>[] Chat with Cecil while relaxing with your familiar.
Ask what she did for the day.
And what she does in general.

>>33471940
>[x] Chat with Cecil while relaxing with your familiar.
We need to find out how long we are going to stay here, and what our plans for future residence and continued relations with Cecil are.

>>33471940
>[x] Something else?
Do the laundry, get some clean clothes ready for Cecil, get Cecil to shower.

>>33471940
Chat with her while prepping laundry, use the bird as an ice breaker. Maybe she'll name it.

>>33471940
>novice mage living with a NEET girl quest

>>33471940
>Chat with Cecil while relaxing with your familiar.
bonding time

Movie
>>33471987
Talk
>>33471997
>>33472004
>>33472046
>>33472091
Housework
>>33472019
>>33472046

Writing...

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>>33471997
>Ask what she did for the day.
>And what she does in general.
Oh god.

No don't ask a NEET that. That is the most stressful question ever.

"I uh... i played quests on an imageboard?"

>>33472644
Then the answer to that would be "Did you have fun?"
If yes, then answer "That's good." with a warm, friendly smile.
If no, "Oh, that sucks." with a pout.

>>33472703
I mean they're more like to mutter and mumble and say "stuff" or some other nonanswer.

>>33472215

[X] Small talk.

You relax on the couch, lying against the back rest. “So, how was your day?”

It was…” The girl who had turned her attention back to the bird thinks for a moment. “fine.”

“What did you do? Got any hobbies?” You inquire.

“No…?” She mumbles with questioning tone. “Not really.”

Your familiar seems to have finished Cecil’s offering as it takes flight, landing on your left arm that’s lying on the back rest. “I…” She stops to think again, staring into nothingness. “watched TV…”
You pet the bird and it rubs its feathers against your hand. “read forums and…”
Your familiar cries softly as you rub it under the neck. “…watched anime.” She finally finishes and turns to give you a look that asks ‘and you?’.

“Well, getting the whole apartment thing figured out took most of my day. I also got some exercising done and went into the woods to feed birds.”

“Hobbies?” She asks.

>What do you do in your spare time?

[] “I do some jogging occasionally.”
[] “I read quite a bit.”
[] “I like to go to the movies.”
[] “Does getting drunk count?”
[] “Nah, school takes most of my spare time.”
[] (Write-in)

>>33472991
Magic you know thgings like binding cows into hivemind and creating flesh walls

>>33473033
do this and see how she reacts

>>33472991
>“I read quite a bit.”
magical textbooks count

>[X] “I like to go to the movies.”
and
>[X] “I do some jogging occasionally.”

>>33473097
Though i am not if this counts as hobby

>>33472991
Magic, like gyro bird here.

>>33472991
"The occasional movie, I guess, magic, reading, exercising. The usual."

>>33472991
I like to read magical grimoires
and masturbate

>>33473148
>The usual
Wait no, cut that part out. Fucking rude, it is.
Replace it with "The boring stuff, I guess. I think I'll try picking up cooking."

>>33472991
>[] “I read quite a bit.”
>[] “Does getting drunk count?”

>>33472991
this
>>33473148
>>33473116

I do magic
>>33473033
>>33473147
>>33473148
>>33473176
>>33473218
I read
>>33473111
>>33473206
Drink
>>33473206
All sorts of things
>>33473116
>>33473148
>>33473218

Telling her you do magic and some random stuff seems to be the general consensus.

Writing...

>>33473486

[X] You do all the things.

“I do a bit of this and a bit of that. An occasional movie, magic, reading, conjuring walls of flesh, exercising, binding animals to my will, you know, the boring stuff. Maybe I’ll try to picking up cooking.” You grin as you answer.

She gives you a slight nod. “I see.”

“Does my presence here bother you?” You ask. “I mean, I understand if it does, we haven’t really seen in years and then I suddenly call for a place to sleep in.”

She shakes her head with an “Umhn”. “It’s fine. I don’t… mind.” She says, letting out a small yawn.

The girl’s eyes turn towards the stove. “Coffee?”

“Sure.” You accept her offer.

>Is there anything specific you want to talk to Cecil about?

[] Ask her about…(What?)
[] Talk to her about… (What?)
[] Wait until she falls asleep and create a bond with your familiar in the bathroom. (Which? Options in the Pastebin.)
[] Do something else. (Write-in)

>>33474056
Wanna create magic bond?

>>33474056
Study.
Magic.

For real, we such ass.

>>33474056
Ask if we can take a shower at some point or if she's planning on using it just in case so we don't accidentally walk in on each other or something.
Ask about her favourite foods, I guess if we do end up trying cooking.
Don't suppose we can make a Servant/Hive combination?
Ask her if she wants to see a Familiar Bonding.
Plan on tomorrow's foods.

>>33474056
Talk to her about your shared past, if she's happy, and what she's looking towards. We need to be sure if we're going to pull her into this, one way or another.
She obviously wants to talk, what with the coffee while tired, and there is her lack of pants and how she just let us in with no questions.
Either likes us, friend or more, or is desperate for company.

>>33474187
Voting for this

>>33474056
If we make a hive mind of crows, could we have other familiars with different types of bonds outside the hive mind?

>>33474056
>[] Wait until she falls asleep and create a bond with your familiar in the bathroom. (Which? Options in the Pastebin.)
Host. Obviously.

>>33474056
We gotta become bird while staying human and cat and wasp queen AKA hivemind

>>33474255
For the crows we should go hive if we can have more than 1 type of familiar

>>33474056
>>33474187
>>33474225
this

>>33474251
You can have as many familiars as you want and have a different bond with each.

The benefit of hivemind is that it gives you multiple familiars capable of acting together, though they become reliant on each other, meaning their individual performance is worse.
Making a hive out of your crow now means going out and getting more crows.

>>33474426
Since it will be asked, can humans be familiars, willingly or not? What would it do to their minds?

>>33474310
No, only for later crows. Since we still have only one, best to do the best solitary familiar option.

Not that powergaming is that important since there's no goal here.

>>33474491
Yes, why not. There's a level of enforced obedience involved with every familiar bond which makes them more willing to follow and obey you though if you want to find exactly what it does you'll have to try it yourself.

>>33474627
How hard would it be for us to grow working wings?

I'll write some more chatting while you talk about the familiar bond.

>>33474662
It would require a lot more than just wings to make you fly on your own and you can't even create working anything yet.
You may be able to so in the future but it's beyond you right now.

>>33474491
>>33474627
Let's not do anything to Cecil, at least not yet. Would still like to know her better before we go snatching her up into the oddity that has become our life.

For now, yes, just chat her up as we internally consider which bond, though I vote for Host.

What about making this one into Harbinger and then make it take other crows as hive familiars?

Let's just make this one a Servant.

>>33474824
Switching to a different bond (or eliminating it altogether) is something you can do but the familiar loses all abilities it got from the previous bond. Notice that as you learn more stuff you can enchant familiars to be better at something or modify aspects of the bond.
Think of these options as classes that you can level up later on.

>>33475090
So i vote for hive.

>>33475090
1 more for hive

>>33475090
Let's make this one a Servant, the rest can be Hives.
(Saber now, Casters later)

>>33475090
Harbringer.

I dislike the idea of a dependent familiar right now, having more independent allies just seems more useful.

testing

>>33476135
Obvious failure.

>>33474056
study some magic,
see about disappearing what you summon
so we dont leave evidence everytime we summon flesh

>>33476194
No banishing
QM said so

>>33476276
damn, missed that
well, that sucks, maybe see about concentrating it into a solid ball, same mass, higher density
then toss it into the ocean or something
we should have rolled a less messy power

>>33474056

[X] Chatting.

Cecil fills a kettle with water and puts it on the electric stove.

“Planning to take a shower tonight?” You ask her.

She shakes her head with an “Umhn” that translates to ‘no’.

“I see. I’ll probably take one later.” You let your eyes wander around the room before settling to the cabinet full of toys, figurines, VHS and DVDs. You actually recognize most of them as something she got as a kid, though they do look significantly better than they should.
Well, that’s something you could talk about.

“I think I recognize some of those. Are they the same ones you always had?”

She takes coffee pot and some filters from the cupboard. ”Umh.” She nods.

“How’s life treating you? Are you happy?” You ask a more serious question.

She thinks for a while before answering. “I’m fine. Better than before.”

“What about the future? Looking forward to anything?”

Cecil freezes and her body stiffens. It takes minutes for the girl to get snapped out of it by the kettle is boiling. She quickly scrambles to it and pours the hot water into a coffee filter. She turns to look at you with a strange expression. “Sure.”

“Are you lonely?”

She turns to you and nods almost immediately. The coffee seems to be ready as she pours it to two cups, leaving yours black and pouring plenty of milk and sugar into her own.

“Any favorite foods you’d like me to try out?”

She takes a moment before giving you an answer. “Anything sweet.”

>cont.

>>33476324
>should have rolled
We chose this power, not rolled for it.
We could have chosen much less messy ones.

>>33476324
I think we should make our flesh less human
Like make it rot faster
Or we could create some creature that consumes it

>>33476340
You take a cup of coffee from her and begin to chat about anything that comes to your mind, from stuff you did as kids to what she watched from the TV during the day. She’s not much of a conversationalist, mostly just answering your questions with incoherent sounds and emotes.

Finally, she falls asleep and you move to the bathroom with the crow at your side.

> Now, what kind of bond do you want to establish?

[] Servant, a familiar that can act independently and keep an eye on things as you sleep.
[] Harbringer, a familiar that can support you and act in your stead.
[] Host, a familiar you can act through.
[] Hive, the beginning of your own little army.

>Tonight's Magical Heir Quest is sponsored by my neighbor's wi-fi

>>33476385
Hive

>>33476385
>Servant, a familiar that can act independently and keep an eye on things as you sleep.
I think our first familiar should be independent and as was said we can change later if we need to

And a toast to your neighbor's wi-fi, may it hold strong

>>33476385
Can't host act on it's own while you're asleep as well? I don't see any reason not to take host over servant.

>>33476385
a servant
then when we go out, in the morning, get a different crow to as as our host, just want something to watch things for the next couple of days for sure
we are a mage without a plan, vulnerable

>>33476385
>[X] Servant, a familiar that can act independently and keep an eye on things as you sleep.

Got a crazy mage out there somewhere and the police might come knocking at some point we need a extra pair of eyes

>>33476385
>[x] Servant, a familiar that can act independently and keep an eye on things as you sleep.

>>33476454
I guess the key difference between host and servant (while not in possession) is that the host is non-verbal, while the servant is language and has the emphatic link
then we can also do what >>33476470 said and get another crow for host

>>33476385
Harbringer for sure

>>33476385
Servant please, the hive can cone later

>>33476385
Harbringer

Hive
>>33476421
Servant
>>33476470
>>33476470
>>33476477
>>33476479
>>33476663
Harbringer
>>33476568
>>33476726

Alright, writing...

>>33476776
Tommorrow we need to watch some anime with Cecil,
pick out a DVD from her rack that has a magic theme tonight, and grab that one when we ask if she will watch anime with us , then during or after we watch an episode or two, ask if she wishes she could learn magic

>>33476776
Oh what.

I missed it and nobody voted Host. man.

>>33476915
Cool plan, but wait for a vote

>>33476776
[X] Servant.

You begin by using a knife you took from the kitchen to cut your own finger and pouring it on a small plate.
Using this as paint, you begin drawing symbols on the bathroom floor; one larger circle surrounded by runic markings from the book. You then carefully make the crow bleed onto a different plate and draw a smaller circle with it.
You then pour all the blood into a single vessel and use it to connect these circles with three lines.

The process of drawing perfect circles and lines was challenging enough that you were forced to conjure flesh in order to get some mana for assistance. You hope it doesn’t plug the toilet.

Once all the preparations are done, you step into the larger circle as you familiar steps into the smaller one. You crouch to touch the blood and pour mana into it. The blood shines red as fleshy appendages surround you, warping around you two until you feel feedback from the bond, various emotions rushing to you through it; curiosity, confusion, fear, understanding.

The tentacles melt, covering you and the floor in blood.

>cont.

>>33477479
“Kaw?” Your familiar asks and you know it means something like ‘What now?’.

>Name of your familiar?

[] Write-in.

You spend rest of the night cleaning the mess. You actually have to get some cleaner to get it off the gaps between the ceramic tiles.

By the time you’re done you are way too tired to do anything more tonight.

> What do you dream of?

[] Possibilities.
[] The past.
[] Power.
[] Something different.

>>33477479
>The tentacles melt, covering you and the floor in blood.
Right then, no more magic at home.
Goddammit, this flesh school better be worth this.

>>33477509
The possibilities after the past, where we were and where we're going.

>>33477509
Name: Lucius
Dream: Possibilities.

>>33477509
[x] name
Urshanabi.

[x] Possibilities.

>Name of your familiar
Nevermore

>[X] Possibilities

If we can avoid getting arrested for doing all this crazy stuff the possablitys are endless

>>33477509
Nevermore

>>33477509
Edgar for its name

and dream of possibities

>>33477509
Edgar
Possibilities

>>33477509
NAME THIS NIGGA BIRD JON
>[x] Possibilities.
We need to know what might happen

>>33477509
>Nevermore
>Possibilities

Lucius
>>33477578
Urshanabi
>>33477593
Nevermore
>>33477661
>>33477690
>>33477891
Edgar
>>33477693
>>33477738
Jon
>>33477833

Possibilities
>Everyone

Writing...

>>33477960
Dammit I'm too late again.

Edgar was better than Nevermore, though Jon was better still.

>>33477509
Eadgar sounds good
[] dream about crow's past and his thoughts

>>33477960

[X] The Future.

You are walking through a corridor. With every step you change a little, your comfortable jacket grows longer forming a robe, to your hand forms a metal staff with a large blob of flesh with an eyeball looking around in it on the rod’s tip, the book at your hip grows thinker and a small beard begins forming on your chin.

You step out of the tunnel to find yourself on the roof of a high building.

To your right you see a city covered in flesh, abominations running on the streets and soldiers desperately try to shoot them just to have their bullets bounce back. There you sit on a throne of pulsating flesh, looking down on the unfolding events.

To your left you see a sunken city overtaken by plant life. You see yourself walk the streets with an ever-growing crowd following you, the flora being replaced by blood vessels that push the building out of the ground.

Directly in front of you is a long path leading to a spiraling tower of flesh that reaches the clouds.

You turn around and see a field with numerous paths and destinations, each with a slightly different version of yourself surrounded by different scenery. Some are alone, others surrounded by large crowds of various creatures.

You see something approach in the distance, coming closer and closer with every passing second.

Just it comes close enough for you to recognize it, you wake up.

>cont.

>>33478661
It’s 7 a.m. and you are lying on the sofa where you fell asleep. Cecil is already up, looking at you with a cup of coffee in her hand.

>You have an hour until you have to start heading to school. What do you do?

[] Write-in.

>>33478683
Ask Cecil if she wants to hang out after your classes

>>33478683
Hit on Cecil and make breakfast for both.

>>33478661
>thinker
A strange typo. It's literally midway between 'thinner' and 'thicker', proving itself completely ambiguous.

>>33478683
Cook again.

>>33478703
going with this add in make breakfast for both of us

>>33478721
Thicker, the word was supposed to be thicker.

>>33478683
make some breakfast for her and yourself
get shit ready for classes, im assuming we lost our notes in our apartment, maybe grab some bio books from the library in college, get more familiar with the scientific aspect of our power, so we can make more complicated forms

>>33478683
Make breakfast for the two of us, then change for school.
Do we have our job after school today?

>>33478837
You have some free time after classes with work in the evening.

>>33478683
Thank her for the coffee, ask about how she slept, check on our raven, then off we go?

So the general consensus seems to be cooking breakfast, making small talk and getting ready.

Writing...

>>33478683
Break fasts, platonically.

Still waiting for actual plot to happen.

>>33479143

[X] Breakfast

“Morning.” You mumble, still half asleep as you get up from the couch towards the kitchen.

Cecil greets you with a nod and hands you a cup of black coffee which you gluck down with a single swing, burning your tongue.

Now that you’re up, you take some eggs and ham from the fridge and sugar and salt from the kitchen cabinet. You chop the ham into cubes and mix the ingredients in a glass before pour it on the pan.

“How was your night?” You ask as you throw Nevermore a piece of cheap ham. The bird lets out a “Kaw” that translates roughly to ‘no problems’ while the girl mumbles a sound you assume to mean ‘fine’.

After eating the breakfast, a sweet ham omelet, you go to bathroom to change clothes and then head out, saying quick good byes to Cecil.

You ride the moped to the heart of the city, the local university around which the town has formed.

>What do you study here?

[] Physics.
[] Chemistry.
[] Engineering.
[] Philosophy.
[] History.
[] Biology.
[] Medicine.
[] Society.
[] Geography.
[] (Write-in.)

>>33479764
Medicine and chemistry!

>>33479764
>Biology
we are a fleshmancer so it would help i guess

>>33479764
>[x] Engineering.
STEM Master Race!

>>33479764
[x] Medicine
[x] Biology
Can we pick two? Because these would be helpful.

>>33479764
medicine, but taking extra bio classes
we are smart and dedicated

>>33479764
>[X] Biology
>[X] Medicine
Those would be helpful with the fleshmancy we are working on

>>33479764
Chemistry and biology

We shall master life.

>>33479764
Bio major, minoring in chem

Med
>>33479794
>>33479858
>>33479869
>>33479928
Bio
>>33479796
>>33479858
>>33479869
>>33479928
>>33479961
>>33480087
Chem
>>33479794
>>33479961
>>33480087
Eng
>>33479804


Biology seems to be winning.
Do you want to be medical major with biology minor or biology major with chemistry minor?

>>33480285
bio major with chem

>>33480285
Thinking about it there would be more money in medicine so my vote is
>med major, bio minor

>>33480285
>Med major, Bio minor
This is going to help us in the long run.

>>33480285
med major, bio minor
we will revolutionize medicine with cheap grown organs and skin grafts that all never get rejected
growing limbs and pns systems, we will become so rich, and so loved, perfect to run for president and rule the world, better to be respected and feared, rather than just feared

>>33480285
bio major

chem minor

We might start messign around with bacteria and shit, growing our own viruses then pumping them to crazy levels with magic

>>33480285
Bio chem

>>33480285
Med Major with Bio Minor.
That way we can do trauma and first aid if it ever comes up.

>>33480285
bio major, chem minor

>>33480285
bio and chem

>>33480285
medicine with bio minor
get rich buddy

>>33480650
You know who makes more money than doctors?

Biochemists who make fucking wonder drugs

>>33480285
eh Bio and chem then

While med will help us in healing bodys and also help with making new ones chem is far more useful on everyday fleshwork we should brush up on medicine with any free time we got tho

>>33480285
Med major and bio minor

>>33480285
Bio major, chem minor

>>33480285
>Med & Bio.

>>33480285
Biochem

Chem
>>33480317
>>33480481
>>33480547
>>33480577
>>33480581
>>33480679
>>33480700
>>33480741

Med
>>33480321
>>33480422
>>33480458
>>33480566
>>33480650
>>33480684
>>33480739

Tied enough that i'm going to call a recount here.
You know how this works, link to this post with the number and only the number
1 for Chem
2 for Med

>>33480798
>2

>>33480798
1

>>33480798
1

>>33480798
1

>>33480798
2

>>33480798
2

>>33480798
1

>>33480798
1

...and that's five minutes, Writing...

>>33480798
1

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>biochem major
Haha, time to synthesize LSD with university lab equipment!

>>33480798
1

>>33481112
too late mate
the vote has been decided, bio major, chem minor

>>33480798
2

>>33481135
...that's what that anon voted for as well friend

>>33480798
>2

>>33481219
ha, didnt even read it right, oh well

>>33480957
[X] Biology and chemistry

You are a student of biology with some chemistry classes added in, you’ve also been considering going full biochemist at some point during your education.

You drop by the library to pick up the necessary books for today’s lectures, before going to your first class as your own copies are still stuck in your apartment.

---

Six hours later you walk out of the chemistry building.

>Now that you’re done with your formal education for the day, what do you want to do?

[] Go to Cecil’s apartment.
[] Time for some (magical) self-studying.
[] Go to the woods to practice your spells.
[] Drop by the library to pick up some books on something. (What?)
[] Rent a movie before heading to Cecil.
[] Something else? (Write-in)

>>33481696
>[x] Something else? (Write-in)
Call up the police, ask them when we can get our textbooks and stuff back from our apartment. We kind of need them for classes.

Do we have a laptop? Did it survive?

>>33481709
You do own a laptop, though you don't know if it survived.

>>33481696
Let's try calling the police and seeing if they will let us get some stuff from the apartment. We need all of the things.

>>33481709
do this >>33481709 get out stuff if we can then see if Cecil wants to hang out before work

>>33481696
cecils aprartment, watch magical girl anime, ask if she wishes she were magic

>>33481696
Magical study, at Cecil's apartment for her company.

>>33481741
>you don't know if it survived
Our games! Our funny reaction photos!
Our porn!!

>>33481696
>>33481709
>pick up your stuff
I'm assuming we didn't have insurance so we should see if anything survived.

>>33481812
>Our porn!!
NOOOOOOOOO

>>33481696
>Acquire plot

>>33481996
Yeah maybe unlocking more circles of magic will make something actually happening.

>>33481696
>[] Time for some (magical) self-studying.
Get the circles or whatever.

Attract villains come on.

>>33481696
Rent a movie before heading to Cecil

You seem to want to call the cops to get some stuff from your apartment before heading to Cecil's

Writing...

>>33481996
Patience, we're a bit behind the schedule but something is going to happen soon enough.

>>33482075
Finally.

Hopefully grandfather's death was not natural causes.

>>33482044
Well we know that there are other mages in the city, it's just the fact that people wanted to go home instead of follow him.

>>33482104
> follow the super good fire mage when we could barely conjure flesh

pls

>>33481696
Rent a movie before heading to Cecil

>[X] Rent a movie before heading to Cecil

>>33482202
If we can't be a fire mage I at least want to know one

>>33482282
as far as we know we're treding on thin ice because he's apparently got some form of sanctuary in the city, so I think steering clear of him for now would be best

>>33482315
He didn't actively try to kill us, I think once we can competently defend ourselves we should look for him.

>>33482366
Shooting two fireballs at us isnt actively trying to kill us?

>>33482366
didnt he throw fire at us?

>>33482392
>>33482400
he was testing us, and got very embarrassed when he realised we were new, and not evil
he also was a little ashamed when we said that he could have fucking just talked to us

>>33482392
>>33482400
Well he did stop throwing fireballs at us after we told him the situation. I don't really consider that actively trying to kill us.

>>33482451
>he was testing us
And if we'd failed, we would have burned to death.

That still counts as him trying to kill us.

>>33481696
rent a movie, get something anime with a magic setting

>>33482455
after he tried to burn you to death.

Do you have no sense of time?

>>33482075

[X] You want your stuff.

You take your phone and pick the police station’s number from your call history. You have to wait in a line for a while before somebody picks up and you get to explain your business.
The cheerful woman on the other side of the line assures you that you can go fetch whatever you need from the apartment as soon as an officer comes to escort you.

You ride to your apartment, where an older male officer is actually waiting for you.
As soon as you enter the room, you notice that they have cleaned it up quite a bit, gathering the remains of your microwave from the floor and taking the broken window off.
You grab your laptop, which seems like it has been tampered with though your unnecessary amount of illegally downloaded movies and videogames remain untouched, as well as some more clothes and textbooks. Your laptop’s charger, along with most electronics, is fucked though, meaning you have five to six hours of battery-life left before you’ll need to figure something out.

Once you’re done with that you head to Cecil’s apartment where you hear a commotion on the building’s hallway. As you approach the situation, you see an angry woman banging on Cecil’s door yelling. “Cecilia! Open this door right now!”

>What do you do?

[] Approach the woman, ask what is going on.
[] Go around to the back, climb into the room through a window.
[] (Write-in)

>>33482596
>Approach the woman, ask what is going on
Cecil is letting us crash at her place, may as well be useful

>[X] Approach the woman, ask what is going on

>>33482636
That could turn out worse for everyone. I vote
>[X] Go around to the back, climb into the room through a window.

And damn, I wanted to rent an anime movie before we got home.

She would've loved Summer Wars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cy596M1MOg

>>33482596
[x] Approach the woman, ask what is going on.
If we called Cecil before we can do it again if this goes south

>>33482588
In a world where magic exists there is no such thing as too much caution. I'm just saying he had no idea what our capabilities were, as far as he knew we might try and kill him.

>>33482596
approach woman and ask

>>33482691
She's probably already seen it

>>33482596
Approach the woman!

>>33482596
>[x] Go around to the back, climb into the room through a window.

>>33482596
>[] Go around to the back, climb into the room through a window.
Landlords and guests don't mix

>>33482702
I don't care how reasonable he was to do it.

You, or someone, were saying he wasn't trying to kill you. Which is completely, stupidly false.

>>33482754
No you fool. You might not even be supposed to be there.

>>33482596
>[] Go around to the back, climb into the room through a window.

>>33482930
Well hopefully not all mages are like that. I still want to see what a mage with experience can do though.

>>33482596
>[] Go around to the back, climb into the room through a window.

Rolled 2

1.Woman
>>33482636
>>33482643
>>33482702
>>33482714
>>33482754
2.Window
>>33482691
>>33482827
>>33482900
>>33482930
>>33483002

Seems like a tie unless i missed a vote somewhere. Rolling then writing...

>>33483090
Haha! Buttflustered landlord avoided!

>>33483090

Why do you roll sometimes, other times demand a new vote? Seems like you should just pick one and stick with it when there is a tie

>>33483118
Mostly, if there's a drastic raise in the number of votes, and/or both sides keep getting more and more votes a minute or so apart i usually call a revote to weed out the few samefags, otherwise i just roll a die.

>>33482596
Back door

>>33483090

[X] Through the window.

You slowly back away from the woman and exit the building. Fortunately Cecil’s room is in the first floor, which means you can just climb in the through the window, which is exactly what you’re going to do.

You throw the stuff you picked up from your apartment - you do wrap the laptop in your clothes before throwing it – then climb in yourself.

As soon as you enter the room you notice two things: the door has been locked with the chain lock and Cecil is sitting in the far corner hugging her knees.

“What’s going on?” You ask her.

She raises her head to look at you as the woman keeps yelling. “Cecilia! We let you move on your own because you promised to show up to the sessions every Monday. Now stop being silly and come out.”

“Help…” The girl in front of you mumbles.

>What now?

[] Open the door.
[] Talk to the woman through the door. (What do you say?)
[] Say something to Cecil. (What?)
[] Sit next to Cecil and wait it out.
[] (Write-in)

>>33483595
>Sit next to Cecil and wait it out.
>Ask Cecil what this is about

>>33483595
>[x] Sit next to Cecil and wait it out.
>Ask her what this about

>>33483595
>[] Sit next to Cecil and wait it out.
>[] Say something to Cecil. (What?)
"Should I tell her to go away?

>>33483595
>[X] Say something to Cecil. (What?)
What does she want you to do?

Oh, and make some kind of physical comforting contact with her.

>[X] Talk to the woman through the door. (What do you say?)

>>33483595
>[x] Say something to Cecil. (What?)
"What sessions is she talking about?"

>>33483658
you're supposed to give something for her to say

>>33483621
>>33483634
these

>>33483708
yea but i can't think of anything useful too say so just throwing my vote in on what i think we should do

>>33483727
Then you're not actually voting for anything you dumb butt.

>>33483791
SHOTS FIRED

Ask what this is about.
>>33483621
>>33483634
>>33483689
What should you do?
>>33483639
>>33483647

Writing...

>>33483912
[X] Sit down and ask questions.

You sit down next to her and put your hand on her shoulder. “Can you tell me what is going on? What session is she talking about?” You ask, making sure to talk as softly as possible.

Cecil shakes, her lips move as she is desperately looking for the right words. “Th-they put us in small rooms with these circles on the floor, a-and then everything goes green and then we…” She gulps.

“…Then we kill people.”

You notice the banging as stopped as your senses grow sharper. It takes you a moment to realize exactly what it means: somebody is casting nearby.

>Actions?

[] (Write-in)

>>33484189
get ready to shield

>>33484189
Grab her and bolt out the window, no time to waste.
Send our Raven up to reconnoiter the building as we book it.

Shit just got shadowrun.

>>33484189
oh shit son,
lets get our mana pumped up, its time to blast some fool with a blast of flesh
if the door opens, and the person is aggressive, blast them with giblets

>>33484189
Tell our familiar to scout around. See what the woman outside is doing.

Cast Flesh Whip.

>>33484189
How bout you both just escape through that window?

Grab some pants on the way out to put on later.

>>33484189
FUCK. We don't have enough time to prepare Reject. I say we get Cecil to move, and prepare a Calling circle and activate it if they turn out to be hostile.

>>33484219
Going with this no wonder she is so quite

>>33484189
Start to prep to cast calling

If this is going to be a fight I say we use the power of TENTACLE RAPE!

>>33484189
escaping with her fast through the window, leave our familiar to watch the inside through the window after we book it

>>33484189
Get Ce out the window and hidden, then sit on the couch and pretend this is our apartment when lady busts in

Be ready to defend ourselves, though

>>33484189
As much flesh on the door as we can manage and out the back window.

>>33484189
Set up a Calling in the middle of the room while motioning Cecil to grab our stuff and go out the window.
Have Edgar fly outside and make sure that no one is trying to flank us.

>>33484189
Time to grab out box of extremely valuable alchemical shit and vamoose.

Leaving a trap will make it obvious there's a new mage at work so might not want to do that.

>>33484412
but we can't just let them HAVE cecil

if we incapacitate this fuckwad we might get some answers

>>33484455
technically you can.

but she can escape out the window too obviously, that was implied.

Shield
>>33484210
Run
>>33484219
>>33484250
>>33484284
>>33484319
>>33484354
>>33484412
Bolt
>>33484220
Recon+whip of flesh
>>33484235
Calling
>>33484393
>>33484306
>>33484253

Running seems to win.

Do you want to make a quick Calling circle first?
[] Y
[] N

Grab the box of your magical stuff?
[] Y
[] N

>>33484529
y, y but do the calling circle first`

>>33484529
Yes to both and can we get Cecil to get our box?

>>33484529
N, it will give away that there was aanother mage here.

Y, because leaving it will giveaway there was another mage here.

>>33484529
N to Calling
Y to box of magical stuff

>>33484529
Yes
and
Yes

>>33484529
N
Y

Call
>>33484544
>>33484570
>>33484829
Don't
>>33484708
>>33484779

Okay, give me 3x1d100.

Rolled 60

>>33484851
fucking finally

a chance for failure

Rolled 45

>>33484851
Here goes nothing

Rolled 34

>>33484892
>>33484851
>>33484869
FUCK

Rolled 99

>>33484851
Go go tentacle power

>>33484881
>>33484915
>>33484916
Writing...

>>33484975
[X]Run! 60=failure.

“We’re getting out of here.” You say as you get up from the floor and start preparing a Calling circle on the floor in the middle of the room.

Cecil just stares at you confused until you finish with the circle and throw some pants her way before moving to take your inheritance with you.

A moment too late you realize that another wave of mana washes over you, leaving you with enough time to scream instructions to the girl. “Out of the window, now!”

The door flies off its hinges with great force, knocking you over with the crate on your back. You see the woman enter the room with a short metal rod in her hand as she loads a series of cylinders into it.

The Calling circle triggers and tentacles lash out at her. You notice Cecil jumping out of the window as the surprised woman pulls out a knife and cuts a tentacle that had gotten her right hand.

>What do you do?

[] Write-in.

>I’ll write a couple more updates before stopping for the night.

Rolled 70

>>33485225
Bolt! As in, the spell.

Rolled 71

>>33485225
Grab our bag and run

>>33485225
get crowbro to follow Cecil in case we lose her
Use bolt to try and incapacitate/slow the pursuer while we make our escape

>>33485225
>>33485271

Seconded.

Rolled 16

>>33485225
>[X] Bolt the shit out of her

Rolled 24

>>33485271
this and shoot her wand hand with bolt

Bolting her and running seems to be winning.

Writing...

>>33485439

[X] Bolt and run. 71+10=minimal success.

“Follow her!” You bark a command to your familiar as you begin casting bolt at the woman while she is preoccupied with your Called tentacles. Realizing your plan just in time, she waves the metal wand sending out another push of force that causes your bolt to scatter before reaching its target.
This gives you enough time to get back on your feet and grab the bag you brought earlier by the window.

You leap out of the window, rushing towards your familiar’s presence. The further away from the room you get, the less mana you feel around.

You finally reach panting Cecil and the crow few blocks away from the apartment. There doesn’t seem to be any mana nearby, meaning that you probably got away or at the very least are not near anyone actively using magic.

>What now?

[] Call your father and secure a place to sleep for the two of you.
[] Go hide in the woods; you’re pretty sure you can get a tent or something somewhere.
[] Stay in town, you’ve got work later this evening.
[] Say something to Cecil. (What?)
[] (Write-in.)

Rolled 91

>>33485711
> Say something to Cecil

"It's okay. I'll call my dad and see if he can get us a place to stay for a while."

> Call dad.

>>33485711
>[] Call your father and secure a place to sleep for the two of you.
They'll never look for her there.

Rolled 29

>>33485711
Say something to Cecil

It'll be okay. We'll figure something out.

Go hide in the woods, you're pretty sure you can get a tent or something somewhere.

We'll be better off outside with our familar considering his ariel advantages

Dad
>>33485785
>>33485828
Woods
>>33485894

Writing, last update for the night...

>>33485973
[X] Father.

You put a hand on Cecil’s shoulder, making her look at you. “It’ll be okay. I’ll call dad and we can figure something out.

She gives you a meek nod and you pull out your phone….

>End of thread 3.

That's it for the night. Feel free to leave comments and such, i'll notice them later.

Somebody please archive this, i must sleep now.