>>35898682

“TO BE THE IMPERIATE IS TO BE THE WAY WILD RIDE, SPAWNLING,” says Ranthix. He squints ahead at a street light, flashing red. He ignores the obstacle and drives through. It’s well past midnight, and there’s basically no cars anywhere, so you don’t complain. “SO. TELL ME OF YOUR TRIUMPHS.”

Happily, you proceed to do just that. How you slit throats and scared the crap out of that weirdo headless scumborn dude, and how you fought that one Nyphican guy and electrocuted him to death. You make sure to leave out how Iptaph almost got the better of you with his freakish quickness and strength, and generally omit the details of how you accidentally got mixed up in the heat of the moment and pounced on Iptaph’s bodyguard thinking he was your man.

Ranthix listens with rapt attention, thundering with laughter at the appropriate and inappropriate points, and making off-color remarks.

“But yeah, I guess I could have done better maybe,” You say. “They kind of saw me when I didn’t want them to see me.”

Ranthix screws up his face as if in deep contemplation. “YOU ARE YET YOUNG AND FULL OF STUPIDITY AND GENERAL SILLINESS. IT IS BETTER TO EXPEL THESE DOING THE COURT RAT’S RAG WASHING THAN TO KEEP THEM TO YOURSELF FOR LATER, WHEN EVERYTHING YOU ARE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IS FULL OF DEEP SIGNIFICANCES.”

>>35898697

You try to wade through whatever it is he just said. You’ll have to think about it later. “Right,” you agree.

But Ranthix can tell you’re somewhat confused. “DON’T AGREE TO THINGS YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!” he yells.

“Oh uh. Right.”

Ranthix grunts dismissively. “BAH. SOMETIMES, SPAWNLING,” he says forebodingly. “SOMETIMES.”

----

Knock knock knock.

HP: 28/28
Stress: 25/100
Sanity: 94/100

You open your eyes. Why did you open your eyes? You’re tired. You roll over to go back to sleep.

Then the knocking repeats, accompanied by a voice. “Sierra,” comes Cassandra’s voice, “get up or you’re going to be late to school.”

Geeze. It must already be tomorrow. Actually, that would make it today – but from yesterday’s frame of reference, it’s tomorrow.

>Buh. What time is it?
>Five minutes.
>I’m probably sick or something. Go away.
>Get up.
>Isn’t it Saturday?
>Other (?)

>>35898724
>>Buh. What time is it?
>>Five minutes.
>>Isn’t it Saturday?
>>Get up.

>>35898724
>Isn’t it Saturday?
>I’m probably sick or something. Go away.

>>35898724

>Buh. What time is it?
>Get up.
>Go through most of your morning routine before realizing that it may or may not be Saturday

>>35898724
>Isn’t it Saturday?

>>35898724
>Get up, your going to have to anyway
>Get dressed
>Get fuel
>Skip everywhere because school dance.

>>35898724
>Buh. What time is it?
>Get up.

Drag ourself out of bed, even though we don't want to get up. Get some food, mutter complaints about not having Tataran blood as a coffee substitute.

>>35898724
>>Five minutes.
>>I’m probably sick or something. Go away.

>>35898724
>Get up.

>>35898724
>[inarticulate groaning]

>>35899080
second

You will yourself to consciousness. You don’t do a very good job of it. To help yourself figure things out, you roll out of bed with all your blankets and onto the floor, as you are wont to do. Except your landing isn’t greeted by plush carpet alone. You fall onto Zelathis, your MP5, and your tactical vest strapped with grenades, which you left on the floor in your haste to be asleep after getting home last night.

You probably need to put those away up at some point. You groan inarticulately in protest, and also out of a desire to go back to sleep right where you are, with a sub-machinegun jutting into your ribs.

“Is anyone alive in there?” Cassandra asks.

“Isn’t it Saturday?” you mutter loud enough for Cass to hear.

“That’s tomorrow,” she corrects you.

You make a dissatisfied sound, and resolve to get up. “Go away,” you say, wishing to be left to yourself.

Cassandra almost does as you ask, but lingers outside your room for one moment more. “I’m giving you and Ro a ride to school today,” she says.

“Away!” you repeat.

She leaves you to your morning routine. You find you’ve healed pretty well from last night, although you still do have a black-eye from where Iptaph punched you in the face.

That’s not the only new thing, though.

>>35898724
>Bwuh? What time is it?

>>35900017
>That’s not the only new thing, though.
YES!

>>35900017
>That's not the only new thing, though
WINGSWINGSWINGSWINGS

>>35900057
I think it might be some kind of verwelken thing since that was the main focus of the sneaky mission, not infernus stuff. Didn't even bust out the fire until the end, and that was just one attack.

>>35900017
>That’s not the only new thing, though.

Forked tongue? We noticed our voice sounding different last night.

>>35900017
Bad ass tongue? Wings? Wingetts?

>>35900112
>>35900164
It might be pointy Belphegoran ears.

>>35900206
Cute!

HP: 29/29
PP: 33/33

Your rampage last night knocked loose a few things within of you.

>Whisper of Lightlessness: The shadows can speak. They’ve spoken all along, but now you’ve finally learned to listen.
>Form of the Unseen: You are not strictly bound to spatial reasoning, provided nothing proves that you aren’t. (When unobserved, double movement. Very light PP cost)

Choose two of the following.

-Infernus-
Bloodletting
>You reflexively know where to hit to cause the most bleeding possible. (Melee attacks cause damage over time at a rate of 1d3 per round on top of any other wounds or status effects inflicted, if left untreated.)
Blood Curse
>You cause the blood of your target to become unstable, greatly weakening it. (Target takes increased damage and suffers great penalties to healing. Causes random bleeding, which allows for easy tracking. Persists for at least one day, if not removed.)
Infernal Frenzy
>When you’re close to losing control, power of terrible proportions floods your body, lending you incredible strength. (When Stress is greater than 70, your strength is doubled)
Hastened Regeneration
>Nothing can keep you down. You heal faster than ever before, though at significant cost. (Turn 4 PP into 1 HP per combat round)

>>35900401

-Verwelken-
Voice of One Thousand Teeth
>You can push shadows farther than they like, and cause them to bristle. Turn a space of shadow into a cloud of cutting darkness. (4 PP, area effect, effective against unarmored targets)
Translucency
>You can allow light to pass through you for a short period of time, making you transparent. (1 PP/ sec when moving, 0.5 PP/second when still)
Displacement
>When no one’s looking at you, you can stop being where you are and be somewhere else instead – provided that it’s close by. You don’t necessarily know where you’ll show up ahead of time, though. (4 PP cost)
Ephemeral Eye
>You can quicken your reflexes beyond what they are already, going into a heightened state in which you can act faster than the speed of thought. (8 PP, give significant bonus to reflexes for a couple seconds)

>>35900422

-Belphegoran-
Inflict Pain
>Ignite an opponent’s senses with a crippling overload of pain. (High cost, powerful debuff)
Spell Eater
>Parry incoming magic and absorb it, negating its effects and gaining a part of its energies. (Arcane defense, Cost: ~ varies on spell being countered)
Unnatural Charm
>Influence others’ perceptions of you, and gain some insight as to how to manipulate them into doing what you want. (Activated power, uses PP)
Corrupting Hex
>Destroy spells, buffs, or debuffs on target. (Moderate cost, utility spell)

Also, upgrade one of the following.

Claws -> Rending Claws
>Becomes 3d3+1 damage up from 3d2+1.
Venomous Fangs -> Paralytic Venom
>Add alternative, nonlethal venom.
Blood Taste -> Red Quickening
> While in battle, tasting fresh blood sends you into a frenzy, making you faster, stronger, and more violent than before. (Gain bonus to damage and physical checks for one round after imbibing blood)

[I forgot to finish the post, so I'll write that while you decide on things.]

>>35900422
>Voice of One Thousand Teeth.
I'd vote for it twice if I could.
But because I can't.
>Spell Eater

Finally,
>Paralytic Venom

>>35900450
Blood Curse
>You cause the blood of your target to become unstable, greatly weakening it. (Target takes increased damage and suffers great penalties to healing. Causes random bleeding, which allows for easy tracking. Persists for at least one day, if not removed.)

Because having something that can fuck with tough guys and regenerators, like Inferni, is something we need.

Inflict Pain
>Ignite an opponent’s senses with a crippling overload of pain. (High cost, powerful debuff)

Because I've wanted it for fucking forever, and it should let us punch above our weight class by giving us opportunities to land big hits on tough enemies, like Satt or Meckor.

Venomous Fangs -> Paralytic Venom
>Add alternative, nonlethal venom.

Because a nonlethal option is going to come in handy sooner or later.

>>35900450

>Infernal Frenzy
>Unnatural Charm

>>35900401
>Infernal Frenzy
>>35900422
>Voice of One Thousand Teeth

>>35900450
>Blood Taste -> Red Quickening

>>35900450
>Inflict pain
>Unnatural charm
>Red quickening

>>35900450
>Ephemeral Eye
>Inflict Pain

>>35900450
>Unnatural Charm

>Blood Taste -> Red Quickening

>Voice of One Thousand Teeth

>>35900450
>Blood Curse
Good for our job. They will know that they are being hunted, let them spread fear until they are suddenly dead.
>Displacement


> Paralytic Venom

>>35900450
>Hastened Regeneration
>Ephemeral Eye

Upgrade
Venomous Fangs -> Paralytic Venom

>>35900450
>Blood Curse
>Corrupting Hex

>Rending Claws

>>35900450
Ephemeral Eye
>You can quicken your reflexes beyond what they are already, going into a heightened state in which you can act faster than the speed of thought. (8 PP, give significant bonus to reflexes for a couple seconds)
Voice of One Thousand Teeth
>You can push shadows farther than they like, and cause them to bristle. Turn a space of shadow into a cloud of cutting darkness. (4 PP, area effect, effective against unarmored targets)

>>35900450
>Unnatural Charm
>Blood Taste -> Red Quickening

>>35900450
Translucency
>You can allow light to pass through you for a short period of time, making you transparent. (1 PP/ sec when moving, 0.5 PP/second when still)
Inflict Pain
>Ignite an opponent’s senses with a crippling overload of pain. (High cost, powerful debuff)

>>35900450
>Displacement
>Blood Curse

>Paralytic Venom

>>35900450
Voice of One Thousand Teeth
Ephemeral Eye
Claws -> Rending Claws

>>35900450
>Blood Curse
>Translucency
>Blood Taste -> Red Quickening

>>35900450
Spell Eater
Corrupting Hex, I really like the Destroy debuff part of this

Rending Claws

>>35900450
>Voice of One Thousand Teeth
>Bloodletting
>Claws -> Rending Claws
This is nuts. It makes our claws deal 4d3+1 +Xd3 damage where X is the number of rounds they stay alive.

VoOTT just because it kicks ass.

So, just making sure I understand Displacement.

It's a short range random teleport that only works if nobody can see us, and it's fairly cheap? Seems alright. Not sure if I want it now, but I guess it will probably lead to cooler shadow stuff.

>>35900450
Displacement, inflict pain, paralytic venom
The reasoning here is displacement might lead to teleportation, inflict pain is well balanced and effective against armored foes, and paralytic venom is a utility choice, if displacements destination can be decided at higher levels, then doing that then using a bunch of debuffs and paralysing enimies while they are incapacitated, would work well.

>>35900450
Spell Eater
Corrupting Hex
Claws -> Rending Claws

>>35900450
Voice of One Thousand Teeth
Spell Eater
Claws -> Rending Claws

For one, your skin’s taken on an even sicklier look than normal, and accordingly, the black, ossified flesh of your claws has crept a few inches further up your limbs. Although it’s a little inconvenient, it’s also kind of cool. What you’re not so sure about is your ears. They’ve taken on a jagged kind of quality – it’s not that long, elfish look. They’re just kind of more… jagged. Kind of like Ranthix’s ears.

The other probably more significant thing is that looking at yourself in the mirror doesn’t really read quite right. It’s like the bathroom lighting doesn’t really catch your full quality in it. It’s a very close approximation of you, but there’s something that the light can’t catch.

A weird shiver goes down your spine as you try to understand what you’re missing. There’s something unseen about you. Something unseeable. You smirk at your inadequate reflection. It’s not there. You get the feeling that it never will be. (-3 Sanity: 92/100)

You shake yourself from your strange thoughts, and finish getting ready for school, now having to cobble together new glamors for your altered appearance. You don’t have to work too hard, because nobody can see your ears anyway, and it’s just a matter of tweaking your old glamors to fit better.

>>35901065
A while later, Cass drops you and Rowan off at school. Ro’s wearing her striped hoodie and a pair of scuffed up jeans, and you’re trying out your new leather jacket that you bought a week or so back. So far, it’s pretty awesome.

“Have fun at school,” Cassandra calls out after you.

Rowan waves, and Cass drives off.

“So, what is it?” Rowan asks, peeking over at you.

“What?” you ask, not following.

“You look all broody. There’s totally something you’re not saying.”

You didn’t mention any of the new developments to anybody yet, although you don’t know if you’re really in the mood for it right now.

>I’m just in a bad mood for some reason. Don’t worry about it.
>I have this kind of bad feeling for some reason. I don’t know.
>Same old same old. I got pointy ears now, kind of.
>I’ll tell you later. Anyway, see you after class, I guess.
>Change the subject. Maybe mention Baron asking you to Winter Ball.
>Other (?)

>>35901092
>Same old same old. I got pointy ears now, kind of.

>Change the subject. Maybe mention Baron asking you to Winter Ball.
waht do ah weah!

>>35901092

>I have this kind of bad feeling for some reason. I don’t know.
>Same old same old. I got pointy ears now, kind of.

>>35901092
>Change the subject. Maybe mention Baron asking you to Winter Ball.
I'm so excited for this.

>>35901092
>>Change the subject. Maybe mention Baron asking you to Winter Ball.
Need ideas for clothes

>>35901156
tfw this turns into Carrie and when the soccer team drop the blood on us we just start chugging it.

>>35901092
>>I’m just in a bad mood for some reason. Don’t worry about it.

>>35901092
>I have this kind of bad feeling for some reason. I don’t know.

>>35901092
>Same old same old. I got pointy ears now, kind of.
>I’ll tell you later. Anyway, see you after class, I guess.
>Change the subject. Maybe mention Baron asking you to Winter Ball.

>>35901092
>>I have this kind of bad feeling for some reason. I don’t know.

>>35901092
>Same old same old. I got pointy ears now, kind of.
>I have this kind of bad feeling for some reason. I don’t know.

>>35901092
>Change the subject. Maybe mention Baron asking you to Winter Ball.

>>35901092
>Same old same old. I got pointy ears now, kind of.
>Change the subject. Maybe mention Baron asking you to Winter Ball.

>>35901092
>Same old same old. I got pointy ears now, kind of.
>Change the subject. Maybe mention Baron asking you to Winter Ball.

So what won?

That always fucks with me in this quest is him not telling the results. Especially when i was archive binging.

>>35901697
What won what?

>>35901709
>>35901697
The upgrade vote.

>>35901709
Which options were most popular is what he was tring to say

>>35901697
Well, I tend to wait until Languid asks before posting so no one will do last minute changes, but voting seems to be over so here's what I got. Double checking is always welcome in case I've miscounted.

Voice of One Thousand Teeth - 7
Blood Curse - 5
Inflict Pain - 5
Unnatural Charm - 4
Ephemeral Eye - 4
Spell Eater - 4
Displacement - 3 (4? Not sure if >>35900923 was a vote for it or not)
Corrupting Hex - 3
Infernal Frenzy - 2
Translucency - 2
Hastened Regeneration - 1
Bloodletting - 1

Claws -> Rending Claws - 6
Venomous Fangs -> Paralytic Venom - 6
Blood Taste -> Red Quickening - 5

>>35901092
>I’ll tell you later. Anyway, see you after class, I guess.

>>35901709
The pointy ears option and the baron subject change both had 6 votes. I'm expecting a combo on that.

Damned if i know about the powers vote- thats always a bitch to count.

>>35901759
Well since im late

>Voice of One Thousand Teeth
>Spell Eater
>Rending Claws

You shrug to yourself as you walk toward the school entrance. “You know how it goes,” you say. You turn your head to the side and lift up your hair for a second to let Rowan see your jagged ears. “Woke up this morning an elf, kind of.”

Rowan remains positive. “That’s nothing compared to… everything else,” she says, vaguely. Although you would guess she means your horns and all that junk.

“Yeah well, I don’t know,” you say. “If it was only that, fine. But I have this kind of weird bad feeling for some reason.”

Ro doesn’t make any judgments. “Is this about your super-secret mission for Waldric?”

“I don’t know. Maybe?” you say. “Probably not though. It’s whatever.”

“Huh,” she answers, her tone thoughtful. You can feel an inkling of concern coming from her, and you don’t like it. You decide to change the topic, and wind up throwing out the first thing that comes to mind - namely, Baron.

“So guess who got asked to the Winter Ball,” you say, assuming as cocky a tone as possible.

Ro blinks. “Vikrama?”

“No!” you say angrily. “Me! I got asked!”

>>35901759
This is the count I have too, depending on if we're counting >>35901806

>>35902106
Rowan snickers to herself as you go through the front doors. “Sorry,” she says. “Who by? No wait – it was Jessie, wasn’t it.”

“Jessie?” you ask, incredulous. “No, he’s like. No. He doesn’t go to school dances. Plus I’m pretty sure he’s involved with at least two other girls right now.”

“Oh. So Baron then?” Rowan says, smiling. “He’s got a huge crush on you.”

>No duh.
>Ha! That’s kind of funny.
>What? Did I miss a Facebook post or something?
>Good.
>Okay, how long has this been known and why wasn't I been informed sooner?
>So what do you think of Baron, anyway?
>Other (?)

Surprised more people didn't vote spell eater. It seems kinda op.

>>35902151
>>What? Did I miss a Facebook post or something?
>Okay, how long has this been known and why wasn't I been informed sooner?

>>35902151
>What? Did I miss a Facebook post or something?

>>35902151
>What? Did I miss a Facebook post or something?
>Okay, how long has this been known and why wasn't I been informed sooner?
>So what do you think of Baron, anyway?

>>35902151
>What? Did I miss a Facebook post or something?
>So what do you think of Baron, anyway?
>Are you going with Will/redhood?

>>35902151
>What? Did I miss a Facebook post or something?
>>Okay, how long has this been known and why wasn't I been informed sooner?

>>35902176
We've only encountered 2 hostile magic users, Iptaph and revolution guy.

>>35902176

So VoOTT comes first, as do Rending Claws.

We need a second vote to choose between Blood Curse, Inflict Pain, and Spell Eater.

>>35902151
>What? Did I miss a Facebook post or something?
>Okay, how long has this been known and why wasn't I been informed sooner?
>So what do you think of Baron, anyway?

>>35902151
>Okay, how long has this been known and why wasn't I been informed sooner?

Who was Jessie?

>>35902151
>Good.

The proper response for a fledgling Imperiate. All things ought to love and revere us.

>So what do you think of Baron, anyway?

>>35902151
>>Ha! That’s kind of funny.

>>35902223
and the etheral bitch. and the general, and the hipster guy, and waldo

>>35902255

Off-screen character.

>>35902233
Inflict Pain, I've wanted it for ages and it could come in handy against pretty much any single strong opponent we run into.

On a tangential note, can we apply Stain of Sin to VoOTT?

>>35902233
Then begin the numbered vote!

>>35902151
>Okay, how long has this been known and why wasn't I been informed sooner?

>>35902233
Im assuming you're gonna do a quote only/number only vote?

>>35902270
>etheral bitch
Never launched magic at us that Spell Eater could be used against. She only had self-target and summoning.
>the general
That was demon abilities. The only magic magic he used was enchanting.
>hipster guy, and waldo
Demon abilities again.

>>35902287
I'd rather have Blood curse when it comes to facing strong enemies.

Strong enemies generally have Will saves versus things like that.

But Spell eater is great utility and sustain.

>>35902233
Is this the vote prompt or are you going to do a number vote or what?

>>35902337
Pretty sure the "demon abilities" will still be absorb able via spell eater.

>>35902313

I don't feel it's that much of a toss up, but so be it. We'll do a five minute vote.

1. Blood Curse
2. Inflict Pain
3. Spell Eater

Pick your number and post it by itself. Don't quote this post.

3

>>35902385
3

2

1

1

1

>>35902385
3

2

3

3

1

1

3

3

1

>tfw don't really care which one wins here because we need all of them anyway.

3

>>35902485
I only vote for the ones that will have physical changes I like. Actual abilities are meaningless to me. I'm voting for cosmetics

>>35902385
1

>>35902513
that's cool, I guess.

>>35902485
Same, I'm indifferent on whether Blood curse or Spell Eater wins.

>>35902513
You are a terrible person please go die.

3

>>35902546
No. I have actually decided a vote before.

>>35902513
This is why you never have player decisions affect appearance of the MC.

People care WAAAAY to much about appearance.

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>>35903407
Please.. you know nothing of the Lawn man.

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>35903407
>>35903480
you guys forgot to roll

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>35903575
But this is a roll under quest!

That’s not news you expected to hear. “What, I miss a Facebook post or something?” you ask. You’re not good with social media, but it’s important to never rule it out.

“Yes. You missed a Facebook post,” Rowan says.

You ignore Ro’s sarcasm. “When did you find this thing out?” you ask. “And if it wasn’t just two seconds ago – I mean, this is the kind of news you don’t keep back.”

“Actually it kind of is,” says Rowan. “Vikrama wormed it out of Baron in confidence, which she then told me in confidence.”

“And since I’m involved, what, I don’t get any confidence?” you say, feeling put out.

Rowan chuckles. “Baron’s a good friend. I don’t want to trip him up any more than he does himself,” she says.

You try not to be too frustrated. “Well, how long has this secret been secret?”

“That’s not important,” Rowan says, evasively. “Anyway. I’m just telling you so you know. Because I think you’d want to know, and it’s probably better for Baron and you if you knew the secret too – so long as he doesn’t know that you know the secret.”

“Right, because it’s not like I can just divine people’s feelings about stuff anyway,” you say.

“Just because you know what other people are feeling doesn’t mean you understand why they’re feeling the way they’re feeling,” Rowan counters. “Anyway – I have to get to class. See you later.”

>>35904193
“Yeah,” you say, heading off to your own class. You try to make sense of what’s going on with all this drama stuff, but you don’t even know if it qualifies as drama or not.

Classes go by in a blur of drawing and not paying attention, and before you know it’s lunch break. You don’t have much of an appetite, so you skip getting anything and make a beeline for the regular place for the regular deal.

Moriah’s already there, reading some hefty looking piece of literature. She’s wearing a fancy black blouse, and lacey glove-type things that you don’t really get. That’s Moriah for you, you guess. She lightens up at your appearance. “Hello,” she says.

“You’re here early,” you say, sitting down and throwing your backpack on the table. “What’s that you’re reading?”

Moriah sticks a marker in the book and sets it aside. “Dead Souls,” she says. “Borislav came over the other day to talk with father. He told me that this was the best book ever written.”

>Borislav will tell you a lot of things.
>Is it? The best book ever written, I mean?
>What was he talking to your dad about?
>Have you made any leeway on plant magic stuff?
>Hey. Guess what.
>Other (?)

>>35904221
>>What was he talking to your dad about?
>>Have you made any leeway on plant magic stuff?

>>35904221
>Is it? The best book ever written, I mean?

>>35904221
>Hey. Guess what.
I have elfish ears now. And you dont want to look at me in a mirror!
>What was he talking to your dad about?
>Have you made any leeway on plant magic stuff?

>>35904221
>>What was he talking to your dad about?
>Hey. Guess what.

>>35904221
>Is it? The best book ever written, I mean?

>>35904221
>What was he talking to your dad about?
>Hey. Guess what.

>>35904221
>Is it? The best book ever written, I mean?
>Hey. Guess what.
We have a date for the winter ball.

>>35904221
>Is it? The best book ever written, I mean?
Borislav is broya?

>>35904221
>What was he talking to your dad about?
>Is it? The best book ever written, I mean?
>Hey. Guess what.

“Does it live up to the hype?” you ask, leaning forward and resting your chin in your hands.

Moriah seems amused by the question. “It’s classic literature, and you can tell why when you’re reading.” she says. “Though I’m not finished yet, so I can’t give you anything more than a half-formed opinion. You’d probably be entertained once you got into it – it’s in the style of a comedy.”

“Comedy. I like comedy,” you observe.

“Everybody likes comedy,” Moriah says, steepling her fingertips in a way that reminds you about 200% of Mr. Crowther.

“Except your dad,” you say. “What were they yakking about anyway, Borya and him?”

>>35905210

“Politics,” Moriah says in a dull tone. “I didn’t catch much of what they were saying though. They talk to one another in Aramaic, which isn’t my strong suit.”

You frown. “Moriah, how many languages do you speak?” you ask.

Moriah looks upwards in thought, briefly. “English and Drathinean. The other ones I’m only really comfortable reading. Conversation is an entirely different matter.”

By the way she says ‘other ones’, you’re pretty sure she knows more than a handful, and is just being modest or self-doubtful or something. This makes you feel less accomplished with your weak grasp of Russian and virtually non-existent understanding of Heltic.

Desiring to change the topic to something more in your element, you say, “Hey Mori. Guess what.”

Like a chump, Moriah replies. “What?”

Huh. You actually don’t know.

>I got asked to the winter dance thing.
>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really.
>Coconut.
>I don’t know, you tell me.
>Other (?)

>>35905249
>>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really.

>>35905249

Whoops, missed a suggestion.

>I totally ninja assassined this demon guy last night.

>>35905249

>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really.

>>35905249
>>I got asked to the winter dance thing.

>>35905249
>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really.

>>35905249
>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really.

>>35905282
Oh and this.

>>35905249
>I got asked to the winter dance thing.
>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really.

>>35905249
>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really.

>>35905249
>>Other (?)
>I only know one language please teach me Heltic.

>>35905249
>>35905249
>>I totally ninja assassined this demon guy last night.
>>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really. I think I got something else too; my reflection feels weird.

>>35905249
>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really.
>I got asked to the winter dance thing.
So excited about normal high-school girl things

>>35905249
>>35905314
Ill throw support behind this.
She really ought to learn it.

>>35905314
This as well.

>>35905314
>I only know one language please teach me Heltic.
Ranthix might be the better one to ask to teach Heltic to Sierra.

Oh gosh we're about to tell her something really bad.

She doesn't know about how we're constantly changing and evolving. This is unique and has not been seen at least by isaac who is very experienced.

This is gonna be bad.

>>35905249
>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really.
>I totally ninja assassined this demon guy last night.

>>35905249
>I don’t know, you tell me.
...
>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really.
>I got asked to the winter dance thing.

>>35905314
This could also be fun

Have we learned to swim yet?

>>35905477
Even my dog can swim.

>>35905477
Don't think so.

>>35905383
We talked to her about it when we were in the woods together. Beginning of thread 60 if you want to look it up

>>35905477
>Have we learned to swim yet?
Nope. /Tg/ has an almost child terror when of letting Sierra near water since she drowned last time.

It's like they don't want to see Sierra, Rowan or Moriah in swimsuits or something.

>>35905553
It's almost as if someone who can't swim and is terrified of water.. might avoid it.

>>35905553
>when of letting
And I cannot into keyboarding.

>>35905583
Sierra also cannot tolerate being touched, but that doesn't stop the hugfags from voting for hugs.

>>35905249
>I totally ninja assassined this demon guy last night
>I’ve got elf ears now. Sort of not really.
>I got asked to the winter dance thing.

>>35905628
/tg/ is a bunch of hugsluts.

>>35905583
Gotta face those fears sometime anon, not being able to swim is a pretty glaring weakness

>>35905477
Sierra ran with the Bloods, which makes her an honorary black person. Blacks can't swim.

>>35905689
I agree. Everyone has to face their fears. unless you are "THE IMPERIATE" in which case all pools will be filled and all scissors destroyed.

>>35905731
Exactly.

>>35905553
>see
That's going to be a problem even if they into swimming.

>>35905865
How so?

>>35905886
Shitty mole vision and you're not supposed to swim with contacts.

>>35905477
it's a pity our fire resistance only goes to 2,250 F not 2,500~, otherwise we could swim in molten steel.

Still, we can swim in napalm without taking damage, which is pretty good

hey, have we ever though of becoming a fire fighter?

>>35905940
So people who are shortsighted can't swim ever?

>>35905865
You can wear glasses in the pool.
Alternatively, wearing goggles underwater tends to help vision anyway.

>>35905941
>Sierra's idea of a hot jacuzzi involves gallons and gallons of napalm

>>35905972
We already are one.

Haven't you been following the threads?

>>35905972
Well, I thought about being a fire engine when I grew up when I was six. Does that count?

>>35906059
Go home Ralph.

>>35906045
Honestly i want her to try it.

>>35906245
Afraid of water? Try burning death!

>>35906312
If we become equally afraid of everything then we will have no choice but to face our fears!
Brilliant!

You pull back your hair to showcase your freaky ears. “I’m an elf,” you say.

Moriah gives your ear a blank look. “You’re part Infernus and part Belphegoran,” she says blandly. “What else changed?”

“I don’t know,” you say. “Just the usual. More claws and more being all fine and pale and whatnot. I’ll have to see what’s new later. I kind of got beat up a little bit last night, and my body was all like, nope, you’re going to never get beat up again, I guess.”

“That’s a good way to think about it,” Moriah observes. “Do you still have everything under wraps then?”

That strange sense of foreboding in your gut sticks with you, but you choose to ignore it. “More or less,” you say.

“So this getting beat up. The eye?” she asks, indicating your black eye.

“Yeah,” you say, gingerly rubbing the mark. “Some psycho Waldric wanted removed. It was kind of intense.”

“I don’t know why he couldn’t just have had Ranthix take care of it,” Moriah says, frowning slightly. “It seems irresponsible to me, relying on your heritage instead of using ready tools already proven.”

You want to argue with her, but you get the feeling that she’s right, which really makes it a lot harder. “Well, there’s a lot of reasons why I had to do it,” you answer, kind of lamely. You try to remember these reasons, but maybe not getting enough sleep is putting a dampener on your critical thinking abilities.

>>35906736

Then you remember one and spit it out as fast as you can think it. “I mean, everybody’s afraid of Verwelkens, for one thing. So now people think Waldric has some scary shadow monster at his command. Good thing, right?”

Moriah seems somewhat dubious. “Maybe,” she says. “All these colonial demons are really too extreme in how they operate. It seems that all these interests in the barony would be better off if everyone sat down and negotiated terms of how to profit from trade.”

You snort. “Kind of hard to use your words when you’re not a woman who speaks like ten thousand languages,” you say.

“Not you,” she says. “Them. It’s not your fault the duchess of such and such a place and the king of whatever tiny kingdom refuse to write Waldric a letter to suffer mercantile allowances.”

“Actually,” you say, “I was just trying to segue into asking you if you wouldn’t mind teaching me a little Heltic sometime. I mean, I guess I kind of know it, I just forgot it.”

Moriah thinks about this. “I’m not sure,” she says. “I have a knowledge of Heltic, but it’s actually Ranthix’s native language. He seems like a better candidate.”

You make a sour face. “Ranthix isn’t really much of a language teacher,” you say. “He’s been trying to hammer some of it into my head for a while, but it’s kind of confusing.”

“Better to talk with a native speaker than take lessons with from a secondary source.”

>>35906757
You’re about to object when Vikrama appears. “Hello hello, girls,” she says dramatically, sweeping in with a half-empty carton of chocolate milk in hand. “And of what manner of secondary sources are we speaking?”

“Language learning,” Moriah says. “Immersion is the fastest way to pick up a new tongue.”

“My cousin lived in France for a year on a study abroad plan,” Vikrama says, taking a sip of her drink. “She took scores of classes in French before, but she learned more in there than anything else.”

“That sounds like an experience,” Moriah observes. “I’ve always wanted to live abroad in Europe for a few years.”

Vikrama smiles. “Really? Anywhere specific?”

“Germany,” Moriah says. The certainty of her answer lets you know she’s already given this some thought.

You look suspiciously at her. “Do you know German?”

“Not enough to get by if I had to,” Moriah replies shiftily.

>>35906776


Vikrama comes in on your side. “So you do know some German,” she says.

“A little,” Moriah replies.

“Say something,” you demand.

Moriah gives you flat look. “No.”

“Alas,” Vikrama laments. She switches gears abruptly. “So, I hear Sierra got asked to the dance,” she says to no one in particular.

Moriah looks questioningly at you.

>It’s Baron’s fault.
>Getting asked to a dance doesn’t mean anything.
>It’s about damn time somebody asked me to something.
>Sun shines, wind blows, Sierra goes to dances. Elementary.
>What can I say; I’m super attractive.
>How the heck do you know about that?
>Wait just a minute….
>Other (?)

>>35906800
>How the heck do you know about that?
>It’s about damn time somebody asked me to something.

>>35906800
>>Sun shines, wind blows, Sierra goes to dances. Elementary.
>>What can I say; I’m super attractive.

>>35906800
>Wait just a minute….
>How the heck do you know about that?
>Getting asked to a dance doesn’t mean anything.

>>35906800
>How the heck do you know about that?
>Wait just a minute….

>>35906800
>>What can I say; I’m super attractive.
>I mean I'd fuck me.

I'll be back in a couple hours. I have to watch the Book of Eli right now for some reason.

>>35906800
>>35906875
This

>>35906757
>It seems that all these interests in the barony would be better off if everyone sat down and negotiated terms of how to profit from trade.”

I wonder if Moriah would be willing to negotiate with someone like Iptaph, if she found out he was killing people for spare parts and trinkets.

>>35906938
The lawn has mysterious ways.

>>35906938
>I have to watch the Book of Eli
Ahahahahahaa.
He's blind.

>>35906938
He's blind
There you've watched the movie

>>35906992
You asshole.

>>35906938
Eli is blind.

>>35906800
>>What can I say; I’m super attractive.
>>How the heck do you know about that?

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>>35906992
>>35907002
>>35907016

>>35906800
It was Earth all along

>>35906938
It was his sled.

>>35906938
Verbal Kint is Kayser Soze.

>>35906938
Bruce Willis was a ghost the whole time

>>35906938
Judas betrays Jesus. Jesus is put on the cross and dies. He comes back 3 days later.

>>35906938
He was Bruce Willis the whole time

>>35906938
The aliens are weak to water

>>35906938
Man is the real monster.

>>35906938
Snape kills Dumbledore

>>35907211
The aliens are fucking retarded for trying to invade a planet where it rains acid from the sky.

>>35906938
Dog was Phone

>>35906938
Bucky is the winter soldier

>>35907354
There are no strings on me.

>>35906938
Private Ryan is the old man at the start the grave is Tom Hank's

>>35906938
Samuel L. Jackson has had it with the motherfucking snakes on that motherfucking plane

>>35906938
they find Nemo.

>>35906800
>How the heck do you know about that?
>Whatever, sun shines, wind blows, Sierra goes to dances. Elementary. Doesn't mean anything.

>>35906938
The lawn gets mowed.

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>>35906800
>What can I say; I’m super attractive.

"Well, who wouldn't want to take this to a dance?"

>>35906938
They need a bigger boat

>>35907481
What the fuck? no seriously, what the fuck.

>>35906938
Nice boat.

>>35907273
Bitch, we're trying to colonize Mars. At least the Alien could breath and wouldn't freeze to death on Earth.

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>>35907534
Hey, you planning on sleeping tonight Anon?

>>35907562
The aliens are capable of interstellar travel and they can't figure out waterproof clothing? Someone obviously didn't think this through.

Not clicking that. fuck you, I want to sleep at some point. Fuck you anon, fuck you with a rusty shovel.

>>35907611
That was a bit to silly for me.

>>35906938
Norton is Tyler Durden.

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>>35907660
>I want to sleep at some point.

Verwelken knows. Verwelken can wait.

>>35906938
Soylent green is people

>>35907611
It moves like some shitty gmod stopmotion. How can anyone take this seriously?

>>35907800
I hope you step on a lego, barefoot.

>>35907842
It's watching you.

>>35906938
Elizabeth is Booker's daughter.

>>35907848
Y-you too....

>Verwelken staring at Anon asleep in bed
>Trying to think of a way to introduce itself to him
>Wondering what a good topic of conversation might be
>Worried about coming on too strong
>Anon opens his eyes
>Verwelken drops spaghetti, freezes up, just keeps staring out of the shadows
>'Maybe if I smile he'll know I don't mean any harm'

>>35906938
Scar kills Mufasa.

>>35907998
Anon tries to fuck it.

>>35906800
>>Other (?)
Try and hear what the shadows have to say about Vikrama and Moriah

>>35908123
Doesn't listening to shadows cause sanity loss? I seem to remember that being mentioned before.

>>35908299
Listening to the shadows doesn't cause san loss on a good roll. I'm just curious as to what the shadows can inform us of.

>>35906800
>>35908123
seconded

>>35908123
Isn't that just begging to dig up secrets about them that we will wish we didn't know? Or are you confident Sierra will be able to bounce back from anything?

>>35908441
I don't think Languid would give us a power solely just to fuck us over.

how long is the book of eli?

>>35908493
About 1 hour and 55 minutes.

>>35908493
118 minutes. So he'll have finished it in about 35 minutes.

>>35908509
for a second I read that as "so he'll be about 35 minutes in now." or the equivalent of that anyway.

I'm alive again.

>>35909609
So how did you like the Book of Eli?
Fun fact: The braille version of the King James Bible comprise about 18 volumes and requires about 60 inches of shelf space 12 inches high. Eli couldn't carry around a braille bible in one book

>>35909609
did you notice how there was a severe lack of lawn in the movie? eli chopped all that shit up with his knives man.

glad to have you back.

>>35909659

It turned out that I couldn't watch Book of Eli, so instead I made everyone watch Equilibrium, which I like much more than Book of Eli.

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>>35909678
Brilliant. I appluad your good taste.

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>>35909678
good choice

You shrug grandiosely. “What can I say,” you tell your friends, “I’m super attractive. Like. Pretty much nobody can resist. Who could? I mean, I’d do me, if I got the chance.”

Moriah clears her throat, while Vikrama bursts into laughter.

You review what you just said. “So I said that,” you say, feeling kind of crowded out all the sudden, “but you know what I meant it.”

Your explanation does nothing to alleveiate the situation, but that’s when you recognize that maybe something’s not quite right. “Vik, how the hell did you know about that? It was literally yesterday, and I only told two people.”

“Rowan texted me,” says Vikrama. “You don’t live in a vacuum, darling.”

You slam a fist down on the table for dramatic flair. “Lies! Ro was complaining about forgetting to charge her phone this morning, she couldn’t possibly have texted you!”

Vikrama, however, has more clever ruses in the way of the truth. “A woman’s intuition is wiser than reason,” she explains.

Moriah looks between you and Vikrama. “That wouldn’t hold up in a court of law,” she says. And if anyone has the authority to make such a claim, it would have to be Moriah.

“Just one minute,” you say, beginning to see through Vikrama’s smoke and mirrors. There is the possibility that Baron told his friends, and maybe one of them told Vikrama , but you don’t feel that it’d play out like that. No, Vikrama’s knowing look means something else.

>>35910493

But before you can find out what that something else is, Baron, Ro, and Nathan all roll up, being all fashionably late and stuff. The entire thread of conversation is demolished at their appearance, morphing into something else entirely.

You forget your train of thought by the time the bell rings, summoning you to important stuff like pre-calculus. The rest of school breezes by, and before you know it, you’re out front on a bench waiting for evac from Cassandra. Or maybe Isaac. You don’t know who’s picking you and Rowan up, but it’s definitely somebody.

You’re sitting with Rowan, shooting the breeze as usual about topics of import, like which faction you’d be if you were in the world of Divergent. “I mean, Dauntless seems cool, but really, they’re the worst – all those obligations,” you tell Rowan. “It’s all about Amity. You just get to chill in a hippy commune all day and eat strawberries.”

“That’d get boring before long,” Ro argues. “At least in Erudite you get to better yourself and you know, actually do useful things that make a difference.”

You scoff. “Like taking over the whole dystopian society and being huge jerks to everybody about it,” you say.

“Exactly,” Rowan continues, switching her tactics. “Once they take over, you’d better hope you’re with them, because otherwise you get executed and stuff.”

>>35910503

You spot Nathan and Baron walking your way, with some other guy you don’t know. They all look like pals though, from their general demeanor. Baron spots you and Rowan on your bench, and redirects the posse to your position.

“Hello,” Rowan says, looking up at the approaching group.

“Ladies,” says Nathan, in a groan-inducingly low voice.

Baron steps forward. “Hey guys,” he says, smiling. “I was talking with these guys just a few minutes ago, and we decided to get a bunch of people together and go on a big bike ride tomorrow.”

“How many people do you have so far?” Ro asks.

“Eight people are going to come,” says the unknown guy. “That’s including us.”

“But ten if you include you,” Nathan chips in.

Baron continues the explanation. “And if you assume a fifty percent attrition rate, that means five lucky winners will make it all the way to meeting up tomorrow and living the dream. Imagine – riding along the coast, people watching at ten miles an hour, with nothing but the fresh sea air and a twenty-five percent chance of rain to stop you."

>>35910527

“So basically,” says Nate, “join us in the journey.”

Ro seems to consider the offer. “Where’s this happening?” she asks.

“Golden Gate Park at eleven o’clock sharp,” says unknown person, who is presumably an acquaintance of Baron's. “We’re meeting up by the place with the weird gazebo thing.”

“So,” Baron says, trying to gauge your and Rowan’s reactions, “if you’re looking to fill the eleven o’clock shaped hole in your schedule this Saturday – that is, tomorrow – here’s the greatest opportunity this side of the bay to do just that.”

Well that’s something.

Rowan turns to you with a conspiratorial gleam in her eye. “What do you think?” she asks.

>That’s quite the coincidence, because I was actually just asking around for stuff to do at eleven o’clock tomorrow.
>Sounds like a fun thing for fun people to do. If I wake up soon enough, I might just come along.
>The weather’s a little too cold and drizzly for me. I wouldn’t survive the ride. You guys’ll have to do good things without me.
>I already have plans, man. Thanks for the invite though – some other time maybe.
>Other (?)

>>35910547
>Sounds like a fun thing for fun people to do. If I wake up soon enough, I might just come along.

>>35910547
>>I already have plans, man. Thanks for the invite though – some other time maybe.

Well I wanted to get a bit further tonight, but time is hard to come by, and I need sleep.

Next thread next week, probably on Saturday. I'll post on twitter when I know.

Thanks for playing.

>>35910547
>>I already have plans, man. Thanks for the invite though – some other time maybe.

>>35910547
Did we have plans on Saturday? I can't remember.

>>35910547
>That’s quite the coincidence, because I was actually just asking around for stuff to do at eleven o’clock tomorrow.
>Other (?)
Who's your buddy over there?

>>35910547
>Waking up at 10 on a saturday

Who are these crazy people?

>>35910576
>I already have plans, man. Thanks for the invite though – some other time maybe.

>>35910576
Thanks for running.

>>35910547
>Sounds like a fun thing for fun people to do. If I wake up soon enough, I might just come along.

>>35910547
>Sounds like a fun thing for fun people to do. If I wake up soon enough, I might just come along.

>>35910547
>Sounds like a fun thing for fun people to do. If I wake up soon enough, I might just come along.

>>35910576
Thanks for running!!

HOLY SHIT HELLBORN YESSS

>>35911365
You're a bit late there, buddy.

>>35911394
No, it's fine. I can read it.

>>35910547
>>I already have plans, man. Thanks for the invite though – some other time maybe.

Thanks for running, man.

>>35910547
>>Sounds like a fun thing for fun people to do. If I wake up soon enough, I might just come along.

>>35910576
>>I already have plans, man. Thanks for the invite though – some other time maybe.

I arrived too late, at least I can read through and make one vote!

We need to git gud, not have a bike episode. Besides, we just got fun new powers to play with!

>>35910547
>Sounds like a fun thing for fun people to do. If I wake up soon enough, I might just come along.

>>35910547
>>I already have plans, man. Thanks for the invite though – some other time maybe.

>>35910547
>That’s quite the coincidence, because I was actually just asking around for stuff to do at eleven o’clock tomorrow.

>Other (?)
"You guys make the sandwiches."

>>35910547
>Sounds like a fun thing for fun people to do. If I wake up soon enough, I might just come along.

>>35910547
>That’s quite the coincidence, because I was actually just asking around for stuff to do at eleven o’clock tomorrow.

>>35910547
>That’s quite the coincidence, because I was actually just asking around for stuff to do at eleven o’clock tomorrow.

>>35910547
>That’s quite the coincidence, because I was actually just asking around for stuff to do at eleven o’clock tomorrow.

>>35910547
>That’s quite the coincidence, because I was actually just asking around for stuff to do at eleven o’clock tomorrow.
or
>Sounds like a fun thing for fun people to do. If I wake up soon enough, I might just come along.
as long as we dont do the "I already have plans, man. Thanks for the invite though - some other time maybe."

>>35910547
>I already have plans, man. Thanks for the invite though – some other time maybe.

Bump

>>35910547
>That’s quite the coincidence, because I was actually just asking around for stuff to do at eleven o’clock tomorrow.

>>35919952
The thread has been over for fourteen hours, what the fuck are you doing?

It's been samefag central for the past dozen hours or so. Would have been better if we hit the bump limit.

>>35910547
>>I already have plans, man. Thanks for the invite though – some other time maybe.