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“Citizens of Neu-Moskau, Originals and Knockoffs, welcome to the Neu-Moskau Skullbash! I, your host, Emma Lavoie, will be your guide to today’s controlled carnage. Today’s fighters are The Slightly Unseen and a surprise lawyer."

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“So remember,” says Applehead, “you want to guard your face and be able to kick at the same time.”
“Thanks, coach,” you reply.
“You’re small, so use that to your advantage. Try to keep moving. And before you head out, Lavoie told me to give you this.”
He holds out an armguard.

“You got friends in high places, don’t you, kid?”

You feel suspicious of any gift from Lavoie, like a certain ugly shirt, but it does look useful. Take it?

>>41327380
Sure, but make sure it doesn't have sharp edges or anything.

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>>41327664
You check it for spikes, but it seems safe enough. You fit it on as you walk into the arena.

“Ladies and gentlemen, The Slightly Unseen!” says Lavoie.

The crowd claps. Even though they’d probably be just as happy if you died, it does fill you up with a little pride. You could get used to this.

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“Introducing newcomer, Rotger the Slick, part-time lawyer, and his business partner.”

Slick is joined by a tall figure.

“Hey, aren’t you… Sunhat Sweet-Face?” Slick asks. “What are you doing here?”

>>41327869
You're here to win, by any means necessary.

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>>41328325
You tell him that only total victory will satisfy you.

"Also," you say, "why do you have a partner?"

“I used my LAW powers to realize that there was no rule against bringing in a business partner,” he explains. “So I hired someone to stand in my place, to protect my face. I didn’t want to do this to you, Sunhat, but hey, Slick’s gotta stay up to bat.”

The white-haired woman brandishes her bardiche. “Nice to meet you. I’m Nikol Kometa.” She winks. “That’s Russian for comet.”

“Get him, my sweetheart!” says Slick.

There’s a pause.

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“I’m not his girlfriend. Just want to make that clear,” says Kometa.

>Dispute the rules?

>>41328454
Ask if she'll be your girlfriend
Or at least your teammate instead of his.

>>41328454
Why does she have an axe?

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>>41328584
"Okay, that axe is totally not allowed," you say.

"It's a bardiche," she corrects. "You can bring a lot of things into the Skullbash, believe it or not."

>>41328518
"Will you join me on my quest?" you offer.

"I have yet to test your mettle, Unseen," she replies.

"She means your mettle is unseen, baby," says Slick.

"Please shut up," Kometa says.

“Begin the skullbash!” yells Emma Lavoie. The crowd roars.

Any intimidating words to say?

>>41328766
WHEN I'M THROUGH WITH YOU YOU'LL HAVE TO PEE SITTING DOWN LIKE A GIRL.

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>>41328832
"WHEN I'M DONE SITTING, YOU'LL HAVE TO GIRL," you say.

Kometa charges at you, her boots shifting the sand.

“So, what brings you to Neu-Moskau?” she asks. “I’ll tell you my story too, if you wish.”

You’re not sure if she’s trying to distract you or wants a genuine conversation. What do you tell her?

>>41329185
Tell her you're looking for your lost little brother. Play the sympathy card to unsettle her.

>>41329185
A need for justice.

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>>41329377
You tell her that you're looking for you dear brother, Antonio Loveday.

"No kidding?" Kometa says. "I did that once, but then I found his dead body among the ruins of my hometown and family members."

You're not quite sure how to feel now.

She swings at you, which you barely dodge.

"I joined a shocktrooper squad after that, in the Great War. Had my own merry band of Czechs with axes, polearms and machetes. When the war ended in ‘35, I came here, found merc work. How's your search going?"

>>41329562
That's nice. Ask if she'd mind putting the axe away for a bit, so you can chat properly!

>>41329562
Pretty good. I thought he was at this orphanage, but it turns out he wasn't and the orphans were all rude as hell so I'm probably just gonna burn the place down.

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>>41329594
"Listen, I'm flattered that you want to talk to me but you mind putting the axe away?" you ask.

"It's a bardiche." She grins.

>>41329669
You tell her that you haven't found Antonio yet, which is slightly true if you consider Texan ranches a place to get lost in.

"You lack passion," she says.

"Excuse me?"

“Trying to find your brother. I don't feel any energy in your fight to survive and search. If you had passion, I'd be dead already. Passion is the only to get through hardship. True glory is forged through hardship.”

She grabs your long hair and raises her bardiche.

"You should cut your hair to prevent future situations like this. That is, assuming you still have a head after this swing."

Oh shit shit shit it hurts.

>>41329948
Deflect the axe with the armguard and kick her.

>>41329948
Duck under the swing
That way she'll cut our hair FOR us.

>>41329948
>>41330040
Let's try it!

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>>41330104
>>41330040
You duck and move your armguard to protect your face.

Kometa, however, does not aim for your head or neck, instead just chopping off your hair and SUNHAT OF DANCING.

"Ha! Did you seriously think you were going to die so quickly?" Kometa asks. "I love seeing people's faces when they think it's over."

(will be back after dinner)

>>41330255
>damaging our hat
Man, I feel bad for her. Hope there'll be something left when we're done.

>>41330255
Aw no I liked our long hair.

>>41330272
I don't.
We should take up the pieces of our hat and use them to channel our RIGHTEOUS FURY!

>>41330255
Not the hat! It was a really nice hat, and now we have to figure out how to fix it, after we beat her of course.

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You fall to the ground, disoriented, hatless.

Kometa inches toward you. "So, do you agree with what I said before? About passion? Why I'm winning and you're not?

"I'm not saying this to be mean. I just want you to know why you lost," she says.

>>41330714
Kick her in the coochie!

>>41330714
No, you won because you have a big ass spear and I just have a tiny armguard.

>>41330804
I mean, anon has a point here.

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>>41330804
>>41330859
You angrily inform her that she wields an object that wouldn't be allowed through any customs office.

"Well, you do have a point." She giggles.

“It was really nice to meet you, and I mean it. Пoкa!"

>>41330884
>>41330775

>>41330884
>run: cunt_punt.exe

>>41330884
wait shit wait time out

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You hear a loud clang and feel a sharp pain in your arm. Is this death?

Unsure which religion was right about the afterlife, you open your eyes to find...

>>41330884
Roll.
ROLL AS IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!
Cause it does.

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Holy shit.

>>41330950
A-armguard-chan!

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“мoлoдцы. Nice armor,” she says.

This seems like a perfect time to kick her in the face.

>>41330981
Kick her in the face with your fist.

>>41330981
Face you say? Well, alright.
Better make it count!

>>41330981
CUNT PUNT.

>>41330981
Punch her in the gut!

>>41330981
kick her in a shin / trip her and get on top of her to assert dominance

>>41330981
>"Can't say the same for you. Puke-green, really?"

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>>41331038
Unhygienic!

>>41331198
"Hey, Kometa, wanna hear a joke? Your puke armor."

"It's gold," she says.

"FUCK YOU."

>>41331007
Armguard-chan stretches your arm out with your kick.

>>41331328
She better not have tanked that!
Get up while we still have the chance.

>>41331328
She's not holding her Bardiche, quick, pick it up!

>>41331328
Kick her legs, and get on top of her.

>>41331328
>мoлoдцы
Aw sweet she dropped the spear
steal it

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>>41331429
>>41331410
You make a plan to dash for the bardiche.

>>41331380
You get up and find the scariest sight you've ever seen in your life.

You feel an urge to apologize profusely?

>>41331458
fuck that
call her a faggot and punch her in the nose again
then steal that spear already

>>41331458
Apologize.
WITH A FIST!

>>41331458
Fuck that, she ruined our fucking hat!
>"That's why you don't mess with the sunhat, bitch!"

>>41331458
No apologizing, she broke our hat. Push her.

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“... not bad," she says. “Looks like you do understand passion after all.”

> Run for bardiche
> Punch her in the face

>>41331565
> Punch her in the face

>>41331565
> Punch her in the face

>>41331565
>Run for bardiche
100000000000:1 odds she knows CQC better than us. We need that spear.

>>41331565
> Punch her face in the face

>>41331668
Ah, an advanced move, eh?

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>>41331570
>>41331581
>>41331668
>>41331739
You commit to the advanced move.

She sidesteps and grabs your arm. Her robo-fingers start to crush your hand. She then takes her other hand and starts choking you.

"Aha! Yes! You're doing it right. Fight harder! LIVE AND FIND YOUR BROTHER!" Kometa yells.

>>41332170
Knee her in the crotch.

>>41332170
break her nose again with our free hand

>>41332170
C U N T P U N T!

>>41332170
headbutt time

>>41332170
Do a sweetass flip and catch her in an upside-down headlock with your legs!

>>41332170
Hit her in the face with our arm guard.
Who says armor isn't weapons.

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>>41332359
As much as you'd love to, you're afraid you aren't at that stage of your development yet.

>>41332297
Her grip is too tight! You can't move your neck.

>>41332261
>>41332432
You punch her in the face, again. This time, however, it's almost as if the armguard did it by its own choice.

"Suka!" she swears.

She breaks your left arm. You scream in pain and the crowd roars in approval of the brutality.

You both detach from each other, you still in immense pain. Kometa's about to recover.

>>41332506
Run for the axe.

>>41332506
Grab the spear.

>>41332506
>>41332600
>>41332613
Yep!
It's a Bardiche!!

>>41332506
Fuck, only one hand now?
The weapon won't be very useful 1-handed but still better than her having it, so sure.

>>41332750
Choke up on the grip. It'll work decently.

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>>41332506
do this

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>>41332839
You put the device on your mental shopping list, but the technique won't help you now.

>>41332600
>>41332613
>>41332630
You run for the axe-spear-bardiche, but get kicked in the gut.

"I thought you wanted to keep this civil," says Kometa.

You feel like you're about to black out.

>>41332941
Grab her foot and flip!

>>41332941
Smack her with the armguard and sweep her legs.

>>41332941
Give up. She has easy access to her weapon now and with a broken hand we're at an even bigger disadvantage than we were at the start.

>>41332941
>>41333073
I'll support trying this I guess.

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>>41333073
>>41333216
You swing your armguard. You're too slow, and you punches you in the face.

You fall to the ground.

>>41333167
You strongly consider losing this match. But... you would lose the only reason you came to this city. The real reason.

You want to be a hero, do something right for once in your life.

Still, it looks like you'll be dead if you don't give.

>>41333378
Let her think we're down, lure her into overextending, then counterattack!

>>41333378
pocket-sand
except just sand I guess
there's sand in the arena right?

>>41333378
PASSION!
Use your spiral power!

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>>41333759
"Passion..." you mumble.

>>41333616
You spit out the sand in your mouth, but it doesn't help.

Kometa picks up her bardiche, walks over to you and...

helps you off the ground.

"Great! Fantastic! cyпep иcпoлнeниe! Best fighting from a new recruit I've seen in ages," says Kometa.

She turns to the audience. "I forfeit this match on grounds of PASSION."

>>41333881
...
VICTORY!

>>41333881
Yeah, you better watch it lady. We sure showed her what-for!

>>41333881
Woo!
Passion!

>>41333881
try not to throw up

>>41333881
...yay? Grab the hat, get the money, and go recover.

>>41333881
Pick up the hat sadly.

>>41334060
The poor, poor hat...the real casualty of this twisted game.

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>>41334019
>>41334060
>>41334128
You look for pieces of your hat while Kometa walks off.

"Unseen, you have passion. But you need a cause. Was not born yesterday, you know.

"'Oh, just woman looking for little sibling' excuse is the oldest in the book.

"Kid, treat the sea as if it were knee-deep. Look me up when you're champion."

Slick panics. "Um... objection?"

Kometa laughs. "I never took any of the money, lawyer man. I did this for fun. Good luck to the both of you."

>>41334262
Punch slick's face in the face.

>>41334262
At least Slick got screwed too.
Time to nurse our poor, poor hat. Oh, and hand I guess.

>>41334262
Bluff Slick so he doesn't realize you're far too beat up to defeat him.

>>41334362
Might be a challenge in our current condition anon. Then again, it's Slick. If we can stand it'll probably work.

>>41334262
Try to look intimidating.

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>>41334457
>>41334399
>>41334362
>>41334315
"Slick," you say, "your day is dick."

"Hey look, it's Fuckface," says Slick. "He's coming from behind you."

Nice try, does he really think you'll fall for that?

>>41334583
Don't fall for it. Enjoy intimidating the shit out of this guy!

>>41334583
Look behind you just in case.

>>41334583
Maybe just a brief look backwards?

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"Kid!" he yells.

"Coach?"

"I'm back from the library. I thought that armguard looked suspicious, but I had to read up on it to make sure.

"I worked on that back when I was a scientist! Hold it up and sing something, anything cool to it!"

>>41334700
Sing Bohemian Rhapsody. All of it. Demand the other two join in for the chorus parts.

>>41334700
Sing something simple. I dunno, Mary Had A Little Lamb or something?

>>41334700
I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT SHORT AND STOUT
HERE IS MY HANDLE HERE IS MY SPOUT

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>>41334734
You clear your throat.

"Is this real life, or is just fantasy
Caught in a landslide, no escape from -"

The armguard clicks. "Primary function, on."

It whirs to life and starts enveloping your arm.

>>41335061
Looks cool, but what does it do?

>>41335061
Try using it as a microphone.

>>41335061
Have it turn into a gun and shoot slick

>>41335061
>Ask what it does.

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>>41335174
>>41335073
"Um... hello?" you ask the armguard.

"Hi! I'm an AI, but you have already named me ARMGUARD-CHAN!"

"What do you do?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brEhzIOznMw

"I help you kick ass," it tells you.

Hell yes.

Tune in next week to see the fight in this lawyer!

Would you guys prefer Sunday or Saturday next weekend?

And as always, good night.

>>41335325
either one
thanks for running!

>>41335325
Awww yissss
I don't mind either day!

>>41335365
Thanks for saying thanks!

The last two parts were really sloppy plotwise and artwise, so I'd like to apologize for that. Someone also said it was hard to follow.

If anyone had any tips for doing this sort of thing, that'd be great.

>>41335325
Maybe saturday, either one should be fine.

>>41335471
Hard to follow as in, tough to catch when it's on or tough to understand what's happening?

>>41335471
uuuh
draw better

and I guess describe scenes and events in more detail

>>41335471
I didn't think it was hard to follow.

>>41335471
You should tweet the thread when you post it. 4 hours is a lot of time to lose track of what's running if you're following a lot of quests for example.

>>41335514
What's happening, I think.

>>41335535
I think I went too purple prose and happened to be in-descriptive at the same time last session. A foul combination, to be sure.

>>41335605
Good idea. I'll tweet the archived one right now.

>>41335632
This was my first thread and it wasn't tough for me. The plot isn't exactly complicated, and the images are great and convey what's going on fine.

>>41335652
I've been working more on shaded greyscale versus flat colors, which speeds up the work and happens to make prettier pictures.

I should admit that the only reason I switched in the first place was because I saw Car Quest and thought it looked really damn pretty for a simplistic art style.

>>41335706
Yeah, it looks neat too.

>>41335706
Anyway, thanks for writing!

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>>41335844
Thanks for participating!