>>40337059
>Why was he sealed up?

>>40337059
>We didn't kill it?
>What's a Czar?
While trying to heal the other two. We come last.

I have that same image as my desktop background

>>40337059
HAAAAATE you right now, People need to sleep damn you!
>We didn't kill it?
>What's a Czar?

>>40337059
>We didn't kill it?
>What's a Czar?
>Why was he sealed up?

Slower. Give her enough time to answer the questions.

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>>40337059
>What's a Czar?

Sure I don't need sleep.

>>40337059
Atleast end the quest in two hours for those of us who need to sleep please

>>40337200
Do I need to post the fish again?

I have the link saved in a Notepad++ window at home.

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>>40337230
The archive will be there in the morning, friends. Worry not.

Writing.

>tfw you actually consider a 4chan pass

>>40337247
Yea it will but people actually like to participate

>>40337258
I suppose I can pause it in two and resume tomorrow.

>>40337272
Thanks, Appreciate it alot

"Wait..." your heart drops. "We didn't kill it?"

Varda shakes her head. "It's not like a normal ghost. There's something binding it to this world... a deep hate that nobody has yet been able to appease. Oh, people have tried. That's why he was laid to rest here instead of the necropolis."

"Hey..." Djanna whispers to you quietly as you dig the healing kit out of your pack. "Wasn't that a czar you fought there too?"

"Czarina." Emma groans, rubbing a deep cut on her cheek with the back of her hand, smearing blood across her face. "A Czar is a male, a Czarina is female."

"So the females have bodies, and the males don't?"

Emma just shakes her head.

"Czar is a title," Varda interjects, "for a ruler. The Czar and his Czarina used to rule these lands a long, long time ago. They were... good people."

"Then why were they locked up?" You ask, using a piece of gauze and your salive to give a struggling Emma an impromptu spit-bath.

>>40337348
"Well... It's a long story." Varda speaks as you set about mending your friend's wounds.

"The Czar and the Czarina were beloved by their people. They were good and kind, and they were blessed with prosperity and peace. They kept the old traditions, honoring all who dwelt in Provet, man or monster, as kin.

In time, though, the Czarina grew very sick, and none could save her. The Czar offered his crown to any who could save her life, and this attracted healers from far and wide, but none could treat the ailment she labored under. In time, a man came from beyond the Skyteeth, claiming to hold the cure for the Czarina's illness.

His name is lost to the ages, but it is said he ordered the construction of the tower in the Weisswood, and Her Grace was moved there. Time passed, with the Czar visiting every day, and the Czarina's health did indeed return, but she changed.

She remembered less and less with each of the Czar's visits, until he was but a stranger to her."

As you treat her wounds, Emma has begun to tremble under your touch.

"Finally, his guards at his back, the Czar stormed the tower. They found his wife a mindless, walking abomination, the healer nowhere to be seen, and all evodence of horrible, unspeakable sorts of dark magic left behind. The royal sorcerer determined the stranger had been experimenting on Her Majesty, draining her of her life. To what end, I know not, but the Czar went mad with grief. He turned on his monstrous kin, inciting hunts among the people for no better reason than that others would know pain as he had."

>>40337502
You shudder deeply. "That's horrible! Did they ever find the man who hurt her?"

Varda shakes her head sadly. "Even if they had, his mind was broken. I doubt it would have brought him peace."

>But why hurt monsters?
>He still sounds horrible, whatever the reason
>Poor man...
>Other

>>40337533
>But why hurt monsters?
And why for that matter are we called monsters! I happen to think we're nice!

Perhaps cuddle Emma she's fidgeting too much.

>>40337533
>Poor man...

>>40337559
>Perhaps cuddle Emma she's fidgeting too much.
This, so much this!

>>40337533
>But why hurt monsters?
Keep checking on Emma

>>40337533
>But why hurt monsters?

>>40337533

> His wife's been laid to rest now
> She looked happy, in the end
> She even said thank you

>>40337679
This.

>>40337559
>Perhaps cuddle Emma she's fidgeting too much.
Also this.

>>40337679
support

>>40337679
Yeah, me like.

>>40337533
Emma says nothing, but when you reach out for her, she all but jumps into your arms and nuzzles up under your chin, shivering like a leaf in the wind. It's odd to see her composure so broken. You eant to ask her what's wrong, but the look in her eyes informs you that kitty has more or less left the building. You hold her closely amd stroke her hair, turning back to Varda as Djanna takes over with the healing kit, dressing your wounds.

"That poor man... What made him want to hurt monsters, though? What did they do?"

The ghost shakes her head sadly, heaving her chest in what might have been a sigh if she could actually breathe. "Monster kind heals very rapidly. In the beginning, he thought it was some kind of secret. Something they could share, rather than something inherent to their nature. He tried to get them to 'reveal their secrets,' but they had no secrets to reveal. When he lost himself, he turned on them, blaming them for what had become of the Czarina. It isn't right, or fair, but by then he was a worse minster than the feral ones that stalk the wilds."

"But his wife's been laid to rest. She even thanked us, in the end." You whine softly. Emma's tails drape flat on the ground, no twitching, no life to them at all. She might be dead, but for the soft rise and fall of her chest.

"Has she?" The ghost taps her chin in thiught, then gives you a broad, bright smile. "You did a good thing, then. I'm sure she, at least, is at peace now. But, His Excellency... That is a hate to withstand several deaths, I'm afraid."

>We can take care of him
>Actually, we came to ask about something...
>Other

>>40337679
Support

>>40337756

> We can take care of him
We ain't afraid of no ghost

>>40337779
Toooo late!

And I missed the thread. Bad otter!

>>40337756
>Actually, we came to ask about something..

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>>40337756
>He tried to get them to 'reveal their secrets,' but they had no secrets to reveal.

>Actually, we came to ask about something...

Welp i can't physically stay up any longer, Seeya Lotus

>>40337756
>Actually, we came to ask about something...
Looks like were going to be carrying a Kat for a while now.

>>40337831
G'night, man. Sleep tight.

>>40337846

Silly anon. Kitty is kitty. Kat is a character from WoL.

>>40337756
"Actually... We came to ask you about something." You stroke Emma's hair softly as Djanna treats the last of your wounds, frowning as she closes the nearly empty kit.

Varda nods, swinging her ethreal legs on the edge of the tomb.

"What can you tell us about the shrines to the gods?" You move to turn toward her, away from Emma, but the small kitsune just keeps clinging to you desperately. Djanna tilts her head in concern, catching your eye with a soft, concerned growl.

"You'll have to be a little more specific, I'm afraid. There are a lot of gods..." she smiles sheepishly, leaning toward you.

You hold up a palm, showing her the brand. She studies it carefully for a moment then nods. "Ah, the ur-gods! Primal deities worshipped by the oldest of monsterkind! I don't know much, but I know more than most. You eanted to know what, precisely?"

>Where are the shrines?
>Who are the gods?
>What are divinities?
>Other?

>>40337992
>>Where are the shrines?
>>Who are the gods?
>>What are divinities?

Is question barrage appropriate?

>>40337992

> How do you know Uncle Garush?
> Where are the shrines?
> There are other gods?
> Do you need me to punch the ghost in the basement before I leave?
> I'm good at punching

>>40337992
>Where are the shrines?
We can ask them directly ourself

>>40338011
Always.

>>40338030
That last one is incredibly important.
Be sure to get a proper answer.

>>40337992
>What do adults do when they're traveling?
>Auntie said that's why Djanna exists.
We never did get a straight answer on this...

>>40338069

I will.... support this, but only as we're leaving.

>>40337992
"I need to know how to get to their ahrines. I already visited the one in the forest. Can you tell me where the others are?"

The chains holding the glowing orbs above rattle, and six of them come lose, hovering in midair as Varda looks uo at them. They slowly twirl and spin, carefully descending until they land, each situated somewhere in or near what you recognize as the Skyteeth from Djanna's map. One of them is smack in the middle of one of the pools.

"If memory serves, these are their locations... but why are you looking for them? The guardians are too much for mortals, surely."

You shake your head and stand, cradling Emma like a child against your chest, the girl still catatonic. "Naw. The last one I talked to-"

>Stop! Keep it to yourself
>Tell her. She seems nice.
>Offer to punch a ghost
>Other

>>40338191
>Offer to punch a ghost

>The last one I talked to- DO YOU WANT ME TO PUNCH THAT GHOST?!

>>40338191
>>Offer to punch a ghost

>>40338191
>Stop! Keep it to yourself
>Offer to punch a ghost
The last one I talked to didn't have ghosts to punch can I go punch your ghost do you have anything else that needs to be punched where's the ghost now anyways?

>>40338191
You cut yourself off, shaking your head. "It... It won't be a problem. Oh! Do you need me to go and fight that ghost again for you? I bet I could get rid of it this time! It would probably be e-"

You're suddenly aware of Emma's weight clinging to you. You look over at Djanna, and the deep puncture wounds along her face and the holes in her coat. Yiur mother's coat is shredded likewise, probably all but impossible to repair, and Emma is still so silent. You whimper softly and shake your head.

"Well... maybe I can come back if it gets out of hand again..." you mumble, lioking down at the floor. Djanna has pulled her map from her pack, marking down the lications of the shrines on it.

Varda just shrugs impassively. "He will sleep for some time yet. Do not trouble yourself with such concerns, child."

You nod, and as Djanna continues to mark down the locations, you turn to the ghost. "Hey... How do you know Uncle Garush?"

Varda gives a tittering laugh, her eyes twinkling. "He came here once to talk to me. He was so afraid of my little entertainment I thought we would have one more ghost down here! He was so angry, but the whole time he was shouting at me his knees were trembling! It was wonderful..."

(Cutting it here. Gotta get busy. Keep it bumped and I'll resume tomorrow.)

>>40338311
Have a good night, Lotus.
Ima pass out.

>>40338311
Night lotus. I'll try to remember to check in when in Vegas.

I'm reading through the czarina fight and holyshit qm, you really gotta start punishing tjese idipts for being full blown murderhobos who wont think at all!

>>40338529
Give it time. Hopefully the Czar showed them that running full-bore ahead is maybe a bad idea. Then again, Nadia's a fighter-type, so it's not OOC for her to charge trouble headlong.

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Does Djanna have a half sister?

>>40338595
I suhgest ignoring samefags since it was prwletty obvous the murderhobo was same fagging, successive votes that are like

>a
>>a
(Space)
>a

Should be ignored pr atleast FD'd

>>40338765
FD just seems to invite the same kind of issues. I'm open to suggestions.

>>40338702
The hell...

>>40337502
>a man came from beyond the Skyteeth, claiming to hold the cure for the Czarina's illness. His name is lost to the ages
Was it Rahs Pudin or something like that?

>>40339120
Hah hah hah hah.

No.

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>>40338702
WHY

>>40339120
Although...

https://youtu.be/Ocm8QdNR_d8

>>40339279
I can assure you, it's absolutely, completely, 100% maybe not canon.

>>40338702
That turned me on for a bit

and then it went downhill from there what the fuck why would you do this

So, off in five, then a two hour wait for a doctor appointment. Anyone up?

>>40339921
yis, but i'm a eurofag.

>>40339921
Yes, west coast here, but I reversed my sleep schedule so I wouldn't have to wake up for morning classes.

>>40339921
Yes, is here

>>40339921
Aw yeah, working nights.

>>40339921
Why not

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>>40339921
Gimme a minute. Random encounter.

.okay, that's settled. I will make the first post once I arrive at my destination.

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>>40339921
Still here.

>>40338311
You frown, patting Emma's back gently. She relaxes against you slowly, her tails finally seeming to reanimate somewhat. With a quavering voice, she whispers "Down, please." Though you set her back on the floor, she still clings to you, face buried in your stomach

"Why do you like scaring people so much? It seems mean..."

Varda just grins softly. "Oh, you might understand someday, if you end up like me. So many people never really live, or take risks. If I can get their heart racing and their blood pumping... confront them with the wonderful, the strange, and unusual..." She sighs, putting both hands on her cheeks and laughing as she positively wriggled atop the vault. "Especially that orc. To make a man like that weak in the knees..."

>I don't understand it...
>I get it, sort of...
>Other

>>40340303
>>I don't understand it...
>Pat that kitty

>>40340303
>"Live life to the fullest right?"

>>40340324
>>40340328
Writing.

>>40340303
>I get it, sort of...
>You should be careful no one gets a fatal heart attack.

>>40340303
You gently stroke Emma's hair, whispering comforting words to her as you think about what Varda is saying. Finally, you look up at her. "I think... 'Live life to the fullest' is what you're trying to teach people?"

She nods happily. "Don't count your days, make your days count. You run out soon enough."

Djanna nods slowly, looking as if she's taken it to heart.

"Well... Girls, it has been fun having you, but even ghosts need to rest. Follow me up and I'll let you out." She slios off the vault, and once you've gathered your things, escorts you back up to the semicircular room. The morning sunlight streams down the stairway, clearly illuminating the stairs and the gate above. She yawns and moves onto the vault in the center of the room. As you usher Djanna up the stairs, Emma having fallen asleep on your back, you turn to the disappearing ghost.

"Oh! One more thing!"

"Mm?" Varda asks, still fading.

"What do adults do on the road? Whatever it is made Djanna and nobody will tell us..." You whine, feelung like you're being cut out of some great secret.

Varda just laughs, fading totally before she answers, her voice echoing quietly as if from a great distance away. "Ask Garush! He'll be glad to tell you!"

>Thank her
>Just leave
>Other

>>40340446
>Thank her

>>40340446
>>Thank her

>>40340446
>Thank her

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>>40340446
>Thank her
Uh oh.

>>40340446
You say your thanks to her before you depart, stepping back into the morning sun and glad once again to be out in the open. The wind has picked up, and though Djanna shivers in the cold, yiu feel fine. You smile with pride as you regard the grumbling dragonette.

"Can't believe it got so cold overnight. Walking all the way back home in these shredded clothes is going to be chilly. At least you and Emma have fur..."

Yiu just laugh and press afainst her back, nuzzling her cheek, "If you're cold you can just make fire again!"

>That was awesome!
>How'd you do it!?
>Other

>>40340511
Why uh-oh?

>>40340536
>That was awesome!
>How'd you do it!?
>TEACH ME

>>40340555
yes.

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>>40340555
Going with>>40340536

>>40340552
We're gonna ask it.
To him.
Unaware of what it is.

>>40340584
What do you get if you mix green and red?

That's what Garush is going to look like.

>How did you do it?

>>40340536
>>40340555
Seconding

>>40340536
Emma's scales have taken on a silvery edge, the amber darkening closer to a midnight hue. In the darkness, even with your eyes, you hadn't noticed.

She also seems a few inches taller.

Bit that doesn't matter because your sistee can spit lightning fire and kill ghosts and it's awesome! You boimd around her, dashong ahead and turnimg to skip backward, chattering at her as though you were a bird.

"How did you do that? That was so awesome! You were all 'don't hurt my sis,' and the ghost was all 'whaaaa?' Then you were all 'RAAAAAAAARGH!' And then boom!"

Emma groans in her sleep, muttering something into the back of your neck.

Djanna is blushing, her cheeks darkening, but her tail (it's longer too! Damn!) swings and her eyes sparkle with excitement. "I... I don't know how exactly! I just know that I saw you get hurt and I got so angry at the thing, and I..." Her voice drops to a shamed whisper "I just wanted to hurt it..."

>That's all right! It was a bad monster!
>That doesn't sound good, Djanna...
>Other

>>40340656
>Emma's scales

>That's all right! It was a bad monster!

>>40340656
>>That's all right! It was a bad monster!
>Atleast you'll always be bigger then Emma right. Right?

>>40340656
*Djanna's scales
Fuuuck...

>>40340656
>>That's all right! It was a bad monster!
Emma a dragon kitty now kek

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>>40340656
>That's all right! It was a bad monster!

Wait, I thought,
Who's the dragon sis here?

>>40340711
Mistakes were maaaaaaaade...

>>40340656
"It's all right! It was a bad monster! You heard the ghost, right? And you didn't even kill it! Not for real reals, anyway. So don't feel bad! Instead, focus on what happens now!"

Djanna blinks at you in confusion. "um... What happens now?"

You bound ahead, coming to a stop before her. You reach out a d grab her paws in both your hands, momentarily forgetting Emma as she drops to the ground with a "Wha!?"

"You gotta teach me!"

===================

"Said I was sorry..." you mumble, eyes downcast, as Emma limps into the warehouse, holding her bacj and growling as you reach out to try and help her. You pull back your paw, whining and giving her the best puppy-dog eyes you can... which she ignores.

"Don't worry." Djanna lays a clawed hand on your shoulder and gives you a quick nose-to-nose nuzzle. "She has to forgive you eventually..."

"No I don't!" Emma yells from down the hall. You hear her door slam and lock. You whine, your tail resting flush between your legs as it had been since you'd dropped the kitsune.

"She's just overreacting anyway. Something in the tomb really spooked her. Wish I knew what." She gives you another oat and heads toward the office.

>Find Garush
>Talk to Djanna
>Talk to Emma
Other

(Write-ins for the middle two)

>>40340829
*pat

I am buying a netbook Friday. Fuck. This. Phone.

>>40340829
>Talk to Emma
>Ask her what you can do to make it up to her.
>Promise more cuddles in the future and that you'll be more careful.

>>40340829
>>Talk to Emma
>Your really sorry, what can you do to make it up to her.
>You can make a sling or backpack so when you carry her you can't drop her anymore

>>40340829
Lotus, what the fuck! Like hell we'd drop her.

>>40340829
You spend the better part of the afternoon pacing back and forth in the hallway in front of Emma's room, not even bothering to bathe or change out of your tattered coat. You end up sitting cross-legged, your tail swishing, facing the door. Finally, it unlocks and opens. Emma looks across at you, even with her standing and you seated you're about on the same level.

"What? You obviously can't take a hint so-"

You pounce her back into her room, higging her tightly and bawling about how sorry you are, begging her for a chamce to make it up to her. She hisses in pain, trying to shove you off of her.

"My back! Nadia, my back!" You whine and set her down, letting go and stepping back.

"I-I-I'm so so-sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you, honest! I just got all excited and Djanna's fire was so cool amd I wanted to learn to do it too and-"

"Nadia! Hush!"

You fall silent but for a whine, tail flat against your legs amd your ears flat. Emma looks up at yoi, a momentary anger in her eyes before she just sighs and points at the bed. You tilt your head, confused.

"I... I know you didn't mean it, okay? So stop acting like you broke me. I'm tougher than I look, I promise. But, if you want to make it up to me, there's something you can do. Have a seat."

You nod and scramble up on the bunk, sitting with your tail going mad behind you. Emma opens the old sea trunk in the corner. Each of your rooms had one like it, something to store your possessions in. She returns, blushing, holding a brush out to you with her eyes cast aside. You tilt your head i confusion.

"My older sister used to brush out my hair and my tails before bed every night. It's been... It feels like forever. Would you... mind?"

>Accept, and take it seriously.
>Accept, and treat it like play.
>Deny her.
>Other

>>40341079
>Accept, and take it seriously.

>>40341079
>>Accept, and take it seriously.
>Zen like trance

>>40341079
>Accept, and take it seriously.

>>40341079
>Accept, and take it seriously.
>VERY VERY SERIOUSLY

>>40341079
She sits on the floor at your feet, and you slowly run the brush through her hair. She whimpers a few times, directing you gently on how to properly brush hair. Eventually you get the hang of it, and she practically melts against your legs. Soon enough, she's in her bedclothes and laying over your lap, hugging her pillow as you work over her tail. You feel somehow at peace like this, having entered into a sort of trance like state. You find yourself humming softly as you work her over, the sleek fur warm and soft in your hands.

"Hey..."

"Mmm?" You look down at her. She's lifted up on her elbows, bit she hasn't turned back to look at you. "I... I know I may be a bit hard to deal with sometimes, but... I... I-I'mreallygladyoufoundmeandI'msorry..." She buries her face in her pillow once again, her tail twitching in your grip.

You blink slowly as she twists in your lap, throwing her arms around your neck, jer face buried against your neck. "Please, don't... Don't ever leave me. You or Djanna..."

>What brought this on?
>I promise
>Other

>>40341277
>What brought this on?
>I promise to do anything in my power, so try not to fall into any more traps

>>40341277
hug the kitty

>>40341315
>>40341330
These, yes.

>>40341277
>What brought this on?
>I promise
>ENVELOP THE KITTY.
>GATHER ALL BLANKETS AND COCOON

>>40341277
>What brought this on?
>I promise

>>40341355
>kitty asphyxiates
>nadia falls into deep depression
>quest ends prematurely

be careful with kitty, we already dropped her

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>>40341277
>What brought this on?
>I promise
>HUGS

>>40341277

> Hugs
> I was so worried when you fell
> I tried to dig up the floor and everything, but floors are hard and buttons are stupid
> I'll never leave you, Emma, and if you get lost, I promise that I'll find you just as quick
> So don't be afraid

>>40341624
>>40341277

This. And also give her that snow sugar we've been saving.

>>40341277
You gather her up in your arms, holding her tightly and nodding. "I'll do everything in my power... But no more traps, all right?"

She chuckles softly and nods, but you feel warm, wet tears on your shoulder. You frown softly, gently pulling her away to look her in the eyes. "Hey... What brought this on, anyway?"

She looks like she wants to run, but bites her lower lip hard and leans against you. She remains quiet for a long moment, but finally speaks. "When I fell down the chute, I hit my head and passed out. Before Varda found me, I had a nightmare. No... I... I might have remembered something."

You force your tail to remain still. Something in her voice tells you it isn't a good thing.

"It was... a very stormy night. I woke up because I was thirsty, and walked outside to the well. I saw my sister standing outside, and she was talking to... to a tall man in a white robe. His eyes were so cold..."

She shudders and you whine, but she continues. "He was arguing with her, and she said that it was too soon. Eventually they noticed me. Aulla - my sister - came over and walked me back to bed. But, there was something in her eyes I didn't like. It was like she wasn't my sister any more. She never brushed my tail after that..."

She seems suddenly very small in your lap, younger even than you as her shoulders hunch, her face buried in your neck.

>Comfort the kitty!
>Ask about Aulla
>Ask about the man in white
>Other

>>40341727
(Sorry, in with the doc now. Posting will slow down. It's not ass cancer or blood related, don't worry.)

>>40341727
>Comfort the kitty!
>Don't question further

Just be nice to the kitty, let her remember the stuff in a safe and happy environment. Nothing urgent we need to know anyways.

>>40341765
2nd

>>40341727
>>Comfort the kitty!
>I brush you now, i'm you sister now. And I will never stop being it.

>>40341727

> "Just like mama..."
> Ask about Aulla
Components of this (>>40341624) if possible, also snow sugar.

>>40341727
>Comfort the kitty!

>>40341727
>Comfort the kitty!
>Don't question further

And i finally catched one of these live again, last was 5 sessions ago, god you are productive

>>40341923
Fuck Alucard I am the no-life king! Driving home. Back soon.

>>40342048
>I am the no-life king!
Was that the doctor's diagnosis?

>>40342048
Drive safely!

>>40342100
I was just being seen to change over medications from a prior provider. Turns out at the front desk of the doctors don't communicate, and the medications I'm taking are ones they're not comfortable providing. Therefore, I have to hunt a new provider. Nothing major, just a stumbling block.

>>40342177
Well that's fuckin shitty

>>40341727
You stroke Emma's hair slowly, pulling her back against you. "Shh, now. No more of that. I'm your sister now. I'll brush your fur, an' tuck you in, an' I'll always, always, always be here for you."

"...promise?" Her voice is small and shaken. You nod quickly, tail wagging.

"When you fell in the trap, I... I dug and dug and punched it an' tried to find a way to get down to you! Djanna helped too... But floors are hard... And traps are dumb." You growl softly "An' buttons are stupid!"

The fox girl giggles lightly against you.

"But if you ever get lost again, I'll come runnimg just as quick! I'll find you no matter where you go, an' no matter what you'll never be alone! You an' I are a warren now."

She rubs her face against your chest before pulling back. Despite her best efforts, there's still the hint of a tear on her cheek. "That's a Kobold thing, isn't it. What's it mean?"

"Cousins an' aunts an' uncles an' mamas' an' papas an'... an'..."

The word comes to you, deep and meaningful. You remember an important conversation on a cold night, a lifetime ago.

"Family. An' anyone who messes with my family gets punched, zombie or ghost or anything!"

Emma smiles and laus back down across your lap, hugging you tightly. "Family, hmm? I really like the sound of that..."

"Oh! Then we gotta do somethin' real quick!" Rather than dislodge her, you stretch out with a leg, hooking your backpack by the strap and dragging it over. You lift it up on the bed, wagging as you reach in and pull out a small, rag-wrapped package. Emma's tails swish as she eyes it curiously, and you smile as you unwrap the candy.

"Say 'awwww'!"

The kitsune obliges, and you pop a piece into jer mouth, taking the other half for yourself. You suck happily, but Emma's tails quiver at the taste of the treat.

"This is amazing! Where did you get it?"

"I think my brother snuck it into my pack before I left as a going-away present."

>>40342495
Emma almost chokes on the candy in surprise. "You have a brother too? What's his name!?" She rises to her knees, bouncing excitedly.

You freeze on the spot. Well... Huh...

===================

(Pause. Turns out I have to run back into town. Probably going to end up sleeping late, so we may just finish this thread up when I wake and call it for Tuesday. Sorry, guys...)

>>40342543
Hey no worries.
Thanks for running.
Now I can get back on with productive things.

>>40342543
As always, thanks for the run

>>40342543
Thanks for running! Good luck with real life stuff!

You guys make this worth running

>>40342737
further, I may yet be back because I've not the sense Gra gave a stone.

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FUCK FORGOT THIS WAS STILL RUNNING
XCOM WHY

>>40342870
I have to ask. What's the deal with that picture? I'm not familiar.

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>>40342891
Ever heard of 'Ace combat'?
It's from that.

>>40342891
It's Pixy, the player's wingman in Ace Combat 0.
He's got a number of particularly choice lines, and is far and away the most competent wingman in the entire series, so he gets a lot of love.

>>40343008
So noted, and thanks.

In other news, road work a shit, brake failure more so. The curse is real.

>>40343044
No Lotus, you are the Djanna.

>>40343087
And then Lotus was kill.

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>>40342891
Also, this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AMTtdVH404s
>>40343109
F

We are sorry, but the machine is temporarily being removed from service.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

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>>40343841
We are vigilant
we are watching

>>40341748
(Is it ass-blood-cancer?)
(that's a rare condition, which strangely gas nothing to do with the ass, blood, or cancer)

>>40339625
Rape isn't all fun and games.

>>40346201
Yeah but a father who ditches his(ish) child and a mother who attempts to kill their child before dying of a wasting disease don't turn me on.

>>40346221
Well, I don't know what's wrong with you, then.

>>40346221
Maybe she died of Dragon AIDS.

>>40346468
jesus

awooooooo

So are we bumping this because Lotus will finish it later today? If not, we should probably let this one die.

>>40351573
Lotus said he might be back here >>40342775

>>40349914
Awooooo~

>>40354388
Awooooo~

>>40354464
Aw-Aw-Awooooooooooo~~

>>40354840
AwOOOOOOOoooooo~~

>>40356021
Sorry. Turns out I needed sleep. We'll wrap it while I work.

>>40356021
you're a genius
Awooo~

>>40356161
don't worry just do what you need to do

AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
~ LOTUS IS COMING BACK!

The three of you sit on the floor before the orc, who studies your map closely. The sun hasrisen, and the orc spent several hours fussing over your wounds, clucking his tongue and grumbling as he tried to clean them with water that burned like flame. The odor of herbs hung heavy in the air, a sort of stink you could practically taste, and the poultice was all sticky against your skin. Still, it helped the pain, and after you'd eaten, you felt worlds better.

Finally, he put the map down on the desk and turned to face the three of you. "Nos."

You whine softly. "But, Garush! We-"

"I SAIDS- I saids 'no,' Nadias, an dats its. Ya cames backs froms da tombs lookins like yad steppeds into a nests of sicklebugs an' I ain't gonnas haves yas girls gettin's hurts agains hoverin's ovahs me."

>But we gotta go to the shrines!
>You can't really stop us...
>Other

>>40357523
>But we gotta go to the shrines!

>>40357523
>>But we gotta go to the shrines!

>>40357523
>But we gotta go to the shrines!

>>40357523
>But we gotta go to the shrines!

>>40357523
>>But we gotta go to the shrines!

>>40357523
>But we gotta go ask what adults do while traveling that made Djanna, the ghost said to ask you!

>>40357523
>>But we gotta go to the shrines!
Peruse Uncwe Gawosh?

>>40357752
oh yeah this to

>>40357523
"But we gotta go! I told mama an' papa!" You hug Emma against your chest, the kitsune having resumed her affected indifference though her ears flick.

Djanna looks between you and the orc, questioning her loyalties.

"Ah don'ts cares! Ya coulda promised the king ofs the worlds ya was gonna swims nakeds throughs a schools a' bloodeaters, but dat don't makes it a goods ideas! Ya ain'ts goin's an dat's finals!" He slams his hand down on the desk, breaking one of the legs. He curses and catches it quickly, holding it upright. "Djannas, gets me mu spares peg legs, wills yas?"

She looks hesitantly between you and the orc before she rises and slips from the room.

You whine softy, looking up at Garush. You rack your brains, trying to find the right words to tell him how important it is... How much keeping your word to mama is, even if it started out as a lie... Like going througb with it will make it retroactively truth.

"So tell me again how you never did anything dangerous ever." Emma says, looking up at Garush.

>Emma!
>Hey, yeah! She's right!
>Other

>>40358116
>>Hey, yeah! She's right!
>>Other
>>40357752

>>40358116
>Hey, yeah! She's right!

>>40358116
The shrine was 'posta be safe, only thing that hurt us was the ghost and the lady said that wasn't 'posta be there.

>>40358116
>>Hey, yeah! She's right!
>>Other
>Were stronger now, Look at Djanna.
>Make her do the breath

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>>40358116
>Hey, yeah! She's right!
Heh heh.
I'm just waiting for her to ask the thing.

>>40358116
>Hey, yeah! She's right!

>>40358116
>Hey, yeah! She's right!

>>40358149
Don't rush it.
We've gotta ask as we leave.

>>40358116
"Besides! The... The shrine was supposed ti be safe! You said so yourself, an' the lady said the bad ghost wasn't even supposed to be there!" Emma nods, backing you up. "We woulda been fine if not for that! Besides, we're strong! Watch!"

Djanna strides in, offering Garush his spare leg, which he sets about jamming under the desk to keep it upright. You point to your sister. "Djanna! Show Garush what you can do now!"

Pride, and a desire to show off for her crush, overrides common sense. Once the fire has been extinguished, and you and the dragon bear small lumps on your heads from where they'd been knocked, Garush again speaks.

"I don'ts likes it stills. Yer justs cubs, an' tings seems like deys gettin's outs a whacks. Da Wanderer's Tomb is supposed ta be's ones a da safests places in Provet. Evens ifs da wanderers herself's a bi-" he chokes down his words and clears his throat. "If ya reallys has yer hearts sets in dis, den we needs ta disciss gettin's ya somes trainings. Somes reals trainings dat doesn't requires ya riskins life an' limbs. I might knows a couples a peoples..."

>Go to somebody who can train everyone, but not quite as well
>Split the party, find masters
>Find masters one at a time (Determine order)
>Other

>>40358562
>Split the party, find masters

>>40358562
>>Split the party, find masters
TRAINING MONTAGE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7CaiWxKYBo

>>40358562
>>Find masters one at a time (Determine order)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUMCIn2swTU
yeeeeeaaah lets NOT seperate
djanna
emma
nadia

>>40358562
>Split the party, find masters

https://youtu.be/btPJPFnesV4

>>40358562
>>Find masters one at a time (Determine order)
emma
djanna
nadia

Now that Djanna has a breath weapon I would consider emma one of the weaker party members.

>>40358713
backing, emma could use some work

>>40358562
>Find masters one at a time (Determine order)
Emma
Djanna
Nadia
Garush

>>40358753
>Implying the war machine needs training
>Implying you want him along
>Implying implications

>>40358562
Sequential training it is, starting with Emma.

>>40358562
Garush sighs and nods as you explain your plan. Emma fidgets in your lap, but doesn't argue.

"Well, den, da question is what she eants ta trains in. I knows a gal who woulds teach her how tas lets out hers monster powahs, or someone who coulds helps her wit her magics..."

>Racial
>Job Class

>>40359015
>>Job Class

>>40359015
Ask Emma

>>40359015
>Racial
Kitsunes are illusionist's at heart

>>40359015
>Job Class

>>40359061
backing

>>40359015
>>40359061
Second

Asking Emma has it. Slight rush, back soon.

>>40359015
>Racial

>>40359015
>Racial

>>40359180
"What do you think?" You look down at Emma, the girl looking at the floor in thought. Her tail tips flick slightly.

"It's been a long time since I've seen anyone of my own kind. Maybe they might know what happened to the rest of my family. It's a long shot, but I think it's the best one I have... and with you two there, things wouldn't be so..." She doesn't finish the thought. Youbwag softly amd put your arms around her.

"Den we's gonna haves ta cross da Skyteeth. Da gal I'm tinkin' of lives in a little village just over da mountains. Her name's Nurrim. Sweet gal, old as da hills. I tink you'll like 'er."

Emma nods, amd you smile. Thay's when a thought strikes you. "Does that mean we can visit the sh-"

"Outta da question!"

You grumble, but nod. That's when you recall another conversation between yourself and the ghost.

"Hey! Hey, uncle Garush! What do adults do on the road?"

"What do yous means?" He looks down at you, drumming his fingers on his false leg.

"Whatever it is made Djanna an' I'm curious," you whine. "An' no-one will tell me!"

Oh, wow! Even somebody like Garush can turn red! He clears his throat and tugs at his collar.

"Er... Dat's really sometin' fer yer parents ta tells-"

"My mama an' papa are somewhere I can't go..."

"My mother's trapped with her family."

"Mine might be dead, and I'm curious too."

Garush looks trapped.

>Press it!
>He looks uncomfortable. Let it go
>Other

>>40359477
>Press it!
PRESS THE ADVANTAGE! CHARGE!

>>40359477
>Press it!

>>40359477
>Press it!
AGRESS
THEN AGRESS HARDER

>>40359477
>>Press it!

>>40359477
>Press it!
WHATISITWHATISITWHATISITWHATISIT!?

>>40359477
>Press it!
If you don't tell us we will sneak off to the shrine!

>>40359477
As my League friends would say:
PUUUUUSH!

>>40359477
> But the lady we talked to said we were supposed to ask you...

>Garush has run away
>Nadia and party have won the battle! 200xp to all party members!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG_U_z-dg_c&list=PLp_nLDzWK5NW8P2FBL283KnD5LDBlwPrW&index=42

>>40359600
>Garush gains trait: Hatred Undead

>>40359477
>> But the lady we talked to said we were supposed to ask you...

Seconding this.

>>40359640
>Hatred undead: Lv. 2

FTFY

>>40359477
Sorry, got busy again. Just a bit.

>>40359850
There is seriously no need to apologize.
You're putting in the effort to do this while you're at work.
Any speed is fine.

>>40359948
Yeah he's not Hexer tier.

>>40360024
Hexer?

>>40360062
He runs "A tale of witches." And maybe something else.

Some of his runs would be so slow he'd post once or twice in 12-24 hours.

>>40359477
Garush clears his throat, looking down at the three of you. He grumbles and leans back in his seat, pulling a handkerchief from his pocket and mopping his brow. "Wells... Betters ya learns it heres dans ons da streets, I guess..."

The three of you lean in, and Garush clears his throat. "Ya sees... When a mans an' a womans feels a certains sorts a needs, deys... Wells, dats is... Erms..." He looks aside, desperately, as it hoping against hope something might suddenly attack and give him an excuse to be anywhere else.

"When ya gets a cartain ages, ya mights notice yeraelfs feelins weirds abouts males of yers own races, ands ya mights... ah, hells wit its, ah'm nots gonnas be da ones ta tells dis to ya!"

He rises and paces slowly as you whine, more confused now than you were to begin with. "But the ghost girl said you'd tell us!"

GARUSH HAS ACQUIRED:
HATRED OF UNDEAD

>>40360075
Wait, I'm confused.
Once every 12 hours, or twice every 24?

>>40360220
Once or twice total. In either 12-24 hours.

As in it could take up to 24 hours for a single post.

If he was moving quickly you might get 2 in 12.

>>40360212
Hah.
I cried.
Though that might just be the Thai food I just got in my eye.

>>40360249
See, you got too zealous, and missed the joke entirely.

>>40360212
"Fine. Ya wants ta know? I'll tells ya."

What follows is, in brief, a very direct, brutal, and honest lesson in the birds and the bees. Garush does not stop for questions, offer clarifications, or address anything remotely resembling emotional intimacy or the like. He soeaks like a man condemned giving a cierced confession, spilling only the details required of him to hasten the sweet, sweet release of oblivion.

>Holy...
>Um... I... I have questions...
>EWEWEWEWNONEVERUH-UH!
>Other

>>40360635
>Holy...

>>40360635
>EWEWEWEWNONEVERUH-UH!
>WASHYOUSELF CLEAN, GET BRAINBLEACH, WHAT THE FUCK IS BLEACH!?

>>40360648
Second
Gotta hit the hay, Seeya Lotus

>>40360682
Night, man. Thanks for coming.

>>40360635
>EWEWEWEWNONEVERUH-UH!
>BURRY HEAD INTO GROUND

>>40360635
>Um... I... I have questions...

Do kobolds always do it doggy style?

>>40360635
>Um... I... I have questions...

>>40360635
>EWEWEWEWNONEVERUH-UH!
We need some mind soap ASAP

>>40360635
>Um... I... I have questions...

What happens if you like someone from a different race?

>>40360712
Might wanna end in an hour mate, Seems like there ain't as many as usual, Start up a new thread in the morning

>>40360753
And what if you like a girl!

>>40360635
>Um... I... I have questions...

>>40360798
I'm to damn tired to tell you yuri fags ta piss off.....

>>40360635
>EWEWEWEWNONEVERUH-UH!
N-n-never... N-never clean again...

>>40360817
I'm not a yuri fag.
I just like seeing Garush uncomfortable.

>>40360832
Mkay, Somethin we can agree on

>>40360635
You whine loudly, shaking your head hard enough to flap your ears. Emma is shocked still in your lap, and Djanna is stunned, her face practically glowing crimson. "EWWWW!" You squeal loudly, shuddering nose to tail. Your mind reels at this information, refusing to process it even as you know you'll never get it out of there again. "NEVEREVEREVEREVER! That's gross! And people do that willingly!?"

Garush nods. "Yer parents donse it, my parents dones its, everyones froms da times immemorials has. Its justs hows we works. Told yas yer was toos youngs..."

"But... But what if it's someone from another species? Or a girl or something? How does that even work!?" You try to imagine it, and instantly regret it.

"Ya just wonts gets cubs or eggs. Ya ain'ts the firsts and yas won'ts bes the lasts. Now let's fergets dis conversations evers happeneds... Please..."

>Agreed. Ew.
>Does that mean Djanna wants to make eggs with you?
>Other

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>>40360635
>EWEWEWEWNONEVERUH-UH!
>>40360798
But das forbidden love

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>>40360938
>Does that mean Djanna wants to make eggs with you?
MAXIMUM TEASE OF MAXIMUM

>>40360938
>Agreed. Ew.

>>40360938
>>Agreed. Ew.

>>40360938
>Does that mean Djanna wants to make eggs with you?
BIG TARGET
UNSUSPECTING
AT 12
TAKE THE SHOT NADIA

>>40360938
>Agreed. Ew.
...
>Does that mean Djanna can't make eggs with you?

>>40360938
>Does that mean Djanna wants to make eggs with you?

>>40360938
>Agreed. Ew.

>>40360938
>Does that mean Djanna wants to make eggs with you?

>>40360798
Yes pls

>>40360938
>Agreed. Ew.

>>40360938
>Does that mean Djanna wants to make eggs with you?
Double Tease Combo!

>>40360938
>Does that mean Djanna wants to make eggs with you?

I'm pushing the button.

>>40361154
>>40361062
>>40361014
>>40360991
>>40361023
>>40361014
You little shits. Stop bullying our sister.

>>40361188
It's not bullying if it's true

>>40361175
My finger is on the button, and it's time to press it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVbBQDnyB5Q
>>40361188
This is a genuine question that demands an answer. Would our sister, if she so chose, be able to have children with the man she so obviously loves?

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>>40361188
What? We're just asking facts.

>>40360938
"Then does that mean Djanna can't make eggs with you?"

The dragon turns white as a sheet, looking over at you as if you'd driven a dagger into her back. Garush shakes his head, taking the question at face value, unaware of yiur suster's crush.

"Ya cans only haves kids wit membahs of yas owns race. Dunnos whys, just dat's da ways it works. Ya cans does everytings else, body an' size allowin's, but notin's gonna come of it."

"That's too bad." You turn and look at Djanna, a genuine sympathy on yiur face. "I think they would have been good eggs."

"What ams yous-" He looks at Djanna, who looks near tears in shame, and slowly the pieces fall together in his head. He rises slowly, heading for the door. "Ah'm goin' ta haves a drinks. Waits heres. Dus cinversations. It nevers happeneds."

You're only too eager to agree.

====================

(Gotta start on the morning routine. Sorry it's been a weird couple days, everyone...)

>>40361217
>schoolgirl crush
>love
Anon, you got a lot to learn.

>>40361244
No problem

>>40361244
Thank you, Seeya in the morning mate, Hope to god you stick to the morning cycle.....

>>40361244
Good night.
Err, morning?

Fuckit.
See ya!

>>40361259
In my defence, we don't know any better.

Three week old children attempting to broach the subject of mating with an orc. Nice.

>>40361244
Morning!

>>40361355
In their defense, their mental state is somewhat accelerated.

In my defense, the idea is hysterical.

>>40361392
Yes, it is pretty funny.

Must resist thinking about loli

Got a minute. We're gonna let this one die, so Q&A time and thread 12 on Friday.

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>>40361830
Danks for runnin

If there were a way to reliably monetize this shit, I'd quit my job in a heartbeat and write fulltime. I hate dealing with the public.

Not you guys. You asses are all right.

>>40362482
But you write during work. You are getting payed while writing.

>>40363659
But not paid TO write. Subtle but imortant difference.

>>40363672
I would suggest a Patreon, but if you try to set one up for running quests on 4chan/tg/ then you will be laughed at so hard you'd think that you were a fat nerd in high school.

>>40364055
I know better. Anon doesn't have any money. C'mon, man.

>>40364178
joking aside, didn't someone try to do that once?

>>40364328
Seriously. I know they got mocked deservedly, but I want the details.

>>40364328
>>40364794
It was Tart, that was fun to watch. I forget the details though, so I'm no help.

>>40364805
The name gives me something to go on. Thanks!

>>40364850
If I remember correctly, he was also a kinda crappy writer.

>>40364794
There was a big hoohah over the time he added

[DONATE TO MY PATREON TO READ THIS]

in a quest update in place of what would otherwise have been a fade to black.

Of course, he then says it was a joke, someone pays him, and he accepts, people debate how far a joke is still a joke, etc.

It was sufficiently contentious that "(Fuck[^A-z]*off|Eat.*dick)[^A-z]*Tartarus" was added to the default shitpost filter list for the moe archives extension.