Well, that’s both convenient, and annoying.

The four Rainyas drop their pistols and move to surround Donni “Don’t you dare hurt my girlfriend!” they snarl as one. Donni spares them a glance, then focuses on you, saying “Ever heard of a technique called *Screaming Meat Shield*? I think you’ll find it interesting.”

Actions?

Shee
>Attack (weapon?)
>Power (what?)
>Other (what?)

Rainya (4)
>Attack (weapon?)
>Other (what?)

Battlefield

Donni

>>38061662
Shee
>Blink and Life drain
Rainya
>Shoot him stay at distance.

He has form affirming blow?

>>38061662
Shee
>Power (what?)
Ruler of Shadows

Rainya
>Other (what?)
Run.

>>38061662

>Shee
Teleport Rainya out of here
>Rainya (4)
Merge

or at least for rainya to run

>>38061715
Given he has form lock that won't work anon.

>>38061662
>Rainya, retun into one body
>Apport Rainya
He is going to use something to put Rainya between him and our attack, no physical attacks.

>>38061739
Doesn't prevent form changing, it just ignores defenses when he attacks. We'd still be able to shred him with it and kill all of his goons at the same time.

>>38061662
Shee
>Grab the Rainyas with tentacles and teleport out of here

Please tell me we can save her.

>>38061662
>>38061756
Changing to
>Subtle Talent Apport Rainya into the restaurant

>>38061662

Shee
>Toss Rainya the plasma rifle.
>Subtle Life drain Doni.

Rainya merge, and then split with the rifle and get distance. to fire on him.

>>38061662
Shee
>Subtle Enhance Agility
>Machine Sword

Rainya (4)
>Keep distance shoot at openings

>>38061795
Can wd apport all of them at once?

>>38061662
Shee
>Subtle, Empowered, Maximized Life Drain (Donni)

Rainya
>Maintain distance
He could probably use that technique to put us between him and Rainya's attacks as well.

>>38061711
Blink probably counts as a defence.

>>38061730
It would be better for the four of her to stay separate if they're going to run.

>>38061788
>Kill all of his goons
So did you vote before even reading the update?

>>38061788
His goons are all dead Area lash saw to that. Do you think he doesn't either have a counter for it or a form of his own at this point?

>>38061819
I thought Blink would count as motion defense not form changing. Can't hurt what he can't hit.

>>38061832
>>38061819
>So did you vote before even reading the update?
Welp. Sorry about that. For some reason I misread it as only taking out a couple of them instead of all 20.

>>38061832
It might not work on motion-based powers, but doing two actions like that would apply a penalty to both actions.

We don't need to apport her, whatever he tries is a attack and we can block it with Mothers defense.

>>38061662
Just to be perfectly clear, Alter Power's not taking an action, does that mean we can stack as many power alterations onto a power as we want with no penalty?

>>38061662
>Other (what?)
Buy Darkness 5. Summon up a patch of magical darkness to obscure us and him. Sneak around inside it while shooting him. We'll be able to see and he won't.

>>38061859
True but we have a very high will, doing both would make our odds a lot better.

>>38061891
He's about to try an area attack. We need to get her out of here.

>>38061892
The Penalty would be having to pay the PE cost for all of them.

>>38061899
We don't need sneaking to kill him, him attacking Rainya is the only worry, 1o1 we will fuck him up.

>>38061911
I don't think thats what he is going to do.
"Meat Shield" doesn't sound like a area attack is coming.

>>38061891
They're more worried about him using that power he mentioned to put Rainya between our attack and him, or vice versa.

>>38061913
>The Penalty would be having to pay the PE cost for all of them.
Not really a penalty since we'd get it and more back with Life Drain + Feast of Life.

>>38061911
Because Screaming Meat Shield sounds like an area attack.

>>38061892
No penalty to the roll, you'd just burn a lot of PE at once

>>38061938
It also might be only a taunt.

>>38061973
Pretty likely he will try to use Rainya against us. It makes sense, she is important to us, and as far as he can see we are Ichors girl.

>>38061938
It's something he thinks will be effective against specifically her and she's out of ammo. There's no reason to keep her in danger.

>>38062017

Toss her the rifle or some ammo clips.

She has no melee training

Ok so it looks like Rainya recombining and you Apporting her back to the restaurent was the winner (I think)

So roll 1d20+23 and vote on extra PE used (If any)

Rolled 11 + 23 (1d20 + 23)

>>38062094

Rolled 9 + 23 (1d20 + 23)

>>38062094
0

Rolled 13 + 23 (1d20 + 23)

>>38062094
5

>>38062094
>PE: 5

Rolled 1 + 23 (1d20 + 23)

>>38062094

>>38062094

We should of subtle talented it, right?

>>38062141
Fuck.

>>38062094
Don't we also need to roll for Subtle Talent?

We forgot to say that in most votes, didn't we?

Oh well.

>>38062141
That should really just be implicit in this fight.

>>38062141
Yeah, since now anyone that investigates the area would be able to find out the destination of the apport pretty easily.

>>38062172
Since it is a PE investment, it really isn't. We should mention it.

>>38062205
Some apport voters did.

>>38062227
Some.

Some voters went for it, so I'm including it as a subtle talent, yes.

>>38062275
Thank you.

>>38062275
Thank you. Now let's just hope we got her out.

“You need to get out of here!” you say to the Rainyas

“I’m not leaving you!” she replies

“Please!” you beg her “He’s going to use you against me somehow!”

Donni lashes out and grabs one of the Rainyas, holding her easily with one hand as she struggles and curses “It’s true” he says to Rainya conversationally “I am”

The other three Rainyas shoot you a frustrated look, and rush Donni, suddenly there’s only one Rainya, held in his grasp “We’re going to talk about this” she promises you, even as you focus and she disappears. Yea well, you hope you get to talk to her about this too.

[PE 30/48]

Donni looks momentarily surprised, and then he leaps at you, his fist smashing into your face again, despite your tentacles attempting to deflect his strike.

[HP 77/130]

You black out for a second, then you come round you are lying on your back, Donni straddling you, one hand on your collarbone, the other pulled back to bring down on your face.

“Nothing personal” he says with a smile “I’m just trying to save the world.”

What?

Actions?

>What do you mean save the world?
>Attack (weapon?)
>Power (what?)
>Other (what?)

>>38062324
>What do you mean save the world?
>Subtle Empowered Maximised Life Drain

>>38062324
>What do you mean save the world?

>>38062324
>What do you mean save the world?
>Subtle Empowered Maximised Life Drain

He isn't going to talk until we have him on the ropes.

God damn. That had me scared.

>>38062324
>Power (teleport) subtle
Teleport behind him
>What do you mean save the world?
From Garrax and his kind, I'm all for that.

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>38062324
>What do you mean save the world?
>Subtle Empowered Maximised Life Drain

>>38062324
>What do you mean save the world?
Seriously I just wanted to talk to you about the powerplay Garrax and Kulrather are pulling you jackass.

>Power (Subtle talented Maximized Empowered Life Drain)

>>38062361
>>38062382
Let's hope he can survive 99 damage.

>>38062324
>Subtle, Empowered, Maximized Life Drain

>>38062401
If he can't, he ain't worth talking to.

>>38062324
>What do you mean save the world?
Seriously I just wanted to talk to you about the powerplay Garrax and Kulrather are pulling you jackass.

>What do you mean save the world?
>Subtle Empowered Maximised Healing(Shee)
>Slap him with tentacles

Maybe we should use horrifying gaze on him.

>>38062324
>What do you mean save the world?
>Subtle Empowered Maximised Life Drain

>>38062420
>You want to talk to Shee?
>*bam* Maximised Empowered Life Drain. If you survive, then you can talk to Shee.

>>38062324
>>What do you mean save the world?

Maybe if you had simply started up with a conversation instead of attacking with your thugs first.

>Subtle Forceful Life Drain

Knock him off you

>>38062480
I'm not even sure Life Drain will work, considering Jaggas possible "fuck magic"-powers.

>>38062420
That's not really a good qualifier. Still, in this particular instance, I don't really care if he lives or dies.

We should totally take jagganatha's form while he's straddling Shee.

>>38062526
Shee hyulk smash tiny man?

I'm sarting to really wonder how Shee constantly blacks out from attacks.
Just once I want to watch our enemies black out from damage.

>>38062547
Well she is like what? 5 nothing?

>>38062526
Thing he's probably about as tough and strong while being faster as he is.


>>38062547
We need more nat con I bet.

>>38062547
You've never been hit really hard in the head, have you?

>>38062560
>nat con
Our Con is superhuman to the extreme.

>>38062560
So.. why is not good to even out the tough/strong Even if we lack in speed?

Because right now it's a - con - st - speed.

>>38062547

He has a different xp and favor focus.

He likely dumped everything into melee combat. We are all over.

>>38062575
First of all, no, because I know how to fight worth a shit.
Second of all, I'm not empowered with superhuman Constitution like Shee is.

>>38062560
It's more a way to get him off her than anything else.
And Shee Hyulk smash tiny man.

>>38062593
I'm saying his is likely tied with our in hulk form. And he would be faster. Remember him fighting robo man.

>>38062583
Natural con not supernatural con. Nat con might give us more grit.

talking *and* all the life drain huh?

ok, please roll 4d20 and vote on extra PE used

Subtle
Empowered
Maximised
Lifedrain

In that order

>>38062560
>Thing he's probably about as tough and strong while being faster as he is.
He doens't really seem to be all that much stronger looking at the damage.
In Titan Form, we are nearly even, and we can boost our Agility even higher.

Rolled 18, 19, 7, 4 = 48 (4d20)

>>38062644

Rolled 18, 18, 10, 12 = 58 (4d20)

>>38062644
0/0/0/0

Rolled 17, 11, 12, 13 = 53 (4d20)

>>38062644

Rolled 10, 16, 4, 14 = 44 (4d20)

>>38062644
0
0
0
0

>>38062671
>>38062673
>>38062674
18,19,12,13 not bad not great though.

>>38062644
Does Empower increase before or after the added 1d6 of the Life Drain roll?

Rolled 16, 11, 11, 3 = 41 (4d20)

>>38062644

>>38062726
applies to all damage

>>38062741
Then lets hope for him he has something to negate our ability, or can soak 117 damage.

“What do you mean, save the world?” you ask, tasting your own blood as you talk.

Donni looks at you considering “I suppose I can tell you” he says “The contest of the Reunited will-”

As he’s talking you lash out with your psychic powers, hitting hard. Donni stops mid-word and then slumps atop you, unmoving.

[PE 48/48, HP 130/130]

You throw his unmoving corpse of you. Your injuries are healed and your psychic energies are fully restored. Huh, that was easier than you thought. You feel a pang of regret that you didn’t let him finish talking before you killed him, but his punches hurt a lot and his next attack might have been able to kill you, *and* he threatened Rainya, so maybe he had it coming.

Either way, you need to get out of here.

Going home
>Walk home
>Subtle Teleport home
>Other (what?)

Optional
>Nothing else
>Loot bodies (which?)
>Other (what?)

>>38062768
Safe bet as he's a Jaggie devotee. I bet he has lots resists and hp. We probably wont kill him, but it should hurt like a bitch.

>>38062811
>>Subtle Teleport home
>Loot bodies (Donni's)

>>38062816
Nevermind then.

>>38062811
Wow, what a pushover.
Not even a Avatar.
>Subtle Teleport home

>>38062811
Going home
>Walk home

Optional
>Loot bodies (Donni)
>Check if he's dead for sure

>>38062811
>Subtle Teleport home
>Nothing else
We made most likely a lot of noise here, no time to waste.

>>38062811
Shit.. Kind of wanted him to finish speaking...
>Check if he's dead for sure

>Loot bodies (which?)
Donni's any thug who looks like they've got cash.

>Subtle Teleport home

>>38062811
>Subtle Teleport home
>Nothing else

>>38062811
>Subtle Teleport home
>Loot bodies (Donni's)
Now I'm curious.

>>38062811

>>38062816
>>Nothing else
Forgot
Not gonna waste time looting those losers.
Clearly they didn't have anything of worth, or they wouldn't be dead.

>>38062811
>Subtle Teleport home
>Loot bodies (Donni's)
I want to know what the Reunited contest does, this is important and Donni's corpse might have information relating to that on his person.

>>38062811
>>Subtle Teleport home

>Loot bodies (Donni)

Hard to feel regret, he was going to kill you after he told you.

He was willing to kill Rainya, and use her against you.

We won because we changed the combat from one he was better at, to one Shee is proficient at.

>>38062811
>Nothing else
>Subtle Teleport home

>>38062915
We got him monologuing, never monologue when you're winning.

>>38062910
>I want to know what the Reunited contest does
We already know what it does.

>>38062939
We would have killed him even then.

>>38062811
>What..
He is not dead. He can't be.
Get ready to take a punch
>Talk to him
Now we talk, and quit stalling

>>38062811
>Subtle Teleport home
>Nothing else

>leaving our fingerprints all over this corpse
Its like none of you have ever commited murder in a public park before

>>38062811
>Other (what?)
make sure he's dead

>>38062811
>Subtle Teleport home
>Loot bodies (Donni)

>>38062955
>We already know what it does.
>Implying we've ever known the entirety of anything

>>38062986
Use our tentacles duh.

>>38063007
You should specify that then.

>>38062999
>implying he somehow knew more than we do
I bet he just took that Fortune Teller serious

Subtle teleport home after looting Donni it is

With tentacles only?

>Y/N

Also please roll Willpower 1d20+13 to shape the Gift of Jagganatha

Rolled 15 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>38063052
>Y

Rolled 18 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>38063045
>Implying you know what he could've known
>Implying we didn't just murder a plot-critical NPC and OP hasn't had to throw out 50 pages of notes

>>38063052
>Y

>>38063052
He can't be dead!

>Y
poke

>>38063052
Y

Rolled 2 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>38063052
>>Y

Rolled 16 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>38063052
>Y

>>38063052
>Y
If I thought this would win, I would have voted for Enhanced Perception too, to make sure no one catches us.

>>38063052

y

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>38063052
>Y

>>38063062
>implying Pally would not expect us to brutally murder someone threatening our friends
Anon pls. Even Sireyi ruthlessly lightningbolted people for that sort of shit.

You feel the power of Jagganatha growing within you, making you stronger. You are offered the choice of 1 of 3 Gifts

Artifice 2
You can control a machine you touch
At this level you will start developing natural cybernetic implants

Behemoth
You can fly into a rage for combat bonuses.
Later levels increase your size when raging, and your rage bonuses

Forged By Battle
You gain additional experience points for combat, the worse the odds against you, the bigger the XP boost. This XP has limits on what it is spent upon (physical abilities, combat skills and Gifts of Jagganatha)
Higher levels grant more XP

10 minutes to discuss as normal.

>>38063175

Forged by battle looks to be the best. Good for enhancing our weak points and getting a bonus xp pool for it.

>>38063175
Forged by Battle is definitely worth more than Behemoth or the 5 free XP that Artifice 2 equates to.

>>38063175
I really want Artifice, because the other ones aren't that great for us.
But now people will be against it because they freak out over the cosmetic change.
Could you at least tell us what those implants are and what they look like?

>>38063175
Forged by Battle seems sweet. We need an incentive to take on more fights.

Seriously.. He can't be dead from just that. Use psychic healing to check if he was a proper person or some sort of meat puppet.

>>38063207
I like Artifice and what it does, but I don't want it right now because it's inferior to Forged by Battle.

Seriously, it's only 5 XP, nothing more. Voting for it would be stupid.

>>38063175
Extra exp? easily bought. Forged by battle it is.

>>38063207
Forged by battle is better as we get more expand we know the fights are coming up.

i really want artifice but forged by battle is REALLY good

>>38063210
>We need an incentive to take on more fights.
We aren't going to pick more fights just for a vague XP bonus.
Its not gonna happen. Its nice reward for the fights we do get in, but factually that aren't a lot, and we aren't going to get retarded just for a bit of XP.

>>38063261
Get Forged by Battle and use it's XP bonus to get more Artifice. Done.

>>38063278
Depending on how much XP that actually is.
It might be 1 per fight, for all we know.
We have been in, I think 10 or so fights during this story.

>>38063278
welp i was already going for it but now its done

>>38063221
>Seriously.. He can't be dead from just that. Use psychic healing to check if he was a proper person or some sort of meat puppet.

We hit a 36(+6d6 damage) in life drain. 15d6 damage. Maximized, Empowered.

90 damage + 27 damage.

>>38063175
Get more EXP perk, my favourite perk.

>>38063264
I want more Jagganatha favour, and think that favour+extra XP is even better than before.
Of course, you guys are so averse to any risk, I don't know if it will work.

>>38063221
We caused him 117 damage.
Yeah, he can be dead from that.

>>38063323
I almost want to vote against it because the favor-bitch wants it.

>>38063175
>Forged By Battle
Fantastic, because what this quest needed was keeping track of a small secondary XP pool.

>>38063341
Why so spiteful, anon? What made you this salty?

>>38063207
I like them both, Forged should be taken earlier rather than later if we're going to get it but I'm sure Artifice won't be too visible.

>>38063310
its literally 13 damage less than we needed to die, if he focuses on offense its pretty much possible he is dead

>>38063323
We aren't getting in more fights than beforre for that XP bonus, you can pretty much already forget about that because it isn't going to happen.

The actual use of it is questionable, depending on how much XP per fight we actually get, since we don't fight that often.

Then again, Artifice isn't "that" amazing and can be purchased for 5XP anyway.

5 minute vote, you know what to do

>Artifice
>Behemoth
>Forged by Battle

>>38063391
>Forged by Battle

>>38063356

It's a very potent attack. Of course we can then spend 10 xp to get power specialization 10 to add +2d6 to all life drains too.

>>38063326
>>38063310
Okay, thats.. a lot, but still a jaggie follower might survive..?
Maybe it was a clone like Rainya?
I hope he is not dead

>>38063391
>Forged by Battle

>>38063310
We can heal him, it's impossible.

>>38063391
>Forged by Battle

>>38063391
>Forged by Battle

>>38063391
>>Forged by Battle
>Forged by Battle

>>38063391
>>Forged by Battle

>>38063391
>Artifice

>>38063391
>Forged by Battle

>>38063391
>Forged by Battle

>>38063406
Not if he's dead.

>>38063391
>>Forged by Battle

>>38063402
he did say the source of his toughness was his champion powers. He could be like Rainya and be reunited at the same time.

>>38063402
He's dead anon. He was a whimp who tried to tangle with the big league and got what he deserved for it.

i really feel like we should reach out to the infinite mirror and apologise for killing his champion, we need his grace,
we were told that to succeed we would need support from all of the five

>>38063391
>>Forged by Battle

>>38063467
Nah, he will have to learn how to adapt to Shee's destined victory.

>>38063391
Forged by Battle

>>38063467
We already got gifts from him. We have his support already, and the other Four would be complaining a lot more if it would hinder our chances.

>>38063482
kek that actually makes sense

>>38063346
We've got an anon for that.

>>38063353
A bunch of assholes that act like suicidal dickheads and then speak in a condescending and insulting manner to other anons for not being suicidal dickheads.

>>38063467
he will eventually notice not having us own him some is a pretty bad move

>>38063467
>i really feel like we should reach out to the infinite mirror and apologise for killing his champion, we need his grace,
> we were told that to succeed we would need support from all of the five

We likely have to push in more of his champions before he comes to ackowledge some things.

>>38063457
>champion
He never said that.

>>38063498
as i understand it there are lots of chosen out there, they wont care if one dies, they'll just make another

[Vote ends here, Forged by Battle wins]

You crouch over Donnis body, careful to only touch him with your tentacles. You idly wonder what sort of DNA the police would pick up from *that*.

A quick search of Donnis pockets doesn’t reveal much:

A personal comlink – that probably has all sorts of useful info on it, but could be tracked, you could pull the battery out before pocketing it of course

A couple hundred credits in cash.

A small prayer book for a worshipper of Jagganatha – no surprises there.

An expensive-looking watch

Nothing else.

What do you do?

>Leave it
>Take (what?)

Next action will be going back to the Waystation, unless write-ins request otherwise, so roll 2d20 and vote on extra PE used (Subtle Talent/Teleport)

Rolled 2, 3 = 5 (2d20)

>>38063540
>Leave it

>>38063540
Call Sara Yonsul, we need this covered up

Rolled 15, 7 = 22 (2d20)

>>38063540
>Take (Comlink, remove battery; credits; watch)
0/0

Rolled 14, 19 = 33 (2d20)

>>38063531
For his fighting career he did. He said the reason he was so unnaturally tough was champion powers, like Rainya. Could be like us and he has two powersets.

>>38063540
>Take (Prayer book and commbead but unplug commbead first.)

>>38063540
Teleport his entire body out somewhere in the desert.

Rolled 11, 5 = 16 (2d20)

>>38063540
>Leave it

>>38063567
second

Rolled 2, 9 = 11 (2d20)

>Take (Comlink, remove battery; credits; watch)

Rolled 6, 10 = 16 (2d20)

>>38063540
>Leave it

>>38063540

Take the comlink, after removing the batteries.

Impossibility/corruption, shee was never here, this was a gang fight gone bad.

>>38063540
>Leave it

>taking the obvious trap with us
How about no?

>>38063540
>Take (Comlink, remove battery; credits; watch)

>>38063571
My brain read the part of your take option in parentheses way, way dirtier for a second.

>>38063579
>>38063581
You guys should remember to link Pally in your votes.

>>38063540
Backing>>38063561

>>38063540
>Take (comlink)

Rolled 12, 4 = 16 (2d20)

>>38063581
>>38063596
>Impossibility/corruption, shee was never here, this was a gang fight gone bad.
this is also a very good choice

>>38063567
The watch might be bugged too, take battery out as well

Do we get gifts/bonuses for killing other Reunited or is it only for killing champions/avatars of one of the Five?

>>38063630
>>38063596

Thats not how either of these things work.

>>38063561
No, what we need is to be never associated with this.
We have no guarantee Yonsul would cover for us.

>>38063540
>Leave it
Wanna bet there is a tracking device in it?

Rolled 15, 14 = 29 (2d20)

>>38063596
>>38063540
backing this.

>>38063656
If there is a bug in it, tacking out the battery won't do anything because the bug has his own power supply.
They usually do.

Are you people really this stupid you don't realise there could be a tracking device in that commlink?

>>38063540
>take everything
>remove battery from comm., remove time from watch

>>38063718
They are. We have reached the time of day where the majority of voters are retards and don't actually want to think about shit and just vote for whatever falls into their lap.

>Fuck off to the kitchen for an hour to eat fancy cheese
>Come back and see that people picked Forged by Battle
>Nearly unanimously
Why would people pick the power that only works when we get into fights that are stacked against us? The only time in this quest I can remember that it would apply is to that shadow vampire. Normally it gets shouted down as being "Jaggie trying to make us be a retard" or something.

>>38063794
>that only works when we get into fights that are stacked against us
It works in all fights, it just works better in difficult fights.

>>38063755
What are your proposal?

>>38063794
Shadow vampire? Just that one? Not the Mirror guy fight? Not the Serek fights?

You're a dick.

Couple of interesting write-ins

Calling an additional vote for this

Cover Up?

>None
>Call Yonsul
>Teleport body into desert
>Impossibility/Corruption to make it look like a gang-fight

Last option is possible, your Aspects are high enough now, but risks side-effects

As for the other it looks like taking everything but the prayerbook wins, after taking batteries out of everything.

>>38063839
>Teleport body into desert

>>38063813
At the very least we should have taken the commlink somewhere else, and then retuned with one of those mobile computer to look through it.
Instead directly bringing it INTO OUR HIDING SPOT

>>38063839
>None
Leaving EVEN MORE TRACEs would be retarded

>>38063839
>Impossibility/Corruption to make it look like a gang-fight

>>38063839
>>Teleport body into desert
>Impossibility/Corruption to make it look like a gang-fight


>>38063794
Works in all fights just gives us higher stacks in when's were outnumbered like say this fight.

>>38063839
>None

>>38063839
>Impossibility/Corruption to make it look like a gang-fight
this actually sounds good, and if dose not work then
>Teleport body into desert

>>38063839
>Teleport Donnis body into the desert

>>38063839
>Impossibility/Corruption to make it look like a gang-fight

Voted for it last time ffs.

>>38063852
I agree with the part where taking it back to our hidingspot is god-tier stupid. We could maube put it into our headspace and open it in our realm.

>>38063852
The hiding spot with general catch-all enchantments to make us not have to worry about irritants like, say, the police planting bugs or tracking devices on our stuff?

>>38063839
>Teleport body into desert
>Only Donnies

>>38063839
dose using our aspect powers count as magic ? can they been seen by "detect magic" ?

>>38063839
>Call Yonsul

>>38063839
>Teleport body into desert

>>38063839
Even if we don't have Yonsul cover this up, we should probably call her and say she doesn't need to look into the fighters anymore.

>Yet another option
We should call Rainya to say we are alive

>>38063904
>We could maube put it into our headspace
What would that register as to the person following the tracking device? Would it just lead to Shee or immediately return an error?

>>38063963
She'll see us right after we get rid of this body.

>>38063909

We have no protection against electronic tracking in there at all. Stop making shit up to excuse your retardation.

>Instakilled by lifedrain
Proving once again that psychic powers > Gifts of the Five.

>>38063916
>dose using our aspect powers count as magic ? can they been seen by "detect magic" ?

Only if you get a poor roll.

Otherwise it can only be detected by those with godlike powers or the equivalent.

>>38063839
>Teleport body into desert
>>38063954
We need to call her tomorrow anyway, about Kae.

>>38063839
>>Impossibility/Corruption to make it look like a gang-fight

>>38063992

So basically only near ancient vampires or ultra powerful fae like reaper could look into it.

Or tough enough reunited.

>>38064030
>So basically only near ancient vampires or ultra powerful fae like reaper could look into it.
>Or tough enough reunited.

Yes

>>38063904
Depending on what that does in terms of tracking, I consider it very likely there is tech to take that into account, considering that anti-teleport measures are at least somewhat common.

>>38063978
Okay, first of all, it was my understanding that the restaurant did have general magical protections that would foil things such as this, as part of it's umbrella against investigations. I might be mistaken.

Second, I didn't vote for the option, you've just annoyed me enough to the point that I've started playing devil's advocate, so I'm not excusing anything of my own.

Third, stop wallowing in your own superiority for having little enough of a life that you can participate in the weekday threads and recognize that every word out of your mouth in this manner is more cancerous than any foolish behavior on the part of the players.

>>38063978
Not him but we have our realm to hide it in

>>38064073
We need to get it there first.

>>38064060
>for having little enough of a life that you can participate in the weekday threads
>holidays and mobile devices don't exist

ok, roll 1d20+23 to teleport Donnis body

>>38064092
It's possible that the insult was invalid, but it doesn't change the fact that he's being an ass.

Rolled 18 + 23 (1d20 + 23)

>>38064126

Rolled 13 + 23 (1d20 + 23)

>>38064126

Rolled 3 + 23 (1d20 + 23)

>>38064126

Rolled 19 + 23 (1d20 + 23)

>>38064060
>accuses someone of having no life
>complains about "wallowing in superiority"
Not him, but I hope you realise how you just fucked up there, and made yourself look as bad as him.

>>38064126

Rolled 17 + 23 (1d20 + 23)

>>38064126

>>38064157
I don't think things through sometimes.

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>>38064126
>We're not using Subtle Talent

>>38064184
Since it was a default option t asked for how to do it, pretty sure Pally assumed it again.

>>38064184
Looks like we're about to get some serious use out of our new Jaggie gift.

>>38064184
Subtle talent is assumed

I'm not going to use that as a *gotcha* any time in the Hive or where you would expect to be detected.

i have only just caught up from the archives, in general how often are there threads, and how long do they last ?

>>38064265
Whenever pally decides to run, and last almost 9 hours, usually. This week he wil lbe running almsot every day, so enjoy.

Rolled 9 + 23 (1d20 + 23)

>>38064265
All the time and 8-12 hours

>>38064265
Roughly 2-3 a week, usually lasting for 8-12 hours, depending on the day.
Pally has currently free, so a bit more common right now.

You grab Donnis watch, the cash and his comlink, taking the batteries out of his comlink and watch as you do so and then stuff everything into your pockets.

Then you look at Donnis body, can’t leave that there: the other thugs died by tentacle or plasma guns, obvious violence that could be overlooked as gang warfare, but Donni doesn’t have a mark on him, a clue for mages to investigate. You concentrate and his body disappears, reappearing far out in the desert, a feast for a lucky scavenger.

You focus on the Waystation and teleport there, appearing in the living room in the residence. Rainya is sat in a chair and jumps up as soon as she sees you.

“Shee!” she says “I was so worried, are you ok?”

“I’m fine” you reassure her “He actually dropped rather quickly after I-”

The slap catches you by surprise, you never believed Rainya would hit you.

“I’m glad you’re ok!” says Rainya, tears forming in her eyes “I just wish you weren’t such an arrogant bitch!” And then she turns and storms out of the room.

What the....

>Let her go
>Chase after her (grab her if she ignores you? Y/N)
>Other (what?)

>>38064265
Welcome newcomer

I normally run friday or saturday evening, and on sundays. This week is a bit unusual

Threads last anywhere from 6 to 12 hours

>>38064307
>Chase after her
>Apologise, but we couldn't risk her being used as a shield against us

Rolled 4 + 23 (1d20 + 23)

>>38064307
>Chase after her (no grabbing)

>>38064307
>Let her go
Let her blow her steam off, then talk to her.

>>38064307
>Let her go

>>38064307
>Let her go
>Go to Realm, check for bugs and info.

>>38064307
>>Chase after her N
He was going to use you against me. I'm not about to let you get hurt as a way to me if I can help it.

>>38064307
>Chase after her
>Rainya, I needed you to go, not because you couldn't keep fighting, but because with him trying to use you as shield against me, would have made it impossible to even attempt to talk to him. If he would have kept threatening you, there wouldn't have been even a chance of me not murdering him.

>>38064307
>Chase after her (grab her if she ignores you? N)

>>38064307
>Let her go
Yeah, she's pretty mad for Shee being right. Best thing to do is wait for her to calm down and then explain to her that Shee is a combat machine.

>>38064307
>Chase after her (grab her if she ignores you? Y/N) N

thank you very much, i have been enjoying myself immensely, i recall to have read somewhere that you were running other quest at the same time ? and that you might take a break from Psychic Rebel, is that in the past or in the future or is it just me confusing things ?

>>38064307
>Chase after her N

>>38064447
Only run 1 quest at a time, due to switch back to Paladin of Joy in April

Isn't she a bit hurt herself?

>>38064485
Barely she has good nat armor for a human and she can regen now.

>>38064307
>Chase after her (grab her if she ignores you? N)
>Rainya, I needed you to go, not because you couldn't keep fighting, but because with him trying to use you as shield against me, would have made it impossible to even attempt to talk to him. If he would have kept threatening you, there wouldn't have been even a chance of me not murdering him.

>>38064307
>>38064447
also i forgot to add,
>Other (what?) send a comm message to the police woman(whos name i cannot recall at this time) informing her that "Donni" has been dealt with, the least we can do

>>38064473
Do you expect to be over with 'Psychic rebel quest' by then or just on hiatus?

>>38064307
>Chase after her grab her if she ignores you Y

let the fellowship rolls come

Is it again time to play our favorite game?
GAUNTLET
OF
FELLOWSHIP ROLLS

>>38064512
>ending a quest

I wouldn't know how

It'll be going on hiatus

chasing but no grabbing, ok.
No roll needed yet

>>38064307
>Sorry, I really am sorry about doing that but if I can't be your girlfriend and your commanding officer we need to talk about it because I need to know if you'll folow orders.

>>38064604
I see where you're going, but it sounds like you are breaking up with her.

>>38064604
We are not her commanding officer.

>>38064642
Not what I want, feel free to reword.
>>38064644
We lead the cell she's in right?

>>38064604
We are not giving her orders, we aren't part of any formal hierarchy.

>>38064604
Yeah no. We're not militarily organized at all...

>>38064694
>We lead the cell she's in right?
The "cell" doesn't exist anymore since Charun died. We aren't really part of the rebels anymore, and even then the cell leader wasn't a "commanding officer".
We barely listened to Charun.

>>38064694
How about we let her be in charge for a while then? We follow orders for a change. Then she can see the pickle.

>>38064739
Which would accomplish what exactly?
Risk peoples lives just so we can say "I told you so"?

>>38064739
That would be an acceptable solution, I just think we need to be ready for this happening in combat.

>>38064768
and get the in from the cold we are currently experiencing, it might also prevent future hizzy fits from us protecting her.

You chase after Rainya, “Rainya, Rainya please wait!” You catch up with her but she strides onwards, impervious to your please.

“Rainya please talk to me” you beg “please?”

Rainya turns to talk to you, just outside the door to her room “I’m so mad at you right now!” she fumes “You tell me you care about me and then you treat me like I’m weak, like I’m nothing.”

“He was going to use you against me.” You say “Like a shield or something – you heard what he said.”

Suddenly there’s two Rainyas “I have four bodies Shee, I’m harder to kill than you are” She’s probably wrong with that statement but...

“Well I couldn’t watch even one of you die!” you say “if you had stayed and he hurt you I wouldn’t have been able to do anything except murder him! You being there made it impossible for me to think straight.”

The two Rainyas pause for a moment “So what does that mean?” she says “just because you say that doesn’t mean I forgive you, are you saying we can’t fight alongside one another, that I need to be stronger, that I need more bodies, what?”

Your response?

>We can’t fight side-by-side, I’m sorry
>You’re fine as you are, it’s my problem to deal with
>Yes, you need to be tougher
>More bodies would help yes
>Other (what?)

>>38064830
>You’re fine as you are, it’s my problem to deal with


Worried that tough one might lead to that extreme body modification version of Rainya.

>>38064830
>You’re fine as you are, it’s my problem to deal with

>>38064830
>You’re fine as you are, it’s my problem to deal with
I need to deal
She has a point, she can survive one of her dying, so we can risk having her along for much longer

>>38064830
>You’re fine as you are, it’s my problem to deal with
>Rainya, there are things you can do. And things you can't do. Just like there are things I can and can'T do, and I needed to decide if I could risk your LIFE on the assumptiom you could survive him trying to kill you, and I couldn't do that. We DID fight side by side. We fought against the thugs and we fought against Tom together. Could you get stronger? Yes, of course. And I will help, so we CAN fight side by side, because I want that. But its not always possible.

>>38064830
You need to be stronger and more versatile, have Kae train you.

>>38064830
>>You’re fine as you are, it’s my problem to deal with
I just couldn't do it in combat. My losing control would be bad, very bad, like monster destroying city bad.

>>38064830
>You’re fine as you are, it’s my problem to deal with

>>38064830
>>38064919
Seconding

>>38064830
>You’re fine as you are, it’s my problem to deal with

>>38064830
>you are getting tougher but at that time it was better for me to deal with it alone. You not being there let me set the terms of the fight.

>>38064830
>You’re fine as you are, it’s my problem to deal with
Hmm, wonder what is the best choice here...

>>38064960
True, true, but really not the thing to say right now.

All this mollycoddling.

roll 1d20+19 please, 4 rolls

Rolled 5 + 19 (1d20 + 19)

>>38065128

Rolled 9 + 19 (1d20 + 19)

>>38065128

Rolled 13 + 19 (1d20 + 19)

>>38065100
Nah, the "its my problem to deal with" is actually the thing that will piss her off most. Because her complaint is Shee not letting her help dealing with shit.
So not acknowledging she has a role to play in our fights is going to especially piss her off.

>>38065128

Rolled 7 + 19 (1d20 + 19)

>>38065128

>>38065052
I tend to go for the truth. I do have asperger's syndrome so I'll accept this isn't how I should human relationship.

>>38065100
Say that to my face faggot I'll coddle your molly.

>>38065153
I thought it implied that Shee's thing to deal with is her fear of Rainya getting hurt. Not some weird I'LL GET STRONGER THAT WAY YOU CAN FIGHT TOO!

>>38065215
>I thought it implied that Shee's thing to deal with is her fear of Rainya getting hurt.
The problem is "I need to deal with it", which implies Rainya can't help dealing with it.
Which will piss her off, because she knows she needs to get stronger.

>>38065153
>Yeah, probably. Its not gonna go down pretty

>>38065253
No I really don't think so she's not retarded.

It's Shee admitting she's turning into a basket case.

>>38065253
Does that mean that >>38064960 is the thing that would calm her down?

>>38065285
I think our fellowship roll is good enough to have Shee phrase it in a way to not be so insensitive.


>>38065310
>tunring into

>>38065328
No way. That would have pissed Rainya off hands down.

>>38065328
Who even knows, really?
I think the best thing to say is to acknowledge that, yes. Some opponents are so powerful that they could use her against us.
Because its true. And then tell her, thats why we both will keep getting stronger so that won't be the case anymore.

Maybe mention if it had been Dev with us, we would have already apported him away at the start of the fight.

“You’re fine as you are” you say “It’s my problem to deal with, there’s nothing wrong with you, I-”

“Oh the old *It’s not you its me* line” says one of the Rainyas, as the other folds her arms, shaking her head and says “Really Shee?”

“Hear me out, please” you say “Rainya, there are things you can do. And things you can't do. Just like there are things I can and can't do, and I needed to decide if I could risk your *life* on the assumption you could survive him trying to kill you, and I couldn't do that.”

Rainya snorts “You’ve noticed the extra bodies right?”

“Still” you say “Who know what he could have done, attacked all of you at once? You saw what I did to those thugs, and there were twenty of them.”

“Alright” says Rainya “but-”

“And we *did* fight side by side.” You say “We fought against the thugs and we fought against Tom together. You recall what happened there?”

Rainya pulls a face “Yes but-”

“And still I want you in a fight by my side” you say “could you get stronger? Yes, of course. And I will help, so we *can* fight side by side, because I want that. But its not always possible. I sometimes have to make tactical choices about who goes where, and does what.”

“And so it’s something else for you, and only you to deal with!” snaps Rainya “I’m not disputing anything you’re saying but it seems you just don’t want any help sometimes, are you too good for that, what do I have to do to get you to accept me as an equal?”

“Rainya, I-” you start, she cuts you off.

“Because if you already thought of me as an equal” she says “you would have no problem promising me that the choices you make as leader have no bearing on my safety. Yes, you’re in charge, no one fought that, and I know you have tough choices to make, but I want you to either promise me that no matter what, where you tell me to go, what you tell me to do will be about success, about winning, and not about just, just mollycoddling me. If you can’t, then I want you to tell me what I need to do, what I need to be so that you will treat me like an equal, more strength, toughness, bodies, psychic powers, what?”

“You’d trust me with that?” you say, with a smile “I mean, how do you know I won’t just say what you want to hear?”

Rainya snorts “I trust you, yes” she says “I’m asking you to trust me to know my limits, and not just go running into battle just because you’re there so yes, I trust you.”

“And if I say you’ve got to do something or be something” you say, weighing your words carefully “You won’t get mad?”

Rainya thinks about this “Only if once I do it” she says “You still don’t accept me as your equal.”

What do you say?

>I promise I won’t put your safety above success
>When you are stronger & tougher, that’ll be enough
>When you have more bodies, that’ll be enough
>When you (what?), that’ll be enough
>Other (what?)

You can set specific conditions, default options will be generic *when you are better* without specific qualifiers.

>>38065499
>I want you to either promise me that no matter what, where you tell me to go, what you tell me to do will be about success, about winning, and not about just, just mollycoddling me.
I like her more and more.

>>38065499
>I promise I won’t put your safety above success
>As long as you understand that keeping you safe is part of my priorities. If you remember, I made sure at the station mission to save as many people as possible, there are few objectives worth a live, Rainya. Because alive you can come back to give it another try.

>>38065499
>>38065574
This

>>38065499
>When you (Beat Lirael in melee and resist her entering your mind), that’ll be enough

>>38065574
But anon...didn'tr you see the bodies? She needs only one to survive.

>>38065499
>>38065574
this seems good enough, i second it

>>38065499
>I promise I won’t put your safety above success but if I order you to withdraw you will do so. If you want to queston an order that's fine but not on the battlefield.

>>38065499
>I promise I won’t put your safety above success
>But I'm not Six. I do not waste peoples lives for questionable gain. Sometimes I will tell you to pull out because it gets to dangerous, because not a lot is worth losing someone with your strength, even if I consider it from a tactical perspective.

>>38065606
>>38065499
>When you (Beat Lirael in melee and resist her entering your mind), that’ll be enough
Secondding this

>>38065499
>other
How about let her be in charge for a while then? We follow orders for a change. Then she can see the pickle.

You will be in charge of our next rebel mission? Hows that for equal

>>38065614
And our enemies can slaughter all Rainyas at once sometimes.
Which is the kind of situation that means, obviously. We are talking aboiut her literal and ultimate survival, not just the survival of each body.

>>38065499
>>38065574
Seconding

>When you (Beat Lirael in melee and resist her entering your mind), that’ll be enough
She can do that to test herself, to realise what sort of thing she will haver to face.

>>38065499
>When you (Beat Lirael in melee and resist her entering your mind), that’ll be enough
>And really, why don't you try being in charge once? See how it feels to risk your close ones into danger. I promise I will only do what you tell me to do.

>>38065499
>When you Can beat Me, Lirael, or Kae when we're using all our dirty tricks in a mock fight that’ll be enough. You are incredibly tough and skilled, for a regular person. But we're going to be fighting things so very much worse than normal people. Demi-gods, vampires, fae, gifted, psychics, right now a sinlge one of them could slaughter all of dust town and not be stopped by those who live there with or without weapons.

>>38065499
>I promise I won’t put your safety above success
>As long as you understand that keeping you safe is part of my priorities. If you remember, I made sure at the station mission to save as many people as possible, there are few objectives worth a live, Rainya. Because alive you can come back to give it another try.

>>38065740
You got in the exact second the vote closed.

Ok, promise plus write-in about her safety being a concern for you

Please roll 1d20+19, 4 rolls

I was planning on the next post being conversation end, but that will extend it, interesting.

>>38065499
>>38065574
I don't want to set it as a requirement, but I think having her try fighting Lirael once, would be a good idea to impress on her what sort of things we are going to be fighting.
So she understands better why we are cautious.

Rolled 12 + 19 (1d20 + 19)

>>38065788

Rolled 18 + 19 (1d20 + 19)

>>38065788