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Rolled 95, 88 = 183 (2d100)

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As you get closer to the flames, you suddenly notice a smaller fire, and then another, all seem to pop up along the frame of the ship. In the glow of the building embers, you can see a hooded figure zipping around the perimeter of the ship with record speed. As the silhouette bobs and weaves through the chaos, the problem only seems to get worse.

"Yuuki! You need to-"

You don't even get to finish, she breaks away from her gait alongside you and kicks an entire water barrel toward the flames. Briefly, she raises her spear into the air.
"HOLY AVALANCHE!"
A white line slowly follows along the ground before intersecting with the mid-air barrel. With a blast, the barrel explodes into a chilly white mist.
Snow, she somehow turned the barrel of water directly into a cold gust of snow. The white cloud settles onto the ship and its flames. Embers of the smaller fires smolder and puff from existence.
Well-played, Yuuki.

In the shadows of the lighting, you can still see a cloaked figure bob and weave between the panicked builders.

>How are you gonna make this scallywag walk the plank?
>Give a 1d100 roll, best of 3.

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>37205882
chase after the the cloaked figure and call out to Cody to help.

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>37205882
Chase him down and pin him to allow your party to catch up.

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>37205882
>>37205951
Going with this

>>37205882
if no one shows up can i roll 2 more times.

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>37205951
>>37206039
>>37206040
Holy shit guys

>Highest Roll: 15

>Chase after the cloaked figure, call to Cody for help

Writing!

>>37206100
Can we get that last roll included somehow? Dammit I'm used to quests with fate point bullshit.

>>37205951
>>37206039
>>37206040
>>37206096
i blame the fact that there is snow jacks a pirate he lived and worked in the tropics.

>>37206134
>>37206136
Keep in mind, of that 2d100, the first one (95) was Yuuki.

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There he is.
No, wait, that's not him. There he is again!

He's weaving in and out of the crowd. Trying to make himself a difficult target to shoot.
"CODY! GIVE ME A HAND 'ERE"

There he is again! He just jumped out from the crowd and dashed toward the door of a shed. He stands outside of it grappling with the handle, trying to yank it open.

It's time.

Using your remaining five loaded shots, you unload every magic round you have directly at the dark shape. With a crash, you see the dark silhouette go down.

You hop up onto the concrete platform, ready to punch someone's face in.
Just to see the smashed remains of the door itself. It looks like he opened to door to shield himself.

You can see the figure weaving through the crowd. This time he seems to be going for the fence surrounding the courtyard.

"EVERYBODY DOWN!" Cody yells as he draws his revolver.
The crowd, likely used to their boss barking orders at them, immediately hits the dirt. Cody has a clear shot at the mysterious figure.
Several of the shots clearly strike the man's shoulder, but he powers through them. Resulting in his cloak taking some heavy damage as he flees.

With a yell, Yuuki leaps over the prone crowd.
"WINTER NOVA!"
A blue shine seems to erupt from her spear and fly straight through the air.

The hooded figure has almost cleared the courtyard by now, he quickly approaches the well and gets ready to spring over the fence.

Just as Yuuki's blue shine strikes the well like an arc of lightning. With a blast, perfect blue stalagmites erupt from the well and from the dampened soil.
The intruder, clearly not expecting this attack, skids on the frozen ground and falls right on his ass.

He stands up to face you as you approach.

>Tell him to stand down, there's no place to run.
>Just shoot him, what difference does it make here?
>Try to entrap him somehow with a nearby object
>Rush him, maybe he won't expect it!

In any case, roll a 1d100, best of three. DCs for each are hidden.

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>37207069
>Try to entrap him somehow with a nearby object

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>37207069
this>>37207141

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>37207069
>Try to entrap him somehow with a nearby object

Rolled 55, 33, 10 = 98 (3d100)

>Try to entrap him somehow with a nearby object

Writing!

>>37207481
did we win

>>37207607
Yes we won the game, we can all go home now

>>37207703
cool whats the prize?

>>37207732
Yuuki with Kemonomimi

>>37207824
that's a nice prize I'll take 2.

>>37207824
Can I get the snake lady?

>>37207944
does she comes with snake ears?

>>37208090
...That's a good question, actually. Lamia are usually human eared if they aren't totally snakey. But that'd be odd in this setting.

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>>37208090
Snakes really don't have ears. They'd probably be human ears.

>>37208140
>Snakes really don't have ears.
that's the joke

i wonder how our snake friend is doing.

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>>37207926
hmm Well I only have one in a yukata but the other is cute too.

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>>37207926
And heres the other

>>37208253
whats the other one i just want to see all options available to me before i decide.

>>37208292
ill go with the second one.

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>>37208344
Ah, I just found this one. Dunno if you want a slutty Yuuki, as for Lamia
Anon I'm lookin for a good one you're not forgotten

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There's a yell behind you as Cody tells you to hit the dirt, as well.
Sure enough, Cody was right. Immediately the hooded figure reaches into his cloak and draws four throwing knives. With a quick movement of his wrist, he sends them all flying at your group.

They soar overhead as you can hear Cody shooting another series of shots behind you. Each bullet colliding with an individual throwing knife, striking it from the air.

You don't want to admit it, but he's damn good.

Several other bullets whiz over your head as another wave of throwing knives fly to meet them. Cody, however, is a much more talented shot. His bullets strike true on the hooded figure as he falls backward onto his back.

That's when you hear Cody grunt. Looking back at him, it seems one of those throwing knives hit true, slightly tearing his leather armor.
Yuuki jumps out in front, immediately intercepting another wave of throwing knives with a spin of her spear.

Both of them are damn good, wow.

So where does that leave you? You're crouched on the ground, the burglar continues to lay on the ice-slick ground as he throws more and more implements from his cloak in a last-ditch attempt.

Your hands are grasped around something cold, half-frozen, but very solid. Lifting it up slightly so you can see it in the day's ever-decreasing light, you see that it's part of a pilot's ladder! A thick webwork of netting that would normally be draped over the side or netted to crucial parts of a ship. This one hasn't been sewn or cut properly just yet, so it's more akin to a fishing net than a ladder.
Hey, there's an idea!

>Cont.

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>>37208458
Standing up into the hail of knives and bullets from both sides, you unfurl the large tapestry. It easily reaches over to the burglar with length to spare. With a solid throw, you heave the mass of rope over the burglar just as another set of knives tangle uselessly in the web.

The man struggles and kicks as his legs tangle in the weaved mass. With a solid pull, you bring him straight over to you and pick him up by the ankle. For such a scary figure, he certainly seems shorter than you. He struggles and kicks against your arm as you dangle him helplessly in the mass of netting.

That's when, at the last second, his arm punches through the net and whiffs very close to your abdomen with something in his hand! A large, silver hatchet is broken free from his grip as it falls uselessly to the ground.

What a stubborn ass he is. You grab both of his arms and pull them through the netting, and then punch him straight in the gut to just be sure he doesn't try that again.

With all that struggling, he stops moving. Slowly, flakes of his cloak start to come off in tangles in the rope net.

Something else is tangled in the net, locks of silver hair tangle and weave in the mess of ropes, along with pieces and scraps of his black cloak.

"Ha ha! That's unbelievable Jack! You bagged him!" Cody yells as he runs over, "Come on! Let's get him out of there and take a look at that scum!"

"Wait! Wait!" Yuuki, quite clearly out of breath, approaches, "Don't let him out yet! He could just run away! Let's get him somewhere he can't flee and look!"

They both make good points.

>Take a look now!
>No, drag his ass to the castle. They probably have a prison there anyway.
>Hand the bag to someone, if they want to do it, it's their responsibility.
>Other?

>>37208643
>>No, drag his ass to the castle. They probably have a prison there anyway.

he is probably naked we dont need to see that.

>>37208643
>No, drag his ass to the castle. They probably have a prison there anyway.

>>37208643
>>No, drag his ass to the castle. They probably have a prison there anyway.

>>37208643
>>No, drag his ass to the castle. They probably have a prison there anyway.

>>37208643
>No, drag his ass to the castle. They probably have a prison there anyway.

>>37208643
>>37208643
>No, drag his ass to the castle. They probably have a prison there anyway.

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Lamia Anon here you go. couldn't find any with Kemonomimi though.

>>37208841
That's great because pointy ears is what I imagine Madeleine's ears probably look like.

>Drag his ass to the castle

Writing!

>>37208841
no one is perfect.

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>>37208911
Holy mother of hell I actually found one.

>>37209219
i take back what i said you are perfect.

>>37209219
I should take back what I said, because this looks great as well.

>>37209254
So does that mean Madeline now has fluffy ears or are we sticking with elf ears.

This vital information for this quest, Announcer. We need to know if we are to pet or rub her ears.

>>37209417
What have I dug myself into?

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>>37209233
>>37209254
Aww yeah! I got Announcer's approval. I'm seriously surprised to have found it though. On a side not heres a Meido

>>37209496
a hole let me get you a shovel so you can dig deeper.

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"Cody, wait. Yuuki is right. We don't want him getting out here. We need to get him back to the castle."
"Psh, fine. Are you going to carry him?"
"Maybe I should."

"Hold it." Yuuki says, looking nervous.
"I think someone should walk behind you in case he tries to cut his way out. He might have hidden a knife or something."

"Eeh, that's a good point. Not only that, there's nothing stopping him from trying to strike you in the back again if he gets a good footing in there." Cody says, eying the bag cautiously.

"Ferget it" You say, "Let's get Max and some of his guys to help with this, maybe there's a cart we can put 'im in or something."

You walk over to where the overall-clad engineer is desperately barking orders and surveying the damage caused by your burglar. The whole time, Yuuki and Cody keep a close eye on the now-limp sack.
"'Ey Max. I got yer perpetrator, right here."

He turns to look at you with relief awash over his face.
"Jack.. Between savin' me at the bar and now, 'at makes twice now that you've saved my skin. I don't know how I could possibly repay ye!"

Oh, right. Ah ha. The bar.
"..Let's call us even, aye?"

He looks confused for a minute, but laughs and replies with an "Aye."

According to him, the damage done to the ship is superficial. A little bit of planing and sanding, it'll be good as new. You would have stayed and listen to the complete roundup, but you have a prisoner to deliver.

Which is when one of the builders flags Max down. Behind him, three figures approach. You recognize them as the three brawlers that were taking the barfight apart earlier.
"Hey! Boss!" the lowly peon yells, "I got a couple of knights from the castle!"

>Knights, eh? Introduce yourself.
>Nah, No time. Off to the castle!
>Tell them everything is okay, but don't stay too long.
>Other?

>>37210027
>>Knights, eh? Introduce yourself.
Make sure a hero is watching the theif at all times.

>>37210027
>>Nah, No time. Off to the castle!
were keeping him till we get to the castle he could be working with some one.

>>37210027
>Nah, No time. Off to the castle!

>>37210027
>Nah, No time. Off to the castle!
>"SORRY HERO BUSINESS BYE!"

>Nah, No time. Off to the castle!

Writing!

>>37210429
still there Announcer?

>>37211129
Still here! Next post almost up!

>>37211129
Don't worry, he just takes his time between posts at times. He'll let you know if he can't finish it.

>>37211156
cool
>>37211157
he has lost power before so just had to ask.

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No no, you have a prisoner in the bag and he's likely formulating an escape plan right now! You don't have time for this!

"'ey, Max. Deal with these guys, we're off to the castle."
"Eh? Aye. Take care, Jack."

With that, you make your way toward the exit. One of the knights approaches you to ask about the large bag.
"Hey, Yuuki? Jack? What's happening here?"
"Glad to meet you too." Cody says under his breath.

"Nothin' much Lass, this is the perpetrator. We're takin' him back to the castle for questionin'."
"Oh you actually caught someone? I-"

She catches herself, putting her hand over her mouth when she realizes the tone of how she just said that.
"I'll drop by later. Do you need help transporting him?"

With a whump, you set him down in one of the nearby carts and start pulling him.
"Naw, I think we're fine, unless ye really want to."
"No! No! I'm fine! I'll be by later."

Strange lass, that. But you don't have time for it. Cautiously, Yuuki and Cody walk behind you and keep an eye on him as you pull him all the way through town and to the castle.

--

You get some guards in the castle to help with the heavy lifting, so to speak. You don't wish to even dare let him out in here, so you take the long walk down to the dungeons.

"Hey! I'm going to let Anna know I'm okay. I'll see you in a bit!" Yuuki says, before she takes off.

Cody shuffles his foot uncomfortably, "Yeah, speakin' of which, Jack. I'm not much of an interrogator. Know anyone who is?"

>Get Fritelli, she seems to run everything around here anyway.
>Or how about Aligot, maybe he knows some truth-telling magic or something
>Maybe Alicot? Maybe? Maids can be scary.
>Get Louise and threaten him with her giant axe.
>The prince- No. Ha ha ha.
>Maybe one of the other princesses?
>Other?

>>37211298
>>Get Fritelli, she seems to run everything around here anyway.
>>Or how about Aligot, maybe he knows some truth-telling magic or something

all we have to do is tell Aligot that he has whats here name

>>37211298
>>Other?
Me. I'm pretty sure I'm far more intimidating than any fluffy tale around here.

>>37211298
this>>37211614

>>37211298
>Ask if he touches fluffy tail.

>>37211298
>>37211614
Seconded

Sorry, I disappeared for an hour

>Me. I'm pretty sure I'm the most intimidating person in this castle.

Writing last post of the night!

>>37212313
Well now, since announcer has yet to give ruling on the matter, which sort of ears do you envision our potion brewing snek anons? Fluffy, elven, or other?

>>37212540
Human/Elven.

>>37212540
Full head of hair, no ears.

>>37212987
Snake ears perhaps?

>>37213045
That's what I said. Sorta. She'd have hearing spots the same functioning way, but with hair.

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"Who're ye kiddin' Cody? Yer lookin' at the most intimidating person in the castle!"

He doesn't seem very convinced. So you begin to recount one of the greatest achievements of your career.
"One time, I made an entire poker table of sailors fold instantly with just a look! Just one look from me and they were so scared they threw their cards down and left the table!"

You did have just a little help from a queen that was kept up your sleeve, but details are just details.

"Ha! And besides, I learned from the best! We'd find merchants all the time that would cack their pants at the first sight of our ship! Some lowlife burglar doesn't stand a chance against me. "

You feel more confident than ever before about this one! They don't even have real violence here, so someone who is accustomed to actual violence is going to make their timbers shiver!

You walk down the stairwell behind the guards who hoist the squirming bag before them. Quickly, they arrive in the almost completely abandoned jail and throw the bag in. You and Cody step in after them as they shut the cell door behind you. Both of the guards stand at attention, waiting for your next word.

Perfect.

You get to work quick, trying to untangle and unfurl the ropes and netting that have ensnared your prisoner. Ropes so thick and heavy that it's hard to even make out that there's a person under all of this. You grab rope after rope and move them out of the way as you slowly start to shuffle the prisoner out of the trap appendage by appendage.

>Cont.

>>37213159
It's a naked girl, isn't it.

>>37213296
All that matters is if the person has fluffy ears and tail to touch and ruffle.

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>>37213159
Your hand grabs another mass of something definitely not rope-like in nature. A kind of mass that elicits a high-picked squeak from the bumbling captive along with another round of kicks and squirming.

A high pitched squeak? Definitely not the kind of screaming you were expecting. Something is wrong here.
Cody grabs the top of the entire tangle of ropes and rips it off with a strong, powerful yank.
The bindings give way to a head of long, shoulder-length hair. Held in place by an elaborate, multicolored headband. Below that, there is nothing else.

The captive, clearly a few years younger than you and maybe Yuuki, grips her hands into little fists as she tries to cover herself with her tattered cloak. On her face is an expression halfway between the pouting and the full-on cry of a moody teenager.

Cody tosses the rope mess over her and steps back, completely dumbstruck.
"Jack, err. This isn't what I was expectin' at all. So I hope you know what you're doin'."

Strange, you were about to say the same thing to him.

>Thread End.

>>37213562
one native American that hates Cody. check.

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Okay! That was a fun reveal. But you somehow managed to avoid meeting that group of knights for a fourth time!
That's okay though. Just more side characters for the side character gods.

Thank you everyone for the thread! Now about those reader polls.

Direction of the story:
http://strawpoll.me/3352692

Speed of the story:
http://strawpoll.me/3352693

Community poll:
http://strawpoll.me/3352699

Thanks everyone, let me know what you think. I'm going to check these periodically for a couple weeks to make sure that everyone, even those who archive lurk, gets to have a say in it.

Thanks for the thread, Everyone. Have an alternate portrait that I didn't go with.

>>37213562
thanks for running.

>>37213694
Thank's for running again Announcer