{Fulvia, I want you to ride in the carriage and see that it makes it back to our new estate. Oh, and I'll be having Zahak ride with you in the back. Anyone else is free to join them, though I myself will be walking.}

Mortia and Skull Kid speak almost simultaneously. {Dibs on a carriage seat!} They both exclaim, their thoughts muddling together at the back of your mind and forming a strange, inhuman voice all its own. One of the inconveniences of the brooches few downsides, they're not good at handling multiple people speaking at once. It turns into an incomprehensible jumble very quickly.

Darzi speaks up as well after a moment's hesitation. {I believe I will ride within the carriage as well. It would be problematic where I to encounter anyone that I know. I believe that so far as the City Guard are concerned, I am a dead woman.}

That is an issue, you suppose. It would raise some inconvenient questions where she to be recognized by some passerby. Once you're fairly confident that neither Chrys or Prof are going to step forward to claim a carriage seat for themselves, you reach out to Zahak via the mental link you share. You don't feel confident enough in his understanding of either Samjan or Rhynian to try and communicate to him verbally, so instead merely focus on the route you took from the sitting room to the back entrance, and your desire for him to remain invisible until such a time as he enters the carriage.

(1/5 or 6)

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It's only a short while later that the door burst open, the sound of claws scraping against stone ringing out across the sheltered alcove the camels and carriage are stored in. There's a loud hiss, and something butts against the door of the carriage. You step forward and carefully pull it open. The carriage rocks heavily under Zahak's weight as he climbs inside, slowly fading into visibility as he enters. Once inside he scales his way onto the central table and curls up on himself, getting comfortable. You urge him to stay until such a time as you reach out to him, and then step aside to allow your companions to climb in.

Fulvia has seen to rousing the camels and hitching them to the carriage in the interim. She approaches you with a massive glob of camel spit sliding down the projected image of her face. You're not sure if it's just a projection, or if she's doing it to reflect actual camel spit hidden beneath the projection. Regardless, you're not eager to reach out and touch it.

“We are ready to leave at your command, Mikhael.” She states matter-of-factly. “As the location of our destination is unknown to me, I will defer to your leadership and ride behind you and the slaves.”

You nod, and she turns sharply on her heels to climb up into the driver's bench of the carriage. Perhaps it is merely your imagination, but she seems to be acting... well, less human than she usually does. Perhaps it's merely your imagination.

You wander out of the sheltered alcove to find most of your twenty six new slaves at rest. Many of them have taken seats against the wall of your master's home, lined up in a single row. Prema watches them diligently, arms folded in front of her chest. She is not exactly what you would describe as an intimidating woman, in fact you'd think a particularly strong wind might bowl her over, but none of your slaves seems to have attempted escape so you're not particularly inclined to question her.

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You clap your hands together to get their attention. “Alright everyone, it's time to get going. Follow me and I'll lead you to my estate. Once we arrive, we'll need to get to work immediately. I have a get together planned in three days time and there is a lot of work which must be done before then.”

As a unit your servants get to their feet, Prema taking up position at the head of the column. Flanked on either side by Profectus and Chrys, you begin your walk through the Vatis District. You hear the rumbling of carriage wheels along paving stones following behind you shortly after you set off, and of course the discordant rhythm of jangling chains and marching feet.

You glance towards Profectus, a question occurring to you. “I would have thought you would be upset to learn I had enslaved your kind, Profectus.”

He glances back at the column of slaves, the vast majority of them elven, and frowns slightly. “I don't know if I'd call them 'my kind' exactly. I mean, they look more human than elf. Terribly short, not the least bit graceful, blocky features. Gods, Mikhael. I'd go so far as to say I have more in common with your kind than my own.”

He shrugs, turning his attention to the city before him. “Besides, my people have always been enslaved. First by the Dragons, then by other Elves, then by the Dwoveth, then by the Rhynians, and now once more by other Elves if the rumors we've heard of that warlord fellow are to be believed. It's merely the way of my people. If ever we accomplish something worthy of note, it is because we are under the yolk of another. At least, that's the way it seems to my mind.”

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You have to admit, you find that sort of complacency disgusting. While you would rather be a slave than a poor man, the best option in your mind is to avoid both. Were you forced to sell yourself into slavery you can only imagine you would constantly strive to earn your freedom. Perhaps that mentality is the result of your upbringing, your father has always been very proud of your family's former status as slaves. Emphasis on former. He used to tell you that the Abdul-Hakims have already broken their chains, never again shall they be subservient to another.

Chryssa's voice interrupts your thoughts. “Where does El-Amin receive the majority of its slaves from? My father used to tell me of villagers going missing, snatched in the night by your people. There has not been a case of such raiding in my lifetime that I can recall.”

To be honest, you've only the vaguest idea of where the slaves that work El-Amin's fields and attend to its upper class come from. “So far as I know most are bought from native slavers. I imagine the markets are inundated with Elves due to the ongoing wars of conquest taking place across their lands. Humans are common as well for the same reason, constant internecine warfare continuously introduces new slaves to the marketplace. It's also my understanding that many slaves in El-Amin are second or third generation slaves; humans die so quickly you can hardly get your money's worth in only one of their lifetimes.”

Chryssa seems to contemplate this, before asking a follow up question. “It is the custom of my people, if a town or village we desire resist conquest, to enslave the women and children while slaughtering every man who has begun to grow his beard. So that any remnant of the people who originally populated the area will be wiped out within a few generations time. Your people do not seem to share this practice. Why do you continue to allow your enemies to live when it would be more prudent to wipe them out utterly?”

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You pause, staring at her for a moment. It takes you a moment formulate an appropriate answer. “Well, Chrys. My people don't tend to wage war against other races often. Our homeland contains all that we might want and more. The only true rival that the Shahdom faces is the Samrat of Kulkarni, a polity ruled and populated with our own kind. It would prove counter productive to wipe out our own kind, regardless of perceived differences. Is that sort of mentality common among humans?”

Chrys nods firmly, and Profectus speaks up to lend his own knowledge to the discussion. “It's common among Elves as well, or at least it used to be. Not when I was still walking about. That's one of the reasons I joined the military in the first place, they were peace keepers. Put a stop to the destruction of entire peoples over petty disagreements like how to properly dress or what gods are most important among our vast pantheon.”

You resume the trek towards your new estate, mildly disturbed by how utterly violent other races seem to be. Truly, they're degenerate barbarians. You do find yourself wondering if perhaps your own people practiced the same customs before being unified beneath the flag of Hiacia, and whether or not they would resort to such barbarism if either the Shahdom or the Samrat collapsed into a mass of warring city-states.

Conversation turns towards more pleasant topics after that, you learn that Elves do in fact have their own pantheon of gods though worship in his time was waning. So far as he's aware the Rhynian gods were largely aspects of Elven gods, or straight copies with different names. He doesn't actually know how many gods the Elves revere in total, but he claims that in his time they numbered well above one hundred.

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It isn't long before you find yourself standing before the great iron gates that bar entry into your estate. You note that the chain has been removed, as has the for sale sign. Curious, but hopefully a good sign.

>Venture in first, and use the key to unlock the tome in the library.
>Enter as a group and give everyone a brief tour.
>Write-in

>>37514677
>>Venture in first, and use the key to unlock the tome in the library.

>>37514677
>Enter as a group and give everyone a brief tour.

>>37514677
>>Venture in first, and use the key to unlock the tome in the library.
Gotta do it right

>>37514626
>“It is the custom of my people, if a town or village we desire resist conquest, to enslave the women and children while slaughtering every man who has begun to grow his beard. So that any remnant of the people who originally populated the area will be wiped out within a few generations time
Damn nigga that some old testament shit

>>37514677
>Venture in first, and use the key to unlock the tome in the library.
We must complete the deal.

>>37514677
>>Venture in first, and use the key to unlock the tome in the library.
We talk to the spirit first to see if he owns the deed. and make sure we own the house outright with out any trouble.

>>37514677
>>Venture in first, and use the key to unlock the tome in the library.

>>37514677
>Venture in first, and use the key to unlock the tome in the library.

>>37514677
>Enter as a group and give everyone a brief tour.

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>>37514841

>>37514841
She really is best girl

>Venture in first
Writin'

>>37514841
We really never found out what species her village was.
also, i find it funny that the waifu guys were proven wrong about the slavery bit and our party.

>>37515032
>waifu guys were proven wrong
More common than you would think.

>Yandere intensifies
I'm telling you, we try to fuck around on Chrys she'll straight up rip a bitch's head off.

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>>37515067
Truly a best.

>>37515067
Ok you have to tell me why you think her yandere increases when talking about the practices of her people.

>>37515067
>yandere
I don't think that word means what you think it means

>>37515245
Its just a waifu fag, as long as his delusions don't get in the way of the quest, we can let him be.

I think we forgot to find out to whom the building belongs in paper. I mean the spirit clearly "owns" the place but somewhere a person could be the legal owner.

>>37515419
thats why some anons are preparing the lube, if he doesn't have the papers we are gonna fuck him over raw.

>>37515464
>fuck him over raw.
>lube
annon you are to soft

>>37515464
>lube
>fucking RAW
OK anon

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You reach out to your party via the brooches. {I'm going to go inside and look around the place, make sure everything is taken care of in terms of ownership. If an hour passes and I've yet to return, come looking for me. I'll probably have been imprisoned by a spirit of some sort.}

You're met with a chorus of assent, though you note that Chrys gives hers only reluctantly, and with that stride through the gates. You find the entry hall much as you left it, water cascading down intricate stone statues, runes carved into their surface glowing with some strange internal light. The fat tom cat you know to be the mundane form of the spirit which inhabits this place sits atop one of the pillars, contentedly lapping at a stream of water. You didn't think spirits actually needed to consume either food or drink.

Now that you know what to look for, its eyes stand out like a sore thumb. You wonder to yourself how you managed to miss them in the first place. You suppose it does tend to keep its eyes either heavily lidded or closed, probably a wise move on its part. Regardless you ignore the cat for now and make for the door at the opposite end of the hall.

Pushing through the doors you find the same fat tom that was behind you merely a moment ago rubbing against your leg affectionately, a deep purr seeming to reverberate through the room. You suppose it's happy to see you, or something. How can the spirit act so gruff and irritable in that strange realm of its own invention but so pleasant and, well, unassuming in reality?

>>37515497
Its only to get in and loosen him up a bit

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It hops up onto one of the long dining tables and stalks along its length. You follow behind it, making for the stairs. It greets you on the second story, even though you never saw it leap off of the table. You find yourself growing mildly irritated by this cat's antics. It seems to be doing this purely to mess with you. Regardless, you ignore the creature and open the library door.

You're greeted by a veritable temple of knowledge, shelves covering the walls. A skylight allows light to stream in from above, revealing the general disarray of the room. Papers lie scattered about the decorative tile floors, furniture is tipped over and scattered about, and books lie everywhere. The place is a mess, save for the desk at the very center of the room. There a single tome sits, delicate chains binding it shut, and a keyhole sitting at its center.

You approach the book with no small amount of caution, eyeing the gems which dot its surface suspiciously. As you draw near the illuminations upon its cover seem to glow with some strange internal light, flowers blossoming into shades of white and purple. While beautiful, it does little to calm your nerves. You reach into your cloak and extract the key, grasping its strange crossguard-esque handle. The reaction from the book is immediately, the glow intensifying immeasurably. It sears your eyes just to look into the keyhole.

(2/3)

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As you push the key into the lock, there's a soft click before the light dies completely. You find the chain, previously glowing with barely contained magical power, dead and inert. The bindings which held the tome together fallen away. Nothing immediately happens, though you feel a generally pervasive sense of unease. The cat is nowhere to be found, it doesn't seem to have followed you into the room.

>Open the book.
>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.
>Write-in

>>37515695
>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.


nope nope nope

>>37515695
>Open book: face melt
>Open book: Get some gud knowledge
place your bets

>>37515695
>Open the book.

>>37515695
>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.

Fucker might be trying to pull a fast one on us, assuming our curiosity would get the better of us.

>>37515695
>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.


Not this shit again

>>37515695
>Open the book.
HDMOF

>>37515721
>Open book
>Roooooooooooolllll 3d10 vs DC25 to not get your face melted off

>>37515695
>Open the book.
Lets get this done with.

>>37515721
>Open the book: get sucked into the pages and forced to spend a hundred threads looking for a way out.

>>37515695
>>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.
If only this was a vidya

>>37515695
>You find the chain, previously glowing with barely contained magical power, dead and inert.
>The key looks like a sword.
We killed it.
>Open the book.

>>37515695
>Open the book.

>>37515695
>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.
Please don't let this be another 'mask-type' incident.

>>37515695
>Open the book

>>37515695
>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.

We putting a glass case over this thing. Researching it maybe. We need to learn shit before doing dumb things

>>37515695
>Write-in
Pick up the book, carry it around until we find that cat. If we don't then just leave it be. I am not falling for any spirit shenanigans.

>>37515695
>Open the book.
Secret forbidden knowledge here we come

>>37515695
>Open the book.

>>37515739
we should ask the spirit about the book.

>>37515695
>>Open the book.

>>37515695
>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.

You know what they say about the cat and curiosity. We can check it later if we want anyway now we need to get what is ours.

>>37515695
>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.

>>37515695
>Open the book.
we gottttttaaaaaaa

>>37515695
>Open the book.

>>37515695
>>Open the book.
>>Write-in
Carry it first and find the spirit, if he says its cool we open it.

>>37515695
>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.

>>37515695
>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.

Will do do something stupid! Fine out! On the next episode, of banished quest z!

>>37515695
>Open the book.
We own everything in this house, ours now, time to have a light read

>>37515695
>>Open the book.

>>37515789
Seconded

>>37515695
>Open the book.

>>37515695
>The spirit technically only asked you to unlock it, just leave.

You know what to do.

N O P E
O P E N
P E N O
E N O P

>>37515695
Ask ricky?

>>37515695
Ask Ricky what he makes of the book. If it seems like something he would want to eat, we probably shouldn't open it.

>>37515695
>Open the book.
We removed the trap guys.

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>>37515843
>actually trusting a spirit

Also there sure a lot of people in here suddenly :^)

>>37515888
Yes! And the spirit. If he seems to eger, renegotiate a new deal

>>37515911
Youre obviously just voting to make dumb shit happen with a comment like that. If soma counts it ill cry. Fack off

>>37515953
>WAHHHHHHH
Fuck off fag

>>37515695
what
>>37515917
says

>>37515781
>>37515768
>>37515716
>>37515739
>>37515744
>>37515788
>>37515816
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>>37515848
>>37515858
>>37515884
>Nah nigga, fuck that.

>>37515805
>>37515795
>>37515792
>>37515787
>>37515778
>>37515770
>>37515756
>>37515750
>>37515732
>>37515829
>>37515830
>>37515843
>>37515869
>>37515867
>>37515911
>OPEN SESAME

>>37515843
>>37515789
>>37515874
>Find the spirit first

>>37515888
>>37515901
>>37515917
>>37515973
>Ask the Rickmeister.

Seems pretty clear cut. I'll call for rolls in a minute here. Need to do some background stuff.

>>37515695
Put the book in the cloak, talk to the spirit

>>37515953
The book was alive before and when we stabbed it with the sword it died removing the trap.

>>37515995
I think this is important enough to merit a Final Destination vote, anyway. There was some obvious samefagging going on. We have 25 people in this thread but 33 votes.

>>37515995
Can we at least ask Ricky and then open the book, since it will cost us nothing to do so?

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>>37515915
> :^)
Disgusting

But on another note, this is a fairly big vote so those tend to draw alot of people out. Possibly stupid people depending on how this goes.

>>37515995
>mask flashbacks intensify

Look at all that samefagging to open the book.

>>37515995
mask 2.0 incoming due to samefag, great

>>37516021
I agree with this guy. Something is definitely fucky.

>>37516021
Actually, sure. That's a good point. I hadn't thought to check the IP numbers. Granted, some of that is because I counted certain votes twice for different things, but there must have still been at least some samefagging.

VOTE
1
To leave the book untouched, for now at least.

VOTE
2
To open the book immediately.

>>37515995
wouldnt asking ricky and finding the spirit first count as not opening the book?

>>37516094
1

>>37516094
1

>>37516094
2

>>37516094
1

>>37516094
2

>>37516094
2

>>37516094
1

>>37516094
1

>>37516094
1

>>37516094
1

>>37516094
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>>37516094
2

>>37516094
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>>37516094
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>>37516094
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>>37516094
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>>37516094
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>>37516094
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>>37516094
2

>In return I want the rights to use this building and its facilities, and everything in them
Mister kitty is in the building
We technically own him
Anyone else want to argue this? Owning a spirit would be nice.

>>37516179
>obvious phone user

>>37516094
>2

>>37516094
1

>>37516094
1

>>37516108
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>>37516179
>1

>>37516138
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>>37516119
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>>37516146
>>37516172
>>37516193
>>37516200
>2

>>37516200
Is the last vote to come in before the cut off.

Dat landslide 'do. Writin' for 1.

>>37516208
what makes you say that?

>>37516232
We will be opening this book.

>>37516214
>>37516238
Seriously you two.

>>37516094
2

>>37516232
I can't help but feel the voting was swayed when you mentioned rolls.

Some people are probably metaing at this point, oh well.

>>37516201
kek. That would be pretty amusing. For us. Not him. I can imagine him being very displeased.

>>37516247
New IP

>>37516238
>>37516214

How do I into final destination guys?

>>37516200
>>37516193
>>37516172
>>37516146
>>37516138
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>>37516119
>>37516114
8
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>>37516179
11
>>37516247
only one with a visible ip, i would have called others out as well if it showed up during the vote.

>>37516263
I blame 4chanX and my Pol-Sci professor.

>>37516232
Let me guess. The book contains the history of the place.

>>37516232
can we ask the spirit or ricky about it?

>>37516281
eh forgot to remove the >

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>>37516280
Hell, for all you know I was rolling to figure out what forbidden knowledge the book contained, or to discern whether or not it was just an old picture book, or some old dude's journal.

Or maybe I was rolling to see what sort of horrible, sanity eroding nonsense was scrawled across the pages, and needed you to roll for Mik's ability to resist/comprehend such things.

For now, it remains a mystery.

This samefagging is getting annoying. It's always the stupid choices that get samefagged and it's always obvious, the only thing this accomplishes is drawing out the threads with a ton of no content posts and slowing down Soma.
Fuck you faggots.

>>37516344
We can ask the spirit next time we see him.

>>37516281
>>37516201
That must be why he left.

Nothing says we can't open the book later, so much butthurt.

>>37516399
where is the but hurt about not opening the book?

>>37516385
He was in the building when the deal was made, he can't escape his fate.

>>37516247
how do i remove my ip form displaying when i post? never had anyone call me on it, i didn't even realize that i could have a displayed ip

>>37516425
was commenting about how contentious the vote seemed in the first place, not the outcome. Sorry if that was confusing. I didn't state it clearly at all.

Is there any reason that we know why should we open it now than do it later? I mean if the spirit needs it open and can't do by itself we can extract an extra rune or two from him.

>>37516468
its random, hell sometimes it shows every new ip, but other times it shows it every so often.

>>37516369
It would be pretty fucking hilarious if it was an old vatis's picture book.

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>>37516342
Or suck us into a never ending hellscape. Or give us a really bad papercut. Better safe than sorry and its not like the book is going anywhere.

>>37516468
The first post you make in a thread will always contain a little number next to the time stamp that indicates how many people there now are in that thread. It doesn't actually display your IP address, just a number like 16 or 47. Successive post in a thread don't have the number in them.

>>37516502
disturbing. but how would you know if it was a phone? i ask, because i am posting form my comp, and i dont see how you would be able to tell. i only just got home a few minuets ago

>>37516513
There's also a chance the the Metal Tome would have done that and it didn't stop us.

>>37516468
The actual ip isn't shown but you can see the first time a new ip posts in a thread.

>We should do something
>NO EVERYTHING WILL DIE
>Nah man I agree we should do something
>FUCKING FAG STOP SAMEFAGGING STUPID CHOICES
everyvote.jpg

>>37516539
mostly a guess, usually new ips show up during votes like that.

>99 threads

We should be happy and not mad at each other.

>>37516545
The metal tome wasnt hoding an imortal spirit bound within its pages and didnt require an enchanted sword to open
It was a pricy library book

>>37516601
That was obviously enchanted,

You never know We might step on a magical plank and die.

>>37516554
but anon, people are voting multiple times and that shit ain't right

>>37516554
>mad cuz he lost in a real vote

>>37516554
>we need to do this RIGHT NOW
>nah man, I think instead of acting on a whim we should collect some more information beforehand
>NO WE NEED TO DO IT RIGHT NOW
>commence samefagging to get my opinion through

>>37516597
I got 99 threads and parody emperor's new groove isn't one of them.

>>37516601
>imortal spirit
Since when was this the truth?
>enchanted sword
Its a key.

>>37516597
133 threads

>>37516619
prove it, i got here barely in time for the numbered vote

>>37516399
Most of it coming from the people who didn't want to open the book.
>>37516462
And the deal was completed when we put the key in the book thus everything in the building at the time we put the key in the book belongs to us.

>>37516615
>butt hurt with the power of 1000 suns

>>37516554
>11 against 15 for it before
>12 against 8 for it after that
I wonder where those 7 people went.

>>37516642
Thats why youre still talking about it, right?

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>>37516545
The metal tome also didn't reside in a house occupied by a capricious spirit who told us to unlock it.

>>37516554
pic

>>37516645
Just pointing out the pointlessness of paranoia

>>37516622
>right now
One day we will chose not to do something because of you doomsaying fags and when we get back we won't be able to

>>37516676
It resided in a library owned by the most powerful mortal being on earth. Who was in contact with a spirit far more powerful than this guy.

>>37516684
it already happened a few times in namek, the mines, and the water temple.

>>37516638
Number of votes was considerably higher than the number of unique ips for the first vote.

>>37516669
dunno about the others but i was jerking off and watching the vampire diaries

>>37516673
That's the first thing I've said since the vote.

Doomsayers: the quest
Impatience: the quest
Shitposting: the quest
Pick one
P.S. Its the last one

I just got here, and why the shit did you not open the book?

>>37516638
see
>>37516021

Ah Anonymity

>>37516684
But as it turned out us doomsaying fags are in the majority and you are not.
Are you serioulsy saying that whoever samefags the hardest should make the descisions?
Because if that happens write-in as an option essentially disappears as we will always have to choose between 2 or 3 strictly opposing, pre-formulated choices.

>>37516776
just wait til later, i voted to ask ricky or the spirit, but people were polarizing and decided to either doom say or try out the new shinny.

>>37516717
And yet it was still on public display where novice aprentices could look at it.
Whre any malicious intent would have been detected by said spirit or vatis

Just stop, youll never convince anybody these situations are equivalent. You just look a bit retarded.

>>37516717
That is a terrible comparison and you should feel bad.

>>37516773
Lore too deep for anons to handle: the quest

>>37516773
I agree with this. I usually avoid joining in to shitpost though.

>>37516817
We can just shove it in the cloak, have Ricky open it where it's safe and let us know if it's fine to open.

>>37516842
>implying
You and I both know half of this is thought up on the spot

>>37516801
Not the Anon you were replying to nor do i believ as he does but, history shows that the majority is usually not the most intelligent.

>>37516862
The book is a living thing though. We may end up killing it like that.

>>37516862
I dunno if shoving possible magic shit against the magic devouring cloak is wise. Might inadvertently release something

If the anon who played vidya with soma is here.
Fuck you.
>tfw didn't get to play vidya with sempai

>>37516862
True, here is hoping the shit flinging here won't set people in their ways, like it has in the past about certain things here.

>>37516835
And yet the book was on display in an abandoned house where any old hobo or really anyone can wander in and mess with it.

Holy shit, let's just open it with manipulate and watch with nature magic or whatever, calm the fuck down, nothing bad is going to happen.

>>37516909
But then, its never broken our enchanted items, so who knows. Prolly safe

>>37516862
Can we please stop relying on ricky?

>>37516872
yeah, but it's done well
my improve usually shits on itself

>>37516907
>The book is a living thing though.
Who's ass are you pulling that from?

>>37516952
Why?
Shits paid for

>>37516952
HERESY

The funny thing is that anons were planning on not even opening the book until we got documents about the place, and grilling the cat about it.

>>37516944
Fuck, this, can we have vote to do this?

>>37516967
The mirror showed us corrupted by the void for a reason.

>>37516936
And get devoured, yes. By the spirit with hidden motives trapped in the book. How very astute of you.

I want to make tender love to Mortia

>>37516977

Pretty much

>>37516986
We can do it later, its better to move on now.

>>37516952
Yeah, we should really bury that fucking cloak in the ocean.

>>37516977
I guess people just thought that we wouldn't open when they picked that choice, should have done a write in.

>>37516986
Can we just not and LEARN ABOUT THE GOD DAMNED FUCKING BOOK FIRST?
holy hell youre impatient, god damn.

>>37516987
He hasn't harmed us, He hasn't tried to influense us, he saved our life, he helps us all the time, He kills our enemies, he organizes our shit.

There's no reason not to trust him.

>>37516987
>Implying it's corruption
>Implying it's not glorious Ricky protecting us from his spirit brothers.

why you so bad anon?

>>37516987
>Trusting unproven artifacts

>>37516963
Are you fucking kidding me? When we scanned the place we found that the book is alive but the cat wasn't.

>>37517029
So what do you do when hes gone?
Die like a bitch?
Thats the way it sounds to me

>>37516887
We're dealing with a small set of people here though, and we are anonymous so unless we do a final destination vote the minority can always try to cry louder (like it did here).
The small subset of people that browse /tg/ can usually make pretty intelligent descisions, the anonymity is what enables really stupid choices to be made here.

What I really wanted to say was that I want to keep write-in as an option, if this happens every time and we have no way to come up with a potentially better solution on our own this quest would suddenly become a lot less attractive for me. I liked the early thread where we could come up and discuss write-in option and finally change our initial votes to a more thought out, better solution.
Now this only seems to happen with inconsequential choices, every time something really important happens people choose one of the presented options, the people that think about it and do write-ins come too late since the samefagging already started, the write-in option gets ignored and a final destination vote is done. And this seriously pisses me off.

>>37516987
The spirit is afraid of the eldar level entity, the mirror meant to separate us from our advantage over it

>>37517028
What the shit? Do you really think there's going to be a book about a book in here?
Besides if the spirit was bound in the book, it couldn't have really written too much about it after being bound.

>>37516996
Unless they're an appropriatley powered vatis.

Pretty sure a decently strong vatis could stroll in and take the book. The spirit is bound

>>37517053
We Cry

>>37517029
except that soma straight up said that the items cost us shit.
one cost us sanity the other cost us vys pool to use.

>>37517029
Ricky is pretty alright.
I feel like whatever binds him to watch over our portal is beyond us, or him, or the three, or anything weve ever met. And it seems pretty neutral.

The three, on the other hand.. They probably cant be trusted further than we could throw em. And samjan arent known for their strength

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>>37516936
Yes any old hobo with a specific key from the Great Library could infact fuck with it. You really are not helping your argument.

>>37516944
>nothing bad is going to happen

>>37517045
The books is obvious Nature magic.

Concentrations of Vys and enchanted items also shows as alive with our nature sight.

>>37517053
What did we do before we had him?

Oh yeah that's right, travel with our shit in a wagon.

We'll end up having to make a pact with a spirit for protection if we lose Ricky anyway.

Youre a complete fucktard and im done trying to explain simple things like research, ancient tomes and spirits, curses, other vatis' research, and basic sleith work to you

>>37517053
We haven't been relying on him fro anything other than organizing our shit, the rest was incidental

>>37517029
>>37517082

Ricky and the cloak's cost is working as hit-man for death when call for to do it.

>>37517146
Mission accomplished.

>>37517153
Did you forget the time he and his mates were fiddling with our soul to dig out a spirit parasite?

>>37517108
>The books is obvious Nature magic.
It isn't, Nature magic can't be used for enchanting.

>>37517164
>Implying that was the cloak's doing

>>37517164
Soma said we won't have to worry about "paying" for the cloak after we "killed" Kadir.

>>37517206
And who says this book can be used for enchanting?

>>37517164
I don't think its that, i think its more inclined that we are bound to ricky as long as we wear him, and are in extension a tool for the elders.
Meaning that if we didn't try to kill kadir we would have gotten possessed or something bad would have happened to us.

>>37517164
Which is awesome. Got us a sweet ring, introduced us to an Ancient(possibly one of the Children?), and made Mik a 2spooky skeleman

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You run your fingers along the edge of the tome, contemplating whether or not you should open it. That same odd sensation you felt last time you touched the cover creeps across the back of your hand, and up your forearm. Numbness follows in its wake. You're quick to remove your hand, shaking your arm to work some feeling back into it. After a few minutes the sensation fades, and you can feel your fingertips again. Still, you decide against opening the book for now. Perhaps later, after you've consulted with either the spirit or with Ricky.

You search the area briefly for the cat spirit, but it doesn't seem to be anywhere in the library. Stepping outside you find it sitting in the hallway, swishing its tail irritably back and forth. You can't help but smirk. “Alright, spirit. I've unlocked the tome as you directed me. Now then, where is the deed to this place? I assume our agreement is concluded.”

The cat stalks off towards the door at the center of the hall, where the study lies. You follow in its wake, the door swinging open as the cat approaches. You suppose you should be surprised, but to be honest you expected the cat to have some measure of control over the place. It stalks moodily up to the desk and leaps atop its surface, sitting down and starting to clean itself. A section of the desk slides away, allowing you a way to get behind it without climbing over it.

(1/?)

>>37517198
But we had other obvious outs. That was simply the safest.

>>37517164
Its not so bad really. Until we get called on to kill a waifu or some shit. Then we need to get some slaves to cary shit, cuz fuck dat. We can enchant s hover liter for them or something

>>37517198
because we screwed up doing it ourselves

>>37517219

I don't remember that, I only remember soma confirming the relation between the cloak and the dream.

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You make your way around the desk and sit back int the comfortable leather chair behind it. That section of the desk slides closed, and you hear a click from the drawer that was locked the first time you searched the desk. Reaching down you pull it open, finding a small stack of papers arranged neatly within. Picking up the paper on top of the stack you find it's a deed written in simple terms transferring ownership of one 'Guild Enclave – Eight blocks west and two blocks south of Pani's Temple' to the undersigned individual. The transfer is to be executed upon the 27th of Badali, 936 years after the fall of Hiacia. A strange signature in a script you don't recognize has already been scrawled out to indicate who the grantor is, all you need to do is sign your own name and the place is yours.

A feathered quill, already dipped in ink, appears in your hand. You eye the spirit suspiciously before quickly scrawling out your signature wherever it's needed. The quill vanishes, and you use just a touch of magic to dry the ink in an instant.

Taking a moment to inspect the other papers in the drawer, you find they mostly relate to the facilities which the estate possesses. There is an observatory above the study, which you've already seen, and a series of sea caves deep within the catacombs, which are accessible only via the servant's passages. The sea caves contain a dock and various structures suitable for the long term storage of goods as well as the housing of a small crew.
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There are additionally a nursery and a Vatis' workshop hidden behind the master bedroom's bookcase and one of the bookcases in the observatory, respectively. You've already seen the workshop, but why they would hide a nursery, you're not sure. It seems a touch suspicious. Finally, the catacombs themselves connect to both the city sewer system and a variety of other buildings, allowing discrete passage through the city.

When you look up from the papers, you see neither hide nor hair of the cat spirit. It's simply vanished.

>May as well go fetch your party members and tell them everything is taken care of.
>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.
>Write-in

>>37517219
Was that in his askfm? I really need to catch up on it but it is so fucking huge now.

>>37517315
>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.

>>37517315
>>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.

>>37517315
Call out his name, if he doesn't appear then go look.

>>37517315
>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.
Also grill him about the book.

>>37517315
Too easy son

>>37517315
>>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.
Need to question it.

>>37517315
>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.
fuck fuck fuck

>>37517315
>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.
>Write-in
Also take out nature staff and check out the status of the book and other stuff around us while we head for the exit.

>>37517315
Search casually for the cat, and make sure everybody knows not to touch the book. Everybody. Seriously. Leave the ice cold spooky book alone

>>37517315
>>May as well go fetch your party members and tell them everything is taken care of.

>>37517315
>May as well go fetch your party members and tell them everything is taken care of.

>>37517315
>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.

>>37517315
>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.
And make sure to inform our party, they need to get in here too.

>>37517368
>Leave the ice cold spooky book alone
The key removed that shit man.

>>37517315
>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.

>>37517368
In fact, put up a sign

DO NOT TOUCH THE SPOOKY BOOK. YOU WILL PROBABLY DIE
~MIKAEL ABDUL HAKIM

>>37517315
>Write-in
>Whatever, go open that book with manipulate and observe with nature magic.

>>37517315
>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.

I knew we shouldn't have trusted this fucking cat

>>37517413
>The key removed that shit man.

>That same odd sensation you felt last time you touched the cover creeps across the back of your hand, and up your forearm. Numbness follows in its wake.

Reading is hard, isn't it?

>>37517413
Dude, we just touched it and it did it agsin. Reread somas shit. Its pretty damned clear

>>37517315
>May as well go fetch your party members and tell them everything is taken care of.

>>37517315
>This is too easy. Something is surely about to explode or rip a hole in reality. Find that cat.

>>37517445
How is that cold?

It seems more like casting the paralysis effect than anything sinister.

Man we should have done the write in choice instead of assuming that going inside would allow us to question the cat.

>>37517477
>it seems more like this book is attempting to paralyze me than do anything bad

Oh you ~

Maybe it just seems too easy cause we managed to keep out grabby little hands to ourselves with regard to the spoopy book?

>>37517477
And that is precisely what happened the first time. Inserting the key changed nothing.
Are you trolling or just stupid?

>>37517522
The answer is obvious. Hes a butthurt book opener

>>37517423
>>37517412
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>>37517356
>>37517358
>>37517348
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>>37517433
>Haha! Paranoia!

>>37517432
>Go touch the shiny thing

>>37517393
>>37517376
>>37517473
>Time to let your guard down.

>>37517368
>>37517354
>Search half-assedly

Writin' for paranoia.

Holy shit, you fucks and your paranoia, we already released the worst that was in that book, I doubt anything else was in there other than knowledge.

>>37517559
can we roll for finding the damn cat?

>>37517596
Can we roll to ban this anon? >>37517561

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>>37517561
Sorry but i'm not gonna trust this fucking cat

>>37517596
Ehhh, you probably don't need to roll. It's not really hiding per se it's just being a moody prick.

As cats are wont to do.

>>37517625
>>37517619
What could possibly be in there that's worse than a low level spirit or a half-assed attempt at creating a god?

>>37517561
We can wait a bit to get knowledge you know. Id rather not go insane or end up with another entity living in out heads. Lets do research on the key and spooky hook first. Relax bro.

I PROPOSE THAT WE RENAME THE CAT SPIRIT
I think Sprinkles or Q.T Pie fit it best.

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>>37517651
>What could possibly happen if I put on this mask?

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>>37517658
I just know one of our companions or a slave is going to get their greedy little grabbers all over that magical, shiny, glowing book.
And steal it like the dirty thief that they are.
Fuck.

>>37517679
I say we name it Shitface

>>37517693
Nothing too bad happened out of putting on that mask yet.
You people are blowing that whole ordeal out of proportion.

>>37517722
Oh you ~

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>>37517693
Don't fucking remind me about those idiotic fuckers.

>>37517766
Fuck, our group is filled with elves and humans, do you honestly trust those degenerates?

>>37517757
>brain infected with ancient god slowly eroding our sanity
>have to venture into the most dangerous parts of the most dangerous region on the surface of the planet to recover an ancient artifact that is our only hope of salvation

OH YOUUUUUU ~

>>37517722
>put book in cloak on our way to the exit
>book is safe, with us and can be taken out for a more thorough examination whenever we want
>problem solved

You're acting like this was some UNBELIEVABLE ONE TIME CHANCE holy shit, calm yourself. It's literally been there for 100 years, we can always just walk over and take it. Or use magic if we don't actually want to touch it.

>>37517773
>>37517693
I was so mad that entire thread

>>37517773
>>37517693
The more you guys bitch about it the more it looks like whiny little bitches complaining about every thing.not the anon you are responding to, but just saying the more its used in this manner the worse the makes you guys look

>>37517825
Lets try to manipulate the book into the cloak. Extended physical contact seems unwise

Also, calling it for the cat opening the book

>>37517816
>have to
Nope.
Theres no actual reason to go this soon.
You guys are just idiots

>>37517857
Yeah, I get it but it was just so stupid..

>>37517816
We don't have to destroy it, we have the ring, we can live with it.

>>37517825
>It's literally been there for 100 years.
It's been locked in an abandoned house for 100 years, now everyone can get their greedy little fingers all over our treasure.
And I doubt these paranoid fucks would be willing to stuff it in our cloak.

>>37517885
Really. You really want to let this thing gestate for any longer than we have to. Really.

>>37517816
Dude, people live there just fine, it's not that bad.

>>37517885
Yeah Mik hasn't really seemed that insane lately in my opinion

>>37517857
I just wanted to remind everyone of that (in retrospect rather fun) anecdote with a whacky picture attached. No need to get so upset.

>>37517919
The people that live there had to be fucking imported from Arrakis in order to survive anon.

>>37517920
Because he struck a bargain with an impossibly old, impossibly powerful spirit to receive a ring which reduces his insanity in exchange for a dracolich's heart.

A dracolich that is still 'alive', and actively seeking its heart.

>>37517955
Nah, the ring was from the nigga what processes the dead, right? An even older, even more ridiculously powerful spirit

Fuck I hate being late for this quest, you people always manage to fuck everything up.

>>37517920
Because he's been getting better.

>>37517920
That's because you're perceving his actions from an inside perspective.

>>37517986
It still pisses me off we passed up on the Varistha's artifacts in favor of that ring.

>>37517955
Getting water GM helped too. The frosty trait helps with sanity

jesus christ, did the entire populations of australia and burma turn up for this thread? this is advanced shitposting, even compared to SQ

>>37517955
No, the ring was for "killing" kadir

>>37518020
If we hadnt we'd probably have game overed by now. I think youre severely underestimating the magical value of that ring. Its probably priceless and unreproducable. We can find more weapons, but i doubt wed ever get another item like this

>>37518020
A painfull yet necessary sacrifice.

The ring could be to us what the spirit was to The Varisha

>>37518020
Hey, the Sword is still out there somewhere.

>>37518046
Damn I hate the australians on this site.

>>37514514
Soma you like wierd movies right?
If so check out the ABC's of death/

>>37518081
>>37518066
This. That ring reproduces what the varistha had to slave himself to a powerful spirit for. Immortality of the mind. That ring is the item that unlocks the thousand year lifespan end game for mik

>>37518130
Why are void entities so much more bro than spirits? Every spirit we've met is a dick, but a lot of void entities are pretty chill.

>>37518177
Ehh, none of the spirits have been terrible. It's all very contractual.

why didn't we go to the ruins on the island to loot the rubble? there was talk about it but as usual you adhd/add ridden brains forgot about it

>>37518130
>>37518081
Samjans are "immortal" biologically.
The ring keeps us sane. Which is why samjans don't live long. because they have to be put down when they lose to much sanity. Or they get them selves killed I assume.

But I believe that the the skulls said he had an artifact as helping him.
Or that may have been an assumption on their part. If the Water spirit was hiding it or something.

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You guys and your CAUTION and SAFETY. Don't you miss the good old days?

>>37518177
I think its because void entities have no interests in the mortal world. They are merely powerful beings with no other reason to interact with humans than their amusement. It ammused him to reward us, ricky enjoys our conversations, chickens, and lovely oud playing, etc.
They can probably be dicks too. But only when it amuses them to be dicks.

>>37518202
>The Abdul Hakim line turns out to be part spirit.

>>37518228
I do.

I'm here for ADVENTURE.

>>37518228
i miss it, tho i would've stopped reading if we got thrown into another dimension again

>>37518177
Void entities had a lot more years to learn how to act.

>>37518214
nah check the threads out, i even mentioned and suggested it, but it never got traction.

>>37518222
i literally said imortallity "of the mind," anon. Reading comprehension much?

>>37518228
They've always been here, We just used to be able to get rid of them with EXPLORING and ADVENTURE.

I remember when they wanted to start a base out of Licae.

>>37518260
waste of good loot

>>37518222
He did tasks for the water spirit to keep him sane as a thousand year old 5x grand master.

Oh right!

Still have to remind Chryssa she needs to find some good ol' overpriced Samjan craftsman to unite her newer armor to her older Elaudian death mask while she remains here, when we get the chance.

You sit at the desk for a time, drumming your fingers impatiently against its wooden surface. You wait for reality to tear open and start spewing monsters into the room, or for the roof to collapse on you, or for some other catastrophe to take place. Nothing proves forthcoming, but this still seems terribly easy. You didn't have to fight anything, or kill anyone, or try to convince a spirit not to kill you. You just shoved a key in a lock, signed some documents, and that was it.

You stand and make your way to the section of the desk which slid back to allow you entry. You feel along the bottom, eventually discovering a latch. You unhook the latch and the section of the desk sinks just slightly into the floor, allowing you to slide it into the rest of the desk so you can pass through. You slide it back behind you, and it clicks quietly into position.

You meander around the room, inspecting some of the titles on the shelves. You stop in front of the mirror and inspect your reflection, briefly. It's much as you recall from the last time you checked, a still image of you with a tentacles clasping your head in a vice grip. You ignore it, heading for the door. Pushing it open you are net met with an angry dragon-lion thing. Nor any other sort of monster. It's just an dirty hallway. You spend a little time searching the upper floor for that damned cat but don't find it anywhere, neither the libraries, bedrooms, or master bedroom. You don't bother to check the servant's passages.
(1.2)

The ring is fucking awesome. The varistha had to sacrifice memories and a lot of important things for him to keep his sanity. We just need to take week long vacations from the things that make us insane and let the ring do his thing.

We should probably learn how to reinforce our mind with metal before opening that book, we're only one meditation away from figuring that out after all

Trekking downstairs and into the foyer, you find the cat sitting atop the statue you first found it at, curled up on its said and swishing its tail irritably. You'd almost say it looks dejected, but that doesn't seem right. You think you might be in shock, or something. This is just so far outside of your area of expertise. Things actually went off without a hitch. At least, that's the way it seems.

“What is that book, and why did you hope I would open it?” You ask the spirit, but your only reply is a slightly more vigorous swish of its tail. “Is it cursed? Why does it make whatever appendage I touch it with go numb? Will it kill me if I open it?”

Nothing. You suppose the spirit isn't contractually obligated to interact with you, nor are you contractually obligated to interact with it. You'd hoped you might get at least something out of it, but it seems disinclined to answer.

>Well, whatever. Call in your friends and tell them not to touch the book.
>Write-in

>>37517905
We should put a signs out front:

DANGER! GUARD DRAGON!

PRIVATIS PROPERTY: Tresspassers will be incinerated, frozen, impaled, and atomized. Survivors will be dragged into a lightless void such that there souls can never receive Pani's embrace.

I'm going to run out to grab food and coffee real quick. Back soon. Also maybe some cough medicine, I'm hacking up a lung.

>>37518339
>Write-in
Threaten it with Ricky. It was pretty scared last time, right?

>>37518339
>Well, whatever. Call in your friends and tell them not to touch the book.
And to not look in the mirror.

>>37518339
>>Well, whatever. Call in your friends and tell them not to touch the book.

>>37518339
Hey, contractually that cat belongs to us.

Point that out to him

>>37518308
Why not fix her old one?

>>37518339
Grab him and quickly shove him in the cloak
Bitch gonna learn today

>>37518374
this

>>37518339
pick it up and stroke its back until its content, then ask it again. if it refuses to answer, take it up to the book and try to put it on the book. also, try to communicate to ricky the feeling of your arm going numb

>>37518384
Second

>>37518374
Can't be a one trick pony