>>39133453
Places I say things (like imminent threads): https://twitter.com/Predhack

The story to now: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Re:%20Lizard%20EX%20Quest

Character sheet: http://pastebin.com/dLa1ayJX

>>39133453
>>Long ride, tired now ZZZzzzz...
We can also glow for mom this way

>>39133453
>Long ride, tired now ZZZzzzz...

>>39133453
>Long ride, tired now ZZZzzzz...

We're like a tiny living nightlight.

>>39133453

>Long ride, tired now ZZZzzzz...

Also,

>every time you get to one of the exciting bits where something tried to eat you she goes a little faster. Clearly you're improving her morale by leaps and bounds

Jeez, we're oblivious.

>>39133453
Dad and Auntie are fuuuuucked.

>>39133453
>You think mom enjoyed the story because every time you get to one of the exciting bits where something tried to eat you she goes a little faster.
I think auntie made the smart decision.

>>39133453
>>Long ride, tired now ZZZzzzz...

>>39133590
>>39133604
>>39133608

I hope they already escaped

>>39133619
dad is boned, auntie already GFTO of there.

But i get the impression dad is a long standing sufferer and has means to survive the wrath of mom.

>>39133619

Hopefully Mom puts more blame on the priests than Auntie. Auntie DID try to convince us to just hide out rather than go looking for Mom.

>>39133453
Sleep time is now
Gimme a d100 to see if anything wakes you up

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>39133684

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>39133684

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>39133684
ROLLS

>>39133712
exactly average. Luckily Momma is around.

>>39133684
The tale of the incredibly sleepy lizard
>writing

captcha: butop
NO BUTS
SLEEPY LIZARDS ONLY

>>39133746
After a while of riding mom you feel your nerves finally start to wear thin. Looking back you may have rambled a bit more than you should. You have no idea how mom is recieving you in general but seeing as she hasn't eaten you there's a good chance she likes you. Either way you're exhausted. You curl up and let your brother worry about you falling off for a while. Turnabout is fair play.

You dream that you're at the beach getting tumbled over and over by waves. Out in the water you hear mom's roars echoing in your ears, accompanied by the roar of a greater beast. Pulling yourself further onto the bitch you look out over the water to see mom fighting god lizard. It's not much of a fight. The great God Lizard is more than five times mom's size. She climbs over him and sprays stinking water in his eyes, but accomplishes nothing. Finally god lizard tires of her attempts and plucks her off of him and throws her hundreds of meters onto the beach. You have to move hastily to get out of the way of her fall and when you look back you find god lizard looking down on you. His eyes burn with holy light and his scales begin to glow before the holy flame erupts into the sky as he roars. The magical tingle of it can be felt from here. Then he looks down and gives you an approving nod before wading into the sea, the world grows darker as he returns to rest. As he goes you begin to glow.

Light in your eyes wakes you up. Your light. In your eyes. What you did earlier apparently mucked with your glowing and you're filled to your eyelids with horrid light. You're quite blind. A quick sniff and feeling around tells you that you're no longer riding mom, in fact you think you may be home already. You can't wait to see home again. Literally.

>Alright, let's try turning off the headlights
>Feel around a bit for who else is here
>Maybe the lights stop on their own, just listen for now
>Listen either way
>Try to get back to sleep, the lights go off in the morning anyway
>Other?

>>39134022
>>Alright, let's try turning off the headlights

>>39134022
>Alright, let's try turning off the headlights

>>39134022
>Alright, let's try turning off the headlights

>>39134022
>Alright, let's try turning off the headlights

>>39134022
It's one of the buttons on the dashboard. Or maybe a dial? Crap, that doesn't make any sense
Roll d100

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>39134178

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>39134178

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>39134178

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>39134178

>>39134178
>writing
Char sheet updated somewhat. Lemme know if I missed something you think I shouldna

>>39134313
Is levelling linear?

>>39134313
You close your eyes, which accomplishes very little, but seems like the right thing to do to get your head in the game. Recalling what you did earlier this morning you try to do the opposite. It takes a couple of tries but eventually the light in your eyes flickers and dims, only the ambient light through your eyelids remaining. As your eyes darken you feel a slight pressure that redirects somewhere else.

Eyes open you find you're lying in the center of a ring of snoozing siblings. They're at a uniform distance away from you that says that the heat coming off you is just the right temperature that far away. A couple days ago they'd have piled onto you. Just how hot can you be?

Judging by the light coming in the window, it's just a short while after sunset. You hear some quiet murmuring in the next room. It sounds like mom's whispers.

>Eavesdrop
>Blatantly listen in
>Sneak a peek
>Check siblings for new injuries
>Other?

>>39134368
That's a fancy sounding word I don't know what means in this context.

>>39134448
>Blatantly listen in

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>39134448
>Eavesdrop

Find a box to hide under

>>39134448
>>Blatantly listen in

>>39134448
>Blatantly listen in

>>39134448
>Eavesdrop
might train our sneak!

>>39134448
>Blatantly listen in

>>39134448
>Eavesdrop

Is it as easy to level to 76 as it was to get from level 1 to 2?

>>39134549
There is no "might"

>>39134448
>Eavesdrop

>>39134448
>>Eavesdrop

Still need mother to give us a name.

>>39134578
Eavesdrop takes it by a small amount
Need a d100 for mom not to notice you're listening, easier than going unseen for sure

>>39134578
Levels gain relevant to the difficulty of the task, more or less.

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>39134691

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>39134691

>>39134691

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>39134691

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>39134691

Rollin

>>39134743
we're the sneakiest

close one
>writing

>>39134754
>>39134736
dice+1d100

In the email/options field.

Re-reading our first encounter with mom... she is basically a kaiju isn't she?

>>39134795
Yeah, I managed to miss hitting the 1 before the d. Somehow.

>>39134838
Mini kaiju

>>39134838
a small one, yes. Figure she's at least tier 5 if not higher.

Rolled 51 (1d100)

Testing

>>39134782
Stepping over your siblings you make your way carefully to the wall of hanging beads that serves as a door to the main room of the house. The nestroom is large, but not so large mom could sit in it and have a quiet conversation. You're careful to be at your sneakiest as you move, keeping your claws from tacking on the ground and keeping your tail from swishing behind you. As you approach the beaded barrier you hear the sound of the house groaning and you're momentarily concerned mom heard you and you freeze. After a moment the wood groans again and you feel safe moving. Mom is hard to hear with her constant whispers but you make out dad's part of the conversation easily enough.

"Please let me down," he says.

Mom whispers something back and you catch, "-question. Why-" "-long hunt alone?"

"I didn't haves anything to do with that," you hear your dad whine, "That was all Sarissa's doing."

"Why-" "-you in charge." "told her" "you a measure of responsibility."

"I can't not tell them, it's in the rules. I'd get in trouble if I didn't tell them. I told Sarissa I'd try and speak for her!"

"She's our daughter. Any decisions about-" "-I got back. Instead-" "-two babies in the swamp near the OBT-" "-one missing." Mom's voice is rising to what you think are the limits of her whispering ability. You get the feeling the bits you can hear are probably the bits she'd usually be yelling.

>Try to peek in the room
>Keep listening?
>Go back to sleep
>Check siblings for wakefulness
>Sneak out the window, adventure and overdue bird murder
>other?

>>39134838
She's not small no.

>>39134889
She's at tier 4

>other?
Wake responsible brother. We have a sibling to find and rescue.

>>39135162
>>Keep listening?
>Try to peek in the room

>>39135162
>Sneak closer to the door, try not to glow, fail

>>39135162
>>Check siblings for wakefulness
Do a recount, see who's missing? Did they get in trouble while we were out?

>>39135162
>Keep listening?
>Try to peek in the room

>>39135162
>>Try to peek in the room
>>Keep listening?

>>39135162
We must have all the details to plan a proper course of action.
roll 2d100 one for sneaking, one for listening better

Rolled 67, 22 = 89 (2d100)

>>39135357
rolled a crit in another quest lets see if I can do it again.

Rolled 49, 89 = 138 (2d100)

>>39135357
I'll just leave this here.

Rolled 24, 77 = 101 (2d100)

>>39135357
Rollin'

Rolled 86, 3 = 89 (2d100)

>>39135357
WE ARE BEST AT SNEAKING

Rolled 28, 63 = 91 (2d100)

>>39135357

Dice gods, guide my rolls!

>>39135382
>>39135387
>>39135390
67,89 not bad but not great for sneaking.

>>39135357
67 89
>grabbing sammiches and writing

captcha: hisix
no captcha, bet of three. pay attention

>>39135162
>one missing

Huh? That's news to us isn't it? Also rip lizard dad

>>39135505
You creep up to the doorway and use a claw to move the first line of beads ever so slightly to peek into the room. Silent prayers that you might dim a little go unanswered and you notice a tiny shaft of light lance into the room as you shift the bead string out of the way.

Your mother notices too, and you see one of her eyes dance over to the light and follow it back to where you're looking in. Your dad is somewhat distracted by being glued to the wall by some black gunk and by the mouthful of very large teeth next to his head. You're not certain if they're there to make it easier to hear or if mom's just angry enough to wantt o scare him. It might be both. You'd be pretty scared either way.

Mom's tail snakes out across the room and into the room with you before scraping you into the room with your parents. You mother looks down at you expectantly.

What say?

>>39136081
Hey?

>>39136081
"Who's missing?"

>>39136107
>>39136112
Both? Both are good.

>>39136124
backing this.

>>39136124
this works

>>39136081
"Hi" while doing an awkward hand wave and smile.

>>39136081
>>39136124
This also "Why is dad stuck to the wall? Did a monster attack in the night?"

>>39136164
Fun lizard fact: among bearded dragons, an awkward hand wave is a display of submission. Meaning that when they wave at you they are acknowledging you as there boss and hoping you do not murder them.

>>39136208
>>39136164
>>39136081
Seconded

>>39136081
Saying words
>writing

>>39136208
Well that's interesting. thank's for that tidbit herpatologist anon

>>39136295
You wave politely.

"Hey." Mom still appears to be waiting for something so you look at dad. "Did a monster come and take someone? Is that why he's stuck to the wall?" You glance over your shoulder and can barely make out for huddled shapes in the next room, okay so yeah, missing sibling. Crap.

"Uh, something like that. Kasha was just about to let me down, yes?" Dad tries for some semblance of respectability as he, but his courage slowly peters out as reaches the end.

Mom shoots him a look and he shuts up completely and she turns back to you. "Well, no one was taken but my sister has spiriteds off somewhere," Mom says whispering, "But that's not unusual when she knows I might be angry. More concerning is one of your brothers the..." She looks at Dad for an answer and he shrugs, as much as he can while pasted to a wall.

"Middle brother," a voice calls from the other side of mom's bulk. You see Kuru lean over to look around her and bob her head at you politely. "I'm glad you two are back safe," she says. You wave back with another "hey."

"Yes, your middle brother apparently snuck off after your auntie sent you off into the swamp all by yourselves, yes?" she glares at Dad. He wasn't really good at watching you guys, come to think of it. He only ever watched you after you'd fallen asleep. You also remember he owes you and your siblings half a rabbit.

"I tried to find him," Dad protests, "But I had to go to meet the other-"

Mom hisses at him and he shuts up. She's apparently already heard what excuses he has.

What say/ask?

>>39136647
I'll go find him! I'm good at finding people.

>>39136647
Can we look for him. What is his name even. Speaking of that. What's our name?

>>39136647
>"Can I help find him?"

Dad seems like kind of a spineless jerk.

>>39136697
He is spineless, that's why we had to leave.

>>39136647
>"Can I have a name now?"

>>39136647
Middle brother was always hot headed, which was why I didn't want to travel with him. He attacks without thinking it through. Older brother is less cocky and smarter.

Can I help look for him Mom? He might be impulsive, but he's still family. Also Dad grow a spine you seem to be missing yours. Maybe the shaman have it?

>>39136740
Hah! backing

>>39136740
Seems a bit too articulate for the level of speaking we've been at thus far

>>39136647
So volunteering for a search effort, and insulting dad? That sound right?

>>39136850
Also a name?

>>39136850
Well Yes but make the insult the way a little kid might insult someone without knowing better.

>>39136850
Maybe also try to get a name.

But yes. Insulting dad is important. Having his own child, barely out of the egg, calling him a coward might help him grow a backbone.

>>39136740
>>39136850
>>39136882
Something like "dad did shamans get your spine?"
The "Also Dad grow a spine you seem to be missing yours" seems to elaborate for out talking skill

>>39136850
Name, volunteer, insult. Got it

>>39136647
>"Daddy thinks the priests are gods. I wonder if they know what a god is."

>>39136954
"It's okay," you speak up, drawing your parents' attention back to you, "I understand if dad had to stop to go check on his friends. I'm sure they're really imporant and he didn't want to make them angry." You think you see Kuru flinch and dad look away from you out of the corner of your eye but you aren't done yet. You strike a valiant pose and continue, "I can go find him. I've found him a lot of times. He's always going to do things without thinking. That's why I didn't let him come with me. Older brother is much smarter." You pause, reminded of something important. "Can I have a name now?

Mom looks embarassed again and she rubs her face again. "Names will wait for tomorrow. I will give them to you all at once, no?" she says. "And there will no be chasing your brother for you and your siblings. Leave that to those big enough to carrys him back without getting eaten."

Mildly disappointed you let mom scoot you back toward the nestroom. "Go back to sleep. We'll find something for you to do tomorrow."

>Objections? <Specify>
>QUestions? <Specify>
>Tell Mom something you forgot
>Other?

>>39137289
>>Objections
Take me with you when you go find him, he'll recognise my glowing.

>>39137289
Oh by the way, we met and outsmarted a bear that May or may not have been a drug induced hallucination.

>>39137289
>>QUestions? <Specify>
do you know why we glow?

>>39137289
>>Objections? <Specify>
Can I come with? He'll recognize my glow. Besides I've already had to save his life once.

>>39137289
>>39137339
>>39137433
Seconding these

>>39137289
>Questions? <Specify>

>"Did I do good?"

>>39137433
>>39137289
Another nail in dads coffin please.

>>39137480
That would be auntie's coffin

>>39137289
glow lizard finds lizards by lizard light?
>writing

>>39137577
"Can I come with you to help look?" you ask desperately, "I saved him once before already, and I glow. He'd recognize my glow."

Mom shakes her head gently. "No one is going looking for him tonight," she says, "Even if his trail is not gone after so many days, if he is somewhere we can find him at this time of night he will not last long enough for us to reach him."

"Oh." You didn't realize he'd actually been gone that long. You thought wandering out with your glow would help. "Why do I glow?"

Mom shrugs and looks at Dad who tries to shrug and they both simulutaneously say, "Magic."

"We will have to find a way to solve that soon," Mom ponders aloud, "It may be dangerous if you've really been getting hotter like your brother said." She shakes her head again, "For now you should get back to sleep. Kuru?"

Kuru stands from her spot and picks you up. You really don't feel that's necessary but eh, lazy. You're halfway back into the room when a thought occurs.

"Hey," you blurt out, and Kuru stops your parents looking at you again, "Did I do good?" you ask.

Your mom tilts her head but nods. "Yes, you did very well. Now go to sleep."

You yawn and let yourself be dumped back in the center of the square of siblings.

>Sleep
>Bird murder
>Other?

>>39138036
>Bird murder

>>39138036
>Sleep

tomorrow will be important.

>>39138036
Find a murder of crows. Then conduct a murder of crows.

>>39138036
>>Bird murder

>>39138036
>>Bird murder
the side quest that never ends

>>39138036

>Sleep

Mom said sleep, so sleep it is.

>>39138036
>sleep
>dream of bird murder

>>39138036
murder murder wins
>writing

d100 for sneaking and a d100 for birds please

Rolled 1, 21 = 22 (2d100)

>>39138522

Rolled 22, 60 = 82 (2d100)

>>39138522

Rolled 30, 79 = 109 (2d100)

>>39138522

Dice gods, guide my dice!

>>39138562
>1
FUUUUUUUUUUUCK

>>39138562
>>39138576
>>39138579
welp we aren't getting out unnoticed.

Rolled 56, 50 = 106 (2d100)

>>39138522
>>39138562
Welp lets hope we do better

>>39138562
Um... alright then.

>>39138562
Oh this thread is going swimmingly.

>>39138645
We grounded now...

>>39138645

Maybe this convinces Mom to not be too angry at Sarissa?

And or we try to bolt past everyone but trip on a floorboard and knock ourslves unconscious?

>>39138645
You toss and turn for a bit but are unable to fall asleep. The events of the past couple days, and a day spent sleeping, stacked with worries about your missing brother all fight against any chance of sleep. But beyond all that one thing keeps you awake.

"Forgive me God Lizard for I have sinned. It has been three days since my last bird murder," you mumble to yourself as you get up. Sneaking out could be tricky. Mom has a lot of eyes, and you are lighting this room up quite a bit. After a bit of work you come up with a solution in the form of a small candle left on a shelf along with your fire stone. You move around the room gathering the items for your deed.

"Go to sleep," you hear mom call. You were right to assume she was watching your light move around, also starting the candle wasn't quiet. You're out the window as quickly as you can go, the candle left in your place. The plan is foolproof. You leap from the window sill and feel something pinch your tail and hold you dangling in the air.

You've discovered something incredibly terrifying. Despite being as tall as the house Mom is sneakier than a green snake in a sugar cane field. She looks down at you and glowers just a bit. Her eyes don't glow but the light you cast over her certainly gives the illusion they do. Black pits with burning coals deep at the bottom. You squeal a little with terror as her mouth opens in an elfish smile.

"Going out for an evening walk?" she asks in a terrifying whisper.

>That's it for tonight guys. Thanks for showing up! I've got to go pretend to be a member of the FBI now.
>Next thread will be... probably Thursday. Got stuff on Monday. Hopefully though it won't lead to a massive schedule change.
>I'll be around for any questions you guys might have, or any other stuff. I love questions.

>>39138938
Thanks for running.

>>39138938
We have been noticed by the most frightening creature in the forest.

>>39138938
thanks for running! Will mom understand our compulsive need to kill birds?

>>39138938
Thanks for running, wonder if our name is going to reflect how much trouble we've been.

>>39139038
>>39139002
Thanks for coming!

And no

>>39139025
Nah the OBT lives much farther north of here. You almost wandered through her territory

>>39139060
OBT?

>>39139080
She has a couple names. That's just a popular one among lizards since she's not keen to tell them her name