A newspaper has been left at your door, as it is most days. Newspapers are a bit old fashioned, really. Seldom few remain in print. They're mostly considered a luxury item ordered primarily by old bastards unwilling to let go of the past, but you've always enjoyed being able to flip physical pages instead of just scrolling down a screen. You pluck the paper up absentmindedly before unlocking your door and slipping inside.

You have to be careful to avoid stepping on any glass as you make your way inside. You're honestly surprised neither you nor Sally have cut yourselves on a shard of glass. You toss the paper on the kitchen counter and then return to the foyer, pulling open a coat closet to reveal a giant vacuum cleaner, among other bits and bobs. You haul it off of its charging station and press down the power button, the machine roaring to life. It takes you only a moment to clear the tile floors of any hazardous refuse.

Once you're confident no dangers remain to either your or your dog's feat you make your way into the kitchen and haul open the sliding glass door. Sally comes bolting towards you, but slows before the doorway to bump her head against your thigh. Her tail is wagging fast enough that it shakes the door frame with every impact. It's nice to have someone who's always happy to see you when you get home.

You take a moment to scratch behind her ears and assess the bandages wrapped around her ribs. You're not sure how long they're supposed to stay there, you're not really intimately familiar with the treatment of a dog's broken rib. You're pretty sure they just reset the bone and discourage physical exertion, but who knows? It might be different for animals. Regardless, she seems to be doing fine, though she's definitely a bit less playful than usual.
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Satisfied that your dog is okay, you fill her bowl with dry food and then make your way into the near-by den, collapsing onto an overstuffed couch and kicking off your dress shoes. You realize with some annoyance that you never actually got to eat anything, though oddly enough you're not just terribly hungry anymore...

>Better fix something to eat anyway.
>Turn on netflix and just relax for a while, then catch an early night.
>Change clothes and then see about unloading your various new purchases from the car.
>You think Claire wanted you to call her after you got off work, or was she going to call you?
>Go exploring in the woods. Maybe you'll get a chance to speak with Anastasia, or meet a new spirit.

>>35393528
woot

>>35393551
>>Change clothes and then see about unloading your various new purchases from the car.

>>Go exploring in the woods. Maybe you'll get a chance to speak with Anastasia, or meet a new spirit.

>>35393551
>Change clothes and then see about unloading your various new purchases from the car.

>>35393551
>Change clothes and then see about unloading your various new purchases from the car.
>Go exploring in the woods. Maybe you'll get a chance to speak with Anastasia, or meet a new spirit.

Rolled 3, 10, 5 + 6 = 24 (3d10 + 6)

>>35393551

>Better fix something to eat anyway
.>Change clothes and then see about unloading your various new purchases from the car.
Also, I forget where all the broken glass is from.

>>35393620
seconding >>35393620 I suppose

>>35393690
Our bitch wife shattered a vase while she was storming out of the house for no good reason.

>>35393690
relationship drama

>>35393551
>>Change clothes and then see about unloading your various new purchases from the car.
>>Better fix something to eat anyway.

I really want to call Claire but we have to do things one step at a time.
Hopefully when we do get a chance to talk to her Soma will be drunk.

>Change clothes, get stuff

>>35393610
>>35393685
>Adventure!

>>35393690
>>35393759
>Food!

You'll do both, since they're not really mutually exclusive.

>>35393759
Nymphofag pls go

>>35393853
'Twas a joke, friend. I honestly found nympho Claire rather offputting.

>>35393890
I find regular Claire off putting, fighting and bitching is fine, but out right bailing on a guy because they got a job without talking to you is a bit cray cray

>>35394056
To be fair, we did sign up for being a hitman, basically.

>>35394100
Repo man, anon there is a deference. We aren't hired to kill people just take their stuff. If they try to kill us while doing it, then we use as much force as needed to survive.

>>35394207
It's almost like signing up for the military without telling your spouse, only not quite as much time away from home. Still a lot though.

>>35394207
>their stuff
Not if the repo man is after, pay your fucking bills

You relax for several long moments, resting your eyes and absentmindedly running your fingers through your hair. Eventually you force yourself back to your feet, but you do so reluctantly to say the least. It's a weary march upstairs and into your bedroom, where you take a moment to change into gym shorts, a clean hoodie, and a pair of sneakers. Your suit and overcoat are laid out neatly on the bed, you'll need to run them into a dry cleaner's to get washed, the sea water from that boat trip has saturated the entire outfit.

Of course, you suppose it's not terribly pressing. After all, you were the only one in the office wearing a suit. Even your boss was dressed casually. Plus, you're going to be leaving for Antarctica in the near future. You're not even sure what you'd do with a suit in the Antarctic.

Banishing those thoughts from your mind you wander downstairs and into the kitchen to whip yourself up a light dinner. You're not hungry, but you know that logically you ought to be. You haven't eaten since breakfast. With that in mind you set to work preparing a simple omlette with fresh veggies, ham, and shredded cheese. It takes only a few minutes to cook and you manage to devour it even faster. Oddly enough, despite cleaning your plate you feel no more full.

Once you've eaten you push yourself up and make for the front door. Sally, who'd been sitting by your side while you ate, struggles up to her feet and follows you. Normally you'd be glad for the company on a walk through the woods, but in her injured state you doubt that would be wise. "Find your spot, Sal." You snap your fingers for emphasis, and she lowers her head as if she'd been chastened, wandering off towards her dog bed in the den.

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You slip outside and lock the door behind you, doing a few simple stretches to limber up. Once you feel sufficiently prepared, you make your way to the forest path and stare off into the darkened woods. The sun has already set, so it's almost pitch black beneath the forest cannopy. Your common sense tells you to just stick to the path, but somehow you doubt you'll find many spirits if you don't take any risk...

>Wander off into the woods at random, ignoring the trail completely.
>Wander the woods, but always stick close to the trail. No sense getting too crazy.
>Just walk along the trail, if you meet spirits you meet spirits; if you don't, you don't.

>>35394584
>>Wander the woods, but always stick close to the trail. No sense getting too crazy.
And bring your gun. We got murdered in these woods not 2 days ago.

>>35394584
>Wander the woods, but always stick close to the trail. No sense getting too crazy.
Use the flame buck for light.
Mostly just to get a feel for it.

>>35394584
>Wander the woods, but always stick close to the trail. No sense getting too crazy.

>>35394584
>Just walk along the trail, if you meet spirits you meet spirits; if you don't, you don't.
If this doesn't win, then at least stick close to the trail.

>>35394584
>>Wander the woods, but always stick close to the trail. No sense getting too crazy.
The gun is a great idea
Use our abilitays

>>35394647
Nah mate, do that when we're alone and not out in the open where anyone could happen upon us.

>>35394647
Seconding testing out the flame spirit as inconspicuously as possible

>>35394684
I don't think pyrokinesis is very inconspicuous, especially in the dark woods at night.

>Stick close to the trail
>Fetch a gun

Which gun would you like to fetch? You've got your PDW, which is fairly concealable but doesn't have any spiritual significance. You also have your rifle, but you couldn't exactly hide a gun that large. Same story with the laser rifle.

>Bring the Gewehr
>Bring the EMF Laser Rifle
>Bring the PDW.\

>>35394816
>All of them
Put a show for the spirits.

>>35394816
>Bring the PDW.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>35394816
>>Bring the Gewehr

Just say we're hunting varmints. It's a really common thing to do in rural areas. And we are doing this to familiarize ourselves with our spirits. I bet these woods will give Mr. Krieger a nice dose of melancholic nostolagia for his home.

>>35394816
>Bring the Gewehr
maybe we can take this chance to bind war

>>35394816
>PDW
don't want to scare everyone off with War
we really should look into bindig/pacting him though

>>35394816
>>Bring the PDW

>>35394816
>>Bring the Gewehr
I was hoping for something concealable, but our antique will do. Maybe we can get some target practice with war in!

If we do bring the Gewehr instead of the PDW I'd like to do some hunting with it.

>>35394816
>Bring the Gewehr

>>35394584
>>Wander off into the woods at random, ignoring the trail completely.

>>35394983
>>35394939
>>35394862
>>35394859
>Gewehr

>>35394838
>>35394869
>>35394883
>PDW

Writin', before we're all tied up again.

>>35395009
Oh, and can we bring the bayonet?

>>35394816
>>Bring the Gewehr
time to practice our spirit skills.

Reminder:
>>You may not be able to answer this, but is what's listed in the LQ character sheet for a spirit's power everything it can do at the moment(since it doesn't say hidden stuff of '?????'), or should we experiment with everything? Can experimenting result in upgrades/new skills/etc.?
>It's nowhere near everything a bind can do. Nowhere approaching. Experimentation will unlock new powers but that isn't the only way to unlock new powers. I've got a big reveal in mind.

>>35395438
Considering binding a spirit makes it easier to enforce our will on them, we can just force them to tell us what they can do. And for the not shit ones we can ask, like war, war is a bro

>>35395547
the buck we could likely ask.
That being said.. How does one get in contact with their spirits..

We should try and find an ice spirit and bind it for that cold resistance.

>>35395590
Soma has confirmed that Buck has animal intelligence.

>>35395592
We are in the woods, wendigo time?

>>35395695
>tries to make us want to eat people
>laughingdon.jpg
Wendigos ain't shit after dealing with gluttony

You stare into the darkness of the wood for a few moments before turning sharply on your heels and marching back towards your home. You slip back inside, Sally trotting out to greet you when she hears the door open. You ignore her, instead snatching your car keys off of the kitchen counter and heading back outside to pop open the trunk of your convertible. Ferrying all of the various goods you bought over the course of the day is a simple task, getting it all to fit in your closet less so.

Eventually you manage to pack everything away ergonomically and, that done, you sit down on your bed with the Gewehr 98 sprawled across your lap, four stripper clips, and a large box of surpluss ammunition. You go through the motions of loading each clip with five rounds, and then loading the rifle magazine with five rounds as well. That done, you slide back the bolt to chamber the first round and then slam it home, before flipping on the safety.

You take a moment to affix the bayonet to the end of the rifle, it's as easy as sliding the ring of the bayonet onto a rod protruding beneath the end of the barrel. Last but not least, you clip on the leather strap that serves to make carrying the weapon easier, then sling the weapon over one shoulder. Stuffing the four stripper clips into your hoodie pockets you make for the front door again. You find yourself standing up straighter almost without realizing it. Somehow, carrying this rifle just feels right.

You pat Sally on the head briefly before slipping out the door again, locking it behind you. You pause to inspect your lawn, absentmindedly planning out how to dig a trench system that would afford you the best defense in the event of a French charge. You're seriously considering going back inside to retrieve a piece of paper to start sketching out pillboxes and trench tunnels when you realize what you're doing. With some mild concern you dismiss these thoughts and keep walking towards the forest.
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As you stand once more at the precipice you're reminded of the Argonne Forest in north-eastern France. Now those, those woods were ancient. They'd seen the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. They'd been the site of ancient rituals practiced in honor of blood-drenched pagan gods. These woods... they simply don't have the same feel. The same forboding. You have nothing to fear from these woods.

You shake off the memory. You hadn't quite realized it, but you'd let yourself zone out. You spare a glance around the area before marching further up the trail, into the woods. After the first hundred feet or so, when all you can see is the forest around you and the trail in front of you, you start to wander a little wider. You zig-zag across the trail, passing from one side to the other and spending most of your time in the woods, picking your way through underbrush and over roots, than on the well trodden path. Still, you make a point of keeping in mind where the trail lies at all times.

You're perhaps a third of the way along the route when, on one of your delves off the trail, you notice a bobbing, flickering point of light. It seems to dance gracefully at the corner of your vision, but you're never quite able to focus on the point of light directly. After perhaps a minute of flitting about the light vanishes, only to reappear a moment later, further into the woods.

>Follow it. It's probably a fairly weak spirit.
>You got a bad feel about this, scoob... just keep walking.
>Write-in

>>35395621
So flame thrower and flame resistance.
and I am hoping since it's a spirit there may be a way to communicate with even animals.
>>35395724
You do know we have a eat flesh once a month anyhow. We can feed gluttony and satisfy our dead god at the same time which is nice.

>>35395753
>Wisps
No thank you, I'm not being led to my death. Thank you papa for teaching me about shit to avoid in woods. I feel useful

>>35395753
>>Follow it. It's probably a fairly weak spiri

>Lets go ice spirit. We need the cold/ice resistance for our trip!

>>35395753
>>Follow it. It's probably a fairly weak spirit.
It's what we came for, let's hunt some spirits!

Gotta say war can give some very interesting advice about certain subjects.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>35395753
>>You got a bad feel about this, scoob... just keep walking.

Guys, Wisps are seriously bad news. And we haven't learned to armor our minds yet.

>>35395753
>You got a bad feel about this, scoob... just keep walking.

>>35395753
>will-o-the-wisp
No thanks rhaggy

>>35395885
>Gotta say war can give some very interesting advice about certain subjects.
I am hoping we can order him to learn english or something, Between the order and the next time we see him. He should/could pick it up.

>>35395590
Meditation could probably work, or calling their name.
I was thinking maybe asking War if he will leave his fate to us out of loyalty could work for a pact? Wording would need improvements of course, but you know, worth thinking about. We should definitely see if he speaks something other than German though.
>>35395726
>>35395753
>all this mindfuckery
War confirmed powerful as shit, once again, and he's probably doing this unintentionally.
>shiny bullshit bait
You think I'm fucking stupid? Are they also playing music and shit?
>You got a bad feeling about this, scoob... just keep walking.
>>35395758
Buck definitely has more than flamethrower, probs at leat fireballs, coatig weapons in flames, etc.

>>35395941
This is me, and I want to say that I'm paranoid and only voted to keep walking because of that, binding a wisp would be cool as shit, and I'm not sure how they work in this setting anyway.

>>35395935
>not just having war teach us german
Learning a new language is better than teaching war English

>>35395990
>thinking wisps canbe bound
That's like trying to catch wind in a jar. Ya can't.

>>35395994
Guys, we don't even know if War only speaks German.
Besides, learning english is probably a fair bit easier than learning German, thouh we don't know either Don's or War's skills in the subject.

>>35396022
>implying
Except, if they're like emergence/sign/condensation of the forest's collective essence or something.

>>35395831
>>35395897
>>35395907
>>35395910
>>35395941
>Nope.png.gif.tif.mov.webm

>>35395859
>>35395885
>Follow it.

Looks like we're movin' on. Writin'!

>>35395753
>>Follow it. It's probably a fairly weak spirit.

>>35396092
>inb4 it comes after us, now out for blood after having its invitation for tea coldly rejected

>>35396038
>English
>easy to learn
Are you stupid or just dumb?
Also that just means more languages for war to teach us.

Actually, roooll me... 3d10 flat vs DC 18

Rolled 6, 10, 7 = 23 (3d10)

>>35396189
Soma whhyyy

>>35396189
Scratch that flat, I'll actually give a +4 mod to this from spirit bind bonuses. DC remains unchanged.

Rolled 6, 6, 2 = 14 (3d10)

>>35396189

Rolled 9, 3, 10 + 4 = 26 (3d10 + 4)

>>35396189
I like dice. They seem to like me.

Rolled 8, 10, 9 + 4 = 31 (3d10 + 4)

>>35396189

>>35396205
>>35396217
>>35396228
>27, 18, 30 vs DC 18
>Success!
Alright, writin'

>>35396253
Are great successes still a thing in this quest?

>>35396213
>A spirit of wars undying disciplne only gives us a +4
I'm dissapointed, unless gluttony gave us a glutton hex for shiny things

>>35396269
Nah, Great Successes aren't a thing but nor are Great Failures. Vys expenditure is also out.

>>35396284
I don't know why you think War would be the one offering us a bonus for spirit binds. We don't have a spirit bind with War.

>>35396182
>implying
Maybe not to native level, but it definitely is if you just want to communicate about mostly a specific topic.

>>35396316
He's obviously giving us boosts just for caring his rifle

>>35396386
Soma explicitly said "bonus from spirit bindings".
We have no spirit binding with War.

>>35396182
Do you actually think English is harder to learn than German?

>>35396410
Soma also typed a bunch of gibberish then fucked off one thread. I'm sure we should take it as the word of god

>>35396530
>he doesn't trust the so man

>>35396530
Fuck you that thread was gold, and Soma specifically stated it was retconned later. The spirit bindings bit is canon.

>>35396745
>gold
>retconned

>>35396782
He only retconned like 3 post at the end dude.

>>35396782
not that anon but
>nympho Claire
>not comedy gold
choose one

>>35396782
Comedy gold, I meant. Drunk Soma is a natural comedian.

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You find yourself transfixed by the motions of the spirit. It's twirling, twisting, graceful movements through the air. You notice yourself stepping towards it unwittingly, and halt yourself. You recall vague mention of ghost-lights which dwell in forest and bogs, lurring unwary travelers off the path and to their deaths. You spare the wisp one last glance and then tear your eyes away, turning to walk back towards the path.

Much to your confusion you find yourself facing an identical scene. The forest stretches out before you with no clear end in sight, a single mote of light dancing in the distance. You spare a glance over your shoulder to see the exact same scene behind you. The trees are even in the exact same position. It's... strange. Disorienting, to say the least.

Some subconscious compulsion tells you to start walking forward. It isn't like the Gluttony Spirit compelling you to tell it your true name. Rather, it's more like a gut feeling or some sort of instinct. Whatever the cause, it seems to pay off. You step through a strange barrier, warmth washing over you, and suddenly you find yourself standing on the trodden path. An illusion, a hallucination? You're not entirely sure.

Regardless you proceed down the path. Little else bothers you besides a deer, an actual, physical deer not some spiritual embodiment of one, running across the path in front of you. You stick to the path for the first few minutes after encountering the wisp but then resume your zig-zagging pattern across the trail.

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You notice a handful of smaller spirits gathered in a clearing ahead of you. They're a motley bunch. You see a rabit the size of a dog with a magnificent set of antlers. The word jackalope springs to mind unbidden. You'd probably be a little worried, were it not currently distracted chewing through the head of a strange, vaguely insectoid, spirit with long, rending claws on its forelegs and nothing but smoke extending past its skeletal ribcage. The jackalope is wounded fairly severely, but not as badly as the other spirit.

Besides those two, you note a mosquito-like spirit perched on a tree branch and a spirit reminiscent in many ways of a snake coiled on top of a rock. You feel the strange compulsion to tear at the rabbit with bare hands and teeth, to consume its spirit as it currently consumes its opponent.

>Take this opportunity to shoot the jackalope with your Gewehr.
>Observe, this looks kind of interesting.
>Follow your compulsion
>Write-in

>>35396975
>>Follow your compulsion

Rules of Nature baby. And I don't think this is gluttony this time.

>>35396975
>Take this opportunity to shoot the jackalope with your Gewehr.

>>35396975
>Take this opportunity to shoot the jackalope with your Gewehr.
Let's save the insect thing, maybe he'll be grateful and give us some sweet tips on spirit hunting

>>35396975
>Observe, this looks kind of interesting.
For a while, in case we don't get a prompt to get away
>Follow your compulsion
Time to see how our guests do things.
How is a spirit "reminiscent" of a snake? I kind of want to get poison if it's easy enough.

>>35396975
>A snake
Fuck of satan we aren't eating the rabbit

>>35396975
Important question, is this a gluttony like compulsion or a shaman gut feeling?

>>35396975
>>Take this opportunity to shoot the jackalope with your Gewehr.

>>35396975
>Take this opportunity to shoot the jackalope with your Gewehr.

Is the compulsion similar to the one's we have been getting from gluttony?

>>35397047
>save the insect
He's dead, Jim.
Besides, we would be saving it through hand-to-hand too, if it was alive, and then we could subdue them both.
I just hope it isn't the jackalope compelling us to attack it.

>People don't want to subdue the rabbit.
You do realize we can't subdue dead things, right?

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>>35397137
>Cannot subdue dead things.
>Entire quest about binding spirits of the dead

>inb4 we become Sena from Sengoku Youko, except with tattoos and spirit powers
not that I'd be against it very much.

>>35396975
Follow compulsion

>>35397168
>spirits of the dead
>implying
spirits!=ghosts, nigga

>>35397113
You don't know, it could still be alive. It was never stated dead. Also the jackalope and bug thing aren't an angler fish like lure I will be surprised

>>35397064
It's got a long, legless body, a roughly diamond-shaped head. Except its head is disproportionately large, and it has distinctly human eyes.

>>35397014
>>35397064
>>35397192
>Follow compulsion

>>35397029
>>35397047
>>35397100
>>35397105
>Shoot Jackalope

>>35397064
>Observe

>>35397098
It's sorta got a gluttony-esque feel but at the same time it feels very right, like it's what you're supposed to do. At the same time, it's definitely not a gut feeling.

Anyway, writin'

>>35397202
The fuck you think antasia is?

>>35397239
Right so gluttoby wants it, and so does something else? War? He'd be up for crushing a distracted enemy

>>35397259
Someone who doesn't speak Russian, for one thing.

>>35397289
>someone
So you agree she's a ghost?

>>35397347
No? Would you not refer to sentient non-humans as someone?
Besides, even if she is one, doesn't mean tohers are too, and she'd be a spirit born of a ghoet at most. Which, I'd argue, is a separate existence, and would be considered "alive" in its spirit from until it was destroyed.

>>35397280
More like recreational hunting to beef up the rations for the coming winter. Might even make him nostalgic.

Can someone tell me why they didn't want to fight the rabbit and subdue it like we did with the Buck?

>>35397455
For one we don't have someone to hold it while we punch of binding it.
For two going full rip and tear isn't fighting, it's eating it. And I doubt eating it would bind it.
Also gluttony wants it, fuck gluttony

>>35397496
>bindig a spirit and not even using it
Is this what we passed that DC25 for? To ignore him when it'd help us?
Remember, we have Gluttony and Buck with us now, the rabbit is injured, and the subduing doesn't require us to keep our hand in his stomach for 1.27 hours. We wouldn't need someone to hold it down.
Besides, our melee skills are better than our shooting skills.
Gluttony migt even give us claws and shit, besides(what I think is) teleportation.

>>35397455
Because the fucker is an oversized rabbit. You ever try to chase a rabbit on foot? They move like white lightening

>>35397574
Hahahah Gluttony wont go out of its way to help us, all it wants is freedom.

>>35397638
It will never get freedom, anon, don't be paranoid. Even if he doesn't mean to help us, our goals are eligned right now.
>>35397631
It's a severely wounded rabbit that currently is in the middle of eating/killng something, who probably thinks we're just a regular human.

>>35397638
All it wants is everything. It isn't a single entity as it is an embodiment of that desire. If our actions and intentions fall in step with that there is no reason it wouldn't help us.

You raise your rifle and brace it against your shoulder, flicking the safety off and sliding your finger smoothly over the trigger. You're firing at almost point blank range, so sighting in the Jackalope is a simple task that you perform quickly. You find yourself squeezing the trigger almost unconsciously, and as the rifle kicks back into your shoulder you're already jerking back the rifle bolt to cycle to the next round.

The effect your gunshot has had on the jackalope and its opponent both is gruesome. Your shot struck the jackalope just below its shoulder blade, but as the creature rears back and roars its displeasure to the heavens you note that where the center of its chest used to be, where its heart ought to be, there is only a giant, gaping wound the size of your head. Its entire chest cavity has been blown open.

The bullet seems to have penetrated through the jackalope completely and struck the other spirit in the spine. While the damage isn't as severe, basically reducing the chitinous skeletal structure to fragments. Unfortunately, it seems to have already been dead. It didn't even flinch at the impact, and unlike the jackalope, which is currently suffering through its death throws on the forest floor, the other spirit remains still and lifeless.

The retort of the rifle echoes through the forest for miles, surely. You hear birds taking flight en masse, their wings pounding against the air. An animal crashes through the underbrush a short distance away, somewhere behind you. A deep, masculine voice laughs heartily, though you find no obvious source. From the corner of your eye you note the mosquito spirit takes flight, fleeing into the woods. Only the snake seems calm, staring at you with unsettlingly human eyes. It's curious.
(1/2)

The compulsion to eat the still-living body of the jackalope is overpowering. Something about it just strikes you as so... tantalizing. Hunger flares sharply in your gut, twisting through you like a knife. Your mouth waters. Your pupils dilate. Every fiber of your being seems to scream out that you must act now or miss this opportunity. You lower your rifle, taking a step forward unconsciously. You can't seem to take your eyes off of that gaping wound in its chest...

>ROOOOOLL 3d10-2! Your spirit binds are actively working against you. DC is 20

>>35397638
Anon, you shouldn't deny it release, but emrace and be in control of your demons, if you wish to grow stronger.

Rolled 10, 1, 6 + 2 = 19 (3d10 + 2)

>>35397851
I kinda wanna roll low. I guess that's what I'll do.

Rolled 4, 5, 10 - 2 = 17 (3d10 - 2)

>>35397851
Told you we should have gone melee to subdue t before this happens.

Rolled 10, 5, 2 + 2 = 19 (3d10 + 2)

>>35397851
>Update

Rolled 4, 14, 4 + 2 = 24 (3d20 + 2)

>>35397851
Dice. Eat that bastard

>>35397851
>binds
>Plural
>We only have two
So the Burning Buck got in on this too?

>>35397909
You realize we're rolling to not eat t, right? Or, at least were, shame we failed, I wanted to make it submit but the gewehr was obviously the wrong choice.
At least I can say I told you so.

>>35397883
>>35397897
>>35397904
>15,17,15 vs DC20
>Failure!
Writin'

>>35397954
So we're eating it, right? Damn shame, tell us what would have happened if we had subdued it or went melee route?

>>35397941
>any choice the right choice

>>35397941
I know, but with /tg/ dice, failure was in the cards.

>>35397980
>implying here is no right choice when having a clear goal in mind
Melee would have had the highest % of us successfully subduing it, imo.

>>35397954
Well gluttony wins. We fucked now. Unless eating spirits is a shaman thing. I doubt it though, eating other worldly beings usually isn't good

>>35398017
Melee was us just going to eat it though? Eating it has nothing to do with binding it

>>35398046
melee was us not blowing a gruesome hole in it, but getting in subduing range.
>>35398023
I still don't get why you're so against letting gluttony have some fun

>>35398089
You do realize he planned on fucking us over no matter what right? If we just took a cupcake and fucked off he would stolen a memory. And if we had failed that roll he would have bound us to him. Being gluttoness is considered a sin for a reason. More more more is a bad moral system

>>35398089
>You feel the strange compulsion to tear at the rabbit with bare hands and teeth, to consume its spirit as it currently consumes its opponent
Sounds like eating it to me

>>35398132
We would have payed the price of the cupcake with the memory, that's not horribly evil. And he did try with the pact, but he failed, no real danger anymore. What are you going to do when we eat oir coworker, sice he'll want that too?
Also, I wasn't the one who voted to bind him.

>>35398159
If carried out to the end, yes, but we could have stopped in just getting to melee range, probably.

>>35398189
>no real danger
Did you forget the part where he kept trying to tempt us after we bound him?

>>35398244
So what? That's probably all he can do, and not giving in won't stop him.

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A series of sickening pops rings out through the clearing as your jaw unhinges, skin tearing as it stretches to impossibly wide proportions. You clamp down on the jackalope's side with newfound strength and violently jerk and twist your head until you manage to rip something off. You swallow the chunk of essense whole, feeling power surge through your limbs. Overcome by bloodlust, you lean in once more to sieze an arm betwixt your jaws, ripping it from its socket after some effort.
>Ability Discovered: Glutton's Gullet. Allows you to fully consume a spirit even if it's been wounded. Consuming spirits more generally beneficial.

When you next become fully conscious of yourself you're sitting in the clearing alone, back leaned against a tree.You feel pleasantly full, and stronger than you've ever felt. Nothing remains of the rabbit, though the corpse of the other spirit is spralwed out a short distance away. It's decomposing rapidly, almost melting into thin air right before your eyes. For the first time since you bound Gluttony to your will, your mind is completely absent of those strange urges and desires.

You reach a hand towards your chest, recalling the sharp sensation of the jackalope's horn piercing your flesh. You find a hole in your hoodie, but the flesh beneath is completely unmarred. You reach a hand up to feel along your cheeks and along your jawline, but you don't notice anything out of the ordinary. No scars, no dislocated bones. You seem to be in perfect physical condition.

(1/2)

Warily, you stand to your feet. You take a moment to roll back the sleeve of your hoodie and expect the symbol of a man with antlers entwined in the coils of a snake and find that the brand glows with a shifting orange light. Like flickering flames. You're unfortunately unable to get a good look at the brand on your neck or on your forehead, but you can only hope they've been similarly strengthened. You feel more in control of your power now, though aren't any closer to figuring out how they work.

>Imagine your home, and see if you can't 'step' like Anastasia and the Spirit of Gluttony.
>Point hands towards the nearest tree and unleash a blast of flame.
>Focus on this feeling of strength and wellness, try to figure out its cause.
>Write-in

>>35398400
So it is a shaman thing, and gluttony wasn't lying about spirit fuel people food. Good to know. Let's hope he isn't sapping off some of the power we absorb inorder to break free

>>35398400
>Imagine your home, and see if you can't 'step' like Anastasia and the Spirit of Gluttony.

>>35398400
>Imagine your home, and see if you can't 'step' like Anastasia and the Spirit of Gluttony.

>>35398400
>Focus on this feeling of strength and wellness, try to figure out its cause.

>>35398400
>>Focus on this feeling of strength and wellness, try to figure out its cause.
Knowledge for the knowledge God.

>>35398400
>Focus on this feeling of strength and wellness, try to figure out its cause.
Knowing why we feel stronk after eating the jackalope is probably a good thing

>>35398400
>>Imagine your home, and see if you can't 'step' like Anastasia and the Spirit of Gluttony.
Teleportation is such a useful skill anons.

>>35398400
>>Focus on this feeling of strength and wellness, try to figure out its cause.
Wir sind stark

>>35398589
I doubt we're picking a skill, I think we are just understanding them, and teleportation is straight forward. A general feeling of strength isn't

>>35398645
>>35398562
>>35398527
>>35398516
>STRONK

>>35398506
>>35398509
>>35398589
>ABRACADABRA!

Writin'. Last post is coming up soon-ish. Just a heads up.

>>35398685
>last post
>soon
Well considering your idea of soon that shouldn't be for a while

>>35398700
Probably not for a few hours.
When you go for days without sleep on a semi-regular basis time becomes a sort of relative thing.

>>35398670
Well if we think on some defining characteristics of a Jackalope then. Increased leg, upper back, and neck strength, a different set of antlers if Wendigo doesn't give us a set, improved CON?

>>35398709
>days without sleep

I couldn't do that to myself. You must be some kind of demi-human Soma

>>35398903
I'm entering into my 50th hour awake as I type this. I think.

>>35396530
>>35396745
Link?

>>35398919
>50 hours awake
>still hasn't answered my questions

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>>35398919
Jesus Christ Soma, slow down. Else you'll burn out like Azure and Archelon. Humans aren't engineered or capable of your kind of "fun."

>>35398919
>50 hours

You spoil us Soma

>>35398919
So you're on speed right

>>35398919
Do you stay awake with coffee, energy drinks or just purity of will?

You focus on this feeling of wellbeing, strength, and general health. Much to your surprise, a ghostly image of the jackalope you just ate appears before you, the gaping wound in its chest gone. It's little more but shadow and wisp of white fure, its red eyes burning bright where its head would be. However, it bows its head to you in greeting. You feel the power roiling through you settle, and take a more distinct form just as the jackalope's image melts away into thin air.

You feel stronger than you were even in the prime of your life, after Navy bootcamp. You feel like you could run a marathon, swim the English Channel, win le Tour de France, or accomplish any number of other physical feats. It's a strange sensation, this sudden surge of health. You take a deep breath and just enjoy the sensation of cool, clean air rushing into your lungs. On a whim, you set off at a jog through the woods towards where you remember the trail residing.
>Ability Unlocked: Jackalope's Endurance. Every aspect of your physicality is enhanced; you're stronger, faster, and tougher.
>Receive a +1 bonus to all skills relying primarily on physical attributes

You come to a sudden stop just as you burst through the folliage and back onto the trail. You're not even the slightest bit winded, then again you suppose that wasn't a proper test of your newfound abilities. You start jogging along the trail, rifle craddled in hand, and then break into a sprint as the 'end' of the forrest comes into sight, the point where the trail meets paved road. You don't stop, instead turning down the road and making for home. It's a two mile distance, but it couldn't have taken you more than six minutes. Seven at most. You're barely breathing heavy as you gradually slow to a stop in front of your driveway, a goofy grin on your face. You're not even sure why this feels so fantastic.
(1/2)

You sling the rifle over your shoulder as you make for the door, taking a moment to unlock it and slip inside before finally relaxing. That was a pretty productive night, over all. You got a sort of... semi-bind? You're not really sure. You finally feel full and contented. You figured out your rifle is absolutely devestating to spirits.

>Call it a night, shower and go to bed.
>Stow the rifle and then settle in on the couch to watch TV.
>Call Claire before you go to bed, check in and see how she's doing.
>Write-in

>>35399078
>>35399058
There's actually like this zen state between 48 and 72 hours awake where I no longer feel tired. Before the 48 hour mark it's hell just keeping my eyes open, and after the 72 hour mark shit gets weird and you start to hallucinate. Between 48 and 72 though is bliss.

>>35399127
>It's a two mile distance, but it couldn't have taken you more than six minutes. Seven at most.
>We ran a 3 minute or 3:30 minute mile
>We just set a world record.

>>35399178
Actchually the time it takes to run a record-setting mile is decreasing on a steady curve. The world record for running a mile would probably be something under three minutes in the time this takes place.

>>35399137
>Call Claire before you go to bed, check in and see how she's doing.

>>35399137
>Call Claire before you go to bed, check in and see how she's doing.
Let's see if she's sorry yet.
>>35399178
And they can't even screen for jakalope in our system. Olympics here we come

>>35399203
>there are people who are naturally out running a man who ate and absorbed the powers of a spirit
I'm prettu sure they would hit the human limit by the but okay.

>>35399137
>Call Claire before you go to bed, check in and see how she's doing.
wife is best waifu

>>35399161
that is really really bad for your health.
it causes obesity, cardiovascular damage, diabetis, heart attack, stroke, depression, or just literally dropping dead.

>>35399246
They might have body augs or something, but that probably defeats the purpose

>>35399161
Yer gonna die...

>>35399247
Sally is best waifu. Get better taste

>>35399270
>>35399247
He's only been up 50 hours, he isn't even gotten into the hallucination stage yet. He's fine.

>>35399246
Did some google-fu. The fastest possible world record is predicted to be 3:36. So yup, talkin' out my ass there.

>>35399247
>>35399270
Meh, I'm young and strong. I'll make it.

Anyway, writin' for
>Call Claire.
Probably my last post.

>>35399329
>Meh, I'm young and strong. I'll make it.

...that's what they all say.

>>35399343
Lets not forget he's an alcoholic to boot, that probably complicates things.

>>35399329
But...but...we didn't even get to kill that asshole Steve! Or was it Fred? I honestly can't remember and I'm on mobile so I can't be added to go check.

>>35399329
Anyone else wanna go hunt for more bunnies next thread? Or maybe another creature. Shaman huntsman is a go.

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>>35399367
Robert.

>>35399377
Soma-senpai! Soma-senpai! What're you listening to?

>>35399377
He's named for a doctorly saint and we found him chopping up bodies. Remember to always shadowrun in lq

>>35399377
They reminds me, what does don look like?

>>35399410
I don't really have a set idea in mind. He's late 30s, 6-ish feet tall, and well built. Not bad lookin' but nothing to write home about. That's the mental description I've been working off of, at least.

>>35399392
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbXhid4NHLk

>>35399410
Lucifer

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>>35399471
>>35399410
>>35399470
Proposal.

>>35399489
>dark hair
But don is white.

>>35399489
We're the anti-Christ, not a 1930's gangster.

>>35399489
>not pinstripped
Someone use your ms-paint magic

>>35399503
Well, our name is Donovan Murphy, so we're of Irish descent. That means we could be Black Irish.

>>35399514
To be fair, we dress like 30's gangster, or a sociopathic ceo. Either or.

>>35399525
>we've been playing a nigger
Utterly disgusting. No wonder Robert shot us

>>35399554
Nah, man. Black Irish are pale skinned or tan skinned Irish folks. They're supposedly descended from Spaniards or something.

>>35399577
>Spain
>white
>potato niggers
>white

>>35399577
Black Irish refer to Irish sporting a swarthier complexion than their ginger countrymen. Still white though.

>>35399589
he didn't say they were white.

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>>35399489
One true answer

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>>35399636
>that horse face
Nah son

>>35399695
>covered in snakes
>most of our binding tattoos have been covered in snakes
It was meant to be

You crouch down to hug Sally as she comes trotting around the corner, gently petting her uninjured flank, and then turn to lock the door behind you. You give the first floor a quick once over, locking all the doors and windows as well as flipping off all the lights. Then you retreat upstairs to your room, dog in tow. Sally hops with surprising ease onto your bed, curling up at the foot of the king-sized monstrosity, while you take a moment to stash your rifle and ammunition in your closet.

You duck into the bathroom once that's done, flipping on the lights and getting a good look at yourself in the mirror. Gluttony's seal on your neck isn't raised like it was when you first got it, rather it seems to have integrated with your skin, resulting in a smooth surface. The knotwork that sprawls out across your chest and shoulders has also changed, becoming shaded in varying tones of reds, blues, and greens. It almost reminds you of something you might see in an illuminated manuscript or something.

The triskele nested within an ouroboros that adorns your forehead seems largely unchanged. Perhaps it's merely your imagination, but the ouroboros might have turned. The head seems to be in a different location than you remember.

Finally, the brand on your arm no longer glows with that shifting orange light. Rather, it's returned to the dull black ink that it resembled when you first got it after besting that stag. Curious. Perhaps after consuming a spirit you can only use its power to fuel one bond? Alternatively, what if the amount you can develop a bond with the essence of a spirit is entirely dependent on the power of the spirit in question?

You give yourself a quick once over, checking for any signs of new brands. However, you find none. If nothing else, it confirms your suspicion that you didn't actually bind the jackalope, merely incorporated one of its aspects into yourself, or something.
(1/2)

Satisfied with the state of your spiritual body art, you retreat to your bedroom and strip down to your boxers before plucking up your cell phone and collapsing onto your bed. You quickly dial in Claire's number, she picks up after a few rings.

“I was wondering when you'd call.” She sounds exhausted, miserable even. “I have had the worst day. Woke up vomiting, and I've been exhausted all day. Took a nap but it didn't help at all.” Well shit, that's not good. You worry momentarily that your wife might have been possessed by a spirit of pestilence and decay, or some similar monstrosity, but quickly remind yourselves those aren't very normal worries to have. She's probably just sick, or something. “I hope your day's been at least slightly better, Donny.”

You absentmindedly run your fingers through your hair while recounting a sanitized version of your first day at work. It's not like you can tell her about the various spirits you encountered or, alternatively, fought. You do mention your upcoming trip to Antarctica, which she seems less than eager about. She wishes you luck regardless. You also talk about some of your coworkers, and mention that you bought a few guns just in case things go poorly. Your assurance that you'll have a firearm on you at all times seems to calm her down, at least slightly.

>Ask her if she think she's got food poisoning, the flu, or what.
>Ask her when she plans on coming home. Sally's great company, but the house is still awfully lonely.
>Just try and chat pleasantly about nothing in particular for a while, then get some shut eye. You still have some shopping you need to get done tomorrow...
>Write-in

(I lied about that being the last post)

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>>35399994
>Woke up vomiting, and I've been exhausted all day
>Morning sickness
SHIT

>>35399994
Shit, is she pregnant?

>>35399994
>>Ask her when she plans on coming home. Sally's great company, but the house is still awfully lonely.
I'd like to get the missus back before this quest goes into hibernation.

>>35399994
>Ask her when she plans on coming home. Sally's great company, but the house is still awfully lonely.

>>35400014
>>35400026
We gon be a dad!

>>35400061
Very important question: Will it be the spawn of Satan, the Antichrist?

>>35400061
>we have bound gluttony
>we will soon have a delicious newborn
I'm so worried

>>35400079
Come on man, you know what they say about babies.
A minute on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.

>>35400074
I'm moderately sure that's us, and we made the thing before we got rezed, so I doubt if

>>35400074
No anon we are the antichrist. And even if we Lucifer incarnate himself what's the kid going to do that we wont?

The guy who sent us back from the afterlife made it clear we aren't the first to take that deal. There have been others since the dawn of time. I ain't worried about the kid, personally.

>>35399994
Testan'

Fuck 4chan.

Probably isn't even our kid.

>>35399994
We're back bitches!

>>35400157
>>35400159
Sweet, now let's just hope Soma hasn't passed out again.

>>35400170
...He totally passed out again, didn't he. Fuck.

I hope he uploads what he wrote in a pastebin eventually.

>>35399994
>>Just try and chat pleasantly about nothing in particular for a while, then get some shut eye. You still have some shopping you need to get done tomorrow...

Shout "WHOSE BASTARD IS THAT YOU WHORE?"

>>35400544
Hm, you know now that its been brought up I wonder how likely it is that the kid isn't ours. How hard do you think it would be to test that?

>>35400704
Uh easy? Nigga we in spirit land, there are lots of legends about things that kick your teeth in for lying. Just gotta find one, bind it, then ask Claire if it's ours. or we could find a baby spirit that specializes in babies and baby accessories and have him tell us

>>35400917
Or we could get a paternity test, YA know the sane way of doing things

>>35401054
Good luck proposing to the wife that you suspect it may not be your chlid so you want a test.

>>35401133
That's a one way ticket to divorce town
Although after binding the right spirits Don could have any woman in the world and Claire would feel like a massive retard

I hope it's Don's, I want him to be a dad.

>>35402643
Same here anon, dudes earned it.

>>35402751
>dudes
>plural
>multiple fathers

Are you implying something.

>>35399994
>>Just try and chat pleasantly about nothing in particular for a while, then get some shut eye. You still have some shopping you need to get done tomorrow...
>implying I give a shit that he's passed out by now
Also, looks like eating a spirit has a more immediate effect, but binding is way more beneficial in the long run.
We really should fuck around with Buck a bit, since we're going to the Antarctic.
Also, get some melee fighter spirits with claws or something, and learn to Step after experimenting with other shit but before leaving.

>>35403099
He already wrote the post though.

>>35403099
No actually.
Binding gives us more abilities(flame from buck/consumption from gluttony), while consuming gives us more power(raw strength, mental fortitude whatnot), and powers up our current bindings. Also attunes us more with them.

>>35403156
FUCK, so we invited our wife back when we're still figuring out all this bullshit and are leaving to Antarctica.
Oh well, at least we have increased stamina now, and you know what that means.
>>35403163
I assume that this is what Soma meant by
>Experimentation will unlock new powers but that isn't the only way to unlock new powers. I've got a big reveal in mind.
Which means the same effect could've been achieved simply by experimentation, in which case binding spirits instead of eating them would be more beneficial at all times, if we know they aren't going to mind-control us. Gluttony better not fuck with our night time with our wife though, if the fucker messes with that I'm never voting to be gluttonous ever again.

>>35403198
>Ability Discovered: Glutton's Gullet. Allows you to fully consume a spirit even if it's been wounded. Consuming spirits more generally beneficial.
>Consuming spirits more generally beneficial.
>more generally beneficial.
>more beneficial.

>in which case binding spirits instead of eating them would be more beneficial at all times

I'm going to take QMs word rather than yours.

>>35403247
Do you have some kind of reading disability? That doesn't say eating spirits is more beneficial to experimentation, just that eating spirits is now more beneficial than it would have been by default.

>>35403260
I have no words anon.
You're just too damn stupid.

We were never capable of consuming spirits before. Unless you mean binding, which was us beating them up and subsuming them. As indicated by buck.
What it means is that consuming them is more beneficial than binding them.
You really shouldn't tell others that they have a reading disability if you're just so damn dim. It's like a retard calling his parents retarded.

>>35403295
>Allows you to fully consume a spirit even if it's been wounded.
This implies we could consume spirits before we got this ability.
>Consuming spirits more generally beneficial.
This implies that this ability makes consuming spirits more beneficial than it was before we got the ability.
Basically, binding spirits takes the power of a spirit and binds it to our will or whatever, we get more abilities this way and they can be improved by experimentation and consuming other spirits.
On the down side, the spirits have a slight effect on us.
Consuming spirits gives us a small aspect of their power, and powers up our other spirits.

>>35403295
>We were never capable of consuming spirits before.
Yes, of course, because we've tried before and we have every single one of our current abilities listed on our character page.
The above is sarcasm anon, don't try to blame this on me, you're simply wrong about this. The description of Gullet doesn't imply what you're saying it does.

>>35403354
I agree, your interpretation of Somas words make sense.
But I still have feeling that the other interpretation, mine, could be right.
It'd be nice if soma could clarify this for us, but sadly he's in dreamland.

>>35403407
>acting polite only after realizing you're wrong

>>35403454
The other person acted impolite. I acted impolite back.
They acted polite, I acted polite.
It's how it works, no?

>>35403461
I'm the "impolite" person you're talking about, and I'm not the one you called "polite".
It was a legitimate question, about your reading comprehension skills, anon. I suppose I did not consider that you could just be a non-native English speaker, but the certainty you talked with when responding to me, telling me I'm wrong, and quoting something entirely unrelated honestly made me think you might have some sort of problem, which would change my behavior in this conversation, as I would try to be less hostile.
Sorry if it offended you, I guess, but believe me that it was rooted in actual concern based on your actions.
You shouldn't be this offended because someone called out your wrongness on 4chan, anon.

Long story short
we can
0. see and talk to spirits
1. make binding deals
2. subjugate (either through deal or violence)
3. consume

1 can result in a bad end (almost happened with gluttony), result in 2, in a permanent or temp ally, or whatever.

2. gives us a new power/active ability and a new tattoo.

3. boosts our existing powers (both those gotten from spirit and stuff inherent to being a human. ex stamina and running speed)

We should get a healthy balance of both 2 and 3.

Also, we keep on walking by countless minor animal spirits whom we see preying on each other and just ignoring them. we really SHOULD get off our ass and consume/bind a bunch of them (I am assuming binding multiple identical animals will merge them together to a more powerful whole individual or a pack). Those would serve to give us a variety of cantrips, as well as general power boost for taking on powerful creatures like the spider that resides at work.

>>35403527
>2. gives us a new power/active ability and a new tattoo.
There is no evidence for this, Soma has said that what is in the character sheet for Buck is not even scratching the surface of our binding with him. As I've said before, experimentation can unlock and upgrade a whole bunch of shit, and binding a spirit probably gives us access all/most of its abilities/skills.
Eating spirits is probably just getting a single aspect, in addition to getting raw Essence(which seems to be quantifiable thing).

>>35403527
There might be spiritual strain and side effects to spirits we bind/subjucate, so we shouldn't just bind any minor spirit we see.
Also, they can fight back.

>>35403407
>dreamland
>After spending 50+ hours without sleep likely on speed.
After that Soma ain't gonna be dreaming about shit. He's going to be straight up in a coma for at least another 4 hours at this point.

By now I'm honestly worried that his heart has exploded.

>>35403578
Most minor spirits can't do shit to us, and neither of ours have done so after binding them.
No, gluttonous urges don't count, that's probably a side effect of his powers.

>>35403604
Forgot this part:
So I assume bindings have no possiblity for "fighting back" as it makes a spirit's will contractually bound to ours. Not that same as Pacts, which is what we have with Anastasia, Gluttony is probably a special case since he either willingly submitted to us to fuck us over, or our handshake was a pact which he fulfilled by becoming bound to us. What we did to Buck was different, we beat him and established superiority irl, probably something similar to how the rabbit bowed to us because we killed it, therefor we have the right to rule it by spirit law or something.
Rabit could've been a special case since it's animalistic, but still, we have no evidence either way for this in specific, but I think the rest of my post is pretty well supported by canon/askfm

>>35403578
conversly, such strain might "train" our willpower, such that overtime we overcome it completely and get the benefit of being able to subjugate more powerful creatures without having our personality unduly modified.

Also, greed is an impressively high tier spirit. unlike your average mindless mosquito spirit.

also, I did say we need to get a healthy balance of consume and subjugate. if we find, through empirical evidence, that subjugating really has the limit you are suggesting, we can shift our balance to rely more heavily on consuming.

furthermore, i bet any such limit will be alleviated with consumption. as it improves the quality of our soul and making it able to handle subjugation with greater ease through raw power.

>>35403604
The way I view it, this isn't gluttony rebelling. we took his power as our own. these urges are merely a side effects of having such a power.
After all, feeling hunger is only natural when you have the ability to eat.

>>35404005
Honestly, I think the urges were just a one time thing, like it was trying to get us to learn about his abilities, I mean, as soon as we used it, the urges stopped and the tattoo finally settled in.

>>35404352
Also, when we got the flame buck, we instinctively used it's powers, I think the same thing is happening with the gluttony spirit where as soon as we got it we've felt the urge to use it's powers, thus I doubt it's due to it being a gluttony spirit, but just a general spirit binding thing.

bumpin for soma

Soma pls wake

Soma pls

Soma

Please wake Soma up, Soma's Imouto

I love you, Soman-senpai!
Will you bless us in exchange for a story?
This morning, I woke up at 2:40AM all of a sudden, checked /tg/, and saw that you began 40 minutes prior to my waking up.
I felt you in my dreams, Soma.
I then proceeded to study physics for 4 hours from then on, for my exam at 7:30AM.

Ⓢⓞⓜⓐ-ⓢⓐⓝ, wⓐⓚⓔⓨ-wⓐⓚⓔⓨ!~

Mate, you don't have to bump the thread every five minutes, this isn't /b/.

you guys are pretty autistic

So, let's plan some experiments.
I'd personally like to start with Burning Buck, assuming Jackalope gave us just the one skill.
>fireballs
>coating stuff in fire
>heat without fire
>light without fire
>see how big/much flame we can make
>see how concentrated we can make it, to increase heat and decrease affected area(more efficient) akin to blowtorch idea in BQ
>coat ourselves in flame
>range/control over fire that we didn't create
>any changes in respect to resistance/vulnerability to cold/ice/water
>see if we can't commune/summon/talk/etc. with Buck.
The last one will apply to Gluttony once we get to him too, of course.

>>35406607
Adding more:
>fire blast with punch
>more concentrated fire blast from finger
>bowblack/shockwave/explosion from palm
>etc.
for actual fighting stuff, since we're better at that than with guns
>inb4 binding War will give us Firearms: 99

>>35406601
Pretty sure it's just one guy constantly bumping.

>>35406713
it might be

I'M AWAKE
I'll post the last post that I wrote up last night, since this is still here and all. Then rearchive it so everything is all neat. Won't be running today though, got too much I need to get done.

>>35408496
Hello.

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You chat idly for several minutes. Apparently her mother has been having trouble getting up and down the stairs lately and her father's been thinking about hiring a live-in nurse. Her family, if you remember correctly, is fairly well-to-do. They've been living off of her great grandfathers fortune for generations now. He invented a cost efficient method of impregnating computer hard drives with salt molecules, thus increasing their storage capacity by leaps and bounds. Some have even said he's indirectly responsible for the invention of AGI, Artificial General Intelligence, a decade or so later and the Machine Uprising of 2129 by extension.

As conversation starts to peter out, her voice growing slurred and indistinct with exhaustion, you broach the subject you're really interested in. “So, when do you think you'll be coming home? Don't get me wrong, Sally's great company, but it gets awfully lonely in this house without you.” Ugh, that sounded way better in your head than it did out loud. Oh well.

She scoffs, presumably out of amusement rather than disgust or contempt. “Pfft, it better get lonely over there without me. Don't go seekin' solace in the arms of another or somethin' dumb like that.” She yawns, and you hear cloth ruffling on the other end of the line. “I think I'll have my dad drive me home tomorrow. I'm just not feeling well enough to stay mad at you, and plus I miss your cooking. My mom could burn cereal, swear to God.”

You sigh in relief. Thank God, or Lucifer, or whoever it would be most appropriate for you to thank at this point in your spiritual journey. Your marriage isn't ending, as you'd feared. “That sounds great, Clairesy. What time do you think you'll be getting back? I have some shopping I need to wrap up before my trip but I'd like to be here when you get home.”

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She responds after a moment's thought. “I'll probably get home sometime around... one-ish? I doubt I'll even wake up before noon.” Great, that gives you time to get your shopping done in the morning or in the afternoon after she gets back.

“Sounds great, see you then honey.”

There's a somewhat mischievous lilt to her voice when she responds. “Looking forward to it~” And on that note, she ends the call. You're left wondering whether or not you're going to get some or if she's genuinely just eager to get home.

You set your alarm for bright and early tomorrow morning and then crawl under your sheets. You have to be careful not to nudge Sally with your feet, but the bed is large enough that it isn't a huge concern. Your thoughts drift back to the spirit of Gluttony and its bistro, the pastries and confections made primarily of human parts. Gluttony is behind the counter, toiling away at something you can't quite see. A cake, maybe? You're not sure. The spirit doesn't acknowledge you, and only moments later the sweet, all-encompassing darkness of sleep wraps you in its warm embrace.

>EEEND THREAD

nice
thanks for running
see you whenever you feel like it :)

>>35408602
Thanks Soma, we love you. Get some rest

>>35408584
>Clairesy
how fucking dorky
>>35408602
>dream of Gluttony cooking something in secret in his human pastry shop
NO
YOU'RE NOT COOKING UP OUR WIFE
FUCK YOU
FUCK YOUUUUUU
Nice going though, Soma, any comments on the experimentation talk a bit further up? Do you even like when this happens?

>>35408602
>You're left wondering whether or not you're going to get some or if she's genuinely just eager to get home.
>tfw Jackalope stamina just in time for the return of Clairesy
:3

Just clarifying some stuff I'm seeing higher up in the thread. Gluttony does indeed only make consuming more beneficial than it would've been if you didn't have gluttony. Binding will always give you more oomph in the long run, but requires more development.

>>35408685
>Nice going though, Soma, any comments on the experimentation talk a bit further up? Do you even like when this happens?
I love experimentation talk, and a lot of the theories further up were close to if not spot on. I won't say which ones.

>>35408817
Is Glutty just really fucking antsy for us to see how awesome he is already, and that's why he's bugging us to use his powers?

>>35408584
>Machine Uprising of 2129
Huh.
What year is it again?

>>35409154
2264. So it was over a hundred years ago.

>>35408989
>Implying I can answer this.

>>35409154
I seem to recall it's 2200+

>>35409209
Do you think Glutty is a sufficiently cute nickname to annoy him just slightly enough to not actually piss him off?

>>35409249
Probably. Gluts would work as well.

>>35409289
Glutton is best.

>>35409433
>Evil overlord list
>48. I will treat any beast which I control through magic or technology with respect and kindness. Thus if the control is ever broken, it will not immediately come after me for revenge.
we shall respectfully call him what he prefers to be called.

>>35409289
Is Gluts's tongue black too? His throat? His claws/nails? Did you expect us to go for teleportation as soon as given the chance?

>>35409481
You sound like a fag. We should feed you to glutty

>>35409481
I agree, I don't get all this hostility towards him at this point. He's literally bound to our will now.

>>35409524
He was bound to our will when he tried to get our true name. Binding to our will just makes things easier and gives is access to his powers. Do remember he gave us negatives when we were rolling to not eat the bunny

>>35409524
Calling him Cutesy nicknames isn't hostility, at most it's being cheeky

>>35409289
How close are

>>35404352
>>35404441
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>>35409643
>Asking questions Soma can't answer.

The baby is totally gluttons. Nigga is baking a cake, baking has always been a reference to pregnancy. Or he's just planning on eating her. Either or

>>35408602
We should provably get around to sweeping up that glass

>>35410137
Nigga, if she's pregmant, then it happened at least days before we even met Gluttons.
Besides, he's just A spirit of Gluttony, not THE Gluttony.

>>35410171
This dude has been around for a while, and has been doing magic shit and selling people food for a while, if some bitch walks in and she REALLY desires a kid, the hell you think is gonna happen. Glutton is gonna give that bitch a baby

>>35410235
>implying
He'd take something worth more for it, otherwise he wouldn't be Gluttony.
Also, ot's not very common for humans to happen upon Le Cirque, I think, doubt our wife was one of those few.

>>35410374
Desire is a strong thing, and could lead a person any number of places. Also he would've taken a memory or two, that seems to be his thing.

>>35410235
>>35410445
she is a mundane human. spirits eat and dominate spirits, we count as one in many ways, she doesn't.
also, I don't think gluttony has the power to make someone pregnant.

>>35410578
Human spirit interaction is a big thing, remember the mosquito things feeding off of people? Also they made it the hard way.